Summary: Set after the S2 finale ending. A human and injured Katherine ends up in New Orleans after being in Hell or wherever that black mass took her to. Which brother will be there for her? What will ensue?438Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMLBp03JWM
It was a dark night in New Orleans, as an injured and human Katherine Pierce staggered towards the compound. She was wounded everywhere possible and she had lost a lot of blood. She had to stay awake until she could find one of the brothers, though.
Klaus had just finished his celebration and was alone with Hope asleep upstairs, when he smelled three familiar scents; human, Katerina, and fresh blood. So he went to investigate, only to see her stagger inside.
"Katerina?"
He was instantly in front of her.
As soon as she saw him in front of her, everything went black for her.
With hybrid reflexes, he caught her from hitting the floor as she collapsed and, looking down at her, he realized her condition. Wherever she had been taken to after her death hadn't been kind to her. She was covered with wounds and blood and, looking at her, realized she needed his help. With all the blood that covered her, he realized that she had lost way too much blood. She was dying if her pale skin and slow heartbeat was any indication. He could barely hear her shallow breathing too; even with his hybrid hearing. So, despite the past, he decided to save her.
He gently picked her up in his arms and flashed to the parlor where the couch was. He then gently layed her down on the couch and bit his wrist, putting his wrist to her lips, making his blood go down her throat to save her, as her skin and lips began to lose what little color was left.
"Come on Katerina, luv. Stay with me, Sweetheart. You're a fighter. Don't give up," he encouraged his former dying doppelganger.
When her color and breathing started to return to normal, he added, "That a girl."
A few hours later, when she came to, she saw that she was in Klaus' bed with him seated on her bedside.
"You finally decided to join the land of the living," he greeted. "Feeling better?"
"Much. Why would you save me, though? I'm no use to you."
"True, but I couldn't have you dying again. Besides, I wouldn't want my brother to find out that I knew of your death but never told him. Plus, I need a companion. My siblings have gone and I'm alone to raise Hope."
She didn't know why, but she felt sorry for him. Maybe it was because she knew what it was like to be alone.
"Then I'll help you if you wish it," she said.
"Thank you, Katerina," he replied with a smile.
"You're welcome," she answered, and then smiled back.
Later that night, after he had told her everything, she met Elijah in the bar, guessing where he would be after losing yet another love to the clutches of Klaus.
She went to stand beside him at the bar and looked at him.
"Katerina," he greeted.
"Elijah," she greeted back. "We need to talk."
"I imagine so," he replied, smelling her human scent but not wanting to deal with her, when he was still grieving for Gia.
"I heard about what happened and I'm sorry for your loss. When you're done drowning your sorrows though, we need to talk," she replied, before leaving. She didn't want to rush him, but this could be her only chance to rekindle their relationship and she was human. Whether she started dying of old age again or not, she didn't have eternity to gain his trust back again. She wasn't a vampire anymore, which she knew, sooner or later, would suck for her. She had the life span of a human now.
Upon her return to the compound, she went to her room and closed the door, before going to her balcony and looking at the starry night. Coming back to life had brought the deep hole in her chest back. She still grieved for Nadia. A mother's loss was the greatest and worst of all and she had no one to comfort her.
She watched Klaus leave and then she looked at the sky again, tears streaming silently down her face. If only Nadia had come back with her wherever she was. She kept up the strong façade around others, but she didn't feel strong. She felt weak and scared and vulnerable. She hated this feeling, but she couldn't turn it off. She wasn't a vampire anymore. She was so lost in thoughts and memories that she didn't realize something was wrong until she smelled it. When she smelled it, she came back to the present, only to see that everything was on fire. She didn't care about herself, though. Instead of looking for a way out, she rushed towards the nursery for Hope, needing to make sure Hope was safe first.
When she reached the door, she closed it behind herself and went to Hope who was in her crib crying. She then picked Hope up.
"It's okay. Everything will be okay. Shhh," she soothed as if she were her mother, instead of Hayley.
Hope stopped crying, which was a good sign. But then again, Katherine did have a mother's instinct.
She sat against a faraway wall, Hope in her arms, hoping for them to be rescued before it was too late.
A few hours later, Elijah came to the compound, only to see it burning. He knew Katerina and Hope were both inside so, following the sound of Hope's crying, he blurred towards the nursery where he saw Katerina on the floor with Hope in her arms.
Once in front of them, he gently picked Hope up.
A moment later, Klaus was there.
Elijah gave her to her father.
"Take Hope. I'll take care of Katerina."
Without a word, Klaus had blurred off with his child.
Elijah knelt beside her and gently pulled her into his arms, before blurring off with her, only stopping a distance or so away from the compound.
Once there and once he looked down at her still form, he realized she had sacrificed herself to keep Hope safe. She was pale, a piece of wood protruding from her side, eyes closed, not breathing. He couldn't hear her heart with vamp hearing, either. He had to try and bring her back, though. She was and would always be his whole world.
Hours later, when she woke up, she was in Elijah bed at the old plantation home with her wounds healed. That's when she realized that he had saved her; brought her back.
She gave him a smile and sat up in bed. She then looked at him from where he was seated by her bedside in a chair, his hand on top of hers.
"Thanks."
"Anything for you, Katerina," he replied with a smile.
She smiled back.
A moment later, they were kissing.
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