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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvkgPcOgff
She sat up.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtObpFEs9eJ
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan said.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ995gyfWdih
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asked.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9oTmi9MFZ
"He didn't," Damon told her.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vo4L0AK81
"Wait. What?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61nEvwptJL
Stefan explained to her what Meredith had done.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iFqWMDTkW
"So what? Am I dead?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3jokHgXnB
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyC6efDudS
"No. I can't be."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo32Wd187WG
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaB4iIsFhE
"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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uIBYEwQLZ
Stefan came down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81szVTqiUu
He watched his elder brother.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQw5qSGfFE
"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."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QsMFThs7t
"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."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZyEPRIRbJ
"Whatever. Always the hero," Damon commented, grabbing his glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dUKyrCT4V
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCk1aQZ3e23
Her younger brother, Jeremy, walked over to her from down the other end of the hallway.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sMrvcMQNt
"Jer," she greeted.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ohsq4LFi1
They hugged.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iJ61peFhv
"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."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxClNYM8cX
Elena glanced over at the light bulb again, but turned back to face Jeremy again.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzg2jQyEEDq
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITNtwhrPuw
"No, you're not. You're act like everything's okay so no one worries about you but you need help."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Oo7QcD3Gn
Elena kept glancing at the light bulb.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHuElrX4xV
"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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaudjGhZBi9
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00yBdZWxMY
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MOzJNJBf4
"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."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaIiSh9Fs5
"I hope so."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiWvtwJ2db
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYALPL32h6u
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Klaus said.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIwvpjIJpV
Bonnie turned around and saw Klaus in Tyler's body entering the cellar.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvCL7rpAgh
"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."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohuSW848UF
"Yes, when I assumed I'd be a pile of ash. But apparently, fate and oxygen intervened and there I am."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAxfRSIFPY
Klaus walked towards the coffin.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKDjawOTyG
"Put me back."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kEJp9mFfT
"I can't right now."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXPH8bKuSf
"Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the Council. They're on a war path and this body's vulnerable."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2onKQ0abF
"I have to help Elena before she has to feed."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODkSbAJwIk
"Elena's dead and no longer my concern."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKsqFdzyvI
"You're forgetting who just saved your life."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctW19cJNeU
Klaus grabbed Bonnie by the throat.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJUfsmgIYr
"And you're forgetting that I could rip your tongue out. Now put me back."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnP6WlYtnR
"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?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqMQ0Tx1qs
Klaus released Bonnie.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTL0ZmPapZf
Bonnie started to leave, but Klaus was instantly in front of her and blocked her way out.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6EDCObCmp
"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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAteu1s0lx
She stopped.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRG31TPjI0
"Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLdE4DjyLr
"Honestly, I wish it were."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLiibn9qbe
He turned to the deputies behind them.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxldc1zdoB
"Blood bank's in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6hS5jxem9
"Who gave you that authority?" Meredith questioned.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETS4PRNk5f
"The Council. They're entrusted me to secure the town and unlike some of our Founding Families, I don't have conflicting interests."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcpiHdwAh3
"What is that supposed to mean?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1erRJCMlTO
"Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1h1Aic1VAC
Pastor Young left Meredith there.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡme0JS8yXH7
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOYwlew8yK
"Can I help you?" Matt asked the officer.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92wgwboS7Y
"Sorry."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWa9Ijn8KdX
He got on his dispatch and said, "All good here."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MgiRIqxJ5
He exited the room and closed the door.
An officer handcuffed Carol Lockwood at the Lockwood Mansion. Pastor Young stood nearby.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYUry4RiAK
"What's going on?" she asked.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ONPIwgvmq
The officer started to lead Carol out of her house.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUARiBClpU
"We just need to ask you a few questions about your son."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtG0bIuWAVM
"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town!"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaVEw59z0l
"Not anymore you're not."
Sheriff Forbes was walking to the police department when Pastor Young stopped her.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pWQRAyEQC
"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvZzNyyWQ9
"What are you talking about?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOm8oPvuHz
The deputies surrounded the two of them.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnSAELtkwn
"They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwYKslaU72
"You have no idea what you're up against."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVC4pnclHE
"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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtO6ED6dqzY
"Where are you? And please tell me it's somewhere faraway," Liz told her daughter.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QVFC8isrx
"Where am I? Uh…good question. Uh…there's just a whole lot of boring highways. Why, is everything okay?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbj54qVZaEL
Suddenly, an officer snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the side of her neck with a syringe.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSwbLX73pP
"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkA9Gcz5Bv
The phone hit the porch.
Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCobWH7xpRa
Elena took a bite of a sandwich.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUVIenY9Im
"It's disgusting," Stefan commented, watching her.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmtXNuM3he
"No it's, um…"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYslcQaC85B
"It's disgusting," he repeated.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNOH5QxlUL
She spit it out onto a napkin.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkAXi7L73h
"I never thought I would say this, but I can't stop thinking about blood."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzN9EMLpvs
"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?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoJVruuGEM
Stefan poured himself a drink and took a sip.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HeYHLNBNE
Elena got up and walked over to him.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZlzqWeUPy
"Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do. You respected my choice."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10U84MVp7y
"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."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQMYqzvpa7
"Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jX9Xw6J0H
Suddenly, Elena started laughing.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4C7xDrtB7
"Oh my God, did-did I just say "cross that bridge"?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vJAl7qjvk
Elena started laughing maniacally.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YtfLiCVCi
"You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYX2kpvcok
"I can't stop though," she said, continuing to laugh.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xP8MnVp01
"Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvayFJLoOHV
She continued laughing but then started to cry.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQw1eRtl0A
He hugged her.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3BvGZuF2b
"Hey, shh, shh. It's okay. It's okay."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vgUPvnhqb
"I'm sorry. I…"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwN6xPTZwY
He pulled away and caressed her face.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLl7IOxP0do
"Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9cWbZ6B9v
Elena looked out the window and squinted her eyes due to the brightness of the sunlight.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSCEqyyWEI
"Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark? I'll clean up."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjuRrq9kWv
Elena started to walk away and shielded her eyes from the sun.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIFWyoucdS
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6ws5ezUxi
"I'm tired, Damon."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcZqqvvVKa
Damon got up and walked over to Elena, holding up her vervain necklace.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YFfdC1pRY
"I brought you this."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZo5vJpuWkc
"I thought it was gone. Thank you."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJC8gS4rjT
Elena tried to take it from Damon, but he pulled it back.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMh9B42ror7
"Please give it back."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgAxQtZYJT
"I just have to say something."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2vlhKJBhw
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GthC85ltN
"Because what I'm about to say is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOZOQHtgKp
"Damon, don't go there."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKW7rdctweW
"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."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7wMcP7yRp
Damon kissed Elena on the forehead.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXgX31DVAa
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2KrbDu2we
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoisBPS9wAI
Damon entered the room behind her.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qBgJMz5UC
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtA9HHVYXt
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYq8aV288Nn
Rebekah turned around to face him.
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBKzQBo5A7
Rebekah turned back around.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRbNfD2cXv
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCDB2yiGbo
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcjv4yvls7
Suddenly, she heard a commotion downstairs and walked down the stairs.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7GXetnao7
"Stefan?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCy1GxT8ma
"Elena, don't move."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIEor4tIZ5
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiwCxSyqEM
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQWkNoTcIz
"Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the Council," she told the Original sister.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgc1V84ocHL
"The Council? What exactly do they think they can do to me?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXH2hstEEf9
Suddenly, the wheels of the van started to screech. The van flipped over. Caroline and Rebekah went flying. The van landed on its side.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD39VROQvok
"What the hell happened?" Rebekah questioned.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiROosNaJA
Just then, someone opened the door. Someone unexpected.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLsSk7FlZN
"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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoSPcbdXe5
"No time. Come on. Let's go," Katherine said, helping them both to their feet one by one.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdvTDfjFRm
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq26iGpddQp
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," Damon said.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY64rsu5Gp9
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answered him.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HyQkVUO8G
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUR9mvZJKLw
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away; did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith said.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcfjbWJOGf
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answered her.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZr4IJpcqrk
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," Damon implied.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLmsyxCjV3
Someone knocked on the front door and then Matt entered the house.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HThGvgLJA
"Hey, is Elena here?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPeIPgDa1a
Damon turned around and rushed towards Matt. He grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the wall, choking him.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzmqWpc4XS
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFDCU87FIq
Meredith tried to pull Damon off of him.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEtqVfjPlv
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith said.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBJuKejnbw
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz said.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7umJYhN2V
Matt tried to pry Damon's arm off his throat.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxXXqUDkHQ
Damon finally released him.
Just then, someone unexpected arrived along with Rebekah and Caroline.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aMyUqmOTw
"Katherine," Damon said, looking at her.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2Nq4EvmVu
"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."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRHTwxAPKR
Liz and Caroline hugged.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfl6zbUipO
Rebekah stood against a faraway wall.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTik11rPnj
"Why would you go to such a length to help?" Damon inquired of his sire.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMWbTRoasN
"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."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn35nORpYMo
"Yes. And how are do you suppose we do that? We don't know where the hell to look."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMANnKg1bY
"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."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47A6Ms4CH8
She gave him a smile.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVEc8rdiiF
"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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSIBRumNQJ
"Where am I?" she questioned.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSo7wDrcjz
"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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhWUc5LjfM
"Stefan."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaO2qyQEJ5F
Elena tried to pull herself up but was too weak to do so.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtb2lAJgyA
"I didn't feed."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ik4beG1fZ
Stefan looked worried.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhrT44KCkS
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLVqsVTUtp
"Elena? You still with me?" he called to her from where he sat against the wall that divided him from Elena.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNMzgYDl6w
Elena sat on the other side of the wall. She was even paler and was breathing heavily.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYIsEmeYoR
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXtj0nTMTw
"No, you're not. I can hear you breathing. Damon was right. You should have fed earlier. I'm so sorry."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3met45Fst
"Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOnotMZ7Bs
"I love you so much."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiq3gYb4Aj
Stefan started to cry silent tears.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwBDMPzxGL
"I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made," Elena said.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPZrc4axqv
She placed her hand against the wall dividing them.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMr79SlSpZr
"God. It sucks that I can't see you right now."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvJFmKDLSE
"I'm smiling."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQIBwgtwYa
"Me too."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6RsjU7aXx
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidTDacZBis
She walked in and scanned the place.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAZTEVOwIM
Normally, she would've gotten Stefan out first, but seeing Elena, she knew she was the worst off.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2ICVZX7jc
She rushed over to her cage and immediately broke the lock and opened the door. Then she knelt by her.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZLKLYx7Yg
"Elena?" she called softly.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ne3mqVLKg
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRv4dK3f9Bk
She looked back at Stefan, once outside of Elena's cage.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3aP7XsGAP
"I'll be back for you."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwuzoJfVcR
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡna0BjmvdBR
Kat looked up.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JFenN4kY1
"Matt!" she called to him.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXWD6bBvlK
He went over to them.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ocmgTCXpV
"You need to let her feed on you."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZpIKMHuwF
A few minutes later, Elena woke up as a vampire.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJwnHJFI3g
Kat helped her sit up.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIbJFmd2rl
"How do you feel?" she questioned her descendant, as everyone went over to them.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVXZ5HY2fK
"Better. Thanks," Elena said, even though she wasn't sure what she felt about being a vampire now.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTw490Q9UkP
"Good. I'll be back."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfW43P0ASe
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNdDXq4hO7
"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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzH1V44Rm2k
"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."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmYGtPZlLp
He pulled a lighter out of his pocket.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrhhclYG1m
"And we'll all reunite in eternity."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDrpthgifg
"Seriously, Pastor, what's going on here?" the council member tried again.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38iaCFiTxj
"Friends. We are the beginning," Pastor Young finished.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjnGSW6Jme
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.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiupLmzOxJy
They were silent, as they looked out into the darkness.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRWlwHnwGf
Finally, Elena spoke.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQILyT5TgC
"Damon."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFyi4N2xOO
She looked at him.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dOvaXBvGl
He looked at her as he said, "Yeah?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCa2kedywOS
"I remember. Everything. Why didn't you tell me that it was you I meant first?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61S44fd0RE
"Well, it wouldn't had mattered anyway."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxq2DdI1m8
"It would've been nice to know, though."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgT1Dl7HvWQ
"I guess you remember that I love you then, huh?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLySINhX6Kc
"Yes."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXH8FCvhOa
"Now that you remember everything, do you finally know what you feel for me?"815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDVvocWJuJ
He wished she would say that she loved him.
"I care about you, Damon. That's all I feel."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgD0zWnjeHW
"Then you're lying to yourself and to everybody else. You can't see it yet, but I know you love me, too."815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3rdqym8yu
He got up and headed inside.815Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEi8rPKeAg1
Stefan and Kat watched them from one of the windows in one of the upstairs rooms.
