A/N: Soo..Here it is Chapter Nine! Hope you all enjoy it!

Thanks for reading! :)


CHAPTER NINE-The Thin Line Between Love & War

Stefan watched as Elena clutched the cell phone in her hands and then quickly pressed the end call button. She slowly got up from her spot on the wooden floor and then she walked over to where he was standing before she spoke to him directly.

"I have something to tell you...and I have a feeling you're not going to like it." She commented nervously as she handed him her cell phone and locked her brown eyes with his.

"What is it?" He asked in a stern and serious voice.

"Please, let's just go back inside and I'll explain…Please." She begged as she tried to grab at his hand. Yet, he didn't move. His arms were crossed over his chest in the tank top that he was wearing and his eyes were narrowed on her every move. He looked beyond angry and she could see the disappointment in his forest green eyes.

"No. I want you, to explain it here! No more lies, Elena." He told her.

"Okay. Okay." Elena said as she swallowed the lump in her throat and then she continued to speak in a shaky voice. "I've been lying to you…Stefan, I've known that you were a police officer, even before you stepped through the front door of the Lexington Lounge. Stefan..I-." She began to say as he cut her off.

" What? Who told you? I want to know...Because, whoever the hell it is…is going to be the one who is going to be paying for it, right alongside me. Do you understand what they have just done…We're dead Elena! We're all dead and once Elijah finds out, he's going to be coming after all of us, one by one! So, before I die. At least give me the satisfaction of knowing who it was that ratted me out." Stefan told her angrily.

"It's Damon. It's your brother…We've been tracking you ever since you left the police academy in Albany. I've learned more about you in the past four years than I ever thought that I would. And I thought that-." Elena started to say just as he came close to her with a stern facial expression.

"What did you think? That we would fall madly in love or that we would just sleep together without any feelings involved? I felt it. The moment I saw you at that damn club, you're not like them….your different and you don't belong here…you probably never have. So, What is it? You want out of this life." Stefan commented as he shook his head in disappointment.

"I want out of this life. Your right, I don't belong here and neither do you or your brother or his wife! Damon wants someone to help Katherine too. Elijah has her so far gone that if she continues like this…she'll be dead within a few months. I want out Stefan, I don't want to be looking over my shoulder anymore and for once, I want to be happy…truly happy." She told him sincerely as she watched his eyes soften.

"So, tell me. Did sleep with him too? Damon that is…I mean, surely…you probably did to extract information and then you would take it all and do God knows what with it." He told her as he watched tears start to pool in her eyes as she wiped away at them quickly.

"No! I never slept with Damon. I just wanted to help him find you. Because, what I thought was that if we found you then, you could be the one to help me…Stefan, Elijah has this hold on my brother that no one can break. My brother, the only blood relative that I have left, besides my parents that I haven't seen or talked to in years…is gone...He's gone! I would do anything. I would give anything to find him, alive." Elena said as tears streamed down her face and then before she knew it. Stefan wrapped his arms around her. He held her for what felt like an eternity as she wept into his white cotton t-shirt and he thought to himself how strange it was that he barely knew her, yet he hated the fact that she was sobbing in his arms, clutching him for dear life as he moved them slowly back into his apartment and shut the door behind them.


Stefan gently guided her to the couch as he watched her wipe away at her tear stained cheeks and then she slowly lifted up her head to look up at him. "I was talking to Damon out there. He doesn't want you to go near the Lexington tonight…." She told him as she leaned her head on his shoulder and she felt his hand gently wrapped around her, gently stroking her arm as she exhaled deeply and closed her eyes slightly.

"Why not?" Stefan asked curiously as he adjusted himself next to her.

"He's going to kill him…Stefan, he's going to-." Elena said as she yawned and then closed her eyes more as she mumbled something incoherently in his direction before she drifted off to sleep.

"Elena, Who..is going to be killed…?" Stefan tried to ask, but she was already out cold and it was no use to even ask her. But, then he remembered, his best friend…his handler was supposed to be meeting with Elijah tonight. "Tyler! He's going to kill Tyler!" Stefan whispered under his breath as his whole body stiffened at the thought. Stefan unraveled himself from her and then slowly got up and walked back into his bedroom. He looked around the room and closed the door gently as he finally found what he was looking for.

It was time to give Elijah Mickealson, a piece of his own medicine and it was time to finally come face to face with his brother. The only problem was that the only thing that he had was the gun that the department had given him months ago for times like these that he had hidden in a drawer in his bedroom.

Stefan checked it for ammo, before he placed the shiny black metal gun into the back side of his waistband and covered it up with another shirt over the white t-shirt that he was already wearing. He opened the door and made his way back into the living room, slipping his shoes on before he turned the cameras back on and checked his wire once more, making sure that it was on and that it was well hidden from view.

Stefan slowly walked over to the couch where Elena had soundly and sweetly fallen asleep on. He bent down and kissed her lips gently before he stroked the side of her cheek and watched her stir. "If I don't come back, I hope you remember me. I hope you get out of this life and live a full life filled with everything that you've always wanted. Thank you, Elena for your beautiful smile and your warm heart in the midst of all the chaos around us." He whispered as he leaned into her and once again let the taste of her lips on his linger as he straightened himself up right and then before he could change his mind, he walked towards the door and turned the doorknob. Stefan exhaled deeply as he made his way out of his apartment and towards the one place that he knew that he would probably not make it out of alive, The Lexington Lounge.


As, Stefan started the Honda and made his way out of the apartment complex, he thought about all the things he had been missing these last few months. He hadn't been able to have contact with anyone back home and he knew that once he left this part of New York. He mostly likely wouldn't have any contact with anyone else that was involved in the sting operation to bring down Elijah.

After a short drive to the Lexington, he could feel his heart want to jump out his chest as he made his way into the light brick colored building and bypassed all of the people who were crowded around the entrance. He knew that he should have probably called for backup and that if Klaus found out about what he was doing that he could take away his badge and suspend him or even worse, put him on desk duty for months!

As Stefan pushed his way inside and the loud music of the bar wanted to make his ear drums burst, he looked around for where he thought Elijah would be. But, when he didn't see him anywhere he made his way towards the back rooms, hoping that he wouldn't be too late and that Tyler was still breathing. As he walked towards the rooms, that's when he heard it. The blood curdling cry that he knew was coming from none other than his best friend, Tyler Lockwood.

Stefan rushed towards the door and was just about to open it when he felt a gun being pointed into the spine of his back and the cool breath of a taller man behind him. "I wouldn't do that if I were you…." He said harshly as he pushed Stefan against a wall and pointed the gun towards his head.

"Let me go!" Stefan shouted as he tried his best to get a glimpse of the man and just as he did, his voice got stuck in his throat.

"Damon?" He whispered as he turned towards him and watched as his brother dropped the gun and his eyes fell to the floor.

"Stefan?" He asked in disbelief as he let go of Stefan and stepped back to take him in.


A/N: Ohh...Crap..Another cliffhanger! Sorry guys! I just didn't know what else to write and thought that it was a good place to stop. :) So, finally, the brothers come face to face after so long! So, Do you think Damon going to help him save Tyler...?

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