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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLlFMNRQI4
She sat up.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFfXoHAYmW
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan said.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCoNEl38FJ
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asked.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpI1FnWruhq
"He didn't," Damon told her.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojOPDm8FrO
"Wait. What?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOdmlMF7Zl
Stefan explained to her what Meredith had done.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcga11JJRmn
"So what? Am I dead?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sj4DyxHyb
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ498DUP3e99
"No. I can't be."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKIe6eCHKC
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO04E1akfPu
"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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRaSvDWLNP
Stefan came down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRAcQKOEnN
He watched his elder brother.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ni2Mnbi0G
"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."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LPZK9As9e
"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."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsDOM8kT42
"Whatever. Always the hero," Damon commented, grabbing his glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpoapzEAXJ
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66VEo3rIHm
Her younger brother, Jeremy, walked over to her from down the other end of the hallway.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fClTTeNJh
"Jer," she greeted.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRRrCqVIx2
They hugged.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVaClURuE7
"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."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdDAo5SdqX
Elena glanced over at the light bulb again, but turned back to face Jeremy again.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cN6wGkM9Y
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilfC8i11nC
"No, you're not. You're act like everything's okay so no one worries about you but you need help."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePxy6uT5xe
Elena kept glancing at the light bulb.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Jat6pdUW0
"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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnTAqgqQ56
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoSjsXu1kB
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7yyiArJ2f
"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."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYX3kwWi75
"I hope so."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUTKlYEBzB
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUu8wyjsdMM
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Klaus said.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3PBX4GIE0
Bonnie turned around and saw Klaus in Tyler's body entering the cellar.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSSAtp20uW
"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."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpk9BCZ4eE
"Yes, when I assumed I'd be a pile of ash. But apparently, fate and oxygen intervened and there I am."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZXIYOss4K
Klaus walked towards the coffin.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyo3gJM3jcl
"Put me back."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQq7mWJy1b
"I can't right now."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9vSXJMdZN
"Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the Council. They're on a war path and this body's vulnerable."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYu8YbSSKPJ
"I have to help Elena before she has to feed."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cp4YIpTu7
"Elena's dead and no longer my concern."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0mJMgoRVl
"You're forgetting who just saved your life."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRKLEoFO8d
Klaus grabbed Bonnie by the throat.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXF6XUbLuhu
"And you're forgetting that I could rip your tongue out. Now put me back."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaT3LF7z9NU
"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?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9jDGIbJZn
Klaus released Bonnie.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvpK31CqAZ
Bonnie started to leave, but Klaus was instantly in front of her and blocked her way out.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡme9kifFEgJ
"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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKYQrduMr2
She stopped.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCz38KCEuiu
"Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNyDE55Lx2
"Honestly, I wish it were."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MX2LBzW65
He turned to the deputies behind them.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw5Zg1b38u
"Blood bank's in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp07KFiVE0t
"Who gave you that authority?" Meredith questioned.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTgTCXwrXE
"The Council. They're entrusted me to secure the town and unlike some of our Founding Families, I don't have conflicting interests."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWdFTQNf0W
"What is that supposed to mean?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71DaBoucUT
"Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87YJXHTJYI
Pastor Young left Meredith there.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyIGL85qWI
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5817SQZPg
"Can I help you?" Matt asked the officer.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocHJsH4gAG
"Sorry."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfG0Mla5RyT
He got on his dispatch and said, "All good here."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrk02DUBMMg
He exited the room and closed the door.
An officer handcuffed Carol Lockwood at the Lockwood Mansion. Pastor Young stood nearby.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bARG3PP8K
"What's going on?" she asked.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvOB64zyua
The officer started to lead Carol out of her house.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7jIEwXvtb
"We just need to ask you a few questions about your son."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinipZ1zvCQ
"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town!"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyauJz8E6JX
"Not anymore you're not."
Sheriff Forbes was walking to the police department when Pastor Young stopped her.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmywuTYptY
"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPhabf9iGX
"What are you talking about?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgUTfv0i96
The deputies surrounded the two of them.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlG7XLGUft
"They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCCQdS5eWf
"You have no idea what you're up against."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DDdfaNoOp
"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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1w9zxJfgRC
"Where are you? And please tell me it's somewhere faraway," Liz told her daughter.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCW5yVBLRWn
"Where am I? Uh…good question. Uh…there's just a whole lot of boring highways. Why, is everything okay?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25oW1WByYg
Suddenly, an officer snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the side of her neck with a syringe.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFKHEKFmlU
"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVDvRJwP7Z
The phone hit the porch.
Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVoBwVyXrh
Elena took a bite of a sandwich.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XOrJ991Gu
"It's disgusting," Stefan commented, watching her.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1fvor9L2Y
"No it's, um…"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Jb1EzMclW
"It's disgusting," he repeated.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0t7D5HSN2
She spit it out onto a napkin.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcMIkFQYwa
"I never thought I would say this, but I can't stop thinking about blood."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgplRV0Pe5M
"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?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ONrDQKesD
Stefan poured himself a drink and took a sip.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAV0zXJ4nt
Elena got up and walked over to him.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJRgylPExz
"Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do. You respected my choice."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTr0JNZppLz
"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."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6m2X61dJiH
"Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJynjDFHxv
Suddenly, Elena started laughing.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKlNyc1STu
"Oh my God, did-did I just say "cross that bridge"?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2ndn2EoCA
Elena started laughing maniacally.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaGVVTUnUM
"You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoxxLBP0pq
"I can't stop though," she said, continuing to laugh.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkueiV5iWHa
"Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTzjLCHw8U
She continued laughing but then started to cry.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN6wv3yxNf
He hugged her.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsYJad5Vqx
"Hey, shh, shh. It's okay. It's okay."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjYJyFaVIY
"I'm sorry. I…"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfjweM5874
He pulled away and caressed her face.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVxaV5Rln8
"Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbudXxZHWwi
Elena looked out the window and squinted her eyes due to the brightness of the sunlight.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1oQcdqLF2
"Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark? I'll clean up."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ofYfuvS1l
Elena started to walk away and shielded her eyes from the sun.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvnW1WGnHn
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9SDZ5JiHZ
"I'm tired, Damon."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASLAsQvd22
Damon got up and walked over to Elena, holding up her vervain necklace.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5UN8rsl4l
"I brought you this."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6c3w98rgku
"I thought it was gone. Thank you."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyFHmP7L2j
Elena tried to take it from Damon, but he pulled it back.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcBvXZgzzK
"Please give it back."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNCINv5DgH
"I just have to say something."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UfYutbMms
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SvOXvqtBd
"Because what I'm about to say is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazbgo8KH1d
"Damon, don't go there."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yU7tQbRDB
"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."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRyherA2I8
Damon kissed Elena on the forehead.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbSEBiPcRY
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDraQ7eNDX
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybWTLtGTh9
Damon entered the room behind her.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzw56Fmsb1F
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5E2974eBb
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10fTELfTD6
Rebekah turned around to face him.
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡND1pOv9SRk
Rebekah turned back around.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAveL0QAO3
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDH89h0Ypna
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPXKHb6T9A
Suddenly, she heard a commotion downstairs and walked down the stairs.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmpEXXe5kF
"Stefan?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH30TM9SIdR
"Elena, don't move."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rODTrvU8w
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziQvoWq9Z6
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcz2f08FuEK
"Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the Council," she told the Original sister.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpvnvlgPM8
"The Council? What exactly do they think they can do to me?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqrsolKi5J
Suddenly, the wheels of the van started to screech. The van flipped over. Caroline and Rebekah went flying. The van landed on its side.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMlfUzwkfA
"What the hell happened?" Rebekah questioned.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8U4Iv5dhEk
Just then, someone opened the door. Someone unexpected.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbesgu0Ola
"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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUOiPwUAtX
"No time. Come on. Let's go," Katherine said, helping them both to their feet one by one.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJJMBU9vk6
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqbpqf9III
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," Damon said.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQgoyAxlYj
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answered him.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTGibGSkct
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDMWzFBJRU
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away; did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith said.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFY373UFUxD
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answered her.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSN0M2UpCrw
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," Damon implied.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWjFzsDe3E
Someone knocked on the front door and then Matt entered the house.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdx1Oj2Mil4
"Hey, is Elena here?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoEAmCx0kK
Damon turned around and rushed towards Matt. He grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the wall, choking him.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptSr5JgXSr
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvSbPYyvJR
Meredith tried to pull Damon off of him.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiI4RgkdpNt
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith said.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjyUF2Kudj
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz said.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoE55PZQatA
Matt tried to pry Damon's arm off his throat.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjm1gT2dWp
Damon finally released him.
Just then, someone unexpected arrived along with Rebekah and Caroline.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIywcVWOzTD
"Katherine," Damon said, looking at her.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPK6ncf70Nc
"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."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HJxbscfmn
Liz and Caroline hugged.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfvCTucB4g
Rebekah stood against a faraway wall.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NXOnLCwra
"Why would you go to such a length to help?" Damon inquired of his sire.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQt7iK3Ju8V
"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."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QFDyBXsdP
"Yes. And how are do you suppose we do that? We don't know where the hell to look."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOnU1tsXs4
"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."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6OVcmSadk
She gave him a smile.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qOqU5zpMX
"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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MMNpNfUyT
"Where am I?" she questioned.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUS1s4zcdVp
"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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmtXkXQ9Vv
"Stefan."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7ZeV1uzJo
Elena tried to pull herself up but was too weak to do so.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9BGv9wlaR
"I didn't feed."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FaQJ6meMF
Stefan looked worried.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qMSgRWVjy
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrB8ZCtYOx
"Elena? You still with me?" he called to her from where he sat against the wall that divided him from Elena.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlv3usW8Mq
Elena sat on the other side of the wall. She was even paler and was breathing heavily.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDVAOVBpXd
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxKTpRHlEw
"No, you're not. I can hear you breathing. Damon was right. You should have fed earlier. I'm so sorry."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRBeWLsHBI
"Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclorXTtU1q
"I love you so much."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFIhyEMoFr
Stefan started to cry silent tears.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAYjH6TRuR
"I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made," Elena said.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡti1u9wIICj
She placed her hand against the wall dividing them.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScxmG2J3Sz
"God. It sucks that I can't see you right now."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFPY6ax485
"I'm smiling."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jrpTqg1hM
"Me too."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCI12U7uzu
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIo0KiLMeA
She walked in and scanned the place.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSUJOTIIhA
Normally, she would've gotten Stefan out first, but seeing Elena, she knew she was the worst off.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtamQSOjp6
She rushed over to her cage and immediately broke the lock and opened the door. Then she knelt by her.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUxXLBvtCY
"Elena?" she called softly.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMr8S7j1tvr
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRTUFkP9DV
She looked back at Stefan, once outside of Elena's cage.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSMlgHjjzQ
"I'll be back for you."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6nPY2gaCk
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaKyfLubyS
Kat looked up.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuXEoImjjq
"Matt!" she called to him.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ByEeAbHXl
He went over to them.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvq3PR96ap7
"You need to let her feed on you."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UfmKa4zgs
A few minutes later, Elena woke up as a vampire.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSys0Cp6yuf
Kat helped her sit up.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHBVeeWj4f
"How do you feel?" she questioned her descendant, as everyone went over to them.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0wk4sSwCu
"Better. Thanks," Elena said, even though she wasn't sure what she felt about being a vampire now.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICkVDIAb7e
"Good. I'll be back."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvonAFXP4Z4
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6OKvSXCXE
"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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpywJkUwuBX
"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."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfi8ymqj6i
He pulled a lighter out of his pocket.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd121qoJ6Zs
"And we'll all reunite in eternity."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyr7WtpAys5
"Seriously, Pastor, what's going on here?" the council member tried again.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQb2lPjNoE
"Friends. We are the beginning," Pastor Young finished.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVfxsO7Qtq
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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yqVwdoWhn
They were silent, as they looked out into the darkness.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziPEWzg1EC
Finally, Elena spoke.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNfrkgc6vq
"Damon."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDoWGYaBko
She looked at him.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvYo3YCOD8
He looked at her as he said, "Yeah?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IDgxC79Ih
"I remember. Everything. Why didn't you tell me that it was you I meant first?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWhzR8uB00
"Well, it wouldn't had mattered anyway."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjUhqbvSDA
"It would've been nice to know, though."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZl2JkQNygC
"I guess you remember that I love you then, huh?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbX130x5fn
"Yes."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlY4cMdlkK
"Now that you remember everything, do you finally know what you feel for me?"721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93zWJoEi6K
He wished she would say that she loved him.
"I care about you, Damon. That's all I feel."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaujZ7HAvJ
"Then you're lying to yourself and to everybody else. You can't see it yet, but I know you love me, too."721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtLC7gpa6a
He got up and headed inside.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFvVq1nv15
Stefan and Kat watched them from one of the windows in one of the upstairs rooms.
