Chapter 21 Deadly intentions

Stefan followed Katherine to the bar and waited in the alley for her to lure some humans. He considered the fact that she had come back and saved him after Damon nearly killed him. Maybe he really could trust her this time. Maybe... Stefan was no longer sure. Katherine was intent on getting revenge on Damon and Stefan was happy to help her. But the anger of betrayal he felt from Elena was on Katherine as well. She betrayed him first and she did it worse.

Stefan wasn't sure if he could forgive her for her actions after all. He was the fool back then in 1864 and he was the fool now. He was tired of it. Maybe it was time to show everyone who he was. Maybe this time Stefan would get what he wanted and he didn't care who had to suffer for it.

"Come on boys follow me." Katherine was giggling like a young girl.

Stefan frowned in distaste he had been hoping for a woman to feed from. But he lunged for the larger of the two men and drained him quickly.

He sat patiently as Katherine took her time with the younger man. She loved playing with her food. She fingered his neck seductively and but gingerly. She pressed her body against his and moaned as she drew his blood into her body. Stefan suddenly felt an urge to scream whore. But instead he fixed a loving expression on his face and continued to wait.

"Thank you love." He said sweetly motioning to the man at his feet. She finished and tossed the boy to the side. She smiled at him wickedly.

"Gotta love a good hunt." She smiled looking fully sated. She ran her finger down Stefan's cheek.

"I missed it." He agreed leaning in and kissing her with anger. She mistook it for passion and moaned slamming him against the wall of the alley and kissing him harder.

"We better get out of here." Stefan breathed huskily. "Check on our bait."

Katherine laughed wickedly. "Pathetic little Elena must be frantic by now. Oh Stefan. The games are about to get started."

"I can't wait." Stefan said grinning. His eyes flashed evilly as he followed her back out into the night. Enjoying the power and speed he had missed for long. Soon enough, He thought, I'll show them all I'm nobodies fool.

Jeremy sat quietly in the corner counting to one hundred over and over it was keeping him calm. Keeping him from counting her heartbeats, from hearing her pulse, and smelling her blood. He realized this was the true test of who we was. A test he desperately needed to pass.

He wasn't the first Gilbert to have turned. Their were other black sheep in the family as well. When Damon and Alaric captured Katherine she had several of the Gilbert journals with her. Jeremy wasn't sure what she wanted with them but he read and re read the journal's several times. Katherine it seemed had tortured his family for generations. Over time the Gilbert's had become proficient vampire one and only goal had always been to destroy Katherine Pierce. But she never came alone and their was always other vampires around to kill. She had steadily avoided capture every singe time.

Jeremy and Elena weren't the first Gilbert's to be drawn to vampires. There had been others that had turned. A few of them even came close to capturing Katherine but were killed in rage by their own family. The vampire hunters refusing to allow the Gilbert name to live on in vampire. Katherine had never let up his family. She didn't just kill but broke up families, ruined towns, and caused compete havoc to anyone in her path. She destroyed his ancestors and his family one by one.

Still is, He mused, Only now their was game changer involved. He would bet money that a half Gilbert half Pierce baby was never meant to exist. Jeremy wasn't entirely sure what that meant for Elena. But he did know that Katherine would kill him once she no longer needed him. He was a Gilbert male and judging from the journals she tortured them the worst. Uncle John was complete idiot agreeing to work with her. Jeremy was never going to understand what his uncle was thinking. He had read these journals after all.

He stole a glance at Ashley who had somehow managed to sleep through all of this. He heard the foot steps and smelled the human blood and knew Katherine and Stefan were approaching. He saw Ashley stir and suddenly he flew over to her side and removed her bracelet.

"You are going to sleep peacefully until I tell you to run. Then you run like hell. Got it." He compelled. She lulled back into a peaceful sleep and he hurried back to his corner. He knew she could be angry at him later. But he was worried about her mouth getting her into trouble.

"Oh good he hasn't eat her yet." Katherine said entering the cell with Stefan behind her.

"I didn't want to miss it." She said in a seductive tone coming closer to Jeremy. He looked past her and noticed Stefan's chin tighten.

"Once you feed live your senses will explode." Katherine said stroking Jeremy's cheek.

"Back off bitch." Jeremy muttered jumping away from her.

"You will be on such overload you wouldn't be able to control the lust. I could take you and you wouldn't even care that I look like your sister." Katherine giggled. "The horror you would feel after the deed was done. It would be priceless."

"Your sick." Jeremy spat.

"Katherine love." Stefan interrupted a hurt look plastered across his face. "You don't honestly want him?"

"Of course not Stefan." She said flippantly. "I just want to watch him suffer."

"Fine then let everyone else go. I'm the only Gilbert left. I'm the one you want vengeance on so take it and let's move on. Leave everyone else out of it." Jeremy said crossing his arms.

"I'm impressed Gilbert. You intuitive. I'll give you that. I do plan on destroying the last Gilbert. But now that you can no longer procreate. I am in no rush to kill you. Your still a baby." Katherine mused. "I've only started making you suffer."

Stefan looked at her curiously he thought Jeremy was just bait. This was supposed to be a trap for Damon and Elena.

"What do you mean by started?" Jeremy asked his eyes narrowing.

"Did you ever ask yourself why John staked Annabelle and not Damon? Clearly he wanted the Salvatore's away from Elena so why would he have wasted the opportunity on her?" Katherine asked a smile forming in the corners of her mouth.

"You.. you gave the order. Anna's dead because of you!" Jeremy rushed Katherine only to be pushed back against the cold hard granite wall in seconds.

"Yes." She hissed. "I won't ever allow you to find happiness and simply killing you isn't enough, Your the last one. Your going to get it the worst."

"But your not the last on yet Jer." Katherine said her tone cooling still only inches from Jeremy's face. "Elena is half Gilbert. She still exists."

"But she is also half Pierce." Jeremy reminded her.

"Of course and she took the best parts of it of me. She thinks she is better then me. She is the worst Gilbert of them all because she was never supposed to happen. She taunts me everyday the human who stole my face who walks around with Gilbert blood tainting my own. She gets her mate? Her happily ever after. No way. Jeremy your wrong. I'm not here destroy you. Not yet. I'm here to destroy Elena and her mate."

"Speaking of which. I think it's time to invite the happy little couple over." Katherine said holding out her hand. "Give me your phone Gilbert. It's time to get started."

Damon woke up to Elena's phone ringing. She was curled into his body like a little kitten. He smiled softly. Actually enjoying the warm feeling he was getting from her. He realized he was already starting to sense her feelings. She was calm and happy. He didn't want to wake her just yet.

He reached over to grab her phone to silence it when he saw Jeremy's name flash up on the screen. He frowned as reality hit him.

"Yes." He said picking up the phone. He felt Elena start to stir in his arms and pulled her close to him.

"Answering each other's phones already. How sweet." Katherine purred.

"Just tell me what you want. I'm a little preoccupied right now." Damon snapped.

"So crude." Katherine said making the tisk sound.

"Listen carefully. You want to save Jeremy and his little blond mouthpiece. You both do exactly as I say." Katherine started.

"And if I don't?" Damon challenged.

"Then they both die. A baby vamp and a human? I wouldn't even need Stefan." Katherine laughed.

"Stefan's with you?" Damon questioned.

"Does that bother you?" Katherine drawled.

Damon shrugged actually he felt better knowing where Stefan was and that he wouldn't be just showing up at any minute.

"Why would it? I can take my brother down no matter how full you load him up with human blood." Damon replied.

"I doubt that." Katherine chirped. "My Stefan is becoming so strong. The far better choice in every respect."

"Go to hell Katherine." Damon spat.

"Not if I take you there first." She said her voice dripping with venom. "You and your little pet.

"Listen carefully Damon. I will send Stefan to get you and Elena at midnight tonight. No one is to follow him. He is gut loaded so to speak he will know if he's followed. He calls me and I kill them...just like that. So that vampire hunter you've decided to befriend will have to stay back. That little traitor Isobel can keep him company. Tell her not to worry. I'll be coming for her soon enough." She instructed.

"What if Stefan just flies off the handle at attacks us?" Damon asked worrying about the gut loaded part of her little plan.

"He won't." She replied. "He wants to destroy you just as bad as I do."

Damon hung the phone up and tried to formulate a plan.

"Who was on the phone?' Elena said sleepily as she woke up.

"Katherine." Damon replied.

Elena's eyes grew wide with fear.

"We have to go tonight." He grimaced.

"It's not enough time.. to learn." Elena stammered in fear as her face paled.

"I know." He said softly. "It will be okay we'll figure out a way. We have a secret weapon. It's not the best one we could have. It's kind of like a car that could crap out on you at any moment. But it's something..."

What is it already?" Elena said relaxing a bit and rolling her eyes.

"Bonnie." He answered. "Katherine doesn't know she's here."

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