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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOUtlYQTWi
She sat up.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptoa8FAYaZ
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan said.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MLuYYtZhF
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asked.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCVDu25Vgb
"He didn't," Damon told her.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnC6kQ3u4Xx
"Wait. What?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnBFdCc2pg
Stefan explained to her what Meredith had done.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqMW1zSUYy
"So what? Am I dead?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQFX0aAMZf
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2kj0cER0q
"No. I can't be."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVb4loubXD1
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5zP4IODp8
"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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtq4mKw8Lw
Stefan came down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBH9TzKFSHC
He watched his elder brother.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVbEZGxq2f
"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."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKR1DXgy1B
"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."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVq2kD1uBv
"Whatever. Always the hero," Damon commented, grabbing his glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEQX9TTf9P
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBfxJ3TlWt
Her younger brother, Jeremy, walked over to her from down the other end of the hallway.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvk9v1GKHic
"Jer," she greeted.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AXSLwRa4S
They hugged.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIFG5KcFXt
"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."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktB5x99cs1
Elena glanced over at the light bulb again, but turned back to face Jeremy again.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRtY5z0avN
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUa5h3yHq0
"No, you're not. You're act like everything's okay so no one worries about you but you need help."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFusmSAkhc
Elena kept glancing at the light bulb.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSvdatvAnT
"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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLVkRrhcpx
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvxGzbN09g
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzFWHc9LZv
"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."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLV7bufAab5
"I hope so."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQipBoA34km
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWkNJdQURC
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Klaus said.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIt56dQmkf6
Bonnie turned around and saw Klaus in Tyler's body entering the cellar.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8eX9KvpVO
"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."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREcgpGHsVD
"Yes, when I assumed I'd be a pile of ash. But apparently, fate and oxygen intervened and there I am."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtA1DEj6fN
Klaus walked towards the coffin.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6JjwrvVrj
"Put me back."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqR43Kruhu
"I can't right now."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo430riWUxG
"Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the Council. They're on a war path and this body's vulnerable."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwd7jHFjtpv
"I have to help Elena before she has to feed."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0VJOC4Hdz
"Elena's dead and no longer my concern."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xfkfTawyD
"You're forgetting who just saved your life."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWCUXKD7dA
Klaus grabbed Bonnie by the throat.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEid9EQQd35
"And you're forgetting that I could rip your tongue out. Now put me back."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuC0Io5b1nt
"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?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtK39i6TSNF
Klaus released Bonnie.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYWvvqCU3M
Bonnie started to leave, but Klaus was instantly in front of her and blocked her way out.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6W933Z8Lh7
"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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgFcCSglN4
She stopped.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7R5fheFCMl
"Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMMT4peDmy
"Honestly, I wish it were."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vWra3woiM
He turned to the deputies behind them.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDimdS7tptH
"Blood bank's in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzujqpgVjYw
"Who gave you that authority?" Meredith questioned.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdlQEgFlFD
"The Council. They're entrusted me to secure the town and unlike some of our Founding Families, I don't have conflicting interests."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AEmi9ESbB
"What is that supposed to mean?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpSSxXwvJO
"Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1Wtpm5ye1
Pastor Young left Meredith there.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNS46H5qoMt
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdvcTr5J5r
"Can I help you?" Matt asked the officer.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hZ3EXyZM0
"Sorry."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjv1Mz8o4pS
He got on his dispatch and said, "All good here."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5G2HNl01R
He exited the room and closed the door.
An officer handcuffed Carol Lockwood at the Lockwood Mansion. Pastor Young stood nearby.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGI9jz7AmyD
"What's going on?" she asked.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjL6oomkiRQ
The officer started to lead Carol out of her house.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0Thw3YqgH
"We just need to ask you a few questions about your son."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeemxyOxKXf
"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town!"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNOBnzezqD
"Not anymore you're not."
Sheriff Forbes was walking to the police department when Pastor Young stopped her.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj38c5TMYZc
"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcncXTEsQkq
"What are you talking about?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsOvlXl2fS
The deputies surrounded the two of them.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJg58Lxtcl
"They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8maILym5W
"You have no idea what you're up against."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ178HE2DaJl
"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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO46Hof7B1g
"Where are you? And please tell me it's somewhere faraway," Liz told her daughter.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdADDBc6bl
"Where am I? Uh…good question. Uh…there's just a whole lot of boring highways. Why, is everything okay?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn44iI4wQe7
Suddenly, an officer snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the side of her neck with a syringe.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoy12GYd67
"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKpADUgCvW
The phone hit the porch.
Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdcwVmfhkb
Elena took a bite of a sandwich.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlySgm6yzZ
"It's disgusting," Stefan commented, watching her.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLk6FtwY2y
"No it's, um…"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzdlYCOHzS
"It's disgusting," he repeated.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2b6TsKHZzj
She spit it out onto a napkin.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNGHY5eA4D
"I never thought I would say this, but I can't stop thinking about blood."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlz4wTXkTlV
"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?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyY37UlHDd
Stefan poured himself a drink and took a sip.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF18l0kSbv6
Elena got up and walked over to him.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAFSV8GkBU
"Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do. You respected my choice."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEK98F59A3
"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."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJbGMJGCcW
"Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMnK4V8WfE
Suddenly, Elena started laughing.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kjH3fx9yg
"Oh my God, did-did I just say "cross that bridge"?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSu9TPT2nz
Elena started laughing maniacally.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOLrgEXO9k
"You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALnFyljV2p
"I can't stop though," she said, continuing to laugh.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjmtiSAOJH
"Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡag6jWN8fgw
She continued laughing but then started to cry.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwYJtxEPQn
He hugged her.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5k0yF61Bx8
"Hey, shh, shh. It's okay. It's okay."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fjwqgYIGo
"I'm sorry. I…"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaS1R8e3jP
He pulled away and caressed her face.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakelSkRqo4
"Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHbMXK0Z7I
Elena looked out the window and squinted her eyes due to the brightness of the sunlight.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jLaIY8iJw
"Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark? I'll clean up."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgFAFY7SeR
Elena started to walk away and shielded her eyes from the sun.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VxJslKSJK
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdIovgH9IN
"I'm tired, Damon."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm97vDCJ878
Damon got up and walked over to Elena, holding up her vervain necklace.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsJsANW2Rm
"I brought you this."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtcY78gIEh
"I thought it was gone. Thank you."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWQtVwZwHf
Elena tried to take it from Damon, but he pulled it back.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4o79YZXt4
"Please give it back."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KMpUHa54V
"I just have to say something."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHttQ7UcTx
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMmG80p51Z
"Because what I'm about to say is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkC3sKeXjWk
"Damon, don't go there."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKrPBMfwl7
"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."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3PJiTbsE9
Damon kissed Elena on the forehead.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGabMuBPc3D
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1l7f7efFtm
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20MdoRX7ok
Damon entered the room behind her.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQHgQJsCIa
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsz3e2vevWC
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0yuqGUamZ
Rebekah turned around to face him.
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRkVjg2W9l
Rebekah turned back around.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3YJM4SHRJ
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIiHFat91g
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmc0UWfMxo9
Suddenly, she heard a commotion downstairs and walked down the stairs.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLyBJCZTqd
"Stefan?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMOH0OmMl7
"Elena, don't move."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzb66mbwvzK
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoeolKbS2A
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaqNmT0pcr
"Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the Council," she told the Original sister.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqrj8LnxqN
"The Council? What exactly do they think they can do to me?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxX4q32hNQG
Suddenly, the wheels of the van started to screech. The van flipped over. Caroline and Rebekah went flying. The van landed on its side.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVWljWZOzG
"What the hell happened?" Rebekah questioned.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUf6AUleuw0
Just then, someone opened the door. Someone unexpected.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQt8sMEzmQV
"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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvzOXSc7uW
"No time. Come on. Let's go," Katherine said, helping them both to their feet one by one.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHdCEmtO59
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1rUYEkjzP
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," Damon said.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCckV2X89m
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answered him.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dKZX48v03
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNGg6UYqbT
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away; did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith said.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1h5fFin0Qw
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answered her.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdSoSK0N1N
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," Damon implied.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5kbqxbsZX
Someone knocked on the front door and then Matt entered the house.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymCQyhYsFy
"Hey, is Elena here?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrY5pVkk5cn
Damon turned around and rushed towards Matt. He grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the wall, choking him.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbTRx3VCuT
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpyouKDL4u
Meredith tried to pull Damon off of him.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGKMYSYGQS
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith said.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcDdvG4q9X
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz said.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jkyLRZ1ie
Matt tried to pry Damon's arm off his throat.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0jfhpOcOS
Damon finally released him.
Just then, someone unexpected arrived along with Rebekah and Caroline.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAm0C1RCPX
"Katherine," Damon said, looking at her.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxp0LlmBjiv
"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."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBXEZ4lpwV
Liz and Caroline hugged.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VAp0Mjjcd
Rebekah stood against a faraway wall.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo33X5rcVx6
"Why would you go to such a length to help?" Damon inquired of his sire.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeZQrXMwpG
"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."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NVqwh0rdm
"Yes. And how are do you suppose we do that? We don't know where the hell to look."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKyKiNMAA8
"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."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeBn9W2ezF
She gave him a smile.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZSLZ3kkhK
"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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbFlMxkOur
"Where am I?" she questioned.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoAxQ7g96f
"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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPVexO2AOY
"Stefan."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Gx7srGJDy
Elena tried to pull herself up but was too weak to do so.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWGcAfZumk
"I didn't feed."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQBl4m4U14
Stefan looked worried.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6HthzqxsM
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqOzrRBkvn
"Elena? You still with me?" he called to her from where he sat against the wall that divided him from Elena.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XtcRQ4KmN
Elena sat on the other side of the wall. She was even paler and was breathing heavily.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDsxob1qYa
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0qXj95Obw
"No, you're not. I can hear you breathing. Damon was right. You should have fed earlier. I'm so sorry."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9z94NegK9
"Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoBsZo3ofV
"I love you so much."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Itn0F57sU
Stefan started to cry silent tears.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhv0PEV9ZK
"I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made," Elena said.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzdWKgXgfO
She placed her hand against the wall dividing them.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyG9nJZMGv
"God. It sucks that I can't see you right now."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZpMJHd3a6
"I'm smiling."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWkuOH2hbw
"Me too."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiVsFNHLqz
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYus0JqvhYj
She walked in and scanned the place.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTX3X0DEIdw
Normally, she would've gotten Stefan out first, but seeing Elena, she knew she was the worst off.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjJCRBBE5V
She rushed over to her cage and immediately broke the lock and opened the door. Then she knelt by her.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU23FwmJcSP
"Elena?" she called softly.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oi2qM7dKf
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0ZUFziRBS
She looked back at Stefan, once outside of Elena's cage.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqcVq5R8BW
"I'll be back for you."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjulpgf5e9f
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHn0UGHH008
Kat looked up.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHbavbasRL
"Matt!" she called to him.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MjgAsBq6o
He went over to them.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4onZvWOGKu
"You need to let her feed on you."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKil9B3evjK
A few minutes later, Elena woke up as a vampire.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApvTV9Hlnk
Kat helped her sit up.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYOyY7dDAD
"How do you feel?" she questioned her descendant, as everyone went over to them.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLv2tk3gvF
"Better. Thanks," Elena said, even though she wasn't sure what she felt about being a vampire now.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvY7pDwVMZj
"Good. I'll be back."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZRtcL5Gmp
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURuiWvmcYQ
"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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbx0vicA0Lc
"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."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMwJl4DFUI
He pulled a lighter out of his pocket.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoUEAePLV6
"And we'll all reunite in eternity."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUYIe4VoV0
"Seriously, Pastor, what's going on here?" the council member tried again.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoLhLumwyU
"Friends. We are the beginning," Pastor Young finished.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSvbTyGc8O
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.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8o6o8w48l
They were silent, as they looked out into the darkness.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMg00PTSbj
Finally, Elena spoke.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqoAKVd3cP
"Damon."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlECNVwRhsw
She looked at him.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdU3fHbCqmh
He looked at her as he said, "Yeah?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCfuCwD9kq
"I remember. Everything. Why didn't you tell me that it was you I meant first?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAC8s1mDkx0
"Well, it wouldn't had mattered anyway."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiFtsDaUEg
"It would've been nice to know, though."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwxh16QcFC
"I guess you remember that I love you then, huh?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRBUYr4FZL
"Yes."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WGIMvNMak
"Now that you remember everything, do you finally know what you feel for me?"846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4S1GSn6E3
He wished she would say that she loved him.
"I care about you, Damon. That's all I feel."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagQaWpFJic
"Then you're lying to yourself and to everybody else. You can't see it yet, but I know you love me, too."846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPncuFYZkd5
He got up and headed inside.846Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DXyz5dEzk
Stefan and Kat watched them from one of the windows in one of the upstairs rooms.
