In one moment Elena's entire world collapsed along with Damon. The switch she had worked so hard to keep off had short circuited and all she knew was agony. She sunk to the floor and gathered Damon's lifeless body into her arms. A shrill high pitched wail resounded through her ears. It was the sound of eternal suffering and it was her heart that was making it.
She wasn't supposed to care. She wasn't supposed to care. Grief was crashing down upon her wave after wave and she ached for release. Trapped in the deluge of emotions Elena did not see the stares or the hands that reached for her. She didn't understand what had happened, to Damon or to her switch, all she knew was they were both gone and she was grasping in the dark for their presence.