I began to slowly open my eyes, unsure as to why my body was burning and my head stinging. As my mind began to clear I was able to better see where I was. It was a dank chamber lined with stone walls and a small window that had bars on the outside. I noticed that I could barely move and that was when I felt my hands tied above my head.

I attempted to pull them free but felt another stinging burn surge through me.

"I already tried, they are covered in vervain," said a groggy voice from within the dark room. I looked up and saw that Stefan too was tied up. He was on the opposite wall of me and he looked tired and weak.

"Where are we?" I demanded.

"My guess is about as good as yours," he replied. His eyes drooped and I could see that the vervain was having a harsher affect on him than me. That was probably due to his wayward diet of squirrels and other woodland creatures.

"Hey, hey!" I called, snapping his eyes open again. "Look at me," I ordered.

His head turned up toward me and his eyes were half open, "I am going to get us out of this but I need you to stay with me, understand?" He nodded drowsily and then let his head fall again.

I turned my attention to trying to find a way to escape from this. I pulled on the rope once again and immediately regretted it as I felt another surge of pain. Whoever had done this obviously had thought this through. I could smell the vervain through out the whole room.

But who would want to do this? I wondered. Though the answer was quite obvious. When you lived the way I did you often picked up a few enemies along the way. I must have really pissed this one off if they would bother going through all of this trouble of capturing both Stefan and I.

I could feel the vervain beginning to wear on me. Though I knew I would be able to hold out longer than Stefan due to my human blood diet. My gaze went back to him and I saw that he was growing closer to unconsciousness.

"Stefan stay with me!" I yelled at him. His eyes snapped open again and he became more aware. I sighed heavily; this obviously wasn't going to be as easy as I had hoped.

Just as I was about to try the ropes again I heard footsteps approaching where we were. Both Stefan and I turned our attention towards the door, awaiting whoever it was that was coming. They were a vampire, I could smell it.

I watched as the door knob twisted and in walked a tall vampire. He had dark black hair that hung to his shoulders and his skin was pale, a milky color.

"Ah I see you two are awake," he noted, he spoke with an accent though I couldn't place where it was from.

"Who are you?" I growled and his eyes darted quickly to mine. They were of the darkest black.

"Oh I thought you would remember me Damon, I sure remember you," he said, his eyes taunting.

"Or maybe you wouldn't, it wasn't exactly me that you had been interested in now had it?" He began pacing around the room. His pale fingers were pressed together as he continued his rambling.

"You always had a thing for her, sad how much control she had over you. I had always thought you were stronger than that. Though I could hardly blame you, she is quite the temptress." He offered a devilish grin in my direction.

"What the hell are you talking about you lunatic?" I yelled. He didn't answer but burst into an evil laughter.

"You really don't know who I am do you?" he questioned, coming closer to me.

"Of course I don't. Now mind filling me in?"

"Klaus quit messing with them," a voice said from behind the door. I didn't even need to see her to know who it was.

I stared at the door as it opened revealing the rueful vampire. My eyes grew wide and I heard Stefan gasp.

"Katherine," I breathed.