"You'll be left alone with the devil herself so keep it up, Stefan. I can step out of helping as easily as I stepped in", The eldest said and Sara could tell he was growing frustrated.
                          
Stefan shook his head for a while until saying, "No, you see that's the beauty of it. You can't."
                          
Saraphina looked between her siblings as they stared at one another for a moment. She then let out a quiet huff. Some things never change.
                          
+
                          
Moments later, the tension was so thick that Saraphina could tear through it with her teeth. Stefan made countless attempts to distract himself from Damon by trying to talk to her but she wasn't having any of it. In no way did she see this as a bonding experience. Just a way to help the love of her life which so happened to be helping her brother's as well.
                          
"We're getting close, Jeremy said there's an access road just past mile marker 6", Stefan mentioned to no one in particular.
                          
Damon took a blood bag from the back seat and began to sip through the straw. He hands one to Saraphina who immediately drains it. They both casually look over at Stefan who stared them down curiously.
                          
"God, you two are like carbon copies of each other", He scoffed rolling his eyes.
                          
"If you want some, just ask", Damon said.
                          
Stefan looked away but then back at them and replied, "I want some."
                          
Both Saraphina and Damon laughed as the older of the two teased, "Ah, that's so sweet. You're gonna be all big and strong and save your girl but don't worry, I've got your back. It'll be fine."
                          
"I'm not joking", Stefan smiled lightly. "I've been drinking a little every day. I'm slowly increasing my intake and building up my strength."
                          
Damon looked at him in surprise before handing over his blood bag, allowing Stefan to drink. "Does Elena know you're drinking blood?"  He asked.
                          
"She can't because that would be bad. Right?" Saraphina asked, the Elena drama being her only source of entertainment at the moment.
                          
"I've been drinking hers", Stefan revealed after a long and hesitant moment. 
                          
"Hmm, how romantic", Damon replied sarcastically, drinking some more. 
                          
There was a small pause until he spoke again, "Since we're road trip bonding, remember the days when all you lived for was blood? I bet Saraphina wouldn't mind kicking back and listening to a story from the golden days eh? He was the guy who'd ripped someone apart just for the fun of it, though I think you're already pretty familiar with that."
                          
"The Apple doesn't fall very far from the tree now does it?" Saraphina asked rhetorically, referring to her and Stefan's bloodlust which only followed after their older brother's.
                          
Saraphina smirked as Stefan asked Damon, "You mean when I was more like you?"
                          
"Yes Stefan, exactly", He said. "Back when you put blood into me so I could be a big bad vampire. I wonder if Elena would be so quick to open her veins to that guy. By the way, what happened to that guy? He was a hoot."
                          
"I guess he found something else to live for."
                          
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"It should be just up ahead", Saraphina said as she spotted trees in the distance. 
                          
"What are you going to say to the person you're so sure wants Katherine?" Damon asked.
                          
Saraphina huffed as she slightly stumbled over a rock. "I'll let my actions do the speaking."
                          
"Yeah?" Stefan asked from behind, slamming the car door shut. "What if whoever you're going up against isn't exactly your match?"
                          
Saraphina immediately thought of Klaus but she played it cool. "Then I'll just have to wing it, which by the way I am very good at."
                          
"That's not a good idea", Stefan sighed causing Saraphina to roll her eyes at his goody-two-shoes persona which still lied intact. "We should play this safe."
                          
"If you haven't noticed, that word isn't exactly in my vocabulary", Sara said over her shoulder.
                          
"Clearly. Hey, remember that one time when we were kids and you trampled mother's flowers?" Damon asked with a sarcastic smile which Saraphina was ready to rip off. "That was you, asshole", she said remembering that day like it was just yesterday.
                          
Damon hummed, "It was, wasn't it?"
                          
Saraphina scoffed and shook her head, "But I got the beating for it."
                          
Damon rolled his eyes. "Oh relax. It would've been way worse had it been me. We all know Father hated my guts."
                          
"You're a sarcastic, narcissistic, selfish prick. So I wonder why he hated you", Saraphina replied as she felt his eyes burning holes into the back of her head.
                          
"Damon leave it alo–Damon!" She heard Stefan shout as he grabbed Saraphina from behind only to be punched deeply in the stomach. He groaned at the amount of strength the girl still had. She hurled him across the yard and let out a huff before walking up to him. 
                          
"We were bonding", Stefan stated but Saraphina gave him a sharp look. 
                          
"Bonding? I told you. I told you both", she said looking from Stefan to Damon. "I am not here to dig up old memories or play house. I'm here for Katherine and Katherine only."
                          
"Sara-", Stefan began but the younger vampire sprinted up to him and quickly snapped his neck, his body dropping down next to a groggy Damon.
                          
He prepared to stand but saw Stefan's body and rolled his eyes. "You always did have a really bad temper," he said.
                          
"Still do", Saraphina replied and snapped Damon's neck as well.
                          
She smiled in satisfaction at the two sleeping bodies. She could have just killed them right then and there but her main focus was Katherine. Besides, she wants them awake for the torture. 
                          
"Now, if you'll excuse me", She huffed out. "I have some choice words for my girlfriend's attempted kidnapper."