The group got back to where they were holding Elena captive. "You sure this is the place?" Stefan asked.

"I'm sure." Damon told him.

Alaric went over and knocked on the door. The guys were going to sneak around back and check the basement. One of the tomb vampires opened the door. "Good, someone's home. Could I borrow your phone? My car broke down a few miles from here. I hope it's not too much trouble."

"Not at all." Alaric went into the house.

"Thanks."

"Billy, please show him where it is."

"No problem." He led Alaric into the kitchen, where Miss Gibbons was. "Hey, Miss Gibbons, this guy wants to use your phone."

"It's right there."

"Thank you." Alaric headed toward the phone. Just when Billy came up behind him, he turned around and staked him through the heart.

"What's going on here?"

"Look, Miss Gibbons, you might want to get out of here." Alaric told her. "There's another house about a block away, you can stay there for a few hours. By the way, have you seen a young girl around here?"

"I think so." She told him. "Fredrick and his friends took her down to the basement."

"Thanks for the info. Now you might want to leave before things get messy."

Meanwhile, the Salvatores were headed to the back entrance, careful to stay hidden. Stefan started to move, but Damon pulled him back and motioned for him to be quiet. "Billy, Jacob, get back in here!" They stayed hidden a few more minutes before moving.

They headed downstairs to the door leading to the lower level of the house. The door was locked. "Any ideas?" Stefan asked. When he turned around, he noticed Damon was missing. He noticed the glass in the door, punched it out and unlocked it. As soon as he got downstairs, he spotted one of the vampires out in the hallway.

Suddenly, it fell to the ground. As he fell, Stefan saw a stake in his back and Damon behind him. "Took you long enough."

"How did you…"

"Climbed through the window." Damon said. "We better get moving."

At the Grill, Jeremy was on his way out. Anna ran into her mother on her way to catch up with him. "Jeremy Gilbert? That's what you've been up to?"

"He's my friend." Anna told her.

"His family's the reason I was stuck in a tomb for over a century." Pearl pointed out.

"He is nothing like Johnathan was." Anna said, keeping her ground.

"As soon as he finds out what you are, he'll turn on you."

"No, he won't. Because he already knows." Anna said. "And he's one of us."

"What?"

"Jeremy and his sister are vampires." Anna told her. "He's my friend and right now, his sister's in trouble. We've got to get home and help him save her."

Pearl looked at her, surprised by this new information. "Then we better be on our way."

Meanwhile, Jeremy had been stopped by Vicki. "Hey, where are you two going?"

"It's not important." Jeremy said.

"Funny, doesn't look like it."

"Look, she's just trying to help me find my sister. She got lost in the storm." Jeremy told her.

"Well, what happens if you get lost?"

"You know what, can we not do this?" Jeremy asked, getting frustrated. "I'll call if I need anything." He left, with Anna shortly following him.

"What is up with you, Vic?" Tyler asked. "You jealous or what?"

"I guess I am." Vicki said. "I'm sorry, Ty."

"It's fine, but I don't know if I can handle you being jealous over some guy that you're not even with anymore." Tyler said.

"Ty, don't…"

"I'm sorry, Vicki. But it's over. I don't know how we can get past this." Tyler told her.

Meanwhile, in the basement of the house, Elena was tied up by vervain ropes. She looked over at the other vampire in the room. He tried to help her escape, but ended up getting trapped with her. "I'm sorry about this." Elena told him.

"It's okay." Harper said. "There's no way I'd let them try to hurt you further."

"My friends can get us out of this, but I don't know when they'll be here." Elena told him. Suddenly, the door swung open and the Salvatore brothers entered. "Guys, where's Jer?"

"He's on his way." Damon told her. He looked at Harper. "What are you in for?"

"Trying to get her free."

"It's true. He tried to save me, guys." Elena said.

"We'll get you out of this." Stefan told her. He pulled out a pocket knife and got the ropes off them quickly.

"Okay, Stef, get her out of here." Damon said. "As for you," He turned to Harper. "We might need your help getting out of this."

A few minutes later, Stefan was trying to carry Elena back to the car. "Are you okay?" He asked her.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll be fine…" Suddenly, they both fell to the ground due to her losing her footing. "Sorry. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, nothing too major." Stefan said. "Come on. Let's keep going." He helped Elena lean on him for support, then they started walking back toward the car.

Back in the house, one of the vampires was walking around. He noticed one of the others staked. Suddenly, Harper started fighting him. Two vampires came up behind him to buy time for the leader to escape. Damon and Alaric took them out. Harper took out one of the guys behind them.

"What…"

"Apparently, they're not all on the same side." Damon told him. "Besides, he's with us. Come on!" The three of them took off.

Outside, Stefan brought Elena to the car. Then he realized the key was missing. Suddenly, Fredrick appeared and grabbed her. Elena struggled to fight him off. Luckily, Stefan had a vervain dart and used it on him. He collapsed and released Elena.

"Elena, are you okay?" Stefan asked.

"Stefan…" Elena got out.

"Hang in there." He told her. Then he looked at his hurt wrist. "Elena, drink from me."

"Are you sure?" Elena asked.

"Look, you need to recover. I'm willing to help you." He held his wrist to her mouth. She reluctantly drank from him.

"Okay, we have to get out of here." Damon said.

"Yeah, I know."

"We should be out in no time." Harper said. They noticed several more vampires approaching.

"How many of those vervain darts do you have left?" Damon asked.

"One." Alaric said.

"Not good." Suddenly, one of the guys got taken out from behind.

"I hope I'm not too late." Jeremy told them.

"You got here just in time!" Damon called. The others except Jeremy headed back inside, where more vamps were waiting.

"Any ideas?"

"None."

"Stop!" The group turned around. Pearl and Anna had arrived. Anna looked like she'd been fighting alongside Jeremy. "What is going on here?"

"You're little friends here kidnapped my sister." Jeremy called from the doorway.

"And spent the whole day torturing her." Damon said.

"How could this have happened?"

"Here's how, most of these guys, unlike us, want revenge on the town, not peace." Harper said.

"We better get out of here." Jeremy said.

"I'm sorry about this." Anna told him.

"Hey, it wasn't all you this time." Jeremy said. He and the others left.

Back by the car, Fredrick was getting up. Suddenly, Elena rushed over and took him out. "Never mess with me again." She turned to Stefan. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah."

That evening, the two of them were sitting up in her room. "Are you sure you're okay now?" Stefan asked her.

"I'm fine." Elena told him. "Thanks to you. You know it was a risk helping me today."

"I'd do anything to help you, Elena."

"I know, but it's risky in more ways than one. Sometimes when we feed off a human, especially one we have a connection with, a bond can form between them." Elena explained.

"Whoa."

"At least we're both safe now."

"Yeah." He put his arm around her. It wasn't long before they both fell asleep next to each other.

At the Grill, Damon found Alaric sitting at the bar. "Hey, thanks for the help."

"No problem. I won't let anyone hurt Elena." Alaric told him.

"Neither will I. As far as I'm concerned, the Gilbert kids are as innocent as any normal person here." Damon told him.

Jeremy headed up to his room and was surprised to find Anna there. "Hey."

"I'm really sorry about Vicki." Anna said. "I feel responsible for what happened with them."

"Hey, I feel bad about it, too, but I can't help it if she's jealous that we're friends." Jeremy told her.

"Yeah, guess she felt threatened by the fact that I really like you." Anna said.

"What?"

"Did I just say that out loud?" Anna asked. Jeremy nodded. The next thing he knew, she had run off. He sat down on his bed, feeling really confused about the whole situation.