Ch.12: Gods and Monsters
Summary: Set in the S7 finale “Gods and Monsters.” What if Katherine coming back to life and warning him not to listen to the voice in the vault stopped Evil Itself from getting to him? What if he helped her after he found out she was hurt by Kai? What will ensue between them?
It was a nebulous night, as Damon Salvatore stood in the vault. He had just heard the sound of Elena’s voice and had hung up on Enzo. Even though he knew Elena was still in a coffin under the sleep spell Kai had put her in, he couldn’t help but to listen to what sounded like Elena calling his name.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbcyFft8MU
As he began to look around for who or what it was, scanning with his eyes, he suddenly saw a very human and injured Katherine appear.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXY3gtCoB9Y
“Damon, help me. I need you,” the voice said in the vault.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNgtkvSEL8
“Katherine?” he questioned her.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjXylHNA80
“It’s me. You didn’t think I’d stay dead, did you?”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbE6R2ZGRWk
“Well, I can hope, can’t I? How are you alive?”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnrTfZYDKP
“I ended up in the 1994 prison world. I think you can guess the rest.” She slowly half walked and half limped towards him until she was inches in front of him. “Don’t listen to the voice. Let’s just get the hell out of here.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4b8b19TEZ
“Why? What is it?” he asked her.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWJsGPHgRD
“Evil itself. Now let’s go,” she answered him.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9buvmcBdBu
After hearing that, he left the vault and then building with her.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdDpi2pMFD
Afterward, they stood in front of each other.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMCtgt65ZV
“I know it’s not my place or anything, but I’m sorry that you had to deal with Kai. He’s a psychotic maniac ass. Bonnie and I had to deal with him when we died for a little while. Then a while later, he came back alive and towards the end of last year, he put Elena under a sleeping spell and linked her to Bonnie. I can’t be with her for 60 years until Bonnie dies. He also nearly killed Bonnie which I ripped his head off for,” he informed her.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9e6tcEAMBT
“I’ll deal and I’m sorry for Elena. I know how much she means to everyone.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMisfdWYFJD
“Yeah, well, it was bound to happen. I lose everyone I care about over time,” he replied.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbcrWcT3tb
She gently and cautiously rested a hand on the side of his face. She was cautious because she knew what he felt about her.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvs9yJeCti
“I know. That’s the price we pay for knowing what exists and being a vampire. I wish I could make it better for you,” she replied. She always hated when he was hurt. Besides, she sired him and no matter what, cared for him. She was responsible for anything that happened to him, whether it was by her hand or not.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxol6niUsqH
“Well, there’s nothing any of us can do. What happened between you and Kai?” he replied, knowing she was injured. He’d know it since she’d shown up, alive yet again. He’d just been ignoring it until it seemed the right time to help her.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriGBMwFuTu
“It doesn’t matter,” she answered him.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3rhd4GZpz
“Well, it does to me. He’s a maniac. Nobody deserves to be treated how Kai tends to treat everyone he meets and crosses paths with.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8F9QXGrDo0
She took her hand away from his face and dropped it.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyvolpe44o
“I should be the one asking what happened to you. You care now. That’s a new one. You haven’t cared for me since 1864. What changed?” she replied.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ114o7Bsx86
“I don’t know. I guess the thought of Kai hurting you isn’t something I care to happen.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7CpPuC8zc
“I can take care of myself, Damon. You don’t need to play hero to everyone that gets hurt or almost dies. You can’t help or save everyone.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6paC5hJJa
“Well, maybe not, but I sure as hell can try.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6mN20xfsS
“Don’t. You’ll get yourself killed for good.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSCVoPGPHv
As she spoke, he scanned her for what her injuries were. He could see that it looked like she had some stab wounds and there was a dagger in one of her thighs. It looked like it had opened an artery. There was also blood on the left side of her head and she was pale. He knew that she had lost a lot of blood and it was making her weak, but she was hiding what she was feeling.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttZUnv3kXM
“How about we get out of here? You need a hospital,” he suggested.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Eex94xHrx
She knew he was right, but didn’t want to admit it. She was stubborn like that, but she was starting to feel weak and her vision was going black.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡro0jsfU2c4
“Katherine,” he said, as he caught her from hitting the ground. He then gently layed her down on the ground, knelt by her, and gently took her jacket off. He had to use it to slow or stop the bleeding.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiy5EbXq0u9
As she lay there, trying to stay awake, she blurrily saw Damon. She could also feel pain and put her hand on her lower stomach, where she felt the pain and now the blood. She could also feel her hand start to shake.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vhQgE2qOO
He took her hand off the wound and put her jacket on it, tying it into place. He then put her hand on top of her jacket and his hand on top of hers.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFI6rO43A6r
“Stay with me, Katherine. You’re gonna be okay.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIypLJvVShz
He slid an arm under her, gently pulling her into his arms, and slide his other arm under her legs. He then got to his feed and blurred towards the hospital.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnP7Pzknhu
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Damon stood by and watched as the doctors got her hooked up to an ivy and checked her over, as they put a breathing mask on her. There wasn’t anything he could do. He could only wait for them to tend to her wounds and hope she would make it.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzSj7ybX03
As everything began to fade away, she could hear the sound of doctors around her and knew where she was. Then everything went black.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1epqLhspB
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A few hours later, a doctor informed Damon that she was in the recovery room and should be just fine. She had a few fractured ribs, a concussion, an opened artery, and some internal bleeding but would be just find as long as she healed correctly and didn’t reopen her wounds. He thanked the doctor and then went to her room to see her.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknxpa43bCg
He closed the door behind himself and sat on her beside, a hand on top of hers and his other one he rested on the left side of her face.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsU7W8mHppq
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When she woke up, she saw that she was in a hospital room with Damon seated on her bedside, a hand on the side of her face.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RGAVbEYUJ
She gave a smile.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqMaMwElkp
“You saved me.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlmCZPM4Tb
“Yes, and don’t make me regret it,” he replied.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIzaMkHNPY
“Well, thank you anyway,” she said.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkF2Hi1uYVz
He took his hand away from her face and she slowly sat up.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbXRarRSUd
They silently looked at one another.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6f37g88UZ2
After a few minutes, they began to make out.
