Inaction's and Consequences

Chapter 52

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to The Vampire Diaries, TV show or books. However I decided to have a little play around with the characters (I would definitely like to play with Damon).

Elena held out Megan's phone for everyone to see the picture of Megan and Grayson, which looked to be a few years old, although Elena couldn't say for certain. Judging by Megan's appearance Elena suspected Megan was in her early teens when the picture was taken.

"Why would Megan know your dad?" Bonnie asked.

"I don't know." Elena frowned, putting Megan's phone down and picking up her dad's journal, one of the two which weren't about his vampire research. Elena had been trying to find a link to why he's included it with his Whitmore journals while she'd been reading them in the car on the way home. She suddenly had an idea which could explain the link.

"Maybe she was a patient of his." Ric suggested as Elena continued to try and find the page she was looking for.

"There is an entry about a young girl in 1999, who was a heart patient." Elena frowned. "She was seven at the time." she said, as the revelation hit her. "I think I remember my dad talking about this little girl. I wonder if he was talking about Megan." she continued as she flicked through the pages until she found the part where she'd earlier stopped reading. At the time she didn't want to snoop into her father's confidential patient details. However it turned out it might be important after all, under those circumstances, snooping was entirely allowed in her eyes. "Listen to this." she said as read out a passage from her dad's journal. ""January 1999. Saw Megan King today. Megan is seven years old. She suffers from a congenital heart defect with a life expectancy of two months. A single injection of vampire blood appears to be an effective life-saving solution." Oh my god. That's why Megan had a picture of my dad on her phone...because he saved her life." she cried.

"That answers that question about how she knew your dad." Damon said. "But why would they stay in touch possibly six, maybe even seven years later?" he asked as Elena shrugged, not knowing what to say, it was as much of a mystery to her. "It was clearly nothing to do with keeping a medical eye on Megan as once vampire blood healed, it didn't suddenly un-heal itself. So it was something else." Damon added.

"So there is a link between Megan and the Augustine society." Stefan stated.

"And she was still drinking vervain water." Caroline said.

"Well dad wasn't supplying her with water when she started college." Elena shook her head. "Which means she must have gotten it from somewhere else."

"Yeah but who? Maybe she was still in touch with someone else from the society?" Caroline suggested. "I said she knew about us." she growled, folding her arms.

"But who?" Elena asked.

"Maybe Doctor Wes Maxfield." Ric said.

"Who?" Damon asked.

"The person who signed Megan's death certificate confirming it was suicide and not an animal attack or a vampire bite." Ric explained. "He's one of the college professors here." he told them. "He teaches microbiology. He's very... intense." he frowned. "I bumped into him while I was settling into my office which is near Whitmore house." he said.

"Good work Ric. Looks like we have a viable candidate for Doctor Frankenstein the third, or fourth, or maybe even the fifth." Damon smirked.

"You think he could be responsible for running the current Augustine program?" Caroline asked.

"He clearly knows about vampires and it willing to cover it up." Damon said. "And Ric says he's creepy."

"Intense." Ric corrected him.