The Protectors

Sixty seconds

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Sixty seconds. That was all it took for Elena to grasp what she saw on the screen. It took her a minute, then the picture came together in front of her. After she left home, she immediately sent a sample from Damon to the DNA analyzer and placed some of it in the centrifuge so that the components could be separated well, but most of the sample fell into Mrs. Greasley's hands. Elena still didn't know what role the Triad company had in the experiments. She didn't eat or sleep all night. She felt this was the longest night of her life. She lost her husband, her friends in one day, and with that, she had a good chance of lost her daughter too. Based on what Damon said, everyone turned against her, and if that hadn't happened yet, after what she did sooner or later, it would. There was nothing left for her but the work. She was aware that if she sucked the antidote from the exvampire, the man would soon catch up with his actual age. How ironic that it happened to him just the day before his birthday. But Elena was also sure the others wouldn't let him die. They'll come up with some solution to keep the older Salvatore (who they love so much now) alive. She had no idea her ex-husband had been shot. In the lab, she focused only on her work. She didn't give herself a chance to think about the events of the past day. She did her tasks automatically. She scrubbed the pots, checked the instruments, ran routine checks. By the time she was done, it was almost sunrise. It was around this time that Damon's complete transformation could take place. While she waited for the DNA analysis to complete, she lay down on the couch for a while. That's when she noticed how tired she was. Her whole body trembled, her limbs ached, sharp pain in her back as she tried to change position, and her stomach chilled constantly. She barely ate anything. She only made a few sandwiches for herself at home, but she couldn't eat them either. She didn't expect that at all. Somewhere she hoped that even if they parted ways with Damon, they could remain friends as Stephanie would connect them for a lifetime. She had no idea how the man found her diary. She carefully hid it in one of the tiny recesses behind the tombstone. Somehow, however, her secrets came to light, and based on the way her husband looked at her, nothing good could be expected. Elena was overwhelmed with anger as she remembered what Damon was whispering in her ear, and guilt didn't bother her so much anymore. What he told her about Bonnie hurt her a thousand times more than anything else in her life so far. She felt betrayed. She warmed a snake on her chest, which was now bitten her. If Damon had said he had an affair with the new bartender girl or anyone else, she could have handled it better. In fact, she would have understood if he even getting tangled up with Caroline. She could have dealt with this problem more easily. Two weeks of door slams, then everything returns to normal. But Bonnie was dangerous. Ever since Damon came back from the prison world, Elena had felt like she had somehow slipped back on the older Salvatore's priority list, and she didn't like it very much. Was that selfish on her part? Yes, but she didn't care. After what she went through, she deserved the love that lasted to the grave.

Waking up to the fact that Stefan is dead and everyone is living their own little life has made Elena lonely. With Kai pulling her out of the equation, life really didn't stop. Before she was finally immersed in the coma, at the moment of her farewell, she hoped that by the times she woke up, Damon, Stefan, and Caroline would greeted her with erupting joy, which would help through the grief, as her return would result in Bonnie's death. But that's not what happened. There was no welcoming party, Stefan died and Bonnie was alive. Things between Caroline and the younger Salvatore became so serious that they even got married before the man died. And Damon made friends. Elena felt lonely. Somehow, everyone seemed to have a better thing to do than care about how she felt. Alaric and Caroline were booked by the school and the twins, Matt barely had time to her, Bonnie was gone, and Damon... Well, Damon changed. For Elena, this change was scary. She used to think that was what she wanted, but she soon realized that the "new" Damon Salvatore was better than her. She lost her moral superiority over the man, which became very frustrating. She couldn't talk to anyone about it honestly. At least that's how she felt. Caroline, Damon, and Bonnie got so close that Elena was afraid they wouldn't give her truth. Now that she thought about it better, it wasn't the love that kept her next to the older Salvatore. As the elderly say, it will sooner or later pass. As you grow up, you realize that love up to the grave does not exist. If the relationship does not deepen, there is nothing left but a blunt emptiness. Elena was terrified of loneliness, so she clung to her fingernail to what was left of her. After that, however, there was nothing left for her. She lost everything. It was now realized in her that at the same time she might have lost the most valuable treasure of her life, her daughter. However, before she was too immersed in grief, the instrument indicated that DNA analysis was complete.

Elena shut down the machine and immediately transferred the data to the central computer. He instructed KARL to make a 3D model of the DNA sample as a function of the data. It took a few minutes. In the meantime, she sought analysis of blood samples from subject 21051. She wanted to compare the two results. She wondered how the antidote worked. Elena had a conjecture about supernatural beings for a while, but she would have needed additional samples to prove her assumption. For now, this opportunity seemed to fly away. The modeling is complete and the computer has projected the 3D model. Elena stared with her mouth open at the multi-magnified superhelix pattern, then pressed a button and the other appeared in front of her. She just stared for a minute. The samples from subject 21051 were not exactly the same as she expected, but there was something else in the sequences that she had somehow not noticed so far. It was as if Damon's DNA was full of inactive genes. Human DNA contains 23 chromosome pairs, whereas the current sample is double that, and even in the past it was 2x46 chromosome numbers. Damon's blood was really special. In addition to the genotypes responsible for human appearance, it also contained vampire genes and something else. There still seemed to be a segment of the male gene pool that remained inactive for the time being. Elena's conjecture about Damon has now been confirmed. She did not dare to state with 100% certainty until further investigation, but now she has more evidence in her hands. Damon Salvatore was never human.