Summary: Set in S1 "Let The Right One In" when Stefan was tortured. What if Katherine had come to Mystic Falls in that episode and had helped. What if Elena when Elena had given him her wrist, Stefan couldn't stop? Will Elena die? Who will live?498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzUrpFFtfE
It was a dark, rainy night, as Alaric Saltzman and Damon Salvatore headed towards a house in the middle of nowhere in Mystic Falls, Virginia.
Ric knocked.
One of the male vampires from the tomb answered.
Damon was hidden.
"Can I help you?" the vamp asked.
"My car broke down a mile up the road. This is the first house I saw. Can I use your phone?"
"Sure."
Ric walked in.
The vamp led him to the kitchen.
"There's the phone," the human woman said.
Ric grabbed one of his weapons and killed the vamp. He then turned the blender and water on.
Soon, the vamps in the living room went into the kitchen and were killed by Ric.
"What have you done?" the woman asked him.
He opened the back door where Damon stood.
"Invite him in."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I can't."
"Get her out here," Damon told him.
He obliged and Damon killed her.
They soon went in search of both the other vamps and Stefan.
Meanwhile, Elena and Stefan were in the woods.
Stefan lay on his back, weak, getting stronger by drinking from Elena's wrist. It had been Elena's idea, knowing he needed blood. But unknown to Elena, if he drinks human blood, he won't be able to stop. And now he couldn't stop.
Ric was fighting a couple bad ass vamps, while another bad ass had Damon on the floor on his back and was on top of him. He was trying to stake Damon.
Suddenly, the vamp was thrown off of Damon and he looked up to see what had happened. And behold, there she was. Katherine Pierce. Then the boss vamp came out to see the commotion. The one that had kicked Damon's ass earlier.
After several attempts, Damon finally staked him.
As he got to his feet, he saw Katherine losing against the vamp she was still fighting. In the next instance, he yelled out her name as he ran towards them, as the vamp she was fighting, staked her in the stomach and then daggered her in the chest.
Ric finished up with the vamps he had been fighting and then killed the last one. The one that had hurt her.
Damon held a firm grip on her arm to try and keep her on her feet. He didn't love her like he used to, but he still deeply cared for her, even though he never showed it. Until now.
"Easy. Easy," he said, as he kept her on her feet and she started to lose her balance. He then pulled the stake out with his free hand and tossed it to the floor.
"Damon," she greeted.
She gave him a smile before everything went black for her.
"Kat," he said, catching her from hitting the floor.
He pulled the dagger out, which smelled of Vervain and tossed it to the floor.
"Upsie dasie," he said, as he picked her up in his arms and headed back into the rain towards the car.
Soon afterward, he was back inside with Ric.
Pearl and Anna walked in.
"What's this?" Pearl asked.
"Your nest of tomb trapped vampires just spent the day torturing my brother."
"I'm so sorry. I promise it'll never happen again."
"You have a nest of vengeful vampires. What do you think was going to happen?"
Damon and Ric left the house to go back to the car.
Elena tried to pull away, but he held on tighter.
"Stefan. Stefan, stop. Stafan!" she said, trying to make him stop, but he didn't hear her through the pounding of the blood.
They arrived at the car.
"Ric, get in. Stay here," Damon said.
In a flash, he was gone, following the scent of blood.
Once he was knelt down beside them, Damon pried her wrist out of his mouth. She slumped against him, as he did.
Holding her against him, he bit his wrist and put it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat.
Once he knew she had had enough, he gently picked her up in his arms and walked in the direction to the car.
Once there, he gently layed her down in the back seat.
"What happened?" Ric questioned.
"Stefan. What do you think? Get her home. I'll get Stefan."
He headed back towards the direction he had come.
Soon, Stefan was resting in his room, while Damon carried an unconscious Katherine into the boarding house and layed her down on the couch. When he layed her down, though, he saw a bit of a wound, when a little bit of her jacket gave way from hiding a little bit of her left shoulder. And he could smell the blood. Gently, he took her jacket off to see the damage. And that's when he saw that she had been bitten by something.
Just then, she slowly started to come to and looked at him with eyes half open.
"Damon," she breathed.
"Katherine, what happened?" he questioned as calmly as he could.
"A hybrid…bit me…I was…trying to…keep away…but it seems…Klaus has…hybrids now…doing his…dirty work…" she whispered. "I'm…dying…"
"No. I'm not going to let you die. What the cure, Kat?"
"Klaus'…blood…I'm…doomed…I don't know…where…he…is…"
"I'll find him. For now, let's just do what we can."
Gently, he picked her up and carried her upstairs to his room.
Once there, he layed her down in his bed.
As he looked down at her, he could see that she was sweating now and warm. Very warm. And even weak. He didn't know how long it had been since the hybrid had bitten her, but he figured somewhere around an hour before she had turned up to help them with the vampires.
Elena Gilbert woke up on her couch with Ric standing by the fireplace.
"You're awake," he commented. "Are you okay?"
"I feel fine."
"I thought you should know something. Damon saved your life. Stefan's at home with Damon and probably so is Katherine. She turned up earlier and helped us with the vampires until she got vervained by one of them."
"I should go," she told him and headed out the door.
She walked into the boarding house.
"Damon?"
At vamp speed, he was instantly down the stairs.
"Can't talk, Elena. Katherine's dying. I have to go find this hybrid called Klaus. One of his hybrids bit her. His hybrids are all half werewolf. A werewolf bite can kill a vampire."
"I'll stay with her."
"Be careful."
"You too."
And with that, he was out the door.
As Elena headed up the stairs, there was a scream of excruciating pain.
Elena hurried up the stairs to help her in any way she could.
A few minutes later, cool wash cloth in hand, Elena walked into Damon's room.
Stefan was out of the house by this time.
She sat on her bedside.
Kat screamed in pain, as pain surged through her, back arching.
"Katherine, it's me. Elena. It's going to be okay."
The pain ceased and now she just lay there and looked at her the best she could in her state.
Elena damped the wet wash cloth on her face to try and keep her cool, even though she figured it wouldn't work.
"I'm…sorry…for…everything…I…hurt…him…I…never…wanted…to…hurt…Damon…or…Stefan…Especially…Damon," she apologized.
"It's okay," Elena said. "I'm sure he forgives you."
She started to close her eyes.
Hurry. We're running out of time, Elena thought, willing him to show up at the door with the cure anytime now. Katherine was her only Petrova bloodline and she didn't want her dead dead. She cared about her. But not like she cared about Damon and loved Stefan.
An hour later, Damon walked in with a vial of blood. The cure. Klaus' blood.
Elena got to her feet and set the wash cloth on the end table. She then walked to the doorway and stood there to watch to be out of the way.
He sat on her bedside.
She lay there so still-like, weak, and pale.
"I'm here with the cure, Kat. Can you hear me?"
She didn't move and this worried him that he might be too late.
Gently, he pulled her into his arms and positioned her head gently back, putting the vial to her lips, making it go down her throat. Then he set the half full vial on the end table and gently layed her back down. He then waited at her side, his hand in hers, for her to wake up.
Elena headed down the stairs.
Half an hour later, she stirred.
"Kat?" he called.
"Damon," she said, as she looked up at him and smiled sweetly.
He smiled back a little.
"Now that you're not dying, why did you come back?"
"Because I knew I was dying and wanted to spend my last moments with family. As much as some of my family hates me."
"Very brave of you."
"I'm very brave."
He smirked at her.
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