I know, I know it's been a long time since I updated this story. I got some inspiration for it today and thought I'd update.

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Safe until Then-Chapter 3

Almost Caught

Damon sighed happily as he looked at Elena's sleeping form. After the birth, she rested for a bit as the two of them ogled over Aiden. Damon gently cleaned him up, put him in a diaper and clothes and put him in the crib next to their bed in their room.

Elena refused to go to sleep. She wanted to gush over their little baby some more. However, after yawn after yawn, Damon chuckled and insisted that she get cleaned up and get some rest. She would have plenty of time to ogle over their baby tomorrow. And if he woke up in the middle of the night.

Damon helped Elena clean up in the bathtub. Despite the pain during the birth, it was surprisingly easy compared to others he had seen in his graduate doctorate college years. After he helped her clean up, she was so exhausted that he helped her get dressed and tucked her right into their bed. She looked so peaceful, he smiled as he gazed at her beautiful face.

How did he get so lucky?

A small cry from the bassinet broke him out of his thoughts. Looking in the bassinet he saw his brand new newborn son's eyes open. They were the same light shade of blue as his own.

Smiling, he gently picked up his baby and held him gently in his arms, rocking him back and forth.

"Shhhh, little one. You don't want your mother to wake up now, do you? She's had a very tiring day," he whispered to his son.

After another little cry from Aiden, Damon walked carefully down the stairs with him in his arms. Sitting on his chair, he leaned back holding this tiny little body of his son against his chest.

Looking down at Aiden, his eyes almost blurred with the tears that threatened to come out. He never cried, or he hated doing it. But this moment…he couldn't help it.

"Aiden, my son, I am so lucky to have you and your mother. Without her, you wouldn't be here…or without me," he chuckled softly. "I am so lucky to have your mother. She's the sweetest, kindest, sexiest woman I've ever met before. The two of us have so much passion and love for one another, it's amazing!"

As he looked at Aiden again, he saw his bright blue eyes gazing at his father as if he was fascinated.

"I'm not going to tell you how you came into this world Aiden. That's a father-son talk I'd rather not have until your older. Much, much older," he shivered. "But with your eyes just like mine and you'll probably be just as good looking as me, the girls will be flocking right towards you."

The little baby continued to stare at his father in admiration. Damon smiled at him while he gently stroked his son's chubby cheek.

"But I don't want you to end up like me, alright Aiden? I was…am a big screw-up and I mean royally. I'll spare you the details, but I was a very bad man," Damon whispered, looking up. When he looked back down, he could almost swear Aiden was hanging on his every word.

"I mean it Aiden, I will not let you end up like me. You hear me? You will grow up with your mother and myself, you'll be raised nice and properly like a normal boy. You will go to school, go to prom, college, you'll have it all. You'll have the childhood that I never had."

At that, Aiden smiled for the first time. A big, toothless smile. Damon smiled right back at him, placing a gentle kiss on his baby soft forehead.

Leaning back with Aiden on his chest, he closed his eyes as he felt his baby sigh softly, knowing Aiden was falling asleep along with him.

Damon had just started dozing off when he opened his eyes to a noise. It was a very distant noise, but his ears quickly caught up on it. His heart lit up in panic as he looked down as his son then at the front door.

Sirens!

With not a moment to lose, Damon quickly stood up and almost ran upstairs. Well, as quickly as he could carrying Aiden as gently as possible.

Running into his and Elena's room in the villa, he shouted, "Elena! We need to get out of here!" he shouted putting Aiden in the car carrier they had bought a month ago.

She stirred, sitting up and rubbing her eyes. She looked at Damon's panicked face and immediately jumped into action. She was a little sore from the birth, but she could still move okay.

She saw Damon quickly ripping open the closet door to get their suitcases. He always had the essentials packed in cases of emergency such as this. All of her clothes were in one and his in the other and the new baby clothes were in a bag. All they needed was the baby carrier.

Elena was dressed by the time Damon had all the suitcases packed. She quickly picked up Aiden and put him in their baby carrier. As Damon raced down the stairs, she looked in their room one last time. She would never see this place again…

She got down the stairs when she heard the sirens almost a couple of blocks from there. Quickly she followed Damon out the back door.

Damon ripped open the back door, only to find someone on the others side of it. Pushing Elena frantically behind him, he stared at the stranger. There stood a man. He was wearing a dark business suit, he had blonde hair, a muscular build and pale eyes.

"If you want to live, I suggest you and your family come with me," the strange man said in an even tone.

Damon's face was a mixture of panic and confusion. Who in the hell was this guy? And he just happened to show up when they were on the run?

He turned to Elena, who looked just as confused as he did. But when he saw her terrified and scared eyes he knew he had to act. He had promised he would protect and save his family no matter what.

And right now he didn't have a choice.

He turned back to the strange man. "If you are lying or shamming us in any way, I will end you!" he sneered at him.

"I swear I do not mean you or your family any harm, I'm trying to get you out of here in time. The sirens sound like they're getting closer, so we'd better get moving. I have a mansion not far from here," and with that, he quickly and gracefully turned around to a black Sudan car.

Damon picked up the suitcases with Elena following right behind him. As they settled into the backseat of the car, Aiden in Elena's lap, the man sped off in the opposite direction of their villa.

Elena turned around and took a final glance at the place she was just starting to call home. Tears gathered in her eyes before Aiden's wail broke her out of her thoughts. Turning back to him, she gently shooshed him as they drove off into the night.

Damon had his arm around Elena and their son in the backseat. He was just grateful they had escaped in time and were safe and sound.

"Everything alright back there?" the man in the front seat asked in a steady voice.

Damon looked up. Ripping a gun from his back pocket, he aimed it right at the stranger's head.

The stranger didn't even look frazzled.

"Put that away Damon. There's no need for violence here. I'm your friend and I only want to help you."

"Why? And how do you even know my name?" Damon almost shouted. He heard Aidan's wail get louder.

"You don't want your son to have a fit now. I promise Damon I'll explain everything later at my mansion. We'll be more comfortable there. And I repeat, I mean no harm to you or your family," the stranger said in an even, calm tone.

Damon was totally in shock. He and Elena looked at each other. She pointed at him with her finger and whispered in his ear.

Damon turned back to the stranger. "First thing's first, what is your name?"

The stranger looked at them through the rearview mirror.

"My name is Klaus."