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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgkNnlBUlW
She sat up.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZkCs3c9Im
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan said.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlB2jddBEK
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asked.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKk373UXe5
"He didn't," Damon told her.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhNJta2Eev
"Wait. What?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOddKxB9nbO
Stefan explained to her what Meredith had done.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZPktCBs7l
"So what? Am I dead?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi31WI3aVUc
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFN5a2Jp2P
"No. I can't be."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3kIUkv4o3
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRi2LvUZihR
"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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpROxYyimlT
Stefan came down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡod6009LMeB
He watched his elder brother.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv43dmBnJng
"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."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7U6rG1mC1
"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."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLsOzy78ux
"Whatever. Always the hero," Damon commented, grabbing his glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYmzzOROrE
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxCByQi0wh
Her younger brother, Jeremy, walked over to her from down the other end of the hallway.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBxyfiN2xI
"Jer," she greeted.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeLqKi0CQr
They hugged.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCj4cHsxPBD
"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."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9As6Ohd5V
Elena glanced over at the light bulb again, but turned back to face Jeremy again.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2ddRgR6rA
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hNAWNgyR7
"No, you're not. You're act like everything's okay so no one worries about you but you need help."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TcvY5V0s9
Elena kept glancing at the light bulb.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkt5iX3VCZ
"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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EAhccj1nR
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdBw4Gekxj
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlesxCd4Ca
"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."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74jENy8aSn
"I hope so."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGS8lg3CuK
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFyY8uBxik
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Klaus said.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhMQGkA9z6
Bonnie turned around and saw Klaus in Tyler's body entering the cellar.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyPkOwO9yX
"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."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftUxB5TQ1X
"Yes, when I assumed I'd be a pile of ash. But apparently, fate and oxygen intervened and there I am."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRc72fM2Tiq
Klaus walked towards the coffin.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2wpzECU0T
"Put me back."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW6ftycKGY
"I can't right now."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4ljKGTQo9
"Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the Council. They're on a war path and this body's vulnerable."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQZge1QrCh
"I have to help Elena before she has to feed."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszEbZ88rfY
"Elena's dead and no longer my concern."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKT6bgPjmxL
"You're forgetting who just saved your life."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1y4YhjS9st
Klaus grabbed Bonnie by the throat.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tpTXWGdXv
"And you're forgetting that I could rip your tongue out. Now put me back."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2iUwd7IEb
"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?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzQYDuJsIr
Klaus released Bonnie.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvcx4q5pop
Bonnie started to leave, but Klaus was instantly in front of her and blocked her way out.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcH92k4IaI
"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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKGkcK0zHY
She stopped.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGYxM1aelV
"Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKA8tv1AJs
"Honestly, I wish it were."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwFjjywp0Y
He turned to the deputies behind them.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmka2u2cK7
"Blood bank's in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7kCepTIPz
"Who gave you that authority?" Meredith questioned.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyZr3sY6iu
"The Council. They're entrusted me to secure the town and unlike some of our Founding Families, I don't have conflicting interests."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTHKEWusn8
"What is that supposed to mean?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkyMCb0zl1
"Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL0prjBlX7
Pastor Young left Meredith there.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpoVLD9b4u
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyt38J84y8O
"Can I help you?" Matt asked the officer.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmNoJvB1Qa
"Sorry."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOYSmO9htZ
He got on his dispatch and said, "All good here."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpjXVCtQV0
He exited the room and closed the door.
An officer handcuffed Carol Lockwood at the Lockwood Mansion. Pastor Young stood nearby.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQfEdNJzen
"What's going on?" she asked.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisWwal7hyx
The officer started to lead Carol out of her house.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8EiTAYKUX
"We just need to ask you a few questions about your son."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgtBZWiLpX
"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town!"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSOarr7Jj6
"Not anymore you're not."
Sheriff Forbes was walking to the police department when Pastor Young stopped her.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1dAId8nKh
"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60gcIEB1lG
"What are you talking about?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YCMyr6hlG
The deputies surrounded the two of them.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3AjRX32Kq
"They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFF8uVqitB
"You have no idea what you're up against."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDuDzKohx2
"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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKrN1IfGN2
"Where are you? And please tell me it's somewhere faraway," Liz told her daughter.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsv0kDvjCwW
"Where am I? Uh…good question. Uh…there's just a whole lot of boring highways. Why, is everything okay?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2PGDavFns
Suddenly, an officer snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the side of her neck with a syringe.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Re7F2fa2t
"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZS8NdQprs
The phone hit the porch.
Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8usC1VWIOP
Elena took a bite of a sandwich.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJH5l2LPAMI
"It's disgusting," Stefan commented, watching her.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvLopuBOhF
"No it's, um…"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEU9sY5ooY3
"It's disgusting," he repeated.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRaWfWr774
She spit it out onto a napkin.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8z6FCoHFT
"I never thought I would say this, but I can't stop thinking about blood."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6MQCvUbt2
"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?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8u3UeZtNp
Stefan poured himself a drink and took a sip.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcRpl8FHth
Elena got up and walked over to him.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Il4kzVcpO
"Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do. You respected my choice."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dT8xMo37Z
"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."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0ymCCgQLO
"Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGZiGdoEbG
Suddenly, Elena started laughing.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEm5cfcWz3
"Oh my God, did-did I just say "cross that bridge"?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfabpRvXfVy
Elena started laughing maniacally.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtiVgu0fev
"You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGRRfOoiKC
"I can't stop though," she said, continuing to laugh.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwSQeNzOUj
"Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaPGQUso1W
She continued laughing but then started to cry.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rH8Nor12Z
He hugged her.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOd9Jp0EWM
"Hey, shh, shh. It's okay. It's okay."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoxWUMIB68
"I'm sorry. I…"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5B9c9WlguA
He pulled away and caressed her face.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqs5bZsnhH
"Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgtyqW9HaL
Elena looked out the window and squinted her eyes due to the brightness of the sunlight.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynDLWc0P27
"Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark? I'll clean up."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgPmiwHSCO
Elena started to walk away and shielded her eyes from the sun.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOdtOiLXqU
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMGCeDYeGc
"I'm tired, Damon."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QSzcc54ei
Damon got up and walked over to Elena, holding up her vervain necklace.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qOVk0Sj9s
"I brought you this."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAIoLXFa5E
"I thought it was gone. Thank you."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwa59C5nKq
Elena tried to take it from Damon, but he pulled it back.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sOLuj3feJ
"Please give it back."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr19haL8Ik8
"I just have to say something."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDVzVa9ZJM
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34TDRfeJJR
"Because what I'm about to say is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36O2AmM7t0
"Damon, don't go there."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8Wp6Ep8tQ
"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."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4oyL6UDrH
Damon kissed Elena on the forehead.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEyv1OdOBO
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyQIO3UzS3
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbuNGUEs6g
Damon entered the room behind her.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9FaJ4C6JT
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFCbpp4EEb
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5f9ivFMeAX
Rebekah turned around to face him.
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRykWtPmH7w
Rebekah turned back around.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iTujjewd8
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubmRmFbhJl
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrdpGqfSEV
Suddenly, she heard a commotion downstairs and walked down the stairs.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaayicBQy76
"Stefan?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TDn0atDzn
"Elena, don't move."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8qnhNtPvf
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlLgMhvwWk
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGfvlOjRS8
"Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the Council," she told the Original sister.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZwH10cT6W
"The Council? What exactly do they think they can do to me?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLK4KNbMOq
Suddenly, the wheels of the van started to screech. The van flipped over. Caroline and Rebekah went flying. The van landed on its side.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMxy6xZ8AH
"What the hell happened?" Rebekah questioned.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbkyd2QfgG
Just then, someone opened the door. Someone unexpected.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcdxl72mYN
"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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulUOCMvkyJ
"No time. Come on. Let's go," Katherine said, helping them both to their feet one by one.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDN7U4eHY9
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjEFG5MsIQ
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," Damon said.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTL2lfjztSt
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answered him.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dlA9oQNtx
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQFRAaUrSx
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away; did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith said.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DqHKN2V9m
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answered her.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9J8kA2JQk
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," Damon implied.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlEHQ3Ncyo
Someone knocked on the front door and then Matt entered the house.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgwjiH7t3y
"Hey, is Elena here?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKHP01aiDD
Damon turned around and rushed towards Matt. He grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the wall, choking him.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgoJuvxKqV
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IqTGBpGqV
Meredith tried to pull Damon off of him.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVbZcLRYoU
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith said.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8t47uNuU7u
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz said.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnzXIEpvuq
Matt tried to pry Damon's arm off his throat.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKzjyAIXwV
Damon finally released him.
Just then, someone unexpected arrived along with Rebekah and Caroline.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTtk2gFlgr
"Katherine," Damon said, looking at her.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDnsVIsNXj
"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."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbpxinXpO3
Liz and Caroline hugged.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcY1Owx0A1a
Rebekah stood against a faraway wall.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkHQgDXeyq
"Why would you go to such a length to help?" Damon inquired of his sire.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZXvElLqrG
"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."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgadT25SP9s
"Yes. And how are do you suppose we do that? We don't know where the hell to look."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AI2ObtuO0
"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."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacKQFKIsr1
She gave him a smile.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtSv1Zs0wK
"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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHT9yOXiOB
"Where am I?" she questioned.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnnwRpbckR
"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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOp7g8WAA0C
"Stefan."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUJ8wSP3pY
Elena tried to pull herself up but was too weak to do so.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejMwvfaBf2
"I didn't feed."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPCfz1f4v5
Stefan looked worried.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3VJT1PA85
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZztu2XGTE
"Elena? You still with me?" he called to her from where he sat against the wall that divided him from Elena.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahdM3pTRKO
Elena sat on the other side of the wall. She was even paler and was breathing heavily.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4aoBB1KAT
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSSTFRJa2i
"No, you're not. I can hear you breathing. Damon was right. You should have fed earlier. I'm so sorry."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoHspcRX37
"Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx52QNBxSQe
"I love you so much."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHl7BrthxY
Stefan started to cry silent tears.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZWijBiaey
"I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made," Elena said.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0zOsy2vTp
She placed her hand against the wall dividing them.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMh6M6YqeB
"God. It sucks that I can't see you right now."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0uZtQRLBi
"I'm smiling."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdEuSiBamW
"Me too."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAygJotaLK
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbQK0uQ5Nj
She walked in and scanned the place.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLdQmyUURU
Normally, she would've gotten Stefan out first, but seeing Elena, she knew she was the worst off.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzo41Q82GR
She rushed over to her cage and immediately broke the lock and opened the door. Then she knelt by her.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9FOEqOAMF
"Elena?" she called softly.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQNWMA05rI
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7pWNHxhM1
She looked back at Stefan, once outside of Elena's cage.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKJc11wRV2
"I'll be back for you."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtdxVPvdbz
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwrevyKK6w
Kat looked up.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa21hnSafUO
"Matt!" she called to him.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkbJx6Igke
He went over to them.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyfrn2jqQs
"You need to let her feed on you."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIbIeMmwUL
A few minutes later, Elena woke up as a vampire.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvSuIl8mTi
Kat helped her sit up.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeVjK3tccW
"How do you feel?" she questioned her descendant, as everyone went over to them.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RSgBwJYd1
"Better. Thanks," Elena said, even though she wasn't sure what she felt about being a vampire now.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjErbTsL7i
"Good. I'll be back."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVq0Mvf8BN
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAsW1EBg1z
"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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21E1MRvKSj
"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."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLPlwu9psh
He pulled a lighter out of his pocket.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmEMUAInTA
"And we'll all reunite in eternity."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBR4hfhfZQq
"Seriously, Pastor, what's going on here?" the council member tried again.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndoowifDDP
"Friends. We are the beginning," Pastor Young finished.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUo6KlVBDnF
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqH8y3WxDk
They were silent, as they looked out into the darkness.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gu9FvHWPU
Finally, Elena spoke.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo51dFif2g8
"Damon."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3M9LZXwVU7
She looked at him.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoIEpXVDtc
He looked at her as he said, "Yeah?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9M6jaHdeL
"I remember. Everything. Why didn't you tell me that it was you I meant first?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98W4SRmfPF
"Well, it wouldn't had mattered anyway."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwy1pRZ4KT
"It would've been nice to know, though."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VQY9rMQKk
"I guess you remember that I love you then, huh?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRHjCHzMug
"Yes."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbgFuW3728
"Now that you remember everything, do you finally know what you feel for me?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciUOSxgBdy
He wished she would say that she loved him.
"I care about you, Damon. That's all I feel."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszW0ufQrz5
"Then you're lying to yourself and to everybody else. You can't see it yet, but I know you love me, too."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIism99OAtL
He got up and headed inside.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtuqSfhn2t
Stefan and Kat watched them from one of the windows in one of the upstairs rooms.
