Summary: Set in S4 when Conner took Matt, April, and Jeremy as hostages in the Mystic Grille. What if Ric was still human and alive? What if Katherine came back to Mystic Falls? What if Stefan hadn't taken Damon's ring? What if Caroling and Tyler were there? What if everyone helped take down Conner? Will anyone get hurt? Will Conner be taken down? Will anyone live? Will anyone die? Read to find out.
It was a beautiful day, as Conner set the stuff up so anything supernatural would get vervained, hurt, or possibly dead if they walked through that door.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxX8vhrg9Bs
Jeremy stood by a table that had chairs on it, watching him, Matt and April behind him.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzsW1fLSS5
"What are you doing?" Jeremy asked.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmT1PzvEFQZ
"If anything walks through that door, it'll get a spurt of the werewolf poison."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKLll7aiWg
"Those are our friends out there," Jeremy protested.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrRsZDJ5Xk
"No they're not."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEtLChJUbD
"Yes they are. I don't care what they've done. They don't deserve this," he said, all the while thinking of Elena, Damon, Caroline, Tyler, and others he knew.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpTTAgWNCU
"If you want to learn how to kill vampires, you have to do it my way."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RI8B6sD05
"I never said I wanted to kill my friends. They're like family. They're all I have. I won't let you do this."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyk8z4FXzY
The front door opened, but nobody appeared until after the stuff had sprayed. Since no one was there, it landed on the floor. When it was done spraying, Jeremy and the others watched as Alaric Saltzman walked in.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0OVU8vQ1F
Ric walked over and broke the set up with a dagger he had in hand.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYcNvP3QFz
"You know, if you wanted to kill a vampire or two, I know some I could send your way. Ones not includes as friends and family," Ric said, looking at Conner. "Come in. It's done," he added.
Caroline, Tyler, Damon, and Elena walked in.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYl4sfA4PhE
"You should get out of here," Ric advised Matt, April, and Jeremy.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20uU0vB0vV
"There's an escape route in the back room," Damon told them.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhS5Bxmtvy
They started to go.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FB9GxMWuG
Conner grabbed Jeremy, knife to his throat.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVp6N5rllg
"Don't come any closer," he warned. He then added in warning, "And you two aren't going anywhere."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvLBb9R1VO
April and Matt stopped a distance away from them.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXUgSeWq0u
Suddenly, at vamp speed, Katherine Pierce was inside and pushed Conner away, from behind. Conner staggered back and Jeremy was thrown, landing by a table. The table fell on its side.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZYwwRaGcL
Elena went to and knelt by her brother, whom lay on his back. The knife had made a little wound on his neck. She bit her wrist and held it out to him.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3Bwi0w4ar
"Jeremy, drink; you need to heal."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmeFgEjU1m
He looked at her for a few minutes, before he drank, knowing he could trust his sister, no matter what she was.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIJa4cvdrV
As Elena looked up, she saw Ric and Conner fighting. Ric was soon pinned to a wall and Conner had stabbed him in the stomach with a knife. And even as he did, Damon and Katherine both ran to help Ric at the same time.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡff3vcDW0DK
Damon through Conner off, as Alaric slid down the wall. At the same time, Katherine knelt by the dying Vampire Hunter. She bit her wrist and held it out to him.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oiVQdl7BB
"No," he protested.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrp5JMU1Jkw
"You're dying, Alaric. You have to."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrWtyfw5nr
"I don't have to do anything."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUthXvvqdTU
"I don't want you to die," she told him.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eF4hB24ok
He looked at her and she did likewise with him.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0B3KSMm49
"Fine. Your choice. You want to die and get even more down the dark side? It's your choice. But I won't watch you die. I can't. I've lost enough, Alaric."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEaoCiGo3j
Katherine's eyes shone with sadness, giving away her feelings. Then she got to her feet and turned her back to help out.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglSUzUrm9l
The elder vampiress saw Damon crash into a table, which broke with his weight. She then saw Tyler and Caroline go for Conner, but he through them one at a time, and they each hit a wall. But even as she saw this, she ran towards him at vamp speed.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4opArNh0RC
Conner turned around and saw her coming towards him. Then, as she arrived just inches from him, he stabbed her with a dagger in her right side.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDla0zckNV
As the pain came, she vaguely heard a few voices shout out her name. And the moment when the pain started, she knew there was something on it. She knew it wasn't vervain, because she couldn't smell vervain. That's when she knew she was in danger.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lOzKSfsj7
Elena saw Conner stab her and her stagger back and grab an edge of the bar. That's when she knew that something was wrong.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftcWk9WHaI
At vamp speed, Elena through him, but he came after her; then they were rolling over and over on the floor, him with a stake in hand, trying to stake her, her with a hand on his hand, trying to stop him.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVXTpz9T1z
Damon painfully got to his feet. Then he through Conner off Elena and twisted his arm behind his back, making him drop the stake.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMt6J2Ogazo
As Matt watched everything, he wished that he had his rifle about now, to shoot the bastard whom had hurt Alaric and almost staked Elena.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaGrFFIK0k
Matt looked at April.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgTfsBD0d8
"Go out the back and get home. I'll explain everything later. We all will," he said, wanting her out of the mix.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPH0XZBbpt
Without question, April ran towards and inside the big room. She had a million questions, but knew Matt well enough that he would keep his promise. Then she looked for a way out.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq77OMcxO9r
Elena got to her feet and raced towards her Petrova bloodline, but was too late, as Katherine fell and landed on her back, the dagger still in her side.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGGQDr63M1
When Alaric awoke and saw the shape Katherine was in, he knelt at her side before Elena could arrive. He didn't care about her, but Elena did. He was doing this for Elena. Alaric saw the dagger and pulled it out, tossing it to the floor.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhiGWhoFYo
When he pulled it out, the vampiress gasped in pain. And then she saw Elena at her side.
"Katherine, can you hear me?" she vaguely heard her ask in a worried tone. Everything was so dim to her and her vision was blurry.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfiC3F6gqr
She felt Ric lay a hand on her forehead and hear him say, "She's warm." And that's when she knew what was wrong with her. She was slowly dying.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2TON99SXw
Damon soon killed Conner and then was kneeling by Kat's head, feeling through the Sire bond that she was dying. Because she had sired him, he felt everything she was going through. After Conner was dead, Matt left.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftcV81XrQL
"She's dying. And she can just barely hear us. I can feel it," he told them.
Elena understood, as he told them. She realized he felt it because she had sired him. That made her wonder if it was the same with Stefan, since she had sired them both. She also knew what he met by her dying. She had werewolf poison in her system.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrKZRMb5dG
As if to prove that Elena was right, Katherine screamed in pain as pain sliced through her.
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Tyler awoke to see the scene after he heard Katherine scream in pain. But he figured they didn't need him. He then crawled over to where Caroline lay on her back, and knelt by her, pulling her gently into his arms. He needed to make sure she was okay.
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Caroline awoke to see Tyler holding her in his arms and hear Katherine screaming in the distance.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGVbUVTu8E
"Are you okay?" he asked her.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiW3U55E98
"I'm fine," she said, sitting up. "Tyler, what's going on?"754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlvKiLQQ6z
"I didn't ask."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFude0VYvsM
They got to their feet and walked over.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyofo2jrg0a
"What happened?" Caroline questioned.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzGRrlPD35
Ric looked up at her.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspLnrJS4q3
"She was stabbed with Conner's knife. Now she's dying. Somehow he got a hold of some werewolf poison."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3BApgwqVq
"Then we need Klaus," Caroline answered.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6I9Xkh7ynC
"It's Katherine. He won't do it," Damon implied. "I might have some leftover at home, though."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqqA2FxSna
"I'll take her there while you clean up," Ric volunteered.
"And I'll go with him," Elena told Damon.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRR6h6zjLa
Ric gently picked Katerina up in his arms and got to his feet, heading for the door.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqBPHbWeDC
Damon watched as Elena followed Ric out the door.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCnMveJ9g3
"We should go home. It's late," Caroline said.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztJOZFOqJI
He watched silently, as Tyler and Caroline left hand in hand.
As Ric headed towards the boarding house, Katherine blacked out.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBjqE1weei
Elena was worried, as they walked. She didn't look well and she was blacked out. She looked worse than Damon had been when he had been bitten by Tyler. She guessed the knife had been in her long enough to work faster than a werewolf bite.
Katherine didn't know how long she had been out, but when she came to, she felt better. She also saw that her Petrova bloodline was seated on her bedside.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8UaNr8EGJ
"Thanks," the vampiress said to Elena.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPxJgeZmf7
"You're welcome."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFWfyfOPo8
"I guess I get to say welcome to this side of life," Katherine replied to Elena.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlXtEq27wy
"Yeah; I guess Damon's blood made me a vampire. I had it in my system when Rebekah ran me and Matt off the road. Now I'm sired to him," Elena explained.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEi83Xq8pTi
Kat sat up.754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iTyDFWH2B
"Rebekah. I should probably kill her one of these days for that."754Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlVGBvu6ay
Kat got to her feet and Elena helped her. They then came down the stairs.
The next day at the boarding house, everyone explained everything to April, whom took it very well.
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