Tyler found that he could see through the darkness as though it were still light outside. It was then that he saw her. There was a girl in the clearing. He no longer possessed the ability to recognize the girl for who she truly was, Elena. By the time that she saw hi, it was too late. He was already upon her. She screamed and began to run through the darkness. It was of no use however, he was upon her in an instant. She was terrified. He could see it in her eyes. No!" she screamed, as she backed up into a tree. He lunged at her and managed to clip her shoulder with his claws. He started to turn back, getting ready to attack again. Suddenly, he heard a rush of wind and the leaves on the ground stirred. A figure appeared from the darkness. Damon stepped in front of Elena and Tyler. Damon and Tyler began to circle each other. The wolf lunged at Damon. Damon was able to avoid his attack. Then on the third try, Tyler grasped hold of Damon's chest. He bit hard into his skin. Damon fell to the ground in agony. Seeing that he had won, the wolf ran off into the night. Elena raced over to Damon. She lifted up his shirt and looked at the wound. It was very deep. There was a lot of blood. Elena wished that she had not looked. "Elena" Damon whispered.
"Let me give you some blood" she said. Damon slowly, shook his head no.
"It won't work, I'm bleeding too much" Damon managed to say. Elena could see that he was right. There was no way that a little bit of her blood would have been enough. Elena lay down on the ground next to Damon. She gently placed her head on his side. Damon was beginning to slip in and out of consciousness. Damon reached over, and began to stroke Elena's hair. Then he started to mumble "Elena" again. Elena looked over to him, with tears in her eyes. He gently brushed his cheek with her hand. "I already know" she whispered. Then the world went dark around Damon and his body was completely still. "I love you too" she whispered in his ear.