LATER
Damon and Elena finally met up with everyone. They didn't wanna meet directly at the tomb because the hunter would hear them so they met at the old cemetery in front of the Salvatore Crypt.
Rebekah was standing there pacing and biting her nails. She was scared she was gonna loose the one person she loved the most in the world. Bonnie was searching threw her spell book to see if there was a spell that would help them get Klaus back. Stefan and Caroline were just standing there talking about things that had nothing to do with getting Klaus back.
Damon rolled his eyes when he heard Stefan and Caroline's conversation. "Really, there is 50/50 chance we could die today and your over here talking about make up and how to shape your hair?"
Stefan ignored Damon and said "Alright, I suggest we send Damon in the tomb to get Klaus back and just wait here to see if he succeeds.
Elena gave him a disgusting look "Really? Your gonna send your brother in there so he can get himself killed?! What the hell is wrong with you?"
Stefan looked at her and gave a smart ass smile and was about to say something until Rebekah interrupted him. "Alright lets stop the teenage drama and focus on getting my brother back"
Every plan they came up with involved someone getting hurt. Damon remembered the promise he made to Elena about protecting everyone. So he decided to come up with his own plan.
Caroline said "well Bonnie what is there is a way to hold the hunter back long enough so we can get Klaus and get out?"
"I saw a spell about doing that, hold on let me find it"
Rebekah got impatient and said "alright you guys obviously suck at saving someone's life so Im going-"
"WAIT! Whe- Where is D-Damon!?" Everyone looked around and noticed he was missing. Then everyone heard a scream coming from the tomb. Elena knew it was Damon. Before Stefan and Caroline could stop her, she vamp sped to the entrance of the tomb and walked in slowly and quietly.
She put her back up against a wall and turned her head so she could see if Damon, Klaus, and that hunter were there. She saw Klaus chained up, and his face was dark red. It wasn't that he was mad, the hunter kept throwing vervain on him. She then looked to the other side of the room and saw Damon lying on his back groaning. She listened to see if the hunter was anywhere near them and realized he was on the other side of the tomb.
She quickly walked over to Damon and put him over her left shoulder then went to Klaus and tried to grab him but her hand got burned from the vervain.
She took deep breaths and picked Klaus up again wincing as her skin started to burn. She put Klaus's body over her right shoulder and went to run out of the tomb. She stopped when she felt a sharp pain in her back. She eventually grew weaker and couldn't hold Klaus and Damon anymore. So the three of them fell to the ground. She realized the hunter shot her with a vervain dart.
MEANWHILE
Bonnie was searching through her spell book even faster to find the spell.
Caroline grew impatient "Ok this is taking too long, Im gonna go get the three of them myself" She started to walk towards the tomb when Stefan ran in front of her. "That is another way to get yourself killed, Caroline."
"I don't care, I may not care about Damon, and yea I don't like Klaus, but I care about Elena. So I am going in there to save my friend's life and none of you can stop me" She grabbed Stefan by the throat and threw him to the ground as she ran to the tomb.
Rebekah ran after her leaving Bonnie and Stefan.
BACK IN THE TOMB
The hunter chained Damon and Elena on the wall next to each other on one side of the tomb, and chained Klaus on the other side of the tomb. When Rebekah decided to go save her brother, she got daggered in the back by the hunter and she fell to the ground.
Klaus's eyes grew huge and suddenly he had all this anger boiled up inside him. As he tried to speak all he could get out was "your-gonna" then he started coughing "pay...for...that" The hunter just laughed and said "I was made to kill vampires to complete my mark. Once its completed, Im gonna rid the Earth of vampires once and for all."
On the other side of the tomb, Damon and Elena were wincing in pain with all the vervain in their systems. Damon looked at Elena and saw she was having trouble keeping her eyes open.
He tried to speak as best as he could "Elena...stay..stay...with...me please" She heard him beg and used the little strength she had to turn her head to look at him.
They sat there for what felt like hours just staring at each other. They both saw the love in each other's eyes. Elena smiled and said "I love yo-" Damon interrupted her and said "don't...this...this..isn't goodbye" Elena continued to smile at him. Tears began to run down her face and she stared at him. He couldn't bare to see her cry and he tried to inch himself towards her to comfort her but the chains and the vervain prevented him from doing that. He sighed then looked at her and said "I love you to"
They heard the hunter come to their side of the tomb with a stake in his hand. He kneeled down in front of Damon and Elena begged him not to. More and more tears poured out of her eyes. When the hunter pulled up the stake to angle at Damon's heart Elena kept begging "Pl-please don't...I'll...d-do anything"
Elena shut her eyes, she couldn't bare to see Damon die. She didn't hear anything, Damon didn't scream, and she didn't hear the stake go into his chest. She opened her eyes and saw the hunter was gone. She looked at Damon who's eyes were wide open. She turned to look in the direction he was staring at and noticed the hunter was knocked out by Caroline.
Caroline walked over to Elena and tried to get the chains off but she was still covered in vervain. She sighed and yelled for Bonnie.
Bonnie came rushing in "whats wrong...what happened?!"
"Their covered in vervain and I can't get the chains off, can you do it?"
"I-I mean I could try, how heavy are they?"
"I don't know Ill have Stefan help you Im gonna drag the hunter out of here before he wakes up and kills us all.
BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOMB
Stefan used his vamp speed to quickly get the chains off of Klaus. He was wincing in the pain the vervain was causing him. Klaus was finally set free and the vervain was almost out of his system.
Klaus slowly got up and walked over to Rebekah and pulled the dagger out of her. Then picked her up and ran out of the tomb.
Stefan walked over to Elena and Damon who were still chained up and Bonnie was failing at her attempt to save them.
"Here I got it" Stefan quickly pulled the chains off of them and pulled out a blood bag he got from home before he came here. He gave half of it to Damon and the other half to Elena. Bonnie helped Elena stand up.
Elena could barely stand up, so Bonnie took Elena's arm around her shoulder and went to carry her out of them tomb.
Elena stopped her "wait" Bonnie stopped and looked at Elena. Elena swallowed and turned back to Damon who was trying to stand up. "Im not leaving without him"
Bonnie nodded and stood there to wait for Damon who was getting helped up by Stefan. Stefan was very careful while grabbing Damon. Since Damon still had vervain on him.
"No, I got it." Damon finally stood up and was able to walk but slowly.
Stefan looked from Damon to Elena and said "Bonnie lets give them some time alone."
Bonnie nodded and carefully let go of Elena who was able to stand up, but would sway a little.
Bonnie and Stefan left the tomb and Damon walked over to Elena. Elena wrapped her arms around Damon's neck and Damon wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her closer. She buried her head in his shoulder and Damon buried his face in her.
Damon noticed she was crying. He pulled back so he could look at her. "Whats wrong?"
Elena looked up at him as more and more tears were streaming down her face. "I almost lost you today. I was in so much pain, I didn't want to loose you. I would have staked myself if you died. I can't live without you."
Damon wiped away her tears and cupped her face and looked into Elena's eyes. "Elena look at me" She looked up at him. "Elena, I promise you. You will never loose me, I will never leave you no matter what." She smiled and nodded and went to hug him tighter. They were walking out of the tomb holding hands and drove to Elena's house.
They walked up to her room and plopped themselves on her bed. He wrapped his arms around her, and she buried her head in his chest. He kissed the top of her head and they both fell asleep.