Blood and Honey (Vampire Diaries FanFic)

17- Before The Storm..

Raelyn's P.O.V.

After making it into town, I head into the grill, and look around. Unable to find Tyler, I walk up to the counter, after recognizing one of Tyler's friends. "Hey, have you seen Tyler? I'm supposed to meet him here, but I don't see him.." I say. "Hey, you're his older sister, right?" The boy asks. "That's right." I say with a nod. "Cool, yeah I saw him leaving with three others, including Jeremy, the Gilbert kid. Didn't catch where they said they were going." The boy says. "Great, thanks big guy." I say, patting the boy on the back, before walking away. Now, where'd you run off too little brother..?

Mason's P.O.V.

I hand one of the young kids at the lemonade booth some money, before taking my drink. It's too bad I couldn't spend the day with Rae...would've been a hell of alot better than this...especially if this plan backfires on me.. "Thank you." I say with a smile. "You're welcome." The girl says. But, it needed to be done. Stefan might have talked about peace, but not before threatening. If it had just been me that he threatened, it would've been fine, but...he brought Rae into it, saying we both needed to watch our backs. I can't let that slide. Taking a drink, I hear footsteps approach me, and turn towards them. Sure enough, there's Damon. Just like I thought.. "Hello, Mason. Working hard?" He asks. I nod. "Doing my part, Damon." I say. "Heard you talked to Stefan." He says. "Nice guy." I say. He chuckles slightly. "Yeah, a lot nicer than me." He says. I give a slight tilt of my head. "Well, nice is overrated." I counter. "That's what I think. Ha." Damon says, attempting to pat my shoulder. I take a step away. "You have a good day, Damon." I say, taking my leave. Now, to wait..

I stop in the crowd a few yards away, but still within ear-shot, so I can listen in. "Please tell me that you were just bonding?" I hear Stefan ask, as he stops next to Damon. Damon chuckles and turns towards him. "So, what's up with this faux drama in your relationship?" Damon asks, clearly changing the subject. "What are you talking about?" Stefan asks. "Oh, come on Stefan. You and Elena don't fight. Especially not over me." Damon says, pushing the subject. "Drop it, Damon." Stefan says. Damon puts his hands up sarcastically, before turning towards the Lemonade stand. "With pleasure." Damon says, before one of the girls offer him a Lemonade. "Thank you, sweetie." Damon says, taking the cup. Show time. Hope Liz is watching.. With that, I watch as Damon takes a drink, before he immediately spits it out right after, holding his throat. Looking to Liz, I see her staring at them in shock. Got him. With that thought, I walk away.

Stefan's P.O.V.

I follow Damon as he growls in anger. This is not good.. "Oh, it burns.." he say, as he stomps over to a water bottle, and gargles it, before spitting it out. "I'm gonna kill him.." he says, trying to turn around. I quickly stop him. "No. Hey, hey! Listen to me..!" I say, fighting against him. "No, no more Mr. Nice Guy." He says. "No, no. Sit, sit, sit." I say, forcing him down by grabbing his neck. "No, I am not listening to anymore of your 'give peace a chance' crap! He's dead!" He snaps at me. Dammit, Mason..! Why couldn't you just let it go..? Weren't you worried about what'll happen to you and Rae?! I can't ignore what you did, I can't stop Damon from retaliation! Dammit..! I sigh and give up, knowing there wasn't any other choice now. "Okay. Okay. I don't like it, but he's making threats. He could expose us. We need to put him down." I say. Hearing this, Damon sighs in relief. "Alright, let's do it." Damon says, before noticing something behind me. "The woods. Trash duty. Come on." Damon says, pointing to Mason, walking into the woods with two empty trash bins. Seeing this, I let him get up, before we follow after Mason.

A few minutes later..

Damon and I see Mason picking up tree branches, throwing them into bins. We each take a side, trapping him between us, just as he notices us standing there. He takes a few cautious steps away from us, a look of shock on his face. "Bad idea, coming here alone. Where's that niece of yours, huh? I'm surprised you didn't involve her in this little plan of yours. It's a shame. She might've helped you out of this." Damon taunts. "Don't be fooled Damon, she might be hiding somewhere around us." I say. "No, she's not. If she was, he wouldn't be cowering like he is right now.." Damon says confidently. Mason takes a few more steps away, eyes widened. "See, what'd I tell you. Look at him, she's probably abandoned him, for Baby Lockwood." Damon says, before looking to Mason. "Don't look so surprised. You knew this was inevitable." Damon says. Mason looks between us in fear. "Go ahead, run. We'll give you a headstart." Damon adds. However, instead of running, Mason drops to the ground, right before gunshots follow. Sharp pain shoots up and down our torsos, until we both collapse onto the ground. I clutch my stomach in pain, as Damon rolls over onto his stomach. What...happened..? "Thank you, Mason." Sheriff Forbes says, walking up to us with two other deputies. Dammit...it's The Council.. Once they reach us, they inject Vervain into our torsos. We lose consciousness soon after.