Summary: What if Katherine was in Growing Pains when Elena was turning into a vampire? What if Klaus hadn't been there to pull Caroline and Rebekah out in Tyler's body? What if Caroline and Rebekah had had an unexpected helper?
It was a beautiful day, as Elena opened her eyes to see that she was in her room at home. Stefan and Damon were in the room with her, Damon seated on a chair by the door, Stefan seated on a chair in front of her bed.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjizzETmnXi
She sat up.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevtjRbFi3d
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan said.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqMXNLm7hA
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asked.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrl7hTgtnm
"He didn't," Damon told her.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzF7yjW1rye
"Wait. What?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDv8XJPd0fY
Stefan explained to her what Meredith had done.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vVm9VDzSk
"So what? Am I dead?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMW1jsy9O4
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9SCmpx1YK
"No. I can't be."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBDjR96mPu
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡim2s0pBmz7
"No. You feed or you die. There's no third door," Damon said before getting up and leaving the room.
He went downstairs to the kitchen to get a shot glass of liquor from Elena's cupboard.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXdooavfb3
Stefan came down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡte6hGQLQov
He watched his elder brother.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18qU4x9l9o
"You know, you can't do anything about it," Damon told his brother. "If she doesn't feed by this afternoon, she'll die tonight."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvCd607uNk
"Damon, you weren't there when Elena looked me in the eye and told me she didn't want to become a vampire. We still have a day before she has to turn."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUU76S10aO
"Whatever. Always the hero," Damon commented, grabbing his glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaH0Rcurbx
Stefan left the room, as Damon finished his drink.
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Back at Elena's room, Elena was looking in her mirror, as her hearing intensified. It was so intense; she could hear the electricity running through a light bulb and she looking down at it, once she had entered the hallway outside her room.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfvr3nIzfV
Her younger brother, Jeremy, walked over to her from down the other end of the hallway.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw29lmOWPEh
"Jer," she greeted.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9SPt8BUB1
They hugged.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSXkwQHj9A
"Are you okay? I watched Vicki go through this, she was a mess. Her emotions were all over the place. All these old memories came flooding back."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55eJ4x8KGh
Elena glanced over at the light bulb again, but turned back to face Jeremy again.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtRw6FKrDy
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoPDMttWI1
"No, you're not. You're act like everything's okay so no one worries about you but you need help."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZOL19NG5e
Elena kept glancing at the light bulb.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJS4i53cb8
"I said I'm fine, okay?" she said all snappy. "I-I'm sorry. I…Have you talked to Bonnie?" she then said more herself.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhU8EZAFS73
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wZygdAIkN
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUgm482RFd
"And what could be more horrible than you turning into a vampire? I need my sister, not another one of them."
"We're going to find a way out of this. Everything's going to be okay."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIJNsKtzM4
"I hope so."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepommyzPlG
Elena watched her only brother leave. She then turned around at the light bulb in the lamp and strode over to it. Then she pulled off the lampshade and crushed the light bulb in her hand.
Bonnie was in the Lockwood cellar, staring at Klaus' desiccated body which was lying in a coffin.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqxQNqpzkn
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Klaus said.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjgjwHIlb3
Bonnie turned around and saw Klaus in Tyler's body entering the cellar.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnHL8GU6vu
"What is that doing here, Klaus? The deal we made with Tyler was that you'd leave his body and jump into someone else's the first chance you got."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8Y1UIjhFz
"Yes, when I assumed I'd be a pile of ash. But apparently, fate and oxygen intervened and there I am."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLfmZBwyEx
Klaus walked towards the coffin.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAd86AqeKi
"Put me back."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgOtdqJCH9
"I can't right now."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezZM6DPJRx
"Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the Council. They're on a war path and this body's vulnerable."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViTQuLGsg3
"I have to help Elena before she has to feed."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9gwKknQ4k
"Elena's dead and no longer my concern."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldP33j17mq
"You're forgetting who just saved your life."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCM9OvPpiJ
Klaus grabbed Bonnie by the throat.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EnxmNdjBX
"And you're forgetting that I could rip your tongue out. Now put me back."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOOjfRLU6u
"If I can keep Elena human, you'll still have an endless blood supply to make your hybrids. Isn't that what you really want?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8qTNge1P5
Klaus released Bonnie.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JyRw8JTAu
Bonnie started to leave, but Klaus was instantly in front of her and blocked her way out.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LLfUyxlhv
"Same rules apply. No one knows. No one. Do you understand me, Bonnie?"
Meredith was walking down the hallway of the hospital, when Pastor Young and some deputies approached her.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAICAZqt4tg
She stopped.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZDYVNavVs
"Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡke7O1ODRnM
"Honestly, I wish it were."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYettAT9ocr
He turned to the deputies behind them.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TYer1Yc19
"Blood bank's in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzPFPNgKHu
"Who gave you that authority?" Meredith questioned.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9ZETPqK8l
"The Council. They're entrusted me to secure the town and unlike some of our Founding Families, I don't have conflicting interests."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnILGLKl1T
"What is that supposed to mean?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREbkawFltf
"Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTHQfobTIq
Pastor Young left Meredith there.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwILSXxgbHF
Caroline was talking to Matt before there were interrupted by a deputy opening the door. But Caroline was quick and was instantly out of sight before the door even opened.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrujHYmtRO
"Can I help you?" Matt asked the officer.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXXI8IEsMj
"Sorry."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEC8bH7Sd0
He got on his dispatch and said, "All good here."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9agFkdfi0D
He exited the room and closed the door.
An officer handcuffed Carol Lockwood at the Lockwood Mansion. Pastor Young stood nearby.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeA4o7xnPM
"What's going on?" she asked.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnx9E6H10u
The officer started to lead Carol out of her house.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qS9D4z1Bp
"We just need to ask you a few questions about your son."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmblXLHbL5
"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town!"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdIMZObRNn
"Not anymore you're not."
Sheriff Forbes was walking to the police department when Pastor Young stopped her.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbsJWY8HiH
"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFU8VdOb0wL
"What are you talking about?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfXyamGvJ9
The deputies surrounded the two of them.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcUaI0WGG6
"They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQ7RAccjiE
"You have no idea what you're up against."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVt4rINf8LU
"On the contrary Liz, I've already taken your deputies. We've got the entire town's supply of vervain, including the stash we found in the Salvatore house. We're making our move."
Caroline was heading out of the Forbes' residence, when her mother called her.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKlVnyklZP
"Where are you? And please tell me it's somewhere faraway," Liz told her daughter.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQo7vrzCyg
"Where am I? Uh…good question. Uh…there's just a whole lot of boring highways. Why, is everything okay?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzIQ2ZV46W
Suddenly, an officer snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the side of her neck with a syringe.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalEpKR7K3L
"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCfrAF65jn
The phone hit the porch.
Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz80Wx461ad
Elena took a bite of a sandwich.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIUP0FAXjA
"It's disgusting," Stefan commented, watching her.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4R4raAGd1
"No it's, um…"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpnuh1nT53
"It's disgusting," he repeated.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjbm0eiaMg
She spit it out onto a napkin.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZQHgehRDS
"I never thought I would say this, but I can't stop thinking about blood."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2jVNCMVSU
"I should have saved you first. You shouldn't be going through this now."
"No, if you have saved me, then Matt would be dead. What do you think I'd be going through then?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38B4RSkWzc
Stefan poured himself a drink and took a sip.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocsEewmaug
Elena got up and walked over to him.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyk0y3QMYPy
"Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do. You respected my choice."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAC2M7ayyH
"And what am I supposed to do if Bonnie can't figure out a way to help you? Because then you have another choice to make. Either let yourself die or be a vampire."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbdbUdazYA
"Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSqtR4276m
Suddenly, Elena started laughing.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwWNpeMDBm
"Oh my God, did-did I just say "cross that bridge"?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgaSdP2GFK
Elena started laughing maniacally.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQeyUrZs9f
"You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSN1BryffHc
"I can't stop though," she said, continuing to laugh.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rIs7EDJcb
"Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUuGwMBDFw
She continued laughing but then started to cry.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gYQCBkbZI
He hugged her.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyv6KXzGNkq
"Hey, shh, shh. It's okay. It's okay."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeExPJnSZ10
"I'm sorry. I…"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlruNzlVZ1g
He pulled away and caressed her face.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNU1iEDQNis
"Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6W4Gw3VqM
Elena looked out the window and squinted her eyes due to the brightness of the sunlight.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7KK9nDw3J
"Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark? I'll clean up."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1cZ2TUnaz
Elena started to walk away and shielded her eyes from the sun.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhipjmkdUHP
She walked up the stairs into her room where she started to remember something that a while back, Damon had compelled her to forget.
*Flashback*
"Cute PJ's," Damon commented, sitting on her windowsill.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTQI1hueYC
"I'm tired, Damon."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJYn8oD2pQ
Damon got up and walked over to Elena, holding up her vervain necklace.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsz1eSQjVBr
"I brought you this."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nz44i8Caf
"I thought it was gone. Thank you."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjK4dFZBF31
Elena tried to take it from Damon, but he pulled it back.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Xs9h74HNm
"Please give it back."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQWtHMuIIc
"I just have to say something."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VsL2o1dpy
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4JbKEgeAx
"Because what I'm about to say is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhreuMsrMvL
"Damon, don't go there."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9sBMuUpE9
"No, I just have to say it once. You just need to hear it. I love you, Elena. And it's because I love you, that I can't be selfish with you. Why you can't know this? I don't deserve you, but my brother does."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sjEGY1vN9
Damon kissed Elena on the forehead.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfbhpI6S4x
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaKW9OseBF
Damon compelled Elena to forget.
*End of flashback*
Elena touched her neck and looked down.
Rebekah looked at pictures Klaus had drawn at the Original house. She picked one up and began to choke up, almost crying. She threw the pictures down and knocked the rest of them off the table in a fit of rage.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOk56eecgzw
Damon entered the room behind her.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSwKQZ3NFh
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mH6HjfRIs
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuYwrtRr6J
Rebekah turned around to face him.
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvVyDNVy9B
Rebekah turned back around.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLstwkALvY4
Damon rushed at her with the indestructible white oak stake. She grabbed his wrist and prevented him from killing her. She pushed him against a dresser and he dropped the stake.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQyQuEsQoA
Suddenly, someone started firing wooden bullets through the window. Damon managed to escape, but Rebekah was shot in the heart with an arrow and fell to the ground.
Elena picked up a photo of her with her parents and looked at it a bit.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzlmhCjE55
Suddenly, she heard a commotion downstairs and walked down the stairs.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1chwgTC9M
"Stefan?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzDFj10XXk
"Elena, don't move."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNs4LV94KsD
Elena stopped on the stair case. Stefan was surrounded by officers and the Pastor. The officers all had their guns pointed towards him. Elena looked at the Pastor and back at Stefan.
Later, Rebekah started to wake up.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeqvpFMQXF
When she came to, she saw that her and Caroline were in a van being transported somewhere. Caroline was sitting beside her and watching her. Rebekah struggled to get out of the ropes that held her.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATg9C5uAqs
"Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the Council," she told the Original sister.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlvOCr1pCV
"The Council? What exactly do they think they can do to me?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvR85zoQfyl
Suddenly, the wheels of the van started to screech. The van flipped over. Caroline and Rebekah went flying. The van landed on its side.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSe6WmK8g9
"What the hell happened?" Rebekah questioned.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJcOAyANh3
Just then, someone opened the door. Someone unexpected.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKjKlmBcNa
"Katherine?" Caroline said in shock.
She knelt down at her side and ripped the ropes off her, ignoring the pain from touching them. She then did the same for Rebekah.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFtzCQAeTW
"No time. Come on. Let's go," Katherine said, helping them both to their feet one by one.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdwYkdX12b
Then the three girls left the scene.
Damon was picking things up that had been knocked down during the commotion, when Liz walked into the Gilbert House and Meredith came into the living room where they were at from the kitchen.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cUfj7wPNt
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," Damon said.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMppIhLqx89
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answered him.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGkmENpqYt
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKL5IbE1Cb
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away; did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith said.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvqxKaW3Ju
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answered her.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL17tPM2SWd
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," Damon implied.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdeYm4qRHW
Someone knocked on the front door and then Matt entered the house.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIEZQ3Jucg
"Hey, is Elena here?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJC41bwsNB6
Damon turned around and rushed towards Matt. He grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the wall, choking him.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctGAac6Cun
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuKyvRjsMU
Meredith tried to pull Damon off of him.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MQAIElz90
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith said.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiI6OVMgPIT
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz said.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47m7M5sXjU
Matt tried to pry Damon's arm off his throat.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqeXmYgneG
Damon finally released him.
Just then, someone unexpected arrived along with Rebekah and Caroline.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUFwgZeLi1
"Katherine," Damon said, looking at her.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0mHhHcCs0
"Damon," she said back. "I heard what Alaric cooked up. I'm here to help. In fact, I saved Caroline and Rebekah. So here we are."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEPBd7AUlF
Liz and Caroline hugged.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYc0Nar0PJ
Rebekah stood against a faraway wall.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlASLaI9L6
"Why would you go to such a length to help?" Damon inquired of his sire.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38jPLIldO3
"Because it means my family is in danger. I also heard from somewhere what's happening with Elena. I want to help her. But that first thing is finding where they took them."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCH3znu7FO
"Yes. And how are do you suppose we do that? We don't know where the hell to look."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGnGP0Z614
"I don't know. There might be a place somewhere where they could've taken them. It's out in the country where nobody would look."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqpfhBHY8Y
She gave him a smile.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgr2vfl3nKA
"Let's check it out."
Elena woke up in a barn on the floor. She looked around her. Vampires were coughing due to the vervain being ventilated through their cages. Elena sat up while holding her head.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhouD41UX9
"Where am I?" she questioned.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pWplEuPqe
"They thought you were a vampire, so they brought you in here. Elena, are you okay?" Stefan answered from the cage adjacent to Elena's cage.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLC9YVD5ft
"Stefan."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwbSZqIxa3
Elena tried to pull herself up but was too weak to do so.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VfwWBZ03V
"I didn't feed."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuBX7uRmFK
Stefan looked worried.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2Rk4bWwx3
Elena began to get paler.
It was a dark night as Katherine, Damon, Caroline, Rebekah, Matt, Liz, and Meredith headed for the old ranch where the Pastor lived at.
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Back in the barn, things were turning to worst for Elena and Stefan felt helpless to help her at all this time.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixBNWSz8j3
"Elena? You still with me?" he called to her from where he sat against the wall that divided him from Elena.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QbURq4yQ5
Elena sat on the other side of the wall. She was even paler and was breathing heavily.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqOqZkeW9U
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eev2rTFW5
"No, you're not. I can hear you breathing. Damon was right. You should have fed earlier. I'm so sorry."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1woQz3HdTb
"Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPHQUd59HT
"I love you so much."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaYM5dj5DU
Stefan started to cry silent tears.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrHOXz3OIS
"I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made," Elena said.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jUzcaoRcw
She placed her hand against the wall dividing them.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDzrBuGarX
"God. It sucks that I can't see you right now."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vLrKJsVx0
"I'm smiling."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDUXCWBGUr
"Me too."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9Nye5hDU4
Elena took her hand from the wall and closed her eyes.
While the others did the distraction to lure some of them out of the house, Katherine went to the rescue, following their scent, which soon led her to the barn where all the vampires and Elena were being held.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteiy8E1TBG
She walked in and scanned the place.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAdLHUgcTo
Normally, she would've gotten Stefan out first, but seeing Elena, she knew she was the worst off.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNfAFuSfHY
She rushed over to her cage and immediately broke the lock and opened the door. Then she knelt by her.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcVszQXPCT
"Elena?" she called softly.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMelkSuJZ0F
She didn't answer.
Kat gently picked her up in her arms. She knew she was still alive, but was running out of precious time.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnA2EXdZ0U
She looked back at Stefan, once outside of Elena's cage.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqP4sYiHbAV
"I'll be back for you."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDtSyLHbth
Stefan watched, as Kat disappeared at vamp speed with Elena in her arms, so she could save Elena for once. At least, he hoped that's what she was going to do. He didn't want to lose Elena. He loved her too much.
Once outside in the front yard, she gently layed Elena down on the ground.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIXB8WpSlF
Kat looked up.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHw1i5B2GgU
"Matt!" she called to him.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ud4j6wlXK
He went over to them.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3TqZvvCNq
"You need to let her feed on you."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBcv8WmjfL
A few minutes later, Elena woke up as a vampire.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVbUeQzfst
Kat helped her sit up.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvJrsfELQi
"How do you feel?" she questioned her descendant, as everyone went over to them.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiVgCT51rd
"Better. Thanks," Elena said, even though she wasn't sure what she felt about being a vampire now.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJuaDnc5P6
"Good. I'll be back."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyX5Aej2UVe
And with that, she vanished into the barn to go rescue Stefan and the other vampires that had been captured.
An hour later, the Pastor and the Council were in the Pastor's house. Pastor Young released the gas hose from the back of his stove.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQs7UXfNWc
"Folks, by now, you know that the vampires have escaped. And it won't be long before they retaliate against us. But fear not. For I have been chosen to lead us in a movement," he told them, as he locked the door.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtsqS0pLgb
"What are you talking about?" one of the Council Members asked.
"Hear me, loved ones. Soon you'll be free to pass through the gates."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCrM1iaguA
He pulled a lighter out of his pocket.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMX1CRnbY1
"And we'll all reunite in eternity."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHncWIBLYy7
"Seriously, Pastor, what's going on here?" the council member tried again.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVBskB3FaZ
"Friends. We are the beginning," Pastor Young finished.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzm2MJmj0R
The Pastor lit the light and the Council members screamed with fear as the kitchen was set ablaze.
Damon and Elena sat on the porch at the Salvatore boarding house.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4b2FDO6vbf
They were silent, as they looked out into the darkness.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplvyPUqN3n
Finally, Elena spoke.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKi0uonLHgW
"Damon."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpF7eooArK
She looked at him.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxg9bF71jz
He looked at her as he said, "Yeah?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzjoHsSpcU
"I remember. Everything. Why didn't you tell me that it was you I meant first?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsALdXDChIw
"Well, it wouldn't had mattered anyway."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJ13MriMGr
"It would've been nice to know, though."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBK6JQC6fF
"I guess you remember that I love you then, huh?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUJ0AcyjUs
"Yes."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuqkvQUaFi
"Now that you remember everything, do you finally know what you feel for me?"827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPa8yPoaVV
He wished she would say that she loved him.
"I care about you, Damon. That's all I feel."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMxe7sOeGM
"Then you're lying to yourself and to everybody else. You can't see it yet, but I know you love me, too."827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhkDIGbcOC
He got up and headed inside.827Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJizzd63mVY
Stefan and Kat watched them from one of the windows in one of the upstairs rooms.
