I'm back! I wasn't able to reply to reviews, but THANKS to all. I also just realized something! This will be something like the movie "Killers". I love that movie, but the newer one; it was out in 2010.

BTW, Do you guys like my BOOM! 's? I'm going to start adding more of those in, if you guys like them! :-)

This chapter explains Damon's past a bit more and Elena shares a (very) short story about Bonnie. We also learn more about why Damon killed Bonnie. Hope you enjoy! :-)

Last time on 'The Runaways':

"We are we going?" Elena said as she leaned her head back on the headrest.

"A hotel. I know one that's not far and its five stars." Damon said with a wink and began driving towards the highway. As he merged onto the four lane highway, a black Dodge Charger with three white lines on the hood came up behind us and Damon sped up. The windows were tinted black, so Elena couldn't see anything or anyone inside.

"Damon? What is it?" Elena said her eyes never left the mysterious car.

"That's Klaus' car."

"What are we going to do?" Elena said, panicking, where as though Damon was calm.

"I need you to take the wheel and drive. I'm going to shot out the tires. So here and keep it in this lane." Damon said and reached in the back to fish out his handgun. Elena grabbed the wheel and did as she was told. She swerved a bit before maintaining focus and already tensing for-

BOOM!

"Gosh, you could've warned me!" Elena yelled as he came back though the window and slapped her hands away. "Damon, what the hel-"

Before Elena could finish her sentence, Damon did a 'U-turn' and they ended up in the patch of grass in the middle of the highway. Elena's breath hitched in her throat as a black car, covered in orange, yellow, and red flames, came rolling down the highway. She was sure that if Damon hadn't acted so quickly, they would've got hit.

The couple watched the car burned to ashes, leaving a destroyed mess behind. Damon put the car in gear and began to drive away from the damage they did.

"Why are we going this way? You were going the other way at first." Elena said looking around, only to see trees and patches of grass.

"The hotel was actually this way." Damon said as he began driving faster. "It gets easier, you know."

"What?"

"Killing people. Fighting people. All of it; it gets easier." Damon said and Elena nodded. She wasn't sure how she should respond to that. The drive continued in a thoughtful, comfortable silence.

"Elena, we're here." Damon said climbing out of the car and escorting the girl inside the tall, five star hotel, if you can call it that. There was a sign over to the right of the building that read 'Good Morning'.

As Elena walked inside, she got the biggest surprise of her life. The walls were painted white with a large plasma screen TV mounted to the wall. The TV showed reruns of a popular drama that Elena couldn't name. The check in desk was the perfect size and had a back room for files and credit card receipts. Across from that was a smaller desk with a small TV over it. She recognized it as locations with prices and times next to it. Flights.

Elena slipped her hand in Damon's and skipped over to the check in desk.

"Hi." A girl that was scribbling something on a clipboard said in a monotone voice. When she looked up and locked eyes with Damon, her whole demeanor changed. "Hi! I'm Sally and welcome to 'Good Morning'! What kind of room can I get you today? Two beds?" The blonde asked hopefully.

"We'll take the largest room you got." Damon said with a smirk in Elena's direction, making her turn a deep crimson.

"Ok-Okay. It'll be the presidential suite for $1,000 a day." Sally said and checked us in. She gave us the key after Damon handed her a credit card. A stolen credit card that he got from the diner, she may add.

"Come on." Damon said and grabbed Elena's hand, pulling her up the golden, spiral staircase found in the far corner of the lobby.

"Why didn't we take the elevator, Damon?" Elena said as she struggled to keep up with a running Damon.

"Exercise is good for you."

"Are you calling me fat?" Elena said, crossing her arms across her chest and came to a complete stop, making Damon stop also.

"No, darling. You are perfect." Damon said with a smirk.

"Are you hitting on me?" Elena said, picking up his smirk after he dropped it.

"Umm... No... Maybe a lit-"

"Just remember where it got you last time." Elena said and ran up the next couple of steps, leaving a dumb founded Damon to follow her.

As Elena walked inside the suite, she was yet again, surprised. When you first walk in, you come into the split level living room. She walked to the left and ended up in the kitchen, which had dark brown cabinets with a gray microwave, fully stocked refrigerator, and shiny stove.

"Like it?" Damon's voice came from behind Elena.

She nodded and said, "I still have questions about you."

Damon nodded and led her to the light blue couch in the living room.

"My name is Damon Salvatore. I'm 25 years old. I was a part of the CIA for three years. In 2009, I quit after I was told, by Klaus, that I was going to kill citizens that witnessed crimes. I couldn't kill them, so I quit. Klaus didn't agree and he set groups out to get me. I've been running from them over since and I've always beat them at their own game." Damon said in one breath. "What's your story, Elena?"

Elena nodded. "I'm Elena Gilbert and 24 years old. I have a house, friends, and a job that I left in Mystic Falls. My parents died in a car crash, but I got over it. When I was 10 years old, Bonnie and I witnessed a murder. It was Carol Lockwood, the mayor's wife." Damon could see that old memories of Bonnie were flooding back ing her mind.

Damon stood up from the couch and started pacing in front of it. "It all makes sense now. Klaus wanted to kill Bonnie, but instead of dying he made a deal with her-"

"She helps kill me or she dies. She chose to kill me." Elena said thinking back. "Bonnie and I were in the kitchen one day and-"

*Flashback*

"Elena, could you cut the peppers?" Bonnie said as she washed dishes in her kitchen, making dinner for her grandmother.

"Sure. I'll need a knife. I have the cutting board." Elena said with a mouth full of pretzels and walked to the sink with Bonnie.

"Here you go." Bonnie said with a smile. She handed Elena the clean knife backwards, letting her grab the part with the blade.

"Ow!" Elena screamed when the cold, wet blade cut into the palm of her hand. She grabbed the dish rag and washed the blood off.

"I'm so sorry, 'Lena! I didn't know you weren't looking!" Bonnie plead and ran upstairs. She came back with a bandage and tape and that was only the day after they saw Carol's murder.

"-And since that day, she'd been doing things like that. I guess she couldn't kill one of her best friends."

Damon nodded and said, "OK, well-"

BA-RING! BA-RING!

"I got to take this call, but I'll be right outside." Damon said and walked to the door.

"I'm going to take a shower!" She called behind him. He nodded and walked out the door.

"Elena! Where are you?" Damon called when he entered the large penthouse again.

"Bedroom!" She called. Damon walked in the room to find Elena with no makeup, wearing sweatpants, and her hair was pulled back in a ponytail.

"Get ready." Damon said with a smirk.

"Where are we going?" Elena asked walking over to her closet, pulling out jeans and a pink shirt.

Another (bad) cliffy! Remember that Elena's only 'family' is/was Bonnie, Caroline, and Matt because her parents died and Jeremy's not her brother in this story.

How'd you like Damon's background? It took me a really long time to come up with the timeline, so excuse any mistakes. :-) I know that Elena's wasn't the best, but I tried.

I'd love to hear where you think they're going and what they're doing there! I'll give you a hint... Jenna and Ric are going to be in the next chapter! Are there any characters you want to see? Katherine and Stefan will have a HUGE part soon, maybe three chapters...

Lastly two questions for my readers:

What part should Tyler, Jeremy, and Anna play or what characters do you want to see? I have a few ideas, but want another opinion.

What's a nice pet name for Elena? I said 'darling' in this chapter, but it doesn't feel right. I also don't like 'Babe' or 'baby'.

-KeKe