Dangerous Minds

Chapter Twenty: The Kidnapping

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Dangerous Minds- Chapter Twenty

Stefan

"Alright crew..." His voice echoes down the hall as I toss my name badge around my neck and walk into the conference room. Leaning against the door, I can see her smiling from the corner of my eye.

"Agent Salvatore." Elijah comments, clearing his throat as Ella smirks a little, leaning into me and whispering. "Look what the cat dragged in, a handsome piece of ass."

Coughing out a breath, Elijah must notice our banter because he then asks Ella if there's anything she'd like to share with the team of ten agents in the room. She smiles nervously, clearing her throat. "Not really sir. Just the fact that we're here to catch some bad guys and kick some ass!"

He laughs a little. We all do, shaking our heads. "Alright then. Clearly, Agent De Luca is very excited about us all going on our first deep cover mission." Ella nods, opening her mouth to explain. "Well, sir. When you've been on assignment with the Russians for six months, drinking Kvass to not blow your cover. Believe me, anything is better than being in the slums. So, I am excited!"

"Welcome back, Agent De Luca." He smiles, taking the clipboard in his hands and reading off the lists of who we're going to be teamed up for our new assignments. "Stefan and Kol, Damon and Hayley, Gabriella and Katherine...." Elijah's voice trails off as he keeps listing the other agents in the room and I walk over to stand by Kol.

"Ready for this man?" I ask him, feeling Damon lean over my shoulder as he says in a soft voice. "You can't be on Elena's case. Stefan, you're being reassigned to track down some of the people she's working with." Turning towards my brother, I can feel my body tense up. I've been wanting to track her down, get my answers and arrest her for every single thing she's done to me. I sound vengeful, don't I? But, I don't care. The moment I lay eyes on Elena is going to be moment I'll realize she isn't the same girl anymore. It'll be the moment that I'll finally let her ghost go.

"This isn't about who ruined whose life, Stefan. This is about a girl who murdered an informant and now needs to be caught." Kol tells me moments later after we're dismissed and walking back to our offices to read over the case file.

He takes a seat beside me, watching Katherine and Damon talking from the corner of his eye as he places his hand on to the stack of documents before him. "Sometimes I wonder if I made the right choice with marrying her? With taking Katherine away from him. I'm not a stupid man, Stefan. I know how much she loved your brother. But, I'd like to think that she's better off without him and that he's better off with Bonnie. I feel like it wouldn't have worked out with him and her anyways." Glancing up, I nod my head before I comment on what appears to be his doubts.

"You made the right choice, believe me." Is all I say, close my eyes and try to reassure myself that I'm making the right choices too. The first one being that I need to find Elena before anyone else does. I need to find her and get some answers and the only person who can help me in doing that is Ella.

Katherine

"I don't really like you." I comment out loud, watching Ella raise her head up slowly and her eyes widen with a bit of amusement.

"Good, because I can't stand you either. Now, let's suck it up and work together to bring this girl back to the states for the trial she doesn't really deserve. But, that she'll get because of our wonderful justice system." Ella says, leaning her elbows into the desk and smirking up at me with a sarcastic tone.