Stefan stood there watching the car peel away from the side of the road. He waited till it was out of sight and then he just sank to the ground exhausted. It was so hard to look strong when he was so weak he could barely stand. He gagged again, puking on the ground at his feet, his stomach spinning again. He wiped his mouth and saw blood. Damn, the bite must be getting worse. He pulled himself up to a sitting position, leaning against the tree behind him.

But suddenly he leapt up. He couldn't explain it, but he had this overwhelming sense of dread just spread over him and chill him right to the bone. "Elena!" he gasped and vamp sped towards the Camero that had just disappeared into the curtain of rain.

A bolt of lighting hit the ground behind him, ripping through a tree and sparks went flying as he ran. He was almost at the car as he saw it spin up onto its side! Oh God!

He felt like he was watching everything in slow motion. They had almost made it to the cabin. The car was flipping over just a few feet from the driveway, just within the trees surrounding the property. He spun his head around as he ran seeing... What the hell? Jeremy?! was in the middle of the road! He was just standing there, not moving at all!

But Stefan didn't have time to get to him. Elena was screaming Damon's name as she flew out the passenger side window! He dove through the air, reaching for her, despite the pain and nausea coursing through his body. He slammed into her, wrapping his arms tightly around her body and her head, as they crashed to the ground. He landed on his shoulder feeling the ground scrape up his arms and side as he protected her fall. He just lay there with her wrapped tightly in his arms.

Elena's eyes had been squeezed shut in fear and she tentatively opened them to see him looking at her. This all happened in a matter of seconds but it felt like time was standing still as he held her close. Her head was against his wet shirt, she breathed his name and it felt so good to hear that she was okay.

She had no idea what had happened. One second she felt herself being ripped from the car, having been reaching for Damon's hand, as the force of the car flipping over tumbled her up and down in her seat and then out the window. She had screamed for him and felt herself flying in the air, her eyes tightly shut thinking this was it. She was going to die.

Then she felt a warm body crash into her and spin her around in his arms so that he hit the ground instead of her. Then he rolled her under him shielding her, as the car kept flipping close to them, metal and glass flying all around them.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Stefan looking intensely at her, his eyes full of emotion. She heard him gasp in relief when he saw she was okay. Their foreheads were almost touching, both of them breathing hard, just looking into each others eyes. Their lips were just a breath away and she could feel her heart pounding hard at how close he was. But her head suddenly snapped up as she heard Damon's voice cry out.

"Damon!" she gasped, hearing the car still spinning and she looked panicked trying to see him. The car landed with the sound of crunching metal, against a tree on the other side of the driveway.

Stefan could see smoke billowing up from the engine and a trail of gasoline trickling soundlessly to the ground. He saw Damon, still in the drivers seat. He wasn't moving!

Damon slowly regained consciousness, feeling blood on his head and a huge gash in his arm from the crash. Jeremy ran up to him and skidded to a stop as he saw Damon in the car! He shut his eyes slowly and swallowed hard.

Damon blinked as blood was dripping into his eyes and felt a very solid numb feeling in his chest. He bent his head down slowly, lifting his hands from where they were covered in cuts from all the glass from the windows. He felt blood, all sticky on his neck and his hand felt his artery had been ripped open. It felt like it had healed already but all that blood loss made him so weak. He gasped as his hands felt lower down his chest and he let out a strangled cry as he felt a large sharp piece of metal sticking out of his chest!

Damon pulled his body forward, feeling so weak from the loss of blood. The metal must be lodged into the seat behind him. He turned his head and forgetting himself completely. he was frantically searching for Elena.

He finally saw her on the ground in his brothers arms. Thank God, she was okay! Stefan must have caught her as she flew out the window! He had been inches from her grasp as she was ripped away from him and he had screamed, the most horrible pain filled scream, as she flew out the window and out of his reach. He thought she had died!

"She is okay," Jeremy gasped out. "Oh shit Damon. We need to get you out of here!" He started pulling on the mangled door with all his strength.

"What the hell were you doing in the middle of the road?" Damon gasped at him like he must have been crazy. "Where is you ring, Little Gilbert?" He was breathing hard, trying to find the strength to pull himself off of the metal that impaled him.

Jeremy looked at his hand in shock. "I didn't.." he started to say. He did not remember taking it off. Hell, he never took it off. What had happened?

Damon grunted, trying to pull himself forward and gritted his teeth. He fell back after barely moving himself a few inches and yelled out as his back was ripped up some more from the metal.

Jeremy had finally forced the door open and Damon turned his head hearing more crunching glass by his neck as he moved and swung his weak, pale, blue eyes toward Elena's brother. Then he saw Jeremy pointing past him to the road...

Stefan was still panting hard and felt Elena stiffen in his arms and she was mouthing and pointing in front of them but her words were not clear. He followed her panic-stricken stare and gasped in fear.

Damon too followed Jeremy's terror filled eyes. His expression changed from confusion to fear when he suddenly heard her scream and watched as a dark figure advanced towards them slowly, laughing. Who the hell was this? And then he knew...

"Klaus!" he whispered. Then the thunder crashed and more lightning lit up the dark sky and they saw him! Klaus was on the other side of the car and walking towards Elena and his brother slowly just smirking from ear to ear.