Jasper puts the bowl of soup he stole from the woman he hunted a while ago beside Katherine. "Here," he said feeling disgusted by human food.

Katherine's lips quivered at the sight of the food. "Thank you, sir," her fragile hands scoop the hot porcelain from the floor then tastes the thing. She smiled making Jasper's inside swell with unknown joy.

They were inside an abandoned mansion with no furniture or whatsoever. Jasper isn't sure if the beautiful young woman is a fully human. She seems to be as breakable as the woman he sucked the blood off a while ago but he doesn't feel any desire to drink Katherine's blood. It's like something is guarding the young woman from his hunter's senses, blocking the bloodlust away. Maybe she's a nymph casting spells on him making him do whatever she desires him to do.

"Where can we find your friend?" he asked her.

"She's in Philadelphia. She got lured by a beautiful demon we met at a dance," Katherine's lapis lazuli eyes were frightened. "She's always the adventurous one and she can't pull herself out of the demon's charms."

"Soon, we spent the night with him. I was afraid and terrified and I want Alice to stop her foolishness. But it's too late. They got out from his room and I knew there's something wrong from Alice. She's so quiet, and blank. I asked the demon what happened but he pushed me away then he turned into a black wolf. He hurt me."

Jasper can sense that Katherine doesn't want to talk anymore. The things he had heard were enough to be angry with this demon. It's ridiculous that he feels a lot more concern for Alice than Katherine but he tries to trash it away.

In just a few seconds, Jasper is already on his way and he's not going to hunt a human this time.

~o~o~o~

Damon has drunk the last drop of his scotch but he wants more. He's back at the diner where the craziness called "Alice" has begun and he will end it here, right now. He will go away from Philadelphia, from Alice and her incredible scent.

"I'm sorry."

He didn't turn to look at Alice who is now sitting beside him. It will only make leaving worse.

"Why?" he asked tiredly, tired of some cool banter to throw at her face.

"You're hurt. You keep on blocking it but you're bleeding," she seems to be pleading. "I should have been more sensitive."

He shook his head. He knew that no matter how sweet the fortune teller's words are, the fact still remains: she doesn't love him. She loves someone else. And even though some emotions were seeping inside the cold vampire's body for him, it's not good enough. He will always have to share, the way he shared his Katherine with his brother.

Alice took his hand then he froze. "I can try. We can try," she murmured making his plans go away. Instead, he let her put her arms around him. It's like he's being cradled by her dead mother again. He felt warmth, comfort and love he didn't imagine he will be able to feel again.

And it's because of Alice. Salvation poured on him and for once he's not the demon Damon everyone knows. Alice saved him and he'll do anything for her.

Then Alice froze. He looks at her in the eye. "What is it?"

"Jasper."

~o~o~o~

Damon didn't listen to Alice. He continues to fly as a crow towards the woods hunting his hunter. He's not like his brother Stefan who would run away if he was being chased. He'll face the chaser and he will leave as the winner.

He didn't have a hard time finding the blond vamp. He was walking –or running based on his unbelievable speed- towards the hotel. The dark crow turned into a dangerously beautiful vampire.

"Looking for me?"

Jasper stops his tracks then looks around. His sharp senses made him see a dark haired figure leaning against a huge tree.

He must be him.

Jasper crouched ready to fight. He snarled under his throat then rushed towards the demon. When he reached the tree he was leaning to, it was empty already.

"Excited, huh?" Damon is now standing at a wide branch of the tree Jasper is attacking. He's impressed of his opponent's bloodlust and speed. 'We got a lot of time."

Jasper doesn't like talks during fights. He was trained to go for the kill and not for some bantering with a sleek enemy. He puts his hand around the tree the demon has been hanging into then pulled it off from the ground. He threw it away onto the other trees making the whole forest crashed down.

To avoid crashing down, Damon turned his self into a crow. He flew as higher as he could while maintaining an eye on his opponent. He saw Jasper's blond head looking straight towards him.

Suddenly, Jasper is sprinting towards the "unbroken" trees climbing until he reached the demon's height of flight. From the highest peak, he jumped from the tree towards the crow. He managed to get it.

He landed on the ground, choking the bird until the demon finally reveals his self.

"You're good," the demon commented.

"Where is she?"

Damon's forehead crunched, "Who?"

"The woman, Alice. Where is she?"

Damon is now clueless, not minding the hand coiled on his neck. Jasper asking about Alice? I thought he has no idea about her existence?

Then it clicked on him. Alice has been playing on him. She's been treating him like a pawn on her chess game since the first day. She's just playing hide and seek with her boyfriend.

Anger vanished salvation and the real Damon is now back with vengeance. His fury made him shape shift into a dark wolf.

Jasper can no longer hold his neck. It's now his round.

~o~o~o~

Alice can't take it any longer. She has seen the whole fight in her premonition.

I can't let him die. I just can't.

She left the room and the whole hotel, heading for the fight. But she was stopped on her way.

"Hi Alice!"

She turns to see the woman in her premonition.

Katherine doesn't look all angelic at that moment. She's smiling viciously, but still beautiful. She took a step forward.

"Going to save Jasper?' Katherine asked.

Alice bites her lips. It's the other way around she needs to save Damon from Jasper.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm Katherine," she said. "The reason why Damon still exists these days."

She's Damon's creator.

"What do you want?" Alice asked.

"Oh, I just miss Damon," she sing sang. "He used to weep about me. Until you came."

The wind blows coldly but Alice kept a steady face. "So you're jealous? That Damon got over you?"

The angel looks like not a morphing devil, "Yes, I'm jealous. It's because Damon is mine so thus Stefan. No one should get them away from me."

Alice smiled, "How childish of you. You can't get over from childhood dolls."

The devil's face churned, "I know. I'm very territorial. You, how about your blond doll? Do you want him to be all broken?"

Fury rushed over Alice, "Don't touch Jasper!"

"Oohh, but I'm sorry. I already touched him more than you already had. Which is nothing but a silly premonition."

Alice wants to slump now and get over from it. She wants it to end already, end this whole fight. She balled her fists, "What do you want?"

Katherine didn't answer. She smiled once again then Alice drifted into unconciousness.