A Brother's Worry

By: esmtz

As soon as he left the house Stefan immediately pulled out his cell phone and dialed Elena's number. He put the phone to his ear and waited for her to answer.

"Stefan? Is everything okay?" Elena asked surprised to hear from him since she said that she'd be the one to call him.

"Damon's back." Stefan said sounding completely stressed.

"That's great but you don't sound like you're happy. What's going on?" Elena asked worriedly.

Stefan tried hard to not cry over the phone as he swallowed trying to get the words out.

"…Damon was bitten." Stefan said.

For a few seconds Elena didn't say anything as she took in what Stefan said. She had no idea what to say to Stefan as she knew that he was in pain knowing that his brother was going to die.

"…Elena, are you still there?" Stefan asked.

"Yeah I'm here. Stefan, I'm so sorry is there anything that I can do to help you through this?" Elena asked.

"Yeah I need you to come over and look after Damon for me while I go out and look for Klaus." Stefan said.

"That's not a good idea and why do you need to look for him anyway?"

"According to Damon Klaus is the only one that can save him from the werewolf bite." Stefan said.

Elena was in shock as she took in what Stefan said.

'So that's why he was gone he was looking for a way to get rid of the bite.' Elena thought.

"Okay I'll be right there and I'll call Bonnie to let her know to look for Klaus instead of Damon with her locator spell." Elena said.

"Thanks. Tell her to call me if she finds out where he's at." Stefan said.

"I will and Stefan please be careful." Elena said.

"…I'll be fine don't worry about me. I'll call you later." Stefan said before hanging up.

As she hung up the phone Elena had a really bad feeling that something was going to go wrong as she started to get ready to head to the boarding house.

'This is Klaus we're talking about of course he's not going to just help out. He's probably going to want something in return if he does decide to help Stefan.' Elena thought wishing that there had been another way to save Damon.

As much as she wished that she could have tried to stop Stefan from looking for Klaus Elena knew that she couldn't. Stefan loved and needed his brother that even if she said something he wouldn't listen to her. Elena sighed.

"I just hope that whatever he wants it isn't serious." Elena said to herself.

While he was waiting on a call from Bonnie Stefan walked all over town using his vampire hearing hoping to hear either Klaus or Elijah or someone talking about them. After a few hours Bonnie finally called him making Stefan immediately answer his phone.

"Bonnie, did you find Klaus?" Stefan asked.

"I did." Bonnie replied before telling him Klaus's location.

"Thanks for the help." Stefan said.

"You're welcome just please be careful. This is Klaus we're talking about, Stefan." Bonnie said.

"I know." Stefan said before hanging up.

It didn't take long before Stefan arrived at the place that Klaus was currently staying at. He swallowed feeling nervous as he knocked on the door waiting for either Klaus or Elijah to open the door. Within a few seconds the door opened revealing Klaus who was a little surprised to see Stefan standing in front of him.

"Well look who it is Stefan Salvatore. Have you come here to kill me for what I did to Elena?" Klaus asked with a smile on his face.

"No. I'm here because I need your help, Klaus." Stefan said.

Klaus frowned as he let Stefan inside the room he was currently staying in. He closed the door and turned to face him waiting for Stefan to explain the situation.

"So what can I do for you, Stefan?" Klaus asked noticing the pained look on his face.

"I heard that you can cure werewolf bites. Is it true?" Stefan asked.

"Let me guess your brother was bitten and you need me to heal him." Klaus said.

"Yes." Stefan replied.

"You are aware that I'm not going to help you out for free right?" Klaus asked.

"I know." Stefan said looking at him sadly, "I'll do whatever you want just please save my brother."

Klaus smirked at him already knowing exactly what he wants Stefan to do for him as he quickly went to get an empty jar to put his blood in. Once he got it Klaus immediately bit into his wrist and let the blood fall into the jar. The moment it was filled Klaus put the lid on it and walked back over to Stefan.

"My blood will be able to cure your brother from the werewolf bite." Klaus said before giving the jar to Stefan.

Stefan grabbed the jar and looked at Klaus waiting for him to tell him what he wants from him.

"…So what do you want me to do?" Stefan asked.

"When you get back I'll explain what I want you to do. In the meantime I'm giving you a couple of hours to say goodbye to Damon and if you're not back within two hours I'll go to the boarding house and kill Damon myself understood?" Klaus said with a very serious look on his face.

"I don't plan on running away, Klaus." Stefan said seriously before turning and heading for the door.