AN: This is canon divergence and so no one is at her house, and Alaric is tied to Elena like in the s3 finale.
No one is home, when she opens the door. She checks her phone, and sees messages from her friends. As she dials Caroline's number, she tells Elijah why Klaus wanted to kill her.
"My life is tied to Alaric's." She explains, waiting for his reaction.
He looks angry, but not at her.
"I am truly sorry for this mess, Elena." It's sincere, she knows.
"Elena?" They hear Caroline's panicked voice.
"Care, I'm fine. Tell everyone to go home. Alaric is still out there."
"But Klaus took you-how are you okay?" Caroline asks.
"Elijah saved me. Care, who's with you?"
"Bonnie and the Salvatores. Jeremy is with Matt, we didn't want Klaus to hurt them. We're driving back to my house. What are you doing, Elena?" Caroline tells her.
"Alaric has to die. I'm sorry. His life is tied to mine. This is the only way to stop him." She says.
"Wait-Elena, what are you planning?" Bonnie asks and they hear Damon and Stefan protesting.
" I'm going to turn." She tells her phone. Elijah looks mournful.
"Who?" Caroline asks.
"Not me." The Salvatores chorus, and Elena just apologizes before she says goodbye. She tells them she loves them all, and ends the call.
"How do you want me to-" Elijah asks. Elena thinks for a second before thinking of what would be easiest on both of them.
"Break my neck, please. " She requests, and she's staring at him like what he's about to do is noble. It's not, and he wonders if she knows that. He nods, and puts his hands on her shoulders, and then they move to her neck and she nods, gives an encouraging smile and he says,
"I'm sorry, lovely Elena." Snicker crack, and her neck is broken. He catches her before she falls. She is brave. He wanted to spare her from death, was prepared to run, but she's selfless. She realized her death would save others from the same fate. She had never wanted to be a vampire, to his knowledge. She is being selfless again, staying alive for her brother and friends. He sets her on her couch and waits. When he can sense she's alive, he carefully enters her sleeping mind.