Elena has been deceptively quiet throughout the entire car trip.
In fact, she has barely moved from her perch in the backseat, arms crossed in front of her chest and practically sulking. This isn’t the first time Damon has kidnapped her “for her own good” but it is the first time Stefan is complicit in it as well. She understands that they both love her and want to protect her, but that doesn’t mean they can play “Let’s Kidnap Elena” because she wants to stay and fight for herself. It makes her feel like a trophy more than a person and Stefan usually knows better.
Usually.
“Are you just going to sulk the entire way there?”
Damon’s eyes flash to hers in the rearview mirror and she hold his gaze determinedly for a moment, before glancing back out towards the window and seeing the sprawling desert landscape ahead of them. There’s no signs of civilization for miles, and she would almost rather be walking on the highway and dying of heatstroke than being stuck in the car with the two of them.
Stefan sighs and turns to face her from where he’s sitting in the passenger’s seat and gives her the sympathetic look that she’s sure is supposed to make her feel better, but she’s found it’s mostly missing the mark.
“You realize we’re doing this to protect you, right?”
“Funny,” she says, the first words she’s elected to say the entire trip. “I don’t really feel very protected.”
Stefan’s face falls some before he turns his attention back to the road, and they keep heading deeper and deeper into the desert. Eventually, Elena can’t keep up the silence any longer as her curiosity gets the better of her and she has to ask.
“Where are we going, exactly?”
“Oh. Now she wants to know.” Damon’s eyes are judging her through the rearview mirror again, and she rolls her eyes before waiting for him to answer the question. It takes a moment, because he’s being petulant, before he finally gets out the words: “We’re taking you to see one of our witch friends.”
“Why?”
“Because she might have a way of taking care of our current vampire problem,” Stefan replies, glancing back to her again. “She wanted us to come see her in person, just to be on the safe side.”
“And since you know more about the situation than anyone, we thought you might want to come with us, instead of trying to do this over the phone.”
Elena’s eyes widened and her hands flop out to her sides. “And you couldn’t just ask me if I wanted to come? You had to kidnap me instead?”
“Yes,” Damon replies before Stefan can get a word in. “Because while we’re gone, Bonnie is going to try Plan A.”
“Plan A being the plan that might get her killed?”
“Yes, and since we knew that you wouldn’t let her do it, we decided to take matters into our own hands.” He glances back up at her through the window again and meets her glare unflinchingly. “You’re welcome.”
“Stop the car, Damon.”
“Oh, come on, Elena. We’re almost there.”
“No, because I’m not going to just turn and run while my friends are fighting and dying.”
“That’s not what we’re doing. We’re making sure there’s a back up plan.”
“If that’s what we were doing, they wouldn’t be fighting while we were gone. We would be doing this together. And you would have asked me to come with you, rather than forcing me to.”
She stares at both of them for a long moment, before Stefan sighs heavily and turns back to Damon. “She’s right, man?”
“No. No, you are not allowed to back down on me now.” Damon turns and fixes his brother with a glare. “We agreed that we were in this together to protect Elena.”
Elena crosses her arms in front of her chest, pleased with the change in events and listens to the brothers argue for a moment, when she sees wisps of smoke start to curl up from under the hood of the car.
“Damon, stop the car.”
“No, Elena, we’re getting the rest of the way to this witch and that’s final.”
“No, your car is smoking!”
Damon turns at the accusation, before jerking the wheel to the side with a loud “Damnit!” and pulling over to the side of the road. When he finally makes it to a stop, the three of them sit in silence for a moment, while they all take an opportunity to calm down.
“So,” Elena begins, glancing between the two of them. “What do we do now?”
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In fact, she has barely moved from her perch in the backseat, arms crossed in front of her chest and practically sulking. This isn’t the first time Damon has kidnapped her “for her own good” but it is the first time Stefan is complicit in it as well. She understands that they both love her and want to protect her, but that doesn’t mean they can play “Let’s Kidnap Elena” because she wants to stay and fight for herself. It makes her feel like a trophy more than a person and Stefan usually knows better.
Usually.
“Are you just going to sulk the entire way there?”
Damon’s eyes flash to hers in the rearview mirror and she hold his gaze determinedly for a moment, before glancing back out towards the window and seeing the sprawling desert landscape ahead of them. There’s no signs of civilization for miles, and she would almost rather be walking on the highway and dying of heatstroke than being stuck in the car with the two of them.
Stefan sighs and turns to face her from where he’s sitting in the passenger’s seat and gives her the sympathetic look that she’s sure is supposed to make her feel better, but she’s found it’s mostly missing the mark.
“You realize we’re doing this to protect you, right?”
“Funny,” she says, the first words she’s elected to say the entire trip. “I don’t really feel very protected.”
Stefan’s face falls some before he turns his attention back to the road, and they keep heading deeper and deeper into the desert. Eventually, Elena can’t keep up the silence any longer as her curiosity gets the better of her and she has to ask.
“Where are we going, exactly?”
“Oh. Now she wants to know.” Damon’s eyes are judging her through the rearview mirror again, and she rolls her eyes before waiting for him to answer the question. It takes a moment, because he’s being petulant, before he finally gets out the words: “We’re taking you to see one of our witch friends.”
“Why?”
“Because she might have a way of taking care of our current vampire problem,” Stefan replies, glancing back to her again. “She wanted us to come see her in person, just to be on the safe side.”
“And since you know more about the situation than anyone, we thought you might want to come with us, instead of trying to do this over the phone.”
Elena’s eyes widened and her hands flop out to her sides. “And you couldn’t just ask me if I wanted to come? You had to kidnap me instead?”
“Yes,” Damon replies before Stefan can get a word in. “Because while we’re gone, Bonnie is going to try Plan A.”
“Plan A being the plan that might get her killed?”
“Yes, and since we knew that you wouldn’t let her do it, we decided to take matters into our own hands.” He glances back up at her through the window again and meets her glare unflinchingly. “You’re welcome.”
“Stop the car, Damon.”
“Oh, come on, Elena. We’re almost there.”
“No, because I’m not going to just turn and run while my friends are fighting and dying.”
“That’s not what we’re doing. We’re making sure there’s a back up plan.”
“If that’s what we were doing, they wouldn’t be fighting while we were gone. We would be doing this together. And you would have asked me to come with you, rather than forcing me to.”
She stares at both of them for a long moment, before Stefan sighs heavily and turns back to Damon. “She’s right, man?”
“No. No, you are not allowed to back down on me now.” Damon turns and fixes his brother with a glare. “We agreed that we were in this together to protect Elena.”
Elena crosses her arms in front of her chest, pleased with the change in events and listens to the brothers argue for a moment, when she sees wisps of smoke start to curl up from under the hood of the car.
“Damon, stop the car.”
“No, Elena, we’re getting the rest of the way to this witch and that’s final.”
“No, your car is smoking!”
Damon turns at the accusation, before jerking the wheel to the side with a loud “Damnit!” and pulling over to the side of the road. When he finally makes it to a stop, the three of them sit in silence for a moment, while they all take an opportunity to calm down.
“So,” Elena begins, glancing between the two of them. “What do we do now?”