A Thousand Years, Stefan Salvatore

090. THE BLOODLUST

Chapter ninety

"The bloodlust."

There was a house in the middle of the woods with a broken swing set, nobody seemed to be getting the mail either, as Enzo, Athena and Damon were inside of it "you think the fella loved milking cows?" Enzo asked from looking at a picture of the two who used to live here "probably. Then she became one. So he drank himself into oblivion, she cheated with the pastor." Damon shared, as Athena spun toward's him "is that supposed to be a dig at me?" she asked him "no because unlike you and Stefan. There's no love in that picture. It's old, and the milkmaids nowhere to be found. It's just pathetic old farmer John." Damon shared, holding his arms out.

"Manners. It's impolite to speak ill of our hosts." Enzo shared, walking over to them "I doubt he'll mind." Damon shared, looking down at farmer John's dead body on the floor "somebody's cranky." Enzo shared "well it's been eight hours since he last ate. Trust me. Vampire blood coach is my thing." Athena shared "you pulling a Stefan on me?" Damon asked her "you feed on vampires now. We are vampires. The only way to assure our safety is to know how long you can last before your next fix." Enzo shared.

"Or you two can just leave." Damon told them "you didn't abandon me and I'm not abandoning you." Athena told him "besides, if you hadn't come with me to kill Dr Wes, he wouldn't have stuck you with that nasty virus." Enzo shared, as farmer John gasped, sitting up "perfect timing." Athena shared, as Enzo crouched down to him "hello." he told him "what did you do? What's happening?" farmer John asked "uh, you died, but luckily, you had my blood in your system, so when you drink this," Enzo said, pulling up the blood bag "you'll feel much better." he shared, ripping it open and force feeding it to him "there you are." he told him.

As farmer John drank it all "good boy." Damon told him, as Enzo and farmer John stood up "what was that?" farmer John asked "blood. We're vampires and now so are you." Athena shared "what?" farmer John asked "I know. It's overwhelming, and Damon will explain more in a bit, but before he does settle a bet. Your wife. Where is she?" Enzo asked "wait. I drink blood now?" farmer John asked "just answer the question. Where's your wife?" Athena asked him "she's gone. She left me years ago." farmer John shared "pastor?" Damon asked, as farmer John turned to him "pastor?" Damon asked again "pharmacist." farmer John told him.

"Ugh." Enzo said "yes. I will take that as a win for me, not for you." Damon shared, as his vampire face showed, he began feeding on farmer John as he screamed, his head then came off, as Damon looked at the two, Athena smirked "you think that's gonna scare me?" she asked "she's right. We're not leaving you. We're the only friends you have left." Enzo shared, as Damon looked down at the head then back up at them.

Meanwhile, back in mystic falls, even though Stefan had told Damon to never come back and letting him walk off with Athena even though that same day he had yelled in her face about it, he had asked the sheriff to help him track the two down, as a knock came to the door, he walked downstairs, opening it, Caroline stood on the other end "you were right. They're off the rails." she shared, walking in, she handed him the file "this is from my mom." she told him "let me guess..missing persons and animal attacks." Stefan shared.

"Check and check. There's something else." Caroline shared, as Stefan furrowed his brows "all the victims were found inside their homes without their head, and there skin was dessicated." Caroline shared "Damons feeding on vampires."  Stefan realized.

Where he was soon sitting in the living room and looking over the cases while Caroline stood in front of him "I shouldn't have let them go." Stefan shared "no! Uh-uh. No! You are not turning Damon's roosting chickens into a Stefan Salvatore guilt trip." Caroline shared "it's not just about Damon, Caroline! If you knew what I knew..I guess Wes injected him with whatever he was gonna give Elena that makes vampires feed on vampires." Stefan shared "good news, bad news. Bad news is that when this happened to Jesse we had to kill him, but the good news is..I'm sorry. Usually there's some good news." Caroline shared.