Summary: Set in S4E7 "My Brother's Keeper." Jeremy tries to kill Elena and she gets hurt. Will someone save her in time? Katherine gets hurt in the parlor too. Will she live?
It was a beautiful day, as Jeremy Gilbert stood in the parlor, a stake in his left hand.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7XBAIgtzm
A moment, Elena Gilbert walked into the parlor to see her brother.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzs4ec9ndXA
"Where have you been? We've been looking for you," she told him.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuGXhvJuI1
He started to turn the stake around in his hand.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJU5PV0o9nf
"What are you doing with that?" she asked cautiously.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40N1bWiGs9
"Every bone in my body is telling me to drive this stake through your heart," he answered her. "I don't want to."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81Of3o19KJ
"Then don't."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzeriG0RKv
"You're a vampire."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJMMyEwUcR
"Yeah, but I'm also your sister," she told him, as she stood in front of him.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbdJlfq2Qk
He was silent.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ295nG1XRvv
"Jer, you know I wouldn't hurt you," she added.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7isvxMwCfZ
He showed her his bloody hand and veins started to show under her eyes, as she fought to control her thirst for it.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRot88dGIJ
She took a few steps back.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEHum7ZN7S
"Get that away from me."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudctKiXgLH
Suddenly, he lunged at her and she through him, making him land on his back on the floor.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGPNImZHtO
"Oh, my God. Jeremy."
She knelt at his side.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3g9AcVcJwe
"Jer, wake up. Jer. Please wake up, Jer," she called.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtArXFwXhB
Suddenly, before she could react, he attacked her and she felt something go into the side of her neck.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJs89jVov35
Jeremy got to his feet and stood over her.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbzeMG2RFl
She was on her knees on the floor, as she used one hand to try and locate what was in the side of her neck. Blood ran down the side of her neck, as she tried. Then her vision went blurry, and it was as if she couldn't breathe. She knew what it felt like to get a burn from vervain, but she hadn't been vervained until now.
Katherine Pierce was in the crowd of people that didn't know her, when she smelled a faint scent of fear mixed with blood. So she followed the scent trail.
When she arrived in the parlor, she saw Jeremy with a stake raised to kill his sister. Elena was on her back in very bad condition. She didn't know why Elena was a vampire or why Jeremy was going to kill her, but Elena was her family.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ39jDrBwDH
At vamp speed, she grabbed him and through him, making him hit a wall and land on the floor out cold.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHSTMy0fp2
Katherine knelt down at her descendant's side and pulled the vervained piece of wood out of the side of her neck, ignoring the pain. She set it on the floor and looked down at her.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqzCnQiMw3
"Elena, can you hear me? It's me," she called to her.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVsr1ngjH3
Elena heard a familiar female voice, but she couldn't respond to it. She was too tired. She couldn't think.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurCsxxtMDX
"Elena, stay with me. Stay awake," Katherine begged.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkvWUrOqQW
She pulled a barely conscious Elena gently into her arms and bit her wrist. She then put it to her lips.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYd3WSM3WL
"Elena, drink," she said.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWJIeAIBaO
As darkness started to fog her mind, Elena felt the familiar liquid and started to drink.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdWBnr3QW4
The elder vampiress sighed in relief, as she watched Elena drink. It relieved her that the last of her Petrova bloodline family would be okay. Even though she hadn't shown it until now, family meant everything to her.
When Elena felt like herself again, she stopped drinking and opened her eyes, only to see Katherine Pierce.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxsTBrISgp
Elena sat up and Katherine let go of her.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlN1aCqiNl
"Katherine?"645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzxZwyICQC
"It's me," she said.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RNte7YdjT
"You saved me."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6NxX7PYnK
"A thank you would be nice," Kat commented.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxOocOlaNV
"What are you doing back?"645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCmKgFOBLa
"Hiding from an old enemy."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Q9FbvTxLw
"Klaus?" Elena guessed.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5ZyXN938x
"No. Someone else. Another Original. Apparently, I'm here saving you, too."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIVhrEke0m
"Thanks," Elena said.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTZNTKDScd
Kat watched Elena get to her feet and go over to check on her brother, before she got to her own feet. She felt weak now, though, and staggered back against a wall. Her vision was blurry and unfocused. Then everything became distant and gray. She knew she should have fed, but food had been scarce for the past month. Then she felt pain in her head, as her head hit something. Another pain came from something else, but she didn't know what.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQb8Uv9sv4v
Elena looked over her shoulder, smelling blood. Then, seeing Katherine on her back on the floor, was instantly at her side.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGxKHvszcy
Seeing Elena and knowing Elena didn't know what was happening to her, she spoke as darkness started to close in.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAVSquPHDq
"I haven't eaten for a while. I've been too busy hiding."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLBn5J0gvD
Elena realized that the vampiress was in need of food; vampire food. She also knew that she smelled blood. So, she scanned for the source.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNU0mODpbx
"Hang in there," Elena encouraged, as the vampiress started to black out.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6oetaMnkE
Just then she saw a pool of blood start to form around her shoulders. That meant something had wounded her in the back.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKUPhj47wy
Elena gently pulled her into her arms and pulled a knife out of the middle of her back between her shoulder blades. When she did, Katherine gasped softly and groaned. Elena then tossed the knife to the floor and took Kat's jacket off. She bundled it up and set it on the floor, before gently laying her down away from the blood, jacket under head.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqxY9wmxxN
"Katherine, if you can hear me, you'll be okay."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zLPMq87bz
Elena bit her wrist and put it to an out cold Katherine's lips, making it go down her throat, while listening to her labored breathing. With her free hand, she held Katherine's left hand.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IltBKLxxu
"Fight it, Katherine. Don't die on me. You saved me. Now it's my turn."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PZANFB17z
She looked down at her pale, dying descendant. Veins were showing on her, but they were slowly disappearing from sight. She knew that was a good sign.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpvvxcq1NP
After a few more minutes, she took her wrist away, which instantly healed. She then picked her gently up in her arms, grabbed Kat's jacket, got to her feet, and headed out the back to get Katherine to the boarding house.
Katherine groaned, as she opened her eyes. She was in a room in someone's bed. And as her focus settled, she saw Elena seated on her bedside.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0SxIxXAMJ
"You worried me," Elena greeted.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqa9T0KLev
"I guess we both did. Thanks for saving my life. Sorry I scared you."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxO0BdZDA0
"It's okay. Just don't do that again."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQA9ABo5We3
She knew Elena meant for her not to be stupid like that ever again.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOA7ZvO0yv
"Is your brother okay?" she asked her.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMAAPMkhhV
"Jeremy's fine. He apologized to me and everything. He wasn't himself. He's a potential."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgXu8lTghB
Kat knew what Elena was saying.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ilGb2PF75
"We have our work cut out for us then," she said to Elena.
"Yeah; we do."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhzkE3kE1o
Kat slowly sat up in bed.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpgfpCn7R9
"I'll owe you someday for this."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7wWwnh0sl
They looked at one another in silence.
