Chapter 34

Chapter 34

Sired

It had been a week since the use of the Gilbert device; in total, only four vampires had actually died, staked by the deputies. All the other vampires in town had managed to slip out of the grasp of the deputies when I destroyed the device. From what I could tell, the founding family vampire-hunting group still believed that all the vampires had been destroyed, at the loss of many of their own. The one thing I was glad about was that the attack confirmed the town had no vervain at all, since none was used to incapacitate the vampires after the Gilbert device was destroyed.

Each of the four of them we had managed to recover their bodies, having a funeral for them. All of the remaining tomb vampires were attending along with me, Rose, and Alexandria. Talks of **** could be heard from many of the vampires, though luckily it seemed as though Pearl had managed to talk them out of doing anything rash.

We had also moved forward with our plans to gain a foothold in the town as some of Pearl's vampires had taken the fallen deputies' jobs. This allowed us a higher chance to cover up any vampire attacks and gave us important information. The mayor had also been killed during the attack, staked by his own wife, who was under the impression that he was a vampire. The Gilbert device had affected him after all, though the fact that his own wife killed him was very surprising.

Many properties had been bought by me, put in the names of Pearl, Anna, Rose, Alexandria and myself, spreading them out so none of us looked to have too much of a monopoly in the town. We had been going relatively slowly, mainly sticking to properties on the outskirts of town, mainly sticking with industrial buildings or abandoned properties. As it turns out, there were quite a few abandoned houses within the outskirts of town, which allowed the vampires under Pearl to start moving out of her property. This would help gain control and minimise the risk of an attack by hunters taking out large numbers of vampires at once.

I had also continued teaching Bonnie, Elena and Caroline. Bonnie's control over her magic was increasing slightly every day, and she confirmed that she did not use the Gilbert device. I, of course, was only sure that she told the truth by being able to hear her heartbeat, unfortunately, that meant the witch that had activated the device was still at large. Bonnie had become quite apt at spellcraft and mixed with her massive amount of natural power would no doubt make her a very powerful ally in the future.

Caroline and Elena had also improved with their training, becoming more skilled at fighting, though not anywhere close to being able to fight a vampire in a fair fight. Though they could hold their own, and if lucky, may even survive against one. Though it was fair to say that when they eventually became vampires, their training would prove to be extremely useful and give them the edge against any vampires they would fight against.

My relationship had also steadily moved forward with both Caroline and Elena, having fed on both multiple times. I had also noticed something weird, it seemed as though their constant consumption of my blood had been slightly increasing their strength and speed. Though the improvements were only small, it was noticeable; they would still have no chance against even a weakened newly turned vampire. I had tried to resist their offer of feeding on them, but it turned out I could only deny them for so long, so I gave up and stopped resisting, feeding on them whenever I could.

Something did cause me some small amount of concern though, Mason Lockwood Tyler's uncle had returned to Mystic Falls. While he would not be a threat at all to me, he would start pushing Tyler towards his werewolf lineage and could draw more werewolves to Mystic Falls. I also knew in the show that Mason coming to Mystic Falls would be the first steps in the return of Katherine, though it would not be the same here.

The air around Mystic Falls was even more tense with the multiple deaths during the Founders Day parade. The town had several weeks of a serial killer running around, then during a celebration the one time that they could forget about all that had been transpiring. During that one moment that should have been for celebration, they lost their mayor and most of the deputies. Though it seems their story is of an errant firework setting a building alight, causing the **** of the 'heroic' deputies who rushed to put it out. The mayor's **** was put down to an undiagnosed heart condition that just so happened to choose the founders day parade to appear.

One thing that had seemed to slip under the town's radar was the fact that two of the town's artefacts were missing. The dagger that belonged to me when i was human, I had spent a fair punt of time making sure that it was in perfect condition. Before replacing the handle, it was a very well-made blade; it had survived a thousand years after all.

Though the dagger was nice to have in my possession it was not as interesting as the hammer I had also acquired. The hammer's runes were interesting and of a very decent quality. I assumed it was made by the same witch who had enchanted the Gilbert Device, though I was not entirely sure. It would sit with my other magical items and dark objects waiting for the opportunity to be used, though I did not know when that would happen.

I was currently on my way to meet Sheriff Forbes as she had something to talk to me about, though I was not entirely sure what. She had asked me to meet at the sheriff's office, her home territory. Perhaps she was leading me into a trap; hopefully not, though it would be unfortunate to have to kill or compel Caroline's mother.

I walked through the doors to the sheriff's office, noticing three new deputies who happened to be Pearl's vampires. Hopefully, the other open positions would also be taken up by vampires. As I entered, one of them came up to me, "Sir, what are you doing here? Do you have orders for us"? He asked, "I am here to see the sheriff" I responded, he nodded before speaking again ", She is in her office, just say the word and we will be at your side", he said. I nodded, appreciating the show of loyalty from the vampire, before continuing to the sheriff's office.

I knocked, waiting for permission to enter. When it came, I walked into the office, where Liz Forbes sat behind a desk, papers spread atop it haphazardly. Looking at Liz, I could see that she had not slept in days, heavy bags lay under her eyes, coffee cups littered her desk, and papers were around her. "Sheriff Forbes", I said with a slight smile on my face. "Asmund, thank you for coming. How are you?" she asked, returning the smile. "I am good, thanks, though I am wondering why you asked me here", I responded.

"Yes, why are you here? As I am sure you're aware, there will be a party at the high school next week. A Halloween party, right now with the curfew we should either cancel or send deputies to keep an eye on things" She answered. Yes the Halloween party, I don't know what it was with this town but they seed to have a new party every week. "we are planning to send two deputies to keep an eye on everything, with the animal attacks it is needed, but with everything happening recently I just wanted to ask if you would also keep an eye on things. The deputies we are sending are new, so it would be good if I had someone there that I knew I could trust," she continued explaining things.

"I can do that for you, we wouldn't want to have to cancel the party, I will call you if there is anything suspicious", I said, which seemed to relax her a bit. "Thank you, Asmund, the last week has been very stressful, and you have taken one weight off my shoulders", she responded. I nodded at her before saying goodbye to her and leaving. So I would be playing babysitter to a bunch of teenagers again, luckily there was very little chance of anything going wrong.

My phone went off, pulling it out, I noticed a text message from Caroline 'want a snack' it said, and a photo attached showed the young blonde baring her neck. I responded agreeing before she sent me her location, to which I sped to the location she sent me as quickly as I could.

As I reached there location I saw both Caroline and Elena speaking with another unknown women. "so your the one that my boys seem to be so taken with" she said while looking at Elena "don't worry we don't care about your boys, we only care about one man and he is far better than either of your boys" Caroline said mockingly. At that, the woman shot out her hand, knocking Caroline to the side.

Instantly, I was between them, preparing to rip the woman I now knew to be a vampire apart. Seeing me, she disappeared. I could have given chase, but I chose not to. Instead, I went to Caroline, giving her my blood to heal any injuries the vampire caused. I pulled her up into my arms "Are you okay?" I asked both of them "Yes, we are now", Caroline responded, a smile on her face, as Elena closed the distance between us.

"Who was that? Who was she on about?" I asked, hoping the woman had given some clue about her away. "She said that she turned Damon and Stefan, though she did not say her name," Elena spoke up. Just as I feared, she would come after both of them again, "Caroline should stay with you for a while, and I will keep an eye on you both", I said to agree to an agreement from both of them.

"Do you still want to feed from us?" Caroline said with a lusty smile on her face. "No, you need your strength, I will take you both home", I responded, noting the look of disappointment from both young women. With that, I pulled them close and began walking them home. My mind was working overtime with all the new events that had been happening.

The women who sired the Salvatore brothers seemed to have a similar relationship with them that Katherine did in the show. She would, without a doubt, need to be removed before she tried to go after Elena or Caroline again. For now, though, I would ask Pearl to have a couple of her strongest and most loyal vampires keep an eye on both the young women. Until I could find that woman and deal with her, whether that meant I would recruit her or the more likely outcome killing her. Though I would still give her a fair chance to swear allegiance to me.

We arrived at Elena's house quite quickly, and I left Elena and Caroline after a quick goodbye, noting the longing looks from both. Before heading to speak with Pearl, after that was dealt with, I would head home and inform Rose , Alexandria and Lexi of the new threat.