Chapter Six

A/N: You guys are totally picking up on a lot of things I'm setting up for future chapters. Aren't you all smart little dumplings lmaooo. Thank-you so much for your great reviews and stuff. This was just my little story I decided to write out of boredom and you all are making it so fun to write. So thank you and enjoy this chapter as much I enjoyed writing it!

Monster

"Why is every Mystic Falls frat boy showing up at our house today?" Damon said bitterly.

"Damon, please just shut up." Elena snapped. "Matt, what are you doing here?"

Matt didn't answer right away. He walked back down the steps and raked his thick fingers through his dirty blonde hair. He took a deep sigh before opening his mouth to speak.

"I was just going to knock when you opened the door," he said nervously. "Look I wanted to talk to you and Jenna said you were here."

"Why do you want to talk to me?" Elena said, confused.

"Please can we just talk in private?" he urged.

Elena agreed apprehensively. They walked along the Salvatore property to where Matt's car was and hopped in.

"Look I know about everything," Matt said as soon as the doors shut.

"Um, what do you mean?" Elena eyed him suspiciously.

"I just have to know if you're one too," Matt said.

"If I'm what?" Elena asked confused.

"Whatever Caroline and Tyler are," he replied. "I saw Ty break a brick wall with just his fist and then I saw them both run away but like fast. Faster than anything I've ever seen."

"Are you sure that's what you saw?" she asked, panicked. "Maybe you were just a little upset you saw them together and you spaced out for a minute?"

"No!" Matt slammed his fist down on the dashboard causing Elena to jump. "I know what I saw. This isn't about Caroline anymore. She's made it very clear that she doesn't want to be with me anymore."

"Well what do you think you think they are?" Elena asked, annoyance started to boil in her.

"I don't know." Matt looked down. "Maybe they're characters off True Blood. Who knows. I just thought you'd tell me the truth out of everyone."

"I'm sorry but there is no truth, Matt." Elena breathed out slowly. "Maybe you should just go home and take your mind off of things."

"Sure. I'll go home to my huge, empty house that I pay for myself because my mom skipped town and my sister is dead," Matt said bitterly.

"It's okay, Matt. I can see you're going through some stuff with Caroline and Tyler and your mom and stuff," she said delicately.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you like that. It's just that I feel like I lost my girlfriend and my best friend." He looked at Elena, eyes wide. "Tyler and Caroline I mean."

"Well I'll give you a chance to get back your beloved best friend," Damon's voice slithered from around the car.

He appeared in Elena's passenger side window with a devilish look on his face.

"Damon, what's your problem?" Elena said, annoyed. "You're just extra annoying lately."

"What, I can't stage a reunion between Matty and little Lockwood?" he said dryly before ripping the door off of Matt's side of the car.

"He's one too!" Matt cried, trying to push Damon off of him.

Damon knocked him out and ran into the house with him, leaving Elena outside alone.

"What are you going to do with him!" Elena screamed, cursing Damon's speed in her mind.

She ran inside to Stefan who was talking to Bonnie in the kitchen.

"What is he doing?" Elena said through clenched teeth. "Why are you allowing this?"

"Matt has a lot of vervain in his system. We can't let him leave until he can be compelled to forget everything he knows," Bonnie said in a matter of fact kind of way.

"What's the harm in him knowing about all of you?" Elena asked. "He's completely harmless."

"It's for the best, Elena." Stefan agreed with Bonnie.

"And of course once again I get no say in this." Elena stamped her foot. "Where are you even going to put him? Tyler's in the cellar."

"That's okay," Damon chimed in. "Don't they have some sort of bad bromance going on anyway?"

Bonnie smirked at his joke but recovered quickly, noticing how angry Elena was getting.

"The full moon is the night after next. Do you really think it's wise to put him down there with a newborn wolf when the full moon is so soon?" Elena plead. "Tyler's very hormonal right now. He could snap for no reason!"

"Then it'd be a tragic accident." Damon feigned compassion. "I'm tired of hearing about this. I'm going to go check on Rose, have a drink and go to bed. Good night, children."

"He's just upset about Rose, Elena." Bonnie said. "Just cut him some slack."

Elena was fuming but she decided to keep it in so she wouldn't upset Stefan. He was in one of his brooding moods and she never won fights when he got like that.

Being associated with vampires was always a losing battle even though she loved Stefan more than she loved her own life.

Meanwhile Caroline was still being held against her will by Elijah. She tried to see where they were going but he was so fast all she got were blurs.

"Where are you taking me?" Caroline demanded.

"A place you're quite familiar with. We're here actually," he responded.

She looked around and all she could see were clay colored stones all around. She knew this cave. She knew it very well.

"Oh why, Elijah you brought my prodigy." Katherine's sinister drawl came from around a rock.

She appeared after it, donning the same tattered dress she'd been wearing to the masquerade.

"You're locking me up with her?" Caroline was too shocked to react properly.

"This tomb has become quite useful to me. You both will have to remind me to thank your friend, Bonnie." Elijah smiled, making Caroline's blood churn. "I'll see you tomorrow if Katherine doesn't get to you first. You'd better just hope your little friend gets the stone here."

He grabbed her by her hair and threw her into the tomb at Katherine's feet. She quickly scrambled to stand up and put on a strong face for her, even though inside she was terrified.

"Consider it a girls night," Katherine grinned malevolently.

"It wouldn't be wise to try to hurt me, Katherine." Caroline breathed out slowly.

"And why is that?" Katherine said.

"Because I'm your only ticket out," she replied. "Think about it. I have at least five people out there who are looking for me and are going to try to save me. And I know that Stefan left you here to rot."

Katherine scoffed.

"You should only trust yourself," Katherine retorted.

"Because it's gotten you so far," Caroline said silkily.

"Hundreds of years farther than you," Katherine smiled. "So I've decided I like you and I'll keep you around."

"I'm so relieved," she replied sarcastically.

They fell into silence after a few more moments of bickering. Caroline laid back on the metal frame with no mattress and Katherine stood leaning against a rock staring out across the invisible force field that held them in.

" I have a theory about this place," Katherine said suddenly.

Caroline's ears perked up.

"I think that the same sort of magic that keeps vampires out of human's houses without being invited in was used in here," she said thoughtfully.

"So you think we can be invited out?" Caroline said a little confused.

"Yeah but I don't know by who," she replied.

"Well we're right under Fell's Church. The only Fells I know go to my school with me," she replied.

"I wonder if there's anyway to get one of them here," Katherine thought aloud.

"Well Elijah never took my phone …" Caroline scrunched up her face in embarrassment.

"You have a phone?" Katherine screeched. "Give it to me! Why didn't you call someone before?"

"Who would I call? Bonnie?" Caroline said. "She couldn't open it before so she can't open it now. Plus I figured if anyone were to come let out then you'd have to be freed too."

"Just call one of the Fells and then hand me the phone and we can discuss my freedom later," Katherine half asked and half commanded.

"Can you compel someone over the phone?" Caroline asked, causing Katherine to roll her eyes.

"I can do a lot of things," Katherine replied seductively.

Caroline eyed her and took out her phone hoping the battery would last. She scrolled down the list of contacts and picked out one Tina Fell. She pressed send and handed the phone to Katherine as she asked.

"Hello, Tina," Katherine said in false politeness. "I have a task for you."

Caroline sighed, hoping for the best.