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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDuMSgZ9l7
She sat up.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSf6pX9zbd
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan said.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEYbWgNCzg
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asked.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuLSJCMzkj
"He didn't," Damon told her.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hCLnAkr8e
"Wait. What?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetexDBJx1A
Stefan explained to her what Meredith had done.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQ8oAytCWO
"So what? Am I dead?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzQYWgjLi2
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGuCnTUrwP
"No. I can't be."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1bW05aXBH
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PqJsxyckp
"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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGVpzUblOR
Stefan came down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvAJ0XTcCv
He watched his elder brother.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwgfR9W5Ck
"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."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZbHRFsev8
"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."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcvd3QMzl4
"Whatever. Always the hero," Damon commented, grabbing his glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwldATQzbh8
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB14UjQhWOH
Her younger brother, Jeremy, walked over to her from down the other end of the hallway.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpkVCFfErv
"Jer," she greeted.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxeYZhdU6f
They hugged.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyYrjXm9pL
"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."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvB7RDbHAR
Elena glanced over at the light bulb again, but turned back to face Jeremy again.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybUevc0lic
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSna9rXSry0
"No, you're not. You're act like everything's okay so no one worries about you but you need help."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73XmuCAIMx
Elena kept glancing at the light bulb.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ699zeHg19L
"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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4vXxbG4xv
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡild7PYTL2v
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoN9wG7nJb
"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."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAYLQ5Xdzk
"I hope so."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcu5Nl5t9K
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgmGSUpBfQ
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Klaus said.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgL5amvuDi
Bonnie turned around and saw Klaus in Tyler's body entering the cellar.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNlgJ61NFP
"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."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzultLsyNeq
"Yes, when I assumed I'd be a pile of ash. But apparently, fate and oxygen intervened and there I am."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMnNGU5XQm
Klaus walked towards the coffin.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvejAI9mOI
"Put me back."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsjGnDsW22
"I can't right now."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVc9iSHPyMy
"Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the Council. They're on a war path and this body's vulnerable."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCVvpl8wAB
"I have to help Elena before she has to feed."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzoBfKuPKr
"Elena's dead and no longer my concern."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB51NhBiZbc
"You're forgetting who just saved your life."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmEmRd68sa
Klaus grabbed Bonnie by the throat.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnD288xhziL
"And you're forgetting that I could rip your tongue out. Now put me back."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1XNv9lQr3
"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?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0q4Zytcb2
Klaus released Bonnie.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiDNqPHwzB
Bonnie started to leave, but Klaus was instantly in front of her and blocked her way out.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2hJBkVBuk
"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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyafRqqoj79
She stopped.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1HL9RqJD3
"Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXJx1C1sgB
"Honestly, I wish it were."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEHjxbovIJ
He turned to the deputies behind them.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxq51pdkmR
"Blood bank's in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnO0cmnaHC
"Who gave you that authority?" Meredith questioned.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0i2Jj4joJk
"The Council. They're entrusted me to secure the town and unlike some of our Founding Families, I don't have conflicting interests."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoHVRVWPkG
"What is that supposed to mean?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKF4fe89gSg
"Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWb83skM5NB
Pastor Young left Meredith there.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4RtZitaX7
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUnw5hcMfj
"Can I help you?" Matt asked the officer.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEx3nVwc53
"Sorry."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79RX2S5hA2
He got on his dispatch and said, "All good here."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVE8wZmzmLu
He exited the room and closed the door.
An officer handcuffed Carol Lockwood at the Lockwood Mansion. Pastor Young stood nearby.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5u3au5uEsM
"What's going on?" she asked.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJd97tHxWPM
The officer started to lead Carol out of her house.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZe45tqKMSp
"We just need to ask you a few questions about your son."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtOivDnL8n
"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town!"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89i9qCia6T
"Not anymore you're not."
Sheriff Forbes was walking to the police department when Pastor Young stopped her.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LN5qPjabr
"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGhobuKT50
"What are you talking about?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9fXrxxLOo
The deputies surrounded the two of them.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBvc3RkzKo
"They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NmGy0tqlP
"You have no idea what you're up against."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqxh62bLJu
"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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0ZHkld7IT
"Where are you? And please tell me it's somewhere faraway," Liz told her daughter.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuyCjpOSJQ
"Where am I? Uh…good question. Uh…there's just a whole lot of boring highways. Why, is everything okay?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lQGrDMdXu
Suddenly, an officer snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the side of her neck with a syringe.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6S71fFLHW3
"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtZaiOmwcw
The phone hit the porch.
Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ300MA7ipLV
Elena took a bite of a sandwich.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eLhGDdFR6
"It's disgusting," Stefan commented, watching her.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKbobko3Gh
"No it's, um…"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1taNmQ0dzn
"It's disgusting," he repeated.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUhs21yCrc
She spit it out onto a napkin.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2UADgAKVM
"I never thought I would say this, but I can't stop thinking about blood."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDh44NHZLc6
"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?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UxfF3wfVh
Stefan poured himself a drink and took a sip.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWws8OMaMgv
Elena got up and walked over to him.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Iw4hM3Kzu
"Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do. You respected my choice."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxIz4XIptx
"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."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uaiqvs3cP
"Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfYkhTueC6
Suddenly, Elena started laughing.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgR75pRLAZ
"Oh my God, did-did I just say "cross that bridge"?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tJdR0010B
Elena started laughing maniacally.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJrCaWLqVz
"You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0EYx2qr40
"I can't stop though," she said, continuing to laugh.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUbbHpvVjz
"Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6kEheDxEx
She continued laughing but then started to cry.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEFx3ldvUr
He hugged her.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIteRWgamYF
"Hey, shh, shh. It's okay. It's okay."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFR2fIaS8LI
"I'm sorry. I…"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkCXsfZC6u
He pulled away and caressed her face.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRrSlriXRM
"Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJ9w6YFbU8
Elena looked out the window and squinted her eyes due to the brightness of the sunlight.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaRhRcTW75
"Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark? I'll clean up."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivF3OL6CwE
Elena started to walk away and shielded her eyes from the sun.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhthoMtu8Y
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOUwzQo6Zs
"I'm tired, Damon."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1An7kX1BUT
Damon got up and walked over to Elena, holding up her vervain necklace.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwpzdMZyGN
"I brought you this."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPeqEBEW6z
"I thought it was gone. Thank you."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xlRik8fc0
Elena tried to take it from Damon, but he pulled it back.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIvmZoBEPP
"Please give it back."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbYHIJ6WEl
"I just have to say something."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vWSBFQ0da
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJ5ZChwWWO
"Because what I'm about to say is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExCUKuJEOK
"Damon, don't go there."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXQZ0EkZfD
"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."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETJyh0unV4
Damon kissed Elena on the forehead.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEmjBCDbQC
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhepVpZLaZ
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7u8Jwuxsf
Damon entered the room behind her.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSsqQW5l36
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8j8T42wQx
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUZhLaQ8jG
Rebekah turned around to face him.
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUMX7cn3WB
Rebekah turned back around.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4iTCoK9tb
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJC3oImWNlg
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kCwGZCa33
Suddenly, she heard a commotion downstairs and walked down the stairs.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZa8eT3KUhy
"Stefan?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYqeXwXHtF
"Elena, don't move."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcDptUXHgw
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmNiinDnT3
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHUSzlNNZp
"Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the Council," she told the Original sister.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMdzeN2XrF
"The Council? What exactly do they think they can do to me?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7yYlP5jAv
Suddenly, the wheels of the van started to screech. The van flipped over. Caroline and Rebekah went flying. The van landed on its side.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyNd7kb47R
"What the hell happened?" Rebekah questioned.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVFiROyf9K
Just then, someone opened the door. Someone unexpected.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9V6gV0a3Qe
"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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡox44e3scCB
"No time. Come on. Let's go," Katherine said, helping them both to their feet one by one.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIAcCtqMMF
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhPS8gn2ec
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," Damon said.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwcgjrZbac
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answered him.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2TMNFhrrf
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMEGKO4TJG
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away; did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith said.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZWfbdrehp
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answered her.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLh7szk2YZb
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," Damon implied.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2Hg4hZfgP
Someone knocked on the front door and then Matt entered the house.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16TfjMDA18
"Hey, is Elena here?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66E5jTGkbJ
Damon turned around and rushed towards Matt. He grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the wall, choking him.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpi2olCOvvx
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKVcgULKt4
Meredith tried to pull Damon off of him.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbObCypzULI
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith said.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡej5daZdwft
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz said.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPe6H4x21tR
Matt tried to pry Damon's arm off his throat.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQ1GzQeuaP
Damon finally released him.
Just then, someone unexpected arrived along with Rebekah and Caroline.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7FLjLXBgE
"Katherine," Damon said, looking at her.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BP22gZMJ0
"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."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgtGqbjoJG
Liz and Caroline hugged.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7X9PjaGcy2
Rebekah stood against a faraway wall.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gWNvVmmDR
"Why would you go to such a length to help?" Damon inquired of his sire.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUp9qjwNbMH
"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."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0OELBwK14
"Yes. And how are do you suppose we do that? We don't know where the hell to look."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1L87S5YGM
"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."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPHAYBTCEL
She gave him a smile.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXW3zla2Zl
"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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBFbmyHqSL
"Where am I?" she questioned.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4U1FYbDf4
"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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOybSA9kgj7
"Stefan."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcki9gs2juX
Elena tried to pull herself up but was too weak to do so.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uFRf9cMxm
"I didn't feed."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGORSIr88Gg
Stefan looked worried.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5YI4BaAFn
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJ2jyAgmxy
"Elena? You still with me?" he called to her from where he sat against the wall that divided him from Elena.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIHQvh95a5
Elena sat on the other side of the wall. She was even paler and was breathing heavily.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYLhmsG1mb
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsE5Hff2XUl
"No, you're not. I can hear you breathing. Damon was right. You should have fed earlier. I'm so sorry."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCZDtNRxp3
"Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOSyRhQbef
"I love you so much."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wgBr1bNXy
Stefan started to cry silent tears.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtocZ3KdG0w
"I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made," Elena said.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmo2hs6HBf6
She placed her hand against the wall dividing them.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvgL36i1sx
"God. It sucks that I can't see you right now."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvHnsiCDx4
"I'm smiling."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcHZgQifwN
"Me too."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNlBWX1Jo9
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrGhlANsz0
She walked in and scanned the place.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNq5i9Zfl0
Normally, she would've gotten Stefan out first, but seeing Elena, she knew she was the worst off.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6tlFfHeu6
She rushed over to her cage and immediately broke the lock and opened the door. Then she knelt by her.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7amCusmeh
"Elena?" she called softly.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJkVEzo1Hx
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnKbcXXQDW
She looked back at Stefan, once outside of Elena's cage.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1JylMZtZ7
"I'll be back for you."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAJ7254XID
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCH952gRhJu
Kat looked up.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTbEZISCOY
"Matt!" she called to him.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxgug7Ipip
He went over to them.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEPqTzBL9h
"You need to let her feed on you."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbvYfQSZuN
A few minutes later, Elena woke up as a vampire.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUB2dwCW9Y
Kat helped her sit up.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Rj2oyRBfS
"How do you feel?" she questioned her descendant, as everyone went over to them.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyzFs0zOZe
"Better. Thanks," Elena said, even though she wasn't sure what she felt about being a vampire now.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiukijJa50B
"Good. I'll be back."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLEUrByRKV
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQM4dv5nbmS
"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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJzphLPOAo
"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."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffcB7dUCh1
He pulled a lighter out of his pocket.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZqjmpvASV
"And we'll all reunite in eternity."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2qF4xk6w0
"Seriously, Pastor, what's going on here?" the council member tried again.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqT6sxpEf9k
"Friends. We are the beginning," Pastor Young finished.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVlE403QAe
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.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQz8x7xC0w
They were silent, as they looked out into the darkness.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTtD2RxGpV
Finally, Elena spoke.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq48KAgUmNl
"Damon."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QM75KJqj5
She looked at him.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36bD0ReYv4
He looked at her as he said, "Yeah?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZKyRX6qQS
"I remember. Everything. Why didn't you tell me that it was you I meant first?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXGWGIZpGJ
"Well, it wouldn't had mattered anyway."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUSAF9thHM
"It would've been nice to know, though."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuD9UB7hDEl
"I guess you remember that I love you then, huh?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwuLZT6CqV
"Yes."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWi4aHvE2l
"Now that you remember everything, do you finally know what you feel for me?"826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIlA6uz749
He wished she would say that she loved him.
"I care about you, Damon. That's all I feel."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CV4MIQL6C
"Then you're lying to yourself and to everybody else. You can't see it yet, but I know you love me, too."826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhzVoX60pE
He got up and headed inside.826Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNPCELgFhn
Stefan and Kat watched them from one of the windows in one of the upstairs rooms.
