Chapter Three
Supernaturally Acquired
Stefan opened the door to the mansion, Elena's words still encasing him in a wonderfully pleasant cocoon.
She loved him. Just him.
Stefan smiled a small smile at that thought as he walked up the stairs to his room. He was happy that the whole mess with John and the vampires was over, happy that things could now settle down to some form of peace for Elena, even if it was for only a little while. He was happy that she loved him, happy about so many million different reasons, all of them fitting together to form a puzzle piece of happiness, joy, and love.
There was still a lingering doubt in his head about Damon's feelings for Elena, but all lingering doubt about how she felt about him had been erased from his mind with Elena's soft words at the Grille. Her declaration that she loved him just proved the point that he had been trying to prove to himself all along. She was not Katherine. She wasn't capable of loving two people at once and destroying them both in the process.
He opened the door to his room, to change into a clean t-shirt and maybe write about the day's events in his journal before meeting Elena at the hospital, convinced that evil and darkness would not ruin their happiness like it always did; in the form of brothers, or lies, or deceit….for Elena's sake. For both of their sakes.
He was wrong.
"Miss me lover?" came a sweet voice from the other side of the room.
Stefan stared at the person in front of him, dread and shock showing on his face for a split second before he was able to form it into a cool, composed face, one that Damon had been able to perfect and one that Stefan was trying hard to mimic.
"Katherine?" Stefan asked, taking a few steps closer to her. He noticed her jeans, black leather jacket, and boots before moving his eyes to her face. Her curly hair, pouty red lips, and bright smile made her look like Elena down to the dot, but it was the eyes that gave her away. They were dark, cruel, unforgiving eyes, so unlike Elena's eyes which were full of life; and they made Stefan shiver slightly as she turned her powerful gaze on him.
"Were you expecting someone else? After all, I came back for you."
Stefan could have laughed, if he wasn't too busy inching his hand towards the stake that was lying a few feet from him on his desk table.
"The problem is Katherine, I hate you." Stefan said, his hand just barely an inch away from the stake; close enough to touch it with his fingers.
Katherine laughed then, a cruel unforgiving laugh, and faster than Stefan could comprehend snatched the stake off the table, twirled it once in her nimble fingers, and plunged it into Stefan's stomach.
Stefan gasped, the pain almost unbearable, and Katherine laughed, her hand edging the sharp point deeper into his stomach as she knelt down to look at him with malicious eyes.
"Did you think I was stupid enough to fall for that?"
Stefan shook his head, the pain only intensifying as she increased the pressure on the stake driving it deeper still.
"I hate you," he groaned out in pain. Katherine laughed again, and shook her head.
"Hate?...Really? Seems like hate is the start of a love story Stefan, not the end of one,"
Stefan shook his head, black dots forming across his vision, and Katherine smirked.
"Did I forget to mention that the stake was dipped in vervain? Just the pointy end of course,"
"Why?" Stefan groaned, his vision becoming hazier.
Katherine's smirk widened and she bent closer to him, kissing his cheek, her breath caressing him.
"Because I want you dear…..just you. And I'll be damned if I don't have you."
Stefan, almost unconscious heard his name called from downstairs.
"I'm upstairs," he managed to whisper. Katherine's face slipped for a split moment and Stefan saw pure uncalculated rage take its place instead. Katherine dug the stake out of him, twirling it again for good measure, and plunged it back in, lower than the previous wound.
Stefan gave a silent gasp, and fell over to the side, unconscious. Katherine stood perfectly still, listening for a few moments before giving a silent laugh. Whoever was in the house was gone, and Katherine felt an urge to pat herself on the back in accomplishment.
"Poor Stefan's all knocked out now," she whispered to herself as she got her cell phone from her pocket, dialing in a number before leaning on the table next to her to wait for the phone to pick up. It didn't, and Katherine pouted to herself before leaving a voice mail.
"I've got him. I'm bringing him back to location. I may need reinforcements."
Katherine ended the call, and looked down at Stefan's body.
"Looks like I'll be bringing you to Daddy," she purred satisfactorily, her hand reaching down to caress his cheek.
She grabbed him by his legs, dragging his unconscious body down the stairs. Each bump his body on the polished floor made Katherine's grin grow larger, and with a simple twist of her arm she broke one of the bones in his leg. He gave a quiet gasp in reply, still unconscious, but very much aware of the pain.
"Oops, Daddy isn't going to like that one bit," she said to herself as she dragged him to her car. She tied his arms viciously to the backseat of the car using spare rope she had found at a hardwood store, and with a vicious smile drove out of the parking lot.
Destination, unknown.
A/N: Did I trick any of you by posting the authors note down here? Anyone? No? *makes sad face*
This fanfiction just keeps on writing itself! Three chapters in two days? That's the biggest victory I've had since...well, forever. =) lol... I know that I said I was going to post a scene with Bonnie/Damon/Elena and what Bonnie did in this chapter, but the Stefan/Katherine stuff got way too long. I like short chapters. But I promise you, that confrontation will be happening next chapter! Sorry!
All of you guys that are guessing, continue to speculate! I'll tell you that so far THREE different people have speculated correctly. (I wont tell you who.) Anymore guesses as to what in the world Bonnie did? And who in the world is Katherine's daddy? o_0
And a question for you all...What other pairings would you like to see in this fanfiction? I'm open for anything (other than anything that would ruin D/E of course) so leave me your opinion in your review!
Lastly, I would like to thank KB22, Zoraya Windwalker, xxsakurarokzxx, and ZayZay1221 for reviewing. *hands out cookies.* Also, thanks to everyone who favorited this story, and everyone who alerted (I guess this is the right word...) this story!
Coming up: Bonnie/Damon/Elena confrontation!