fixation?kol mikaelson

003. hostages at the grill

"He shot me like nine times. If we're killing him, I want in," Tyler insists.

"He's got Jeremy. I'm going," I say. Elena nods. "Me too."

"Listen, nobody is going anywhere until I figure out what we're walking into."

Damon scoffs. "Until you figure it out? Is that where you've been all morning? Out buying bossy pants?"

"This guy is known for setting traps, right? We'd be pretty dumb to walk into one, especially if he has werewolf venom."

"Does he?" Elena asks.

"He's had it before."

Elena appears to be rethinking the plan. Damon is clearly angry and so am I. We can't just sit here and wait while Jeremy could be killed at any moment.

"Fine. Fine, if you want to take some time to do recon, you get one hour. But we're gonna need some extra help. So, where the hell's the Wicked Witch of the West?"

I almost laugh at Damon's nickname for Bonnie, but that uneasy feeling holds me back. I'm miserable thinking about Jermey in pain.

"She can't do magic."

"Really? Well, call her, tell her Jeremy's life is in danger; maybe that will bring her out of retirement."

Damon walks out of the room, hitting Stefan with his shoulder on the way out. I decide to follow him. "Damon."

He turns around. "Liv."

"How can we just sit here and wait, Damon? This is Jeremy."

"I know how you and Elena feel, but we've got to make sure we aren't walking into a bomb."

Later on, Stefan is on the phone and Damon, Elena, and I are waiting. "Who was he talking to?" Elena asks.

"Bonnie, hopefully. Maybe she decided to make herself useful again."

Damon takes out a large map and spreads it on a table. Elena walks over to him and I follow. "What is this?" I ask.

"It's our way in. Courtesy of Alaric Saltzman's interest in the Mystic Falls Underground Railroad."

"The tunnels, like the ones in the Lockwood cellar," Elena realizes.

Damon takes a picture of the map with his phone and nods. "Yep."

Elena's phone starts ringing and she puts it on speakerphone. It's Stefan. "What did you find out?"

"I can only make out the voices."

"How many hostages?"

"Three. But Elena, it's Matt and April Young."

"What?!"

April is a family friend of ours. Elena used to babysit her. I feel sick to my stomach. And Matt, he's a friend. He's innocent just like Jeremy and April.

"Those two idiots, they're like danger magnets," Damon facepalms.

"We have to get them out of there," Elena insists.

"I just need a little more time."

"We don't have much time, Stefan," I say.

Damon nods. "Tick tick."

"You know, I could do without the colored commentary," Stefan says before he  hangs up.

"I'm going in these tunnels," Elena says.

Elena starts to walk off, but Damon grabs her by the wrist. "No, you're not. This guy doesn't know that you're a vampire, let's keep it that way."