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"After Klaus was dead, while Stefan was babysitting Elena, suddenly Grandpa started talking - just single words - but it o look in our attic I found this"
"So you really don’t kno to use it?"
"I’d just started practicing when Shinichi turned up But, no, I don’t real y have a clue I’h, so I just use it like that"
"You didn’t use it like a bo staff onto persuade you, not kil you I couldn’t think of how to explain to Elena that I’d broken al your bones"
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"So how did a couple of inactive hunter-slayers end upley lines?"
"I’ they didn’t knohat a line of natural Poas And Fel ’s Church looked smal and peaceful - back then"
They found the Gateway just as Daular piece sliced out of the earth, about five feet deep
"Now sit down there,"he adjured Meredith, putting her on the opposite corner froht - even the briefest - as to il happen to Misao if you pour out all the liquid in there?"
"Actual y, not one Not one microsecond’s worth,"Damon said cheerful y "Why? Do you think she would for hed "No That’s the problem with both of you"
"She’s certainly your probleh I may stop by sometime after the town’s destroyed to have a little t��te-��-t��te with her brother about the concept of keeping an oath"
"After you’ve gotten strong enough to beat hi? It’s your town they’ve devastated, after al ,"Da the children - "
"They’re either scared to death or possessed by thoseeverywhere - "
"Yes, and so fear and paranoia keep spreading too Fel ’s Church enocides they’ve caused, but it’s an i on top - "
"Of al those ley lines ful of ical power - yes, yes, I know
But don’t you care at al ? About us? Their future plans for us?
Doesn’t any of it ht of the stil , sure in the first-floor bedroom and felt a sick qual back for a talk with Shinichi"
After which, careful y, he began to pour liquid frole Now that he was actual y at the Gate, he realized he had no idea what he should do The proper procedure ht be to jump in and pour out the star bal ’s entire liquid in the middle But four corners seemed to dictate four different places to pour, and he was sticking to that
He expected Meredith to try to foul things up somehow
Make a run for the house Make some noise, at least Attack him from behind now that he had dropped the stave But apparently her code of honor forbade this
Strange girl, he thought But I’l leave her the stave, since it real y belongs to her faet me kil ed the instant I land in the Dark Di a weapon - especial y a weapon like that - won’t have a chance
Judiciously, he poured out almost al of the liquid left into the final corner and stepped back to see ould happen
SSSS-bah! White! Blazing white light That was al his eyes or his mind could take in at first
And then, with a rush of triuht: I’ve done it! The Gateway is open!
"The center of the upper Dark Di hole "A secluded al ey would probably be the best, if you don’t mind"And then he jumped into the hole
Except that he didn’t Just as he was starting to bend his knees, soht - "
But it wasn’t Meredith It was Bonnie
"You tricked
"Yes, I can! Now let go of me - before it disappears!"He tried to pry her off, while his irl - what? - an hour or so ago, so deeply asleep that she had looked dead Just how much could that little body take?
"No! They’l kil you! And Elena wil kil et kil ed first because I’l stil be here!"
Awake, and actual y capable of putting together puzzles
"Huo,"he snarled He bared his teeth at her, which only caused her to bury her head in his jacket and cling on koala-bear style, wrapping both her legs around one of his
A couple of real y hard slaps should dislodge her, he thought
He lifted his hand