Summary: What if Kat had arrived right after one of The Five had knocked Damon out?
Damon tried to get away from the guy and saw his tattoo on his hand.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVE0yJyjndE
"You're one of The Five."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVd4RD1Hbm
He didn't have time for anything else, because everything went black.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZdCV7qKuX
The guy stood over Damon whom lay on his back and took out a stake. He raised it to strike, but at that moment, he was thrown a distance away. He stood up and saw a pissed off vampiress. He aimed the crossbow at her and fired, but she was instantly out of the way.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0pvBYwq8p
"We can play this game all you want, or you can leave and never bother any of us again."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxkXiywxdA
He aimed to shoot again and she was instantly by him. She through his crossbow into the trees and kicked him to the ground.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAzhKkRjSm
"I guess it's the hard way then," she said. "You see, family and friends are everything so I take hurting or killing them personally."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPxE4gSuoo
She grabbed him by the throat, ready to kill him, when he stabbed her with a stake in her stomach in attempt to get her off. She pulled it out and tossed it away.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yAF01kZ7t
"Now that was just painful. That hurt."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ots59xn7p
He attempted to stake her to kill her and they ended up rolling on the ground, fighting over the stake.
When she saw his tattoo on his hand, she used all her strength and stabbed the stake into his leg. Then she left him on the ground in pain to painfully kneel down beside Damon.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqV1eBFVYfV
The guy watched her in pain after he had put a dagger in her side. Now he knew she was in trouble and he didn't care. He had put werewolf poison and vervain on the dagger.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXr3KX83d9m
Katherine was too weak to pull the dagger out and she needed help, so all she could do was wait for Damon to awaken.
When Damon awoke not long afterward, he saw Katherine. The guy was gone and Kat didn't quite look right.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3VJJRq6Uh
"Katherine?"701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWg6yh8EalV
He slowly sat up.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPSAI6VaNP
"It's me. I did what I could. I didn't kill him but now I need help," she summarized.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ghZja0AEl
He looked at her closely to figure out what was wrong. Then he saw she was pale, sweating, looked weak, and there was a dagger in her left side. It was deep, protruding close to the middle of her abdomen. He knew what she had done in the past, but she needed him now. She needed every ounce of help she could get.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVwqFTGCTJ
He knelt in front of her.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiECWrdKIP
"We need to get back to camp."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCXDUBNsdQ
He tried to pull the dagger out, but couldn't. The handle of it was laced with vervain. As soon as his hand burned, he pulled it away.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdCkZkvQQv
His hand stopped burning and he put an arm around her, getting them both to their feet.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4cB0zqG9j
She put an arm around his shoulders weakly and they walked to camp, Kat limping.
Elena was heading for the trees, when she smelled fresh blood close by with the mixture of Damon's scent. Then, a moment later, Damon walked in with a very pale, limping, bleeding Katherine.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoH9JHbZnUv
"Damon?" Elena questioned.
"She saved my life from one of The Five killing me. He daggered her with a vervained dagger," he explained.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTXIG8SunP
"Let's get her in my tent," she suggested, walking up to them.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZiZtLjA16
Katherine started to lose consciousness.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeTZDE3rvc
Both vampires stood at either side of her and used their body weight to hold her up. Elena put an arm around her and put Kat's free arm around her shoulders. Then they both half walked half dragged her to the tent.
A few minutes later, she lay on her back on Elena's sleeping bag, half conscious.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Z43xXVL6I
"I'm dying," she whispered.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkU7hd7O75q
Both vampires knew what she met. There was werewolf poison on the dagger, too.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIxzrmpCoP
"We won't let you die," Elena promised her.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIITGHxWvY
Just then, they sensed Jeremy. Then he walked in.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVmM8SoZf4
"What's going on?" he asked.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeCkcqU16v
"Jeremy, I want you to pull the dagger out. You're human. You can do it," Elena said.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREHnid8sz9
"We'll explain after you pull it out," Damon informed him.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJ1alp96FU
Jeremy bent down and pulled it out, tossing it out of the tent.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkQfQLxCvG
Kat gasped in pain.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GWqUxiMSx
"Shh. Shh, Katherine; it's okay; you'll be okay," Elena said, trying to calm her.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvxgfliJLJ
"While Elena babysits, I'll fill you in," Damon told Jeremy.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1rO3P2Q9H
Jeremy and Damon left the tent.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AixjMUY7F
Elena rested a gentle hand on Katherine's forehead. She was sweating badly. She took her hand away. She knew there was one thing she could do to help her descendant. So she did just that. She started to unbutton her leather jacket and take it off her to cool her down a little. Then, once it was off, Elena set it down in a corner.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlnKcVlMBV
Suddenly, a sharp pain sliced through her and Kat screamed in excruciating pain.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGQZI39lQK
Elena tried to soothe her.
"So, what are you going to do?" Jeremy asked, having been filled in.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbO9u4Bah3
"We either need to get her home or call Klaus," Damon replied.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRsF3RdewV
"I'll call Klaus," Damon heard Elena say from the tent.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWsHakcfR0
Stefan and Rebekah came into camp.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoK8Gfy4Jz6
"What about Klaus?" Stefan asked.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaK2CWyTJxD
"Katherine's here. She saved my life from one of The Five. Now she's dying. Elena's with her. She's calling Klaus," Damon answered his brother.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfcLNm7w2A
"What's she even doing here in the first place?"701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBzsaR4Drr
"I don't know, Stefan. Why don't you ask her yourself? I didn't have time to ask her. All I know is there's an injured one of The Five out there and Katherine's dying."
Elena called Niklaus and waited for an answer.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2QVBrR8Sl
"Hello, Elena. What can I do for you?"701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJjueH8giG
"It's Katherine. She's dying. You have to help her."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYLmHJ8J9D
"What did Katerina get into this time?"701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FocKeNsc5
"She saved Damon's life from one of The Five. He stabbed her with a dagger with werewolf poison and vervain on it. Pleas, Klaus."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pPLCB7MqU
"If you get your friend to untrap me, I'll come over."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IWcNU9Zkn
"I'll see what I can do. Are you really going to help, or do you just want free?"701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcoLZ5YPUh
"I want both, luv."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrjej2qMzj
Another pain sliced through her and Kat screamed in excruciating agony.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1iBKRZmix
"Thanks, Klaus."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmBomKgg5I
They hung up.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRKhcaDzEY
"Hang in there," Elena said.
Damon looked at them.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnb8sqIFDi
"We need Bonnie so Klaus can cure her."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkimWeSBsnI
"I'll find her," Stefan volunteered.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsKI5grYm1
Damon watched him go.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxT21KYJukU
"It's quite amazing, you know. One moment, you're in love with her. The next moment, you want to kill her. Now you want to save her life," Rebekah said. "It's fascinating, really."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryw4zddl8l
He looked at her.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ61fUKypAW
"You don't understand."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfippA5fWyO
"You're right. I don't. But I would if you'd explain it to me."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Kv6fkN3JV
"I'd rather not. I think I'll pass."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8QoCEoiC0
"Very well, then."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡes0DCzJ8Hr
"Rebekah, why don't you make yourself useful and go after my brother?"701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGfmu29XHL
"Or I could stay here," she replied, sitting down by the campfire on a log.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmgFb62Zh4
"You're stubborn," he commented.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHrfy8hzlW
He headed for the tent.
Elena looked down at the unconscious vampiress, hoping Bonnie would do it and Klaus would get here soon. She felt so helpless. All she could do was look after her and watch Katherine slowly die. She didn't want to lose yet another family member. She sure as hell didn't want to watch another die.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBPy6lSJ6d
Damon walked inside and knelt by her beside Elena. He looked down at her; if only he had known why she had come here in the first place. He hoped she wouldn't die. He saw she was even worst and her breathing was labored.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuzGmpIRCz
Hang in there, he thought to her, not sure if she could hear him or not.
By the time Klaus walked into the tent, she was just minutes from death. It was heard for her to breathe and all she could do was lay there and wait for the time of death.
Klaus knelt down at her right side, as she closed her eyes and her head rolled to the left.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlgEdENHrl
"Katerina, Katerina," he said.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2egZGgaRch
He pulled her gently into his arms and positioned her head gently back. He bit his wrist and put it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0Lzqe8wjw
After he knew he had given her enough, he layed her gently back down and got to his feet.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9VZytqcYk
"Thank you," Elena said.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8lWo1HGIw
"You're welcome. Now I must go."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAut2A8ag9t
Klaus left the tent.
Half an hour later, Kat came to to see Damon and Elena at either side of her.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvihA4zchXK
"Hey," Elena greeted.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7x2czHveS
"Feeling better?" Damon asked.701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBNrPtpxx1
"Yeah; thanks; to all of you."701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmt9Dk1W12c
"So, why were you here in the first place?"701Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOJvtYRBvj
"To help find the cure," she told him. "You may find it shocking and all, but I want that cure. I never wanted this. I only turned to get away from Klaus, but it didn't matter. He came after me, anyway. I want the cure as much as Elena here and you once did and Stefan. I can name off others that want it, too."
Damon was shocked that she wouldn't want to stay a vampire after all she had done.
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