Summary: Set in S4E7 "My Brother's Keeper." Jeremy tries to kill Elena and she gets hurt. Will someone save her in time? Katherine gets hurt in the parlor too. Will she live?
It was a beautiful day, as Jeremy Gilbert stood in the parlor, a stake in his left hand.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkid3ppBh3
A moment, Elena Gilbert walked into the parlor to see her brother.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAufWautOCv
"Where have you been? We've been looking for you," she told him.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmrNCUp6ZI
He started to turn the stake around in his hand.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50XOClyKck
"What are you doing with that?" she asked cautiously.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAa9Z3SAJM
"Every bone in my body is telling me to drive this stake through your heart," he answered her. "I don't want to."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgmBwh5hqa
"Then don't."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdfGCuycDk
"You're a vampire."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsG57dVZYDl
"Yeah, but I'm also your sister," she told him, as she stood in front of him.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdb2qBiiGJf
He was silent.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xkDEMw6FF
"Jer, you know I wouldn't hurt you," she added.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhheyJ6yWY
He showed her his bloody hand and veins started to show under her eyes, as she fought to control her thirst for it.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VP7R35J9o
She took a few steps back.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwFoos7R7x
"Get that away from me."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALY7cvfc5Z
Suddenly, he lunged at her and she through him, making him land on his back on the floor.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp64JkSRsp5
"Oh, my God. Jeremy."
She knelt at his side.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrUFGkGo8M
"Jer, wake up. Jer. Please wake up, Jer," she called.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhLNq8S8uV
Suddenly, before she could react, he attacked her and she felt something go into the side of her neck.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTkZLhuMJM
Jeremy got to his feet and stood over her.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDRACtcY3x
She was on her knees on the floor, as she used one hand to try and locate what was in the side of her neck. Blood ran down the side of her neck, as she tried. Then her vision went blurry, and it was as if she couldn't breathe. She knew what it felt like to get a burn from vervain, but she hadn't been vervained until now.
Katherine Pierce was in the crowd of people that didn't know her, when she smelled a faint scent of fear mixed with blood. So she followed the scent trail.
When she arrived in the parlor, she saw Jeremy with a stake raised to kill his sister. Elena was on her back in very bad condition. She didn't know why Elena was a vampire or why Jeremy was going to kill her, but Elena was her family.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNNJQ74KGx
At vamp speed, she grabbed him and through him, making him hit a wall and land on the floor out cold.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dXNd4E5uR
Katherine knelt down at her descendant's side and pulled the vervained piece of wood out of the side of her neck, ignoring the pain. She set it on the floor and looked down at her.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEWdhnd2yA
"Elena, can you hear me? It's me," she called to her.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvc7is0nrK
Elena heard a familiar female voice, but she couldn't respond to it. She was too tired. She couldn't think.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHffrf7guEK
"Elena, stay with me. Stay awake," Katherine begged.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJl3KLvG5iF
She pulled a barely conscious Elena gently into her arms and bit her wrist. She then put it to her lips.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMETZgYqwa
"Elena, drink," she said.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fFtX0qoCz
As darkness started to fog her mind, Elena felt the familiar liquid and started to drink.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xFdxcO23N
The elder vampiress sighed in relief, as she watched Elena drink. It relieved her that the last of her Petrova bloodline family would be okay. Even though she hadn't shown it until now, family meant everything to her.
When Elena felt like herself again, she stopped drinking and opened her eyes, only to see Katherine Pierce.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5JduqzWQi
Elena sat up and Katherine let go of her.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmGKUEA5Ny
"Katherine?"632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBLW1lSNTL
"It's me," she said.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMDreTMlWe
"You saved me."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcd5hWWxlL
"A thank you would be nice," Kat commented.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYWUWf242p
"What are you doing back?"632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzcDB9BPAX
"Hiding from an old enemy."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsJFIXYm0C
"Klaus?" Elena guessed.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsZBU4BC7d
"No. Someone else. Another Original. Apparently, I'm here saving you, too."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJ3eekmq1K
"Thanks," Elena said.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLzkj72nAy
Kat watched Elena get to her feet and go over to check on her brother, before she got to her own feet. She felt weak now, though, and staggered back against a wall. Her vision was blurry and unfocused. Then everything became distant and gray. She knew she should have fed, but food had been scarce for the past month. Then she felt pain in her head, as her head hit something. Another pain came from something else, but she didn't know what.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXESAPcgbY
Elena looked over her shoulder, smelling blood. Then, seeing Katherine on her back on the floor, was instantly at her side.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAuInvR5Kk
Seeing Elena and knowing Elena didn't know what was happening to her, she spoke as darkness started to close in.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1Ol2Oe4aR
"I haven't eaten for a while. I've been too busy hiding."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwFcDqv8Ua
Elena realized that the vampiress was in need of food; vampire food. She also knew that she smelled blood. So, she scanned for the source.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nRnlplkKd
"Hang in there," Elena encouraged, as the vampiress started to black out.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHskC466rbg
Just then she saw a pool of blood start to form around her shoulders. That meant something had wounded her in the back.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2wp6t7RT8
Elena gently pulled her into her arms and pulled a knife out of the middle of her back between her shoulder blades. When she did, Katherine gasped softly and groaned. Elena then tossed the knife to the floor and took Kat's jacket off. She bundled it up and set it on the floor, before gently laying her down away from the blood, jacket under head.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LC1MVe3Zo
"Katherine, if you can hear me, you'll be okay."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuA1tYftpb
Elena bit her wrist and put it to an out cold Katherine's lips, making it go down her throat, while listening to her labored breathing. With her free hand, she held Katherine's left hand.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTiZLQKgdr
"Fight it, Katherine. Don't die on me. You saved me. Now it's my turn."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGGx98V7s0
She looked down at her pale, dying descendant. Veins were showing on her, but they were slowly disappearing from sight. She knew that was a good sign.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroXI8pRMRF
After a few more minutes, she took her wrist away, which instantly healed. She then picked her gently up in her arms, grabbed Kat's jacket, got to her feet, and headed out the back to get Katherine to the boarding house.
Katherine groaned, as she opened her eyes. She was in a room in someone's bed. And as her focus settled, she saw Elena seated on her bedside.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWPp6dzido
"You worried me," Elena greeted.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNuAfJmB0A
"I guess we both did. Thanks for saving my life. Sorry I scared you."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJI4gdvzbA
"It's okay. Just don't do that again."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSftY9cZEu
She knew Elena meant for her not to be stupid like that ever again.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhVKjsLB1k
"Is your brother okay?" she asked her.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqSwrrzRRv
"Jeremy's fine. He apologized to me and everything. He wasn't himself. He's a potential."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3HngyvOCK
Kat knew what Elena was saying.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGx66GWDi2Y
"We have our work cut out for us then," she said to Elena.
"Yeah; we do."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsH9CKyqDe
Kat slowly sat up in bed.632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PTaaT6WLf
"I'll owe you someday for this."632Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yFqP3Ezwh
They looked at one another in silence.
