Chapter 5: There was nothing wrong with that night and yet at anything, Damon sensed something wrong. He knew tonight would be a night that would perhaps change the entire course of his vampire years, but the real question was why he thought this. Stefan was enjoying the moonlight outside and Elena had taken to sleeping on the couch. Damon sighed, she had been spending many nights straight at the boarding, which was his and Stefan's requests. They both knew that they couldn't take an eye off her, for everything in Mystic Falls seemed like it was going to fall apart. Any minute... he frowned as Stefan closed up the balcony doors and walked inside the mansion. He leaned against a wall, studying his older brother's expression.
"You know something?" Stefan commented, running his hand over the perfect whiteness of the wall. Damon nodded, toying with the ring on his finger.
"It's...whatever it is...something is wrong, Stefan," he shuddered as he spoke. "You for one." Stefan frowned at this and Damon smirked, happy to have brought up a more happier topic.
"This is not a joke, Damon. For Elena's sake at least!" Stefan exclaimed, eyeing Elena as she turned slightly, vulnerable to the noise, but didn't wake up. Damon sighed and began ready to tell Stefan, when a long knock rattled on the door. Damon's eyebrows creased as he went to open it and he saw two hooded figures of similar height standing on the porch. He couldn't see either of their faces because of how skillfully they had covered their faces. He noticed however that they both had the same jaw line...soft, delicate, sweetly rounded. Running a hand through his hair, he knew it best if he handled these two strangers on his own.
"Stefan!" he yelled. One of the hooded figures almost jumped on him, but the other lightly held that one back. It seemed as if the person was thinking ahead, knowing what Damon was about to do.
"Who is it, Damon!" came the call from Stefan.
"Some stupid person promoting Mayor Lockwood or something. Take Elena upstairs will you." Stefan was surprised at the last part of the sentence, but he obeyed, taking Elena in his arms and walking up the stairs. Elena turned a little bit and met Damon's eye, but he put a finger to her lips and she sighed closing her eyes again. Once he was sure Stefan and Elena were locked in Stefan's room he turned to the strangers.
"Clever," he said smoothly. "And brilliant cover. But your jaws...it gave it away." One of them uncloaked herself and smiled. She pressed her hand to the back of Damon's hand and her lips reached his. They kissed passionately for several seconds, before she broke away. She smiled slyly and Damon matched her smile with a smirk.
"Hello, Damon," she said stroking his jaw. "Still so sexy." She twitched her neck, throwing her cloak and dress down and she stood looking at him, fully naked. He tilted his head, almost for another kiss but he spoke instead.
"Go to hell, Katherine," he announced. Katherine's eyes nearly popped out of her head when he said that and she pulled on her dress, smiling slightly at him.
"I suppose I can consider you my equal, Damon..." she grinned. Damon smiled and then slapped her across the face. Katherine who was dying to rip him from part to part, kept herself contained because she had to distract him. The other cloaked figure surfaced from her hood and met Damon's gaze. Damon smiled at her, Adelaide...his little Adelaide...
"Damon," Adelaide said stiffly.
"Addie," Damon nodded. "It's a pleasure." He reached to kiss her hand, but when he took her hand, he swung her closer and kissed her softly on the lips. Adelaide's blue eyes watered as she stared at Damon. Her beautiful Damon...but he had changed. As did every vampire she knew.
"Thank you," she whispered, stepping away as Katherine rolled her eyes dramatically.
"Really, Damon. You are quite hospitable," Katherine snapped.
"I kissed you, didn't I?" Damon grinned as Katherine scowled.
"And you hit me," she said coming closer and smiled. He stepped back.
"So, I like Addie more than I like you. She's charming and you're a bitch."
"Yeah. I've been told," Katherine said sarcastically. "But tell me Damon, how's the girl you’re in love with it...she okay?" Damon's jaw tightened.
"Don't touch Elena. You hear me, Katherine. You can't hurt the ones I love...I mean care about..." Damon's voice trailed and Adelaide wanted to slap her sister hard.
"Oh damn, Damon. Too late for that..."
"Screw you, Katherine," Damon snarled swiveling around to look the other way. Adelaide couldn't take it.
"It's too late," she squeaked. Damon's head raised at this, but he didn't turn around. Katherine smiled,
"Adelaide's right. Stefan and Elena are gone." Before Damon could do anything, Katherine grabbed her sister's arm and disappeared.
...
Skandar and Diana dashed through the crypt window of Katherine's new "Mystic Falls" headquarters. Katherine was already waiting there and she watched the vervain struck Stefan be dropped to her feet and she grinned maliciously. Elena was walking by herslef, but Diana was holding her tightly. She stared at Katherine, shocked that she was finally meeting the girl she had heard so much about. Katherine tilted her head.
"You know something?" Stefan commented, running his hand over the perfect whiteness of the wall. Damon nodded, toying with the ring on his finger.
"It's...whatever it is...something is wrong, Stefan," he shuddered as he spoke. "You for one." Stefan frowned at this and Damon smirked, happy to have brought up a more happier topic.
"This is not a joke, Damon. For Elena's sake at least!" Stefan exclaimed, eyeing Elena as she turned slightly, vulnerable to the noise, but didn't wake up. Damon sighed and began ready to tell Stefan, when a long knock rattled on the door. Damon's eyebrows creased as he went to open it and he saw two hooded figures of similar height standing on the porch. He couldn't see either of their faces because of how skillfully they had covered their faces. He noticed however that they both had the same jaw line...soft, delicate, sweetly rounded. Running a hand through his hair, he knew it best if he handled these two strangers on his own.
"Stefan!" he yelled. One of the hooded figures almost jumped on him, but the other lightly held that one back. It seemed as if the person was thinking ahead, knowing what Damon was about to do.
"Who is it, Damon!" came the call from Stefan.
"Some stupid person promoting Mayor Lockwood or something. Take Elena upstairs will you." Stefan was surprised at the last part of the sentence, but he obeyed, taking Elena in his arms and walking up the stairs. Elena turned a little bit and met Damon's eye, but he put a finger to her lips and she sighed closing her eyes again. Once he was sure Stefan and Elena were locked in Stefan's room he turned to the strangers.
"Clever," he said smoothly. "And brilliant cover. But your jaws...it gave it away." One of them uncloaked herself and smiled. She pressed her hand to the back of Damon's hand and her lips reached his. They kissed passionately for several seconds, before she broke away. She smiled slyly and Damon matched her smile with a smirk.
"Hello, Damon," she said stroking his jaw. "Still so sexy." She twitched her neck, throwing her cloak and dress down and she stood looking at him, fully naked. He tilted his head, almost for another kiss but he spoke instead.
"Go to hell, Katherine," he announced. Katherine's eyes nearly popped out of her head when he said that and she pulled on her dress, smiling slightly at him.
"I suppose I can consider you my equal, Damon..." she grinned. Damon smiled and then slapped her across the face. Katherine who was dying to rip him from part to part, kept herself contained because she had to distract him. The other cloaked figure surfaced from her hood and met Damon's gaze. Damon smiled at her, Adelaide...his little Adelaide...
"Damon," Adelaide said stiffly.
"Addie," Damon nodded. "It's a pleasure." He reached to kiss her hand, but when he took her hand, he swung her closer and kissed her softly on the lips. Adelaide's blue eyes watered as she stared at Damon. Her beautiful Damon...but he had changed. As did every vampire she knew.
"Thank you," she whispered, stepping away as Katherine rolled her eyes dramatically.
"Really, Damon. You are quite hospitable," Katherine snapped.
"I kissed you, didn't I?" Damon grinned as Katherine scowled.
"And you hit me," she said coming closer and smiled. He stepped back.
"So, I like Addie more than I like you. She's charming and you're a bitch."
"Yeah. I've been told," Katherine said sarcastically. "But tell me Damon, how's the girl you’re in love with it...she okay?" Damon's jaw tightened.
"Don't touch Elena. You hear me, Katherine. You can't hurt the ones I love...I mean care about..." Damon's voice trailed and Adelaide wanted to slap her sister hard.
"Oh damn, Damon. Too late for that..."
"Screw you, Katherine," Damon snarled swiveling around to look the other way. Adelaide couldn't take it.
"It's too late," she squeaked. Damon's head raised at this, but he didn't turn around. Katherine smiled,
"Adelaide's right. Stefan and Elena are gone." Before Damon could do anything, Katherine grabbed her sister's arm and disappeared.
...
Skandar and Diana dashed through the crypt window of Katherine's new "Mystic Falls" headquarters. Katherine was already waiting there and she watched the vervain struck Stefan be dropped to her feet and she grinned maliciously. Elena was walking by herslef, but Diana was holding her tightly. She stared at Katherine, shocked that she was finally meeting the girl she had heard so much about. Katherine tilted her head.
