Summary: Set in S4E7 "My Brother's Keeper." Jeremy tries to kill Elena and she gets hurt. Will someone save her in time? Katherine gets hurt in the parlor too. Will she live?
It was a beautiful day, as Jeremy Gilbert stood in the parlor, a stake in his left hand.506Please respect copyright.PENANA6HSPusyfiW
A moment, Elena Gilbert walked into the parlor to see her brother.506Please respect copyright.PENANA9OpFV58ivJ
"Where have you been? We've been looking for you," she told him.506Please respect copyright.PENANAtxKtiIamCg
He started to turn the stake around in his hand.506Please respect copyright.PENANAC6Ml79gpMc
"What are you doing with that?" she asked cautiously.506Please respect copyright.PENANAdkuAPS5zmi
"Every bone in my body is telling me to drive this stake through your heart," he answered her. "I don't want to."506Please respect copyright.PENANAYUYBVgLut0
"Then don't."506Please respect copyright.PENANAPPXbkYlmGr
"You're a vampire."506Please respect copyright.PENANALsDUaHTbwI
"Yeah, but I'm also your sister," she told him, as she stood in front of him.506Please respect copyright.PENANADjiCeCQmYC
He was silent.506Please respect copyright.PENANApxtKLPY24K
"Jer, you know I wouldn't hurt you," she added.506Please respect copyright.PENANAE26qOASB6S
He showed her his bloody hand and veins started to show under her eyes, as she fought to control her thirst for it.506Please respect copyright.PENANAhEU9jWLwEf
She took a few steps back.506Please respect copyright.PENANAlt3nQ5uskh
"Get that away from me."506Please respect copyright.PENANAi3v58l2qr0
Suddenly, he lunged at her and she through him, making him land on his back on the floor.506Please respect copyright.PENANAtFcQwM8RHd
"Oh, my God. Jeremy."
She knelt at his side.506Please respect copyright.PENANAIGH9y7kFN2
"Jer, wake up. Jer. Please wake up, Jer," she called.506Please respect copyright.PENANAwbonRzI4F6
Suddenly, before she could react, he attacked her and she felt something go into the side of her neck.506Please respect copyright.PENANAPPRRIFjyDj
Jeremy got to his feet and stood over her.506Please respect copyright.PENANAWKx7pupmx5
She was on her knees on the floor, as she used one hand to try and locate what was in the side of her neck. Blood ran down the side of her neck, as she tried. Then her vision went blurry, and it was as if she couldn't breathe. She knew what it felt like to get a burn from vervain, but she hadn't been vervained until now.
Katherine Pierce was in the crowd of people that didn't know her, when she smelled a faint scent of fear mixed with blood. So she followed the scent trail.
When she arrived in the parlor, she saw Jeremy with a stake raised to kill his sister. Elena was on her back in very bad condition. She didn't know why Elena was a vampire or why Jeremy was going to kill her, but Elena was her family.506Please respect copyright.PENANAkLwXLIBhWl
At vamp speed, she grabbed him and through him, making him hit a wall and land on the floor out cold.506Please respect copyright.PENANAnOUqbZ6dDc
Katherine knelt down at her descendant's side and pulled the vervained piece of wood out of the side of her neck, ignoring the pain. She set it on the floor and looked down at her.506Please respect copyright.PENANAThIepLvLXY
"Elena, can you hear me? It's me," she called to her.506Please respect copyright.PENANAE1fcFmboSU
Elena heard a familiar female voice, but she couldn't respond to it. She was too tired. She couldn't think.506Please respect copyright.PENANAr8Sv0KOrax
"Elena, stay with me. Stay awake," Katherine begged.506Please respect copyright.PENANAvk4zHxsJKx
She pulled a barely conscious Elena gently into her arms and bit her wrist. She then put it to her lips.506Please respect copyright.PENANAFGrqchgcTv
"Elena, drink," she said.506Please respect copyright.PENANAJUwNe16nrF
As darkness started to fog her mind, Elena felt the familiar liquid and started to drink.506Please respect copyright.PENANAJTA5ZbN7jd
The elder vampiress sighed in relief, as she watched Elena drink. It relieved her that the last of her Petrova bloodline family would be okay. Even though she hadn't shown it until now, family meant everything to her.
When Elena felt like herself again, she stopped drinking and opened her eyes, only to see Katherine Pierce.506Please respect copyright.PENANAiKSaQBwJ9S
Elena sat up and Katherine let go of her.506Please respect copyright.PENANAGzIl58zHWN
"Katherine?"506Please respect copyright.PENANAOUxvoc2WTL
"It's me," she said.506Please respect copyright.PENANAjnaKQtlRN3
"You saved me."506Please respect copyright.PENANAPHPYHottWG
"A thank you would be nice," Kat commented.506Please respect copyright.PENANATQTn6vLtQc
"What are you doing back?"506Please respect copyright.PENANAD6tTygWUWg
"Hiding from an old enemy."506Please respect copyright.PENANAe8Nv5sfH3q
"Klaus?" Elena guessed.506Please respect copyright.PENANAwHg79OPEnL
"No. Someone else. Another Original. Apparently, I'm here saving you, too."506Please respect copyright.PENANACkl3M6yWSb
"Thanks," Elena said.506Please respect copyright.PENANAPZ9Dn0HlHo
Kat watched Elena get to her feet and go over to check on her brother, before she got to her own feet. She felt weak now, though, and staggered back against a wall. Her vision was blurry and unfocused. Then everything became distant and gray. She knew she should have fed, but food had been scarce for the past month. Then she felt pain in her head, as her head hit something. Another pain came from something else, but she didn't know what.506Please respect copyright.PENANAyOjy5YXyGL
Elena looked over her shoulder, smelling blood. Then, seeing Katherine on her back on the floor, was instantly at her side.506Please respect copyright.PENANAdm0IQWLLrm
Seeing Elena and knowing Elena didn't know what was happening to her, she spoke as darkness started to close in.506Please respect copyright.PENANAAd9oOJaf9X
"I haven't eaten for a while. I've been too busy hiding."506Please respect copyright.PENANAVQE9oXjDYs
Elena realized that the vampiress was in need of food; vampire food. She also knew that she smelled blood. So, she scanned for the source.506Please respect copyright.PENANA8dbAdqBDqN
"Hang in there," Elena encouraged, as the vampiress started to black out.506Please respect copyright.PENANAKnGC13T4Xn
Just then she saw a pool of blood start to form around her shoulders. That meant something had wounded her in the back.506Please respect copyright.PENANAKRq23YyrWk
Elena gently pulled her into her arms and pulled a knife out of the middle of her back between her shoulder blades. When she did, Katherine gasped softly and groaned. Elena then tossed the knife to the floor and took Kat's jacket off. She bundled it up and set it on the floor, before gently laying her down away from the blood, jacket under head.506Please respect copyright.PENANAp0OYx2cSQF
"Katherine, if you can hear me, you'll be okay."506Please respect copyright.PENANALKe8nT1N9F
Elena bit her wrist and put it to an out cold Katherine's lips, making it go down her throat, while listening to her labored breathing. With her free hand, she held Katherine's left hand.506Please respect copyright.PENANAUikeKSblsu
"Fight it, Katherine. Don't die on me. You saved me. Now it's my turn."506Please respect copyright.PENANAddhDeaoZnd
She looked down at her pale, dying descendant. Veins were showing on her, but they were slowly disappearing from sight. She knew that was a good sign.506Please respect copyright.PENANAxdwG2gMb6T
After a few more minutes, she took her wrist away, which instantly healed. She then picked her gently up in her arms, grabbed Kat's jacket, got to her feet, and headed out the back to get Katherine to the boarding house.
Katherine groaned, as she opened her eyes. She was in a room in someone's bed. And as her focus settled, she saw Elena seated on her bedside.506Please respect copyright.PENANAcdnsdK6mAX
"You worried me," Elena greeted.506Please respect copyright.PENANAffHfZ1xdQP
"I guess we both did. Thanks for saving my life. Sorry I scared you."506Please respect copyright.PENANAeX7rg6VAZY
"It's okay. Just don't do that again."506Please respect copyright.PENANAL0e6qic6Bk
She knew Elena meant for her not to be stupid like that ever again.506Please respect copyright.PENANAsopK2sm8nQ
"Is your brother okay?" she asked her.506Please respect copyright.PENANAbzUysVzMTs
"Jeremy's fine. He apologized to me and everything. He wasn't himself. He's a potential."506Please respect copyright.PENANAKO2J8ahQGD
Kat knew what Elena was saying.506Please respect copyright.PENANAinDeRysRRb
"We have our work cut out for us then," she said to Elena.
"Yeah; we do."506Please respect copyright.PENANAOJmVQoGZSQ
Kat slowly sat up in bed.506Please respect copyright.PENANADYf1jjJtyM
"I'll owe you someday for this."506Please respect copyright.PENANAHYe9j3kNaJ
They looked at one another in silence.