Chapter 37: Good Breeder

PLEASE REVIEW…Sorry for the delay, again. I'm trying.

Elena, Stefan and Damon were relaxing in their new get away house. It was the same house, Elena and Stefan had run off to on the lake before. Damon thought it was a bit bland, but he kept it to himself. However, he didn't keep to himself that he doubted they would be safe there, because they had been there before. But Elena just reminded him that this time the house would be magically protected. When Nathaniel got back he was going to put a barrier around it so no one could get in.

Elena heard her phone ring as she worked in the kitchen with Stefan cooking dinner. She put the knife down to answer it, while Stefan kept cutting the vegetables. She looked at the phone and it was a number she didn't recognize. Stefan noticed her facial expression and came closer to see for himself. He didn't recognize it either, but he let her answer it.

"Hello?"

"Oh thank god." Serena sighed.

"Serena?" Elena sounded surprised. How had she been able to call, she was imprisoned.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah, we're fine. Where are you?"

"I'm still here, but…damn it…" Serena groaned as she tried to balance the phone on her shoulder and rearrange a few things in the room. All Elena could hear over the phone was a lot of banging and shuffling. "Um, listen I don't have a lot of time. Trying to play hide and seek with an Incubus isn't exactly easy."

"He's not…"

"NO, don't worry he won't kill me. Not yet, anyway. Has he done it yet?"

"Has who done what?"

"I think she means the spell on the house." Stefan said. He figured Serena was refraining from saying it out loud so Lilu wouldn't know anything, he could probably hear every word she was saying.

"No, he hasn't been here." Elena told her.

"Well, where the hell is he?...Nevermind." She sighed knowing Elena wouldn't know the answer to that, she was just venting. Nathaniel needed to hurry up though. "Ok, well, that's all I wanted, I have to go now."

"NO, Serena…" But Serena hung up the phone before she could say anything. "Wait."

"What'd she say?" Damon asked from the doorway.

"She was checking in, but she couldn't talk long because she's hiding from him."

"Did she get away?"

Elena shook her head. They wished she had gotten away. Elena didn't want Serena to die for her, she didn't want anyone to die for her. But if Serena escaped then Lilu would come after her and try to make her his mate and make her bear his supernatural children. As many as he could get out of her, probably. The thought alone was enough to make her stomach upset.

Stefan and Damon shared looks, they were both on edge about this. It was hard to know what was going to happen next. And Damon had even more reason to worry because he had seen the news. The sister was on her rampage making the town that much more dangerous. Damon was growing impatient with this whole thing, because obviously it wasn't working. Their plans so far were failing and he was starting to lose faith. Stefan and Elena, though, of course, seemed to still believe it would all be ok.

Then there was a knock at the door. Damon and Stefan followed Elena to the door. They figured it was someone who was allowed to be there, since as far as they knew, their location hadn't been betrayed. Elena figured it was maybe finally Nathaniel. Maybe Serena called him all angry after hanging up with her while she had the phone.

But when Elena opened the door she saw someone she had hoped to never see again. When she saw his face she couldn't help but let out a scream.

"Hello, my lovely." Klaus said with a smile.

Serena dropped the phone and ran back the way she came as Lilu busted his way through the door. He hadn't bothered following her path of destruction, he could just hear her through the walls and figure out which room she was in.

However, she wasn't fast enough and he jumped landing on his stomach to grab her leg. She fell down hitting her chin on the floor and quickly rolled onto her back to kick him with her free foot. Unfortunately, he caught it before it hit his face and he pulled her to him. She tried to grab at the wall she broke through, but it broke under her hands and then she was in his arms.

"Did you really think you could get away?"

She gave him a small smile as if she were amused with herself and it distracted him enough that she could elbow him in the face breaking his nose. She rolled and got up and ran again. But his sister was still there. And she was blocking her way. Lilitu was standing in the doorway that Serena tried to escape out of.

"Just where do you think you're going?"

"Not your concern is it? My deal isn't with you, I'm not your type."

"Bitch, you broke my nose!" Lilu screamed as he moved it back into place. Meanwhile, he walked towards her and grabbed her harshly by the arm. "That hurt!" He yelled before his hand came down hard on her face. Hard enough that she was forced to the ground.

"Why do you like her?" Lilitu asked her brother with in exasperation. She just didn't understand.

"Why do you care?"

"She's a waste of time, brother. She is a pain in our asses, and she's not even worth it. Just screw the little agreement you've made and go get the girl!"

"Worry about your own problems. It's not like you've been mated yet."

Serena got up from the floor with Lilu's help and he carried her back to the bedroom. This time his sister took her leave knowing he wasn't going to listen to her and she was getting tired of him anyway. He put Serena on the bed and decided he was going to teach her a lesson. He held her down and tied her hands and feet to the bed posts. He was going to torture her, and she knew it. Except his torture to most women would be the exact opposite. But it was going to drain her of a lot of energy and render her incapable of doing anything like that again for a while.

Elena looked at Klaus with wide eyes and she couldn't breathe. Her hand was on her chest to make sure her heart was still beating, that it hadn't burst. "How – how are you – you're dead." She stuttered.

"My fault." Nathaniel admitted as he came forward with his mother. "And hers." He added pointing down to her.

"Hi, I'm Josephine, his mother." She said with a smile holding out her hand to be friendly. She looked friendly. She looked like the kind of woman who would never have anything to do with someone like Klaus. Yet, somehow she had loved him. Elena was tempted to ask her why.

Elena shook her hand and said hello in return. Stefan came forward to greet his old partner who had take him captive until Serena saved him.

"Why are you here?" He asked calmly knowing with Nathaniel there he couldn't harm them.

"Are we still upset about what happened?" Klaus asked looking at the three of them who were all glaring at him with daggers in their eyes. He sounded as if it didn't matter what he did. "It's in the past, get over it."

"Get over it?" Elena asked wondering if he was serious. How could they ever get over it? He had ruined everything.

"Can we argue later?" Nathaniel asked. "I have a spell to do."

Elena looked back at the boys knowing she had to invite him in. Stefan nodded lightly, but Damon shook his head. He didn't want any of them in the house. But Elena ignored him and turned back to Nathaniel.

"You can come in." She emphasized so Klaus wouldn't get any ideas. He definitely wasn't invited…ever.

Nathaniel snuck by her and walked his way to the living room. Klaus stayed standing in the doorway staring at Damon and Stefan who kept watch, while Elena went with Nathaniel.

"What do you need?" She asked.

"A bowl." He already had all the ingredients, he just needed something to mix it in. Then he would have to bless the house by putting the herbs in bags and placing one at each of the four corners on every floor, then put the barrier around it to be safe. He was already tired from raising his mother and father, but he had no choice. It was either this or sacrifice the poor girl.

She soon came back in with a big mixing bowl. "Will this work?"

"That's fine." He told her as he took it and placed it on the coffee table.

While he was doing that, she figured she might as well tell him that Serena called him. It was only fair. He was probably worried sick and any support she give him by letting him know she at least sounded alright was better than nothing.

"Serena called me."

He stopped what he was doing and slowly his eyes rose from the table to stare at her.

"Just before you came."

"What did she say?"

"She asked if we were alright, then she asked if you had been here yet."

Nathaniel scoffed. That sounded like her, worrying about every one else and not herself.

"She said she was playing hide and seek." Elena added knowing that was important. She highly doubted they were actually playing, it sounded more like she was trying to escape than just hide for the fun of it.

That part unsettled Nathaniel and he sank into the couch rubbing his eyes as if he were exhausted. He was exhausted, but hearing that Lilu was actually after her to the point that she had to hide from him…that wasn't good. Everything was falling apart too quickly that he didn't have time to breathe. They couldn't afford Lilu going back on his word too.

"She sounded alright." Elena added to try and comfort him as much as she could. She knew how close their family was, or at least that generation. They were better than their parents. Nathaniel appreciated her trying, but no matter what she said it wouldn't be enough to make him feel better. He wouldn't feel better until the ordeal was over and Serena was home safe and sound and married to Alec and living happily ever after the way she deserved. Then he could finally go home to his own lover and possibly get married himself, he didn't know yet. He hadn't thought that far ahead yet. He wanted to get married, but they hadn't been together that long and she was a human. He didn't want to change her.

First thing was first, though. Everyone else had to know of this development. They had to be alerted that Lilu could be going back on his word. Serena may have sounded alright, but she was a master at making you believe she was fine when she wasn't. Especially with her voice, face to face was a little harder for her, unless you didn't know her that well. So he took his phone out of his pocket and called Sebastian.

Sebastian was laying in his bed staring up at the ceiling. "Hello." He said rather boringly.

"Serena called Elena."

Sebastian sat up in his bed really fast in surprise. "She called?"

"Yeah, apparently she was just checking in and didn't stay on the line long because she was in the middle of hiding from LIlu."

That didn't sound good. "Oh god."

"Where's Alec?"

"Hold on." Sebastian took the phone across the hall to Serena's room where Alec was laying in that bed trying to cling onto as much of her as he could praying for her to come home soon. "It's Nathaniel." He told him as he handed the phone over.

"Nathaniel?"

"I just wanted to let you know that Serena called Elena a few minutes ago. She's alright."

"She is?"

"Yeah. So no worries, alright? She'll be home within the next twenty-four hours." Or else Alexander would have all their head on spikes to decorate the walkway leading up to his mansion in Italy.

"Thank you, Nathaniel." Alec sighed and gave the phone back to Sebastian.

"It's me again."

"Warn your father that Lilu may break his oath. Serena was hiding from him, they may have been in a fight."

He tried not to get alarmed, because that would only upset Alec. Nahtaniel had lied to him for a reason, to keep him optimistic and under control. If Alec thought Serena was in real danger he wouldn't stay in the house, he'd go after her and cause a scene, and probably get killed. After everything Nathaniel went through to keep him alive, they couldn't afford that.

"Alright." Sebastian agreed trying to sound as normal as possible so Alec wouldn't suspect anything.

Nathaniel then hung up the phone and put it away.

"You lied to him." Elena pointed out.

"No, I just didn't tell him the whole story."

"He deserves to know that the woman he loves might be in danger." Elena argued.

Nathaniel shook his head. "He deserves the chance to be optimistic. I will not take that away from him."

Without another word he went back to his spell and started stuffing bags again. Elena sat there on the couch keeping to herself not wanting to upset him further by butting into their family business. She just knew that if it were her and Stefan, he would want to know everything, no detail left out. But Stefan would go after her, he wouldn't be waiting in his bed for her return, he'd be out looking for her. Stefan was a vampire though, Alec was a werewolf who could die. And Serena's life depended on Lilu not knowing Alec existed. If he went charging in, Lilu would kill Serena for lying to him and he would kill Alec out of spite.

It took a while and then Nathaniel spoke again. He was about done. "While I put up the barrier, you should call your friend. The werewolf."

"Tyler?"

"Yeah. Lilitu's out there and with your friend being a werewolf, he might be more attractive to her. He could breed more powerful creatures."

Elena nodded and took out her phone while Nathaniel went around the house punching holes in the walls to put the bags in. She texted Caroline to keep an eye on Tyler and make sure Lilitu doesn't get to him. Caroline soon texted back saying she wouldn't let him out of her sight. They were at his house anyway, so it wasn't like they were out wandering out in the open where she could easily get to them.

Caroline looked over to Tyler who was almost asleep. They were lying there in bed together after having had sex already.

"Everything alright?" He asked nicely.

"Yep." She lied.

But he believed it and closed his eyes pulling her close. She snuggled up to him and tried to relax. If that thing got her hands on him, she didn't know what she would do. She couldn't fight her by herself. And Tyler would probably be attracted to her, everyone was.

She tried for over an hour to fall asleep, but she couldn't. Tyler was passed out with no cares in the world. Caroline was envious for that. She rolled over facing the window and realized the window was open. When did that happen? She wondered. And how had she not heard it? Slowly she got out of bed and went over to it to peek out. No one was there, so she closed it. Then she turend back around and there she was.

"You." Caroline whispered as she stared at the demoness who was standing beside Tyler.

"He's cute, isn't he?" Lilitu said admiringly as she ran her hand through his hair.

"Don't touch him.

"What will you do, vampire? Kill me? Many have tried."

"Please."

Lilitu sighed. "You love him, I can see that. I love him too. But only one of us can have him, and I always get what I want." She added with a snarl. Her eyes turned red threateningly and she suddenly looked as evil as Caroline knew her to be.

Caroline wasn't going to let Tyler go without a fight, so she charged. She leapt over the bed and Tyler, but Lilitu easily grabbed her throat and dangled her in the air.

"You're young." She rasped. "Too young to be a threat to me." Then like a rag doll she threw Caroline into the wall. Tyler's desk broke and everything that was on it fell the ground in a crash. He quickly woke up and jumped seeing the strange woman standing beside him. He looked from her to Caroline who was on the ground whining in pain.

"Caroline?" His protective instincts over her kicked in and he tried to get to her, but Lilitu stopped him. She sat in between them looking as beautiful as eh could to tempt him.

"Hello, Tyler."

"It's you, isn't it? The demon?"

"Do I look like a demon to you?" She asked seductively leaning forward. Hre eyes no longer red and frightening, but brown and beautiful. Everything about her was beautiful. Tyler shook his head as he looked to Caroline, but she pulled his attention back by grabbing his chin. "She'll live, dear one…My god, you're even more beautiful when you're awake. Just look at those eyes…mmm, I love blue eyes. Come with me."

Caroline groaned as she tried to stand. "Don't listen to her, Tyler." She begged. He looked to Caroline again with his eyes.

"Come with me." Lilitu whispered again. Then she leaned forward to his ear. "I love you, Tyler. It's you that I want, you're the alpha, the best man here." Tyler hesitated unsure of what to do or say, so she leaned back far enough to kiss him. She pressed her lips lightly to his making Caroline even angrier, but she couldn't move. It was if she were controlling her body. "mmm." She moaned against his mouth as if he tasted good. The kiss left Tyler breathless and seeing stars. It was the most amazing feeling…it was almost like the first time he had ever done drugs or gotten drunk.

"I'll come with you." He whispered.

"No…" Caroline whimpered, but it was too late. He had agree and in a flash they were gone. Caroline was left there to cry on the floor.