If only, Damon Salvatore

009. ANOTHER VAMPIRE IN TOWN

Chapter nine

"Another vampire in town."

Beatrix and her mother were sitting down and eating breakfast, but as they did, her grandmother walked up to them with furrowed brows "can someone explain to me how in the hell, there's another dead body being claimed as an animal attack in the paper after we just got over this." she shared, throwing the newspaper down as she sat next to them "your kidding?" Beatrix's mom asked, as Beatrix raised her brows "maybe Damon went and had a, I will never have Katherine, last snack?" she asked.

As her grandmother shook her head "no, this couldn't have been them and if it's not that means we have another vampire lurking around town which is not a good sign. Speaking of which, aren't you gonna be running late for school if you don't leave now?" she asked her, as Beatrix quickly stood up, blowing them an air kiss as she turned running toward's the front door, grabbing her backpack on the way as she headed out.

And as school came to an end, Beatrix was walking away from the school to go home, as Damon appeared in front of her making her jump "god, what is with you and doing that?" she asked him, as Damon smirked "would it be bad if I said that I find joy in your reaction." he shared "yes, but coming from you, I'm not exactly surprised. And what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be leaving town?" Beatrix asked him "yes, but seeing as I got a special visit from Sheriff Forbes on how there was a new vampire in town, Stefan decided we should stay until we figure out who it is." Damon shared, as Beatrix hummed "and let me guess? You wanna do that as fast as possible which is why you came to me, for what? A locator spell? Cause newsflash that's not how it works." she shared.

as Damon scoffed "I know that. You're not the first witch I've met, remember?" he asked her, pulling something out of his pocket, Beatrix furrowed her brows "you brought me a pocket watch?" she asked him, as she took it from him, Damon rolled his eyes "it's not just a watch." he told her, as Beatrix opened it, she recognized it from a very old book her grandmother had shown her "it's a compass that was spelled to track vampires, my grandmother made this back in the day. She never knew what happened to it. How did you get it?" she asked him as it began to spin around and point right at Damon.

"You know that newscaster guy Logan Fell? Well he was using it and tracked Stefan, in which I being the loving brother that I am killed him to save his life." Damon shared, smirking, as Beatrix looked up at him "profound." she told him, as Damon scoffed "whatever. I just had an idea that you'd maybe know how it works and since you do!" he voiced, putting his hand on her shoulder "I'll leave you on your merry way to go find the vampire. And when you do? Call me." he told her, as he stepped around her and walked off, Beatrix's eyes went wide "seriously?" she asked, turning around but as she did, Damon was already gone like he was never even there, as she huffed, a ticking sound filled her ears, as she turned around, the arrow pointed to the left rather then behind her, as she turned and began heading in that direction.

Having followed the compass across town, it soon stopped, as Beatrix was now standing in front of the old Fell warehouse, as she sighed, bringing her hand down, she pulled out her phone and went into her contacts "I mean how am I supposed to call you when I.." she was saying, as Damons name was in there "don't have your number." she said, furrowing her brows, not recalling when the two of them ever exchanged information, as she shook her head, she hit the number and began calling him, as Damon soon answered "I'm guessing you found them?" he asked her "whoever it is, is hiding out at the old Fell warehouse." Beatrix shared.

"I'll be there in a minute." Damon told her, as Beatrix furrowed her brows "a minute?" she asked, as Damon appeared behind her, making Beatrix jump as she turned to him "were you following me?" she asked him, as she closed the watch "not close enough to interfere with the signal." Damon told her, as he held his hand out, Beatrix gave it back to him "just enough that incase whoever this is decided to get the jump on you, and your witchy instincts didn't kick in, in time, that you wouldn't become the next body we find." Damon shared, as Beatrix raised her brows "well in your own twisted way, it sounds kind of like you care about me." she shared.