A/N- HIII! School starts in less than a week, so I'm not going to be posting as much. I just want to say thanks to ShiningStar324 and PR Salvatore for suggesting ideas! I will surely add them in, once Damon gets saved ;) I've been trying to make Damon sound a little off, a little more broken, but so far I think I'm failing. I always forget to ask but comment what ships you want to happen.
Disclaimer- Never have and (probably) never will own TVD. But, I did binge watch season 7 for the second time, and I just stopped at the scene where Damon got stabbed with the phoenix sword, and it sent chills down my spine. It was so sad how Stefan was screaming "Damon" in slow motion when he got stabbed, I was going to cry, it was a great episode in my opinion!

Chapter 8- Lost and Still Not Found

Damon's POV

Damon wakes up to hear a parade of knocks. The knocks are more like banging- big powerful and loud bangs.

He uses his vampire hearing to listen in on the conversation.

I can hear Stefan's voice. Wait- Stefan! Damon's eyes immediately brighten up. He's here to save me!

Damon rattles his chains as he tries to stand up. His legs can't hold up his weight, and the floor beneath him is like quicksand- he quickly sinks down.

Are they going to break out in a fight? Wait, I didn't hear the man invite Stefan in. Did I get invited in? Well, I obviously am invited in, or else I would be long dead. I know I should be happy that Stefan is here, but I really am not. I don't feel any emotions at all. Is my humanity off? I definitely feel like it is, but I don't remember turning it off.

I can feel a wrecking ball just slamming my brain inside my head. I don't understand anything- I can't understand anything. All I know is that I'm fine, and I can get out of this mess alone. Stefan doesn't need to come and save me all the time. He made me lose my chance at killing Klaus because he was saving me, from what, my own death? If I die, he gets the girl. Stefan always gets the girl. It's the world pulling them together; they're destined for each other. I'm just an obstacle, always in their way. If Elena were here, she would probably go running back to Stefan. Stefan, Stefan, Stefan... He's always the hero.

Damon tenses his muscles and puts his vampire hearing to the test.

"Hello, what brings you here today?" Damon doesn't recognize the voice that's speaking.

"I'm here for my brother. I know you have him, so bring him out and we'll have a chat." Stefan replies to the mysterious man.

He's always been one of those compromising people; the ones who holds up peace signs, and say "Violence is never the answer". He is always so annoying when he does that. And that's why he's so different from me. I would have ripped that person's heart out, but the Bambi eater always compromises with people.

"Oh my god, Damon!" That is the familiar voice of Ms. Bon-Bon. Hearing Bonnie's voice soothes Damon's frantic and jumbled up mind.

"Damon! Are you okay?" And that was the blonde vamp, Care Bear. Her positivity brings a limp smile onto Damon's sweaty and pale face.

But I'm not with them. I don't know where they are; I don't even know where I am. How are they talking about me when they don't even see me?

"Take him. I'm just about done with him anyways." Speaks the anonymous person.

I hear a shuffling going on upstairs. Take who? Take me? I'm still here!

"Stefan… Stefan…" Damon whispers, trying to get Stefan to turn on his vampire hearing.

"Please help me, Stefan." Damon's voice is barely audible, but his raw throat can only take so much.

And then, Damon realizes something.

Before I blacked out for what seemed like the 300th time, they said S.D., which stood for… Switching Damon.

Panic rushes up to Damon's face. I can't stay here. I'm going to desiccate before they find me. But I don't need help. I'm perfectly fine. They can't save me. Why am I thinking about that? I need to go and get Stefan to come back to me.

"Hurry, we need to leave."

"They're doing it now!"

"Fred! Come on!"

"We don't have much time left."

"We can't be stuck in here."

"I feel bad for Damon."

That comment stings Damon. This person feels bad for me? Why? What are they going to do to me that they couldn't have possibly done already? Damon rattles his metal chains harder, but all he can hear is the silence. They're gone. They have the wrong Damon. That's why he took my daylight ring. He's been planning this all along. Damon's breathing tightens. His heart rate speeds up into a dangerous zone. Footsteps are running out of the place he's trapped in. Damon takes one more look to the metal door on his left, in hopes of seeing Stefan. In hopes of him realizing that it isn't the right Damon and that the real Damon is still trapped somewhere. But there was no one there. No one there to save him from what is going to happen next, no one to help him go through this. And then, he closes his eyes; a single drop escapes his agonizing blue eyes.


"Help! My brother- he's shot! Help!" Damon screams at the top of his throat while kneeling. He's screaming while covering Stefan's bleeding gunshot wound.

Damon looks around the woods, panic in his eyes. He's trying to find someone who can help Stefan. He screams with a face full of tears. His brother is going to die, and no one is going to help him. Damon wipes his tears off using his dirt-ridden sleeves. It's thundering and pouring outside in Mystic Falls, and he can't think of a better weather that fits his mood right now. He looks at the pale and faint Stefan laying on the dirt road, blood gushing out from his side. Damon applies pressure onto his side while glancing around the wooden forest, where they are capturing all the vampires. He sees a shadowy figure in the woods. Damon rips his hands up and screams out.

"HELP! OVER HERE! I NEED HELP!" Damon waves his hands frantically up in the air. The person is coming closer to him.

"Brother, someone's coming. You're going to be all right. You're going to be all right... Stay with me. Stay with me, Stefan." Damon assures a hurting Stefan.

The figure is running now, coming closer to Damon. Damon breathes out a sigh of relief, seeing that the person is coming. The closer he comes, the more features Damon can see on the man's face. Damon looks at the stranger. He has black hair. The rain is pouring down much harder now, blurring Damon's vision. The mud on the ground gets wetter. Big drops of rain plop down on Stefan's featureless face. Damon looks down to see how Stefan's condition is, and looks back up. There wasn't anyone there anymore.

"No, no, no, no, no..." Damon mutters under his breath. He looks back down to Stefan and checks his pulse. Nothing. He looks back up and sees himself standing in front of him with a gun.

"Who are you?" Damon asks.

"Why, I'm Vaughn. It was nice to meet you." Vaughn stares into Damon, giving him a smirk. He holds up his gun and shoots Stefan.

"NO STOP! PLEASE STOP!" Damon screams out, rain pouring onto his face, mixing with his tears. He scrambles his hands around Stefan's stomach, trying to find the new wound. He stares at a new more vibrant red spreading on Stefan's wet white shirt. His eyes grow wide at the blood spreading. He starts crying even harder, and he can feel his brother's life drain out of his body.

"No, Stefan... Stefan. Stefan!" Damon screams out. He pulls his brother into his arms, Stefan's head resting on Damon's lap. Damon shakes Stefan hoping that it can wake Stefan up.

"You can't die, Stefan. Not now. Please don't leave me, I need you!" Damon cries, his eyes puffy and his face red.

"I can't stop Damon. You're worthless. You have no purpose in this world. With you gone, Stefan can finally have a breather, and you can be rid of this world forever." Vaughn laughs out.

"YOU KILLED HIM! YOU KILLED MY BROTHER, YOU BASTARD." Damon says, not expecting an answer.

"I'm a bastard? Do you really want to know who I am? I am you, Damon. You are the bastard. And I can't stop until you're dead." Vaughn says, before holding up his gun, and shooting Damon in the head. The bullet rips through his skull and red thick blood pour out from his skull, sinking into the dirt beneath him.


Damon wakes up from the shock. Face full of sweat, he breaks right through the chains, his adrenaline pumping up. Vaughn is NOT getting away with this. I will kill him even if it's the last thing I do. I am Damon Salvatore; I can do whatever I want. No one is going to stop me this time, not even Stefan. It takes him a while to get his balance together. Granted, he hasn't been using his legs for more than a month or so. He toddles to the iron door, and rips open the lock.

He crawls up the stairs to find himself in a living room. They were all living in luxury while I was trapped in the cellar chained up. The front door is wide open, with the sun spilling in. Damon forgets that he doesn't have his ring on, and walks right into the sunlight.

"Aaaahh!" He screams out loud.

The sun on his skin is burning up. He can feel himself burning alive. He painfully drags himself out of the doorway, and then falls down. He catches his breath and then looks around, weak and tired. He mentally slaps himself, thinking of how stupid he is. Damn it Damon. Can you do anything right for once? Why are you so stupid? You worthless little piece of- He mentally cuts himself off, and

He sees the kitchen. Since they're all vampires, they should have some blood in the fridge. He uses up all the strength he has left getting up and walking to the kitchen, careful to avoid any light. The last thing he needs is to get stuck in the sunlight again. Then, he really would be toast. Damon's barely even healing in his first run-in with the sun.

He opens it, feeling the coolness of the fridge hit him. In the fridge, there's a little cup of blood; type AB. He takes the cup and empties it. Savoring the flavor, he swishes it around his mouth. I need more. He can feel himself getting stronger, and his wounds finally heal a little.

And that was that.

Next mission: Getting the heck out of this forest, and finding his way home.


Thank you so much for reading! I've realized that all the chapters in Stefan's POV have fewer views than the chapters focused on Damon. In order to understand the story, it's probably a good idea to read all the chapters, to avoid any confusion. Because in chapters that start off with focusing on Stefan, I can change to Damon's POV mid-way through the story. I know that Stefan's POV might be a bit boring, you can just skim through it to just see what's going on haha. Anyways, review with suggestions, and please follow and favorite this story! I love you all and thanks for reading!
-Angela