It was a beautiful day in Oregon, as Katherine Pierce drove out of town, heading for Mystic Falls to make sure those she cared about were okay. She couldn’t call because of nothing electric working or technology working anymore, so she had to drive. As she drove in the four door pickup truck she’d stolen, with windows down and the backseat full of all sorts of guns and ammo, she kept a hand gun in her lap, fully loaded. She wasn’t taken any chances. She also had a first-aid kit under the passenger’s seat and a full three containers of gasoline in the back of the truck.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy00Efb3Sv9
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A few weeks later, she pulled up in the driveway of the Salvatore boarding house. It looked untouched, but she knew all too well that looks could deceive.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10GgqKbkYQ
She got out of the truck, closing the door as quietly as possible, the gun in her new holster she’d found a week ago.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8gimIja78
She walked up to the door and knocked before walking in, closing the door behind herself.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtArW7aZbEK
“Damon?” she called.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivXFLlNj2J
She entered the living room, where she saw him by his drinking table, drinking from a bottle of Bourbon.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7K3awwa9At
“In what universe do you have the right to be alive?” he said in the tone he always reserved for only her.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEI4Tltg6i
“Maybe because I’m still a survivor,” she said, knowing his real question was how she was still alive. “Look. I didn’t have to risk my life coming here, but I did. I came back to make sure you’re okay and alive.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWqHcpVtal
He finally looked at her. “Why would you even care? You didn’t care before, so why now? It’s different now. Everyone I’ve ever loved and cared for is dead.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtK1H9c1Gg
“I’ve always cared. It was just easier for me if you thought that I didn’t. I know it’s bad now, but we have to stick together.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9lyU0sJ2e
“Thanks, but I’d rather take my chances here.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvEyJ9taiJ
She sighed. “Fine. Just be careful and good luck.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBrv982MXI
He watched as she left.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdkpYfG2qo
After leaving, she drove around and found that those she had known or hadn’t known were dead. There was still one person left to check on though. She hadn’t seen her, so she assumed that she was home, staying as safe as she could.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0OM9TarpZ
She parked in front of the house and stood on the porch and knocked.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOccXvbbuZ
“Caroline?” she called through the door.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWu2VuKEXA
“Get out of here. Just go,” she heard from by the door on the other side.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmL0mZQdb24
“I know you’re alone now. I’m sorry for your loss. I know I’m not the best company in the world, but you don’t have to be alone. Damon already said no, which is understandable. I just want to help who I can. It’s best if we stick together. I have all the weapons and ammo we could need in the truck and a few other things we’ll need. If you pack now, we can get out of here before dark.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7c3QSWHIa
Caroline didn’t like Katherine very much, but she’d seen enough zombie movies to know that Katherine was right.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZWHRRZZlr
She sighed. “Fine. I’ll come.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxZjlWiXXB
A few minutes later, Katherine was driving out of town, Caroline in the passenger’s seat.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKz9TyyC4L
“Where are we going anyway?” Caroline questioned.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4vDpH8oQJ
“New Orleans to the compound. Sure, it might be dangerous at first, but the compound is built strong enough to keep those zombies out. Plus, I need to know if they’re all alive.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzqik2nF1G
“Makes sense,” Caroline replied, agreeing with her for once.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EyQ7VhgZk
“Before we get there though, don’t be mad at Klaus, but I have to tell you something,” Kat informed the blonde.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0ZGBOqU1s
“What?” she asked, assuming that she wasn’t gonna like this.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnfPUTyQ5I
As Kat drove, she told the blonde about the one night stand Klaus and Hayley had and about the baby named Hope they had had together.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzJjfjxHar
“That’s all I know,” she finished.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDJKuLKjCr
“When’s the last time you heard anything from New Orleans?” she asked the former vampiress.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5eNnDAyt3
“A year. I haven’t heard anything since the cure was shoved down my throat. I haven’t even spoken to Elijah since he left right before I tried to kill my doppelganger in anger. I know I should be apologizing to Elena instead of you, but I’m sorry about that by the way.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTfvJOTKFt
“I’m sure he’s okay,” she assured the brunette.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2s9YDRt4A
Kat was silent.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1rGKlBLNr
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Several weeks later, when they were half way to New Orleans, they saw a blonde and a guy with one hand, on the side of the road looking like they were having truck problems and were clearly arguing with each other.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREwZKakpc6
Kat stopped the truck in front of them and rolled down the automatic passenger’s window, looking at them.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAk3aq7G7ir
“Need some help?” she questioned.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDlPvElJ6Z
They looked at them.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgeXcNo5qX
“We’ve got this, Sweet Cheeks,” the guy replied to her.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iUWZ09vq6
“Clearly. Look; you’re in the middle of nowhere with nothing but highway. It’s dangerous. If you want, we could give you two a lift somewhere, or you can join us. We’re going to New Orleans to see if some friends are okay. Our friends have a strong compound,” Kat explained.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZzRfU1dB0
“We should go with them,” the blonde told him.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexlNLdjyWD
“Fine,” he replied.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowNd49N6oR
“Great,” Kat said, and set the bag of weapons on the floorboard so there was space for them in the back.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqNuaoRCRq
Once they were in, Kat continued the drive.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSBODbNkzC
“I’m Katherine by the way and this is Caroline. Who are you two?”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEExOkwyxW
“I’m Andrea and this is Merle. We’ve been looking for the group I got separated from. His brother, Daryl, is with them.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nA8bNdGhp
“Well, nice to meet you. What did you do before the zombies happened?”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAcIMGxRyH
“I was in college and sometimes spent the summer with my sister Amy and my father. He taught us how to fish. I lost her a year ago though. She turned into once of them and I had to shoot her,” Andrea explained.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWCcxrH0BS
“I’m sorry for your loss. Luckily my family is long dead, so they don’t have to get killed by zombies. It’s a new world now, so it’s best that we don’t keep secrets. My parents were slaughtered by the Original werewolf-vampire hybrid Klaus in 1492 as vengeance for me running and turning. I turned myself into a vampire and I’ve been a survivor ever since, but now I’m human again, because the cure for vampirism was shoved down my throat. Caroline has only been a vampire for a few years. You can choose to believe me or not, but it’s true.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqPV765DK7
“I believe you. I’ve always been open-minded,” Andrea replied.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUHpalwjr6
“Thanks. What did you do before?” she said to Andrea, before asking Merle the question.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvxXGOtkGl
“I’ll put it this way, Sweet Cheeks. I’m ex-military, but I also was in and out of jail a lot.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMTaVDDmzU
“Well, not everyone is perfect. I can be pretty bad myself. I’ve killed many for 500 years, but being human has changed me. I don’t go around killing people anymore. Caroline hates killing though,” Kat replied.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0crqq5Hot
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A week later, they made it to New Orleans.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1NGLnXkCd
Kat parked in front of the compound and they followed Kat to the front door, who then opened the door and walked in. Andre and Merle also walked in. Kat stood by the door and looked at Caroline.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetxWZdMeOv
“See if you can come in.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYPMCly73A
She tried but was barred.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGvETcvJSY
“Let me call them so you can be invited in,” she told her, before calling loud enough for them to hear, “Anyone here?”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGvsIY611M
A blonde stranger holding a three year old girl appeared at the top of the stairs. “Come in.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehcKRSITEZ
Caroline walked in and Kat closed the door.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnC2pAfGpw
“Who are you?” Kat asked, once the girl was downstairs, standing in front of her.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgviTrFknc
“Elijah mentioned you might have a little bit of an attitude. I’m Freya. You might’ve heard of me. I was thought to be dead, but was actually taken as prisoner by our Aunt Dahlia.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37c6TTv1eS
“Well, I’m glad that you found your family. This little one must be Hope,” Katherine said with a smile.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeRSvY38Al
“Yes. And she’s all yours if anything happens to the last of us.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufwgF9uUpR
“What’s that supposed to mean?”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡob5dP70g2l
“I’ve been trying to stay away from Hope all I can but sooner or later, it’s going to happen, which means that I must go, though Elijah has chosen to stay. Klaus is just fine and Rebekah is daggered. Her box is across the river if you want to wake her up. Kol is safe with his new love life Davina Claire,” Freya explained.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOnEULdpkP
“Where is he?” she asked, her worst nightmare happening.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQwHh6s2Uw
“He’s in bed.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSZScsvLrC
“It was nice to meet you,” Kat replied.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcytRAlTc6
“You too. Here.” She gave Kat Hope, whom Kat took, before Freya left.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkiuiZUsUf
Kat looked at Caroline. “I know you have no experience, but take Hope. I need to see Elijah. My last memory of him can’t be the breakup. Please. I don’t want him to die alone.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN62SkjMrLl
Caroline took Hope, not knowing what the hell she was supposed to do.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUOebRIJhT
Kat looked at Andre and Merle. “There’s plenty of Bourbon here and probably some human food too. Help yourselves.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cp0YAyq6b
Kat went upstairs, while Merle helped himself to a bottle of Bourbon.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCoqbZ2Tj7
When Kat entered his room, she saw Klaus seated on his bedside, obviously staying with him until the very end.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM60Jnj2vLr
She walked up to them and stood behind Klaus with a hand on his shoulder.. She didn’t think he’d attack her or anything, so she wasn’t afraid.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLN5oPDpooB
“Katerina,” Klaus greeted, not looking at her. “I’m sorry. There’s nothing I can do.” He knew how much she and Elijah loved each other.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hT89Rkma0
“I know. It’s not your fault. Caroline’s downstairs with a couple human friends we made. I should be the one to do it when the time comes.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG392XBb3KF
“Thank you, luv.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLTlBxC430
She took her hand away and he vanished from sight. She then sat on his bedside, her hand on his right one and her other one gently on the left side of his face.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyw9Q8WN7o
“Katerina,” he greeted. “You’re here.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhDCoGrVY4
She smiled. “Of course I’m here. I love you, no matter what. You know what has to be done though.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHP0oHK7rn
“I love you too, Katerina. I know. Don’t think that this is your fault. Think of it like this. You’ll be taking my pain away. Do me a favor, though. Look after what’s left of my family; Especially, Hope. She just lost her mother. I wish for you to take over as her mother.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6opoZ5yad
“I will. I promise you,” she replied.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYJhH3ferF
He closed his eyes, ready for the inevitable.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZS7evauhD1
They shared one last kiss, before she took the White Oak stake from on top of the end table, and staked him, killing him.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChzNo9mjmh
Afterward, she slid to the floor, her back against the bed, her arms around her legs and head down, and cried. She didn’t want anyone to see her cry and never had. She’d never liked to show any weakness in front of anyone.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0ghecQfOc
As Klaus mingled downstairs, getting to know Andrea and Merle, he and Caroline heard her crying her heart out. Care had never witnessed any weakness from Katherine, nor had she ever took her for the type of girl to break down after a loss. That was more of her style. She always hated someone to be hurting one way or another though, no matter who it was. She always felt like no one, no matter who it was, should have to deal with anything alone.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdD6x4oqz4f
“I should make sure she’s okay. Take her,” Caroline told Klaus, always being a good samaritan.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3brhx9zBbw
He took Hope. “Of course, luv,” Klaus replied.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuK5MlcJiHf
Care blurred upstairs and walked into Elijah’s former room, closing the door behind herself. She then sat on the floor next to the grieving human, an arm around her in comfort.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpoM8OCx7V
“I’m sorry, Katherine,” was all she could say.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYRdXU315b
Katherine let her try and comfort her, though nobody had ever done that before. She was glad that unlike others, she wasn’t trying to tell her that everyone would be okay, because in this world, nothing was okay. She was also glad for the comfort and wasn’t surprised, knowing how much Care hated people being in pain.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPhYHZQFyL
After what felt like a while, she finally was able to get control over herself and stop crying, which she did. She then lifted her head and wiped her eyes.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzxML4n8oc
“How about you go to bed. It’s been a while since either of us have slept,” Caroline suggested.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8rx1Jo6ld
“Good idea. Elijah would want us to stay rested and wanted me to take care of his family, so that’s what I’ll do. He wouldn’t want anyone to give up, either.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkASbYq5zv
A few minutes later, Elijah’s body was taken care of and Kat was asleep in Elijah’s bed. The others were asleep too, Merle and Andrea in separate guest rooms and Hope in her room, while Klaus and Caroline were asleep in Klaus’ bed after making love. They were finally together.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghQ2arXPFh
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A month later, after everything that had happened, Merle and Andrea hooked up and Kat slowly healed from the loss of Elijah. Hope was a part of that healing and for once in their lives, she and Klaus had bonded and became friends.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbMkhJFjd1
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Years later, when all the walkers died out from hunger and being killed by survivors, things began to get back to how they were before the walkers. So those who were survivors, lived as happily as they could. Kat even reunited with her vampiress daughter, Nadia, and Damon was one of those survivors as well as Andrea, Merle, Kat, Hope, Caroline, Klaus, Davina, Kol, and Rebekah.
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