Characters: Kat, Elijah, Klaus (mentioned), Rebekah, Elena (mentioned)
Summary: Set in S4 “American Gothic” and Originals S1, after they got the compound back and right before Celeste rose from the dead. Elijah finds an injured and human Katherine after she crashes a car into a pole. Will Rebekah be willing enough to save her life for Elijah’s sake? What will ensue?
Pairings:
Kalijah
*American Gothic*
It’s never enough to say I’m sorry
It’s never enough to say I care
But I’m caught between what you wanted from me
And knowing that if I give that to you
I might just disappear
598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk72AZH6ICS
598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJw5FoiSufy
It was a beautiful day, as they stood in front of each other in a Pennsylvania in an alleyway.
“Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he asked her.
“Of course you’re not a means of survival. You looked out for me when I had no one. You’ve given me a second chance now, when no one else will.” She rested a hand on the side of his face. “I love you. Elijah.”
He turned his head away and she put her hand down.
“You don’t believe me,” she stated.
He looked at her. “I want to. It’s my disease. I just keep wanting to believe you, but how can I when, at every turn, you give me a reason to doubt you? I don’t know you. I don’t think I ever will.”
He began to walk away.
She stood there for a moment, thinking about what he’d just said, before catching up with him and putting a hand on his arm.
“Wait.”
He looked at her hand on his arm and then her a couple times, so she let go of him, getting the hint. Then he looked at her.
“Goodbye, Katherine.”
She could only watch, as he walked away.
That night, she found him and went to stand in front of him where he was on a sidewalk.
“What do you want?”
“To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive, I---I’m starting to believe my own lies. I don’t even remember who I was when we first met. And I want to find out.” She took a box out of her purse.
“You have the cure,” he stated.
“Yes. And I can shove this down Klaus’ throat and try to kill him, but even if I managed to do it, I’d lose you. And I don’t want to happen.” She set the vial of the cure in his hand and put his empty hand on top of the hand that held the cure with her hands around his. “I want you to trust me. I need you to trust me. Just like I’m trusting you.” She took her hands away. “You don’t owe me anything. I’m going to let you decide where we go from here.”
He watched, as she walked away and then looked down at the cure in his hand.
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing
It’s like one step forward and two steps back
No matter what I do you’re always mad
And I, I can’t change your mind
I know it’s like trying to turn around on a one way street
I can’t give you what you want
And it’s killing me
And I, I’m starting to see
Maybe we’re not meant to be
598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEXzacrEue
598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwJa1apnOe
Later that night, Elijah stood in front of her at the Mikaelson place in Mystic Falls. He loved her, but he couldn’t trust someone that would lie to him like she had today. He hated what he was about to do. He’d promised to protect her all those centuries ago, but he was so tired of figuring out if she was telling the truth or not. He was about to do the one thing that he hated to do to her. He had to leave to go help Klaus in New Orleans. He couldn’t stay and family always came first for him. He always had to sacrifice love for family, no matter what. He always stood by his family because of their vow centuries ago; always and forever.
“It’s our turn, Elijah. Please,” she pleaded, when he’d told her that he was leaving to go help Klaus out.
“Katerina.” He rested a hand on the side of her face and then took it away and kissed her on the forehead. “Goodbye, Katerina.” Then he was gone.
*Human Once Again*
It’s never enough to say I love you
No it’s never enough to say I try
It’s hard to believe
That there’s no way out for you and me
And it seems to be the story of our lives
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing
There’s still time to turn this around
You could be building this up instead of tearing it down
But I keep thinking
Maybe it’s too late
598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAuB1dVz4Q
598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLza3C8AMn
After Elijah left, her heart hurt and filled with anger, thinking that Elena had said something to Elijah in Pennsylvania when Elena’s humanity had been off, she ambushed her in the hallway of Mystic High. She then tried to kill Elena, but Elena shoved the cure down her throat, turning her human.
After the summer was over with, Katherine decided to go to her ex. He may have left her for Klaus yet again, but they didn’t need to trust each other for him to protect her from danger. Plus, having an Original on your side was usually a bonus. She needed him now more than ever and figured that he’d protect her, no matter what. Besides, whether he left her or not, even if he didn’t love her, she still loved him. If their positions were reversed, she knew she’d do the same for him. So, she was going to go to Elijah for protection.
It’s like one step forward and two steps back
No matter what I do you’re always mad
And I, baby, I’m starting to see
Maybe we’re not meant to be
598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxUl3by6eM
598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dJ6BGXRQW
After driving a car into New Orleans she’d hot-wired, she’d gotten into a wreck with a streetlight pole. So, now she sat in the driver’s side of the car, injured, everything going black. She was in pain, but it was starting to fade, as everything began to go black for her.
Elijah was walking, having left the bar after a few drinks, heading home, when, in a desolate area of New Orleans, he smelled the familiar mixed scents. He stopped in his tracks, smelling the scents of Katerina, blood, and human. Then, making up his mind and curious of why she was in town, he followed the scent trail.
Half an hour later, he found the source of what he was smelling. She was in a wrecked car, obviously injured and it was apparent to him that she was human now, which he knew meant that someone had shoved the cure down her throat. He knew how much she’d loved being a vampire. He also knew her so well that he knew that being human was like a curse on her.
He blurred to the driver’s side and forced the jammed door open.
“Katerina.”
He scanned for what her injuries were, hoping she wasn’t too injured. He saw that there was a shard of glass stabbed into her thigh, which had opened up the artery in her leg. Her abdomen and lower stomach were also bleeding from a shard of glass and there was blood on either side of her head. He also saw that she’d lost a lot of blood, since she was so pale with slow breathing.
He pulled the shard of glass out of her lower stomach and tossed it to the floorboard, but didn’t bother with the other two. He figured the only reason she was still alive was because the shards of glass were keeping her from quickly bleeding out. Careful of her injuries, he gently pulled her into his arms and then blurred home. Rebekah had been a nurse back in the day, so he figured that she could save her. He didn’t want to try vampire blood. No one had taken the cure before, so they didn’t know if there was any side effects to it. Also, there wasn’t a working hospital, due to Mikael in 1918, so he couldn’t take her to one. Rebekah was his only choice.
Once at the compound, he blurred her to a guest bedroom and onto a bed, gently laying her down, before calling for Rebekah. Then, after some convincing, she began to do what she could for Katherine, despite hating her for being able to run from Nik for 500 years, escaping him. She didn’t like that she didn’t get to get away from Nik but Katherine had been able to. That didn’t mean she wanted Elijah to lose the love of his life, though. Besides, after the life she’d led as a vampire, she knew Katherine didn’t deserve to die from a mere car crash. So, she decided to save her life the best of her ability.
Half an hour or so later, Rebekah succeeded in saving her life and tending to her wounds, so Elijah moved her to his room and gently layed her down on his bed. Then he sat on her bedside, waiting for her to come to, a hand on hers. After almost losing her tonight, he realized that he’d been wrong to leave her without a look back. If anything happened to her and he wasn’t there to save or try to save her, he’d never forgive himself. She was his world, despite the fact that he’d left her to her own. He’d thought that she’d be okay without him, but he knew now that he’d been wrong.
In the end, after she woke up, they rekindled their relationship, getting back together, once again, and he promised that he’d protect her, since she clearly needed protection and someone to be around to make sure she didn’t hurt herself on accident again.
ns 15.158.61.48da2
