𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑

𝐢. Mᴀsǫᴜᴇʀᴀᴅᴇ

❝HAVE SOME FAITH IN ME!
I'LL BE FINE!!❞
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𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲, 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗰, 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲-𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮. As they were discussing the various types of weapons with Damon, there was a sudden knock on the door causing Caroline to go towards the door to open it. When the Forbes vampire opens the door, Bonnie Bennett walks in with her grimoire in hand.

"I got Stefan's message." the Bennett witch says as she walks past Caroline, before turning her head back to fully come face-to-face with the youngest Salvatore brother.

"Hey, you brought the grimoire. Thank you." Stefan says thankfully to Bonnie as she stops in front of him.

"What's going on?" the Bennett witch asks, noticing Josephine, Alaric, and Damon at the table that was piled with various weapons.

"We're going to kill Katherine." says Jeremy Gilbert, completely shocking the Bennett witch who hadn't known that he was there until that moment. After watching him walk past her, Bonnie turns her attention back to Stefan, who exclaims, "I can explain."

"Please." the Bennett witch says, looking at Stefan with wide eyes.

"We're gonna kill Katherine." the youngest Salvatore reiterates as if to think that it was explaining anything before everyone walks over to join Josephine, Alaric, and Damon.

"This works with compressed air. The trigger mechanism is up here. We have two of these in different sizes, plus I always carry my hand-held one with me." Josephine explains as she was showing the crossbows that were on the table.

"For you, I recommend this." Alaric says showing the Salvatore brothers, mainly Damon, a weapon that could be strapped to the arm. "It fits nicely under the jacket sleeve. Here's the trigger. And when you're ready..." he says before showing the Salvatore brothers how to use the weapon, while also thrusting his hand forward as if he was staking a vampire.

"You wanted us to show you how to kill a vampire." Josephine says as she notices how the eldest Salvatore flinched away from her uncle.

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"Are you sure you guys don't want me there tonight?" Alaric asks. The small group standing together in a circle in the middle of the living room area of the Salvatore Boarding House.

"No, I need you to stay with Elena. I don't want her to know about this." Stefan answers.

"Plus, I'm gonna be there, Uncle Alaric. We'll be fine!" Josephine responds, even though it barely puts her uncle's nerves towards her at ease.

"Okay. Well, I'll make sure she doesn't leave my sight." the Saltzman man says to Stefan. Then he turns his attention towards his niece, saying, "And you better be careful tonight, Jovi. The last thing I want is to be hearing that you got yourself hurt, or worse killed!"

"Have some faith in me! I'll be fine!!" the Saltzman girl exclaimed throwing her hands into the air.

"Alright, if anybody wants to back out, I'll understand." Stefan says looking around at the rest of the group.