"Where is we goin', Mister?" Elena asked as she followed the man before her deeper into the woods. She had been waiting for Caroline to finish talking when he got her attention on the other side of the jungle gym. He had asked her what her name was, and then who she was with. When she showed him Caroline, who was busy talking, and Damon, who was talking to a woman in line for ice cream, the man had smiled and asked if she wanted to go for a walk. Of course, Elena had liked the idea of a walk and said yes.
She was starting to get a bit afraid as the woods grew deeper and darker, "I… I wants to go back to Day-min."
"No, you don't," the man replied, and led her deeper into the woods.
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"Bonnie!" Damon roared, throwing her door open and dashing for her bedroom with vampiric speed, Caroline following behind him. Bonnie gasped in surprise when they suddenly appeared. She frowned, "Where's Elena…?"
"That's why we're here. Locator spell; now!" Damon roared, and Bonnie looked horribly confused. "What happened…?" she asked, and Damon grabbed her spellbook, searching for the spell impatiently. "Well," Caroline bit her lip, "I sort of got distracted, and…"
"She lost her!" Damon shouted, tossing the book down and glaring, "Bonnie, hurry the hell up!"
"Okay, okay! Do you have something of hers?"
Damon paled; he didn't think he did. "Caroline, please tell me you have something…"
Caroline was out the door and back in a matter of seconds, a bag in hand. "I have what she was wearing earlier…"
Damon sat on Bonnie's bed, his face in his hands, "Hurry, please!"
Bonnie bit her lip, "I need her blood, too…"
"For the love of God, we don't have time for this! Elena is missing!" Damon snapped, leaping up in frustration.
Bonnie sighed, "I'll try it without the blood, but I won't get a clear image. Just a vibe…"
"I don't care, just do it!"
Bonnie shut her eyes, held the white coat, and began to whisper in Latin. A few minutes later her eyes snapped open. "The woods, somewhere; I couldn't tell exactly where…"
Damon was out the door before she could finish speaking.
The woods behind the park were growing dark as the sun started to set; Damon knew he was running out of time. If Elena was in these woods, she was both lost and alone, or with someone else and in trouble. Either way, he had to find her. He couldn't let anything happen to her. He stopped running for a moment and scanned the area; he caught a scent after a few seconds. He followed it, and kneeled down in disbelief when he noticed where it was coming from; there, caught in a thick tangle of grass, was Elena's tiny little white Mary Jane. There was no way she would have just left it behind if she was alone.
Damon felt his fangs extend in fury; someone had taken her. He took off like a bullet, their trail now easy to follow.
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Elena was cold and very, very scared. This man wasn't nice at all. She had told him she wanted to go back, to go find Damon and Caroline, but he wouldn't let her. When she started to cry and tried to run away, he had hit her and grabbed her arm, pulling her along behind him. Right now, they were in a dark, wet, muddy area, and he had finally stopped pulling her along behind her. Elena was sobbing, "I wanna go hoooome…!"
He hit her again and she wailed in terror and pain, falling backward in the mud. The man glared down at her, and Elena quivered in terror; the man had messy brown hair and looked like he hadn't shaved in months. He was a scary man; she didn't know why she had gone with him. He was mean, and he hurt her. Damon would never do that to her…
The man grinned at her, "Do you want to play a game?"
Elena whimpered and shook her head, "No… no, I no want to pway wit you…"
He glared and sat on the muddy ground beside her, pushing her onto her back. Elena screamed in fear and the man covered her mouth, "Be quiet, you little brat!"
He pulled his hand away and Elena screamed again, "Day-min! Help me…!" Elena was sobbing and screaming as loudly as she could, and the man hit her again. Her face was starting to hurt, and so were her arms. "Pwease stop!" Elena wailed, tears streaming down her cheeks, "Stop hurting me…!"
"I told you to shut up…!" the man yelled, raising his hand again. Elena screamed and shut her eyes, but the blow never came. Instead, she heard an infuriated yell and the smash of someone hitting a tree. There was animal-like growling, and Elena opened her eyes. She couldn't tell what was going on; it had started to rain, and it was blurring her vision. All she could tell was that the man wasn't on top of her anymore and that someone was pinning him to a tree a few meters away. The attacker had black hair, but that was all she could make out. She could hear him yelling now, "No one, and I mean no one touches my little girl! Do you hear me, you bastard? NO ONE!"
Elena whimpered, "D-Day-m-min…?"
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Damon had the filthy man pinned to a tree, his fangs out and his eyes menacing. He wanted to rip the scum apart, but he couldn't let Elena see him do that. However, it was more than tempting; the bastard had hit her. He had hit her more than once, and had pinned her to the ground, ready to know God knows what to her; to a tiny little three-year-old girl! The dirtbag deserved to die. Even if Damon couldn't dismember him, there was no way in hell he was letting him get away unscathed.
The man looked terrified at the monster before him, "Y-your little girl? What….?"
Damon reared back and sank his fangs into the man's neck, causing him to scream and twitch. Damon didn't even drink his blood; he simply ripped at the man's neck, making it really look like he had been mauled by an animal. A very angry, parental animal whose young had been threatened. Perhaps a bear, or a wolf.
The man fell to the ground, bleeding and wailing, and Damon kicked him as hard as he could, hearing the satisfying crunch of bones snapping.
With that, Damon crouched beside him, his teeth still bared, "Be thankful you're still alive."
He punched him swiftly in the jaw once before drawing back his fangs and allowing his eyes to return to their normal blue. He then stood up and rushed to Elena's side; she was whimpering, and her cheek was bleeding and turning purple. "Elena…" he moaned, falling to his knees beside her.
"Day-min!" she sobbed, crawling into his arms, her dress, arms, and legs coated with mud. She was shivering as the rain poured down around them. Damon held her fiercely, tears pouring down his face. He could have lost her. He had been this close to losing her. "Oh, Elena…" he said, his voice cracking as he pulled back to kiss her cheeks in relief. She was sobbing and clinging tightly to him.
Damon stroked her hair, "I'm going to take you home, okay? It's going to be fine, I promise. Just hold me tight, alright?" She nodded against his chest and Damon stood up, taking off with vampiric speed toward the boarding house.
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Elena was confused, cold, and sniveling when Damon shoved the boarding house door open, finding Caroline and Bonnie both sitting on the couch waiting for him. "Oh, my God!" Caroline gasped when she saw Elena's battered cheeks.
Damon was still stroking her hair, trying to make her stop crying. "Just sit beside Bon Bon and Carey and wait for me, okay? I'm going to go get you a drink."
Elena sobbed and shook her head, holding him tighter, "D-d-don't weave m-m-me…!"
Her crying broke his heart and he held her more tightly, stroking her hair. "I promise to only be a minute… I'm not going to leave; I'm only going to the kitchen."
Elena coughed and shook her head, "Pwease doesn't go, Day-min; pwease!"
Her red, puffy eyes were ripping him apart; but, more distracting were the angry cuts and bruises covering her cheeks. He knew he had to give her something to heal her. He refused to let her stay that way. "Elena, sweetheart, you need to listen to me," he said firmly, carrying her away from Caroline and Bonnie's prying ears and eyes, into the kitchen. "I am so, so, so sorry that I let this happen to you… I never should have left you alone," he said, gently stroking her downy hair with feather-light touches. "I love you, Elena, and I promise to never let anyone hurt you ever again. Okay? Do you understand?"
She weakly nodded, more tears trailing down her cheeks. She hiccoughed from crying and buried her tiny head in his shoulder. "Sweetie, does it hurt?"
She was shivering and nodded, "He was m-m-mean… he hurt m-me…"
He bit back angry tears, "I'm going to make it stop hurting, okay? But you need to go wait with Bonnie and Caroline, and I'll be right in. I promise you."
She slowly nodded, "I bewieve you, Day-min…"
He kissed her forehead and held her tightly for another moment before carrying her back into the living room and placing her between the two girls, "Give me a minute, alright?"
They both nodded. Damon ran back into the kitchen and allowed his fangs to extend, biting down into his wrist and grabbing a small cup out of one of the cabinets. He allowed his blood to fill it before he licked his wrist, sealing the wound. He sighed and rushed back into the living room, gesturing for the girls to move off the couch. They didn't argue, allowing Damon to sit beside Elena and pull her into his lap. "There you go, sweetheart…" he whispered, passing her the cup. "Drink it; it will make you feel all better."
She looked up at him with nervous eyes, "Does it taste yucky? Mommy makes me dwink icky stuff when I gets sick…"
Damon smiled weakly and shook his head, "No, sweetie; I taste good."
She gave him a tiny smile and started to drink the blood; it dribbled down her chin since she clearly wasn't used to using a regular cup. Caroline looked shocked and rushed over, "You aren't giving her…?"
She quickly stopped talking a cringed away at the accusing glare he shot her; it positively screamed that if she hadn't lost her in the first place, he wouldn't need to be healing her. Elena finished the blood, and Damon was more than relieved to see the scrapes and cuts quickly healing, the bruises fading away. Elena weakly smiled up at him "it wasn't really bad.. " she said Through the tears. She also got an aspirin to help the pain getaway
"Does it still hurts?" Caroline asked Elena nodded weakly "head hurts."
Elena pointed to Damon with both her hands what means that she wanted to be with him. Damon picked her up and Elena was tired but didn't want to sleep some times her head just give up and laid down on Damon's shoulder but then she would just get it back up again Damon
Damon realized that Elena was tired but did not want to go to sleep but he knew it would be good for her so he asked Bonnie if she had any blankets.
"Yes, I do I will get you one." After 1 minute she got the blanket and gave it to Damon and Damon put the blanket around Elena.
Elena tried her best to stay awake, but everything was working against her. She was comfortable on Damon's lap snuggled into his chest with the blanket making her warm and cozy. "aspirin" had started to work and her head wasn't hurting as bad. Plus she had a long day and her energy was spent. Lastly, she never felt as relaxed and safe then she was right now. She didn't want this to be over just yet and if she fell asleep it would be
"Damon what do you think for Elena for tomorrow a girls-day Caroline and I will go shopping with her and do something fun with her and save. I promise I won't let her get hurt please." Bonnie suggested
"I think that would be nice for her and I trust you girls both. if you want she can sleep with you too, I'll go back and forth to get some stuff for you. Otherwise, I have to wake up tomorrow, you know. So that I can deal with my Lil bro."
"Oh right about him, I think I found something but I need his blood or if there is somebody in there you also want to get out I will need her or his blood to free them."
"Well that's great to hear but I need to get the stuff for Elena so I will be right back."
As he gave Elena to Caroline
After Damon dropped the stuff at the girls he waved and gave Elena a kiss on her forehead and he said quietly in her ear "Be nice for them."
"Bye guys" as he was going to Stefan
***At the thombe***
"Stefan!? Bonnie has the solution." Damon Screamed, "She only needs your blood."
As Stefan walks to Damon "No Elena?" "No she is at Bonnie's but I need your blood in this tray." As he threw the tray to him Stefan bite on his hand and filled the tray with his blood and closed it and rolled it to Damon.
"Thanks. You will be free soon okay I will be right -.''
"Wait! You cant leave me out here" Katherine screamed "listen to me you guys Elena is in great danger th-.'' Katherine said seriously
"Why would she be a danger no vampire can hurt her at this age.'' Damon laughed
"Yes but Klaus isn't dead I know how to..'' Katherine began
As they began to negotiate
And then Katherine got her way she also got a tray and filled it with her blood as he went to bonnie's
Damon ran with his vampire speed back to Bonnie's and knocked on the door Caroline opened the door and said "Hi? What is wrong?" "Give this to bonnie it's Stefan's and Katherine blood she knows how to kill Klaus she gave her her word so if she doesn't help we will get revenge on her ." Damon said quickly "and say to her that she needs to do it now it is an emergency.'' Damon said seriously and ran back to the thombe
"Who was that?" Bonnie asked
"Damon he said to give this to Bonnie its Stefan's and Katherine's blood She knows how to kill Klaus and say to her that she needs to do it now it is an emergency.''
"Well, he is lucky that it's a spell that isn't that difficult so. Ready for some magic?''
She grabbed a bowl and put Stefan's blood in it and began to sit next to it on her knees and said something in Latin as the spell began to work
*** at the thombe***
"I'm back I just gave it to Bonnie she will do it soon enough," Damon said
"Well I think she already did it Damon'' Stefan said happily
"Thanks," Katherine said "Don't you dare to get away you first need to tell us."
Katherine began to speak about how to kill Klaus and right after she told us she left
"Well, Elena is at bonnie's tonight, and tomorrow how about a good bourbon?" Damon
"Sounds great," Stefan said