The Forgotten Salvatore

Chapter 9 : Crying Wolf

Daniel has been searching non stop for a way to get Katherine out of the tomb and found nothing. That was until he ran into John Gilbert. "Daniel Salvatore, as I live and breathe." John said to Daniel. "John Gilbert." Daniel said. They both broke in a smile and hugged each other. "You know, for a vampire hating person, you seem to like me." Daniel said jokingly. "Yeah well, I don't have a problem with you except for when you let Katherine cut my fingers off and stab me. Anyway, what you been up to?" John asked him. "Figuring out a way to get my girlfriend out of the tomb." Daniel told him. "Yeah I heard. Don't worry though, I already found a way to get her out." John said. "Wait, what? How?" Daniel asked him happy and surprised. "Silver dagger dipped in White Oak Ash." John said simply. "Of course. If Elijah is daggered, the compulsion wears off." Daniel said.

"Right you are." John told him. "Thanks for this. I know it's not for us but thank you." Daniel said to him sincerely. "No problem, anything for an old friend." John told him.

Boarding House

"So, John Gilbert gave me this to kill Elijah." Damon told Alaric. Damon unrolls the dagger from its protective cloth. "Said you have to dip the dagger in the remains of an old white ash tree that dates back to the Originals, if there's any truth in that." Damon explained. Damon hands the dagger to Alaric and Alaric takes it. "So you think it's a setup?" Alaric asked him. "It could be. Guy's a weasel. Wouldn't put anything past him." Damon said. "Oh no, it's not a set up. If you stab Elijah with that, he will die." A voice said. The two men turned around and saw Daniel at the bar making a drink. "I know this because I've seen it happen before." He said downing his drink.

"Anyway, what are you up to today, Mr. Saltzman?" Damon asked him. "Well, Jenna and I were supposed to go to her family's lake house, but somehow, we both got roped into doing this Historical Society thing at the Lockwoods." Alaric said. "Where Elijah's the guest of honour." Damon said, gaining an idea. "Tell me you're not gonna kill him at the tea party." Alaric said to him. "Oh he is so gonna do it then. But that would be pretty stupid. You should get to know his endgame before You kill him, but don't you think it's time Elijah and You officially met." Daniel said to Alaric and Damon.

Later

The Historical Society's Tea Party has commenced. Elijah and Carol are speaking with each other as they sip their tea. "Have you spent much time in Richmond for your book? There's such a wealth of history there." Carol said to Elijah. "No, I'm focusing mostly on the smaller regions of Virginia. Lots of research. Strictly academic." Elijah told her. "That's fascinating." Carol said. Damon and Daniel enters the house. Jenna intercepts Damon. "Damon, what are you doing here?" Jenna asked him. She looked at Daniel who looked uncomfortable. "And who's this?" Jenna asked. "Daniel Salvatore. Damon's brother. I apologise on behalf of my brother for any problems he's caused while being in town." Daniel said to Jenna. "At least one of you have the decency to apologise." Jenna said to Damon. "Thank you." She the said to Daniel who gave a small smile in return.

Andie walks up to Jenna and Damon, notepad in hand. Damon looks over at her and smiles. "Hi, you came." Andie said to said. "Hi." He said. "Hi" she said back. Damon pecks Andie on the lips. Jenna and Daniel look at the two, surprised. "Thanks for introducing us, Jenna." Damon said. Damon walks out of the room. Andie smiles at Jenna and stands next to her and Daniel as they watch Damon walk away. "Ahhh. Wow." Andie said. "Anyone want something stronger than tea?" Daniel asked the two. Jenna immediately said yes. Daniel pulled out a flask and gave it to her. "Always prepared." He said to her. "How olds re you anyway?" She asked him. "20." He said. Jenna simply nods and drinks from the flask.

Later - Boarding House

Daniel was filled in on what happened with Elijah. "Today was a bust." Damon said. "Yeah. How's the throat?" Daniel asked him. "Sore." Damon simply said. "Yeah. That Elijah's one scary dude, but with nice hair. Hey. You want another one?" Alaric asked him. Alaric gets up, Damon hands him his glass, which Alaric takes and walks over to the bar. "He's gonna be hard to kill." Damon said. "Yeah. I'd think twice before I'd trust that dagger and some ashes to do the job." Damon said glancing at Daniel who rolled his eyes.

He pours more bourbon in their glasses. "You're gonna need more info." Alaric told him. "Apart from Daniel, I'm out of sources." He simply said. "What's up with you and this news chick?" Daniel asked his brother. "Ooh. She's got spunk, huh?" Damon said to Daniel. Alaric sits back down on the couch and looks at Damon significantly. "Just don't kill her, please." Alaric said to him. "If he did, who would report her death?" Daniel said jokingly. "Just don't do it, all right? She's friends with Jenna, and it's bad enough that I'm lying to her about everything else. I hate the lies." Alaric told him.

Alaric takes his phone out of his pocket and looks at it. "Oh, God. I got to go. I got to pick Jenna up." Alaric said standing up. "Don't worry. I'll, uh, show myself out." He said leaving. Damon places his hands on the back of his head and shuts his eyes. "Good luck." Damon said. Alaric walks out of the library. Damon remains in his relaxed position until he and Daniel hear a loud, crashing noise from the hallway. His eyes fly open and they walk out of the library and into the hallway. Out in the hallway, Damon and Daniel see that Alaric has a large knife plunged into his stomach. Alaric looks at the two as he clutches at the knife and groans as he falls to the floor. Suddenly, from the rafters of the parlor's ceiling, Stevie drops down with wolf-speed. Damon, Daniel and Stevie engage in supernatural speed combat. Stevie, with the element of surprise, stabs Damon in the neck with a syringe full of vervain. Damon grunts but is not completely affected by the vervain and vamp speeds around the room, crashing Stevie into several walls. Finally, Damon weakens and falls to the ground. Stevie removes the syringe from his neck and stands up. He walks over to Daniel and snaps his neck.

Later

Alaric's body lies on the floor of the parlor room. Damon has been chained to a chair with a wooden spiked metal collar around his neck. And Daniel is tied to a chair with vervain ropes. Damon has become less weakened by the vervain, but is still unable to move much. He sees Ric's dead body on the floor and looks worried for a moment, before spotting the Gilbert ring on his finger. Damon sighs with relief and glances over to his right. Stevie is standing there, holding the ends of two chains which attach to Damon's spiked collar.

"Morning, sunshine." Stevie said to Damon as he walks in front of him. "I saw this movie once, some torture porn flick. Anyway, they had this collar device that was really cool, so I just modified it some with some wooden nails, and when I pull..." he trailed off. Stevie pulls the ends of the chains forward. The wooden spikes insert themselves in Damon's neck and Damon groans in pain. Suddenly, Jules speaks up from the corner.

"So I hear you have the moonstone." She said. Jules and two other werewolves walk farther into the room. "Oh, if you only knew the irony of this moment right now. Let me tell you how this is gonna go. You're gonna torture me, I don't talk, someone loses a heart. Last time, it was your boy Mason." Damon said laughing. Stevie wraps the chains around his hand. Jules inches closer to Damon. "This time it'll be you." She said to him.

Later

Jules leans against a shotgun as she talks to Damon. "You know what the great thing about buckshot is? It scatters through the body. Maximum damage." She told Damon. Damon looks at her with feigned intrigue. Jules lifts the shotgun up and points it at Damon. "Where's the moonstone?" She asked him. "Get over it, honey. You're never gonna get it." Damon told her. "You looking for this?" A voice said. Jules turned and saw Elijah. Elijah, leaning against a banister, twirls the moonstone in his hand. Everyone turns to look at him. Elijah walks down the stairs and places the moonstone on an end table. He backs away.

"Go ahead. Take it." He simply said gesturing to the stone. One of the werewolves uses his wolf speed to rush towards the moonstone, but Elijah, being quicker, plunges his hand into the wolf's chest and rips out his heart. The wolf falls down onto the couch, dead. Two other wolves rush at Elijah and Elijah, without any effort, plunges his arms into their chests and rips out their hearts as well. Jules wolf-speeds out of the house before she is killed. Elijah walks over to Stevie, who crouches down and pulls his jacket over his face in fear. Elijah pulls him up from the ground.

"What about you, sweetheart, hmm? You want to take a shot? Yes? No? Yes? Where's the girl?" Elijah asked him. "I don't know." Damon said looking around. "It doesn't really matter." Elijah simply said. Elijah punches Stevie in the face and Stevie falls to the floor. Elijah then removes the chains strapping Damon down into the chair. "So you realize this is the third time I've saved your life now?" Elijah said ripping the chains off of Daniel. Damon doesn't respond. Elijah turns around, grabs the moonstone, and walks out of the house. Damon called Bonnie and Caroline to tell them what happened. When he hung up, he waited for Daniel and Alaric to wake up.