Stefan is a Hostage

(Salvatore house) Elena's POV

Stefan and Damon just told me all the tomb vampires got out. And some of them attacked them last night. I am so glad Mora isn't here, she'd go into labor if she knew any of this. I don't want to put her or my nephew's health at risk with early labor. Though she is nearly 38 weeks.

"I say we go to Pearl's, bust down the door, and annihilate the idiot that attacked us last night" Damon states.

"Yeah. And then what? We turn to the rest of that house of vampires and say, "Oops. Sorry?"" Stefan asks him.

"I can't believe you made a deal with her" I scold Damon.

"It was more like a helpful exchange of information. And it's not like I had a choice. She's...scary. Besides, she's gonna help me get Katherine back" he says with a happy smirk.

"Of course she is. Damon gets what he wants, as usual. No matter who he hurts in the process" I mutter.

"You don't have to be snarky about it" he tells me.

"I woke up this morning to learn that all the vampires have been released from the tomb. I've earned snarky" I snap.

"How long are you going to blame me for turning your birth mother into a vampire?" he asks me. "Your sister doesn't seem to care" he adds.

"Mira doesn't want anything to do with our birth mother and is focused on her baby. Which is due in two weeks" I state. "And I'm not blaming you, Damon. I've accepted the fact that you're a self-serving psychopath with no redeeming qualities" I add.

"Ouch" he says.

"This isn't being very productive. We're gonna figure out a way to deal with Pearl and the vampires. Yeah?" Stefan asks. Damon leaves the room and Stefan hugs me.

"I'm sorry. He just makes me so cranky" I tell him.

"I know. He makes everybody cranky" he assures me.

"So, what are we going to do?" I ask him. "Aside from not telling Mira" I state.

"Damon and I are gonna handle everything, I promise" he assures me.

"Well, what about me? I can't just sit here and do nothing" I tell him.

"That's exactly what you're gonna do, because that's what going to keep you safe. Just as it keeps Mira and her baby safe" he tells me.

"Which means nothing if you're not safe, too" I state.

"What do you mean? I'm perfectly safe. I have Damon, the self-serving psychopath on my side" he reminds me.

"Well, that's comforting" I mutter. He kisses me. I then leave.

Mira's POV

I'm with Matt and Caroline at the grill. As they tell me what happened last night on the double date. Matt then filled us in on what happened when he got home with his mother. Who apparently made out with Damon. "I yelled at my mom last night. You know, I feel like the parent yelling at the screwed up kid" he complains.

"Maybe she needed to hear it" Care tells him.

"I promise, you won't have to yell at our son ever" I assure him.

"Yeah, but just...I worry that if I push too hard, then she will take off again. Cause that's her M.O. Just like Vicki, who I haven't heard from since she left" he states.

"Well, you can't control your mom, Matt, any more than you can control your sister" Care tells him.

"She's right" I agree.

"I wish that she would just try a little. You know? If she would just try to try, that'd be okay" he tells us.

"Maybe she'll surprise you. People have a tendency to do that. I should go before the roads get even worse from the storm" Care tells us.

"Yeah. Are you sure you should be driving right now?" he asks her.

"I have to. It's my dad's boyfriend's daughter's birthday. We have a non-traditional traditional ritual" she tells him.

"Well, buckle up. Don't speed. Stay off your cell phone. And call me when you get there" he tells her.

"He means call us" I add.

"Got it. Anything else?" Care asks us.

"Yes" Matt says. And kisses her goodbye. We all said goodbye and she left. "So how are you?" he asks me.

"I am good and so is our son, though I feel like he'll be early" I tell him.

"As long as you both are healthy, that's all I care about" he tells me. "Need a lift home?" he asks.

"No, actually can you drop me off at the school?" I ask him. "I wanted to talk to Mr Saltzman about my history report and Jeremy" I tell him.

"You worry to much" he tells me.

"I know, but I just want to make sure Jeremy's grades are improving" I tell him. "Think of it as me practicing for when our son goes to school" I state.

"You'll be an amazing mother" he tells me. We left and he takes me to the school. Then left as he had to get back to work. I promised to get a ride home.

"Mira, glad you made it" Mr Saltzman says as I enter his classroom.

"Thanks for agreeing to this meeting" I state as I sit down. "So about my report, I'd like to change it" I tell him.

"You're report on the Battle of Willow creak?" he asks.

"Yes, I believe I can do better. I know I still have a few days until the dead line. So I was wondering if I could redo it, before you mark it?" I ask him.

"Sure" he says handing me a usb. "Anything else?" he asks.

"It's about my little brother Jeremy, I was wondering how he is going in your class?" I ask him.

"He is going well, he did very well on his essay" he tells me.

"I heard" I say with a smile. "Mr Saltzman, do you believe in vampires?" I ask him. "I do and I believe my family is in danger" I tell him.

"It's why I'm here" he admits. "To kill the vampire who killed my wife" he states. "Though turns out she begged him to turn her and he did" he says running a hand through his hair.

"What was she like? The Isobel you knew?" I ask.

"I thought you didn't care" he says. "I mean that's what Jenna said" he states.

"I don't, but I don't want to turn out like her and abandon my son. I want to know her personality, so that I can make sure I never turn out like her" I tell him. "I know you loved her, but I do not want to become that sort of person" I state.

"She was smart, really into folklore. I used to think it wasn't real, until the night I thought I saw her die at the hands of Damon. She was a teacher, like me. She told me she never wanted children. I accepted that and we married. But still she choose being a vampire over being with me. And before that she cheated on me with Damon" he explains. "From what I've seen, neither you or Elena are anything like that. You both don't want to be vampires and would never cheat on anyone. And you both love your family with all your heart, and would never abandon it" he states.

"Thanks Mr Saltzman, I needed to hear that" I tell him with a smile.

"Call me Ric" he tells me. We hear a door open and shut. He signals me to be quiet and goes to investigate. He soon returns with Damon and Elena.

"Elena, what are you doing here?" I ask confused.

"I'm surprised to see you Mira" she states. "And Stefan was kidnapped by the tomb vampires" she adds.

"What do you mean? They're trapped in the tomb, how could they have kidnapped Stefan?" I demand.

"I only found out this morning, they all got out. And they are staying at a house, where Damon can't get in" she explains. "We need your help" she tells Ric. "I would go, but..." she is interrupted by Damon.

"But your life is valuable. Yours, on the other hand isn't" Damon says looking at Ric.

"Stefan told me about your ring" Elena adds.

"What about it?" he asks her.

"Let me recap...You tried to kill me. I defended myself. You died. Then according to my brother, your ring brought you back to life. Am I leaving anything out?" Damon asks him.

"Yeah. The part where I try and kill you again. Only this time, I don't miss" Ric says getting to his feet.

"Mr. Saltzman. Please. It's Stefan" Elena pleads.

"I'm sorry, Elena. But it's not my problem" Ric tells her.

"That's a shame. Because the woman in charge of the crowd can help you find your wife" Damon tells him.

"You're lying" Ric says.

"Am I?" Damon asks. "Why don't you ask her for yourself?" he challenges and Ric says nothing. "Coward. Come on, Elena" he says and goes to leave.

"All right! Wait. I'll go" Ric relents.

"Great, well you guys have to drop me off home first" I tell them. They agree. I watched them get ready, I wasn't thrilled that Elena was going. I made her promise me not to do anything reckless and stay in the car. She agreed. They dropped me off home and left.

My phone rings and I see it's Matt. "Hi, just heard from Caroline. Storm washed out Route 5. Now she is detoured on some random backwoods path. The call just cut out, she must have lost service" he tells me.

"Great and the storm has gotten worse, I hope she's ok" I state.

"I told her to turn around and go back the way she came" he adds.

"I'm sure she'll be ok and we'll hear from her again soon" I assure him. "How's work?" I ask him.

"Dull" he states. "Speaking of, I should get back to it" he tells me.

"You do that and call me when you get home safe" I tell him. He agrees and we said our goodbyes. We hang up and I make myself some dinner.

(Time skip)

I get a call from Matt and he sounded very upset. So I had Jenna drop me off at his house. As soon as I entered the house, he hugged me tightly crying. "She's dead" he cries.

"Who?" I ask as I hug him back.

"Vicki, they found her body. well Care did and called it in" he explains through small sobs.

"Oh Matt, I'm so sorry" I tell him. As I hug him tighter. Care joins us saying she made coffee.

"Thanks" Matt says as we pulled away from each other. I go hug Caroline. We soon pull away as Elena arrives. Elena hugs Matt and he starts to cry again. Elena and I stay a couple of hours. Before she went home with Caroline.

Matt asked me to stay, wanting to make sure Grayson and I are ok. He wanted to be around family. That meant his mum, Grayson and myself. Care wanted to stay, but her mother wanted to tale her to the hospital for a check up. Make sure she's ok and isn't in to much shock after finding Vicki's body. I slept beside Matt as he rested one of his hands on my stomach as if to protect Grayson. I feel so bad for Matt. I hope he'll cheer up when little Grayson is born.

A/N

Little Grayson is born in the next chapter.