Summary: Set in S8. What if Katherine came back to life after escaping a hellish prison world, and finds out what has happened to Damon and Enzo? Will she help save them? Can she save them due to Damon’s hatred towards her and because she hasn’t seen Enzo in centuries? How will Stefan and Caroline react to her being alive once more?448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gJqW4V1Qf
It was a nebulous night as Katherine, human, walked through the streets, ascendant in hand. She’d just come from a prison world and looked like hell with blood on one side of her head and nearly looking like the night she’d come to Damon for help. She didn’t know how long she’d been gone, but the population of humans had dwindled since the last time she’d been alive. It looked pretty vacant.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJArYxdbbO4
When she was about to walk past a warehouse, even human, she could smell the familiar scent of death. She could tell that it was more than a few deaths. Nearby she could also hear Damon and an old friend of hers,’ Enzo, talking.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gfJnJEflD
As she entered the warehouse, curious of what was going on, and once she was close enough, she heard what they were saying more easily.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHVSYfMqJQ
“How much control do you have left?” Enzo questioned. “I’m down to like two percent.”448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmj9KkAxRzR
“None. I turned it off. You should try it. If she sees nothing, she knows you don’t care about anything,” Damon replied.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZT9CCFKTT4
“We don’t even know what it is,” Enzo stated.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8AlQhsbV8
Katherine stayed hidden, figuring that it probably wasn’t best to let herself be known. She knew how he was when he had it turned off. She also knew that if something was controlling them; getting inside their heads; it was best to stay away from that thing, whatever it was.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQycWvS1PX
She quietly left and headed for the boarding house. Maybe the others would like to share with her what all she’d missed.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuj5pQmMAG
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Thirty minutes later, she entered the boarding house, heading for the living room, assuming someone would be there. If she was lucky, someone that didn’t hate her very much would be there. She didn’t feel like dying again.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgp9fL0QXR6
As she entered the living room, she saw that Caroline was the only one there, but it sounded like she was talking to Stefan over her phone.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3J0hVtxIW
Caroline hung up after she told him to keep her updated, and then turned around, smelling blood and human, only to see a looking like hell human Katherine.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRObxUCy4ry
“Katherine?” she questioned, shocked that she was alive. What the hell? she thought to herself.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVaoS1pGOk
Katherine gave her a smile.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejcZBVdFrB
“Hello, Blondie.”448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhc5pRmolEE
“What are you doing here? Stefan killed you,” Caroline inquired.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYILTP3oQtb
“I was sent to a prison world when I died. Now what did I miss? I just overheard Damon say that he turned it off and it sounds like something’s controlling them; getting inside their heads. Not to mention, there’s a warehouse full of brutally murdered people hanging from hooks,” she replied to the vampiress.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YnwcgMKtv
“We opened a vault months ago that released something. We didn’t listen to someone that said not to open it. When we went in after Damon and Enzo, they were gone. Then numbers started piling up of missing people. We didn’t have any clues until tonight where they might be. You just answered our question where they are,” Caroline explained.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80xxdKjNRn
Katherine set the ascendant on the drinking table and poured herself a shot glass of Bourbon. She took a sip from it.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvfxfSXss0
“I’m glad I could be of help. You guys need to find out what’s controlling them. While you guys do that, I’m going to figure out a way to get Damon to turn it back on. It’ll be easier though once he’s separated from that thing.”448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYG8J8EACnW
“Why would you want to help Damon or us?” Caroline quizzed.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoylpxytbnK
“Because I know I was a bad person as a vampire and I shouldn’t have body jumped, but I turned him and taught him everything he knows. You could say I feel responsible for him, whether he hates me or not. Besides, I loved Damon the most. As for the rest of you, you’re my vampire family and if there’s something evil in town, I’m going to help kick its ass.”448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe08oFNO7As
Caroline could tell that she was telling the truth this time around.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqQxugJpRH
Katherine set the empty shot glass down.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu4pT7GXxj
“I’m going to take a shower.”448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ssDLWrzJG
Caroline watched, as she left to go do just that, before calling Stefan.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiollvVgJP
“Hey,” Stefan greeted.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuIJWQInFK
“You won’t believe who just showed up. Katherine’s alive and human and has a lead on Damon and Enzo. She overheard them talking in a warehouse. Damon turned it off and she said it sounds like something’s controlling them. The missing bodies are there. Be careful,” Caroline informed him.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ndBiXTXCy
“How is she alive?” he inquired.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ncvxNxgDk
“She said she came from a prison world and she looks like hell. I believe her. We can talk about this later. We have to figure out what’s controlling them.”448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwp5m5qL8x
“I’ll see you in a little while then,” Stefan replied.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9fVVSL9YW
They hung up and Caroline went back to looking at the map, pondering which warehouse it could be and how to save them both. She hated to admit it, but Katherine was right.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUw3DzxxTbI
After her shower and putting on clothes of hers from last time she’d been human, she went downstairs to rejoin Caroline.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbveTBAliJ6
“If you want to know where they are, just ask me. I care about Damon and Enzo. I’m not going to lie about their exact location.”448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0doODkwuLA
Caroline looked at her.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCDM8NReWI
“Then tell me where they are.”448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9clWHXuJA
“Fine,” she said, before telling her their exact location.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhEOzlJgfw
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A few nights later, while the others destroyed the siren, Sybil, Bonnie helping magically, Katherine found them on a desolate road, talking.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTbss0wvRa
Katherine revealed herself by coming out from the tree line.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QKd6qGGHx
“Hello, Damon,” she greeted with a smile.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8oTGLg14n
As she anticipated he would do upon seeing her, he went for her. He vamp-sped over to her and pinned her against a tree.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzneqgYDrZW
“In what universe do you get to be alive!?” he growled at her.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBA5xoCB75
She gasped from his hold around her throat, but smiled. This was one step towards his humanity coming back. As long as he felt some kind of emotion, it was progress; even hate.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaWkzvcUij
“I’m glad you still feel something with my presence. At least you feel something; anything.”448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwe6wsD0gMT
He let go of her.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3V4crJzr7K
Enzo stood by, watching, ready to stop Damon if he tried to kill her.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDq3CxUlnEu
“Look, Damon, I know what happened, okay? Caroline told me. You need to turn it back on. I know you’ve been through hell, but you have people that care about you.” She began to step towards him. “Elena wouldn’t want you to be like this and neither does Stefan.”448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVYpMsRuID
Damon knew she was right, as he stood there, looking at her.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs4lxbt0ti
“It’s not that simple,” he informed her.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP52KP9jnZe
“I know,” she replied. She knew him too well. “They need you, though.”448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34udB0yYyV
After some consideration, he closed his eyes, concentrating on turning it back on. Then, when he opened them, he had it back on.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT98hjobb5t
He looked at her.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCuAybrpmc
“I never thought I’d say this, but thank you, Katherine.”448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OVwQv1JzM
She smiled.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjfo0xFkK8
“You’re welcome.”448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhu2riLCO6
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A month later, Katherine and Damon, after settling things and forgiving each other, were together once again.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3luxvinmx
