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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTXGPRCqhj
A moment, Elena Gilbert walked into the parlor to see her brother.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6UyEIKjCu
"Where have you been? We've been looking for you," she told him.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKtppjVgqN
He started to turn the stake around in his hand.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhPHCcYxH4
"What are you doing with that?" she asked cautiously.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUatzP9jAhn
"Every bone in my body is telling me to drive this stake through your heart," he answered her. "I don't want to."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudjQTJ8n6P
"Then don't."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcgJDtKJFp
"You're a vampire."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRZU9gab6f
"Yeah, but I'm also your sister," she told him, as she stood in front of him.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKq3wkIm1y
He was silent.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZsemfRthG
"Jer, you know I wouldn't hurt you," she added.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvXoDRGNs9
He showed her his bloody hand and veins started to show under her eyes, as she fought to control her thirst for it.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFz841I5CI
She took a few steps back.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFl0TuF4WN
"Get that away from me."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSL5bluLKkV
Suddenly, he lunged at her and she through him, making him land on his back on the floor.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bUSWKT0cR
"Oh, my God. Jeremy."
She knelt at his side.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XcrS9n3cC
"Jer, wake up. Jer. Please wake up, Jer," she called.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRj4PnczfbF
Suddenly, before she could react, he attacked her and she felt something go into the side of her neck.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQVghjS3oW
Jeremy got to his feet and stood over her.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuL6WM2nU5X
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuPYgFDBBA
At vamp speed, she grabbed him and through him, making him hit a wall and land on the floor out cold.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9p8xOyjmz
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjv9cQjeNwp
"Elena, can you hear me? It's me," she called to her.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6sqwrGtpY
Elena heard a familiar female voice, but she couldn't respond to it. She was too tired. She couldn't think.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt01iuSElLT
"Elena, stay with me. Stay awake," Katherine begged.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lPKQX57gb
She pulled a barely conscious Elena gently into her arms and bit her wrist. She then put it to her lips.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oO6GhLuyW
"Elena, drink," she said.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBY1Ybcd4V
As darkness started to fog her mind, Elena felt the familiar liquid and started to drink.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4A0LZtnXt2
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8Y404lRzE
Elena sat up and Katherine let go of her.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZlwACyWjh
"Katherine?"716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLOW6oxn3c
"It's me," she said.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWyVjXKKhG
"You saved me."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2Xf3kaaQT
"A thank you would be nice," Kat commented.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKF5XXHVS2
"What are you doing back?"716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFUF5JdMpV
"Hiding from an old enemy."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjE3haqx21
"Klaus?" Elena guessed.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMgklUng6w
"No. Someone else. Another Original. Apparently, I'm here saving you, too."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeCV2RHBJ0
"Thanks," Elena said.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WsAsTPfMv
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOtcWIxrCa
Elena looked over her shoulder, smelling blood. Then, seeing Katherine on her back on the floor, was instantly at her side.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqZPxIUb46
Seeing Elena and knowing Elena didn't know what was happening to her, she spoke as darkness started to close in.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYe9ELj7n5I
"I haven't eaten for a while. I've been too busy hiding."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLezyLvYUz
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9HOTxbOEm
"Hang in there," Elena encouraged, as the vampiress started to black out.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEzHvIaQGQ
Just then she saw a pool of blood start to form around her shoulders. That meant something had wounded her in the back.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3U5xPDO2T
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcgjFDTtm3
"Katherine, if you can hear me, you'll be okay."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbTKHYxthg
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbqFJ2UMan
"Fight it, Katherine. Don't die on me. You saved me. Now it's my turn."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcpvSdkze8
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7Ax6eicNL
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sMTiad3ne
"You worried me," Elena greeted.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhArE3QELE
"I guess we both did. Thanks for saving my life. Sorry I scared you."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAdmCwhrue
"It's okay. Just don't do that again."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7LMitEqSL
She knew Elena meant for her not to be stupid like that ever again.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4E0mJdFXNC
"Is your brother okay?" she asked her.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LluSTUoN4
"Jeremy's fine. He apologized to me and everything. He wasn't himself. He's a potential."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8NZGG5cdB
Kat knew what Elena was saying.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadFvS358Ym
"We have our work cut out for us then," she said to Elena.
"Yeah; we do."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8YcJDWK8w
Kat slowly sat up in bed.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKCvTSDKgD
"I'll owe you someday for this."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFgZrRen6I
They looked at one another in silence.
