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Damon woke up with Katya asleep on his chest. He smirked and kissed her on the forehead "Are you doing that creepy Edward Cullen thing and watching me sleep?"

"No" he answered "at least…not anymore"

She opened her eyes and kissed him "That was…"

"Amazing?"

"It was" she smiled "but…"

"But what?" he frowned.

"Can you not bite me so hard next time?" she said as she rubbed her neck "ever heard of being gentle?"

"I barely left a mark" he looked at Katya's neck, there was no mark.

"I didn't even bite you that hard!" she looked at his neck "unlike you, I'm considerate"

"I thought you'd be the type to flaunt it" he smirked "wear it like a badge of honour, ya know. Proof"

"Flaunt that I had sex with Damon Salvatore? No thank you" she smiled "you're lucky we heal quickly" she said a she touched her neck.

"So you're saying I can bite you again? Since your neck has healed?" he said as he leaned in to kiss her.

"We'll see" she smiled as she leaned in to kiss him. There was a knock at the door.

"Don't get it" Damon shook his head as he pressed his lips against hers. There was another knock.

"Damon..."

"They'll go away" he kissed her again. There was another knock.

"I really need to get this" she pulled away from him. There was another knock. "Alright, hang on" she said as she put Damon's shirt on. She walked over to the door and pulled it open "Kady" she said in surprise.

"Hey Katya" Kady smiled in greeting.

"Uh, hi" she nodded "…how did you find me?"

"I asked um, Damon's brother…Stefan" she chuckled "I hope I'm not interrupting anything"

"…uh…that depends on who you ask" Katya looked at Damon who was putting his pants on.

"Who is it?" Damon walked up to Katya and put his arms around her waist

"Hey Damon" Kady smiled, she then noted that Damon was topless, and Katya was wearing his shirt "umm…is this a bad time?" she smiled coyly.

"No" Katya shook her head.

"Yes" Damon nodded.

"Anyway" Katya coughed "how did you find this place?"

"Oh, I came here with…"

"Hello Miss Katya" Elijah walked into Katya and Damon's line of sight.

"Elijah" Katya's eyes widened

"Well I won't be in your way, I just came by to drop Kady off and say hi. I'll be around" he nodded as he walked away "Oh and Katya, if your cousin is around, tell her I can't wait to see her"

Katya waited until Elijah was gone before she could speak "Kady…how do you know him?" Katya looked at her niece.

"We were headed in the same direction and he said he knew you, so I assumed you guys were friends"

"You could say that" Katya nodded.

"Oh boy" Damon said as he walked into the main room of the lake house.

"You don't have to tell me twice" Katya followed after Damon.

"We need to get out of here"

"Why?" Kady tilted her head confused.

"Elijah could come back" Damon answered "and I'm not going to risk Katya's safety"

"Didn't you hear? He said he was after Katherine" Katya followed after him.

"And to get to Katherine, he'll get to you" he walked into the bed room.

"Did I do something wrong?" Kady asked.

"Yes" Damon glared.

"No" Katya corrected "she didn't know about Elijah, Damon. You can't get mad at her for that"

"Well now she does. And she needs to realise that talking to him is dangerous"

"Why?" Kady asked.

"Because Elijah is not like other vampires, he is an original – he's unique. And for some reason, he's after Katherine, so he'll get to Katherine's nearest and dearest, like your beloved Aunt here" he took his bag and started packing "so much for a weekend away"

"Damon" Katya tried to calm him down "we're ok"

"For now" he finished packing and took Katya's bag from her "let's go"

"Um, Damon?"

"Katya?"

"Can I get dressed first?" she said as she walked into the bathroom.

"I liked that look on you" he smirked.

"Don't think Kady would appreciate it. She'd appreciate you being topless, but not seeing her Aunt in this light" she said as she closed the door.

They arrived back at the Salvatore house. "Kady, go to your room" Katya said as they entered the house.

"Am I grounded?" she looked at Katya.

"How can I ground you? We just have things to discuss that's all"

"Ok" she nodded "I'm sorry if I did anything"

"I'll just need to talk to you later about Elijah"

"Alright" Kady smiled as she headed upstairs.

"Like hell she didn't do anything" Damon walked in.

"Damon" Katya tried to calm him down.

"Stefan!" Damon called as they walked into the living room.

"Back so soon?" Stefan looked at Katya and Damon.

"Oh shut up, you sent Kady over" Damon snarled.

"She asked where you were and I answered truthfully. And you left her in my care when I had no idea who she was"

"Ok, let's not get distracted with the lake house business. Can we focus on better things?" Katya held Damon's hand.

"What things?" Stefan looked at Katya "…apart from you two finally getting together" he smiled at Katya. She blushed slightly.

"Elijah's back" she snapped out of it.

"I knew that" Stefan nodded "he's made an appearance a couple of times"

"So what is he doing talking to Kady and why is he here?" she looked at the two of them.

"I think he's doing some recon work for Klause, what with Katherine in the tomb and all" Stefan answered.

"Katherine's in the tomb?" Katya looked at Damon and Stefan.

"You didn't tell her that?" Stefan queried why Damon wouldn't tell Katya about this.

"I thought I didn't have to" Damon glared at his brother "but now you've just opened up a can of worms that didn't need to be"

"She's down there? She's down in the tomb and you didn't tell me?" she sighed exasperatedly "why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't think I had to, ergo what I said to Stefan just before"

"Why?"

"Because if I told you, you'd want to go down there and see her. And then she'll open up a can of worms for all of us to go through…" he trailed off.

"There's something else isn't there?"

"I thought that if I didn't kill you, and you knew she was down here, you'd ask her to"

"I'm not that desperate to die in the hands of Katherine" she snarled as she let go of his hand.

"You used her as a threat when I said I couldn't do it in the first place" he snarled back.

"Let's not get into this now" Stefan stood between Katya and Damon "she's down there, Katya. Elijah is here because he's going to lure Klause out, so he can kill him. Because he wants Elena, who is the Petrova doppelganger, which he needs to break the curse of vampires being unable to walk in the daylight"

"So…Elijah wants to kill Klause?" Katya tilted her head "that doesn't make sense, Elijah is like Klause, they're both originals, brothers. Why would he want to kill his own brother?"

"I'm sure he can think of a few reasons on killing his brother" Damon looked at Stefan whilst he said that. "It appears that Klause may be powerful, most feared but not well liked" Damon chuckled.

"But why be after Katherine? She's already dead…so to speak"

"Because she crossed Klause, and he's on more of a vengeance hunt for her than anything else"

"Seems fair to me" Katya nodded "she's pissed off a lot of people in her time. Eventually it would come back to her"

"Karma's a bitch and so is Katherine. It goes hand in hand" Damon commented.

"And he's after Elena?" Katya asked concerned. Elena was her descendant and in the short time they did get to know each other, Katya really did like her "what are we going to do?"

"We don't have to do anything" Damon crossed his arms "she's safe, and we'll all be there for her whatever happens"

"Are there other things you hiding from me Damon? You know, just so I know" she glared.

"I thought a feeling of gratitude was going to be expressed when I hid this from you" Damon snarled at her.

"You don't need to hide things from me" she shook her head "I'm a big girl, I can handle things. And I have been, on my own, before and after you"

"Are you saying you don't need me?" he took a step closer to her.

"I will always need you, Damon" Katya pushed her hair back "but you don't always have to protect me"

"Well sorry, but keeping you alive is my business now" he said as he kissed her.

"She couldn't kill me, Damon"

"You'd be surprised" he coughed "she is a vengeful little slut"

"That I know"

"So what are you going to do, Katya?" Stefan looked at her "Katherine is in the tomb"

"I have to go see her"

"No you're not" Damon waved his finger in front of her.

"Oh yes I am" she nodded "she has a lot to answer for and I intend to get all the answers out of her"

"Talking to Katherine is never a good idea" Stefan added.

"You've redeemed yourself from announcing Katherine is in the tomb" Damon nodded. He turned around and Katya had gone. "Katya!" he yelled out "great, I turn around for one second and she's gone"

"So are you two…"

"Yes, and don't even think about saying it Stefan" he glared as he headed to the hallway. "Katya!"

"I'm upstairs!" she called out. Katya rolled her eyes and sat down next to Kady "I leave him alone for one second and he thinks I'm gonna go see her" she sighed "Ok…"

"You're not going to give me the talk are you?"

"…that would be awkward for the both of us, Kade" she shook her head "no, I have to talk about Elijah"

"What's wrong with him?"

"Kade, you know he's a vampire, right?" Katya looked at her niece "and not just any vampire; he's one of the originals – like the forefathers of vampires if you will. He's very powerful and dangerous. You need to be careful"

"I thought he was really nice"

"He's quite charming I'll give him that, but there is that other side of him that, we vampires don't ever want to see…ever. I don't want you to be in that type of danger when it comes to him"

"He's after Katherine?"

"Yeah" Katya nodded "I didn't realise she was in the tomb" she coughed.

"You do know why I didn't tell you" Damon leant against the doorway "because I was protecting you. And it also makes you liable, if Elijah did get to you or Klause did, you could simply tell them that you didn't know where she was. And if they did compel you, you'd tell them the truth"

"Such a complex way of thinking about things" Katya walked over to him "Damon, I'm still going down there to talk to her"

"If you do, I'm going with you"

"You don't have to"

"But I want to" he put her face in his hands and kissed her again "with Katherine, anything can happen. For all we know she's working her way out of that tomb"

"Let's hope not"

"So, when are you going to talk to her?"

"…tonight"

"Tonight it is" Damon hugged her.

Damon drove Katya to the where the tomb was. They parked the car. Katya took a deep breath; she hadn't seen Katherine in the same amount of time Damon did. "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"I do" Katya nodded "best I see her now, than never" she undid her seatbelt and got out of the car. Damon did the same. Katya looked at the sky "A few days after a full moon, you sure there are no wolves around?"

"Pretty sure you killed that wolf that was causing trouble"

"Tyler?" Katya looked at him.

"He's no threat. He's still learning. And plus, we've got vampire barbie looking after him" Damon wrapped his arms around her as they headed to the entrance.

They had arrived at the stairs that were leading to the tomb. "I haven't been here since…" Katya trailed off and looked at Damon.

"I don't want you to go down there" he looked at Katya.

"I need to talk to her, Damon" she looked at the stairs "I need to"

"Alright…but I don't want you talking to her too long"

"Don't get all protective. She's locked in there, there's no way she's going to get out"

"She has her ways" Damon nodded "she'll try and strike a deal with you"

"Try" Katya looked at Damon "key word, try"

"Do you really have to do this?"

"There are some things I need to sort out with her"

"Promise me something…"

"What?"

"Make it quick"

"I'll try too" she walked down the stairs that led to the tomb. She could still hear the screams in her head from that fateful day when they got captured. She stood at the entrance of the tomb, the torches around were still lit. She took a deep breath and opened the door. She took a few steps back and stared at the entrance of the tomb. Katya waited for something to move within the shadows.

"Hello Katya"

"Katherine"

Now I'm curious...what do YOU think these two will talk about? I want ideas/opinions/suggestions!