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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroaGFdzCVl
Jeremy stood by a table that had chairs on it, watching him, Matt and April behind him.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqBVIIse8Z
"What are you doing?" Jeremy asked.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwc1ozCWfR
"If anything walks through that door, it'll get a spurt of the werewolf poison."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQED4JyiSBN
"Those are our friends out there," Jeremy protested.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGEX7AG9dX
"No they're not."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwZNoynH1T
"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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QPmLOu9tX
"If you want to learn how to kill vampires, you have to do it my way."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59LbZ0Rxfu
"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."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvxqg51s6U
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYYRMp471o
Ric walked over and broke the set up with a dagger he had in hand.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72nfRc6A9z
"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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsv38luBomz
"You should get out of here," Ric advised Matt, April, and Jeremy.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJbONstKWt
"There's an escape route in the back room," Damon told them.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nuO1MjPxj
They started to go.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHZfHrmSc3
Conner grabbed Jeremy, knife to his throat.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj25DPfiaYw
"Don't come any closer," he warned. He then added in warning, "And you two aren't going anywhere."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksGkbPBces
April and Matt stopped a distance away from them.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8cKYI5egq
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNoO3V60lB
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZ8Zg9WY7j
"Jeremy, drink; you need to heal."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bJHzYt7uX
He looked at her for a few minutes, before he drank, knowing he could trust his sister, no matter what she was.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wFHcHSMlo
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19pEHl34NQ
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKLYYQxekT
"No," he protested.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUO70W1r20
"You're dying, Alaric. You have to."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwAc3EfcNx
"I don't have to do anything."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWbewrmbHS
"I don't want you to die," she told him.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡur0t9BQ17D
He looked at her and she did likewise with him.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCy1bgU0PIs
"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."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUAK6hYD97
Katherine's eyes shone with sadness, giving away her feelings. Then she got to her feet and turned her back to help out.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsB4RP0VmC0
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUtAaFLAUh
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5IlP7lxgq
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGskThLABLz
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfDbGeH1Ld
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiXNAKRDPR
Damon painfully got to his feet. Then he through Conner off Elena and twisted his arm behind his back, making him drop the stake.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKKdaBc84f
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvunBzS9xzN
Matt looked at April.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50KsZENxaW
"Go out the back and get home. I'll explain everything later. We all will," he said, wanting her out of the mix.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyodhmZ47id
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSySEQgP9Df
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZNVwMDLaY
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMiiDdX3FT
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzr4EO55Dij
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSD2C8MFoD7
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoH4Vp5YS1p
"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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJ1AcbZBhF
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UrCbItdLV
"Are you okay?" he asked her.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6metmTtX8
"I'm fine," she said, sitting up. "Tyler, what's going on?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGZYWigum2
"I didn't ask."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YwCPbdvUO
They got to their feet and walked over.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLA5TVCa4jo
"What happened?" Caroline questioned.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVFQKpKYtz
Ric looked up at her.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3lwMbVvX4
"She was stabbed with Conner's knife. Now she's dying. Somehow he got a hold of some werewolf poison."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNAN2vSW4Q
"Then we need Klaus," Caroline answered.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgJJhvWk5m
"It's Katherine. He won't do it," Damon implied. "I might have some leftover at home, though."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9S7rdioik7
"I'll take her there while you clean up," Ric volunteered.
"And I'll go with him," Elena told Damon.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICwg6Kk9kU
Ric gently picked Katerina up in his arms and got to his feet, heading for the door.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvtfv76uRU
Damon watched as Elena followed Ric out the door.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iJtEHtQ44
"We should go home. It's late," Caroline said.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Cz0oZO59M
He watched silently, as Tyler and Caroline left hand in hand.
As Ric headed towards the boarding house, Katherine blacked out.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9jnNA7A3h
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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS30e4V8rCD
"Thanks," the vampiress said to Elena.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWQLywPH3x
"You're welcome."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8nm6AsUNo
"I guess I get to say welcome to this side of life," Katherine replied to Elena.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhGOyKe9Hi
"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.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMyFKznOyY
Kat sat up.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc91rApxept
"Rebekah. I should probably kill her one of these days for that."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhP8tOkXY9m
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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