Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYn7864n1aV
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYCwLCauks
If I asked you to dance?506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIuBgSYsq5
Would you run and never look back?506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2VmQQQFnn
Would you cry506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoYg812nKa
If you saw me crying?506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDa3hXi7TE
Would you save my soul tonight?506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZK95mtfYw
Would you tremble506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qxCc4zFLc
If I touched your lips?506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSBFqAWVBa
Would you laugh?506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLcvJoPXlk
Oh, please tell me this506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dVbDkCH20
Now would you die506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPb1ATC5Lx
For the one you love?506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMTkSeeffW
Hold me in your arms tonight506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wjrBVDSs9
I can be your hero, baby506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzLkIBMB4f
I can kiss away the pain506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILq2kmwDKO
I will stand by you forever506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHftKGvGfz
You can take my breath away
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It was a beautiful day, as Damon knocked on Ric’s apartment door and waited for someone to open the door. Klaus was keeping her hostage, so he thought he’d come by and give her a vial of vervain to use so he couldn’t compel her. He hated Katherine, but no one deserved torture, captivity, or being ripped of their free will. If she was alive, he’d help her the best of his ability.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALG2mgEuzQ
Ten minutes later, when no one opened the door, he figured he should see what was going on, so he did just that. He walked inside, closing the door behind himself. That’s when he saw her on her back on the floor, skin burning in the sun, and a bite on the left side of her neck. Because of the burning, he assumed that Klaus had taken her Daylight bracelet.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTxoIkQt6Y
He went over and closed the curtains to stop the burning. She was a vampire just like himself. If a vampire burned long enough, they’d die. He didn’t know how long that she’d been burning. If he hadn’t come today, she probably would’ve died before the sun went down.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyESxv4hN0
He knelt at her side and scanned her with his eyes. He’d gotten to her just in time, since she had started showing veins from burning in the sun. The veins were starting to disappear and her skin was starting to heal, but not as quickly as vampires usually do. He knew it was from the vicious bite.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgpesujhCf
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1OO80uyak
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31MtgOq9K1
When she didn’t reply or move a muscle, he patted her right cheek gently, his right hand resting on her forehead to keep her head still. In this state, she was fragile. He hated to call her that, but she was burning up. That, and she looked very weak and pale, not to mention, he was having a hard time waking her up. If and when she woke up, she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere. She’d be too weak to stand, much less walk. Even if she did wake up before he left with her, he’d still have to carry her.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8snBaf9bx5
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUHzLpmUu3
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXW0ZwZSQ2
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRXT8IvzPP
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0xNZ3FoPB
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvv53wCSNqt
“Don’t worry. I’m not here to kill you. I’m not an hallucination either. I’m getting you out of here, but you need to tell me where he’s go the cure. Surely, he didn’t leave you to die without leaving the cure behind.”506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRy8KsdW7De
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3dyfPduZY
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix6punyDAf
She blurrily watched him go and turned her head to the left to watch him look for the cure; Klaus’ blood. As she did, everything began to seem too far away. She was also in a lot of pain from the bite and felt tired.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYt33HoNFhP
Once he’d found the vial of Klaus’ blood as well as her Daylight bracelet, he put the vial inside his jacket and blurred back over to her.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0X9xTKC99N
Once knelt at her side, he could tell that she was about to go under again. He removed her jacket and slipped her Daylight bracelet on her wrist, before putting her arm around his shoulders and pulling her gently into his arms. Then he got to his feet and looked down at her.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pZRO6OW0l
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPId03oat1
He blurred towards his car outside and gently sat her in the passenger’s seat, before taking the vial out. By this time, she’d gone under.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOkHrY3Wqs
He slid an arm under her head, gently positioning her head back. Then he put the vial to her lips, making the cure go down her throat. Then, after he figured she’d had enough, he layed her head on the seat again and closed the door. Then he drank the rest, having been bitten by Tyler, and got in the driver’s seat. Then he drove away, towards the boarding house.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4LIDaFQny
Later, she was cured and lived to see yet another day.
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*Before Sunset*
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Would you swear that you’ll always be mine?506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgsA6CrDeK
Would you lie?506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRYrLGdsEv
Would you run and hide?506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjGpC7qpoj
Am I in too deep?506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODC6Am3qCO
Have I lost my mind?506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOUxlbqvvg
I don’t care506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSbXSZSUiW
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night at Mystic High, as everyone tried to kill Klaus. Katherine opened up a couple grenades saying, “Kaboom,” before throwing it at the hybrids that were coming to help Klaus. Killing Klaus didn’t happen in the end though, because Stefan stopped Damon to save him. If Klaus died, Damon would’ve been hunted down and killed by Klaus’ hybrids.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslsySS14ZJ
Later that night, when Katherine was heading down a hall towards the side exit where she’d parked her car, she was pinned against a set of lockers by Rebekah. Apparently, someone had undaggered her and she had heard about the plan to kill Klaus. She knew that that meant that she was on vengeance strike. She definitely knew that when Rebekah plunged a hand through her chest.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SBqA9tThE
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqBbaIl9zQ
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tDxs8nmZk
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MGQLI4qbO
“I don’t doubt that you’re capable of killing all of us, but would you take away Elijah’s love? Could you live with yourself? You have too good of a heart. I don’t think you can kill me,” Katherine stated truthfully to her. She had no reason to lie. She didn’t know much about Rebekah.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9anXiHGTKH
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tErtUYbTz
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡausONysmXe
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8CUrkGU9E
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsO5sQWDmxg
“Maybe I’ll take you up on your offer,” she heart the ancient vampiress say. Then she felt the thing, maybe a stick, start to pierce her heart. Then she felt her ass on the floor and even more pain. Then it was as if she couldn’t breathe and she closed her eyes.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTMQ1SkrR3
Damon, seeing the scene, snapped her neck and knelt in front of Katherine, before quickly pulling out the stick and tossing it to the floor. He then bit his wrist and put it to her lips to heal her quicker, which worked.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD32RtfT9zq
After she’d healed, he gently pulled her into his arms and blurred off wit her.
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*Graduation*
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I can be your hero, baby506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeIWGspa8v
I can kiss away the pain506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4Za6MP4Ug
I will stand by you forever506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHYenrKB7W
You can take my breath away506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdef2jveCRQ
Oh, I just want to hold you506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoUQfIHS0I
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FwTNCIqkh
Am I in too deep?506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyG9zI13nI0
Have I lost my mind?506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmLkPCpYw1
Well, I don’t care506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKOHzcJFLG
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night, as Damon searched for Katherine through each Mystic High hall, having heard from Elena that she had shoved the cure down her throat when Katherine had almost killed her. It had been a few hours ago, but he hoped she’d still be here somewhere. He knew her as well as he knew himself. As a vampire, she had everything going for her. As a human, she’d be alone and scared, not to mention hurt and maybe a little paranoid.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiUEgQju1r
When he’d found the hall they’d fought in, she was gone, so he went back to his car to try and find her elsewhere. He’d search every road of Mystic Falls if he had to. For some reason, her being human made him care about her well-being. He hadn’t cared about her since 1864.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡze9VIpRBKB
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Twenty minutes later, he found her limping down one of the desolate roads. Knowing her, he figured asking her to get in would prove to be unsuccessful, so he pulled over and got out.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHSk2kZ59Z
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQOX25GMuT
She turned around to face him and he let go.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiTRmyybm8
“Come to celebrate in my misery? Come to finish what Elena started? Go ahead. Put me out of my misery,” she said with anger, angry at herself that she’d been defeated by her baby vampire doppelganger, and taking it out on him.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SWxxThVhr
“I’m not here for either reason. I’m going to help you. You need help. You’re human, injured, and not as powerful as you were. Let me help you.”506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1IGK7Bkn1
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aEyjjKmto
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96WPJDfwFU
He blurred right behind her and put an arm around her. Then he knelt down with her against him. That when he saw a shard of glass in her thigh and a bigger shard of glass in her stomach.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOi0zryqCG
Once he’d gotten her in the car, he pulled both out, tossing them to the ground, and used a towel from the backseat to tie around her thigh. He used the other one for her other wound.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguNIiL6ioF
As he drove, he used his right hand to apply pressure with the towel, trying to slow the bleeding. Normal people would’ve taken her to the hospital, but there was a first-aid kit at home. He figured that he could use that to get her wounds taken care of. He figured she’d ben find after that.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoW6mcBB7L
When he’d taken care of her wounds in his room, he was right. She’d be fine.
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*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
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I can be you’re hero, baby506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvIIW1RXcq
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ842Bnb1zaH
I will stand by you forever506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5S80ON5vBD
You can take my breath away506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdU9ORTihaU
(I can be your hero, baby)506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUnspQTpPX
I can be your hero506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQTyATyuRN
I can kiss away the pain506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPmQwIaAz8
And I will stand by you forever506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLCcAo1ZgY
You can take my breath away506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFHDytcuUN
You can take my breath away506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgPn4XzSvQ
I can be your hero
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“Katherine!” he yelled, as he raced towards his wrecked car that she sat in. He’d broken his promise he’d made to her that he’d protect her from Silas. Now she’d somehow caused his car to be totaled. The hood and both sides were crinkled, including the trunk. Also, all of the windows were shattered and he could smell a lot of blood; her blood.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ323y9zkgvq
When he tried opening the door, it was jammed, so he forced it open. Then, when it opened, her left hand fell off the seat. He gently turned her head towards him and snapped her seatbelt in two. That’s when he saw that she had a dislocated shoulder and a piece of glass grazed in the right side of her neck. She had blood on either side of her head too and was bleeding from the back of her head, but he’d already seen that. He pulled the glass out and scanned the rest of her. Seeing more glass in her, he did the same he’d done with the first glass he’d seen in her. Then he used his vamp strength to move a piece of the car in the floorboard, to free her foot so he could get her to the hospital.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbSlWp3O4s
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTNM3Zfjf1
“Katherine, can you hear me? Open your eyes. I’m going to get you to the hospital. I just need you to open your eyes.”506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJspKYLp17
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCJG7BWB54
“I’m so sorry, Katherine. Silas told me to hand you over in exchange of him telling me where Stefan is. I promise you, I will never do that again.”506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYFBUcEANV
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq10DayH7HU
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Half an hour later, as she was rushed down the hall, because of her extensive injuries, her body was going into shock.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ByR3ENQl1
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Hours later, after surgery, she was settled into a recovery room and he was told he could see her. So he went to sit on her bedside and rested his hand on top of her right one. She hadn’t woken up yet, so he was just silent, happy that she was alive.506Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFppmBOA3Qr
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
