Elena walked into the kitchen and saw John on the floor, bleeding badly. For just a second, she considered leaving him there but decided against it. She rushed over and pulled her outer shirt over her head to use to stop the blood flow, leaving her in her white tank top.

She quickly called 911 and puts it on speaker as she pushed her shirt against the stab wound in his stomach.

"911. What's your emergency?" The female operator answered on the other end.

"Hi, I need an ambulance to 2104 Maple Street." Elena said as calmly as possible. "My uncle has been stabbed and his fingers cut off."

"An ambulance is on the way, Miss." The operator told her. "Is the attacker still in the house?"

"I don't know." Elena said and tried to look around as she kept pressure on the wound.

"Behind you." John whispered.

"What?" Elena looked at John who looked behind her in fear.

"Behind you." John said again.

"Miss, is the attacker still in the house?" The operator asked a little more urgently.

"I think so." Elena admitted.

"Miss, you need to get out of the house, okay?" The operator urged her.

"I can't." Elena denied. "I have managed to wrap uncle John's hand tightly but if I let go of the pressure on the stab wound the chance of him bleeding out gets higher."

"No!" John tried to shift but before he could do anything Elena saw a blur threw the corner of her eye and then she felt a burning pain on the back of her right shoulder blade.

"Ouch!" Elena called out and then she felt something run down her back.

"Miss!" The operator called out. "Are you alright, Miss?!"

"I'm fine." Elena said even though she knew she was bleeding. 'Why would Kathrine hurt her? She hadn't in the show.' Elena thought to herself.

A few seconds later the door is forced open and several police officers come in with their guns drawn. Two of them come over to Elena and John. "You are safe now."

Everything went quickly after that, John was bundled into the ambulance and taken to the hospital, even as the paramedics did a quick fix on Elenas shoulder with instructions to get to the hospital as quickly as possible to get stitches.

When Stefan and Damon arrived, the officers tried to keep them from walking up to the house but Elena called out to them. "They are okay."

"What happened?" Damon asked worriedly as the three of them walked into the house.

"I was talking to Jeremy on the phone when I came home, then I hung up and walked into the kitchen where I found uncle John." Elena explained.

"What do you mean you talked to Jeremy on the phone when you come home?" Damon asked confused. "I was talking with you on the porch earlier."

"Damon, I haven't seen you since we split up at the town square." Elena told him.

"But..." Damon looked adorably confused at first then the look in his eyes turned dark as he spat out, "Kathrine! I should have known."

"What?" Stefan asked.

"I went over here earlier to thank Elena for saving my life." Damon explained. "I talked to who I thought to be Elena for a while, but something felt off."

"Felt off how?" Elena asked.

"She talked about how there might be good in me even though I know Elena doesn't really care if I'm good or bad as long as I'm happy and her friends and family are safe." Damon groaned. "But what really should have tipped me off that it wasn't Elena was the kiss."

"She kissed you?" Stefan gapped at him.

"Yes." Damon mumbled awkwardly, then he turned to Elena. "Do you want some blood to heal the wound?"

"I would love to but I can't." Elena groaned.

"Why not?" Stefan looked at her.

"Because way too many people saw my wound and the paramedics said that they would leave an order or something at the hospital so I'll get seen to as soon as I arrive." Elena explained with a shrug, which made her wince.

"Okay, fine." Damon looked worried but tried to hide it.

"Could you drive me to the hospital?" Elena asked hopefully.

"Yeah, come on." Damon smiled at her.

"I'll stay here and clean up the blood." Stefan offered as Elena and Damon started to leave.

"Thank you, Stefan." Elena smiled gratefully at him. "Can you call Jeremy to? Tell him about what has happened but make sure he stays at Anna's tonight."

"Sure, but you do know that he is very protective off you and might not listen?" Stefan smirked.

"So, tell Anna to tie him to the bed or something." Elena laughed and left.

XOXOXOX

"Hey, Sheriff Liz." Elena smiled softly as she and walked up to the front desk at the hospital were Liz stood. "How is Caroline?"

"She's in surgery, it's...they're doing everything they can." Liz told them.

"Elena Gilbert?" A doctor called out.

"You stay here with Sheriff Liz." Elena smiled at Damon and walked over to the doctor.

Getting stitches sucked, Elena decided as she sat on the bed. Why the fuck did they have to dig around with the fucking needle filled with local anesthesia? Elena gritted her teeth in pain and sat still as she let the doctor stich her up.

"Bonnie." Elena walked over to Bonnie after the doctor was finally done. "How's Caroline?

"She's weak and they don't know if she's going to make it." Bonnie sobbed.

"Is there a spell you can do or something?" Elena asked as she pulled Bonnie in to a hug. She was still slightly mad at her for the whole fake dispelling of the device but Elena figured that Bonnie had made up for it by helping save Damon.

"She doesn't know how, do you?" Damon asked as he walked over to them.

"No, I don't." Bonnie admitted.

"No, you don't because it took Emily years to learn a spell like that." Damon hummed a tiny bit mockingly.

"Well, I can take down a vampire, that spell was easy to learn." Bonnie glared at Damon.

"I can give Caroline some blood." Damon offered, completely ignoring Bonnie.

"Do you promise to teach her if she dies with your blood in her?" Elena looked at Damon imploringly.

"I promise." Damon looked at her seriously.

"Do it." Bonnie said before Elena could and then she walked away without another glance at either Damon or Elena.

"How are you, really?" Damon asked quietly.

"My shoulder feels a bit tight but it doesn't hurt." Elena smiled softly at him.

"Elena, I came as soon as I got your message. How are you?" Jenna walked up to her niece and pulled her into a hug. Then she added as an afterthought, "How's John?"

"I'm okay. Don't know about John though." Elena hugged back. "Where have you been?"

"At the fire department, I had to fill out a report." Jenna looked at her weirdly. "I told you earlier."

"No, you didn't." Elena denied.

"Yes, I did." Jenna argued.

"No, you didn't." Damon sighed. "You told Kathrine."

"Wait, Kathrine as in the one who turned you and Stefan, that Kathrine?" Jenna asked, wide eyed.

"Precisely." Damon nodded.

"I know you all explained to me that she looked like Elena but that is just freaky." Jenna shuddered.

"So, the bitch is back, back again, Kathrine's back, tell a friend." Elena started to hum and nod along to a beat only she could hear.

"Come on, let's go see John." Jenna laughed and led Elena away by the arm.

"Bye, bye, Day-Day." Elena called back, feeling all floaty. "Aunty I think the pain medilations...medicalations...meds have started to kick in."

"You don't say." Jenna laughed.

Two hours later Elena and Damon were back at home while Jenna stayed a while longer at the hospital.

"Stefan!" Elena bounced her way into the Gilbert house. "Why are you on the floor?"

"Are you okay?" Stefan looked at her curiously.

"Oh, yeah, they gave me the good stuff." Elena smiled dopily. "I am high as a kite."

"There was a bit of a mix up at the hospital and Elena got stronger pain medication than she actually needed." Damon explained with a small smile, then he frowned. "What happened?"

"Kathrine happened." Stefan sighed.

"What did she want?" Elena asked as she slowly spun around. "More of my clothes?"

"She didn't say." Stefan shrugged.

"Woman certainly knows how to make an entrance." Damon shook his head.

"She said she fooled one of us, at least." Stefan smirked. "Not knowing we actually talk to each other and figured her out earlier."

"She's an idiot." Elena giggled and fell.

"Let's get you to bed." Damon, who caught her, chuckled.

"My knight in shining fangs." Elena gushed and giggled.

"You are very giggly when your high." Stefan laughed as he followed his brother when he carried Elena to her room.

"Why did she hurt me?" Elena mumbled as Damon put her down on her bed. "That was very mean."

"I don't know Elena." Damon stroke her hair.

"She's been invited in." Stefan pointed out. "What are we going to do about that?"

"I would say move but..." Damon shrugged.

"Yeah, we can move to Hawaii!" Elena giggled tiredly. "I've always wanned to go there."

"I promise to take you one day." Damon smiled as Elena fell asleep.