Alpha in Town + TVD / TW

49. Bring It On

It had been just over a week since Jeremy's death. Apparently Elena finally came out of her denial and ended up turning her switch off. She even burned down her house.

Nik and I have a new issue to deal with ourselves. Hayley contacted Nik out of the blue asking for protection against Katherine. She apparently made a deal with Katherine. Those never go well. Nik wants to follow up since he's still searching for her.

Hayley told us to meet her at a truck stop just outside of town. That's where we are right now.

I watched as Hayley left the store and was looking around carefully as she walked. I took a step to go after her when I smelled another vampire scent. She was being followed.

I followed Hayley as she walked between two semi-trucks. I heard the sound of something banging on metal then another thump.

"Hey." I called out to the vampire that was standing over Hayley. "Didn't your mother teach you it's not very nice to hit a girl?" I taunted him. The vampire curled his lip at me and hissed at me.

He rushed at me but didn't make it. Nik appeared in front of me and gripped the vampire by his jacket.

"Wrong move, mate." Nik bit down on the vampire's neck. The vampire screamed in pain. Once Nik was done, he threw the vampire against the truck and he fell to the floor.

"You guys came." Hayley said, sitting up from the ground.

"Well, you did say it was urgent." Nik offered his hand and Hayley took it to pull herself up.

I watched as the vampire got up and sped away. Hayley looked concerned and Nik noticed.

"Oh, don't worry about him. He'll never make it through tomorrow night." Nik assured her.

"If not sooner, that was a lot of venom you gave him." I added and walked up to stand next to Nik.

"What if there are more?" Hayley asked with a scared look on her face.

"You were foolish enough to make a deal with Katerina Petrova. She used you to find the cure and now you're nothing but a loose end. You'll be lucky if she lets you live." Nik informed Hayley.

"Katherine must have offered something really good to make a deal with her. Was it worth your life?" I taunted Hayley. Hayley looked between us with an angry look.

She shoved past us, "You said you would protect me." I rolled my eyes at her dramatic exit.

"And we will." Nik answered, causing Hayley to stop, "Just as soon as you tell me everything you know about Katerina."

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I watched Hayley as she sat at the kitchen table eating food and a glass of water in front of her. She agreed to tell us more about Katherine once she knew she was safe. I heard a knock at the door. Hayley turned her head and looked at me.

"Aren't you going to get that?" I narrowed my eyes at her. I pushed off from my spot against the wall and headed to the front door.

Nik already beat me to it and opened the door and in walked Damon.

"Ah, what an unpleasant surprise." Nik said.

"Damon. What do you want?" I asked, folding my arms.

"So I came up with a list," He started and while Nik closed the front door, "It's called "Things You Suck At". Number one: Finding Katherine. Ever. Number two: covering up your secret phone conversations with that little backstabber Hayley." Damon waved the phone transcripts in front of him and set them on the end table.