Death Party • The Vampire Diaries

13.

| chapter thirteen: memory |

Nikolai smiled at the pained expression on the boy's face, it was truly humorous to see the human struggle so dearly for his life. He was fighting with all his might but you could see how exhausted he was becoming. He was screaming for help as he got weaker and Nik grinned, teasing the boy with tantalizing words.

It was fascinating, most of his victims gave up after some seconds. The guy had been so stupid, letting himself get lured in by Nikolai. He didn't even hesitate to follow him with a glass of whiskey in his hand and a smirk on his lips. Not even thinking of what the stranger in front of him was capable off.

"Why are you screaming for help sweet boy? No one's going to help you." Nik laughed, watching the blood pour down onto the pavement. The fear was striking, the guy held so much terror in his eyes as he watched Nikolai, his breaths becoming shorter. He was about to end the twenty years old life when his phone rung.

"What?" He hissed, an angry tone in his voice. People just love interrupting him.

"That's not a nice way to greet your best friend." Katherine spoke, "Especially not if you want a souvenir from Chicago." Nikolai rolled his eyes at her words while the boy struggled in his grip.

"I'm not going to ask why you're in Chicago, just don't do anything stupid." He spoke while his victim started to cry uncontrollably, begging for his life.

"I never do stupid things, except when I did Damon but-"

"Nikolai?" The vampire froze at the sound of Caroline's mom and instantly hung up the phone, smiling at the sheriff while wiping away the blood from his mouth. He made an attempt to look innocent but failed miserably.

"Drop the guy, Nikolai. " He squinted his eyes at her, still holding the boy.
"Let him go." She commanded.

He dropped the guy with a sour look and compelled him to forget the last moments and to leave, looking after him bitterly as he walked away. It was painful, the boy had been such a perfect victim and now he was gone.

"Yes, sheriff?" Nikolai fixed his collar and cursed himself for getting blood on his beautiful silk button up. At least it was a red shirt, the blood wasn't that noticeable.

"I need your help, Caroline was taken. I wouldn't normally ask you but Elena and Damon is on some Stefan related trip." She spoke, sounding worried. He knew of Elena going on yet another save Stefan trip and this time he had refused to come with. He was glad he'd stayed. He knew Liz held no happy emotions towards him but he wanted to help her get Caroline, who had a tendency to end up in trouble.

"Do you have any idea where she is?" He asked and she nodded. The two walked away from the alley and towards her car. He noticed Tyler in the backseat and wondered why the werewolf was joining them. As they drove Liz filled him in on what was happening and he swore to her that he wouldn't kill Bill.

He was quick to change his mind because as they stood before the man it was extremely tempting to rip his throat out.

"Let me do this, not because she's a monster but because we love her."Bill spoke. He truly seemed to believe in his words, not even hearing how insane he sounded.

"That's bullshit, let me kill him Liz."Nik spoke while Liz called for Tyler, who was quick to come.

"You brought one of them?" The man hissed. "You're not going in here!" He screamed at Tyler while looking at Nikolai with pure hatred.

Nikolai took the man in a choke hold, pushing him up against the wall while motioning for Tyler to grab Caroline. He was getting tired off Bill rather quickly.

"I can't believe you brought a monster, you know this is wrong!" Bill glared at Liz, who didn't hesitate in shooting a warning shot. He was getting tired of being called a monster just because of some fangs and bloodthirst. Why not judge him for the trillion of bad things he's done that's not vampire related. He would have killed as human too, being a vampire didn't trigger some kind of kill switch. It changed him but not his desires.

"Is the man who has his daughter locked up and has been torturing her calling me a monster? That's hilarious, save the bullets Liz and let me rip out his cold ass heart." Nikolai spoke, tightening his grip around the man's neck.

"Let him go, he's still her father Nikolai."

"A father doesn't torture his child-"

"Please, Nikolai." If it weren't for the desperation in Liz's voice he wouldn't hesitate to kill the bastard. He dropped him harshly on the ground, a pissed look on his face. Tyler carried out Caroline and they all left, Nikolai tried to kick Bill in the head on the way out but Liz quickly caught him.

He glanced back at Caroline in the backseat as they drove towards the Forbes home. He never understood the thing with fathers and why some of them had to be so cruel. His own father had been a very harsh man and for years he thought he was obligated to love him.

When he realized he wasn't, things felt so much easier.

After staying with Caroline for a while and talking to Liz, he went home, knowing they wouldn't want him to stick around. He called Damon to check that everything was alright, not because he cared but because he wanted to know how his day with Elena had been. He then called Katherine and when they ended the call everything was extremely quiet, almost too quiet.

He poured himself a glass of wine and put on one of his vinyl records. The music played softly trough his apartment and he sat down in his favorite leather chair.
It was a strange because it's great feeling needed, but when it's over there's just nothing. The thrill is gone and you're just alone, it's just like after a kill.

If he felt much he would probably be affected by it.