Arabella Gilbert ♡ TVD

The Cell

Flashback - Salvatore boarding house 1953

A maid was cleaning up the boarding house when Damon entered the room. "Hello." He announced as he walked towards her. "I'm looking for Joseph Salvatore."

"You found him." A man said as he walked in the room.

Damon smirked. "Love what you've done with the place." He said gesturing around the room. "If the whole boarding house thing doesn't pan out, you can always turn it into a high class brothel."

"Glad you got my Telegram." Joseph replied. "I haven't heard from Stefan yet, but I'm hoping he'll be here soon. When's the last time you two spoke?"

"Well, he doesn't call, he doesn't write. Of course, neither do I. In all fairness, I am the one that abandoned him on a train platform in the middle of world war II."

Joseph nodded his head before he started pouring a drink. "Well, there's always time to be a better man."

Damon shrugged. "Eh, not sure I got one of those in me." He looked away and grabbed the drink from Joseph's hand. All of a sudden, Joseph stabbed a syringe in to Damon's wrist which caused the older Salvatore to feel dizzy.

"Sorry about the vervain, Damon. The money was too good to pass up." Joseph said to him.

Even though the Vervain had made Damon dizzy, he still managed to gather up some strength. He spilled the liquid on the floor, smashed the glass and stabbed Joseph in the neck with a broken shard of glass. The Salvatore man fell to the floor, but unfortunately another man entered the room. "Well, now I won't have to pay him."

"Who the hell are you?" Damon groaned as the man picked up the syringe and refilled it with vervain.

"My name is Dr. Whitmore and I'll be your Doctor from now on." He said as he stabbed the syringe into Damon's neck. "Just a little vervain." He said before Damon fell into a state of unconsciousness, dropping to the floor with a thud.

Present day.

Damon slowly opened his eyes and frowned when he saw Wes hovering over him with a syringe in his hand. "What the hell are you doing to me?" He faintly asked.

"Vervain, to keep you calm." Dr. Maxfield replied.

"Wes?" Damon questioned with a confused tone of voice. "Why am I here?"

"I lost a test subject last night." Wes answered, reminding Damon of Jesse, the vampire feeding vampire. "And you're gonna replace him." He said before he straightened himself up and closed the door to the cell.

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After Arabella found Dr. Maxfield's lab empty, she tried to call Damon multiple times, but to no avail. She quickly rushed back to her dorm room to inform Caroline and Elena. Slamming open the door, the brunette stumbled inside. Her panic-stricken face had them both confused and worried.

"Elle? What's wrong?" Caroline questioned.

Damon is gone, and so is Wes." Arabella said in a rush. "I've checked everywhere and I can't find either of them." She said. "What if Wes has killed him?" She said with tear-filled eyes.

"Wes would never kill Damon." Caroline tried to reassure her, but by the look on Arabella's face, it wasn't working.

"Elle, you just need to calm down." Elena told her sister.

"I can't calm down, Elena." Arabella shouted, she picked up an empty bottle of vodka and threw it against the wall. "I've looked everywhere and I can't find them." Tears started rolling down her cheeks and Elena quickly walked over to her, wrapping her arms around her body. "I'm scared, Le." Arabella choked out.