Disclamer : I don't own Vampire Diaries.
Elena and Damon walked side by side out of the woods. Damon still hold Elena's hand. They walked for a while before Elena stopped walking and looked at Damon. " Katherine has both of them. What we're going to do?" Elena asked.
Damon looked at Elena. " What I'm going to do. You? You will stay quietly at home." Damon said to Elena.
Elena sighed. " Fine. I'm sorry, Damon. Okay?" Damon just stayed silent, not saying anything. Elena stared at Damon. " Can you hear me, Damon? I'm apologizing to you." Damon smirked at Elena. " I know that's what you waiting for, right? For me to apologize to you. I promise I will not go anywhere before telling you anymore."
Damon laughed. " Sometimes it profitable also when you can see through me. I don't have to say too much to you."
" Like you mind saying too much." Elena said, pouted.
Damon smirked at her, then he slumped his arm around Elena's shoulder. " You cute when you're pout." Elena let go of herself from the Damon's hand and walked in front of Damon. Damon quickly catch up with Elena. " Serious mode here." Damon looked at Elena with a serious look. " That Tyler Lockwood. How well do you know him?"
Elena stopped walking and looked at Damon. " You already know the cause of that accident, isn't it? That Tyler had a headache like you and Stefan. I'm pretty sure he's not a vampire, Damon."
Damon started to walk again. Elena runs followed. " I'm very sure he's not a vampire. I can hear his heart beating. I'm just not sure what he is yet." Damon said.
Elena pulled Damon's hand to make him stop walking. " What did you mean by that? I've known him my whole life. Probably not too good, but still. When I was dating Matt – "
" Still can't wrap the idea why you liked guys like that. He and Stefan are like twins. Their boring level is the same." Damon interupted.
Elena ignored Damon's comment. " Tyler is Matt's best friend. We used to spent time together. I'm sure he's human."
" Look like one. Act like one. Live like one. Doesn't mean that he's human." Damon started to walk again.
Elena followed Damon. " You serious about this. You don't think he's human."
Damon turned to Elena. " I saw his father, Mayor Lockwood, in the same room when John took me hostage. The device also has a similar effect on him. I don't know what they are yet. But they're definitely not ordinary human. Or not human at all." Damon said.
Elena rubbing her head and walk again. " This is crazy. This town is getting crazier."
Damon smirked. " You think?" Damon commented.
Elena just want to turn back to Caroline's room, when she saw Matt, Tyler and Bonnie stood in front of the room. Elena turned to Damon again. " What?" Damon asked.
" What are we going to tell them? That Katherine has Caroline." Elena asked Damon.
Damon was silent for a while. " I have an idea. You just follow my lead." Damon said. " Act clueless." Damon added.
" What?" Elena still don't have the time to absorb the Damon's words when Damon was walking toward them. Elena had to follow him.
" Hi guys. We're back." Damon said to them.
They immediately looked at Damon and Elena. " Where's Caroline? You don't find her?"
" I –" Elena didn't know what to say.
Damon took a glance at Elena. " We've been looking for her everywhere. But there's no sign of her."
Matt looked at Elena. " Yeah. We don't find her." Elena added.
" What are we going to do now?" Matt asked.
" First, you're all kids. Lets the adult handle this kind of thing." Damon said as he pointed himself.
" What are you all doing here?" Liz Forbes stepped up to their crowd. She looked at Tyler. " Tyler, you came back here? You should accompany your mother at home. With what happened with your father, she must be devastated."
" She's asleep. Finally. I already gave her sleeping pills. I just want to stay here with Caroline. All of this this happened because of me." Tyler said.
" I told you. This is not your fault. This was an accident." Liz patted Tyler's shoulder then she turned to Damon. " And Damon? You're here too?"
" I came to pick up Elena." Damon told her. Damon looked at Liz. " Liz, I have something to tell you."
Liz stared at Damon, then the others. " What? Is this about Caroline? What happened to her?" Liz asked.
" Come on. I will tell you everything." Damon take Liz to stay away from the crowd. Before that, Damon looked at Elena. " Stay here. Don't go anywhere! I mean it." Damon said to Elena.
Elena nodded. Then Damon walked out with Liz. " You're just going to let him order you around like that? I don't get you anymore, Elena." Matt said to Elena, commented when he saw Elena and Damon.
Elena looked at Matt. " He's just doing this for my own good. He's just worried about me. He's not as bad as you think, Matt. You should might give him another chance." Elena said. Bonnie said nothing, but she sighed as she heard Elena's words.
Damon who is still listening to Elena's voice, smiled. Then he focused his attention back to Liz, who looks more pale. " Liz, I have some bad news."
" This is about Caroline, isn't it? What happened to my daughter? Is she - " Liz couldn't bring herself to ask.
But Damon knew what Liz want to say. " No, she's not dead. Yet. I think."
Liz looked Damon with a puzzled look. " Damon?"
" She's missing." Damon said.
" What? How can she be missing?" Liz asked, confused.
" I still haven't think clearly about that. But it seems like we have another vampire on the loose." Damon said.
" I thought John already got them all?"
Damon looked at Liz. " John is also missing. I bet it has something to do with him who turns the device."
Liz stared at Damon. " If it's true, how can you be sure that the vampire hasn't kill them both?"
Damon think about Katherine and what she said to them earlier. " If she wants to kill them, we already have their bodies by now. Not just missing person. She wanted something. That's why she kidnapped them."
" You keep saying she. How do you know she is a she?" Liz suddenly asked.
Damon looked at Liz. He didn't think beforehand what he was saying. He was just thinking about Katherine. But he's also not going to tell Liz about Katherine. " I've met her."
Liz widened her eyes. " What? You've met her?"
" I'll tell you everything later. But now, we must make sure that kids return home safely. We must warn the town people." Liz looked at Damon. " Not about vampires." Damon added, looked at Liz's expression. " But to let them know that there are dangerous people who kidnapped John and Caroline. So they have to be careful."
Liz nodded. " Okay. You're right. We better be careful."
Damon took a glance at Elena's direction. " I will take Elena's home first, then we should hold the council meeting." Liz nodded. Damon gives her a convincing smile before he stepped over to Elena again. " Come on. Lets get you home." Damon said to Elena.
Elena nodded. She smiled to Matt and Tyler before grabbed Bonnie's hand. Elena hold Bonnie's hand and walked out from the hospital. After stepping out of the hospital, Elena immediately interrogate Damon. " What do you say to the Sheriff Forbes?"
" Everything. I told her that there are crazy vampire on the loose." Damon answered.
" You told her about Katherine?" Elena asked.
" No. Of course not."
" Why don't you tell her that you are also a vampire and the crazy vampire is your girlfriend?" Bonnie also opens her mouth.
Damon smirked at Bonnie. " Why don't you also tell her that you are a witch, and you can help us handle her."
Bonnie stared at Damon. " I could also handle you. I can destroy you." Bonnie threaten Damon.
" I dare you to do it." Damon said to Bonnie. They stand face to face with each other.
Elena stepped between them. " That's enough! Both of you. We're a team here." Elena looked at Damon, who took a step back. Then, she looked at Bonnie. " Caroline is missing. Katherine has her." Elena said reminded to Bonnie.
Bonnie looked at Elena. She sighed. She knew Elena is right. With Caroline's fate that still uncertain, it's not the time for her to start a fight with Damon. " Fine. I would tolerate Damon for now. Until we find Caroline." Bonnie stared at Damon. " But you better don't hurt anyone ever again. I will destroy you."
Elena took one step closer to Bonnie. " He won't." Elena said. Bonnie still stared at Damon. " Okay." Elena opens her mouth again seeing the tension between Damon and Bonnie. " You better go home. We will talk about this tomorrow." Elena said to Bonnie. Bonnie nodded, then she get on her car and drove away.
" Wow. That witch is scary." Damon commented.
" Be nice, Damon." Elena said. Damon shrugged as he smirked at her. Elena looked around. " You don't bring your car?" Elena asked, seeing no signs of Damon's car in the hospital parking lot.
Damon looked at Elena. " Sorry if I don't think to bring a car when I was out looking for you who missing."
Elena sighed. " Are you going to keep mentioning about that? I've apologized."
Damon smirked at her. " That will depend on how you behave."
Elena looked at Damon. " So how we're going to get home?"
" Don't worry. I have another vehicle that is faster than a car." Elena just silently looking at Damon with a puzzled expression. " Me."
" What?"
Damon kneel down in front of Elena. " Jump in."
" You're not serious, right?" Elena asked.
Damon grabbed Elena's hand and carried her in his arms. " Close your eyes." Damon said as he ran as fast as the wind. In seconds they already at the boarding house. When Damon let go of Elena, she immediately threw up. " I've told you to close your eyes." Damon said as he took out his handkerchief and gave it to Elena.
Elena took the handkerchief from Damon. " Next time, please bring the car."
" Elena!" Stefan appeared from the woods and approach Elena. " Where were you? I've been looking for you everywhere."
Elena smiled at Stefan as she throw her arms in Stefan's neck. " There are many things that have happened."
Stefan looked at Elena with a puzzled look, then he looked at Damon. " She will tell you all about it. I have to attend that emergency council meeting. You kids just stay at home" Damon looked at Stefan. " Make sure that she's not going anywhere." Then Damon just vanished into thin air. Stefan looked back at Elena. " What he's talking about?"
" Caroline had an accident. Then she's missing. Katherine has her." Elena said to sum up.
Stefan rolled his eyes. " What? Katherine kidnapped Caroline too?" Elena nodded. Stefan wrapped his arms around Elena. But the one in his mind is Katherine. He already has plan in his mind where to find Katherine.
Damon walked into the Sheriff office. But the person in there is not only Liz Forbes. There is someone else in there. A guy.
Liz looked at Damon. " You're here?" Damon nodded at Liz, but his eyes kept looking at the guy.
Liz is also aware that Damon keeps looking at him. " I believe you've never met him. This is Mason Lockwood. Mason, this is Damon Salvatore."
Damon rolled his eyes. " Lockwood?" Damon asked. " Tyler's?"
" He's Mayor Lockwood brother. Tyler's uncle." Liz introduced them. Even so none of them who held out their hand. They just stood there, staring at each other. " Mason had lived in Mystic Falls before this. He had just returned when he heard the news about his brother."
" Tyler is still young. And with the departure of my brother, someone had to take care of his family." Mason opened his mouth.
Damon kept looking at Mason. " There is surely a lot of you Lockwood in Mystic Falls." Damon commented. Mason just smiled.
Everyone felt the tension between them. That's why Liz opened her mouth again. " So, Damon, what is going on?"
Damon took his gaze from Mason, and looked at Liz. " First thing first. Could you please put a crime scene tape in front of the Gilbert house. So they can't back home. It's too dangerous for them to stay at home by themselves in this situation."
Liz rolled her eyes. " What? We can't do that. Where the Gilbert is going to live?"
" You don't have to worry about that. Jenna and Jeremy will be stay with Alaric Saltzman. Elena will be stay with us in the boarding house." Damon said.
" Isn't Elena was dating your brother?" Liz asked. Damon nodded. " So you think it appropriates if they live together?"
" Don't worry about that. They will not be alone. I also lived with them. I will watch them." Damon said with a smirk.
" We don't need anymore problems in this town, Damon." Liz said.
" Don't worry." Damon said calmly.
" Fine, then. So what about this vampire? You met her?" Liz asked back to the point.
Damon took a glance at Mason. " Has he been briefed of the situation here?" Damon asked.
" He is a member of the council as well. He already knew about the vampire." Liz answered.
Damon looked at Mason again. " What do you think about vampire?" Damon asked.
" They're a disgusting creatures. And they feed on human blood. We should vanish them all." Mason said.
" Duly noted." Damon intentionally asked that to Mason. He just wanted to know more about this one Lockwood. Damon looked at Liz again. " So when I accompanied Elena looking for Caroline. We saw her take Caroline. I tried to chase her. But she was too fast. We lost track of them." Damon explained.
Liz looked at Damon, and then Mason. " What we are going to do now?"
Damon is the one who answered Liz's question. " Let's do the search in the morning. We must follow the path of the vampire. She must be keep them somewhere." Damon said.
Mason nodded in agreement. " In the daylight, it won't be easy for her to keep hiding." Mason added.
" Then what are we going to do after we find her? We just stake her?" Liz asked again.
" No!" Damon shouted without even thinking about it. He just thought what if they kill Katherine.
Mason and Liz immediately looked at him with suspicion. " Why not? We must immediately kill her." Mason said.
Damon showed his normal expression. " We'd better catch her. We don't know how many of them yet. If we just kill her, we probably will never know. And they'll keep coming to Mystic Falls."
Liz thought of it for a moment. " Damon is right. Then let's do it like that." Liz said. Even so, Mason keep looking at Damon with suspicion.
Damon also can feel it, but he ignored him. He walked up to Liz. " You should take a rest. We'll get Caroline back. I promise." Damon said to Liz.
Liz nodded with a thankful expression to Damon. " Thank you, Damon."
Damon patted Liz's shoulder before he walked out from the room. Damon immediately went to Alaric's house to tell them about the latest information, and check how things are with Jeremy and Jenna.
Damon knocked on Alaric's door. A few moments passed before Alaric opened the doors. Alaric is careful not to open the door just like that. His face looked relieved when he saw Damon. " Damon." Alaric stepped aside to let Damon in.
But Damon is still standing at the front door. " Are you going to invite me in?"
Alaric chuckled. " I forget. Please come on in, Damon." Alaric said. Damon went into the house. " You better don't come in here anytime you like it." Alaric said as he closed the door.
" I have to used the privilege at most." Damon smirked at him. Damon looked around the house. " How are Jeremy and Jenna?" Damon asked.
" Jeremy is getting better." Alaric walked to Damon. " Jenna is still asleep."
Damon looked at Alaric. " Still asleep?" Damon asked as he smirked.
" This is serious, Damon. When she will wake up?" Alaric asked.
" Did you kiss her yet?" Damon asked.
Alaric rolled his eyes. " What?"
" I told you she is a sleeping beauty. She needs a kiss from a prince who own her heart for her to wake up again." Damon said.
"You're kidding right?" Alaric asked.
" Do I look like I'm kidding?" Damon said, playfully. " I did you a favor. You should thank me. Now you can know whether you were in her heart or not."
Alaric rubbed his head. " What if it wasn't me?"
" Then, she will never wake up." Damon simply answered. Alaric even don't know what to say anymore.
That's when Jeremy down the stairs, and saw them. " Damon." But Jeremy is still weak, so he almost fell down the stairs. Luckily, Damon was quickly caught him.
" There's still a vampire blood in your system. Do me a favor. Please take care of yourself before the blood pass through your system. We don't need anymore problems right now." Damon said. Jeremy nodded. " What are you doing up anyway?" Damon asked as he let go of Jeremy.
" I heard your voice. I want to know about the latest news." Jeremy said.
" I already told him everything." Alaric said too.
Damon looked at Jeremy, and then Alaric. " Caroline Forbes is missing. Katherine has her too."
" Awesome." Alaric commented with a sarcastic tone.
Jeremy looked at Damon. " I want to help."
" What? No. It's too dangerous." Damon said.
" John is my uncle. He is my family. I have to do something to help." Damon could see that Jeremy has been determined to do this. The most he known about the Gilbert's family is their stubbornness.
" Fine. You can come in for a meeting in the morning. We should re-group and plan something." Damon said. Damon looked at Alaric. " I told Liz Forbes to put up crime scene tape at Gilbert's house. So you can tell Jenna that she can't go back home for a while. You owe me one." Damon said to Alaric. " And I will collect." Damon smirked at him.
Damon just about to step out of the house when he remembered something. He turned to Alaric and Jeremy again. " One more thing. You better keep your distance from the Lockwoods. There is something off about them."
Jeremy rolled his eyes on Damon. " Lockwood? Like Tyler Lockwood?" Jeremy asked.
" One of them, yeah." Damon answered.
Alaric looked at Damon. " I thought Mayor Lockwood is dead. In the fire?"
" His brother, Mason Lockwood, just come into town." Damon said.
" Why do we have to keep distance from them? What do you think of, Damon?" Alaric asked. He knew Damon enough to know that he has something in his mind.
Damon shrugged. " I don't know yet. There is something off about them. The device is affected them too."
" I thought it only worked on vampire?" Alaric asked again.
" That's the thing. They aren't a vampire. But it affected them too. I don't know what they are yet."
Jeremy remembered his fight with Tyler before this, because of Vicky. " He's strong." Damon looked at Jeremy. " Tyler. He's strong. And he's not capable of controlling his rage. He seemed to be angry all the time."
" Interesting." Damon commented. There is something in his mind. An idea that is embedded in Damon's head that he wanted to try immediately.
To be continued...