A/N: Hey all. Here is another update for you!

I wanted to give a shout out to some amazing author's on here. Delenasmut just started an amazing powerful story called Until Death Do Us Part all Delena and full of angst and sadness and yet I have complete faith that she will bring them back together in a beautiful and powerful way. It is already so sweet and has you just yearning for them to find each other again after misunderstandings and pain, yet you can just feel the love through her words.

Mariah April May a dear sweet friend and amazing author is just finishing up In love with the enemy and it has been an incredible ride and I love those characters to pieces and am praying for a happy ending. They have been through so much and you can see how much they love eachother and how powerful their connection is. Even a lot of the more non lead characters are so well written and I find myself hoping they all survive the hell that's coming in the final chapters. She just started a new story herself called The Scandal which looks amazing too.

And I wanted to mention a lady that hasn't written many Delena stories but Marrilyn has a story called Mine, where Damon is Elena's slave based on that being a custom in that world and its so powerful and the imagery and words pull at your heartstrings.

And scarlett2112 another sweet friend I have met on here has so many stories that are all amazing and compelling and I am super excited that she is going to write a story based on a prompt I sent her and I can't wait to hear how it turns out! She pulls the reader into AU Delena and adds so much history and real life events that have already happened and then the romance and the angst just flow as they overcome whatever they are facing. Every story is so powerful and I wish someday to have the following that she does as such an incredible author.

I would appreciate prayers if you pray. I'm dealing with some health issues that I might feel led to explain more in another post and would greatly appreciate your thoughts and prayers to get better and not be facing the risk of worse health problems in the future. I'm scared but hopeful and I want you to know I will not stop writing. Writing helps me stay sane especially when I'm scared and I am hoping to keep updating often and appreciate all your love and support and reviews and favorites and pms. I love this fandom and your ladies are so sweet!

Elena lifted her head, not wanting to move from being wrapped up in Damon's arms. She was still shaking in fear and well as from the cold. She had been out in the rain and barely clothed far too much that she was just asking to get sick.

He was running his hand up and down her back on top of his shirt, his head right by hers whispering promises and love and reassurance, trying to get her to stop trembling. He hated that she had again been the victim of another psycho. How could that keep happening to them?

First the damn wolf hellbent on revenge against Stefan and now this powerful warlock of Klaus' that he obviously had not made sure was dead enough.

And the fact that the creep had an ex that looked just like her and he was promising Elena he would take advantage of her more once Klaus kidnapped her! Holy fuck, he was livid and for damn sure glad that he was dead now! He did not even want to imagine that at all. His stomach was still so close to his throat at what had already happened to his beautiful love.

Elena felt Damon's hands in her hair and leaned into his touch. His forehead was leaning right against hers and she realized that holding her like this must be just as soothing to him as it was to her. She leaned her head down on his shoulder, hers arms still locked around his neck from the second he had caught her as the warlock fell. Damon ran his hand through her hair over and over, his bare chest pressed tight to hers and she finally stopped shivering.

"Baby, can you go to Jeremy. Just for a minute?" he asked her cautiously. She lifted her head and nodded slowly to him. He helped her button up his shirt on her again and she stood up slowly her legs shaky.

Jeremy stepped closer, swinging the stake gun he had grabbed back from a bag of weapons that someone must have left on the back deck before he had set out to find her behind him on his back. He could not even get into his own families cabin now that he was a vampire.

Thank God he had found her. Stefan was far too weak and had barely made it with his help back to the cabin. Which was right back where they started from but at least it was out of danger for Stefan from other vampires around. They had been so lucky killing the ones that had been surrounding them and yet by then Stefan had told Elena to run. By the time Jeremy got Stefan back to the cabin she was long gone and he had been searching everywhere for her. Once he found the huge pile of dead vampires he knew he must be close and thankfully they had not been far from there.

"El, its okay. Come here," he whispered looking so sadly at her. He had no idea what all happened but seeing her wearing nothing it looked like except Damon's shirt he knew the damn witch had hurt her somehow and scared her so much. He leaned against the wall of the cave opening his arms to her. His sister looked like hell and had tear tracks all down her cheeks. He could see Damon's face flooded with concern for her as he helped her over to him.

"Angel, just shut your ears for me okay and you might want to turn around?" Damon asked her. She nodded again and turned her face into Jeremy's chest.

Damon knelt down beside the dead warlock, his rage barely contained. He was dead but he was not happy with just merely snapping his neck. He turned him over a bit and ripped the stake out of his back and blood gushed from the wound. Damon glared down at him, seething as the images of what he did to Elena played over and over in his head. Maddox's fingers in her hair, kissing her neck, caressing and fucking massaging her breast, unbuttoning his shirt on her. All things that were his and his alone. Then too the horror of him cutting her with the ax, licking up her blood, his damn hand on her belly where his babies were…

He lifted the stake and slammed it down once twice, three times, four, over and over; Right. In. His. Heart. Destroying the organ completely. The blood that was no longer pumping but still warm in his veins splattered up on Damon's face and neck as he tore into the monsters dead flesh again and again.

He had not even killed the wolf Brody himself and only for his selfish reasons of wanting Stefan to send Elena back out to him knowing he would, so there was still so much pent up rage in him for what the wolf had done to her too.

Klaus was next on his hit list. He would get his blood or die trying. He knew she could not live without him anymore than he could even try to imagine his life without her at the center of it.

He turned back behind him hearing movement scared that it could be Klaus already. But it was Elena and he saw her grab her blue shirt from the ground beside him and she knelt down and wiped the blood from his face and neck. There was even some blood spatter on his bare chest as he just stood over the body his eyes empty and lost. He shut them tightly, angrily, furious that someone had hurt her again as she rubbed the soft fabric over his skin so tenderly.

Damon sat back up on his knees, holding the bloody stake still in his iron grip and as hard as he was squeezing it the wood stake broke in his hand and he cursed out at the pieces getting in his palm. The same one that he had the poison in.

He spit at the body, his eyes violently yellow with his fury. "Stay dead!" he snarled out and then cringed at the wood pieces piercing his skin.

Elena had jumped back as the stake shattered on the other side of Damon but was back by his side in an instant, her small hands cradling his larger damaged one in hers, brushing the wood shards of his palm. "Damon, let me help you. I'll get the wood out," she spoke as he tried to pull his hand back away from her while blotting the blood streaks away with her shirt.

"No Elena, its fine. We need to get you out of here. Klaus is heading right here," he insisted as she grabbed his hand back. He looked back at Jeremy motioned that it was time to go. But before he knew what was happening a light hit the wound and he saw Elena was holding the warlock's phone and had shone it at his palm!

He felt like he spun around in slow motion and could not pull away from her fast enough. How had she gotten her hands on the phone and turned in on so fast? She looked for a moment before he ripped his hand back more forcefully. He saw the phone clatter to the ground as he heard her heart pounding more furiously in her chest. She let out a whimper as she turned her face to him, her eyes glaring at him in betrayal and absolute devastation in one heart wrenching look.

"Damon?" she gasped out, her eyes full of fear. "That's… I saw...black veins." Her voice rose at the end of the sentence in shock and put her hands to her head, her mouth falling open. It could not be true. But she saw the thick black marks so clearly, even if only for a second. "Oh my God baby...you're DYING?!"

Her face contorted painfully, her eyes glassy as she let out an aching sob. Elena sucked in her breath as her heart slammed in her chest harder and harder. Her hands were grasping for him, her legs collapsed under her and he caught her before she slipped to the ground.

Damon's head was down, avoiding her eyes and she forced it up level with hers and looked deep in his eyes. There was no mistaking the look in his eyes. She saw the truth. It was true!

"No, no, no, Damon," she whimpered, her hands shaking as she tried to cradle his face, seeing his eyes in just as much pain as he reached to steady her hands on his face.. "You can't...die! I can't lose you!"

Her face changed again tears falling freely at an alarming rate. "You promised! You promised you would be there for me and our babies! When were you going to tell me?!" She glared at him and then her head fell to his chest as she sobbed more, her fingers clinging to his arms.

Damon was in shock and felt like he was watching her reaction in painful, aching slow motion, just as he felt as he turned seeing her see his wound. He would open his mouth to say something anything to calm her but he realized nothing would. There was nothing he could say that would take this dagger of agony out of her chest.

He looked back up at Jeremy knowing they were dead if they stayed here much longer. He had seen her brother go back and forth looking out the entrance of the cave and still no one was there. But that would not last forever.

"Lanie, angel," he let out a whimper of his own, feeling her pain as if she had staked him and he was feeling the cold hands of death suffocate him till there was nothing left. Her tears, her painful heart-wrenching sobs were breaking his own heart into little pieces. He felt like he was in the middle of a snowstorm and each snowflake was a piece of her heart and his and he was scrambling to keep them together, to keep the pieces of their hearts from all getting taken away from both of them.

She suddenly lifted her head, her expression empty and devoid of emotion. "I'm staying," she breathed out, the lines on her face rigid with her determination.

He was already shaking his head the second he heard her. "No, no you are NOT giving yourself over to save me!"

Elena stood up pulling away from him stubbornly. "Yes. I. Am. Damon! I am not just going to run away with you to get ME and our children safe only to have their daddy die in my arms!"

She was angry and was looking back and forth at Damon and her brother. Jeremy looked sad but not nearly as surprised as she was. "Did you know about this?!" she snapped at him. He hung his head and nodded slowly and she threw her head back and stormed past him out into the forest.

"Elena, Elena wait," Damon called after her and blurred himself forward and caught her as she stepped out of the cave and pressed her against it, his arms on hers. "I'm so sorry baby," he cried out, his face wet with tears too. "You have no idea how sorry I am. You don't deserve this, after everything!"

She grabbed for his wounded, poisoned hand and held it up seeing it much clearer in the brighter light. She kissed the inside of his palm, and started shaking and crying, her cheek against his hand. Her eyes snapped back up to his. "You don't either. Neither does Stefan! You promised! You promised you would be there for us! You lied to me!" she felt her chin quivering. "I love you so much Damon. I can't lose you! We need you!"

He pulled her into his arms, holding her tight, his one hand cradling her head into his neck, saying he was sorry over and over. His heart was breaking for her. She had been through so much pain, so much heartache and suffering. They had found the most incredible love between them and were having babies together and getting married.

NO! This was not how it was supposed to play out! It couldn't be how their love story ended.

She sniffled again and saw Jeremy standing there beside them and heard a rumbling and lifted her head to see that Damon was talking quietly to him. "No Damon! I'm staying and I am going to beg Klaus to heal you!" she interrupted him trying to tell her brother again to get her out of here.

Damon growled at that, his hands around her arms and he shook her gently. "Damn it Elena! I will not let you do that!" He was panting with anger and overcome with grief and hardly knew how to think right then.

Elena glared up at him. "Well you can't stop me!" she hissed back at him, her lips quivering, as more tears flooded her eyes. Then she suddenly doubled over, holding her, belly her face full of pain. "Owe," she grunted out, her hands clutching her stomach as she gritted her teeth. What was happening?!

Damon froze for a moment thinking, watching her and then shock and fear ripped through him like a damn tidal wave. Was she losing the babies?! Their miracle babies?! Oh no no no! That could not happen! He knew what he needed to do and now there was no question in his mind that it was the right thing.

He grabbed her face, forcing her head up gently so her eyes were on his. "Yes I can," he whispered knowing she would hate, fucking hate him for this. But he had to do it. For his babies to survive, for her.

Elena's eyes widened and he knew she knew what he meant and she tried to pull herself from his grip on her chin. "Damon no!" she cried out still holding her stomach as another wave of pain washed over her.

But it was too late. His eyes were locked on hers, his voice smooth like velvet in her ears. "You my love will stop arguing and fighting me. You will calm down and take deep breaths and settle your blood pressure so that our children will be okay."

He watched her anger fade and then her take a few breaths before he continued, seeing that she was not holding her stomach quite as tightly. Thank God, maybe the pain was gone. "Good girl, keep breathing Elena, focus on our babies," he whispered as her breathing leveled off to a more normal range. He saw her looking up at him so sadly, like he was betraying her.

He hated even more what he needed to say next. "You will run Elena and you WILL leave me here. I have to lead Klaus away from you." He felt a shudder go through him as he continued, hating himself. He knew he heard Klaus thourgh Maddox's phone say that Elijah had been taken out so he had no idea if this would work at all. But he had to try.

"You will go with Jeremy and you will protect those babies above anything and anyone else." His voice was shaking, his throat tight as he swallowed hard, hating what he was doing. He was forcing her to walk away from him to protect their family and let him go.

She had been shaking her head, but now no doubt started feeling the compulsion flood through her body. He bit his bottom lip tasting his tears and then he kissed her softly, and her tears at her lips mingled with his before he leaned his head against hers.

"God baby I don't want to do this," he whispered before he stood straighter gathering some semblance of strength when all he felt like was falling apart. "You will NOT come back here or try to look for me. Not till you are safe. You will fight like hell to keep our little family protected." He caressed her belly through her shirt as more tears fell. "You and they are everything to me. And will move heaven and earth to make it back to you...my precious angels." He kissed her tenderly on the forehead, just soaking in the feel of her in his arms.

Jeremy stepped out of the cave again and she turned to him seeing he had her jeans and her shoes in his hand and passed them to her. She stumbled back from Damon's embrace her heart confused. Protect their babies was all she was hearing in her head. She tried to fight the compulsion, her inner voice screaming that she could not leave him. Damon helped her into the jeans and she slipped on her shoes. She started unbuttoning his shirt to give it to him but he shook his head telling her there was no time. He blurred back into the cave and back out and draped his jacket back over her and helped her arms in it zipping it up.

Damon nodded at her brother knowing he had heard every word and knew what Damon had done to her. Jer was unbuttoning his own shirt, to give to Damon. He still had a tight t shirt on underneath. Damon nodded his thanks taking the dark gray and white plaid shirt and slipped it on.

"Take her quickly and get them safe. Don't look back." He put his hands on the young mans shoulder's. He owed him so much already and had a great respect for him from all they had been through. He had been so strong for a human and now he was one of them too.

Jeremy nodded at him silently knowing what he did must be breaking him apart to have to compel her like that to leave him behind. "Are you sure you know what you are doing?" Jer threw him a questioning look.

Damon shook his head. "Not a fucking clue, Gilbert." He had been holding her tight before she got dressed and now again she had buried herself back in his arms as they spoke. "Just protect her with your life Jeremy." He saw the young boy nod back at him and Damon pulled back, untangling her arms from his, wishing there was something more he could say or do. Anything to make this easier on her.

He sighed deeply and pulled her back into his arms once more, there would never be enough once mores. Holding her close then he bent down, lifted up her shirt and kissed his babies once more. His lips quivered as they touched her bare belly and he felt more tears at his lashes. "I'm going to find my way back you you guys okay? Daddy is not giving up. Don't you dare give up on us either. You need to take care of mommy and each other. We both love you so much." He kissed her soft skin once more feeling the tears in his eyes slip down his cheeks more.

Damon shut his eyes tightly as his hands cradled her hips and his forehead rested on her belly, listening to the soothing tiny heartbeats he might never hear again. He moaned low in his throat feeling her fingers tangle in the strands of his hair and he was already aching at the thought of not going with her. She was compelled to leave him behind but he could not help feeling that maybe she could fight it just like he had with Klaus' compulsion of him. He stood up slowly.

"Now go, before its too late," he snarled his impatience at Jeremy knowing if they waited much longer Klaus could catch them and it would all be for nothing, or he would grab her back in his arms and screw everything else, just to be holding her when Klaus came for her.

Jer grabbed her arms and scooped her up in his own and with one glance back at Damon her mouth open, his name was the last thing he heard on her lips.

"Damon," she whimpered. She knew she needed to go and she had to protect their babies. But even though everything in her wanted to stay with him, stay in his arms and rest her head on his chest, she felt her body cooperating with Jeremy and letting him take her away from her love.

No, no Damon, don't make me leave you! she cried in her head. Please Damon, she begged once more.

His eyes were full of pain as he gazed on her pleading and tear streaked face. "I love you Elena," he whispered in his own head to her. "Never forget that."

And they were gone, streaking across the woods away from him. He was just standing there, watching everything he loved disappear from his view.

Damon stood there a few more moments before turning his head, cursing the damn vampire Original for making him leave his family to keep them safe. He laid his head against the rough bark of the tree in front of him and slammed his fist into the solid trunk of the tree over and over as the tears streamed down his cheeks and the blood poured from his knuckles and dripped down making the bark redder each time he slammed his fist back into it.

He wanted her, he ached already for her. He wanted to taste her lips, suck on her soft skin, rub his nose against hers just to hear her giggle at him. He wanted them to have more time to share and talk all night and laugh and tease each other. He wanted the time to know more about her and knew he would treasure every little quirk of hers. If she hogged the blankets or snored or exercised at the crack of dawn or was a night owl.

He didn't care, he just wanted time with her. More time.

Damon blurred back to the cave and grabbed up the ax from the ground, gripping it tight in his hands the rage of what had and could have happened to Elena still coming off him in waves. He ripped the sharp metal through the skin of his arm and let the blood drip on the ground and then squeezed the wound more as he ran back to the trees where he had almost been killed, leaving a trail of his blood for Klaus to follow, away from Elena and toward him.

He scooped up the blanket-covered decoy Elena and started running the opposite direction of the cabin, still doing his best to keep his wound open and drip it on the ground or trees nearby. He was sure it was a clear enough path for the bastard to follow. Jer could get her safe with his family and Klaus would have to follow him. He needed to keep Klaus away from her. He needed to get the Original's blood too somehow or everything he ever dreamed of would be gone, slipping out of his fingers like sand taken away in the wind.

He stopped and looked back the way Elena had gone, fighting the tears pooling in his eyes, and blurring his vision. He lifted his hand back up to stare at the twisted black lines that had now managed to swirl their way halfway up his arm. He flexed his hand and cringed at the pain in it. Damn it!

That would not be their end. It couldn't be.

Tyler Lockwood had been running through the forest looking everywhere for her. He had made it back to the cabin and saw Stefan collapsed in the living room, looking as near death as he had ever seen him. The weak, pale vampire had opened his eyes long enough to beg him to find her which he was already trying to do to no avail. He ran back out of the cabin and a glint of a reflection caught his eye and he realized there was movement in a vehicle not far from the cabin.

He raced toward it and cautiously peeked in the window. He nearly jumped back when a woman turned around, her blonde hair shimmering in the dim light from just a few cracks in the clouded sky where the sun had managed to shine. One of those beams of light hit her head and he gasped out when he realized who it was.

"Caroline?" He opened the door seeing her sitting there in the back seat of the SUV. "What the hell are you doing here?"

Caroline was so glad to see someone, anyone. Bonnie had slipped out awhile ago already and promised she would do her best to find Elijah. But she herself was still just stuck there and growing more anxious by the minute. Even Klaus had not come back to her at all. She could barely see the cabin from where the vehicle was parked but enough to see when Jeremy had brought Stefan back to the door, but he had raced back off and had not seen her.

"I'm stuck in this damn seat Tyler! Klaus compelled me to stay here to keep me safe when his vampires went after Elena. I can't help. I can't do anything!" She studied him just leaning against the vehicle. "How did you get here anyhow?"

Tyler was gasping for air taking in what she was saying. "Well all I remember was this creep coming up to all of us at The Grill and pointing to all of you and knowing I was a werewolf. Asking Matt all these questions about me and then snapping my neck! Next thing I knew I was in the trunk of a car for god knows how long and brought here."

He rubbed his gums that still ached slightly. "And they took my venom. Jeremy helped me get free before and Elena begged me to find Damon who ran off as a decoy to that Klaus bastard."

Caroline flinched at that. Even with everything Nic had done she still loved him. It seemed crazy but that was how she felt. Like their connection was getting stronger and stronger even when her brain and her head was telling her to pull away.

"So you have no idea where Elena is either?" Tyler questioned her. "I was just with Damon and he was frantic with me telling me to find her and protect her and that she was the one in more danger. What does Klaus want with her anyway?" He felt so out of the loop and really just wanted to go home. He now knew Stefan and Damon were vampires too and even Jeremy. It was crazy. He had just turned for the first time a few days ago and he still felt like hell. It had ripped him apart inside and out and scared the shit out of him how intense it was. Caroline had been there through everything and held him and encouraged him and he thought he probably would not have been able to go through that without her.

"You mean you don't know?" Caroline snapped at him.

"I know she is pregnant by a vampire. Which is cray enough for me. But what the hell does Klaus want with her babies?"

Caroline drew in a deep breath. "I'm not sure. He keeps telling me he would never hurt children so I have no idea. All I know is that we need to get Elena out of here and away from him. And I can't do a damn thing just sitting her either."

She laid her hands back on the grimoire that was beside her. "Bonnie thinks I could be the key to stopping Klaus but I have no idea what she means. And right now I can't stop anyone, but you can," she looked hopefully up at him. "You can get Elena safe. Bonnie already ran to find Elijah to see if she could get him to somehow override Nic's compulsion. She said something about using magic to locate him then just took off awhile ago."

"Jer was looking for her before," Tyler remembered. "He was so scared being a new vampire I guess is what he is, but he was freaking out when she wasn't in the shed with me. So you are saying that she is out there...anywhere and looking for Elijah?"

Caroline nodded rapidly shuffling around in her seat, sick to death already of being so helpless. She grabbed his hands in hers and looked back up in his tired eyes. "Please Tyler just do everything you can to protect those babies. They are miracles and Damon and Elena are so excited and I can't imagine anything happening to them. Please."

Tyler nodded and squeezed her hands. "I will. I just need to find her first and pray that Klaus hasn't gotten to her already." He threw her an uneasy look, not sure what he was all getting into here for his childhood friends but he knew he had to do what he could to help.

"Nic can't hurt them. He just can't. I don't know what's wrong with me Tyler, but I love him and I don't want him to get hurt either. This is such a mess!"

Caroline leaned her head on her friends shoulder as he still stood beside the SUV. She shut her eyes for a moment as he slowly put his arms around her. She was grateful for the support. Things had been so crazy and she just wanted it to all just stop. All the hate and anger and fighting. She opened her eyes slowly and lifted her head. "Thanks Tyler," she smiled at him.

He smiled back and nodded to her. "Anytime Care. You were there for me so much when I needed you. The least I can do is be there for you."

She nodded in thanks to him but then her eyes caught something blurring toward them! "Tyler look out!" she shrieked as someone grabbed him and threw him back! An instant later the vampire turned toward her and blurred toward the SUV!

Caroline screamed and put her hands over her head seeing him rushing at her. She had nowhere to go! The vampire ripped the door off its hinges as she tried to shut it fast but he tore it from her and threw it back behind him. The vampire had blood on its chin and looked rabid with hunger. This must be one of the new vampire's Klaus had turned to help him catch Elena. But why was he coming for her?!

Tyler groaned from where he had been thrown against the nearest tree. "Tyler!" She screamed out seeing the vampire turn away from her and stalk toward him slowly and menacingly. His eyes snapped open at her cry and he leapt to his feet and jumped forward attacking the vampire. There was growling and grunting and then he had an opening and he lunged his fangs into the vampires arm and bite down hard. The monster snarled angrily pushing Tyler back again and he felt himself slam into another tree.

Caroline watched him shake his head and cried out again as the vampire blurred up to him holding a thick branch and just swung it hard at him and Tyler lay motionless on the ground! She heard a crack knowing his neck must be broken. She watched in terror as the vampire leaned over him and she could hear him feeding on him. This vampire must be blood crazy and wanted nothing else! It felt like he fed on him forever and she prayed he was still alive.

She felt her heart pounding harder as she watched the vampire spin back around to her, the heavy branch still in hand, blood dripping down his chin and neck as he flashed her a wicked smile. She sat there just panting with fear knowing she was next and there wasn't a damn thing she could do to stop him being stuck here.

The vampire ran toward the vehicle as she cringed in her seat, her fangs out, her eyes red. She would fight as much as she could in such an awkward unfair position. But the second he would have slammed into her she watched him hit some unseen force and crash back to the ground. Caroline had no idea what happened and blinked rapidly just watching him laying there shaking his head. What the hell had happened?!

He stood back up and slammed his body again and the invisible wall held firm. He pounded his fist on it over and over and Caroline realized that Klaus had given her some kind of vampire protection spell. He could not get to her. She slowly smiled at him in victory knowing he could not hurt her. And it dawned on her that if they could get Elena here then she would be safe from the vampires too!

Her head whipped toward voices in the distance. Elena? She heard a gagging sound and then whimpered crying. She was sure it was her!

Caroline was just about to yell out to her when she felt something slam into her head and everything went dark.

Elena was leaning on her brother's shoulder, her arms around his neck as the forest blurred by them. She knew she is going further and further away from Damon. She wanted to go back, she wanted to scream to Jeremy that he turn around but every time she opened her mouth nothing comes out right. She wanted to beg him to go back. Damon was dying and could not fight Klaus alone. Hell he wasn't supposed to be near Klaus at all! She had begged him back at the cabin and he had promised her that he would not go near Klaus. Now in order for him to live he had to confront him and somehow steal his blood.

She wanted, no she needed to go back to him. She had to. She could not leave him to fight Klaus alone. But she needed to protect her babies, their babies. She felt that so strongly now even in her grief of leaving Damon back there by himself. She also felt weak and tired. Her stomach hurt and she felt twinges of pain every couple minutes the last while. And that made her more scared of possibly losing their children. The pain was not nearly as bad as before but she could still feel it as the wind whipped at her hair and Jeremy ran even faster.

He held her head against him and she just leaned into her brother's chest. She could still hardly believe her baby brother was a vampire. It seemed unreal that he was actually dead. She lifted her head up slowly and he caught her gaze and smiled stiffly before focusing back in front of him. "We can't leave him," she whimpered looking up in his eyes pleading that he listen.

"I know Elena I know you love him. But we can't," he mumbled down to her. "You need to relax sis. We are almost there." He needed to get her to the cabin. At least there they would be safe and then they make a run for it again.

"I don't know how, Jer," she cried. "I need him." Her words could convey how much she wanted Damon and her need to go back to him but every time she tried to fight her brother to let go of her she felt herself freeze and her limbs would not cooperate. She just closed her eyes again tiring herself out so much in her grief.

The rocking motion of him running too was making her dizzy and she felt her stomach spinning. It had been hours since she had thrown up and she felt it again and she banged on Jer's chest. "Stop, Jer. I need to puke," she cried out. He quickly put her down and let her gag and retch against the nearest tree.

He looked around scanning their surroundings for any enemies as his sister threw up more from her already empty stomach, her face pale and streaked with sweat. He could see the front of the cabin in the distance. They were almost home free. He knelt down and wiped her hair from her eyes. "Are you okay now El? We have got to keep moving?"

She sniffled wiping her mouth and looking at him with such sad weak eyes. "I can't do this without him Jer. These babies need him. I need him." She fell into his arms and he held her close stroking her hair gently.

"Its going to be okay El. I will get you safe and we will find Damon. Just trust me." She closed her eyes tightly, squeezing her brother's waist as she lay in his arms.

It had to be okay. She had no idea how to survive if Damon didn't. "Thanks Jer," she whispered, eyes still closed and he hugged her back. She was so tired. She did not know how much further she could go. She felt so weak.

Jer held her close and then felt her grip loosen on him. He pulled back to look in her face. Her head fell back, her eyes were closed and she looked like she had fainted! He cradled her in his arms, looking down at her. "Hey, Elena! Elena! Wake up!"

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