Summary: Set somewhere around "Do Not Go Gentle." What if Kat ran into a newly turned Ric? What will happen?655Please respect copyright.PENANAgVIHmYqi6e
It was a beautiful night in Mystic Falls, Virginia as Katherine Pierce sat at the bar next to Alaric.655Please respect copyright.PENANAgfbK8HJOqD
"Hello, Alaric," she greeted.655Please respect copyright.PENANAHQmVoTudR5
"Katherine."655Please respect copyright.PENANAQJGFup8bbW
"Do you know where I might find Elijah?" she questioned.655Please respect copyright.PENANAtDyMQuuhe2
"Go away."655Please respect copyright.PENANAUJ4Tn8R2Nz
"Why? I thought we left on good terms."655Please respect copyright.PENANALlhdsC4Wez
"I don't want you here. Take a hint, will you?"655Please respect copyright.PENANA13NXLcncVY
Then the familiar scent hit her; vampire.655Please respect copyright.PENANAihSbKX8GG0
"What happened to you?" she asked him.655Please respect copyright.PENANAAEJo8F2dIV
"Esther turned me. Now I'm going to kill every vampires, starting with Klaus."655Please respect copyright.PENANAv7WiaWfRPz
She clenched her teeth and gasped in pain, as he stabbed her with a dagger. And then she felt the familiar sensation of having a hard time breathing. And that's when she knew the dagger had vervain on it. Now she couldn't go anywhere without help and she was too shaky to move on her own, much less get her phone out to call for help. All she could do was clutch the bar with both hands to keep from falling.655Please respect copyright.PENANAUmQxvHnVth
"We should help her," she heard Caroline Forbes say, a moment after she smelled Tyler and Caroline when they walked in.
"Why?" she heard Tyler ask.655Please respect copyright.PENANAJugljPwMpJ
"She had to have come back for a reason. And that reason wasn't to get vervained by Alaric. She needs help. We have to help her."655Please respect copyright.PENANAeRPQBHV8Fn
"Fine. You stay here. I'll get away from him. He can't hurt me like he can you."655Please respect copyright.PENANACM0itcTF5N
A few minutes later, she smelled his scent. He was behind her. She felt a gentle hand on her right upper arm and knew it was Tyler's.655Please respect copyright.PENANAMEFsUqc3v8
I'm saved, she thought to herself.655Please respect copyright.PENANAG2mmTmeIY3
"Let's get out of here," she heard Tyler say.655Please respect copyright.PENANACpy0fJjCyZ
She slowly got off the stool and onto her feet, as he held a hand on her arm to help her keep her balance.655Please respect copyright.PENANA6qqvujWHcH
Before she knew it, they were outside the Mystic Grille. Tyler still had his hand on her arm and Caroling had a hand on her other arm.655Please respect copyright.PENANABuENvq9Ri9
"What happened?" Caroline asked her as gently as she could. All she knew was that she smelled vervain with something else she couldn't place.655Please respect copyright.PENANAAhKTy1N0hd
"I asked him where Elijah was and he told me what happened to him. Then he stabbed me," Kat summarized.655Please respect copyright.PENANAmzWIby3KE1
"And before that?" Tyler asked.655Please respect copyright.PENANAXiOgmGdImP
"I killed the hybrids Klaus sent after me. They attacked, though. That's why I was looking for Elijah. He's the only one I can trust to get me the cure without having to sacrifice anything. And Elijah still cares about me. We had something when I was human and before I came to live in America."655Please respect copyright.PENANAD6UDNDtiCr
Tyler and Caroline looked at one another. They knew they had to do something, but they didn't know where they would find Elijah.655Please respect copyright.PENANA2qhj3qidks
As she started to feel weak, Kat saw Damon.
Damon had been walking up to the Mystic Grille, when he had seen Tyler and Caroline outside holding Katherine up. Then he was instantly in front of them.655Please respect copyright.PENANAaukPeFvQfs
"What happened to her?" Damon asked them, though he looked at Katherine.655Please respect copyright.PENANAsP4JhpoktP
"She was vervained by Alaric. Before that, she was attacked by his hybrids. She killed them," Tyler answered.655Please respect copyright.PENANAYlNUlYhnpD
"I'll take care of her."655Please respect copyright.PENANAFH85w9V5Vv
"She said she wanted to ask Elijah to get the cure for her."655Please respect copyright.PENANAvOtZ46mUjT
"Then I'll find him and take care of her."655Please respect copyright.PENANANIqvKMKW5N
She felt the vampiress and hybrid leave to go inside. Then she was alone with Damon.655Please respect copyright.PENANAqRfb50eWne
He kept his eyes on her, as he assessed her condition.655Please respect copyright.PENANAitfULCSSFV
"Katherine."655Please respect copyright.PENANA7q4aWXsFiT
"Damon?" was all she got out, as everything went black.655Please respect copyright.PENANArE4JkI3qP9
The elder Salvatore brother caught her from hitting the ground. Then he picked her up in his arms and walked the route to Elena's. He couldn't use his super speed. There were too many people around.
She groaned as she came to, and realized that she was in Damon's arms. Then she felt an urge. It was a side effect of the vervain.655Please respect copyright.PENANA5CikgGVmnC
Damon set her on her feet and watched her, as she knelt down by a bush by Elena's walkway and coughed up blood. He knew it would come. This wasn't the first time he had seen her in a vervained state. As she coughed up blood, he knelt by her. Before he could pull the dagger out of her lower stomach, he smelled Elena's scent. That's what made him look up.655Please respect copyright.PENANAXTwsP5pg8w
Elena was heading out the door, when she saw Damon and Katherine. She knew from the scene that something was wrong. She left the house and didn't stop until she stood by them.655Please respect copyright.PENANAplqu9TpQMs
"Damon, what's going on?"655Please respect copyright.PENANAgyktGMBzqX
He looked up at her.655Please respect copyright.PENANAqWwB3Y5d1r
"Elena, you should go back inside; but if you must know, Ric vervained her. To top if off, she was bitten by hybrids before she killed them."655Please respect copyright.PENANAyvvM1be48A
He pulled the dagger out and handed it to the doppelganger.655Please respect copyright.PENANALQkrkeV7ys
"Take it."
Kat finished and used the sleeve of her jacket to clean her face, before she looked up at Elena.655Please respect copyright.PENANAAJFbIjj6OZ
"Elena," she greeted.655Please respect copyright.PENANAwZhXdrDZKD
Damon got to his feet, as he helped his Sire to her feet. He could tell she was weak, as he did so.655Please respect copyright.PENANAeGoKQrJaiv
"She can stay in my room and I'll watch her," Elena announced.655Please respect copyright.PENANA5TiP08W9Br
"Thanks," Kat told her descendant.655Please respect copyright.PENANAOjoV3ZjfaE
"We should get her inside," Damon said.655Please respect copyright.PENANAdRDwkTLPgP
Before she knew it, everything went dark again.
When she woke up for the second time tonight, she was on her back on Elena's bed. Her jacket was off and her wounds had been tended to. Her journal was on top of the end table and Elena was seated on her bedside with a wash cloth in hand. She stared at the wall as she saw her pa' pa and ma' ma, too weak to cry. And then they disappeared and she saw Rose. She thought it odd to see her Sire that hadn't liked her in the beginning. But she didn't care. She just wanted to know if she would live or die. Then she finally looked at Elena, as Elena continued to damp the cloth on her face to cool her down.655Please respect copyright.PENANAFADWuDZfzU
"I'm sorry, Elena. I'm sorry for what I did. Forgive me. Tell Damon that I have always cared and loved them both. I never chose either of them. I love you too, Elena. You are the last of my Petrova family. I hope you will all forgive me," she whispered.655Please respect copyright.PENANACzw6WlfTeT
"I forgave you a long time ago. And I think Damon will forgive you after a while. Just hand on," Elena replied.655Please respect copyright.PENANA1ymf7XBLTS
"I don't know how much longer I can, Elena."655Please respect copyright.PENANAVN7zQwc32T
"Try, Katherine."
Damon stood by the stairs, as he spoke to Rebecca.655Please respect copyright.PENANAMwZJnZ2xJ1
"Please, Rebecca. Do this for me, at least."655Please respect copyright.PENANASobakujEoh
"Fine."655Please respect copyright.PENANA6pHwKN63mX
"Good. Meet me at Elena's."655Please respect copyright.PENANApEAvkBdTMV
He hung up.
"I'm going to find Elijah!" he yelled up the stairs at Elena and Kat. Then he left.
When Katherine woke up, she felt better. She saw that Elijah and Elena were both at her side.655Please respect copyright.PENANAQyYmqCfr7R
"You should go help Damon. My sister has stepped out of line," he told Elena.655Please respect copyright.PENANA2LtZ17ibLC
She obeyed.655Please respect copyright.PENANAn4ZqnlIrbI
Katherine sat up in bed.655Please respect copyright.PENANAxXTLWXu4al
He gave her a shot glass of blood and she drank it, before she gave it back to him. He then set it back on the end table and she got to her feet.
She put her jacket back on and he bit his wrist.655Please respect copyright.PENANAZXD1Mam2tr
"It'll heal you faster," he said, as he held it out to her.655Please respect copyright.PENANAXVdMapVGt6
She drank from him for a few minutes, before she let go.655Please respect copyright.PENANA6fseDSB3l4
She watched him vanish, and then she headed down the stairs.
Once down the stairs, she saw the scene. There was a dagger in Damon's chest. He was slumped against the threshold. Elena was knelt in front of him with fear. Elijah and Rebecca were gone.655Please respect copyright.PENANA8aT4fRoqej
Kat knelt by them.655Please respect copyright.PENANAgR5qKyYIag
"He'll be okay," she assured her.655Please respect copyright.PENANAavxTzq3eMp
Katherine gently drug him into the hallway and Elena closed the door. The vampiress then knelt down with his back against her, and bit her wrist. She put it to his lips and made her blood go down his throat, as she used her free hand to pull the dagger out. She tossed it to the floor and Elena knelt at his right side.655Please respect copyright.PENANAt3SBHRys0Y
A few minutes later, he came to. Then, once he felt better, he stopped drinking and she took her wrist away. It obviously healed.655Please respect copyright.PENANA4htYFqSxyD
He looked up at her.655Please respect copyright.PENANA4qBTfEwp2S
"Katherine."655Please respect copyright.PENANA0y5w8aAieh
"Welcome back, Damon."655Please respect copyright.PENANAINwkqaaOZC
"I could say the same thing," he answered.655Please respect copyright.PENANAq3yMuSypMp
The three of them smiled at one another.