Chapter Twenty Five: Enzo

Katherine's vision slowly cleared, great they had knocked her out again. Damn, this fragile human body who was carrying a baby. She saw that she was in an all-white room trapped in a bed and held back by restraints. The only decorations seemed to be several different vials of blood.

"You finally woke up," Dr. Wes said cheerfully as he adjusted the IV in her arm. "The medication might be too strong, I don't want it to be completely painful you know precious cargo and all."

"What the hell are you doing?" she hissed.

"I think the better question is where is Elena, Katherine Pierce?" Dr. Wes asked. "You weren't easy to track down, but I managed. You're her doppelganger impersonation Elena, now where is the real Elena, Katherine?"

"In hell hopefully," she hissed. "Where she belongs."

Dr. Wes looked almost relieved. "So she's dead and not a vampire?"

Katherine snorted. "She couldn't take it."

"A former vampire who became pregnant," he eyed her belly. "That doesn't happen every day." He took out a needle.

Katherine flinched. "What are you doing?"

"Relax," he murmured as he placed the needle in her arm. "I just want to take a few blood samples. Sleep."

Katherine's eyes closed.

Bulgaria 1498

"Excuse me?" Katerina knocked desperately on the door of the home in a small village in eastern Bulgaria. This would be the third village she had searched in the last week looking for her now to be eight year old daughter. A woman answered, she compelled her to answer truthfully. "Please, do you know of someone with a baby-I mean a little girl by the last name of Petrova? She would be eight years old right now she was taken away when she was a baby. Do you know where she is?"

"No, I'm sorry dear, I don't know. She's long gone."

Katherine shook her head. "No, she can't be gone."

"Enzo," Damon choked out as he continued staring at the handsome dark hair man. "What are you doing here, why aren't you-"

"Dead?" Enzo let out a low chuckle. "That seems to be the million dollar question, to put it in simple words, I survived that fire. But it's good to see you, friend."

A rush of guilt passed through Damon. "I never meant to leave you."

"That's funny because it sure as hell looked like that when you turned around and walked away," he hissed. "I trusted you Damon and you betrayed me, not only did I survive but I've become one of the Augustine's experiments time and time again why you've enjoyed your life."

"Look, I didn't have a choice," Damon snarled. "We were both going to die in that fire, it was either you or me."

A look of hurt flashes in his eyes. "And you choose you."

Damon looked away. He did not want to get into this conversation especially when Katherine was with Dr. Creepy. He grabbed the rails but they were still covered in vervain. "Enzo, you need to get me out of here-"

"To rescue your lady friend?" Enzo finished for him. "No, Damon I think we have a lot to discuss you and I, besides I've earned it. Your girl isn't easy to track down for information. That is Katherine Pierce right, your one true love? The one you kept talking about while you were here, you were right she is a beauty. But you never mentioned that she was a human and pregnant."

"She used to be a vampire." He searched for other exits. There were none. "It's a long story and I promised that I will give you the whole autobiography the minute I get out of here. Just please you need to get me out, the doctor can't hurt her, especially not in this stage."

Enzo raised an eyebrow. "Why should I help you? You turned your back when I was left in that fire, why shouldn't I turn my back on you?"

"Damn it, Enzo." He hissed. "I'm sorry ok, I'm sorry I left you here, if it makes you feel any better it's one of the things I most regret. I had to turn off my humanity just too simply walk away from you. You want revenge fine, you'll get revenge, but just please let me get Katherine. The baby that she is carrying, that's my baby, my daughter."

Enzo looked perplexed. "That's impossible."

Damon showed him the mark of the hexagon. "Not for witches, Katherine took the cure and that's how she became a human again and that's why that asshole wants to do experiments on her, to check this giant miracle."

Enzo didn't respond.

"Are you seriously going to go against me to side with this guy? The same asshole who kept you trapped her and experimented on you, Enzo he's using you. Come on your smarter than this," his voice lowered. "Enzo, that baby is important to me and I'm not going to screw things up again. I won't forgive myself if anything happens to her or to Katherine . . . please help me."

Enzo clasped his hands against the lock and broke it.

"What are you doing?" Katherine managed to croak as she watched Dr. Maxfield walk back and forth. Whatever medicine that Dr. Wes was pumping into her was keeping her weak and half asleep.

She saw the way that Dr. Wes was fiddling over the injections. She felt her blood ran cold. What the hell was he planning on doing? Katherine let out an unexpected whimper, no she wasn't going to be scared of him of all people.

"Like I said before, Katherine or do you prefer Katerina?" Katherine glared at him. "You're interesting, more importantly the baby you are carrying is interesting. Consider it the science man inside me. I can't let this opportunity go to waste."

She saw as Dr. Wes approached her holding a needle with a strange red liquid inside it. She started trashing trying to release her arms from underneath the straps. "No, please, don't do this, please."

Dr. Wes ignored her as he jabbed the needle inside. Katherine bit her tongue to keep from screaming from pain.

She heard someone vamp flash in the room, but she couldn't see who it was.

"You should really lock your door," Damon smirked as he and Enzo came in. "Wouldn't want intruders to come through."

"I see that you have renewed your friendship." Dr. Wes said carefully. Katherine noticed that he was heading towards the back of the room where there was a red button. "Damon." She whispered.

Damon noticed this and pinned Dr. Wes by the shoulders. "Would you care to do the honors old friend?"

Enzo nodded. "It would be my pleasure." Enzo ignored Dr. Wes glares and protest that it was all for science. "I'll take it outside, it really isn't a show for women and children."

Amateur, Katherine thought as he walked outside.

Damon pulled off the restraints as he picked her up. "You ok?"

She nodded as she snuggled into his arms. "I just really want to go home."

Damon placed Katherine on the bed and Katherine winced as she laid down on the covers. "Sorry," he said. "Are you ok?"

"I've been . . . better." Katherine said slowly as she forced a smile, she was never much of a whiner and she would rather deal with things as they came alone. Damon didn't know that Wes had injected her with a strange vaccine and she wasn't planning on telling him unless it had secondary effects. Hopefully, it didn't have any. "I'm fine, just tired."

Damon didn't look convinced. "That creep had you down there for a long time."

"Damon, I'm fine stop stressing," she said with an edge to her voice. "Besides shouldn't you be with your not so dead buddy Enzo celebrating your victory."

A twitch of a smile appeared on Damon's face. "He's coming over later." He pushed back a stray curl from her face. Did she always look so pale? "And are you sure that you're ok? Is the baby ok?" His blue eyes lowered to her swollen belly.

"I'm fine." She nodded. "I just need some sleep. The baby is fine." She closed her eyes and let darkness overcome her.

Damon cocked his head to the side as he watched her sleep. Was she really fine? Katherine wasn't what you would call honest, but maybe she was now when a baby was involved. Damon gently rubbed her belly and his baby inside her stirred a little. It seemed that they were both tired.

A look of relief spread across his face. If something should have happened to them, he would have never forgiven himself. Perhaps there was a God. Or at least they were damn lucky.

"Hey, I've been trying to reach you-"Stefan broke up when he saw Damon looking at a sleeping Katherine. He saw the way that Damon's jaw tightened. "What's wrong?"

Damon motioned to Stefan to follow him outside.

"I've tried calling you," Stefan said frowning. "Caroline was calling everyone someone took her phone and told you guys to meet at Whitmore College and we couldn't find Bonnie to do the spell-what happened to Katherine she looks exhausted."

"We both had a long day. Come join me for a drink." Damon offered. It was time to tell his brother everything about his past.

-End of Chapter Twenty Five-