Two days later, inside an abandoned underground basement outside Mystic Falls…

Katherine scream out in pain as Julianna swung the whip soaked in pure vervain hard on her body, causing a loud smack sound and a new sizzling and bleeding wound to appear on it. She wanted to escape but the tight chains (also soaked in vervain) on her wrists hanging and connecting to the ceiling above her prevented her from breaking free and escaping.

"P-Please no more, it hurts, Julianna. Please stop!" pleaded Katherine desperately to Julianna, who stopped and raised her eyebrows at her before she started laughing darkly.

"What's this, the manipulative and cunning Katerina Petrova is pleading to me to stop? That's so funny!" said Julianna after she's done laughing before she glared coldly at her. "In your dreams, doppel-bitch. My fun with you isn't over yet, not even close." added Julianna even more coldly to Katherine before she raised and swung her whip down on Katherine again, causing her to let out another scream of pain.

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Meanwhile, at the Gilbert's house…

Both Elena and Asriel (who continue to ignore Elena) make their way down the stairs toward the kitchen and they stopped in their tracks when they saw John Gilbert (a slightly tan-skinned, short blonde-haired, blue-eyed man wearing a long sleeve, light grey shirt, black pants and shoes on his feet) standing in the kitchen holding and sipping a cup of coffee in his hands.

"Morning, you two." greeted John as he glance and smiled calmly at them both (especially Asriel) while putting his cup of coffee down on the table.

"Dad, when did you get back?" asked Asriel as he walked forward and hugged John with a happy look on his face.

"Last night, while all of you were sleeping, Ash. Well, except for Elena." replied John as he hugged Asriel back with a happy look on his face too.

"What are you doing here?" demanded Elena rudely to John and feeling annoy at seeing her brother being friendly to him.

"Elena! Stop being so rude to our father already!" snapped Asriel as he pull away from John, turned and glared in disapproval at Elena (who crossed her arms and scowled at him).

"It's fine, Ash. I don't mind." said John as he placed his hand on Asriel's shoulder to reassured him before he began pouring two cups of coffee for them. "Coffee?" John asked them both.

"Yes, thank you, dad." replied Asriel thankfully to John as he take and began drinking his own cup of coffee.

"We're not doing that, John. We did that last time and last night so enough with the dodging and trying to win some father/son affection points with my brother. Stefan told me that he's trying to get in contact with Isobel last night. Not you. So why are you here?" demanded Elena again to John (which make him arched his eyebrow and his lips pressed into a stern line), ignoring the coffee that he poured and offered to her.

"I'm here to protect my family, that's all I can say to you for the moment." said John vaguely to Elena.

"You protecting us? We don't need protection from you!" sneered Elena, which make Asriel snap before he turned and gave her another slap to her face.

"That's enough of you talking like that to our father and keep your big mouth shut, Elena!" snapped Asriel even more in anger and disapproval to Elena (who glance at him with some tears glisten in her eyes).

"Calm down, Ash. There's no need for you to unleash your anger on Elena just because she talk bad about me. And as for you, I'll tell you more when I'm convince I can trust you, Elena." said John calmly to Asriel then sternly to Elena while they heard the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs and both Jenna and Alaric came and stopped in the kitchen when they saw John with surprise looks on their faces.

"What the hell!?" gasped Jenna.

"And good morning to you Jenna. Alaric." greeted John calmly to them both while Asriel smirk at their reactions.

"Ok, I'm confused right now, because we were not expecting you, like ever." said Jenna in confusion to John.

"Well I got in late last night." said John.

"You know, I'm probably… just gonna take off." Alaric hastily told Jenna before he turned and quickly left the house.

"I'm still confused here." said Jenna.

"Then let me clear your confusion, Jenna. I decided to come back and stay here for a while." John told her.

"For real?" said Asriel as he smiled at John (who smiled and nodded to him).

"Not here you're not!" snapped Jenna in irritation at John (who smirk at her).

"Actually, you can't stop me from living here." said John.

"Actually I can, as legal guardian." sneered Jenna.

"Sorry to burst your bubble, Aunt Jenna. But you're not the only legal guardian here anymore." said Asriel before he glance at John. "Do you mind if I told her the truth, dad?" asked Asriel.

"Nope, I don't, Ash. Go ahead and tell her." replied John.

"D-Dad? Ok, what's do you mean by that and what's going on?" said Jenna even more in confusion at Asriel.

"Ash, please don't-" protested Elena.

"Be quiet, Elena! It's time she knows the truth. Aunt Jenna, John is mine and Elena's biological father, not our uncle. So you've absolutely no right to kicked him out of this house!" Asriel bluntly and harshly told Jenna the truth.

"W-What!?" gasped Jenna with a shock look on her face before she slumped down on one of the stool near the counter and Elena approach and began apologizing and consoling Jenna.

"There, now you know." said John in a pity tone of voice to Jenna before he glance at Asriel. "Hey, son. Wanna join me at the Grill?"

"Of course, dad. Let's go." said Asriel as he finish his cup of coffee and put it in the sink before he and John left both Elena and Jenna, left the house and got into John's car and head toward the Grill.