Summary: Set somewhere around "Do Not Go Gentle." What if Kat ran into a newly turned Ric? What will happen?714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBhaH69YGh
It was a beautiful night in Mystic Falls, Virginia as Katherine Pierce sat at the bar next to Alaric.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXs3LWHvvhz
"Hello, Alaric," she greeted.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPES4Bvh0L
"Katherine."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZCUyhOGhi
"Do you know where I might find Elijah?" she questioned.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpFPHid1m2
"Go away."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHa0CD9VZF
"Why? I thought we left on good terms."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0rDz0R8n4
"I don't want you here. Take a hint, will you?"714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3U3flZMQE
Then the familiar scent hit her; vampire.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrdsUI8wtb
"What happened to you?" she asked him.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZS4iIWjjGa
"Esther turned me. Now I'm going to kill every vampires, starting with Klaus."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2gJomIuL3
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEySG6dSll
"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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9KztaWYVi
"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."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpKNTzhDn9
"Fine. You stay here. I'll get away from him. He can't hurt me like he can you."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjhiiTwpSR
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttU3oznkfE
I'm saved, she thought to herself.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDilpgPrt8o
"Let's get out of here," she heard Tyler say.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6nsf6rdWX
She slowly got off the stool and onto her feet, as he held a hand on her arm to help her keep her balance.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIDEViKBK2
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SNE1dU8Uh
"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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFkwzuXG01
"I asked him where Elijah was and he told me what happened to him. Then he stabbed me," Kat summarized.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelLmR2T47t
"And before that?" Tyler asked.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2dEOgiS2T
"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."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLM1zN0o2M
Tyler and Caroline looked at one another. They knew they had to do something, but they didn't know where they would find Elijah.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3CpqZC3G3
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUhMAXfozp
"What happened to her?" Damon asked them, though he looked at Katherine.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAUZqUIYLy
"She was vervained by Alaric. Before that, she was attacked by his hybrids. She killed them," Tyler answered.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuKPsTt8q9
"I'll take care of her."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKSOPSlJJw
"She said she wanted to ask Elijah to get the cure for her."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIlCBxPQQN
"Then I'll find him and take care of her."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtDB49xV2g
She felt the vampiress and hybrid leave to go inside. Then she was alone with Damon.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywg1PLnH7k
He kept his eyes on her, as he assessed her condition.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwb6GgIrUqq
"Katherine."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡql5IIhYCYt
"Damon?" was all she got out, as everything went black.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZJAhp6cDf
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOtVs7YGBx
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lcZ5XspNw
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KAhxrkYsN
"Damon, what's going on?"714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC28Td7Ohn0
He looked up at her.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBp5iQYeeN
"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."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYPK7h7c2x
He pulled the dagger out and handed it to the doppelganger.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmF2qWRgYa
"Take it."
Kat finished and used the sleeve of her jacket to clean her face, before she looked up at Elena.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qOrGtqGIA
"Elena," she greeted.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVebtV7EhB
Damon got to his feet, as he helped his Sire to her feet. He could tell she was weak, as he did so.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDpD6abZZb
"She can stay in my room and I'll watch her," Elena announced.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbq8DxbqzL
"Thanks," Kat told her descendant.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZbQMrsib5
"We should get her inside," Damon said.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqO9tNVfmZ
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaugdFdpW83
"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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fcQBvXpth
"I forgave you a long time ago. And I think Damon will forgive you after a while. Just hand on," Elena replied.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8C6j5qh3g
"I don't know how much longer I can, Elena."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIQ9OmggDn
"Try, Katherine."
Damon stood by the stairs, as he spoke to Rebecca.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9kKe5abVJ
"Please, Rebecca. Do this for me, at least."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeZgdlDorv
"Fine."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZbbWT6AYR
"Good. Meet me at Elena's."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEvC7KT84E
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7oKMDYCT8
"You should go help Damon. My sister has stepped out of line," he told Elena.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAadmCepkar
She obeyed.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mfyiDssnU
Katherine sat up in bed.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYSbVrKMgn
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVo5RN8UO3
"It'll heal you faster," he said, as he held it out to her.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYP0cvB4q2
She drank from him for a few minutes, before she let go.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVF9JulOU6Y
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUl30X8yYCY
Kat knelt by them.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyHYdidTOz
"He'll be okay," she assured her.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxUMc7Mvkz
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.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLprqovEGR6
A few minutes later, he came to. Then, once he felt better, he stopped drinking and she took her wrist away. It obviously healed.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLRy1YWmpE
He looked up at her.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡistQIBtpvf
"Katherine."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLbd3d45Ph
"Welcome back, Damon."714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRA9U2OrHq
"I could say the same thing," he answered.714Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVKQfJvdVS
The three of them smiled at one another.
