DISCLAIMER: I do not own the vampire diaries

Zabrina POV

My head was roaring. The familiar headache returning. Not that I can expect anything different, after all, I have been locked in a basement for god knows how long. I have lost track. At first I was counting days, then weeks and months. At this point I lost all hope of being rescued. I haven't seen my captor in a good few days. And it's not like I'm in the best condition either

I was still wearing the same clothes I had been wearing before I was kidnapped, and my captor, Stefan, hasn't exactly been providing the womanly products I require, only delivering food and water. Oh great, so instead of starving to death, I can spend the remainder of my life smelling like a skunk. Id prefer to starve if it means I can get a stick of deodorant

Stefan's companion was a bit more sympathetic towards me. Valerie I think her name was. When Stefan had first brought me here, she was rather shocked, and demanded that I be set free. That was, until, Stefan told her what had happened. She then insisted on testing me, so for months, I was a travelling lab rat. Stefan and Valerie had always been on the move, god knows why. I only seem to remember fragments of memories, which consisted of long car trips, where I was shoved in the trunk, for hours on end. Plane trips weren't any easier. I was locked in a toilet cubicle for the period of the flights, with Stefan and Valerie convincing the other passengers and flight attendants to avoid the stall, and to be ignorant with the fact they were carrying me in chains. Then I was back in hotel rooms, chained to a chair, sometimes receiving a 'blood donation'. I suddenly didn't care if I died. The sweet release of death has to be better than this unending nightmare.

Currently, I was back in the familiar basement where I was locked up the first time, I didn't know where exactly, but I did know it was within mystic falls. I shuddered once remembering that name. all my problems started after entering this cursed town. I wished I was back with my family in Montana. Or at least with my best friend in west Virginia. I wondered if they were looking for me. If only that dooshbag hadn't taken my phone, it would have given me relief to let them know I was at least alive

Consumed in my thoughts, I hadn't even noticed my cell door opening

I looked up, surprised to see a face that I hadn't immediately recognized

Somehow, through his raven black hair, piercing blue eyes and his lopsided smirk, this guy wasn't going to set me free.

Stefan POV

I clutch my side, the wound seeping through. I limp towards Damon's coffin, ripping the lid open, to see Damon, alive but desiccated, I hesitate. He wouldn't be happy with me for waking him up 57 years too early, but I didn't have a choice. I needed him. I pulled out a blood bag, positioning the open bag at his lips

"Damon, wake up! I need you! Wake up!"

I continue to force the blood down Damon's throat, but Damon remains desiccated and still, I was starting to get desperate at this point, unable to control my voice

"Damon, wake the hell up!" I scream

Suddenly, Damon's skin turns from gray to pink-ish white, and his eyes snap open just as he gasps for breath and sits up, blood still dripping down his chin. I sigh with relief, but Damon's features, only showed anger

"I told you not to bother me until Elena was awake!"

I sighed, we didn't have time for this

"Well, that's too bad. We got to go." I retorted Damon stared at me, confusion replacing the anger "Why?"

I'm about to answer him, until my vampire hearing picks up the sound of an arrow being launched. acting instinctively, I rotated the coffin, the arrows impaling the wood. Damon suddenly realizes what's going on

"She's back!" he exclaims, fearfully peering from behind the coffin

Just then, two more arrows are shot through the lid, scaring Damon enough to immediately hop out of the coffin and take cover behind a stack of wooden crates as the woman shoots at them, hitting Damon in the knee and causing him to groan in pain. I clutch my chest, the pain returning. damn this scar, I muttered under my breath, Damon's remarks interrupting my thoughts

"I guess she upped her game."

Raina didn't seem to want to give up anytime soon, she kept firing arrows, keeping her aim on me. I quickly ducked where Damon was hiding.

"My scar... opened up this morning. I figured she was back. I didn't realize she was this close." i didn't seem to falter. 'You better get used to it, brother. She's not gonna stop until you're dead.'

I rolled my eyes. I kinda figured that out after spending three years on the run

I managed to stand, groaning in pain while doing so. I grabbed Damon, and we vamp sped away

Once I was sure we were at a reasonable distance from Raina, I decided to tell Damon what I have been doing, including telling him about Zabrina

After catching his breath, he grinned at me "well, i see you couldn't last long without me. life too boring with a supernatural hunter chasing you?"

I glared at him. I didn't have time for his witty remarks, I needed his help with Zabrina. because Valerie and I have absolutely no idea, and its hard to study her and run around the country.

"I didn't wake you so you could liven up my already miserable life, I need your help"

He rolled his eyes "Oh yes, Stefan. I'm sure your life has been absolute hell, running around the world, maybe having a cocktail on the beach, buried in the lips of your female companion. its not like you have been desiccating in a coffin, alone with your psychotic thoughts for years."

I stared at him, shocked "how did you know what i was doing?"

He simply smirked "i didn't. you just confirmed it"

I was about to object, but he shushed me

"besides, you don't need my help. what could i do to stop Raina?"

I took a deep breath. Here goes nothing

"I don't need help with Raina. I need help with someone else. you see, when i was hunting down the rest of Julian's maggot vampires, I came across a girl. she was about to be killed by one of them. so I saved her, only for her to use magic to immobilize the vampire."

He raised his eyebrows "so? you rescued a witch. nothing major. although it is good to you strapping on the old hero hair"

I continued, ignoring his comment "that isn't even the weirdest part. She resisted my compulsion, and she then tried to compel ME."

Damon's eyes then widened in shock "WHAT?"

I nodded "and it actually worked, for a period of time, after snapping out of it, I began to question her, and she quite honestly didn't seem to know what she was, and didn't seem to know vampires even existed"

Damon tried to process this "What if she is a heretic? you know, she just had unrealized siphoning powers, died and came back to life, still oblivious to who she is? it makes sense"

I shook my head "Valerie spent three years studying her. She said she definitely isn't a siphoner, and after studying her blood, its not vampire blood, the blood that pumps through her veins is human".

Damon stared at me "so, you have kept this girl captive for three years, dragging her all over the world...based on weird behavior?"

My fury started to rise "well its not like i could just let her go! look, will you help me?" I pleaded

Damon was deep in thought

"I could check her out. i might be able to get her to talk. after all, no girl can resist my charms" he said smugly

I rolled my eyes

"besides, why didn't you just call Klaus? if anyone could help us identify an unknown supernatural species, it would be him" he pointed out

I sighed "it's not that simple. he is off the grid. no-one has seen him in years"

Damon stared at me "that doesn't sound like Klaus, he is either dead, or in hiding. he has probably been marked with Raina herself"

"Maybe"

Damon and I have reached a state of uncomfortable silence, Damon was the first to speak

"Look, i will pay this girl a visit. who knows? maybe she could help us defeat Raina"

I stared at him "its not like she is a Greek God. Raina is unstoppable"

He only glanced at me, as we approached the boarding house "We'll see about that"

I opened the door to the Boarding House, careful not to make too much noise, after all, Matt had banned us from coming back. Damon followed me down to the cellar, staring at his surroundings on the way. he obviously missed this place.

I then stood outside of Zabrina's cell "well, here you go, work your magic. im gonna go see Valerie about getting this scar removed" I muttered, leaving Damon to deal with her.

Damon POV

I watched Stefan make his way up the cellar stairs, smirking. He really must have changed if he is leaving me alone with a magic sensitive human. I then turned towards the door, hesitantly opening it, examining the miracle of nature

I stopped. she was beautiful. she filled a void in my heart that has been there since losing Elena. I shook that feeling away, and stared at her. She had a nice physique. Tall and slim. Her pale skin contrasted against her fiery red hair. Her clothes looked like they needed changing, most of them ripped and covered in blood and dirt.

She suddenly lifted her head, staring at me with big green eyes. Her face changing from surprise to fear. I suddenly felt a surge of anger towards my brother. has he really been keeping this fragile little thing captive for three years? judging by her condition it didn't look like she had been taken that well care of.

Damn, its going to be hard to get answers out her, she isn't going to be that cooperative after the way she has been treated

I lean against the cell door, looking into her eyes, smiling.

And all I saw was fear.

Hey guys! again, I apologize. I will try and get more on top of this story. next chapter being posted next week. promise!