Summary: Set in S4E11 after "Into The Wild." What if Jeremy hadn't been killed? What if Katherine hadn't been in the best shape? What if Jeremy had been too late to tell her that that guy was one of The Five? Different things happen.
It was a beautiful day, as Damon stood in the cave tied with vervain ropes. There was one around his neck and another around his wrists, binding them together. One of The Five had a hold of the other end of the rope, standing a distance away, facing him.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXmJTTJiEX
"You clearly don't know my friends," Damon said, hearing some rock as someone got ready to enter. Then when he saw Rebekah, he added, "Or my enemies."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0w550Hi7yH
Damon pulled on the rope until he had all of the rope, and with a little more effort, he managed to get free from the vervained ropes. But the freedom didn't last long, because when Rebekah was down with arrows in her back, he was tied against a wooden post with something that was vervained.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbP1XpbFayS
Suddenly, Stefan walked in. Then he and the guy fought. Once the guy was beaten up a little Stefan started to untie the thing from around his neck.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3n5OAwD8o
A moment later, Elena was at Stefan's side.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyJd6iEy4b
"Go catch up with Jeremy and Bonnie. I'll help Damon."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4dNFBaFH4
"Are you sure?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBStdPbbiE
"Go, Elena," Damon said. "Help Jeremy and Bonnie. We'll be fine."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4gSVxHlxG
He watched Elena jump into the deeper caves.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsflH0sQZyb
Stefan finished.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Aie9CJkf7
"Go help Elena. I'll be fine," Damon said to his brother.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0N7lE3TauG
Stefan jumped into the deeper caves a few minutes later, knowing Elena would probably need help.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWsoSjYGeU
Damon crawled over to the Original and started pulling arrows out of her back, which smelled of vervain.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDzflNtWKu
A few moments later, he was finished.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQr1Ouan62
He gently rolled her onto her back and then got to his feet, before picking her up in his arms and jumping down into the deeper caves.
It wasn't long before he smelled a familiar scent; he gently layed the Original down before going deeper.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRWNo5L1Kw
"No!" he heard Elena say and saw Elena try to stop her.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nUPPvMlXw
He saw her push Elena out of the way, but she didn't get past Damon. He grabbed her by the arm firmly.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOWt2M4VPl
"What are you doing here, Katherine?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsS85Lly37Z
"The cure. What else? A bargain for my freedom, since I hear he wants to destroy it."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYn6lUn6lzR
As she pushed him off her and vanished, he knew she wasn't in shape. There was the smell of blood.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcHzDgACSw
He looked at Elena.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoA07WVjykM
"Go help Bonnie and Jeremy. I'll be right behind you."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UqIFGGJYj
Elena vanished.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0HVaj9ccQ
Damon went over and gently picked Rebekah up, before vanishing as well.
Katherine through the guy off Jeremy and Jeremy fell on the ground, before he went to check on Bonnie. Then Katherine bit and drank from the guy.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOe6hrhdbOX
Elena knelt by Bonnie and her brother. She bit into her wrist and put it to her lips.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmCZ0Dw6b6
"Bonnie, drink."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeP2Asv8aKc
Damon walked in and saw Elena feeding Bonnie her blood, Jeremy a little beaten up, one of The Five dead on the ground, and Katherine feeding Silas her blood. But once she had the cure in hand, she stopped, taking her wrist away.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSHNMLzNxo
She slowly turned around, back against what Silas lay on. She was weak and was holding on to what he lay on with a hand.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwHMVwyAG7
Damon gently layed Rebekah down not far from Bonnie and the others, before going over to stand in front of her.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmar7Dmuxy9
"Katherine, what happened?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PWMgAYG0e
"I got bitten."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7bOPnXa7m
"How long ago?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwm4x2GL6n
"Two hours ago."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJBZYutyfa
Elena stood up, now finished with Bonnie, and headed towards Damon and Katherine.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2JCuOXqIZ
"Jeremy, get Bonnie out of here. Meet us at the boats," Damon said.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0YO6tzwDP
Jeremy obeyed.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AsuzwJo9c
"I'll get Katherine. You help Rebecca," Elena told Damon.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaT2OcfslJj
"And I'll keep this cure safe," Damon said, taking it from Katherine.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrXX5NTT76
Elena put an arm around her, as Katherine put a weak arm around Elena's shoulders.
An hour later Elena, Jeremy, Bonnie, Damon, Katherine, and Rebecca were in a boat.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKp7mTWH1zQ
Rebekah came to, as Damon called his brother.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzVy4uHUAT
Rebekah sat up.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0K7qjJzi7Z
"The boat? Did I miss all the fun?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykk2IdN4HG
"I wouldn't call it fun, but you missed everything back there," Elena replied, before explaining to her what happened and what was going on.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNCRvmq9Vy
Damon hung up.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdLGupdwIq
"Stefan's coming."
"Feel free to help out anytime," Caroline said to Klaus, as she and Tyler sat on the couch at Elena's place.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6TpIg15Vf
Just then, they walked in with Elena helping a weak Katherine. It was obvious in one quick look what was wrong.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPkceUEhLc
Stefan set the cure on the coffee table.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnn8slyOi3k
Katherine collapsed.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGgWenHDKo
Damon was instantly there to help Elena hold her up, while getting her over to Klaus.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78ArY1w7hs
"Well, isn't this a sight," Klaus announced.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vBIXhrORs
"Help her," Damon said.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWfTq7SUvL
"Why?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOobb7mtMP5
"Klaus, she's my family. Please. If you don't do it for anyone else, do it for me," Elena said.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjKKoYglIK
"Fine. I'll do it."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aAKOSOF66
"Thank you."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7Uf2nyOa2
She layed her gently down in front of Klaus.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkClNWoFXxG
He pulled her gently into his arms and positioned her head back, before biting his wrist and putting it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNTtUPYwiT
After he was done, he layed her gently back down and Damon picked her up in his arms.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9gDtkU6UC
"We're going home," Elena told everyone, before following Damon out the door.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo45Sx467Fl
Rebekah told Bonnie," You can let it down now. It's time."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPj2mbAVhPV
Bonnie undid the spell that bound him there. Then, after it was down, she pinned her brother to a wall, still mad at him for daggering her again.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ECuhD3eO2
"Burn in hell," she said, before killing him with the only thing that kills Originals; a white oak stake.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVl1Q9lvTPy
Everyone watched as she left the house.
Later that night, Katherine lay in Damon's bed in his room with Elena seated at her bedside.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkX6TVhjbo0
"Thank you," she told her descendant. "Both of you; you saved my life."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKoyPpnpNA
"Hang in there. We'll find the potential and you'll be back to yourself in no time," Elena promised.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GRA2gozav
"When will you find the potential Hunter? They've started."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mEohSMIYd
"I don't know, but hopefully soon," she admitted. Then, curious, she had to ask her, "What do you see?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CfiRaBmvv
"My ma' ma."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxrbmX5zxa
"Katerina," her ma' ma greeted.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGj7LCssfPc
"Ma'ma."
An hour later, the Hunter was found and the mark had started after his first killing. Now Kat was all better.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMghDNjFVx
"Thanks, Elena."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbPhrWtkYD
"You're welcome."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIzSRM7B9v
"If you need anything, call me. I'll be in town if you need me. And tell Damon thank you for me."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmFPYYyEWl
Elena watched, as Katherine jumped out the window and vanished.
