i hope you like this one. the ordeal is finally over in this one. I know it wasnt an overly popular decision, but when I decided to have Samuel rape Aurora that was only because i wanted to make the abduction as realistic as possible minus the vampire part. I did some research prior to writing the chapter and apparently most of the times a girl is abducted by a man and kept hostage sexual assault almost always occurs. I am sorry for those of you who didnt like that part. hope you like this chapter better. This chapter refused all my attempts at rewriting, so I hope its still good. It's a pretty important chapter, so I hope it isnt terrible. Let me know what you think. I appreciate all the feedback. Review pretty pretty please...with Damon on top :)
PS I own nothing but my original characters. How I wish I owned Damon though. *sigh*
"Tell me where she is. I don't want your help. Just take me to her." Damon asked.
"Let me in and then I'll explain everything." she said.
"I don't know if I can trust you. I have a family, two kids. They are perfectly human and I don't trust you." he said.
"Look, I want to help you only because what Samuel is doing to your daughter is wrong. I want to help her. She's only 16." Katherine said sounding genuine.
"I know she's 16. She's my daughter." Damon said. Elena wrapped her arms around his arms holding him closer to her.
"I want to help Damon. He has an army for this possibility. And your six vampires will do nothing to them." she said.
"Why are you helping me?" he asked confused.
"Because there is a 50 year old vampire raping a 16 year old girl. No matter how you look at that its wrong." Katherine said not holding back any details. Elena gasped and buried her face in Damon's shoulder.
"I physically cant invite you in Katherine. The house is in the kid's names and one is with some psycho named Samuel and the other is safe away from here." Damon sighed.
"Fine. I guess I can understand that. Why don't you step outside and talk to me then." she said going to sit on the porch swing. Damon sighed and he and Elena followed Katherine.
"Very good Damon. Now was that so hard?" Katherine asked.
"Tell me Katherine." he said.
"She's in Atlanta. I can take you right to her." she said.
"Alright. We're gonna go inside and tell everyone. You can go stay at the Boarding House and we'll come and get you when we're ready." he offered.
"Fine." she said turning and returning to her car. Part of him didn't trust her but he knew he needed to take risks in order to save his daughters life. Damon and Elena walked back into the living room and all the vampires looked at them expectantly while the humans looked confused.
"What did that wench want?" Lexi demanded.
"She's gonna take us to Aurora. As much as I hate to trust her. She's my best bet in finding my daughter." he said. Lexi nodded and Stefan relaxed.
"Who is Katherine?" Caroline asked.
"She's the vampire who changed me, Stefan and my father into vampires. She looks exactly like Elena but completely different." Damon explained.
"How does she know where Aurora is?" Stefan asked.
"She's been there with them. She's involved with Samuel." Damon said practically spitting the name with hatred.
Aurora was hurt, emotionally and physically. It had been almost two days since she'd been abducted. She knew her family would fight everything to save her, and prayed she'd hear the wonderful sound of her father coming to her rescue. She knew he would. She had faith. But even when she was rescued, she knew she'd never be the same again. The vampire had taken that from her. Her life was a nightmare now and she didn't know if she could wake up from it. She wondered if Lilah had survived. There was a reason Lilah was her best friend. When everyone was ostracizing her because her parents were vampires, Lilah stood by her side. Never gave up on her. It would kill her if Lilah died during this ordeal. She was going to need her best friend now more than ever. She trembled in fear when the vampire came back in. She knew it was time again, she could feel herself losing strength. He never gave her blood to heal herself. It was like he was slowly over time drinking every last drop from her body.
"We're leaving in the morning. We'll follow Katherine out. She's not going to help us in the actual battle but she's going to lead us to her. So if you need to pack anything I'd suggest you do it now." Damon said relieved to have a purpose again. He supposed he should thank Katherine for that. Without her, they'd still be at square one. Alaric went home to gather all of his anti vampire weapons and bring them back to the house.
"Jeremy you stay here." Elena said.
"No. I'm coming. I'm immortal, remember?" he asked.
"You can be killed, that spell only keeps you from ageing." Bonnie said.
"But you're going." he said worried about his girlfriend.
"I have to. I'm the only one that can fell several vampires at the same time." she said.
"Fine. I"ll stay here and wait for word." he said.
"Good." Elena said as she went upstairs to change. Damon joined her upstairs.
"Are you ready for this?" he asked her.
"I'm scared." she admitted, unable to be strong anymore.
"I know. I am too." he said pulling her closer to him.
"We need to get her back. Aurora and Aiden are all I have." she wept into his shirt.
"Shhh, I know. They're all I have too." he said hugging her closer to his body. She wrapped her arms tight around him,needing to be as close to him as she could.
"We have to save her. I don't know what would happen to Damon and Elena if we don't win this." Caroline said after inadvertently listening in to the exchange upstairs.
"I don't know. Aurora is one of the most important people in their lives. Tied only with Aiden. We have to save her." Stefan agreed. Knowing they needed to be at their best, everyone grabbed some blood from the basement freezer and sipped it while Stefan went hunting in the woods.
"Can you just hold me for a while?" Elena asked desperately.
"Of course. I can hold you until we leave in the morning." he said leading her over to the king sized bed. He pulled her on and they laid down on the pillows. He held her close this him and they both fell asleep.
"I haven't heard from Elena or Damon for a while. I'm going to go check on them." Caroline said. Everyone nodded and watched her disappear upstairs. Silently she opened the bedroom door and seen them asleep wrapped up in each others embrace. Shutting the door again without making a single sound she walked back down the stairs.
"So?" Stefan asked.
"They're asleep wrapped in each others arms." she said going to sit next to Tyler who had arrived a while earlier volunteering his help on the rescue mission. Everyone had agreed that having a werewolf on their side was a good thing.
"We should all get some sleep." Stefan said as everyone divided off and found somewhere to sleep. Everyone avoided Aurora's room walking past the closed door without once stepping foot inside. The next morning Elena woke up nestled in her husbands arms. She unwrapped herself which woke him up.
"I guess we should get ready to go." he said standing up.
"Yeah, I'll meet you down there." she said.
"Are you going to shower?" he asked.
"No." she answered. She went into the bathroom and washed her face before walking towards the stairs. She walked past Aurora's room and let out a sob. Damon turned and glanced at her worriedly.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"We're going to get her back." she said.
"We are." he said holding out his hand for her to take. She accepted his outstretched hand and followed him down the stairs where everyone was already convened.
"Are we ready?" Damon asked. Everyone nodded.
"I was thinking Elena and I in my Camaro. That way we have room for Aurora on the way back. Stefan, Lexi and Bonnie in Stefan's Porsche. Ric, Caroline and Tyler in Elena's mustang. Ric you drive I trust you more. Katherine has her Porsche. Let's go pick up Katherine then we can leave." Damon said rushing downstairs to grab a few bags of blood needing to be as strong as possible when he got there. All the other vampires did the same thing and grabbed a bag of blood for the road trip as they all got in the cars. The three sports cars drove to the Boarding House and Katherine was already outside waiting. She walked over to Damon's car and he rolled down the window.
"So you'll follow me? If someone needs to refuel we'll stop too. We need to stay together." she said.
"Yeah. Sounds good. I know mine and Elena's cars are full. Don't know about Stefan's." Damon said.
"Mine is full." Stefan said refusing to look at Katherine.
"Good. Let's go." she said getting into her Porsche and speeding away. The other cars followed her and soon they were out of town making their way to Atlanta.
"Come on daddy, where are you?" Aurora asked as she sat in her little room after the fourth time of being fed on. Lucky for her the evil ass had stopped sexually assaulting her after the first time. It was like she wasn't what he wanted. And she wasn't about to complain. She could feel her body getting weaker and knew if her dad didn't hurry there would be nothing here for him. She heard the vampire yelling outside.
"Where is Katherine? Hasn't anyone seen her?" he demanded.
"Not since she left the other night sir?" another vampire said.
"I want her back." he said.
"Sir, she is over 500 years old, you are 50, there's no way you can keep her here." the vampire said.
"Shut up. I love Katherine. She's supposed to love me back, like Maria." he said walking into his happy meal on wheel's room.
When they were half way they had to stop and fuel up, plus by this point Ric and Bonnie needed a bathroom. Damon walked into the convenience store and grabbed some chips, needing something to occupy him while he was driving. He found his mind wandered to horrible places such as what Samuel was doing to his daughter at that moment. He returned to the car just as Bonnie and Alaric returned from the bathroom.
"Are you ready?" Damon asked.
"Yeah." Alaric said and they both nodded. Getting back into the drivers side of the car he took one of Elena's hands which she was wringing in her lap. He pressed a kiss to the back of her hand.
"It's going to be okay." he assured her trying to stay strong for the both of them. She nodded not entirely sure if she believed him. When Katherine sped out of the gas station the other cars followed suit and they were on their way again. The second leg of the journey seemed quicker than the first. It was midday when they pulled in a distance away from a dark and dingy space.
"Where are we?" Damon asked as everyone climbed out of the car.
"This is where Samuel is hiding. Good luck." she said walking in the direction of the woods.
"I don't care what happens, but I get Samuel. I should have killed his ass when I killed Maria." Damon seethed. Anger setting in more than desperation now. He was so close and now it was the anger that he needed. Anger was motivation, not that he needed anymore motivation. Everyone nodded not wanting to argue with Damon when he was like this.
"So where is this army?" Tyler asked.
"Good question." Damon mused. He didn't have to worry long because shortly after they arrived an army of vampires charged at them. Bonnie did a mass brain hemorrhage spell on many of the vampires coming and kept them floored while everyone else attacked.
"We'll keep them busy. Go find Aurora." Stefan called as he shoved a stray tree branch through a vampire's chest. Damon nodded and he and Elena sped to the building. The building appeared to be an old warehouse. Kicking open the door he slowed down and let his senses pick up Aurora's heartbeat.
"Go to her." Damon said pointing towards a door towards the back of the space. Damon turned his attention to finding Samuel. He was so entirely focused on finding Samuel that he didn't sense the vampire behind him. Lucky for Damon he was older and more experienced that this vampire. Before he should shove the stake through him Damon countered him and knocked the stake out of his hand.
Elena opened the door at the back of the room and seen a mattress laying across the floor.
"Aurora?" Elena asked quietly.
"Mom." came a voice from the far corner of the room.
"Baby." Elena said rushing over to the corner and pulling her daughter into her arms. Aurora immediately started sobbing, and Elena told herself to stay strong until she had her out to the car and safe.
"Come on let me get you out of here." Elena said. She swept her daughter into her arms and rushed out of the room. Elena saw Damon about to kill another vampire and assumed that was Samuel.
"What do we have here? Two Salvatore women for the price of one." a cold vicious voice added. Elena put Aurora down and shifted her behind her as she sank into a protective crouch. The momentary distraction of Samuel appearing gave the vampire Damon was fighting the upper hand.
"How shall I kill you?" he asked his back to Damon.
The vampire had a stake positioned at his heart when the vampire fell to the ground obviously dead. He looked confused for a split second until he saw Katherine standing behind the fallen vampire with his heart in her hand. Not having the time to thank her he sped over to Elena and Aurora. The relief in both of their faces was apparent the minute he positioned himself behind him. Wanting to be poetic about this he tapped Samuel's shoulder. He spun around instantly and resignation appeared in his eyes for a flash of a second before it turned into blind hatred.
"And you thought I'd never get my revenge. But I did. You'll have to live with the guilt of killing Maria for the rest of your existence, not because your sorry you did it but because this was your fault. Everything that happened to my dear Aurora was your fault." he laughed mirthfully. Instead of responding Damon shoved his hand into his chest and squeezed at his heart. His laughter died immediately as he knew he was about to die. He didn't need to say anything, there was nothing to say. He pulled his heart from his chest and dropped it to the floor beside the dead vampire. He wiped his hand on Samuel's shirt cleaning the blood off of him. Elena had her arms wrapped around her daughter again as she sobbed, he moved in and wrapped his arms around his girls trying to comfort them. Seeing Katherine standing off to the side he reluctantly let go of his wife and daughter and walked over to her.
"I never thanked you. So thank you. Without you I wouldn't have gotten her back." he said.
"Just call it even." Katherine said.
"Even? For what?" Damon asked confused.
"When you attempted to save me from the tomb in 1864 even though I wasn't in there. It was the thought that counts." she said.
"Alright then. We're even. Take care of yourself Katherine." he said.
"Take care of your family. I wont be here to save your ass next time." she said.
"Noted." he said before turning back to his girls. Katherine took off rushing out of the building and leaving through the woods.
"Are you okay Aurora?" Elena asked concerned.
"I feel really weak." she said.
"Take some of my blood. It'll heal you." she said biting into her wrist and putting it up against her daughters mouth. She gagged slighting as first but then swallowed slightly more comfortably. It was by far the worst tasting stuff she'd ever drank. Even worse than that cough medicine her mom bought her. The crap that's slogan was "It tastes awful, but it works" it was true it did work. Whomever invented Buckley's should have been destroyed, Aurora thought idly. Elena pulled her wrist away from her daughters mouth and could immediately see the difference in her features. Her colour was coming back.
Outside everyone was leaning against their cars waiting and hoping that everything went alright in there. They were worried but thought they'd give them a couple more minutes. The battle outside had gone surprisingly well, with Bonnie keeping a large number of them incapacitated with her vampire migraine spell, the others were easy pickings.
"Where are they?" Lexi asked as she leaned into Stefan's side happy that this part of it was over at least.
"I don't know. I'm going in." Stefan said.
"I'm coming with you." Lexi said lacing her fingers through his. They started walking forward when the family emerged. Damon carried Aurora although she was improving. He's insisted and she'd allowed it because after her ordeal she was very exhausted mentally and physically. Stefan and Lexi stopped.
"Oh thank God." Lexi said as she smiled at the teenage girl. Damon put her on the ground so she could hug Stefan and Lexi.
"I just want to go home." she whispered to her mom and dad. They nodded and Elena had yet to stop crying now that their daughter was safe again. Before she was able to climb into the backseat of the Camaro, she was pulled in for a hug from Caroline who was crying uncontrollably. Ric hugged her quickly too. She meant to much to the both of them considering they were her Godparents. Aurora sat back into the leather seats and leaned against the window. She knew that now she was safe, she could let the tears fall.
"You should sit back there with her." Damon whispered to Elena. She nodded and climbed into the car beside her daughter pulling her into her arms. Damon got in the drivers seat and started up the car. With one arm Elena held her daughter to her side protecting her from whatever the world threw at her, she put the other hand on Damon's shoulder. He reached up and placed the hand that wasn't on the steering wheel on hers lacing their fingers together. Elena pressed a kiss to the side of Aurora's head tenderly. As they began the long drive back to Mystic Falls, they knew for at least a little while things were going to be okay. Their daughter was safe and she always would be.