Summary: Set in S4 when Conner took Matt, April, and Jeremy as hostages in the Mystic Grille. What if Ric was still human and alive? What if Katherine came back to Mystic Falls? What if Stefan hadn't taken Damon's ring? What if Caroling and Tyler were there? What if everyone helped take down Conner? Will anyone get hurt? Will Conner be taken down? Will anyone live? Will anyone die? Read to find out.
It was a beautiful day, as Conner set the stuff up so anything supernatural would get vervained, hurt, or possibly dead if they walked through that door.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMKvXX6ngm
Jeremy stood by a table that had chairs on it, watching him, Matt and April behind him.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtPzQv1uIu
"What are you doing?" Jeremy asked.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99xZzfOtrN
"If anything walks through that door, it'll get a spurt of the werewolf poison."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEvQqeWtX3
"Those are our friends out there," Jeremy protested.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CMBN1OwRo
"No they're not."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtN8GYv3W7
"Yes they are. I don't care what they've done. They don't deserve this," he said, all the while thinking of Elena, Damon, Caroline, Tyler, and others he knew.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWw5JgtFyt
"If you want to learn how to kill vampires, you have to do it my way."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKSJSXo6U2
"I never said I wanted to kill my friends. They're like family. They're all I have. I won't let you do this."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcBnNV8VKN
The front door opened, but nobody appeared until after the stuff had sprayed. Since no one was there, it landed on the floor. When it was done spraying, Jeremy and the others watched as Alaric Saltzman walked in.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcyCzk5uLF
Ric walked over and broke the set up with a dagger he had in hand.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CLQ4sFzuZ
"You know, if you wanted to kill a vampire or two, I know some I could send your way. Ones not includes as friends and family," Ric said, looking at Conner. "Come in. It's done," he added.
Caroline, Tyler, Damon, and Elena walked in.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCdTLpaVvk
"You should get out of here," Ric advised Matt, April, and Jeremy.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8Qt4mIkml
"There's an escape route in the back room," Damon told them.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfyaADvRfF
They started to go.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCH5IYO80l
Conner grabbed Jeremy, knife to his throat.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVCTUTR1IP
"Don't come any closer," he warned. He then added in warning, "And you two aren't going anywhere."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rXwMZg6Ey
April and Matt stopped a distance away from them.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAHeKOnqoB
Suddenly, at vamp speed, Katherine Pierce was inside and pushed Conner away, from behind. Conner staggered back and Jeremy was thrown, landing by a table. The table fell on its side.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVE9XmvgMD9
Elena went to and knelt by her brother, whom lay on his back. The knife had made a little wound on his neck. She bit her wrist and held it out to him.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1ykC1oYZR
"Jeremy, drink; you need to heal."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMbpKZvqE9
He looked at her for a few minutes, before he drank, knowing he could trust his sister, no matter what she was.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFg0FZTERN
As Elena looked up, she saw Ric and Conner fighting. Ric was soon pinned to a wall and Conner had stabbed him in the stomach with a knife. And even as he did, Damon and Katherine both ran to help Ric at the same time.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUNMdLOteY
Damon through Conner off, as Alaric slid down the wall. At the same time, Katherine knelt by the dying Vampire Hunter. She bit her wrist and held it out to him.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANRxFWsLJM
"No," he protested.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvomd0j6Yqh
"You're dying, Alaric. You have to."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRN5pXrnS2
"I don't have to do anything."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0V6FTEDBEW
"I don't want you to die," she told him.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzSnGIwAtz
He looked at her and she did likewise with him.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8F3LltTMD
"Fine. Your choice. You want to die and get even more down the dark side? It's your choice. But I won't watch you die. I can't. I've lost enough, Alaric."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5q8m91xbvI
Katherine's eyes shone with sadness, giving away her feelings. Then she got to her feet and turned her back to help out.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiCT8YACrq
The elder vampiress saw Damon crash into a table, which broke with his weight. She then saw Tyler and Caroline go for Conner, but he through them one at a time, and they each hit a wall. But even as she saw this, she ran towards him at vamp speed.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfJhjBrSgu
Conner turned around and saw her coming towards him. Then, as she arrived just inches from him, he stabbed her with a dagger in her right side.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eBxvcBsoY
As the pain came, she vaguely heard a few voices shout out her name. And the moment when the pain started, she knew there was something on it. She knew it wasn't vervain, because she couldn't smell vervain. That's when she knew she was in danger.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4wW43cCgo
Elena saw Conner stab her and her stagger back and grab an edge of the bar. That's when she knew that something was wrong.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeEeJJOOzt
At vamp speed, Elena through him, but he came after her; then they were rolling over and over on the floor, him with a stake in hand, trying to stake her, her with a hand on his hand, trying to stop him.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwokQXBTOC5
Damon painfully got to his feet. Then he through Conner off Elena and twisted his arm behind his back, making him drop the stake.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOnjxmG1eS
As Matt watched everything, he wished that he had his rifle about now, to shoot the bastard whom had hurt Alaric and almost staked Elena.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabktp2TZvs
Matt looked at April.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMpUXnUcqm
"Go out the back and get home. I'll explain everything later. We all will," he said, wanting her out of the mix.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMajy8UzzvA
Without question, April ran towards and inside the big room. She had a million questions, but knew Matt well enough that he would keep his promise. Then she looked for a way out.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeAcPufBHb
Elena got to her feet and raced towards her Petrova bloodline, but was too late, as Katherine fell and landed on her back, the dagger still in her side.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwNSczAJMi
When Alaric awoke and saw the shape Katherine was in, he knelt at her side before Elena could arrive. He didn't care about her, but Elena did. He was doing this for Elena. Alaric saw the dagger and pulled it out, tossing it to the floor.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgaX4vF4FM
When he pulled it out, the vampiress gasped in pain. And then she saw Elena at her side.
"Katherine, can you hear me?" she vaguely heard her ask in a worried tone. Everything was so dim to her and her vision was blurry.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSFbn2jBIE
She felt Ric lay a hand on her forehead and hear him say, "She's warm." And that's when she knew what was wrong with her. She was slowly dying.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfjnjIABvm
Damon soon killed Conner and then was kneeling by Kat's head, feeling through the Sire bond that she was dying. Because she had sired him, he felt everything she was going through. After Conner was dead, Matt left.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37L3ps0YNF
"She's dying. And she can just barely hear us. I can feel it," he told them.
Elena understood, as he told them. She realized he felt it because she had sired him. That made her wonder if it was the same with Stefan, since she had sired them both. She also knew what he met by her dying. She had werewolf poison in her system.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfqrzvzBjK
As if to prove that Elena was right, Katherine screamed in pain as pain sliced through her.
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Tyler awoke to see the scene after he heard Katherine scream in pain. But he figured they didn't need him. He then crawled over to where Caroline lay on her back, and knelt by her, pulling her gently into his arms. He needed to make sure she was okay.
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Caroline awoke to see Tyler holding her in his arms and hear Katherine screaming in the distance.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmGpynThtD
"Are you okay?" he asked her.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnhKuKKxwB
"I'm fine," she said, sitting up. "Tyler, what's going on?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Vq05j3Uud
"I didn't ask."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhY6rJieqZ
They got to their feet and walked over.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3naSGokku
"What happened?" Caroline questioned.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVzpOWMPAJ
Ric looked up at her.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFfpcqV8zQ
"She was stabbed with Conner's knife. Now she's dying. Somehow he got a hold of some werewolf poison."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JrHPXEWp2
"Then we need Klaus," Caroline answered.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2gPuVbkxX
"It's Katherine. He won't do it," Damon implied. "I might have some leftover at home, though."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06fEe4tcRr
"I'll take her there while you clean up," Ric volunteered.
"And I'll go with him," Elena told Damon.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yFZgkD6AF
Ric gently picked Katerina up in his arms and got to his feet, heading for the door.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAG2JovGaEQ
Damon watched as Elena followed Ric out the door.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvcCT1Ivx8
"We should go home. It's late," Caroline said.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcqsUbyg7Q
He watched silently, as Tyler and Caroline left hand in hand.
As Ric headed towards the boarding house, Katherine blacked out.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3P8XoOAYWX
Elena was worried, as they walked. She didn't look well and she was blacked out. She looked worse than Damon had been when he had been bitten by Tyler. She guessed the knife had been in her long enough to work faster than a werewolf bite.
Katherine didn't know how long she had been out, but when she came to, she felt better. She also saw that her Petrova bloodline was seated on her bedside.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xqHeItTBQ
"Thanks," the vampiress said to Elena.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Tr5MMn36M
"You're welcome."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycQlFetevd
"I guess I get to say welcome to this side of life," Katherine replied to Elena.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAohL9fEFk
"Yeah; I guess Damon's blood made me a vampire. I had it in my system when Rebekah ran me and Matt off the road. Now I'm sired to him," Elena explained.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOisttsApEK
Kat sat up.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZlYc8PQ92
"Rebekah. I should probably kill her one of these days for that."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCybXgSry8V
Kat got to her feet and Elena helped her. They then came down the stairs.
The next day at the boarding house, everyone explained everything to April, whom took it very well.
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