5 Turning Point

Stefan walks into the parlor room where Damon is staring out the window.

"So any idea of where you'll go?" Stefan asks.

"I don't know. London, maybe. See some friends," Damon answers.

"You don't have any friends, Damon," Stefan retorts.

Ashley walks in going through her phone. Damon opens his mouth to say something but she interrupts, "And don't say I'm your friend because I'm not,"

"You're both right. I only have you, Stefan," He turns away from the window, "So where are we going?"

"We are not going anywhere. I'm going to live my life as far away from you as possible," Stefan tells him.

Damon walks towards him, "But we're a team! We could travel the world together. We could try out for The Amazing Race,"

Stefan chuckles, "Mmmm, that's funny. Seriously, where are you going?" He turns to Ashley, "That includes you. Because we are not staying in this town,"

Ashley looks up from her phone, "I'm going to New York to look for another way into the tomb and then come back,"

"What? No," Stefan exclaims.

Ashley scoffs, "You say that like I'm going listen,"

She walks away but Stefan grabs her arm as she walks past him. In the blink of an eye, she slammed him against the wall and lifted him by the neck one-handed.

A feral growl rips through her throat, "Lay your hand on me again and I'll rip it off with my teeth,"

Before Damon could intervene the doorbell rang. Ashley drops Stefan with a groan. She shakes her head and looks around like she came out of a trance before going upstairs. She looks down at her hand and sees her nails growing into claws.

Back in the parlor, Damon and Stefan look at each other puzzled. Stefan gets up, leaves the parlor, and opens the front door, to find Liz Forbes outside.

"I'm here to see Damon,"

"Uh, sure. Ok," Stefan leaves.

Damon comes to the doorway, "Sheriff. What a surprise,"

"Sorry to bother you, but we need to talk,"

"Come in,"

Liz enters the house. Damon shuts the door and leads Liz out into the back courtyard.

"Um, I hope you understand the secrecy. Stefan doesn't know about this yet and I'd like to keep it that way. Plus a niece of ours moved in with us recently,"

Liz nods, "Of course, kids are too young to be brought into this," She pauses, "There's been another attack. A female victim, her throat torn out, completely drained of blood. It fits the pattern,"

"I'm sorry. I don't understand. I thought we solved that problem when I scared off the blonde one," Damon says.

"I'm thinking maybe she's back or turned someone. Or maybe even multiple someones. I don't know,"

Inside the house, Stefan and Ashley use their supernatural hearing to listen in to Liz and Damon's conversation.

"The story for the town is another animal attack but I'm not sure how long we can keep lying to them. The council is in an uproar," Liz explains.

"So, uh, what do we do?" Damon asks.

"You're the only one who's ever taken on a vampire. We were hoping you could tell us," Liz answers.

With their conversation done Damon escorts Liz to the front door. Stefan is sitting in the parlor, still listening to them.

"Thank you for stopping by," Damon says.

"Let me know what you come up with,"

"Absolutely,"

Liz exits and Damon shuts the front door. Stefan gets up and Vamp speeds over to Damon. He grabs him by his shirt and holds him against the door. "What is wrong with you? You killed somebody?"

"Get off of me," He pushes Stefan off, "A...don't touch me. B...if I had, I wouldn't have been so obvious about it," He walks past Stefan and turns around. "C...don't we have a Vampire that's been out last night. Who is also quite moody today,"

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Damon," Ashley says coming down the stairs, "But I've been with Caroline all night. Plus I'm moody because that witch destroyed the one thing that could open the tomb and now I have to look for another way to open it," 'That and tonight's the full moon so my wolf is itching to get out since I didn't turn the last 2 full moons'

"Okay, that leaves us with D...there's another vampire in town," Damon says.

"That's impossible," Stefan says.

"Obviously not," Damon retorts.

"While you guys figure that out. I have a school to get to," Ashley says walking out the door.

~~=>~~

Ashley and Caroline run into each other in the hallway.

"So last night was fun," Ashley says.

"Yeah, it was," Caroline agrees, "I kinda feel like I slept halfway through,"

"Haha, You kinda did leaving to suffer through it alone,"

Caroline giggles, "So tell me the parts I missed,"

Ashley thinks for a moment as they walk through the hallway together, "I think you missed the part when the ballet dancer and the Krumper did the salsa,"

"Well, I was awake for that part,"

"Umm, did you see the Celine Dion waltz about cancer?"

"Those always make me cry,"

"Yeah, it made me emotional too. Then the loud judge kept screaming and it gave me a headache, so I turned it off," Ashley finishes.

They stop walking and stand face to face with each other.

"Hey, I sat through The Walking Dead," She pokes Ashley in the chest, "so you owe me,"

Elena and Bonnie are walking down the opposite end of the hall. They see Caroline and Ashley together.

Elena frowns, "What is she doing with Caroline?"

"They've been hanging out," Bonnie tells her.

"Kind of weird, don't you think?" Elena asks.

Caroline laughs at something Ashley says as they enter their classroom.

"I don't know. I know she's a vampire and all," Bonnie says, "But Caroline seems happy with her, as opposed to when she was with that homicidal vampire Damon,"

"Yeah, how are you doing with all that?"

"I'm freaked out," Bonnie admits, "Damon attacked me. I could be dead right now. But I'm also grateful,"

"Hmm?"

"To Stefan. He saved my life and...Have you seen him?"

~~=>~~

As the school day ends Ashley exits the school building. She looks around for Caroline so they can go to the Grill for their planned date but she sees her already leaving. She sighs a little disappointed and heads for her car.

With Caroline, her phone rings and she answers.

"What do you want, Damon,"

"In the glove compartment, you'll find a pocket watch,"

Caroline finds it. When she opens it she sees it's not a normal watch, "What is it?"

"It's a compass, I want you to follow it," He hangs up.

Warehouse

Caroline is on the phone with Damon, holding the vampire compass.

"So what do I do now?"

"Just wait. I'll be there in a minute,"

"Can you hurry? I have things to do,"

Suddenly, Damon appears behind Caroline. She is startled by his sudden appearance.

"You can give me that,"

She holds out the compass and Damon takes it.

"So, why did you need me to do this?"

"Because I interfere with the signal,"

"Can I go now? This has blown, like, half of my day,"

"You can go," He starts compelling her, "Get in your car. Forget I asked you to do this,"

Caroline smiles, "Okay, bye,"

"Bye,"

Damon turns to face the entrance of the warehouse. He walks up the steps and opens the door, entering the warehouse. Damon looks around as he walks deeper into the warehouse. Suddenly, Logan Fell shoots him multiple times. Damon groans in pain and falls on his knees to the floor. Logan approaches him.

"I have tons of these wood bullets, so nothing funky," Logan tells him. He circles Damon, holding out the gun.

"You don't wanna do this, trust me," Damon says. Logan shoots him in the shoulder. Damon screams in pain.

"That's what you get," Logan says.

"For what?"

~~=>~~

Mystic Falls High School

The career fair is in full swing at the school. Liz walks into the main room in full uniform. Richard walks up next to her.

"So, what do we know?" Mayor Lockwood asks.

"Nothing new to report yet," Richard groans. "My highly reliable deputies are all on alert, but if you feel the need to be more proactive, by all means, grab a stake and have at it,"

Grabbing a coffee cup he asks, "What extra precautions can we take?"

"For right now, there is nowhere safer than a crowded public place, and for once, Mayor, we actually know where our kids are," She looks over at Caroline who's talking to Ashley.

"So what happened today?" Ashley asks. Caroline gives her a confused look, "lunch date at the Grill,"

And it clicks, "Oh my god, I'm so sorry. It slipped my mind and--"

"Don't worry about it. We can always rain check," Caroline takes a breath of relief. They start walking around checking the stands set up for the fair. "Where did you go anyway? if you don't mind me asking,"

Caroline frowns, "I....don't know,"

'Damon' Ashley thinks knowing his former involvement with Caroline. She changes the subject, "So what do you think you'd be doing in the future,"

A smile forms on Caroline's face. She takes her hand and drags her to the Journalism stand, "I've been kind of interested in Broadcast journalism for a while now so I'm taking that path,"

"Caroline Forbes channel 9 news! It has a nice ring to it,"

Caroline giggles, "What about you?"

Ashley takes a moment to think, "Well when I was younger I always liked to sing so maybe I'll take a music career,"

"I didn't know you could sing,"

Ashley shrugs, "The topic never came up,"

"Now you have got to sing something for me,"

"Maybe some other time,"

Stefan walks over to them. He turns to Ashley, "Can I talk to you for a minute,"

"Yeah, sure," She looks over to Caroline, "I'll be back in a moment," She walks away with Stefan.

"Logan Fell is the vampire," Stefan tells her. They exit the school building.

"So it's someone you know,"

"Yeah, He was a news guy that was a part of the council. He tried to kill me and Damon killed him. Somehow he had vampire blood in his system,"

"Where is he now?"

Before he can answer his phone rings.

"Logan Fell is a vampire," Damon says when Stefan picks up, "And when I find him again, I'm gonna destroy him limb by limb,"

Elena exits the school and looks around for Stefan. Stefan and Ashley see her but don't acknowledge her.

"What happened? Are you ok?" Stefan asks.

Elena spots standing next to the railing.

"No, I'm not ok. I was ambushed. I was shot," Damon says standing in front of a mirror, taking his shirt off. "Now, I'm vengeful. Just got to find him,"

"Well, there's no need. He's here at the school," Stefan says.

"Why the hell would he be here and why the fuck didn't you start with that," Ashley asks.

"I would like to know as well," Damon says.

"He's working the crowd," Stefan tells them.

"Well, I'll be right there,"

Elena approaches them as Stefan hangs up his phone.

She crosses her arms over her chest, "So. Anything you'd like to share?"

"Yeah," Ashley says, "lose the fucking attitude,"

She walks back to the building with a deep frown on her face.

"What's her problem?" Elena asks.

"I don't know. She's been like that all day,"

~~=>~~

Caroline leads Liz to a booth at the Career Fair.

"What are you doing?" Liz asks.

"Following my future," They approach a booth and Caroline points to the banner. "There it is,"

"Broadcast journalism?"

"Yes. Broadcast journalism," Liz looks at her skeptically. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You don't even read the paper," Liz tells her.

Caroline walks out angrily without a word. Liz pursues her, but Logan comes up from behind her.

"Liz,"

She turns around and is shocked, "Logan," She goes for her gun but stops herself remembering where she is.

"What are you gonna do stake me?" Logan asks, "Bury me in another shallow grave? What would the email say this time?"

"I didn't have a choice,"

He moves threateningly towards her, "You bitch! I died for you, for this town. You've known me since I was six and you swept me under the rug like dirt,"

"You knew what you were getting into," She reminds him.

"I was one of you," He says.

"And now you're one of them,"

Logan starts to leave but turns around and whispers into Liz's ear.

"Watch your back sheriff," Logan smiles and finally leaves.

Liz phones her deputies. "Get a backup team to the school immediately. Keep it within the circle. It's a V5,"

~~=>~~

Caroline is outside of the school, leaving a message for Bonnie on her phone.

"Bonnie, where are you? I'm ready to go. I'll be outside," She hangs up.

Logan pulls up next to her in an SUV. "Hey, damsel in distress, need a ride?"

"Oh my God. Logan Fell, channel 9, is that you?" She says sarcastically finishing with a fake gasp.

"I used to babysit you, Caroline Forbes. Don't mock me,"

"Well, I was supposed to go home with Bonnie, but I can't find her,"

"It's not a problem, really. It's on my way,"

Caroline debates it for a bit but agrees in the end, "Okay," she gets in the car. Matt who was outside sees her get in.

"You know, this is fate," She tells him.

"And why is that?"

"Because I'm interested in broadcast journalism. So can I ask you a couple of questions?"

"Anything you want. But first, buckle up,"

"Ok,"

She reaches around for her seatbelt when Logan slams her head against the window, leaving a blood smear on the glass and knocking her unconscious.

~~=>~~

Ashley has been looking everywhere for Caroline but she's nowhere to be found. Eventually, she ran into Stefan and Elena who were looking for Logan who was also missing. A bad feeling settled at the pit of her stomach.

As they walked down the hallway they ran into Matt coming from the opposite end.

"Hey," Matt greets them.

Elena stops him, "Hey, have you seen Logan Fell, the news guy?"

"Yeah. He just gave Caroline a ride home,"

Ashley sprints out of the building followed by Stefan. She stops when they reach the road and closes her eyes.

"What are you doing?" Stefan asks standing slightly behind her.

"I'm trying to catch her scent," She tells him while taking a deep inhale through her nose.

"You can do that?"

She opens her eyes which are glowing golden yellow. "This way," She says just as Damon joins them.

~~=>~~

Sheriff Forbes is driving in her car. Her phone rings and she answers it.

"Where are you?"

"Your daughter has expressed an interest in journalism. I think it's important to foster young minds," Logan tells her.

"What do you want?"

"The satisfaction of turning your daughter into a vampire,"

He stops at an intersection. Suddenly, Stefan vamp speeds at the car and pulls Logan out, throwing him to the pavement. Logan gets up and Damon comes out of the woods, shooting a gun at Logan, who falls to the pavement.

"Payback's a bitch, isn't it,"

Ashley picks Logan up and punches him back to the ground. Damon intervenes. "Go get her out of here,"

Ashley vamp speeds over to the other side of the car and opens the door. She gently picks up Caroline and vamp speeds away. Stefan follows after them.

"Logan, what happened?! Logan?" Liz's voice calls out from Logan's phone.

Damon jogs over to the car and picks up, "Sheriff, yeah, it's Damon,"

"Where is Caroline?"

"She's ok. I'm on Elm Street," Damon hangs up the phone and opens Logan's trunk. He grabs a tire iron.

"Gonna try this one more time," He swings the tire iron, getting a feel for it, "Who turned you?"

"I told you I don't know,"

He examines his choice of weapon, "This tire iron here could take your head clean off," Holds it in a swinging position, "Is that your final answer?"

"How can you side with them?" Logan asks.

"I don't side with anyone. You pissed me off. I want you dead. Who turned you?"

"I don't know,"

"Oh well. You're screwed," He goes for the swing...

"Wait wait! I do know!"

"You're lying,"

"You think you two are the only ones who want to get in that tomb underneath the old church?"

"If you're lying to me, I will end you," Damon warned.

"I am not lying. There is another way to break the spell. We can help you. Meet me at the old church,"

Sirens are heard in the distance. Damon looks at where they're coming from and makes a decision.

"Take me down. Make it look real. Make it look real!"

Logan throws Damon against his car and vamp speeds off. Sheriff Forbes gets out of her car.

"Where is she?" Liz asks him.

"She's ok. My brother and niece took her home," He tells her as he gets up, "I'm sorry, Sheriff. I just wasn't strong enough"

~~=>~~

Ashley trying to calm down a terrified Caroline who refuses to go to sleep. So she takes a different approach.

"Hey remember today when you asked me to sing for you?" Caroline nods. She gets on the bed, leans on the headboard, and starts combing her fingers through Caroline's hair, "Well, this is a song that my father used to sing to my brothers and me when we had a rough day,"

Close your eyes, it's ok

It's just the end,

Of a long long day

Go sleep,

Everything's alright

And I'll sing a lullaby

It's time for you

To get some rest

But you know who

I love the best

So come on darling

Breath a sigh

And I'll sing a lullaby

With the combined feeling of Ashley's finger going through her hair and her soft voice Caroline's eyes start to get heavy. Liz gets home and finds them like that. She stops at the doorway and watches.

Good night.. Good night

Let the moon

Pour down her light

Good night.. Good night

'til the morning comes

Close your eyes

And drift away

It's just the end

Of a long long day

But anytime

The world's not right

You can sing

this lullaby

Anytime

The world's not right

You can sing

this lullaby

She smiles seeing that she has fallen asleep and looks up at Liz. When they lock eyes Liz mouths a thank you and Ashley nods.

She slowly gets off the bed and switches with Liz. She exits the house and looks up at the moon, 'I guess I'll go wolf for a bit before I hit the road'

She runs into the woods and shifts mid-run.

~~=>~~

Logan exits the warehouse. He walks to his car but hears a loud clang from behind him. He turns around to investigate and when he turns back towards his car, Alaric is blocking his way.

Logan backs up, "Who are you?"

"A friend of Jenna's," Alaric answers.

"Jenna sent you?"

"No, I came on my own,"

"Ah, I get it. Well, buddy, I know you think this makes you brave. But actually, it makes you pretty stupid," Logan tells him.

"Either way, here I am,"

"What do you want?"

"Jenna is a good person. She deserves the best. I'm here to make sure she gets it," Alaric states.

"Was that supposed to be a threat?" Logan asks taking a threatening step forward, "Couldn't you throw a punch? Maybe provoke me a little?"

"I'm not a violent guy by nature," Alaric explains.

"Well, you're not a very smart one, either,"

"How's that?"

Logan turns his back to Alaric. Alaric slowly takes the hidden stake out from inside the sleeve of his jacket.

"Cause you have no idea who you're talking to," Logan starts to vamp out. He turns around and goes to attack Alaric.

Alaric, who knew Logan was a vampire and was expecting to be attacked, stakes Logan. Logan falls to the ground dead. Alaric looks shocked at what he is capable of and quickly gets out of there not seeing the massive bipedal wolf watching from the roof of the warehouse.

Salvatore Boarding House

Stefan comes back into his room with a glass of water.

"Elena?"

He sees the picture of Katherine and Elena's necklace on top of it. He picks up the necklace and the picture. He looks around, worried.

Elena is driving down a deserted road, crying. She sees someone in the middle of the road. She slams her brakes, but the person hits her windshield. Her car flips. She is stuck in her seat, and the man who she hit slowly gets back up and starts to approach her.

~~~~~=====>~~~~~

END OF CHAPTER

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