Panic quickly set in as Elena felt her grip on her own body loosen, her eyes darted around the cave for some ray of hope, quickly spinning around she saw a sight she had never thought she would see again Katherine Petrova. Or at least what was left of her laid out on an alter with a Traveler's hand buried in her chest "what are you doing?" Elena asked clutching her head as a faint feeling took over, the Traveler ignored her and continued with her spell. As the spell went on the darkness crept closer, Elena tried to run but after two steps she stopped, her legs were no longer under her control. She wanted to hit them in frustration but she couldn't move her arms an inch, Elena was completely locked out, this was nothing like the last time Katherine had taken over that time had been like a door being closed this was more like being chained to a wall as the door is dead bolted.

Unable to move or cry for help she realised there was no way out, damon and stefan hadn't come and they wouldn't be coming it was the last minute and no rescue had arrived they hadn't even noticed. Elena closed her eyes and Katherine opened them.

"Its done" announced the Traveler wiping her bloody hand on her jeans, Katherine held up Elena's hand, her hand, and wiggled her fingers "good" said Katherine, without warning she sped behind the Traveler and snapped her neck like a twig. "That was unnecessary" Nadia said looking down at the corpse, Katherine shrugged "i don't like loose ends".

Elena had expected blackness or simply nothing at all and small part of her even expected to die after all how could she be alive without a body. It would be better if she had then Elena could have seen bonnie warned her about Katherine.

She definitely hadn't expected this, all around her were swirling colours, she didn't have a body it was more of a presence she could move but she couldn't see any legs or feel ground beneath her feet. Looking around her she noticed one of the swirls was closer than the others, she moved towards the swirl but as she got closer the swirl became more solid, the colours became shapes, the shapes became objects. When she was close enough to touch it the swirl suddenly moved, jumping at her and then there was only black.

Katherine gazed at her new body in Elena's bedroom mirror and gave a quick spin so she could see every inch, a smile spread across her face as she hugged herself and let out a satisfied sigh "happy to be a vampire again?" a voice asked, Katherine tensed and quickly dashed towards the intruder slamming her into the wall cracking it slightly. "Whoa calm down Katherine it only me" Nadia said hold up her hands, Katherine released her grip on her daughter and stepped back "sorry about that but you shouldn't sneak up on me like that". Katherine returned her gaze to the mirror, she looked as good as she felt Elena was perfect she had always thought so since the moment she first saw her not that she would ever admit it but Elena was how Katherine wanted to look. People may not have noticed any difference between the two of them but after 500 years you see all the little imperfections of your own body, growing up in the dark ages had taken a toll, but Elena didn't have any and Katherine had looked for them she had spent more time than was probably healthy staring at Elena. Katherine twirl some of her hair around her finger it was the one thing that had to change the only thing she could never understand was why Elena worked so hard to keep her hair straight when their curly locks were the one thing missing to make her the vision of a goddess.

"So whats the next step?" Nadia asked jumping onto Elena's bed, Katharine only stared at her puzzled "you wanted Stefan right? what the plan? her daughter asked again. Katherine remained quiet and looked back at her reflection, she looked at Elena, at herself, "i have what i've wanted lets get as much clothes and money as we can find and run" Nadia seemed shocked and stared at her mouth agape. "Not that im complaining but why?" Nadia asked now smiling, Katherine knew how much this meant to her, "cause ive got everything i want, Klaus is off my back, i have you and i have Elena" Katherine cupped her daughter's face in her hands "im happy now let hit the road before the brothers figure things out and try to hit us".

The blackness faded revealing a familiar scene, Elena was back in her old family house