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' Well mister Salvatore, are you finally going to tell me how you can walk into the sun?' I hear an unfamiliar voice ask.

The owner of the voice sounds impatient, I don't like his tone of speaking either, who the hell is it?

' I'd rather eat vervain.' I hear Damon whisper, he sounds weak.

' As you wish.' I hear the voice reply.

A second later I hear Damon spit and cough, he's almost vomiting but he still doesn't say anything, the room stays filled with silence.

' You damned, vampire.' I hear the voice snarl, then I hear a chair being pulled closer and I think the person sits down on it.

I can't hear Damon anymore, all I hear is his irregular breathing, mixed with Caroline's.

Even though I want to see the person who is capturing us, I can't manage to open my eyes, I'm too weak.

My head hurts like crazy and my wrests and ankles are burning from the vervain.

It feels like I'm hanging, I'm not on the ground, my wrests and ankles are wrapped by something that's drenched with vervain, but the pain makes it impossible to figure out what it is exactly.

I hear the unknown person tapping the heels of his shoe on the ground, it seems like he is impatient and it's frustrating me, it makes it harder for me to think clearly.

' Who… are… you?' I manage to whisper with a lot of effort.

' Look who's awake now.' I hear the voice reply. ' Miss Elena Gilbert, it's a shame that you became a vampire, you where such a nice girl.'

' Who are you?' I ask again, still trying to open my eyes. ' What do you want from us?'

' I'm an old friend of your father, Elena.' The man answers. ' And all I want to know is how you can walk into the sunlight, if you tell me, I don't have to hurt you.'

God, the guy irritates me, why can't he just answer my question instead of talking about my father.

With much effort I manage to get my eyes open, the man that's standing in front of me has black hair, I think he's around the age of 40 and I have no idea who he is.

I'm hanging in the middle of a room, tied up by iron chains, Caroline and Damon are hanging in the same position next to me, they both are unconscious.

' Who are you?' I ask for the third time, giving the guy a angry look.

' Steve Miller.' The man answers. ' I used to work with your father in the hospital.'

' I don't know you.' I his.

' You don't need to know me, Elena.' The man replies. ' But enough of the chit chat. Now tell me, how can you walk in the sun?'

' Over my dead body.' I snarl.

' Look Elena, we can do this the easy way or the hard way, it's your choice.' Steve says. ' Let's try this again, how can you walk in the sun?'

' Sorry, can't tell you.' I reply.

' Fine.' He says. ' The hard way it is.'

My eyes widen when I see him grabbing for a stake and I prepare myself for the pain that's coming.

I only let out a small moan when he drives the stake into my stomach , it hurts a lot, but I won't give him the benefit of seeing that.

' Changed your mind already?' Steve asks, while he picks another stake. ' Or do you still need some help?'

' You can go screw yourself.' I his.

He shrugs and drives the second stake right underneath my ribs, making me gasp for air.

' I can do this all day long, Elena.' Steve says. ' But it would be easier if you wouldn't be this stubborn.'

' I thought you where an old friend off my father.' I snarl. ' Then you should know that being stubborn is in the character of a Gilbert.'

' You think you are really smart, isn't it Elena?' Steve asks, while a vile grin appears on his face. ' You can be stubborn if you want to, but I'll find a way to crack you.'

' Give it a shot.' I his, giving him an angry glare.

I breath in deeply when I see him taking a branch of vervain, I'm hoping he won't push it into my mouth like he did with Damon.

' One more time, Elena.' He says, while he holds the branch of vervain just a few inches from my face. ' How do you walk in the sun?'

I keep my lips pressed together and shake my head, there's no hair on my body that thinks about telling him the truth.

Steve's still smiling when he lets the branch of vervain slide over my cheek.

I have to pinch my jaws together in order not to scream from the excruciating pain that I feel when the vervain touches my skin.

My fangs pop out of my gums and before I even know it I'm growling to Steve like an animal, making him step back.

' You have a furious temper, miss Gilbert.' Steve says. ' Still not planning on telling me your little secret?'

' No!' I his, this man is making me furious, I'd rather snap his neck this very moment, the only problem is that I can't reach him.

I breathe in deeply a few times to calm down, my fangs draw back into my gums and I feel my face relax.

' I really recommend you to tell me how you can walk into the sun.' Steve says, walking back towards me as soon that he sees me calm down. 'It would make it a lot easier for the both of us.'

' In your dreams.' I reply.

' Do you really think your parents would be proud of you right now, Elena?' Steve asks. ' Do you really think they still would love you if they knew what you've become?'

' My parents have nothing to do with this.' I his. ' They are dead, don't use them for your gain!'

' If they were alive and they knew what you where they would detest you.' He continues. ' I even think your father would drive a stake through your heart himself.'

He laughs when he sees a teardrop rolling down my face. ' Want to tell me how you can walk into the sun now?'

I shake my head. ' I'd rather get staked than that I tell you how I can walk in the sun.'

Steve throws his arms up in the air. ' What the hell do I have to do with you before you'll tell me!'

The smile on his face disappeared and made place for confusion, he has no idea how to get it out of me.

He can torture me as much as he wants, I won't tell him anything.

' Where am I?' I hear Caroline ask softly.

Steve looks up when he hears Caroline's voice and there is that wicked grin again, he found someone else to torture.

' Maybe this lovely blond one likes to tell me how you can walk into the sun.' Steve says, while he walks towards Caroline. ' You are ok, sweetheart, if you cooperate with me nothing will happen to you.'

' Don't listen to him, Caroline.' I say.

' Elena? What does this guy want from us?' Caroline asks scared.

' I only want to know how you can walk in the sun.' Steve says to Caroline.

' Why should I tell you.' Caroline replies.

' Because if you tell me, I won't have to hurt you.' Steve answers.

' I don't really feel like telling you.' Caroline says. ' So I think I just don't.'

' Whatever you want.' Steve says, while he takes another stake. ' We'll do it the hard way.'

Seeing him attacking Caroline almost makes me telling him how we can walk in the sun, but Caroline captures my eyes with hers and shakes her head.

She closes her eyes when Steve wants to drive the stake into her stomach, but when the stake touches her stomach it breaks into pieces in his hand.

' What the … ?' Steve cries out, not getting what just happened.

He's not the only one, Caroline and I both are stunned by what just happened, how is it possible that the stake broke? Is Bonnie doing a protecting spell on Caroline or is it something else?

I don't get much time to wonder, Steve is furious and drives another stake into my chest, right beside my heart.

I didn't see this one coming and I roar from the pain that I'm feeling, that jackass caught me off guard.

A second later Damon's eyes fly open, he looks around wildly, not understanding what's going on, but when he sees the stakes that are sticking in my body and the amount of pain that I'm in, his eyes start to tear up.

' Leave them alone.' He whispers. ' I'll give you what you want.'

Steve's attention is fully directed to Damon, waiting for him to give him the answer he's longing for.

' Damon, don't.' I whisper. ' Don't tell him.'

' It's over, Elena. We can't win this.' He whispers, then he turns his attention to Steve. ' The ring, we can walk in the sun because of the ring on our fingers.'

Steve's eyes light up when he finally hears what he wants to know and he turns around to take three syringes, probably filled with vervain.

' See, that wasn't that hard, was it?' He says, while he walks towards Caroline and injects her with one of the syringes.

Caroline loses conscious immediately, now I'm 100 percent sure that the syringes are filled with vervain.

The second syringe gets injected in Damon's arm, now there's only one left and I know that it's for me.

' What are you going to do with us?' I ask.

' Don't worry, Elena.' Steve replies, while he injects the syringe into my arm. ' You are only going to take a short nap.'

Then he shoots the vervain into my veins and everything goes black.

When I wake back up I feel a soft breeze on my face, I don't know where I am instantly but I know that I'm still tied up to something.

When I open my eyes I see a lot of people standing in front of me, they are all looking at us with disgust.

The sky is colored red and I know that the sun will come up soon, when I look to my hand and I see that my ring is gone, I know what is going to happen.

Caroline and Damon are both awake too and they are looking at me, I can see that they are scared too.

' Ladies and gentlemen, I know that some of you might think this is a little harsh but I'd like to show you why we need to kill these vampires.' Steve says through a microphone while he walks on the stage where we are tied up.

He has a blood bag in his hand, only seeing the blood makes my fangs pop out and I feel the wrinkles under my eyes return.

I want the blood, I need it, I'm so hungry that I can't think about anything else.

The same happens to Damon and Caroline and I can see the people from town gasp for air when they see our monstrous faces.

' You see, ladies and gentlemen.' Steve says. ' Those creatures need blood, they want it, they can't even control their selves when they only see it. This is why they need to be killed.'

' Stop this nonsense!' I hear a familiar voice scream out of the crowd.

Curiously I look around, I need to find the one who is standing up for us.

Then I see brown hair moving towards the stage and when the guy jumps onto the stage that we are on my eyes meet his green ones.

' Stefan.' I whisper thankfully.

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