ren. [tvd spinoff]

8 | eliza

8

e l i z a

the next morning

"Good morning, brother!"

Ren looked up and squinted his eyes in an attempt to see who was in his kitchen at 4 am.

"Charlie?"
"In the flesh."

He glanced around the room until his gaze landed on the bacon that was frying in the pan.

"What are you doing?"
"Making breakfast."
"At 4 am?"
"We have a long day ahead, brother."

Ren let out a groan at sat down on one of the barstools by the kitchen island. "What are you dragging me to this time?" he asked, holding his head in his hands.

"Well you see," Charlie began, "Juliet hates you now, and i have no one to travel with. Rayville is boring and Eliza isn't here with me so i thought i'd do you a favour!"

Ren let out a light chuckle and glanced up, raising his eyebrow. "This is you doing me a favour?" he repeated, amusement laced in his tone.

"You're still alive, aren't you?" Charlie asked. Ren shut up at that.

"Last night went just as horribly as i had hoped. You have no business in our home town now, brother. Come with me and you can have a purpose!"

Ren was hit with flashbacks to what happened just several hours beforehand.

After he showed Juliet that he was a vampire, she threw a garlic clove at him.

When Ren stared at her and didn't react with the pure terror she had hoped for, she grabbed a wooden chopstick that was lying nearby and pointed it at him.

"Really?" he asked, raising his eyebrow.

Juliet soon came to the conclusion that she didn't actually know how to legitimately kill a vampire, despite having a supposed degree in witchy woo and shit.

She slowly put the chopstick down, completely at loss with herself. The two stood in an awkward silence until she decided to break it.

"So you're a vampire? As in Edward from Twilight?"
"No fucking way did you just compare me to Edward from Twilight." Ren said, disgust reflecting off of his eyes.

"So? What do you say, brother?"

Ren looked up at Charlie. "No."
"What? No, you have to do what i say or el-"
"Or else what, Charlie? Juliet was your leverage. She knows i'm a vampire now. Your leverage has vanished."

Charlie grinned and shook his head as he placed the bacon onto two separate plates.

"She might know about your little secret, but that doesn't mean i can't simply kill her."
"You wouldn't."
"That sounds like a challenge to me." Charlie chuckled, pushing the plate towards his brother.

"No, no. Okay, i'm sorry. You can hurt me but don't hurt her." he sighed, reluctantly stabbing the bacon with his fork.

Charlie stared at him for a few moments before forcing himself to sit down too.

"Can i ask you something?" he muttered, pushing the plate of bacon away.

Ren was quiet for a few moments before he just simply nodded his head. "What happened to Eliza's body after she died?"
"I don't know. I fled after i killed her, i always assumed you got rid of the body."

Charlie scoffed and crossed his arms, "You can't rely on me to clean your messes. After you fled out of the window or some dramatic shit like that, i ushered all of the guests out. When i returned to Eliza, her body was gone."

Ren furrowed his eyebrows and lowered his fork. "Charlie, how long does it take a transitioning vampire to wake up after their death?" he asked.

Charlie thought about it for a few moments before shrugging, "My victims usually last a few hours."

"Right okay but do you reckon there's any chance that Eliza had vampire blood in her system when she died?"

He didn't say anything for a few moments. Charlie just sort of sat there, staring off into space.

"Absolutely not, don't be ridiculous." he said eventually but Ren knew that as sure as Charlie was about always being right, they couldn't know for sure.

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Ren decided to go with Charlie for a weekend. He figured that Juliet was bound to have questions so he gave her some time to process the whole vampire thing.

Keeping Charlie from killing innocent people just for the fun of it would be the perfect distraction.

However, Ren found that someone else had already taken on that role.

The two brothers were at a gas station just outside of Rayville on the side of a motorway.

Ren was leaning on the side of the car as Charlie went in to 'pay' (in other words, he was busy compelling the station owner).

They were the only ones there until a silver car pulled up. The man inside of it rolled down the window and took his sunglasses off.

"Are you Charlie Williams?" he asked. Ren glanced behind his shoulder to see Charlie finishing up with the owner before turning back around to glare at the man.

"No, i'm his brother. Why?"
"I must speak to Charlie Williams."

Just at that moment, Charlie stood beside Ren and crossed his arms.

"Who are you?" he sneered.
"I am here to deliver a message to Charlie Williams from Eliza Martin."

Charlie froze and stared at the man. He took a couple of steps forward and crouched down slightly so that he was eye level with him.

"Did Eliza really send you?" he compelled. The man nodded slowly, "She told me to deliver a message to Charlie Williams from Eliza Martin."

Charlie pursed his lips but nodded nevertheless. "Hi, i'm Charlie Williams. Deliver the message to me or i'll rip your throat out." he smiled, cocking his head to the side.

"Eliza wants you to know that Ren's suspicions were true. She promises to reach out to you and tell you what really happened once she feels ready but until then, don't go looking for her."

"Or else what?" Charlie laughed, stopping when the man crashed his foot down on the pedal and sped away, doing a messy u-turn.

The car raced towards the station and Ren's eyes widened. Without thinking, he grabbed Charlie's arm and sped out of the way just in time.

The car collided with the fuel and exploded causing debris to scatter everywhere and a massive fire to breakout.

"She compelled him to kill himself after he delivered the message." Ren muttered, slightly out of breath from shock.

"So it's true? Eliza... Eliza is-"
"-A vampire."

The two brothers stared at each other for a while before deciding that maybe after all, staying in Rayville was the safest bet they had.

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a/n i have an english exam tomorrow,, i swear this exam shit is never ending

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