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Chapter Ten

The Betrayal

It was so sudden, she'd gotten up to leave, to begin running again and it had happened. She'd seen his eyes widen and his mouth begin to open to shout something but the poker was shoved all the way through her chest. She drew in a shaking, low breath, looking down at the iron pole sticking through her body.

"NO!" Damon shouted as she fell forwards to her hands and knees,

"Relax," Ethan said, yanking the poker out of her body, she collapsed to the ground, "I didn't stake her…" Damon ignored Ethan and hauled himself up, he moved forwards, grabbing her under the arms and hauling her up and away from Ethan, his arms around her waist, keeping her standing from the shock that was running through her body. He faced both Ethan and Katherine who'd turned around realising Ethan had come back and there was no longer any need for their phone conversation. "I'm tired of this game Damon. You've had your fun now give her back."

"What?" Damon laughed "You think I'm just going to give her back after what she told me you did?!"

"What I did?" Ethan said raising an eyebrow and sighing impatiently,

"How many girls did I give you?!" He said angrily

"A lot. What has this got to do with-"

"And I never asked what they were for. I never asked because I felt that I didn't need to. I didn't think you would be that sick."

"Damon." He smiled slightly "I run a business, you brought me my products. She was just another human. Get over it."

"No she wasn't!" He said gritting his teeth "Because if she was just another one why did you turn her?!"

"I turned her because it meant I had a very good looking whore forever." She suddenly launched herself at him, Damon, weakened from the vervain was unable to hold her back and she snarled, slamming him in the chest with her fist, he stood. Steady as a rock. "Now Olivia. How many times do I have to tell you, punching me isn't a good idea." He grabbed her wrists and she screamed in pain as he snapped them in two, Damon winced as she sunk to the ground, his hands still around her shattered wrists. With a bone shivering crack he snapped them back into place and yanked her up. "Right. We'll be taking our leave now."

"No!" She growled, kicking him and getting him to let go,

"Olivia," he sighed "I'm tired of this game,"

"I couldn't care less." She spat walking backwards

"Well, I didn't want it to come to this but it seems it has." He said and out of his pocket he drew a gun and with speed ran at Damon and placed it on his chest where Damon's heart would be,

"ETHAN!" Katherine thundered "Not part of the deal."

"Shut up." He snarled at her without even glancing at her and she gritted her teeth, "Now," he said, his voice dangerously low "Unless you want your dear friend Damon to end up with a wooden bullet through his heart you'll get THE FUCK OVER HERE!" He shouted and she jumped, Damon's head was thumbing, he couldn't see properly and he was summoning every ounce of strength he had just to stand. Suddenly there was a rush of air and Damon was pulled out of the way, Ethan fired but it hit nothing and it seemed that Damon had disappeared; Olivia took her chance and bolted, disappearing into the trees.

"Damon." Damon looked up at his brother

"Oh so you've taken to saving my life now?"

"Well, if anyone's going to kill you it'll be me."

"Touché." He leaned against a tree, "Katherine…decided it would be a good idea to inject me with vervain."

"Ah…"

"Did you give her that idea because the amount of people beginning to do this is starting to piss me off."

"Nope. But she was here…she does know about the herb."

"…damn it." He grumbled, Stefan proceeded to drag his phone out of his pocket, "What are you doing Stefan? This is no time to call Elena!" Stefan rose his eyebrow

"I'm calling Olivia."

"On what?! Since when has Olivia owned a phone?" Damon retorted,

"She still has Elena's phone."

"Give me the phone."

"You can't even stand up, just let me talk to her." The phone began to ring and he listened intently for her to speak, finally she answered

"What?!" she hissed

"Where are you, I'm going to take you somewhere safer."

"No it's too risky. I'm guessing that was you…with Damon?"

"Yeah."

"Is he ok?"

"He's fine…still totally drugged up but fine."

"Good. I'm going, I have to lead Ethan away I-"

"No. That's a bad idea because as much as you think it'll help it'll come back on us."

"No! I'm not coming back! That's a totally useless idea! Ethan is clever! He'll know that I-" suddenly her voice cut out, the phone falling with a thud to the ground,

"Olivia? Olivia? Hello?" suddenly Stefan heard the faint sound of shouts finding the phone and then suddenly, terrible screams erupted around the forest, Damon looked up. "Damon stay here."

"No. I'm not staying here!"

"Damon look at yourself! You half conscious, if you go, Ethan will use you against her again or you'll die." He paused wondering if it was a good idea to mention it, "I'm going to give you a key, the key unlocks a door that we both know about, go there and look after Elena."

"Elena's there?"

"Yes. If you touch her I'll kill you."

"Alright…" he breathed swallowing and closing his eyes "I…I'll need to feed before I go there or-"

"Fine, just do it quickly and meet us there."

"Ok." And with that Stefan ran off into the forest, "God Stefan…how many times are you going to be the hero?"

He twisted the poker in her stomach and she gasped in pain again, she sunk to her knees and he kicked her so she hit the ground. She coughed, blood coming from her lungs. Her hand gripped at the earth beneath her. Ethan crouched down. "Oh dear." He said and then laughed "Have you fallen for him again Olivia?" she made a sound of pain and he grabbed the end of the poker, yanking it out of her stomach, her eyes widened in pain, he stabbed it into her again and she screamed, white hot pain bolting through her system. "I want you to scream Olivia. I want him to hear." She clamped her eyes shut; Ethan laughed "Oh my…" he whispered "Even when he's back to screwing Katherine you'll still protect him! That is amazing." He whispered and a cruel smile curled onto his lips. He grabbed the poker again and slowly pulled it from her body and she bit down on her lip.

"You're lying." He said trembling,

"No I'm not." He said with a smile and kicked her again so she rolled over "In fact, you show you that I'm not." He crouched down and dangled something in front of her like a cat trying to catch a mouse. The locket reflected the moonlight and she frowned, "You see, if he cares about you…why'd he not give this back to you?" he watched it dawn on her "Yeah. Damon obviously thought it would be easier to make you believe he was your friend, perhaps even lover but so that you couldn't leave he kept this away from you. Think about it…" he paused watching the tears forming in her eyes "Would he really leave Katherine for you?" Olivia thought about the conversation in the bar, how he hadn't answered and felt pain in her chest,

"No…no you're lying!" She shouted

"No I'm not." He repeated "And you know it! He did it once…" he smiled and she raised a shaking hand wiping away the blood "Your incapable of being loved Olivia. I'm the only one that wants you. I'm the only one that ever has." A tear fell from her eyes and down her cheek. "Remember," he brushed a hand down her cheek "Damon Salvatore is not a good man." He watched the pain and anger boiling through her skin, the betrayal seeping from her and her eyes burned like fire.

"I'm going to rip the son of a bitch's heart out." She hissed and pulled herself up,

"That's my girl." He said with a smile, he passed her the locket, "Now, are you coming back to me? Where your safe?" she looked at the locket and then back at him, truly, although Ethan was horrible and although he made her do things, he had always been there, he had always chased her…he'd always wanted her back.

"Yes."

Damon smiled, letting the girl fall to the ground, he felt immediately better, the blood seeping through his veins. He looked down at the girl, yep, he'd killed her alright. He turned her over with his shoe, his head tilting to the side, she was young, a druggy most probably, in her early twenties. Sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. Dead blue eyes. He suddenly looked down and found the fog curling around his ankles, he frowned and turned, his eyes narrowed. Then his ears began to pick something up, a small thumping, like feet hitting the ground, one after the other. He turned just in time to see her body smash into his; she began hitting him as they hit the ground, over and over again, her rage pouring into him.

"HEY! HEY STOP!" He bellowed trying to cover his face with his arms, her nails swiped across his skin and he yelled in pain as she drew blood,

"FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU!" She screamed over and over again, he suddenly growled in anger and grabbed her, throwing her off him and into a tree, he sped at her, grabbing her neck and forcing her roughly against the tree, his eyes red,

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" He shouted,

"HOW DARE YOU!" She shrieked and kicked him but he blocked her leg with his own

"Olivia!" He shouted, his eyes piercing hers "SNAP OUT OF IT! Calm the fuck down."

"Don't you tell me to calm down!" She hissed "You're a lair! A LAIR AND A TRAITOR!"

"WHY?!"

"BECAUSE YOU LIED TO ME!"

"When?!" He said shaking his head and frowning, she struggled against his grip and he let her go, pushing off the bark and walking backwards, his eyes not leaving her. She suddenly held out something, it swung in the moonlight, glinting and his frown grew. "Where…where did you find that?"

"Ethan found it!" She said and pushed him roughly in the shoulders "Why didn't you give it back huh?! Wanted to play with me, fuck me and then hand me back over?!"

"No!" He shouted taking steps towards her, his face inches from hers "I told you I wouldn't do that!"

"And how can I trust you?!" She shouted, her eyes seemed as if they were on fire "You killed me once, you would do it again! You're Damon Salvatore! You're a lying worthless piece of-" she slapped him across the face and he grabbed her shoving her into the tree again,

"Right. It's time for you to STOP hitting me." He looked her straight in the eye "I did not lie to you."

"Then explain to me why the hell you didn't give it back!"

"Because I couldn't do it again!"

"What?!" She hissed, confused

"I refused to let you go!"

"So you thought you'd keep something over me?! This is just like the vervain thing! It's like you refuse to let me be as strong as you! It's like you can't not have control!"

"I know!" he shouted "I need to have control! I have to because once I didn't and she ripped my heart out."

"What, so this all links back to Katherine?!"

"Yes. Yes it relates back to Katherine!" He exclaimed "What the hell do you think?!"

"Jesus Christ she screwed you up,"

"You think?!" He pushed away from her, turning around and shaking his head "I can't make you understand. I can't make you see what she did to me but now, now I just…" he trailed off not knowing what to say "Olivia I want you." He was suddenly inches from her again, his voice a whisper, she could feel the unneeded breath hitting her cold skin, "I want you so bad that it hurts," he hissed "And I hate it. I hate that you have something over me because it makes me venerable…and nothing makes me venerable. And that's why I need control over you," he whispered, "Because I won't let you break me. I won't." She looked up at him, her eyes narrowed

"But I will break you." She spat "Clean. In. Two." Suddenly his lips curled into a smile,

"You're hot when you're pissed off."

"Fuck you."

"Gladly." She punched him but he grabbed her wrists and kissed her fiercely, his eyes closed tightly, she gripped onto him, kissing him back, her nails indenting his leather jacket. He suddenly made a sound of pain and pulled away from him. She'd bitten him. He brought his finger up to his mouth, wiping away the blood, catching it on his finger and looked down at it, he looked at her and she smiled wickedly, slowly he smirked and he grabbed her, pulling her up, she wrapped her legs around his waist, her hands on his cheeks as she kissed him again, his on her back keeping her upright.

Awwwww, 3 Damon and Olivia. Right, tell me what you thinky, i like to know :) peace out.