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"Elena, what's going on?" Alaric asked, watching Elena as she paced up and down the hall.
"Don't worry," I answered, collapsing on the couch next to Alaric, pouring both of us a glass of bourbon in the process, "She's taken pacing as some sort of a hobby. Never mind it. She'll be over it in a few minutes."
"Alright," Ric began, all business once more, as he pulled out several ancient-looking books, "Where do you think we should start? I'm not really an expert on the whole werewolf-spawn thing."
"I do actually have something that could help." I stood once more, downing the rest of my drink before walking out to my car, where we had left Katherine. I knew she would stay, too, because if she had left, she'd be on her own with the whole protection thing. And we all know that the last time she tried to protect herself, she ended up being Klaus's slave for the better part of a month.
"Now's your chance." I told Katherine, dragging her out of the car by her arm, "You're going to go in there and tell us everything you know about werewolf children, then I will consider giving you the protection you so desperately need. Don't screw this up."
I made my way back through the door of Alaric's house, only to be stopped dead in my tracks, almost stumbling backwards, forgetting that Katherine had to be invited in, "Hey, Ric," I called in the direction of where I could still see him sitting on the couch dazedly, "I've got your lead."
He quickly jumped up. Alaric looked something like a cartoon rabbit, running directly at us, pulling a Vervain dart in the process, "Wait, wait, wait!" I called, as he charged at Katherine with it, "As much as I want you to, it won't do anything to her. She's immune. And she's our connection, so you kill her, you kill any chance we have of figuring out what is going on."
"So can I come in?" Katherine asked, in her most disinterested tone.
Alaric wasn't fooled by it, though. A half smile met his lips and he just laughed, "I think anything we need to know, you can tell us from the porch."
"Well, it's kind of a crapshoot, honestly. It could turn out completely human. It could turn out to be completely werewolf. It could turn out to be a mix of the two. It all depends on which genes are recessive. If the human gene is recessive, then you're going to have issues. If I'm right, that fetus is going to grow slow and it is going to eat her from the inside out. I think you need to either take the thing out, and I mean soon. Or you could just kill her."
I rolled my eyes, "Yeah, thanks for the Biology lesson, Kevorkian. Killing her is out of the question. Now that we've gotten the obvious out of the way, how do we take the thing out without killing her?"
"She's too weak for a regular delivery. Even then, if this thing is as strong as I think it will become, she wouldn't even survive a regular delivery." Alaric added.
"I'd say your best bet is to knock her out and tear her open." Katherine said, not even flinching. Her tone was so nonchalant. I mean, we two she didn't give a damn what happened to Elena as long as she was safe, but all the same, not even a hint of shame or remorse in a single word she said.
"You're suggesting that we just hedge our bets, and see if she makes it, and if she doesn't, she just-doesn't?" I asked, "You better come up with something better than that, or you're on your own."
"Well, you realize if you just infuse her drink with your blood before you knock her out, there is no chance that she can die, right?" that did seem kind of appealing. And that did seem like our best bet presently, "You could have her forever." That did sound kind of good at this point, "You could be the father to her baby." I knew exactly what Katherine was trying to accomplish. She was trying to very desperately to make her idea as perfect as possible, so that she would get the protection she was so desperately in need of.
"Alaric, go make sure Elena's okay." I managed to brush him off, before walking out onto the patio and taking her by the neck, slamming her against the front of the house, "Okay, you little bitch. You may have Ric fooled, but not me. I know what you're doing. You're trying to fool with my head, the way you have been for 150 years, and I don't know if you realize this or not, but it doesn't work anymore, so you're going to have to try a lot harder than this, because you made it very clear you didn't give a shit about what happened to me or Stefan, as long as you were alive. Now it's my turn."
What she said next made me flinch, "You blink too much."
"Excuse me?" the way she said made me lighten up on my grip. I could tell I wasn't hurting her anyway. She was actually smiling, laughing even.
"Alpha behavior usually requires that a person doesn't blink. Somehow, blinking shows weakness. And you blink a lot. I can see; as hard as you try, you're never going to be the bad ass alpha male you think of yourself as. And that's why I don't think you're going to kick me out, because you still care. You might not care about me the way you used to, but you wouldn't send me away to be slaughtered like a sheep. You're a blinker, Damon. It means you're the good guy, even if you don't want to be."
I couldn't even come up with something to come back with. My hand dropped to my side and I stood there in a daze, completely befuddled. I was completely frozen to the spot where I stood, admiring the completely cocky smirk that spread across her face. I couldn't help but think that this is how Elena felt when I did this to her.
I was finally pulled out of my daze when Alaric came sprinting into the doorway, a look of utter horror and shock on his face, "Something's wrong with Elena."
A/N: I haven't updated in a while and for that I'm sorry, but I've been working on my Once Upon a Time story called Trembling Tears, which I highly recommend you go check out. Also, if you have any ideas for this story, I'd love to hear them, because I'm running out of ideas myself. Either leave a review of message me. Anyway, after two weeks, here is your new, extra-long chapter. Leave a review!