Summary: Set in the last scene of the S4 episode "Into The Wild." What if Damon hadn't seen the tattoo and had killed him? Will they get the cure in time for Damon?
It was a dark night in the woods, as Damon Salvatore, hurt emotionally by not wanting the cure because of not wanting to lose Elena, as well as not wanting to lose his brother to the cure, walked through the woods.739Please respect copyright.PENANAeuDwI5aPjp
He stopped, senses alert, senses telling him someone was there. And not very far away, he could hear a heartbeat. Then, a moment later, he was stabbed in the side with an arrow. He groaned in pain and took it out, tossing it to the ground.739Please respect copyright.PENANAjL4IZVL4kG
"Really?" he said, groaning in pain.739Please respect copyright.PENANAFat137UcN9
Suddenly, someone tackled him to the ground from behind. That someone put an arm around Damon's neck. Damon grabbed the arm and twisted it to that someone's side. Then he let go and rolled on top of that person, before grabbing the stranger's throat, getting them both to their feet. Then, without question, he killed him by snapping his neck.739Please respect copyright.PENANAkQEGzlrr3M
After his body fell to the ground, he saw the tattoo on his hand.739Please respect copyright.PENANAc8mBv5k6Dh
"Oh, great," he said. "Just what I need."739Please respect copyright.PENANAMYW8yqls2x
He knew he had to get back to the others. He had killed one of The Five and he knew what would happen soon. The hallucinations would start like they had when Elena had killed Conner.739Please respect copyright.PENANA4cQ393OQ0g
He started towards the direction of the camp. He wasn't feeling that great, so he didn't use his vampire speed.
Elena was worried sick, wondering where Jeremy, Bonnie, and Shane were at. So she headed towards the trees to go in search of them.739Please respect copyright.PENANAZhhgCOZJMg
As she walked through the trees, almost to the heart of the forest of trees, she heard something and followed the sound. Someone was close by, but it wasn't human. That meant it was a vampire. She could tell, since she couldn't hear a heartbeat.739Please respect copyright.PENANAlVlcVaAvWP
When she entered the heart of the forest of trees, she saw which vampire it was; the only vampire that she was in love with. He was leaning against the bark of a tree, eyes closed. She saw blood on the side of his shirt.739Please respect copyright.PENANAZZ8akiG84O
"Damon?"739Please respect copyright.PENANAyOdWMr9ioj
She was instantly in front of him. She could tell something had happened and he wasn't feeling well, as she stood there and looked at him. She rested gentle hands on either side of his face.739Please respect copyright.PENANAtd6zaRGTZn
"What happened?" she asked.739Please respect copyright.PENANAt8TWRjeyaM
"I didn't see the tattoo before I killed him. He attacked me first."739Please respect copyright.PENANAXLumh9SxsB
"What tattoo?"739Please respect copyright.PENANAz9CnvZ5XT4
"One of The Five."739Please respect copyright.PENANAVcU1Epp3o9
She realized what he meant and what had to be done about it.739Please respect copyright.PENANAHL7ITypngn
"I'll get Stefan and Rebekah, but right now we have to get back."739Please respect copyright.PENANA8FciTISWDF
He opened his eyes and looked at her.739Please respect copyright.PENANALM516EMGcq
"It started."739Please respect copyright.PENANANJTHMErIgJ
"We have to get back," she told him.739Please respect copyright.PENANAg24IarO1GN
She put an arm around him and he put an arm around her shoulders. Then they started slowly heading back together.
Half an hour later, Elena had him in her tent on a sleeping back on his back.739Please respect copyright.PENANAmq66jdUKN1
He groaned.739Please respect copyright.PENANAnaW01eyYtz
"We'll fix this," Elena promised him. "Hang in there."739Please respect copyright.PENANAEWIqryz6cA
Elena took her phone out and called his brother.
Rebekah and Stefan were deep in the woods, when Stefan's phone rang.739Please respect copyright.PENANAjR0dsaCLpg
He sighed, seeing it was Elena.739Please respect copyright.PENANAbpkYaTiwD0
"Elena."739Please respect copyright.PENANA1h1w1tsJ11
"Stefan, we have a big problem. Damon went off alone. He was attacked. He killed him before he realized that he was one of The Five. And the hallucinations are starting."739Please respect copyright.PENANAB0YEeVqc8y
"Where are you?"739Please respect copyright.PENANAs2vTvlodPJ
"In my tent with Damon."739Please respect copyright.PENANA3WEgsm0Eug
"Stay there. We'll find a potential and the others."739Please respect copyright.PENANAILcJ6mslst
They hung up.739Please respect copyright.PENANA1FpD2H8nTu
Stefan and Rebekah looked at one another.739Please respect copyright.PENANAWYSKMcP9Tm
"We best get going," Rebekah said, having overheard the conversation both ways.739Please respect copyright.PENANADE9oZJ6eQk
Rebekah and Stefan continued walking, searching for them first. They figured they could have Bonnie locate the potential. It would be so much faster.739Please respect copyright.PENANAUUywOb9h7h
Not long afterward, they found them. Shane was speaking to some guy whom had Jeremy chained with wrists and ankles chained along with his mouth duct taped.739Please respect copyright.PENANAoGg3uTewm0
"He's a witch," Stefan said. "Any suggestions?"739Please respect copyright.PENANADapjNbs57a
"I take Shane. You do the rest," she replied.739Please respect copyright.PENANAQtQ7WKfz2p
At vampire speed, they both left the shadows of the trees. Rebekah pinned Shane to the bark of a tree, hand tightly around his throat.739Please respect copyright.PENANAwxWeQsG7W9
"Call them off," she ordered, knowing compulsion wouldn't work.739Please respect copyright.PENANA7sbiqtoBMr
"I thought you wanted the cure."739Please respect copyright.PENANApzVmQhNyjc
"Not at the expense of this," she replied.739Please respect copyright.PENANAObiZPFKfkK
"Fine."739Please respect copyright.PENANAdptHhY3l2l
He told the guy to go and Stefan and Bonnie helped Jeremy. Then she let go and left Shane alone.
Once at camp, Stefan headed for Elena's tent to see how everything was going. He had Bonnie doing a locater spell, while Jeremy stood at the entrance and Rebekah walked inside.739Please respect copyright.PENANAd12seaFEr7
"I heard," Jeremy told his sister.739Please respect copyright.PENANAISfEBmo7kD
Elena looked at him.739Please respect copyright.PENANA5J9irDOhYZ
"Are you okay?"739Please respect copyright.PENANAwVdvYSYKaE
"I'm fine."739Please respect copyright.PENANAf08sliexQe
She sighed in relief.739Please respect copyright.PENANAabNMgoZtOb
Her gaze went to Rebekah.739Please respect copyright.PENANAg3SDRBVgt5
"Thank you."739Please respect copyright.PENANAIDqsa8ndb9
"I didn't do much. I just told Shane to stop it."739Please respect copyright.PENANASSFRY93nIf
"Shane?"739Please respect copyright.PENANAUNiTyIMU0Q
"Yeah. He was about to do something. I don't know what."739Please respect copyright.PENANAlWXTOYrvlI
She watched the Original walk away.739Please respect copyright.PENANA8IXnipZ4Y4
"A massacre. He brought us here to do the third massacre. He told me earlier before you walked in on us. I was going to find out how to stop him," Damon informed Elena.739Please respect copyright.PENANA32NJA3Y0ne
Jeremy left.739Please respect copyright.PENANAnZWfT3IWzq
Elena looked down at him.739Please respect copyright.PENANA8tEsAYZCNn
"A massacre?"739Please respect copyright.PENANAYPrkfj9IJx
"He said he needs three massacres before he can raise Silas."739Please respect copyright.PENANAwhdvvHx9bX
Rebekah and Stefan watched Bonnie do a spell to locate the potential.739Please respect copyright.PENANAcFYiZJjW0Y
Soon after, they found the potential close by, had him kill a vampire that would start the mark, and Damon was back to himself.