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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87uS0SUqbu
"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."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0nB6W008G
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZI9zlUvDoT
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0juDt3q64p
A moment later, Elena was at Stefan's side.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXE2KUOxT7
"Go catch up with Jeremy and Bonnie. I'll help Damon."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjNQVNO4Ec
"Are you sure?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9X28Gvu7W
"Go, Elena," Damon said. "Help Jeremy and Bonnie. We'll be fine."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDZht2Ej9P
He watched Elena jump into the deeper caves.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszbCtkeOXt
Stefan finished.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKiWxpQNPa
"Go help Elena. I'll be fine," Damon said to his brother.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsmVlIvxE1
Stefan jumped into the deeper caves a few minutes later, knowing Elena would probably need help.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxRHPHiwDE
Damon crawled over to the Original and started pulling arrows out of her back, which smelled of vervain.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTt0I27AB3a
A few moments later, he was finished.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdUF2VWVRj
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQd1gUHo2C
"No!" he heard Elena say and saw Elena try to stop her.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2SoXUWGw7
He saw her push Elena out of the way, but she didn't get past Damon. He grabbed her by the arm firmly.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qI8iItyf9
"What are you doing here, Katherine?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMM2FbeHv6
"The cure. What else? A bargain for my freedom, since I hear he wants to destroy it."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0IalvvyiG
As she pushed him off her and vanished, he knew she wasn't in shape. There was the smell of blood.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mw0bm4tbO
He looked at Elena.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KQWD96Jho
"Go help Bonnie and Jeremy. I'll be right behind you."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BXAAFcVYJ
Elena vanished.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkkTYhVZWa
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlZbC9X3Sf
Elena knelt by Bonnie and her brother. She bit into her wrist and put it to her lips.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DVDEFX2Ki
"Bonnie, drink."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJElBgIdM1x
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMT26NN4fJ
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPl62n3PTq
Damon gently layed Rebekah down not far from Bonnie and the others, before going over to stand in front of her.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mlHCejtW2
"Katherine, what happened?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jeibyqie4
"I got bitten."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxVo83BFAF
"How long ago?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDvVEFTn1W
"Two hours ago."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUT9jt3Dro
Elena stood up, now finished with Bonnie, and headed towards Damon and Katherine.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeynIeVALf
"Jeremy, get Bonnie out of here. Meet us at the boats," Damon said.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTKksyf0Cp
Jeremy obeyed.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTpTy0fTZl
"I'll get Katherine. You help Rebecca," Elena told Damon.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgS4msFrnZz
"And I'll keep this cure safe," Damon said, taking it from Katherine.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BHCO6tSAZ
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkAtwS2Y6M
Rebekah came to, as Damon called his brother.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKVOYtSoVR
Rebekah sat up.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTBSmaWBCV
"The boat? Did I miss all the fun?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYi7Kp3MQBP
"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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDle1ZVw58b
Damon hung up.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yIPT53Hav
"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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zsFffSUyr
Just then, they walked in with Elena helping a weak Katherine. It was obvious in one quick look what was wrong.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDgjsmAFS3
Stefan set the cure on the coffee table.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDWOKJqFeu
Katherine collapsed.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacQFMfGqIH
Damon was instantly there to help Elena hold her up, while getting her over to Klaus.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhQsNdEegx
"Well, isn't this a sight," Klaus announced.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunj3r6Pghw
"Help her," Damon said.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNIbrMfXrp
"Why?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjzvN47k8H
"Klaus, she's my family. Please. If you don't do it for anyone else, do it for me," Elena said.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITQm9g1voU
"Fine. I'll do it."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeEVX05qeY
"Thank you."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4G1bDv3nLY
She layed her gently down in front of Klaus.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMMQRobvZS
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ucRBCoxPA
After he was done, he layed her gently back down and Damon picked her up in his arms.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv078lzQMGe
"We're going home," Elena told everyone, before following Damon out the door.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUf7u6v1sgW
Rebekah told Bonnie," You can let it down now. It's time."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rdIW9KlYe
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2GBNHzOsj
"Burn in hell," she said, before killing him with the only thing that kills Originals; a white oak stake.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3URqMTNKo
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iNPdXlCJq
"Thank you," she told her descendant. "Both of you; you saved my life."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kdzeiCoo0
"Hang in there. We'll find the potential and you'll be back to yourself in no time," Elena promised.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1qzFWHzyA
"When will you find the potential Hunter? They've started."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dcmp1xXK6
"I don't know, but hopefully soon," she admitted. Then, curious, she had to ask her, "What do you see?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzkDhHfamW
"My ma' ma."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pcqJxMZDJ
"Katerina," her ma' ma greeted.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmM1p3IPEf
"Ma'ma."
An hour later, the Hunter was found and the mark had started after his first killing. Now Kat was all better.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsY14Y16cB
"Thanks, Elena."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYHwwKmDx5
"You're welcome."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9br0sCvlQe
"If you need anything, call me. I'll be in town if you need me. And tell Damon thank you for me."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtefN1bxXdI
Elena watched, as Katherine jumped out the window and vanished.
