it had been two months since the last time anyone heard from stefan. everyone had been investigating to try and find him.
alaric drove damon and may to memphis tennessee to investigate a lead liz forbes had given them. once they arrived at the correct house, they got out of the car.
just as they got out of the car, damon's phone rang but he declined the call.
"i wonder who that could be." may said.
"elena?" alaric asked as damon nodded.
"you shouldn't be ignoring her." may said.
"i don't know why you don't come clean and tell her where we are." alaric said.
"cause andie said this is a half lead. and i don't wanna get her hopes up." damon said.
"yeah, well, they're all half leads. and we're your accomplice." alaric said.
"i will say it's hard to lie to the poor girl." may said.
"what do you want me to say to her? i'm practically living there." alaric said as may frowned.
"still sleeping on the couch?" damon asked him.
"you know, i keep waiting for them to kick me out. but they don't. i don't know why. it's not like i'm helping or anything." alaric said.
"mm." damon said.
"it's quiet." alaric said referring to the house.
"yeah, too quiet." damon said as they went up to the front door.
"time to investigate." may said as damon stepped into the house.
"oh, yeah." damon said noticing him and may didn't have to be invited in.
once they entered the house, they saw the wall and the floors were covered in blood. when they got in the living room, they saw two corpses on the couch.
"uh oh. vampire for sure." alaric said.
"stefan for sure." damon said.
"how do you know?" alaric asked.
"it's his signature. there's a reason they call him the ripper. feeds so hard, he blacks out, rips them apart but then when he's done, he feels remorse. it's the damnedest thing. he puts the bodies back together." damon said as he shock one of the corpses, making her head roll onto the floor.
"back together?" alaric asked.
"definitely stefan." damon said.
"thank god lexi isn't alive to see this." may said before letting out a sigh.
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damon came back in the house with a can of gasoline and may covered the bodies with a blanket.
"what are you doing?" alaric asked as may turned to him.
"having a bbq. what does it look like?" may asked.
"covering their tracks. clearly, they have no interest in staying in the dark, but i do." damon said as he started pouring the gasoline everywhere.
alaric stepped back making the floorboards creek which, caught damon's attention.
"hang on." damon said as he moved the rug to reveal a trap door in the floor.
"huh. okay." alaric said as they lifted the door.
below the floor, was a room underground with chains attached to the wall.
