Summary: Set in S4 when Conner took Matt, April, and Jeremy as hostages in the Mystic Grille. What if Ric was still human and alive? What if Katherine came back to Mystic Falls? What if Stefan hadn't taken Damon's ring? What if Caroling and Tyler were there? What if everyone helped take down Conner? Will anyone get hurt? Will Conner be taken down? Will anyone live? Will anyone die? Read to find out.
It was a beautiful day, as Conner set the stuff up so anything supernatural would get vervained, hurt, or possibly dead if they walked through that door.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkdLVtXdJ3
Jeremy stood by a table that had chairs on it, watching him, Matt and April behind him.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGoCnn1wbp
"What are you doing?" Jeremy asked.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4k3wsVpP5
"If anything walks through that door, it'll get a spurt of the werewolf poison."779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8JYtjJgAF
"Those are our friends out there," Jeremy protested.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiU1Pi1VRZW
"No they're not."779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWb32NmR3R
"Yes they are. I don't care what they've done. They don't deserve this," he said, all the while thinking of Elena, Damon, Caroline, Tyler, and others he knew.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7ccPnnqxd
"If you want to learn how to kill vampires, you have to do it my way."779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHxPnW1jFk
"I never said I wanted to kill my friends. They're like family. They're all I have. I won't let you do this."779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtCvK7Iumr
The front door opened, but nobody appeared until after the stuff had sprayed. Since no one was there, it landed on the floor. When it was done spraying, Jeremy and the others watched as Alaric Saltzman walked in.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxunIwQjTd5
Ric walked over and broke the set up with a dagger he had in hand.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnI8Txj1vB1
"You know, if you wanted to kill a vampire or two, I know some I could send your way. Ones not includes as friends and family," Ric said, looking at Conner. "Come in. It's done," he added.
Caroline, Tyler, Damon, and Elena walked in.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYuMChU9Uv
"You should get out of here," Ric advised Matt, April, and Jeremy.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXwc17pfoH
"There's an escape route in the back room," Damon told them.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAY5GTZNygq
They started to go.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8E2REXj4J
Conner grabbed Jeremy, knife to his throat.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOx9ekUwJpH
"Don't come any closer," he warned. He then added in warning, "And you two aren't going anywhere."779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgjCReTU4D
April and Matt stopped a distance away from them.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzQ44Eg7vY
Suddenly, at vamp speed, Katherine Pierce was inside and pushed Conner away, from behind. Conner staggered back and Jeremy was thrown, landing by a table. The table fell on its side.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZMX4bpaMe
Elena went to and knelt by her brother, whom lay on his back. The knife had made a little wound on his neck. She bit her wrist and held it out to him.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡry0nSQzSKm
"Jeremy, drink; you need to heal."779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9VHEwJD8x
He looked at her for a few minutes, before he drank, knowing he could trust his sister, no matter what she was.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlsBJoDePV
As Elena looked up, she saw Ric and Conner fighting. Ric was soon pinned to a wall and Conner had stabbed him in the stomach with a knife. And even as he did, Damon and Katherine both ran to help Ric at the same time.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXff55dlAF7
Damon through Conner off, as Alaric slid down the wall. At the same time, Katherine knelt by the dying Vampire Hunter. She bit her wrist and held it out to him.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKnx8SnlZ2
"No," he protested.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnT0hTkn3Q
"You're dying, Alaric. You have to."779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMGTsf4iie
"I don't have to do anything."779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3YL9Ch6xT
"I don't want you to die," she told him.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0BC36QPkw
He looked at her and she did likewise with him.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfWhug6kPL
"Fine. Your choice. You want to die and get even more down the dark side? It's your choice. But I won't watch you die. I can't. I've lost enough, Alaric."779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Cc3X1dNQB
Katherine's eyes shone with sadness, giving away her feelings. Then she got to her feet and turned her back to help out.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIp1my6KPCu
The elder vampiress saw Damon crash into a table, which broke with his weight. She then saw Tyler and Caroline go for Conner, but he through them one at a time, and they each hit a wall. But even as she saw this, she ran towards him at vamp speed.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMY9C9jnkRg
Conner turned around and saw her coming towards him. Then, as she arrived just inches from him, he stabbed her with a dagger in her right side.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34Ev8Q5FQa
As the pain came, she vaguely heard a few voices shout out her name. And the moment when the pain started, she knew there was something on it. She knew it wasn't vervain, because she couldn't smell vervain. That's when she knew she was in danger.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsiz8Q5lLp
Elena saw Conner stab her and her stagger back and grab an edge of the bar. That's when she knew that something was wrong.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcDrROXRkG
At vamp speed, Elena through him, but he came after her; then they were rolling over and over on the floor, him with a stake in hand, trying to stake her, her with a hand on his hand, trying to stop him.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkNCq8N8IM
Damon painfully got to his feet. Then he through Conner off Elena and twisted his arm behind his back, making him drop the stake.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkncwJTUlr
As Matt watched everything, he wished that he had his rifle about now, to shoot the bastard whom had hurt Alaric and almost staked Elena.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyRD6sd219
Matt looked at April.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD79Uk0vrzn
"Go out the back and get home. I'll explain everything later. We all will," he said, wanting her out of the mix.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZGikuYJJU
Without question, April ran towards and inside the big room. She had a million questions, but knew Matt well enough that he would keep his promise. Then she looked for a way out.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgBYcMSxy0
Elena got to her feet and raced towards her Petrova bloodline, but was too late, as Katherine fell and landed on her back, the dagger still in her side.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIF2EDu9sP9
When Alaric awoke and saw the shape Katherine was in, he knelt at her side before Elena could arrive. He didn't care about her, but Elena did. He was doing this for Elena. Alaric saw the dagger and pulled it out, tossing it to the floor.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqoiaMF9L3
When he pulled it out, the vampiress gasped in pain. And then she saw Elena at her side.
"Katherine, can you hear me?" she vaguely heard her ask in a worried tone. Everything was so dim to her and her vision was blurry.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBG5eoBPLBM
She felt Ric lay a hand on her forehead and hear him say, "She's warm." And that's when she knew what was wrong with her. She was slowly dying.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ekdCZDAi9
Damon soon killed Conner and then was kneeling by Kat's head, feeling through the Sire bond that she was dying. Because she had sired him, he felt everything she was going through. After Conner was dead, Matt left.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eY9CakN2v
"She's dying. And she can just barely hear us. I can feel it," he told them.
Elena understood, as he told them. She realized he felt it because she had sired him. That made her wonder if it was the same with Stefan, since she had sired them both. She also knew what he met by her dying. She had werewolf poison in her system.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNjYN9Okl7
As if to prove that Elena was right, Katherine screamed in pain as pain sliced through her.
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Tyler awoke to see the scene after he heard Katherine scream in pain. But he figured they didn't need him. He then crawled over to where Caroline lay on her back, and knelt by her, pulling her gently into his arms. He needed to make sure she was okay.
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Caroline awoke to see Tyler holding her in his arms and hear Katherine screaming in the distance.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmbbNmwqVP
"Are you okay?" he asked her.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUw6HwTGsI
"I'm fine," she said, sitting up. "Tyler, what's going on?"779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWSoPa2C9b
"I didn't ask."779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3loCygxxj
They got to their feet and walked over.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDp1M7YbdBr
"What happened?" Caroline questioned.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhegtY7KiHC
Ric looked up at her.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xYadcrkEs
"She was stabbed with Conner's knife. Now she's dying. Somehow he got a hold of some werewolf poison."779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm17rOKhaOH
"Then we need Klaus," Caroline answered.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQ7YSim9Wh
"It's Katherine. He won't do it," Damon implied. "I might have some leftover at home, though."779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KUPUeJDU2
"I'll take her there while you clean up," Ric volunteered.
"And I'll go with him," Elena told Damon.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVANX0ug0no
Ric gently picked Katerina up in his arms and got to his feet, heading for the door.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UvE3sOdhc
Damon watched as Elena followed Ric out the door.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5UTCFTmY5
"We should go home. It's late," Caroline said.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpMn6DHmF9
He watched silently, as Tyler and Caroline left hand in hand.
As Ric headed towards the boarding house, Katherine blacked out.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0Rra9DqiZ
Elena was worried, as they walked. She didn't look well and she was blacked out. She looked worse than Damon had been when he had been bitten by Tyler. She guessed the knife had been in her long enough to work faster than a werewolf bite.
Katherine didn't know how long she had been out, but when she came to, she felt better. She also saw that her Petrova bloodline was seated on her bedside.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAxbIBXSsC
"Thanks," the vampiress said to Elena.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cxUDceBgF
"You're welcome."779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDgli9og4V
"I guess I get to say welcome to this side of life," Katherine replied to Elena.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeppfjQzlcr
"Yeah; I guess Damon's blood made me a vampire. I had it in my system when Rebekah ran me and Matt off the road. Now I'm sired to him," Elena explained.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlu6AQ4TIN
Kat sat up.779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbUjbfw7oj
"Rebekah. I should probably kill her one of these days for that."779Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkd3TY5r6e
Kat got to her feet and Elena helped her. They then came down the stairs.
The next day at the boarding house, everyone explained everything to April, whom took it very well.
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