The Vampire Diaries: He's The Air She Would Kill To Breathe

Splenters and Stakes

"Okay so do you have everything I need?" Greta asked, looking from Kol to Bonnie. Kol's grip on Bonnie's hand tightened lovingly and he nodded. He looked over at the beautiful woman beside him, counting his lucky stars that all the dates they'd had these last few months had totally won her over. She smiled at him and nodded in approval as he got her Gram's brush from a duffle bag and handed it to Greta.

"We were told only vampires could be brought back...so she'll come back a vampire if we perform the ritual right?" Greta nodded and Bonnie bit her lower lip.

"Maybe we shouldn't do this, Kol. She won't be happy as a vampire." He gently leaned in and pecked her lips in reassurance.

"You could be vampires together though, maybe she'd be less bitter about it if she knew she had you around for eternity to help her...I mean you made the decision to become one when we got back together, I just haven't turned you yet." Bonnie sighed.

"I guess you're right." Greta looked surprised.

"Well if it's going down like this, I suggest you turn her right after I get her tears for the ritual. If a Bennett witch wakes up a vampire and sees her granddaughter ready and willing to become one I don't want to be around for the fight afterwards. You need to have it done before your Grams wakes up." Kol looked worriedly at her, not wanting to push her in to anything.

"You sure about all this, Bon's?" She nodded, happily taking both of Kol's hands.

"I want to be with you forever." He smiled very gently and bit his wrist.

"As you wish, my darling." He very tenderly fed her his blood and then threw a vile of it at Greta, knowing that in order to bring Grams back a vampire she'd need vampire blood. Greta laid the blood and brush on an already sacrificed body that Kol had made available by killing a passerby on the side of the road. Bonnie cried over the body and then Kol softly compelled her pain away as he snapped her neck.

Back in Mystic Falls, Katherine was reluctantly feeding off of Ian's wrist to keep her from miscarrying. When she let go she felt immediately better and kissed Ian's forehead.

"Thanks little guy, I owe you one." Ian attempted to give her Damon's signature smirk.

"Did it work?" Katherine smiled.

"I think so...I'm not doubled over in pain anymore." Mason let out a long sigh of relief, not realizing he'd been holding his breath. Meredith patted the examining table after Katherine hopped off and offered her hand to Elena. She poured the cold blue goo over Elena's abdomen and pulled up a nice little picture of their baby like she had three months prior.

"Aw, you guys are going to be thrilled." She said happily. Damon's excited grin grew and he squeezed Elena's hand.

"What is it?"

"It's a girl." Damon kissed the top of Elena's head, rubbing her belly in a circular motion.

"Rose." He whispered, earning a small sniffle from Elena. They were only allowed to bask in the bliss of the news for a short while however, being interrupted by a somber phone call.

"Damon, it's me...Rebekah. I felt like I owed it to you to call and tell you that your brother is...he's...Klaus and Caroline killed him as Scarlett watched." Damon's phone had been on speaker and the entire room fell dead silent. Damon dropped his phone to the floor, feeling like his entire world had just shattered. Tears came immediately and Elena got up after Meredith cleaned her up and pulled him into a tight hug.

"I am so sorry, Damon." For the first time since he thought he'd lost Elena and Ian, Damon cried, and he cried hard. He gripped Elena's shirt and buried his face into her neck and she softly petted his hair in comfort.

"Why does this always happen to me, Kitten? Why is my life so fucking tragic? I don't know what I did." He sobbed, letting it all out safely in the arms of his wife. Elena had never once seen him like this; this was even different from her no-walls unguarded 1864 Damon...this Damon was broken in the most human way possible. It lasted briefly, however, before Mason tried to touch him in comfort and all the stone-cold walls that Elena had eroded over the years came back up.

"Don't you dare touch me; I don't know what I am capable of doing to you at the moment, Mason. To anyone." He spat, lashing out at anything possible. He kicked an enormous hole in Meredith's wall and screamed "God damn it" as loud as he could. Ian started crying and he half-terrified reached out for Damon's hand.

"D-Daddy?" You could visibly see Damon's eyes soften at the sound of his son's voice and a few of his walls came crumbling back down. He picked him up and cradled him in his arms.

"I didn't mean to scare you, come on. Your mother and I need to go get Uncle Stefan's body back from Louisiana." He said somberly, trying so hard to sound strong for his son. He took Elena's hand and they ran at vampire speed to New Orleans.

When they got there, Elena's hand immediately flew over her mouth. Bonnie was lying limp in Kol's arms and there was a witch standing over the body of someone Elena had been yearning to see for a long time.

"Jenna?" She whispered gently. Kol was looking very confused at the young pale girl that he had just resurrected...that was definitely not Bonnie's Grams. Bonnie and Jenna both shot up at the same time, taking a hard and very sharp breath. Kol pulled a blood bag from the duffle bag to feed Bonnie while she stared hardly at Jenna as well.

"Jenna? Kol....I don't understand..." Understanding suddenly washed over his features.

"You and Elena had all your dead family members stuff packed in one small storage unit together right? What if we picked up the wrong hairbrush...?" Noticing the totally bummed look on her face, he added "We can try again, go through the stuff once more to get the right brush." Bonnie sighed and shook her head.

"No, I think this was a sign. Grams wouldn't want to be a vampire, Kol, she'd be miserable. Let's just be thankful that we have Jenna back." Kol smiled adoringly at her and kissed her temple.

"As you wish." Elena ran to Jenna and hugged her fiercely.

"I can't believe you're back! I've missed you so much!!" Jenna squealed and hugged Elena back.

"Whoa...are you?" Elena nodded happily and Damon walked up and put his hand on her stomach, as if he felt the need to claim it in front of Jenna. She cocked her head to the side.

"You and him? What happened to Stefan? Elena, please tell me you didn't leave Stefan just to get knocked up by his douche of a-" Elena cut Jenna off by sadly shaking her head.

"Now is not the time...Jen." She took Damon's hand and the couple slowly walked into the club, Jenna, Bonnie, and Kol trailing behind them. Damon handed Ian to Elena after he saw Stefan's limp body on the floor. Scarlett shot up and ran to her uncle, tears still streaming down her face.

"Uncle Damon! Please take me home." She wailed, trying to distance herself from the people she'd once cared very much about. Klaus's face contorted into a sheer look of hurt but he stayed seated and didn't protest, knowing it was for the best.

"One moment, sweetheart." He yanked a chair leg off of a bar stool and savagely drove it threw Klaus's heart.

"I know this won't kill you, but I hope it damn well hurt." Klaus coughed a little and tried to talk through his pain.

"I did you a favor...he never would have left you alone." Damon growled harshly and wrapped his hands around Klaus's neck.

"This is for my baby brother." He spat, snapping the hybrids neck and flinging Stefan's body over his shoulder. He took one last glance before exiting the club, his eyes falling on Caroline, Elijah, and Rebekah.

"Fuck you all." And with that he ushered his family out and slammed the door behind him, shattering it into nothing but splenters.