Elena heard a gasp as she ran down the hall, in hopes to find Caroline in one piece. She rounded the corner as the gasp turned into a blood curdling scream. She came face to face with him, He- who-shall-not-be-named. No not Voldemort all though he could be at the rate of his carelessness. "What are you doing here?" she hissed in a hushed tone. He stared daggers back at her, "To save my girlfriend." He replied in an icy tone. "Well, I hope we're not here for the same girl, she'd have to be pretty damn stupid to be dating you." "Oh how sweet, good to know you're happy for us, or at least her anyways." He snarled. "How could I when I know exactly the type of person you are?! You're not good for her Damon. Whatever it is you want from her, you can get from a dozen other girls in this town alone."

"What if I were to tell you that I love her?" he asked, looking at her skeptically. "I'd call you a liar." She said as she crossed her arms over her chest. "And why's that?" "Because you're incapable of love, trust me I've been there with you." He sighed, "It would be a lot easier if you would just let that ship sink Elena. We weren't right for each other, simple as that." Her blood began to boil when another ear splitting scream wrung out through the air. They both stood stock still, the hairs on the back of their necks standing up. "I'll go get her, you stay here." He ordered as he began to walk away. Elena raised a brow, "You're honestly telling me not to do anything, as if I were still human? She needs me just as much as she needs you, maybe even more and I'm not about to let you take that away from me."

Damon rolled his eyes as he sighed before continuing down the hallway in lightning speed. Elena was right on his tail when they came to an abrupt halt in front of the Boiler room's door. "Ladies first." He said jokingly. "Yeah right, if it's a trap you should go first, after all aren't the men supposed to protect the women?" she asked, challenging him. "Fine, suit yourself." He started down the stairs as Elena said, as an afterthought, "But I don't own any suits." "Very funny, I'm rolling on the ground right now." Damon said sarcastically as he continued, "Are you coming or what?" "I'm coming, I'm coming." "Oh I do remember those days." He replied as he received a kick in the head followed with a growl. "Feisty, I like it!" he spoke as Elena jumped the gaping ledge as she dropped to the cement floor. "It's gross down here." He reasoned as he looked at the floor and then the dirt and cobwebbed stained walls. "You are such a girl; I'll go save your girlfriend if you don't want to dirty your boots."

Elena stepped away from him as she begun to follow the dimly lit hallway. "John Varvatos, Caroline would've known." He mumbled as he followed her. She rolled her eyes, as she heard a shuffling and a stifled cry. Elena put her hand out stopping Damon from moving any further. "What?" he asked, exasperated. "You hear that?" she asked, squinting to try to see further down the hall. Damon listened, "So what, are we supposed to just turn back now?" "It's a trap." She suggested as she questioned her next move. Damon sighed, moving her hand gruffly as he ignored her plea to watch his back as he soon wasn't able to be seen by Elena as she stood in place. She shook her head, knowing she would regret this, but Caroline was her friend and she wasn't about to let her down when her stupid ass boyfriend got lured into their trap. She wasn't exactly sure who took Caroline but she was more than sure that it had everything to do with Klaus. She placed her fingers on the cinderblock walls as she skimmed them lightly over the dusty surface. She rubbed her hands on her pants as she continued into the death trap she was sure to come to at some point.

She began to pick up the pace as shallow breaths were more audible to her hearing. She was no longer in the basement of the high school but in the tunnels under the town. She could make out previous foot prints in the dry dirt as she took cautious steps towards her destination. There was another scream and then a slap that echoed off the cheek as Elena heard a male voice, "What did I tell you? Shut the fuck up or your boyfriend dies." Kol, how surprising. Elena came to the end of dirt and back to a concrete floor splattered with blood. In front of her was an open door and beyond that a concrete wall, blocking the view of the room. She bit her lip as she sighed; there was no getting out of this now. She slipped into the room and the first thing she saw was Kol standing over a fallen Caroline, her blonde hair stained red with blood. Her clothes were ripped and scuffed as she cowered in pain from the blow that was just bestowed upon her.

Elena's eyes then flicked to a limp form hanging by daggers, one in the center of each hand and thigh. His head was bowed as she noticed a sullen rise and fall from his chest. His clothes were rumpled and his hair had fallen in front of his face. Elena gasped, it was Damon. Kol and Caroline both looked up at the sudden sound as Caroline screamed, "Elena, leave! Get out of here!" Kol smirked as he sidled over to her, "Why Miss Gilbert, what brings you here on this fine day?" "Why are you doing this?" she asked, looking him straight in the eye. He grinned, "Getting payback, Damon snapped my neck so I'm just repaying the favor, only this time I'm going to kill him." His voice was ice, bitter and cocky. "What about Caroline, why are you doing this to her? She has done nothing to you." "Why that's just it, she didn't but I need bait and what better bait than his girlfriend? Of course you kept him busy didn't you? On the plus side, I can get back on my brother's side if I hand over the girl he has fallen stupidly head over heels for." Elena growled, "Let her go." "Why so you can have him all to yourself? I don't think so, although if you want to have a cat fight, by all means go right ahead, nothing turns me on more than two beautiful women showing strength and rage on each other."

Elena scoffed, crossing her arms over her chest. She knew what she was capable of, she could hold him back for a few seconds before he got the upper hand but Caroline was in no way able to use her strength to flee at that moment. "Elena, what is he talking about?" Caroline asked as Kol chuckled, "Wait, she doesn't know? Oh this'll be good." "Elena?" Caroline had struggled to her feet, wobbly on her knees. Elena sighed, looking to her feet not able to look at her best friend just then. "Tell me, what are you hiding from me?" "Damon and I-"her voice caught in her throat as tears welled up in her eyes, "We, we were involved." Caroline's brow furrowed in confusion, "What do you mean by involved?" "Sexually." "Oh, so you two were a thing before he and I got together then, is that what you're saying?" Elena clenched her fists at her sides, she knew once she said this there would be no going back and she would lose Caroline forever, "Not exactly." "Just spit it out Elena, you're making it even harder on yourself." Kol mused as he stood there watching them. Elena took a shaky breath as she spoke, taking the dagger and stabbing it clear through her friend's back, "We were sexually involved while you guys were together." All color drained from Caroline's face as her eyes turned black, "Are you kidding? You've got to be kidding 'cause if you're not, I'm going to fucking kick your ass." She bit out as Elena looked to the blonde's face, "This is one thing I'd never lie to you about." Caroline gritted her teeth as she inched closer to the brunette. "You can kick my ass all you want but I think that's not the most important thing right now." Elena spoke quietly as she looked back to Damon's still unmoving body.

Caroline cackled, "Oh you would just love that wouldn't you? So you can fuck him whenever you want right?" "Care" "Don't you dare. Don't you fucking dare!" tears spilled down her cheeks as she clenched her hands into fists before turning to Kol, she raced towards him as he threw her back into the wall as Elena flashed before him and grabbing him by the throat, her anger coming out to play. Kol chuckled as Elena lifted him off of his feet, "You can't kill me, you don't have the dagger to kill me." Elena smirked, thank god for her instincts as she reached into her jacket and retrieving it to show him. Kol's smirk left his face as he struggled against her hold, "You don't have the guts." He choked out as she then smirked, "But don't I? Caroline was the last thing I had that mattered to me. Stefan skipped town, Jeremy's dead. This is the only satisfactory thing I can think of right now." Kol growled as he swung his feet, kicking her in the ribs, making her lose her footing. Elena stumbled backwards as they crashed to the ground with Kol on top. He pushed the dagger towards her chest, bending her wrist backwards in an uncomfortable position. "I wish we could have been on better terms in this suggestive position, I'm sure you're a real devil between the sheets." Elena hissed, pushing her feet upwards and shoving him over her head as he somersaulted across the floor. Elena spun around, straddling his waist as she snatched the dagger from his fist, pointing towards his undead heart. "I guess this is goodbye Kol, I wouldn't say it was a pleasure." Kol pressed the dagger away from him, "All you Petrova women are the same, cold hearted vixens." Elena's blood boiled, she would never be associated as a Petrova if she had anything to do about it. She shoved a little harder as the wooden tip inched closer to his chest.

"Feeling uncomfortable?" she asked. "Not even close, I'm between a woman's legs aren't I?" he asked as she pushed and pushed feeling the dagger begin to give under the pressure. Just then she felt hands on top of hers, she looked up to see Caroline kneeling down beside her and using the provided strength finished the original off. Kol's face began to turn different shades of grey as black veins crept up his neck and curled around his features. "Thanks." Elena said, standing up and brushing herself off. "Whatever just help me get him down." Caroline said coldly as she moved over to Damon. Elena sighed, moving over to him as well as they both unpinned his legs and then on three, unpinned his hands as he slide down the wall. Caroline picked up his arm, slinging it over his shoulder as Elena mirrored her moves. They ascended the concrete stairs that Elena hadn't noticed before as they got to ground level Elena realized that they had been in the Lockwood cellar. They dragged Damon over to a tree as they set him down slowly, leaning him up against the trunk. Elena stood up to find Caroline gone, in that brief moment it had really hit her, she was actually all alone. And that hurt more than she ever thought it would.

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A/N: So what did you guys think? I know I've been AWOL for months but I'm trying to get back into the swing of things, but it's hard with school and real life kinda gets in the way from time to time, I'm sure you guys understand. Anyways, I'm working on updates along with a Christmas oneshot. I'd like to say you'll be seeing a lot of me, but I'm not entirely sure if I will be on here as often as I'd like to say. Winter breaks coming up so hopefully that'll give me some time to write. Don't worry I didn't forget about you guys. This will hopefully have more chapters to it; you'll just have to keep an eye open for updates. Let me know what you think and all that jazz. Any who, review please and I'll see you guys on my next update.

Stay Beautiful,

Marissa xo