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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPrFHfPE3C
She sat up.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcISvYc2fQ
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan said.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5VQNG35m6
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asked.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkt9iylWsM3
"He didn't," Damon told her.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4Py8OHJJ4
"Wait. What?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt63NMpe5Gb
Stefan explained to her what Meredith had done.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulTrg4QUwI
"So what? Am I dead?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrQk6I0Rm8
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHEI9mt5G7
"No. I can't be."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9k6YyVIa2D
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqS4d9YUyR
"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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPnygipBj5
Stefan came down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhju0NKqXf
He watched his elder brother.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfhbmHokZ7
"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."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaz7JljfTP
"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."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY82r3iLY85
"Whatever. Always the hero," Damon commented, grabbing his glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXBAxQMb5s
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rPLYXercu
Her younger brother, Jeremy, walked over to her from down the other end of the hallway.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWCLr4hP51
"Jer," she greeted.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizlY23peX7
They hugged.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDX500AC1TG
"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."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0djKlyWpY8
Elena glanced over at the light bulb again, but turned back to face Jeremy again.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuuvMArwyH
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgS3xTykWi
"No, you're not. You're act like everything's okay so no one worries about you but you need help."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHWfWcHGuq
Elena kept glancing at the light bulb.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCxBQouHHC
"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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsCGIH4w3B
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnhAh2eXvB
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwRTOG7eNP
"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."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGvk9SRAel
"I hope so."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArRj0I8eq8
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZbmzngxSO
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Klaus said.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcaF3M7qqE
Bonnie turned around and saw Klaus in Tyler's body entering the cellar.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabkaxANcF7
"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."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKGv6MCqsz
"Yes, when I assumed I'd be a pile of ash. But apparently, fate and oxygen intervened and there I am."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRGRIUjERB
Klaus walked towards the coffin.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsR1UF7bdZW
"Put me back."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5Ef1qVnb5
"I can't right now."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJCCy9GHqe
"Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the Council. They're on a war path and this body's vulnerable."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniShz7vqfE
"I have to help Elena before she has to feed."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMkRzL8JeV
"Elena's dead and no longer my concern."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZH4gNEVeZ
"You're forgetting who just saved your life."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdgGdb4NzO
Klaus grabbed Bonnie by the throat.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eTJj4nGfb
"And you're forgetting that I could rip your tongue out. Now put me back."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGovsZ5eEzU
"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?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbSeFeX5Po
Klaus released Bonnie.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6z9rqbhlF
Bonnie started to leave, but Klaus was instantly in front of her and blocked her way out.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXn8YHRxoD
"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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBVFzJOVK1
She stopped.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQ8PT0taVp
"Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHvQhM8QIH
"Honestly, I wish it were."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDPPuVYDrz
He turned to the deputies behind them.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQepAgAiua
"Blood bank's in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ5ZZ5T8aB
"Who gave you that authority?" Meredith questioned.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFamgz7DSwC
"The Council. They're entrusted me to secure the town and unlike some of our Founding Families, I don't have conflicting interests."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAGnBf7VNU
"What is that supposed to mean?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVylCNfktv
"Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6B1wx1ujvh
Pastor Young left Meredith there.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIJEPXXg2L
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡus4nIGEtTj
"Can I help you?" Matt asked the officer.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGKhJlC2oR
"Sorry."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDqeM2bpHm
He got on his dispatch and said, "All good here."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFsG6vXpoZ
He exited the room and closed the door.
An officer handcuffed Carol Lockwood at the Lockwood Mansion. Pastor Young stood nearby.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfFPaNcv1x
"What's going on?" she asked.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHehsx9Jkm
The officer started to lead Carol out of her house.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTb7b1v0ss
"We just need to ask you a few questions about your son."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡragB6Qxq0P
"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town!"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0Ryb2RQCa
"Not anymore you're not."
Sheriff Forbes was walking to the police department when Pastor Young stopped her.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZHK5DLdoT
"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUDZyv4tJX
"What are you talking about?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdpvmiiThU
The deputies surrounded the two of them.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfqo9DpeAh
"They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahJsNbW4cz
"You have no idea what you're up against."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0glHnLa1K
"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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYlcFoSI9U
"Where are you? And please tell me it's somewhere faraway," Liz told her daughter.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmLLcawnzC
"Where am I? Uh…good question. Uh…there's just a whole lot of boring highways. Why, is everything okay?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5t2wQuubww
Suddenly, an officer snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the side of her neck with a syringe.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh984SiPEUq
"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiH2MD6IN6
The phone hit the porch.
Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXoyt2MXpx
Elena took a bite of a sandwich.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJ6i5R8FHR
"It's disgusting," Stefan commented, watching her.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFkw1nBkrD
"No it's, um…"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh880v0D1Nf
"It's disgusting," he repeated.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxtyQgzYHn
She spit it out onto a napkin.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjFgLQtNUJ
"I never thought I would say this, but I can't stop thinking about blood."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VVaUXr6UR
"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?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYf4Lzx7bsV
Stefan poured himself a drink and took a sip.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ve0kFfuf4
Elena got up and walked over to him.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIt4LLLpwV7
"Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do. You respected my choice."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0t4t9U7S6
"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."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAmyymaLWP
"Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagVGr5bWin
Suddenly, Elena started laughing.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vdwqFUZk8
"Oh my God, did-did I just say "cross that bridge"?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzWUoKHM8j
Elena started laughing maniacally.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTSpFF3pDu
"You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIROszDrpw
"I can't stop though," she said, continuing to laugh.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqorXsjh2F4
"Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uI34GZsWB
She continued laughing but then started to cry.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQBFpaH50L
He hugged her.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpm0zAzBwg8
"Hey, shh, shh. It's okay. It's okay."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXzaai6Ak6
"I'm sorry. I…"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUxRL5PgPi
He pulled away and caressed her face.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn440AtbLxd
"Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDbJ599fzT
Elena looked out the window and squinted her eyes due to the brightness of the sunlight.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPW4Le27Q6l
"Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark? I'll clean up."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4COWliuEL
Elena started to walk away and shielded her eyes from the sun.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGIG6HZU44
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EQeTIoI2h
"I'm tired, Damon."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGhbrq0oc1
Damon got up and walked over to Elena, holding up her vervain necklace.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYehj0EBh0
"I brought you this."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpUZmmCwqj
"I thought it was gone. Thank you."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqObtbENL7
Elena tried to take it from Damon, but he pulled it back.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgBqvL6PGM
"Please give it back."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWzjsaha9a
"I just have to say something."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRSZueEunf
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKs17IiZxBG
"Because what I'm about to say is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4Gsa2tjqN
"Damon, don't go there."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6NDkFVwOh
"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."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarZFKjnXBH
Damon kissed Elena on the forehead.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJT3R4uzaBW
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrz4vkZeIe
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmSRH0GqV6
Damon entered the room behind her.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG88tJGqXFW
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWWVtcWf61
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStELsy7euA
Rebekah turned around to face him.
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevslavN6EA
Rebekah turned back around.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnPgBI7ulU
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59kaD2vmwC
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmQz0Cmwnm
Suddenly, she heard a commotion downstairs and walked down the stairs.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOSBvhSEPU
"Stefan?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIs3OVFVxc
"Elena, don't move."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsrIT8TxGB
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPAKg1kGkW
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGOwDw5blt
"Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the Council," she told the Original sister.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxZefROIdq
"The Council? What exactly do they think they can do to me?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dHQqvR2RM
Suddenly, the wheels of the van started to screech. The van flipped over. Caroline and Rebekah went flying. The van landed on its side.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBW4gayXdz
"What the hell happened?" Rebekah questioned.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGxj8yiZRq
Just then, someone opened the door. Someone unexpected.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SmtuHDlL2
"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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7U2YspS38
"No time. Come on. Let's go," Katherine said, helping them both to their feet one by one.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWn7APrGzKn
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5P0fVJkjLn
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," Damon said.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvVQDybG14
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answered him.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1ulfdbsfx
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9t2wUGcUV1
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away; did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith said.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAQQxGx9WR
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answered her.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGpPUL5uzI
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," Damon implied.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizc2bpv41i
Someone knocked on the front door and then Matt entered the house.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiS2iGOAc6w
"Hey, is Elena here?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjlEfmFWKX
Damon turned around and rushed towards Matt. He grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the wall, choking him.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFc2vNOnyj
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEehKx6UmOV
Meredith tried to pull Damon off of him.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgm3xxY5r7r
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith said.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGcmCGAkms
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz said.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgheqHvjG9A
Matt tried to pry Damon's arm off his throat.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rxS0nLihT
Damon finally released him.
Just then, someone unexpected arrived along with Rebekah and Caroline.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTh3bFPtIkH
"Katherine," Damon said, looking at her.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfavnQxK6F
"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."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9GvmuUByK
Liz and Caroline hugged.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtBwLytMqx
Rebekah stood against a faraway wall.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHw3T5ZJ3Z
"Why would you go to such a length to help?" Damon inquired of his sire.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RS97XWc9O
"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."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuzFtil3TU
"Yes. And how are do you suppose we do that? We don't know where the hell to look."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHKGbJFV0h
"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."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmzjAhHLfd
She gave him a smile.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzRLSdKyS2
"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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUpySwzaqT
"Where am I?" she questioned.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaGFIDfF4W
"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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKV1VmuWEcv
"Stefan."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ258wDZbWIT
Elena tried to pull herself up but was too weak to do so.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKSCu8QKwV
"I didn't feed."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupXvwgnUNI
Stefan looked worried.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5fhGZrcx4
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiBK4ZQAD2
"Elena? You still with me?" he called to her from where he sat against the wall that divided him from Elena.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgui9DPnqnm
Elena sat on the other side of the wall. She was even paler and was breathing heavily.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOmA7ygxLD
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVcyoVb346
"No, you're not. I can hear you breathing. Damon was right. You should have fed earlier. I'm so sorry."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnklVdeZi3V
"Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk25lFV4nLx
"I love you so much."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmj8HwPBqe
Stefan started to cry silent tears.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UPN1MbCYQ
"I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made," Elena said.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQQDWRhQQx
She placed her hand against the wall dividing them.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoybEXOATr
"God. It sucks that I can't see you right now."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfg1F9vU9BS
"I'm smiling."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGm80X5ZxQ8
"Me too."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqRyxmyKOc
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6EhL6GYum
She walked in and scanned the place.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsB54AyF3MT
Normally, she would've gotten Stefan out first, but seeing Elena, she knew she was the worst off.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyWv4ws9ym
She rushed over to her cage and immediately broke the lock and opened the door. Then she knelt by her.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGGeFHIcP8
"Elena?" she called softly.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GaFXTNH9Z
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1i3avW5Ad
She looked back at Stefan, once outside of Elena's cage.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHB89HDVZWO
"I'll be back for you."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtjrkVPk9W
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLWD3eEfGg
Kat looked up.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRzBfyfNh0
"Matt!" she called to him.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CSPf1CEgr
He went over to them.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡis7JNhQOgw
"You need to let her feed on you."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSxClXPuWp
A few minutes later, Elena woke up as a vampire.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRB8w42KKs
Kat helped her sit up.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAo4laKMo9
"How do you feel?" she questioned her descendant, as everyone went over to them.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZP8Z5jIAf
"Better. Thanks," Elena said, even though she wasn't sure what she felt about being a vampire now.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtzS41OliJ
"Good. I'll be back."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TsjiY3EDT
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DZsAZGZVw
"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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlDuqphTvE
"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."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjHZMeUwlg
He pulled a lighter out of his pocket.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vgUlwL8N2
"And we'll all reunite in eternity."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGp4WwYOvA
"Seriously, Pastor, what's going on here?" the council member tried again.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhp91Sms4R
"Friends. We are the beginning," Pastor Young finished.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrBHhJWooP
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.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5NHCqW4Qv
They were silent, as they looked out into the darkness.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAD6W5MBx4
Finally, Elena spoke.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDlS9zvu21
"Damon."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7Hpd3Efmh
She looked at him.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdY6SmlLFaT
He looked at her as he said, "Yeah?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXepgbtKtMn
"I remember. Everything. Why didn't you tell me that it was you I meant first?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpV0wNNi7G
"Well, it wouldn't had mattered anyway."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7j4gttkUQ
"It would've been nice to know, though."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQSafkG4B6
"I guess you remember that I love you then, huh?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTFbEKEseo
"Yes."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoKG2GxsFS
"Now that you remember everything, do you finally know what you feel for me?"816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVGhyOVjWq
He wished she would say that she loved him.
"I care about you, Damon. That's all I feel."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUS569YjwqY
"Then you're lying to yourself and to everybody else. You can't see it yet, but I know you love me, too."816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ349m8gInyE
He got up and headed inside.816Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaBpHgZWPQ
Stefan and Kat watched them from one of the windows in one of the upstairs rooms.
