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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZe9IVMuu9
She sat up.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPsh8vSxxw
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan said.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyLy8zqS1g
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asked.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41s4hDetUS
"He didn't," Damon told her.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfFmpc4C2Z
"Wait. What?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOS9JuoIs9l
Stefan explained to her what Meredith had done.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7J5w5YhM7
"So what? Am I dead?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRdmiY6g7d
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfjUb0tZnq
"No. I can't be."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJu22XGxYpQ
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9hbN756EY
"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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVAP2Jh5Jf
Stefan came down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkIxdhhpwq
He watched his elder brother.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vppX08vQ7
"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."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLs1o75v5Iv
"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."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBUhDSTjOs
"Whatever. Always the hero," Damon commented, grabbing his glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNPiM8K7m4
Stefan left the room, as Damon finished his drink.
851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHtOONom5X
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCr0GwPN2h
Her younger brother, Jeremy, walked over to her from down the other end of the hallway.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tkRHgmnr3
"Jer," she greeted.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQ1ikMIVsw
They hugged.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡig68OGNRCI
"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."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCPtnYeItT
Elena glanced over at the light bulb again, but turned back to face Jeremy again.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLruyLiLrED
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydYgm9HOeB
"No, you're not. You're act like everything's okay so no one worries about you but you need help."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiWAAlGAMS
Elena kept glancing at the light bulb.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmNDj61jBS
"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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYldrNEqiC
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFUBOM7tZ9
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqBOKHpteA
"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."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQtHGNiOgi
"I hope so."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkMSRKJrhv
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zTZVY3o5k
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Klaus said.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetR6KKHTfA
Bonnie turned around and saw Klaus in Tyler's body entering the cellar.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7D725uynz
"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."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyBY5q4jle
"Yes, when I assumed I'd be a pile of ash. But apparently, fate and oxygen intervened and there I am."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWz3k2olUi
Klaus walked towards the coffin.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFLwBMpf2d
"Put me back."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmATIjchrGG
"I can't right now."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7FkNGaInE
"Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the Council. They're on a war path and this body's vulnerable."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09ojo1bSdd
"I have to help Elena before she has to feed."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxHtmxMb3J
"Elena's dead and no longer my concern."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDxwVkgzt4
"You're forgetting who just saved your life."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DzThF2LfR
Klaus grabbed Bonnie by the throat.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLokW2uHYr1
"And you're forgetting that I could rip your tongue out. Now put me back."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5tUjY8ini
"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?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPDBlDj1j3
Klaus released Bonnie.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltw54ONDpe
Bonnie started to leave, but Klaus was instantly in front of her and blocked her way out.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATFMh7NhY6
"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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86LSyVmZvJ
She stopped.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwD5QYEctkr
"Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74az3PdZMk
"Honestly, I wish it were."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTy9GqicVP
He turned to the deputies behind them.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzA9V15Rx64
"Blood bank's in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjULJTXqSc
"Who gave you that authority?" Meredith questioned.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJEtRyOSCq
"The Council. They're entrusted me to secure the town and unlike some of our Founding Families, I don't have conflicting interests."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kEJzneiJi
"What is that supposed to mean?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh41ASW6iD3
"Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57bKyDph97
Pastor Young left Meredith there.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOmgHoBAF5
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqojJ4xqnm
"Can I help you?" Matt asked the officer.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdhbbIFbXW
"Sorry."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCrMCFmxdR
He got on his dispatch and said, "All good here."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLQB3Fdm4H
He exited the room and closed the door.
An officer handcuffed Carol Lockwood at the Lockwood Mansion. Pastor Young stood nearby.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FTSSmVack
"What's going on?" she asked.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxrPd08W6a
The officer started to lead Carol out of her house.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLR5vk10VpB
"We just need to ask you a few questions about your son."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOwMpFmF3i
"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town!"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMK8cp5TEj
"Not anymore you're not."
Sheriff Forbes was walking to the police department when Pastor Young stopped her.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfP2SDljwlB
"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ200KntbelR
"What are you talking about?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmQUG7rhIe
The deputies surrounded the two of them.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9QbYTa3KL
"They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapqJYwoxO4
"You have no idea what you're up against."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZSIjaWXCj
"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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVKqfN3AAX
"Where are you? And please tell me it's somewhere faraway," Liz told her daughter.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6zSOPEzOk
"Where am I? Uh…good question. Uh…there's just a whole lot of boring highways. Why, is everything okay?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsXXC8dlkV
Suddenly, an officer snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the side of her neck with a syringe.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIiP92zCGQ
"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TdLu4fc8z
The phone hit the porch.
Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsajLhRXQm2
Elena took a bite of a sandwich.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJYE1HLs8X
"It's disgusting," Stefan commented, watching her.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkoh0mnG1K
"No it's, um…"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxkLoYuzR4
"It's disgusting," he repeated.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLN1UjLBxFD
She spit it out onto a napkin.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGhUAH7EJr
"I never thought I would say this, but I can't stop thinking about blood."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMrWTEBKxt
"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?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnt6RMuJMw
Stefan poured himself a drink and took a sip.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpU8arYZD0s
Elena got up and walked over to him.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIdLTicE2z
"Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do. You respected my choice."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvO8VBzImG
"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."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRZy0PNS34
"Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClh6r8az9F
Suddenly, Elena started laughing.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR559OlF0is
"Oh my God, did-did I just say "cross that bridge"?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7S3D21iF0
Elena started laughing maniacally.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQmFR2KyFr
"You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaKfNEbQN9
"I can't stop though," she said, continuing to laugh.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQetCrDhBW
"Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDCgmV3u0G
She continued laughing but then started to cry.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPF5oS5zE3B
He hugged her.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBgVewuEyE
"Hey, shh, shh. It's okay. It's okay."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHX1h4NEqpE
"I'm sorry. I…"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiFjCuZTNO
He pulled away and caressed her face.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTAhT94mjD
"Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblbPS3jnFx
Elena looked out the window and squinted her eyes due to the brightness of the sunlight.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GWBQ4vEEb
"Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark? I'll clean up."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRGCthxlRY
Elena started to walk away and shielded her eyes from the sun.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39Z0aC5TPQ
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4CPNPH8hF
"I'm tired, Damon."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1V8hqcG4z
Damon got up and walked over to Elena, holding up her vervain necklace.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9sXF1fOi0
"I brought you this."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUK7su6rJh
"I thought it was gone. Thank you."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5f5Jy8aeoD
Elena tried to take it from Damon, but he pulled it back.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWG6PdIMP4U
"Please give it back."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Fp07NZ7dz
"I just have to say something."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupPGpLd2FU
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9fEkl3Sbt
"Because what I'm about to say is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58fbEoRRbg
"Damon, don't go there."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Mui4XE2LX
"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."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OcRnRQQ5y
Damon kissed Elena on the forehead.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqXmNRokxZ
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPbUFGTyIW
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVfabLYeE5
Damon entered the room behind her.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLInZDfCHiz
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuDEE7rFXY
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOZBRds3o6
Rebekah turned around to face him.
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEH3MKZqpDh
Rebekah turned back around.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqEicXiURW
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteVT59qfNz
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgD4sXpLDA
Suddenly, she heard a commotion downstairs and walked down the stairs.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VJHOm72pP
"Stefan?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkEfF2aR0L
"Elena, don't move."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PE31Xpktd
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSYlydJ2yR
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFI72qIjeZ
"Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the Council," she told the Original sister.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcUiOp8Xyp
"The Council? What exactly do they think they can do to me?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2y8Hyb3JK
Suddenly, the wheels of the van started to screech. The van flipped over. Caroline and Rebekah went flying. The van landed on its side.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UNStqDE6g
"What the hell happened?" Rebekah questioned.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIxSobQVaD
Just then, someone opened the door. Someone unexpected.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7i1XVp1daN
"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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzD0cpKGPe
"No time. Come on. Let's go," Katherine said, helping them both to their feet one by one.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNdvftBGbW
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlYzZu0fFT
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," Damon said.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NPKiilpAT
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answered him.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmttWOFw1O
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGTELdcAJy
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away; did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith said.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9QRHHklQo
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answered her.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTPQHuCZJh
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," Damon implied.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsJgIsLK52
Someone knocked on the front door and then Matt entered the house.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeHcjiEv49
"Hey, is Elena here?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFnECXR0Ec
Damon turned around and rushed towards Matt. He grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the wall, choking him.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xIjZ4vjVY
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbT9bqmyIKr
Meredith tried to pull Damon off of him.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSz3DsroPF
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith said.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEy6SRfdqK
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz said.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjT9rJK8N2D
Matt tried to pry Damon's arm off his throat.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7pB1SONgh
Damon finally released him.
Just then, someone unexpected arrived along with Rebekah and Caroline.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVHqObArdT
"Katherine," Damon said, looking at her.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1YF6nWeFB
"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."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkkJX35y0D
Liz and Caroline hugged.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyaaj4ScId
Rebekah stood against a faraway wall.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuHF8vPlGx
"Why would you go to such a length to help?" Damon inquired of his sire.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmlOHmvomx
"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."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuTteW40Ke
"Yes. And how are do you suppose we do that? We don't know where the hell to look."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxH2eJWOYD
"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."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoGKnmfgaj
She gave him a smile.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6dMaQPutP
"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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChaNoBTngn
"Where am I?" she questioned.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANrAEmyehp
"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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhsxIyIYlx
"Stefan."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiHyoGLE77
Elena tried to pull herself up but was too weak to do so.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5AVNn6ga0
"I didn't feed."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRC04aN1xtN
Stefan looked worried.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQG9VmA3Dj
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.
851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImODXxS8sE
Back in the barn, things were turning to worst for Elena and Stefan felt helpless to help her at all this time.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcg5wvlma4l
"Elena? You still with me?" he called to her from where he sat against the wall that divided him from Elena.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0P2kwIhir
Elena sat on the other side of the wall. She was even paler and was breathing heavily.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5hFgIdTH9
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqX0jIpGYiU
"No, you're not. I can hear you breathing. Damon was right. You should have fed earlier. I'm so sorry."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkw2VVcaHro
"Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZrvDxod1K
"I love you so much."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCzFjKo3DN
Stefan started to cry silent tears.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUMJrVlcra
"I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made," Elena said.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAL0MgnLMM
She placed her hand against the wall dividing them.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiLwEz5wyp
"God. It sucks that I can't see you right now."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR38H5JjkUl
"I'm smiling."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQizAOQRHQ
"Me too."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwPpwQXRYu
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIaz6HPsYH
She walked in and scanned the place.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkE04wi0w1K
Normally, she would've gotten Stefan out first, but seeing Elena, she knew she was the worst off.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcTirKW8nG
She rushed over to her cage and immediately broke the lock and opened the door. Then she knelt by her.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY94P9W8eVi
"Elena?" she called softly.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecl27YhdXG
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsF44dhvpnM
She looked back at Stefan, once outside of Elena's cage.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoE4ZOdDaSK
"I'll be back for you."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqe12tANkNT
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNHJZufLqw
Kat looked up.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ok53jswwV
"Matt!" she called to him.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RChUw013W
He went over to them.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBf9EJr14D6
"You need to let her feed on you."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVzFONCRWf
A few minutes later, Elena woke up as a vampire.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGFw3p51kO
Kat helped her sit up.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQ7Md2nmSM
"How do you feel?" she questioned her descendant, as everyone went over to them.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepnF8X7vjS
"Better. Thanks," Elena said, even though she wasn't sure what she felt about being a vampire now.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vv5QSe7ru
"Good. I'll be back."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4BEeL1s05
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7eQADlDjN
"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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1fIaQ54f0
"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."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQjfRF3EL8
He pulled a lighter out of his pocket.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mlm03mjkM
"And we'll all reunite in eternity."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GC4kfE7lp
"Seriously, Pastor, what's going on here?" the council member tried again.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQsPay27rF
"Friends. We are the beginning," Pastor Young finished.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeBavuiUMK
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.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae8IhmCZTV
They were silent, as they looked out into the darkness.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwT9Kppd73W
Finally, Elena spoke.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2IyNQbX0Q
"Damon."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh320vW7oFj
She looked at him.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKScnCZ7zg
He looked at her as he said, "Yeah?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mNjkk2TfP
"I remember. Everything. Why didn't you tell me that it was you I meant first?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUw5gckvsM8
"Well, it wouldn't had mattered anyway."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZxPem5OdT
"It would've been nice to know, though."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjouQzHzNo
"I guess you remember that I love you then, huh?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVykMzbSXBa
"Yes."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXgQvyAmDd
"Now that you remember everything, do you finally know what you feel for me?"851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpr84QxV4jH
He wished she would say that she loved him.
"I care about you, Damon. That's all I feel."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzg4BYESl6H
"Then you're lying to yourself and to everybody else. You can't see it yet, but I know you love me, too."851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0BLwuqtFD
He got up and headed inside.851Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfxFcbAe8p
Stefan and Kat watched them from one of the windows in one of the upstairs rooms.
