Two months later at month seven, Damon was preparing to take Elena for her monthly doctor's visit. Elena had been begging him to make sure Katherine went, claiming to be concerned for Scarlett. Damon was almost positive though that Elena just missed the company of the other Doppelganger. He finally broke down and dialed her number after Elena pitched a fit the night before the appointment, breaking down crying on him.

"Katherine, please come over. Elena misses you like hell and I really need to talk to you about some things."

"Damon, the last time I saw you you screamed in my face. Forgive me if I don't want to come over." She was obviously irritated, but Damon was determined to please his princess, unable to stand the tears.

"Come on Kat, please? Not for me, but for Elena. She's getting closer and closer to the end of this pregnancy and it scares her. It would make her feel a lot better if she had you to go through this with." Katherine was quiet for a moment before she finally sighed.

"Fine, if Elijah will let me leave the house for once I'll come be there for my Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter. I owe her that much." Damon smirked.

"The old man being annoying?" He could practically hear her roll her eyes.

"God, you have no idea. I'll be there in five." Damon bounded over to Elena who was sitting uncomfortably in a chair and trying to somehow sooth her aching back.

"Elena, Katherine's coming over." Her entire face lit up.

"Really?!" Damon nodded and Elena practically shot out of her chair and into his arms.

"Thank you so much!" He nuzzled her gently.

"You're welcome, Princess." Sebastian kicked hard and Damon could fill it on his own stomach since it was pressed against Elena's in the embrace. He chuckled and rubbed it gently.

"He's started responding to your voice." Elena noted, recalling that Sebastian always made himself known with his hardest kicks whenever Damon was addressing her. He bent down and kissed the bump gently.

"Did you just want Daddy to talk to you?" He asked, earning another kick. He kissed it again and murmured 'I love you' before there was a knock on the door. Damon got up and quickly let Katherine in, followed by Elijah.

"Overprotective much?" Damon murmured.

"As if you're any better, Salvatore." Elijah mumbled back. The two sneered at each other while Katherine and Elena hugged and squealed with each other.

Once they got to Dr. Fell's office, Damon and Elijah took their seats and the two Petrova's hopped on opposite sides of the examining table. While Meredith was examining Elena and preparing the ultrasound Katherine whined to Elijah "I'm thirsty." He went to go get her something from the drink machine and Damon took the opportunity to talk to Katherine.

"You should really apologize to Stefan, I'm scared that he has seriously gone off the deep end…he hasn't answered any of my phone calls."

"I can't Damon." She said matter-of-factly.

"What do you mean you can't?"

"All I know is that Elijah told me not too." Damon stared at her for a few moments and then Elijah came back in with a Gatorade for Katherine. Damon backed off and moved toward Elena so he could get his first view in a while of Sebastian. He smiled proudly.

"He's getting so big." Elena nodded and grasped his hand firmly, and he could tell she was getting a little anxious about the next two months ahead of them. He squeezed her hand in comfort and kissed the top of her head.

"You'll be an excellent mother, Elena." She blushed and Meredith moved to get an ultrasound for Katherine too. Damon tried to process Katherine's words as he looked at the image of his would-have-been-niece.

All I know is that Elijah told me not too.

What did that even mean? Since when did Katherine listen? Something was going on with her and Damon was determined that he would find out.

When they arrived back at the boarding house each couple had an updated Sonogram and the two girls were happily fawning over them and how cute their babies already looked. Damon poured Elijah and himself some whisky and the two sat near the fireplace, watching their women adoringly. They sat in silence for a while, sipping the beverage and Damon just chuckling to himself quietly as he watched Elena. Elijah on the other hand was rather distant, as if his thoughts were somewhere far away. Very suddenly Elijah murmured that he was going to get Katherine some orange juice and Damon just nodded, too engrossed in being the doting fiancé he'd become to get suspicious.

Once in the kitchen, Elijah poured the glass of OJ and then slipped in 45 milliliters of Pitocin. Once he walked back out Katherine beamed at him.

"Elijah! How did you know I was thirsty?" He smiled at her.

"You're always thirsty, Katherine. You're a vampire. I figured liquids would tide you over until I compelled us dinner, you know I don't like you drinking from blood bags…it isn't the best source of nutrition for Scarlett." She just rolled her eyes at him and took the orange juice, taking a long sip. Elijah smirked and walked back over to Damon, resuming his whisky sipping. They once again sat in silence until Damon was finished with his beverage.

"Shit…this stuff never lasts long enough. I'm going to fetch the bottle; we can just drink from it." He said to Elijah with a grin, walking into the kitchen. Damon grabbed his already open bottle and began to head back to the living room when something caught his eye. Elijah had recklessly left the Pitocin container on the counter.

"What the hell…" He murmured, picking it up and reading the label.

"Used to induce labor, should only be administered by a medical professional."

Shit!

Right about the time he read it he heard Katherine scream. He ran back into the room to find her in the floor clutching her stomach, Elena hovering over her.

"Elena, did you drink any of the orange juice?!" Damon demanded. She shot him a confused look.

"No, why?" He sighed in relief and picked Katherine up from the floor.

"I'll explain later, we need to take Katherine to the hospital." Damon carried her as fast as he could to his car, his arm suddenly feeling damp.

"Oh god my water just broke…" Damon's face contorted into disgust but he buckled her into the front seat of his car anyway.

"I can tell." He mumbled, pulling Elena to his side and helping her into the back seat. Elijah walked out to join them but Damon drove away before anything could be said.

"Damon you left Elijah, he has to be there! He's the father!" Katherine wailed as Damon stepped on the gas.

"He put Pitocin in your drink, Katherine. I don't know why and frankly I don't care, but Elijah is up to no good."

Katherine looked at him in disbelief but couldn't argue when a contraction hit her hard. She screamed and Damon almost wrecked.

"Elena, please calm her down, or we're going to hit someone." He hissed, unable to concentrate with emotions running so high in the car. Elena soothed Katherine as best she could from the backseat until they were back at Dr. Fell's office for the second time that day.

Damon banged on the door loudly, yelling Meredith's name urgently. Elena was helping Katherine walk, more screams escaping her lips as she doubled over and nearly collapsed again.

"What the hell is going on out here?" Dr. Fell asked, finally opening the door.

"Katherine's in labor, we need you to deliver the baby." Meredith ushered the trio inside and locked the door. Damon picked her up, laying her on the examining table until Meredith could wheel in a bed. Once in bed and hooked to a monitor to keep track of the baby, Meredith spread Katherine's legs and checked her cervix.

"Good lord, how long did you wait to bring her here, she's already seven centimeters dilated!"

"She's been in labor for five minutes; her ass-hat of a fiancé slipped her Pitocin." Dr. Fell shook her head.

"He must have given her an awful large dose…jeez." Katherine screamed some more and Damon sort of backed into a corner while Elena stood by and held Katherine's hand.

"Breathe honey." Elena cooed as Katherine began to cry a little, the pain becoming almost unbearable. It didn't take her long at all to progress to ten centimeters.

"I want you to push hard, okay?" Dr. Fell instructed. Katherine nodded and pushed with all her strength, a few of the bones in Elena's hand actually cracking. Elena whimpered but withstood it, knowing they'd heal fast and that Katherine needed her.

"Once more, one, two, three." On three, Katherine let out an ear-splitting scream and a tiny little cry filled the room. Once Damon decided it was safe, he approached the three women who were all surrounding a squealing little blob. Once he got a closer look he could see Meredith wrapping it in a pink blanket and handing it to Katherine.

"Look, Damon." Elena breathed after everything had quieted down. He stepped a little closer, wondering why Katherine and Elena were staring open mouthed at the little baby girl. It was then that he noticed it. She had light honey colored hair, his lips, his nose, the same hazel eyes and she even had the same little brown mole on her right cheek. Scarlett looked exactly like Stefan.

"If Stefan had been born a girl…that'd be him." Damon whispered in shock. Katherine shook her head.

"I don't understand…" Then all the pieces clicked in Damon's mind.

"Katherine…I think Elijah's been compelling you…"

STEFAN'S POINT OF VIEW

I sat in front of Klaus, going over his plan in my head. Switch on or switch off, did I really have the ability to do this to my brother? It isn't like I had a choice…Klaus had broken my vervain curse, I owed him.

"I need time, Klaus. Let me wait until my nephew is born." Klaus nodded.

"Take as long as you need Stefan, but you will get this done for me, understand?" I nodded back to him and then turned my head towards the door, someone was coming. Elijah walked through the door with a wide smirk on his face.

"It's done, brother. Katherine had the baby…she's free to do what we please with." Klaus laughed manically.

"Excellent." I wasn't sure what they wanted Katherine for…but one thing was for certain, I hope they got the bitch good.