Cold Hearted | Damon Salvatore

twenty one

21. Requiem for a Dream

Aria gasped and sat up on the bed, only to see herself surrounded by Damon, Klaus, Caroline and the five kids.

"Aria? Hey" Damon greeted, quickly sitting by the very confused tribrid, "Take it easy Aria, nice and slow".

"Hey, how you feeling?" Caroline asked, sitting on the other side of Aria and rubbing her back.

"Mommy, are you okay?" a concerned Mia, crawling on to the bed and stopping near Aria's legs, infront of Caroline.

Aria looked at everyone around, "I feel different" she whispered, "Something isn't right with me".

"Everything's alright, that's just the after effects of beating death" Klaus assured.

"I need some air" Aria said, quickly getting out of bed, and before anyone could stop her she had used her vampire speed to rush out of the room.

"What just happened?" a confused Caroline asked.

"I have no idea" an equally confused Damon said, "You two stay here with the kids, I'll go check on Aria".

Caroline and Klaus nodded their heads and Damon quickly rushed downstairs where he saw Aria pouring herself a glass of bourbon and then downing it in one go.

"Aria, are you okay?" Damon asked, walking up to the tribrid.

Aria looked at Damon and gave him a small smile, "Of course I'm okay, why wouldn't I be okay?".

Damon smiled back at Aria, he opened his mouth to say something else but before he could, Aria stuck her hand into his chest and ripped his heart out.

"Oh my god" a shocked Caroline said, walking into the living room and seeing Damon's dead body, "Oh my god, Damon, no".

Aria suddenly speeded behind Caroline and using her bare hands ripped her head off.

***

In reality, Kol entered Damon and Aria's old room, only to see Aria still laying on the bed, still unconscious, "What's going on?" he asked.

Alec quickly ran over to Kol, "Dad, something is wrong with mom, she's not waking up" he informed, hugging Kol's leg.

Klaus looked at his brother, who was looking at Aria's body with a knowing look, "You know why Ari's not waking up" he realised.

Kol looked between Caroline and Klaus, Damon refusing to move his eyes from Aria, "She's not waking up because she's trying to protect us".

"What?" a confused Caroline asked.

"Passing Rayna's life to Ri, also passed on her hunter instincts to her" Kol informed, shocking everyone, "If Ri wakes up, then just like Rayna, she's going to be out for all of our blood".

***

Damon and Kol stood in the Salvatore library.

"Rayna screwed us" Kol informed, pouring himself a drink while Damon stared at the fireplace infront of him, "She failed to mention that by giving Ri her life, she was actually giving Ri her lifestyle, so now, when she wakes up, she's gonna be Rayna 2.0".