Chapter 16

"Damon. Why are you here?" Stefan looked angry and he was holding Archer tighter than before. Elena slowly walked over to where Stefan was sitting,

"Stef, give him here, I don't want him to get in the middle of things." He handed over Archer without a fuss, he started to cry and would not stop. "Hey, shhh, shhh, shhh" Elena was rocking him in her arms while walking in a small circle. He wouldn't stop crying, she stopped moving and then looked at Stefan. He had turned his whole body round and was staring at Damon, "I think he is hungry, I need to feed him."

"I could just compel him to forget that he is hungry, it would stop all the ear piercing crying." Stefan got up reveling Miranda who was hiding behind Stefan. She obviously didn't like the look of the tall, pale white man wearing all black clothes, along with jet black hair. Elena could always remember those bright blue eyes, because they were so unusual. Stefan moved very quickly towards Damon and pinned him against the wall, with one hand against his throat.

"You are to never compel my son. You are never to touch my wife and you are never to harm any of my family." He hissed through his teeth, and spat right into Damon's face.

"Mummy, who is that man?" Miranda had crawled over onto Bonnies lap and was clinging onto her.

"That is Uncle Stefan's brother, Damon" Elena was still trying to soothe Archer,

"Stefan I'm going to go and feed him" she walked into the bathroom, but just before Damon pulled something out of his jacket pocket. A stake.

"Damon, no please don't." Stefan hadn't seen the stake and he pressed harder into Damon's throat and then Damon thrust his hand forward and thrust the stake into Stefan's abdomen, his hands flew to the stake and he tumbled backwards.

Elena handed archer to bonnie and rushed over to help Stefan.

"GET OUT!" Elena screamed at Damon who did as he was told. Stefan was gasping for air and was coughing. "Stefan it's going to be ok. Just stay still, it will be find." Miranda jumped off the bed and ran over and sat by Stefan.

"Uncle Stefan, don't die." at that moment Jeremy walked in with Grayson.

"Jesus Christ! Grayson, Miranda go and sit by your mum, I'll help uncle Stefan." he pointed to the bed and both of them rushed over and sat on it in silence.

"Jer, go and get Logan and Meredith" he did as he was told and ran to go and find them.

"I'm sorry Elena, I was trying to protect you and archer." Stefan managed to pull together enough energy to move over out the way of the door.

"Stefan it is ok. I don't want to pull it out because you are week." he started to cough as soon as Meredith came in with Logan followed by Jeremy. Logan rushed to his mentor's side, but was careful to not get to close.

"Stefan what happened?" Stefan drew up all the breath he had to answer his question,

"Damon. My brother. Help, I'm week, I dint want blood, treat me like a human." Elena pulled Stefan's head onto her lap and he looked up at her,

"I love you Stefan." he coded his eyes and then stopped moving, he couldn't be dead because the stake hadn't hit his heart, he was still breathing but only just. "Meredith help him please." Elena was now crying and Jeremy ushered his family out of the room.

Bonnie managed to squeeze a quick word in before she left. "Elena I will take Archer with us so you don't have to worry about him"

"Some get a stretcher!" Meredith shouted out of the door and then pressed a button on the side if the bed. A man came running in with a stretcher

"Holy shit! Is that Dr Salvatore?" Meredith just looked at him with dagger eyes.

"Help now ask questions later!" Logan helped the man lift Stefan onto the bed and they rushed him out of the room. They got lots of stares from passing doctors and nurses all whispering Stefan's name. The dagger was still in his abdomen and that caused even more people the look, when they rushed pass the waiting room, Miranda saw them and started to run after her uncle, and Jeremy had to hold her back.

"Uncle Stefan!" Elena managed to hear in between her muffled cries. She was always Stefan's favorite out of the twins.