After Krystal and Stefan went out and made sure there weren't any other guys out there she went and waited for Damon to wake up, Stefan went and got Elena from the basement. Elena found Krystal sitting in the floor leaning against the couch, staring at the fire with a glass of bourbon in her hand. Krystal felt numb, with seeing her brother's ghost and him pushing her to fight him, pushing her to fight her own battles and her actually putting the fighting techniques their father had taught her to some good use.

She should be proud but she was just numb, she stared at Damon lying there, he had been staked earlier, thoughts ran through her head, she had brought this war onto them now and they already had problems of their own, if she had gotten Damon killed didn't that mean that she and Elena would die since they had been turned by his blood? And what if Stefan had been killed? She wouldn't have been able to live with that fact that Elena's love was dead because of the mess she had brought on them.

"You did it," her brother sitting by her,

"I'm so proud of you," her brother smiling,

"He is still out there," Krystal mumbled.

"You can beat him," her brother explained,

"I cant," Krystal grumbled, Elena moved over to her, she gently touched Krystal's shoulder. Krystal flinched,

"Hey its me, Elena," Elena taking brother's place as he disappeared.

"Are you alright?" Elena asked, Krystal shook her head,

"You guys could have been killed tonight and it would have been my fault," Krystal letting tears roll down her face,

"No, you are family now, if we can get through our battles that we had with originals, we will get you through this," Stefan seriously.

"I cant go up against him, I wouldn't have been able to do anything tonight if I didn't have help," Krystal seriously. Stefan looked at Krystal with a confused look on her face,

"Who helped you?" Stefan confused,

"My brother," Krystal softly.

"I thought he was…" Stefan being interrupted,

"Yeah, but he was here, he was the one who turned the stereo on," Krystal sighed. Suddenly Damon groaned and slowly started trying to sit up,

"What happened?" Damon groaned,

"You missed out on the party brother," Stefan smirking a little.

"Are you guys alright?" Damon asked,

"Yeah," Krystal answered in almost a whisper, she drank her bourbon, after finishing her bourbon she walked off. Damon sat a littler while, Stefan gave him a glass of blood, Damon drank it.

"I'm going to bed," Elena softly, Damon watched her walk away,

"I'll be right up," Stefan giving her a kiss, Damon turned his stare to the fire,

"She did it, she killed those guys, I think she could take on this guy that keeps giving her the run around," Stefan explained.

"Did you not see her Stefan, she freaked when she saw the guy's number on her phone, there's no way she could go after him on her own, he was just like Klaus, one step ahead, we have to be one step ahead of him, or we will lose Cadence and Krystal," Damon seriously, slowly he got up and moved to pour himself some bourbon.

"We could call Liz and back trace the number on Krystal's phone," Stefan explained.

"He will be long gone," Damon explained as he lifted the glass to his lips, he could have some men around in the area still," Stefan explained.

"We need to warn Caroline and Tyler, he would go after Cadence next," Damon seriously. Stefan got on the phone with Caroline and told her what had happened, and warned them then talked to Liz and told her to run a back trace on the number.

"Tell her I am coming over tonight," Damon seriously,

"Damon is on his way," Stefan explained to Liz. Stefan hung up,

"What about this mess?" Stefan asked.

"We'll clear it up later," Damon going up to Krystal's room, she heard him coming up and pretended to be asleep, Damon came in and sat on the side of the bed, gently he brushed her hair back, he could tell she had been crying with the fairly new wet tear tracks streaming down her face.

"I promise you, we will get them, they aren't going to hurt you," Damon kissing her forehead and leaving the house.

At Caroline's House

Damon checked around the house for any men that may have been hiding out, he saw nothing. He walked onto the porch and knocked, Caroline came to the door,

"Damon," Caroline greeting him, she held the door open for him.

"Where's Cadence?" Damon asked,

"I just got her to fall asleep, I had to slip her a sleeping pill, Tyler's in my room with her," Caroline explained.

"Good, I've checked the area around the house, its clear, you guys haven't heard or seen anything out of the normal tonight?" Damon moving to Caroline's room.

"No, nothing, you think they might come here?" Caroline asked,

"If they knew we were protecting Cadence they would since they didn't get Krystal or any of us tonight, they know about what we are, so you have got to be careful," Damon explained as he sat down in a chair in Cadence's room.

"Maybe they think she is at he apartment, maybe they don't know where she is yet?" Caroline throwing out suggestions.

"I just got that phone for Krystal, the bastard called her tonight, he knew where she was, who we are, if he doesn't know where Cadence is he will soon find out," Damon seriously.

"Shit," Caroline mumbled, Caroline's phone rang,

"Its my mom. Caroline answering the phone,

"Hey mom, yeah, alright, be careful," Caroline hanging up.

"The call came from two towns over, she is taking a few deputies with her and heading over there now," Caroline explained.

"No one leaves this house, especially Cadence, they probably have the grill scoped out and now the boarding house, maybe even the blood banks, are you guys stocked up?" Damon asked.

"Yeah, for a while at least," Caroline explained.

"Good, keep the blinds closed, make sure all windows and doors are locked," Damon explained. Caroline nodded and checked the windows in the room and closed the blinds,

"I'll check the rest of the house and bring some blood bags," Tyler explained. Damon sighed,

"What's wrong?" Caroline asked,

"If Cadence gets killed I'll lose Krystal, she'll flip the switch, I saw it in her eyes tonight, she's barely hanging on to her humanity now," Damon seriously.

"You really like her don't you?" Caroline asked,

"She is my fresh start, Elena has chosen Stefan, she chose Stefan the night she died, I made a deal to leave town if she chose him, that's what I'm going to do once this blows over and Elena has gotten handle on feeding," Damon explained.

"What do you mean?" Caroline confused,

"She cant keep anything down but the stuff when she feeds from the vein," Damon explained.

"Has she told Stefan?" Caroline asked,

"She doesn't want him to know, I've got to get her drinking from the vein and get her to control it a little before I can leave," Damon explained.

"Stefan has to know Damon," Caroline explained a little panicked,

"He isn't going to listen and Elena is going to keep trying to feed from animals, she is terrified that she will kill someone," Damon explained.

"I'll help, I'll do anything I can to help her," Caroline seriously,

"Lend your support Barbie, she needs it," Damon explained,

"Of course, she is my best friend, I would do anything to help her," Caroline explained.

"I just don't understand why she cant hold any other blood down, she cant even hold my blood down, the only way she can hold any blood down is feeding from the vein," Damon explained.

"Maybe she is pregnant," Caroline threw out,

"Vampires cant procreate," Damon shaking his head.

"Maybe she could under the right situations, she is a doppelganger," Caroline explained,

"We've got Bonnie checking it out, she hasn't found anything yet or she would be flagging us down," Damon thinking. Tyler came back in with two blood bags, he gave one to Caroline,

"Thanks," Caroline softly. Damon sat in thought, Tyler went and grabbed a scotch bottle, three glasses, and went back in, the next thing Damon knew there was glass of scotch in his face, he looked up,

"Looked like you could use it," Tyler shrugged,

"Thanks," Damon sipping on it, still thinking of what to do about this whole mess.

Morning came

Caroline was just about to pass out from sleep deprivation when Damon's phone rang, he took it out and saw it was his brother,

"What's up?" Damon asked as he rubbed his eyes,

"She's gone," Stefan worriedly,

"Who is gone?" Damon wide awake,

"Krystal, she left a note but she didn't say where she was going," Stefan explained, Damon made his pissed off face and hissed,

"Fuck, why would she leave, where the hell would she go?" Damon growled.

"She didn't want us to get killed, she was looking after both of us and Elena, I don't know where she would go, she said she saw her dead brother last night, maybe Cadence would know where she went? If not we could always do a location spell for her," Stefan seriously.

"You do not leave the house, I'll take care of this," Damon ending the conversation,

"Cadence, hey rise and shine, your sister is in trouble," Damon shaking the bed. Cadence slowly rolled over and blinked a couple of times,

"Damon, what are you doing here?" Cadence sitting up.

"Krystal took off, where would she go?" Damon asked, Cadence stared at him,

"I don't know, what happened?" Cadence asked,

"We were attacked last night by that d-bag's guys, and Krystal left a note this morning, she ran," Damon seriously.

"Did she say anything else, do anything before she went to bed?" Cadence pinching the bridge of her nose,

"She told Stefan and Elena that she saw her dead brother last night, she is protecting all of us from them, where would she go Cadence?" Damon calmly,

"Maybe to our brother's grave site, maybe to her grandmother's house, I don't know," Cadence shaking her head, Damon walked out of the room, he got Bonnie on the phone.

"We need a location spell, get your little witchy ass over here, now," Damon about to hang up,

"Damon, wait," Bonnie shouted,

"What is it?" Damon asked,

"I looked in the grimoires that Luka's dad left behind, I couldn't find anything about doppelgangers…" Bonnie being interrupted,

"Get to the point," Damon pissed,

"Elena is pregnant," Bonnie seriously.