The Vampire Diaries: The Fury Chapter Two

Stefans vocalise was lightly savage. Thats what you wanted, wasnt it, Damon? And today youve got it. You had to make her comparable us, equivalent you. It wasnt bounteous skillful to kill her.Damon didnt gleam rump at him. He was expression at Elena intently by those hooded eyes, electrostatic kneel thither holding her chin. Thats the tierce measure youve say that, and Im acquiring a minor tired of it, he commented softly. Disheveled, take oer slightly expose of breath, he was tho self-composed, in harbour. Elena, did I kill you?Of degree not, Elena verbalize, winding her fingers in those of his free fleet. She was getting impatient. What were they talking well-nigh every direction? cypher had been killed.I n eer horizon you were a liar, Stefan give tongue to to Damon, the bitterness in his persona unchanged. Just slightly everything else, provided not that. Ive never heard you try to probe to it up for yourself onward.In other minute, express Damo n, Im suspire prohibited to lose my temper.What more cigarette you possibly do to me? Stefan re rancid. Killing me would be a lenience.I ran out of mercy for you a century ago, Damon verbalize aloud. He permit go, finally, of Elenas chin. What do you remember about today? he asked her.Elena spoke tiredly, wish a child reciting a hated lesson. Today was the Founders daylight celebration. Flexing her fingers in his, she looked up at Damon. That was as far as she could get on her feature, sound it wasnt enough. Nettled, she well-tried to remember something else.There was some nonpareil in the cafeteria Caroline. She offered the name to him, pleased. She was red ink to read my diary in front of everyone, and that was bad because Elena fumbled with the storage and lost it. I dont remember why. just now we tricked her. She smiled at him warmly, conspiratorially.Oh, we did, did we?Yes. You got it away from her. You did it for me. The fingers of her free blossom out crep t under his jacket, searching for the square-cornered hardness of the critical book. Because you love me, she said, finding it and scratching at it lightly. You do love me, dont you?There was a faint sound from the center of the clearing. Elena looked and pr overb that Stefan had move his face away.Elena. What happened following(a)? Damons vocalise called her back.Next? Next Aunt Judith started literary argument with me. Elena pondered this a moment and at outlive shrugged. Over something. I got angry. Shes not my mother. She female genitalst split me what to do.Damons representative was dry. I dont think thats handout to be a problem anymore. What following(a)?Damons voice was dry. I dont think thats pass to be a problem anymore. What next?And where did you go in matteds car?To Wickery Bridge, Stefan said, spell back toward them. His eyes were desolate.No, to the boardinghouse, Elena corrected, irritated. To wait for mm I forget. allway, I waited at that place. co nsequently in that respectfore the hale started. Wind, rain, all that. I didnt handle it. I got in the car. hardly something came later me. soul came after you, said Stefan, look at Damon.Some thing, Elena insisted. She had had enough of his interruptions. Lets go away somewhere, just us, she said to Damon, kneeling up so that her face was tight-fitting to his.In a minute, he said. What hu world body of thing came after you?She settled back, exasperated. I dont know what kind of thing It was the deals of nothing Ive ever seen. Not like you and Stefan. It was Images rippled through her mind. Mist stream along the ground. The wind shrieking. A shape, white, enormous, tone as if it were made out of fog itself. Gaining on her like a wind-driven cloud. possibly it was just part of the storm, she said. scarcely I ideal it wanted to hurt me. I got away though. Fiddling with the zipper to Damons trounce jacket, she smiled secretly and looked up at him through her lashes.For the first time, Damons face showed emotion. His lips twisted in a ignominiousace. You got away.Yes. I remembered what individual told me about running water. Evil things tin open firet cross it. So I drove toward Drowning Creek, toward the bridge. And then She hesitated, frowning, act to find a solid retentiveness in the new mix-up. Water. She remembered water. And someone screaming. besides nothing else. And then I cut through it, she concluded finally, brightly. I must construct, because here I am. And thats all. Can we go now?Damon didnt answer her.The cars nonetheless in the river, said Stefan. He and Damon were looking at severally other like cardinal adults having a discussion over the head of an undiscerning child, their hostilities suspended for the moment. Elena felt a freshet of annoyance. She clear her mouth, entirely Stefan was continuing. Bonnie and Meredith and I found it. I went underwater and got her, but by thenBy then, what? Elena frowned.Damons l ips were slue mockingly. And you gave up on her? You, of all people, should lose suspected what might happen. Or was the opinion so repugnant to you that you couldnt compensate read it? Would you rather she were really dead?people, should throw away suspected what might happen. Or was the report so repugnant to you that you couldnt yet direct it? Would you rather she were really dead?Elena opened her mouth again, but Damon laid twain fingers on it to keep her quiet. He said smoothly, And thats the problem now-or are you too ash grey screen to see that, too? You told me to look at her look at her yourself. Shes in shock, irrational. Oh, yes, even I admit that. He paused for a blinding smile before dismissal on. Its more than just the normal confusion after changing. Shell need blood, hu earthly concern blood, or her body wont have the strength to give notice the change. Shell die.What do you mean irrational? Elena thought indignantly. Im fine, she said around Damons fin gers. Im tired, thats all. I was vent to sleep when I heard you two turn oning, and I came to help you. And then you wouldnt even let me kill him, she finished, disgusted.Yes, why didnt you? said Stefan. He was staring at Damon as if he could bore holes through him with his eyes. Any trace of cooperation on his part was kaput(p). It would have been the easiest thing to do.Damon stared back at him, all at once furious, his own animosity flooding up to meet Stefans. He was breathing readily and lightly. possibly I dont like things easy,he hissed. Then he seemed to regain control of himself once more. His lips curled in mockery, and he added, Put it this way, dear brother if anyones pass to have the satisfaction of killing you, it give be me. No one else. I plan to take care of the descent personally. And its something Im very good at I promise you.Youve shown us that, Stefan said quietly, as if each word sickened him. entirely this one, Damon said, act to Elena with glitteri ng eyes, I didnt kill. Why should I? I could have changed her any time I liked.Maybe because she had just gotten diligent to marry someone else.Damon lifted Elenas hand, still twined with his. On the third finger a gold ring glittered, set with one deep blue stone. Elena frowned at it, mistily remembering having seen it before. Then she shrugged and leaned against Damon wearily.Well, now, Damon said, looking down(a) at her, that doesnt seem to be much of a problem, does it? I think she whitethorn have been glad to forget you. He looked up at Stefan with an unpleasant smile. But well find out once shes herself again. We can ask her then which of us she chooses. concur?Stefan shook his head. How can you even insinuate that? After what happened His voice trailed off.With Katherine? I can say it, if you cant. Katherine made a cockamamie choice, and she paid the price for it. Elena is different she knows her own mind. But it doesnt matter if you agree, he added, reverse Stefans ne w protests. The fact is that shes weak now, and she need blood. Im acquittance to see that she gets it, and then Im going to find who did this to her. You can summate or not. Suit yourself.He stood, drawing Elena up with him. Lets go.She recognized the place where they odd the wood. She had been on that point earlier today. Now, however, in that location was some correct of frenzied activity going on red and blue lights flashing on cars, spotlights framing the dark huddled shapes of people. Elena looked at them curiously. Several were familiar. That woman, for instance, with the thin harrowed face and the zealous eyes-Aunt Judith? And the tall man beside her-Aunt Judiths fianc.., Robert?There should be someone else with them, Elena thought. A child with hairsbreadth as pale as Elenas own. But try as she might, she could not organise up a name.The two girls with their blazon around each other, standing in a circle of officials, those two she remembered though. The little r ed-haired one who was crying was Bonnie. The taller one with the chimneysweep of dark hair, Meredith.But shes not in the water, Bonnie was saying to a man in a uniform. Her voice trembled on the edge of hysteria. We saw Stefan get her out. Ive told you and told you.And you odd him here with her?We had to. The storm was getting worse, and there was something coming- Never mind that, Meredith broke in. She sounded only slightly calmer than Bonnie. Stefan said that if he-had to transmit her, hed leave her lying under the willow trees.And just where is Stefan now? another uniformed man asked.We dont know. We went back to get help. He belike followed us. But as for what happened to-to Elena Bonnie turned back and buried her face in Merediths berm.Theyre upset about me, Elena realized. How silly of them. I can clear that up, anyway. She started forward into the light, but Damon pulled her back. She looked at him, wounded.Not like that. fragmentize the ones you want, and well draw t hem out, he said.Want for what?For feeding, Elena. Youre a hunter now. Those are your prey.Elena pushed her tongue against a canine tooth doubtfully. Nothing out there looked like food to her. Still, because Damon said so, she was accustomed to give him the benefit of the doubt. Whichever you think, she said obligingly.Damon slant his head back, eyes narrowed, scan the paroxysm like an expert evaluating a noted unhingeting. Well, how about a bitstock of sensitive paramedics?Damon tilted his head back, eyes narrowed, scanning the scene like an expert evaluating a famous painting. Well, how about a couple of nice paramedics?Damon barely glanced over his shoulder at Stefan. Why not?Because thereve been enough attacks. She may need human blood, but she doesnt have to hunt for it. Stefans face was except and hostile, but there was an air of grim determination about him.Theres another way? Damon asked ironically.You know there is. Find someone whos willing-or who can be influenced to be willing. Someone who would do it for Elena and who is strong enough to transmit with this, mentally.And I suppose you know where we can find such a flawlessness of virtue?Bring her to the school. Ill meet you there, Stefan said, and disappeared.They left the activity still bustling, lights flashing, people milling. As they went, Elena noticed a strange thing. In the middle of the river, illuminated by the spotlights, was an automobile. It was altogether submerged except for the front fender, which stuck out of the water.What a stupid place to parkland a car, she thought, and followed Damon back into the woods.Stefan was beginning to facial expression again.It hurt. Hed thought he was through with hurting, through with feeling anything. When hed pulled Elenas lifeless body out of the dark water, hed thought that nothing could ever hurt again because nothing could curb that moment.Hed been wrong.He stop and stood with his good hand braced against a tree, head down, breath ing deeply. When the red mists cleared and he could see again, he went on, but the burning twinge in his chest continued undiminished. develop thinking about her, he told himself, discerning that it was useless.But she wasnt truly dead. Didnt that count for something? Hed thought he would never hear her voice again, never feel her touchAnd now, when she fey him, she wanted to kill him.He stopped again, doubling over, afraid he was going to be sick.Seeing her like this was worse torture than seeing her lying frosty and dead. Maybe that was why Damon had let him live. Maybe this was Damons revenge.And maybe Stefan should just do what hed think to do after killing Damon. hold back until dawn and take off the silver ring that protected him from sunlight. Stand lite in the fiery embrace of those rays until they burnt-out the flesh from his bonesand stopped the pain once and for all.Stefan detoured toward the boardinghouse. He needed to clean up before he could let humans see him . In his room, he washed the blood from his face and grapple and examined his arm. The healing process had already begun, and with submerging he could accelerate it still further. He was burning up his Powers fast the fight with his brother had already weakened him. But this was important. Not because of the pain-he scarcely noticed that-but because he needed to be fit.Damon and Elena were waiting outback(a) the school. He could feel his brothers impatience and Elenas foolish new presence there in the dark.This had better work, Damon said.Stefan said nothing. The school auditorium was another center of commotion. People ought to have been enjoying the Founders Day dance in fact, those who had remained through the storm were pacing around or garner in small groups talking. Stefan looked in the open door, searching with his mind for one situation presence. He found it. A sandy head was bent over a table in the corner. lusterlessness. savourless straightened and looked around, p uzzled. Stefan willed him to come outside. You need some fresh air, he thought, insinuating the suggestion into mattingssubconscious. You feel like just stepping out for a moment.To Damon, standing inconspicuous just beyond the light, he said, shell out her into the school, to the photography room. She knows where it is. Dont show yourselves until I say. Then he backed away and waited for flat to appear.Matt came out, his drawn face turned up to the moonless sky. He started violently when Stefan spoke to him.Stefan Youre here Desperation, hope, and horror struggled for authority on his face. He hurried over to Stefan. Did they-bring her back yet? Is there any news?What have you heard?Matt stared at him a moment before answering. Bonnie and Meredith came in saying that Elena had gone off of Wickery Bridge in my car. They said that she He paused and swallowed. Stefan, its not true, is it? His eyes were pleading. Stefan looked away.Oh, God, Matt said hoarsely. He turned his back o n Stefan, pressing the heels of his hands into his eyes. I dont believe it I dont. It cant be true.Matt He touched the other boys shoulder.Im sorry. Matts voice was rough and ragged. You must be going through hell, and here I am making it worse.His only other plectrum was to tell Matt the truth. Let Matt make his own choice, knowing everything.If there were something you could do for Elena right now, he said, would you do it?Matt was too lost in emotion to ask what kind of skew-whiff question that was.Anything, he said or so angrily, rubbing a sleeve over his eyes. Id do anything for her. He looked at Stefan with something like defiance, his breathing shaky.Congratulations, Stefan thought, feeling the sudden oscitancy pit in his stomach. Youve just won yourself a trip to the Twilight Zone. condescend with me, he said. Ive got something to show you.