Brave (Damon Salvatore x OC)

Chase

Jeremy stares at Damon and Klaus in shock? "No way. I'm not doing this." He shakes his head.

"What makes you think you have a choice?" Klaus asks with a smirk.

"You have to kill vampires to complete the hunter's mark." Damon reminds him. "Mark equals You're in a bar full of almost vampires, so get your hunt on."

Jeremy stares Damon down. "Screw you. You said I wouldn't have to kill any innocent people."

"Jeremy, they're not people." Damon insists.

"Enough! Have at it, or else." Klaus threatens.

"I don't take orders from you, dick." Jeremy drops the stake in his hand. "Hunters can't be compelled."

Klaus laughs and walks up to Jeremy. "You're right. I can't compel you. But if your conscience is getting in the way, then allow me to make this easy for you. Because, I can compel them."

They look around the room at the vampires in transition who are starting to stir. A few compelled humans are wandering around feeding them their blood.

I'm gonna give you a two-minute head start. Then I'm gonna send every vampire in here after you. You kill them, or they kill your friend... Matt."

Matt and Jeremy both look around the room panicking. "Wait a second!"

"No, no. You turn them, he kills them. That was the deal, Klaus." Damon snaps and moves towards the hybrid.

"I'm taking artistic license." Klaus shrugs carelessly.

Damon hisses. "You know he can't take them all on at the same time."

"With you as his coach, he'll be fine. It's Matt I'm worried about." Klaus grins.

Damon glances around. "Ah...Jeremy, go get the weapons out of the car. I'll be right behind you."Jeremy runs out of the bar and Damon looks at Matt. "Both of you." Matt follows.

Klaus shouts after them. "If I hear an engine start, I'll kill Matt myself!"

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Matt is frantically running for his life through the woods in the dark. A vampire can be heard chasing him through the brush. Matt stops and hides behind a tree and cranes his head around to look. When he turns his head back, a vampire attacks him and bites into his neck. Jeremy appears and shoots the vampire in the back with an arrow piercing his heart.

Jeremy rushes toward and presses a piece of fabric to Matt's bleeding neck. "Are you okay?

"Yeah, I just need a second." Matt pants.

"We don't have a second. They can smell your blood. We need to go." Jeremy insists and hears something behind him. He turns around, bringing up his bow, but it's Damon. Damon bats the bow away.

"Don't hesitate! You're lucky it was me. Otherwise you two'd be dead." He berates Jeremy 

"You set us up." Jeremy rants angrily.

"I was trying to get this thing over with. You're the one that pissed off Klaus. Now you have to fight your way out of it." Damon insists.

Jeremy looks around. "All right, where are the other vampires?"

"They're newbies. They're still trying to figure out how to track, which means you have two seconds to get ready to fight." Damon warns.

Jeremy turns to Matt. "The lake house is this way. If we can get there, they won't be able to get inside."

"Wait, you want to run?" Damon demands shocked.

"They're going to kill Matt!" Damon hesitates and Jeremy pulls his trump card. "Em is already gonna be pissed enough. You get Matt killed you'll never get out of the doghouse.