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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqVpYUo9Nu
She sat up.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkGWHsAixQ
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan said.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSKtaaAQWr
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asked.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUjDwMkaGh
"He didn't," Damon told her.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrCFXUcmI1
"Wait. What?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2m9PsiTANw
Stefan explained to her what Meredith had done.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvl4ESh10Qr
"So what? Am I dead?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fR0JjKT8Q
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQ5shfwUsL
"No. I can't be."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyRlofae6Y
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72Mh5NKq1M
"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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4f4nDn89H6
Stefan came down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGP0jZgpOPh
He watched his elder brother.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexXTSseVcV
"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."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsj7K6fwOU
"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."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgCU7J5VZC
"Whatever. Always the hero," Damon commented, grabbing his glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLoJCiFw9f
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhte4sXMYHF
Her younger brother, Jeremy, walked over to her from down the other end of the hallway.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnda75Pp1SQ
"Jer," she greeted.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUdQJd7CQq
They hugged.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAttn0Mjbv
"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."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnm3Dz0VpEM
Elena glanced over at the light bulb again, but turned back to face Jeremy again.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDQB8NtE9V
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPTiAGNUc6
"No, you're not. You're act like everything's okay so no one worries about you but you need help."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5ZHLmL6jh
Elena kept glancing at the light bulb.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLijqDNY4HZ
"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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8JR8PPzXr
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2mCQGSB5V
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1crDL0Z8Js
"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."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIRQcEqvtb
"I hope so."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vhLrBc99n
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5BUKQQE8v
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Klaus said.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiYecLwGO2
Bonnie turned around and saw Klaus in Tyler's body entering the cellar.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnKC6rPrGy
"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."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYB9pzjlTV
"Yes, when I assumed I'd be a pile of ash. But apparently, fate and oxygen intervened and there I am."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacROidZXlA
Klaus walked towards the coffin.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2hDNkZ2r0
"Put me back."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCg8KVYdN5
"I can't right now."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEQXMrSFXW
"Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the Council. They're on a war path and this body's vulnerable."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUtAz6uoi2
"I have to help Elena before she has to feed."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrOhQx7F9S
"Elena's dead and no longer my concern."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMix3Sbdjcp
"You're forgetting who just saved your life."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykEemgOGJ5
Klaus grabbed Bonnie by the throat.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoy53Y99d4
"And you're forgetting that I could rip your tongue out. Now put me back."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfFYEnas0d
"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?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99paObhXjP
Klaus released Bonnie.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqG2XQ3v9Sf
Bonnie started to leave, but Klaus was instantly in front of her and blocked her way out.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxsZ7Om3Zn
"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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hoijroB7t
She stopped.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPLIiTkXBR
"Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaFZqN4BiO
"Honestly, I wish it were."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ByMAVrqOx
He turned to the deputies behind them.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lopO2gB9F
"Blood bank's in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gSYuMZnr5
"Who gave you that authority?" Meredith questioned.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzE6zVWzFgy
"The Council. They're entrusted me to secure the town and unlike some of our Founding Families, I don't have conflicting interests."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvntOFYQ7IV
"What is that supposed to mean?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb08g3zVUif
"Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBfzH6jzoP
Pastor Young left Meredith there.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrO9bJHkjU
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtwlPYrGO8
"Can I help you?" Matt asked the officer.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgAojYzVP3
"Sorry."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfgjLqghvY
He got on his dispatch and said, "All good here."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv78n5zegKS
He exited the room and closed the door.
An officer handcuffed Carol Lockwood at the Lockwood Mansion. Pastor Young stood nearby.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPsYjs5rac
"What's going on?" she asked.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCzV6AqWM9
The officer started to lead Carol out of her house.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqfs6C5uCc
"We just need to ask you a few questions about your son."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eTDkFp3qD
"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town!"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJ6Yy0wkKG
"Not anymore you're not."
Sheriff Forbes was walking to the police department when Pastor Young stopped her.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5frhbXC15
"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYFyKLV4Fa
"What are you talking about?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKDAjNtQLx
The deputies surrounded the two of them.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurzNQhVau7
"They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1o8QUKdvPO
"You have no idea what you're up against."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yLVrrvief
"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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwkQq6DOzn
"Where are you? And please tell me it's somewhere faraway," Liz told her daughter.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsXSO8LxzN
"Where am I? Uh…good question. Uh…there's just a whole lot of boring highways. Why, is everything okay?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZbjqkBSiC
Suddenly, an officer snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the side of her neck with a syringe.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHDYiI8y2v
"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrUWiCkMFk
The phone hit the porch.
Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuEDaFRmrN
Elena took a bite of a sandwich.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjY4kvofLJU
"It's disgusting," Stefan commented, watching her.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcG2jiVkMWh
"No it's, um…"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOB6e2RnY0
"It's disgusting," he repeated.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59wJtgcVlI
She spit it out onto a napkin.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSbCW4Q1Uw
"I never thought I would say this, but I can't stop thinking about blood."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1xY8bZeNZ
"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?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoGYbGD366
Stefan poured himself a drink and took a sip.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEiXSClA2G
Elena got up and walked over to him.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPl12wLI9m1
"Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do. You respected my choice."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrebE3EmCE9
"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."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYy6l7JMfsL
"Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dfDf370FM
Suddenly, Elena started laughing.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6nZfWVH4B
"Oh my God, did-did I just say "cross that bridge"?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTLogwFXa9
Elena started laughing maniacally.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcUC12G0EJ
"You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclf721P5vm
"I can't stop though," she said, continuing to laugh.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGU0aCp00e4
"Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtCIKDrReb
She continued laughing but then started to cry.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6nKoUJyoq
He hugged her.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvx6xwyGqpw
"Hey, shh, shh. It's okay. It's okay."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EyXQhu187
"I'm sorry. I…"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89YMe3URra
He pulled away and caressed her face.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGunZihqDYt
"Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqF5IEEyKZK
Elena looked out the window and squinted her eyes due to the brightness of the sunlight.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpcpdLolOz
"Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark? I'll clean up."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Icy8L1LtC
Elena started to walk away and shielded her eyes from the sun.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcqA8ZES04
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8XOQ0eog5
"I'm tired, Damon."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxel0TcVvb
Damon got up and walked over to Elena, holding up her vervain necklace.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4RF3hZx2R
"I brought you this."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHUzEm0VNr
"I thought it was gone. Thank you."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yTOgAkA4d
Elena tried to take it from Damon, but he pulled it back.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvRlBmgf5F
"Please give it back."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTApiQMidT
"I just have to say something."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8d8xh2XEei
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAq0lrfoZ8
"Because what I'm about to say is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqzP3emwtB
"Damon, don't go there."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAgjjWy38a
"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."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAV6cQZvV8
Damon kissed Elena on the forehead.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuy5ffdXGo8
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIc5Ypu1di
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fdcKpk5nN
Damon entered the room behind her.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUj6P4NNcy
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZ66GcuHL4
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvUyFrZkRq
Rebekah turned around to face him.
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOiyVtwMfo
Rebekah turned back around.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMQdiwdIzu
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjZy3DJiYQ
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaalRYVO266
Suddenly, she heard a commotion downstairs and walked down the stairs.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1einF57qt
"Stefan?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKyys9t3YA
"Elena, don't move."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktp3v21Ziw
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkifsaWsMha
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOozidySbd
"Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the Council," she told the Original sister.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRLwML0d7G
"The Council? What exactly do they think they can do to me?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKEU1q8bpZ
Suddenly, the wheels of the van started to screech. The van flipped over. Caroline and Rebekah went flying. The van landed on its side.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxL63NxQkBY
"What the hell happened?" Rebekah questioned.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YM0s9CDFe
Just then, someone opened the door. Someone unexpected.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoF16nW21vZ
"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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ779vUxUFwJ
"No time. Come on. Let's go," Katherine said, helping them both to their feet one by one.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdJT1QNlBm
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJvE0jhWMN
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," Damon said.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvE75JOsNi
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answered him.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPzb1Ob76D
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeR3JjhiNn5
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away; did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith said.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1IWShrb0w
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answered her.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1g5AIRExCw
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," Damon implied.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXonqGjUDTW
Someone knocked on the front door and then Matt entered the house.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqHPYZlWLo
"Hey, is Elena here?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bGrQdqfwQ
Damon turned around and rushed towards Matt. He grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the wall, choking him.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnApTj2IUpt
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEu2hXnIjj
Meredith tried to pull Damon off of him.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bf7K4uoFW
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith said.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXDyWrAeCV
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz said.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRMP61z9xS
Matt tried to pry Damon's arm off his throat.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5QtPgrBf7
Damon finally released him.
Just then, someone unexpected arrived along with Rebekah and Caroline.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2mpMIOmfm
"Katherine," Damon said, looking at her.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrkt1OO3xU
"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."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQUrtEqqhv
Liz and Caroline hugged.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURiLQw60Io
Rebekah stood against a faraway wall.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjtloDe1la
"Why would you go to such a length to help?" Damon inquired of his sire.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡko5vjsOq5f
"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."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUE301zmKX
"Yes. And how are do you suppose we do that? We don't know where the hell to look."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7S2vMGpKLo
"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."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcSwYK67s3
She gave him a smile.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzLjJM4Is1
"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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyuc9GznIH
"Where am I?" she questioned.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReCkfxZdKx
"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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KsDhCibUs
"Stefan."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprSxeY7RJM
Elena tried to pull herself up but was too weak to do so.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXexvxcpvU
"I didn't feed."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzt8dayLIix
Stefan looked worried.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwtn0hDOnz
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWPkZMz2JT
"Elena? You still with me?" he called to her from where he sat against the wall that divided him from Elena.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXESx6jaWR0
Elena sat on the other side of the wall. She was even paler and was breathing heavily.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ303qgN73dT
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKLPm3cGZ3
"No, you're not. I can hear you breathing. Damon was right. You should have fed earlier. I'm so sorry."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrum3CZj2q
"Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdDyDHdWz3
"I love you so much."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4juqTv3W1
Stefan started to cry silent tears.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsxSQzHjcQ
"I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made," Elena said.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYhMednm6a
She placed her hand against the wall dividing them.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdyCSFU2dJ
"God. It sucks that I can't see you right now."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmZ4gaW4qY
"I'm smiling."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2s6e7F5oVB
"Me too."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz52t8IJyMO
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQssJU1ZUz
She walked in and scanned the place.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jvy8EKGH4
Normally, she would've gotten Stefan out first, but seeing Elena, she knew she was the worst off.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyODax84FZ
She rushed over to her cage and immediately broke the lock and opened the door. Then she knelt by her.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqwme3G2a7
"Elena?" she called softly.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkpU9goXhO
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNsyaDn5GS
She looked back at Stefan, once outside of Elena's cage.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN7YGqvy6r
"I'll be back for you."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1eh6Ffy4W
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjD5apzlBM
Kat looked up.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUN3T1pRskD
"Matt!" she called to him.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmAcSz0b3s
He went over to them.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFVnZoP20Z
"You need to let her feed on you."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2aBJwF1fy
A few minutes later, Elena woke up as a vampire.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8Uvc54fbb
Kat helped her sit up.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uOd1nNMQq
"How do you feel?" she questioned her descendant, as everyone went over to them.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Dn5FSvvsU
"Better. Thanks," Elena said, even though she wasn't sure what she felt about being a vampire now.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmEVjbw38d
"Good. I'll be back."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhzciGtFna
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZd8F7wgkj
"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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOAH7y3vd2
"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."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUADlx7vecC
He pulled a lighter out of his pocket.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHVWD8VqxV
"And we'll all reunite in eternity."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgi8k2L6oHQ
"Seriously, Pastor, what's going on here?" the council member tried again.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0Hr5dAA7f
"Friends. We are the beginning," Pastor Young finished.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvecGIoLxSC
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.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0CFrliXKI
They were silent, as they looked out into the darkness.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcznBI5Djhx
Finally, Elena spoke.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTeyxzox7Z
"Damon."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3PYOtUaoE
She looked at him.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYBdWaSNQ8
He looked at her as he said, "Yeah?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHyl3lb3aN
"I remember. Everything. Why didn't you tell me that it was you I meant first?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQYevnWQ9z
"Well, it wouldn't had mattered anyway."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmL2PCLH8VH
"It would've been nice to know, though."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG38WDro7xU
"I guess you remember that I love you then, huh?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyS6UIy9TS
"Yes."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIk41BdtiZ
"Now that you remember everything, do you finally know what you feel for me?"762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZoPrcAurO
He wished she would say that she loved him.
"I care about you, Damon. That's all I feel."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxelrfA0TL
"Then you're lying to yourself and to everybody else. You can't see it yet, but I know you love me, too."762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BzZrUIoCI
He got up and headed inside.762Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtudPNMejb
Stefan and Kat watched them from one of the windows in one of the upstairs rooms.
