"Elena!"

Damon heard Bonnie' s scream and sped off to see what had happened. He had heard the crash, but didn't really think anything of it until that scream.

"Watch Jeremy," Damon yelled over his shoulder.

He came to the scene just in time to see a really pissed off, bloodied Katherine sinking her fangs into Elena's neck. Elena screamed and struggled in her grasp, but before Damon could react, Katherine suddenly stopped, dropping Elena to the ground and clutching her head in pain. He recognized the look and saw a scared Bonnie standing near the passenger side door glaring Katherine down.

Elena wasted no time rushing away and heading to Bonnie, holding her hand out to her. Grasping it, Bonnie continued her concentrated look at Katherine, who practically writhed under her gaze.

Damon rushed her to attack, but she side stepped him easily, if not painfully.

"This isn't over," she managed to hiss between clenched teeth. And with one scathing look at Elena, she bolted as fast as she could from the scene.

"Go after her," Bonnie said seriously to Damon, halting her concentration.

He thought about it, but took in Elena's bloody state and Bonnie's shaky stance and shook his head. "She's far away by now. Next time we see each other, I want to be more prepared…We can't always use cars," he said smiling at them.

Bonnie took a deep breath and used the car to steady herself.

"Bonnie? Are you ok?" Elena asked worriedly as she looked Bonnie over.

"Fine. Just taking a breather…how about you? You're the one that's bleeding," she said, pointing to her neck. One side was an angry red from the pull of the seatbelt while the other was slowly seeping blood from Katherine's bite marks.

"Just a bit sore, but I'm good. It's not the first time I was attacked like that," Elena said, thinking of the time Vicky went after her.

Damon walked over to Elena and took a look at the wound, tilting his head. "She didn't tear anything, so it should heal up fine," he said, resisting the urge to lick her wounds. He looked her in the eye and it was almost as if Elena could sense what he was thinking.

Elena shook her head and took a moment to go over everything that had happened. But Damon was the first to talk.

"If I were Stefan, I'd be all 'Elena. What were you doing putting yourself in harm,'" Damon said mockingly. Then he smiled wide and looked at Elena. "But as such, it's just the wildly handsome and understanding Damon here and I say….You just ran Katherine over with your car…That took guts," he said admiringly. "I wish I'd have thought of something as destructive."

Elena couldn't help but to smile at the look of awe in Damon's face. "I don't know what came over me. I just stepped on the pedal and went from there. I guess something just snapped when I saw Katherine hurting my brother. I wanted to make her hurt….Jeremy…" she said suddenly, remembering the last time she saw him.

She ran away from the car and went to the back parking lot where she last saw Jeremy. She let out a sigh of relief as she saw Jeremy standing and surprisingly, hovering over Alaric, who looked injured.

"Jeremy," she yelled as she got closer.

Jeremy turned his head and looked at Elena, worry creasing his brows. "Are you alright?" he asked as she asked at the same time.

"I'm fine. A little bloody. How about you?" she said looking him over.

"I got thrown around a bit, but no real damage. Mr. Saltzman on the other hand has a broken arm," he said nodding at Rick.

"I'm so sorry Mr. Saltzman. What can I do to help?" she said, getting closer to him.

"Nothing," he said wincing and stifling a groan. "I'm just going to turn around and go into the hospital. They can help me out."

"What happened?" came Bonnie's voice as she showed up with Damon.

"Not much. Just broken arm McGee," Damon said, accessing the scene.

"It still hurts, Damon," Elena scalded, unconsciously rubbing her neck. "Why isn't your ring healing you yet?" she asked confused.

"Katherine took it in exchange for our lives," Jeremy said as he looked at all of them.

"What?" Elena said glancing down at his hand. She couldn't believe he would give up something as valuable as that.

"She was going to kill Jenna and Jeremy," Rick muttered as he grasped his arm. "There really wasn't any choice."

Elena looked at him with sheer respect on her face, wishing there was more she could do.

"Can't you loan him your ring and let it heal him or something?" Bonnie asked Damon.

Alaric looked a bit hopeful as he turned to Damon, but he shook his head.

"I thought witches were smart," Damon said shaking his head. "This ring only guards a vampire from the sun. It's not some superhero ring like Rick had on him. I'm afraid he's going to have to rough it like you humans."

"I figured as much," Alaric said after the sad looks on Bonnie and Elena's faces.

"Well considering everyone but me and Bonnie are bloody, I say you're going to have to go by yourself to get fixed," Damon said glancing around the group. "I'm going to get these hero wannabe's home and then go from there."

Rick nodded and walked a bit hurriedly into the hospital.

"I wish I could be more help," Elena said, watching Rick go into the hospital.

"You've done enough, warrior princess," Damon said smirking. "Not let's get the whole Brady bunch home, shall we?"


Tyler jumped back and threw a nearby vase at his brother, startled, as Rio's eyes glowed yellow.

"What the hell?" Tyler said, backing away.

Rio looked at him with raised brows, smiling at Tyler's reaction.

"What are you so surprised about?" Chloe asked. "Have you not looked in a mirror lately?"

Tyler shook his head, unbelieving. "What….what are you?" he asked, even though he knew what the answer was going to be.

"I guess I should cut you some slack. After all, your birthday is coming up soon…have you not wondered what you've been up to these days? Even I can tell you look worn a bit ragged," Rio said looking Tyler over.

Tyler continued to stand there and deny anything was wrong. "You're crazy. Both of you are."

"We're family, Tyler. If we're crazy…you are too," Chloe said smiling.

"Long story short," Rio said, bored with the conversation, "Is that we all come from a long line of werewolves. Hence, you are one too."

Tyler could only stand there in shock. He had seen Rio's eyes turn yellow; a sure sign that he was something unnatural. But he was having trouble being as nonchalant as Rio was obviously portraying.

"Why didn't anyone tell me? Why wasn't I warned?" was the only thing Tyler could blurt out. He felt betrayed that everyone in his family seemed to know what was going on besides himself.

"I thought maybe dad would bring it up," Chloe told him, looking at her nails. "But I guess he kind of ran out of time to get into details."

"How can you be so uncaring about our father?" Tyler snarled, trying to get away from the problem at hand.

"Please. Like you're really torn up that he's gone," Chloe continued before Rio could respond. "We all know he was an ass. Mom was the only one who really gave a damn about our well-being. Dad only cared about appearances."

Tyler couldn't really argue on that one; he agreed with Chloe that his father wasn't always the most supportive. Hell, hadn't he even gotten defensive with his mom preaching the same idea?" Alright, moving past his death, then, how did I not know our history? Are both of you?..."

But he couldn't finish his train of thinking. Knowing that he wasn't the only freak out there had his head spinning.

"We are twins, after all," Rio replied, looking at his sister appreciatively. "So to answer all your questions in one shot, Tyler, we come from a long, long line. Dad, Chloe and I, and now you, are all bonded in this one transformative act," Rio said shaking his head.

"How come no one ever told me any of this, then, considering I'm the youngest," Tyler said angrily.

"Like I said, I thought dad would bring it up eventually," Chloe replied. "We promised not to say anything until we knew for certain the gene was passed to you as well."

"And apparently it was and now you can know the truth," Rio said, looking a bit remorseful.

"I'm only sorry you had to go through it alone. At least I had Chloe and dad to figure things out," Rio added, looking like he genuinely cared, "Werewolves are tricky business."

"Which brings to question…what happened with mom?" Chloe asked, leaning in and getting closer at Tyler's face. "They say she was attacked by a wolf…."

She left the question hanging ominously, as if waiting for Tyler to admit to his crimes.

Tyler was about to respond when the doorbell rang.

"Saved by the bell, brother," Rio responded as he made his way to the front. "But then we shall find out what happened."

Tyler shook his head, still trying to take everything in. "What happened?" he thought to himself.

He was left standing there in shock as Rio and Chloe both went to the front door to see who was ringing the bell.


Jenna woke up from a bad dream and looked around the room. "I must have dozed off," she thought to herself as she woke up. The last thing she remembered was that Rick had gone to get coffee and that Elena had visited. She felt a twinge of guilt as she thought of falling asleep on Elena.

She shook off the feeling as she pressed the nurse button near her hand. She wanted to find out what was going on. Moments later, a nurse came in with a worried expression.

"Are you ok, Miss Sommers?" she asked, looking over her vitals and getting her stethoscope ready.

"Oh. I'm fine. I was just wondering what was going on. If I could go home today or not," she asked as the nurse took her blood pressure.

"Your results came out positive. You will need plenty of rest after everything that's happened, but from what the doctor has said, you can be released as soon as late afternoon," the nurse told her, making notes on her chart.

"Great, " Jenna said happily. "You haven't happened to see a Mr. Alaric Saltzman or an Elena Gilbert hanging around, have you?" she asked curiously.

"Elena Gilbert doesn't ring a bell, but Saltzman does. I believe he was just admitted for a broken arm," she said, putting the clipboard under her arm.

"What?" Jenna said with a start.

"That's all I know," the nurse responded with a shrug. "Sorry."

The nurse left and Jenna sat there in shock. "How the hell did he break his arm?"

She let all the questions she had flow to the back of her mind as she thought of more pressing matters.

"I need to get ahold of Elena and Jeremy," she thought to herself as she reached for the hospital phone.

She reached Elena's voicemail and tried Jeremy with the same results. "Home?" she thought hopefully, but received the same kind of response as the machine went off.

She laid her head back on the pillow in defeat. "Where could they be? "

Jenna pressed the call button on her remote with resolve. Shortly after, the same nurse came in.

"What's up now?" she asked weary. She had just been in before and knew that Jenna was stable.

"I was wondering if it was possible for me to visit Mr. Saltzman? He's kind of my boyfriend and I want to make sure he's alright," Jenna asked pleadingly.

The nurse looked her over sternly, but then her eyes softened. "Alright. But you have to be in a wheelchair, hospital regulations…..and I assure you, he's fine. Just a broken arm," she said, trying to dissuade Jenna.

"I'll go in a chair. I just want to make sure he's alright," she said. "And find out what happened," she thought to herself.

The nurse shook her head and told her that she'd be back with a chair in a moment. Jenna was just glad to be able to go anywhere at all.

"Did he trip on a coffee spill?" she thought shaking her head as she waited for the nurse to come back.

Anyone else feel a bit happy that Katherine was run over by Elena? I got a kick out of it and hope they do that on the show. It's like a bitch slap from a human to a vampire, lol. Anyways, enjoy and review. P.S. I named the chapter Rebel yell because the only thing I could think of was Elena having this song blaring on the radio as she accelerated and it got stuck in my head. Random, I know. Cheers.