When the police arrived they were not expecting to walk into a scene as brutal as the one in Elena's kitchen. Many were overwhelmed by the blood and couldn't even bear to be in the kitchen. For those that could however, they looked a little green in the face. After much scrutiny the Sherriff claimed that the attack was defiantly vampire. Only until the Sheriff and Damon really examined the crime scene did Damon notice that John's ring was gone. He cursed himself again for not noticing this sooner; Damon seemed to be missing on all the obvious signs today for some reason. Jeremy was immediately rushed to the hospital and once Sheriff Forbes took Elena's statement both Elena and Stephan left for the hospital. Alaric got to Elena's house and was able to somehow wake Jenna up enough to get her through police questioning and to the hospital with Alaric.

"Sheriff I cannot thank you enough for being discreet about this situation. I know that John is a big community leader and that there will be questions." Damon said.

"Of course. The attack is certainly vampire, just more brutal than the ones I have seen in the past. The ambulance took Jeremy away and with that most of the onlookers left. I believe we were able to get John out of here unnoticed." The Sheriff said as her cell phone went off.

"Sheriff Forbes here…Oh my god, is she ok?...I'll be right there!" Sheriff Forbes hung up the phone and began packing.

"What happened?" Damon asked, afraid of another vampire attack by Katherine.

"Caroline, Matt and Tyler have been in a car accident. I need to get to the hospital right away."

"Let me drive you, I am on my there to meet Stephan and Elena as well."

Once Damon got to the hospital he quickly found Elena, Stephan, Jenna, and Alaric. Damon did his best to avoid Jenna's angry eyes, after all she didn't see what she think she saw. Damon pulled Stephan aside while he informed him on what happened back at Elena's house. Stephan merely nodded and said, "Thank you for helping. Elena and I really appreciate it."

"How is she doing anyway?" Damon asked, concerned.

"She is as well as can be expected. She refuses to stay in the hospital, even to have them check her out. I'm not going to argue with her right not, she has been through enough, and she appears to just be emotionally distraught. Whatever Katherine did to her it was only enough to make us angry I think, if she wanted to hurt Elena badly enough she would know more than anyone."

Damon nodded, "Elena and Jenna can't stay at their house. Jenna must have invited Katherine inside in order for her to compel Jenna and kill John."

"I know. I already told Alaric to take Jenna back to his house and Elena will stay at the boardinghouse. Jeremy will be fine. They pump his stomach and got the pills out. His heartbeat is strong now." Stephan finished.

"Yeah, Stephan about that. I don't think we should say anything to Elena right now but…"

"Say anything to me about what?" Elena surprised both of them by coming up behind them.

Damon looked to Stephan and waited.

"Damon, I really don't think now is the time to be keeping secrets from each other. Say whatever it is you have to say." Elena folded her arms over her chest, waiting for a response.

Damon snickered at the irony of her statement, which prompted a confused look from both Stephan and Elena. Stephan sighed, "Whatever you need to say Damon, just tell us. We are all in this together anyway."

Damon noticed the "we" used in the statement and noticed how his brother was trying to include him in the situation.

"Alright, when they took Jeremy I went back to his room and I found a vile of blood…Anna's blood…in the corner of his room. I think he purposely took the pills in order to die with Anna's blood in his system."

Elena put her hand over her mouth and gasped. "I never could have imagined things have been this bad with him. I am such a selfish person. How could Jeremy try and not only kill himself, but to kill himself and become a vampire?"

"Elena, listen to me, you are the most unselfish person I know. Look at me for example, you were the only one that believed in me, trusting whatever humanity that you saw in me, that you still see in me, when no one else did. You were just trying to protect your brother and somehow he still got swept up in all this madness. But none of this is your fault." Damon had grabbed Elena by the shoulders for emphasis. Stephan watched the exchange between the two of them and while he was grateful for his brother's help, he definitely did not need Damon to be a replacement for him.

"Damon's right Elena. Don't put the blame on yourself for Jeremy. This was a decision that he made on his own. Not because of you." Stephan said.

"Right well as long as we are all sharing bad news, there is more. Caroline, Matt, and Tyler are in the emergency room. They were in a car accident and brought here by an ambulance. Matt and Tyler are ok but Caroline is still in surgery, she is expected to be ok though." Damon hated to add more stress to Elena's life right now but that was the last piece of bad news that he could think of to bring Elena. Mine as well get it all out in the open now.

Elena paused for a moment, "Alright, we will go and see them as soon as everything with my brother has cleared up. Thank god they are ok. Do you think that it was something that was caused by Katherine?"

"No I don't think so. There weren't any markings, just a car accident. Matt and Tyler were in the front seat with seat belts on and Caroline was in the back without one. Seems pretty straightforward to me." Damon said briefly. Recounting what the Sheriff told him on their way over here.

"Oh! There is Dr. Reynolds. I'll be back." Elena said as the supervising Doctor over Jeremy's case came back into the room. Stephan went to follow her but Damon grabbed his arm. "Stephan, have you asked Elena what happened yet…before we got there?"

"Yeah, she told me Katherine's message. How very ominous of her. We are going to have to find a way to stop all this before the situation gets out of hand and more people's lives are threatened."

"Agreed, but Katherine has never been one for a plan, so we don't know what to expect and when to expect it."

"Well we will just have to stay alert then. She can't be far, and Katherine has never been one to lay low for long." Stephan finished.

The two brothers walked back to where the rest of the group was. Jenna was still shooting daggers at Damon, who attempted to avoid her gaze.

"Don't you think you have caused enough damage for the night, shouldn't you be somewhere else?" Jenna retorted viciously at Damon.

"Aunt Jenna what is wrong with you? Damon has been more than helpful tonight; we should be thanking him for what he has done." Elena spit back shooting a glare in her Aunt's direction.

"Whatever, I am going to get some coffee," Jenna said.

"I think I'll come with you if that's alright," Alaric asked.

Both Alaric and Jenna walked down the hall away from Stephan, Elena, and Damon.

"Did you do something to upset Jenna," Stephan asked Damon.

"Of course not, I don't know why she is so upset with me. We hung out and had a few drinks once or twice, but I can't think of anything that I have done recently to upset her," Damon lied.

Both Elena and Stephan didn't believe Damon but dropped the questioning for more important matters.

"How is Jeremy?" Stephan asked cautiously.

Elena sighed, "They said he should be alright, he needs to stay here for a week if not longer. Anytime someone tries to commit suicide they are kept in the hospital for several days. But at least he is going to be ok…"

Stephan wrapped his arm around her and placed a kiss on her head.

"Alright," Elena said, "Let's go see what else could have possibly gone wrong today…"

Authors Note: Things are about to get more interesting. I needed to develop the characters and their thoughts in the last couple of chapters. Let me know what you guys think!