With the knowledge of the number that she'd found in Klaus' jeans pocket, Amy was much more at ease, strangely enough. She didn't feel angry or betrayed, or whatever, like she probably should have. In fact, knowing that there was someone in the wings made her feel like she could be closer to him.

"Here's your laundry," Amy told Klaus as she put the folded pile of clothes on the bed, the number itself set right back where it had been. "Your jeans and some shirts."

"Well, thank you," Klaus acknowledged. "I appreciate it."

"You're welcome," Amy told him. "So…are you going to go out hunting tonight? I've noticed that you've been drinking from blood bags these last few days."

"Well, you know I'm not one to just throw in the towel and give up, but that pesky masked avenger that keeps interrupting me every time I eat just really makes the whole thing pointless," Klaus remarked.

"I don't think it's as bad as you're making it out to be," Amy reasoned. "Even when she comes, you still get to feed, don't you? It's just not as much as you'd like."

"How do you know about my encounters with her?" Klaus asked.

"Well, you've told me about them so many times, how could I not know about your encounters with her?" Amy replied.

Klaus gave her a long, suspicious glance and asked, "Do you know anything you're not telling me?"

"Do you think I know something I'm not telling you?" Amy asked.

"I don't know," Klaus told her. "And you know what? I think I'll go hunting after all."

"All right," Amy replied. "Have a good time."

"I won't," Klaus told her. "But I won't let that woman think she can beat me into submission and stop me from doing what I like to do."

"What she's doing isn't about you!" Amy cried passionately. "It's about your victims! Don't you care about them?"

"No!" Klaus shook his head and tried not to laugh. "Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, vampires gotta feed! How do you not understand that? It's all well and good for you to say 'Think of the victims' when you're not the one who needs people's blood for a food source. If you did, you'd understand where I'm coming from."

"All right, fine!" Amy sighed. "If it'll save people, take blood from me. Would that stop you from attacking innocent people?"

"Yes, it would," Klaus replied.

"All right, then," Amy nodded resolutely and took off her shirt. "If you're so hungry, let's get to it."

After Klaus finished feeding, he fed Amy some of his blood so she would heal and then they went to watch TV in awkward silence, which was interrupted by Rosalie coming in with Aaron.

"Be nice," Amy told him firmly as the pair came into the living room.

"Don't worry," Klaus said through his teeth. "I promise not to kill him."

But having fed less, it took more and more effort for Klaus to restrain himself and finally, Aaron just sitting there became too much for him. Klaus came around and grabbed Aaron by the throat, shaking him hard. "You came on a bad day," he said. "I haven't fed much and I'm hungry!"

Much to Amy's surprise, although Rosalie tried hard to fight off her father, she didn't try as hard as Amy thought she would. Finally though, the two were separated and Then Rosalie grabbed Aaron and brought him outside as Amy murmured apologies and shot a brain pain spell at her husband.

"Are you okay?" Rosalie asked Aaron when they were in his car. "I know you wanted to test what you could do with blood inside you, but you nearly gave me a heart attack."

"I'll stop for now," Aaron replied. "And next time I have a go at your father, hopefully he'll be mad enough to kill me. Don't worry. You won't have to sit through that."

Kai was sitting on his bed when he heard the door to his cell open. Naturally, he assumed it was Victoria since no one other than she and James ever came to visit him. However, even with the door open, he saw no one. Victoria had chosen to become invisible as a way to maintain control after his kiss, which had thrown her completely off guard.

"Victoria?" He called out. "Are you here? Are you playing some sort of joke on me?" He got no response, but then, just when he'd shrugged it off, he felt ice cold water be dumped all over his head and shoulders.

"What the hell?" He cried, shaking and sputtering. Then he heard Victoria's tinkling laugh as she said, "You know, you look really good wet. I just wanted to make sure you were on your toes today."

Kai cast a hunted look around. "All right, very funny. Where have you gone?"

"I'm right here," Victoria said and pushed him against the wall. "Can't you see me?"

"No," Kai shook his head. "You're invisible or something. I can't see you at all."

"Nice to see there's no trouble with your eyesight," Victoria told him. "I wonder what I should do to you next."

"Well, whatever it is, don't you think you should allow me to see your gorgeous face while you do it?" Kai wanted to know.

"Isn't that cute?" Victoria replied. "You think you can call me pretty and I'll just do whatever you want. Here's a tip, buster. That doesn't work on me." To emphasize her point, she sent him flying into the wall where he hit hard and landed in a crumpled heap on the floor.

"Now is that really fair?" He asked when he finally was able to get up. "You know I have no magic and yet you're doing all these terrible things to me."

"Are you giving up?" Victoria asked. "You're not gonna fight back?"

"It would be a lot easier to fight back against someone I could actually see," Kai pointed out. "That's my only complaint. Of course I'm more than willing to fight you."

"Oh, god," Victoria groaned. "You have a point and I hate that!"

As Kai smirked, she slowly became visible. "There," he said when he could see her again. "That's not so bad, is it?"

Victoria stuck her tongue out at him. "I really hate you," she replied.

"There's a big surprise," Kai remarked. "Here I thought we were really making progress."

"If you're talking about that kiss," Victoria told him dryly, "That was just you being a spiteful sneaky jerk!"

"I had to prove a point to you because you think you're so smart," Kai reminded her. "You think you can just come in here with your power and your key, but I could outwit you any time I want."

"Then why don't you?" Victoria wanted to know. "Why do you stay when you can, as you've already shown, get out really easily when you want to? Don't you have places you wanna go and people you wanna see? James told me that you're only down here because your mother had you locked up. That's really mean. You wanna talk about it?"

Kai laughed. "Are we talking about feelings now?" He asked. "Is that what we're doing? Cause I really have no interest in doing that."

"Fine, whatever," Victoria scoffed. "Sorry I brought it up."

"Yeah, you better be!" Kai replied, grabbing her, his eyes flashing. "Don't pretend like you know me, all right? Don't you come in here with your big eyes and your soft voice and your sympathy and think you can get to know me, cause you can't!"

Victoria gave him a slap. "You calm down now," she ordered. "I don't want to have to tie you up again."

"Oh, please do," Kai smiled. "Pain is a big step up from pity." He paused and then reached out to stroke her wrist. "Or, you know what? If you really wanted to make me feel better…I would love to tie you up. That would be fun, don't you think?"

Victoria leaned in close to him so that their lips were practically touching and whispered, "I'd prefer that to being kissed by you any day of the week."

Kai then pulled her over to the chair, sat her down, and tied her up. He then grabbed the whip and brought it down, expecting her to cry, or even cry out. But instead, she just laughed. And laughed. And laughed. Finally, he got so frustrated that he untied her, set her on the ground, grabbed a pillow, and began smothering her until she kicked him in the gut and sent him flying backwards.

"You know, that was an awfully good try," she complimented as she came to stand over him. "I applaud your effort."

"Oh, shut up," Kai scoffed. "Don't you praise me. I failed. Granted this will be the only time it will happen and next time it'll be you on your ass on the floor while I stand over you."

"I'll be sure to wear something low cut so you can drool over my breasts and then I can pull you down beside me while you're distracted."

"Not gonna happen," Kai shook his head. "Although, I wouldn't mind getting a good look at your breasts again. One glance isn't enough." He then got up and placed a hand on her chest. "I bet you're enjoying this as much as I am," he told her. "Pretty good compensation for one of the rare times I lost.

"So I beat you and will continue to," Victoria shrugged, letting out a brief moan as his hand slowly slid up her breasts. "That happens sometimes."

"Not to me," Kai replied as he scrambled to his feet. "I always win."

"Maybe in the past," Victoria told him, and then bit his hand before ordering him back to his cot. "But not anymore."