A/N: Sorry this is a bit late :). Thank you again to those that have reviewed/fav'd/followed - it means a lot. I actually used a song from the vampire diaries soundtrack this time! Get us in the VD mood, since I have not been enjoying the last few episodes. Song is 'Hypnotic' by Zella Day. Please continue to review and let me know what you think. It's nice to know what people like about it. Gives me inspiration. Happy reading!

Hypnotic Taking Over

You do to me so well
Hypnotic taking over me
Make me feel like someone else
You got me talking in my sleep

Elena yawned, stretching out her arms. She wished for nothing more than a hot shower and a decent bed. It had been a while since they had stopped off, she was beginning to felt dirty and tired. She desperately wanted to change out of her clothes, which she had left with, and still wore.

"Can we stop off at a hotel?" She asked. She thought it had been the plan, but ripper Stefan was unpredictable. She had no idea what they were doing any more.

"Fine, there is one near here." He shrugged. He had not been paying any attention to her, deciding to focus on the road.

The rest of the ride to the hotel was done in silence. She should have valued it, as bad-Stefan drove her crazy, but she missed talking to someone. Deciding to bite the bullet, she tried to start a conversation.

"Are you staying too?" She did not mean to sound so needy. She honestly did not want to share a room with Stefan, but was worried about him going off and hurting more people.

"No," he said firmly.

She knew there was no use continuing any form of discussion. She had to learn not to expect anything from him. She would just have to try her best to stop him from hurting others, even if it put her at risk.

She noticed a strange building on their way. It looked like a club, like the ones that held raves she used to sometimes attend in high-school. She wondered why on earth someone would put a club near the road side, in the middle of nowhere?

"Wait Stefan, There is a club over there," she announced loudly, pointing to the small building.

"Strange location." He agreed with her thoughts, and looked as puzzled as she did by the sight.

He had stopped near there, without her having to ask this time.

They both got out at the same time, heading towards the club door. The door was covered by thick black drapes, a sign reading 'club damned' above it.

"Club damned?" She questioned aloud, turning to Stefan with a confused look.

"How cliche," he muttered. Sharing her same confused look, as they both stared at it.

She tried knocking on the door. Although it was still daylight outside, and she suspected that no one would be in.

"There is someone in there," Stefan answered her thought. She was glad he had super-vampire hearing, it came it handy.

They waited a few minutes, before someone opened the door. There stood a young guy, with sandy blonde hair and gothic style clothing. Black jeans adorned his legs, along with ripped black top, and many piercings covering his body. He did not look like the typical local of the small town they found themselves in .

"Well this is a surprise! Looking to party, sugar?" He smiled at Elena, before turning his attention to Stefan.

Elena could not help her smile when the boy looked him up and down, like he was a juicy piece of meat. She guessed that Stefan had that affect on both women and gay men.

"Now aren't you just the finest piece in town, are you a model?" The boy asked, touching Stefan's chest lightly. Stefan started to look slightly uncomfortable.

She honestly wished she could give humanity-less Stefan to the boy, but she needed him for the rest of the road trip. Not to mention, she did not want the boy hurt. He seemed nice enough and did not deserved to be on Stefan's kill-list..

"Just curious, strange place to have a club." She tried to distract him. Hoping Stefan could control himself. The boy after a few minutes, finally acknowledged her.

"We aren't just any club, there is a reason it's called 'club damned', honey." He smiled like he had a secret behind his words.

"What do you mean?" She wanted him to elaborate.

"Damned, honey, it means vampires." He said it like it should have been obvious to her.

That caught her attention, and she felt anxiety take her over. The boy did not seem like a vampire from what she could tell. She didn't know how she knew that, but after being around vampires since her teenage years, and maybe due to some doppelganger magic, she could sense them. He certainly wasn't a vampire. Which made her hope he was talking about vampires in the sense of 'myths' instead of real, like the one that stood beside her.

"I do hope I get to be your pledge," he whined, looking at Stefan with desire.

"What the hell is a pledge?" Stefan asked, now looking more confused than ever.

"It's what we call ourselves, pleasure slaves for vampires, like you hot-stuff." The boy winked at him.

"This place is run by vampires?" She was trying to make sense of what he was saying. Vampires, pleasure slaves? What the hell is he talking about? she thought.

"Well, we are more like willing pleasure toys, really. Vamps own this joint. It's kind of members only, but seeing as hottie over here is a vamp, and I'm guessing you're his play thing?" She did not miss the jealous look he gave her.

"I'm not his -" She was about to finish, but Stefan interrupted.

"She is, now who are the vampires that own this place?" Stefan tried to sound neutral, but was very interested.

"I hope she shares you then." The boy glared at Elena, before turning back to Stefan. Then continued his explanation.

"Caleb is head of this place, he owns many of these clubs around town. I don't mean just club, as in party club. It's sort of like a cult. He's usually busy, but then he has Nic watch over this club. If you're lucky, they might be here tonight." He smiled looking eager at them.

"What is a pledge?" She asked, still wanting to know what he meant.

"Wow Hon, you are new. Well pledge is what we are. We provide food and pleasure for the vamps, and they supply us with what we need to live. Money, food, whatever you want. I was an ex-junkie before I met Nic and the gang. I would sell my own mother, just to get a fix. Well cut a long sob story short, they saved me. They did some mind trick, and bam, no more drugs for me. Instead they offered me a place to stay and everything. I got my other addict friends to join, and they have been down with it ever since. New people join all the time, but we have to be careful who we let in." He looked so proud, like he had been saved by some knights in shining armor instead of the reality of vampires..

She tried her best to process everything he was saying.

"So you're a prostitute for vampires?" Stefan asked, smiling. She wanted to give him a smack. Trust him to not sugar-coat anything.

"Sort of. Well for you baby, I would be anything." The boy again turned his lustful look to Stefan, who was trying to ignore it.

"Why would you let a vampire do that to you?" She did not mean to say that thought aloud.

She planned to ask Stefan what the hell was going on after. She just could not help feeling sick at the thought of humans enjoying being feasted on, and used as a blood bank. She had already been used for that by Klaus, and knew first-hand how horrible it was. She would never wish any other human go through what she did. In fact the reason she was standing there now, with her sadistic ex-vampire-boyfriend, was because she wanted to get away from all those horrible memories and problems.

"Because it's the most sexy thing in the world, duh! Forget those Dracula movies, we got the real deal here. It feels just like having sex, but better. They do the mind trick to make sure you don't feel pain. Although there are some sick bastards in this club, who do enjoy inflicting pain. Caleb usually deals with them, and they never get to enter our club, but Nic's been letting them in. It's usually all consented. What happens in the club, stays in the club, get my drift?" He looked at them both in question. They had no choice but to go along with what he was saying.

"Why don't you two come down tonight, and see for yourself?" He asked playfully, urging them to accept his offer.

"What time do you open?" She hoped it was late, because she still needed that shower and nap.

"Come around 2am." He made it sound like that was final, no negotiations on time.

"Alright then, we will." She was not exactly thrilled by the idea of only getting a few hours sleep. Not to mention, going out to a club that would be full of vampires.

"Right oh! My names Brian, tell the bouncer I said you guys are on the special guest list. He gets really anal when new people turn up." He sighed, before turning as if he heard a noise.

"I need to go now, see you then. Look out for me gorgeous." He aimed at Stefan with a wink, before going in and closing the door.

"What does all this mean? Is he compelled? " She thought that he must be under compulsion.

"He's not, well at least not right now. Looks like he has been brainwashed by previous compulsion. Never seen or heard of anything like this before." The confused look on his face said it all. She knew it was bad, if Stefan in all his vampire years, had never come across this.

"I guess we will have to find out then." She sighed. One vampire was already enough to deal with. Now she was about to enter into a whole cult of them. Even though technically most of her friends were supernatural beings, she just wanted a bit of normalcy for once. A trip without any supernatural drama.

Still she could not help but feel the pain of worry for the boy and others like him. It seemed like the vampires could be using vulnerable humans as food, and bait to lure in more. It didn't sit right with her, after all she still felt guilty for all the deaths she could not prevent at the hands of vampires. She was going to do the right thing and investigate, see if she could help in any way. She just wished she had her old Stefan back to help her.

They hadn't spoken during the trip to the hotel. She was becoming accustomed to his silence over the period of the trip they had been together. He only showed slight emotion on his face when they got to the hotel, and the guy at the desk asked if they wanted the 'honeymoon suite'. He raised his eyebrow, looking at her. She scoffed at the idea of them sharing a suite. She could hardly stand sharing a car with him, let alone a suite for newly weds.

As soon as she got into her room, she noticed him waiting outside. She forgot all about the vampire invitation rule.

"You can come in." She gave the invitation, and was surprised when he continued to stand outside.

"It's fine, I'm not staying. I will come back for you later, before 2am." He shrugged.

His eyes were roaming over her entire body, not missing a thing. She would have slapped him and called him a pervert, but there was something about the look he was giving her. It was a mixture of hunger and lust, and something else she couldn't name. It was like he was trying to memorize her. Or trying to remember something about her, she could not tell which.

"You want me to feed you again?" She tried to sound nonchalant, but she knew if he touched her at that moment, she would give in. She would willingly give him her blood, and whatever pleasure he sought . She didn't know why he had this affect on her. The dark look he gave her, was just so hypnotic. She thought of Brian's words, and how he mentioned the pleasure he got from vampires. She couldn't help herself. I want to feel that too.

Although that thought alone made her want to slap herself and feel sick. Sick at the thought that she wanted that, especially from a man who used to want to protect her from that very same vampire lust.

She thought the desire must be showing on her face, but he didn't seem to be paying attention. He was too busy with his own naughty thoughts. All the little things he wanted to do with her body, and how delicious her blood tasted so good. They both were lost in their own fantasias.

"Can't, I already fed on you earlier. Don't want you fainting from blood loss. We need to be ready for this club. You may have to act as my, what did he call it?" He asked her. Eyes still taking in her body and pretty face, memorizing every curve her body possessed underneath her clothing.

"Pledge." She hoped she didn't sound too breathy as she said that. The fact that the thought of being his sexy play thing aroused her, was enough to scare her. She didn't need him knowing her dirty thoughts.

"Right, pledge. In any case, I'm guessing there will be a lot of vampires there. I don't know any of them. As you know, vampires are very territorial and like to be alone. We don't usually mix with other vampires. It's not like you and your friends, or me and my brother, so don't get any ideas about getting chummy with them." She could feel the possessiveness in his tone.

She was not really used to Stefan being possessive over her. Damon usually was, and she knew it was a vampire thing. Stefan had always been the acceptation. Like Matt, he trusted her, and never tried to own her. One of the many humanity-less Stefan traits, that she was currently learning about. It kept amazing her how different both her Stefan's were, even if they possessed the same body and face.

"As if I would, I'm not that stupid Stefan. Do you think I want to be a human in a room full of vampires? " She crossed her arms, glaring at him.

He of course laughed at her cute-pouting face. Before finally entering the room, walking up to her slowly. She felt she was in a hypnotic- trance as he approached her. Why he so incredibly sexy. God, me and my stupid hormones. Why is he looking at me like that? Like he wants to gobble me up like a fancy dessert! Can't he just stop looking at me like that?

She was grateful he couldn't hear her monologue going on in her head. He stood there staring at her for a few minutes, those hazel-green eyes bore into her. Before he placed a lingering kiss on her cheek. She was too stunned to move. He moved his head to her neck, where her loud pulse was beating. He rubbed his nose and lips against his favorite sweet-spot, enjoying of sound of her heart. He placed another soft kiss there, before turning to leave. The temptation to bite it was becoming too much. He knew he could not feed on her again for a while, so thought it was best to resist.

"Get some sleep, I will see you later." Was all he said, before leaving the room.

She stood there not knowing what to do with herself. She was thankful she was too tired to continue questioning everything that had happened during their trip. Deciding the shower could wait, she got into the cosy hotel bed.

She thought about him then. His hypnotic eyes, taking in every inch of her body. She had to throw the cover off, as she felt her body burn up at the thought. She hoped he didn't come back in her room as she slept. As she would surely be talking about him in her sleep, and she didn't need him to hear what she was imagining.