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.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4HVuIw5V8
A moment, Elena Gilbert walked into the parlor to see her brother.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlybKzfsI3
"Where have you been? We've been looking for you," she told him.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSpC7EAEAZ
He started to turn the stake around in his hand.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfYcgajOND
"What are you doing with that?" she asked cautiously.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorbz6mmQlH
"Every bone in my body is telling me to drive this stake through your heart," he answered her. "I don't want to."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgttbuGI7j
"Then don't."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYoZLqWQb2
"You're a vampire."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4LZ3WRsY2
"Yeah, but I'm also your sister," she told him, as she stood in front of him.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUZZ9PzkoS
He was silent.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIrcechmOP
"Jer, you know I wouldn't hurt you," she added.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡph1O0bNrct
He showed her his bloody hand and veins started to show under her eyes, as she fought to control her thirst for it.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5EUbGBGCW
She took a few steps back.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQLjBxhBM6
"Get that away from me."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpofHgalYdR
Suddenly, he lunged at her and she through him, making him land on his back on the floor.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vnWcUiB0U
"Oh, my God. Jeremy."
She knelt at his side.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONZflKRncg
"Jer, wake up. Jer. Please wake up, Jer," she called.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSic1UGSGNP
Suddenly, before she could react, he attacked her and she felt something go into the side of her neck.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOSraoSsIq
Jeremy got to his feet and stood over her.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifcZdRrPw4
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.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeR9iYfkPk
At vamp speed, she grabbed him and through him, making him hit a wall and land on the floor out cold.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RLH3LFV0H
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.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeTZMejpyc
"Elena, can you hear me? It's me," she called to her.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqdoNg9gPY
Elena heard a familiar female voice, but she couldn't respond to it. She was too tired. She couldn't think.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9IEKTwdEQ
"Elena, stay with me. Stay awake," Katherine begged.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeOnMZ1nEO
She pulled a barely conscious Elena gently into her arms and bit her wrist. She then put it to her lips.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZMh94QSul
"Elena, drink," she said.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRA5jK49O5
As darkness started to fog her mind, Elena felt the familiar liquid and started to drink.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULg9zn3sVX
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.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuKbYtlCYi
Elena sat up and Katherine let go of her.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvOVT59DGY
"Katherine?"674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNctDMoioJ5
"It's me," she said.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvC8yDlvj7C
"You saved me."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLFJmJrncy
"A thank you would be nice," Kat commented.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORjvReBMay
"What are you doing back?"674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDwsbCKM7w
"Hiding from an old enemy."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOaXcpHaXL
"Klaus?" Elena guessed.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKySChA6Nf
"No. Someone else. Another Original. Apparently, I'm here saving you, too."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKZjd7FGiY
"Thanks," Elena said.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkvqvKUv1D
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.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIH98oaSuU3
Elena looked over her shoulder, smelling blood. Then, seeing Katherine on her back on the floor, was instantly at her side.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRn8ARcmKy
Seeing Elena and knowing Elena didn't know what was happening to her, she spoke as darkness started to close in.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBSLkXOYbT
"I haven't eaten for a while. I've been too busy hiding."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJnsIToo9z
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.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0cB6jzruP
"Hang in there," Elena encouraged, as the vampiress started to black out.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0vHUwaSeS
Just then she saw a pool of blood start to form around her shoulders. That meant something had wounded her in the back.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVHjbN5CgN
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.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVE1gLBxSH
"Katherine, if you can hear me, you'll be okay."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31ML4Bf4wu
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.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmayDiq3ht
"Fight it, Katherine. Don't die on me. You saved me. Now it's my turn."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoM6zIl5Ap
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.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOGeNyPS1Y
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.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFN8Rv5FBCN
"You worried me," Elena greeted.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnnBidkhtj
"I guess we both did. Thanks for saving my life. Sorry I scared you."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08WRgekzi6
"It's okay. Just don't do that again."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWRKVzmnlZ
She knew Elena meant for her not to be stupid like that ever again.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgFtVzc0PA
"Is your brother okay?" she asked her.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAvQvr3mc3
"Jeremy's fine. He apologized to me and everything. He wasn't himself. He's a potential."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOzo2PD6MP
Kat knew what Elena was saying.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDdaVIw3Zy
"We have our work cut out for us then," she said to Elena.
"Yeah; we do."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyEh5dQX7f
Kat slowly sat up in bed.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpMJFWtE5V
"I'll owe you someday for this."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCXmOf7Jc1
They looked at one another in silence.
