A/N: Hi all! Well I hope you guys loved my Christmas story treat for you. Christmas Wonder. It was Part 8 or the Our New Beginning Series.

I had lots of writer's block with this chapter and laying out all the steps for the climatic scenes on the island coming up on Day 3. So I am sorry it took so long to post this. Super long again and I can update more often too if I don't have them as long every time. This size takes at least 3 or 4 evenings or more so its all about when I find the time.

This chapter has a request from May and I hope it was all she wanted it to be! The yummy Delena lemon scene is just for you!

Thank you so much for all your patience with life being busy or health issues here and the writers block too. I am super behind on reviewing too with everything going on here too and I am determined to get caught up on that too.

Enjoy the chapter and please share your thoughts!

Rated very much M for Language and Sexual situations.

Damon's POV

"What have you missed?" Damon thought back at how much had actually happened in the two days since they had crashed on the island. "Umm, a lot Enz. There really isn't time to fill you in on everything now. You need to rest so we can get you out of here."

Enzo was nodding at me and I could see he was still tired and was readily agreeing with me.

"I have a safe place for us to wait till Stef gets here. You just need to get strong enough to make it there in the morning buddy. It's a couple mile walk through the forest."

I turned to Elena and saw her looking tired too as she leaned on my shoulder. Her eyes were drifting closed only to open again fast and drift closed again. She was trying so hard to stay awake.

We had been through so much in the last 24 hours and then even when we could have been sleeping we had opted to revel in each other quite a few times throughout the night. She was intoxicating and neither of us could get enough of each other. It felt like a dream to be this happy after being alone for so long.

But I knew even when she had been resting she had not slept as well as I would have liked. Hell, I had horrible nightmares and thought too that sleep would just come so easy in her arms. All the danger around us did not let me relax for long. Maybe an hour or so here and there but even then I woke up scared and not knowing how long we could manage to hide from the cons.

It was still the middle of the night now, with no sunlight in sight and I knew she could use more sleep.

Enzo asked more about the prisoners and I told him about Brady being dead and Elena saving my life. That the cons were having fights on the beach and seemed to be taking each other out too. If only it was that easy.

I explained us going up through the valley, into the cliffs to reach Stefan and that I knew my brother knew where we were. Enzo brightened at that and sat up more. I knew he could not wait to get back to Bonnie. Their baby was due any day and the father-to-be looked miles away at the moment and I knew he must be thinking about her.

Elena nuzzled her nose in the crook of my neck and I turned to her, kissing her forehead. She motioned to me without words that she wanted to slip out and I guessed it was to talk to Ric. The man looked so pale and scared for his wife's best friend and I wished there was more I could do for him. But I had no idea what we could do without all of us getting caught the second even one of us showed our face on the beach.

There was still, I thought, maybe a dozen more creeps still alive. Without Kai to lead them maybe things would just fall apart and we could over take the rest of them. But I didn't dare take any chances with my girl. Not after almost losing her tonight on that cliff.

Elena pulled me in, giving me a lingering kiss before backing away smiling at me. I felt her trail her hand up my back and into my hair, messing it just a bit as she stood up and stepped out of the cave. I was grinning like an idiot right back at her. I felt like a teenager again. Turning back to my bestie after following Elena with my eyes till she was all the way out of the cave I saw Enzo stifling a laugh at me.

I could not stop smiling.

"What?" I snapped at him knowing exactly how that all looked to him. He had been that ga ga for his lovely wife a few years ago and I was relentless in teasing him then. I think karma was coming for me.

Enzo burst out laughing, an equally large smile on his face. "You are so whipped D," he chuckled and pointed to my hair. I lifted my hand to smooth it down and hung my head bashfully, still beaming.

Meeting his eyes again I grinned. "And proud of it Enz. I can't imagine my life without her. She's the one, forever."

Enzo smiled more and clapped me on my shoulder. "I'm so happy for you. I know how hard things have been for you and Stef after everything with Lex." He looked sad as he spoke. "I know her death broke you, both of you and I wish I could have been there for you when you suffered so long in that hellhole man."

I nodded to him sniffling and remembering things so clearly...How Stefan had turned away from me at the airport and I had taken a car to the nearest bar and gotten so drunk I could barely stand after. I had nearly fainted and the next time I lifted my head, my buddy was there, helping me up and into his car and him and Bon let me sleep on their couch for the night.

He was always there for me when I needed someone.

Enzo squeezed my good shoulder and looked serious as he spoke. "You deserve to be happy D. You deserve that goofy grin on your face, and the smile that lights you up when you see her. I can see she feels the same way too." He tilted his head to the side. "And I'm thrilled to not to be the only one in the whipped club." He laughed again and I laughed with him.

"Bon has had me whipped since before our wedding and even more so now with her pregnant. She has me running for every little thing; stores in the middle of the night for everything imaginable and out of season. Do you know how hard it was to get watermelon in February?! I can't wait till you get to experience all the joys of being parents too, so I'm not the only one. Stef and Lex were trying we both knew, but that never happened."

"Well hold on there. I'm just excited she said yes to marrying me. We aren't talking family yet. That will stay your ballpark for at least awhile. I want her all to myself man and away from this damn island." I replied, determination in my eyes. I felt sadness at the mention of my brother and his fiancé trying for a baby too but didn't voice it.

"Are you at least going to get your girl a real ring?" Enzo lifted my hand and examined mine. "Awe. 'Mine' Its really hot and all but pen...really?"

I narrowed my eyes at him. "Are you at least going to be in the delivery room with your wife, buddy? You know she wants you to. I know you should."

And I had thought about it with the rings. "I totally thought this idea for rings was unique. And it was really hot in the moment when we made them for each other. Maybe we will get real tattoo rings. No idea yet," I shrugged casually, still smiling.

Enzo was pensive. "I know I should be in there. Can you convince my stubborn wife to actually not go through her labor without pain meds? The thought of her screams after what we have been through with work all the time...I really don't know if I can take it. I want to, but how can I just watch her in so much pain? We've seen so much in this damn line of work and I hate hearing people tortured. So I'm scared D. I'm a big strong CIA agent and I'm scared of Bon being hurt, delivering our baby."

I moved closer and rubbed his arm. "I'm sure when the time comes you will be ready. You will step up and be the amazing husband I know you always have been. You are so much stronger than you give yourself credit for. You saved me and Elena on that plane and took a bullet and a beating for us. You will find it in you to fight those fears to be there for her. I know you will." I grinned again.

"And Elena and I will be right there in that waiting room for you to come running to tell us when your son is born."

I leaned my head to his and patted his shoulder. Enzo smiled at me. I know he will be able to do it. I was still just so happy to be talking to him and that he was awake and alive!

But I needed to talk to him about something else and pulled him closer, my voice low. "I need to reach Stefan. When we were up on the cliffs and managed to contact him then we were almost caught by some cons and they smashed the phone we had. There was another one on the plane and I saw those same cons with it. I know where it is, or at least I think I do. But I need to tell you this in case something happens to me."

Enzo was already shaking his head but I needed to finish this. "Elena doesn't have anyone Enz. She lost her whole family in a plane crash last year. I need you to promise me that if something happens to me, you and Bon and Stef will take care of her. Please Enz?"

"No D, you will be fine. We will all get off this island and back to our families. I need you to be my baby's godfather."

I smiled softly seeing him rejecting the possibility that I might not make it. He had pretty much came back from the dead here so I understood his optimism. "I get to be Cool Uncle Damon of course too, with your sons Auntie Elena. I need you to be my best man too buddy."

Enzo smiled back at me. "You know I'm there. I'd be honored to stand beside you as you marry her. So stop it with the talk that you might not be getting out of here. Maybe you shouldn't go after that phone D? Maybe there is another way?"

I shook my head and leaned closer to make sure Elena did not hear anything. "There isn't. I have to! Stefan will be waiting for me to make contact. I need to reach him to tell him where to pick us up before he send everyone to storm the island. He knows when I told him that the woman I loved was on this island too and the other women and innocents that he would not just come in guns blazing till we were all safely away. We have lost too much already. Elena has too."

Enzo nodded. "Okay okay I get it. And you know as well as I do how much I want the hell out of here too and safely back to my family. But you shouldn't go alone. Really."

"I risked Elena's life and she almost died tonight because I took her out of the cave we found to hide in and I am not taking any more chances with her. We are going straight there and she is not leaving till we are rescued! No more risks!"

I motioned to Ric outside. "And Ric needs to get you to the cave in the morning too once you are strong enough. And our other ally is on his own rescue mission for the other woman trapped here so I don't have a choice but to go alone."

I was quiet hearing rustling behind him and realized that Elena was coming back in the cave. I turned to the noise of the fronds being pulled aside and smiled at her.

"Damon we really need to get these wounds cleaned up more. And I need to check your wounds too Enzo," Elena said to both of us and I nodded quickly. She was right. It was really late and I hoped we could get some more sleep too before I slipped away to get the satt phone.

"Sure babe, I just need to talk to Ric a quick minute anyway. I'll give you some space here." I stood up and pulled her into my arms as she moved closer and nuzzled my nose in her hair. She sighed and I reluctantly untangled myself from her warmth. We would be on our way soon and get to just lay in each others arms for a few more hours.

Enzo smiled back at me and I grinned at him. Both of us saying without words how glad we were that he was okay. That we both were.

Ric was pacing outside the cave and holding the walkie tight. I knew how worried he must be. "Hey." I stepped closer, my hands clenched at my sides. Ric turned his head to me and I saw his eyes were puffy and red. He had been crying. Maybe Elena had heard him and went out to comfort him. I had been so focused on Enzo that I had not even realized it. "I'm so sorry man. Really."

Ric nodded at me, wiping his arm across his face. He looked so lost and I had no idea how else to help him.

I moved closer and put my hands on his shoulders. "She will be okay. I know this sounds crazy but one of the cons, a man on my CIA team was actually another agent. He saved our lives tonight; mine and Elena's from Kai literally killing me and dumping me off a cliff. He shot Kai and he fell. Thank God. But the man, Klaus Mikaelson said he met Caroline that first night and stopped her from getting hurt and sent her back to us. You remember that?" I saw Ric nodding in agreement.

"Yeah. That night when you and I were almost caught at the beach with Elena...Klaus was the one that saved her and kept her from getting hurt. He cares about her and he is going right now to rescue her and his own brother from some of the creeps at the beach. The con who has her still thinks he is talking to Parker here on the walkie and doesn't know he died. So he wont hurt her. Klaus will radio me as soon as he gets her safe.

Ric looked to still be pretty damn speechless about everything and looked down at the walkie like it should come to life at that moment. I reached out and took it from him. "Why don't I hold onto that for you. I can let you know first thing in the morning that I have heard from Klaus. Having you sit here and stare at it all night would be torture.

The sandy haired man nodded at me and released his grip on it so I could take it from his hand. I patted him on the back and smiled the best I could.

"Just get her back Damon. She won't survive another attack. It will rip apart everything she tried so hard to glue and tape back together and that was with Tyler's help. I can't imagine how she could come back from that again. She used to be so strong but everything that has happened to her really broke her."

I squeezed his shoulder. "We will get her back Ric. You focus on getting my buddy out to the waterfall cave. We can meet at the base of the falls and I can guide you there. Then we can all hide there till Stefan comes. Its perfectly safe and underground.

Ric nodded again. He looked so lost.

"Sorry to ask now with everything you are feeling, but I know you had lots of stuff in your bag before. You don't happen to have a rope at all do you? I thought I checked for one last night already." He was still silent and walked over to the side of the cave and picked up 3 long strands of rope.

"They washed up on the shore last night. What are you doing? Where are you climbing?" Ric queried.

I cast a glance back to the cave and saw the light still moving inside. She could not hear this. "I need to go after the satt phone. The damn cons smashed ours on the cliff yesterday after you took off down the steeper cliff and they somehow have their own and it fell off the cliff tonight with Parker." I saw Ric's eyes widening more as I spoke. "I need to reach Stefan or he will not know where to meet us. Its the only way."

"Then I'll come with you," Ric blurted out.

"No. I need you to get Enzo to the falls Ric. He can't make it without you. He needs to be really careful not to overdo it so soon after taking the serum. You need to stay here and keep him safe. And Klaus will get Caroline and his brother safe and I will make sure Elena stays in the cave."

I looked stubbornly at him knowing he wanted to help. But he was helping. There was no one else to stay here. "Please Ric. My bestie needs to make it home to his family. His wife is having their baby really soon. We all need to get back to people we love." I sighed when I saw his shoulders sink and he agreed to stay.

Ric walked back to his bag and pulled out another hoodie and a shirt for me. I smiled in thanks and took them to tuck in the bag he already put the rope in. I didn't even ask where he got all his supplies. "Sorry about your leather jacket too," I mumbled. I pointed to my bandaged wound.

"Its fine Damon. Its just a jacket. I'm just glad you both are okay. The airline has lots of these hoodies and I saw the one Elena was wearing was covered in blood too. Just take whatever you need and I will meet you in the morning. Just don't expect me to sleep."

"I know. I get it Ric. Just make sure Enzo sleeps and don't you dare try to go to the beach yourself." My tone was firm as I stared at him.

"I won't, I promise. No matter how much I'd like to. But she better be there at dawn Damon. I'm counting on your guy."

We said our goodbyes and he opened his arms and hugged me. That was such a long way from him on the plane calling me a creep, thinking of me as another con.

This man was a friend and we both needed to protect the women we cared so deeply about.

I stepped back into the cave to hear laughing. Elena and Enzo were talking and smiling and I heard him talking baby names and how excited he was. I was beaming seeing my best friend and the woman I loved so easy going around each other.

Elena was holding a picture of Bonnie and studying it. It was the one from his wallet and she smiled as he told her how they had met. Him on a mission and her the lady at the bar when he was supposed to be surveilling a meet as the bartender. And instead he almost blew the mission because he was talking to this pretty girl and nearly missed who the buyer was.

He had gotten in trouble with the agency for that one, but not before he had enjoyed a sexy slow dance with her that night and got her number to take her out another night. He had been so smitten that as we left that night Bonnie almost ran him over if I hadn't pulled him back to the curb as she left.

Elena was laughing and smiling at the whole silly story. Giggling even at the part where he was checking the bathrooms to make sure things were secure and she had come out as he walked in the ladies one and slammed his nose and almost broke it. Bonnie had held a towel to his nose till it stopped bleeding and even gotten ice and sat with him. He had been mortified at how stupid he must have looked to that beautiful woman. I didn't hear the end of it when I drove him home later that night.

I had been on the mission too, covering the exit and making sure the arrest was made outside once the meet took place but even I saw my buddy, with blood down his shirt and being doted on a by the sweet young lady.

Now, I could not stop looking at how happy Elena looked, just hanging out with my other most favorite person in the world. She would fit in so perfectly in our little group of what we called family; blood or not."

My girl turned and smiled at me as I walked closer and knelt down behind her. I slipped my arms around her waist and kissed the back of her neck. "Are we all ready to go here Beauty?" I asked. I could not wait to get her alone again. Just to sleep. I missed holding her in my arms.

"Yes Damon, Enzo here was quite the frustrating patient and when he woke up all frantic about what had happened, he ripped his bandages to see his wounds. But I managed to fix them the best I could. I still don't know why I brought my med bag to our cave."

I nuzzled my nose in her hair and winked at the goofy looks I was getting from my bestie. Yep I was so whipped and I loved it! "Well Ric is bringing Enz to the cave first thing in the morning so anything else you can just fix up there too if you need babe."

She nodded to me, turning her head and I stood up pulling with me. Enzo was grinning at me and I knew he was so happy for me. "Get out of here you two and get some sleep."

I winked back at him. "Oh we will try..." I teased nibbled at the hollow of Elena's neck making her giggle. She turned back to me and lifted her arms up around my neck but I saw her cringe in pain to move her arm like that.

"Looks like you two should not move much," Enzo chucked. Yeah he was right about that, but that didn't stop me from wanting her, even if my arm and the wound was not in agreement of that thought.

The walk back to the cave was quick. I had the bag Ric gave me and held the gun up in front of us at every little sound. I kept her partially behind me to shield my love from any danger. The walkie was tucked in my back pocket and it still had not come on to tell me Klaus had gotten Caroline away from the beach and I had scanned the frequencies twice since Klaus gave it to us.

How long did it take to save them? I hoped he wasn't in any trouble. I had my own mission to focus on. I hated that I had decided to keep it from her, but I knew Elena would try to follow me and I was not risking her getting hurt again.

We crawled back down the rocks and collapsed down on the blanket laying on the moss. I kicked off my boots and pulled off my socks and helped her with her shoes and then just flung my head down and stared up at the glittering ceiling. Elena curled up right beside me and yawned as her arm slipped around my waist and I pulled her in tight to me, wincing at the pain from my wound. I turned my head to her and saw her chocolate eyes almost half closed already, she was so exhausted.

"Baby, I know you are tired but we need to clean these wounds before we go to sleep." She nodded to me, yawning again and her eyes started falling shut again. I watched her peaceful face and her slow rhythmic breathing. I hated to disturb her, she looked so relaxed in my arms.

Her eyes fluttered open a few moments later. I heard her mumble her agreement to me and I helped pull herself to sit up. She reached for the med bag and unzipped it digging around. I sat up and unbuttoned the torn and bloody shirt I still had on and tossed it aside. I leaned back on the rock beside our moss bed and closed my eyes as she started opening the disinfectant to pour it on my stitches.

It burned and I bit my lip waiting for the sting to subside. Opening my eyes my girl tore open an alcohol wipe and dabbed it all over around the wound, cleaning off any dirt or germs hopefully so nothing got infected.

"Sorry Damon, its going to hurt a little. This one is more torn." She looked sadly at me and moved to press a kiss to my lips. I returned the kiss, enjoying the taste of her before she turned me around more to disinfect the exit wound.

I loved my sweet and sexy doctor, but not the doctoring part of her job at all. I still felt weak from the bruised ribs too and getting kicked in the stomach back on the plane and nearly being choked to death on the cliffs. And now getting shot was just more to add to all the injuries I already felt.

I shot her a pretend glare. "A little?" The disinfectant burned more as it was poured on the other wound, before she wiped my skin clean. Elena moved closer and kissed my bare shoulder when she was done and peppered little kisses all the way up my throat and jaw to the corner of my lips.

"You know I can make it feel all better...right Damon?" she said smoothly, as her little tongue darting out to lick at the corner of my lips, before kissing up my cheek and sucking my earlobe in her mouth in a breathy moan. I nodded rapidly without a word, a groan crawling up my throat, the pain and any discomfort already forgotten.

Hell she knew how to do her job...at least for me. Damn if any other patient of hers would get this kind of treatment to disinfect a wound.

My eyes closed as I leaned back against the rock again pulling her with me to straddle my lap. God she felt so good. I gripped the back of her neck, burying my fingers in her hair and pulled her lips back to mine. She whimpered my name into my mouth as her arms wound around my neck.

But shifting her on my lap she cried out and I immediately pulled back. "Elena, I need to fix you up too. And if you have any more pain killers I'm sure we could both use them too baby."

She nodded and crawled off my lap and dug around more in the bag. "No more pills but we have a couple morphine shots that would work to numb the pain. But first you need the antibiotics." She handed me a capsule and tossed one back herself as we passed the water bottle back and forth. Then she prepped me for the needle.

I sighed once I felt the warm liquid in my veins. She was right. It was helping a lot. I could hardly feel any of the pain I had been in. I lay there just enjoying the numbness instead of constant aches and sharp shooting pains every time I breathed.

"Your turn Beauty," I said softly and helped her out of the leather jacket and bloody hoody and undid the makeshift tourniquet I had wrapped around her arm. She shook her hair out to fall down her nearly bare back before turning to me and leaned back against the same rock. She handed me the same bottle and I dripped it on her wound too, hearing it foam up.

Elena had her eyes closed and her head back as I cleaned and wiped the skin of her arm. I could see it was hurting her too and the bullet wound for her looked more jagged and torn than mine was, likely from the bullet going through me first.

"I'm so sorry baby," I whispered, pouring love into my voice and saw her eyes open as she cringed and bit her lip. I took a moment to kiss her all over her face, her closed eyelids, her cheeks, jaw, forehead, corners of her lips and up to her ear and relished in the moans she voiced. I wanted to help her forget the pain, just as she had done to me.

After a few minutes I lifted her up and she leaned over me, her bra clad chest pressed to my body as I disinfected the exit wound too. Klaus had done a great job of stitching it up but it still looked so painful. She whimpered and I felt her fingers dig in my back. I wiped her skin around the wound clean and then helped her sit up.

"All done." I tried to sound upbeat but I knew she was hurting.

I tossed all the garbage in a bag and grabbed up another vial from the bag. "You need some too Elena. I was holding up the same type of vial she had just given me. Nodding weakly she held out her arm and I wrapped the tourniquet around it and tapped to find a vein. She moaned as the needle went in but within seconds her eyes looked heavy and I knew she would sleep.

Crumpling up the wrappers from the needles too I tied up the bag and tossed it down beside her bag. Elena looked to already be asleep as she leaned back on the large smooth rock behind us. I debated just slipping away now to go get the satt phone, but she looked so beautiful and warm and home that I wanted to rest just a few minutes in her arms before I left.

I picked her up under her legs and moved to lay her down back on the moss, her head falling down to my chest as I sunk down with her and pulled the blanket over us. I didn't even have the energy to undress us at all so I just cuddled with her, curling her half naked body to mine. She nuzzled her head in the crook of my neck.

"Mmm, night Damon. Love you," she mumbled against my throat and my girl yawned the cutest little yawn while scrunching up her face.

"Night baby." I pulled her head closer and kissed the crown of her head. "Love you more."

I had the briefest thought that I should check the walkie again but I just wanted to stay in her arms a few more minutes. I didn't dare fall asleep in case I would only wake up at dawn and have missed my window to go get the satt phone and I knew by now Stef would be waiting.

He was counting on me and I was counting on him.

Holding her close, I nuzzled my head against her hair. My mind was a flurry of thoughts and feelings. I curled my arms around her, pulling her tight to my side, and she tangled her legs with mine as I felt her warm breath against my throat.

How could I have ever slept without her in my arms all these years?

This felt like everything else about her did; coming home, feeling so familiar that nothing felt out of place and has always been like that and you can't imagine it ever was different.

That was how being with her felt.

But more than peaceful thoughts were running through my head; like how Stef would mount the rescue. If I would go back to prison in Bulgaria once we were saved or if he had gotten me some kind of immunity. How I could keep my girl safe if I did end up serving any time. She had already promised to quit her job at Maxwell Heights so at least in that way I could keep her away from those criminals.

I wondered too if Klaus had saved Caroline and his brother yet. If Bonnie had gone into labor early like she was worried about, from all the stress of Enzo on a mission. If Stefan was freaking out that he had not contacted him yet.

I had so many questions for Klaus and about the mission and the Serbians and everything that had happened to me. What it all meant and what their damn end game was. Was it them that had crashed us here in the first place? I had been so focused on getting Elena out of the plane alive and away from the cons I didn't even check for the familiar little box that would have had to have been attached to the nav systems to allow them to control it from the ground.

I laid there quietly, my lips in her hair and just listened to the night sounds for awhile too as I treasured holding the woman I loved more than anything. That was all I wanted in the world tonight was just to hold her.

After about an hour or so when I thought she was deeply asleep I stretched my arms just the little bit to where I had laid the walkie. I turned the volume down more checking each frequency, while carefully avoiding the one I knew Mason was tuned into waiting for more news from the bastard Parker.

All of a sudden I heard more than static on the one channel and I was sure I heard a faint voice! I turned the volume back down and laid Elena down on her side, pulling my arm out from under her. She whimpered softly and I tucked the blanket by her neck and kissed her on the cheek.

"Damon," she breathed out.

"I'm right here baby. Just sleep."

Damn I hated leaving her, but I knew I had to. Someone had to get the phone and there was no one else.

She reached out for me and I moved my head closer to let her fingers trail through my hair. Her eyes closed again and I stared at her waiting and watching if she would open her eyes again and catch me sneaking out. I moved slowly away from her fingers curling in my hair and sat up beside her, watching her chest go up and down. She moved more on her side and moaned with a smile on her lips and then was silent. I watched her without making a sound or movement for a couple minutes before crawling off our mossy bed.

I grabbed up the hoodie that Ric had left me and my boots and socks. I laid the fresh black button down shirt beside her, my eyes still watching her face. More sounds came from the walkie and I walked as quietly away as I could to the corner of the underground cave and crouched down behind a rock, dumping the clothes down with me.

I twisted the knobs a couple times, whispering as low as I could. "Mikaelson is that you?

"Damon! Damon, can you hear me? I'm near the beach, but I can't get them out."

I clutched it tighter in my hand and pressed the walkie closer to my ear. "Yes I can hear you. Are you safe? Where is Caroline?"

"Damon, I haven't gotten to them yet. I managed to sneak back onto the beach and stole another walkie. The guards must have all had one of them when they were on the plane. Mason still has his so don't use his frequency but stay on this one."

"Okay Klaus. I will. Will you be able to get them out of there?" I looked around, staying crouched by the rock. My Beauty was still curled up under the blanket facing away from me. I could see her chest rise and fall more slowly.

"I'm trying Damon. Mason has one of the damn guards Julian watching over the cave they were in with him and them. I need to get closer and maybe find a way to distract him to get to them. I can hear Caroline crying but it doesn't sound like she is being hurt. I can hear Mason yelling too and getting pissed that Kai hasn't showed up yet."

I drew in a deep breath. Okay, Klaus too sounded like he couldn't be there to help me. "I understand. I'm going after the satt phone. I need to get a hold of my brother. Check back with me later. I'll stay on this channel."

I turned down the volume again and still crouched behind the rock I bent to get on my socks and slip into my boots. I dug around in the bag and pulled out the gun, opening it to find only 3 bullets left. I would need to grab a few more…

I pulled the hoodie over my head, slung the bag of supplies on my shoulder and when I whirled around I was face to face with Elena!

Her mouth was open and I could see the shock and disbelief written all over her beautiful face!

"Elena," I gasped out, my eyes wide, and taking in the surge of emotions I saw warring in her eyes. I couldn't tell if being mad or shocked or sad was the more prevalent feeling she was facing me with. The bag fell from my shoulder.

"You...were going to leave...without me?" she stated, her voice high, her lips trembling. She had wrapped the shirt I had left beside her around her, without buttoning it up.

"You were...weren't you Damon?" Elena gasped out. "You were sneaking off to get that damn phone right?!" I moved closer to her and she took a step back from me, the skin of her bare stomach visible as the shirt swished open by her swift movement.

I opened my mouth to reply. What the hell could I say? She was glaring at me, her eyes wide and full of fire. "I have to Elena! I need to let my brother know where we are or we will never get rescued!"

She lifted her hands to her head, scrunching them in her hair and more of her soft skin peeking out from the folds of the black shirt. The curve of her breast was distracting my focus from what I was trying to tell her.

"NO! No you can't take that risk Damon! Even with Kai gone there are way too many criminals out there!"

My Beauty blinked furiously and I could see her eyes shiny with tears.

"So you were just going to leave me here to wake up and not know where you were?!" Her chin was quivering and her hands were curling into the fabric of the shirt on her as I saw her whole body shaking.

Damn this was not what I wanted at all. I wanted to be back before she even woke up.

I moved in again, stepping past the rock I had hid behind and reached out to grab her hands that were trembling at her sides. "Baby..." I tried to think of what the hell I could say. She was livid, spitting her words out like acid in my face.

She yanked her hands from mine and backed up more, wrapping the shirt around her naked chest and pulling it tight. "NO Damon, you can't! I can't lose you! You promised!"

"Elena..." my voice cracked as I reached for her again and she backed up more.

"I can't lose anyone else Damon! How did you not get that with what I shared! I have NO ONE but you and I CAN'T lose you!"

"You won't," I said in an instant. "I was going to be right back. I would never leave you baby! I know how scared you are of losing anyone else. I heard every word of what you shared to me about your family."

My heart was breaking now and as I saw tears slipping down her cheeks. What had I done?

"You were going to let me wake up...not knowing where you were? Have me terrified that something happened to you? How could you do that to me, after everything you know about me?!"

It sounded like she was repeating herself in her panic. I wasn't sure since my brain was in overdrive too.

I stumbled closer to her as she kept backing away more, her bare feet sliding back on the cold rock floor of the cave. I was at a loss of what to say and all I wanted to do was take my girl in my arms and comfort her...when I was the one that made her cry like this.

God damn it, this was such a mess!

"I didn't mean to scare you baby, really. I just want to get us out of here." I felt a tear slip down my cheek now too as I looked at her tired and betrayed eyes locked on mine.

Elena held up her hand and even in the dim moonlight I could see her pointing to her ring, the ring I made for her to show her she was mine. "You gave me this! You told me it was us together forever! That we were in this together. If you go out there then I am coming with you Damon!"

I reeled back in surprise at that statement and the determination in her voice.

"The hell you are!" I yelled back at her, my anger growing. "Do you not even remember us being fucking cornered by Kai and him shooting me up on that cliff?!"

She nodded vehemently and glared back at me.

I hated what happened to her and how much worse it could have been. I sucked in another breath, my heart pounding so hard. "Kai shot you too baby! He shot me…and because you were curling up right beside me, the bullet went through you too!"

I was panting hard now too. "Do you have any idea how scared I was? You could have been a little bit more behind me and he could have killed you by shooting me! No way in hell are you going back out there!"

Elena strode forward after backing away over and over as we had been fighting. She walked closer, standing inches from me, her eyes wide and tears streaming. "And its okay for YOU to go out there?! And scare me half to death not knowing if you will come back to me?! To risk getting shot again?!"

I was just as upset as she was. If she seriously thought that I would take the risk of having her outside the safety of this cave again…

I stood tall in front of her admiring my baby's sheer willpower and the fight in her eyes. I hadn't seen her like this before. But as hot as it looked for her to fight me on this I could not risk her getting hurt again. No fucking way.

I opened my mouth, my jaw clenched as I swallowed hard. "Every time we have left here Elena, you have almost been hurt or killed. Every. Time!"

"You almost got found out when you followed Ric and I to the beach and the cons could have found you if I hadn't distracted them and had them come after me. Tonight you were shot when Kai caught us and if Klaus had not turned out to be another agent I could be dead and you with that monster doing God knows what to you right now!...AND yesterday afternoon the bastard on the clifftop almost raped you!" I sucked in a trembling breath and hated how much danger she had been in.

I stared angrily at her. "And don't even try to tell me that more didn't happen than that creep's fucking hand print on your shoulder either! Don't you think it makes me crazy at the thought of what happened to you, what else could have happened to you?!"

My chest was heaving just remembering her fear after that horrific encounter. "That just because I didn't see it, that he didn't have his grubby hands all over you. That he wasn't groping your beautiful breasts under your bra or trying to put his hands God knows where on you and in you!"

"My God Elena, you were wearing nothing but your sexy lace underwear. You were like a fucking buffet laid out for him! And I couldn't do a damn thing with me right there getting choked to death right in front of you!"

"Don't Damon. Don't go there." Elena mumbled and her head was down avoiding my eyes.

I felt torn up inside knowing I was right, that more did happen in those pulse pounding few minutes on that hill.

She turned away from me and started walking away till she leaned her head on the wall behind her, the open shirt still clutched in her fingers.

My blue eyes were wide, my muscles so tense, as my eyes narrowed. "Why not Elena? You think I want to remember his hands on you? When I was lying there barely a fucking foot away from you! You think I want a repeat of ANYTHING like that ever again?!"

I saw her hands pressed to the rocks on the wall beside her head as she shook it back and forth silently. I heard her ragged breaths and saw her shoulders shaking.

Walking closer, I was aching to comfort her. Wanting to fix this somehow but still show her how badly I needed her to stay safe.

Elena was trembling more, taking in gulps of air. "It wasn't your fault Damon. You can't blame yourself for what he did to me." Her tone was still clipped and angry. "You can't protect me from everything!"

Oh hell no.

"Well I damn well am going to try!" I yelled back at her. My voice almost louder than the pounding of the water falling fast into the cave behind us. "If there is something I can do to protect you, then I am going to do it!"

"Well I just want to protect you too! Why is that so wrong?!" she screamed back at me before turning back around, hiding her tear filled eyes from me.

I moved closer, grabbed her good arm and spun her around to face me. She looked up in my face, her nostrils flaring, her cheeks flushed, and the soft mounds of her breasts heaved as I saw beads of sweat making teasing trails down the middle of her chest.

Her eyes locked on mine as I could feel my heart pounding so hard in my ears as I stared at her wild expression.

"It's not," I breathed out and my lips crashed down hard on hers!

It felt like time stopped, sparks flew and worlds collided.

I took her completely by surprise, her mouth opening with a cry, my tongue plunging in, as I dug my fingers in her hair and pushed her against the wall.

I was ravenous for her taste.

Aching, furious, fearful, and starved for her all at once. I felt her hands come up my bare back under my hoodie and cling to my sides, her nails digging in as she groaned into my mouth.

Fuck, I had never been so aroused before in my life.

My hands moved to curl under her thighs and lift her up against the wall in my arms, her legs wrapping around me. She instantly started grinding her hips into mine as little moans escaped her mouth.

The kiss was searing, passionate and full of emotion. We were clinging to each other like tidal waves in the ocean were pushing between us to rip us apart and all we needed was to desperately hold onto each other.

"God, Damon," she whimpered, her hands flying up to tug hard on my hair, as my palms cupped her ass, slamming her jean clad hips hard against me. I could feel her bare breasts, pressed tight to my chest as our tongues clashed.

"Mmm," my girl cried out and her head fell back against the wall as I sucked a blazing path of heated kisses down her jaw to the hollow of her throat.

Too many clothes…

The thought flew through my barely functioning brain at lightning speed.

I pulled the hoodie off with one hand to toss it on the ground and moaned as I felt her bare chest against me. I wanted her so damn badly and right fucking now. It had scared the hell out of me how angry she had been at me and all I wanted was to fix it and never have her look at me like that again.

Elena's hands were tugging harder in the strands of my hair, digging them in my scalp as she pressed her chest out toward my exploring mouth. I raked the shirt off her shoulders, pulling her arms out of it to fall behind us on the stone floor. She clung tighter to my head as I dove in suckling hard on her one nipple as my hand came up and roughly massaged her other breast, tugging and twisting at the pink bud as she writhed against my hips as I pushed her harder into the rock wall behind her.

"Christ, baby. You taste so good," I managed to gasp out, amazed I was thinking clear enough to string words together.

She moaned again, her fingers curling behind my neck and pulling my head back up for another mind melding kiss. Our lips collided hard, moans and whimpers echoed around the cave as she thrust her hips harder against my rock hard erection.

I put her down, feeling the pulling of lifting her sending me bursts of pain through my arm, despite the drugs to numb it.

Damn it getting shot was not helping here.

I hurriedly started pulling on the button of her jeans, undoing it even with my hands shaking. She was doing the same to mine, in equal fervor, ripping the zipper down and pulling my jeans partially down my thighs.

She pulled my head up so I was looking into her eyes and I saw her smile at me and I smiled back, my eyes glazed over with voracious hunger for her.

She cupped my face and my hands froze taking in her deep expression as I reached for her jeans. "Thank you Damon. Thank you for not going."

My brows furrowed, eyes narrowing, trying to understand what she just said. But there wasn't a damn bit of blood near my brain right then. Wait what?

"When did I say that Elena?" I questioned her having no idea what was going on and that damn sentence was out of my mouth before I realized what I said. Oh shit!

Her eyes widened in total surprise even in the dim light I could see the anger was back within a second. She pushed back on my chest and I stumbled, catching myself as I stared in shock at what just happened.

"You are still going to out there and leave me?! After I told you how much that would scare me?! Really Damon?!" Elena was already turned around and bending down to snatch up the shirt she had on and pull it back on, buttoned up the middle few buttons as I stood there open mouthed staring at her.

I was struggling to catch my breath, nearly falling when she pushed me from my jeans being partway down my legs when she dove at me and lifted her little fists and slammed them against my chest. "You can't do that to me Damon! You can't!" Her head was down against my bare chest and I could feel the tears from her cheeks falling to my stomach. "You can't! Everyone leaves me! I need you! I need you so much!" She pounded on my chest and refused to look up at me even when I tried to lift her head in my hands.

I pulled my jeans back up and reached out to her. "Elena please..." I begged, seeing her furious expression again. How could I make her understand how badly I had to do this? She looked like she was losing it from all she had been through already.

"Save it! I thought you understood. I thought you kissing me and just ravishing me against the wall was your way of saying your were sorry." Elena mumbled, her head down again.

'I am sorry Beauty. I am. But how else am I going to reach Stefan? How is he going to know where to find us? To save Enzo and Caroline and Ric and Klaus I guess too and his brother. We need to stay hidden and tell him where we are so that there isn't some kind of hostage standoff and someone innocent gets killed! I have to reach him!"

"No, Damon, no," she was crying now, her lips against my smooth muscles. The anger seemed to be dissipating into more and more tears, her balled fists laying curled in front of her, by her face.

"Elena! Elena baby, please," I felt shattered at how she sounded against my chest. I needed to reach Stefan. I had to if she hated me or not that was the only way I could save her and get her off this godforsaken island.

I bent my head, ducking more under the curtain of hair she had hidden behind and curled my fingers around her wrists to pull them back from slamming back into my chest more if she got angry again. If I hadn't taken the morphine before I did not want to know how much my ribs would have been hurting right now. So far there was only slight twinges of pain. But I would go through anything to save her and get her away from here.

"Elena, please, please don't say that. I love you! I need you too! I would never hurt you!" I was sniffling back more tears now too, aching inside for how this was playing out.

"I had tried to get someone to come with me, baby I did. Klaus sounded like he was nowhere near able to help and Ric is counting on him to rescue Caroline. He is worried sick about her and I don't blame him. Enzo is still so weak and I needed Ric needed to stay there with him. I already hated leaving him there. I knew Ric didn't even have a weapon but just having him there with Enzo would have to be enough. I couldn't be everywhere at once and I knew he was way too weak to go all that way so soon after he woke up too."

I kissed her hair, trying to sooth her. "There are risks too with the serum and you have to give your body a chance to recover from it or there could be internal complications. A guy I know that used it died, because he engaged in a fight with the guy he was chasing too soon after waking up from the serum and it caused him to get a blood clot. It not something to play around with so I needed Enzo to stay there!"

"Please understand Elena that I would not go out there unless I absolutely had to. I would never want to risk my life and for sure not yours." I saw her listening more intently to me, her red rimmed eyes softer on mine as she looked up.

She finally stopped struggling in my arms and was crying quietly against me. I let go of her wrists slowly and her fingers wrapped around my bare arms in a death grip. I nuzzled in closer to her, burying my nose in the crook of her neck, inhaling her scent and tasting the tears that had slipped down her cheeks. I felt her tilt her head to the side to give me more access as I pressed open mouth kisses down her throat.

"I can't risk anyone hurting you baby. I would die if I lost you." I buried my face in her neck and kissed lower down her collarbone, sucking and licking the skin in my mouth. She groaned barely audible, but had stopped fighting me. She let my fingers unbutton each button on the black shirt again parting the fabric to slip my hands beneath and slide them around to the smooth skin of her back, pulling her body flush with mine. I tugged the shirt again off her shoulders and she shook her arms from the sleeves. My mouth explored lower, licking and sucking in the valley between her breasts till I was on my knees, dipping my tongue in her belly button as I watched her head fall back against the wall.

"You are my world baby. You mean everything to me..." I breathed against her skin, my azure eyes darting up to see the heated expression on her face as I watched her lick her lips. She looked so torn and scared and yet so beautiful.

Maybe this was just me distracting her again, but it sure was working as I saw her swollen lips part and her eyes fall closed. I knew how to provide distraction on demand on missions, but never like this...with anyone. This was all for my girl, to keep her safe.

I curled my palm up to massage her bottom while using the other hand to pull the zipper of her jeans down. My heart was pounding faster as I tugged her jeans down each of her legs, kissing the skin I uncovered as I lifted her feet out one by one, kissing up and down each leg. She was watching me with hooded eyes as my own were locked on her as I licked a path up her inner thigh.

"Damon, I...oh God" she whimpered, as the next second she felt me suck on the lace covering her core and I felt her knees start to buckle.

I needed her to let go; to trust me and stop fighting this. I knew I was manipulating the situation big time, but I didn't have a choice in leaving and I was determined to do whatever it took for my love to stay here. Short of tying her up against the rock...this was a more favorable option.

"What baby? You like...how that feels?" I exhaled over her wet center and I could feel her shiver as her arms gripped my shoulders.

"Mmm, so much..." Elena practically purred.

My fingers molded around her hips, holding her against my mouth as I sucked more on the wetness of her panties. She bucked her hips, pushing my mouth harder onto her with another cry of pleasure. I felt her fingers find my hair again, digging them in between the long strands, tugging my head harder against her, tumbling some stray strands onto my forehead.

I looked up at her from behind my dark eyelashes, moving my hair behind my ear and smiled at how lost in pleasure she was. "You can trust me baby," I said softly, kissing across to the edge of her lace panties, curling my tongue ever so slightly underneath before going back to suckle harder on her clit through the lace.

Elena bucked against my mouth again, her head going back and forth on the wall, her hair falling in waves around her shoulders. I reached up, snaking my hand up her trembling smooth stomach up to her chest to tease a nipple till it was hard and pebbled from my touch, pinching it and twisting it between my fingers. She let out another breathy moan.

"Damon, please," my Beauty rasped, her legs falling open more as it looked like she could hardly hold herself up on the wall. I sucked harder at the lace, tasting the sweetness of her arousal and it was starting to make me light headed with how amazing she tasted. I bent her legs to bring them closer together, running my one palm up and down her slender calf and back up her thigh.

With trembling fingers I gently tugged the lace down more and more and latched my lips onto her delicate skin the second it was bare. I let the soaked red lace fall down her legs to her feet. "Mmm. So. Damn. Delicious," I groaned, pulling her in more toward my mouth, my tongue licking and sucking the heaven that was my Elena.

"Aahh, Damon, more…" Came another ragged cry from her lips, as her nails dug deeper in my hair, holding me tight right where she wanted me. I twirled a finger around her wet heat, teasing the swollen skin as she moaned again.

Fuck, I loved that sound.

I got lost in everything that was her; her taste, how she smelled so sweet, her whimpering cries, her hips grinding up against my mouth, my hands kneading the smooth skin of her cute ass, her fingers pulling at my hair. Everything felt like it was combusting, like a fire, hot and bright when it finds the oxygen to breath and just explodes with power.

I watched her face, her tongue darting in and out, the 'O' of her mouth as I pushed first one then two fingers into her heat and curled one to stroke her just right. I felt the tremble of her thighs as I brought her closer and closer to the stars.

"Oh..ahh..god Damon..." she moaned. I licked faster, curled my tongue around her little nub, before pulling it fully in my mouth as I felt her shatter into oblivion in my arms. I felt wave after wave of trembles, and continued to lick and drink up every drop of her sweetness. Her muscles clenched tighter and tighter around my fingers pumping in and out of her, her gasping moans of my name sounded incredible as I felt her sinking down to the ground, her legs like jelly after I rocked her world.

I cradled her naked body against me, against my bare chest. Her head fell to my shoulder, her eyes closing.

After the other times we had already enjoyed each other tonight I knew she would have been sore if I found my release too, so this was all about her and soothing her fear. And in my twisted little manipulative way I got her to forget about me running out to find that phone. I was prepared to face her anger later, but for now I carried her back to our moss bed and pulled the blankets up over her and kissed her cheek. I stripped off my jeans, boxers, socks and boots and curled up beside her, nuzzling my head against her neck.

Her hand curled around my head, pulling me closer, her eyes heavy. "Damon?" she asked. I was scared to know what her question was.

"Yes baby?" I was stroking her hair, tucking the stubborn strands behind her ear.

"Don't go..." she mumbled. "The beach...too dangerous...please don't?" She sounded worried still and I had hoped I had lulled her into a deep enough sated state that she would have forgotten all about our fight.

The phone wasn't at the beach...I knew that for sure. Kai had it at the cliffs.

I kissed her hair, nuzzling in closer, my lips against the silky skin at the back of her neck. I brushed soft kisses there as I bent closer to her ear. "I will not go to the beach baby I promise." I watched her smile nearly in her sleep and pulled my hand that was wrapped under her up to hold it against her breast, fingers lacing with mine.

Within minutes her breaths had become slow and deep, her chest rising and falling rhythmically. I gently unlatched my palm from her soft skin and slid back and pulled my arm out from under her. I kissed her head and slipped out from under the blanket to tuck it back around her. She was smiling in her sleep and I was happy at least they must be good dreams. I dressed quickly, grabbed the bag with the ropes, picked up the gun and the walkie and turned back to her.

Elena had turned in her sleep, the blanket moved down more by her waist, exposing the creamy white skin of her breasts. Her one leg was curled out of the blanket too, her long slender leg stretched out to maybe be cooler with the night air blowing on it. Her hair was like a curtain around her face, her one hand tucked up by her chin.

I soaked up that image of her, so peaceful, comfortable, and so beautiful and prayed that I could make it back in record time and with any luck before she even woke up again.

I could do it. I could get the phone and call Stef. Klaus would bring Caroline safe and unharmed back to them, along with his brother, and Enzo and Ric would meet them at the base of the falls so Enzo could hide here till Stefan and the cavalry came.

That was all we needed to get home free.

Klaus' POV

Damn it! What the hell did I have to do to get into that cave?! I had been waiting for hours and I had not forgotten that I had heard a gun shot loud and clear through the walkie before Kai and I had captured Salvatore and Elena. So I had no idea who had been shot or how serious it was.

Waiting around out here was not helping anything. I knew there were at least 2 men between me and getting to Caroline and my brother. I had a gun but I could see groups of cons all over the beach. I knew the some had died or drowned or been killed by either Damon and his group or even me or Kai. But there had been almost the whole 3rd class area of the plane full of criminals being transferred. So I didn't dare use my gun and draw any attention to myself from anyone on the beach. People knew I had left with Kai and then there would be questions I couldn't answer.

I had heard Caroline crying off and on as I had laid nearly flush against the side of the cave wall but I couldn't make out anything anyone was saying. I was wet and cold and had literally swam to get to the far side of the cave away from where the other cons could see me at the beach. I still had my knife that Caroline had given back to me that might work to overpower one of them. But with two guys in there and my brother and her...there was no way that would come out with anything less than someone I cared about getting hurt.

No I had to wait. It wasn't safe to just storm in there. I had to wait for a better opening. I wondered how long Mason would stay sane since Kai had not come back or contacted him in a couple hours.

I leaned my head back on the rock, pushing my hair from my eyes. What the hell else could I do? I closed my eyes slowly and tried to think. I moved back from the cave to the trees at the far side of the beach and pulled the walkie back out. I focused in on the channel that I knew Mason had been on and took a deep breath.

I twisted the screw driver piece of my knife into the walkie and exhaled hard. "Mason! Its Parker! Answer me!" I hissed out keeping my voice low but clear enough for him to hear.

There was a clicking sound and then I heard his sick voice. "About damn time Parker. What the fuck have you been doing? And why does the damn walkie sound like its busted?"

I sucked in a breath, trying to sound like Kai; angry, impatient, bossy, like a young dick. "Don't you talk to me like that!" I snapped at him. "I twisted my damn ankle chasing after Salvatore and Dr. Hottie. And the fucking phone fell and something is making it sound all weird. You sound weird too. I'm just glad it still works!"

There was a pause and then he came back on, sounding even more pissed. "Well I'm not waiting all night! You promised me that I could have the girl! She keeps telling me I need to help baby Mikaelson and so I've had to hit her to shut her up a couple times already. She just doesn't listen. I am so ready to just slam her against the damn wall and fuck her till she knows the meaning of the words shut up!"

I felt like I couldn't breathe. I leaned my head up against the nearest tree and took in several gasping breaths. Oh God, he had hit her? More than once? What was wrong with Kol? I tried to control my breathing and clenched my fist hard in my hand. Keep it together. I needed to think clearly now.

I flicked back on the walkie twisting the screw again. "NO! You need to leave her alone! What the hell did I tell you?"

"Screw you Parker. You come limping back in her and if she is still able to stand then you can have her too but I am done waiting on you! Listening to her crying so much for that stupid kid and after I hit her and she wouldn't shut up I am so wound up right now...I need a release Parker and I don't care what you think!"

Shit, shit shit. My head was reeling with what to say, how could I protect her. I was merely a few meters away right now but I could not burst in there without someone getting hurt or worse.

"You want off this island you will leave her the fuck alone!" I snarled out as quiet but as angrily as I could.

More silence and then I knew what to say…oh please let this work.

"I overheard Mikaelson with his contact. He did not think I was listening then but I heard him telling the guy that if his brother and the girl were not unharmed that his contact was supposed to shoot us before we even get on the fucking plane! I don't care about some stupid girl. I want my freedom!"

I tried to whine like I knew that entitled piece of shit would. "You do anything to mess with my freedom and I will kill you myself Mason! With you already hurting them then who knows if they will even let us on the damn plane!"

I collapsed to the ground, after hissing out that last thing and leaned my head to the cool grass. Oh God did it work? There was still more silence on the other end and I needed to know what he was thinking. If he did decide to defy me and hurt her I knew I would likely die storming in that cave to stop him. But I wanted to get her out of there. She had been through far too much and didn't deserve any of this.

The walkie clicked on again. "Yes...I want my freedom."

It was a simple sentence but that admission had me more relieved than I think I had ever been. He sounded like he had actually backed down. I could not believe that as scared as I was for her that I could actually think straight to get the creep to back off. I was always such a quick thinker at my job but this girl and what I was feeling for her were really messing with my head.

I inhaled sharply and again tried to sound in control. "How bad?"

Mason answered right away. "I'm serving 2 life sentences with no parole, you tell me?" He snapped at me.

"No you idiot. How bad did you hurt them?" I spit out.

"I'll leave them alone. I want off this rock more. But you better not screw with me Parker!"

"Are they okay? What did you already do?" I was cringing now not knowing if I wanted to know at all.

"The kid is still bleeding, but where I shot him it will take awhile to bleed out. He'll live unless the wound get infected. The girl has been helping him and putting pressure on his wound."

I wanted to know where the monster shot my brother but I was relieved to at least hear that it wasn't life threatening right now. "And the girl?" Oh God what had he all done to her?

"She's fine. A bit banged up, couple bruises, black eye, torn clothes. She's fine."

I wanted to strangle him right then. She's fine. My ass. I could not imagine what she must have been feeling. I wanted to hold her...right now."

"Well you damn well better make sure nothing else happens to her. You cost me my freedom because you like to beat up your women then you will be the one beaten till an inch of your life! Hell I like my woman beaten and bloody too but not at the cost of getting the hell out of here!" I remember that from something Kai said in the prison, hoping the helped me sound more like him.

"Fine Boss. Just get back here. If I can't play with these two then I don't want to be here. Where the fuck is Mikaelson anyway?"

I kept twisting the screw in the walkie every time I spoke. "He left to get some help or make a splint or something like that so I could get back to the beach."

"Did you at least kill Salvatore? What about the girl doc he is protecting." Mason asked.

I knew that Kai was super possessive about Elena and had wanted Damon dead since he met him. "No they got away. And that girl is mine! So don't even think about her! I promise you you can have all the girls you want once we get off this island."

"Sure whatever. I'm holding you too that Parker."

I tried one more thing. Maybe just maybe it would work too. "Let me talk to the girl."

I heard shuffling and then a high fuzzy sounding voice came on the walkie. I clutching it to my ear, my eyes shutting just hating how much pain she must be in.

"Hello," she said again.

I didn't twist the screw this time at all. "Caroline, its me," I breathed out. "Pretend I'm Kai. Just say "What"?"

There was a pause and then her shaky voice came back on. "What?"

"Is he listening? Keep the walkie right to your ear." I instructed.

"No, he went to look out the cave and he's talking to that other guy here. Klaus, your brother is in really bad shape. He is bleeding a lot!" she whimpered. "Are you coming back?"

I sighed again, hating that she was hurting. "I'm coming baby. I'm so close but I am scared that you could get hurt if I bust in there.

"Just hurry Klaus please. He hit me. The way he's looking at me..." She was sniffling more now and I hated not being able to be there to comfort her.

I swallowed hard. "I'm so sorry Caroline. He won't touch again I promise. But we need to figure out a way for you to have a reason to get out of the cave. Even for a minute. Get the guard Julian to take you to the bathroom or something. Up by the trees away from the beach."

"Okay. I'll do it. What about your brother?" She sounded more worried about Kol than herself but I knew I probably couldn't take them both out of here at the same time without drawing attention.

"I'll figure it out. Just focus on you getting out of there. Okay?"

"He's coming back!" she whispered into the walkie. And then their was a clattering and Mason's voice came back on. "Give me the phone, bitch!" I heard Mason's voice and another shriek from Caroline.

"What the hell did you do?!" I snarled through the phone.

"Little lady is fine. I just helped her sit down." I could hear the chuckle in his voice and I was fuming.

"Leave her the fuck alone or I'll cancel your ticket off this rock right now!" Damn that creep was just asking for a bullet in his head.

More silence. I listened closer hoping not to hear any more crying from Caroline. So far it was quiet. Had he bailed on our deal? No he wanted to get away too. He had no idea there was no deal. Nothing. Kol hadn't even reached Elijah at all. This was all a big con on the cons. I smirked at that knowing that Salvatore's brother was coming and Elijah would have been working with them now.

None of these cons were getting anything but a long walk back to their tiny cells.

I leaned back on the nearest tree and cocked my gun, praying and hoping the Caroline had figured out a way to get out of that cave. I had already gotten the pregnant stewardess safe and was going to pick her up on the way to where we would meet Damon. She had food and water and was safe from the cons and now all I needed to do was get my brother and the sweet Caroline safe too.

Damon might need help getting the phone and I needed to hurry. It was almost dawn. Once the sun was out it was a lot harder to hide… and none of us could afford to get caught. Not when we were so close to being rescued.

"C'mon Caroline come out here..." I said my eyes riveted to the cave as I hide behind the nearest tree. "C'mon…"

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