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.588Please respect copyright.PENANAHGWqxRmG1l
She sat up.588Please respect copyright.PENANAfNlvZDzhdS
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan said.588Please respect copyright.PENANAshOInPfyzu
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asked.588Please respect copyright.PENANAw5hkgeCm7p
"He didn't," Damon told her.588Please respect copyright.PENANADJfoUYlqcZ
"Wait. What?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAfJdmon9BQO
Stefan explained to her what Meredith had done.588Please respect copyright.PENANAFB7yG7lxMA
"So what? Am I dead?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAig4HBCgm5V
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."588Please respect copyright.PENANAR48QhIkVAP
"No. I can't be."588Please respect copyright.PENANAbFGdl4v28N
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."588Please respect copyright.PENANAy7F6QJKfrA
"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.588Please respect copyright.PENANA1CbwjWPCsj
Stefan came down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.588Please respect copyright.PENANAOHMibbYxfr
He watched his elder brother.588Please respect copyright.PENANAC4XwCPmtEI
"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."588Please respect copyright.PENANAM4777k9OMI
"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."588Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4OV4pcsBs
"Whatever. Always the hero," Damon commented, grabbing his glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.588Please respect copyright.PENANAQTHr8XJ0AH
Stefan left the room, as Damon finished his drink.
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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.588Please respect copyright.PENANA4xJ5H5jHPR
Her younger brother, Jeremy, walked over to her from down the other end of the hallway.588Please respect copyright.PENANAhJUn9aodAU
"Jer," she greeted.588Please respect copyright.PENANA1tiXBYUzdf
They hugged.588Please respect copyright.PENANAKOkQyigGAz
"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."588Please respect copyright.PENANAAGGgdocxCk
Elena glanced over at the light bulb again, but turned back to face Jeremy again.588Please respect copyright.PENANAvN4CZmq6Hu
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."588Please respect copyright.PENANACEUYPXUMgf
"No, you're not. You're act like everything's okay so no one worries about you but you need help."588Please respect copyright.PENANA41CwToAxMt
Elena kept glancing at the light bulb.588Please respect copyright.PENANAn8A7d80Yqw
"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.588Please respect copyright.PENANACvzE0vJemp
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened.588Please respect copyright.PENANAemTqzaGFil
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."588Please respect copyright.PENANAR0ASI9Dqpq
"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."588Please respect copyright.PENANA4Nvo4B54iR
"I hope so."588Please respect copyright.PENANAD7UhGsEuqh
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.588Please respect copyright.PENANARMoNxkHkRL
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Klaus said.588Please respect copyright.PENANAlQn5q6G8Rb
Bonnie turned around and saw Klaus in Tyler's body entering the cellar.588Please respect copyright.PENANAt7GDQmLieW
"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."588Please respect copyright.PENANA8AF3rthGGA
"Yes, when I assumed I'd be a pile of ash. But apparently, fate and oxygen intervened and there I am."588Please respect copyright.PENANAKmBmGUkflW
Klaus walked towards the coffin.588Please respect copyright.PENANAX14Sf9u8w8
"Put me back."588Please respect copyright.PENANAVsvQUX8xiD
"I can't right now."588Please respect copyright.PENANAQXsfGtvuc2
"Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the Council. They're on a war path and this body's vulnerable."588Please respect copyright.PENANASySVQFxhCb
"I have to help Elena before she has to feed."588Please respect copyright.PENANAuvlgsdAim5
"Elena's dead and no longer my concern."588Please respect copyright.PENANAWkRj9f1PbI
"You're forgetting who just saved your life."588Please respect copyright.PENANAIPFlVZugVd
Klaus grabbed Bonnie by the throat.588Please respect copyright.PENANAKNS0AhznuR
"And you're forgetting that I could rip your tongue out. Now put me back."588Please respect copyright.PENANATgh0mNGaVD
"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?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAEU0Nmo5HiC
Klaus released Bonnie.588Please respect copyright.PENANAO0uwYE4sO8
Bonnie started to leave, but Klaus was instantly in front of her and blocked her way out.588Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ptt8GZDLQ
"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.588Please respect copyright.PENANAmb7SFNummV
She stopped.588Please respect copyright.PENANA1B38zd9b7V
"Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again."588Please respect copyright.PENANATZ2UIRp3K3
"Honestly, I wish it were."588Please respect copyright.PENANAcZOx5lwXdF
He turned to the deputies behind them.588Please respect copyright.PENANANK2fhLHHhl
"Blood bank's in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms."588Please respect copyright.PENANA7DO7Dm5863
"Who gave you that authority?" Meredith questioned.588Please respect copyright.PENANAjzW55GlXM9
"The Council. They're entrusted me to secure the town and unlike some of our Founding Families, I don't have conflicting interests."588Please respect copyright.PENANABQfMo30VMe
"What is that supposed to mean?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAn2a4GfOsbf
"Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job."588Please respect copyright.PENANAdqRTTzDYB8
Pastor Young left Meredith there.588Please respect copyright.PENANASct9MlEh4N
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.588Please respect copyright.PENANARMNnkClfdn
"Can I help you?" Matt asked the officer.588Please respect copyright.PENANAoexL2cl2RO
"Sorry."588Please respect copyright.PENANAMAChQdYp4h
He got on his dispatch and said, "All good here."588Please respect copyright.PENANApiML8s8lpr
He exited the room and closed the door.
An officer handcuffed Carol Lockwood at the Lockwood Mansion. Pastor Young stood nearby.588Please respect copyright.PENANALSbNKXEKEb
"What's going on?" she asked.588Please respect copyright.PENANAXvIhvk3Rjz
The officer started to lead Carol out of her house.588Please respect copyright.PENANAuHpl5ITvnJ
"We just need to ask you a few questions about your son."588Please respect copyright.PENANAD7efTCoooi
"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town!"588Please respect copyright.PENANA1lCGshYR5s
"Not anymore you're not."
Sheriff Forbes was walking to the police department when Pastor Young stopped her.588Please respect copyright.PENANALLOLljP8Fm
"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today."588Please respect copyright.PENANAl7T04JEsBm
"What are you talking about?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAWnvlolw07b
The deputies surrounded the two of them.588Please respect copyright.PENANAh6W8Iw4fHe
"They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore."588Please respect copyright.PENANA9rqQVMNbrh
"You have no idea what you're up against."588Please respect copyright.PENANAAGbjJQ3xPU
"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.588Please respect copyright.PENANADL28pIkURK
"Where are you? And please tell me it's somewhere faraway," Liz told her daughter.588Please respect copyright.PENANAMhgqFc0A1W
"Where am I? Uh…good question. Uh…there's just a whole lot of boring highways. Why, is everything okay?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAGwDdmddYtq
Suddenly, an officer snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the side of her neck with a syringe.588Please respect copyright.PENANAHvvIcOmpEF
"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.588Please respect copyright.PENANA0JZSY06w9i
The phone hit the porch.
Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen.588Please respect copyright.PENANAYin4ATzur6
Elena took a bite of a sandwich.588Please respect copyright.PENANAUgMu1z3GO3
"It's disgusting," Stefan commented, watching her.588Please respect copyright.PENANA10tTNKujbg
"No it's, um…"588Please respect copyright.PENANA6Yv0XX1L0O
"It's disgusting," he repeated.588Please respect copyright.PENANAZmQDnYS2Y9
She spit it out onto a napkin.588Please respect copyright.PENANAbLOR41jAXD
"I never thought I would say this, but I can't stop thinking about blood."588Please respect copyright.PENANAxuzr3brZUt
"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?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAgvO6gUJDIr
Stefan poured himself a drink and took a sip.588Please respect copyright.PENANAZSUOQr8MlL
Elena got up and walked over to him.588Please respect copyright.PENANA8ykhDmplH2
"Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do. You respected my choice."588Please respect copyright.PENANAEpyZgIJICM
"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."588Please respect copyright.PENANAH20dwUCcjZ
"Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."588Please respect copyright.PENANAVzVGh1kWiR
Suddenly, Elena started laughing.588Please respect copyright.PENANADmHNJ6Bazi
"Oh my God, did-did I just say "cross that bridge"?"588Please respect copyright.PENANADfgjyvN5VG
Elena started laughing maniacally.588Please respect copyright.PENANAjews4lO1mK
"You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny."588Please respect copyright.PENANAD7PwmClU0p
"I can't stop though," she said, continuing to laugh.588Please respect copyright.PENANA7NFYslRmTv
"Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened."588Please respect copyright.PENANAgPSophIPTo
She continued laughing but then started to cry.588Please respect copyright.PENANAXnicNsMIcN
He hugged her.588Please respect copyright.PENANAQAsIsghvOF
"Hey, shh, shh. It's okay. It's okay."588Please respect copyright.PENANAOk232Y86Po
"I'm sorry. I…"588Please respect copyright.PENANAFBJFeezerw
He pulled away and caressed her face.588Please respect copyright.PENANAfIMHlnBOSJ
"Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you."588Please respect copyright.PENANABkMFYsC2MA
Elena looked out the window and squinted her eyes due to the brightness of the sunlight.588Please respect copyright.PENANA2UqqL14IY0
"Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark? I'll clean up."588Please respect copyright.PENANAkVFFHub8j9
Elena started to walk away and shielded her eyes from the sun.588Please respect copyright.PENANAVRT8tv31XA
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.588Please respect copyright.PENANAssLbIQDHvH
"I'm tired, Damon."588Please respect copyright.PENANA9FOFotQfjp
Damon got up and walked over to Elena, holding up her vervain necklace.588Please respect copyright.PENANA1kEL5o096B
"I brought you this."588Please respect copyright.PENANAYWUtHhw7l8
"I thought it was gone. Thank you."588Please respect copyright.PENANAiNoElP819N
Elena tried to take it from Damon, but he pulled it back.588Please respect copyright.PENANAi1zMeOebXt
"Please give it back."588Please respect copyright.PENANAjlyl6oze9R
"I just have to say something."588Please respect copyright.PENANALrUka1NpwO
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAWVlaBcfYk7
"Because what I'm about to say is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."588Please respect copyright.PENANAmkqRoIddCR
"Damon, don't go there."588Please respect copyright.PENANAwFmK48Nir5
"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."588Please respect copyright.PENANAYUQgoKWePU
Damon kissed Elena on the forehead.588Please respect copyright.PENANADstfIm39LJ
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do."588Please respect copyright.PENANAgIEjwxz98H
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.588Please respect copyright.PENANAvGgbMQmOKw
Damon entered the room behind her.588Please respect copyright.PENANACGC7qCtfpl
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."588Please respect copyright.PENANAsJBpqjqBKN
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAByt0hn9CqZ
Rebekah turned around to face him.
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"588Please respect copyright.PENANASWSijbfj6Z
Rebekah turned back around.588Please respect copyright.PENANAbQdga7I0kt
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.588Please respect copyright.PENANA2OjeOhxuY2
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.588Please respect copyright.PENANAsiFpDNOtNN
Suddenly, she heard a commotion downstairs and walked down the stairs.588Please respect copyright.PENANAdZPWvPZPHt
"Stefan?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAoY48SZrDNO
"Elena, don't move."588Please respect copyright.PENANAhir8Miwmvf
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.588Please respect copyright.PENANAK5v0ThnOD9
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.588Please respect copyright.PENANA2oDcv7rS4d
"Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the Council," she told the Original sister.588Please respect copyright.PENANASdKUp3kX6T
"The Council? What exactly do they think they can do to me?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAOM3beFE05Y
Suddenly, the wheels of the van started to screech. The van flipped over. Caroline and Rebekah went flying. The van landed on its side.588Please respect copyright.PENANACNll7ZWvXb
"What the hell happened?" Rebekah questioned.588Please respect copyright.PENANAZczpJbgQ01
Just then, someone opened the door. Someone unexpected.588Please respect copyright.PENANAAnnZ61CoY8
"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.588Please respect copyright.PENANAyOF6ntgKpk
"No time. Come on. Let's go," Katherine said, helping them both to their feet one by one.588Please respect copyright.PENANAvjuNSlhMVW
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.588Please respect copyright.PENANA0Hs2VDgDSd
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," Damon said.588Please respect copyright.PENANAHUkYYbALFj
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answered him.588Please respect copyright.PENANAIAKmpwQOio
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"588Please respect copyright.PENANA0zrPt10udh
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away; did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith said.588Please respect copyright.PENANAL0HxH0uy4Q
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answered her.588Please respect copyright.PENANAOseVdRy2JN
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," Damon implied.588Please respect copyright.PENANAEy7P9utUH9
Someone knocked on the front door and then Matt entered the house.588Please respect copyright.PENANA53DoSDQWB5
"Hey, is Elena here?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAZThOkeChui
Damon turned around and rushed towards Matt. He grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the wall, choking him.588Please respect copyright.PENANAFtwl4ux0y4
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"588Please respect copyright.PENANA5yue54sCR1
Meredith tried to pull Damon off of him.588Please respect copyright.PENANAoFHwJ4LrVw
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith said.588Please respect copyright.PENANAf33Dl5sX4Q
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz said.588Please respect copyright.PENANAhDFoiQOusn
Matt tried to pry Damon's arm off his throat.588Please respect copyright.PENANAxCNM8rIC9m
Damon finally released him.
Just then, someone unexpected arrived along with Rebekah and Caroline.588Please respect copyright.PENANAeEoTaqfg4c
"Katherine," Damon said, looking at her.588Please respect copyright.PENANA8x4S3JKjtH
"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."588Please respect copyright.PENANAH3dgHlfKLl
Liz and Caroline hugged.588Please respect copyright.PENANAtmoy7fRrWp
Rebekah stood against a faraway wall.588Please respect copyright.PENANAkGYSO9sVqb
"Why would you go to such a length to help?" Damon inquired of his sire.588Please respect copyright.PENANAV8uwDShYPk
"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."588Please respect copyright.PENANAbV8aLnQbBG
"Yes. And how are do you suppose we do that? We don't know where the hell to look."588Please respect copyright.PENANAVHfAFZXp2H
"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."588Please respect copyright.PENANAq4Dljesbgt
She gave him a smile.588Please respect copyright.PENANA570ikkDckO
"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.588Please respect copyright.PENANAbZ9Fxqe6jp
"Where am I?" she questioned.588Please respect copyright.PENANAZu6xfdsMWS
"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.588Please respect copyright.PENANA9VSWczkCqN
"Stefan."588Please respect copyright.PENANA8db6CZQOxl
Elena tried to pull herself up but was too weak to do so.588Please respect copyright.PENANApu3M91TGih
"I didn't feed."588Please respect copyright.PENANAzcMqrZsPwz
Stefan looked worried.588Please respect copyright.PENANASwGFoZXtvC
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.
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Back in the barn, things were turning to worst for Elena and Stefan felt helpless to help her at all this time.588Please respect copyright.PENANApG12fvV0xH
"Elena? You still with me?" he called to her from where he sat against the wall that divided him from Elena.588Please respect copyright.PENANAYkTkULWmos
Elena sat on the other side of the wall. She was even paler and was breathing heavily.588Please respect copyright.PENANA5D2qqzNKAa
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay."588Please respect copyright.PENANA8CoZWmLGX8
"No, you're not. I can hear you breathing. Damon was right. You should have fed earlier. I'm so sorry."588Please respect copyright.PENANAIUVlujnRdH
"Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."588Please respect copyright.PENANA25XtuD2WFD
"I love you so much."588Please respect copyright.PENANAxEyxL7uHXs
Stefan started to cry silent tears.588Please respect copyright.PENANA3m3rhEVWSr
"I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made," Elena said.588Please respect copyright.PENANAAEMKejDbvq
She placed her hand against the wall dividing them.588Please respect copyright.PENANAXKGTUc3Zuy
"God. It sucks that I can't see you right now."588Please respect copyright.PENANAmGDiIgsF3b
"I'm smiling."588Please respect copyright.PENANANcUlodSZ7S
"Me too."588Please respect copyright.PENANAbdkR39FRci
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.588Please respect copyright.PENANALdqK5sKwgU
She walked in and scanned the place.588Please respect copyright.PENANATVB8zQxh9g
Normally, she would've gotten Stefan out first, but seeing Elena, she knew she was the worst off.588Please respect copyright.PENANAAuUeuTazaH
She rushed over to her cage and immediately broke the lock and opened the door. Then she knelt by her.588Please respect copyright.PENANAYxhxwj6NG1
"Elena?" she called softly.588Please respect copyright.PENANA9LwgD6cR6d
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.588Please respect copyright.PENANAVp08fV4STw
She looked back at Stefan, once outside of Elena's cage.588Please respect copyright.PENANARbbNMFwVDA
"I'll be back for you."588Please respect copyright.PENANA4ECM3jno6t
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.588Please respect copyright.PENANAYWuQqSePVw
Kat looked up.588Please respect copyright.PENANAOjl6F8sfge
"Matt!" she called to him.588Please respect copyright.PENANACNb7FIjwlc
He went over to them.588Please respect copyright.PENANAOqgHYeFMg8
"You need to let her feed on you."588Please respect copyright.PENANAjH9zzt0i7z
A few minutes later, Elena woke up as a vampire.588Please respect copyright.PENANAPgqzCCgI0K
Kat helped her sit up.588Please respect copyright.PENANA1j03srLVWc
"How do you feel?" she questioned her descendant, as everyone went over to them.588Please respect copyright.PENANAAwpyt39gKT
"Better. Thanks," Elena said, even though she wasn't sure what she felt about being a vampire now.588Please respect copyright.PENANAzYbeprfLB8
"Good. I'll be back."588Please respect copyright.PENANA7G6qD9YzBm
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.588Please respect copyright.PENANAghyp4orrfN
"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.588Please respect copyright.PENANAcKAJjtuCWf
"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."588Please respect copyright.PENANA8J5VL0iSAG
He pulled a lighter out of his pocket.588Please respect copyright.PENANAByJSDSWt4Q
"And we'll all reunite in eternity."588Please respect copyright.PENANAqUZQQjqokk
"Seriously, Pastor, what's going on here?" the council member tried again.588Please respect copyright.PENANAfipCpnFE3A
"Friends. We are the beginning," Pastor Young finished.588Please respect copyright.PENANANhJ4jmUYoP
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.588Please respect copyright.PENANAi2HzfbShPZ
They were silent, as they looked out into the darkness.588Please respect copyright.PENANAWZeMyfepZR
Finally, Elena spoke.588Please respect copyright.PENANAnlPTND0HQS
"Damon."588Please respect copyright.PENANAV3DKuHj8t8
She looked at him.588Please respect copyright.PENANAQt8wJ7lWQc
He looked at her as he said, "Yeah?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAGpnmsPw4UM
"I remember. Everything. Why didn't you tell me that it was you I meant first?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAM2dodF3fqq
"Well, it wouldn't had mattered anyway."588Please respect copyright.PENANAiHc1yHOQTq
"It would've been nice to know, though."588Please respect copyright.PENANAafxdvxNGL7
"I guess you remember that I love you then, huh?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAHw9viykumM
"Yes."588Please respect copyright.PENANAoLlQZIBxCR
"Now that you remember everything, do you finally know what you feel for me?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAvXSc00GSen
He wished she would say that she loved him.
"I care about you, Damon. That's all I feel."588Please respect copyright.PENANAMuJapWeNS7
"Then you're lying to yourself and to everybody else. You can't see it yet, but I know you love me, too."588Please respect copyright.PENANAKy4P0Lkcyu
He got up and headed inside.588Please respect copyright.PENANAnChurvLgk8
Stefan and Kat watched them from one of the windows in one of the upstairs rooms.