Heya! How are y'all? Good I hope. Excited for THE RETURN OF TVD THIS WEEK? I know I am! .

Anyway, the second scene in this chapter is my FIRST EVER ACTION SEQUENCE. Ever ever. Soooooo, I'm a bit nervous about it and would really, really appreciate feedback on it. And I'm sorry it's short, I don't mean to do that to you guys, I feel bad posting short chapters. :/

As for a disclaimer, I'm just a poor soul.

Elena paces around the living room to the rhythm of Bonnie flipping through Emily's grimoire. Sometimes being the defenseless human is maddening, and she's worried about Rose. And Stefan. And Caroline. And Damon. And Elijah. And Klaus.

On her way past it again, she eyes the scotch, considers pouring herself (and Bonnie) a drink. It seems to work for Damon.

Instead, she turns from it to Bonnie, halting her friend's frantic hands. "What're you looking for?"

"A way to save Rose." Bonnie faces her, and Elena sees Sheila's weariness in her friend's eyes. "We're gonna need an army to defeat Klaus, no matter what that other vampire guy promises." Elena acknowledges this truth by silence and when their gazes become too heavy to hold, Bonnie drops her head. "There's gotta be something in here, Emily knew practically everything."

Elena takes Bonnie's hands, and speaks when she has her full attention. "Thank you, Bonnie."

Bonnie smiles as Elena comes around the table to stand beside her. "You're welcome." She shakes her head, clearing cobwebs, and asks, "What section do you think a vampire cure for a werewolf bite would be in? I've already tried 'vampire' and 'werewolf.'"

The brunette thinks for a moment. "What about 'potions' or something? Aren't witches famous for potions?"

"Maybe," Bonnie says slowly, and begins turning pages again.

~V~

She has the remains of a jogger's throat on her face and an insatiable appetite reddening her eyes as she approaches the ringleader of the three vampires surrounding her. To her right, Caroline's eyes widen, but the baby vampire advances as Damon and Stefan do. Rose snarls at them, half-crouched as she slinks into their triangle. Damon's fangs are aching for release and he looks to Stefan for concurrence.

In that fraction of a moment, Rose lunges at Caroline but is intercepted by Damon whose arm she rips open with her teeth. Stefan grabs her by the shoulders from behind and throws her in the opposite direction, gaining them a split-second to regroup.

She spins and runs at them, Damon surging forward to meet her, hindered by his shredded arm. Caroline is shoved backwards by Stefan as Rose rips through Damon with arms and nails and teeth, hurdling over her caretaker towards his brother. Damon hits the ground when Rose's teeth touch Stefan's neck and Caroline fists Rose's hair in her hand and yanks hard. Rose roars and twists in Caroline's grasp, breaking her arm and swinging at ribs before going for her neck with both hands.

Caroline shouts but the sound is choked by Rose's grip and Stefan barely recovers in time to hurl his weight at her. He is tossed off before they hit the ground and lands with a hard thud. Rose kicks Caroline unconscious as she comes at her and leaps at Stefan, disregarding Damon's lifeless form. Her teeth cut into Stefan's neck and he screams, writhing, punching, and kicking beneath her.

Damon tackles her, fangs bared, face veined. They roll to a landing with Damon on top, his bodyweight and willpower keeping him there as she bucks and snaps at him. She drags her fangs down his cheek once and he uses his hold on her wrists to bring her torso up and bang her head against the ground.

Her head lolls and Damon collapses on top of her.