Bonnie's Theft

Chapter 20

Stefan stood at his brother's side staring at the heart monitor as it beeped steadily.

"I never saw this coming."

He looked down at him.

"I wish you had of told me everything. I would have been there for you. I would've helped you. I haven't changed so much that you would ever think that I would ignore you just because Caroline asked me too."

He looked back at the closed door behind him. "No, this is all because I was the one that dropped you into peredition. Just like I was the one who left you at the mercy of the Augustine's without ever bothering to look for you."

He looked up at the cold metal ceiling and sighed. "You told me that you never faulted me for that, but I hated myself anyway. I did some bad things to try and make up for it. So when I dropped you. Something that is clearly my fault no way around that. You decided to spare me. Then see me turn into the ripper or ruin our relationship."

He took his brothers hand. "But that wouldn't have happened. I have Caroline now and Emma and I have you. I still have you because you're not going to die on me. Because no matter who comes into my life I still need my younger brother."

"There here," Alaric said coming through the door. "The fire departments also here. There going to air lift him through the whole after they assess the safety."

Stefan released his brother's hands just as the paramedics came through the door.

"I'm sorry sir, but you're going to have to give us some room."

Stefan nodded and backed up a bit.

Alaric whispered into his ear. "He's going to be fine. He's a fighter vampire or human."

"Doctor just tell me when is he going to wake up?" Stefan asked standing outside of Damon's room in the burn unit.

"He's currently under sedation. We can wake him up at any time?" Jo said looking down at his chart.

"Fine, do it. Why haven't you done it already?" Enzo barked pacing impatiently behind the pair.

Jo sighed and looked at the obviously frazzled man behind her. "Because its more of a mercy thing than anything."

"What do you mean?" Stefan asked looking through the window of his room. Where he was hooked up to even more machines than he was before.

"He's going to be in a lot of pain. We're going to have to start him on morphine and a combination of other drugs to manage it."

"How do we fix it?" Enzo barked.

"Calm the hell down. We're in a hospital for crying out loud," Stefan said growing tired of the man's theatrics. He moved to stand between him and the doctor.

"Its only been a couple of days and we've been using every bit of that time to come up with the proper steps to help him through this."

"Then you have answers," Stefan pressed. "Listen I'm not trying to push."

"Which you very well should?" Enzo stated coming to a stop beside Stefan crossing his arms across his chest.

"He's been in this proverbial Coma since he got here. Bring him out of it we need to talk to him. Now."

"Yes love, we miss him," Enzo sneered. Giving off the tone that there was more than just concern behind it.

She smacked her lips. "I'll go get the nurse."

Enzo watched her leave. "It's been two days we've heard hide nor hair from Bonnie or Vanessa. As your mutt Tyler has confirmed their scent is gone. There not in the land of the living and the only one who knows even a little bit about that is wasting away in this hospital room."