"Damon could you slow down?'' Elena asked as she followed Damon into the dark tomb.

"Maybe you should try speeding up." He replied nonchalantly as he continued to walk further into the tomb. "Where is she?" he asked rhetorically, rummaging through the tomb.

"Do you see her?" Elena inquired but Damon ignored her question. Suddenly, Elena heard him whisper 'Martha' in a relieved tone before rushing off using his vampire speed.

"Damon" She yelled after him not liking the prospect of being alone in creepy tomb. She walked onwards to catch up with him picking up her pace to practically a jog. When she found she was surprised to find him cradling a beautiful black skinned women who appeared to be in her early twenty's or late teens in his arms. Now this greatly puzzled Elena, there was no way that was Katherine; Katherine was supposed to look like her. "Damon…" Elena begin not really sure what to say. He ignored her and continued to focus his attention on the girl in his arms, gently slapping her face to wake her up.

Elena knew they didn't have much time and was about to try and say something to him when all of the sudden Stefan appeared by her side. "We have to hurry; we don't have much time until they close the tomb. Elena go back up." She stood still for a second debating whether to listen to him or not before turning around and exiting the tomb. Stefan turned to his brother, "Damon-"he stopped instantly when he noticed the girl in his brother's arms. "Martha?" he said quietly, obviously confused. The dark skinned beauty in question let out a loud groan as she started waking up.

"There you go, come on drink this it'll make you feel better." Damon said gently, still ignoring the people around him. Martha quickly drained the bag although her hunger was not yet satisfied she did feel slightly stronger.

"Damon" she said quietly when she recognized her savior.

"Sssh, save your strength darling everything's gonna be alright." He said picking her up bridal style and beginning to walk out of the tomb. He stopped by his brother who was staring at him in shock. "We can go now?" Damon said with a small smirk on his face, "I have everything I need now."

As soon as Stefan, Damon, and the girl, whose name was Martha, made it out of the tomb the Bennet witches got straight to sealing it. Stefan went to check on Elena while Damon carefully put Martha down on her feet. The girl's eyes snapped to his and without a moment's hesitation their heads inclined towards each other and their lips met. He clutched her to his body, wrapping one arm tightly around her waist to keep her knees from giving in and burying the other in her hair. She molded into his body as they both kissed one another fiercely. Damon kept his arms around her when they finally pulled away for air. He rested his forehead against hers as a small smile played on his lips.

"I missed you so much." Damon said, placing a kiss on her forehead to show his affections. Martha gave a large smile before moving his head and burying it in his chest. "I missed you too." She said against his shirt, hugging him tightly.

Meanwhile, four pairs of eyes watched with mixed feelings as they witnessed the couple interact. Damon soon noticed that all eyes were on him and Martha. He let out a sigh before pulling away and turning to meet the group.

He ignored his brother's confused gaze and firstly turned to the two Bennet witches who had helped him. "Thank you." He said, "I'm very grateful for what you've done, you can go now." The witches both nodded to him before saying their goodbyes to Elena and Stefan and then leaving.

"Now," Damon turned to his brother and Elena, "I think we'll be heading home." He said picking up Martha in his arms. He was about to speed off when Stefan's voice stopped him. "Wait," Damon rolled his eyes, not turning to look at Stefan as he spoke but since he didn't keep moving, Stefan saw it as a sign to continue talking "Aren't you going to explain to me what's going on? I mean...What the hell, Damon? I thought you were searching for Katherine. Was she even in there? And why did you save Martha instead? Why did you kiss her? She was our slave, Damon!"

Damon whipped his head back to stare Stefan in the eye sending him a deadly glare. "Don't you ever call her that again." He commanded in a low voice his shoulders started to shake in anger.

"Damon…" Stefan started realizing he hit a nerve and not wanting to make his brother angrier.

"Damon it's ok." Came a small voice from Damon's arms. Damon's eyes snapped to hers and she brought a gentle hand to cup his face. "Let it go Damon, he didn't mean it like that he's just confused. Now please take me home." His eyes softened and he nodded turning back to look at Stefan. "I'll explain everything later…I promise." And with that he sped off into the night.