Elena's jaw dropped at Stefan's revelation, Stefan and Bonnie looked at each other, their foreheads creasing, a bit surprised by Elena's reaction.
"He's your what?". Elena asked the question rhetorically, her mouth opening and closing a few times looking for her next words.
"Where's Damon". Elena couldn't believe she hadn't asked sooner, she hadn't seen him at all since she arrived. Now wondering if Damon even existed in this world. Elena saw Bonnie and Stefan's faces both drop, the sadness of each obvious, she heard Stefan sigh and turned to him.
"Damon….is gone". Stefan turned back to the stove, checking what he was cooking, obviously not wanting to go into details, Elena's still shocked face turned back to Bonnie.
"Gone...What does he mean gone?". Bonnie's eyes were full of unshed tears, her voice dropping just above a whisper.
"Dead...for a while now". Bonnie then got up and left the kitchen, the topic of Damon making her want to go before she broke down. Elena sat there with her mouth open, trying to process the information, she heard Stefan turn the stove off.
"You can eat if you want...Excuse me". Stefan left to go check on Bonnie leaving Elena alone with her thoughts in the kitchen.
'Damon's dead'. Elena sighed in frustration, she was not going to cry, she knew that it was not her Damon that was dead, but without him here at all to talk to was going to make this so much more difficult. Elena was interrupted from her thoughts by the smell of what Stefan had cooked, it was spaghetti. Elena briefly contemplated eating, but she had lost her appetite, sighing she got up and decided she needed some air. Elena exited the front of the house, walking off the patio and just the edge of the big circle of grass where she stopped and took in the sunset. For the first time since she got to this new world Elena decided just to forget for a moment, with her thoughts now just focused on how beautiful the sunset was, she stared at it for a minute or two before a cold breeze went by. Elena gasped as she instinctively wrapped her arms around herself, she had been too mesmerized by the sunset to notice how cold it was, she knew she probably should go inside, but the sunset was the only thing that was taking her mind off her current predicament and she was determined to keep that peace for a few more minutes, so even though she was beginning to shiver from the cold her focus went back to the sunset. Elena only stayed like that for a few moments before something was wrapped around around her, she turned to see who had done it and saw Roman staring at her with a concerned expression,he must have noticed her shivering because he had wrapped a black hoodie around her that she could only assume was his. Elena took that moment to really take him in for the first time, he had really beautiful sky blue eyes that the sunset highlighted,his hair was short and spiked up, jet black in color, he had nice defined cheekbones that were just the right amount of stubble, plus he was tall, about 6'1 in stature, it didn't surprise Elena that he was gorgeous.
'He's a Salvatore, of course he's good looking' Elena shook herself out of her thoughts.
"Thank you". Roman pursed his lips together and nodded at her, not comfortable enough to speak to her yet and he walked away. Elena watched him, taking the time to study him a bit more, his choice of clothing was typical for a Salvatore, Black tank top and dark blue jeans that both hugged his frame along with black biker boots. What was a bit different about him from Stefan and Damon was that he was a bit larger than both of them, he looked like one of those guys that spent a lot of time in the gym, the black tank top showed off his amazing biceps, he had long arms that were covered in tattoos. Elena had to admit she was a bit curious about him.
"A third Salvatore brother, I'll be damned". Elena whispered it to herself as she noticed Roman stop by the front door and pick something up, he turned around and she saw a blood bag in his hand and he began drinking from it as he watched the sunset, it confirmed to her what she had already suspected, he was a vampire.
'Of course he is'. Elena turned her gaze from him and went back to watching the sunset, pulling the hoodie more firmly around her,she stayed until the sun went down before she turned to head back inside, as she reached the door she saw Bonnie and Stefan come out, she noticed Roman was gone.
"Hey guys". Bonnie smiled at her as Stefan went to his car.
"Hey, we were looking for you. I just wanted to apologize about earlier, it's just that Damon is a bit of a sore subject". Elena understood.
"It's okay I get it...but what's going on". Elena pointed to Stefan who had started his car.
"Oh, we are going to the grill for a drink, we wanted to know if you want to come with us". Elena hesitated for a moment, to be honest she was kind of beat.
"I don't know.. I'm a little tired". Bonnie nodded at her.
"I figured, but I know you're freaked out, so we thought maybe a little fun might loosen you up, relax you a little bit". Elena thought it over, truth be told her nerves were still on high alert, maybe she could use a drink, but she looked down and noticed her clothes weren't exactly the going out kind.
"I don't have anything to wear". Bonnie smiled.
"I washed your clothes from earlier, we'll wait if you want to change". Elena again thought it over, she had been wearing a simple t-shirt and jeans when the portal sucked her threw, but she guessed they would do, so she smiled and nodded.
"Okay, just give me a minute". Elena rushed into the house to get herself together.
At the Mystic Grill Bonnie and Elena sat at the bar chatting as Stefan was playing a game of pool with who Elena assumed were some of his friends. Bonnie was mid sentence when her face fell in confusion. Elena looked at her a little concerned.
"What's wrong". Bonnie opened her mouth to speak and pointed at the hoodie Elena was wearing.
"Is that Roman's hoodie". Elena looked down at her wardrobe, then back to Bonnie.
"Yeah, he threw it around me when I was outside, he must have noticed I was shivering from the cold". Bonnie smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, he's a sweetie like that...most of the time". Elena nodded back.
"Seems like it, but he hasn't said a word to me". Bonnie waved Elena's words away.
"Don't worry about that, just give him time". Just then a hand slammed on the bar right between the two girls, startling them. A man with long brown hair and a beard then leaned right in front of Elena in her personal space.
"Hey there pretty lady, who might who be. Bonnie doesn't have friends here very often". Elena scrunched her face in disgust, the man's tone was none of charming and all of the creepy, Bonnie then pushed him away.
"She's not interested, Now leave us alone Markus". Bonnie's tone seethed with anger, she obviously knew this Markus guy and he was no good. Markus just softly chuckled at her before advancing toward them again, but a hand grabbed his arm. Markus turned to look at who the hand belonged to, finding Stefan in his face.
"You heard her Markus, leave them alone". Markus sized Stefan up.
"What are you gonna do Salvatore?, have your wife do some voodoo on me..unleash your big bad brother?". Stefan got closer to Markus threateningly trying to stare him down.
"Do I need to?". Stefan knew that the only reason Markus was acting tough was because they were around humans that he wouldn't risk exposing the supernatural around, but when push came to shove Markus was a coward. Markus backed up and Stefan looked at Elena and Bonnie.
"Let's go". Bonnie and Elena got up and Stefan led them out of the Grill, all three not wanting to cause a problem. Stefan got out his car keys and went to unlock the door, as he did, they heard someone shout behind them.
"Hey Salvatore". Stefan sighed in frustration and turned around, seeing that Markus had followed them out.
"Markus…..lets not do this". Markus approached Stefan and shoved him hard into the side of the car.
"Why?.. Because you know you can't take me". Markus then punched Stefan in the face knocking him to the ground. Bonnie and Elena gasped.
"HEY". Bonnie went to give Markus a brain aneurysm, hoping to stop him, sadly he was too quick for her, shoving her to the ground before she could. Elena didn't even try to throw words at him, opting instead for her fist, connecting right with his nose. However Elena found that it just hurt her hand and Markus smiled evilly at her. Grabbing Elena by her throat, Markus slammed her against the side of the car, making her yelp out in pain and she fell to the then approached her, she was afraid of what he was about to do, however just as Markus bent and reached for her, he was stopped dead in his tracks, he gasped out in pain as something had grasped the back of his neck and started to slowly lift him up. Elena looked up to see that it was Roman. Roman lifted Markus up by the back of his neck and brought him close enough so he could say somethins right into Markus's ear.
"Bad Dog". Roman then launched Markus through the air, about fifteen or twenty feet later Markus crash landed. Elena looked up at Roman shocked, not only at the feat of strength but at his face, she recognized it from when Klaus had made her watch as he turned Tyler, the fangs and veins were normal, but the yellow eyes were not. Roman was not just a vampire, he was a hybrid.