Arabella Gilbert ♡ TVD

Down The Rabbit Hole

After having his neck snapped, Damon woke up tied to a tree with ropes soaked in vervain around his neck, hands and feet. He struggled against the bonds, groaning in pain as he tried to wriggle free.

"Something bothering you?" Vaughn questioned in amusement as he crouched over a campfire, the Scottish accent thick.

"Would you believe me if I said Mosquitoes?" Damon questioned sarcastically, trying to ignore the searing pain of his skin melting away.

"Aye, I would." Vaughn replied nodding his head with a smile as he took a large bite of his food, clearly enjoying the pain he was inflicting on the blue-eyed vampire. "How does it feel when a relentless eating machine is drinking the blood from your veins?"

Damon cocked his head with a hint of a smile. "Itchy." He stated.

"Your little friends from Mystic Falls think you're funny, Damon." Vaughn shook his head, his face completely stoic. "I don't."

"You obviously know who I am and where I'm from. Have you been spying on me?" He questioned.

Vaughn nodded his head. "Aye, I have." He stood up from the rock and walked towards him. "You and Stefan, your little wife, her sister, the Bennett witch. Do you need her to cast the spell written on your pal, Jeremy's hunters mark or can Arabella do it?" He sat down again and took another bite out of his meal. "The tattoo that looks exactly like this."

Damon glanced down at the tattoo. "You wanna know something, just ask."

"I've been killing vampire's my entire life, still this thing refused to reveal itself to me. That was, until three days ago and it jusy magically completed for no apparent reason."

Damon couldn't help but laugh. "Come on, Man. Do I look like I know anything about tattoo's? Look at my skin. It's flawless." He smirked.

Vaughn shook his head and stood up. "Ah! You're not taking me seriously." He walked over to Damon. "I don't blame ya. You don't know me." He held up a stick that he had been holding over the fire for a long while before he stabbed it into the side of Damon's neck. "So, let me introduce myself. My name is Gralen Vaughn and you better start talkin."

Back on the beach, Elena, Rebekah and Stefan were lingering. The younger twin had the phone upto her ear, filling Caroline in on everything that had happened.

"Tell me you're not serious?" Caroline questioned.

"I wish I weren't." Elena replied. "When we got back from looking for Jeremy, Shane and Bonnie were gone. Shane needs Bonnie to cast a spell on Jeremy's tattoo in order to find the cure, and he managed to sneak them both out from under our noses."

"Well where is Damon and Arabella in all of this?"

"They had a little arguement and Elle went for a walk. He probably went after her, but when we arrived at the beach, there was signs of a struggle."

"Meaning what?"

"Meaning somebody probably jumped one of them and took them."

"Do you think Shane has them?"

"No, I mean , Shane's not strong enough to take Damon on, even with the Element of suprise. He must have someone or atleast a few someone's helping him."

"Yeah, but what Elle?"

"I don't know, unless they're together. Do you think they are?"

"I don't know. I wish I was there to help." Caroline replied. You could tell she was annoyed that Elena wasn't the least bit bothered about Arabella. If she was there she'd stop at nothing to find her missing bestfriend.