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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJT0D1V5Ywb
A moment, Elena Gilbert walked into the parlor to see her brother.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3RfBGz5QU
"Where have you been? We've been looking for you," she told him.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47DZbbnLEL
He started to turn the stake around in his hand.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQXzYkRBdh
"What are you doing with that?" she asked cautiously.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTeMo2ajE9
"Every bone in my body is telling me to drive this stake through your heart," he answered her. "I don't want to."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiRO7O2wYc
"Then don't."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOl75bjYi9
"You're a vampire."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFt2dy2tlVq
"Yeah, but I'm also your sister," she told him, as she stood in front of him.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlgBjnhBOR
He was silent.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNY3OkAMu21
"Jer, you know I wouldn't hurt you," she added.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOP6OcbfT9C
He showed her his bloody hand and veins started to show under her eyes, as she fought to control her thirst for it.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5Q7stM7Pd
She took a few steps back.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3z3JjHGWc
"Get that away from me."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAp7sCdLl85
Suddenly, he lunged at her and she through him, making him land on his back on the floor.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAl1We5j8v
"Oh, my God. Jeremy."
She knelt at his side.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fkFQIfGJ9
"Jer, wake up. Jer. Please wake up, Jer," she called.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV40UpoaHiI
Suddenly, before she could react, he attacked her and she felt something go into the side of her neck.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNdJYYJnNE
Jeremy got to his feet and stood over her.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcVBDfnYRs
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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMU2ZLPbE9J
At vamp speed, she grabbed him and through him, making him hit a wall and land on the floor out cold.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6q8A05ZC7
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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtERD9m7Hry
"Elena, can you hear me? It's me," she called to her.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiUrqaiBvi
Elena heard a familiar female voice, but she couldn't respond to it. She was too tired. She couldn't think.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlFitYYcNU
"Elena, stay with me. Stay awake," Katherine begged.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScOTcEe5JL
She pulled a barely conscious Elena gently into her arms and bit her wrist. She then put it to her lips.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4A3f5Fpqmi
"Elena, drink," she said.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCfMf4qT7X
As darkness started to fog her mind, Elena felt the familiar liquid and started to drink.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXL9QpiOSHL
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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hFmUwYbQT
Elena sat up and Katherine let go of her.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaF6bcAVZUo
"Katherine?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNiqdy2JMe
"It's me," she said.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YIiwSBKqy
"You saved me."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQc9CbUrXy
"A thank you would be nice," Kat commented.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu80fYb92Sr
"What are you doing back?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4m8SJzCM2
"Hiding from an old enemy."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWwvluRxOl
"Klaus?" Elena guessed.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVDhoVbILz
"No. Someone else. Another Original. Apparently, I'm here saving you, too."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1H7Zfb1dcR
"Thanks," Elena said.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceBXG8ytqC
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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuCKZPbLRQ
Elena looked over her shoulder, smelling blood. Then, seeing Katherine on her back on the floor, was instantly at her side.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMfzrmLvoP
Seeing Elena and knowing Elena didn't know what was happening to her, she spoke as darkness started to close in.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AdFmFszNG
"I haven't eaten for a while. I've been too busy hiding."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLQw61O6Qr
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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWqMBxUgXc
"Hang in there," Elena encouraged, as the vampiress started to black out.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqe2XFXSD0O
Just then she saw a pool of blood start to form around her shoulders. That meant something had wounded her in the back.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUJ2euvdmC
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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdzzhtYacy
"Katherine, if you can hear me, you'll be okay."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyWpVNd8VY
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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9oh8l2LTv
"Fight it, Katherine. Don't die on me. You saved me. Now it's my turn."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8V9rzth5MR
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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ef1PMFFB4
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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXZM4rTOYF
"You worried me," Elena greeted.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJVvaCN2A7
"I guess we both did. Thanks for saving my life. Sorry I scared you."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFkGekLdVo
"It's okay. Just don't do that again."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdt5Kw3pOZ2
She knew Elena meant for her not to be stupid like that ever again.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXnS5BT80s
"Is your brother okay?" she asked her.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUNsxcvDWq
"Jeremy's fine. He apologized to me and everything. He wasn't himself. He's a potential."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkhNxsrcgv
Kat knew what Elena was saying.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeVRYec6mw
"We have our work cut out for us then," she said to Elena.
"Yeah; we do."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1NgVIKZYz
Kat slowly sat up in bed.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpBgcqitjI
"I'll owe you someday for this."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOH7y8QTGS8
They looked at one another in silence.
