Damon was not prepared for the scene that he walked in on. The smell of human blood, though not Elena's, was overwhelming. There was blood in every corner of the kitchen where John Gilbert lay dead. When Damon and Stephan walked in Stephan immediately went to Elena's side, who was sitting next to the stairs with silent tears streaming down her face. It wasn't Damon's place to go to Elena, that was what Stephan was for, and not even a kiss with her imposter was going to change that.

"Elena, look at me!" Stephan shouted at her. Elena looked briefly away from where she was watching her father and looked at Stephan in the eyes. When she realized that he was here she threw her arms around him and began crying all over again.

"It's okay. Shhh. I'm here. Are you hurt?" Stephan asked as he began to check her body and saw her already bruised neck. Upon seeing this Stephan's eyes flaired and turned. "What did she do to you?"

Damon instantly turned his attention back to Elena. He knelt down next to where Elena and Stephan were and examined Elena's neck. "Katherine must have had a pretty tight grip on her. She should be okay," Damon looked at Elena with soft eyes as he took in her emotional state. "Stephan we should bring her into the living room." Stephan merely nodded as he picked Elena up and sat her down on the sofa. "Damon, I am going to call Alaric and check on Jenna and Jeremy, keep an eye on Elena." Damon nodded at his brother's request.

When Stephan left the room Damon was able to get a good look at Elena. Her neck was bruised, tears were still streaming down her face, but she looked like she was regaining more knowledge of her surroundings.

Damon compared her outfit to the one he last saw her in, completely different. He just had to know. Damon grabbed her hand, which she barely regarded.

"Elena, what do you remember?" Damon gently asked.

It took her a minute to regain enough composure to form words but eventually she spoke.

"I….I came home. I opened the door after I got off the phone with Stephan and I heard a noise in the kitchen. I went into the kitchen and saw blood everywhere, John…my father, was dead…"

Damon immediately knew that he was fooled by Katherine. How stupid could he be? Of course, Elena would never have kissed him. Anger bubbled up in Damon. How could he think that Katherine could ever pass for Elena? He turned his attention back to the words that Elena was speaking.

"She came out from behind me, threatened my family if I screamed. When I asked her what I wanted she threw me against the wall by my neck and held me there as I choked. I agreed to give a message for her and she let me down."

"What was the message Elena?"

"She said, let the games begin."

Damon couldn't believe what he was hearing. How dare Katherine come into his town and mess with the people he cared about. He looked at Elena and wish that he could take her pain away. He wanted nothing more than to wrap his arms around her and tell her it was going to be okay just like his brother did. I am not going to let anyone, or anything hurt her Damon thought to himself. Damon was snapped back into reality by his brother's urgent calls.

"Damon!"

Damon rushed up the stairs with Elena close behind. When they reached Jeremy's room Damon noticed the lack of a noticeable heartbeat from the boy. Damon also noticed an empty pill bottle next to Jeremy on the bed.

"We need to call an ambulance, Damon, now!"

Immediately Damon turned around and blocked Elena from entering the room.

"What are you doing? Why can't I see my brother? What's wrong?" Elena screamed.

"Elena, please come back downstairs with me," Damon interjected.

"No, you are not going to stop me from seeing my brother!"

Elena sidestepped Damon, and Damon didn't have the heart to stop her. When Elena saw the scene before her she collapsed again. Stephan was quickly by her side telling her that they needed to get Jeremy to a hospital before it was too late. Damon stepped out into the hallway to make a call.

"Sheriff Forbes, Hi yes Damon Salvatore here. We have a situation at the Gilbert residence that I believe is vampire related. John Gilbert is dead in her kitchen…No Elena is upstairs, which actually leads me to our other problem. Jeremy is unconscious in his room, I checked his pulse it is very faint. I think he might have taken some of Elena's sleeping pills…Ok thank you Sheriff." Damon hung up the phone and walked back into Jeremy's room. Elena was sitting with her knees pulled to her chest slowly rocking.

"Jen..Jenna…Is Jenna ok?" Elena babbled quietly.

"Yes I already checked she is sleeping. I think that Katherine put her under compulsion. Her heartbeat is strong but when I tried to wake her she kept mumbling about how she needed to stay asleep." Stephan said.

"Stephan, we need to get Elena to the hospital as well. She has considerable bruising, plus with everything that has happened tonight it might not be a good idea." Damon said to Stephan quietly.

Elena quickly spoke up at that. 'No, I am not going to the hospital. Ever since the car crash, they took me there, I can't go back, I just can't!" Elena pleaded as she was holding tight onto Stephan.

"The Sheriff is almost here. I am going to go downstairs to talk to her. She will probably want to talk to you Elena." Damon looked at Elena in the eyes and she nodded. "Stephan, get Elena to her room, the paramedics will be here soon." Damon paused listening at the slightest sound of a heartbeat. "He needs to get there soon." Stephan nodded at his brother and began to walk Elena to her room as the red and white lights of the ambulance showed up outside.