I'm a Gilbert-Petrova [5]

we're in this together

Nobody POV
Three years from now Dallas, Texas 2016
Damon slowly awakens in the middle of the sound stage for the news station after he was shot with vervain darts and knocked out. When he weakly cracks his eyes open, he finds that he's been chained to one of the chairs at the news desk, and a really bright spot light is pointed straight at him. He looks pale and sickly as he tries to work through his brain-fog and figure out what happened

"Where am I?" he asked weakly and pauses for a moment as he gets his bearings, and chuckles bitterly under his breath "That's right. Dallas. The home of big hair and horrible presidents" he said

Suddenly, a familiar-sounding female voice calls out from the other side of the room "And the trap you just walked into. Unfortunately, you're not the fly I was hoping to catch" the mysterious huntress said

"Oh, so, the mystery guest makes an appearance. Why don't you do me a favor? Come a little closer so I can sort of see you" he said

The huntress seemingly does what he has asked, but when she walks toward him so he can see who she is, Damon realizes that it's actually Lily

"Mom? It's been a long time" he said

Lily smirks at Damon smugly, and Damon, overwhelmed by the shock of seeing her in addition to whatever the huntress has done to him, falls unconscious once again

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At the Salvatore birding house, Julian is shirtless and snoozing in bed while Lily, who is wide awake, anxiously turns onto her side. When she hears Julian awaken and scoot toward her, she quickly closes her eyes and pretends to be asleep as he starts to kiss her shoulder

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Meanwhile, at the Lockwood Mansion, Damon, Stefan, and Enzo are all talking about Julian in the late Mayor Lockwood's study

"What's the plan?" Damon asked

"Julian needs to die today. Everything has to appear to be normal. Julian's not an idiot. If he finds out that Lily turned on him, we're all dead" Stefan said

Enzo, who has been silent until this point, does not seem at all pleased with what he's heard so far

"So you... embed her with a psychopath? Sounds logical" Enzo said

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Julian has just finished kissing Lily and has gotten up to go downstairs

"Hey, don't look at me! I voted to drive a stake through her heart and get rid of this Julian-mama drama once and for all" Damon said voiceover

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Back at the Lockwood Mansion, Damon is giving Stefan and Enzo a sarcastic look

"But, hey, complicated plan "A" sounds like a happy compromise" Damon said

"It's not complicated! We get Julian's blood, and then, Nora, Beau, or Mary Louise use it to unlink him from Lily, and we kill the bastard" Stefan said annoyed

"Uh, you glossed over the important bit-- Do you really think that Beau, Mary Louise, or Nora are going to help?" Enzo said skeptically

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Back at the Salvatore boarding house, Mary Louise and Nora are in their pajamas and robes and are making breakfast with Julian in the kitchen. Nora is in the middle of making chocolate chip pancakes, which are creating so much smoke that Mary Louise starts to cough. Julian laughs and grabs a towel to use to fan the smoke away from them

"That's it. Nora is off pancake duty" Julian said

He playfully whips Nora with the towel, and she giggles loudly, bumping into Mary Louise as she drinks a mimosa