Inaction's and Consequences

Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I do not ownanything related to The Vampire Diaries, TV show or books. However Idecided to have a little play around with the characters (I woulddefinitely like to play with Damon).

Once Elena and Jeremy got home, Elena instructed him to go showerand change as the blood was distracting her whilst she made a cup ofcoffee. She was angry because Stefan was definitely hiding somethingand she was concerned that although Stefan was with the Hunter, hemight not have killed him, which was putting them all in danger. Thiswas beginning to remind her of the secrets and lies Stefan told herwhen they first got together. Back then she was a naive young girl,still recovering from the heartbreak of losing her parents. Nowthough, Elena was different. She had grown up and realized that shedidn't need to depend on Stefan to help her get through things theway she had when she first met him. Heck, if anything, Damon hadhelped her through just as many of her traumatic periods as Stefanand he didn't lie to her unless it was absolutely necessary. Even ifStefan was doing something for the greater good, dragging Jeremy intothis, especially if Klaus was involved, and compelling him was a steptoo far.

Elena was so lost in her thoughts, that even with vampire hearingshe didn't notice Jeremy coming downstairs freshly showered. "Hey!"he called out to her, interrupting her thoughts as he sat down at thedining table prompting Elena to join him.

"How did this happen, Jer?" Elena asked as she sat down."Why did Connor come after you?"

"He said I was like him, because I could see his tattoo."Jeremy told her.

"His tattoo?" Elena remembered Damon mentioningsomething about a tattoo after they got back from the Frat party,although Elena hadn't thought to question Damon any further on it atthe time.

"His hunter's mark." he explained. "It's invisibleto everyone but me. Stefan and Damon didn't tell you about it?"

Elena shook her head. "Damon briefly mentioned somethingabout a tattoo but I'm not sure if he knows what it means. And Stefanhasn't said anything about it. Wait...wait, who else knows aboutthis?" Elena asked, wondering if this was why Klaus wasinvolved.

"Well, that's the thing." Jeremy sighed. "I don'teven know. Apparently, I was with Connor all day yesterday, but Ican't remember. Someone compelled me."

Elena stood up and began pacing the room. "I think I knowwho." she said furiously. "Did this hunter give you anyclues as to where you were?" she asked.

"Yeah." Jeremy told her. "He said we were at thehybrid's."

"Klaus!" Elena frowned.

"I guess. But that's not all he said." Jeremy told her.

"Look Jer, I need you to tell me everything you know, so wecan try and work out what the hell is going on, before I startaccusing people of doing things behind my back." Elena demanded.

"Okay." Jeremy settled in to tell his story. "Hisname is Connor. He is a vampire hunter. He has a tattoo which hecalls the Hunter's mark. Every time he kills a vampire the tattoogrows. He initially thought it was just an urge to kill vampires, buthe thinks that when it's completed he'll find out why he is like heis which is what he is trying to do. I saw it grow when he killed thehybrid. He called me a potential." he told her.

"Damon mentioned something about this to me yesterday."Elena told him. "He and Klaus tried to kill the Hunter butobviously didn't succeed. Klaus said that he was one of 'The Five'."

"The Five what?" Jeremy asked.

"I dunno." Elena said. "Maybe there are only fiveof these hunters at any one given time."