Elijah, and Damon were standing in a field. Elijah had a death grip on Aaron and Damon looked as if he was ready to kill.

"Do you think he'll really show?" Elijah asked.

"I have no doubt he will. I've kept tabs on Aaron, Wes thinks of him like a son. He won't let Aaron get hurt." Aaron squirmed around but couldn't get away.

"Stop it." Elijah growled and tightened his grip. "As long as I get Elena back I will let you go unharmed."

"I'd rather die than let you get your hands on her again." Aaron spat.

"You may just get your wish." Elijah warned.

"Aaron!" Maxfield was calling from across field. "Are you alright?"

"You can direct all your questions to me." Elijah told him. "Aaron Whitmore is perfectly fine. For the moment at least." Maxfield approached slowly.

"You want Elena Gilbert? Fine, just don't hurt Aaron." He pleaded. "I couldn't get her here by myself. I promise you she is alive."

"Where is she?" Elijah snarled.

"She's still in the Augustine building. In the basement. You can't get in there yourselves though." He warned.

"We're well aware of that." Elijah said and threw Aaron over to Damon. "This is what we're going to do. We are going to follow you back to the building and you are going to get her for us. Aaron will be a good little boy and wait with us while you do. Elijah was very commanding.

"That's fine, whatever you want."

"Don't Wes!" Aaron tried to protest but Damon twisted his arm and forced him forward

"Move it Whitmore!" They followed Maxfield to the building and Elijah's face turned to horror as he saw the building on fire. He turned to Wes.

"No!" Maxfield cried out.

"What did you do!?" Elijah sped to him and grabbed him by the throat.

"I didn't!" Elijah knew he was telling the truth.

"Let me go! I can get her!" Aaron yelled. "I can get in the building!" Damon eyed Elijah waiting for his response.

"No. Dr. Maxfield is going." Elijah released him and sped to Aaron. He bit into his wrist and forced Aaron to drink his blood.

"No!" Wes screamed and Elijah looked back at him.

"You get Elena out of that building alive or Aaron Whitmore will be joining the world of vampires." Elijah threatened. Maxfield didn't hesitate and ran into the building. They waited twenty minutes before Maxfield reappeared alone.

"I'm sorry, she's gone." He was panting. Elijah closed his eyes.

"She's dead?" He asked and he felt his entire world crumble.

"No. She's gone, as in she isn't in the building." He informed.

"How is that possible? She couldn't get out by herself." Aaron argued.

"No, she couldn't." They both looked grave.

"What is it? What happened to her!? Elijah growled.

"Enzo is gone too." He stated.

"Enzo is still alive?" Damon was surprised.

"He was when I left to come find you." Maxfield confirmed. "Elena must have let him out. If that's the case she probably is dead."

"No." Aaron said. "She's not dead. Enzo is angry and he knows I care about her. He's going to use her to get to me. He wants us both dead Wes. I can't believe she trusted him."

"I want you both dead too." Damon said. "But right now we need you both alive so we can find Enzo and Elena."

"Let's go!" Damon and Elijah led the two back to the house. Caroline and Klaus were still gone with Daniel. He sent them a message not to come back to the house.

"You had best hope Elena is still alive." Elijah warned as he threw Maxfield on the couch.

"Hello brother, who are they?" Kol was suddenly in the room looking Aaron and Maxfield over. "Are these the two that took our precious Elena?" He asked.

"Yes Kol." Elijah confirmed and Kol's face turned angry.

"Elena Gilbert is a saint and you two spent the last four days torturing her. There is not a single person on this Earth with more compassion and kindness. What kind of sick people are you to hurt someone like her?" He asked. "After everything that girl has already been through she has to go through this now!" Kol couldn't control his anger.

"Kol, calm down. We'll find her." Elijah assured.

"What are you talking about?" Aaron asked.

"No Elijah, I will not calm down. Elena saved our entire family and we let these two idiots walk in and torture her?" Kol was pacing trying to control himself. "She gave her own life to save ours and we let this happen to her! She died for us once already Elijah." He reminded.

"I'm aware of that Kol. There isn't much we can do at the moment. We don't know where she is." Elijah was about ready to explode. He thought of killing both Aaron and Wes right then and there.

"What do you mean she died?" Aaron asked. "She's still human."

"To be technical Elena has died twice. Once by our brother and the second time she sacrificed herself to save all our lives. You see Aaron Whitmore. Elena Gilbert loves my brother here more than life itself and she would do anything to save him, including die." Kol grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him up. "You better hope she doesn't die a third time." He warned. Elijah was surprised by the amount of control he kept over himself at this moment. He wasn't sure if it was better to let Kol handle this though, he was just as angry but was better at controlling it. He began to pace the room when his phone started to ring. He looked but didn't recognize the number.

"Quiet everyone!" He demanded and the room was suddenly silent. "Hello?" He sounded desperate. "What!? When?" Everyone looked around at each other and Kol sped over so he could listen in. "Is she alright? I'll be right there." He hung up and looked relaxed.

"Who was that?" Aaron asked.

"It would appear a man brought Elena to the hospital an hour ago. She's alive." He put his phone in his pocket. "I'm going to get her. Keep them here, if anything happens to her then they die." And he sped off.

He arrived at the hospital faster than he could have imagined. He approached the front desk and slammed his hands down on the desk.

"Elena Gilbert!" He demanded.

"Who are you?" The woman behind the desk asked.

"Her…" He didn't know what to call himself. "I'm Elijah. I received a phone call informing me she was here. Tell me where she is." He was in no mood for games so he compelled her.

"Oh yes. She's here alright. Poor thing. She's down in room twelve." He started to go but she stopped him. "I should warn you. It's not pretty. That girl went through hell. Brace yourself." He nodded and went to find her.

He got to her room and immediately thought he was going to be sick. He had to cover his mouth with his hand to keep from yelling. She was covered almost head to toe in bruises and her head was wrapped in a bandage that was soaked in blood. One of her eyes was black and her arm was in a cast. There were scratches all over her face.

"What happened to her?" He asked the nurse who was in the room.

"I think you should talk to the doctor about that. We're not entirely sure." She told him.

"Where's the doctor?" He asked.

"Right here." He asked and Elijah turned to look at him.

"What happened?" The doctor walked to Elena and checked her over.

"You need to change these bandages again." He told the nurse and she began doing it. He grabbed the chart and turned to Elijah. "Elena Gilbert. Her head was repeatedly slammed against a hard surface causing a severe concussion. She was strangled, had her arm broken and has a sprained ankle." He paused for a moment. "She was also pumped full of drugs we can't identify. She's been in and out of consciousness. She's very confused and has no idea where she is."

"The scratches?" Elijah asked.

"The scratches on her face she did herself. She had a panic attack and ripped her own IV out of her arm. We had to sedate her to make her stop." He explained. "She didn't realize she was hurting herself, she's hallucinating and couldn't even tell me her name." Elijah sat in the chair by her side and took the hand that wasn't in a cast. He wasn't sure he should touch her but he needed to feel her.

"How did you know to call me?" Elijah asked confused. If Elena didn't know who she was how did they know to contact him?

"The man who brought her in told us to contact you." The doctor informed him.

"What man?"

"I don't know. He dropped her off, gave us your name then left." The doctor shrugged. "He left this as well." The doctor handed Elijah a video camera and he took it hesitantly.

"What is this?"

"I don't know. The man told me you needed to see it." He confirmed.

"I understand. Can I stay with her?" Elijah ask.

"Of course. I'll be back in a little while to check on her." And he left the room. The nurse finished changing her bandages and followed. Elijah got up and shut the door. He bit into his wrist and filled her IV bag with his blood. He re-took his seat next to her and took her hand. He knew he couldn't move her now with all her injuries so he waited patiently. He hoped she would sleep through it and be healed when she woke next. He would make sure her presence here was erased.

It took every ounce of patience Elijah had but he watched every second of the tape as he waited for her to heal. She was very strong and he fell in love with her all over again listening to the way she talked about him. He was concerned for a moment that she might try to hurt herself like she did three years ago but she was fully aware of everything on the tape and she was stronger now. The only reason she was hurting herself now was because she was pumped full of drugs and they would pass through her system soon enough.