A/N: Warning Quite Violent (be warned), Language and Sexual situations as well.

Very much rated M.

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Damon's POV

A soft voice was calling me, pulling from the deep sleep I was in. I could barely hear her but I knew my Elena's voice anywhere. I tried to open my eyes, dragging myself to a more conscious state. What was she saying?

"Damon, sweetie. Just go back to sleep." Her fingers were stroking over my head, tangling in my hair, making me even more relaxed to her touch. "I'm just going to the little girls room. Back in your arms in a minute." I felt her lips warm on my own before the cool air was back between us. I managed to open my eyes just a bit, catching a glimpse of her radiant naked body before she slipped her red lace panties on and walked over to pull my shirt around her. I was laying on my stomach, my hair falling in my eyes as the hazy image of my love faded as she walked further and further away. My eyes fell closed again. I had slept so damn good in her arms that it felt surreal.

As my brain started processing what had happened and what she said, my eyes flew wide open and I called to her. "Elena!" I sat up fast and looked around for my jeans. She was up and out of our cave...alone! What the hell was wrong with me that I didn't understand her enough to stop her!? Her hand in my hair and her lips on mine lulled me deeper back into sleep when I should have been more awake to realize what she was saying. Nowhere was safe.

"Elena, wait for me!" Why would she even leave without me?

I started shrugging on my jeans, tugging them over my hips at the same time grabbing the gun up from the rock while stumbling for the cave entrance when I heard her scream!

I felt an ice cold chill run through me as I could not get up the rocks fast enough. "Elena!" I screamed louder and I heard her cry out again, this time sounding more muffled.

Splashing through the shallow water to the shore, I skirted around the rocks, as my head swung around, the gun raised searching for any sign of her. No this could not be happening! But the more my head spun, my eyes squinting in the darkness, the more fear twisted around my heart I felt pull me deeper into panic for her. She was my whole life. My hands shook as I leveled the gun ahead of me, swinging my body in tune to every little noise.

She cried out again and I took off in the direction of her voice, ignoring the sharps pain on my bare feet from the rough ground.

I skidded to a stop as I finally saw her in the distance…just standing by a tree, tears streaming down her face and the gun I was clutching fell to my side in an instant.

"Damon," she gasped, and I saw terror spread across her features. "I'm so sorry," she choked out. She swallowed hard as I started walking toward her and she held her hand up to stop me. I had no idea what was going on.

I stopped just a few feet from her, my hand holding the gun loosely in my grasp as her sobs got louder. "No baby, stay back please. Run," she begged me.

Run? Run away from her?! Was she insane? I would never leave her. She wanted me to stay back but everything in my body was telling me to go to her. My eyes narrowed in confusion and pain at her behavior and I opened my mouth to call out to her again.

My eyes were riveted to her tearful face, my mouth open to beg her to let me come to her as she kept shaking her head, when the next second I caught the gleam of metal in the moonlight and I saw a gun to her head!

I raised mine at the unseen threat immediately trying desperately to control my hand shaking. What the hell was happening?!

My breath seized up in my lungs as the image of my beautiful love with a fucking gun to her temple made my stomach do flips. But before I could say anything I heard a low chuckle echoing on the wind.

I knew the sound of that sick laugh anywhere! How the hell did he find us?! I caught a flash of the orange jumpsuit flapping in the breeze. It was true!

Elena moved to the side more and Kai fucking Parker stepped out beside her, his evil grin a mile wide on his face. No, no, no!

I squinted, aiming my gun right between his eyes, watching him smirking at me. His arm that was holding hers went around her neck and I cringed as I saw him lean in and inhale her scent as she was trembling in his arms.

"Oh God baby," I breathed out seeing the absolute fear in her eyes as she looked at me so desperately to be her hero. I saw her mouth 'I love you' to me as tears streamed down her face.

Kai cocked the gun pressed hard at her head, pulling my attention back to him as an aching cry came from my lips. "No! Please no!" I begged out loud, my voice pleading.

"Drop it," Kai spat out at me as my finger was twitching on the trigger, eager to send him 6 feet under in the next fucking second.

My mind was spinning with what I could possibly do. My baby was looking at me with such intense fear in her gorgeous eyes. I could see her whole body shaking as the tears kept pouring down her cheeks. I felt bile in my throat at the pain in her eyes. I swallowed hard and mouthed "I love you' too, pouring as much love in my eyes back at her. I saw her smile weakly through her tears and nod slightly at me.

I had flashes of Lexi being in the Serbian terrorists arms with the gun to her head. I felt the same gut wrenching fear that I had felt then and now I was facing the exact same scenario with the woman that meant everything to me.

"Awe, so cute," Kai jeered at me pouting and raising his eyebrows at me. He mocked me, his voice high pitched and dripping with sarcasm. "I love you Elena. I'll protect you. I won't let him hurt you."

But the next second he glared, snarling. "My turn," he spat and grabbed her around the throat and slammed her back against the tree, his eyes like fire at me as I still had not lowered the gun. I felt frozen and hadn't even realized I was still holding it up toward him. My shirt on her was barely covering her thighs, her long legs bare as I heard her cry out, and struggle to breathe!

"Drop. The. Fucking. Gun. Pretty," he hissed at me and the gun he had on my Elena slid from her head down her neck and lower till he had it resting on her chest between her breasts and pulled one and then two buttons open as he slid it lower and lower.

Shaking myself from my stupor, my fingers released the gun in my hands in an instant, letting it fall to the ground as I raised my hands at my sides. "Okay, okay. Its gone," I nearly whimpered with tears in my eyes, seeing him literally caress her delicate skin with the muzzle of that fucking weapon.

Elena's breath was coming out in uneven gasps as she fought his hand on her neck and through my own tears I could see her eyes getting wider and starting to roll back in her head.

"Let her go!" I cried out. "I did what you told me! Stop please!"

Kai was grinning at me as he licked his lips. "Kick it here Salvatore!" he demanded forcefully. I kicked my gun over to him as fast as I could, my eyes snapping back up to her beautiful face. His hand was still around her throat and I saw her skin starting to turn blue.

"Get your fucking hand off her throat Parker! You're killing her!" I screamed at him, inching my body forward, my hands still up at my sides.

The psycho turned to her, looking like he hadn't even realized what he was doing and to my utter relief he dropped his hand from her neck finally! My Beauty just slipped to the ground, and lay there sucking in air frantically. Thank God she was still breathing!

I wanted to go to her.

No. I fucking needed to go to her.

But Kai held the gun toward me now, his expression daring me to be stupid enough to rush him pointing a loaded weapon at me. Elena lay curling her body away from Kai as he bent down to her.

"Please," I begged him, more hot tears slipping down my cheeks. "Please don't hurt her." I knew my desperation was probably completely ignored by him; a sociopath with no empathy for anyone. He had said how much he wanted to hurt her. But I had no idea what else to do except beg. I fell to my knees in front of them. My hands were still up at my sides open and unarmed, both of us completely at this monsters mercy.

Kai nodded his head to me. "Cuff yourself Pretty. Now."

I looked down at the handcuffs that refused to come off me and saw what he meant. "Okay okay," I said desperately trying to figure my way out of this. I slipped the free cuff on my other wrist and tightened it up so my hands were cuffed in front of me. "How did you find us?" I dared to ask. I wanted to know how the hell our hiding place had been discovered.

"Wouldn't you like to know," he winked at me and I knew he wasn't going to tell me.

My eyes were riveted to my love, as she was struggling to catch her breath, her head up toward the sky, my shirt barely covering the swells of her breasts. The rage was building in me as I saw Kai leaning over her on his knees and my fists clenched as his hand went up her bare leg slowly inching the shirt up more till he revealed her lace panties.

At first she looked frozen in fear, not moving at all before I saw her shake her head and nearly jump back, cowering closer to the tree behind her.

"Ooh, I love red lingerie...so hot. Like blood," he groaned, his eyes darkening. His eyes were hard on mine. "Judging by her state of undress Pretty…looking like she is wearing your shirt and little else..."

He groped at her hip over top of my shirt sliding his hand up and I nearly gagged seeing him mold the skin of her breast on top of my shirt in his rough hand. A sob escaped her throat as she pulled away more and I growled and cursed more at him.

"Did you get to bed the Doc?" Kai purred, his tone curious yet insidious.

My eyes were saucers at him, my rage just barely contained. How fucking dare he? Every muscle in me wanted to tear him apart and watching him bleed.

"How was she? I'm dying to know Pretty. Does she like it rough, hard against the wall?" His eyebrows went up, his expression teasing.

I nearly jumped up, moving fast, despite the imbalance of my hands tied in front of me, as Kai steadied the gun he was aiming at me. "Ah, ah, ah," he chuckled.

"Damon, don't." I heard her soft angelic voice and my eyes moved to focus on her shaking and curled up on the ground...so close to me yet so far away. "Don't, please Damon," she sobbed. "He'll kill you. Please," Elena begged.

I stopped instantly, hearing her crying to me. Another tear slid down my face and I looked so longingly at her.

Kai made a face, laughing, his voice high pitched again and taunting. "Yes Damon, he will kill you." He spoke in his lower normal voice again. "Man our girl is smart. You try to rush me to save her Pretty and you get a one way ticket to hell. No passing go, no collecting $200 and no lady love waiting for you."

I saw Elena gasping at his words, her eyes on mine, red rimmed and swollen from crying.

"Unless..." Kai continued talking to himself and I just wished he would shut the fuck up. "I kill her...after I've had my fun with her too and then you guys can be together. Does that sound like a plan Pretty? Your love can surpass even death! What do you think?"

I shut my eyes slowly for few seconds, blocking everything out, not wanting to answer him. I could hear the rush of the falls pounding in the distance and felt a soft breeze of the wind on my face. But even the calm night air did nothing for my spinning stomach. I was going to be sick.

I growled like a wild animal low in my throat. "I think you are sick Parker! I think death would be too kind to you! And when I get to you..." I steadied my breathing, trying to sound tough. "And I fucking promise you I will. You will wish you killed me now!" I cursed at him, my eyes like fire, and Kai laughed again as he moved closer to her, trapping her against the tree.

"Ooh, I'm shaking in my boots!" He made a face of fake fear at me. "I've had lots of time to think of all the things I would love do to you when I finally caught you Pretty. No guards to stop me, no bars or chains to separate us. Just me….you..." he angled the gun to press it against my rapidly beating heart and shifted his gaze, settling it on Elena "and your kryptonite."

Kai grinned at me and licked his lips so damn slowly it made my skin crawl. The gun was still up aimed at my chest as my heart pounded harder seeing his hand slid back up Elena's leg again and she started kicking him and trying to get away. He pulled her up from the ground by her hair till she was level with him again.

He looked like a freak on crack like everything was a game with us and Kai backhanded her with his free hand!

I screamed, jumping to my feet, my body wanting to tackle him where he stood for hurting her. But his eye had not left me and I knew he would kill me before I got to him. When she turned her head back, she had blood dripping from the corner of her mouth and a huge bruise on her cheek.

I heard her cry out in pain as Kai grabbed for her chin and turned her head to him. "Ooh Dr. Delicious. You look so hot with blood dripping down your face." Kai purred, his thumb wiping it off her to put in his mouth. "Mmm. Where else could we make you bleed and let Pretty watch?"

Inhaling sharply and reeling from what he just said I cursed again. Fucking hell! I had been watched the gun slowly moving more as he half turned to her, his focus on the blood on Elena's lip.

I said a prayer and leapt forward but was stopped short as the gun I saw was wavering in his hand as he touched her, flew up and he aimed it right between my eyes as I was inches from them! I froze and Kai was able to reach just a mere inch more forward and I felt the cold muzzle against my forehead now and I shut my eyes again ready for the end.

I heard my baby's cries for me above the wild and erratic rushing of the blood in my ears.

"Back. Up. Pretty." Kai glared at me, leaning forward more his eyes daring, empty, and evil.

"No Damon!" I heard her cry out and she was fighting his hold on her.

"Stop fighting me bitch or this bullet goes right between your boyfriends eyes," Kai whispered, his stare hard at her as Elena instantly dropped her fists, backing herself more against the tree and Kai grabbed her back into his arms, holding her against him. His one hand went around her throat and pulled her head to his, his lips on hers!

Elena squealed and yet didn't fight him as he had the gun on me. With the steel muzzle of the gun still pressed to my head I dared to look away to take in the pure terror on her face as he spun her back around, his hand around her throat still. Her eyes were wide, tears running down her cheeks mixing with the blood on her lips and it was tearing at my soul to see how scared she was. Oh God what could I do?

Kai laughed again, the sound of it chilling me to the bone. I didn't want to back up. I wanted to rip him apart till there was nothing left to prove he ever existed.

"What did I ever do to you to make you hate me so much?" I begged him, really wanting to know.

He smiled at me again and shrugged his shoulders. "You didn't do anything Pretty. You were just the hottest piece of ass in that prison and I wanted you. Nothing more. Being locked up for so long I was sick of mediocre boys to fulfill my needs. My last one committed suicide right before you strolled into my world. I saw you and I wanted you. It was that simple."

Any food I had had was trying to force its way back up my throat at his sick thoughts about me and I swallowed more pushing it back down. Fuck that was all it was? I knew what he wanted of me or at least I had known before and wondered if that would be enough now.

I drew in a deep breath and steeled my gaze on him. "Parker, you always said you would keep coming after me till I gave in or I begged you to kill me." I saw a flicker of recognition in his eyes at his own words to me that first day he saw me. He nodded slowly, the sick grin still plastered on his face.

I fell back down to my knees in front of him and moved forward slowly and awkwardly as he aimed the gun at the top of my head. Sucking in another deep breath I prepared to do what I never thought I would ever do for anyone.

But I would anything, absolutely anything for the woman I loved.

I swallowed the massive lump in my throat, forcing the words out of my mouth. "You leave her alone Kai and I'll..." I saw his grin so wide on his face as he regarded me with amusement. "I'll do anything you want...fucking anything. Just like you wanted that night Parker. Just like you wanted since the day you met me."

I moved closer to him, my head level with his waist, my blue eyes wide and focused on him. "You have me..and I won't fight you or hurt you..." I nearly choked out the words and saw Elena shaking her head at me frantically. "I'm yours Kai."

My eyes bore into his, as I held the tears back with every fiber of strength in me and gritted my teeth. "Just. Let. Her. Go."

There was dead silence between the three of us as Kai's smirk grew on his face. His mouth was parted, the shock of my words very apparent in his features. And he started to laugh.

"Oh Pretty, that is SO sweet of you."

My eyes were darting back and forth between the teasing on his face and the terror in Elena's.

"I really appreciate the offer...but you can't stop me from having her too Salvatore. Letting her go just isn't going to happen...at least not while you are still breathing...I decided I like your toy more than you could be mine. We aren't in prison anymore so just because you were the pretty boy there doesn't mean you measure up now. Freedom has had significant upgrades," he cooed, his gaze moving from me to Elena who was still tight against him his arm around her neck.

I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding watching his tongue dart out to lick up her cheek like he had done in the plane. God damn it! What else could I possibly do?

I was about to open my mouth again to beg, plead or anything when suddenly Elena slammed her head back against Kai's causing him to yell out and I again leapt to my feet ninja fast and grabbed for his throat!

But I couldn't get a good grip on him as he fought me. Elena held back his arm holding the gun, slamming it against the tree trunk trying to get him to release it. Before I could get a solid grip on his neck he pushed back and Elena fell hard against me still handcuffed and we both tumbled back against the ground.

My head flew up and I scrambled to get back up as Elena cried out and curled up in my arms under the cuff and against my chest. Kai was leveling the gun at both of us now and I dragged my body around, keeping Elena in my arms but protected by my torso. I was literally curled around her as she was sobbing and trembling against my chest.

"Let. Her. Go!" Kai snarled at us. I didn't even have a chance to react when I heard the gun go off and there was pain, oh fuck, so much pain and then I saw the blood as Kai had shot me in the knee! Son of a bitch that hurt!

"NO! Don't hurt him please!" Elena begged her eyes up toward Kai as I saw her chin quivering.

"Then get the fuck out of his arms Elena!" Kai spat at her as I winced feeling the gun at my temple. I shook my head at her, finally having her against me. I didn't give a damn about what happened to me and I didn't want to let her go. Not back to that psycho.

My arms were so tight around her, my hands against the back of her head in my Elena's hair pressing her head against my bare chest. I glared up at the monster as he cocked the gun again. I kissed her head as another tear slipped down my cheek and onto her face.

"I'm so sorry baby," I breathed out. She was trying to fight to get away from me seeing Kai ready to shoot me and I clung tighter as I saw Kai aiming lower, the gun now pressing against the back of my shoulder as I kept her hidden away from him the best I could in my arms.

"No Damon, Let me go please. You can't die!" my precious girl sobbed and it broke my heart how this was ending with us. Kai would kill me no matter what. How was it wrong to want to die with my baby in my arms?

I decided in that moment that that was exactly what I would do and not let her go. I would hang onto my Beauty till my last breath. To hell with Kai. He wanted her...he would have to kill me.

The muzzle of the gun lowered and settled on my lower back and he grabbed a handful of my hair and yanked my head up to be face to face with his hateful eyes.

"Let her go Pretty or you're dead," Kai snarled at me and I heard Elena crying.

"Fuck you Parker!" I cringed at the pain at his grip on my hair and I pulled away from him. I wanted Elena to be the last thing I saw and my eyes locked on my Beauty as she gazed up at me.

My leg was pouring blood and I had sunk us further to the ground not even being able to hold her up in my arms with my legs under me. I took in a shuddering breath trying to prepare myself somehow for the end.

"Say goodbye to Romeo, Elena," Kai hissed out and at the same time as she clutched at my waist possibly in her own way to say goodbye. I held the back of her head and pressed my lips to her forehead as she kept crying and begging Kai to stop.

I reeled in pain as the gun went off, ripping though my lower back and I heard Elena scream my name as I felt myself falling back as she fell with me. How the bullet didn't hit her too I had no idea.

She was shaking me and I felt so dizzy and weak, feeling her hands in my hair and down my face. "Damon! Baby please don't leave me!"

"No, no! I can save you! Damon don't you dare die on me!" her voice was getting fainter as I felt the strength draining from me and blood was filling my mouth.

Kai stepped closer and my barely open eyes saw him leaning over me. "You want a chance to save him..then let go of him now. You don't fight me and he might be alive when I'm done with you."

I could feel Elena pulling out of my arms. "No Elena, don't," I choked out, blood running out of my mouth and I gagged. I was reaching for her weakly trying to keep her with me. She was sobbing as she stood up and I immediately felt the warmth of her body leave me. I turned my head slowly, feeling like it weighed a ton, the rough stones digging in my skull and saw her stepping toward him.

"Pretty's shirt," Kai pointed at my black button down barely covering her chest and now stained with my blood. "Off, now."

I turned my head, watching his eyes leave me to focus on her as she reached for a button...her own eyes locked on mine. She was seriously going to let him destroy her, just hoping that I would still alive for her to save me after?! Holy shit! I could not let that happen.

I pulled myself up with every ounce of strength I had left. "NO!" I screamed and jumped on Kai just as he turned to me. The gun was between us and I heard Elena screaming as it went off once. Growling and fighting with everything left in me I pulled it lower. My hands despite the cuffs had a firm grasp on it and I scrambled for the trigger and Bang! I felt him jerk back from the force and crash to the ground. Oh my God I couldn't believe I had done it!

I sat up weakly, pushing Kai's dead body off me and looked to where Elena was standing. She wasn't there and had sunk to the ground. I crawled over to her, feeling the blood gushing from my stomach but almost felt no pain, likely from the shock. Why was she lying on the ground? I heard Elena's cries had gotten shallower and I heard a gurgling from her as I pulled my weak body above her and I gasped out at the wet blood pouring from her neck! No! Oh my God no! The bullet found her!

"Damon!" she gagged, barely able to speak and I gathered her in my arms the best I could with the damn handcuffs still on me, laying my head against hers.

"No Lena no!" I cried. She lifted her hand to my cheek and tried to speak again but the blood was filling her mouth and dripping down her lips.

"I'm right here baby. I'm right here." I smiled down to her weakly knowing I didn't have long either but I was determined to hold on as long as she needed me.

As long as her beautiful eyes were open I was going to fight to stay with her.

I bent to brush my lips on hers, tasting her own tears as I trembled holding her. She gasped again as her eyes widened once more before they fell closed.

I looked at her face, her frozen, empty eyes just staring up at me. Shaking, I brushed my hand over her closing her eyes as an aching, wrenching cry forced its way from my throat as my head fell down to her chest and my eyes squeezed shut hard, feeling death's grip tightening on me too as everything went black.

"Elena!" I whipped my head up fast, sweat pouring down my face and looking around wildly in the near dark. When did it get so much darker? I couldn't even see the moon. "Elena!"

"Baby, what?" I heard her voice, small and faint and I bent my head to see her curled up and nuzzled into my bare chest, her body flush with mine. My eyes darted around more, tilting her head to examine her neck, feeling my chest, and looking down at my leg too.

No blood.

Elena's arms went around my neck, and she pressed her bare breasts to my skin, nuzzling her face in my neck. I could feel her lips against my neck.

She was in my arms, we were in the cave.

Safe and alive!

I buried my head against her chest, breathing her in. My arms went around her back, pulling her whole body tighter against mine.

"Oh my God Elena! I had the worst nightmare!"

I lay against her body, and felt the tears flood my eyes in relief and could not pull her in close enough to me.

It was a dream? A horrible fucking nightmare?! My head was spinning, my mind racing through all the terrifying things that happened. She was okay! She was here in my arms. My hands went around her face in the dim light and saw her looking up at me, leaning over her with so much love in her eyes.

I thought I had lost her!

Not wasting a second, I leaned down and crashed my lips to hers with ravenous intensity and kissed her deeply, my heart bursting with joy that she was in my arms and here in the cave safe with me.

Nothing had happened. Kai had not found us, and threatened her, hurt her, made her bleed.

God damn it the dream was so fucking vivid I could still see every detail so clearly. I hadn't been shot and fought Kai for the gun, having no idea that in trying to save her life and kill him, a bullet would hit her.

I had been overwhelmed in grief and despair and so so much pain as I had leaned over her and held her in my arms as she died.

Now though as my tongue plunged deeper and I felt her legs wrap around my body she kissed me back passionately with so much emotion and I could see in her eyes how scared she was for what I had just been through.

Pulling back from her lips to catch my gasping breath I lay my head back down on her breasts and moaned as her hands tangled into my hair. I felt the tears that had been pooling at my lashes have a mind of their own and stream down my cheeks without my permission.

I had been so vulnerable with her already and she had seen me cry multiple times in such a short time. But I couldn't stop the tears from flowing now no matter how badly I wanted to.

"Honey?"

I smiled against her skin as Elena called me that. I loved our pet names for each other and the soothing feeling in my heart when I heard her call me something so affectionate.

My girl was running her fingers through my sweaty hair as I lay against her naked body. We were tangled together, my arms around her back as I lay mostly on top of her, her legs wrapped around mine. She was stroking my back up and down as I struggled to slow my breathing.

"Elena it was so real!" I finally said. "I was terrified. Kai had found us and took you and oh God baby. He hurt you and we fought for the gun and you got shot and died in my arms!" I tried to stop the tears but remembering her face so pale as I held her, the blood dripping from her beautiful lips, I felt such an ache at how real it felt. Everything felt like it had really happened!

Elena's hands went around my head and pulled me up from her chest. "Hey. Hey Damon. I am right here. Neither of us are going to die. We have a future to plan for. She held up her hand showing me her ring I had drawn for her. "See? A future. I'm right here baby, in your arms where I belong. Nothing is going to happen to me."

Her voice was soothing, her fingers in my hair and stroking down my cheeks as I gazed down at her perfect face. There was no massive bruise. Kai had not hit her. Nothing I felt pictured in such graphic detail really happened.

Elena blinked, her eyes wide as I leaned over her. "You totally startled me when you woke up crying for me and I do need to use the little girls room Damon. So could you maybe let go of me just for a few..."

"NO!" I yelled out, likely louder than necessary and she flinched as I gripped her arms, pulling her harder back down and nearly jumping on top of her. I saw her surprise at my outburst, her dark eyes so wide in the moonlight.

I took a few deep breaths, my whole body still totally on top of her, caging in her under me. "I mean, um. Elena, that is exactly how everything started with Kai. We were asleep in each others arms just like this and you woke me just slightly to tell me you were leaving to go to the bathroom. And I couldn't get to you quick enough and he caught you and put a gun to your head."

"Okay, okay Damon. I will not go anywhere without you," she whispered reassuringly and I sighed.

She slipped her red lace panties on and pulled my shirt around her like fricking deja vu and I shrugged into my jeans and grabbed the gun.

It was the most secure bathroom break I'm sure she's ever had. I had the gun up the second we reached the surface, my eyes like a hawk in the night swinging it around like a madman at every little sound, my heart racing like a drum in my chest.

Everything was so much like the dream, the slight wind, the night sounds, the pounding of the falls. I felt like I was going crazy with worry and we could not get back down there fast enough.

It had probably only taken a couple minutes but it felt like hours before I had gotten my love safe in the cave again and I had almost killed a little squirrel as I whirled around so fast to the sound of it on the ground.

Elena put her hand on my arm after we had climbed back down the rocks, concern clearly present in her eyes. She leaned up on her tiptoes and pressed a kiss to my lips. "I'm okay Damon. Please relax. We are safe baby. Nothing happened to me and I promise I won't go anywhere without you."

I cradled her face and smiled at her, loving how understanding she was of my fears. Seeing someone dying was not new to me in my nightmares. I had relived Lexi's death over and over every night and there had been nothing I could do to stop it.

But this time it was different.

This time it was Elena. My Elena.

I had never seen her in so much pain and with so much fear in her eyes. Holding her in my arms as she died had terrified me. How the whole dream felt like a smooth continuation of after we had made love completely unnerved me but I knew I needed to relax or I would have another panic attack like in the shower.

Sticking out my bottom lip, I pouted at her, giving her my best apologetic look. I lifted her hand and kissed her ring. "I know. You are right Elena. I need to relax. I just don't know how. Every time I close my eyes I can see him hurting you, the gun to your head or your eyes closing as you died in my arms."

Damn it! I was trying not to cry again. What the hell had caring for and falling for this girl done to my tough guy bravado? Secret agent my ass. I was like mush and full of feelings when it came to anything about her. The thought of losing her made me think I was losing my mind.

Elena pulled out of my arms gently and slowly, backing up from me and I wondered what was wrong. Then I saw her fingers on the buttons of my shirt she was wearing. She undid one and then two and three till it was hanging open and her fingers crept under the fabric parting it on her chest revealing her luscious breasts as my mouth hung open.

Swallowing the lump that just materialized in my throat as all my blood rushed south I watched her slip her arms out of my shirt as it fluttered down to the ground. She stood there brave and sexy, not looking at all like the shy woman that was so scared I would not think she was beautiful just a few hours ago.

Holy fuck she was a goddess!

I felt my jeans getting so tight and uncomfortable at breakneck speed as I stared at her. And she smirked, actually smirked at me.

"I wanted to get your mind on something else honey. We have had enough nightmares and hell for a lifetime," she cooed at me and wiggled her hips as she bent to slide the red lace panties off her and kick them up in my face. I caught them, surprised how fast my reflexes were in my near frozen state and grinned back at her licking my lips. Damn, my baby knew just what I needed.

I was awestruck by her beauty, my Beauty. She spun on her heel and sauntered buck naked to the edge of the pool and before I could even pick my mouth up off the floor she had dived in, her sexy body disappearing in the darkness.

My hands raced for the button of my jeans, nearly breaking the zipper as I could not get them off fast enough and tripped pulling them down my legs as I stumbled closer to the edge of the underground pool. My eyes were glued to the spot she had dove in and surfaced a few seconds later. She laughed and the sound was music to my ears.

"Get your hot ass in here Salvatore," she beamed at me and waved one finger in my direction curling in back to her in a come hither pose.

Throwing my jeans aside didn't waste a second and dove in, coming up to the surface right behind her. I wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her in to my body and nuzzled into her neck. She turned her head back to me, her mouth open and seeking as my hands massaged her breasts in my palms under the water.

"Ahh, Damon," she whimpered, sinking more back into my embrace as we floated in the water. I teased her nipples slowly, pinching them feeling her grinding her bottom more into me under the water.

I felt her arm curl around my neck, holding my head tight to hers as we kissed hungrily. This wasn't soft and sweet first time coupling, this was raw hunger that I felt just consume me and drive me wild from the second her cute little fingers started undoing the buttons of my shirt.

The water was swishing back and forth as we moved. I grabbed for her hips and spun her around in front of me, dragging us back against the wall from the middle of the pool. She grabbed the edge of the rock with one hand as I braced my trembling body with one of my hands not breaking the kiss for a second. With my arm behind her to protect her back from the rough wall my tongue dove deeper into her hot mouth, as a groan of pleasure came up my throat.

There was no talking this time, no fear, no insecurity at least I prayed that there wasn't. I was very aware of every reaction of hers, every little breath, and gasp and thrust of her delicious body against mine. She was the one that initiated this intense coupling and I knew she had done it to take my mind off my fears of the nightmare and how dangerous Kai still was. She had done this exact thing by kissing my back when we were covered in mud and I couldn't get my mind away from how helpless I felt not being able to save her from the creeps hands on her.

We kissed ravenously, the water rushing back and forth around us, the waves from the ripples as it fell from the waterfall into the cave hit us gently before crashing into the edges of the underground pool. I felt Elena's legs wrap around mine, as she arched her back, rubbing her center against my very prominent hardness.

Her hands came up, threading through the strands of my wet hair as she grinded her body hard against me. I moved to find her core, so wet and so ready for me and plunged my length fully into her. She cried out, my kisses swallowing it in our mouths before she broke her mouth away from mine and fell back against the rough wall as I rocked into her.

My hands were splayed over her hips, pulling her body in closer, pushing deeper into her. God she felt like heaven in my arms. I watched her face as her arousal grew, her eyes blinking rapidly, her smile so wide, her lips parted as a soft moan slipped from them and echoed around the dark space.

Her fingers were digging in my shoulders, scraping down my arms as I pulled back, fighting the force of the water around us to plunge back in harder. Her hair was spread in wet, sticky strands around her naked body and she looked angelic with the moonlight shining down on her.

We had only been together once yet but I could already feel it how her body was reacting, knowing she was close. Her muscles tightening, her inner walls squeezing me, propelling me higher and closer to my release too. I bent my head, my tongue lapping at the skin of her neck, tasting the fresh water. It was a delectable combination and I felt lightheaded from all the wild sensations.

"Damon, God, baby, I love you," Elena's eyes opened, her gaze hazy and weak as they closed again. I smiled, never wanting to stop hearing that. She loved me. Three words that made me believe in life, in the future again.

My hands that had been guiding our hips, moved up and out of the water to cup her face, as I pushed harder into her, and watched her eyelids flutter in reaction.

"Elena," I called to her, pulling her from the throws of her pleasure. I knew she was just on the edge of her high, so close and I was too. "Baby see me," I breathed out.

Her eyes opened slowly, fully and so dark with lust. I nodded to her still cradling her head. "That's it. See me. I want you to see every fucking second when you send me over the edge." I groaned, using every bit of strength too to keep my eyes on hers.

She nodded weakly, her hands gripping my wrist. I smiled, purely, perfectly at her, pushing hard in her again seeing her shudder in response. "I. Love. You. Too." I said thrusting faster and pushing into her between each word. Then reality slipped out from under us as I saw her fighting so hard to keep her eyes open. Her orgasm crashed through her, her body squeezing me, harder, tighter till I in one more thrust I spilled everything I was into her with a breathless, shaking cry of her name.

We held each other like that, floating in the water, our bodies joined in every way they could be as our jagged breaths started coming back down. I smoothed her hair from her face and gazed so deeply in her eyes. "Thank you Elena," I managed to choke out of my dry throat. "You already know just what I need. You have no idea how much that means to me."

She nodded back at me, her hands running down my cheeks. "I would do anything for you Damon. Anything, And seeing you so angry and scared at what you saw in your nightmare. I wanted to take it away, everything you saw. All the terror of what happened to me."

Smiling I nodded back at her. "You did baby. God, you are everything I need. I still can't believe I found you and that you are mine."

Elena curled her arms around my neck, our bodies still pressed flush together. "I can't believe it either Damon." She pulled back and I saw her eyes lock on mine. "Its real Damon...you and me...its real."

I inhaled sharply hearing her repeat exactly what I had said to her the night before when we were floating in the water. I bent to kiss her forehead before leaning my head to hers. "I know Elena. I know."

In a few minutes I had carried her up from the water and we lay together wrapped in the blanket on the moss. Her head was tucked in against my side as my arms were tight around her. Everything felt so perfect, so right and I wanted to stay there forever.

Leaning over, I pressed a kiss to her forehead and she smiled up at me. Her leg was draped up over my waist, her whole body against my side. We lay in peaceful silence enjoying the afterglow of our intense lovemaking and I felt the fear had melted away. Everything she had done had been exactly what I needed. I needed to feel her so close. I needed to soak in her presence, hear her heartbeat, feel her skin and just know she was safe in my arms.

I felt my eyes closing again. I knew it was barely midnight likely even without checking a watch or anything, We had all night to lay together before I needed to check in on Enzo. I prayed he would be awake by morning, The longer it took for him to wake up the more worried I got. I couldn't lose him too. I couldn't tell another friend that I couldn't protect the love of their life. It would destroy Bonnie.

I took in another deep breath, feeling her arm slip around my waist. Stefan would be here soon too. But with the satt phone smashed how would he know where to meet us. I knew the CIA's protocols with this kind of rescue. He would likely fly to an aircraft carrier and take a boat from there to get us out of here before the teams would descend on the island and recapture or kill any criminals still alive.

But without the phone how could we arrange to meet and get Elena out of here? Stefan would know from the signal where we were. He would find the island but to know where to meet us that would not work without reaching him again and the cons were the only ones with a phone to use to contact him.

Somehow I had to get that phone.

"Damon?" came her soft voice, her lips against my skin. "Are you still awake?"

"Mmm, hmm." I knew we should sleep but from everything that had happened my brain was racing with all that needed to happen to get my love safe.

I heard her take a deep breath, her body still curled up to me, her head on my arm under her. "It was a plane crash," she whispered.

I drew in a deep breath of my own. She was ready to share with me? I turned onto my side, my eyes seeking hers as she looked so scared but nodded at me and I nodded back. She turned more to her side too and I ran my fingers along her hip soothingly.

"I lost my whole family in a plane crash,'" she choked out. I moved my hand up to wipe a tear that was slipping down her cheek. "We decided to take a vacation together. My parents wanted to enjoy one more blissful week of just us adults before my brother's girlfriend had their baby. She was due the next month."

I nodded, stroking my fingers down her cheek. "Jeremy? He is your brother you were talking about when I was in the hospital?"

"Yes, they were pregnant and we were headed to my parents condo in Florida, to enjoy the beaches, the sun and just relax. It was my parents Christmas gift to all of us."

She took in another deep breath. "Aaron came along too."

I tried really hard not to react at all negatively at the name I had heard from her a few hours ago. The man that made her think she wasn't beautiful and not worth pursuing. But as usual she could read me so well already.

"He was my fiance," Elena whispered, and I watched her curl her fingers around mine and rub her one finger along my ring.

I am her fiance, I thought trying to suppress the jealously in my heart that someone else had been that close to her, had proposed to her and she had said yes to them. I didn't mean to pull away but I sat up at that closing my eyes slowly.

"Damon, its okay. I love you. I never loved him." How my girl knew exactly what I was thinking was incredible to me and a little scary. She crawled into my lap as I leaned against the rock behind us and curled her body around mine, her arms tight around my neck.

I wrapped my arms around her naked back. She did love me. It was okay. I buried my nose in her neck inhaling her scent. This was supposed to be about her sharing and I did not want it to be about my stupid jealously. Had he died too?

"Aaron, you mentioned him earlier tonight," I said once I lifted my head to look back in her eyes. "I didn't know who you were talking about. He was the one that made you feel you didn't know if you were beautiful?" She nodded to me. "If you didn't love him..." I needed to know this but I was scared of the answer. "Why baby did you agree to marry him?" My voice was shaking as I spoke and my eyes fell away from hers.

"I didn't know what love was Damon. I thought I knew but until I met you I had no idea how amazing it really could be." She said all that while my eyes were down, focused on the ground past her shoulder till she pulled my head back up level with her eyes. She pulled my lips to hers and I parted my own so naturally letting her in. She plundered my mouth, exploring every inch of it with her tongue as my hands ran up and down her bare back.

Gripping my hair behind my ears she broke the kiss and stared deeply in my eyes. "You are my forever Damon. Don't doubt that please baby. I was in love with idea of getting married and I was so shy back then, and had been rejected by other guys when I told them I wanted to wait and not go all the way with them and when Aaron respected that I thought he was the one. I thought he was different."

"But Elena I didn't wait either. What does that say about my respect for you?" Part of me knew it was too soon and that she had asked me to wait and I was more than willing to. She was the one that had changed her mind. Maybe I should have been more insistent in waiting? I didn't want to destroy us before we had barely begun.

She leaned her forehead on mine. "You did respect me. And I know if we had met in normal circumstances without murderers and rapists trying to find us I probably wouldn't have rushed things. But I don't regret it." Her look softened like she was thinking back. "You gave me the most incredible night tonight baby. Singing to me, dancing in the rain, undressing me so slowly, kissing me so passionately. You checking on how I was feeling, being so tender and gentle. God Damon, you were a dream come true for my first time. It was perfect no matter how much I did want to wait and not rush things if I do get caught or we can't get away from here."

I was already shaking my head in denial of that. She grabbed my head shaking me. "At least I had this night with you. That means everything to me. And if by some miracle we get to our future and get the hell out of here and can get married and have children and live, then that is even more incredible. But I do not regret tonight with you. I don't regret stripping down and drawing your attention away from your fears no matter how insecure I still feel with baring my body to you. Hell I'm straddling you naked right now and all I am thinking is that I feel so safe with you. I know you love me Damon and that is all I need now."

I was in awe of her speech to me and so happy she didn't regret anything.

"Aaron did die too, in case you are wondering. They all did and I was left all alone with no one." She sniffled and I pulled her in closer and she wrapped her legs around my waist. I pulled the blanket up over her shoulders more keeping my eyes on hers.

"There was some kind of malfunction and the pilot said we were crashing. I thought planes didn't have any parachutes and we were all supposed to just curl up in our seats and pray for the best. But maybe policies were different I'm not sure but the flight attendants started passing out parachutes and my dad broke open the door. He helped me to the door fighting the wind and the gravity and got me in my parachute. Aaron was in the bathroom when everything started happening and he barely made it to me before it was too late."

Elena sniffled and I saw tears at her lashes as she continued. I could not imagine what she had been through. I lifted her from her straddled position on my lap to have her sit sideways, so I could curl her into my arms. I pressed a kiss to her head and stayed silent, wanting to be whatever she needed of me right now.

"I saw Jeremy with his arms around his girlfriend, his hands on her belly holding her and their baby in his embrace as the plane started dipping. He had gotten a parachute on her and himself but she started having contractions, likely from the stress and he couldn't move her enough to get her to the door."

I saw the tears start slipping down her cheeks and I bent my head to kiss them away. Her hand came up into my hair by my ear holding my head to hers. "I'm right here Elena. I won't ever let you go baby," I whispered in her ear and I heard a gasping sob from her lips.

"I know Damon. I need you so much right now," she cried, her cheek against mine. "I don't think I would ever be strong enough to get through this without you." Her arms went around my waist as I held her on my lap kissing her head again.

"He was about to pick her up in his arms to carry her when the luggage in the compartments started falling out all around us. One of cases hit him hard on his arm and I saw it dislocate his shoulder. I wanted to go to him and help but my dad held me tight shaking his head at me that it was too late. I saw my brother cringing in pain fighting till Anna grabbed his face and shook her head. They were looking at each other so sadly and she had resigned to not being able to get out of there. Like she knew that this was the end. I watched their faces and I knew they were thinking that they would never meet their precious baby."

"My dad had gotten the last straps of my chute on, ignoring my screaming that I needed to help them. I knew he was right. There was too much luggage between us and them and I would never get to them in time. I watched them, my heart aching for everything I knew they must be feeling."

Elena dropped her head to my chest as more tears flooded her eyes. I held her closer, my arms wrapped around her shaking body. "Aaron grabbed me and I didn't even get to say goodbye to my dad and my mom or Jeremy or Anna. The plane was screaming and dipping lower and faster as I felt Aaron looking at me like he too knew this was it for us. I saw my mom crying as dad raced to put a parachute on her. She had pushed him away to save me first before and all had been able to do was mouth to her that I loved her."

Elena was sobbing now in my arms and I rocked her back and forth, my lips on her head.

"I didn't even get to hug any of them goodbye," she cried and just let go, crying hard onto my bare chest. Her arms were still tight around me as I held her rocking and whispering soothingly in her ear. It felt like ages before she finally lifted her head and stared at me with swollen red eyes. Her head fell to the crook of my neck and I tangled my fingers in her hair, massaging her head in my hand as I rocked her.

"I was the only one that survived Damon. Of a plane full of people. Mother's and daughters, babies, fathers and grandparents clinging to their loved ones and I survived. I wish I would have died with them. Why did I deserve to live?"

I grabbed her head and pulled her to look at me. "No baby, please don't say that. If you had, I would never have met you. I would be lost without you."

She curled her arms back around my neck again laying her head on my shoulder. "I felt so lost too till you looked up at me that day in the infirmary. You had such caring in your eyes. You looked like you could see right into my soul Damon. I could feel it."

I nuzzled her head against my neck with my nose. "I did see it. You were there in that room that day but you also weren't there. You looked so lost and empty baby and my heart longed to fill you with hope again. The pull toward you was undeniable."

I straightened up more, adjusting her more closely in my arms. "What can I do Elena? I want you to be whole again. I think because I was so broken too that was why I wanted to fix you and bring you back to life. But I had no idea you would actually fall for me too."

"You are bringing me back to life honey. You are giving me that chance to have a family again. Your family. Our family." She smiled through her tears and stroked my cheek.

I was beaming at her. "Our family," I breathed out in disbelief that something so incredible could be within my reach,

"Yeah Damon, you know the children we were having with rainbow colored hair and yellow eyes." She laughed at me and I remembered my silliness in my proposal to her. "And I hope you aren't mad but I'm not on the pill and we have had sex twice now in a day with no protection so those babies might come sooner than you think."

Wow that hit me. I wondered about it, barely able to use my brain as we were together both times to be aware of the fact that I had not used a condom.

My silence must not had been good because the next second her eyes looked unsure at me.

"I did think of that Elena. Believe me whatever happens I will be thrilled with. My best friend and his wife are having their first and I would love a baby with you whenever that happens. If you get pregnant now I admit it would be crazy timing but I would love our baby more than anything." I saw more tears slip down her cheeks and I wondered what she was thinking.

"I want a family Damon. Having that with you sounds unreal. I want to meet your brother and Enzo's wife and feel a part of a family again. I have been alone for so long. I was studying to be a doctor when all this happened and it hurt so much that I couldn't save anyone. I was hanging in the sky after Aaron pushed me out of the plane and watched it crash to the ground in a burning fiery explosion."

"Oh baby I am so sorry," I mumbled into her hair. She had been through hell.

"It wasn't even over then yet. I couldn't even grieve. I was the only survivor and so the police kept me for hours, days it felt like and asked me so many questions about what happened. Apparently there was a report of suspicious activity from someone on our flight and pictures of someone they were watching in the airport that day, so they grilled me because of it. I felt like they forced me to relive my families deaths over and over and that hurt as much as it happening for real."

I reeled back at that. That was insane. I knew how thorough police would be with something like that. Hadn't she been through enough? But if there was no one there to defend her they wouldn't stop. I knew cops and FBI, hell I had interrogated people before for hours to get information from them and the exhaustion that came with it was a tool we used to break them. How dare they?

"Elena I am so sorry." I said again. "I can't imagine how hard that must have been for you."

"Well when I heard you were CIA then I felt my walls coming up again in fear of what those men put me through. I hated anyone in authority after that. I hated what they did to me, so hearing you were government, no matter how much I wanted to share with you I was scared just like that night when they asked me question after question demanding to know how and why I had survived."

She started crying again. "Damon they thought I did it. That I was responsible for the crash! It didn't matter that I was just a young girl going through residency and had no criminal record. They were convinced that I was involved. And no matter how much I pleaded and begged them to believe me, the men interrogating me did not let up!"

I felt my heart breaking for her, hearing what she had been through and why it took so much strength for her to tell me even about what happened to her family. She saw me as a threat, as a connection to her pain. Oh God. I was more convinced than ever that leaving the CIA was the right thing for us, for our family and our future.

I tilted her chin up to me to kiss her forehead as I was still rocking her in my arms like a baby with the blanket around both of us. I loved her so much and was so glad she finally trusted me with the pain of her past. I wanted to fix it, but I had no idea how.

"When I finally was let go, it felt like days later and I didn't even know where to go. I didn't want to go home where I had been living in my parents in the basement so the costs of med school were less. They were gone and I just couldn't face that empty silent house. I wandered the streets in a daze and found my way to my brothers place he shared with Anna. It was late and getting dark so I decided to stay there. But again it was so quiet. Even being in the house hurt. It was like they were coming home. There was food in the fridge, baby name books on the coffee table, a stroller tucked in the hallway by the closet. Wandering further in I saw the nursery and everything they had ready for the baby. It broke me to see their future ripped away from them and I ran outside to the back porch and cried till I had no tears left."

I held her tighter, my lips by her ear, my heart hurting so much for her.

Elena sniffled back more tears and looked up at me. "This probably sounds crazy but Ian saved me from wanting to die that night."

Ian. I remembered, her cat named after that vampire.

"I heard meowing and I ran from the deck to see what was happening and chased the boys away that were hurting him. Ian was still so little and curled into my arms and looked up at me with such love in his little kitten eyes and rubbed himself on me. He slept right beside my head that night as I lay on the couch not even wanting to be in my brother's bedroom. I had no one except Ian and him needing me and being so thin and hungry pushed me to take care of myself too. We needed each other. We survived because of each other."

Wow, I had a kitten to thank for my Beauty being alive and here in my arms. "Elena, you never have to worry again about being alone again. You are my world, just like I'm sure you were Ian's that night and every night since. You are unbelievably strong baby and I know we can fight to get to the future we deserve and get off this island. I will leave the CIA for good and you will leave Maxwell Heights and we can start over any way you want. You will love Stef. And Bon and Enzo are like family to me too." I smiled down at her.

"That sounds amazing Damon. I want that so much. I am ready to start over with you and let go of my past. "I'm so glad I did tell you about it. It does feel better let it out. I feel lighter somehow."

Grinning I lifted her in my arms. "Well you are as light as a feather baby." I knew she meant emotionally but I loved teasing her. Her laugh back at me made me tingle with happiness. I leaned her back pulling the blanket under her kissing her hungrily. She cradled my face moaning into my mouth as I delved deeper in her mouth as she pulled me more on top of her.

"Round three baby?" I wiggled my eyebrows at her and she laughed again, her brown eyes shining in the moonlight, red rimmed from crying but glowing with happiness.

"We have all night Damon. Drive me wild baby. I am all yours."

"Damn straight you are," I mumbled against her mouth as I felt her legs wrap around my waist again pulling me in. "Who needs sleep?"

"Not me!" she piped up and I dove down to kiss her again. She spun us somewhat awkwardly so I was on the bottom and her legs fell to my sides. Her fingers curled around my wrists pushing them down to the ground by my head. Her hands traced over my muscles as I groaned her name.

"I don't care if I ever sleep again," I whimpered as she started crawling down my body and sucked in the skin around my nipple, and then licking down my stomach, making my muscles twitch before sucking the skin of my hip deep in her mouth. I arched up to the warmth of her lips and threw my head back into the moss beneath us. Her fingers were spread over my hips pulling me in closer to her and I shut my eyes, lost in the pleasure she was giving me. "God Elena, don't ever stop."

She grinned up at me, her tongue lapping at the dip in my belly button. "Oh I don't plan to baby. This hot body is all mine to explore and it might take All. Damn. Night..."

Yeah another chapter done in less than a week! I'm sorry about scaring you with the nightmare but I really thought it would work well to have it be more of a fake out. It hurt me to write them in so much pain. But I put our heroes on an island with rapists and murderers so this was a taste of what could happen. Damon's nightmares about Lexi just transferred to Elena and its very logical in the circumstances.

I actually did something similar in The Power Within after Damon and Elena had sex then too and scared them insanely with Klaus showing up right beside the bed when he wasn't even invited in. It was intense then too.

We need to go to other parts of the story too but its been so fun just enjoying our young lovers in their bliss. What is going on with Caroline will be revealed next and Elena's flashback at the hospital is long overdue too after she said she was his wife.

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