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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQIdiLsOeL
Jeremy stood by a table that had chairs on it, watching him, Matt and April behind him.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODDgi3Hdvt
"What are you doing?" Jeremy asked.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSkhN0Bxgu
"If anything walks through that door, it'll get a spurt of the werewolf poison."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JFuqFn3IV
"Those are our friends out there," Jeremy protested.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTpFYFm9zw
"No they're not."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbRYQX4wkj
"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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pvi5IBhIo
"If you want to learn how to kill vampires, you have to do it my way."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaFfMrS5WF
"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."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlu8dOxnK7e
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pBYgDFqLQ
Ric walked over and broke the set up with a dagger he had in hand.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSuZ6oQpjJ
"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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ITiDXHQ2W
"You should get out of here," Ric advised Matt, April, and Jeremy.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NDVWUBXrk
"There's an escape route in the back room," Damon told them.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPxfhv2LkI
They started to go.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpA8fpVKRB
Conner grabbed Jeremy, knife to his throat.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhEAnJuFLY
"Don't come any closer," he warned. He then added in warning, "And you two aren't going anywhere."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ihXr26ojj
April and Matt stopped a distance away from them.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxPbBqCUwG
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6YmbCidpm
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHelqJtga6
"Jeremy, drink; you need to heal."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinGWQNP4ke
He looked at her for a few minutes, before he drank, knowing he could trust his sister, no matter what she was.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEqSyQluQW
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EPG29Bn3c
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLFEYQMTXP
"No," he protested.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jwxSONPFX
"You're dying, Alaric. You have to."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoQeDNLAAl
"I don't have to do anything."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTp8w8mq28
"I don't want you to die," she told him.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡak7V4bka7X
He looked at her and she did likewise with him.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmsU2tJJUt
"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."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡId7VQB6yii
Katherine's eyes shone with sadness, giving away her feelings. Then she got to her feet and turned her back to help out.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzG2sMcDLrm
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIi4R08mBE
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXkxy2YwuH
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5mYY1jyV4
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2XL8mzIyV
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyUsKxfx5I
Damon painfully got to his feet. Then he through Conner off Elena and twisted his arm behind his back, making him drop the stake.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlVaihroyU
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzg4dtY5qf2
Matt looked at April.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKWb0qYUZo
"Go out the back and get home. I'll explain everything later. We all will," he said, wanting her out of the mix.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPqRPsQ1SK
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGZLEXz64C
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SEUXbZka5
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEgy1SJUK1
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqLIQ0a3Ze
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNOKyqyubw
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6BGFlrlt4
"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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jAdzxw8Hl
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzE842d5vb
"Are you okay?" he asked her.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbpPLBsK5w
"I'm fine," she said, sitting up. "Tyler, what's going on?"715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftihUvmILA
"I didn't ask."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerCnKPwzpN
They got to their feet and walked over.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5IW7jne5d
"What happened?" Caroline questioned.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0HQWXQD9I
Ric looked up at her.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVD85bc8SZ
"She was stabbed with Conner's knife. Now she's dying. Somehow he got a hold of some werewolf poison."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡad2ZCWjymv
"Then we need Klaus," Caroline answered.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGB8bKRBL8
"It's Katherine. He won't do it," Damon implied. "I might have some leftover at home, though."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAfTfp07Sk
"I'll take her there while you clean up," Ric volunteered.
"And I'll go with him," Elena told Damon.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXi4vnmgOU
Ric gently picked Katerina up in his arms and got to his feet, heading for the door.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDCO4Lc2Ar
Damon watched as Elena followed Ric out the door.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17wI3rkaRf
"We should go home. It's late," Caroline said.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8wo1rUMoE
He watched silently, as Tyler and Caroline left hand in hand.
As Ric headed towards the boarding house, Katherine blacked out.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXZo9aHOx5
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkhoWrtpia
"Thanks," the vampiress said to Elena.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0obmv8N1v
"You're welcome."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNk9QRAMiy
"I guess I get to say welcome to this side of life," Katherine replied to Elena.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cAesrK5ww
"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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnkWrEcJMy
Kat sat up.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLqp0ajxdG
"Rebekah. I should probably kill her one of these days for that."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRDdkwCyCW
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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