Inaction's and Consequences

Chapter 57

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).

Finally, Friday was the first time anything had gone right since Elena, Bonnie and Damon established the psychic link. After a little more practice, Bonnie had managed to sever the ties with sensations once she focused on being able to talk using telepathy. They'd decided the senses Bonnie would require for the link to be of use during the mission were telepathy, visual and audio. Everything else could be shut off.

Once they'd mastered the link, the previous Sunday, Elena, Caroline and Bonnie had been snooping on Tyler moving to college. They had indeed found Jeremy was helping him move his stuff into his dorm. They'd returned to the Salvatore house expecting a visit from at least Jeremy and Matt, although the doubted Tyler would visit. However Jeremy didn't show up, even though Matt did. Jeremy never bothered to visit Elena or Bonnie, which they thought was a little suspicious, and Matt didn't say anything about Jeremy being with them.

As a result, Elena had expected Bonnie to be upset by this development, however she'd just shrugged it off, seemingly not as upset about them becoming distant. Elena had however, noticed a change in Bonnie since their psychic link. She'd seemed quieter, but oddly more serene. Elena suspected Bonnie's knowledge of her own soulmate being around had somewhat comforted her, even if it did sadden Elena that it didn't appear to be her brother. Elena also wondered if Bonnie almost felt guilty for agreeing to the link. Bonnie had gone into the experiment, with full knowledge there was a chance she would experience some sort of sexual encounter with Damon, even if they weren't in the same room. Her concern was whether Bonnie had felt like she'd cheated on Jeremy by consenting to participate, in order to help someone nobody, other than Damon, knew. Whatever it was, something was adrift.

To compound matters, Bonnie had to tell Jeremy she wouldn't be seeing him this weekend as they were attending the Historical Ball at college. Under normal circumstances, Bonnie would have invited Jeremy as her guest, but Bonnie herself wasn't even attending. She was creating a holding area for Enzo in her dorm until they could get him to the safety of the specially designed temporary holding cell for him at the Salvatore house. She was also the link between Elena, Caroline and Damon.

Elena and Caroline were tasked with keeping an eye on Dr. Maxfield while Damon and Stefan disappeared from the ball to rescue Enzo. As they didn't know if there was anyone else involved with the Augustine's they couldn't take too many chances. Damon was going to go in first, and if there was anyone else there and he got caught, he would at least be able to let someone know as in all likelihood, he'd lose his phone in the process. Then they would have to activate plan B, which involved Stefan and Matt shooting whoever was holding Damon and Enzo, while Ric got them out. If Damon instead gave the all clear, Bonnie would show Ric and Stefan where they needed to go to get to the lab from Damon's memory. All while this was going on, Bonnie would know where Dr. Maxfield and could give an early warning if he was on his way. That was if Dr. Maxfield was going to the ball, and up until five minutes ago, Elena didn't know for certain if that was the case, despite her best efforts to find out.

All week, Elena and Caroline had been trying to get to see Dr. Maxfield, but hadn't been successful. As he'd offered to see Elena during office hours, they'd gone to his lab Monday morning, as they'd been hoping for an invitation to the Augustine society. But they'd been brushed off, being told he was extremely busy with some work. They'd even taken to waiting outside his lectures on the premise of seeing Jesse, but he just walked off. They also noticed Jesse was missing from his lectures, which began to raise concern for both Elena and Caroline.