"Damon!" Elena squealed three weeks later; she had just finished school for the day and on her way to his car, Damon had lifted her up and spun her around.

"Hello, you." He set her down and kissed her, ignoring the glare he got from Bonnie and Stefan from across the way.

"Ugh, must you be so…couple-y?" Caroline rolled her eyes playfully as she tried distracting Elena from Bonnie's disapproving looks.

"Yes, yes we do." Elena stuck her tongue out at her.

"Hmm. Where to today?" Damon asked.

"Oh, actually, Caroline and I needed to go to the library to do some research." She smiled apologetically.

"Yeah, that's right." Caroline linked arms with her, teasing Damon. "I'm stealing her away today, so ha!" She pulled Elena over to her car.

Elena waved at Damon, shouting that she'd call him later. He smiled and replied with, "Good luck with vampire Barbie!"

She laughed as Caroline dragged her into the car and sped out of the parking lot.

It was late by the time Caroline and Elena had left the library.

"Ugh, I'm starving." Elena complained, hearing her stomach grumble.

"That makes two of us." Caroline giggled. "Let's stop by the Grill and pick something up?"

"Yeah." Elena agreed, following her to the car. She turned and looked around them, feeling eyes on her once again.

"What's wrong?" Caroline's voice was filled with concern.

"Don't you feel that?" Elena questioned. "Like someone's…watching us?"

Caroline took the time to observe the darkness that surrounded them, looking in every corner and down the street. "I don't see anything. Maybe we should just get out of here."

Elena nodded and opened her door, but the window busted open, making her scream with surprise.

"Elena!" Caroline screamed rushing over to her, but got thrown back by a blur of messy blonde hair.

"Rebekkah." Elena croaked. "I should have known."

"You may have caught me by surprise last time, Elena, but I can assure you that won't happen again."

"What do you want?" Elena took a few steps back.

Rebekkah smirked. "I want you to pay. You've been a pain in my ass for far too long, Elena Gilbert, and I think your final death is well past due." She darted forward, grabbing Elena and disappearing.

When Caroline came to, she immediately panicked, remembering what had happened and realizing that Elena was gone.

"What do you mean, you don't know where she is?!" Damon and Stefan yelled at Caroline.

"We were attacked!" She shouted. "Now, are you going to stand there and lecture me or are you going to help me find Elena?!"

"We need Klaus." Stefan said.

"You're serious?" Caroline looked at him incredulously.

"No, he's right." Damon picked up his phone, dialing Klaus' number. "If anyone can find her, it's him."

They were already on their way out the door by the time Klaus answered his phone. After explaining the situation, Klaus didn't hesitate to meet up with them to turn the town upside down if they had to, anything to find Elena and fast.

"You have absolutely no clue as to who could have taken her?" Klaus asked Caroline.

She shook her head, crying for the tenth time. "It all happened so fast."

Stefan observed Damon closely; for someone who had just gotten the girl he'd been pinning over for months, he sure didn't seem too worried about her.

Truth was, Damon was panicking more than he let show. If Elena got hurt and he couldn't find her in time, he'd never forgive himself.

"This town is filled with people that want her dead." He stated. "Where the fuck are we even supposed to start?"

"What about Bonnie?" Stefan suggested. "She could use a locator spell, find Elena, and we can save her."

"Let's do it." Klaus agreed, dashing away with Caroline, Stefan, and Damon following.

"Damon?" Elena mumbled, waking up from being knocked out.

"Take another guess." Rebekkah taunted.

When Elena fully regained her vision and her sense of surrounding, she looked down and saw herself tied to a chair. She struggled to break free from the bonds, but it was no use.

"Jesus, Rebekkah, why are you doing this?" Her breath was shaky.

"Because you're a bitch." Rebekkah stated as if it were obvious. "You need to learn that not every one can love you, Elena."

"What are you talking about? I never expected that."

"No?" Rebekkah pursed her lips. "Then why were you so quick to assume that Stefan would just…be okay with you dating his brother? Because he still loves you. Haven't you noticed?"

Elena tried to hard to find the answer, but she knew Rebekkah was right; she never actually thought to talk it out with Stefan because he never exactly said that he wanted to get back together with her.

Rebekkah laughed. "Poor, sweet, innocent Elena. You're so wrapped up in yourself that you don't even notice the people you hurt."

"That's not true!" Elena snapped at her, yelling in pain as Rebekkah slapped her hard across the face.

"Don't take that tone of voice with me." She warned, grabbing a knife and playing with it. "Now then, tell me, Elena, you honestly didn't notice the sad look on Stefan's face after he found out you were together? You didn't see Bonnie's reaction when you told her? She hates Damon, Elena, absolutely loathes him. And yet, you have no problem being with him, as if your friendship with her doesn't matter."

"It matters." Elena spat out blood; the force from Rebekkah's hit caused her to bite her lip.

"Hm." Rebekkah scoffed. "Then why are you still with him? Do you really love him more than your own friend?" She took the blade and dragged it along Elena's arm.

Credit for the idea of Rebekkah torturing Elena like she did to Damon goes to *drum roll* Delenaluver!

You were a great help. Really helped me get out of my writers block (: