Summary: Set somewhere around "Do Not Go Gentle." What if Kat ran into a newly turned Ric? What will happen?713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQESBgMAk0k
It was a beautiful night in Mystic Falls, Virginia as Katherine Pierce sat at the bar next to Alaric.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOtKBTeyG6
"Hello, Alaric," she greeted.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTur9hL6TO
"Katherine."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1b2BP9aKpy
"Do you know where I might find Elijah?" she questioned.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3JjrE0iVP
"Go away."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVQ6SB4mcV
"Why? I thought we left on good terms."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3J9eOAT9pZ
"I don't want you here. Take a hint, will you?"713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMUJYq1DN0
Then the familiar scent hit her; vampire.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFlwbS2ust
"What happened to you?" she asked him.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeR9KWFYYKl
"Esther turned me. Now I'm going to kill every vampires, starting with Klaus."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuKHvd9RQK
She clenched her teeth and gasped in pain, as he stabbed her with a dagger. And then she felt the familiar sensation of having a hard time breathing. And that's when she knew the dagger had vervain on it. Now she couldn't go anywhere without help and she was too shaky to move on her own, much less get her phone out to call for help. All she could do was clutch the bar with both hands to keep from falling.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMS6uF03mta
"We should help her," she heard Caroline Forbes say, a moment after she smelled Tyler and Caroline when they walked in.
"Why?" she heard Tyler ask.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQHvm60bHa
"She had to have come back for a reason. And that reason wasn't to get vervained by Alaric. She needs help. We have to help her."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDcCFTouXS
"Fine. You stay here. I'll get away from him. He can't hurt me like he can you."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQBBuCh49e
A few minutes later, she smelled his scent. He was behind her. She felt a gentle hand on her right upper arm and knew it was Tyler's.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURWCPivH3D
I'm saved, she thought to herself.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3V5vpOUqc
"Let's get out of here," she heard Tyler say.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IN5kf2Yrh
She slowly got off the stool and onto her feet, as he held a hand on her arm to help her keep her balance.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6bPh7RUPn
Before she knew it, they were outside the Mystic Grille. Tyler still had his hand on her arm and Caroling had a hand on her other arm.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgyNCbxThT
"What happened?" Caroline asked her as gently as she could. All she knew was that she smelled vervain with something else she couldn't place.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcHEt8hm6u
"I asked him where Elijah was and he told me what happened to him. Then he stabbed me," Kat summarized.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzObm9oWPE
"And before that?" Tyler asked.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhkd8sV4hq
"I killed the hybrids Klaus sent after me. They attacked, though. That's why I was looking for Elijah. He's the only one I can trust to get me the cure without having to sacrifice anything. And Elijah still cares about me. We had something when I was human and before I came to live in America."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYDsgxMBaz
Tyler and Caroline looked at one another. They knew they had to do something, but they didn't know where they would find Elijah.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eREglQE9m
As she started to feel weak, Kat saw Damon.
Damon had been walking up to the Mystic Grille, when he had seen Tyler and Caroline outside holding Katherine up. Then he was instantly in front of them.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvxWBPtZu3
"What happened to her?" Damon asked them, though he looked at Katherine.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRXyjdAVbn
"She was vervained by Alaric. Before that, she was attacked by his hybrids. She killed them," Tyler answered.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5budKyNybT
"I'll take care of her."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfldSpciQmc
"She said she wanted to ask Elijah to get the cure for her."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgi3V5OLoi
"Then I'll find him and take care of her."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZV1ImVQ5c
She felt the vampiress and hybrid leave to go inside. Then she was alone with Damon.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNFCAVfukV
He kept his eyes on her, as he assessed her condition.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOwL82A8XL
"Katherine."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NmXoZutJr
"Damon?" was all she got out, as everything went black.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJJoliPqFa
The elder Salvatore brother caught her from hitting the ground. Then he picked her up in his arms and walked the route to Elena's. He couldn't use his super speed. There were too many people around.
She groaned as she came to, and realized that she was in Damon's arms. Then she felt an urge. It was a side effect of the vervain.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNJEuPLiHv
Damon set her on her feet and watched her, as she knelt down by a bush by Elena's walkway and coughed up blood. He knew it would come. This wasn't the first time he had seen her in a vervained state. As she coughed up blood, he knelt by her. Before he could pull the dagger out of her lower stomach, he smelled Elena's scent. That's what made him look up.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArwHu93Vyn
Elena was heading out the door, when she saw Damon and Katherine. She knew from the scene that something was wrong. She left the house and didn't stop until she stood by them.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9yP3IkZFo
"Damon, what's going on?"713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCPjSu2jzK
He looked up at her.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Y161qPOAz
"Elena, you should go back inside; but if you must know, Ric vervained her. To top if off, she was bitten by hybrids before she killed them."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeNrFRQ1Fz
He pulled the dagger out and handed it to the doppelganger.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakX24ptY2N
"Take it."
Kat finished and used the sleeve of her jacket to clean her face, before she looked up at Elena.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjwXW0Ablq
"Elena," she greeted.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSvLCvBODZ
Damon got to his feet, as he helped his Sire to her feet. He could tell she was weak, as he did so.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCDpnWAa6M
"She can stay in my room and I'll watch her," Elena announced.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVqCzLijhc
"Thanks," Kat told her descendant.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisHawP6YpI
"We should get her inside," Damon said.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeN1kp9tzz
Before she knew it, everything went dark again.
When she woke up for the second time tonight, she was on her back on Elena's bed. Her jacket was off and her wounds had been tended to. Her journal was on top of the end table and Elena was seated on her bedside with a wash cloth in hand. She stared at the wall as she saw her pa' pa and ma' ma, too weak to cry. And then they disappeared and she saw Rose. She thought it odd to see her Sire that hadn't liked her in the beginning. But she didn't care. She just wanted to know if she would live or die. Then she finally looked at Elena, as Elena continued to damp the cloth on her face to cool her down.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OpJcL7z2U
"I'm sorry, Elena. I'm sorry for what I did. Forgive me. Tell Damon that I have always cared and loved them both. I never chose either of them. I love you too, Elena. You are the last of my Petrova family. I hope you will all forgive me," she whispered.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXviXajggK
"I forgave you a long time ago. And I think Damon will forgive you after a while. Just hand on," Elena replied.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuz5G6iuxhc
"I don't know how much longer I can, Elena."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nHUlUISlV
"Try, Katherine."
Damon stood by the stairs, as he spoke to Rebecca.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrcdfucBv7
"Please, Rebecca. Do this for me, at least."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzLTeK12qE
"Fine."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJC4ZxbRsA
"Good. Meet me at Elena's."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLuKokWBbx
He hung up.
"I'm going to find Elijah!" he yelled up the stairs at Elena and Kat. Then he left.
When Katherine woke up, she felt better. She saw that Elijah and Elena were both at her side.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wLMBYxrVF
"You should go help Damon. My sister has stepped out of line," he told Elena.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIbGiNmEBk
She obeyed.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJg1GSoVx1k
Katherine sat up in bed.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKphwqgutp
He gave her a shot glass of blood and she drank it, before she gave it back to him. He then set it back on the end table and she got to her feet.
She put her jacket back on and he bit his wrist.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaq7NwjrLy
"It'll heal you faster," he said, as he held it out to her.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntFTzaSeAG
She drank from him for a few minutes, before she let go.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCbjwLSC36
She watched him vanish, and then she headed down the stairs.
Once down the stairs, she saw the scene. There was a dagger in Damon's chest. He was slumped against the threshold. Elena was knelt in front of him with fear. Elijah and Rebecca were gone.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wpZeJxMjV
Kat knelt by them.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9xSxFXIVp
"He'll be okay," she assured her.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1Jak6Tdn3
Katherine gently drug him into the hallway and Elena closed the door. The vampiress then knelt down with his back against her, and bit her wrist. She put it to his lips and made her blood go down his throat, as she used her free hand to pull the dagger out. She tossed it to the floor and Elena knelt at his right side.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsPHS2DGmt
A few minutes later, he came to. Then, once he felt better, he stopped drinking and she took her wrist away. It obviously healed.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrsJqY9X6w
He looked up at her.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdY9W5cm2ZX
"Katherine."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYWmR285CS
"Welcome back, Damon."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2k0IL5ch9v
"I could say the same thing," he answered.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2vvFXyG9j
The three of them smiled at one another.
