No Good Deed | Hale - TVD/TO/TW [3]

4 | A Pack Matter

As Lexi strolls through the doors of the Lockwood Mansion in the dead of night, the sounds of vampire/werewolf squabbling make her tense. When she walks into the study, finding Stefan Salvatore facing off against a teenage boy, she asks, "What about this is an emergency, Salvatore?"

Both turn to face her, but she could care less. "Lexi," Stefan sighs. "We have a problem."

"A teenage boy is your problem?" Lexi shakes her head as a sarcastic smile rests on her face. "How can this be a problem for you? You're over a hundred years old, you should know how to deal with wolves by now."

"Who the hell are you?" The boy asks as he crosses his arms.

"I'm head of the 'protect Elena' squad despite my unending hatred towards her," Lexi pouts before her eyes land on the desk. Her expression falls as she walks over, her hand wrapping around one of the pictures: three men smile at the camera—the boy, a man, and Mason Lockwood.

"Tyler," she breathes, staring at the boy with wide eyes. "You activated it?"

"How do you know my name?" Tyler growls.

Pulling out her phone, Lexi holds it up before Tyler. "Hey, Alpha. It's me. Mason. Look, I know Brady said you were taking a break, but I could really use your help in Mystic Falls. There are vampires everywhere, Sheriff Forbes can't handle it, and...and my brother died. I don't understand it. One minute, he was fine, and the next, he was just gone."

Tyler looks up at Lexi. "How do you know my uncle?"

"He was a friend," she replies, putting the phone away. "I came here to find him. Where is he?"

"Dead." Tyler glares over at Stefan. "He and his brother killed him."

In the blink of an eye, Lexi grabs Stefan by the shirt and pins him against the fireplace. "You're dead," she growls as her eyes flash blue. "He was one of the few left. You'll die as he did—"

Stefan's phone goes off. Desperately trying to pry himself away, he says, "Damon did it. I had no idea, ok? I'm just trying to make peace between the vamps and the werewolves before it all goes to hell."

Lexi drops him. "You're not lying," she says, looking him up and down. "Answer it before I break it."

Quickly, Stefan grabs the phone. "Hey, is everything ok?" He asks with a sigh.

"That depends." The voice sends Lexi into a panic. Her eyes widen and she begins to pace, her mind moving a mile a minute. "How badly do you want to keep her alive?"

"Who is this?" Stefan demands as concern floods his voice.

"Ask your brother. Where's Tyler?"

"Jules?" Lexi whispers. "Jules is here?"

"Where's Caroline?" Stefan says. Lexi moves closer to him as she strains her ears to hear the other side.

"You made a mistake, Stefan. I'm gonna give you a chance to fix it."

"Where is she?"

"Right here. Want proof?" Lexi hears a door open and shut. Faint whimpering reaches her ears before a scream echoes through the phone.

"Hurt her again, and you're dead," Stefan snaps.

"I hurt her again, and she's dead. Bring Tyler to me, the clearing by Wickery Falls. You have 20 minutes until she dies."

"They won't kill her," Lexi says the moment Jules hangs up. "They just want him. They want their own pack."

"They are hurting Caroline!" Stefan shouts.