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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7BZRJzwjW
She sat up.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76K8Rb9B4q
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan said.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtVvUPQwNB
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asked.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJFUYpSK4Y
"He didn't," Damon told her.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuX5o4x2t6
"Wait. What?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9kkVPjNYd
Stefan explained to her what Meredith had done.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xuOIiHByz
"So what? Am I dead?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkT6f1v29Up
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6Urf8nuWe
"No. I can't be."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuN8lwIMg0
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMkHJxxTVV
"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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmj8u0KYSt
Stefan came down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumWMBCCKNV
He watched his elder brother.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhlAwSlRfx
"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."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWjc4U9Kx5
"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."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbipxU7Mbn
"Whatever. Always the hero," Damon commented, grabbing his glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZehFMm4J0
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCacRLVmQWN
Her younger brother, Jeremy, walked over to her from down the other end of the hallway.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiqUReaHX1
"Jer," she greeted.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpujWesIXhN
They hugged.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1c5xvAjhg0
"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."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ331lsWo2EC
Elena glanced over at the light bulb again, but turned back to face Jeremy again.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeT0q9ePfwl
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCTAF1LjEa
"No, you're not. You're act like everything's okay so no one worries about you but you need help."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg29rmwJAO2
Elena kept glancing at the light bulb.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYCK67SCq0
"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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nFX306lRF
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AOyywBL1c
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulicKQXnPc
"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."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGz29AZ1jL6
"I hope so."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumsqN8ugKt
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Kjui4YITs
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Klaus said.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRAckWoSs4
Bonnie turned around and saw Klaus in Tyler's body entering the cellar.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCIHoRzlkO
"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."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSBFmjuREy
"Yes, when I assumed I'd be a pile of ash. But apparently, fate and oxygen intervened and there I am."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZzWjhuxNw
Klaus walked towards the coffin.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqvE12qTKh
"Put me back."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2jD7vyyKs
"I can't right now."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxHmlToBVL
"Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the Council. They're on a war path and this body's vulnerable."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlJLEOoqes
"I have to help Elena before she has to feed."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSi2PX56745
"Elena's dead and no longer my concern."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6sb3B6wvt
"You're forgetting who just saved your life."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KHGj2iW8r
Klaus grabbed Bonnie by the throat.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqnnqEDRb8
"And you're forgetting that I could rip your tongue out. Now put me back."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpnvFUBS3f
"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?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4c4J41i1m
Klaus released Bonnie.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzl1baewIUL
Bonnie started to leave, but Klaus was instantly in front of her and blocked her way out.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrL1CDphbSV
"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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRccp7Cgvm
She stopped.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKayk2sP2K
"Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEW7CwpmuLe
"Honestly, I wish it were."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTKGw6gdsV
He turned to the deputies behind them.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyWZgnoW8S
"Blood bank's in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVuKLg7k4i
"Who gave you that authority?" Meredith questioned.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSzg59g5BV
"The Council. They're entrusted me to secure the town and unlike some of our Founding Families, I don't have conflicting interests."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloBuaa1SCn
"What is that supposed to mean?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7KB73pb3e
"Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmKtkvpALJ
Pastor Young left Meredith there.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJI8WajXLqy
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6jYJrFLGC
"Can I help you?" Matt asked the officer.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlgv2O6uOD
"Sorry."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExgCKfhKzS
He got on his dispatch and said, "All good here."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzUqRwQZfh
He exited the room and closed the door.
An officer handcuffed Carol Lockwood at the Lockwood Mansion. Pastor Young stood nearby.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0si0Nfaac
"What's going on?" she asked.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEb6apJ3Hv1
The officer started to lead Carol out of her house.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJxqIWjQKv
"We just need to ask you a few questions about your son."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCXfMIeU9Z
"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town!"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAgzh1mBtw
"Not anymore you're not."
Sheriff Forbes was walking to the police department when Pastor Young stopped her.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTlcZqQMZ3
"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06W9R9r2n5
"What are you talking about?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDw6beE2lO
The deputies surrounded the two of them.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEfV04IaLn
"They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDsIx0pD9Z
"You have no idea what you're up against."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRzdjonjJF
"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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbonCGmRxA
"Where are you? And please tell me it's somewhere faraway," Liz told her daughter.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuhyy6AM6h
"Where am I? Uh…good question. Uh…there's just a whole lot of boring highways. Why, is everything okay?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡie4EsBEKzO
Suddenly, an officer snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the side of her neck with a syringe.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXPC1hS9Cu
"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sJGOa7p4C
The phone hit the porch.
Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4j5FCqFyi
Elena took a bite of a sandwich.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZPuRTF4Zs
"It's disgusting," Stefan commented, watching her.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CIW4LLrc2
"No it's, um…"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQad2SA7f72
"It's disgusting," he repeated.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YecDSHm0J
She spit it out onto a napkin.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qrMDBkATB
"I never thought I would say this, but I can't stop thinking about blood."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjj7ToYFGb
"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?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtObUExKG9b
Stefan poured himself a drink and took a sip.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpcxnwVCdI
Elena got up and walked over to him.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbMa5D7gJK
"Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do. You respected my choice."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTasTPdF6Qw
"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."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75zMjxc8PK
"Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxf33kCSk7E
Suddenly, Elena started laughing.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf72SvFVRh2
"Oh my God, did-did I just say "cross that bridge"?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hYdzso9HX
Elena started laughing maniacally.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiP0Sc2XPz
"You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6a6pFOhau
"I can't stop though," she said, continuing to laugh.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgLhIpBFbR
"Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiU4sH3EuST
She continued laughing but then started to cry.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrQt6OE78h
He hugged her.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo49vWAuviT
"Hey, shh, shh. It's okay. It's okay."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdA1koGZwI
"I'm sorry. I…"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUpsU5PvSm
He pulled away and caressed her face.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CxY2lgGhA
"Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFJCQe64sB
Elena looked out the window and squinted her eyes due to the brightness of the sunlight.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVW8NUiNjbQ
"Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark? I'll clean up."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyg2xqn3ySC
Elena started to walk away and shielded her eyes from the sun.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdY4L3w5lG
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtwIwACpg3
"I'm tired, Damon."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9IWNC5q2y
Damon got up and walked over to Elena, holding up her vervain necklace.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0FziFnK3G
"I brought you this."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCB3iDcD62T
"I thought it was gone. Thank you."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiewt84HYF
Elena tried to take it from Damon, but he pulled it back.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn38iaroMC8
"Please give it back."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkl56Iltf0Y
"I just have to say something."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkddu4IvSv6
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwewqUQVwr
"Because what I'm about to say is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UtlAoi2wu
"Damon, don't go there."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfC2OFFiLpJ
"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."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYp4OrywyS
Damon kissed Elena on the forehead.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBThv3WCaWP
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTZ6n31V3F
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlY5WYvDZwy
Damon entered the room behind her.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnVhXUDkM7
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUutgEdgKeo
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupiq9iyxdT
Rebekah turned around to face him.
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3sVzgqJif
Rebekah turned back around.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5SmcBkLcY
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYddJNuM5lk
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYwZK42TbU
Suddenly, she heard a commotion downstairs and walked down the stairs.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARKjIqVtXT
"Stefan?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZUwOkpU8i
"Elena, don't move."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu31cqUUfvx
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAzaGwbxch
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviorcuQ6Vs
"Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the Council," she told the Original sister.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Fhk15po25
"The Council? What exactly do they think they can do to me?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC61hdKkqgL
Suddenly, the wheels of the van started to screech. The van flipped over. Caroline and Rebekah went flying. The van landed on its side.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKqoP0eaTr
"What the hell happened?" Rebekah questioned.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbSpFRbvbw
Just then, someone opened the door. Someone unexpected.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXXsQWZf2h
"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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcf5GW6GEB
"No time. Come on. Let's go," Katherine said, helping them both to their feet one by one.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0vFbWeNAL
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbe6c5JiEIk
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," Damon said.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUQCBX1cfj
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answered him.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEGzUS14I6
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4U6zqcpRBM
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away; did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith said.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAc4ibc1Jn
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answered her.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBhvfoGFjM
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," Damon implied.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOfLNJ9EjA
Someone knocked on the front door and then Matt entered the house.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1Bhm6XHbT
"Hey, is Elena here?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BUhXz6A5g
Damon turned around and rushed towards Matt. He grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the wall, choking him.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTZIUADt4r
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNW2ZUcY9y
Meredith tried to pull Damon off of him.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNBwqvMTkx
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith said.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4a4Ogd8Or
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz said.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PqiRj13Vx
Matt tried to pry Damon's arm off his throat.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToi76KY72v
Damon finally released him.
Just then, someone unexpected arrived along with Rebekah and Caroline.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldq50FiZz7
"Katherine," Damon said, looking at her.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZKWpYe3qk
"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."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wimNSqCpP
Liz and Caroline hugged.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJ1Wn197TI
Rebekah stood against a faraway wall.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6T3LLoRf4
"Why would you go to such a length to help?" Damon inquired of his sire.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUzTNHKunj
"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."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFSnrQtg0a
"Yes. And how are do you suppose we do that? We don't know where the hell to look."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBJxHXS5ZZ
"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."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAniBKbiyK
She gave him a smile.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nJnuuf2Pg
"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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡca940sqvnx
"Where am I?" she questioned.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnoNv1UZrZ
"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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HdSCQX0pK
"Stefan."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhSYcc9BJj
Elena tried to pull herself up but was too weak to do so.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VOqTO30fK
"I didn't feed."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uVasTZe5x
Stefan looked worried.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvTii94qDP
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrqiHv5Ntv
"Elena? You still with me?" he called to her from where he sat against the wall that divided him from Elena.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFlGxyJXQX
Elena sat on the other side of the wall. She was even paler and was breathing heavily.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTyX8Ur92W
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kzGgbqU6P
"No, you're not. I can hear you breathing. Damon was right. You should have fed earlier. I'm so sorry."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ULKzfL6U7
"Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9YeqBCdPe
"I love you so much."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIWxv7njPE
Stefan started to cry silent tears.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFi67rWnJQ
"I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made," Elena said.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSc46HazpQA
She placed her hand against the wall dividing them.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPlsg5NRrW
"God. It sucks that I can't see you right now."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfgGQiZZKq
"I'm smiling."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVNa3zuszA
"Me too."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7rgU5Pxcm
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVE2F27co5
She walked in and scanned the place.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSXlxdvwXY
Normally, she would've gotten Stefan out first, but seeing Elena, she knew she was the worst off.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxdhAoTDJb
She rushed over to her cage and immediately broke the lock and opened the door. Then she knelt by her.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jFFI7v9dg
"Elena?" she called softly.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLpAREc4Xn
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4r9ThS2vd
She looked back at Stefan, once outside of Elena's cage.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡps9u1bxLoj
"I'll be back for you."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqt2SJH7lq
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr80ASGZV9Z
Kat looked up.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdJeIhiB8k
"Matt!" she called to him.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlt90cRJfW0
He went over to them.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tjU4Ym2F3
"You need to let her feed on you."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqya53jmfeE
A few minutes later, Elena woke up as a vampire.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcZExnsjuG
Kat helped her sit up.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1vYjxNExG
"How do you feel?" she questioned her descendant, as everyone went over to them.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KbOptEWcX
"Better. Thanks," Elena said, even though she wasn't sure what she felt about being a vampire now.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4D5FY9pwlB
"Good. I'll be back."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7LfO1tYSQ
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2u5MShM5tC
"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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5CjHMSs77
"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."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuhnqOTnqj
He pulled a lighter out of his pocket.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMY48sYUCtA
"And we'll all reunite in eternity."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXczdjZkZz
"Seriously, Pastor, what's going on here?" the council member tried again.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmY5i9WEnC
"Friends. We are the beginning," Pastor Young finished.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOk3uJZxDC
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.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoJIpZxPEF
They were silent, as they looked out into the darkness.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqcVBOrQvL
Finally, Elena spoke.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Jo2CziXeB
"Damon."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWXLfcYviy
She looked at him.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wElwMvQ6l
He looked at her as he said, "Yeah?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvbOvZYHIt
"I remember. Everything. Why didn't you tell me that it was you I meant first?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznAmTFnlWj
"Well, it wouldn't had mattered anyway."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2tnIaxsDi
"It would've been nice to know, though."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1aLk5NJSe
"I guess you remember that I love you then, huh?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0pGo4A8gt
"Yes."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4u4FEjLUvJ
"Now that you remember everything, do you finally know what you feel for me?"813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqAw3BYxKi
He wished she would say that she loved him.
"I care about you, Damon. That's all I feel."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzoBkhg5ZS
"Then you're lying to yourself and to everybody else. You can't see it yet, but I know you love me, too."813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPWMYplcSR
He got up and headed inside.813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2q0nAj8fb
Stefan and Kat watched them from one of the windows in one of the upstairs rooms.
