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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3IApP6cX0
She sat up.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpchOVl86Z
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan said.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByuNOPnW31
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asked.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyZwfLoYSf
"He didn't," Damon told her.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DRrgWoXW1
"Wait. What?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevATtTDWcK
Stefan explained to her what Meredith had done.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qWLkOeCqM
"So what? Am I dead?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00CO6ZdMTM
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWaweFlNxZ
"No. I can't be."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBjxpmiIzx
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXApfyirRXP
"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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOZ1jW4cvg
Stefan came down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99MdUDg3Is
He watched his elder brother.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwv4ArReMQi
"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."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6AZFcbRU6
"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."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXRxUiAJmG
"Whatever. Always the hero," Damon commented, grabbing his glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrhxC94vXn
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SC1e55yqF
Her younger brother, Jeremy, walked over to her from down the other end of the hallway.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVQTtAM2hH
"Jer," she greeted.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqw78gpCjoS
They hugged.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrJXwkKF3a
"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."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7XDtZlKsj
Elena glanced over at the light bulb again, but turned back to face Jeremy again.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa77W8r5l3d
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrNinrm5J9
"No, you're not. You're act like everything's okay so no one worries about you but you need help."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrX3KPBamxl
Elena kept glancing at the light bulb.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhz3qXCkmiP
"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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQbm0p9l7c
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGob44BNxn
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XIsNvrGxA
"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."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4j8MO8Pkc5
"I hope so."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvjvQf7EEi
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkWWkK1M37
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Klaus said.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJwiZzRIJx
Bonnie turned around and saw Klaus in Tyler's body entering the cellar.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0dnluiQXh
"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."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGUQFNJhx4
"Yes, when I assumed I'd be a pile of ash. But apparently, fate and oxygen intervened and there I am."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZ5diklNx4
Klaus walked towards the coffin.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmqDJTJoES
"Put me back."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfJRfvnMmr
"I can't right now."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtdeORAjNE
"Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the Council. They're on a war path and this body's vulnerable."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEeiT3gZNR
"I have to help Elena before she has to feed."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqmbyStBmS
"Elena's dead and no longer my concern."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZlPrzQOI7
"You're forgetting who just saved your life."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9rcnQfbz4
Klaus grabbed Bonnie by the throat.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUU8S9QK3tC
"And you're forgetting that I could rip your tongue out. Now put me back."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwC8TBkOFTQ
"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?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDw3hSsixw
Klaus released Bonnie.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwFuz5Fq00
Bonnie started to leave, but Klaus was instantly in front of her and blocked her way out.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwbFfRpKne
"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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNr99pyJiKE
She stopped.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSCT4O4X9G
"Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7gepKLPWE
"Honestly, I wish it were."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16ZLAO4AIA
He turned to the deputies behind them.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGtSc0FNFP
"Blood bank's in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjbIzEPyyf
"Who gave you that authority?" Meredith questioned.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWz2e9SNX1
"The Council. They're entrusted me to secure the town and unlike some of our Founding Families, I don't have conflicting interests."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9f4ZPswHp
"What is that supposed to mean?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMI0bVs7ch
"Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIHlUio7QW
Pastor Young left Meredith there.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiO8jt5E4K
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQ1nWcJUbA
"Can I help you?" Matt asked the officer.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1oU9yOL2Y
"Sorry."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sXPNoVu6P
He got on his dispatch and said, "All good here."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCnpAe4Rde
He exited the room and closed the door.
An officer handcuffed Carol Lockwood at the Lockwood Mansion. Pastor Young stood nearby.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNscH1VH80
"What's going on?" she asked.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDb35MXukaD
The officer started to lead Carol out of her house.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6XQRKiOa9
"We just need to ask you a few questions about your son."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPTZPVH4AP
"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town!"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlJ5wKuSVF
"Not anymore you're not."
Sheriff Forbes was walking to the police department when Pastor Young stopped her.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIdIYwGz7v
"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlIsLxXCC0
"What are you talking about?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocjcHM61S0
The deputies surrounded the two of them.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAfUwhfOHg
"They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJwJOzoeFw
"You have no idea what you're up against."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOMzwvoMJd
"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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXWsE2bgWU
"Where are you? And please tell me it's somewhere faraway," Liz told her daughter.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpcOhjpdyJ
"Where am I? Uh…good question. Uh…there's just a whole lot of boring highways. Why, is everything okay?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgx3D1XKYkS
Suddenly, an officer snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the side of her neck with a syringe.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5mTB7LVtJ
"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTt96TgYOhi
The phone hit the porch.
Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9kqrPCqIo
Elena took a bite of a sandwich.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCT1moxQqj
"It's disgusting," Stefan commented, watching her.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBHmjHlLMJ
"No it's, um…"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZKL17wZFO
"It's disgusting," he repeated.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8QR4999ld
She spit it out onto a napkin.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2myLexWebj
"I never thought I would say this, but I can't stop thinking about blood."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILA2aGTI4b
"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?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYraTvaA2Iq
Stefan poured himself a drink and took a sip.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUVHsIuSpD
Elena got up and walked over to him.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjYLAze1RB
"Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do. You respected my choice."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jGG1mLgym
"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."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQ9Wwcplbl
"Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22G9AwJCdO
Suddenly, Elena started laughing.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dO7J2mRev
"Oh my God, did-did I just say "cross that bridge"?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucfSGku6kZ
Elena started laughing maniacally.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDVBkGkOCa
"You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4DCGOnNp4
"I can't stop though," she said, continuing to laugh.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmcJsUw3mN
"Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoiBeynEdL
She continued laughing but then started to cry.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6QvP1JgTw
He hugged her.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZEVXS5YhJ
"Hey, shh, shh. It's okay. It's okay."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrDuGUtxbm
"I'm sorry. I…"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OFP1rG9q8
He pulled away and caressed her face.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWL7rSzTI1O
"Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiIdwboJIH
Elena looked out the window and squinted her eyes due to the brightness of the sunlight.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0RmN1fWAW
"Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark? I'll clean up."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBumxvNrfie
Elena started to walk away and shielded her eyes from the sun.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKgKO3PSl6
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDx7lcyWI7
"I'm tired, Damon."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0B3pNI3dSU
Damon got up and walked over to Elena, holding up her vervain necklace.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwlIUjOTHL
"I brought you this."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBW2Ox07RfK
"I thought it was gone. Thank you."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJuHYfpBaf
Elena tried to take it from Damon, but he pulled it back.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1fq4pCLMy
"Please give it back."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibhBKdLjKo
"I just have to say something."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmRjYApvJS
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAf9xOsmKeC
"Because what I'm about to say is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZ5MuH3Dkh
"Damon, don't go there."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQA8W1c929R
"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."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaWAE4SsyC
Damon kissed Elena on the forehead.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOHO9PREYS
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYZ9tDF0Da
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LBfy71PCg
Damon entered the room behind her.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrLrnqMAJ6
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjx1ZcvnwgM
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTFY4E78L0
Rebekah turned around to face him.
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYR4TTxvsCo
Rebekah turned back around.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UwSS7lUIP
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkNQiyTZ7M
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycN3aWUu1F
Suddenly, she heard a commotion downstairs and walked down the stairs.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraC9FOTDdX
"Stefan?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKvmpMAJJg
"Elena, don't move."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLh9XSLAtOu
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgD5rVOauN9
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhZZ90htEQ
"Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the Council," she told the Original sister.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLz9s27uCJu
"The Council? What exactly do they think they can do to me?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIInqWGYOgQ
Suddenly, the wheels of the van started to screech. The van flipped over. Caroline and Rebekah went flying. The van landed on its side.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpEGxR2ggy
"What the hell happened?" Rebekah questioned.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6FheOAm4l
Just then, someone opened the door. Someone unexpected.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfe29faolj3
"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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlkd9men1n
"No time. Come on. Let's go," Katherine said, helping them both to their feet one by one.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4W6tABX4F
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYhCCmZLz2
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," Damon said.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooPJnDShsd
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answered him.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCRK9XjslJ
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJGNM75wFu
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away; did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith said.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOlJ3nolZA
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answered her.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCHJYn3Hds
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," Damon implied.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzC0rGZfnH
Someone knocked on the front door and then Matt entered the house.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZKWRUZfpl
"Hey, is Elena here?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XZpfJ6Hym
Damon turned around and rushed towards Matt. He grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the wall, choking him.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VzGSpU2IH
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDR0rzyEl4o
Meredith tried to pull Damon off of him.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4EfCcMcBP
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith said.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiR01SRxgcJ
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz said.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡww3txEVx9O
Matt tried to pry Damon's arm off his throat.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvUeyMWWGn
Damon finally released him.
Just then, someone unexpected arrived along with Rebekah and Caroline.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpM8VjE03VW
"Katherine," Damon said, looking at her.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNF5q0DXC0
"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."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡManiMMhoMc
Liz and Caroline hugged.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yMBeDSgx1
Rebekah stood against a faraway wall.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAVzlu0G6j
"Why would you go to such a length to help?" Damon inquired of his sire.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68ax38JurO
"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."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOYdpicVPF
"Yes. And how are do you suppose we do that? We don't know where the hell to look."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJG9yVNd3Di
"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."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKuRbommEC
She gave him a smile.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYCfPLomuf
"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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwpWscCqwo
"Where am I?" she questioned.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39wMhTrChs
"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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbV8T7V33L
"Stefan."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylQWohnyvW
Elena tried to pull herself up but was too weak to do so.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF17Ewsj9Tb
"I didn't feed."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFG47RfHFTD
Stefan looked worried.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnc0aysWHm
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmC5cmDxFmR
"Elena? You still with me?" he called to her from where he sat against the wall that divided him from Elena.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1Rj0OPt5G
Elena sat on the other side of the wall. She was even paler and was breathing heavily.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGHltilOMI
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPvCF5foYI
"No, you're not. I can hear you breathing. Damon was right. You should have fed earlier. I'm so sorry."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBZHylB85Z
"Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7XhydQLhJ
"I love you so much."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzwQZwsLY4
Stefan started to cry silent tears.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHqlT0wfHT
"I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made," Elena said.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcRlJjK8In
She placed her hand against the wall dividing them.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM21WONN4H5
"God. It sucks that I can't see you right now."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4h4HRm5xLM
"I'm smiling."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5h5ZPoMoC
"Me too."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BozMh6zPh
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQh0zPyYWvz
She walked in and scanned the place.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZZVffNtOp
Normally, she would've gotten Stefan out first, but seeing Elena, she knew she was the worst off.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdx5V26FgUy
She rushed over to her cage and immediately broke the lock and opened the door. Then she knelt by her.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsg57OH9q7
"Elena?" she called softly.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47fQyCwznf
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFahRh3iJb
She looked back at Stefan, once outside of Elena's cage.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7glZdvsM9J
"I'll be back for you."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDWgDmWxkR
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78xId3FRWF
Kat looked up.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4qwwFDKpt
"Matt!" she called to him.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSRm2nBSSz
He went over to them.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae8OSg4jBR
"You need to let her feed on you."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DhFm4k6B0
A few minutes later, Elena woke up as a vampire.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOedkoEJmrV
Kat helped her sit up.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvfujdhgRC
"How do you feel?" she questioned her descendant, as everyone went over to them.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwG1oHYeYx
"Better. Thanks," Elena said, even though she wasn't sure what she felt about being a vampire now.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwToZOP7Z9c
"Good. I'll be back."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTz5ELQbVzE
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsY5fEYFqXX
"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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWocmRLqra
"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."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARCgV0ObIJ
He pulled a lighter out of his pocket.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfI2JWq0M1
"And we'll all reunite in eternity."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDsWRUAB5y
"Seriously, Pastor, what's going on here?" the council member tried again.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMR33GZZEo
"Friends. We are the beginning," Pastor Young finished.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkFbSyl0X7
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiC3XRcJU5
They were silent, as they looked out into the darkness.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziqWZYXf86
Finally, Elena spoke.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrKoTWDRaq
"Damon."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemCthApNYd
She looked at him.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiB2Qu0qk4
He looked at her as he said, "Yeah?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowY1jd5jFj
"I remember. Everything. Why didn't you tell me that it was you I meant first?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScppvFyWQj
"Well, it wouldn't had mattered anyway."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRGKpZaz0Y
"It would've been nice to know, though."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7ULe8Fybb
"I guess you remember that I love you then, huh?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQ4RCSFanr
"Yes."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHAeUCG1ll
"Now that you remember everything, do you finally know what you feel for me?"773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYX96NYcob
He wished she would say that she loved him.
"I care about you, Damon. That's all I feel."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJBCpAhP9d
"Then you're lying to yourself and to everybody else. You can't see it yet, but I know you love me, too."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaapigWiWpc
He got up and headed inside.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXd9HTMlpL
Stefan and Kat watched them from one of the windows in one of the upstairs rooms.
