i hope you like this. this has been in the plans since I started All I need. this is intense and I hope I did it justice. As always let me know what you think. I really appreciate the reviews.
PS I own nothing but my original characters.
The next morning Aiden got home earlier than he normally would've. He was really trying to be good and wanted to surprise his parents by being home when they came home. He walked into the house finding it completely ransacked.
"Aurora!" he called not wanting to move any further into the house in case the person that did this was still inside. Instead he turned and ran back to his car and sped towards the Boarding House. As always the door was unlocked and he barged in.
"Mom! Dad!" he called urgently.
Damon heard his sons voice the minute he called out. He'd heard him pull up and he'd heard him open the door.
"What is it?" Elena asked from beside him.
"Aiden. I'll go check it out." he said pulling on his jeans and t shirt.
"I'll come." she said tying her robe around her body. Together they walked down the stairs to where Aiden was standing trembling in the entryway.
"Aiden what's wrong?" Damon asked making it down the stairs in a matter of seconds. Elena following closely behind him. Damon put his hands on Aiden to steady him.
"I got home and the house was ransacked. I called for Aurora and she never answered. I came right here. I didn't go search for her, I didn't want to meet up with whoever did that to the house." he said.
"Lets go." Damon said rushing out to the car. Aiden climbed in the backseat of the Camaro and the two vampires and one human sped back to the house. Damon and Elena flashed to the house and threw open the door. As Aiden had described the house was completely totalled, there were broken chairs, broken glass and a full pizza sitting on the kitchen counter. Damon couldn't sense whoever did this still in the house. If it was human he would detect a heartbeat. If it was a vampire he could smell it. As he focused he could hear another heartbeat, much fainter than the very alive one of Aiden's. Whoever this was had lost a lot of blood and was dying. When he left here last night there had been two human teenagers present now there was only one heartbeat.
"Stay with Aiden." he told Elena who wrapped her arms around her son. Damon rushed into the living room and saw Lilah laying in a pool of her own blood. He rushed over to her.
"Lilah come on wake up." he insisted. She opened her eyes slightly.
"Aurora..." she said before closing her eyes again.
"You need to stay awake. Where is Aurora?" he asked. She never answered, so he tore open his wrist and forced some blood down his daughter's best friends throat. He saw the colour return to her face and her eyes open.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
" I'm starting to feel better. Aurora is gone. He took her." she fretted.
"Who took her?" Damon asked trying to stay calm but beginning to fail. He was relieved that she wasn't dead as far as he knew. But now she was with some psychotic vampire.
"I don't know. It was the vampire that's been stalking her for the past week. He took her and he tried to kill me." she said breaking down.
"Elena." Damon called, and seconds later her and Aiden appeared.
"Lilah." Elena said rushing over and pulling the girl into her arms.
"She's gone. I'm sorry. I couldn't protect her." Lilah wept. There were tears rolling down Elena's face too and she held the sobbing teenager.
"Did he say anything Lilah? Anything that could tell me anything." he asked urgently.
"He mentioned a name. Maria." she said.
"Maria. I don't recognize.. Fuck..." he said standing up and pacing.
"What?" Elena asked staring at the terrified expression on her husbands face.
"He's come for revenge. I don't know his name, I never knew him. But he was married. This was about 50 years ago. I killed his wife, Maria. He told me that I would never know when and I wouldn't know where. But someday he would get his revenge. I killed his wife so he took my daughter." he said.
"Oh my God." Elena said standing up and burying her face in Damon's chest. He instinctively wrapped his arms around her holding her close.
The vampire had driven through the night and Aurora had woken up somewhere between Mystic Falls and Atlanta.
"Where are we?" she asked groggily.
"Almost in Atlanta Aurora." he said smirking evilly in the rear view mirror.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"It doesn't matter. All that matters is that you are mine, and I am going to make you suffer." he said.
"What did I ever do?" she asked.
"Not you. You're father. He killed my wife and now I'm getting my revenge. You see I would've went after his wife but for one she's a vampire. She can fight back. I wanted to go after a innocent teenager and Damon's pride and joy." he said. Pulling into a dark parking lot he stopped the car and flashed to Aurora's door. He picked her up and carried her into dark and abandoned warehouse. Inside the warehouse was a large group of vampires.
"Who are they?" she asked.
"They are here to make sure that no one rescues you. And that there is my friend Kelly, she is a witch. She's going to make sure your dad cant get a witch to track you." he said gleefully.
"You're evil. Why couldn't you just take this up with my dad? Why did you have to involve me?" she asked.
"Because I don't have a death wish. You're dad is almost 100 years older than me." he said.
"You kidnapped me. I'd say you have a death wish." she retaliated.
"You're back." a voice towards the back of the group said.
"Katherine." he said opening his arms for the vampire who sauntered forward. She walked into his arms and kissed him. Aurora watched, this vampire looked identical to her mom and knew she was the famed Katherine. Her dad had told her about her once and knew she was the one who made her dad into a vampire.
"Who is this?" Katherine asked.
"Aurora Salvatore." he said proudly.
"Salvatore?" she asked.
"Oh yes. Damon's daughter." he said. Katherine gasped and looked at the girl.
"We need to talk." Katherine said dragging him away.
"We need to get her back." Damon said pacing the floor of the living room. The had Lilah bundled up on the couch with a cup of tea in her hands.
"We do. But how?" Elena asked.
"I don't know. But right now we should get Lilah home." he said remembering the girl.
"I want to stay here. I wont be able to rest until I know she's fine." Lilah said.
"But I cant leave you here alone when we leave. Just let me take you home and you'll be the first to know when we find her." he assured her.
"I'm so sorry. It's my fault. I should have been stronger." Lilah cried.
"It's not your fault. You're human and at least you stayed alive. I don't know how we would have told your mom and dad that we'd lost you." he said honestly. She sniffled once and stood up.
"I'll let you take me home." she said.
"Alright. Lets go. Elena you should take Aiden to your mom and dads house. He'll be safe there." he said. Elena nodded.
"What? No! I want to come with you. This is my sister we're talking about." he shouted.
"Please Aiden. I don't know what I'd do if I lost you too." Elena pleaded.
"Your moms right, we need to go there with the singular job of saving Aurora, we cant do that if we have to worry about your safety as well." Damon explained.
"Please Aiden. I cant lose you too." she begged. He finally nodded and followed his mom to the car. Damon drove Lilah home.
"You'll call me the minute you save her?" she asked.
"Of course." he replied. Lilah smiled tentatively and leaned over to hug her best friends dad. Something she'd never done before, he just looked like he needed a hug.
"Thank you for saving my life." she whispered.
"Its okay." he said. She got out of the car and went inside shutting the door behind her and Damon sped home to begin focusing on doing whatever it took to find his daughter. Elena walked Aiden into the house and her parents looked worried at the expression and tear streaks down her face,along with the fact that she was only dropping off one child.
"what happened Elena?" her dad asked. Hearing those words Bonnie and Jeremy and Alaric and Jenna came out of the living room where they'd been visiting.
"Aurora was kidnapped by a vampire. I don't know where she is I don't even know if she's alive." Elena wept. Everyone was silent, no one knew how to respond.
"We have to get her back."Alaric said.
"We're trying. We don't know where he took her." she said.
"I could use a tracking spell." Bonnie offered. Elena looked up at her friend.
"Thank you." she said.
"You cant drive home like this." Jeremy noted.
"Can you guys keep Aiden until we find Aurora. It's the safest place for him." Elena asked her mom and dad.
"Of course." she said. Elena hugged her son tightly before handing her keys to Bonnie.
"I'm coming to." Alaric said.
"Me too." Jeremy said.
"I'll stay here and help with Aiden." Jenna offered. Elena nodded and climbed in the passenger seat of her car while Bonnie got in the drivers side. The four drove back to the house and Elena seen Damon's car parked. She walked into the house and seen him sitting on the couch.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"We have to find her." he said trying to sound strong for her. But she knew he was broken inside just as she was.
"Bonnie's going to track her." Elena said. Damon looked up and thanked her silently.
"We need to call Stefan and Lexi and Caroline." he said.
"I'll do it. You go help Bonnie." she said picking up the phone. The phone calls were as expected, Stefan was calm when she told him but she could tell he was worried. That was Stefan, calm in a crisis. Caroline went into hysterics. And all of them arrived moments after she told them the news.
"What do you plan on doing with the girl?" Katherine asked.
"I plan on using her. Unlike Damon who had the decency to not torture Maria, I shall torture the life out of Aurora. I'm going to feed on her and use her for all of my desires." he said sinisterly.
"You're going to rape a 16 year old?" Katherine clarified.
"I guess you could say that. But she's gonna die, so it doesn't really matter." he said.
"Are you adverse to fighting Damon man on man? He may be older but at least he's more likely to take it easy on you. If he finds you now he's gonna kill you in the most painful way he can. I know Damon. When he loves, he loves fiercely." she said.
"How do you know Damon?" he asked jealously.
"Because I turned him, his brother and his father into vampires. Before that we had a relationship of sorts." she said.
"I see. Back to my prisoner. I'm getting hungry." he said smirking. Katherine watched him leave. She owed nothing to Damon, but somehow this felt wrong. He was attacking an innocent 16year old girl instead of fighting Damon like a man. It may be wrong but that didn't mean Katherine was going to do anything about it.
Damon went upstairs and grabbed Aurora's hair brush and handed it to Bonnie.
"This should work." she said as she pulled some hair from the brush and started chanting in Latin. Elena clutched Damon as though he was the only thing keeping her standing, and vice versa. Everyone in the room could saw how desperate they were. In every other situation Damon was always calm in a crisis but this was completely different. This was his daughter. He was desperate.
"It didn't work." Bonnie said.
"What?" Damon asked hoping he heard her wrong.
"It didn't work. Something is blocking me. I cant find her. I think whoever kidnapped her has a witch and she blocked my spell." she explained.
"Damn it. Now what are we going to do?" he yelled throwing a vase against the wall causing it to shatter into a million pieces.
"We'll think of something. Maybe we should take a bit of a break." Stefan suggested seeing the stressed looks on all the faces in the room.
"Oh yes a break. Brilliant plan Stefan. My daughter is missing and you want to take a break." he said walking out of the house and slamming the door. When no one heard the car start up they knew he wasn't heading off on a wild goose chase. They knew he just needed a minute to compose himself. He was getting very close to losing it.
"I could use a break." Elena said brokenly as she walked up the stairs. They heard her shut a door and then they heard silence.
"We have to find her." Alaric whispered. Everyone agreed and sat back needing the reprieve for a moment. Damon walked in a few minutes later appearing calmer.
"Where's Elena?" he asked worried.
"She went upstairs. I was just going to head up and check on her." Caroline said.
"I'll do it." he said and slowly walked up the stairs. He felt defeated, you could see it in the way he walked, in the way he carried himself. It lacked the usual cockiness and swagger. He opened up the bedroom door and seen Elena sitting on the edge of the bed looking through photo albums. He sat next to her and took her hand.
"We're gonna find her." he told her. She didn't speak,she couldn't speak. Instead she leaned her head on his shoulder and cried. Together they flipped through the pictures of the kids throughout the years.
"Aurora? Aurora? Wakey wakey sleepy head." the vampire said walking into the room he had her in.
"What do you want?" she demanded.
"You of course." he said as he shoved her down hard onto the makeshift bed on the floor.
"No. Don't please." she begged as he bound and gagged her, not wanting to hear her scream and cry.
When he was finished with her he stood up and pulled his clothes back on while readjusting hers. He applied a bandage to her neck and left the room. Katherine was standing by looking mildly disgusted.
"Couldn't you just feed on her, there's no need to rape her too." she said.
"It's more fun this way. Besides I loved taking her virginity just now." he said smirking. Katherine felt legitimately ill at her sort of boyfriends actions. Instead of confronting him she turned and walked away.
"Kat, where are you going?" he called.
"Out. I'll be back." she said.
Everyone planned until late in the evening, Bonnie kept trying to do a location spell but it always had the same result. Everyone chose to stay at the house that night so they could resume planning the next morning. Damon and Elena came down the stairs more tired than they had ever been before.
"How did everyone sleep?" Elena asked as she poured herself a cup of coffee and grabbing a blood bag from the fridge.
"Fine." everyone responded. Elena nodded and sat down on the couch beside her husband. She reached out and took his hand lacing their fingers together,needing to feel him touch her. They were all deep in thought when the doorbell rang. Damon got up and walked to the door with Elena following closely behind him. He opened the door and stopped dead in his tracks.
"Katherine." he said.
"Hello Damon. May I come in?" she asked.
"What the hell are you doing here?" he demanded.
"What if I told you that I know where your daughter is?" she asked.
"I'd say tell me know before I kill you. There are six vampires, a witch and a vampire hunter in this house and between all of us we can kill you. Don't tempt me. I'm not in the mood." he said.
"What if I told you that I can help you get your daughter back." she asked.