Here's chapter 15. I hope you like it. Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Diaries.

Chapter 15

Everything was dark once again. Elena looked around, trying to find something, anything. She began walking around in the darkness, taking slow cautious steps. Her feet stopped and her head flew side to side when she heard the laughter once again. It once again moved in on her.

Elena looked around, trying to see who it was. "Who's there?" she called. The laughter just grew louder, circling her faster. "Answer me!" she yelled. Nothing but laughter. It was a deep chuckle that she was sure she had never heard before, other than in her last nightmare.

"Show your…" her voice was cut off by a large hand wrapping around her throat. The hand was warm and calloused. The laughter had cut off now. Elena tried to scream and yell at whoever was holding her, but the hand was cutting off her air passages. She began to feel lightheaded.

"He won't be able to protect you." Came a deep voice. If Elena wasn't being choked and was terrified, she would have thought it was hot. Elena tried to focus on the man who was choking her. She had to figure out who it was. She was losing the battle quickly though. She knew she was about to lose consciousness. The last thing she saw was a pair of glowing red eyes, before she passed out.

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Elena jumped up in her bed, her hand flying to her throat. There was a cool sweat on her forehead and neck, causing her hair to cling to her skin. She calmed down her breathing and looked over to Damon. 'He's still asleep. Thank God.' Elena thought to herself as she stood up from the bed and went to take a cool shower to calm down her nerves.

Elena walked out of the bathroom in some hip hugger jeans and a black baby tee. She looked at Damon's bed to find him still sleeping. She shook her head slightly and looked at the clock. 'No wonder he's still asleep. It's only 5 o'clock.' She sighed tiredly and walked out onto the balcony, trying to be as silent as possible.

The cool air felt amazing on Elena's face. The light breeze lifter her chocolate brown hair slightly, teasing it. Elena closed her eyes and lifted her head towards the sky. A small smile appeared on her lips as she finally began to relax.

'Who was that? What are they doing in my dreams? "He won't be able to protect you." What did he mean by that? Did he mean Stefen? Or Damon? What does he want with me anyways? I didn't do anything to him.' Elena was trying to figure everything out in her head. She was so confused as to who it was and what they wanted with her.

She was pulled out of her musings by the sound of the sliding door opening. Damon stepped outside in nothing but his black silk pants. Elena blushed slightly, turning away from him and looking at the sky once again. She just noticed that the sun was beginning to come up.

"What time is it?" she asked.

"Seven. Why?" he answered, walking over and leaning on the railing. Elena looked up at him surprised.

'I was out here for two hours? Where did the time go?' Elena pulled her hair to one shoulder and looked up at him with a small smile. "Time sure flies doesn't it?"

Damon focused in on her neck before turning his head and turned away from her. 'This is bad. I haven't fed in two days. I need to get blood, soon.'

Elena studied him for a moment. His hands were clenched into fists and shaking slightly. She leaned over some and saw him biting his lip and the veins around his eyes darkening. Instantly she knew what was wrong.

"When was the last time you had blood?" She stood and walked over to lean on the railing a couple feet from him.

"Two days ago."

"Don't you need some?"

"Why? Are you offering?" Damon smirked in her direction. His face was back to normal, but his hands were still clenched.

"I can give you some if you want. Just as long as you don't take too much. I can at least give you enough to give you time to find another source. As thanks for yesterday?" she asked finally when she saw the stubbornness in his eyes.

"No thanks." He smirked. "Don't need it." He said in a cocky tone. "I'll be back in about twenty minutes." With that he was gone.

Elena looked at the ground. 'Guess my blood isn't good enough.' She thought out bitterly and walked back into the suite.

"Finally," a voice came from the bathroom. "He left." The man smirked at Elena.

Elena gasped and jumped away, pushing herself against a wall. "W-who are you?" she yelled.

"Aw, there's no need to be rude, Elena. You don't remember me?" his smirk grew into a grin. That was when she noticed the blood red eyes.

"What do you want with me?"

"Oh nothing much." He continued to grin as he moved closer. "I just want you."

"Why?" she glared at him and moved farther away from him.

"You look like Katherine." He continued too stalk her onto the balcony.

Elena's back hit the railing. She glared darkly at the man. "I am not Katherine." She ground out.

"Oh don't worry, Elena. I know that much. But you still look like her." He stepped into her personal bubble. Elena looked around for an escape route but she couldn't find one. He stood in front of her and placed a hand on each side of her on the railing. "What? Don't have anywhere else to go? Why don't you call that boy of yours?" the man laughed. A chill went through Elena's spine as she heard the same laugh as in her nightmares.

'Come on, Damon. Hurry up and get back here!' Elena glared daggers at the man in front of her. "What do you plan to do with me?" she knew she shouldn't have asked that was his smirk grew into a grin again.

"I'm going to make you feel heaven." The man wrapped his arms around Elena's waist and picked her up, throwing her on his shoulder as he took off running.

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Damon appeared back in the suite twenty minutes later, as he had promised. He had found a young girl for his morning snack, her hair the same color as Elena's. He had been so tempted to take Elena up on her offer. He forced himself to refuse though. He knew that once he tasted his blood, he wouldn't be able to stop himself. Especially with how thirsty he was.

Damon looked around the suite to find it empty. "Elena?" he called, just to be sure. He looked around the room, trying to figure out where she went. That's when he caught the scent of a male. At first Damon was pissed off, but as he searched the scent more, he found he recognized it. He forced himself to think about it. 'Where have a smelt this guy before?' Just then a picture of a man with blood red eyes and pitch black hair popped up in his mind. "Jugoku!" he growled out as he stormed out of the room, following that man and Elena's scent.

Okay. There's chapter 15. Let me know what you thought. :-)

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~Ashley~