DPOV
I laid on Elena's bed for three days before she and Alaric let me get up. I was fine as soon as I had blood in my system.
"He has Stefan hypnotized or something. He has to because Stefan bled me, and Stefan wouldn't do that."
"Is there a way to break it? Alaric asked.
"Well I don't know Ric." I said getting up. "Not many people return from the dead." I paced around until Elena took my hand and pulled me down next to her.
"We're just trying to figure something out, sweetie." She whispered.
"I know. But with Stefan under his control, imagine the kind of power he has!"
"I don't want to." She whispered. "But We can't just sit around and do nothing." I squeezzed her hand and let it go.
"We can't do anything. He knows my weaknesses, and I'm sure as hell not going to let you two in there while he's controling Stefan."
"Then what do we do?" Alaric asked.
"We wait for Bonnie to find a reversal spell." I said.
"And what if she doesn't? Are we going to hide forever? Carry vervein and stakes everywhere?" Elena asked. "I can't live that way!"
Just then Bonnie busted through the door.
"I found a reversal!" She said, but she didn't smile.
"It's something bad." I said.
"We have to lure him to his grave."
"Great." I muttered.
"What?" Bonnie asked. I shook my head.
"He doesn't cuss in front of women, a lot. If he does it's in Italian." Elena explained. I smiled Sheepishly down at her then looked at Bonnie.
"So? How do we do it?" She shrugged.
"Just get him there. I'll handle the rest."
I nodded and we all sat down and thought long and hard about what to do.
"I know!" I said. It scared everyone, it had been so quiet.
"Elena, you go to the boarding house, with us as back up, of course, and tell them I want one last fight, winner take all! We'll meet at the cemetery, someone will inject Stefan with Vervein to keep him down and then we do the spell."
"I don't know, Damon. What if-" I stopped her.
"Don't jinx my plan." I said with a small smile and turned to the other two.
"I like it." Bonnie said. "They would both jump at a chance to kill Damon."
Alaric nodded.
"Okay. We'll do it tomorrow. Let's get you guys home. I don't want you out after dark. And be careful, Stefan's been invited in where you two live." They nodded.
We got them home safely and made sure they had stuff to say safe. When Elena and I were in her room, showered and under her blankets she sighed.
"I don't like this plan." She whispered. I kissed her hair and sigh, too.
"I don't either. But it's our only shot." I whispered. I knew she wasn't happy about this, no one was.
She kissed my chest and pulled away from me.
"We need some rest. " She said, flicking off the lamp. I wrapped my arms around her and tried to fall asleep.
I finally did around midnight. Her alarm went off around six am.
Today was the day.
