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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLm8K0EpcU
Jeremy stood by a table that had chairs on it, watching him, Matt and April behind him.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHodsc3P63V
"What are you doing?" Jeremy asked.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9uKptmIub
"If anything walks through that door, it'll get a spurt of the werewolf poison."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQe70W2rXK
"Those are our friends out there," Jeremy protested.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsNNkFmTnB
"No they're not."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwoI9HQDxC
"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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxvE4mi0jO
"If you want to learn how to kill vampires, you have to do it my way."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RIGxJbjUw
"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."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWBlyr3pc4
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5f3d1irEbz
Ric walked over and broke the set up with a dagger he had in hand.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPCVeZW0m7
"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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKJpx2Vj2g
"You should get out of here," Ric advised Matt, April, and Jeremy.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2frv4qeX3
"There's an escape route in the back room," Damon told them.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFo3ie2QMN6
They started to go.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNBLI18H0x
Conner grabbed Jeremy, knife to his throat.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcEyWWAJzT
"Don't come any closer," he warned. He then added in warning, "And you two aren't going anywhere."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAsVn2lYdi
April and Matt stopped a distance away from them.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCRk9Dmstu
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOacuG2dlI
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJJyK3bKCG
"Jeremy, drink; you need to heal."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SiyI31fas
He looked at her for a few minutes, before he drank, knowing he could trust his sister, no matter what she was.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPWQhn1gbi
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NSK6GMJJ1
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmeX6TI9nk
"No," he protested.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVkypo7afX
"You're dying, Alaric. You have to."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dniDZgo0D
"I don't have to do anything."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkL1W29R9N9
"I don't want you to die," she told him.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBHjctd68q
He looked at her and she did likewise with him.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsa5Fgpfih
"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."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEDjGxGUEL
Katherine's eyes shone with sadness, giving away her feelings. Then she got to her feet and turned her back to help out.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEklpLJ8s4
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcq4vCFGUPE
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryPYeetx6U
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKxwhGfKDV
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGjgwY5FPi
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfh07U9mXsf
Damon painfully got to his feet. Then he through Conner off Elena and twisted his arm behind his back, making him drop the stake.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqczrVJ8XU
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSRohAi03a
Matt looked at April.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7kRWQELxf
"Go out the back and get home. I'll explain everything later. We all will," he said, wanting her out of the mix.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2E85luiud2
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJJnSLzYET
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFibuYkJVT
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6Un5IK15j
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Iv0UdVU5D
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Y9mXeq1kf
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBSSvZREbS
"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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCv2mgD3Zc
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDtropyke0
"Are you okay?" he asked her.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjlOsmK8DV
"I'm fine," she said, sitting up. "Tyler, what's going on?"781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HdsU5NAAg
"I didn't ask."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HiU6ctraQ
They got to their feet and walked over.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFBslmokOL
"What happened?" Caroline questioned.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEITLRawNAW
Ric looked up at her.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgWMJRZiLO
"She was stabbed with Conner's knife. Now she's dying. Somehow he got a hold of some werewolf poison."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VObl7ANDt
"Then we need Klaus," Caroline answered.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ahl2vRiO3
"It's Katherine. He won't do it," Damon implied. "I might have some leftover at home, though."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqakeFjhSW
"I'll take her there while you clean up," Ric volunteered.
"And I'll go with him," Elena told Damon.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fEsIsYylo
Ric gently picked Katerina up in his arms and got to his feet, heading for the door.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswuqrEvpkD
Damon watched as Elena followed Ric out the door.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3dlBmKe5h
"We should go home. It's late," Caroline said.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0aUplrk9F
He watched silently, as Tyler and Caroline left hand in hand.
As Ric headed towards the boarding house, Katherine blacked out.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbkYW0E2On
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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrl4avaswM
"Thanks," the vampiress said to Elena.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEoRyAFZJV
"You're welcome."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMhiGUIiCn
"I guess I get to say welcome to this side of life," Katherine replied to Elena.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxE4A1QqVq
"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.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlE8vN7iTu
Kat sat up.781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusIrBe3bvH
"Rebekah. I should probably kill her one of these days for that."781Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gcNAP90V1
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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