Inaction's and Consequences

Chapter 25

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to The Vampire Diaries, TV show or books. However I decided to have a little play around with the characters (I would definitely like to play with Damon).

Damon and Elena quickly scrambled to put on their socks, boots and outdoor clothes before clambering out of the tent to find it was just Bonnie waiting outside for them next to a small campfire that someone had built whilst Damon and Elena had been having their 'alone time' in the tent.

"What the hell happened?" Damon asked as he looked around the empty clearing for everyone else.

"I dunno." Bonnie shrugged. "Stefan had the rope and apparently he thought Connor was asleep in the tent. The next thing they knew was that someone had cut the rope and Connor was missing." she told them.

Elena turned to Bonnie "So did you guys already start looking for Connor?" she asked.

"We've already searched the perimeter." Bonnie told her.

"Did you find anything?" Elena asked.

"No. He's not on the trail either." Bonnie told her. "I checked."

"Where's Professor Shane?" Elena asked looking round.

"He's gone to look through Connor's stuff." Bonnie told her. "To see if he could find any clues."

"His gear's still here." Professor Shane called out,prompting everyone to look at him as he hold up Connor's bag while he walked back towards the clearing from the hunters tent.

"He's not at the quarry, either." Stefan called out as he entered the clearing.

"The headstone is also gone." Rebekah shouted as she followed Stefan.

"Great, so not only are we missing a hunter, we're missing the piece of rock that does who the hell knows what." Damon complained, rolling his eyes in frustration.

"Maybe Connor took the tombstone?" Elena suggested.

"No." Stefan told her. "He went missing before that."

"Well who was babysitting the rock?" Damon asked.

"I was." Stefan admitted looking sheepish. "I realized that the rope didn't feel right, so Rebekah and I went to investigate and when we got back the tombstone was gone." he told them as Damon rolled his eyes in frustration.

"So it could have been Connor who took it?" Elena asked.

"Not enough time and there was no noise." Rebekah chimed in. "It had to be either another vampire or magic." she said causing Damon and Elena to look at each other, both wondering if Kol was responsible for taking Connor and the tombstone.

"Let's split up into two groups." Damon suggested.

"Fine, but I'm gonna try a locator spell first." Bonnie said.

"Okay. I'll stay here. I'll make sure she's safe."Professor Shane offered.

"And I'll stay here and make sure you're not lying."Damon offered a warning smile to the Professor, prompting Elena to look at Stefan and Rebekah, who glanced at each other awkwardly realizing that left the three of them to search the island together.

"Fine. We'll keep searching the island." Elena sighed,as Damon just nodded and walked over to their tent and Elena followed him. "Hey." she said smiling before grabbing his face and kissing him. "We won't be long." she said reassuringly.

"I know, but take this." Damon whispered as he slipped inside the tent, bent down and took the dagger and white oak ash from his bag, before climbing out of the tent and putting them both into Elena's bag, whilst Elena stood in front of him, to blocking the view of what he was doing from the others.