It had only been an hour since Mia had returned to the Salvatore Boarding House, yet she felt the sudden urge to leave again. Caroline and Bonnie had gone home so she had nothing to do except listen to the men and Elena discuss matters she was too bored to listen to. She got up from the couch and made her way to the front door, only to be stopped by Stefan.

"Where are you going?" Stefan called out, bringing every eye in the room onto Mia.

"I'm going for a walk," she smiled innocently, before he could open his mouth to object she spoke again, "I have spent the last 4 days trapped in Alaric's apartment, I need fresh air."

"You can get fresh air in the garden." Damon snapped, "We don't need you getting kidnapped again."

Mia ignored Damon and addressed Stefan instead, "Look, Klaus took my daylight ring." she showed them her hand, "So, I'm gonna be trapped here all day tomorrow." She held Stefan's arm and swayed, "Please, I'll be an hour tops." 

When he sighed and nodded she threw her arms around his neck, hugging him. "This is why you're my favourite Salvatore." Elena laughed and looked over at Damon, who had a clear look of offence on his face.

"Perhaps it would be best if someone were to accompany you." Elijah suggested, "Given the possibility you could run into Niklaus."

"Don't worry, if I see Klaus I'll just hit him again and run." Mia spoke in an nonchalant manner, shock immediately spread on all their faces upon hearing this.

"You hit Klaus?!" Elena and Damon spoke at the same time.

"Yeah," Mia shrugged, "I thought he killed Bonnie so I slapped him." Not wanting to hear a lecture from them, she opened the door, "Okay..... bye." Mia exited the house leaving the group baffled with what they'd just heard.

"She's going to get herself killed one day." Damon murmured, glancing at Elijah who wore a look of pride, he'd seen Mia as someone that needed to be protected or kept behind glass. What was more impressive was that he'd never heard of a regular vampire slapping his brother and living to tell the tale.

~~~~

Mia was sat on her favourite bench across the street from the Grill, she laid her head down and closed her eyes, revelling in the peace. However, that tranquillity was short lived when a voice spoke up.

"Mind if I join you?", she opened her eyes and peered through her lashes at Klaus stood in front of her.

"It hasn't even been 2 hours yet." Mia sighed exasperatedly, "You know, there's something called a restraining order that can legally stop you from coming near me."

"Really?" he tilted his head to the side with a smirk on his face, " You'll need a good lawyer for that."

"It's fine, I can just use Elijah." Mia brushed off, missing the look of annoyance flash in Klaus' eyes. It bothered him that Elijah had found a way to befriend Mia, it seemed that he always managed to entangle himself in Klaus' personal affairs.

"Are you gonna to kill me?" Mia mumbled quietly, catching Klaus off guard. The thought of ever hurting her had never crossed his mind, he didn't think it ever would.

"No, I'm not." he spoke softly, taking a seat next to her.

"I'm supposed to hit you and run away," Mia told him, "But I'm really tired so can you just run instead."

"You want me to run?" Klaus quirked a brow.

"Yeah, preferably in ...... that direction." she pointed towards the oncoming traffic. 

She didn't understand why she felt so calm. This was the same man that kidnapped her and held her captive. According to Katherine, Klaus was vicious and spared no one who would spite him but he let Mia go. She realised that if he had any plans to kill her, he would've done so already.

"But then I wouldn't be able to give you this." he handed her a small velvet box, "I was hoping to run into you."

She opened it hesitantly and saw a silver ring, with a lapis lazuli gemstone that was carved into the shape of a heart. "Um... this isn't my ring."

"Well, this one is a lot nicer." Klaus noted, "Much more fitting."

As she was about to slide the ring on her finger, Klaus gripped her wrist, "On one condition."

"Here we go." Mia rolled her eyes, she held the ring out to him. "Just take it back if you're gonna do this."

"You haven't even heard what it is yet." Klaus contended.

"It's probably something stupid to fuel your ego." Mia sassed, she pulled away from his hold. "I'm not doing any henchman crap or torture assistant ...... thingies. If you want a secretary just go compel someone, that way they'll do exactly as you say and won't argue back. Even if-"

Klaus smiled at her rambling, he found it endearing that she still had the habit. "Mia." He cut her off by pressing his index finger to her mouth. She looked at him with startled eyes whilst he tried to block out the feeling of her lips against his skin. Once he heard her heart beat rocketing he moved back, hating that she was afraid.

"I don't want you to work for me." Klaus began, he looked at the girl, who was staring at him intently. Almost as if she was trying to figure him out. " You're to stay away from the sacrifice, that's the condition."

"That's it? I wasn't planning on going anyways." Mia responded cheekily. "Mass murders aren't really my thing." I'm gonna go anyway.

"What about my knife?" Mia asked, "Are you not gonna give it back?"

"You shouldn't carry knives, someone could get hurt." Klaus teased.

"Sure, I'm gonna listen to the homicidal hybrid." Mia mused sarcastically.

Klaus edged closer to her, "I'm not a hybrid yet but I will be tomorrow."

"Right, after you kill Elena." Mia muttered, she saw Klaus' face drop. She felt ashamed of herself, this was Klaus, this was the person that wanted to kill her friend, her family and here she was, having a normal conversation with him. "I need to go, it's been more than an hour."

"Can I give you a lift home?" Klaus offered when Mia stood up from the bench.

"No, I'm okay." she responded bluntly.

"You can't walk all that way." He pressed further, rising from his seat.

"I said I'm okay." Mia snapped, the Original's lips curved into a frown. "Thank you for the ring but please just stop this whole nice guy act. We're not friends, Klaus."

He felt discomfort with the way she said his name, full of resentment and bitterness instead of the loving way it used to leave her lips.

"I understand." he murmured. Mia turned on her heel and walked away, he sat back down and watched her until she was out of sight.

~~~~

"What happened? I got worried." Stefan quizzed once Mia came in.

"Don't ask." she sighed wearingly then looked at Elijah. "Your brother's a fucking weirdo."

"What did he do?" Damon sat up, wanting to hear drama. He found it comforting that there was someone Mia hated more than him.

"Nothing bad, that's the problem." Mia expressed, "He gave me this ring." 

"That's really pretty." Elena held Mia's hand, examining the jewellery.

"I know, right. I love the heart."

"Uh, hello?" Damon waved his hand, breaking their attention. "You took a gift from him?"

"Well, I wouldn't be able to walk outside without it." Mia voiced in a matter-of-factly tone.

"Did it not occur to you that he could've done something to it." Damon grabbed her hand and started scrutinizing the ring.

"Wow, you're really bored, aren't you?" Mia deadpanned, she glared at him judgingly. "What do you think he would've done, put a camera in it?" She yanked her hand away, "Maybe he was just being nice."

"Why would he be nice to you?!" Damon taunted, "God, I can't believe you've fallen for it again." 

"Fallen for what?" Mia rose a brow.

"Why don't we all just go to bed." Elena tugged Mia's arm gently, in an attempt to break up the argument. "You must be really tired."

"No, let him speak." Mia brushed the doppelganger away, "Go on, what have I fallen for?"

"All is takes is for someone to show you the smallest bit of attention and you throw yourself at them." Damon sneered, "You're pathetic." 

"Damon!" Elena exclaimed, "How could you say that?"

Stefan and Elijah both stood up from their seats, each of them making their way towards Damon when suddenly Mia sped to the older Salvatore brother and struck him across the face, causing his jaw to dislocate. 

She picked up the bottle of bourbon that laid on the table and smashed it over his head. He fell to the ground, wincing. When she went for him again Stefan latched onto her.

"Don't you ever speak to me like that again, I'll fucking kill you." Mia seethed, she felt the tears threatening to leave her eyes but held back, she didn't want to give Damon the satisfaction.

The Salvatore snapped his jaw back into place, "You couldn't do it the first time, Pierce." Damon groaned, "I think all those days you spent with Katherine messed up your head."

"Stop it, Damon." Elena dragged him from the floor and shoved him, "Just get out!" 

"You'll see I'm right." Damon announced, "She did the same thing with him." he pointed at Elijah, who clenched his fists, restraining himself from pouncing at the blue eyed vampire. "Don't complain to me when she chooses them over us."

"Fuck you!" Mia yelled.

"No, fuck you!" Damon shouted back.

"Fuck you, you bastard!" she released herself from Stefan's hold and threw another bottle of bourbon at him. He dodged it and left the room, flipping over the table before he exited.

Don't let them see you cry. Mia took a deep breath and fixed her hair, after a few moments of silence she spoke up, "Is anyone hungry?"

Stefan, Elena and Elijah looked at each other with confusion then back at her with concern. Her sudden mood change had stunned them.

"What?" Mia furrowed her brows, "What's wrong?"

"Are you okay?" Elena asked, "He was really out of line."

"I'm fine." Mia gave a quick smile. Before Elijah could intervene a familiar woman with strawberry blonde hair walked in.

"What the hell happened here?" Jenna eyes travelled around the room, at the broken glass and upside down table. "I could hear the shouting from upstairs."

"Mia and Damon were just having a disagreement." Stefan informed her. "About Klaus."

The Petrova girl's eyes widened, Elena noticed her expression and spoke up, "It's okay, she knows everything."

"Oh," she let out a sigh of relief, "I thought Stefan lost his mind. Wait, how does she know?"

"Klaus." they all said at the same time.

"You know, I think one of the most shocking things was finding out you were a vampire." Jenna revealed, "I mean, Stefan and Damon were always a bit....." she paused to think of the most appropriate word, "strange but you were perfectly normal." She shook her head then placed a hand on Mia's arm, "Sorry that sounded really shitty, I mean normal in the best way."

"It's fine, honestly." Mia assured her. You can call me anything you want.

"Jenna's gonna stay here tonight," Stefan explained, "we can't trust that Klaus won't go back to the house." 

"They put me in your room," Jenna smiled sheepishly, "We didn't know you'd be back. I can stay on the couch, it's no problem.

"No, we can share." Mia smiled brightly, "If you want." Jenna nodded and returned the smile.

"Are you staying too?" The Petrova girl asked Elijah.

"You should." Elena spoke up.

"Yeah, we have plenty of room." Stefan chimed in.

Elijah stood there, astonished. It'd been a long time since he'd been treated with such kindness. "Thank you, that would be wonderful."

"Come on, I'll show you which room." Mia held her hand out and he took it, the two of them exited the living room, their fingers entwined. Stefan shifted uncomfortably at the sight but gave a tight lipped smile when Elena looked at him with scepticism.

"They're cute." Jenna remarked, she yawned loudly, "Okay, I'm going to sleep, make sure you check on Jeremy." 

"I will," Elena kissed her aunt on the cheek, "Goodnight."

"You'll have to forgive me, Amelia." Elijah said as the two walked down the hallway.

"For what?" Mia asked, "You haven't done anything to me."

"I misjudged you." Elijah opened the bedroom door for the Petrova and walked in behind her, "I mistook you as a woman that needed saving, perhaps I saw a glimpse of Katerina in you and so I felt the need to protect you."

Mia sighed sadly upon hearing that name. She missed the doppelganger and was worried for her safety. When she was trapped in Alaric's apartment, Klaus had always treated the two of them differently, he would look and speak to Katherine with disdain. However with Mia it was the opposite, he was patient and what he believed to be was kind.

She covered up the sorrow by walking around the room, picking up pillows and fixing the bed. Elijah continued to speak, he knew she was listening.

"I think the events of these last few days have proven that you're more than capable of taking care of yourself." It had become clear to Elijah that Mia wasn't the innocent damsel he first believed her to be, the way she stood up to Damon and got into that fit of rage reminded him ever so slightly of Klaus. They both had the same glints of hell in their eyes when angry.

"May I offer you a word of advice?" Elijah questioned hesitantly.

"Sure." Mia responded, rifling through the draw, "I found some of Zach's things if you want to wear them."

"Amelia, please." Elijah clasped his hand around her bicep and guided her to the bed. "I think it would be wise if you left."

"The room?" Mia quizzed.

"No, not the room." Elijah chuckled softly, "Mystic Falls. After the sacrifice I plan on leaving, you're more than welcome to join me....... if it would please you."

"I can't." Mia shook her head, "I couldn't leave my friends."

"Friends that treat you with an utter amount of disrespect?" Elijah queried, "Forgive me if I'm overstepping my boundaries but that doesn't appear as friendship to me."

"That's just Damon, he doesn't mean any of it." Mia fiddled with the bottom of her shirt, "He was just angry." Her bottom lip began to tremble and she felt herself about to cry, Mia hated crying but since she'd come to Mystic Falls it seemed to happen more often than usual.

"Are you alright?" The Original eyes filled with concern.

"I'm fine, just tired." Mia ran her hand through her hair, plastering on a fake smile. "Um, do you need an extra pillow?"

"You're an exceptional person, Amelia." Elijah held both her hands, bringing her attention on him and only him. "You deserve far better than what these people could provide"

"Maybe I don't want better." I don't deserve better. "Thank you though, Elijah. For the advice and the offer." she leaned forward and pressed a kiss on his cheek, she pulled away, ignoring the sound of his heart racing. "It means a lot."

"I gave you my word that I would protect you."

"I'm not your responsibility." Mia stated, walking out the room. Before she left she paused at the door and turned around, "Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Amelia." 

Mia walked into her bedroom, she was exhausted, both physically and mentally. She leant against the door, her forehead touching the wood as she let out a small whimper. She pressed a hand to her mouth, stifling the sounds of her sobs.

"Mia?" Jenna voiced from behind her, causing her to whirl around in shock.

"Oh my god!" Mia gasped with a hand over her heart, "You scared me."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Mia wiped the tears away from her face, the fake smile returning to it's usual place, "I'm fine, just tired."

"Honey, you're not fine." Jenna held Mia's hand and sat her down on the bed, "Talk to me, is it because of what Damon said?"

"It's not because he said it." Mia started, his words reiterating in her mind, "It's because it's true." 

"It's not true." Jenna disagreed.

"Isn't it?" Mia pursed her lips, biting the inside of her cheek. "I mean, think about it. The whole reason I came to this town was to kill Damon but as soon as Stefan and Elena showed me the tiniest bit of kindness I gave up the whole plan." Her shoulders slumped and tears began to stream down her face, "Because what he said was 1000% true, I'm just an attention seeking slut."

"Oh, sweetie." Jenna cooed, she hung her arm over Mia's shoulder and shuffled closer. "You shouldn't think about yourself like that, especially when it isn't accurate." She patted Mia's face with tissue, drying away her tears. "You're a good person, I've seen it. The way you help Jeremy with his homework or Elena with her relationship issues."

"And the reason you didn't kill Damon was because deep down you knew your friend wouldn't have wanted that. She wouldn't have wanted you to kill someone for her. Damon's an ass, don't let him get to you." Jenna shuffled away and got under the covers. "Come on, get some sleep. You'll feel better in the morning."

Mia laid down, contemplating what her life would've been like if she hadn't come to Mystic Falls on her revenge mission. Perhaps she'd still be in Georgia but she highly doubted that. Living in the house where Jesse and Lexi no longer were would've been too terrible for her. Maybe she'd be happier if she never set foot in the town, if she moved on and started a new life elsewhere. 

Then it dawned on her, even though Mystic Falls came with many trials and difficulties, it was unlikely she'd be happier living elsewhere. Without Caroline, Bonnie, Stefan and all her other friends, this was her home and she wasn't going to let Damon make her doubt that.

~~~~

"You're never coming hunting with me again." Stefan declared as he made his way down the driveway with Mia next to him. He had woke the Petrova girl up early and asked her to join him, he felt guilty for all the things Damon had said to her the previous evening and wanted to spend time with her.

"Why not?" Mia looked down and frowned at her shoes that were now scuffed with dirt.

"You scared away all the deer." 

"I sneezed!" Mia argued, laughing at Stefan's attempt to be strict. "What, am I not allowed to sneeze?" 

"You kept screaming, Run Thumper Run, at the rabbits." Stefan deadpanned, fighting off a smile.

"I was warning them about the crazy monster heading their way." She smiled innocently and poked his side, "Come on, you know your life would be boring without me."

"Yeah, it would." he surrendered, throwing an arm over her shoulder. "These are nice." he pointed to her diamond halo earrings.

"Thanks, they're my favourite." Mia let her hair down from the ponytail it was being held captive in. "I've had them for as long as I can remember."

"Very pretty." Stefan murmured, however he was no longer looking at the earrings, instead he was staring straight at Mia. He held the door open for her, "After you."

"Thank you Mr Salvatore." Mia looked around. "Where's everyone gone."

"We're in here." Elena called out from the other room.

"Good morning." Mia greeted Elijah and Elena, who were sat on the couch. 

"You look beautiful, Mia." Elena smiled and Elijah nodded in agreement, Elena patted on the couch for Stefan to take a seat next to her. "Did you have a good hunt?" she pulled her boyfriend in and kissed him, Elijah glanced at Mia and saw her making an effort to look anywhere but the couple's direction.

"Amazing, a total success." Stefan teased, repeating the exact words Mia used after the driving lesson disaster. 

"He was too slow to catch anything." Mia taunted, "So now he's tryna pin it on me. Blaming others for their issues seems to be a recurring theme with the Salvatores."

"Ouch." Elena chuckled. "Anyways, me and Elijah were just talking about tonight."

"What's tonight?" Mia asked.

"Tonight is the full moon." Elijah handed Mia a glass of juice, "We should assume that Klaus is prepared to break the curse."

"He is, he's ready." Mia told them, "He told me last night when he gave me the ring."

"Klaus is a vampire born of a werewolf bloodline. The curse has kept his werewolf aspect from manifesting. But if he breaks it..." Elijah paused, noticing the worry on the trio's face, "He'll be a true hybrid."

"Then why are we letting him break the curse?" Damon interjected when he entered the room, "We can kill him today. With Bonnie."

"Damon, sweetie. Please don't interrupt when the adults are talking." Mia condescended, raising her hand to cut him off. "Using Bonnie isn't a option, it's too dangerous for her."

"I'll write her a great eulogy." Damon remarked.

"Why are you always so eager to volunteer other people for things?" Mia nagged, recalling how he was the one that made the deal with Elijah for Mia to go to Spain instead of Elena. 

"You know, the sacrifice needs a vampire." Mia strode towards him until they were stood chest to chest, "Why don't you offer yourself up? Since you wanna try and be helpful."

"Sounds like a great plan." Damon snarked, "Why don't we call your boyfriend and ask him if he'll accept me."

"He's not my boyfriend!" Mia retorted.

"Oh, sorry my bad." The older Salvatore brother mocked, looking around at the others for support but all he received was scowls. "I can't keep up with all your little fuck toys lately."

"Enough!" Elijah bellowed, using his arm to push away Damon from Mia. "You will not speak to her in that manner again, do you understand?"

Damon raised his hands in surrender and stepped back, his glare fixated on Mia. 

"All right, how do we break this curse?" Stefan asked, eager to change the topic.

Elijah told them about what Klaus would need for the ritual and the elixir he acquired 500 years ago when Katherine was to be sacrificed. The elixir possessed the mystical properties of resuscitation. The plan was for Elena to drink the elixir which meant she would be brought back to life after Klaus killed her. Damon argued that they shouldn't trust Elijah so he stormed off with Stefan following after him.

"God, he's such a baby." Mia rolled her eyes, sitting back on the couch. "I say we just tie him up somewhere and release him after the sacrifice."

"Caroline said the same thing." Elena giggled, "You guys share the same brain."

"Connected." Mia replied, tapping her forehead. "No but seriously Damon needs to relax, all this stress isn't healthy, especially at his age." 

"You'd think he'd understand why I'm willing to do this." Elena sighed, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Why are you?" Elijah asked.

"I'm the key to breaking the curse...." Elena went on whilst Mia zoned out.

Elena looks so pretty in purple. She gazed at the doppelganger, smiling endearingly.

All of a sudden they could hear Jenna shouting by the front door, "Get out!"

Mia rushed to the woman and saw her holding a crossbow, aiming it at Alaric. That's really hot.

"Jenna, put the crossbow down, okay?" Alaric maintained eye contact with the woman, his hands opened at his sides, "It's me."

"Stay away from me." Jenna warned, she trained the crossbow further down, below his belt.

"Do it." Mia urged, holding back a laugh.

"Mia! Don't encourage her." Alaric scolded, his eyes widening at the placement of her aim.

"Your body kidnapped me." Mia placed her hands on her hips, "I can encourage her all I want. Jen, just do it."

"What's going on?" Elena walked in with Stefan and Elijah trailing after her.

"It's me Elena. I swear okay?" Alaric pleaded, "He let me go. Klaus let me go."

"Prove it." Damon spoke from behind Mia, the Petrova girl edged away from him and stood next to Elijah.

"Okay, uh." Alaric turned to Jenna. "The first night you and I spent together, Jeremy walked in right when I was about to...."

"Okay, it's him." Jenna flushed red, lowering the crossbow.

"Someone needs to check on Jeremy." Mia mumbled, taking her phone out and texting the Gilbert boy, "That poor kid has gone through too much."

"Why did he let you go?" Stefan asked, holding a protective arm in front of Elena.

"He wanted me to deliver a message." Alaric responded, "The sacrifice happens tonight."

"Didn't we know that already?" Mia took the crossbow from Jenna and aimed it back at Alaric. "Can I do at least one?"

"Mia!" Alaric exclaimed, he frowned at the three men, who were grinning at the girl's antics.

"Geez, relax!" Mia sassed, "I was joking....." she handed the crossbow to Damon, he gave her a small smile, she returned it with a death stare. "I was partly joking." she whispered to Jenna, who laughed quietly.

"Come, sit down." Elena ushered him to the couch.

"So you don't remember anything that happened?" Stefan interrogated.

"No. It's like I blacked out and woke up 5 days later." Alaric explained, "I can see that Klaus let Mia go, Katherine's still there."

"She's under compulsion. Damon snuck her some vervain..." Stefan started but was interrupted by Elena.

"Actually, Damon snuck Mia some vervain and she shared it with Katherine." Elena surveyed the room and noticed the absence of the blue eyed vampire. "Where is Damon?"

"I saw him go upstairs." Jenna told her, the doppelganger stood up and went to find him.

"He's probably crying." Mia joked, gaining her a few chuckles from around the room.

"So what else did I do?" Alaric queried.

"I broke your nose." The Petrova girl stated, "And slapped you a few times."

"Do I even want to know why?" Alaric quirked a brow.

"Probably not." Jenna chimed in, wrapping her arms around the girl.

A few minutes passed when they heard Elena's muffled screams, Stefan sped out the room followed by Alaric and Jenna, leaving Mia and Elijah alone.

"So... have you planned where you're gonna go after you leave Mystic Falls?" Mia inquired, ignoring all the shouting coming from above them.

"Perhaps somewhere in Italy." Elijah responded, "It was Rebekah's favourite place."

"Who's Rebekah?"

"My younger sister. I believe the two of you would've gotten along well." Elijah sat forward, "She was outspoken, excitable, forever falling in love." 

"She sounds like fun." Mia smiled, wishing she'd had the chance to meet the girl.

"She was indeed." Elijah sighed, although they had their fair share of disagreements, he missed all siblings but because of Klaus he would never see them again.

"What about your other siblings?" Mia moved closer, her hands resting on the side of her face. 

Before Elijah could speak Jenna rushed into the room in a frenzy, "Where are the blood bags?"

"They're in the basement." Mia replied, worry filled her eyes when she saw Jenna's shaking state. "What's wrong?"

"Damon gave Elena his blood, then he stabbed Stefan." Jenna stammered, her hands quivering.

"Hey, it's okay." Mia pulled the Sommers woman into an embrace, "It's fine, I'll get the blood bags, you stay here and drink some water."

~~~~

Stefan had taken Elena somewhere to cheer her up after Damon force fed her his blood. The rest had left to take care of some business. In Damon's case, Mia guessed it meant heavy drinking at the Grill with Alaric playing supervisor.

Mia offered to stay with Jenna, who was still slightly shaken up with the previous incident. "So you lived here when you were human?" Jenna questioned.

"Yep." Mia refilled both their glasses. "I lived with the Fells."

"No way." Jenna grimaced, "It's weird that you lived with Logan's ancestors. I can't believe Logan turned into a vampire too, he was an asshole."

"Trust me, being complete assholes runs in the Fells' blood." Mia raised her glass, "May they rest in hell."

"May they rest in hell." Jenna giggled, her speech slightly slurred. "We should do this more often."

"We can do it all the time." Mia smiled.

A loud noise came from outside the house, startling the two women. "What was that?" Jenna gasped.

"I don't know, I'll go check." Mia stood up, making her way towards the door, "Stay here."

She treaded quietly down the driveway and saw the trashcan turned upside down, "We're gonna get racoons." she whispered to herself.

All of a sudden a figure appeared in front of her, without giving a second to see who they were, Mia kneed them in the groin.

"What the fuck, Pierce." Damon groaned, bending forward.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry." Mia slapped a hand to her mouth, feeling guilty until she realised something. 

When he stood up straight, she smacked him across the face, "Actually I take that back, I'm not sorry. You can't just sneak up on people, dick!"

"Okay, I'm sorry." Damon sighed, rubbing his stinging cheek. "Look I know you hate me but I need your help."

"Why would I help you?" Mia furrowed her brows, "Why don't you find someone less pathetic to assist you?" She pivoted and walked back towards the door until Damon spoke up.

"It's Caroline." Damon said, Mia froze as the worst thoughts entered her mind.

"What do you mean?" Mia turned and looked at him, "What's happened to her?"

"Klaus has taken her, to use in the sacrifice." Damon explained, "He's taken Tyler too. They're in the tomb."

"Crap, we have to get them before the moon comes out." The two started walking when Mia remembered something, "Stop, wait here. I'll be back in a minute." She ran back into the house and straight to the living room, where the human was sat.

"I got scared." Jenna sighed with relief upon seeing the girl. "You were gone for a while."

"Listen, I need to go help Caroline and Tyler. Don't open the door for anyone, vampires can't get in without Elena telling them to but just to be careful." Mia hugged the woman, "I'll be back soon."

"Okay." Jenna rubbed the girl's back, "Go kick some ass."

~~~~

"Can we talk about last night?" Damon asked as they walked down the pathway that lead to the tomb.

"We're not here for a heart to heart." Mia snapped, zipping up her leather jacket, she hadn't had the time to change out of her workout clothes. "Let's just get them and get out."

Maddox appeared behind them, "Which one are you trying to save? The blonde or the wolf?" 

"Oh, fuck." Mia muttered.

"Did you really think Klaus would leave them unprotected?" Maddox taunted.

Damon swayed his head, "Wishful thinking." He charged at the man, knocking him to the ground and wrapped his hands around his neck. With a wave of his hand Maddox caused Damon to fly back and whack his body against the rocks.

Mia darted towards the witch but was stopped as her body became paralysed, "Klaus said I can't hurt you." Maddox moved her hair away from her face, "But he didn't say anything about freezing you."

Damon began screaming in agony when Maddox moved towards him with his hand upwards, giving him an aneurysm. A shot rang and a bullet flew through the witch's chest, he fell his knees, Mia heard his heartbeat slowing down.

The two vampires were released from the magic and they looked to see who their saviour was, Damon's face filled with disappointment when he saw it was Matt. "What are you doing here?" he spat after snapping Maddox's neck to ensure he was dead.

Matt ignored his question, "Where's Caroline?"

"Listen, man. Not a good time to play the hero." Damon remarked.

Matt cocked his gun and aimed it straight at the Salvatore. "Where is she? What did he do to her?"

Damon held his hands up and stepped forward slowly, "We're just here to rescue her." Within a blink, he snatched the gun from Matt's hand and whacked him over the head, making the human fall unconscious.

"Was that necessary?" Mia scoffed. "You didn't have to hit him that hard."

"He's lucky I already screwed up once today." Damon rebuked, he picked up the bullets from the ground and filled the gun. "Otherwise he'd be dead." He picked up the final bullet and inspected it, noticing it was wooden.

"Hurry up." Mia urged, bringing him out of his thoughts. The two ran down the pathway and stairs to the tomb, where they found Caroline and Tyler, chained up. Damon stood by the threshold, making sure no one else would come whilst Mia rushed to Caroline.

"What are you doing here?" Caroline leaned forward to hug her but she was gently pushed back.

"Wait, let's get you out of here first." Mia snapped the chains from their hold, "Honestly Care, you could've done this yourself." she teased.

"Your boyfriend's outside with a rifle loaded with wooden bullets." Damon stated, glaring at Caroline, "You have some explaining to do."

"Matt knows about you?" Tyler exclaimed.

"No, I..." Caroline stuttered.

"Shh." Damon interjected, "Tomorrow's problem." He grabbed both girls by the wrists and began to walk away.

"Wait!" Mia paused, "We can't leave Tyler."

"It's a full moon." Damon argued, "We don't have time for another issue."

"I'm not leaving without him." Caroline ordered.

Damon looked at the two girls, who both crossed their arms over their chests, refusing to move. He sighed in annoyance and faced Tyler. "It's getting dark soon. How fast can you get the hell away from here?"

"I need to get to my family's cellar." Tyler said, "I can lock myself up."

"I'll help." Caroline volunteered, almost instantly.

Damon crouched in front of the Lockwood boy, "Don't make me regret this." He broke the chains and dragged Tyler from the ground. 

The quartet left the tomb, Mia heart sunk when she saw that it had already become dark, the full moon glowed, lighting up the woods.

"Hey, Matt!" Caroline rushed over to her boyfriend, who was regaining consciousness. "Did you hit him?!" she scolded.

"Did you already forget about the part with the gun and the wooden bullets?" Damon shot back.

Tyler gripped his chest, staggering forward. He looked up at the moon and began to growl, "It's starting."

"Tyler are you okay?" Mia ran a hand down his back.

"Get away from me!" he yelled, "Don't come near me!"

"Tyler we have to get to the cellar." Mia urged, "I know it hurts but please just try to keep going, okay?" She stroked the boy's hair soothingly, waiting for a response.

"Okay." Tyler nodded.

"Grab Boy Wonder and let's go." Damon held Tyler up straight and lead him through the woods as Caroline and Mia held up Matt.

"We don't have much time." Tyler words were strained as he grunted in pain.

"Don't worry, we'll get there." Caroline assured him, Matt became fully conscious, his feet dragged across the floor as the two girls carried him.

"I can walk." He mumbled, stumbling forward and pushing them away.

"If you can walk, walk fast." Damon snarked at the boy, "Tyler better not wolf out on us."

 Mia ran a hand through her hair, looking up once again at the full moon. 

I told Jenna I'd be back quick. 

A/N: HELLO MY DARLINGSSSS. I hope you enjoyed that chapter.

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I made sure this chapter was long because the last one was too short. I still had to cut most of this one down or it would've been way longer.

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Published: 21st March 2022