The Vampire Diaries: He's The Air She Would Kill To Breathe

Awakening

Elena woke up in confusion. Her child was at her side, sleeping peacefully. She gently lifted him in her arms and his eyes fluttered open.

"Mommy…where's daddy?" She cradled him gently and stood up.

"I don't know but hush now baby, we need to figure a way out of here." She crept through the strange place as quietly as possible. Her bond with Damon let her know that he was somewhere nearby, so it was her first instinct to go there…question was, where was she and how could she escape? She wandered down a long corridor and out a door that lead to a large courtyard. Thinking she was home free, she ran to the other end of the court before Klaus appeared I front of her.

"And just where do you think you're going, love?" She stared hard into his face.

"How am I still alive and what did you do with my husband?" Klaus chuckled.

"A little spell work is how you're alive…I only needed to make it seem as if you had died. That husband of yours needed a break I'm afraid. As for his whereabouts I don't know and frankly don't care, he probably staked himself to end his own misery." He said with an evil smirk and a shrug of his shoulders. The idea of Damon being gone made Elena's heart clench and she through all of her strength into a punch to Klaus's face. Klaus flew a few feet, his nose pouring blood.

"Big mistake, love." He snapped his fingers and three hybrids were at his side instantly.

"Take the boy." Elena hissed and flashed her fangs, holding Sebastian protectively to her chest and then tried to run back in the opposite direction. Klaus was behind her in under ten seconds, pulling her back hard by her hair and making her watch in horror as the hybrids, far stronger than she, tore her son from her arms.

"No! Ian! Please let him go, let him go!" She screamed, unable to move from Klaus's grip as they vanished.

"He's the only one we really need…I ought to end you for that nasty punch." He said menacingly, turning her to face him and putting her in a choke hold. Suddenly Elena's eyes grew wide and her heart lurched. Klaus turned, wondering who she was staring at so intently. There he stood…fangs out, eyes blank and emotionless, her Damon.

"Ah, Damon. What brings you here?" He asked nonchalantly, dropping Elena to the floor.

"I'm going to destroy you." Klaus cocked his head to the side.

"If you kill me, you kill yourself and every vampire of your bloodline, Damon, don't be an idiot." Klaus said with a roll of his eyes.

"I don't care if they die, and I certainly don't care if I do. You took everything from me Klaus, and I'm going to avenge her." Elena stood, running to him.

"We're fine, Damon! You don't need to do this." He turned an icy glare to her.

"Shut up Katherine, I wasn't talking to you." Surprise washed over her features.

"I'm not…" She couldn't even get her words out before Damon growled loudly and lurched at Klaus, knocking him to the floor and holding the white oak stake above his heart. Damon almost wanted to laugh, thinking he'd gained the upper hand.

"See you in hell." He raised the stake but Klaus quickly turned the tables and had Damon on his back.

"I'd listen to your wife mate; otherwise you're going to get yourself killed." Damon turned his head to look at Elena.

"That's Katherine…It has to be. You killed my wife." Klaus got up as he saw one of his hybrids motioning for him.

"Well that's my cue to leave…since we've been found we're taking my little blood bag elsewhere." And with a big grin and a sarcastic wink to Damon, Klaus sped off.

"We have to chase him Damon, he has Ian!" Damon stalked toward Elena, his face inches from hers. She was half scared he'd strike her, but he didn't.

"Get out of my life, Katherine. You remind me of her, and I don't want to see you. And if you keep talking about Ian I will stake you, do you understand me?" Elena wanted to step back, but at the same time she knew her husband, and she knew he was savable. She reached out and took his hand, placing it in the middle of her chest.

"Do I feel like Katherine?" Damon's eyes were still blank but he didn't jerk his hand away, as if he were contemplating it. She moved in closer.

"Does this feel like Katherine?" She made a bold move and softly captured his lips. He didn't kiss back at first, and for a minute she thought he wouldn't. But suddenly his mouth opened, forcing her lips to part and shoved his tongue in her mouth. He pulled her closer to him and deepened the kiss, craving her taste. When he pulled back the expression in his eyes proved that he'd turned it back on.

"How are you alive? Somehow I know I'm going to regret turning this all back on…I know you must be Katherine, and this must be a sick joke. You feel like my Elena, the bond we share is screaming that you're right here, but you can't be. I watched you die." He admitted quietly, his ocean eyes filled with tears. She stroked his raven hair and gently smiled at him.

"Klaus charmed the stakes…Ian and I are okay. I'm here, Damon. I really am." She promised, hoping it would be enough to convince him. He caressed her hair and touched his forehead to hers.

"All these months I thought…Oh Elena you know what I thought. Don't you ever leave me again." He pulled her into a tight hug, crying a bit and breathing in as much of her scent as he could, confirming it was actually her.

"Months?" She asked in confusion. He pulled away.

"Elena, it's been three months…and I've done a lot of things you aren't going to like…as a matter of fact you'll probably divorce me." He stated sadly.

"Nothing you could have done would make me do that." She reassured him. His eyes were dark, his smile tragic.

"I killed off an entire town in North Carolina, Elena. And I might have also…killed Caroline." He whispered in horror, the guilt plain as day on his face.

"I was in a rage…after I thought I'd lost you both I couldn't handle myself." Elena's mouth dropped and she took a step back.

"W-We can talk about this later, right now we need to find our son." Damon nodded, still sad as he sensed Elena's disappointment in him and heartbreak over Tyler. The couple scoured the building at vampire speed, looking every place imaginable. Klaus, his hybrids, and their little boy, were gone.

"Damn it!" Damon screamed, angry that he'd let them get away. He looked over at Elena, and she was crying. He walked over to wrap his arms around her but she pushed him away.

"How could you do that Damon? What did she ever do to you?" Damon's expression darkened yet again and he sighed.

"I'm so sorry, I know she meant something to you…but Princess, she came to the boarding house right after your death and offered her condolences to Stefan. Stefan told her I was the one she should be consoling, but she told him that she thought I was your biggest mistake, the reason you died, and that she'd rather die than talk to me. She didn't know I was listening…but I was and I just snapped…the worst part was having to lie to Liz about it." Elena put her hand to her mouth and cried harder, unable to believe that one of her best friends had died at the hands of her husband.

"I need to see Stefan." She finally whimpered out. Damon looked hurt.

"Stefan?" She shot him an angry glare.

"Yes, Stefan, the good brother remember?" She snarled, running out of the building as fast as possible and leaving a dumbfounded Damon yet again all alone.