Elena wakes up in a big soft king size bed in a darkened bedroom, it's a place she doesn't recognise and her head hurts bad, someone had knocked her out and bought her here against her will, she had to get out of there, Stefan and Jenna would be so worried. She gets out of the huge bed and walks toward the door, but it opens before she gets there and in walks Katherine.

"Oh good you're awake"

"What do you want from me Katherine?" Elena backs up a few steps

"To take you out of the equation so I can have the Salvatore brothers back all to myself, the way it used to be"

"Stefan doesn't love you, But Damon does"

"Oh, you thought we could have one each? It doesn't work that way"

"What are you some vampire whore? Stefan and Damon won't fall for your games again"

"Ouch, that almost hurt" Katherine walks closer to Elena, "The Salvatores are mine!" Katherine growls and her fangs protract, Elena gasps and steps back another step, but she didn't want to show Katherine too much fear, if she wanted to kill her she would've done it already.

"Then why am I here?"

"You're bait"

Elena thinks about her answer and speaks again.

"As I said before, they won't fall for you again, and if you really want to take me out of the equation, why don't you just do it"

"Because I need Stefan and Damon to play my game" Katherine says, and then leaves again.

Damon walks into the library of the boarding house, Stefan's worried and distressed about Elena, he stands up when he sees Damon.

"Did you find her?"

"No, but I got a message from Katherine, I think she took Elena"

"I thought so, but why?"

"She wants to take her out of the equation so it can be like it was in the old days, the awesome threesome"

"I'm going to stake her!" growls Stefan as he runs out.

"But you don't even know where I'm meeting her!" he yells after him hoping that he will hear but he doesn't. "Dammit" he curses and walks out the door as well.

Katherine orders another Cosmopolitan from the Mystic Grill Bar as Damon walks up and sits down beside her.

"I didn't take you for a Cosmo girl"

"There's a lot you don't know about me Damon"

"Enlighten me" he says as he orders a whiskey.

"Are you going to play my game?" Katherine asks turning towards him.

"If you don't kill Elena"

"Why does she mean so much to you?"

"She doesn't, she means a lot to Stefan"

"Bullcrap, she drives you both crazy because she looks like me"

"That's not true" Stefan says as he walks in to the bar and sits down, Damon knew that he had the intent to kill.

"Stefan" Katherine says his name with a smile, the way she used to, the way that made Stefan weak in the knees, but not anymore.

"So good of you to join us, want anything to drink?"

"I'm not staying" Stefan replied, his voice was monotone and his eyes were piercing like a spear, intention to kill indeed.

"Stefan, not now, I'm having a drink with Katherine here" clinks his glass with hers.

"Where is Elena?" he said the words slowly and through clenched teeth.

"Oh she's safe, but she won't be much longer if you don't play my game"

Stefan fights the urge to grab her and stake her right then and there, but he stays where he is, for the sake of the other patrons in the bar and grill.

"And what game is that?"

"Stefan" Damon gives him a warning look.

"No, I'm playing, what's the game Katherine?"

"Which one of you will kiss me? and which one will kill me?"

"Is that it?" Damon asks, "Oh man, I already know the answer, it's not very hard"

"Think of it as more of a riddle"

"If I kill you then I can't find Elena"

"Well then it looks like you'll have to kiss me or sleep with me to find the answer" she tells him with a smirk as she sips her Cosmo. Stefan didn't have to think.

"I'll do it"