Summary: Set in the last scene of the S4 episode "Into The Wild." What if Damon hadn't seen the tattoo and had killed him? Will they get the cure in time for Damon?
It was a dark night in the woods, as Damon Salvatore, hurt emotionally by not wanting the cure because of not wanting to lose Elena, as well as not wanting to lose his brother to the cure, walked through the woods.550Please respect copyright.PENANARZWVREzDqC
He stopped, senses alert, senses telling him someone was there. And not very far away, he could hear a heartbeat. Then, a moment later, he was stabbed in the side with an arrow. He groaned in pain and took it out, tossing it to the ground.550Please respect copyright.PENANAt5lZwHtTvo
"Really?" he said, groaning in pain.550Please respect copyright.PENANAeJlzBRbSGw
Suddenly, someone tackled him to the ground from behind. That someone put an arm around Damon's neck. Damon grabbed the arm and twisted it to that someone's side. Then he let go and rolled on top of that person, before grabbing the stranger's throat, getting them both to their feet. Then, without question, he killed him by snapping his neck.550Please respect copyright.PENANAcDjINGoxXb
After his body fell to the ground, he saw the tattoo on his hand.550Please respect copyright.PENANA7AjoP3bbbl
"Oh, great," he said. "Just what I need."550Please respect copyright.PENANAJat7qSAXvL
He knew he had to get back to the others. He had killed one of The Five and he knew what would happen soon. The hallucinations would start like they had when Elena had killed Conner.550Please respect copyright.PENANAmYo7BSX7Hc
He started towards the direction of the camp. He wasn't feeling that great, so he didn't use his vampire speed.
Elena was worried sick, wondering where Jeremy, Bonnie, and Shane were at. So she headed towards the trees to go in search of them.550Please respect copyright.PENANAAZOXOsWIo1
As she walked through the trees, almost to the heart of the forest of trees, she heard something and followed the sound. Someone was close by, but it wasn't human. That meant it was a vampire. She could tell, since she couldn't hear a heartbeat.550Please respect copyright.PENANAYSMyD0vqX9
When she entered the heart of the forest of trees, she saw which vampire it was; the only vampire that she was in love with. He was leaning against the bark of a tree, eyes closed. She saw blood on the side of his shirt.550Please respect copyright.PENANAP5v6ymUBCu
"Damon?"550Please respect copyright.PENANAcW1yOhJJJ3
She was instantly in front of him. She could tell something had happened and he wasn't feeling well, as she stood there and looked at him. She rested gentle hands on either side of his face.550Please respect copyright.PENANAkTFVeWP5lv
"What happened?" she asked.550Please respect copyright.PENANAH0Q298yAbo
"I didn't see the tattoo before I killed him. He attacked me first."550Please respect copyright.PENANAWDX9oypgBF
"What tattoo?"550Please respect copyright.PENANA3bqmR1uMTe
"One of The Five."550Please respect copyright.PENANAruxjnxHumB
She realized what he meant and what had to be done about it.550Please respect copyright.PENANAT5iaJULGIs
"I'll get Stefan and Rebekah, but right now we have to get back."550Please respect copyright.PENANABOKVMBcvxb
He opened his eyes and looked at her.550Please respect copyright.PENANA8ohHDeWtg7
"It started."550Please respect copyright.PENANA3OK5gSfj90
"We have to get back," she told him.550Please respect copyright.PENANA4n46Q75cOT
She put an arm around him and he put an arm around her shoulders. Then they started slowly heading back together.
Half an hour later, Elena had him in her tent on a sleeping back on his back.550Please respect copyright.PENANA31DZtIXSZv
He groaned.550Please respect copyright.PENANAeoEPpIUOYr
"We'll fix this," Elena promised him. "Hang in there."550Please respect copyright.PENANANQ5RBC4ArA
Elena took her phone out and called his brother.
Rebekah and Stefan were deep in the woods, when Stefan's phone rang.550Please respect copyright.PENANAsSdX8A5GXM
He sighed, seeing it was Elena.550Please respect copyright.PENANAyOy4TJrFQo
"Elena."550Please respect copyright.PENANA1CNlWMJVbs
"Stefan, we have a big problem. Damon went off alone. He was attacked. He killed him before he realized that he was one of The Five. And the hallucinations are starting."550Please respect copyright.PENANACtnZEypX1R
"Where are you?"550Please respect copyright.PENANAgaEtwXgIea
"In my tent with Damon."550Please respect copyright.PENANAjBoGT54zeE
"Stay there. We'll find a potential and the others."550Please respect copyright.PENANA8pLz326Ann
They hung up.550Please respect copyright.PENANAJnW7hTD81G
Stefan and Rebekah looked at one another.550Please respect copyright.PENANAUQewNvbrBE
"We best get going," Rebekah said, having overheard the conversation both ways.550Please respect copyright.PENANA24C4iagCwS
Rebekah and Stefan continued walking, searching for them first. They figured they could have Bonnie locate the potential. It would be so much faster.550Please respect copyright.PENANAk0M8YppMtL
Not long afterward, they found them. Shane was speaking to some guy whom had Jeremy chained with wrists and ankles chained along with his mouth duct taped.550Please respect copyright.PENANAnTTSiV4PnB
"He's a witch," Stefan said. "Any suggestions?"550Please respect copyright.PENANAIOuAWVBlIE
"I take Shane. You do the rest," she replied.550Please respect copyright.PENANAi6MvLohEh9
At vampire speed, they both left the shadows of the trees. Rebekah pinned Shane to the bark of a tree, hand tightly around his throat.550Please respect copyright.PENANAM4mlEqKNcs
"Call them off," she ordered, knowing compulsion wouldn't work.550Please respect copyright.PENANAR0Hu6qPyop
"I thought you wanted the cure."550Please respect copyright.PENANALuJAiCBfgS
"Not at the expense of this," she replied.550Please respect copyright.PENANA2fL4EUcqxW
"Fine."550Please respect copyright.PENANAYJVXotazWp
He told the guy to go and Stefan and Bonnie helped Jeremy. Then she let go and left Shane alone.
Once at camp, Stefan headed for Elena's tent to see how everything was going. He had Bonnie doing a locater spell, while Jeremy stood at the entrance and Rebekah walked inside.550Please respect copyright.PENANAM5suQ4epbB
"I heard," Jeremy told his sister.550Please respect copyright.PENANA5Nop6pPnPG
Elena looked at him.550Please respect copyright.PENANAhg3p1dYKGO
"Are you okay?"550Please respect copyright.PENANAuW91QXYq94
"I'm fine."550Please respect copyright.PENANAkenSNDAsyP
She sighed in relief.550Please respect copyright.PENANAHKjTuGD3KW
Her gaze went to Rebekah.550Please respect copyright.PENANAViP27YJwCi
"Thank you."550Please respect copyright.PENANANtReoTbWTa
"I didn't do much. I just told Shane to stop it."550Please respect copyright.PENANAGnlxNPuYtp
"Shane?"550Please respect copyright.PENANAybIO7RUtWU
"Yeah. He was about to do something. I don't know what."550Please respect copyright.PENANAn6BqWdBCaO
She watched the Original walk away.550Please respect copyright.PENANALSNT5ohCh7
"A massacre. He brought us here to do the third massacre. He told me earlier before you walked in on us. I was going to find out how to stop him," Damon informed Elena.550Please respect copyright.PENANAN1rp84wBL0
Jeremy left.550Please respect copyright.PENANAP12wHH4M7B
Elena looked down at him.550Please respect copyright.PENANANcyPbBrhYO
"A massacre?"550Please respect copyright.PENANAgZohX4sfsG
"He said he needs three massacres before he can raise Silas."550Please respect copyright.PENANAi7D3a9x6gJ
Rebekah and Stefan watched Bonnie do a spell to locate the potential.550Please respect copyright.PENANAiNOC9IYtfa
Soon after, they found the potential close by, had him kill a vampire that would start the mark, and Damon was back to himself.