Agony.

Elena didn't even know what was going on except that she was in pure agony. She could feel the inner parts of her trying to fight, fight against death. Her blood was running cold, and the stake…The stake in her heart…

She couldn't even breathe, and she had lost control over her body. Her vision started to blur, seeing nothing except darkness.

White light filled her vision.

Was this Heaven?

Elena wandered around, feeling lost and in some kind of a trance. And then, she bowed down when something warm and tiny pressed up against her backside.

"Hey there," Elena heard herself say, and then there was a girl. Or more precisely, an angel. She had blue eyes and silky brown hair, and perfect pink lips, that matched with her olive skin.

"You have to go back," The girl urged. "You do not belong here."

"I can't go back," Elena said. "I can't."

"Yes, you can," The girl replied, squeezing Elena's hand. "He's calling you. He needs you more than I do."

"Who are you?"

"Don't you recognize me, mommy?" The girl's eyes filled with tears. "I'm Cheryl."

"God, Elena wake up!" Damon was shaking Elena, his tears staining her dress. The scene was too much to bear. There was too much blood, too much innocence lost…

Klaus had fled, after cursing them to the fiery pits of hell and saying that the sacrifice didn't work. Damon's eyes filled with tears, his fiancé and daughter were dead and there was nothing he could do about it. Klaus had taken their lives without remorse.

"You have to help me," He begged Stephanie, who was crying as well. "Please, I'll do anything-just save them! Please!"

"I c-can't," Stephanie wept. "I can't…"

"God no!" Damon sobbed, taking Elena's hands in his. "God, I'm so sorry Elena, this is all my fault. Please, Elena…"

His heart ached when he saw the tear tracks on Elena's face indicating that she was in pain before her death.

"I'll kill him," Damon swore, "I'll fucking kill him!"

"You have to remain calm, Damon…"

"Calm? Look at them!" Damon screamed, turning to look at Elena. "They are dead! Because of him! Both of them!"

He kneeled next to the stone table Elena was still in and rested his cheek against hers. "I'm sorry, baby. I love you," He said, rubbing his cheek against hers and kissing her on her lips. "Please…forgive me."

Heartbroken by the scene, Stephanie realized that Damon needed to be alone. She silently left the place, leaving Damon alone.

Freeing Elena from the restraints, Damon picked her up, his eyes filling with tears once more when he thought about the fact that he was carrying her dead body, not her energetic body full of life. Her belly, his kid, was full of blood.

She was so cold.

And then, her fingers twitched.

And again.

Again.

Until slowly, they locked with his.

"D-Damon?" The girl choked out, tears in her eyes.

"Oh God, Elena!" He cried, tearing into his wrist immediately and giving her his blood. He didn't even give her the chance to swallow because he was hauling her against his body, stroking her cheek, touching her everywhere to make sure that she was real.

He couldn't tell her how much he loved her. No words could describe it.

"Shh, shh," He held her gently, trying to stop her from crying when he was crying more than she was.

"She's dead, Damon," Elena sobbed, "She's dead!"

"Shh, shh…"

"I saw her, Damon," Elena continued, her voice muffled with tears against his chest, "She's so beautiful, she looks like you, Damon, she has your eyes! Your eyes, Damon…" She almost choked on a sob. "I wanted to hold her, Damon, but she said that I have to go, because she wanted to protect me, Damon…She wanted to protect me and she did…But now I can never hold her, Damon. I can't…She told me that she loves you…"

Damon held his girl tighter, wiping the tears in his eyes as more followed. And then Elena drifted away in his arms, slumping to unconsciousness.

They were in the first house Damon found, with Elena on a bed. Damon wiped his tears away when Stephanie entered the room slowly.

"She's okay," Damon said, his voice muffled. "She's just unconscious. I don't know if she ever gets past this, Steph…I don't know if I'm going to…"

"I'm so sorry," Stephanie said, reaching out to hug Damon. "I'm so sorry. If only there's anything I can do…"

"No one can help us. Not anymore."

"I felt the connection, though," Stephanie suddenly spoke. "When people die in a supernatural way, there's always a bond…" She explained. "The bond between Elena and the baby was unbreakable. The child's powers were enough to stop Elena's death."

"What?"

"Your child truly loved Elena," Stephanie wiped a tear. "I felt the connection, the power when we entered the room," She repeated. "Elena was trying to save Cheryl. Cheryl was trying to save Elena…But Cheryl's powers overpowered Elena's. Unfortunately, she wasn't strong enough to save herself as well."

"Oh my God…"

"I don't know if you believe in these things, Damon," Stephanie said slowly, "But Cheryl's in Heaven right now. And she is watching over you, begging you to take care of her mother. Elena will need a lot of help."

Elena stirred in bed, looking at the strange surroundings. Damon was next to her, stroking her face softly as if he feared that he'll break her.

"How are you feeling?"

Elena shrugged. "I'm not in physical pain."

She buried her face in his chest. "I can still feel her, you know. I don't want to believe that she's gone. I can feel her, she's warm and safe, and she's…she loves us…"

"Elena, you can't…"

"Damon, I'm not imagining," Elena sobbed. "I know she's there. She's there, do you understand me? She's there!"

She continued to sob in his chest, as Damon hushed her softly, holding her body close to his. He will not lose her too.

"She's gone…our baby's gone…"

Sad chapter, I almost cried writing it :/ Short chapter but I wanted it to be separately. Please leave a review, it was so hard to write :S Of course, answers will be given ;P

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