Summary: Set in S4E11 after "Into The Wild." What if Jeremy hadn't been killed? What if Katherine hadn't been in the best shape? What if Jeremy had been too late to tell her that that guy was one of The Five? Different things happen.
It was a beautiful day, as Damon stood in the cave tied with vervain ropes. There was one around his neck and another around his wrists, binding them together. One of The Five had a hold of the other end of the rope, standing a distance away, facing him.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAwCuyUypF
"You clearly don't know my friends," Damon said, hearing some rock as someone got ready to enter. Then when he saw Rebekah, he added, "Or my enemies."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjRHiU2Q8h
Damon pulled on the rope until he had all of the rope, and with a little more effort, he managed to get free from the vervained ropes. But the freedom didn't last long, because when Rebekah was down with arrows in her back, he was tied against a wooden post with something that was vervained.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKFxSNML2i
Suddenly, Stefan walked in. Then he and the guy fought. Once the guy was beaten up a little Stefan started to untie the thing from around his neck.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqnXaobPT8
A moment later, Elena was at Stefan's side.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKs4e8y54SW
"Go catch up with Jeremy and Bonnie. I'll help Damon."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJubijJnTUq
"Are you sure?"684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGIPv6WZB8
"Go, Elena," Damon said. "Help Jeremy and Bonnie. We'll be fine."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdt00V0bWNM
He watched Elena jump into the deeper caves.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUfFpO15xW
Stefan finished.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6gXqeGuQk
"Go help Elena. I'll be fine," Damon said to his brother.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq21lazbFCM
Stefan jumped into the deeper caves a few minutes later, knowing Elena would probably need help.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2f44vEHxok
Damon crawled over to the Original and started pulling arrows out of her back, which smelled of vervain.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmORwavgm1f
A few moments later, he was finished.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCwF80fAn9
He gently rolled her onto her back and then got to his feet, before picking her up in his arms and jumping down into the deeper caves.
It wasn't long before he smelled a familiar scent; he gently layed the Original down before going deeper.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8hhL7rw8v
"No!" he heard Elena say and saw Elena try to stop her.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsty8XhcHu4
He saw her push Elena out of the way, but she didn't get past Damon. He grabbed her by the arm firmly.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJ40OtzQGI
"What are you doing here, Katherine?"684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRots8EGC51
"The cure. What else? A bargain for my freedom, since I hear he wants to destroy it."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg12d3C1dhn
As she pushed him off her and vanished, he knew she wasn't in shape. There was the smell of blood.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl45tq10S8r
He looked at Elena.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSqYaYrw9w
"Go help Bonnie and Jeremy. I'll be right behind you."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcjJuwCRVs
Elena vanished.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLX2Wjqs4y
Damon went over and gently picked Rebekah up, before vanishing as well.
Katherine through the guy off Jeremy and Jeremy fell on the ground, before he went to check on Bonnie. Then Katherine bit and drank from the guy.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSC7frn1TV6
Elena knelt by Bonnie and her brother. She bit into her wrist and put it to her lips.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTF1zkNoDQ
"Bonnie, drink."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xdudE6ER4
Damon walked in and saw Elena feeding Bonnie her blood, Jeremy a little beaten up, one of The Five dead on the ground, and Katherine feeding Silas her blood. But once she had the cure in hand, she stopped, taking her wrist away.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucT9IVG81e
She slowly turned around, back against what Silas lay on. She was weak and was holding on to what he lay on with a hand.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpo9JlKgqpG
Damon gently layed Rebekah down not far from Bonnie and the others, before going over to stand in front of her.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbhKUM6SO9
"Katherine, what happened?"684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2wdwXgKgl
"I got bitten."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2WStGK9pU
"How long ago?"684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrWAgy3Uvc
"Two hours ago."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eSnsj063q
Elena stood up, now finished with Bonnie, and headed towards Damon and Katherine.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVo7txXvau
"Jeremy, get Bonnie out of here. Meet us at the boats," Damon said.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFgwJM4fBr
Jeremy obeyed.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz45vyreSHf
"I'll get Katherine. You help Rebecca," Elena told Damon.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXE1DDT9Z7N
"And I'll keep this cure safe," Damon said, taking it from Katherine.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvTaSjdYZY
Elena put an arm around her, as Katherine put a weak arm around Elena's shoulders.
An hour later Elena, Jeremy, Bonnie, Damon, Katherine, and Rebecca were in a boat.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEVTqeJDDY
Rebekah came to, as Damon called his brother.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9jzQCPuFC
Rebekah sat up.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Uu7Klbrvo
"The boat? Did I miss all the fun?"684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Nic6nGyeA
"I wouldn't call it fun, but you missed everything back there," Elena replied, before explaining to her what happened and what was going on.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6WBD8pBB0
Damon hung up.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5P285iItM
"Stefan's coming."
"Feel free to help out anytime," Caroline said to Klaus, as she and Tyler sat on the couch at Elena's place.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fNkbdU68b
Just then, they walked in with Elena helping a weak Katherine. It was obvious in one quick look what was wrong.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNL2xhgyck
Stefan set the cure on the coffee table.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDA3lh9jFni
Katherine collapsed.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyDqNo8gFV
Damon was instantly there to help Elena hold her up, while getting her over to Klaus.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MnxbnzFxQ
"Well, isn't this a sight," Klaus announced.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqAH5mxN7F
"Help her," Damon said.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThU5rsqLhx
"Why?"684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPU6jcedIy
"Klaus, she's my family. Please. If you don't do it for anyone else, do it for me," Elena said.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Xd11iiDmM
"Fine. I'll do it."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwK1tugEbLs
"Thank you."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJW8H2dD0l
She layed her gently down in front of Klaus.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPp6jrigFTo
He pulled her gently into his arms and positioned her head back, before biting his wrist and putting it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vZZTqWQEe
After he was done, he layed her gently back down and Damon picked her up in his arms.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHvmd2jKrx
"We're going home," Elena told everyone, before following Damon out the door.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTZ06tsItS
Rebekah told Bonnie," You can let it down now. It's time."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pQ6IpKOGl
Bonnie undid the spell that bound him there. Then, after it was down, she pinned her brother to a wall, still mad at him for daggering her again.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xBWNBvay5
"Burn in hell," she said, before killing him with the only thing that kills Originals; a white oak stake.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKG4fvON3CL
Everyone watched as she left the house.
Later that night, Katherine lay in Damon's bed in his room with Elena seated at her bedside.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CUiAtpwBL
"Thank you," she told her descendant. "Both of you; you saved my life."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Sl7573Pcn
"Hang in there. We'll find the potential and you'll be back to yourself in no time," Elena promised.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO08vDgJw5q
"When will you find the potential Hunter? They've started."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEO1Tnjxi5
"I don't know, but hopefully soon," she admitted. Then, curious, she had to ask her, "What do you see?"684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxzUB9Tajv
"My ma' ma."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMDeZCrhOM
"Katerina," her ma' ma greeted.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqSitN7Fl8
"Ma'ma."
An hour later, the Hunter was found and the mark had started after his first killing. Now Kat was all better.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHa05aglPm
"Thanks, Elena."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7RUaOcQMA
"You're welcome."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwrjjVgHpA
"If you need anything, call me. I'll be in town if you need me. And tell Damon thank you for me."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9KWUBaSmq
Elena watched, as Katherine jumped out the window and vanished.
