A Thousand Years, Stefan Salvatore

127. A DUEL OF SORTS

Chapter one hundred and twenty seven

"A duel of sorts."

It was three years from now and Damon had stopped by to see Alaric knowing Caroline would be the bait to lure Stefan out, where the two of them had caught a broadcast that covered all tv stations with a message toward's Stefan Salvatore, which was why Damon was speeding down the road with Alaric in the passenger seat "twenty three minutes." Alaric told him "just enough time for me to get in, take out the girls, and grab Caroline." Damon shared "that's it? That's your plan, just take them out?" Alaric asked.

"It's simple, it's classic. Come on." Damon shared "yeah listen. I saw the x carved in Stefan's chest. Pretty sure she's not teaching her kids how to play tic tac toe. Look. This is a trap." Alaric shared "oh, I know it's a trap, and I'm gonna spring it so Stefan can't." Damon shared "yeah. Well, look. I didn't get a babysitter on thirty seconds noticed just to sit in the car. Let me talk to her. She trusts me." Alaric shared "no, you're not talking to her!" Damon voiced "turn, turn, turn." Alaric told him, as Damon did so.

The car came to a stop "there's no way Stefan didn't see Caroline's broadcast. He'll be here in a minute. When he gets here, pump him full of vervain so he can't hero his way in there." Damon shared "if Caroline's in danger, I'm coming with you." Alaric shared "and what give her some fatherly advice on not to kill her sister? She doesn't want Caroline, she wants Stefan. If he goes in there, he's dead." Damon shared, getting out of the car, he shut the door behind him as he walked into the studio.

"Stefan? Stefan, please." Caroline could be heard begging "guess you're gonna have to settle for the other one, blondie." Damon shared, as he walked towards the stage "Stefan, I.." Caroline said, where when Damon got there, Caroline wasn't there just the broadcast playing on a loop "we apologize for the interruption to your current program. My name is Caroline." she said "well, that's not good." Damon said "please, listen carefully." Caroline said, as five bullets were shot into Damon's back as he passed out.

The next morning, Athena got a text from Enzo saying that the two new of a similar secret and he knew where to go to find it if she wanted in, which was why she quickly texted him yes, knowing it was about whatever Julian was looking for in Oscar's car and after last night, she knew he couldn't have it, as she put her jacket on, she leaned down kissing Annabeth on the forehead, as she turned walking out of the room, and down the hallway to the stairs.

And as she did, she heard noises from the kitchen of someone cooking and she knew it was Stefan, who if she told him where she was going he wouldn't let her, as she quickly headed downstairs and out the front door.

Where a while later, Damon was holding Annabeth in his arms as he walked into the office finding Stefan grabbing a bottle of liquor "is that cornbread I smell?" he asked "we're hosting thanksgiving." Stefan shared, putting the bottle and three glasses on the table "thanksgiving's tomorrow and seeing as your wife isn't here, speaking of which where did she go? Because I thought we were taking out Julian for her? Unless she went to do it herself? You know, I cleared out my entire schedule so we could make that guy count worms..unless your to busy baking." Damon shared.

"Julian knows that I want him dead, so our next move needs to be smart. We're probably only gonna have one more shot at this." Stefan shared "not quite following the whole Martha Stewart strategy, to be honest." Damon shared "I am planning on recruiting an ally." Stefan told him, as the doorbell rang, Damon furrowed his brows, he turned around walking to the door, he held Annabeth in one arm as he opened it, revealing Lily "I brought cranberries." she shared, walking in, Damon looked down at Annabeth "let's go make you some pancakes." he shared, shutting the front door.