Summary: Set in S4E11 after "Into The Wild." What if Jeremy hadn't been killed? What if Katherine hadn't been in the best shape? What if Jeremy had been too late to tell her that that guy was one of The Five? Different things happen.
It was a beautiful day, as Damon stood in the cave tied with vervain ropes. There was one around his neck and another around his wrists, binding them together. One of The Five had a hold of the other end of the rope, standing a distance away, facing him.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaW7AmH7ld
"You clearly don't know my friends," Damon said, hearing some rock as someone got ready to enter. Then when he saw Rebekah, he added, "Or my enemies."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2xP6D9STK
Damon pulled on the rope until he had all of the rope, and with a little more effort, he managed to get free from the vervained ropes. But the freedom didn't last long, because when Rebekah was down with arrows in her back, he was tied against a wooden post with something that was vervained.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkWixJNNyO
Suddenly, Stefan walked in. Then he and the guy fought. Once the guy was beaten up a little Stefan started to untie the thing from around his neck.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZKKeQvclE
A moment later, Elena was at Stefan's side.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKMDDIDERi
"Go catch up with Jeremy and Bonnie. I'll help Damon."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIrggoSYU0
"Are you sure?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4Ara3jIRi
"Go, Elena," Damon said. "Help Jeremy and Bonnie. We'll be fine."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4w5Fuun0JI
He watched Elena jump into the deeper caves.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtS86vEl7GC
Stefan finished.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49zii05kcJ
"Go help Elena. I'll be fine," Damon said to his brother.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RALvVc6qc
Stefan jumped into the deeper caves a few minutes later, knowing Elena would probably need help.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Qn9WTmwa0
Damon crawled over to the Original and started pulling arrows out of her back, which smelled of vervain.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEt7WKxcd1
A few moments later, he was finished.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcEysdlPUv
He gently rolled her onto her back and then got to his feet, before picking her up in his arms and jumping down into the deeper caves.
It wasn't long before he smelled a familiar scent; he gently layed the Original down before going deeper.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLl1Glzrbp
"No!" he heard Elena say and saw Elena try to stop her.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi96mfiq08Y
He saw her push Elena out of the way, but she didn't get past Damon. He grabbed her by the arm firmly.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDH37mM1QCP
"What are you doing here, Katherine?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUYzvXpF8M
"The cure. What else? A bargain for my freedom, since I hear he wants to destroy it."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbSfCPQGO0
As she pushed him off her and vanished, he knew she wasn't in shape. There was the smell of blood.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHxX7qGPLc
He looked at Elena.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNjj1h4RNF
"Go help Bonnie and Jeremy. I'll be right behind you."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmqF9lKbvz
Elena vanished.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwYMoUNFxk
Damon went over and gently picked Rebekah up, before vanishing as well.
Katherine through the guy off Jeremy and Jeremy fell on the ground, before he went to check on Bonnie. Then Katherine bit and drank from the guy.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXafEMgArw
Elena knelt by Bonnie and her brother. She bit into her wrist and put it to her lips.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNjus5IHAy
"Bonnie, drink."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9yjnEZkFM
Damon walked in and saw Elena feeding Bonnie her blood, Jeremy a little beaten up, one of The Five dead on the ground, and Katherine feeding Silas her blood. But once she had the cure in hand, she stopped, taking her wrist away.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwBebC0A3g
She slowly turned around, back against what Silas lay on. She was weak and was holding on to what he lay on with a hand.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKRuy5nYPB
Damon gently layed Rebekah down not far from Bonnie and the others, before going over to stand in front of her.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxeX3pqGDS
"Katherine, what happened?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PQW8XOcop
"I got bitten."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJqeob8zF9
"How long ago?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FH0bWBTtJ
"Two hours ago."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz20hv616jW
Elena stood up, now finished with Bonnie, and headed towards Damon and Katherine.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyWZ7Xv3Rn
"Jeremy, get Bonnie out of here. Meet us at the boats," Damon said.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSTvRK0kDC
Jeremy obeyed.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK83W6E9Fxk
"I'll get Katherine. You help Rebecca," Elena told Damon.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGoVxzSwXi
"And I'll keep this cure safe," Damon said, taking it from Katherine.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOL5zwmnNOV
Elena put an arm around her, as Katherine put a weak arm around Elena's shoulders.
An hour later Elena, Jeremy, Bonnie, Damon, Katherine, and Rebecca were in a boat.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cbFatgZUk
Rebekah came to, as Damon called his brother.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmP9IbQ9ae
Rebekah sat up.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEhgOXvNfz
"The boat? Did I miss all the fun?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwIf0BQ4Qt
"I wouldn't call it fun, but you missed everything back there," Elena replied, before explaining to her what happened and what was going on.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf69LNSMnJj
Damon hung up.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQo2KX0k3jH
"Stefan's coming."
"Feel free to help out anytime," Caroline said to Klaus, as she and Tyler sat on the couch at Elena's place.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAS6KJJ6hfy
Just then, they walked in with Elena helping a weak Katherine. It was obvious in one quick look what was wrong.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡel0UjAmVoS
Stefan set the cure on the coffee table.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSV15EGmUq
Katherine collapsed.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRFujJSYlI
Damon was instantly there to help Elena hold her up, while getting her over to Klaus.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueYSM0d6zn
"Well, isn't this a sight," Klaus announced.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfkue3BnJj
"Help her," Damon said.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vhpMVUJZi
"Why?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAEooECBGB
"Klaus, she's my family. Please. If you don't do it for anyone else, do it for me," Elena said.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLxn6WfEgP
"Fine. I'll do it."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqMycGedUZ
"Thank you."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbddMpPIvn
She layed her gently down in front of Klaus.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIFzhjQntp
He pulled her gently into his arms and positioned her head back, before biting his wrist and putting it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQIQBPs0Jt
After he was done, he layed her gently back down and Damon picked her up in his arms.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ6LElMJud
"We're going home," Elena told everyone, before following Damon out the door.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZnHYQ7m4z
Rebekah told Bonnie," You can let it down now. It's time."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtufjtY8al1
Bonnie undid the spell that bound him there. Then, after it was down, she pinned her brother to a wall, still mad at him for daggering her again.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGzvdeIRz5
"Burn in hell," she said, before killing him with the only thing that kills Originals; a white oak stake.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYGY4syP26
Everyone watched as she left the house.
Later that night, Katherine lay in Damon's bed in his room with Elena seated at her bedside.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cqhYAaOUZ
"Thank you," she told her descendant. "Both of you; you saved my life."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYIRGfrdsD
"Hang in there. We'll find the potential and you'll be back to yourself in no time," Elena promised.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwElNoO8EC
"When will you find the potential Hunter? They've started."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbIReU2we2
"I don't know, but hopefully soon," she admitted. Then, curious, she had to ask her, "What do you see?"672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFtr1osnKC
"My ma' ma."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡias7G5SdGx
"Katerina," her ma' ma greeted.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyf12L0AHng
"Ma'ma."
An hour later, the Hunter was found and the mark had started after his first killing. Now Kat was all better.672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9eKkFDYUY
"Thanks, Elena."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94UGECMfyZ
"You're welcome."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7LRI7jhIK
"If you need anything, call me. I'll be in town if you need me. And tell Damon thank you for me."672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jeYZxUpsK
Elena watched, as Katherine jumped out the window and vanished.
