He couldn't get the cure from Klaus. But he would find another way to save his brother. He thought Elena likely would still be by his brothers side. She felt guilty for not forgiving him sooner for killing her brother Jeremy. Stefan didn't know if he could do that himself if the situation was reversed. But there was something going on between them. They had a bond that Stefan himself couldn't understand and it was something he didn't want to think about.
His girlfriend caring for someone else...his own brother. It hurt to see it, to know it was there, but he was learning to deal with it. Elena swore it was just friendship and he had to force himself to believe it. Anything else met the possibility of losing her to Damon. That was something he wasn't ready to face.
Stefan thought he'd go home to see his brother first. He sensed that Elena wasn't here and likely had been gone for awhile. Maybe she thought it best to see Damon in the morning.
Stefan entered his brothers bedroom and if he had been listening sooner he'd have realized that Damon's heart had stopped beating. There was his brother sitting up on pillows on his bed. He was staring out the window from his bed. Damon's skin was the usual gray color. The color of death for a vampire. No.
Stefan dropped to his knees in his guilt for not getting the cure from Klaus. If he had only listened to him. His brother would likely still be here.
Stefan let out a cry and lowered his head down. His body shook with his grief.
Elijah had thought to go to the Gilbert house and see if by chance he had found her early. The place had no lights on and the outside was covered in dark shadows. He did not sense Katerina anywhere near by. His heart then filled with dread when he noticed the figure of someone sitting on the porch swing. Elijah went up the small set of stairs to the porch. He turned to move towards the person.
His breath hitched when he realized who it was. Of course it was her. Of course he was too late. He reached out to her mouth, feeling for breath. He at first assumed Katerina did not follow her instructions and had just took the chance to kill Elena on his brothers order. But soon light breath resumed from the other wise still body. Elena was alive again. Elijah then checked her closed eyes to check to be certain of something else.
The closed brown eyes were blood red. Further evidence of Elena Gilbert becoming something she did not want to be. Elena was going to be a vampire by the time she woke up.
Elijah then did the only thing he felt was best to. He lifted up the transitioning vampire into his arms and carried her to his near by car. He suspected Elena would not want to risk being found by her younger brother. Especially after the recent loss of their aunt Jenna. He knew that Alaric Saltzman likely would take over the guardianship of the young Gilbert's. He knew he had already been to the house a few times to check on Jeremy and Elena.
Elijah moved her body to the back seat of his car and then proceeded to get inside himself at the front seat. He noticed her chest moving as he drove away from the Gilbert home. Elena would be awake soon.