Alpha in Town + TVD / TW

50. Because the Night

I walked into the trashed Salvatore Boarding House with Nik next to me. The smell of alcohol lingered but it wasn't as strong as last night. I heard the sound of footsteps and the smell of Caroline's scent in the home. Nik and I walked to the living room and witnessed Caroline drinking from a random cup.

I raised an eyebrow, "Didn't get enough to drink last night, Care?" I asked.

Caroline stopped and looked at us, "What are you guys doing here?"

"Not judging you, for starters, although if you are determined to get drunk, then perhaps I might recommend something a little more sanitary?" I gave a look to Nik for that taunt.

Caroline gave a hard stare at Nik and finished the cup she grabbed before throwing it into the trash.

"Well then. You showed me." Nik joked.

"Shouldn't you be out chasing Tyler? Or are there still some hopes and dreams you wanna crush around here?" Caroline said and threw more trash into the bin.

"I've allowed Tyler to get far away from here and hide for Allye's sake. If I was chasing him, I certainly would not be here." Nik retorted.

"Well thanks to you, Tyler's gone for good. He changed the deed to his home in Matt's name. He's never coming back. Now do me a favor and let me get back to spiraling. Go away." Caroline harshly said to both of us.

"Actually, I asked them to be here. We need their help. I think Silas is in Mystic Falls." Stefan said as he walked into view.

"What makes you think that?" I asked.

"Several blood banks in hospitals have gone missing. All the blood, different types, gone. Silas is a two thousand year old immortal who needs human blood. He's been desiccated for that long. He needs to indulge in a lot of blood to get back his strength."

"If I recall, Elena has her humanity turned off. Vampires without their humanity tend to overindulge in human blood, or were you the exception?" Nik asked.

Stefan shook his head, "It's not Elena. Look, I've already told you what Bonnie said the night she came back. Silas needs that third massacre to drop the veil between our world and the Other Side. Two of them have already happened."

"The Young Church and the Hybrids." I answered and Stefan nodded.

"Silas just needs one more massacre to complete. So, if he's here, then that's what he's doing. We need to find him." Stefan urged.

"Well then. Where do we start looking?" Nik asked with a polite smile.

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Stefan opened the door to Shane's office at Whitmore College. Caroline, Stefan, Nik, and I filed into the room and started to look through Shane's stuff.

"What are we even looking for?" Caroline asked.

"Well, if Shane was really working with Silas. Chances are he was helping him plan his next move." Stefan answered.

"Where? On his evil villain to-do list?" I chuckled at that.

"Steal blood, perform 3 massacres, pick up dry cleaning?" I joked and nudged Caroline with my elbow.

Caroline rolled her eyes at me but had a smile on her face, "Actually, not to nit-pick, but we evil villains usually use minions to pick up our dry cleaning, that sort of thing." Nik said sarcastically as he leaned back in Shane's office chair. I gave him a look and he returned it with an innocent look of his own.

"Why is he necessary again?" Caroline asked Stefan, clearly annoyed.

"Nik. Behave." I scolded and continued searching.