Damon is awakened in the morning by the ringing of his phone. He starts swearing when he sees what time it is. He's only had about two hours of sleep. Then he sees that it's an unknown number and he's about to cuss whoever it is to high heaven.

"Hello?" His voice is grumpy and he doesn't even try to make it otherwise. All he hears is sobbing. This wakes him up a bit more and takes away his grumpiness.

"Hello?" He says once more hoping that whoever is crying will talk to him. He fears he knows who is on the other phone.

"D-damon, I-I need you." Ana manages to get out in between sobs.

"Ana what's wrong?" Damon demands already throwing off his bed covers and getting up. 

"Damon, Ana woke up crying. She's hysterical actually, Jacob and I have been trying to calm her down for over an hour and haven't had any luck." Trinity's voice comes on the phone as Ana is too overcome by sobbing to talk any further.

"What happened?" Damon demands of the younger man.

"Neither of us know. Ana doesn't have connecting rooms like yours and hers at the estate. We heard her crying from monitors. She's just sobbing and asking for you. We can't get her to calm down or tell us what happened. She had us send Mason down to pick you up. He left about half an hour ago."

Damon is already getting out his suitcases and starting to pack, "Okay, so when should I expect to see him or how much time do I have to pack?"

"You should have plenty of time, depending on traffic it will take him about three hours perhaps more. You should plan on a long stay, Ana hasn't been doing so good. She doesn't deal well when she knows that she has a traitor and this time she can't figure out who it is. Someone that has access to her laptop, though and only the high ups do."

Damon doesn't stop packing, "How do you figure that?"

"Someone's tried to hack into her personal messages or erase them outright before she's seen them. Especially the ones between you and her. It's a good thing you and she have a code because it's confused the traitor and they haven't been able to get any information."

"Listen Trinity pull Ana into your arms and hold her. Have Jacob make an Ana sandwich, if this doesn't work you'll have to get your doctor to giver her a sedative. But you must calm her down." Damon is really getting worked up that Ana isn't calming down any.

"She's starting to calm down now, thank you Damon." Trinity says relief evident in his voice.

"Listen, Trinity, take this off of speaker." Damon waits for the phone to be taken of off speaker.

"Okay," Trinity says nervously.

"If this happens again and I'm not there, you do everything you have to to calm her down. I mean everything that includes seducing her if you have to do you understand?" Damon demands. He's met with silence on the other end.

"You want me to-" Trinity trails off unable to say the words out loud in front of Ana or Jacob.

"Seduce her, yes, if necessary. It isn't good for anyone to be hysterical for any length of time. That won't be a problem will it? I've seen how you look at her, I know you've kissed her."

"Oh, just the fact that she sleeps with a freaking knife and gun and she has no qualms about using them. Are you trying to get me killed?" Trinity's voice is starting to raise and he has to forcibly calm himself so that he doesn't disturb the semi somnolent girl in his arms.

"If she doesn't want it then back off, but she's more than a little ready to enter the last arena where she is still innocent." Damon isn't happy about this, the last thing he wants is Ana starting to have sex. She's only fourteen, he doesn't want her to lose what little freedom she has because she gets pregnant and starts having kids.

"Damon, do you know what you are asking of me?" Trinity is still all but hyperventilating himself.

"Yes, I'm asking you to take care of Ana. She won't kill you for kissing her, if she tells you to stop then do so. It's simple Trinity. Now let me talk to Jacob." Damon demands and Trinity hands the phone over to Jacob looking rather like someone has hit him over the head unexpectedly.

"Hello?" Jacob says nervously.

"I need you to be honest with me Jacob. Are you attracted to Ana?" This isn't what Jacob had expected or imagined Damon asking him.

"I'm not completely gay, that's the only way a guy wouldn't be." Jacob replies sardonically.

"If Trinity can't or isn't available, if Ana does the hysterical thing again you will need to stop it even if it means seducing her. Yes, I am aware of what I'm asking you, if she doesn't like it or want it she'll stop you before she kills you. Do you understand?" 

"Yes, Damon. Have you talked to Ana about this?" Jacob asks in a small voice. He hopes to heaven that Ana never needs to have their help to that extent.

"Somewhat, when I get there I'll talk to her about it some more. Neither of you will die at least not from her killing you for that." Damon reassures the young man.

"If she makes me a eunuch I'm going to blame you." Jacob says bitterly.

"She won't. How is she doing?"

"She's sleeping."

"Put me back on speaker," once the phone is on speaker, "I know neither of you like what I just told you, but it's best for her health. The only other option is giving her a sedative and she hates those with a passion, locks her into her nightmares and she can't escape. 

"I have to go now. Calum isn't going to be happy about me bothering him at this time, but life sucks. IF she wakes up hysterical before I get there Trinity you know what to do and Jacob I highly doubt she'll like having an audience."

"No worries on that one. Her bed isn't big enough for three. Trinity is staying with her and I'm returning to bed." Jacob says more than slightly horrified at the idea of watching Trinity seduce Ana.

"I'll be there in the morning. There has to be something more going on. This isn't like Ana at all. See you all in a few hours." Damon says and hangs up his phone. He calls Calum up and continues packing and gets dressed.

By the time he's dressed Calum is in his room.

Damon looks at his brother already dressed, or rather still dressed in his clothes from the day before.

"Trina and I had a date remember? I only returned a short time ago."

"You take her to a hotel then?" Damon asks and watches intrigued as Calum blushes a deep red.

"Ana will kill you, you know that right?"

"I didn't do anything Trina didn't want and Ana gave me permission before she left." Calum was a bit defensive.

Damon is a bit incredulous, "Ana gave you permission to fuck Trina?"

"No, she gave me permission to touch her and as long as I don't take it any further than she wants Ana is okay with it."

"Trina's already forgiven you to the point she's letting you fuck her again? Wow, she's far more forgiving than I thought her to be." Damon doesn't believe it for a second.

"I didn't force her. Trina has a direct line to Ana, if I did anything wrong she'd call Ana and I'd be dead before the day was out." Calum says more than a little defensively.

"Whatever, I hope it was good because I'll be leaving for an indeterminate amount of time. Something's up with Ana, I just got off a call with her and she was hysterical." Damon says getting down to business.

Calum stares at him, "Ana was hysterical? Is this a joke? Ana doesn't do hysterical, she makes people hysterical."

Damon turns to him and says nastily, "Thanks for the information, I didn't know that already."

"Sorry."

"You'll be fully in charge. She'll probably allow me to do some video conference calls, but I'll be leaving my phone with you." So saying Damon tosses Calum his phone."

Calum catches it in shock, "What the hell? You don't go anywhere without your phone."

"It can be tracked. I'm not going to lose her trust again, she told me no tracking devices that includes my phone, when she invited me up there before she left."

"Are there any situations that you want dealt with a specific way?" Calum asks now subdued.

"No, keep an eye on Spider's men and young Michael. I'm not sure what Ana has planned for him, but she does have something of that I'm sure. No more going off the property for dates. Sorry, you and Trina will just have to find something here. Snake has been targeting my people and would love to get his hands on you."

"Since when did that start?" Calum is both startled and upset that he hadn't heard the news.

"Three of my men have failed to report into work. Their apartments were trashed. I just got the report earlier, you had already left on your date. Call the rest of the men into the estate. You may need to double up on beds for a bit, but better that then them being dead." Damon orders as he finishes his packing.

"How long will you be gone?"

"I don't know. I was told to expect a long stay, but how long wasn't specified." Damon replies to the concern Calum shows.

"I hope you can help her. I know she doesn't like me, but I do care about her." Calum says softly. He wishes Damon would just bring her home. Damon's been a mess since she left a month ago. At least he's not as bad as he was last time she left. With him being able to communicate with her helps, but it's not the same thing.

"I'll let her know."

"Bring her home, Damon." Calum says without thought.

"As far as she is concerned, she is home. She never felt welcome here."