Mystic Falls (Abandoned Factory)

Janet watches as the vampire begins to stir and anticipation flows through her. Torturing him is going to be fantastic. She had been planning on sending Andrew to track the vamp, something she knew would be extremely difficult, but she gotten a break this afternoon when she came across him in Sutton. He had been with a blonde vampire purchasing a supply of blood (fairly common in their particular town). While she had wanted to take care of him right then and there she knew it would be a long shot with the blonde around. Besides, while it's incredibly likely that she is just as vile, she only has beef with this particular vampire. So she and Andrew followed them to Mystic Falls and bided their time until he was alone. Now he's strapped to a table about to meet his end and she couldn't be happier.

Feeling weak is not something that is common for Stefan, but that is what he feels when his regains consciousness and tries to move. He knows it's because the chains he is currently locked in were made for just that purpose. He's weak enough that even making an attempt to open his eyes seems out of the question, but he still makes the attempt anyway. The first thing Stefan sees when he opens his eyes is the menacing stare of a blonde haired woman. The woman is probably in her early fifties and he senses that despite her unassuming look, there is a lot of power under the surface.

"I see you're awake." Janet voice is a mixture of anger and glee. Seeing the bastard that murdered her children face to face infuriates her, but she also feels the adrenaline that comes with finally having the chance to take care of him.

"Where am I? Why am I here?" His voices croaks, another effect from the chains.

"You're such a bastard that you don't even remember your crimes? The question is obviously rhetorical, but when he still looks at her in confusion, she erupts and stabs in the shoulder with the wooden stake she had been holding.

Stefan screams out in pain, hissing as the pain in his shoulder gets worse.

"Now I'll refresh your memory." Her voice is deceptively calm. "Think back to two months ago, you tricked four innocent people into helping you and then you ruthlessly murdered them!" As soon as the last part is out of her mouth, she stabs him in his side and twists the stake to inflict more pain.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" He gets out between his screams, the blood gushing out of his wound. He knows he's not innocent by any means, but he hasn't killed anyone that would be considered innocent in nearly a year.

"Sure you don't. Of course you say that now that you're caught! You did this so now you must pay." The fact that he's denying it pisses her off even more and makes her more determined to get him to admit what he did. She picks up a knife and stabs him in the thigh.

"I didn't do whatever it is that you think I did, but I think I know who did." Gritting his teeth, Stefan tries to explain about Silas, but every word that comes out only serves to make the woman even angrier.

"Stop lying you son of a bitch! You murdered my children and the sooner you admit the better." Her voice is taunting.

"I didn't kill them!" He whimpers in pain as she stabs him in the chest, just missing his heart."

"You did, and if you expect me to believe that bullshit story about a doppelganger, you're an even sicker bastard than I thought." She finishes this up by jabbing him in the thigh, laughing when the blood rushes out of his wound.

Stefan continues pleading his case, but eventually realizes that it's getting him nowhere.

Meanwhile Janet continues with her torture, relishing each scream she earns from him.

Eventually the pain becomes unbearable for Stefan and he begins to think of Bonnie in order to block the pain out, not realizing that he is unknowingly sending Bonnie clues to his whereabouts.

Mystic Falls (Elena's Bedroom)

Something is wrong with Stefan. Bonnie's eyes shoot open as the thought fully registers in her head. She turns her head right and left, noting that Caroline and Elena are still sleeping peacefully on either side of her. When she glances at the clock she realizes that it is 2am. At first Bonnie assumes that it's just her self-conscious telling her she misses Stefan, but when she gets another jolt in her head, she knows that something is really wrong.

Bonnie sits up in bed something that is slightly difficult with both Elena and Caroline spooning her (she always forgets how grabby they are in sleep). As she sits there, the bad feeling becomes more intense and her heart begins to race. Bonnie eventually goes into a mini trance, in an attempt to draw out the vision she keeps getting of Stefan in danger. As a result she doesn't notice that Elena and Caroline have both woken up and are looking at her in concern.

"Bonnie, are you okay?" Elena tries to get her attention to no avail. She had been sleeping when she had heard the loud pounding of Bonnie's heartbeat. Worried that Bonnie was being attacked she instantly woke up.

Caroline was similarly woken up going from panic to calmness when she saw that Bonnie was okay, only to panic again when she realizes that Bonnie seems petrified. "Bonnie, hey" Snapping her fingers. "Snap out of it." She says as she makes an attempt to break the witch out of her trance.

Abruptly Bonnie breaks out of her trance and is getting ready to climb out of bed when she feels Caroline tugging on her arm.

"Whoa! What are you doing?" Caroline saw the panicked look in Bonnie's eyes as soon as she broke out of her trance.

"Where are you going? What's wrong?" Elena exchanges a concerned look with Caroline.

"It's Stefan. I had some kind of vision, something is wrong." She snatches her arm away from Caroline's grip and climbs out of bed.

"What! How do you know?" Both women simultaneously, a mixture of confusion, worry, and dread flowing through them.

"I think it's because of the bond." She digs through her duffel bag to switch out her pajamas for real clothes. "I don't know how to explain it. I just know in my gut that something is wrong." She looks at them hoping pleadingly, hoping that that they believe her.

Elena is the first to react, knowing that if Bonnie's worried that there is something genuinely wrong. "I'll call Damon since he's out drinking with Tyler and he can go check out Stefan's place." She climbs out of bed and quickly gets dressed as well "We need to make sure he's not at home first before we panic." She gives Bonnie a weak smile and softly squeezes her shoulder on her way out of the room.

Caroline picks up her phone and begins going through it until she finds the number she is looking for.

"What are you doing?" Bonnie asks her in confusion.

"Matt is still working his shift at the Mystic Grill so I'm calling him to check outside since that was the last place Stefan was seen." Caroline says just before the phone clicks over and she hears Matt's voice.

"What's wrong?" Matt gets right to the point, knowing that something must be wrong for Caroline to be calling so late.

"It's Stefan. He's missing." She explains about Bonnie's vision and how they had been unable to reach Stefan when they called him.

"Whoa." He lets out a long exhale. "What do need to me to do?"

"I need you to check outside for any clues. Elena ran into him earlier so that was the last place he was seen."

"I'll do that right now, hold on." He goes outside and Caroline can hear him walking around.

While she waits, Caroline glances across the room to see how Bonnie is holding up and sees her going through her witch gear. A year ago she might have thought it would be weird for Bonnie to come to a sleep over with her witch gear, but sadly it has become necessary for even the simplest events.

"Okay I'm back. Bonnie's right something did happen to Stefan."

"I found a picture of Stefan and Bonnie. Which by the way when the hell did that happen?"

"It's kind of a long story. Anyway did you find anything else other than the picture?"

"Oh yeah, there is also some kind of card next to it. Some kind of auto repair business down in Sutton."

"Sutton?" Caroline stiffens when she remembers that she and Stefan were just there the day before?"

"Yeah." He confirms "I don't know if that helps you or not, but I thought it was possible they were connected."

"It does, thanks Matt."

"Ok call me back if you guys need anything."

After she hangs up the phone up, she explains what Matt told her and the trip she and Stefan took to Sutton the day before.

"So you think, someone from that town had something to do with this?" Bonnie's mind races, a million thoughts going through her head.

"I don't know, but I do think that card being with that picture of you two is too convenient to be a coincidence.

x

In the living room Elena picks up her phone from the coffee table and dials Damon's number.

"I knew you would miss me? Are Witchy and Blondie asleep yet?" His voice is flirtatious and though she would normally be turned on by it, at the moment it's only causing her annoyance.

"I need you to check on Stefan." She snaps out.

"Is another one of your attempts to get us to bond?" He hadn't been happy about her first attempt and he definitely doesn't want to go through that again.

"No. Bonnie had some kind of vision that indicated something was wrong. So I figured since you were closer to Stefan's place you could check it out. She's kind of a wreck right now, so us rushing all over town would not be the best idea."

"Why would Bonnie be a wreck over Stef-" He starts to ask before figuring it out for himself. "Wait the witch is banging Stefan?" Damon has to admit that comes as a surprise as the witch has a tendency to be self-righteous and a vampire is the last person he figured she would hook up with. Now that he thinks about it, that must have been the woman Stefan had been so eager to get back to that morning Damon went to see him.

"I wouldn't phrase it like that." Elena rolls her eyes. "Just call back me back after you check things out." She hangs up the phone before he can respond.

When she looks up, Bonnie and Caroline have both walked out of the room and from the grave look on their faces she can tell that Matt must have given them some bad news.

Mystic Falls (Abandoned Factory)

Janet sits in a chair across from Stefan, silently waiting for him to regain consciousness. She wants to inflict as much pain on him as possible and doing it while he's out cold is not very appealing. She turns when she hears the door click open and sees Andrew walking in with two Styrofoam cups of coffee. It's obvious he went to one of the nearby coffee shops.

"I thought you could use this." He hands her one of the cups and she nods her head at him in gratitude.

"Has he admitted anything yet?" He directs to his aunt, wanting just as badly for the bastard that killed his cousins in cold blood to suffer.

"No, but he will. I'll keep torturing him until he does."

"What if he doesn't?" Andrew hates to ask, but he has to admit to it being a possibility. Vampires can be very stubborn when they want to be.

"I have my ways." She says cryptically before handing Andrew her now empty cup of coffee to him. "Now I would advise you to go back to watching the door."

Silently, Andrew leaves the room and Janet decides walks over to Stefan who is beginning to stir. She then picks up her stake and jams it in his leg, inwardly grinning when he lets out a painful bellow.

Mystic Falls (Boardinghouse Living room)

The door opens and Tyler and Damon walk in surprising Caroline and Elena.

"How did you two get here so quickly?" Elena asks, it has only been twenty minutes since she talked to him and she had been expecting him to call.

"We were in Stefan's area when you called so it didn't take long for us to check up on him." Tyler says as he stands next to Caroline.

"And the witch was right he's not there and hasn't been there for a while." Damon interrupts Tyler, slightly annoyed that werewolf answered before he could himself.

"Yeah Caroline talked to Matt and he pretty much confirmed that Stefan is missing." Elena explains what they have been doing the last hour or so.

"So now that we know he's definitely missing, we have to figure out how to find him." Caroline jumps in to the conversation.

They all glance at Bonnie who has once again gone into a trance. The only thing that indicates she is still okay is the increasing worry that appears in her eyes.

Bonnie's mind focuses on the images that keep flashing in her mind. She sees a blonde woman grieving, a sign that mentions the town of Sutton, and an image of a grinning Silas.

"What the hell is wrong with her?" Damon asks as he looks from Bonnie to Elena and Caroline.

"I'm hoping that means she's getting more clues about Stefan." Caroline moves closer to Bonnie on the couch and grabs her wrist.

As soon she makes contact with Bonnie suddenly comes out of her trance and quickly stands up, rushing to get her phone as the others look on in confusion.

"Bonnie what are you doing." Elena is the one to ask.

"I need to look up the images that just flashed into my mind." She pulls up the internet on her phone.

"How can you be sure those images are legit. I mean your magic has gone off the deep end before" Damon asks, not wanting his brother's fate to be left up to magic that is not always reliable.

"Because, I'm pretty sure Stefan is the one sending me these clues."

"Are you sure?" Elena asks in slight wonderment, thinking it's kind of cool that she can communicate with Stefan that way even though the circumstances are less than ideal at the moment.

"Just a feeling I'm getting." She types in the word 'Sutton' and 'recent deaths', not surprised when she comes across an article about four siblings that died. It had been ruled a freak accident, but Bonnie has a feeling Silas had something to do with Bonnie looks at the picture of the siblings, she sees the similarities between them and woman in her vision. She realizes that the woman is more than likely their mother and unsurprisingly wants revenge. Based on the pendant one of the women was wearing, she knows they are witches, confirming that Stefan is definitely in danger. Biting back a curse, Bonnie stands up and goes to get her grimoire.

"Bonnie?" It doesn't escape Caroline that Bonnie seems more focused than she had a few minutes ago.

"I know who has him and why. Now I just have to figure out where." She flips through the grimoire, stopping when she finds the locator spell she needs. Within a few minutes she has the exact location pinpointed. "I've got it." And then she proceeds to explain to the others about Janet Sandberg and Silas.

"So where is he?" Damon asks impatiently, wanting to get the show on the road.

"I'll explain that to Caroline and Elena on the way."

Damon looks angry that isn't included in the rescue mission, but before he can open his mouth to complain, Bonnie explains her reasoning.

"This woman is a powerful witch who just lost her children, the last thing she wants to see are vampires." Her voice is steady giving no room for an argument. "I'm only asking Caroline and Elena because I might need the backup and I know I can trust them. The last thing Stefan needs is for you to come in half-cocked like you usually do and piss this woman off even more."

"Fine whatever, but you better hope nothing goes wrong because if I have to come and rescue you, I'm going to rub that in your face." He shrugs before plopping on the couch.

"You guys should head to the car while I go get rest of my stuff." Bonnie ignores Damon and focuses on her two best friends.

"Okay." They both nod before they make their way out of the boardinghouse.

Bonnie picks up the rest of her stuff and just about to walk out herself when Jeremy opens the door. Not wanting to deal with him at the moment, she attempts to walk around him but he blocks her in.

"Leaving so soon?" He throws out at her, still angry over their argument the day before.

"Get. Out. Of. My. Way." She snarls out in between clenched teeth. Her voice is steely and both Tyler and Damon flinch knowing that a storm will be coming if Jeremy doesn't back off.

"I'm not sorry about what I said. Sooner or later you're to going to figure out that Stefan's only with you to make Elena jealous." He stupidly ignores the clues that he should back off.

"I don't have time for your bullshit right now!" And with a flick of her wrist he's flying across the room right before he lands on the floor in a heap. She then walks out of the boardinghouse not giving him a second glance.

"Dude, what the hell were you thinking?" Tyler helps him up, taking pity on him. "You're lucky she didn't kill you."

Damon watches on silently. While he agrees with Jeremy's assertion that this thing between Bonnie and Stefan is most likely for Elena's benefit, it had been entirely the wrong time. Still after this over, he will speak to Stefan and make sure he knows that he won't be giving up Elena.

Mystic Falls (Abandoned Factory)

Andrew stands up straighter when he sees the beauty walking over to him. He saw the car she was in stop and he can only assume they are a having car trouble. As she gets closer he can see that she has bright green eyes and a fantastic body. He had been bored manning the door for his Aunt Janet. He would have much rather gotten in on the action so to speak, but he understood that this was his aunts fight. But maybe if he can get a date out of, waiting here won't be such a bore.

"Hi beautiful" His voice is flirtatious. "Are you having car trouble?" He brings out his most charming smile.

"Not exactly" Bonnie smiles, though inwardly she feels slightly guilty for what she's about to do. When they pulled up to the factory, they decided that Bonnie would go in alone and distract the guy standing at the door.

Andrew looks slightly perplexed by her response and is getting ready to question her about it, when he feels a searing pain in his head. "You're a witch?" Is all he gets out before he passes out, landing on the ground with slight thud.

Janet is looking for another way to torture Stefan (the staking method is obviously not working) when she hears the door bang open.

"Andrew… I thought I told you to watch the doo – Who the hell are you?" Janet yells out, surprised to see a tiny green-eyed woman instead of Andrew. "What did you do to Andrew?"

"If you're talking about the guy at the door, he'll be fine eventually. Now getting back to the subject at hand, you have something that belongs to me." Bonnie says as she glances down at an unconscious and bloodied Stefan. It takes everything in her not rush over to him, knowing that it would only make things worse.

At first Janet assumes that the woman is another vampire, but upon further study she can sense the power radiating from the petite woman and realizes that she is a fellow witch. Obviously if she's with this bastard she's gone dark and she wonders if she will have to take her out as well.

"So you're the vampire's girlfriend? I can't believe you would disgrace your line by lying down with a vampire."

Bonnie's initial response is to get angry, but she knows the woman is grieving so she stays calm. "You have the wrong guy. I'm not saying that Stefan is perfect by any means, but he didn't kill your children. I know the person that actually killed them and believe me I want nothing more to take the bastard out. I haven't had the best experiences with him either. But for me to be able to do that you have let Stefan go."

"That's what he said" Briefly glancing at Stefan. "but why should I believe you anymore than I believe him?"

"If you don't believe me, why don't you use our witch connection to figure out the truth?" Bonnie knows that she is opening up the risk of this woman deciding to take her out, but if it saves Stefan than it is worth the risk.

Janet is surprised by the gesture, knowing that it would put the other woman at risk, but she figures that at least she'll know for sure. At worst she would be taking out two people instead of one. She watches as Bonnie holds out her hand, obviously waiting for her to take it. She does and from the moment their hands touch, she is bombarded by images that indicate what Bonnie told her was true.

"You're part of the Bennett line of witches?" Janet gasps snatching her hand away, knowing that they are one of the most powerful and most loyal witch lines in the world. Regret fills her as she realizes that she kidnapped and tortured the wrong man.

Bonnie nods her head in confirmation "I'm very sorry for your loss." Bonnie's voice is soft. "I promise you that the Silas will be dealt with."

"Why are you so intent on taking him out?"

"It's the reason I was brought back to life." Bonnie says simply, knowing that Janet got a glimpse of her death and resurrection when she read her.

As soon as the words are out of her mouth, Bonnie is rushing over to Stefan in order to unchain Stefan. He begins to stir slightly and Bonnie hopes that he fully regains consciousness to it make it easier to get him out of here.

"Stefan, wake up." She lightly taps his face.

Stefan hears the voice of the woman he loves and assumes he's having another vision, but the voice keeps getting closer and closer. Opening his eyes, he is surprised to see Bonnie staring down at him in concern.

"Welcome back." She smiles tearfully caressing his cheek.

"Bonnie, when did you get here? Are you okay?" He asks in confusion despite the warmth he feels from Bonnie's hand.

His voice is so comically confused that Bonnie can't help but laugh at him a bit. "I haven't been here long." And then it hits her that one of the first things Stefan asks about her about is her own wellbeing despite going through torture.

Janet watches their exchange with new eyes. If she hadn't believed Bonnie before, the tender exchange between them would have convinced her. There is no way the same person that ruthlessly killed her children, would be able react to Bonnie with such love.

"I'm okay. It's you we should be worried about." Bonnie takes the towel that Janet hands her and wipes at one of Stefan's wounds. "Do you think you can stand up on your so we can get out of here?" If not she'll have to get Caroline and Elena to help.

Stefan nods and slowly makes an attempt to get up. Although it takes a few tries, he his eventually able to get on his feet. He has lean against Bonnie in order to keep from falling, but it still counts as far as he's concerned.

Bonnie slips an arm his waist in order to make it easier to hold on to him as they begin to walk out. She is almost out the door with him, she hears a voice.

"I really am sorry about this. The only thing I could think about was making the person that murdered my children pay. I know it doesn't make things right, but that why I did what I did." Janet's voice is filled with regret.

Bonnie nods her head, knowing how the woman feels. She's felt the same way about Damon and even Stefan to an extent in the past.

And with that they make their way out of the factory, Stefan leaning heavily against Bonnie as they walk to the car.

Mystic Falls (Stefan's Bedroom)

An hour later Stefan's strength has nearly come back and the wound in his leg is beginning to heal. Bonnie is waiting for him to come out of the shower so she can tend to the rest of his wounds. She hears the bathroom door open and sees Stefan out with a towel wrapped around his waist. Normally the sight of him nearly naked would turn her on, but she can only focus on the gaping wounds that litter his torso.

Stefan walks over to his drawer, pulling out a pair of sweat pants and quickly slips them on. When he turns around, he realizes Bonnie is looking at him intently. "Bonnie?"

"We really have to take care of those wounds. Get on the bed." She gestures toward the large bed before going to the bathroom to get the first aid kit.

In no time, Bonnie has him patched up they eventually are lying together on the bed, with Bonnie mindful of his wounds.

"You were the only thing that kept me going while she was torturing me." His voice is subdued.

"Do you want to talk about what happened?" She is cuddled against his side so her voice comes out slightly muffled.

"Not right now. I just want to lay here with you." He presses a soft kiss to her lips before lying back against the pillows.

"Okay." Bonnie's voice is just as soft.

The two continue to lay there in silence, quietly reflecting on the last few hours, before eventually falling asleep.