Happy Monday Everybody! There is some lemon in the beginning of this chapter, you have been warned. And now for your reading pleasure...

Kate lay pressed to Damon's side, head resting in the junction of his shoulder and their legs tangled together. Both were awake as they watched the mid-afternoonn sun move its way across the floor while Damon lazily traced the tattoo on Kate's side. "When did you get this?" He asked taking a closer look at it.

"Sometime in the 80's, a lot of drinking, a lot of punk, you know all the cools kids were doing it" She answered looking up at him "Do you like it?"

"I do, It was a nice little surprise" He grinned still studying it. "Very sexy"

"Aw, was my body not sexy enough for you before." She teased

"Don't even go there" he poked her side. "What happens now, " He asked slowly glancing at her closed eyes. She blinked them open, looked at him and rested her chin on his chest as she contemplated his question.

"I don't really want to think about it" she looked down to draw pointless shapes on his chest "There are still so many factors that are floating around, how you feel about Elena, the tension that causes with your brother, Katherine still being alive, us not being in the same room for the past decades." Her voice got quiet and she looked up at him again with a smirk.

"As far as I see it, we stepped into a different world last night. I don't want to think about that other world's problems. And those problems don't exist until we leave this bed and walk through that door." She sat up, the sheet falling around her and she went to straddle him, moaning as she lowered herself on his morning hardness her fingers flared behind her. "Are you happy right now?" She ask simply, leaning back on her hands and rocking her hips

Damon moaned and sat up to meet her, cupping her chin "So happy." He said softly and kissed her tenderly as she rode him.

Suddenly the door burst open making the couple jump apart for a second at the noise before Damon pulled Kate against him as she grabbed the sheet to hide from the intruder. "Fuck" They both screeched.

"Damon!" Stefan said hurriedly as he entered, he looked manic taking a second to realize that he walked in on a very naked Kate in the middle of fucking his very naked brother. "Oh shit!" he blushed and turned his face in another direction.

Kate started laughing at Stefan's visible discomfort, shifting from foot to foot, and Damon growled loudly. "God damn it Stefan! Don't you knock!" He yelled pulling the sheet closer to Kate, "Get the fuck out!" Damon jerked to throw a pillow at Stefan, bouncing her up and causing her to gasp.

"We have a problem!" Stefan urged, looking back to his brother, at her noise his gaze shifted to the parts of his oldest friend's naked body that were still exposed. Kate, starting to feel a little uncomfortable, did her best to wrap the sheet fully around her and made a move to get off of Damon, holding back another moan at the sensation of him moving inside her.

"I don't really care right now," Damon growled as he caught his brother staring "Get the fuck out!"

"Elena is missing." Stefan tried again, blinking his gaze away from Kate.

"Get. The. Fuck. Out" Damon said again, not really caring at the moment. No one sees her like that except him, especially his little brother.

"We'll be down in a minute, " Kate said as she stood the sheet wrapped tight, while also exposing Damon, who did not seem to care. Stefan nodded, turned on his heel and left, closing the door behind him.

Damon groaned and got out of bed to stand in front of Kate. "You didn't have to get so angry at him, he's worried." She reasoned

"You are naked, he got an eyeful of you naked." He growled out

"Don't be so territorial Damon"

"He does not get to see" He got closer to her, sliding his hands into the sheet to rest one on her naked hip and the other to run a finger through her folds.

"I'm not that type of woman," She told him, looking dead into his eyes, trying not to moan. "The real world is calling" She whispered looking at the door.

"Give me a second" Damon said back and kissed her one more time while sliding a finger into her.

"Damon we gotta go" She groaned out as he began to kiss her neck and continue to pump her

"I know you want me again Kate. You want to get back on top of me" He growled into her neck "You want me to finish what you started" he racked a fang right under her ear and Kate moved her hands around him to pull him closer, dropping the sheet.

Damon walked downstairs to see the gang gathered in his living room. "Did you sleep all day?" Caroline asked

"I've been in bed all day" Damon answered with a smirk "What's going on?"

"Tyler killed someone at the party, that means he's triggered his curse right?" Caroline asked, "he'll turn into a werewolf?"

"Only on a full moon" Damon answered He heard Kate descend the staircase and appeared in a pair of leggings and an oversized shirt, her sex hair contained in a bun. Damon inwardly groaned and looked away to Stefan who averted his gaze from Kate. "You said Elena is missing?"

"Her bed hasn't been slept in and Tyler said her car is still at his place." Jeremy answered "I thought she spent the night here but Stefan says otherwise"

"It sounds like Katherine" Stefan verified, earning a glare from Damon

"Katherine is in the tomb, I shut her in." Damon said

"Did you?"

"Did I what, Stefan?" Sounding agitated, all he wanted was to throw Kate over his shoulder and take her back upstairs.

"Well, I know the hold that Katherine has on you." He accuses again, making Kate slightly uncomfortable.

"She is in the tomb. End of story, but she did say something about Elena being in danger before I shut her in." Damon remembered.

"And you didn't ask her to elaborate?" Stefan asked pinching the bridge of his nose, the rest of the gang silently watched the exchange.

"She always lies, how did I know she suddenly became honest?"

"You could have said something!"

"I had other things on my mind" Damon shrugged with a smirk

"I think I know exactly what you had on your mind" Stefan accused

"Is there something else you want to yell at me about? Maybe something more specific?"

"Well maybe if you thought with your head for once"

"I think we are getting off topic boys" Kate interrupted before a fight broke out.

"We have to go talk to her." Stefan said

"Hell no, if we ask for help she will negotiate her freedom and will kill us when we are stupid enough to give it to her."

"I don't care, it's Elena" He reasoned, and Damon wondered if it was enough "Can you help Bonnie?"

"I can't undo the spell on it, it killed my Grams last time we tried. And it is just me this time" She answered slowly

"But you can open the door, just to talk to her?"

"Yea, but I agree with Damon. She won't give anything up, unless she gets something in return." Damon gestured an 'I told you so'.

"I have to try! I have no idea where Elena is or who has her!"

Bonnie piped up with an idea "I have another way! I need candles and a map of the area!" The group disbursed to get what she needed. When it was all set up she turned to Jeremy "I'll need your blood to track her for the spell, since you are blood related the connection will be stronger." Jeremy nodded and offered his hand, the blood drops flowed to a place on the map as Bonnie muttered the spell. "That's where she is"

"That's such a large area!" Stefan growled

"We can use an aerial map to show us what's in the area, it will narrow it down." Jeremy offered

"That will be good enough, text me what you find." Stefan said, packing up the leftover weapons from the night before.

"I'm going with you." Jeremy argued

"No you're not," Both brothers said

"What if she's hurt! I can't just sit here."

"You will just get in the way Jeremy." Damon said

Stefan stared at his brother "You're coming?" Damon didn't say anything just walked out of the house, picking up the weapon bag as he went. Stefan looked at Kate before heading out of the house himself.

"Why was Stefan looking at you like that?" Jeremy asked confused to Kate who was still watching the door.

"He saw me naked," she said casually "and his little heart couldn't take it" Jeremy couldn't help but look at her up and down, she smirked "Be careful of your imagination, it's a dangerous place." He blushed and looked straight ahead, Kate started walking toward the stairs "Come on, let's see if you two can throw a punch, because if not it's time to learn."

Damon drove as fast as his car would go as Stefan riffled through the bag, pulling out a strange looking vial "What the hell is that?" Damon asked

"Some sort of grenade?" Stefan answered

"Alaric likes weapons too much" Damon reasoned "Something is not right in his head."

"Yea, Kate would have a field day with these. Of course she says she likes playing it closer in a fight, not one for long range attacks." At the mention of Kate, Damon gripped his steering wheel, knuckles turning white. "Sorry about earlier"

"Let's not talk about it." Damon warned

"I didn't mean to walk in and see that"

"You are never meant to see that, and you did" He growled "I get it was an accident, sure you were in a panic. But you stared Stefan. And you stared again when she came downstairs."

"Maybe you're right, we shouldn't talk about it." Stefan said looking out the window. "Who do you think took her?" He changed the subject

"Someone who thought it was Katherine and didn't realize they were wrong." Damon answered

"Thanks for helping me"

"Can we not try and road trip bond? The cliché of it makes me itch." Damon shivered.

"Come on Damon. We both know that you being here has nothing to do with me"

"I see the elephant in the room is making noise"

"It doesn't have to be an elephant, let's talk about it" Stefan challenged.

"There is nothing to talk about" Damon warned again

"That's not true. I am sure there is. Just get it out." Stefan continued "I mean, are you in this car because you want to help your little brother find the girl he loves. Or, even after the events that happened last night with Kate, you love her too? Hmmm? Come on Damon express yourself. I like this trip bonding."

"First off, never assume you know anything about Kate and I, and second I can step out of helping as easily as I stepped in." Damon growled

"That's the beauty of it, you can't," Stefan said leaning back in his seat. "How new was that tattoo anyway?" Stefan asked, pushing his luck, Damon slammed the car to a stop.

"I ought to rip your eyes out." Damon growled "And you're being a fucking asshole." He looked at Stefan thoughtfully "Which is weird for you to do on purpose. Normally you are more reserved and the silent brooding type. Which means, you're drinking human blood again" He accused and Stefan did not deny it. "Does Elena know?"

"I'm drinking hers" He answered

"How romantic" Damon said sarcastically starting to drive again. About an hour of silence later Stefan spoke up again

"We're getting close, Jeremy said it's just past marker 6"

Damon opens a blood bag and drinks, catching Stefan staring at him. "If you want some just ask. The cat is out of the bag anyway."

"I want some." Damon reached behind him to the cooler and tossed Stefan another one. "I've taken more and more each day, I'm building up my tolerance."

"Hey Stef?" Damon said and Stefan looked at him "I didn't ask. But since you want to bond so much, remember when you lived for ripping someone apart for the fun of it?"

"You mean like you?" Stefan shot back.

"Yes, Stefan, exactly. Back when you put blood into me so I could be a big bad vampire. I wonder if Elena would be so quick to open her veins to that guy. By the way, what happened to that guy? He was a riot."

"I guess he found something to live for." Stefan said

"That's cute, I had that once. And that guy tore it away from me" Damon accused

"Right, just blame me whenever something goes wrong in your life." Damon ignored him and parked the car a ways down from an abandoned house that held Elena.

"You do know that if we go into that house, we may not come back out," Damon said as they got out of the car. "If this is the person who was hunting Katherine, could be over 500 years old."

"Maybe we should have brought Kate. But if that is the case, I won't come out."

"You are a true knight in shining armor Stefan."

I hope you liked it!