Hey guys, again so sorry for the late update! Thank you all of yours reviews/alerts/favorite-ing I'm so grateful, you're great! So this chapter is a little Bonnie/Katherine & Damon/Stefan pairing. Enjoy! :)

"So what do we do now? We just drive around the States without any plan like a bunch of hippies?" Katherine sighed in frustration and turned her head away to the window where she watched the boring trees and landscape as it passed by. She was so bored that even the doppelganger's company seemed to be enjoyable than this—as long as she stays away from Stefan. The witch won't entertain her anyway. "You should have told me that your journey was aimless. Then I wouldn't have joined you." Katherine huffed nervously as she rolled the mirror up after the entertainment wasn't pleasant anymore as she brushed her wavy locks out of her face with her fingers.

Bonnie squeezed the steering wheel angrily as she tried to fight with her newfound killer instinct that seemed surprisingly satisfying and interesting. "Joined me?" she raised an eyebrow without taking the trouble to look at the vampire. "I practically saved your ass from Klaus back there. I suggest you shut the fuck up and be grateful you're still alive."

Katherine's face darkened. She's a vampire; a young witch won't command her as she pleases. "You're starting to think too much of yourself don't you think?" she smirked but her dark eyes were throwing daggers. She already spotted a strong vein on the witch's neck. If she thinks Bonnie is disrespectful again, she won't think twice about sucking the life source out of her literally.

Bonnie's fingers flinched and her heart twitched painfully and for a moment, she remembered someone who used the almost exact words that Katherine had used now. "I want you to know where your place is. You're still just a witch and I am a vampire. Don't ever forget this." Bonnie didn't answer so Katherine smiled in satisfaction and leaned her head back to rest. Just when her head hit the head rest, raging pain filled her brain. She cried out and held her head with both of her hands. Her fingers tucked inside her locks helplessly as tears burned her eyes and the pain was far from stopping. She was barely able to keep her eyes open but she looked at Bonnie with her last strength.

She didn't look at her; she didn't need eye contact anymore. She watched the road undisturbed with an evil smirk at the corner of her lips. "Stop it now! Enough!" Katherine roared as the pain jerked her into fetal positions in her seat. Just when she thought she won't take any longer, the pain suddenly stopped. "I just wanted to inform you of where your place is now." Bonnie replied in a mocking fashion and turned her head to grin at the vampire.

Katherine growled and without a second thought she attacked. The attack caught Bonnie unexpectedly, she jerked the steering wheel and tried to take the control over the car at the same time in order to defend herself against a very pissed off vampire. Katherine tried to bite her neck while Bonnie tried to push her away with her other hand. As expected, the car ran out of the road and rushed straight forward towards a massive tree causing the two women to scream.

Bonnie let go of the steering wheel and closed her eyes hoping for the best. There was nothing she could do anymore. The last thing that she saw was long brown locks flashing in front of her face before hearing a loud crash and the shattering of windows. She felt the windshield crash into a million pieces and the sharp shield cover both of them and the car. She felt something hit hardly onto her left shoulder at the same time she heard Katherine's painful moan.

Everything happened so fast that when she opened her eyes, she saw Katherine leaning back from her although Bonnie was sure she was sitting next to her before. The vampire moaned loudly and Bonnie saw a sharp branch staking her from behind. To her luck, it missed her heart by a few inches. She grabbed it and pulled the branch out in fast motion. She bent her head down panting heavily "Shit. Where the hell did you get your fucking driving license?" She growled.

Bonnie growled almost the same way. "Are you out of your damn mind? What the hell were you thinking when you decided that attacking me when I'm driving was the best idea?" She tried to open the car door but it was stuck so she lifted her feet to kick it a couple of times until it opened itself and Bonnie could get out. Now she could see the damage. The car hit the tree that Bonnie saw but then the crash's' strength pushed the car against a wooden fence causing the broken window, the shards and the branches that staked Katherine on the back. This whole chaos completely destroyed the driver's side it was unbelievable that Bonnie survived without any scars on her body. Katherine also got up, her sides were untouchable but she was a vampire so it doesn't really count.

"Look at what you've done! We can't go on with this garbage anymore!" She shouted at the vampire as her eyes darkened. She felt she could kill Katherine with her bare hands. Katherine probably felt the same because she slammed the door and walked towards the witch ominously, "You just roasted my brain to a near toast! I'm not the one to blame it's all your fault!"

Bonnie clenched her wrist and cried out in frustration. Before Katherine could react, she punched her in the face. Katherine grabbed her throat and started to choke the life out of her but she felt the brain killing pain again and dropped Bonnie to the ground as if her hand had been burnt. Bonnie held her abused throat panting heavily and stood up, "Enough with the fight." She said her voice sounding kinda husky. She stopped the torturing and Katherine looked at her with half hatred and suspicion. She continued, "If we want to work together, we have to work as a team. We have to survive the day. We are stronger together."

Katherine nodded her head and closed her eyes for a moment. Bonnie noticed her hand slip on her belly where the wood had staked her. A blood soaked spot appeared and apparently, the wound wasn't as small and quick to heal as expected. "Are you ok?"Bonnie looked at her worriedly for the first time although she didn't understand why.

Katherine pulled up her shirt and hissed, "Probably just some splinters that's all." Bonnie nodded her head but she was deep in her thoughts. Something wasn't right. She looked back at the car as she realized, "Your sides are untouchable. The wood burst into the car on the driver's side. Then how did you get hurt when I haven't even gotten a bruise?"

"Who cares? We are alive and that's what matters." Katherine cleaned off the blood of her abdomen irritation clearly portrayed on her face but Bonnie didn't let go of it. Her forehead frowned with confusion when she remembered and put the pieces together. She saw Katherine's hair before her and when she opened her eyes she wasn't at her seat. She had leaned in front of her. She had protected her. She had saved her life.

Bonnie looked at Katherine with disbelief and confusion stuck in her eyes "Why?" was all she asked. Katherine looked at her and shrugged, it was clear she knew what Bonnie was asking about. "You saved me, I saved you. I hate to owe. We are even now. No need for more words."

Bonnie nodded but she still had questions on her mind. Finally she sighed and looked around to see the damaged car, "We have to figure out something. We need a car. I can't just jump up on your back and start vampire speed-ing the whole journey." Katherine raised an eyebrow and made a face for this offering. "-Forget it." Bonnie rolled her eyes and waved. She walked back to the car and opened the trunk to take off her backpack and a big black leather travel bag. She took on the backpack and threw the other bag over her shoulder. She made a whimpering sound for its heaviness and slammed the trunk door.

"You can leave it if it's that hard." Bonnie twitched for Katherine's voice; she squeezed her grip around the bag's handle. "You can buy everything if you're with a vampire. Moreover, your closet really needs to be reborn, if you know what I mean." Katherine looked over the witch from head to toe and shook her head resignedly.

Bonnie ignored her comment and shook her head. "I'm fine, thanks." Katherine shrugged; to Bonnie's biggest surprise and confusion, she unbuttoned her shirt so Bonnie could see her red and black lace bra. "What the hell are you doing?"

Katherine smirked, brushed her hair with her fingers and walked towards the road. "I'll get you a car."

ooOOOoo

"I slept with Elena..."

The words didn't have the time to fill the silence and drop to the ground irrevocably just like Damon hadn't had the time to regret his honesty. Stefan's fist met with his elder brother's jaw with the strength that caused him to fly across the room and hit his back onto the wall quite harshly.

He didn't even protest, he endured every hit. Every kick that he got like he deserved it. It looked like Stefan couldn't stop himself. His hard fist punched Damon's face unstoppably; he didn't seem to care about his brother's blood covering his hand mixed with his own. His eyes were black, the veins around them completely visible as they weaved his face. Every hit was followed by a moan and every painful moan followed a punching sound. Damon closed his eyes as he waited for a near end. He was waiting for the wooden stake that he was sure will come and end his misery. His face got swollen; the skin under his eyebrow ripped open and the cold blood flew across his baseball sized right eye. "I'm...I'm sorry." He didn't say this to hit a soft spot; he said this because he wanted Stefan to know he was really sorry, he does regret what he did. Though he knew he wouldn't believe him, he still couldn't die without saying it.

"You're my brother!" Stefan's voice choked up and it hurt Damon more than every hit that he had just received. He was supposed to be the big brother. He was supposed to protect Stefan and instead, the only thing he's been doing for centuries was ruin his life since they became the part of the living dead. He swore an eternity of misery and he kept his word. Damon closed his eyes painfully and took a deep breath. Stefan stood up and took some steps towards Damon's bed. He leaned his back against the bed's leg panting heavily after all the anger and pain had left his body leaving him with mere disappointment.

Damon coughed out some blood as he sat up. "I failed. Again." He leaned his head back against the wall to give it some support. His words flew between the two vampires like invisible feathers. Stefan laughed bitterly. "This time you don't even love her." He buried his head into his palm and shook his head. "You know the saddest thing is, I didn't except anything else from you but Elena...I never thought she would ever betray me like this." Damon stayed in silence and watched his brother's face. He saw all the pain that they caused him and he wished he could change the past. "I'm done with you Damon." Damon lifted his head up and looked at his brother trying to figure out what he was thinking about. "I'm tired of being the big and mature brother. This is the last time I take on this role. After this, I quit." Damon frowned and hissed from the pain that cut into his head but Stefan's next sentence made him forget every pain torturing him so far. "I'm going to help you find Bonnie."

If it wasn't at the verge of falling apart, Damon's jaw would've dropped in surprise. "You said what now?" Stefan sighed and pushed himself from the bed. "This is my last hope for you to be what I always thought you always were deep inside. Bonnie is your last chance. I don't know how she feels but I do know that you love her. You are truly in love after more than a hundred years of obsessing over Katherine and I won't let this one real feeling die out of you. This is my last brotherly deed to try to save your soul if you still one left." Damon looked at his brother numbly; he also forgot to stand up. That's exactly why Stefan is: the good brother. He's the savior. Saint Stefan no matter what.

"I'm also worried about Bonnie. There's something wrong with her since that night." Stefan added as he offered a hand to help his brother get back on his feet again. Damon accepted his hand and suppressed the sudden feeling to hug him. It would be weird and un-Damon like. Moreover, Stefan is right. Something was really happening with the little witch ever since she lost all of her powers. "One more thing." Damon dragged himself out of his thoughts and looked up at Stefan. "Before I do anything to help you with Bonnie, you are going to promise me that you won't do anything to hurt her. Ever."

Damon nodded his head without any hesitation. "I promise." Stefan also nodded and was about to leave the room but Damon's words stopped him. "What about Elena?" he could've bit down his tongue but one of them had to ask the question. Stefan stayed in silence for a few minutes before he answered as he opened the door, "She's another reason why I wanna go help you find Bonnie." He changed the tune in his voice as he advised his brother, "Go and drink some blood. We're leaving in an hour."

After 35 seconds, the brothers drank their last whiskey in the living room before they hit the road. Damon looked as good as new again with all of his injuries gone. At least, the physical ones. As it turned out, Elena went to Caroline after their fight with Damon. What a lucky coincidence.

Stefan emptied his glass and put it down onto the coffee table. "I guess you learned a lot of things on your journey about this Mother. As usual, I have a feeling Bonnie's trying to take matters into her own hands. Our best chance is if we follow the traces. All we need are your researches. Are they in your room or...?" Stefan looked around the room in the hopes of seeing a huge tower of papers and books that will give them a very good first step.

Damon cleared his throat nervously; his lips parted and formed an "o" while his eyes were half-closed. Stefan knew this face very well and like always, it managed to hit his nerves. Damon took a deep breath. "Well..."

oooOOooo

"Alright Buffy, what's the deal with your precious bag? Is this growing on your hand or what? You didn't let it out of your hands since you got it out from the trunk." Katherine leaned back in her seat and raised an eyebrow. They were at some kind of roadside inn with rectangular desks, checked tablecloth and boxes. She sucked the straw in her milkshake loudly and Bonnie rolled her eyes.

"First of all Buffy is not a witch, she's a vampire slayer. That's why the title is Buffy, the vampire slayer. You should take inform yourself before you start calling people names." Bonnie dug some French fries into the ketchup and ignored the answer to Katherine's question. Katherine smirked as she reached over to take some of Bonnie's French fries. "Sorry, I didn't have a room full of posters about my favorite shows."

"So sad." Bonnie pushed off her hand and pulled her plate away. "Order some for yourself. We're not a couple." Katherine made a fake hurt face but took the menu. "So what about the bag? I'm guessing it's not yours. Looks like a man-bag." Katherine didn't look up, she dug her nose into the menu and put her feet on the chair. "I bet its Damon's. Cute." Bonnie ignored her and just continued to eat. The black leather bag was lying on the seat next to her. Katherine put down the menu and looked at Bonnie smirking. "I think you can leave it in the car. No one needs Damon's shirts and underwear except you. Or just his shirts, he doesn't wear underwear but I think you already know this." She finished with a wink and Bonnie winced. "These are not his clothes and shut up."

Katherine smiled triumphantly. "So this really is his bag. I knew it!" Bonnie growled and tossed her food onto the plate. "We are a team Bonnie, don't you remember?" Katherine said in a sing-song voice. "What's inside your little bag?"

Bonnie sighed; she should show her sooner than later anyway. She grabbed the zipper, opened the bag while Katherine leaned over the table and gasped as she exclaimed, "You really are a tricky little witchy aren't you?" Katherine smirked as she looked at a paper what was on top of many more. She saw the word 'Mother' capitalized in red with a clear indication of Damon's handwriting before Bonnie pulled back the zipper.

She leaned back smugly and looked at Bonnie's plate. "Are you going to eat this?" Bonnie looked at the tablecloth as her eyes got foggy. "I'm not hungry anymore."

Please tell me what do you think! Do you like team Katherine/Bonnie? (Did they get a name already?) What do you think about Stefan and his sudden forgiveness? Is he really that good? Or unlike Damon, he does know brothers bond worth much more than girls? His words were honest and he will really 'quit' after this? Will Damon let him leave?

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