Elena was on her way out the door. "Elena, wait!"

"Stefan, I have to find Jeremy. No one else has seen him." She pointed out. "I think he may have been caught."

"Well, you can't just run in there alone. Do you even know where they are?"

Elena hesitated. "You can come with me or not, but I'm going to find him either way."

Meanwhile, the deputies had brought in a group of vampires to the basement of an old building. "Good job, guys. I'll take it from here." John told them.

Jeremy woke up and realized he was still weak. "Vervain." He heard Anna whisper. She was right next to him. He noticed John was close by. Anna was struggling to get up.

"Anna." Jeremy painfully turned to his side and looked at her. John was right near her.

"Don't!" Jeremy rolled on top of her. "If you kill her, you have to go through me." John looked at him, surprised.

"What are you doing here?"

"You're idiot deputies brought me in." Jeremy told him. "How'd you blackmail the sheriff this time? If you're going to stake me, get it over with." John hesitated. Suddenly, the stake was knocked out of his hand.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Damon told him.

Outside, Elena and Stefan were looking for Jeremy. "I know he was at the Grill before the device went off." She said.

"So where would John and the others have taken them?" Stefan asked.

"I don't know. Have you heard from Damon?" Elena asked him.

"No." Alaric ran over to them.

"Hey, you guys okay?"

"We can't find Jeremy."

"I saw the deputies taking the vampires to the old Gilbert building." Alaric told them.

"I wonder why Bonnie didn't warn him."

"Didn't you say Jer left his phone at home?" Stefan pointed out.

"Have you seen Damon?"

"He went to find Jeremy."

"We better go." Elena said. They ran off toward the building.

Meanwhile, inside, Damon was standing between John, Anna, and Jeremy. "I still can't believe this."

"It's not easy when it's your family, right?" Damon pointed out. John looked at Jeremy, who was glaring at him.

Anna noticed some of the tomb vampires trying to get up. "Jer, the tomb vampires." She managed. That got the others to notice.

"Uncle John, it's fine." Jeremy said. "Do what you have to do. No matter what happens to us…" He glanced at Anna and took her hand. "We have to prevent the rest of them from tearing the town apart."

"Jeremy, we need to get you out of here." Damon pointed out.

"They vervained us, Damon. We can't move that much." Anna told him.

"We've got to do something."

"Save her." Jeremy told them. "Forget about me."

"Jeremy, no." Anna said.

"It's fine. You gave me another chance to live, it's time I did the same."

"No, I'm not leaving here without you." Anna told him.

"You have to!" Jeremy said. Suddenly, the whole room was on fire. Damon turned to John.

"We need to get out of here!"

"I'm not going without my nephew."

"We don't have time for this! Go!" Jeremy said. Damon grabbed him, and Jeremy caught Anna's arm, trying to help her up. Then they ran out of the building. However, Anna tripped on the way upstairs, taking Jeremy down with her.

"Wait, wait. Where are Jeremy and Anna?" Damon asked as soon as he and John were outside. John looked to the building, realizing that they hadn't made it out.

Outside, Elena and Stefan were running when she heard it. "Oh, no."

"What's wrong?"

"The building's on fire!" Elena said.

They ran into John and Damon outside. "Where's Jeremy?"

"He's trapped in there." John told her.

"I tried to save them." Damon said. "I'm sorry."

"It's not over yet." Elena said. "There might be a way to still save them."

"You can't be serious. You could get killed."

"Jeremy is inside. I'm the only one of us that can get in and out in one piece." Elena pointed out.

"You won't make it, Elena." John said.

"You don't know that."

"Elena, you can't do this." Then she said the words that completely caught him off guard.

"You should know that Jer and I are capable of anything, Father." Elena said. He looked at her.

"You know."

"We weren't sure, but now I am." Then, without another word, she sped toward the side entrance of the building. After a moment of hesitation, the Salvatore brothers followed her.

Elena had opened the door to the building when Bonnie showed up. "You can't go in there. You know what fire will do to you."

"My brother's in there, Bonnie. I don't have a choice." She ran inside.

"She won't last long in that fire." Stefan said, showing up.

"I know, but it's not like we can go after her." Bonnie said. "But I can still help her." She closed her eyes and did a spell.

Inside the building, Elena called Jeremy's name. In the basement, Jeremy looked over at Anna. She was trying to protect him from the fire. He grabbed her hand. Suddenly, he felt the heat fading from the room. He looked over her shoulder, noticing that the fire was disappearing.

Suddenly, Elena kicked open the basement door. "Guys!"

"We've got to help her." Jeremy told her.

"I've got you guys. Hang on." Elena said. She grabbed both of them and sped out of the basement.

Outside, Bonnie stopped the spell and looked at them. "That's it, I did all I could."

"Are they okay, though?" Stefan asked. Suddenly, Elena, Jeremy, and Anna moved out of the building. Anna practically stumbled out.

"Thank goodness you're okay." Bonnie said as she and Stefan hugged the group.

"You okay?" Damon asked Anna.

"I don't think…so…" Suddenly, she passed out, but he caught her.

"Anna?"

"Whoa, she's not looking so good." Bonnie said.

"I'm going to try to help her. You can come if you want." Damon told Jeremy. The three of them left immediately.

At the Grill, Elena and Stefan met up. "Well, the fire's out. They said it was caused by the old wiring."

"How are the others doing?"

"I haven't heard from Damon, but Jeremy said that Anna's okay." Elena said. "Though her burns haven't healed yet."

"Well, I don't think we have to worry about Damon. He can handle himself." Stefan told her.

"I know, I'm just glad he was able to help us. I really trust him as a friend."

"Yeah, but you know he might not always be on your side." Stefan said.

"I do know that, but I just have to believe that he's not as bad as that."

"How can you be sure of that?"

"I took the same risk when I trusted you the first time." Elena told him. They looked at each other. "Anyway, I need to pick up my things from school and check in on Jeremy. I'll call you later." She kissed him before she left.

Jeremy was up in his room. When he'd left, Anna was okay, but she still seemed pretty weak. He heard Damon enter the room. "Hey. How is she?"

"She's still got vervain in her system, so it could take a long time for her to heal."

"I figured. That stuff stings." Jeremy said. "Besides, it happened to me, too." He held out his hand. There was a small burn on it.

"I know you really care about her."

"She's the first one of us I've met that really understands me." Jeremy said.

"I'm just lucky I found the building in time. If I don't want to think of what would've happened if I hadn't been there in time." Damon told him.

"Me neither. You saved us."

"I should probably get going. I don't want to leave your girlfriend alone for too long." Damon told him.

"Just let me know her condition when you get back." Jeremy said.

"No problem."

At the Grill, Bonnie ran into Stefan. "Hey."

"You just missed Elena." Stefan pointed out.

"I was looking for you, actually. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to save them from that fire." Bonnie told him.

"Well, I'm glad that you were able to." Stefan told her.

"I know, but I really need to start practicing more." Bonnie said. "Otherwise, I don't know if I'll be able to help you guys protect this town."

"I know it's a lot to take care of."

"I'll figure this out." Bonnie said. "Emily never gave up, I'm not going to, either."

Damon was leaving the Gilbert House when Elena showed up, carrying her dress from earlier. "What are you doing here?"

"Just checking in on Jeremy, letting him know how Anna's doing."

"I see."

"Here, I've got this." He put the dress aside.

"Thanks." Elena said.

"You know, when I first took a position to protect this town, I hated vampires." Damon told him. "Then you two showed me that not all of them were evil."

"Well, you can't judge a book by it's cover." Elena pointed out.

"I almost risked everything to save your brother tonight. Even when the building was on fire, all I could think of was trying to help him." Damon explained. "I guess somewhere along the way, we sort of became friends."

"I guess that means we won't have to worry about you turning us in." Elena said.

"Hey, I'd protect you guys like I'd protect Stefan." He told her. "Good night, Elena." He kissed her on the cheek. He turned to go and was caught off guard when Elena grabbed him and kissed him.

Just then, the door opened. "What's going on?" Jenna asked. Elena looked at her.

"Hi."

"It's late, you should probably come inside." Jenna said. Elena grabbed her dress and headed inside. Damon watched her go inside, stunned at what just happened. He left the house, figuring he'd talk with Elena about it in the morning.

In the kitchen, John was waiting when he found Elena. "You scared me."

"Sorry."

"You know, I fell in love with Isobel when I was your age. I hate vampires because of what she's become." John told her. "But you should know that I wouldn't do anything to you or Jeremy. You're still family."

"Good to know." Elena said.

"How can I help?"

"You'll see." Suddenly, she cut off his fingers and shoved him against the sink. John looked at the girl in horror, realizing this wasn't his daughter.

"Katherine?!"

"Hello, John. Goodbye, John." She stabbed him with the knife.

Meanwhile, the real Elena was outside. "I looked everywhere. Someone took my stuff." She told Stefan over the phone. "I'm checking on Jeremy before I go to the hospital. Can you meet me there?"

"I'll be there." She heard Stefan say at the other end of the line.

"Okay." Elena smiled. "I love you, Stefan." She headed inside, hanging up. She heard something coming from the kitchen and walked toward it immediately.