The Hunters: Phantom Chapter 14

damon Where right? Elena watched the water tensely. In the event that anything had happened to Meredith or Stefan, it was Elena's deficiency. She had persuaded Stefan to let Meredith bounce the fal s. His complaints had been complete y sensible; she could see that now. Meredith had been set apart for death. For the good of God, Celia had nearly been kil ed just getting off a train. What had Meredith been thinking, bouncing off a bluff into water when she was in a similar kind of danger? What had Elena been considering to let her? She ought to have been close by, keeping Meredith down. Also, Stefan. She realized he should be fine; the judicious piece of her mind continued advising her that Stefan was a vampire. He didn't have to relax. He could remain submerged for quite a long time. He was unfathomably solid. However, not very far in the past, she had thought Stefan was gone everlastingly, taken by the kitsune. Awful things could transpire †vampire or not. In the event that she lost him now through her own dumb shortcoming, through her own willfulness and request that everybody imagine that life could be the manner in which it used to be †that they could have some good t imes without fate fol owing them †Elena would rests and pass on. â€Å"Do you see anything?† Bonnie asked, a tremble in her voice. Her spots hung out in dull specks against her pale face, and her ordinary y overflowing red twists were put level and dim against her head. â€Å"No. Not from up here.† Elena gave her a dismal look, and before she even deliberately settled on the choice, she jumped into the pool. Submerged, Elena's vision was blurred by the foam and sand hurled by the fal s, and she stepped water for a second as she attempted to peer around. She saw a fix of obscurity that appeared as though it may be human figures off close to the center of the pool and struck out toward it. Express gratitude toward God, Elena thought intensely. At the point when she drew nearer, the dimness settled itself into Meredith and Stefan. They were by all accounts battling against something in the water, Stefan's face close to Meredith's legs, Meredith's hands coming to frantically toward the surface. Her face was pale blue from absence of oxygen, and her eyes were wide with alarm. Similarly as Elena approached them, Stefan twitched pointedly and Meredith shot upward. As though in moderate movement, Elena saw Meredith's arm swing toward her as Meredith rose. An abrupt blow sent Elena shooting in reverse toward the stones behind the fal s, the fal s pushing her more profound submerged as she went under them. This is awful, she had quite recently sufficient opportunity to think, and afterward her head hit the stones and everything went dark. When Elena arose, she wound up in her room at home, stil in her swimming outfit. Sun shone through the window, yet Elena was wet and shuddering with cold. Water streamed from her hair and swimming outfit, beads unwinding her arms and legs and puddling on the rug. She was unsurprised to see that Damon was there, looking as smooth and dull and ready as could be. He'd been examining her shelf, as agreeable as though he were in his own home, and he wheeled around to gaze at her. â€Å"Damon,† she said pitifully, confounded be that as it may, as usual, so glad to see him. â€Å"Elena!† he stated, seeming enchanted for a second, and afterward he grimaced. â€Å"No,† he said forcefully. â€Å"Elena, wake up.† â€Å"Elena, wake up.† The voice was terrified and edgy, and Elena battled the dimness that appeared to hold her down and opened her eyes. Damon? she nearly stated, however bit the word back. On account obviously it was Stefan who was looking worriedly at her, and even sweet, understanding Stefan may protest her cal ing him by his dead sibling's name twice in one day. â€Å"Stefan,† she stated, recalling. â€Å"Is Meredith al right?† Stefan wrapped her firmly in his arms. â€Å"She wil be. Gracious, God, Elena,† he said. â€Å"I thought I would lose you. I needed to pul you to shore. I didn't know†¦Ã¢â‚¬  His voice trailed off, and he embraced her considerably closer to his chest. Elena did a fast self-stock. She was sore. Her throat and lungs hurt, most likely from taking in water and hacking it out. There was sand al over her, covering her arms and swimming outfit, and it was beginning to tingle. However, she was alive. â€Å"Oh, Stefan,† Elena stated, and shut her eyes for a second, leaning her head against him. She was so cold and wet, and Stefan was so warm. She could hear his heart pulsating underneath her ear. More slow than a human's, however there, consistent and consoling. At the point when she opened her eyes once more, Matt was stooping close to them. â€Å"Are you okay?† he asked her. At the point when she gestured, he turned his look to Stefan. â€Å"I ought to have hopped in,† he said culpably. â€Å"I ought to have helped you spare them. Everything appeared to happen so quick, and when I realized something was genuine y wrong, you were bringing them retreat from the water.† She sat up and contacted Matt's arm, feeling a warm surge of fondness for him. He was so acceptable, and he felt so answerable for al of them. â€Å"Everyone's fine, Matt,† she said. â€Å"That's what matters.† A couple of feet away, Alaric was assessing Meredith as Bonnie drifted over them. Celia stood somewhat farther away, her arms folded over herself as she watched Alaric and Meredith. At the point when Alaric moved away, Meredith grabbed Elena's attention. Her face was white with torment, however she figured out how to give her a sorry grin. â€Å"I didn't intend to hit you,† she said. â€Å"And Stefan, I ought to have tuned in to you, or simply had more sense and remained on shore.† She frowned. â€Å"I figure I may have hyper-extended my lower leg. Alaric's going to drive me to the emergency clinic so they can tape it up.† â€Å"What I need to know,† Bonnie stated, â€Å"is whether this implies it's al over. That is to say, Celia's name showed up, and she was nearly choked in the train entryways. Also, Meredith's name showed up, and she nearly suffocated. The two of them got spared †by Stefan, great job, Stefan †so does that mean they're sheltered at this point? We haven't seen any more names.† Elena's heart helped with trust. Be that as it may, Matt was shaking his head. â€Å"It's not that easy,† he said obscurely. â€Å"It's rarely that simple. Because Meredith and Celia could be spared one time, it doesn't mean whatever it is isn't stil after them. What's more, despite the fact that her name wasn't cal ed, Elena was at serious risk, too.† Stefan's arms were stil around Elena, however they felt hard and resolute. At the point when she looked up at his face, his jaw was set and his green eyes ful of torment. â€Å"I'm worried it's not the end. Another name has appeared,† he let them know. â€Å"Meredith, I don't figure you could have seen it, yet the plants you were tangled in spel ed it out against your legs.† Everyone wheezed. Elena grasped his arm, her stomach dropping. She took a gander at Matt, at Bonnie, at Stefan himself. They'd never appeared to be all the more valuable to her. Which one of the individuals who she adored was in harm's way? â€Å"Wel , don't keep us in suspense,† Meredith said wryly. Her shading was better, Elena noted, and her voice sounded fresh and skilled once more, in spite of the fact that she flinched as Alaric contacted her lower leg delicately. â€Å"Whose name was it?† Stefan dithered. His eyes dashed to Elena and afterward rapidly away. He licked his lips in an apprehensive signal she'd never observed from him. Taking a full breath, he last y stated, â€Å"The name the plants spel ed out was Damon.† Bonnie plunked down with a bang, like her legs had given way. â€Å"But Damon's dead,† she stated, her earthy colored eyes wide. In any case, for reasons unknown the news didn't stun Elena profoundly. Rather, a hard, brilliant sentiment of expectation overflowed her. It would bode well. She had never accepted somebody like Damon could simply be gone. â€Å"Maybe he's not,† she heard herself state, out to lunch as she recal ed the Damon in her fantasies. At the point when she had dropped under the water, she had seen him once more, and he had advised her to wake up. Was that illusory conduct? It could have been her inner mind cautioning her, she guessed far fetched y, yet his name had seemed submerged. Might he be able to be alive? He had passed on †she had no uncertainty about that. Be that as it may, he was a vampire; he had kicked the bucket previously, and lived once more. The Guardians had attempted, they stated, and they had said there was no real way to bring Damon back. Was it a silly expectation? Was the enthusiastic pulsating of her heart at the idea that Damon may be alive just Elena tricking herself? Elena snapped back to the present to discover her companions gazing at her. There was a snapshot of complete quiet, as though even the flying creatures had quit singing. â€Å"Elena,† Stefan said tenderly. â€Å"We saw him die.† Elena looked into Stefan's green eyes. Without a doubt, if there was any motivation to trust, he would feel it a similar way she did. However, his look was consistent and miserable. Stefan, she saw, had almost certainly that Damon was dead. Her heart pressed difficult y. â€Å"Who's Damon?† Celia asked, yet nobody replied. Alaric was grimacing. â€Å"If Damon's certainly dead,† he stated, â€Å"if you're secure with that, at that point whatever is causing these mishaps may be playing on your melancholy, attempting to hit you where it harms. Maybe there's an enthusiastic peril here that it's attempting to make as wel as a physical one.† â€Å"If spel ing out Damon's name is intended to agitate us, at that point it's focusing on Stefan and Elena,† Matt said. â€Å"I mean, its a well known fact that Meredith and I didn't care for him much.† He folded his arms protectively. â€Å"I'm sorry, Stefan, yet it's true.† â€Å"I regarded Damon,† said Meredith, â€Å"especial y after he buckled down with us in the Dark Dimension, however the facts demonstrate that his passing didn't†¦ influence me the manner in which it did Elena and Stefan. I need to concur with Matt.† Elena looked at Bonnie and saw that her jaw was gripped and her eyes flickered with irate tears.