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.582Please respect copyright.PENANA9kNhYPcyWk
She sat up.582Please respect copyright.PENANAkL2Ij0G2cj
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan said.582Please respect copyright.PENANA2UlmzOi9Uh
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asked.582Please respect copyright.PENANABk61kiKb8h
"He didn't," Damon told her.582Please respect copyright.PENANASrdH5VKENC
"Wait. What?"582Please respect copyright.PENANAwY571uos2J
Stefan explained to her what Meredith had done.582Please respect copyright.PENANAWAdkWTBbn4
"So what? Am I dead?"582Please respect copyright.PENANAa6wZFe4o7v
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."582Please respect copyright.PENANA1KpEcSuzRm
"No. I can't be."582Please respect copyright.PENANAwfvMbatZTE
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."582Please respect copyright.PENANAFwlzoq8bSa
"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.582Please respect copyright.PENANARVPK8HUkWX
Stefan came down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.582Please respect copyright.PENANAcLQ5HI7gBZ
He watched his elder brother.582Please respect copyright.PENANA8TIuct8w2B
"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."582Please respect copyright.PENANAWjZY4TAAQ1
"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."582Please respect copyright.PENANA4F1QROXRnC
"Whatever. Always the hero," Damon commented, grabbing his glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.582Please respect copyright.PENANAkpVtIDdzN5
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAwDvGVDlhni
Her younger brother, Jeremy, walked over to her from down the other end of the hallway.582Please respect copyright.PENANABQCnAcbCLx
"Jer," she greeted.582Please respect copyright.PENANARYmn106K0V
They hugged.582Please respect copyright.PENANA82N6EmZJVm
"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."582Please respect copyright.PENANAHguaYSYU0F
Elena glanced over at the light bulb again, but turned back to face Jeremy again.582Please respect copyright.PENANAC19Et6HJn8
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."582Please respect copyright.PENANA5QFNnHkvtW
"No, you're not. You're act like everything's okay so no one worries about you but you need help."582Please respect copyright.PENANAgH74aYsS5N
Elena kept glancing at the light bulb.582Please respect copyright.PENANAVxx4D6lBX3
"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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAfLrdUM3M5a
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened.582Please respect copyright.PENANAJKWQwSHEmk
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."582Please respect copyright.PENANAFYrIW3zhi6
"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."582Please respect copyright.PENANA1XnsODKyMe
"I hope so."582Please respect copyright.PENANAk6O5BsbTeJ
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAPb6YiGVqgh
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Klaus said.582Please respect copyright.PENANAEHMuocUDL1
Bonnie turned around and saw Klaus in Tyler's body entering the cellar.582Please respect copyright.PENANAamTybrLoDP
"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."582Please respect copyright.PENANAzE24aT52Ig
"Yes, when I assumed I'd be a pile of ash. But apparently, fate and oxygen intervened and there I am."582Please respect copyright.PENANAlivAMZSEea
Klaus walked towards the coffin.582Please respect copyright.PENANAz235zyTumg
"Put me back."582Please respect copyright.PENANA4w3QjfTxxX
"I can't right now."582Please respect copyright.PENANAgPfv26U1OT
"Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the Council. They're on a war path and this body's vulnerable."582Please respect copyright.PENANAj2kDUPN4CH
"I have to help Elena before she has to feed."582Please respect copyright.PENANAUjLhMw1yfd
"Elena's dead and no longer my concern."582Please respect copyright.PENANAskUd3mMQPl
"You're forgetting who just saved your life."582Please respect copyright.PENANAnzxln9lQPg
Klaus grabbed Bonnie by the throat.582Please respect copyright.PENANAml8JCe9Nj4
"And you're forgetting that I could rip your tongue out. Now put me back."582Please respect copyright.PENANAERo3WCn3AW
"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?"582Please respect copyright.PENANAYBRiT51ZHG
Klaus released Bonnie.582Please respect copyright.PENANA6vj2957xV2
Bonnie started to leave, but Klaus was instantly in front of her and blocked her way out.582Please respect copyright.PENANAl8bdjXBeGf
"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.582Please respect copyright.PENANA1fxyzRM1iD
She stopped.582Please respect copyright.PENANAuRByUWhnWD
"Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again."582Please respect copyright.PENANARr13vh0h7K
"Honestly, I wish it were."582Please respect copyright.PENANAM5xNg62HZ2
He turned to the deputies behind them.582Please respect copyright.PENANAYv4aoZaAaO
"Blood bank's in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms."582Please respect copyright.PENANAAavLGTnwRx
"Who gave you that authority?" Meredith questioned.582Please respect copyright.PENANAuIahfdX8pT
"The Council. They're entrusted me to secure the town and unlike some of our Founding Families, I don't have conflicting interests."582Please respect copyright.PENANARwkAphU126
"What is that supposed to mean?"582Please respect copyright.PENANAaQ7DiYkQic
"Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job."582Please respect copyright.PENANAOD6jLjycrf
Pastor Young left Meredith there.582Please respect copyright.PENANARuAzlUSoKM
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAS7BQaDp0AO
"Can I help you?" Matt asked the officer.582Please respect copyright.PENANAOECGZJctOG
"Sorry."582Please respect copyright.PENANA1rYoJlIofW
He got on his dispatch and said, "All good here."582Please respect copyright.PENANAWKkPCwmpWO
He exited the room and closed the door.
An officer handcuffed Carol Lockwood at the Lockwood Mansion. Pastor Young stood nearby.582Please respect copyright.PENANAZeijiM90A9
"What's going on?" she asked.582Please respect copyright.PENANAR2I0vLHcQB
The officer started to lead Carol out of her house.582Please respect copyright.PENANAsaE9fLGKxU
"We just need to ask you a few questions about your son."582Please respect copyright.PENANAr4sezQJ1Ey
"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town!"582Please respect copyright.PENANALRmX0Dm6Bs
"Not anymore you're not."
Sheriff Forbes was walking to the police department when Pastor Young stopped her.582Please respect copyright.PENANAQvTdOtjqWX
"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today."582Please respect copyright.PENANAp2MD1rfCTp
"What are you talking about?"582Please respect copyright.PENANAvAdaAEZHFZ
The deputies surrounded the two of them.582Please respect copyright.PENANAa5WcA7uxOq
"They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore."582Please respect copyright.PENANAvK3erhXq66
"You have no idea what you're up against."582Please respect copyright.PENANAXYSXqhOeFE
"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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAO4g11KpyOv
"Where are you? And please tell me it's somewhere faraway," Liz told her daughter.582Please respect copyright.PENANAXnPfZcp6xU
"Where am I? Uh…good question. Uh…there's just a whole lot of boring highways. Why, is everything okay?"582Please respect copyright.PENANAuHWmvWJ5dp
Suddenly, an officer snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the side of her neck with a syringe.582Please respect copyright.PENANAhLJZsxIvWJ
"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.582Please respect copyright.PENANAlNNusex1Nf
The phone hit the porch.
Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen.582Please respect copyright.PENANA3WOjn3jUgK
Elena took a bite of a sandwich.582Please respect copyright.PENANAJytoEox6qh
"It's disgusting," Stefan commented, watching her.582Please respect copyright.PENANAh8n7j8trPX
"No it's, um…"582Please respect copyright.PENANA0xsummQ7ul
"It's disgusting," he repeated.582Please respect copyright.PENANAPMtTe15Rt2
She spit it out onto a napkin.582Please respect copyright.PENANAU6fdaEvZUJ
"I never thought I would say this, but I can't stop thinking about blood."582Please respect copyright.PENANAsHdJdN5whH
"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?"582Please respect copyright.PENANAayQXZmz4WT
Stefan poured himself a drink and took a sip.582Please respect copyright.PENANAUPptlLWNE0
Elena got up and walked over to him.582Please respect copyright.PENANAIlUkS8gKzL
"Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do. You respected my choice."582Please respect copyright.PENANAstiaK9YnV1
"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."582Please respect copyright.PENANAywOsexnUFO
"Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."582Please respect copyright.PENANAlGEwRqtS5Y
Suddenly, Elena started laughing.582Please respect copyright.PENANAbFvEiB3Fp8
"Oh my God, did-did I just say "cross that bridge"?"582Please respect copyright.PENANA2QYt4EYdLZ
Elena started laughing maniacally.582Please respect copyright.PENANATMi7eQC354
"You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny."582Please respect copyright.PENANAsvVC7oeUuf
"I can't stop though," she said, continuing to laugh.582Please respect copyright.PENANAYybxX06psv
"Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened."582Please respect copyright.PENANAy1Cf39rJgw
She continued laughing but then started to cry.582Please respect copyright.PENANA0iJY3FWzcp
He hugged her.582Please respect copyright.PENANAvLVkZpmEzf
"Hey, shh, shh. It's okay. It's okay."582Please respect copyright.PENANAP8HGw8YgSj
"I'm sorry. I…"582Please respect copyright.PENANAMIlOnuK8uR
He pulled away and caressed her face.582Please respect copyright.PENANAwVbApGq6W8
"Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you."582Please respect copyright.PENANAiC2saUnOxu
Elena looked out the window and squinted her eyes due to the brightness of the sunlight.582Please respect copyright.PENANAD5C0zVROMi
"Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark? I'll clean up."582Please respect copyright.PENANAjHRo1u1WMC
Elena started to walk away and shielded her eyes from the sun.582Please respect copyright.PENANAPjDoJAl27B
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAKNccAcrPRj
"I'm tired, Damon."582Please respect copyright.PENANAQbL2KeE3nE
Damon got up and walked over to Elena, holding up her vervain necklace.582Please respect copyright.PENANAn8WJjWqBER
"I brought you this."582Please respect copyright.PENANAtXngmMD206
"I thought it was gone. Thank you."582Please respect copyright.PENANAGt43Oy2wme
Elena tried to take it from Damon, but he pulled it back.582Please respect copyright.PENANAmGwFLteVNT
"Please give it back."582Please respect copyright.PENANAGf8E2WHl4j
"I just have to say something."582Please respect copyright.PENANAeCVemZ9SqO
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?"582Please respect copyright.PENANA1L7y79qeY5
"Because what I'm about to say is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."582Please respect copyright.PENANA9mCVFZdcMV
"Damon, don't go there."582Please respect copyright.PENANAf3f8znS8Tg
"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."582Please respect copyright.PENANARShGAYBcKm
Damon kissed Elena on the forehead.582Please respect copyright.PENANANMZZvhk9ko
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do."582Please respect copyright.PENANAHkrKX1beqS
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANABTV5G6KDp5
Damon entered the room behind her.582Please respect copyright.PENANAkwmxF6kswW
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."582Please respect copyright.PENANAcJtxFZV2pN
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"582Please respect copyright.PENANAtt7vvIGJjV
Rebekah turned around to face him.
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"582Please respect copyright.PENANAuTeI5OU3q9
Rebekah turned back around.582Please respect copyright.PENANAs6B3XxA0Ub
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAaucaiHR9OM
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAekaQ5c0qAy
Suddenly, she heard a commotion downstairs and walked down the stairs.582Please respect copyright.PENANAReZoNipe2i
"Stefan?"582Please respect copyright.PENANATXFzVX5zdq
"Elena, don't move."582Please respect copyright.PENANAsflkxzb0Vm
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAs4VUWKMJWU
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAKBqk1CNcmY
"Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the Council," she told the Original sister.582Please respect copyright.PENANA6szC4uHUiE
"The Council? What exactly do they think they can do to me?"582Please respect copyright.PENANAhOfGdV5Yuq
Suddenly, the wheels of the van started to screech. The van flipped over. Caroline and Rebekah went flying. The van landed on its side.582Please respect copyright.PENANA2mQcEkEquq
"What the hell happened?" Rebekah questioned.582Please respect copyright.PENANA8wNcoYwRzu
Just then, someone opened the door. Someone unexpected.582Please respect copyright.PENANAosOYFEClhH
"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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAFIzE2ebjEB
"No time. Come on. Let's go," Katherine said, helping them both to their feet one by one.582Please respect copyright.PENANA2TSRzv5IBy
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAjj04AsKRmM
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," Damon said.582Please respect copyright.PENANAIgmcdxnlmP
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answered him.582Please respect copyright.PENANAqLwWedyoo3
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"582Please respect copyright.PENANAhcm3OHxA5A
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away; did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith said.582Please respect copyright.PENANAmlGrLaHqwu
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answered her.582Please respect copyright.PENANA2uKwDG7hdX
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," Damon implied.582Please respect copyright.PENANAcnSUXw3ESJ
Someone knocked on the front door and then Matt entered the house.582Please respect copyright.PENANAod9V1GhdLY
"Hey, is Elena here?"582Please respect copyright.PENANA0BzvI2qhza
Damon turned around and rushed towards Matt. He grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the wall, choking him.582Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZZc4VGfKk
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"582Please respect copyright.PENANABINaH1nbFJ
Meredith tried to pull Damon off of him.582Please respect copyright.PENANAEc61JbmWHx
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith said.582Please respect copyright.PENANAYYfFKUnsPo
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz said.582Please respect copyright.PENANAfS9mVZ3qyJ
Matt tried to pry Damon's arm off his throat.582Please respect copyright.PENANArpc2Srtnk3
Damon finally released him.
Just then, someone unexpected arrived along with Rebekah and Caroline.582Please respect copyright.PENANAP5w5ofZOK4
"Katherine," Damon said, looking at her.582Please respect copyright.PENANAObrtOOkIgY
"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."582Please respect copyright.PENANAt6ENTNlzwu
Liz and Caroline hugged.582Please respect copyright.PENANAMsjqo8zvgE
Rebekah stood against a faraway wall.582Please respect copyright.PENANAPoV6CnGVpY
"Why would you go to such a length to help?" Damon inquired of his sire.582Please respect copyright.PENANAD3GNTl0Kic
"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."582Please respect copyright.PENANAXOJAp8hoAf
"Yes. And how are do you suppose we do that? We don't know where the hell to look."582Please respect copyright.PENANAAAEiaTHmeF
"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."582Please respect copyright.PENANAbBK1fej06p
She gave him a smile.582Please respect copyright.PENANAnMeHU8q50O
"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.582Please respect copyright.PENANABpCFieAcV1
"Where am I?" she questioned.582Please respect copyright.PENANAqlzMxQt4YV
"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.582Please respect copyright.PENANARC3HSaH0CH
"Stefan."582Please respect copyright.PENANAIjhjCDAflo
Elena tried to pull herself up but was too weak to do so.582Please respect copyright.PENANA4OnmKFnZLX
"I didn't feed."582Please respect copyright.PENANAmLT6H6S3zh
Stefan looked worried.582Please respect copyright.PENANAIv6wH266Vb
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAUe0xH94RiE
"Elena? You still with me?" he called to her from where he sat against the wall that divided him from Elena.582Please respect copyright.PENANA9i70hzwdbh
Elena sat on the other side of the wall. She was even paler and was breathing heavily.582Please respect copyright.PENANAcs9ybxPbUn
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay."582Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5lrdeUTtk
"No, you're not. I can hear you breathing. Damon was right. You should have fed earlier. I'm so sorry."582Please respect copyright.PENANAMLeu2mVd5t
"Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."582Please respect copyright.PENANA2KcZqGC7Tp
"I love you so much."582Please respect copyright.PENANAzN3HfiVbtA
Stefan started to cry silent tears.582Please respect copyright.PENANA44Xrvsm6sR
"I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made," Elena said.582Please respect copyright.PENANA6KM3Ag3wTz
She placed her hand against the wall dividing them.582Please respect copyright.PENANAYn3Q97nJVz
"God. It sucks that I can't see you right now."582Please respect copyright.PENANA1dR6jL3YDp
"I'm smiling."582Please respect copyright.PENANA3nZqpMb2tb
"Me too."582Please respect copyright.PENANAjzJFyTahH1
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAdrccDldNo8
She walked in and scanned the place.582Please respect copyright.PENANAAhVpQYsm8D
Normally, she would've gotten Stefan out first, but seeing Elena, she knew she was the worst off.582Please respect copyright.PENANAyEhp3tFMLI
She rushed over to her cage and immediately broke the lock and opened the door. Then she knelt by her.582Please respect copyright.PENANAFKb1e1QNFf
"Elena?" she called softly.582Please respect copyright.PENANAW8WVBcaSWN
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAKFBRJxUYzw
She looked back at Stefan, once outside of Elena's cage.582Please respect copyright.PENANAXTuRq66e9p
"I'll be back for you."582Please respect copyright.PENANAVnMzTmKegf
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAHkgOwr7svW
Kat looked up.582Please respect copyright.PENANA33peeDqCAL
"Matt!" she called to him.582Please respect copyright.PENANA7Z4Pxr6hYu
He went over to them.582Please respect copyright.PENANAf8UUpClXjr
"You need to let her feed on you."582Please respect copyright.PENANAaO16dfsDIp
A few minutes later, Elena woke up as a vampire.582Please respect copyright.PENANAmcUYHBmT01
Kat helped her sit up.582Please respect copyright.PENANAnVRZpUwq1p
"How do you feel?" she questioned her descendant, as everyone went over to them.582Please respect copyright.PENANAdiaFfDp8nW
"Better. Thanks," Elena said, even though she wasn't sure what she felt about being a vampire now.582Please respect copyright.PENANAnhc0tPtbJO
"Good. I'll be back."582Please respect copyright.PENANAJWOgLePHle
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAVRHjoqdowp
"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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAMdXZGFdvQ1
"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."582Please respect copyright.PENANA9X1wZ9oLl5
He pulled a lighter out of his pocket.582Please respect copyright.PENANALZUmZsflbo
"And we'll all reunite in eternity."582Please respect copyright.PENANA5lYECy5l8v
"Seriously, Pastor, what's going on here?" the council member tried again.582Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZRpziCmGm
"Friends. We are the beginning," Pastor Young finished.582Please respect copyright.PENANAl7gsJm8RsP
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.582Please respect copyright.PENANAzSsH2tUMTv
They were silent, as they looked out into the darkness.582Please respect copyright.PENANAgR7HjfBFlk
Finally, Elena spoke.582Please respect copyright.PENANANueqOVEYgO
"Damon."582Please respect copyright.PENANA0oBAgaBZxH
She looked at him.582Please respect copyright.PENANAnhxHymV6Kr
He looked at her as he said, "Yeah?"582Please respect copyright.PENANAxG89VTGJkZ
"I remember. Everything. Why didn't you tell me that it was you I meant first?"582Please respect copyright.PENANAoRRFBJ8MKH
"Well, it wouldn't had mattered anyway."582Please respect copyright.PENANAHphKVlvwQt
"It would've been nice to know, though."582Please respect copyright.PENANAhcWlCBvJbn
"I guess you remember that I love you then, huh?"582Please respect copyright.PENANA24YB7I7Gc8
"Yes."582Please respect copyright.PENANAFBWi54pFy0
"Now that you remember everything, do you finally know what you feel for me?"582Please respect copyright.PENANAGaseN131bO
He wished she would say that she loved him.
"I care about you, Damon. That's all I feel."582Please respect copyright.PENANAacVnTZKGc9
"Then you're lying to yourself and to everybody else. You can't see it yet, but I know you love me, too."582Please respect copyright.PENANAppH1QvWeiW
He got up and headed inside.582Please respect copyright.PENANAfYFxKQPDMm
Stefan and Kat watched them from one of the windows in one of the upstairs rooms.