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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAjjTXx3Ie8o
She sat up.589Please respect copyright.PENANAjiq1SEL1jn
"You've been in and out for hours," Stefan said.589Please respect copyright.PENANATWaznJrjNT
"What happened? How did you save me?" she asked.589Please respect copyright.PENANAmYRIvPb7jX
"He didn't," Damon told her.589Please respect copyright.PENANAxherH3S4Sj
"Wait. What?"589Please respect copyright.PENANAjCAJICEO99
Stefan explained to her what Meredith had done.589Please respect copyright.PENANAA0lNMIYtY9
"So what? Am I dead?"589Please respect copyright.PENANARohc0JVZfb
"You're in transition. You're not fully alive and you're not fully dead."589Please respect copyright.PENANACOxYG7Xrv5
"No. I can't be."589Please respect copyright.PENANA5eQjSElHy3
"I have Bonnie looking into it. She might be able to reverse it."589Please respect copyright.PENANAuu4CYFUpFC
"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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAeoUfBMWyZb
Stefan came down the stairs just then and into the kitchen.589Please respect copyright.PENANAPqqF7ngP4d
He watched his elder brother.589Please respect copyright.PENANAG6j2jqLtf7
"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."589Please respect copyright.PENANAvCBkXTxEwZ
"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."589Please respect copyright.PENANAVSZhsszwS7
"Whatever. Always the hero," Damon commented, grabbing his glass from the counter and slowly sipping it.589Please respect copyright.PENANAOmCKV8CC1x
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANA7c7eLLW7wP
Her younger brother, Jeremy, walked over to her from down the other end of the hallway.589Please respect copyright.PENANAeyV0JC1BtW
"Jer," she greeted.589Please respect copyright.PENANAql1PoVjjlF
They hugged.589Please respect copyright.PENANAqmTvnl3U0u
"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."589Please respect copyright.PENANAGMRQFsBhWs
Elena glanced over at the light bulb again, but turned back to face Jeremy again.589Please respect copyright.PENANAdXgHWw2IcZ
"I'm fine. I'm not Vicki."589Please respect copyright.PENANAIuE06uIDbU
"No, you're not. You're act like everything's okay so no one worries about you but you need help."589Please respect copyright.PENANAvGWpIZ4MnN
Elena kept glancing at the light bulb.589Please respect copyright.PENANAD0ZJa0Hgsl
"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.589Please respect copyright.PENANA451c32reIi
"Yeah, she said when I was shot, she made some plea to the witch spirit to bring me back and they listened.589Please respect copyright.PENANAuC0ZNN1935
"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible."589Please respect copyright.PENANAvNis8trpjm
"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."589Please respect copyright.PENANAAKe1Hm8Cpw
"I hope so."589Please respect copyright.PENANAp0HkEbKTNw
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAIbCL5IIJfY
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Klaus said.589Please respect copyright.PENANAFUAh6O39tv
Bonnie turned around and saw Klaus in Tyler's body entering the cellar.589Please respect copyright.PENANAvSptE9Zope
"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."589Please respect copyright.PENANAk7f13KcW9P
"Yes, when I assumed I'd be a pile of ash. But apparently, fate and oxygen intervened and there I am."589Please respect copyright.PENANAL23M8aJiqD
Klaus walked towards the coffin.589Please respect copyright.PENANAsHHihhR6Gy
"Put me back."589Please respect copyright.PENANAJFKKYzGfD6
"I can't right now."589Please respect copyright.PENANAgZnbuZisDC
"Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the Council. They're on a war path and this body's vulnerable."589Please respect copyright.PENANADeQU9tnUcL
"I have to help Elena before she has to feed."589Please respect copyright.PENANAcb9vtTyok1
"Elena's dead and no longer my concern."589Please respect copyright.PENANAPd36194IVj
"You're forgetting who just saved your life."589Please respect copyright.PENANAL5OFbbU0q1
Klaus grabbed Bonnie by the throat.589Please respect copyright.PENANAAlJTTprLle
"And you're forgetting that I could rip your tongue out. Now put me back."589Please respect copyright.PENANAonLqasnwxG
"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?"589Please respect copyright.PENANAk1258hMiih
Klaus released Bonnie.589Please respect copyright.PENANA4dwNqzSv0V
Bonnie started to leave, but Klaus was instantly in front of her and blocked her way out.589Please respect copyright.PENANArWsauS7s53
"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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAeZp7naaRz1
She stopped.589Please respect copyright.PENANAnxnQiOPFKf
"Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again."589Please respect copyright.PENANA5s9HM620Ns
"Honestly, I wish it were."589Please respect copyright.PENANAfl0e5fOulc
He turned to the deputies behind them.589Please respect copyright.PENANA3MYqGNHr41
"Blood bank's in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms."589Please respect copyright.PENANAM2MVYIq8Ks
"Who gave you that authority?" Meredith questioned.589Please respect copyright.PENANAK6gfgLGZ75
"The Council. They're entrusted me to secure the town and unlike some of our Founding Families, I don't have conflicting interests."589Please respect copyright.PENANAtTPs3v3lfK
"What is that supposed to mean?"589Please respect copyright.PENANAbD9DgCxvUM
"Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job."589Please respect copyright.PENANAX5hIY6d6gL
Pastor Young left Meredith there.589Please respect copyright.PENANA1QWGZwgZLy
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAfQzhDtbrcR
"Can I help you?" Matt asked the officer.589Please respect copyright.PENANAbTDABqH2LO
"Sorry."589Please respect copyright.PENANAOx9QyOL02S
He got on his dispatch and said, "All good here."589Please respect copyright.PENANA5ifUgfvdAw
He exited the room and closed the door.
An officer handcuffed Carol Lockwood at the Lockwood Mansion. Pastor Young stood nearby.589Please respect copyright.PENANAc6KbCXDIcG
"What's going on?" she asked.589Please respect copyright.PENANAYgKjyGhCF6
The officer started to lead Carol out of her house.589Please respect copyright.PENANAx7lJY28IDm
"We just need to ask you a few questions about your son."589Please respect copyright.PENANACVmiiQLXjD
"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town!"589Please respect copyright.PENANAtYlm2FlUGo
"Not anymore you're not."
Sheriff Forbes was walking to the police department when Pastor Young stopped her.589Please respect copyright.PENANAMAZUceeGIp
"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today."589Please respect copyright.PENANAb3VABIaBdt
"What are you talking about?"589Please respect copyright.PENANA6ykPuG9V7d
The deputies surrounded the two of them.589Please respect copyright.PENANAsTWcgQXtKv
"They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore."589Please respect copyright.PENANALgHuGQljql
"You have no idea what you're up against."589Please respect copyright.PENANAtAng8Ntx3g
"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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAv3uzO0Mbbl
"Where are you? And please tell me it's somewhere faraway," Liz told her daughter.589Please respect copyright.PENANAiyWChqMaIM
"Where am I? Uh…good question. Uh…there's just a whole lot of boring highways. Why, is everything okay?"589Please respect copyright.PENANA8pYppdFv75
Suddenly, an officer snuck up behind her and stabbed her in the side of her neck with a syringe.589Please respect copyright.PENANAv7onHuRQkr
"Caroline, what's going on?" Liz asked.589Please respect copyright.PENANAmzIeQIdYKR
The phone hit the porch.
Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen.589Please respect copyright.PENANAXsRPWqem7B
Elena took a bite of a sandwich.589Please respect copyright.PENANAwCpBIgTUVq
"It's disgusting," Stefan commented, watching her.589Please respect copyright.PENANAC0z0G72A9e
"No it's, um…"589Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4oRssVIQk
"It's disgusting," he repeated.589Please respect copyright.PENANAdKGtGD7o3Z
She spit it out onto a napkin.589Please respect copyright.PENANAuVrelhMsMT
"I never thought I would say this, but I can't stop thinking about blood."589Please respect copyright.PENANAhBwxbYp18h
"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?"589Please respect copyright.PENANAIAio0lmshf
Stefan poured himself a drink and took a sip.589Please respect copyright.PENANA4hSWg68Gik
Elena got up and walked over to him.589Please respect copyright.PENANAGzb4e5jelM
"Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do. You respected my choice."589Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3GxDvATkG
"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."589Please respect copyright.PENANAU2TILj8Dhv
"Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we get there."589Please respect copyright.PENANAj9C3HdHoMk
Suddenly, Elena started laughing.589Please respect copyright.PENANAjvdiOtob1A
"Oh my God, did-did I just say "cross that bridge"?"589Please respect copyright.PENANAwpQSig7tLf
Elena started laughing maniacally.589Please respect copyright.PENANAoO7hrDSvpc
"You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny."589Please respect copyright.PENANAGJbm44S8e1
"I can't stop though," she said, continuing to laugh.589Please respect copyright.PENANAedFd5kvKST
"Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened."589Please respect copyright.PENANA2id3CQrgE4
She continued laughing but then started to cry.589Please respect copyright.PENANA03dDciaV79
He hugged her.589Please respect copyright.PENANA6TJdAwGvnx
"Hey, shh, shh. It's okay. It's okay."589Please respect copyright.PENANA4tMGI7uDHj
"I'm sorry. I…"589Please respect copyright.PENANA5VEr0Ao3Nr
He pulled away and caressed her face.589Please respect copyright.PENANAC0Wd5Cnohc
"Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you."589Please respect copyright.PENANAUqBUMlNqLX
Elena looked out the window and squinted her eyes due to the brightness of the sunlight.589Please respect copyright.PENANAbz5Hemjrt6
"Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark? I'll clean up."589Please respect copyright.PENANA36t140VAUA
Elena started to walk away and shielded her eyes from the sun.589Please respect copyright.PENANAWkfFbTyJpM
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAVLEytrm3GD
"I'm tired, Damon."589Please respect copyright.PENANAtnIj6revMr
Damon got up and walked over to Elena, holding up her vervain necklace.589Please respect copyright.PENANAUhANkYH6Il
"I brought you this."589Please respect copyright.PENANAprjpdXOUcr
"I thought it was gone. Thank you."589Please respect copyright.PENANAOORAcsPXdQ
Elena tried to take it from Damon, but he pulled it back.589Please respect copyright.PENANAbXyGO7yrqb
"Please give it back."589Please respect copyright.PENANAtRt31GtPs2
"I just have to say something."589Please respect copyright.PENANAs2xAPbSCQd
"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?"589Please respect copyright.PENANArjJtnkHQrX
"Because what I'm about to say is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."589Please respect copyright.PENANAJws2GuQHfC
"Damon, don't go there."589Please respect copyright.PENANAGmBe2HooAA
"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."589Please respect copyright.PENANAols3on35ij
Damon kissed Elena on the forehead.589Please respect copyright.PENANAlbyavHy40L
"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do."589Please respect copyright.PENANAL0FzlIGZPL
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAcKmtI21XeT
Damon entered the room behind her.589Please respect copyright.PENANAwyHSpmZihR
"You should know better than to sneak up on a lady."589Please respect copyright.PENANAlixtuuHt85
"Good advice. Have you seen one?"589Please respect copyright.PENANAatN6AfCBOn
Rebekah turned around to face him.
"Tragic about Elena. Not to make a grey cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?"589Please respect copyright.PENANA8PZ6LQp4H1
Rebekah turned back around.589Please respect copyright.PENANAmqx6b7YLtL
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAQZOmTCEoFH
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAIOCdH5HnLc
Suddenly, she heard a commotion downstairs and walked down the stairs.589Please respect copyright.PENANAsiKSjGrGsn
"Stefan?"589Please respect copyright.PENANAloHixew66B
"Elena, don't move."589Please respect copyright.PENANAmQBHM24J9d
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAYua2tdmAWp
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAgfNvuRcsdm
"Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the Council," she told the Original sister.589Please respect copyright.PENANAYknlasHb1W
"The Council? What exactly do they think they can do to me?"589Please respect copyright.PENANAtcEPItx147
Suddenly, the wheels of the van started to screech. The van flipped over. Caroline and Rebekah went flying. The van landed on its side.589Please respect copyright.PENANAIDzlBEGlwy
"What the hell happened?" Rebekah questioned.589Please respect copyright.PENANAQPQJR6AWN2
Just then, someone opened the door. Someone unexpected.589Please respect copyright.PENANAvndIeeWe3b
"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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAT7YQUGHPmU
"No time. Come on. Let's go," Katherine said, helping them both to their feet one by one.589Please respect copyright.PENANAvcAUsIieZ4
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANA5gKXHBVB2Y
"They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah, took them too. Please tell me you have something. Anything," Damon said.589Please respect copyright.PENANALDyA8pQPyD
"I can't. The Council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything," Liz answered him.589Please respect copyright.PENANAbyiRO5TK3l
"So, the Mayor and the Sheriff never contemplated a backup plan, Liz?"589Please respect copyright.PENANApUzrXnIMfK
"Damon, relax. When Caroline called to say she got away; did they know where they were planning to take her?" Meredith said.589Please respect copyright.PENANArsoKZY3fRp
"No. Just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape," Liz answered her.589Please respect copyright.PENANAtD7Pbhou6h
"Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere," Damon implied.589Please respect copyright.PENANA8NXfRQH9te
Someone knocked on the front door and then Matt entered the house.589Please respect copyright.PENANA5R2vE4tt9Q
"Hey, is Elena here?"589Please respect copyright.PENANAFBLQq8uuZ1
Damon turned around and rushed towards Matt. He grabbed him by the throat and pinned him to the wall, choking him.589Please respect copyright.PENANAzIdtiDSUIq
"In what world are you the one that gets to live?!"589Please respect copyright.PENANAJvt3xNcJwO
Meredith tried to pull Damon off of him.589Please respect copyright.PENANAbVJTxVygHj
"Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!" Meredith said.589Please respect copyright.PENANAjBM9ODnazY
"Let him go, Damon! Now!" Liz said.589Please respect copyright.PENANAl6fRxe1uZY
Matt tried to pry Damon's arm off his throat.589Please respect copyright.PENANAQh4DBZrQXd
Damon finally released him.
Just then, someone unexpected arrived along with Rebekah and Caroline.589Please respect copyright.PENANAZvppeGPLoU
"Katherine," Damon said, looking at her.589Please respect copyright.PENANAGbuFnVOexd
"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."589Please respect copyright.PENANAyCO43EXY90
Liz and Caroline hugged.589Please respect copyright.PENANA13ypQFhsb2
Rebekah stood against a faraway wall.589Please respect copyright.PENANAVJ1l1JO2n7
"Why would you go to such a length to help?" Damon inquired of his sire.589Please respect copyright.PENANAQghJgI78wY
"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."589Please respect copyright.PENANAZ61BOPnPwP
"Yes. And how are do you suppose we do that? We don't know where the hell to look."589Please respect copyright.PENANAGUPNco3VrQ
"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."589Please respect copyright.PENANAc0s0mzh6Yu
She gave him a smile.589Please respect copyright.PENANAn0LAzhpdoE
"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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAVr4imIDjjy
"Where am I?" she questioned.589Please respect copyright.PENANALRYB6ONMFE
"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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAjMH2wPAdac
"Stefan."589Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ijv50xhps
Elena tried to pull herself up but was too weak to do so.589Please respect copyright.PENANA8I505XivOz
"I didn't feed."589Please respect copyright.PENANAFhuiP6RmnZ
Stefan looked worried.589Please respect copyright.PENANARV44uQqJ0G
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAJKdJX5601q
"Elena? You still with me?" he called to her from where he sat against the wall that divided him from Elena.589Please respect copyright.PENANAliGEISPLyg
Elena sat on the other side of the wall. She was even paler and was breathing heavily.589Please respect copyright.PENANAHBSwPT06bN
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay."589Please respect copyright.PENANA2OJHa7ybjA
"No, you're not. I can hear you breathing. Damon was right. You should have fed earlier. I'm so sorry."589Please respect copyright.PENANAI1oshmY5tr
"Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have and you had it."589Please respect copyright.PENANAM8cdazfGpo
"I love you so much."589Please respect copyright.PENANAoX78KiQr6h
Stefan started to cry silent tears.589Please respect copyright.PENANAaPvn6MpriK
"I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made," Elena said.589Please respect copyright.PENANA2Le8Uc1BNe
She placed her hand against the wall dividing them.589Please respect copyright.PENANAupsv4kxEIH
"God. It sucks that I can't see you right now."589Please respect copyright.PENANApJRTrzukug
"I'm smiling."589Please respect copyright.PENANAlmyUx01HEC
"Me too."589Please respect copyright.PENANAompdfr1wgw
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAqYuwKVFlYA
She walked in and scanned the place.589Please respect copyright.PENANAdjRIF7l9wX
Normally, she would've gotten Stefan out first, but seeing Elena, she knew she was the worst off.589Please respect copyright.PENANA6MWsnopDOa
She rushed over to her cage and immediately broke the lock and opened the door. Then she knelt by her.589Please respect copyright.PENANAlOMAcfbpic
"Elena?" she called softly.589Please respect copyright.PENANAhe1YP9jDep
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAcrxqzJ5ulr
She looked back at Stefan, once outside of Elena's cage.589Please respect copyright.PENANA8n9hC9Hl8j
"I'll be back for you."589Please respect copyright.PENANAa4PtyG28nE
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAx6olHK2YLf
Kat looked up.589Please respect copyright.PENANARYaQLImC3A
"Matt!" she called to him.589Please respect copyright.PENANApfZlahYXei
He went over to them.589Please respect copyright.PENANAtJnIfFJlpf
"You need to let her feed on you."589Please respect copyright.PENANA0ELf7LOjLY
A few minutes later, Elena woke up as a vampire.589Please respect copyright.PENANAtTPiLGtCsp
Kat helped her sit up.589Please respect copyright.PENANAEzgXTzwm51
"How do you feel?" she questioned her descendant, as everyone went over to them.589Please respect copyright.PENANACebmpZOPuo
"Better. Thanks," Elena said, even though she wasn't sure what she felt about being a vampire now.589Please respect copyright.PENANASSf8nb2K3D
"Good. I'll be back."589Please respect copyright.PENANAYZSrNxVZAj
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAdhYQ2tNRzg
"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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAKFcNsGvO7e
"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."589Please respect copyright.PENANAnTUBdjCZmi
He pulled a lighter out of his pocket.589Please respect copyright.PENANAURuD8GUSur
"And we'll all reunite in eternity."589Please respect copyright.PENANAdr98ofbO6H
"Seriously, Pastor, what's going on here?" the council member tried again.589Please respect copyright.PENANAESxSlSG8n6
"Friends. We are the beginning," Pastor Young finished.589Please respect copyright.PENANAqsmUoQBKUt
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.589Please respect copyright.PENANAQEuiy3y5pW
They were silent, as they looked out into the darkness.589Please respect copyright.PENANA0MAOvpRlm9
Finally, Elena spoke.589Please respect copyright.PENANACmFLfKhXF3
"Damon."589Please respect copyright.PENANA1s1cQvq9Np
She looked at him.589Please respect copyright.PENANABlytAoSg4G
He looked at her as he said, "Yeah?"589Please respect copyright.PENANAxUb7SpylO2
"I remember. Everything. Why didn't you tell me that it was you I meant first?"589Please respect copyright.PENANAqqmVdPHGNS
"Well, it wouldn't had mattered anyway."589Please respect copyright.PENANAarZKfGnEvV
"It would've been nice to know, though."589Please respect copyright.PENANASLYM5gBVnU
"I guess you remember that I love you then, huh?"589Please respect copyright.PENANAMDBLVpH8mh
"Yes."589Please respect copyright.PENANAKufcD7X9xp
"Now that you remember everything, do you finally know what you feel for me?"589Please respect copyright.PENANAq1FbfnnGRE
He wished she would say that she loved him.
"I care about you, Damon. That's all I feel."589Please respect copyright.PENANAjC7V3opz31
"Then you're lying to yourself and to everybody else. You can't see it yet, but I know you love me, too."589Please respect copyright.PENANANNhDTqqKAl
He got up and headed inside.589Please respect copyright.PENANAfv3f2VCBCZ
Stefan and Kat watched them from one of the windows in one of the upstairs rooms.