More Than A Petrova (SPN/TVD)

Chapter 10

Elena continued to watch from her position on the cot. She continued to tell Stefan that she was fine every time he asked her while she watched the makeshift interrogation. She truly didn't know how to take it all in but one thing was for sure; Sam and Dean weren't intimidated so easily. She had a feeling that if they could, they would spit in the face of their opponent without fear of being torn to bits. Fearless is what they were when faced against something that theoretically was more powerful than their mere mortal selves. It definitely astounded her.

She continued to watch as Dean crouched down with his switchblade to scratch out a bit of the marking on the floor. She realized earlier that it was the same marking she saw him draw in the other cellar earlier. At least now she knew what the drawing was used for. It was interesting for her to see that a drawing on a floor could render something as dangerous as a demon into a powerless being.

She knew to stay out of it though. Normally Elena would have asked questions but after her talk with Dean, she kept her mouth shut while he and Sam talked with the demon. She didn't want to cause anymore unnecessary problems because she couldn't stay quiet for a short period of time. Instead her mind kept on reeling when it absorbed every new tidbit of information that was revealed during the Winchesters' talk with the demon; it definitely brought more questions and confusion to her mind.

She only made a move when Sam and Dean had cleared the cellar with Meg sandwiched between them. Ultimately Damon led the way back to the second cellar where Alaric's body was waiting for them.

Bonnie slowly approached Elena as the latter got closer to the former's position. The girls linked arms with one another before they headed for the other cellar, with Stefan following behind them.

The trio didn't get far though as Damon stood on guard at the second cellar door; he wouldn't let them through. When they tried again, he growled at them and told them it would be safer for everyone to stay on their side of the reestablished salt line while the Winchesters were inside the cellar with Meg and Alaric. When asked why that was safer, Damon just rolled his eyes.

"You girls aren't protected like they are." The vampire explained as he pointed behind him, "Sam and Dean can't get possessed anymore and they don't want to risk Meg jumping into either of you..." he stated while pointing between the girls, "when she transfers herself into Ric."

"And the salt line?" Stefan questioned his brother with a skeptical look.

"Salt is a purity substance meant to repel evil. Demons and spirits can't cross over it. The salt line has created an invisible barrier around the cellar so that no demon could enter or escape from it." Damon recited the information he had picked up from Dean during their travels together before he turned to look inside the cellar. This encouraged everyone else to do the same.

"So what are we dealing with?" Dean questioned after Meg circled Alaric's body a few times while trying not to get trapped in the devil's trap herself.

"It's a two-in-one for sure." Meg stated while she resisted her temptation to just poke the unconscious body. She could feel the presences of two souls in the mortal's body and yet, there was a very prominent difference between the two. "It's definitely an old soul inside there." She declared after a few more moments.

"He's not that old." Dean countered as he looked to Alaric.

Meg rolled her eyes before she gave the older hunter a pointed look. "I wasn't talking about this body's soul. I meant the intruder."

Seeing the new scowl on Dean's face, Sam tried to intervene. "Is that going to be a problem?" He asked before Dean could make his curses to the demon more vocal.