Summary: Set in the last scene of the S4 episode "Into The Wild." What if Damon hadn't seen the tattoo and had killed him? Will they get the cure in time for Damon?
It was a dark night in the woods, as Damon Salvatore, hurt emotionally by not wanting the cure because of not wanting to lose Elena, as well as not wanting to lose his brother to the cure, walked through the woods.534Please respect copyright.PENANAo4OwXFGwTt
He stopped, senses alert, senses telling him someone was there. And not very far away, he could hear a heartbeat. Then, a moment later, he was stabbed in the side with an arrow. He groaned in pain and took it out, tossing it to the ground.534Please respect copyright.PENANAYWSBs0Xzon
"Really?" he said, groaning in pain.534Please respect copyright.PENANAe4wplZa7YE
Suddenly, someone tackled him to the ground from behind. That someone put an arm around Damon's neck. Damon grabbed the arm and twisted it to that someone's side. Then he let go and rolled on top of that person, before grabbing the stranger's throat, getting them both to their feet. Then, without question, he killed him by snapping his neck.534Please respect copyright.PENANA9BVXh1qG6L
After his body fell to the ground, he saw the tattoo on his hand.534Please respect copyright.PENANAV6fxqDe3Yq
"Oh, great," he said. "Just what I need."534Please respect copyright.PENANAPXojfrBKTB
He knew he had to get back to the others. He had killed one of The Five and he knew what would happen soon. The hallucinations would start like they had when Elena had killed Conner.534Please respect copyright.PENANATu3bq2Rr8P
He started towards the direction of the camp. He wasn't feeling that great, so he didn't use his vampire speed.
Elena was worried sick, wondering where Jeremy, Bonnie, and Shane were at. So she headed towards the trees to go in search of them.534Please respect copyright.PENANAZJWiuwFz7r
As she walked through the trees, almost to the heart of the forest of trees, she heard something and followed the sound. Someone was close by, but it wasn't human. That meant it was a vampire. She could tell, since she couldn't hear a heartbeat.534Please respect copyright.PENANAWL156HfbRM
When she entered the heart of the forest of trees, she saw which vampire it was; the only vampire that she was in love with. He was leaning against the bark of a tree, eyes closed. She saw blood on the side of his shirt.534Please respect copyright.PENANAvtjDa0YUDR
"Damon?"534Please respect copyright.PENANA6Kw5UhILRJ
She was instantly in front of him. She could tell something had happened and he wasn't feeling well, as she stood there and looked at him. She rested gentle hands on either side of his face.534Please respect copyright.PENANAj5wzjMaxXx
"What happened?" she asked.534Please respect copyright.PENANArRhrQzNleH
"I didn't see the tattoo before I killed him. He attacked me first."534Please respect copyright.PENANA6x8tO6lq7q
"What tattoo?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAGFHbnjXLLL
"One of The Five."534Please respect copyright.PENANAXyCHXA7Tos
She realized what he meant and what had to be done about it.534Please respect copyright.PENANAxg11oFNq6n
"I'll get Stefan and Rebekah, but right now we have to get back."534Please respect copyright.PENANAl6pI9zgBOC
He opened his eyes and looked at her.534Please respect copyright.PENANAHHyuRfl6FV
"It started."534Please respect copyright.PENANARl2izTky4h
"We have to get back," she told him.534Please respect copyright.PENANALEjhxTwsHl
She put an arm around him and he put an arm around her shoulders. Then they started slowly heading back together.
Half an hour later, Elena had him in her tent on a sleeping back on his back.534Please respect copyright.PENANA845RZnOcwI
He groaned.534Please respect copyright.PENANAw8p73Umsva
"We'll fix this," Elena promised him. "Hang in there."534Please respect copyright.PENANAwCistKOaZa
Elena took her phone out and called his brother.
Rebekah and Stefan were deep in the woods, when Stefan's phone rang.534Please respect copyright.PENANA8cKb268zQ9
He sighed, seeing it was Elena.534Please respect copyright.PENANAfEAdRxuNBK
"Elena."534Please respect copyright.PENANAYBrkFb6xGX
"Stefan, we have a big problem. Damon went off alone. He was attacked. He killed him before he realized that he was one of The Five. And the hallucinations are starting."534Please respect copyright.PENANAX1D4evl5Ga
"Where are you?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAR38y9WfSRC
"In my tent with Damon."534Please respect copyright.PENANAPgkpdUjS6K
"Stay there. We'll find a potential and the others."534Please respect copyright.PENANAIDzHSgU2fm
They hung up.534Please respect copyright.PENANAXWqSwf05Of
Stefan and Rebekah looked at one another.534Please respect copyright.PENANA1ux60AZGQ5
"We best get going," Rebekah said, having overheard the conversation both ways.534Please respect copyright.PENANAdRHJTlxPjV
Rebekah and Stefan continued walking, searching for them first. They figured they could have Bonnie locate the potential. It would be so much faster.534Please respect copyright.PENANApAYbg2OAGZ
Not long afterward, they found them. Shane was speaking to some guy whom had Jeremy chained with wrists and ankles chained along with his mouth duct taped.534Please respect copyright.PENANAtjoyRJcA8L
"He's a witch," Stefan said. "Any suggestions?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAfbqHMsleS1
"I take Shane. You do the rest," she replied.534Please respect copyright.PENANAbKMP1dULX0
At vampire speed, they both left the shadows of the trees. Rebekah pinned Shane to the bark of a tree, hand tightly around his throat.534Please respect copyright.PENANAldMjUpTV0O
"Call them off," she ordered, knowing compulsion wouldn't work.534Please respect copyright.PENANAv0YsukV2uJ
"I thought you wanted the cure."534Please respect copyright.PENANAQKKo7CEXRC
"Not at the expense of this," she replied.534Please respect copyright.PENANApj3LxNi4Yl
"Fine."534Please respect copyright.PENANAs3slCo4SIo
He told the guy to go and Stefan and Bonnie helped Jeremy. Then she let go and left Shane alone.
Once at camp, Stefan headed for Elena's tent to see how everything was going. He had Bonnie doing a locater spell, while Jeremy stood at the entrance and Rebekah walked inside.534Please respect copyright.PENANAY5cfTPtPhv
"I heard," Jeremy told his sister.534Please respect copyright.PENANAosiBwOTP05
Elena looked at him.534Please respect copyright.PENANAOoshi5vJeQ
"Are you okay?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAbGn6k8HHAY
"I'm fine."534Please respect copyright.PENANAdfxgrB4Ot5
She sighed in relief.534Please respect copyright.PENANAitRVuVqU5g
Her gaze went to Rebekah.534Please respect copyright.PENANAUFrWZBd5BM
"Thank you."534Please respect copyright.PENANAV0n0hPVPSQ
"I didn't do much. I just told Shane to stop it."534Please respect copyright.PENANA67w01Dvcio
"Shane?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAsN8BAtCoJE
"Yeah. He was about to do something. I don't know what."534Please respect copyright.PENANAkQ6d7YVqWK
She watched the Original walk away.534Please respect copyright.PENANAsoMytKqgKV
"A massacre. He brought us here to do the third massacre. He told me earlier before you walked in on us. I was going to find out how to stop him," Damon informed Elena.534Please respect copyright.PENANAo86hB0CI3o
Jeremy left.534Please respect copyright.PENANA1B3HwPtcll
Elena looked down at him.534Please respect copyright.PENANA12TUQ04ops
"A massacre?"534Please respect copyright.PENANAwzwLmqGhhg
"He said he needs three massacres before he can raise Silas."534Please respect copyright.PENANAxcV3Vvvqjz
Rebekah and Stefan watched Bonnie do a spell to locate the potential.534Please respect copyright.PENANAipy12FEqDQ
Soon after, they found the potential close by, had him kill a vampire that would start the mark, and Damon was back to himself.