It was a beautiful day in Oregon, as Katherine Pierce drove out of town, heading for Mystic Falls to make sure those she cared about were okay. She couldn’t call because of nothing electric working or technology working anymore, so she had to drive. As she drove in the four door pickup truck she’d stolen, with windows down and the backseat full of all sorts of guns and ammo, she kept a hand gun in her lap, fully loaded. She wasn’t taken any chances. She also had a first-aid kit under the passenger’s seat and a full three containers of gasoline in the back of the truck.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhn6EpoEmzX
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A few weeks later, she pulled up in the driveway of the Salvatore boarding house. It looked untouched, but she knew all too well that looks could deceive.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfW4rew1Na
She got out of the truck, closing the door as quietly as possible, the gun in her new holster she’d found a week ago.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQlZOCCEAV
She walked up to the door and knocked before walking in, closing the door behind herself.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXeanDcHdF
“Damon?” she called.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKu8BsJ0GC
She entered the living room, where she saw him by his drinking table, drinking from a bottle of Bourbon.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15RoXDzEW4
“In what universe do you have the right to be alive?” he said in the tone he always reserved for only her.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsBP3u9kZF
“Maybe because I’m still a survivor,” she said, knowing his real question was how she was still alive. “Look. I didn’t have to risk my life coming here, but I did. I came back to make sure you’re okay and alive.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBITC6BiEKF
He finally looked at her. “Why would you even care? You didn’t care before, so why now? It’s different now. Everyone I’ve ever loved and cared for is dead.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQDkCqK0Sj
“I’ve always cared. It was just easier for me if you thought that I didn’t. I know it’s bad now, but we have to stick together.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonXoHOavN3
“Thanks, but I’d rather take my chances here.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKWiacA9iF
She sighed. “Fine. Just be careful and good luck.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5h7mZ8Ffzc
He watched as she left.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9B62FvfNWa
After leaving, she drove around and found that those she had known or hadn’t known were dead. There was still one person left to check on though. She hadn’t seen her, so she assumed that she was home, staying as safe as she could.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0cWI8eMaV
She parked in front of the house and stood on the porch and knocked.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3yaq7HimH
“Caroline?” she called through the door.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaox8SxhZNj
“Get out of here. Just go,” she heard from by the door on the other side.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEz86V2P3r
“I know you’re alone now. I’m sorry for your loss. I know I’m not the best company in the world, but you don’t have to be alone. Damon already said no, which is understandable. I just want to help who I can. It’s best if we stick together. I have all the weapons and ammo we could need in the truck and a few other things we’ll need. If you pack now, we can get out of here before dark.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChLu0fKStZ
Caroline didn’t like Katherine very much, but she’d seen enough zombie movies to know that Katherine was right.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsHTQcmCUH
She sighed. “Fine. I’ll come.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8B5DIY4mvM
A few minutes later, Katherine was driving out of town, Caroline in the passenger’s seat.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTp3bAxghg
“Where are we going anyway?” Caroline questioned.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9kbgSZ2SX
“New Orleans to the compound. Sure, it might be dangerous at first, but the compound is built strong enough to keep those zombies out. Plus, I need to know if they’re all alive.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZF2aY1X2Kv
“Makes sense,” Caroline replied, agreeing with her for once.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55AM8WiLj7
“Before we get there though, don’t be mad at Klaus, but I have to tell you something,” Kat informed the blonde.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgLLVnSgSx
“What?” she asked, assuming that she wasn’t gonna like this.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6rdayQoag
As Kat drove, she told the blonde about the one night stand Klaus and Hayley had and about the baby named Hope they had had together.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7QSKNv2zw
“That’s all I know,” she finished.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLkCSQAoFL
“When’s the last time you heard anything from New Orleans?” she asked the former vampiress.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhQvFiQajV
“A year. I haven’t heard anything since the cure was shoved down my throat. I haven’t even spoken to Elijah since he left right before I tried to kill my doppelganger in anger. I know I should be apologizing to Elena instead of you, but I’m sorry about that by the way.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCMv3KLr2j
“I’m sure he’s okay,” she assured the brunette.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6IcWZh8JC
Kat was silent.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPDKnzbLxi
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Several weeks later, when they were half way to New Orleans, they saw a blonde and a guy with one hand, on the side of the road looking like they were having truck problems and were clearly arguing with each other.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5v6XdUqMo
Kat stopped the truck in front of them and rolled down the automatic passenger’s window, looking at them.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rcZV7KgCO
“Need some help?” she questioned.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9XklID5eF
They looked at them.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SCL6ru1k7
“We’ve got this, Sweet Cheeks,” the guy replied to her.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaaFo0UJBp
“Clearly. Look; you’re in the middle of nowhere with nothing but highway. It’s dangerous. If you want, we could give you two a lift somewhere, or you can join us. We’re going to New Orleans to see if some friends are okay. Our friends have a strong compound,” Kat explained.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJqHUMCG0g
“We should go with them,” the blonde told him.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDLsxdCGTt
“Fine,” he replied.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFBGqnezyE
“Great,” Kat said, and set the bag of weapons on the floorboard so there was space for them in the back.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZ0KM3OZeH
Once they were in, Kat continued the drive.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjVNCK8hzN
“I’m Katherine by the way and this is Caroline. Who are you two?”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxzKi1AWYd
“I’m Andrea and this is Merle. We’ve been looking for the group I got separated from. His brother, Daryl, is with them.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBYKbnRlJY
“Well, nice to meet you. What did you do before the zombies happened?”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUfo1UPtpb
“I was in college and sometimes spent the summer with my sister Amy and my father. He taught us how to fish. I lost her a year ago though. She turned into once of them and I had to shoot her,” Andrea explained.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUt6F9VJRgk
“I’m sorry for your loss. Luckily my family is long dead, so they don’t have to get killed by zombies. It’s a new world now, so it’s best that we don’t keep secrets. My parents were slaughtered by the Original werewolf-vampire hybrid Klaus in 1492 as vengeance for me running and turning. I turned myself into a vampire and I’ve been a survivor ever since, but now I’m human again, because the cure for vampirism was shoved down my throat. Caroline has only been a vampire for a few years. You can choose to believe me or not, but it’s true.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAQOM5u1C2
“I believe you. I’ve always been open-minded,” Andrea replied.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7p4Tmnyxo
“Thanks. What did you do before?” she said to Andrea, before asking Merle the question.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmPGo2kihq
“I’ll put it this way, Sweet Cheeks. I’m ex-military, but I also was in and out of jail a lot.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHa4AdjiYB
“Well, not everyone is perfect. I can be pretty bad myself. I’ve killed many for 500 years, but being human has changed me. I don’t go around killing people anymore. Caroline hates killing though,” Kat replied.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2uOs5WLdv
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A week later, they made it to New Orleans.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKp6GyvFg9
Kat parked in front of the compound and they followed Kat to the front door, who then opened the door and walked in. Andre and Merle also walked in. Kat stood by the door and looked at Caroline.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpelqlDavEW
“See if you can come in.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Q0OGzvgWO
She tried but was barred.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT24aFUC4Ps
“Let me call them so you can be invited in,” she told her, before calling loud enough for them to hear, “Anyone here?”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYJFvwaCSF
A blonde stranger holding a three year old girl appeared at the top of the stairs. “Come in.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UaqKBGhTO
Caroline walked in and Kat closed the door.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOg9ooZeEK
“Who are you?” Kat asked, once the girl was downstairs, standing in front of her.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAesWL5yXwm
“Elijah mentioned you might have a little bit of an attitude. I’m Freya. You might’ve heard of me. I was thought to be dead, but was actually taken as prisoner by our Aunt Dahlia.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzPnNlBahQ
“Well, I’m glad that you found your family. This little one must be Hope,” Katherine said with a smile.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3Wi8D26w1
“Yes. And she’s all yours if anything happens to the last of us.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzQkxk2ADh
“What’s that supposed to mean?”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJx91blD58q
“I’ve been trying to stay away from Hope all I can but sooner or later, it’s going to happen, which means that I must go, though Elijah has chosen to stay. Klaus is just fine and Rebekah is daggered. Her box is across the river if you want to wake her up. Kol is safe with his new love life Davina Claire,” Freya explained.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GujKsShMY
“Where is he?” she asked, her worst nightmare happening.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rldrdkDd1
“He’s in bed.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLa7gPXd59l
“It was nice to meet you,” Kat replied.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIQHXBjNge
“You too. Here.” She gave Kat Hope, whom Kat took, before Freya left.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfgVwIk2NX
Kat looked at Caroline. “I know you have no experience, but take Hope. I need to see Elijah. My last memory of him can’t be the breakup. Please. I don’t want him to die alone.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDqXMdpINu
Caroline took Hope, not knowing what the hell she was supposed to do.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyjxgOMCm4
Kat looked at Andre and Merle. “There’s plenty of Bourbon here and probably some human food too. Help yourselves.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3zDFm6wiu
Kat went upstairs, while Merle helped himself to a bottle of Bourbon.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fw4nAL5h9
When Kat entered his room, she saw Klaus seated on his bedside, obviously staying with him until the very end.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBt360nRpx
She walked up to them and stood behind Klaus with a hand on his shoulder.. She didn’t think he’d attack her or anything, so she wasn’t afraid.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvoNi6rplr
“Katerina,” Klaus greeted, not looking at her. “I’m sorry. There’s nothing I can do.” He knew how much she and Elijah loved each other.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUYeZDHtIM
“I know. It’s not your fault. Caroline’s downstairs with a couple human friends we made. I should be the one to do it when the time comes.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTRMIXi5DE
“Thank you, luv.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4ZouSOXcD
She took her hand away and he vanished from sight. She then sat on his bedside, her hand on his right one and her other one gently on the left side of his face.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiA2wvOpPs
“Katerina,” he greeted. “You’re here.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5g5c5i41s
She smiled. “Of course I’m here. I love you, no matter what. You know what has to be done though.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4P7akedBVK
“I love you too, Katerina. I know. Don’t think that this is your fault. Think of it like this. You’ll be taking my pain away. Do me a favor, though. Look after what’s left of my family; Especially, Hope. She just lost her mother. I wish for you to take over as her mother.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByiBTdqyV2
“I will. I promise you,” she replied.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdDyFPEDIq
He closed his eyes, ready for the inevitable.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAFWOevaco
They shared one last kiss, before she took the White Oak stake from on top of the end table, and staked him, killing him.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlC7lNnl2Q1
Afterward, she slid to the floor, her back against the bed, her arms around her legs and head down, and cried. She didn’t want anyone to see her cry and never had. She’d never liked to show any weakness in front of anyone.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96lIvITTGW
As Klaus mingled downstairs, getting to know Andrea and Merle, he and Caroline heard her crying her heart out. Care had never witnessed any weakness from Katherine, nor had she ever took her for the type of girl to break down after a loss. That was more of her style. She always hated someone to be hurting one way or another though, no matter who it was. She always felt like no one, no matter who it was, should have to deal with anything alone.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nm7EDvLKA
“I should make sure she’s okay. Take her,” Caroline told Klaus, always being a good samaritan.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5E2YO3vdO
He took Hope. “Of course, luv,” Klaus replied.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw463c1NVS7
Care blurred upstairs and walked into Elijah’s former room, closing the door behind herself. She then sat on the floor next to the grieving human, an arm around her in comfort.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJt06Pd8TFQ
“I’m sorry, Katherine,” was all she could say.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr26me22Ccg
Katherine let her try and comfort her, though nobody had ever done that before. She was glad that unlike others, she wasn’t trying to tell her that everyone would be okay, because in this world, nothing was okay. She was also glad for the comfort and wasn’t surprised, knowing how much Care hated people being in pain.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSnNTvKNgy
After what felt like a while, she finally was able to get control over herself and stop crying, which she did. She then lifted her head and wiped her eyes.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrN74N5eV5v
“How about you go to bed. It’s been a while since either of us have slept,” Caroline suggested.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkWadCW5AT
“Good idea. Elijah would want us to stay rested and wanted me to take care of his family, so that’s what I’ll do. He wouldn’t want anyone to give up, either.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlP7OQoeW0
A few minutes later, Elijah’s body was taken care of and Kat was asleep in Elijah’s bed. The others were asleep too, Merle and Andrea in separate guest rooms and Hope in her room, while Klaus and Caroline were asleep in Klaus’ bed after making love. They were finally together.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtSVFvAJFY
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A month later, after everything that had happened, Merle and Andrea hooked up and Kat slowly healed from the loss of Elijah. Hope was a part of that healing and for once in their lives, she and Klaus had bonded and became friends.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgVg6IYgZE
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Years later, when all the walkers died out from hunger and being killed by survivors, things began to get back to how they were before the walkers. So those who were survivors, lived as happily as they could. Kat even reunited with her vampiress daughter, Nadia, and Damon was one of those survivors as well as Andrea, Merle, Kat, Hope, Caroline, Klaus, Davina, Kol, and Rebekah.
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