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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMQgPjjtJG
"You're one of The Five."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjcrUlfCaN
He didn't have time for anything else, because everything went black.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzXSf2jjXK
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcz1FH9s6a
"We can play this game all you want, or you can leave and never bother any of us again."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoAR7tpCLZ
He aimed to shoot again and she was instantly by him. She through his crossbow into the trees and kicked him to the ground.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYnEQiarwW
"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."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQIqe6FZH6
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7EnieBoIg
"Now that was just painful. That hurt."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIhcwbIUqK
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkD8YnBNjBY
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdaqUiZW04
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NYux36I3h
"Katherine?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHLv11Ff8r
He slowly sat up.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqlbC0mXEm
"It's me. I did what I could. I didn't kill him but now I need help," she summarized.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrWYMFFPeH
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvkPeJQlGB
He knelt in front of her.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wekHDug6j
"We need to get back to camp."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHsoOMEyeY
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mxAt5wtnx
His hand stopped burning and he put an arm around her, getting them both to their feet.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8IoxTO8EF
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Cw9GjaWyA
"Damon?" Elena questioned.
"She saved my life from one of The Five killing me. He daggered her with a vervained dagger," he explained.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKaOO4n7As
"Let's get her in my tent," she suggested, walking up to them.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6wim9gTZr
Katherine started to lose consciousness.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGu5g46cdt
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JdpcQl4NK
"I'm dying," she whispered.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVAyzeRIzl
Both vampires knew what she met. There was werewolf poison on the dagger, too.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLJa1IZfUO
"We won't let you die," Elena promised her.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4eYNhLXFx
Just then, they sensed Jeremy. Then he walked in.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Yfo6rrhXd
"What's going on?" he asked.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1VzajLVYs
"Jeremy, I want you to pull the dagger out. You're human. You can do it," Elena said.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oX0tOO0Dr
"We'll explain after you pull it out," Damon informed him.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJVcEgs8XH
Jeremy bent down and pulled it out, tossing it out of the tent.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6ANcCkYVn
Kat gasped in pain.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbHK3M5yXb
"Shh. Shh, Katherine; it's okay; you'll be okay," Elena said, trying to calm her.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeiL0FfTHd
"While Elena babysits, I'll fill you in," Damon told Jeremy.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8K2BRo7P7
Jeremy and Damon left the tent.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSxw8FdgDc
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASx2weCsKz
Suddenly, a sharp pain sliced through her and Kat screamed in excruciating pain.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PKB6NeCD4
Elena tried to soothe her.
"So, what are you going to do?" Jeremy asked, having been filled in.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklkoXHMrMQ
"We either need to get her home or call Klaus," Damon replied.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadPohkwp3v
"I'll call Klaus," Damon heard Elena say from the tent.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqj7VcImMGv
Stefan and Rebekah came into camp.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscAvEon4o5
"What about Klaus?" Stefan asked.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6e9C2V22Tl
"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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeNlAiWurb
"What's she even doing here in the first place?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9fI6dbxzA
"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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgu4PICItw
"Hello, Elena. What can I do for you?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWi1Y4Cu3PV
"It's Katherine. She's dying. You have to help her."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuktKS6IYZ2
"What did Katerina get into this time?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGm84LCvCZo
"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."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsIffP4zaY
"If you get your friend to untrap me, I'll come over."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2gA2r7RI1
"I'll see what I can do. Are you really going to help, or do you just want free?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOOvmJc8VK
"I want both, luv."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPh6QjZzwK
Another pain sliced through her and Kat screamed in excruciating agony.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAL9XRwgo1
"Thanks, Klaus."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiXA3erdc7
They hung up.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlq9JBGLIw
"Hang in there," Elena said.
Damon looked at them.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqlI721YF6
"We need Bonnie so Klaus can cure her."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKh1WhVdp7j
"I'll find her," Stefan volunteered.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9KPCnZ6WB
Damon watched him go.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfTB1CzBMv
"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."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1C13Wu47o
He looked at her.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXcDYmnbsm
"You don't understand."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aAxX35phs
"You're right. I don't. But I would if you'd explain it to me."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMbg3Clyhu
"I'd rather not. I think I'll pass."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS72edk7uTc
"Very well, then."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNc7Sm1DMO
"Rebekah, why don't you make yourself useful and go after my brother?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBEnNQ1ng5
"Or I could stay here," she replied, sitting down by the campfire on a log.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuQkjpCz8V
"You're stubborn," he commented.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6r3N7GCZd0
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDdI4a8tlC
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4DACT2YVX
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrj8DvxjnoC
"Katerina, Katerina," he said.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZMHNnWxun
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCY7rN04jU0
After he knew he had given her enough, he layed her gently back down and got to his feet.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebceQYI0JJ
"Thank you," Elena said.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncSDM1RTdM
"You're welcome. Now I must go."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc96G8KP6r9
Klaus left the tent.
Half an hour later, Kat came to to see Damon and Elena at either side of her.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSFuxvkotv
"Hey," Elena greeted.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCMiTCu1EA
"Feeling better?" Damon asked.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkFNddWdI5
"Yeah; thanks; to all of you."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OCK4Kr91x
"So, why were you here in the first place?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvSXiy17wx
"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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