Set from 4x23

"I would love nothing more than to get out of here before Vaughn comes back to life, but Damon won't take the cure. He wants it for Elena". – Alaric says, looking down at Damon who is lying on the ground, almost unconscious.

Elena's face turns to Stefan when she hears the last phrase. He wants the cure for her. And he's going to die just to make her happy.

"Okay, just hang on a little longer. Caroline's calling Klaus again". – Stefan's nervous and worried voice makes his speech even more panicked than it could be.

Damon's sudden groan causes the silence among them. Elena starts to panic more than ever before. Damon is dying there and she can't even help him or be with him.

"Stefan, we are past the point of Hail Mary phone calls. What do you want me to do, stand here and watch him die, or force-feed him the cure? – Alaric's voice breaks the silence and Elena cast a significant look at Stefan, - Stefan?!"

Elena takes the phone starts to whisper in panic: "Yes, Alaric! Just give him the cure now!"

Another groan from Damon makes her almost scream into the phone: "Rick, do you hear me?! Do it now!"

Alaric quickly leans over to Damon and shoves it into his mouth and forces his jaw to close around it. Damon's eyes widen as the cure dissolves in his mouth and he passes out.

Elena's sigh of relief causes attention from the rest of group.

"Elena, do you understand what just happened?" – Stefan says and slowly approaches her, putting his hands on her shoulders.

"Yeah, he's alive. Damon's going to be okay". – Elena says and happily looks at him.

"Damon is going to be human, Elena. It's the worst way of death for him. He'll kill us for what we've done, – Stefan's voice becomes stronger and more rigorous, - Elena, do you hear me?" But all the girl can think about right now is that the person she cares about most of all is going to live. And the fact that he'll be human doesn't even matter for her… yet.

Meanwhile, Damon's body is lying in the car driven by Alaric. They're going to Salvatore Boarding House and no one knows how dreadful Damon's reaction will be so far. But everybody except Elena knows that it will be terrible.