AN: Let's go with the True Blood rule of vampire blood doesn't need to be ingested to work for this fic.

He deals with Rosemarie and Trevor, once they are gone he approaches the doppelganger. Trevor is incredibly foolish, if her life wasn't his first concern not even Rose would be able to identify his body. He gets the ropes off, she looks at him with confusion in those familiar eyes.

She's older than Tatia when she died, older than Katherine when she became a vampire, and completely human. It's quite the feat, and he smells vervain on her skin mixed with perfume. That explains the ropes, Trevor couldn't compel her to stay still.

"Hello there." He says, keeping his voice even and soft. She's scared and bleeding, he doesn't want her fear he wants her loyalty. Elena groans.

"That man attacked me." Her hand moves to her blood slick neck.

"I have something that can heal that." Elijah offers and she tells him that's not possible.

"My dad was a doctor, I know there's nothing that can heal this other than a hospital." She says. Curious wording, he wonders what happened to her father.

"This will stop the bleeding." Time for a different tactic.

"What do you want in return?" Astute girl, even with her eyes closed.

"A conversation." Elijah says and she hesitates before she speaks, her eyes on him.

"Then can I go home?" Elena asks, and Elijah nods.

"You have my word." He promises. It's a pick of his finger and his hand moves to her neck. The bite disappears before his eyes. He moves away, enough space for her to deem it safe to get off the couch, she can feel blood dying on her skin.

"I'm Elena." She says, the least she can do is thank him for making sure she doesn't bleed to death and tell him her name after all.

"Elijah." He says.

"Where are we?" The structure around them is filthy but has working lights, and she needs to figure out if Alaric and Jenna are on their way.

"In the middle of nowhere in an abandoned house." He says and her eyes widen.

"So I'm in an abandoned house hours from home after some-" Elena struggles to find the right words, before she continues.

"Kidnappers or human traffickers took me and drugged me? Who are you? How did you know them?" Elena wonders.

"It's a very long story. You were not drugged. Things are not as they seem." Elijah says and she shakes her head.

"The world is simple. We are born, we die after however long. We're human. It's just us. There aren't vampires, there aren't fairies or werewolves or flying monkeys!" Elena exclaims and he admires her conviction, but she is wrong. She needs the truth so he will give it.