A/N: This is shorter than the other but looking at it, it needed to be. I hope you guys enjoy it There are 4 chapters left. Stay tuned.

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"Hello?" Elena answered her ringing cell phone.

"Hello Elena."

"Jeremy?" she questioned. She looked around the room with wide eyes.

"Where are you?" he asked. "I went home and you weren't there."

"Hold on Jer." Elena said putting her hand over the phone. She began to cry as held her phone tightly between her hands.

Stefan came over to her, wrapped one arm around her, kissed her temple and took the phone from her.

"Jeremy?" Stefan said putting the phone to his ear.

"Stefan, where's Elena?" Jeremy asked. "I went home and to the boarding house and no one was there."

"We're at Matt's." Stefan informed him. "Where have you been?"

"Klaus had some of his hybrids grab me when I was in the backyard." Jeremy said.

"How did you get away?"

"He said he only needed me to deliver a message."

"What message?"

"I'll tell you when I get to Matt's. Tell Elena I love her." he said before he hung up.

"Is Jeremy ok?" Sarah asked as Stefan handed the phone back to his girlfriend.

"He sounded ok but he said he had a message to deliver from Klaus." Stefan told the group. A few minutes later there was a knock at the back door. Matt left his place at the island beside Dean to answer it.

"Hey Matt." Jeremy said with a small smile.

"Jeremy." Matt said excitedly as he embraced his best friend tightly. "Are you alright?" he asked.

"I'm a little banged up but I'm alright." Jeremy said returning Matt's hug. He winced when the hug became tighter. "Where are Sam and Dean?"

"Why?" Elena asked wrapping her arms around her little brother's neck.

"I need to talk to them." he said.

"Sam's not here but Dean's right over there." she said pointing to the older Winchester. After Jeremy greeted everyone he stood beside Dean.

"What's up?" Dean asked as he crossed his arms.

"Can we talk in private?"

"This better be important." Dean said as he strode off toward Matt's room.

"What the hell happened in here?" Jeremy asked looking around at the destruction caused by Damon and Dean.

"A disagreement. What do you want, Jeremy?" Dean asked dryly.

"How important is Sam to you?" he asked.

"What?"

"Is he more important than yourself? The job? Running bitches?"

"What are you talking about?" Dean asked as he inched towards his open bag still on the bed. Jeremy had his back to Dean but as he spoke, Dean could hear the smile on his lips. "Sam is my family."

"Family's important to you?" he questioned.

"Of course." he said his hand stealthily searching his bag. "Isn't it important to you?"

"Important enough to die for?" Jeremy asked in a slick voice.

"I have died for it." Dean said, his hand settling on exactly what he was looking for.

"That's very good, Dean but I have a message for you."

"From Klaus."

"No." Jeremy said his back still to Dean.

"What?"

"From Lilith."

"What'd that bitch say?" Dean asked as he silently prepared what he searched for.

"She said...prepare to meet your maker." Jeremy said as he finally turned around. His face was completely transformed. His eyes were totally black, with black veins crawling down his face and prominent canine teeth. When he lunged at Dean, he pulled his sawed off from his bag. BANG! Jeremy sank to the floor. The combination of wood pellets and rock salt in the rounds worked just like Matt thought it would.

"Matt!" Dean called out as he stood over Jeremy Gilbert's body. "Matt!"

"Yeah, I'm...Dean what the fuck?" Matt asked dropping down to his knees beside Jeremy.

"He's a tribrid." Dean answered. "He came at me. I put him down."

"Are you sure?"

"Why would I lie? I don't and didn't have a desire to shoot Jeremy Gilbert." Dean answered annoyed. "Look man, we need to chain him up."

"Alright." Matt said hooking his arms around Jeremy's arms as Dean grabbed his legs.

"Oh my god, what happened?" Elena said as she rushed over to them.

"Your brother is a tribrid." Dean answered.

"What?" Elena said shaking her head. "He can't be."

"He is, Elena." Matt said. "What reason would Dean have for lying?"

"I'm so sorry Jer. I love you." she said as she kissed his cheek.

"He's not dead." he assured her.

"What?"

"The round had rock salt and wood pellets in it." Matt explained. "I thought that if we came across a tribrid, this would..."

"Would what?" Elena questioned.

"The salt and wood would put the bitch down until we could question it." Dean said.

"Well, how do you plan on waking him up?" Stefan asked.

"We have to pull them out." Dean said. "The wood pellets are about as long as the round so it should be easy to get out."

"Ok." Elena said as she brushed a few strands of hair from Jeremy's forehead