A/N: Thank you guys for all the reviews! I'm so glad you liked that chapter! There'll definitely be some more Damon in this one! I love writing them together! And since there weren't a lot of votes at the poll, I decided to go off of some ideas I had so I hope you guys like this chapter! Thank you all again!

Guilt and Doubt:

Beth's eyes fluttered open as she looked around. She was in a hospital room, somewhere. She couldn't believe how tired she was. Her eyes could barely stay open. She was trying to remember what happened but her memories were foggy. She couldn't remember how she ended up there. Her neck was stinging though. Beth touched it to find it bandaged. A middle-age nurse walked into the room. "Who…where am I?" Beth asked tiredly.

"In the hospital, sweetie. You suffered through a terrible ordeal."

"What happened?" Beth asked and she decided it didn't matter. "I have to get out of here." She tried to sit up but she stopped her.

"Ah, not an option. You lost a lot of blood." She gestured to a blood bag. Beth looked at it. It was already full. That didn't make any sense. If she lost blood they should be giving it to her.

"Wait…you're taking my blood?"

"Of course, this is very important for your friend Klaus." The nurse told her obviously. Beth gasped. She remembered what happened. Stefan had attacked her and Klaus needed her blood to save Tyler. She tried to get up but the nurse already injected some thing in her IV drip and she was getting tired again. "Don't fight, sweetie." Beth felt herself grow unconscious again.

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Outside in front of the hospital, Klaus and Rebekah were waiting for the blood. Klaus was pacing while Rebekah was sitting lazily on the hood of the car. "Why don't we just take her blood and leave her?"

"Because, I need my girl with me." He told her simply as he paced around the car. Rebekah raised her eyebrow at the comment about Elizabeth being 'his girl' "I can't completely drain her that would kill her. So it'll be easier if she just comes with us.

"So, the doppelganger isn't the problem, her blood is the solution and Elizabeth's blood, works the same as hers." She asked her brother.

"Seems so." Klaus replied. He didn't like to wait. He just wanted to leave already.

"How did you know?"

"Well, you know how much the original witch hated me. Do you honestly think I would do anything other than the opposite of what she says?" He asked his little sister. Rebekah knew about their relationship better than anyone.

"A thousand years in the grave and she's still screwing with you." She commented.

"Well, it makes sense if you think about it from her perspective." He admitted to her. "It was her failsafe incase I ever broke the hybrid curse. The doppelganger had to die in order for me to become a hybrid, but if she was dead…"

"Then you couldn't use her blood to sire yourself a new species." Rebekah nodded.

"Leaving me alone for all time." He said with a hint of grief in his eyes and his sister caught that. She always did.

"Is that what this is about? Your obsession with hybrids. You just don't want to be alone?" Rebekah asked him. She didn't understand why he would think that. She would always be with him, as long as he didn't dagger her again. He should know that she would never leave her brother alone, she loved him too much.

"What I want is to take my girl, take my hybrid the hell out of this one pony town." He replied pacing again.

"Your girl?" Rebekah asked in a teasing voice and he just rolled his eyes at her. "Why Elizabeth? Stefan almost killed her and the doppelganger was right there. You could have taken her. It'd be easier, she's not a witch." Rebekah asked him curiously. "Why did you save her?"

Stefan started to drink Beth's blood but before he could do any more Klaus threw him across the cafeteria into the wall. Beth fell to the ground from the blood loss and Klaus caught her. He looked back towards Stefan, who was out cold. Klaus picked slipped an arm under her legs and under her back and lifted her up and left the room.

"She's not as annoying as Elena." Klaus told her simply as he paced in front of the car. "Plus, her witchy powers can definitely help us while we're on the road."

Rebekah raised an eyebrow at him. She did not need a repeat of this. "Don't do it, Nik." He turned to look at her, waiting for her to continue. "Don't do what Elijah did. You'll lose her just like he did and kidnapping her again, isn't going to help."

"I don't know what you're implying, sister. I just want to create my hybrids and she's the easiest way to do that." He insisted. Rebekah rolled her eyes at him. She knew him better than that. If that were the case, he'd leave her here. He wanted her to come.

"Whatever you say, brother." She replied unconvinced.

"Believe me, I'm not Elijah and I could care less about what Elizabeth thinks of me. If you're somewhat implying that I may have some feelings for her, I want you to know, you're wrong." He said firmly. Rebekah just rolled her eyes again. She knew how Nik was like around her last time, and he'd be the same. He wasn't ever going to admit that though."I just want to get her and get the hell out of here."

"Of course, Nik."

He sent her glare. "You know, why don't you, uh, why don't you get the truck? I'll get Elizabeth." He suggested. She slid off the car and walked past him with a knowing look. He turned to watch her walk off before grinning. "Well, look who finally decided to show up to the party"

Damon was walking up to him, glancing at the hospital. "Where is she?" He asked determined. He had to find Beth. He shouldn't have ignored her calls even though he was angry. It was his fault he wasn't there for her.

"Elizabeth?" He asked as though he didn't know. "Ah, she's making a donation to a greater cause." Damon tried to walk past him but Klaus put a hand on his chest to stop him. "I'm afraid I can't let you interfere, mate."

"You'll have to kill me."

"Oh, I would love to kill you, but I made a pledge to your brother, and unlike him, I keep my word." He told him stopping him again from passing him. "Although, you know what? Thinking about it now, he probably doesn't care that much anymore." He rushed and threw Damon on the car and raised his arm to kill him.

"Don't you want to know about your friend Mikael?" He asked quickly. The shock on Klaus' face said it all.

"What do you know about Mikael?"

"Just that he knows you're here."

"You're bluffing." Klaus replied. He had to be. Mikael can't possibly know that he was here in Mystic Falls.

"Katherine and I found him. Consider it our leverage." He taunted him. Klaus was trying to think quickly but anger got the best of him. He grabbed Damon and threw him at the car across. Damon quickly got up and saw that he had disappeared. He got scared.

Damon didn't have time to think about it. He just wanted to get Beth out of there before he changed his mind and came back. He walked into the hospital and found that it was practically empty. He walked down the hallway until he found her room. Beth was asleep as her blood was still being taken. Damon pushed back her hair, he was just glad she was safe. He took all of the needles out. She started to stir. Her eyes opened a bit. "Day?" She asked.

He gave her a smile. "Hey, El." She gave him a weak smile in return but was too tired to keep her eyes open. He pushed back the blankets from her body. He put one hand under her legs and under her back. Damon gently lifted her up and held her close to him as he left the hospital room to bring her back home.

Beth was sitting on the couch in the living room. Damon put a blanket over her shoulder and went to get her something to drink. Beth wasn't in the mood to talk but she had to make sure Tyler was all right. She text him quickly. 'Please tell me you're okay.'

He sent back a quick reply. 'I'm fine. Are you okay, Beth? I didn't see you when we left. Are you safe? Did he hurt you?'

She let out a sigh of relief. At least he was alive, as long as all of her friends were safe, then that's what mattered. 'I'm fine. I'll explain later, promise.' She put up her phone as Damon sat down across from her. She was still shaking even though she had a blanket.

"Hey, have some bourbon." He handed her the glass. She took it leery of the drink. She wasn't one to drink hard liquor. "It'll help you forget." Beth took a sip but it tasted weird to her, she made a face. "Yeah, it's strong." He told her. He looked at her sympathetically. "You know I can help you forget too At least the memories you don't want to keep." He offered.

She shook her head. Beth had already explained what happened. He knew that watching Stefan like that and attack her, made an impact. Elena had already gone and left, she didn't want compulsion either. "No, Damon. I need to remember it all." The fight before seemed so irrelevant now. She put the drink down. "Is Elena ok?"

"She's fine." He assured her. "She told me, everything, El." She sighed. "Why didn't you tell me?" He was slightly hurt that she didn't tell him what she found out.

"What was I supposed to say, Day? It was irrelevant until now." She told him. He still looked hurt though, which only made her feel worst. "I only remembered after Elijah died. If I had known before, I would have done the sacrifice instead of Elena." She said to him.

"Hey! Don't say that." He said firmly. "You know as well as I do that if you went instead, you wouldn't be here. Hell, you're the one who did the spell to make sure she'd survive." He reminded her.

"Yeah but if I had gone instead, Damon…Jenna and John could still be alive." She told him. She had thought about this a lot since she remembered. Elena would have a parent. And Alaric wouldn't be so miserable. If she had just kept it to herself, it would have been better.

"That wasn't your fault, El." He said.

She just shrugged. She knew that it wasn't true though. "It'd just be better if I had died instead." Damon almost dropped the glass of bourbon he had in his hands. He couldn't believe she actually said that.

"You don't mean that." She didn't say anything, instead she just looked down. He turned to her and grabbed her shoulders and made her look him in the eyes. He looked at her with a mixture of anger and fear. "El, you don't mean that." He couldn't fathom her dying. He couldn't lose her, again. She just couldn't die.

"If it meant, it wouldn't be like this, that Klaus wouldn't be coming after you guys, yeah I do. Alaric would have Jenna. Elena and Jeremy would have Jenna and John. It would work out for them and because I couldn't keep my mouth shut, they're gone." She said grimly. He couldn't believe she was saying this. She never admitted it to anyone before but she thought it would be better if she died. Before Damon could even reply, someone spoke up.

"Isn't this cozy?" They both looked up to see Stefan leaning in the doorway. His whole demeanor changed. He looked more…dangerous. Damon stood up, protectively, in front of Beth. The last place he wanted his brother was anywhere near her now. He hoped that he didn't hear too much of what they were saying, he would use it against her.

"What are you doing here, brother?"

"Last I checked, I live here." He walked down to pour himself a drink. "Klaus is gone, but he's asked me to keep watch on you and Elena until he returns. From now on, Elena and you are under my protection." He gave her a sinister smile that sent chills up her spine. He gestured to them. "By all means, carry on." Stefan left and the two friends exchanged a look.

"I should go." Beth said getting up. He nodded and helped her get up. Damon didn't say anything as they got into the car and he drove her back to Elena's house. Beth moved to get out of his car but he grabbed her arm. She looked down; knowing he was going to try and talk her out of what she knew was true.

"El, you may think that…. that it's your fault but it's not. You can't blame yourself and nothing would be better if you died. Nothing. Everything would go to hell. I can't stand to think about that, about you dying." He didn't usually say this. It wasn't like him to be so open even to Beth but it bothered him how she genuinely thought dying, would make everything better. It made him…. scared of what she could do. "I won't let you think about it either." He lifted her chin to make her look at him. "Hey, I would die for you, El, especially if I meant I could keep you safe forever. We'll handle Klaus. He won't hurt you again. I'll protect you." He promised her.

She looked at him surprised but nodded. He leaned forward and kissed the top of her head. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he held her to him. "I'll see you tomorrow." She told him as she let go. He nodded and let her leave. He almost lost her again, this time. Klaus would have taken her and they wouldn't have seen her again. He couldn't let that her leave them this time, not again.