Scott McCall, the Mikaelson

Chapter 49

Town Hall

"Why did you exchange numbers with that boy and let him leave with our mayor?" Pastor Young questioned Meredith once only Town Council members were left in the room. "Did you not hear that he's a witch?

He made a pact with the Devil and killed vampires to gain whatever dark powers he possesses so that he could become the Devil's right-hand! Why else would he be having dinner with vampires and..."

"And enough, Pastor Young." Meredith interrupted, walking over to where Kol held Carol hostage, looking for some of Kol's blood, but it seemed like none spilled on the floor, prompting Meredith to look for Scott's but there wasn't a trace of it anywhere either, to her confusion and disappointment. "That boy saved our lives.

If it wasn't for him, Carol would be a vampire and Coroner would definitely be dead and maybe we would have been turned into vampires as well or killed. Scott saved us and gave us some things to think about.

There are more creatures out there than vampires and only three have been confirmed to us; vampires, werewolves and witches. And we know there are more in New Orleans and they have a community there and Scott is its king.

We need him on our side to expand our knowledge on supernatural creatures and their community and help us contain vampires."

"And then what?" Coroner inquired.

"And then we will see where to from there." Meredith responded. "For now, our goal is to lay low but keep our eyes and ears open. I understand where you're coming from, Pastor Young.

I know everyone is unnerved by what happened in this room today and everything that was revealed, including Sheriff Forbes hiding Caroline's vampire status. But we have to pull ourselves together, take a few steps back and look at everything, the bigger picture we are only starting to see.

We will deal with Sheriff Forbes keeping us in the dark and likely feeding Caroline and Stefan sensitive Town Council information soon; when we have changed the way we do things so that whatever advantage the vampires gained over us from Sheriff Forbes is void."

With that, everyone departed, with Malcolm hurrying to get home so as to update Lorenzo, glad that he didn't have to save Stefan himself, and Meredith lingered in the room, trying to see if there truly wasn't any blood for a sample buy found none.
TRANSITION
Lockwood House

Before Tyler could greet Carol, he found himself in a tight and warm embrace, courtesy of his mother, to his confusion and shock as he couldn't remember the last time they hugged, hence he tensed a little bit and she noticed but didn't let go. She couldn't.

After almost becoming something that would have robbed her of the ability to hug her son because of the blood thirst that came with being a vampire, Carol didn't want to take the chance she still had for granted and when Tyler relaxed and returned the hug, she couldn't hold back the tears that fell down her cheeks.

"I love you, Tyler." She told him. "I love you more than you'll ever comprehend. I know I don't say it as often as I should but I love you, my son."

A confused Tyler looked at Lydia behind Carol, wondering what was going on, but Lydia didn't provide any clues or an answer.

"I love you too, mom." Tyler said, for though he didn't say or do much to show it, more so lately, he did love his mother, and then asked when they separated. "But what's going on?"

"I... I'll tell you after we've had dinner." Carol replied, wanting to spend as much time with Tyler as possible with him seeing her as just his mother and not his mother who tried to have his friend killed in front of her mother. "For now, I just want you to help me make dinner. Who is your friend?"