It's a beautiful day, as Stefan and I stand in Elena's room. Stefan is standing at the foot of her bed and I'm seated in a chair not far from the door.418Please respect copyright.PENANA9hY6uQ1Imm
Elena opens her eyes, when she finally comes around.418Please respect copyright.PENANADzdKNUyLMV
She slowly sits up.418Please respect copyright.PENANAHmFGbsgQGX
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan informs her.418Please respect copyright.PENANAFcP4sdub26
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asks.418Please respect copyright.PENANAjklljf9RTq
"He didn't," I tell her.418Please respect copyright.PENANA2HyfqH8BRN
"Wait. What?"418Please respect copyright.PENANAZG2mSXYGlC
Stefan explains to her what Meredith had done.418Please respect copyright.PENANAKHjk5364Bw
"So what? Am I dead?"418Please respect copyright.PENANAZVFfKUW1hJ
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."418Please respect copyright.PENANAx3Cb7t0PEi
"No. I can't be."418Please respect copyright.PENANA3EHPIiP55o
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."418Please respect copyright.PENANAgpFwqYvYSd
"No. You feed or you die. There's no third door," I say, before getting up and leaving the room.418Please respect copyright.PENANAAtYDB33P1x
I go downstairs to the kitchen to get a shot glass of liquor from Elena's cupboard.418Please respect copyright.PENANAunkfnlzieT
Stefan comes down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.418Please respect copyright.PENANAfIpm8sGmmT
He watches me.418Please respect copyright.PENANAzT6CsswdqW
"You know, you can't do anything about it," I tell my brother. "If she doesn't feed by this afternoon, she'll die tonight."418Please respect copyright.PENANAA3KxCrDUy9
"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."418Please respect copyright.PENANAluERvqq3sc
"Whatever. Always the hero," I comment, grabbing my glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.418Please respect copyright.PENANAzw1ixQGsQZ
Stefan leaves the room, as I finish my drink.418Please respect copyright.PENANA5NAEP4kgvM
From the kitchen, I hear Elena and Jeremy from the hallway upstairs with my vampire hearing.418Please respect copyright.PENANAElPijG2Yi0
"Jer," she greets.418Please respect copyright.PENANALTaA0HkuU1
"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," Jeremy says.418Please respect copyright.PENANAUG2HvaXrro
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."418Please respect copyright.PENANAQKu7EZJ6kR
"No, you're not. You act like everything's okay so no one worries about you, but you need help."418Please respect copyright.PENANAvoUNpmGBT3
"I said I'm fine, okay?" she says all snappy. "I-I'm sorry. I…Have you talked to Bonnie?" she then says, more herself.418Please respect copyright.PENANAroKDYvJPdb
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened."418Please respect copyright.PENANAJrDNEopmrf
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."418Please respect copyright.PENANAuKm1ZNO46u
"And what could be more horrible than you turning into a vampire? I need my sister, not another one of them."418Please respect copyright.PENANARJ8AuQiZtX
"We're going to find a way out of this. Everything's going to be okay," she tells her little brother.418Please respect copyright.PENANA1UuQ8TZGjl
"I hope so," he says.
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I enter the room at the Mikaelson house behind Rebekah.418Please respect copyright.PENANA9IZvxlNgyq
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."418Please respect copyright.PENANAven1d38Q2F
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"418Please respect copyright.PENANAAMuFRj0OvX
Rebekah turns around to face me.418Please respect copyright.PENANAINmP91ymWN
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"418Please respect copyright.PENANAI4fYQdPvPb
Rebekah turns back around.418Please respect copyright.PENANAitu13BlBR6
I rush at her with the indestructible White Oak stake. She grabs my wrist and prevents me from killing her. She pushes me against a dresser and I drop the stake.418Please respect copyright.PENANAm4TXFQJz77
Suddenly, someone starts firing wooden bullets through the window. I manage to escape, but Rebekah gets shot in the heart with an arrow and falls to the ground.418Please respect copyright.PENANAk4Enn1fVrW
I'm picking things up that were knocked down during the commotion, when Liz walks into the Gilbert house and Meredith comes into the living room where we're at from the kitchen.418Please respect copyright.PENANA38sW5s6kmK
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," I say.418Please respect copyright.PENANAITShDIoKkI
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answers me.
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"418Please respect copyright.PENANA25tlBQgQFY
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away, did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith says.418Please respect copyright.PENANAeDErFs8REq
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answers her.418Please respect copyright.PENANAOt25H7ietl
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," I imply.418Please respect copyright.PENANAq2WU0WET4z
Someone knocks on the front door and then Matt enters the house.418Please respect copyright.PENANAgoJ8mR1Lnc
"Hey, is Elena here?"418Please respect copyright.PENANA5pjsqVd6MO
I turn around and rush towards Matt. I grab him by the throat and pin him to the wall, choking him.418Please respect copyright.PENANAVXPYlnuyZY
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"418Please respect copyright.PENANAC1Zae1R9Ks
Meredith tries to pull me off of him.418Please respect copyright.PENANAvAZk4A0hrx
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith says.418Please respect copyright.PENANAHOl300e6nV
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz says.418Please respect copyright.PENANAr4ZUlx5U1M
Matt tries to pry my arm off his throat.418Please respect copyright.PENANALVzirRXUMG
I finally release him.
That night, we find out where the council have them at, and Matt Donovan and I go there. I feed a little from the side of Matt's neck before I yell, "Yoo-hoo, big, bad vampire out here!" to try and get someone out of the house. It doesn't work, though. Nobody comes out.418Please respect copyright.PENANAIhX0kdVWwv
Suddenly, Donovan and I have an argument and I attack him. And just as I go after him, Elena, vamped out, puts herself between Donovan and I, facing me, and says, "Leave him alone!", so I back off.
Later that night, vampire Elena and I stand outside the boarding house, as we talk, facing one another.418Please respect copyright.PENANAAnWy3rWv7Q
"Damon," she says.418Please respect copyright.PENANAsA1Pza6AEY
"Yeah?" I reply.418Please respect copyright.PENANAgn0nv57CeS
"I remember; everything. Why didn't you say something?"418Please respect copyright.PENANAo3osPlqhUr
"It wouldn't have mattered," I answer, before adding, "What is it that you feel for me?"418Please respect copyright.PENANAb936BnpkYi
"I care about you, Damon," she answers, though I know it's a lie. She just doesn't see that there's something going on between the both of us. Even my brother can see it. She's lying to herself, Stefan, and I every time she says that she cares about me. It hurts me every time she says that.418Please respect copyright.PENANAanniDdDSGp
I walk inside quietly, leaving Elena outside alone in the darkness.