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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTBSMXCZl6
A moment, Elena Gilbert walked into the parlor to see her brother.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QgGNd5Ckm
"Where have you been? We've been looking for you," she told him.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZWMj3gSee
He started to turn the stake around in his hand.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcEqqmICFK
"What are you doing with that?" she asked cautiously.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3o5xz5akT
"Every bone in my body is telling me to drive this stake through your heart," he answered her. "I don't want to."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGXmgyp6UT
"Then don't."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWypgg6aZLz
"You're a vampire."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52xleXzOf4
"Yeah, but I'm also your sister," she told him, as she stood in front of him.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MVYeJicQf
He was silent.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbXe9UIdRr
"Jer, you know I wouldn't hurt you," she added.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbFfhCi3WK
He showed her his bloody hand and veins started to show under her eyes, as she fought to control her thirst for it.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOFv9WzJxr
She took a few steps back.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIoIU7GKtE
"Get that away from me."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduVTIdeCRY
Suddenly, he lunged at her and she through him, making him land on his back on the floor.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEO3HKKxWW
"Oh, my God. Jeremy."
She knelt at his side.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZBtziKHQK
"Jer, wake up. Jer. Please wake up, Jer," she called.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08Y0tf6whB
Suddenly, before she could react, he attacked her and she felt something go into the side of her neck.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0TcwY8rSe
Jeremy got to his feet and stood over her.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFgUj9qGKm
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bfV6SOKyD
At vamp speed, she grabbed him and through him, making him hit a wall and land on the floor out cold.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2y2765bHQo
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUMUYi4f41
"Elena, can you hear me? It's me," she called to her.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNy9aIdsqef
Elena heard a familiar female voice, but she couldn't respond to it. She was too tired. She couldn't think.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPE2m5fe97
"Elena, stay with me. Stay awake," Katherine begged.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFJv3wegBe
She pulled a barely conscious Elena gently into her arms and bit her wrist. She then put it to her lips.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpZ4Vd7nTT
"Elena, drink," she said.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5sK1Pl2km
As darkness started to fog her mind, Elena felt the familiar liquid and started to drink.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjvQjMOV4Q
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzF7xIgn1I
Elena sat up and Katherine let go of her.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaVguyx59Q
"Katherine?"647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyERrw4zowH
"It's me," she said.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9oWCVTAzk
"You saved me."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSY0wN3oIy
"A thank you would be nice," Kat commented.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CmpwNDBA9
"What are you doing back?"647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCswLB2KE8l
"Hiding from an old enemy."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KPc4osoQ2
"Klaus?" Elena guessed.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoICDCXD8R2
"No. Someone else. Another Original. Apparently, I'm here saving you, too."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpeimPhvKf
"Thanks," Elena said.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNyTiVJq0T
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroHflKMB9L
Elena looked over her shoulder, smelling blood. Then, seeing Katherine on her back on the floor, was instantly at her side.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4V20cOIfY
Seeing Elena and knowing Elena didn't know what was happening to her, she spoke as darkness started to close in.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UCM7oRsTy
"I haven't eaten for a while. I've been too busy hiding."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWM2OmjCpzB
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwk1yLeeCB
"Hang in there," Elena encouraged, as the vampiress started to black out.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHbKkT4Wtu
Just then she saw a pool of blood start to form around her shoulders. That meant something had wounded her in the back.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoREqVguoy
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiKbE0VAsS
"Katherine, if you can hear me, you'll be okay."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRXHNIpZNT
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGgJmue5Zw
"Fight it, Katherine. Don't die on me. You saved me. Now it's my turn."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVKUMBduDi
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY60cd780bY
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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvAh7aQVqJ
"You worried me," Elena greeted.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOtsUE6sBx
"I guess we both did. Thanks for saving my life. Sorry I scared you."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznUGBfCKYv
"It's okay. Just don't do that again."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUlKKvWGm7
She knew Elena meant for her not to be stupid like that ever again.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8AurIRhk6
"Is your brother okay?" she asked her.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjqB5if07Z
"Jeremy's fine. He apologized to me and everything. He wasn't himself. He's a potential."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXb5E1RzAXz
Kat knew what Elena was saying.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfHVpABHZp
"We have our work cut out for us then," she said to Elena.
"Yeah; we do."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmhvkTFYBZ
Kat slowly sat up in bed.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MCshu9caB
"I'll owe you someday for this."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Voo1pv77f
They looked at one another in silence.
