Summary: Set in S4E7 "My Brother's Keeper." Jeremy tries to kill Elena and she gets hurt. Will someone save her in time? Katherine gets hurt in the parlor too. Will she live?
It was a beautiful day, as Jeremy Gilbert stood in the parlor, a stake in his left hand.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7CCODlzSp
A moment, Elena Gilbert walked into the parlor to see her brother.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULBJRv1NEW
"Where have you been? We've been looking for you," she told him.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7x6MfS3QbB
He started to turn the stake around in his hand.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgW1D4NpPD
"What are you doing with that?" she asked cautiously.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVbIPvHDbg
"Every bone in my body is telling me to drive this stake through your heart," he answered her. "I don't want to."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6U501t5xyj
"Then don't."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtpSQ6cAXH
"You're a vampire."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLdERqQZnN
"Yeah, but I'm also your sister," she told him, as she stood in front of him.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQL5AHDi830
He was silent.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZdW27GdMr
"Jer, you know I wouldn't hurt you," she added.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDe03IMCYc
He showed her his bloody hand and veins started to show under her eyes, as she fought to control her thirst for it.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUFuxIVYEx
She took a few steps back.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27xekuDX0F
"Get that away from me."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hrwrl2eMR
Suddenly, he lunged at her and she through him, making him land on his back on the floor.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3whzBHefhB
"Oh, my God. Jeremy."
She knelt at his side.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfSNFENVmP
"Jer, wake up. Jer. Please wake up, Jer," she called.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziFj7Xdgf3
Suddenly, before she could react, he attacked her and she felt something go into the side of her neck.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeuC8n84ET
Jeremy got to his feet and stood over her.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXs24cBINY
She was on her knees on the floor, as she used one hand to try and locate what was in the side of her neck. Blood ran down the side of her neck, as she tried. Then her vision went blurry, and it was as if she couldn't breathe. She knew what it felt like to get a burn from vervain, but she hadn't been vervained until now.
Katherine Pierce was in the crowd of people that didn't know her, when she smelled a faint scent of fear mixed with blood. So she followed the scent trail.
When she arrived in the parlor, she saw Jeremy with a stake raised to kill his sister. Elena was on her back in very bad condition. She didn't know why Elena was a vampire or why Jeremy was going to kill her, but Elena was her family.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaXiJpjaqD
At vamp speed, she grabbed him and through him, making him hit a wall and land on the floor out cold.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9e67FdzTRY
Katherine knelt down at her descendant's side and pulled the vervained piece of wood out of the side of her neck, ignoring the pain. She set it on the floor and looked down at her.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFptGqp89b
"Elena, can you hear me? It's me," she called to her.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59P9ex12gz
Elena heard a familiar female voice, but she couldn't respond to it. She was too tired. She couldn't think.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UVWi4Rrj4
"Elena, stay with me. Stay awake," Katherine begged.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyIVhHhlmb
She pulled a barely conscious Elena gently into her arms and bit her wrist. She then put it to her lips.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2bR5jiFT7
"Elena, drink," she said.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYjFbQyHx3
As darkness started to fog her mind, Elena felt the familiar liquid and started to drink.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELDXPEyS2Q
The elder vampiress sighed in relief, as she watched Elena drink. It relieved her that the last of her Petrova bloodline family would be okay. Even though she hadn't shown it until now, family meant everything to her.
When Elena felt like herself again, she stopped drinking and opened her eyes, only to see Katherine Pierce.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCttC8teTtc
Elena sat up and Katherine let go of her.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ990esyi6Fx
"Katherine?"702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlawkV8rLIv
"It's me," she said.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDC6uLruT9
"You saved me."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWEuX99Xxu
"A thank you would be nice," Kat commented.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNfZ1oOQHk
"What are you doing back?"702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTw27aPjOm
"Hiding from an old enemy."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUhq8I9Lid
"Klaus?" Elena guessed.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWE5NKSiltV
"No. Someone else. Another Original. Apparently, I'm here saving you, too."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRzTNXoEY6
"Thanks," Elena said.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpff8KKPOz
Kat watched Elena get to her feet and go over to check on her brother, before she got to her own feet. She felt weak now, though, and staggered back against a wall. Her vision was blurry and unfocused. Then everything became distant and gray. She knew she should have fed, but food had been scarce for the past month. Then she felt pain in her head, as her head hit something. Another pain came from something else, but she didn't know what.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcO0cWEX8S2
Elena looked over her shoulder, smelling blood. Then, seeing Katherine on her back on the floor, was instantly at her side.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPYdK6eJpa
Seeing Elena and knowing Elena didn't know what was happening to her, she spoke as darkness started to close in.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ch1VptjXK
"I haven't eaten for a while. I've been too busy hiding."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucLnBu4Ep1
Elena realized that the vampiress was in need of food; vampire food. She also knew that she smelled blood. So, she scanned for the source.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHPrXMwyNP
"Hang in there," Elena encouraged, as the vampiress started to black out.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoFZHsFBN3
Just then she saw a pool of blood start to form around her shoulders. That meant something had wounded her in the back.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7quXR50lIZ
Elena gently pulled her into her arms and pulled a knife out of the middle of her back between her shoulder blades. When she did, Katherine gasped softly and groaned. Elena then tossed the knife to the floor and took Kat's jacket off. She bundled it up and set it on the floor, before gently laying her down away from the blood, jacket under head.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3A9KlixVIG
"Katherine, if you can hear me, you'll be okay."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWb29n9zcs
Elena bit her wrist and put it to an out cold Katherine's lips, making it go down her throat, while listening to her labored breathing. With her free hand, she held Katherine's left hand.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJM19UtxyJK
"Fight it, Katherine. Don't die on me. You saved me. Now it's my turn."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPx71jCFqoR
She looked down at her pale, dying descendant. Veins were showing on her, but they were slowly disappearing from sight. She knew that was a good sign.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBb0plrG2b
After a few more minutes, she took her wrist away, which instantly healed. She then picked her gently up in her arms, grabbed Kat's jacket, got to her feet, and headed out the back to get Katherine to the boarding house.
Katherine groaned, as she opened her eyes. She was in a room in someone's bed. And as her focus settled, she saw Elena seated on her bedside.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrtaEKIBEB
"You worried me," Elena greeted.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOagpEErkX
"I guess we both did. Thanks for saving my life. Sorry I scared you."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihh1ld2pKP
"It's okay. Just don't do that again."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpphhg99IEH
She knew Elena meant for her not to be stupid like that ever again.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwIL93ufZQ
"Is your brother okay?" she asked her.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWcYOkkE1y
"Jeremy's fine. He apologized to me and everything. He wasn't himself. He's a potential."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEWvwQFOip
Kat knew what Elena was saying.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRfcPuvqBG
"We have our work cut out for us then," she said to Elena.
"Yeah; we do."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGVvZintoU
Kat slowly sat up in bed.702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstscVjsCCd
"I'll owe you someday for this."702Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9piniIx8z
They looked at one another in silence.
