Mystic Falls, Virginia

It could be worst.

Twenty-year-old Damon Salvatore reminded himself as he looked through the cage bars that boxed him in and at the dimly lit basement that surrounded him. He had started telling himself that a while ago to hold on to what sanity he had left.

Of course, it could be better.

Elena certainly had it better. Instead of being inside a cage and left in the basement she was in a guarded room upstairs in the main mansion. Then again, she had Elijah and Katherine to advocate for her. Elijah, Finn, Kol and Rebekah had to walk on eggshells lest they end up neutralized in a coffin with a dagger in their chest again, but they were able to do virtually whatever they wanted. Katherine, Sage and Matt had it better. They had the unflinching love, loyalty and protection of Elijah, Finn and Rebekah respectively, so they were golden. Greta had it better. She could go where she wanted, do what she wanted and do it with whoever she wanted because she was loyal to Klaus. Hell, she loved him, so she would do backflips and jump through hoops for him and yeah, sometimes he gave her the time of day but mostly his attentions were on Caroline.

Sometimes Damon thought she might have it worse than he did. Apparently the 500-year-old vampire had a thing with Klaus ages ago but left him. When he came for Damon and Elena he took Caroline as well hoping to "rekindle their love" not that Caroline was interested but he didn't care what she wanted, he wanted her and that was all that mattered to him. Then again, she was able to walk around the mansion and speak to people while he was stuck in a cage in the dark. Klaus had put a metal collar around his neck to add insult to injury but again Damon reminded himself that it could be worst. Klaus could've killed him instead of turning him into his warlock slave.

Damon wanted to hate all vampires because of what Klaus was doing to him. Witches and warlocks had a long tense history with vampires and that was no different now. The relationship was so tense for this very reason: vampires enslaving witches and warlocks whether it be physically or mentally. Damon supposed this wasn't much different than before. Before Klaus took him, he was Elena's dial-a-warlock. Whenever she needed a spell done he would do it, even if it nearly killed him he would do it for her, sacrifice for her because he loved her, he loved her deeply and to his core and he wanted her to love him the same so he thought if he had just done what she wanted then she would feel the same. He loved her so much he didn't realize what he was losing because of her.

His father and uncle died doing a powerful spell to keep Elena out of Klaus' clutches and Damon let it go. His cousin, Lexi, was killed by Klaus protecting Elena and he let it go. Klaus turned his brother into a vampire to get a reaction out of Elena and then soon after killed his mother and yeah, Damon was pissed and upset but eventually he let it go. He didn't notice that overtime Elena had ceased to ever interact with him unless she needed something, especially after Stefan was turned. He didn't notice he put his whole life on hold for a girl who didn't genuinely care about him, just what he could do for her. He was enslaved to her warm smile and doe eyes just as much as he was now enslaved to Klaus. No matter how much you dress it up, a prison is still a prison and Damon had been imprisoned for two and a half years by Elena and for the past six months by Klaus.

Perhaps it was through his own hurt that he didn't want to notice. He had loved Elena for a long time ever since high school really, but then he saw her. Bonnie. She was beautiful to say the least. The two had an agreement at first. He loaned her his neck and she loaned him a wrist and he was able to boost his magic through her blood. It started out purely sexual and grew into something deeper. They talked to each other, went out together and enjoyed each other's company: it was like they were dating each other. She didn't like that label though. She didn't want deep, she wanted fast and when it got boring she wanted it over quickly but him being him just had to go and fall in love with her even though he still had feelings for Elena. He told her, and she rejected him, said she couldn't love him, and it had hurt. Then she was gone, and Klaus came killing his family and Elena was there for him, much more than Bonnie anyway and so he fell even harder for her and now this was the result: him, in a cage. But like he said, it could be worst. He didn't know exactly how just yet, but it could be.

It could always be worst.

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Stefan was at a loss. It felt like in just seconds Klaus Mikaelson had destroyed his life. Doing spells to prevent Klaus from coming to Mystic Falls killed his father and uncle. Klaus took away his magic when he turned him into a vampire and took so much more from Stefan when he forced the younger boy to shut off his humanity, unleash the beast inside and go on a merciless rampage until his family managed to snap him out of it and convince him to feel again. Klaus had killed both his mother and cousin soon after that and now he had taken Damon, Caroline and Elena away from him. Stefan was at a loss of what to do. He was alone in this. Matt was with Rebekah and he was human, so he would be no help. Tyler and Mason, though they were werewolves, wanted no part in it. Katherine wanted Klaus dead just as much as the next guy, but they couldn't kill him without killing his whole blood line which included Katherine and Stefan not to mention Caroline. They needed to put him down somehow and Stefan only knew of one person with means, motives and connections to help him:

Bonnie Bennett-Forbes.

She was Caroline's older half-sister. Stefan had met her once or twice. She hated Klaus perhaps more than anyone. Then again, in Stefan's opinion, you can only hate someone with that much vitriol who you have the capacity to love and Bonnie had loved Klaus. From what Caroline had said, both she and Bonnie had fallen in love with Klaus some 500 years ago when he came to stay with their family in what is now Scotland. Openly, he was with Caroline but secretly he was with Bonnie. Bonnie was the bastard child of Caroline's father which he conceived with a servant whilst his wife still struggled with keeping a pregnancy. William Forbes had been an incorrigible man who graced any bed that fit his fancy. Men, women, servants, slaves, nobles, peasants: it was all the same to him. Bonnie wasn't his only child out of wedlock, he also had another daughter named Hayley who carried on the Forbes family name, so they were now one of the founding families of Mystic Falls. Elizabeth Forbes, Caroline's mother, had urged her husband to give Bonnie the family name and Elizabeth raised Bonnie as her own daughter even after Caroline was born.

Caroline and Bonnie were inseparable growing up. They did everything together. Wherever Bonnie went, Caroline followed… until Klaus showed up. He was charming and talked a smooth game and told them both he loved them but eventually Bonnie grew to resent Caroline. Klaus' older brother, Elijah, also had feelings for Caroline and Bonnie watched the two fight for her affections while Bonnie was left with the scraps of Klaus' spare time. But she loved him, so she endured it, all the while a hatred for her sister grew within her. She was never the first choice: not to her father, not to her biological mother, not to Klaus. Bonnie had begun to look for attention elsewhere and found that attention from Klaus' younger brother, Kol. Kol didn't love Bonnie and she didn't love him but there was a mutual attraction, an understanding and soon a friendship between them that just so happen to bring sexual benefits. Klaus didn't like to share however and when he found Bonnie in bed with Kol he had lashed out violently at her and she had fallen down the stairs and broke her neck. However, she had Kol's blood in her system, so she came back and completed the transformation. She was bewildered with the intensity of vampirism and wanted some familiarity; some comfort and her first thoughts were of Caroline.

She had gone home to her sister and appeared to her in her monstrous form with blood running down her clothing from the two servant girls she had just killed. Caroline was afraid at first before natural instinct to comfort one's family kicked in and she had launched herself into Bonnie's arms. It was too much, Bonnie nearly drained her of her blood. She had frantically called Klaus to help her and by the time he gave Caroline his blood she had died with it in her system and she came back. When they were vampires, at first not much changed. Klaus was still with both Caroline and Bonnie, but Caroline didn't know about it this time. Meanwhile, Elijah still pined away for Caroline whilst Kol and Bonnie remained close, sometime indulging in their carnal attraction, sometime just enjoying their friendship. That was fine… for the first two decades and then Bonnie got tired of being second choice and left, vowing to make Caroline's life hell. And she did for a century until Caroline begged Bonnie to help her save a friend of hers, Katerina Petrova, from Klaus and to help Caroline leave him and Bonnie did. She helped Caroline then because despite what had happened between them and what the presence of the Mikaelson Family in their lives had done to them Caroline, was her little sister and she loved her. Stefan was counting on the sisterly love to convince Bonnie to help him now. If not to help him save his family, then to save hers.

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New Orleans, Louisiana

Bonnie stretched her limbs above her head as she woke up. It was the middle of the day and technically she should've awoken ages ago, but she had spent the night doing two of her favorite activities: feeding and fucking. She popped open her eyes and rolled over onto the bed to face her latest human pet only to see him awake and staring at her.

"Good morning, Marcel." Bonnie said with a smirk. Marcel put on what was supposed to be a smile and said good morning back to her. She studied his body. She'd done a number on him last night, he had bite marks all over his body.

"You would swear I was a baby vamp with the way I act sometimes." She reprimanded herself.

"I'm sorry Marcel, I've been a little moody. You understand, right?" Bonnie said though her voice reflected her lack of sincerity. Marcel nodded robotically.

She sucked her teeth at herself one more time before getting up, not caring that she was as nude as the day she was born and headed to the kitchen. She grabbed a mug and then bit into her wrist dripping some of her blood into the mug before handing it to Marcel.

"Drink up." She instructed. She went back to the kitchen once he started drinking her blood and set about making some tea for him and pulled out some beta blockers from the cupboard and placed them on the side drawer. She grabbed her phone from the same drawer and saw multiple texts from her little sister's boytoy, Stefan.

Bonnie, pick up the phone.

Bonnie, it's important.

Are you okay?

Caroline's in trouble.

It's Klaus. He took her.

I need your help.

Huh. I was wondering when he'd finally catch up with her. God, my baby sis has a habit of attracting some nuts. One supposed love of her life is a crazed, poor hungry hybrid and the other is… well Stefan's alright but he's human, so he doesn't count. Guess I'm going to good old Mystic Falls. Bonnie thought to herself. She looked over at Marcel who was healing from the bites thanks to her blood. She told him to cook for himself before hoping into the shower.

As she showered she couldn't help but think why it was Stefan texting her and not Damon. Granted she and Damon weren't on the best of terms which was mostly her fault and Bonnie had left so she didn't have to see Damon anymore, but she was just going to have to suck it up for Caroline's sake.

She got out of the shower and pulled on her clothing. She wore a black and white stripped tank top with tight dark blue jeans and her favorite pair of black high heeled boots along with her black leather jacket.

"Okay Marcel, it's been fun. Very fun, many times but I've got a sister to save… again." Bonnie turned and looked him straight in his eyes compelling him.

"You're not going to remember me. You came home with a girl, but you were drunk and don't remember her name or face, you woke up alone. You're going to take those beta blockers with some tea for the next week every morning. You're going to throw out the bloody sheets and buy new ones and not question what happened here. Move on with your life after this. Nice knowing you." Bonnie said before putting on her Ray Bans sunglasses and stepping out into the lively cobblestone street of New Orleans.

She liked it here, surrounded by fellow vampires and the lively night life. She didn't fancy the witches here, they were all uppity and annoying, but she made sure they knew not to touch her. She didn't mess with them and they didn't mess with her. She made a pretty good settlement for herself here but of course as soon as Caroline's life was in danger she went running. This was different though. This was Klaus. Stefan may be a powerful warlock, but he wouldn't be able to take down Klaus. Bonnie wouldn't be able to either, but she had leverage over Klaus, tons of leverage and if he was as she remembered him then he would give up Caroline for Bonnie's leverage.

Bonnie crossed the street to where her blue Camaro was parked across from Marcel's apartment. This car was her baby, she'd kill for it. She had before actually. She lowered herself into the driver's seat and pulled out her cell phone to text Stefan.

I'm on my way.

She sent the text then started the car and drove away.

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Damon looked up as the basement door opened. He could hear two sets of footsteps coming downstairs and braced himself for their arrival. The bright overhead lights came on suddenly, causing Damon to shut his eyes against the onslaught. When he reopened them, Klaus stood before him smirking with Greta a few feet behind him, glaring at Damon.

"Hello, pet." Klaus said mockingly. Damon didn't respond.

"Now, as it just so happens there is one very crucial thing I need for the ritual that is no longer in my possession."

The ritual. Klaus wanted to be a hybrid so he was the strongest being on earth. Then after that, it's on to world domination or something. Damon didn't know, most times he didn't care.

"I've got my doppelganger, my faithful witch, I've got a plethora of options in the way of vampires and a whole werewolf pack to decide from, but I need the moonstone." Damon looked in confusion.

"The what? I don't have it."

"No but your family has been guardians of it for centuries before they entrusted it to someone else. As a child, every Salvatore with magic has that knowledge and secret transferred into their memory it's just a matter of searching for it." Greta said with a cruel smile.

Klaus opened the cage and dragged Damon out by his collar. He held his hands on his shoulders forcing him to stay down on his knees while Greta placed her hands to his head. Damon screamed as pain erupted in him while she began mercilessly rooting through his memories. He was reliving Stefan's turning, his mother, father, uncle and cousin's deaths. His time with Bonnie and falling in love with her. Falling in love with Elena. Learning of his heritage and beginning to practice magic in high school. His first encounter with vampires in middle school. His childhood that he spent in blissful ignorance of all things supernatural.

Damon forced himself to think through the pain. He was trying to think of a spell, any spell to get her off him. He began to struggle to recite one that would direct all the pain to her in all its fiery horror. He couldn't focus on her entire being, so he sent to just her arms instead. Greta began to scream as smoke started coming from her arms as the skin began to boil. She didn't let Damon go though, she kept going for Klaus' sake. She reached the memory, she could feel it but there was a protection spell over it. She could feel the signature of the witch who cast it.

Lilian Salvatore.

Greta started to drop the protection spell only to feel an intertwined spell attack her. She could feel the bones in her body beginning to break. It started with her arms and then one of her legs broke causing her to fall to the floor, but her hands were still on Damon's head. She began bleeding from her nose, ears and mouth. The pain was blinding. Klaus finally pulled the two apart and Greta fell on her side as the pain began subsiding. Damon did the same. Klaus quickly went to Greta's side and bit into his wrist, feeding her his blood. He needed her for the ritual. Damon struggled to get his bearings. The pain had begun to dull when his mother's protection spell took over, but Greta's spell had drained him of a lot of energy. Klaus strutted over to him as Greta laid healing, he grabbed Damon by the collar and punched him in the face a few times before standing up. He turned away from Damon but turned back and kicked Damon in the ribs, breaking at least two. Damon barely registered it.

"How dare you?! Do not make the mistake of thinking your insolence won't cost you. Perhaps I'll pay Stefan a visit." Klaus said coldly before he dragged Damon back to his cage, threw him in, picked up Greta bridal style and walked from the basement.

He made sure to turn off the light so Damon was in darkness again. Selfishly Damon wished Stefan was here. Damon wasn't worried about Stefan. He knew Klaus wouldn't kill him. He had some strange fondness for the younger Salvatore and the Ripper that lurked within him. It stopped Klaus from killing him but it didn't stop him from causing Stefan endless amounts of pain, just like Caroline. Chances were Stefan would suffer too if he were here, but Damon still wished for his company, for any company, he didn't want to be alone in the dark anymore. Damon muttered a spell that caused a ball of blue white light to appear in his hand, but it fizzled out a few seconds later, he wasn't strong enough to maintain it. In that moment he decided there was one thing he hated more than he hated Klaus and that was the darkness.

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Bonnie exited her car and dusted off herself as she arrived at the Salvatore Boarding House. She had been busy since she arrived in town the day before. She hadn't even seen Stefan yet, but she had moves to make, plans to tear asunder, wolves to kill. She had found the werewolf pack she knew Klaus planned to use. She killed most of them. She wasn't exactly fond of them or sympathetic to their plight. If they ran, Klaus would find them. She recognized two of them however: Tyler and Mason Lockwood. They were friends of Caroline's. She let them live for that reason. She locked them in the tomb beneath Fell's Church with enough food and water for a week. They were pissed she killed their pack but thankful they were saved. They didn't know what to feel of her, most people didn't. She wasn't black and white but morally gray… most times. When it came to Caroline, protecting her was black and white: you hurt Caroline and Bonnie was going to hurt you.

She strutted up to the Boarding House door while sucking a bit of werewolf blood from her finger. She hated drinking werewolves, but it was a necessary evil. She rang the doorbell and waited for, hopefully, Stefan to answer. She didn't know how she would react to Damon opening the door.

She looked up as Stefan opened the door slowly and upon seeing Bonnie breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank god. I didn't think you were coming." Stefan said, with clear hope in his voice at her presence.

Stefan? Happy to see me? It must be bad.

Bonnie strutted into the house then and zoned her hearing, she didn't hear anything besides she and Stefan's breathing.

"Well, here I am. Where's Damon?" She couldn't help but ask.

"He isn't here. Actually-" Stefan stopped when he saw Bonnie's face light up in realization and she turned to him with an amused smirk.

"So she actually did it? She turned you. Gotta say, I didn't think baby sis had it in her. I thought for sure you'd be in diapers again before she even considered it."

"Caroline didn't turn me." Stefan stated.

"I'm not deaf, you know. You don't have a heartbeat."

"I know. I am a vampire, but Caroline didn't change me." He explained stoically. Bonnie's amusement began to wane then.

"Klaus?" Stefan nodded. Bonnie looked at him sympathetically.

"Sorry." She felt compelled to say. She knew Stefan probably freaked out after turning and losing his powers and connection to nature, she had. Then she thought of how Damon must've felt losing Stefan in this way. How he felt about not being able to protect Stefan and she knew he'd blame himself because despite all she'd done to him, she understood him.

"So where is your brother anyway? And where's Lilian and Lexi? I was sure they'd be here." Stefan shifted uncomfortably at the questions before sighing and looking at her mournfully.

Uh-oh. This isn't going to be good.

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Caroline sat perched on Klaus' bed staring at the wall ahead unseeingly. She was trapped with Klaus again. She'd left all those years ago when she realized just how power hungry he was. When she realized that he used her. He encouraged her to befriend Katerina Petrova in the 1600s, so he could spy on her and use her as a sacrifice for some ritual. Klaus let Elijah fall in love with Kat and finally move on from Caroline, he let Caroline grow to care and love her like the sister she desperately missed and then he was just going to kill her. Caroline wouldn't let it happen and she didn't trust any of the Mikaelsons to help her, not even Elijah, so she called for the only person she knew that despite everything would help her: her sister. Caroline knew Bonnie loathed her and she knew why.

Caroline had been most everyone's first choice except perhaps her mother's. She had suitors lining up because she was the sole legitimate heir to her father's fortune. Most men were only interested in her for the wealth and her beauty, but Klaus was different. He told she was beautiful, yes, but he made sure she knew it was both inside and out. He made her feel strong and brave and uninhibited and she felt lucky that he even gave her a second glance. He was dangerous and dark and mysterious which intrigued her. He seemed ethereal, almost godlike. Like there was this level of his definition of perfection she had to achieve to be with him, to be worthy of him and she always seemed to fall short of the mark.

It was different with Stefan.

With her past of the horrible acts she had committed, some to please Klaus and some when her humanity was switched off, she felt herself beyond redemption, yet she still selfishly sought it. Then came Stefan. He knew what she was the second he touched her and though he was standoffish at first somehow she gained his trust, his loyalty, his friendship and then finally his love. Stefan was the opposite of Klaus. He was warm, understanding and compassionate. He was salvation. Stefan was the light to Klaus' darkness, the love to Klaus' hatred. She felt like the best version of herself with him. When Klaus turned him, she didn't expect him to go off the rails the way he did. She should've known really. Klaus destroyed everything he touched. It was through the combined efforts of Caroline, Lexi, Damon and Lilian that Stefan came back to himself. Hell, even Rebekah and Katherine helped as a favor to Caroline.

Then Klaus killed Lexi and Lilian and took her, Damon and Elena. Caroline laid back and felt tears pricking her eyes. She didn't even know if Stefan was alive or not. She didn't trust Klaus to tell her the truth about it anyway and he barely let her speak to his siblings or anyone else besides him. She had free reign around the mansion, but it was never unsupervised, whether it be by Klaus or Greta. She couldn't ask Rebekah or Katherine or Elijah or Finn to check on Stefan. She couldn't beg Kol to contact Bonnie for help. Bonnie was the only person Caroline knew could get her out of this. She was the one who helped Caroline and Katherine escape all those years ago even though in the end Katherine had trusted Trevor more and turned herself into a vampire. Bonnie: her sister, the woman who was annoyed with Caroline's existence at best, was the only one Caroline could rely on now. She wasn't worried because she knew that no matter what, they were sisters first and frenemies second. Bonnie would drop everything for her just like she would do for Bonnie.

She quickly blinked her eyes dry of any tears as she heard Klaus approaching the room. She positioned herself so she was facing away from the door. He unlocked the four bolts and the lock on the reinforced steel door and walked into the spacious room. Caroline was forced into a red silk evening gown by him. He was trying to buy her love by showering her in material things, but she wouldn't be bought, not by his words or his gifts.

Klaus smiled as he saw Caroline sitting tensely on his bed in a red dress. The same color dress she wore when he first met her. He'd searched for her just as much as he had Katherine, though for very different reasons. He loved Caroline so much. She was beautiful and free and her personality was so undeniably like Tatia's that he felt that Caroline was his second chance. His connection to his humanity, a connection he had felt was long gone from him. Bonnie's personality was much fierier than both Tatia and Caroline. She was a smart ass and a firecracker, she said what she felt and did what she wanted and thought about the consequences after. She had loved him desperately, she knew the darker side of him. She appealed to his vampire side not the human side of him. Plus, she was a witch and the power that surrounded her attracted him to her, but he had always loved Caroline more. She was always his endgame. He had never considered that perhaps he wasn't hers and then she left him and took Katherine with her. The moonstone was also mysteriously gone. As much as he wanted Caroline here because he loved her, he wanted the moonstone. He needed the moonstone to complete the ritual and turn himself into a hybrid.

"How have you been, love?"

"I'm not your love." She spat back.

"You were, once upon a time." He replied wistfully.

"I'm not anymore. I don't want to be with you, so just let me go Klaus." He hid his hurt at her words and walked around to see her face.

"You see, the only problem with that is that you may have something I need. Until you tell me where it is, I can't let you go." He said softly. Caroline looked confused at that. She had no idea what he meant by that.

"What? I don't know what you're talking about?"

"The moonstone." Vague recognition crossed Caroline's eyes.

"That ugly milk white, soap bar looking thing? I haven't seen it since I left you." She replied truthfully.

"Really? Because mysteriously it vanished with you."

"Well, I didn't take it."

"See, I don't believe you. I believe you know who has it. If you don't answer me truthfully, people will get hurt, starting with Elena, so answer carefully."

"I'm telling the truth. I don't have it and I don't know where it is." Klaus' hand reached out and stroked Caroline's face, she flinched from his touch.

"Make no mistake, as much as I love you Caroline the ritual will go ahead as planned. Elena will be sacrificed as she's the doppelganger and Tyler will be sacrificed as the werewolf needed and Damon will be the vampire." Caroline looked confused again.

"Damon's not—",

"Not yet anyway. You see, Greta is drawing energy from him to complete the spell. Once she has enough of his power integrated into her own. I'll turn him and sacrifice him in the ritual. You can think of it as my final parting shot to Stefan. Then I will be the most powerful being and we can be together. We may even work something out for Stefan." Klaus explained as if he was discussing the weather. Caroline looked at him like he had two heads.

"This was the problem. It always was. You have no more remorse, what little humanity you have is completely shrouded by your lust for power. At first, I thought I could save you, but you just drag everyone else down with you. You did it to Rebekah and Kol, to me and Bonnie and now to Stefan. You want us to be like you. You destroy our humanity in your endeavor to force us to save yours. I don't want that. I loved you, I did but I don't anymore. Stefan is… he is everything to me. He is the realest thing I've ever felt. He is so… human, even when he's not. Please, don't do this to him. If you love me, you won't hurt me and if you hurt him you're hurting me." Caroline pleaded. Klaus looked a little softer before his face hardened.

"The ritual goes forward as planned." He stood up and strutted out of the room, bolting the locks behind him. Caroline let her tears fall and sobs rack her body. She didn't know how to stop this from happening, she didn't know if she could.

Bonnie please, wherever you are. Help me. I need you. Please help.

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Bonnie stood frozen in the Boarding House living room staring at Stefan.

Klaus has Damon, Caroline and Elena.

The words kept running through her head.

Klaus has Damon, Caroline and Elena.

She didn't really care about Elena, as far as doppelgangers went she preferred Katherine. Bonnie had taken on the sire role for Katherine and raised her so to speak, so she always preferred Katherine to Elena and Tatia. Caroline was her sister and she didn't want her anywhere near Klaus. Especially because she knew Caroline didn't love Klaus and eventually her rejections would get to him and he'd lash out at her violently. He'd done it before. Damon being with Klaus was what really turned her stomach. He was a warlock and a powerful one. He wouldn't help Klaus break the hybrid curse, but his power could be channeled and that alone could kill him. If she knew Klaus, and she did know him, Damon would be dead soon. Bonnie promptly pulled out her cell phone and dialed a familiar number. Stefan looked on in confusion.

"Miss Bennett-Forbes, to what do I owe the pleasure?" The person asked.

"I'm an awesome friend. I've got one of the original vampires bugging me. Want to round up your people and come to Mystic Falls to help me deal with him?" Bonnie said with clear sarcasm in her voice. She could practically hear the other person the line's smirk.

"I'd be delighted."

"Alright, see you soon Vaughn." Bonnie hung up with the Hunter and looked to a conflicted looking Stefan. He didn't know what was going on and whether to be relieved or not.

"Galen Vaughn. He's a member of The Five. He's a Hunter with a capital 'h'. They're supernatural. They have heightened senses, strength and reflexes. We only know of three official Hunters right now: Vaughn, Connor and Andie but Andie's boyfriend, Alaric is a human hunter and a weapon's expert with a team of his own. Don't worry we'll get Caroline, Damon and even Elena back and neutralize Klaus." Bonnie said seriously. That was the most genuine he'd ever seen Bonnie and so he believed her.

"You love him, don't you?" Stefan suddenly asked. Bonnie looked startled and then disgusted at that.

"Vaughn? Eww, no. He's just a friend."

"Not Vaughn, Damon." Bonnie's eyes widened at that.

"What do you mean? What has Damon said? Because I'll rip his throat out when I see him." She said, suddenly on defense with her walls up. It didn't faze Stefan.

"He said he was with you. He said that he told you he loves you but still had feelings for Elena, but he'd let her go for you, but you said you didn't love him at all. He said that you told him you couldn't be with him. I think you lied. I think you could love him, I think you do love him. Yes, you're here for Caroline and I believe that, but I can see it your eyes when you say his name, you keep asking about him, I bet you keep thinking about him too. You love him and there's nothing wrong with that, you know." Stefan said softly. Bonnie shrugged.

"You might be on to something little Salvatore but for now let's focus on saving your brother, my sister and the doppelbitch's lives."