Jewel: No one can really know the true Damon Salvatore. I am showing the guy from his own perspective. How would you change finding out your favorite relative (to whom you swore to protect your brother) is still alive? That and all the group has been through would change even a vampire. But, I appreciate the honesty. I hope that you will notice a slight change during the confrontation in this chapter.

Disclaimer: Characters, places, and the like from the Vampire Diaries are the property of LJ Smith. I'm just borrowing them to create this tale. All other characters that have no ties to any other fics belong to me!

Chapter Seventeen

Bonnie could feel Damon's shields and coldness rise as the howling ripped through the air. Once upon a time she would have been terrified of him as that detached look hardened on his face. Now she knew it was his game face, but it was still a fearsome deception. Would it work on Tyler?

~Cara, shall we show the fur ball how talented an actress my beautiful wife is before you show him the strengths you have?~ His voice purred in her mind.

Bonnie's eyes glittered with the chuckles she fought hard to hold out of her throat. ~The part of the exploited weaker soul and then pounding him with a little spell or two? I think that would be an interesting challenge, but doable.~

After a moment, her heart shaped face softened and a little of that innocence returned. It tormented Damon, to see just how drastic the change he had brought in her really was. She wasn't that little adorable human her tormented for his own enjoyment anymore.

~I think that I'm more than I once was, my love. And when we get home, I'll show you just how much more I am.~ Bonnie winked before returning to her front.

Shawn could see that his parents had a plan, but he had no idea what was going through their heads. That was until his father's voice came through loud and clear ~Leave Shawn. Your mom and I have a score to settle with the fleabag. See if you can help your uncle track down Katherine's sisters.~

~Understood dad. You and mom be careful.~

Bonnie could sense Tyler getting closer. ~We will, you take care of yourself junior. After all you have a kid sister and soon will have a brother to watch out for.~ Bonnie grinned for a split second.

Shawn transformed and rushed off, leaving husband and wife to face the werewolf on their own. He disliked doing it, but he also knew that they had a plan that he would only be a hindrance in if he had stayed.

"So, you thought that you would get past me bird brain? Witchy Poo is staying right here until my girl can get her." Tyler growled.

In the moonlight, he looked very much like a rabid mutt on steroids. The concept brought a chuckle out of her throat before Bonnie could stop it.

Damon rolled his eyes and growled. "What is it now chuckles?"

"Looks like the pound is missing a pumped up mutt … that's all." Bonnie hoped that her voice matched to the frightened girl she had been when she had first met her husband.

Tyler's growl grew more sinister, but Damon sent her his love and pride – she was pulling it off without any trouble. "And the morgue is missing about a hundred and thirty pounds of meat. So what."

"Oooh, where the hell do you get off talking to me like that? If you will remember it was you that knocked me up … not the other way around!" Bonnie pouted as Damon set her on a nearby rock.

Damon then leaned against the opposing tree, his silken voice nearly taking Bonnie into one of her nightly dreams of their more private times together. "Takes two mio piccolo fiama. I think you enjoyed it, given your screams."

"Women do fake it from time to time, Damon. After all your centuries of existence, I thought you of all men would be able to spot such. Well, learn something new everyday … I guess." Bonnie put on her stubborn face – the one Damon remembered her wearing during their last encounter with Klaus.

"I'm surprised you know anything about faking. You have yet to show any signs, as if I ever cared about that." Damon countered.

Bonnie had to remind herself that he was acting. But before she could speak, Tyler howled in frustration. "Will the two of you quit it! If ya don't like the weak little human, then get the hell out of here freak!"

"Now there's the pot calling the kettle black. Me a freak? At least I don't need a flea collar and shiny metal license. And as to Bonnie, if she needed me for constant protection I doubt I would have turned her. She simply needs the encouragement mortals have persistently refused her. Why don't you show him some of your tricks, my Queen of Darkness?"

Damon's grin reminded Bonnie just who had the vampire's heart for all time. "My pleasure my King."

Turning with a snap, Bonnie turned into the Queen of Darkness Damon had turned her into. Startled, Tyler took two steps back and started to turn and run. But, Bonnie wasn't ready to let him go without some punishment.

"Oh no you don't mutt face!" Using her mind, Bonnie froze Tyler in his place.

Tyler whimpered as if it had been locked up in a cage that was six sizes too small. "Come on, let me go! I was just teasing Bonnie! Please!"

"How predictable! When you have all the control on your side, you are big bad wolf pumped up. Now that the tides have changed, you cry like a punished puppy." Bonnie spat as her eyes glowed with the hate she felt towards the freak she had in her hold.

Tyler began to whimper harder. Her look combined with his fear of what she might do to him caused him to urinate furiously down himself. The sight of it sent Damon into shrieks of laughter, and made it difficult for Bonnie to keep her face straight.

"Tyler, I have one infant and an unborn baby on the way, which means I have enough diaper duties thank you anyway."

That made Damon laugh all the harder, which made Bonnie crack a smile. After a few moments, he finally got back under control. "That was priceless my dear."

"What was priceless? What did we miss?" Stefan asked as he turned back into his human form. Shawn quickly appeared next to his uncle.

Bonnie grinned. "Only the fact that a certain canine wannabe needs a diaper. Any volunteers for the job?"

"Not for the world!" Stefan shot both his hands up for added emphasis.

"Sorry mom, I change sissy's diaper last. I get an excused absence from that duty." Shawn chuckled as he mimicked his uncle's standing.

Bonnie broke down into a fit of giggles. She was silenced when a wolf padded out of the shadows and howled. Bonnie would have been scared if it wasn't for the fact that Tyler was shaking and whimpering. If he hadn't already relieved his bladder, she just knew that he'd been pissing himself yet again.

Within the blink of an eye the wolf was an older man who reminded Bonnie of Damon. When the stranger grinned, it was proof enough that he was at the least related to her husband. Much to Damon's displeasure, the man took Bonnie's hand and gently kissed her knuckles.

Without a doubt, Bonnie knew where her husband got his attitude. "Let me guess … Papa Jeffery?"

"You chose a bright one for a mate, Damon. Si, dolce donna."

Damon walked over and possessively wrapped his arms around Bonnie's belly from behind, with a warning growl in his throat. "I wouldn't have chose Bonnie if she wasn't the best in all areas, Papa. And she is my sweet lady."

"Damon, stop over-reacting. You have to learn to trust. What's going to happen when little Stephanie is old enough to date?" Bonnie chuckled as relaxed against him.

"Then there will be a very sharp decline in the population of young males. And I have until then to decide on what to do with the bodies."

Stefan groaned. How predictable his elder brother always was. "And I suppose you will expect my nephew and I to help."

"I need no help, little brother. But, if you and my eldest son are willing … then who am I to say no?" Good old Damon was shining in full color.

~Me too daddy! No one's allowed to play with my big sister's heart!~ the unborn boy growled.

Bonnie moaned in defeat. "I was joking about like father like son! Isn't it bad enough your big brother is your daddy made over? Do you really have to mimic your dad and big brother, baby boy?"

~Yup! I'm just like daddy and bro!~ the baby shouted.

The men chuckled, while Bonnie simply shook her head. For a moment they were happy, and then they were dropped back into chaos.

How was this chapter. It maybe short – but I love leaving ya with a cliff hanger.