He wasn't sure if it was the loss of blood, the adrenaline still coursing through him or the two terrifying creatures sitting next to him, but his hands were shaking like a leaf as he turned the impala onto the main road. He was watching them out of the corner of his eyes and repeatedly checking Dean in the back through the review mirror. He jerked the car back to left as he realized he was drifting off the road.

"Your friend will live, we will not harm you, so please pay attention to your driving." Elijah says it as politely as possible with his mounting irritation. The more blood Elena loses, causes his anger to rise at this ridiculous situation. He seriously contemplates leaving these idiots at the hotel and taking care of Elena elsewhere. He pushes some hair from her face and breathes her in deeply. For her, he would try his best; then lecture her later. He looks to the young man and stares for a moment. The human fidgets slightly but doesn't look back at him. He turns off in front of a hotel and I find pity on the young man. "My name is Elijah."

Sam's head jerks towards him as he puts the impala in park. Exchanging pleasantries was the last thing he expected, but this wasn't a normal situation; even for a Winchester. He stares back at Elijah and comes to the realization that he somehow trusts the man. "I'm Sam, that's Dean my brother." HE points over his shoulder at Dean as he turns the car off. "I don't quite understand everything I just witnessed but you are welcome to come in with us." The more information he could get the better, god knows what the price would be for Deans fast recovery.

"Well Sam we can discuss all this later now I need to tend to her, you will be stuck with us for the next 24 hours, then we will be on our way."

"24 hours? Why so long? No offense I'm just curious." Sam is hoping Dean will not wake up for the next 24 hours.

Elijah pushes himself from the car being careful not to jostle Elena. "Sam, later." HE repeats do your best to himself three times as he watches Sam jump from the car and run to open a door to a small room with two beds. Elijah sighs but walks to the second bed and lays Elena down before turning back to door. Watching Sam struggle with his brother again in the car. He silently walks to pull Dean from his brother with ease and deposits him on the bed by the door. Removing his destroyed suit jacket he tosses it to the floor and rolls up his sleeves as he looks at the measly supplies in the bathroom. "Sam, would you happen to have a pair of tweezers?" He turns to see Sam staring at Deans once wounded area in fascination, he wonders how many times these two have been at deaths door. Most people would be appalled by Deans wounds.

"Yeah let me grab the first aid kit from the trunk." Sam rushes out the door ready to help in any way he can considering they have saved bot their lives tonight. He is curious to why she isn't healing if her blood was healing Deans life threatening wound. He pulls some of their bags from the trunk intending to cut Deans shirts off. He steps back into the room as Elijah sets down a cup on the night stand and rolls Elena onto her side. "Turn away for a moment please." The words are said slowly but Sam hears the tension in his words. This man is protective of her obviously, he turns and faces the door for only a moment before he is told a quiet thank you.

Taking that as his okay to turn he pulls the tweezers from a bag settling them on the nightstand and notes the woman looks so young in the light. Her top has been removed but a towel is draped over her to protect her modesty. "Do you need anything else?" Elijah perches himself next the brunette and shakes his head. Sam turns back to Dean, plucking the scissors from the kit he removes Deans shirt before retreating to the bathroom to clean all the blood from his skin.

"Why is she still hurt if her blood can heal something so devastating so quickly? Uh, if you don't mind me asking." He looks over to realize he has already pulled multiple wooden chunks from the girl's chest.

"There is a plant on the wood fragments, it's one of the few things harmful to us. He looks up at the hunter and decides some ground rules need to be laid out. "The things you learn here are never to be used upon us do you understand? My companion seeks to save vampires and humans alike so I will be of no threat to you this night, if however, you or your brother ever do come after her or anyone I hold dear it will be the last thing you do; do you understand?" He stares the young man down once more and watches as the hunter swallows slowly before nodding.

"I was merely curious, I didn't mean to upset you. I don't tend to go around killing people that save us." Sam finally gets the courage to look back at Elijah and realizes he had yet to look away from him. After a few moments, he dips his head and turns back to his task. Dean grumbles before rolling to his side, still a long way from waking. Sam grabs some water off the table and downs the whole bottle before finally washing himself up.

Elijah never would have wanted to see Elena this way. Especially with two other males in the room. Despite his avoidance of relationships; especially after the wolf, he sometimes found himself fantasizing about the young vampire. He did his best to keep her covered and cleaned one area at a time before pushing the clothe back. He was debating if it would be worth it to clean the blood off her. He chastised himself, he was a thousand-year-old vampire, he had seen hundreds of women. Cleaning one would make no difference, he would not leave her soiled if he could help it.

"Sam, I will need you to leave us for a minute." He says it as he stands from the bed with the realization he had nothing to put on her once he was done. As he looked around the room he saw Sam walk to his duffel bag and pull out a worn t-shirt.

"It's not much but you can take it."

The hunter thrusts the shirt forward and he excepts it slowly. "Thank you, I can compensate you for it."

Sam lefts out a humorless chuckle." That's hardly necessary, I will step into the bathroom. Just let me know when you are done." Sam enters the bathroom quickly and waits. He hears her soft voice through the door, to faint to make out the words, then hears Elijah chuckle. For the hundredth time, he was hoping Dean stayed knock out for the remainder of their time with them.

Elena groans as she is pulled from her pain induced slumber. She peeks an eye open to see Elijah pulling her arms through a shirt. She is momentarily mortified, but still too weak to really do anything about it. She remembers the idiots and attempts to look around as Elijah is laying her back down. "Did the idiots make it out?" Elijah smiles and let out a chuckle.

"The idiots did indeed make it out. We are currently in there less than satisfactory hotel room. You are in fact now sporting their well, let's say vintage…" Elijah's eyes pull from hers down to the shirt then back up." Led Zeppelin t-shirt."

She lets out a small laugh, watching the tension drain from his shoulders. "Thank you, I know it is not something you would do on your own." Her eyes drift close as the blood loss is still affecting her body.

Elijah's brow furrows as he watches her eyelids slide shut. He grabs her hand to gain her attention. Her eyelids flutter once more. "You need to feed. I am reluctant to leave you however in the presence of hunters." He already knows she has something smart ass to say with the smile that pulls at her face. She seems to think better of it however.

"Elijah, what ever will I do with you?" She wishes he wouldn't worry for her so much.

"Really Elena? I am not the one suffering from blood loss." As he says it the comment yanks at his heart. He should not have missed the third vampire; her injuries were just as much his fault as hers.

"Is it okay for me to come out now?"

The third voice has Elena pulling up more alert than before. She hears one of the hunters from what she assumes must ne the bathroom. She looks to the right and sees the hunter she had given blood to asleep on his side.

"Yes Sam." Elijah has pulled back slightly, putting a more respectable difference between them, even though he still held her hand. They both watch him appear slowly, peeking around the wall at them before entering the room completely.

Elena takes in his tall frame and is relieved to see he seems somewhat comfortable with them. Elijah must have been cordial with him during her slumber. She smiles at him politely as he awkwardly watches her while crossing the room. "Hello Sam."

"Hello…. uh, hello. I didn't catch your name." He stands across the room by the door shifting on his feet slightly.

"Well as social standards go we are far behind schedule." She squeezes Elijah's hand as she stands and walks towards him. She watches him step backwards once and feels a pang of sadness. "I would hope you would get a girl's name before bringing her back to a hotel room." She watches his face become red before a smile takes over his face.

"I have a feeling my brother would get along with you." He wants to be afraid as she approaches; but some part of him relaxes despite the knowledge she could rip his apart like a gorilla. Her smile is warm and her humor is something her companion seems to lack.

"I will assume sleeping giant here is your brother?" She glances back at the male that seems dead to the world.

"Yeah. That's Dean and I am Sam, which you already knew somehow." He remembered in that moment that she called him by his name in the farmhouse. His fear rises as he looks her straight in the face; while watching her companion from the corner of his eyes.

"Calm down Sam, I can hear your heart racing. My name is Elena. Beyond my excellent cooking abilities, I have heightened hearing and might have heard two grown men bickering like a married couple today." She puts her hand out for him to shake and turns to look at Elijah as she hears him scoff. "And what is so funny to you sir?"

"Excellent cooking skills? Lying is very unbecoming of a lady." He says it in a chastising manor but the mirth in his eyes shows his amusement.

"Fine! I can't cook a bag of popcorn and my name is Elena." She is happy to see Sam smiling once more as he shakes her hand.

"Okay, Elena I am going to retrieve my vehicle. Will you come with me or am I to leave you with Sam."? She knows by the way Elijah worded it that he would prefer her to go with him but she can't risk it, not after last time.

"I would rather not risk it Elijah, I am up; we will be okay until you return." She returns to sit on the bed patting his arm as she passes. She notices him staring at Sam.

"She will come to no harm from us." Sam held his hands up slightly as Elijah stares him down. Sam really wished Elena would rub off on Elijah and make this man a little more laid back. He seems to have decided I would be no harm to her as he strides quickly from the room; closing the door behind him.

Elena watches as Sam takes a seat at the table set up by the window. Looking to the slumbering hunter once more she notices slight freckles upon his face; she isn't' sure why she cataloged the information away but realizing she was staring at Dean, she looked back to Sam to see him staring at her. "I am sorry for Elijah he can be a little intense when it comes to protecting people. He really is the one of the best people I know."

"I understand." He is slightly unnerved by her undivided attention. She seems tired but somehow happy despite the events they just endured. He wondered how many times she was in situations like these. "Elijah said we would be stuck together for a day. Would you be able to explain that?" He watches her smile fade as she rakes her hand through her hair.

"The short story is that for the next 24 hours my blood will course through your brother's body. If he was to die in that 24 hours he would be in transition to become one of us. So, until a day has passed I will keep him from harm." She waits for the barrage of questions.

"You need to know that we have fought things much stronger than your kind. Last night we were not prepared, so you do not need to worry about us being killed in the next day." Sam says it politely hoping she will be gone before his brother wakes. Dean didn't like people he did know, let alone whatever these two were. Maybe Dean would be to distracted by her beauty to notice her super human abilities he mused to himself.

"Well then humor me Sam. I don't take turning people lightly; you would be surprised how fast things can happen." She can tell he is uncomfortable about something and watches as his eyes flicker over to his brother with a huff. She doubts their abilities considering the state they were in when they arrived but will not embarrass him by stating so.

"Well let me warn you Dean will probably be less than polite. He wasn't born with people skills."

"I'm sure I have endured creatures far worse than your brother. Don't worry, I unlike your brother; am excellent with people." There is one swift knock and she is pulling the door open before Sam has noticed her movement.

"She does not embellish on her people skills like she does her culinary skills." Elijah hands her a travel mug before retreating to the bathroom to change his clothes. He hears Elena's light steps towards the door and pulls it open quickly. She leans against the door jamb before drinking half the mug with one gulp. Her hunger is obvious as she holds the cup out to him. "No, that is just for you." He shifts through his small duffel displeased there isn't anything not covered in blood for her to wear. "So, you wouldn't have happened to break your 1 hour out rule this trip, did you?"

She had a fluke run in with a certain blue eyed Salvatore the led to the destruction of her car, and despite his assurance that he was under control she took to leaving her vehicle at a good distance from where she was staying. It probably did nothing but she felt better with the idea that he couldn't find her car easily and stop her from leaving. The choice seemed particularly dumb in this situation. "I really should stop doing that I guess. I just worry I will be stuck stealing a car to flee from his demented ass again." She shifts away knowing it will only cause an argument if it is left open for discussion.

Elijah rolls his eyes behind her. He is still incredibly mad that she hadn't dealt properly with Damon yet. Although she claimed to not be afraid of the older Salvatore, her need to flee him easily doesn't set well within his chest. Kol happened upon him once and assured him that the problem was taken care of, if Elena knew Kol had interfered with Damon's plans to take Elena home, she would hold a grudge for a long time. "We can retrieve it tomorrow then. I am sorry I only had one change of clothes in my car; I hadn't planned on staying here this long."

She is resettling on the bed and pats the other side of the bed. Sam is typing away on a computer appearing to give them space. "It has been a long night you should get some more rest."

"Sam?" Sam has been listening the entire time and finds that he can't distract himself no matter how hard he tries. Her voice pulls him from the news headlines. He feels his chest tighten as he looks to her as she rises from the bed.

"Here you sleep. It has been a long night, you need to recoup."

She is standing by him and the fast movement catches him off guard again. He shakes his head quickly. "I can lay with my brother if I need to. You take the other bed I will be fine." He sees her hesitate but gives her a small smile before waving him off. Elijah gives him a small nod before sitting next to Elena with his back against the headboard. Elena stretches out facing her companion before turning out the light. He can't fight the curiosity with these two. They are not human, but they appear to still have their human emotions and attachments.

He had never run across something he should rightfully kill; that appeared to take care of humans and love one another. He wonders on the real nature of their relationship as e notices Elijah run his hand threw her hair. He mostly wonders what they are exactly. One thing he knows, these two have something he wants, well wants from someone beyond his brother and Bobby; companionship. He loves his brother but sometimes he would like to enjoy friendship, someone how understands this life that he can talk to. He will do his best to stay awake and give Dean one less reason to kill him.