Chapter 11 – Getting Rid of Kai for Good

Damon walks into the kitchen and pauses over the scene in front of him, Elena is pouring coffee and Caroline is doing her best to fill the muffin trays with batter. He walks directly over to Elena, takes her in his arms, bends her over in the best Hollywood style he can come up with, and passionately kisses her. As if on a movie set cue, Stefan walks into the kitchen, and sees what his brother is doing, "Finally, something my brother and I can agree on!" he walks over Caroline and mimics Damon's actions. The ladies can't help giggling as the brothers devour their lips. The romantic moment began, it also passes, the brothers return their women to an upright position.

Damon takes the coffee pot from Elena's hands, kisses her forehead, reaches the creamer, adds the sugar, stirs, puts the mug into her hand, and points to the table with a with a wink, "Breakfast will be ready in moments. After all the protection spells Stef and I have done, I wouldn't want you to poison yourself, my love."

Stefan looks at the bowl of batter, gives it a smell, and turns to Caroline. "I didn't marry you for your cooking skills, always remember that." and crooks his head toward the table, "Coffee or thicker?" Caroline responds, "Coffee for now, thank you." She joins Elena at the table. Caroline and Elena start talking about Elena's lack of clothing as Bonnie and Enzo walk into the kitchen. Bonnie sits down and joins the conversation. Soon the three ladies are completely oblivious to the conversation that is happening on the other side of the kitchen.

Enzo sees Damon and Stef cooking, "I think that joining the working staff is the safest course of action. What can I do?" Stefan grins "Too much estrogen over there for you? You realize, we could take them, our count is a bit higher, 1 vampire, 1 human/doppelganger/witch, and 1 human/witch verse 1 vampire, 1 human/doppelganger, 1 human/witch ok 1 Bennett Witch."

Damon laughs "Seriously Stef, you really think we have a chance. I've always been a wagering man most of my life, even I would not have any part of that one. Those women would eat us alive and there would not be anything left to spit out. Come on Stef, look at what they have survived separately, and put it all together. Call it female power or whatever. Us men… Not a chance."

Stefan lets out a chuckle "Actually if I think about it, I think each one of them has killed us or had us killed a few times."

Damon "See.. We'd be TOAST."

Enzo laughs so hard that all the ladies turn towards them, Bonnie is the one that speaks, "What did we miss?" Stefan answers "We were just talking about how different our lives are with magic." Bonnie looks at Caroline, who is shaking her head. Enzo winks at Bonnie, "We are busted now, so seriously what is it like being a witch or warlock?"

Damon started, "It is overwhelming, I know that as a witch, there was going to be a psychic element, Bonnie has been talking about it for years, we should expect it. Experiencing it is something completely different. Actually one being, Stef, one being, I didn't expect to how I'd feel being able to feel others." Damon stopped, he was being a little to exposed. When he looked up he saw Stefan staring at him. He was sure that Stef could feel everything he was feeling, the damned brother bond.

Stefan takes the focus off of Damon, "Your power must be getting stronger, Demetrius said that as you tap into your elements, you will access more magic. What we did this morning with our magic, combining them as one, using them to work together toward a single spell. What if we performed Elena's cleansing ritual at the temple pond together with both our brother magic and earth magic? Maybe that would be enough to clear out all Kai's remaining Dark magic. I can still feel it in her, can you?" Damon agrees shakes his head yes, "I see the aura around her, it is faint, but still there." Stefan pauses "It would give more power to the ritual at the temple, you would make a stronger connection to your earth element. If we were both submerged, I could use the water to conduct the energies of the magics, from both of my elements. Your feet would on the solid granite of the pools ground and conduct the wind, fueling both your elements. If, Elena were in the middle of us, we should be able to generate enough brother magical current for you to pull all the negative energy out of her." Damon was considering the entire process "Brother that is a lot of magical energy that would be generated between us and flowing through her."

Enzo sounds off, "Salvatore SandWWitch… Sounds a little kinky if you ask me." Dead silence comes over the room. The ladies start laughing. Caroline is the first to ask "Ok, you have our attention! What is going to be 'kinky'?" Stefan grinned, "Nothing, Damon and I are talking about the cleansing ritual and how it isn't as powerful as we were hoping it would be. We think it might have more power if we do it together in the temple pool, with Elena. And Enzo being Enzo, had to put his two quid in." Stefan threw a wet kitchen towel at Enzo.

Elena questioned, "Damon, are you worried?" Damon lowered his eyes, "No, Yes, Maybe so. We just want to make sure that all of Kai's dark magic is out of you. Both Stef and I can see a faint color of it still in your aura. We are still learning about our nature's magic. We know that Gemini magic was originally part of nature's magic before Silas screwed everything up. We just don't want to take any chances. Our brother magic wasn't strong enough to pull it out of you completely, it is strongest at the temple. That is why we would like to try doing the cleansing ritual at the temple today, instead upstairs."

Bonnie "Hey, afterward, the girls can go shopping for Elena… Spend some of that Salvatore credit line" Looking at Damon with a smirk. Damon smiles "That reminds me, I have to call Donavon" Elena looks confused. Damon smiles with a wink, "I'll tell you later."

Caroline "Is this a Salvatore Brothers and Elena ritual only or can a Salvatore wife come along?" Stefan "Why yes, Salvatore wife is a must." Caroline "Perfect, than we can make it a picnic. I'll go find the basket, while you two are finishing breakfast, you can put a few things aside for lunch." Caroline whooshed out of the kitchen.

Breakfast is served. The gang is seated and eating, conversation continues. Elena notices Enzo complexion. Elena "Enzo, are you ok? You are looking a bit on the grayscale side, do you need to feed?" Bonnie immediately turns to Enzo, "She's right, it's happening again, isn't it?" Damon stated, "Again?"

Bonnie "Last night, Enzo started to desiccate in the middle of the night, he fed from me and it helped immediately. We went back to sleep thinking that he is going to need to feed more often." Looking at Enzo "When was the last time you had a bag?" Enzo's voice was full of British charm, "Darling, I was a bit pre-occupied this morning, if you recall" Bonnie blushing.

"Care, can you grab an extra bag on your way back for Enzo too?" Stefan said in a whisper. Caroline walks in to the kitchen with a basket and 3 blood bags. "2 for the picnic and here you go, for Enzo" tossing it to Stefan, who is already standing up, walking to the cabinet for a glass. Taking two glasses from the cabinet, pouring blood into both, handing one to Caroline, kissing her, then walking over to the table, handing the other to Enzo.

Enzo takes a full swallow, turns to Bonnie and immediately puts his hand to his throat. His color starts to turn darker gray, he tries to talk, and can't. Bonnie immediate takes a knife and cuts her arm, puts it to his mouth "drink, Enzo, drink". Enzo begins to drink, his color returns as quickly as it darkened. Within moments, his strength returns, Enzo takes a breath, and stops feeding from Bonnie.

Stefan turns to look at Caroline worried that the blood is tainted, she is fine, having drank most of her glass, her color is perfectly peachy as always, he smiles "Are you ok, do you feel anything?" he says looking at her. Caroline smells the blood in her glass, "No, it tastes fine to me, smells fresh."

Damon looks miles away, he is deep in thought. "Blood magic, nature's magic, 2000 year old magic spell, vampire bones, Bonnie's blood mixed with doppelganger blood." Everyone looks at Damon as he starts to pace the floor, he continues "What if? Caroline, can Enzo feed from you for just a second as an experiment? Please?" Caroline "experiment? Ok?" Caroline offers her arm.

Damon talks directly to Enzo, "There's a chance you are going to desiccate again, quickly. Bonnie, be ready to feed him again." Bonnie gets the knife. Enzo takes Caroline's arm, gently bites and starts to suck, immediately starts to turn gray, he stops. Bonnie replaces Caroline's arm with her's, and the color returns to Enzo. Bonnie doesn't understand, "Damon, what are you thinking?"

Damon face starts to change, "When we brought Enzo back from the dimension that you created for him, we didn't create new magic, we transferred old magic, nature's magic from a spell that was cast 2000 years ago, before the originals were made. The immorality spell was cast with brother bond magic, Enzo's body was formed with Bennett & doppelganger Blood spilled on Enzo's bones. We know that Bennett blood contains magic, as does doppelganger blood. Enzo isn't a vampire as we know it, he is more immoral than vampire. Remember Silas needed blood to survive, he didn't need the 'feed' the 'hunt', he just needed to drink blood. Enzo, you were re-made with Bennett blood, your immorality or element is Bennett Blood, blood is your battery. You have to re-charge with Bennett blood or Doppelganger blood. One more experiment, Bonnie, your arm, please. Enzo, the glass, please."

Damon took the glass of blood and dripped some of Bonnie's blood into it, then mixed the blood together. He handed the glass to Enzo "One more experiment my friend, and then never ever again, for the rest of your life." Enzo lifted the glass to his mouth, and took a swallow. He paused, took a breath, looked at Bonnie "How do I look, any gray?" Bonnie shook her head no, Enzo took another swallow, and gulped the rest of the glass down, he had been thirsty, he didn't want to admit, last night had scared him. He knew what happened when he had went down for a snack, he didn't want to scare Bonnie, he didn't share the events with her. Bonnie started to say "My blood is the only thing that .. " Enzo "shhh, love. This is a conversation for later. Everything is perfect. Damon, so just a drop or two of Bennett blood is the perfect concoction. Nice pick up mate. I don't mind saying, I was quite concerned for a second or two. Now, I would like to drink up a bit, if you don't mind, then take my lady upstairs for a bit of celebrating." Enzo stands up, grabs Bonnie in his arms, "Love, mind taking the glass" Bonnie grabs the glass. Bonnie has laughter in her voice, "Have fun at the picnic, I guess we will see you MUCH later".. Enzo whooshes Bonnie out of the kitchen. Elena and Caroline start laughing.

In Damon's bedroom,

Elena is packing for the ritual. "Is the ritual going to be the same that we do here? I mean, you oil me up and well, we get to.." Elena walks over to Damon, puts her arms around his waist and into his jean pockets, trying to touch him erotically. Damon harshly says, "Don't start with me, you know I can't say No to you. I will throw you on that bed and have my way with you, right now. It has been hours since I've touched you." He says as he tries to twist in her arms. Elena forced to admit he is calling her bluff, "Damon.. Stefan and Caroline are waiting for us. You know Caroline is already packed. No distractions. Now let's get all the supplies we need Mr. Witch, sir." Damon can't help it, he grabs Elena and passionately kisses her on the lips, he deepens the kiss by teasing her mouth open with his tongue. His mouth drops to her neck, his hands caress her breast, teasing the nipple from over the shirt fabric, he can feel it harden from his touch. Damon presses his body onto hers, Elena can feel the desire build, the heat coming off Damon's body is almost too much for her.

She puts her hand on his chest, "Damon, this isn't helping, we don't have time for this right now. Your brother is waiting for us. Caroline can hear us, she is going to come knocking on that door any second. Damon.. Stop that!" Damon's hand drops in between her thighs, he starts rubbing just the right area to drive her crazy.

KNOCK KNOCK ..

Caroline "Time is up.. Let's get on the road" Damon groans "Not now, Caroline. Elena and I are busy." Elena groans, "Coming, Car. We aren't busy. Open the door, and help me finish packing, Damon isn't helping at all."

Elena pushes Damon away from her, Damon rolls his eyes and curses out loud as the door opens. Damon takes one last caress of Elena's body, "Fine, I'll get the rest of the supplies. Go with Caroline and get in the car, less distractions that way."

Elena walks over to Damon, she kisses him on the mouth, hard and quick, then walks out of the room with Caroline. Damon hears the laughter as they walk down the hallway. He can't stop the corners of his lips turning as his heart feels the love from just hearing her laugh, even knowing they are laughing at him.

Downstairs at the Boarding House

Stefan is frustrated, "What's taking so long?" Caroline agrees with his general mood, "What do you think? Your brother is a horn dog." Elena slightly embarrassed, "Care!" Caroline rolling her eyes, "Ok, he was packing, with his hands down your pants." Stefan started laughing "Wife, good thing we already packed." Caroline "Stefan, shhh.. Let's get everything in the car" Damon walks in the entry way "Ok, I have everything. Stef, we should be able to get all the herbs from the temple. I've got all the oils. Do you need anything to channel anything?" Stefan "Nope, everything is there. I packed all the picnic supplies. I think we good to head out, unless you have more "packing" to do, brother?" Stefan said with a snicker. Damon picking up on the sarcasm, "NO, Stefan, all "packing" was put on a cease and desist order from your wife."

Stefan still laughing as he walks around the car and opens the back door for Caroline to slid in. Damon is in the passenger seat with Elena behind. Stefan starts the SUV, "I've been thinking about the ritual, and brother bond will be strongest at the temple for sure. We will certainly be able to create enough power between us. The thought I had was about the source of the love magic. You have been using your love for Elena as the grounding to your love magical source. There are no maybes that the love that you and Elena share is pure and good. The part that has me wondering is Kai's dark magic leftovers that are in Elena. If you are sourcing half or even some of your love magic from Elena, and your also pulling the dark magic out, that would mean at some level, the good and dark magics are mixing? What got me thinking is what we did this morning, how I was able to mix my magic you're your magic together, we made a magical current together to find your spell, in the end I couldn't break it by myself, we had to do it together. I'm wondering if something similar is happening with Elena, your magic alone isn't enough to get all of Kai's dark magic out of her."

Damon "It can't hurt, what did you have in mind?"

Stefan "We know that only you can actually get the dark magic out of Elena, that only love magic will force it out of her body, you've proven that works. What if you and I use our brother magic to find the dark magic first, we create the magical current throughout Elena's body and isolate the dark magic. I can use Caroline to create a love barrier spell around the brother magic. If we channel our love at the same time that you and I were brother bonding, we would have two magical currents flowing along the same pathways. You could use your love for Elena to attack the dark magic in her, our magic currents would let you always feel where it was, to keep the attack going until it is completely gone. We would have endless fuel directly from our elements at the temple, we could keep the fight going until the dark was gone. Damon, she is a doppelganger, she is supernatural, she is strong enough to handle that much magic inside her, her blood is a magical conductor, it will help."

Damon takes a deep breath, he noticed that Caroline and Elena had stopped talking in the backseat. "Did you hear all that? What do you think?" Elena says, "Damon, You have never been one to willingly put me in harm's way, ever. Even when I was a vampire, I gave you no choices, and you still threw a fit. Everything that Stefan is saying makes sense. I'm done being on the edge of this spell all the time, I want to be 100% awake. I know I'm strong enough, I also know that at the first sign, both of you will stop and protect me. Both of you have always, not to mention, my best friend isn't about to let anything happen to me. I vote YES" Caroline agrees "I'm a vampire, I'm a supernatural battery of love. Count me in".

Damon took another deep breath "Ok, I'm saying yes because I happen to trust in my brother.. I'm turning over a new leaf" … Stefan can't believe what he heard, "Oh no, this again!" as he rolls his eyes.

They finally arrive at the temple and start unpacking. Caroline and Elena look around, Elena "This is so beautiful, you made this with magic?" Damon sounds proud, "Yep, all by ourselves, pretty impressive" as he grabs baskets and bags "Geez, Caroline, we aren't moving here." Caroline in her 'I'm totally prepared voice', "You aren't going to complain, when you're hungry and thirsty after the ritual. Stefan, are you going to show me around?" Stefan walks over and picks her up into his arms, carrying her through the temple entry, "Of course, my lovely wife, I will show you everything"

Elena stands gazing up at the trees, Damon wraps his arms around her from behind. Elena trying to be comforting, "It will work, and I will be fine" Damon "I am going to say something you would never expect to hear coming from my lips. I'm not concerned. This witch thing has given me more confidence, maybe it is the psychic connection to the earth. I know that if things start to go south, Stefan and I can stop it, fix it, do what it takes to save you. And if things don't go south, you are going to be rid of Kai's dark magic forever."

Damon pauses "So I have to tell you something that is going to be awkward. Stefan is talking to Caroline about it now too." Elena turns around in his arms, and puts her arms around his neck "ok, I'm ready, am I going have to eat a live chicken?" she says with a smile on her face. Damon "No, but… This is nature's magic, the temple harnesses the power of the 4 elements that Stefan and I will draw from during the ritual. For this to work the best, Stef and I need to be touching, which means you and Caroline should be in front of us." Elena "Ok, what's the awkward part" Damon "Well, everyone needs to be naked. The waters will not charge through clothing, like when we were in the tub, or how I oiled you. You have no idea how hard it was when you were still under the spell to be naked with you asleep, the pure torture of touching your body, and not having you respond, not being able to do anything more with you, torture. The only way it will work is nature's way. Can you do that with Stefan and Caroline?" Elena looked down for a minute, thought and started to laugh. Damon "What is so funny? " Elena giggles, "I guess 173 years old isn't too old for skinny dipping." She says as she took off running, Damon paused, smiles, and starts the chase. He hears Caroline laughing in the distance, knowing she heard what Elena said, knowing she was going to repeat it to Stefan with his years in like.

Damon grins, "How did we get here Stef, look at them, Elena & Caroline, what do you think they are talking about, actually, I really don't want to know. I can't believe my luck. I am here with you, my brother, you don't hate me, I'm human, I don't hate it, I am madly in love with an amazing woman, who loves me, knows my warts and all. You, my brother are here in the exact situation, with just as an amazing woman. This was a turn of fate that no one could have predicted."

Stefan paused with a deep breath, "Last night, I woke up and just watched Caroline sleep. I almost missed it, I gave it up." He put his arm around Damon's shoulders "How can I thank you for saving me!" Damon looked at him "Easy, let's go save my girl" Stefan nods and they walk toward the ladies.

Caroline stretching her arm towards an empty area of the temple, "That would look amazing and so very useful, I agree. Damon should be able to find it, if I remember correctly, there are old mines out here from when he was a boy, and maybe he can remember where they were located. We can ask him later."

Damon slipped his arms around Elena, "Ask me what later?" Elena leaning into him, "Caroline and I were just talking about the temple. Nothing exciting, when are we going to start the ritual?" Damon leaning his chin on her shoulder, knowing the ladies are up to something, "Stefan and I just finished getting everything ready, the pond is prepped, if you, girls want to get undressed and in the water, Stef and I are going to get the fire alters going."

Both the ladies, shake their heads in agreement and start walking toward the pond. Caroline looks over at Elena as Damon takes off in a different direction, "How are you doing with all this, you really haven't talked about what happened when you were sleeping or magical coma. I have a feeling that you weren't exactly unaware of your surroundings. Now your awake, and have to go through all this, you must be pretty ticked off at Kai and Lily."

Elena slows down a bit, "Tyler used to come visit me all the time, he couldn't see in my mind like vampires could, but I could see him, when he touched me, I think it is my doppelganger blood, it's magic kept me connected to Damon, that is another story for later. Tyler kept me in the loop as much as he could. I was so excited to hear about the twins, I kept begging for more descriptions, unfortunately, Tyler being a boy, never gave me anything but healthy, happy siphon witches. I was mad, really mad for quite a while, after about a year, I realized that Damon was channeling a lot of the rage. Somehow he could feel it, with Sybil, he couldn't fight her with all that rage being fed to him. I realized that the only way I could help him is if I stopped being mad. I had to concentrate on our life both the past and the future, it gave him a glimmer of hope, and then you gave him my necklace at Christmas, and that was when I could really feel the change in him. I could connect directly to his conscious again. I could help him fight, keep that glimmer of his humanity alive. Every time he held the necklace, he could feel me, he could feel my love for him, even if he didn't understand what it was."

Elena paused as she walked, "When Sybil's influence was over, and Damon was back to himself, I realized, I could live for him, I understood how he could give up being a vampire for me and not regret it, I could be in this magical coma for the next 60 years I could be strong for him, I could give up the rage for him, loving him, happy for him, and not regret it. It wasn't about forgiving or forgetting Kai or Lily, it was Damon and my future with Damon was more important than they were or are. That took their power away, also the rage and hate when with it. The hardest time was when Damon was desiccating next to me. When he first arrived, I could feel him, he didn't come to me, I know he didn't want to tell me what he was going to do, I heard Bonnie talk to him. I hoped she would get through to him. Then Stefan woke him up, Bonnie moved me to Upstate. Then all hell broke loose, literately, with Cade and Katherine. After that, I was with Damon, that was the first actual peace I felt since Kai's caste the spell, before you guys woke me."

Caroline astonished, "Woww, we had no idea. We should have known Kai would have left a huge part of the story out." Elena "Honestly, I doubt Kai knew. This was new magic, no one ever tried it before, linking a human life to another human life. It wasn't about dying, it was about staying alive." Caroline "Are you going to tell Damon or Stefan?"

Elena "Someday, not today, I am not mad at Kai or Lily anymore, but I also am not going to give either of them anymore of my life, including any anger or hatred from Damon." Caroline agreed "Damon is different now. I understand what you are saying, and I agree with you. I also, don't want you to under estimate Damon. So think about it, you will know if or when the time is right tell him."

They approached the temple pond, dusk was beautiful, and the last of the sun's rays were still dancing on the water's edge. The ladies start taking their clothes off. Caroline reminiscing, "Remember, when we used to sneak away to the watering hole to skinny dip? Tyler and Matt would try and catch us?" Elena joined in, "Yea, we would always swim by the big stump, they never could find us."

As they climb into the water, Stefan arrives "Hey, there. Get ready for a big spark, ok?" Damon is right behind him with his arms full of flower stems "Stef, you ready?" Stefan replies, "Yep". Damon raises his arms, the flower stems begin to float up into the air, a gentle breeze catches them swirling them into a wide circle around the pond, Damon begins a chant, leaves and branches from other trees are pulled in by the wind current. Elena notices that Damon isn't wearing any shoes, his feet are bare, his toes are dug into the dirt. She knows his power is coming from the earth itself, but seeing him using his element magic, well, it is very sexy. Damon stops the chant and lowers his arms, he looks at her, and winks "Ok, brother, you're up!" Stefan stretches his arms, flatten his palms, then slaps them together, both fire pits on each side of the pond erupt in flames with a deafening bang. Both the ladies are startled from the noise, Stefan smiles "I warned you". Caroline actually purrs.

Damon is halfway undressed, when Stefan walks to him, "Here we go, never ever thought I'd be skinny dipping with your ex-lover who happens to be my wife.. HA HA"

Damon "I see your skinny dipping with my ex-lover and raise you a skinny dipping with your ex-soul mate and my future wife .. HA HA HA HA"

Elena interrupts, "Excuse me, I never remembering a question being answered, I never said I'd be your future wife." Damon's eyebrows bowed "OH, yes you did, 'Death do us part, BABY'. On the night you took the cure. It was already decided, no turning back. Question or not, we are getting married, yes there will be a question, and the answer will be yes." He said with a sly smile, she caught and gave it right back.

The brothers were completely naked and dove into the pond, splashing both of the ladies with waves of water. Quite happy with themselves, each came up from the water in front of their specific love.

Damon takes Elena in his arms, "Don't even think about it, you are going to be my wife! The only negotiation point is the date. That will be the next conversation we are going to have." Elena puts her arms around his neck "Really, I think you're going to have to ask a question first, my sir." Damon looks at her with his classic Damon eye thingy "Yepp" making sure to add a dramatic pop to the last P.

Stefan with Caroline in his arms "I have to charge the water, I'm not sure how this will feel for you. Promise me, if it hurts, you will let me know." Caroline shakes her head yes. Stefan closes his eyes and chants, tiny bubbles fill the water everywhere. Caroline's skin starts to tingle, it doesn't hurt, it isn't unpleasant, but it isn't normal either. Stefan opens his eyes and stares at Caroline "Are you ok? How does it feel?" Caroline "It feels weird, it doesn't hurt at all, it is tingles, when I was human, it feels like a sugar/salt body scrub treatment, like it is opening all the pores of my skin." Stefan still concerned "Are you sure it isn't hurting?" Caroline smiles with the grittiest look in her eyes "Stop worrying, it doesn't hurt, I already promised. Remember I'm the vampire supernatural love battery. Get charging" Stefan kisses her passionately just to prove the point.

Damon gets Stefan attention before things get out of hand, specially because he wants to get Elena into his hands "Ok, Stef, we go in first and find the dark stuff, then you & Caroline follow up and hold it in place, I'll go in through Elena force it out, that is the plan. Any sign of problems we stop and regroup. Agreed"

Everyone "Yep" Damon looking sternly at her and using his harshest voice, "Elena, put your arms around my neck, get as close as you can, and try not to move, I have to concentrate, you know what having your body so close to mine does to me, so don't make it harder than it already is. And yes, harder is the right choice of words. Woman, BE GOOD."

Stefan looks straight into his wife's eyes, "Caroline, Everything he said… Only for me" Caroline responds in a low sultry voice "Yes.. Husband" Stefan responds with a very harsh tone of voice "Caroline".

The brothers move closer together so their palms meet, they start to chant, Stefan moves one hand away flattens his palm, a fire ball appears, Caroline takes a breath, gently exhales, trying not to move. Elena looks above as the wind blows harder and move brush, flowers, leaves, branches have entered the vortex.

Stefan could feel his magic combine with Damon's, they were together creating a magical current that was going through Damon's heart into Elena's body. Stefan could feel her blood circulate, he felt Damon pushing his way through her muscles, he was leading the way, up and down her spine, through her organs, then Stefan could taste it, the bitterness of the dark magic, Damon was collecting all the little bits and fragments that were hiding all over Elena's body. Stefan relaxed and let Damon lead his magics, he gave more power, more energies, he filled Damon with all that Damon needed to cleanse Elena.

Stefan could feel Damon pulling away from his hand, he intertwined their fingers together, in his mind, 'I got you brother', Damon respond 'there's more, I have to get it all. I can't break concentration. You can, see if she is ok.' Stefan opened his eyes, he first looked at his fire, it was blazing larger than he ever thought possible, it hovered over his hand the size of a basketball. He looked at Elena, she was hanging on, her head was limp on Damon's shoulder, she was breathing, he looked at Caroline, she looked back into his eyes, he motioned to Elena. Caroline responded soundless, with a nod, saying everything was good. Stefan closed his eyes, and connected with Damon 'Elena is good, she is strong, her head is over your heart, she is pulling energy from you, your powers are strong, your wind vortex are steady, my elements are stable, the energies are there, keep going" Damon continued his quest through Elena mind, body and soul to gather all the dark magic.

It seemed like hours, yet only 20 minutes had gone by. Stefan could feel Damon combing through Elena's body searching for every piece of dark magic, containing it in the barrier they had created, he knew it was working, it was just going to take time. Stefan could feel and taste the same that Damon could, there was still more to find, he knew only Damon had the ability to roam Elena, Stefan couldn't help, all he could do was provide power to Damon and keep the magic current strong. He turned his attention to Caroline. Stefan knew Caroline was in his memories, the time during his running from Rayna Cruz, she was learning about his inner turmoil with Valerie. How guilty he felt daily not being able to love her the way that she deserved, knowing that he could never love anyone but Caroline. Knowing she was reading his thoughts, 'I didn't know how to come back to you. The twins needed you. I was on the run, Valerie's magic was the only thing that was keeping me safe, I truly did care for her, just never loved her in the way that I love you, the way that I wanted to be with you."

Caroline put into his mind, 'I was so hurt for so long, I didn't understand. Now, all I want to do is say 'I'm sorry' Stefan, I love you. Today, our life now is what we have to cherish, to live, the regrets of yesterday aren't important, they are gone, over. We did what we had to, we can learn from them. I will never again stop listening for that knock on the door, and you will never ever not knock on the door, and more importantly, we will never have to worry about that. There will never be a closed door between us again.'

Stefan was made very aware physically of Caroline's body, he could feel his body reacting to hers touching his. Reading his thoughts, Caroline put a cold rain storm in his mind, just to help him concentrate on the ritual at hand. Stefan thought with the most sarcastic voice possible "Thanks, my lovely wife" Stefan took his leg wrapped around Caroline's leg, she got the hint, and took her body nestled it closed to his, wrapping her legs around his waist and arms around his back, nestling her chin on his shoulder, whispered in his ear "Vamp love battery is here". Stefan closed his eyes and felt a new softer energy enter his magical current, it tasted sweet, but just as strong as his brother bond energy, it made the current more defined and focused.

Damon still searching in Elena, he was deep inside her mind, there was a door that was locked, he knew inside that door was the last piece of dark magic, why was Elena locking it from him, all the other pieces she let him find so easily. He heard voices, the voices were of conversations that he and Elena since they had met, faint images of these conversations flashed above him like a movies scenes projected on a ceiling. "Clues", Elena is giving me clues to get through the door, it isn't Elena's door, it's the dark magic door.

Damon looked at the lock on the door, he recognized the fitting, he started hearing the conversation playing above him "Stefan's daylight ring is the key" a table appeared next to him with Stefan's daylight ring on it. Damon took the ring and fit into the lock, and turned the door knob. The door opens slowly, it resists, something is in the way, as Damon slides around the opening, there is a body on the floor, it is Lexi. Damon is surprised "Lexi" Damon reaches down and touches her face, she is dead, he looks and there are all the people that Elena cared for lined up in a row, the he had hurt or killed laying on the floor leading to a vine covered alter table top. Damon steps over Lexi, she disappears, he looks down at Vicki's dead body next. Damon stops and looks up the line of bodies one after another, he recognizes them all, Caroline was laying with her ears staring at him limp covered with bite marks from him, then Jeremy with a broken neck, John, Isobel, Bonnie, Ric all of them with the injuries he causes. He leaned down and touched Vicki's face and remembered the moment just weeks ago, that he had a heartfelt conversation with Matt and apologized for turning Vicki into a vampire, "Vicki, you were just a lost young girl, I'm sorry I made it so much worse, it wasn't the intent, in my way, I thought being a vampire would make it better, I thought being a vampire made me better. I was wrong. I'm so sorry" Vicki disappears from under his hand.

Damon stood up, where was he, this wasn't Elena's body, looked down he saw his hand, he touched his face, he could feel his face, "Elena, where am I? What door did you have me open?" He looked down at Caroline and carefully stepped over her, he kept climbing slowly and gently over each of Elena's loved ones, slowly realizing they had become his loved ones as well, ok, maybe not John & Isobel, he said out loud. "Elena, you have already forgiven me, we got past this, twice actually, both with your memories of loving me and without." Damon looked down at Ric, he smiled, he knew Ric was at the house with the twins working on the secret mission for Elena. Then the thought came to his, this isn't Elena, this is the dark magic, this is Kai.

Damon jumped, Tyler stood up face to face. Tyler "Fight me now, Damon. You don't have the upper hand any more. Now let's see who will win, who will end up dead." Damon saddened "Tyler, man, oh man, Tyler" Damon grabbed the back of his head with his hand, and brought him into his arms for a complete embrace. "No Tyler, I will never fight you. Tyler, you did more than I could ever ask for, you protected Elena, from everything including me. Because of you, I have her. Tyler, I owe you a debt I will never be able to repay. I'm ashamed, everything you did, you did for Elena. I think back, not once did I ever have your back, not once did you ever not have to worry about whether or not I would turn on you. I'm sorry for that. After all the times, you were loyal to Elena, you saved Elena. The very least I should have done was have your back, call you 'friend', I never did." Damon stretched his hand out "Tyler, thank you, for everything you have done and continue to do, my friend" Tyler's image looked into Damon's eyes and disappeared.

"Elena, where are you? Can you hear me? This is about me isn't it. It is about me. The dark magic is feeding off of all the things that I've been hiding from. Kai linked you and Bonnie together, he had to link your body, and your actual body's life force to someone immortal or your cells would continue to age, he linked you to me, didn't he. He needed a dark soul, one that he knew would do everything they could to stay alive to see you alive. Kai really did it, of course no one would think of that, and a little bit of dark Damon would stay in Elena forever. I get it! Evil Damon, listen up, I am not scared of you, so come out, because you and I are having a face to face once and for all!"

He felt a tap on his shoulder, Damon turned around, and his eyes opening wide, "Well, I was not expecting you." He was face to face with Katherine. "Makes sense, I was innocence before I met you, my so called love for you lead me to make all sorts of decisions I regret. You did teach me how to be evil and love it. For over 150 years your definition of love was the only one I knew. So, yep, Evil Damon's face would be yours." Katherine sass "You really think that Elena can ever truly love you in the purest way, seriously Damon, a lifetime of being Good Damon, even with Elena. You can't, you loved being bad, it is who you are, who you can be again." Damon confidently replies "Katherine, you are wrong, I was never bad evil Damon, don't you get it. Even Klaus ask how I did it 'I was bad with purpose'. I never used Elena, I wanted my time with her to be real, I protected Bonnie because Elena loved her, so did I."

Damon for once heard the words that were coming out of his mouth, he knew who he need to speak to, "That first moment I saw you, Elena, that first moment. I wanted to be with you, I wanted to know where you were going, I wanted to know the people who were important to you, I wanted to know if you got to where you were going safely. I worried about you. I thought about you each day. I told myself, it was because you looked like Katherine. That was the only reason, because I loved Katherine so much, because I missed her so much. It wasn't, I never worried about Katherine, Katherine was a vampire, she didn't get hurt. She was always the one that hurt people."

Damon looked at Katherine "Did I really ever love you? Did I really ever know what love was with you?" He tilted his head and looked at her, he saw how different she looked from Elena. Elena's eyes were a bright chocolate brown, not a dark lifeless brown like Katherine's, Elena's hair was always so shiny and alive, not brassy and dull. Elena never wore a lot of makeup, she didn't need to, and Katherine seemed to have plaster all over her face. Even their skin tones are different, how did he ever think they looked alike, the differences were like neon lights to him now."

He laughed, thinking back to the moment on Elena's front porch, when he kissed Katherine and thought it was Elena "You know, even your lips are harder than Elena's are, I really should have known, you didn't feel right in my arms, you just weren't Elena." Damon smiled again "She was right to be pissed, she was right, Elena would have never kissed me, and she was with Stefan. I knew that. I should have known right then and there, Katherine was back in town. I used my ego and not my heart. I acted without using my heart at all, and that isn't who I was or who I am. Before I met Katherine, I was loving and gentle. I truly cared about people, I was a protector." Damon looks directly into Katherine's eyes "I'm done regretting you, without you, I wouldn't have met Elena, without you, I wouldn't have this amazing life in front of me. I'm done giving you anymore of my life, my thoughts, my feelings, and NO MORE HATE. I forgive you, I am free of you Katherine, forever." Katherine's image burst in thousands of pieces of dark magic.

From the floor, Damon could see the flower petals rise and surround dark magic, absorbing it, then disappear. He took a deep breath, he could see and feel all the dark magic was contained, why was he still in this room. He looked around and saw the table covered with vines still here. He walked toward it, slowly, completely unsure as to what he would find. With each step closer to the altar he took a branch of vines would disappear. Damon was just a few feet away, he could see enough to know, it wasn't a what, it was a who, the vines covered a glass coffin with Elena in it.

"Damon.. .Damon" Stefan voice called out from the brother bond.. Damon responded "Stefan, is everything ok?' Stefan relieved to get "I am worried about you, I can sense that all the dark magic is contain, and you haven't come out yet. Is everything ok with you and Elena, both of you are still out." Damon "Yes, I'm with her, she and I are fine. We have one more thing to do, I think I just figured it out. Just keep the barrier up. Boy oh Boy, our girl is a sneaky one. Get the Bourbon ready, I have a story for you.. Prince Freaken Charming. See you in a few Brother."

Damon took the daylight ring out of his pocket, "It's my daylight ring, not Stefan's. That was a good one, Elena, you tricked me and the dark magic. The door I opened was the door to your soul, Stefan's ring couldn't have done that, only I could. You know that. You gave me your access to your soul as a vampire and as human, those were the clues. You couldn't let Kai know. I had to figure that one out. It has to be my choice." Damon takes another step towards the altar and another vine disappears. "You want all of me, no more insecurities, no more subconscious protection spells, no more doubts. You are demanding that I make a choice, complete trust in our love, you and I."

Damon looks up, the images change to all the times he saved her, rescued her, put her first, and all the times, she rescued him, helped him make the right decisions. "Elena, seriously.. Prince Charming, coming on.. A Freaking Disney Character. I'm Knight in Shining Amour." Damon looks down, his grey shirt changed to a black leather jacket. He takes 3 quick steps, and rest of the vines disappear, as he stands before the coffin. "A Studly & Dashing Prince Charming with a pinch of kink, I can live with that." Damon takes the glass dome from the altar, there lays Elena exquisitely beautiful, dressed in a gorgeous light blue gown, with flowing ribbons and flower petals all around her. Damon shakes his head and knows that she has won his everything, "As witnessed with all the purest of nature's magic. I, Damon Salvatore do hereby give my eternal soul in its entirety to Elena Gilbert." Damon leans down and kisses Elena's lips.

Elena whispers in Damon's ear "Salvatore" Damon opens his eyes, they are in the Temple pond. Caroline excitedly "Your back, are you ok?" Damon replies, "Yes, Let's get rid of this dark crap for good, shall we Brother!" said as a statement, not a question. Stefan generates a larger fire ball, Damon speeds up the wind swirl. Damon holds on tighter, "Elena, hold on this might tingle a bit more than usual. Ok, Stef.. Now" Damon & Stef start the cleansing chant together, Elena & Caroline feel a charge of electrical current go through the water and into their bodies. Dark brown ink like fluid comes out of their pores into the water, the petals and leaves floating collect and absorb it immediately. The wind current lifts the contaminated petals up and away.

Elena looked at Caroline, she was gray and shaking, there was something wrong. Elena raises her voice, "Damon, something is wrong with Caroline." Stefan looks down at Caroline, "The ritual is almost done, she can feed from me as soon as we are done, we need 15 more seconds! Keep going." Damon doesn't stop, Stefan gets back into the rhythm. The wind dies down, the flame calm. The ritual is over.

Stefan grabs Caroline, takes him wrist and puts it to her mouth "Honey, drink, you have to drink." Caroline doesn't, she is out. Stefan looks at Damon and then back at Caroline "Caroline, Open your eyes, come on, you can't leave me. Care, Please, you have to drink."

Damon uses his powers and summons a sharp rock to his hand, Stefan extends his wrist, Damon uses the rock to slit an opening. Stefan puts the wound over Caroline's mouth and the fresh blood starts to drips into her mouth. Within seconds, she starts to suckle, her color starts returning to her cheeks, face, arm and throughout her body within a few minutes.

All eyes are on Caroline as she opens her eyes, she starts to realize that everyone's attention is focused on her. Caroline looks around and realizes she is in Stefan's lap, and is feeding on his wrist. She stops feeding, Stefan demands "Caroline, you need to drink more, I'm fine, we are in the water, I'm healing as fast as you are drinking, please, keep going. You were completely drained" Damon questions, "How come she desiccated? I didn't think we were using her as a battery. I didn't feel her energy, I only felt the earth and wind. Did you use her?" Stefan confused "I didn't think so, I was channelling the love I feel for her, so I could get inside Elena through you for the barrier, I wasn't using her for power."

Elena added "I don't know if this helps, when you two were chanting, and the dark magic was being released, it was coming out of both of us, me and out of Caroline." Stefan looked at Damon, Caroline was still feeding from Stefan, stopped "Did Kai put a spell on me too?" Caroline went back to feeding. Elena noticed Caroline "She isn't vamping, look at her eyes" Damon looked "Care, are you using your fangs?" Caroline opened her mouth, showed her teeth, no fangs. Damon requested, "Care, can you use your fangs?" Caroline put her hands on her tooth, slowly, two pointy fangs appeared "I was drinking, I didn't realize I wasn't biting." Damon with a wondered look on his face "You aren't feeding." Stefan now joined the confusion "What do you mean? She is feeding, she is drinking my blood, I can feel her sucking it out of my wrist."

Damon explaining, "Think about it Stef, the bloodlust, the hunt.. the feed… The darkness of what it means to be a vampire. What if we drained that dark magic from Caroline. She needs blood to survive, she wouldn't need the hunt, she wouldn't have the bloodlust, she doesn't need the feed, she just needs to drink, to be nourished with blood. That is why she isn't vamping while she is drinking directly from you. If I'm right, Care, use your fangs and bite Stef to drink. Watch her eyes, they aren't going to vamp." Caroline bites Stef and suckles blood, Stefan watch as her eyes never change. Stefan dumbfounded, "The one vampire in history that doesn't need help with bloodlust control, now doesn't have bloodlust." Caroline laughs, "How do you know? Do you know how many times in the middle of the night I wake up with my fangs on your neck ready to chomp?" she follows it up with a kiss on his neck. Stefan takes Caroline's face in his hands and passionately kisses her. She wraps her arms around his neck, it takes 2 seconds for him to realize she is naked in his arms.

With a twist of his wrist, a wall of water rises from the pond to separate the couples. Caroline barely hears Damon's laughter through the passion that Stefan is igniting as his hands roam her body. His lips leave her mouth, softly kissing a trail to her neck, stopping to whisper in her ear "Are you feeling better, do you need to drink more, before we continue?" Caroline shakes her head and drops her neck to the side, allowing his better access. His lips continue their assault down her shoulder, finding his way across her clavicle. His lips stopped for a moment, his hands moved forward and caressed her breasts as his head leaned into her lips.

Stefan stopped, and looked into her eyes "Caroline, I love you. You need to know this. I thought I understood how intense love could feel. I thought I had been made whole by love. Caroline, I was so WRONG, loving you has redefined everything I thought I knew about love. You fit me perfectly, I don't have stress, worry, or refrain. I've always been able to let go, to have fun, you have been my sober sponsor, my conscious and ray of sunshine in the sea of darkness. I should have seen it, I started making excuses to be around you. I didn't even understand what my heart was doing, Elena was changing, so was I. I want you to know, I know the moment I was in love with you. That moment you know there is no other person on this earth for you. I know when that moment was" Caroline's eyes gloss over, her heart was melting right there over every word coming from his mouth, from his heart. Stefan continues "It was at your mother funeral services, Damon was speaking directly to you, he called you extraordinary and a light in a sea of darkness, and I knew, you were mine, you had chased all my darkness away, even demons that had been there for over hundred years, were gone because of you. When I was around you, I was whole, not a man barely holding on, a whole man capable of laughter, sorrow, fun, joy, anger, rage and control at all times." Stefan kisses her completely, possessively, deeply with a passion he never felt for anyone other than Caroline. Caroline lifted her legs around Stefan's waist, he immediately knew she wanted him. Stefan spoke softly, "You are my heart & soul, be one with me."

The water around them became firmer, like a mattress, Stefan rolled Caroline onto her back, slowly cupped her head in his hands. His body was warm, her legs still around him, he is aching to be inside her, not yet he tells himself. Not realizing that Caroline is sharing his thoughts he hears her words out loud "Why not?" in a harsh tone. Stefan smiles, realizing what was happening, so he lets his thoughts do the talking for him. He thinks of all the things he is about to do to her body, with every thought, his hand or mouth follows the exact action. Caroline becomes unglued as Stefan's mouth travels down her body, never retreating, as her legs unwind from his waist, he slides lower and kisses her navel. Her breath deepens, he feels the strength in her legs willing themselves down and away from crushing him. He smiles, his vampire wife, with vampire strength is about ready to use her super self control. He smiles again, his thoughts just betrayed him, her hands moved to his hair, she heard that thought. Caroline responses in like "just remember torture can go both ways my human strength husband." He went directly to the place where he knew she would be distracted. Caroline arched her back and crumbled under his mouth. He knew she was there, he slid up her body and entered her swiftly. His mouth found hers over and over, following the same rhythm that their bodies had found.

On the other side of the water wall.

Damon's laughter got the better of him, "I guess four is not a party." He tightens his grip on Elena, carrying her to the other end of the pond. "Prince Charming, did you really have to be such a cliché?" Elena giggles, "Don't give me that, Damon Salvatore, you loved it, you are the most romantic man on this earth." Damon smirked, "I wouldn't go as far as "loved it". I do love you, my princess, my queen." Elena twists in his arms, that motion reminds him of her clothing status. Damon reminds her, "You realize there is nothing between us at this moment. All I have to do is move your leg like this, and lower you just a bit and we can make some amazing magic." Elena's breath gets heavier, "That's right, the ritual. We still have to finish it." Damon's look changed to worry "Do you feel something? Stefan and I thought we got every bit of dark magic."

Elena smiles, "The oiling part, every inch of my body has to be covered with the oil to make sure that none of that bad stuff gets back in." She says with a devilish grin. Damon's eyebrow arches, "I know when and what you are talking about my Queen. You are subtle as a chainsaw. First, I want to know how do you feel, really? You went through a lot today, you had an enormous amount of magic going in and out of you. Even the most mature witches would be physically spent from it." Elena softly molds to his body, "I was, until that last spell you and Stefan did, something happened when all the dark magic left my body. I felt a new energy replace it, a strong, bright light energy repairing everything. If felt like it did that first time we made love, after I woke up, it was though you were giving me all your energy, your magic, healing me."

She looked into Damon's eyes, "Since you and I are now one soul, wouldn't that make sense, your magic would make me better anytime I need it?" Damon cautious, "I'm not sure it works that way, because you are not a witch. I know that I can heal you with my magic, I have to cast the spell for it to work on you." Damon paused "One soul, how did you know that I still had those things inside me?" Elena confessing, "You know that Kai linked my body to yours, so when you slept, I could see and be with you in your dreams. When you were awake, I felt what your body felt, if you were injured or fatigued, hungry or tired."

Damon remembering everything that happened while he was inside her soul, "You were my dimmer stitch, that warm spark, I couldn't figure out why Sybil couldn't get all of me, she couldn't figure it out either. Sirens are supposed to have full psych control of men, she never had my soul, she couldn't deliver it to Cade. It was you, you were always fighting her, weren't you?"

Elena confirmed, "Yes, I wasn't about to let the love of my life go without a fight." Damon trying to put everything together, "Wait a minute, the only way you could have fought Sybil is from my soul. You were connected to my soul already, how?" Elena explained, "The night we died together, the Traveler's spell. Our souls were connected that night. We crossed to the other side together, remember holding hands, when we woke up we were still holding hands." Elena looked into Damon's eyes watching him remember, "I knew for sure, the night I took the cure, when my doppelganger blood re-activated, something changed as I got my memories back. My love for you was as strong as ever. It wasn't about my love for you, it was how I could sense you and your feelings. I knew that your offer to take the cure came with many reservations and a big part of it was about losing me. It's why I made Stefan take you to all those very dark places before Ric's wedding, it's also why I knew, when you came back that you truly wanted a human life with me. After all that, I wasn't going to give up our future to a crazy hell bound bitch. That what we do, Damon, we fight together, and we survive, together, we figure out a way to be together."

Damon laughs "I think I've been emotionally sired to you since the moment I laid eyes on you. Everyone was worried about what I would do to you. My love, my soul, you ruined me, for the absolute better, in every way, every single part of my being you have affected, influenced, made me want to be a better man. And now, you have my soul for eternity." Elena agreed, "Yes, I do. Can we talk about having your body right now?" Damon immediately got the hint.

He took Elena in his arms, carried her out of the pond, set her on the ground, with one arm around her, he waved the other and a long glassy knoll appeared with soft flower petals surrounding it. In one swift movement, she was back in his arms, he walked to the middle of the grass and laid her down, a gentle warm breeze surrounded them as fragrant blossoms domed the knoll.

Elena impressed, "This is so beautiful, and warm, you are amazing." Damon replied, "Anything for my Queen." Damon laid down next to her, "Words aren't needed any more, I can feel everything you want me to do, everything you feel, I can feel. Elena, I still want, need to hear the words." Elena puts her fingers over his lips "shhhh, I want to hear the words too, I feel what you want, what you need, what you feel. I still want to hear you say the words. Damon, I need to hear the words as well. The words are what made us one soul. Now I have a word that starts with "K" and ends with "S."

Damon covers her body with his, takes her mouth with his, and no more words are spoken. Elena's breath deepens, her heart starts to race, Damon leans up on his arms, he looks at her face and sees all the passion in her eyes. He thinks "oh how I love this woman." Elena responds, "Oh, How I love this man!" Damon, "this is going to get annoying if you're going to read my mind all the time." Elena "I can't read your mind, only your heart & soul, my love." Damon shook his head "Good to know, because my mind has decided to go in a different direction, you wanted something earlier, and I've decided to grant your wish. Turn over." Elena starts to say something, then stops, with a questioning look in her eye, she slowly turns over to lay on her stomach. Damon moves down to her feet, and waves his hands above his head. The dome of flowered vines start moving & stretching, soon drops of oils start dripping down onto Elena's body. Elena "That feel's wonderful, so warm." Damon's hands start at her feet, massaging all the drops of oil into her skin, slowly sliding up her calves one by one. He straddles her legs as he works his way up her body, he can feel Elena's desires building, his own are raging, they need the same. His hands reach her buttocks, he slides his palms from side to side, resting on her hips, as he spreads his legs, her legs follow. His hands reach up her back as his leans his body forward, pressing his hardness between her legs, she arches her hips to meet him, they groan in unison as their bodies become one. Damon's hands continue to massage her skin with deliberate strokes matching the movements his body is making. He slows, he knows, he feels it too. He rests his hands on either side of Elena and drops his chin on her head, "I know, I'm not ready either, this isn't how I want to finish. I need to see your eyes. I just can't seem to pull out this second, let's just lay here and catch a breath or two." Elena "I like this part, being able to understand each other completely. Damon, only a breath or two"

Damon smiled, yes, he understood. He rolled over onto the grass, Elena rolled over as well, Damon waved his hand again, the drops of oils began again, over both of them this time. For a moment each of them laid in silence. Elena was the first to move, quickly, on top of Damon. He wasn't completely expecting this, he also didn't do or say anything to stop it. Damon "I guess I have to massage you like this" His hands reached up and started caressing her shoulders and down her chest, lingering over her breast, feeling her nipples to his touch sending a charge on desire straight to his core. Elena's movements were matching his caresses. He thoughts slipped back to reality for a brief second, her legs needed the oils absorbed. He sat up, folded his legs to cushion her buttocks, keeping their bodies connected as one, slowly leaned and slid one of her legs at a time around his hips so that she was completely wrapped around him. He took his hands, sliding one at a time back and front the entire length of the leg, massaging all the oils into the skin. He was face to face with her, eye to eye. They saw every bit of passion and desire as it consumed them. Elena "Damon!" Damon "YES" Together they held each tight and felt the waves of pleasure and desire mix. Elena's head rested on Damon's shoulder for long moments after the pulsing stopped. Neither wanted to move, if truth be told, either was capable of moving.

This was the first time they had made love since they had been mated by their souls. Neither one of them expected what had just happened. Damon leaned his head back to look at Elena "I know you are breathing, completely in love with me. Are you ok? Because that was more then I have words to describe." Elena, not moving at all "I'm completely spent and yes to everything you just said" Damon laughed, he carefully leaned to his side, making sure not to crush Elena's leg, so they could lay down, he opened a part of the dome, so the moon light could peek through, he didn't want Elena to become chilled. He made a mental note, blankets, he needed to learn a spell for blankets or bring some with them. He gathered her in his arms, covering her with his body's warmth, and closed his eyes thinking 'rest just a minute'.

Stefan rolls over with Caroline in his arms. The male pride of spending his entire vampire wife's energy, he couldn't deny was there, he was feeling very much a, what was the word he was search for, oh yes 'stud'. He tried not to make a sound as he laughed at himself, not exactly a word that should be in the vocabulary of a 168 year old man. The sound made Caroline stir, she snuggled deeper under his chin, "Am I funny?" Stefan "Not at all, I'm the luckiest man on this earth to have you in my arms. Now shhh, and go back to sleep."

Damon felt Elena stir, he opened his eyes to find her staring at him. "Hello, sleepy head" Damon kissed her on the forehead "I was just re-charging. You drained me, big time, my Queen" Elena "My Sire, you did some major draining yourself, in a very good way. I can't wait to repeat." To prove it, she slide her hand down to where she could make point the hardest. He covered her hand "No need, I have the utmost confidence in your abilities to make it stand up". Elena laughed. Damon "We need to find Stef and Care. We have been MIA for a long while. The brother bond says he is good. We shouldn't push it. I don't want him looking for us, while we are.. well.. " He squeezed his hand over hers to make his point. Elena "Clothes should be the first order of business then. You naked is more temptation then I can resist." Damon leaned down, took her nipple into his mouth and suckled to prove her point. Elena took a deep breath in, her eyes smoldered with passion, Damon released immediately, he realized, he just started something that he wouldn't stop. Damon took her into his arms, devouring her mouth with his, this time it wasn't soft and gentle. They were eager and there was strength in each motion. Elena grabbed Damon's waist, pulling him on top of her, opening her legs wide, inviting him without words. Damon was hard with desire from the moment he looked in her eyes, he felt the heat between her thighs, the invitation was not declined. He entered her with determination, his movements were strong and swift, they came together with fire in the passion. Elena was not silent, as she climaxed with his name. He came to her with such a force, sweat beads trailed down his chest.

Neither of them wanted to move for a long period of time. Damon lowered the domed Love Nest that he created, knowing it was time to find Stefan and Caroline.