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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmwy89cFGo
"You're one of The Five."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjQSPa7npz
He didn't have time for anything else, because everything went black.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6J4PhPC9L5
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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgLMKZ9fEX
"We can play this game all you want, or you can leave and never bother any of us again."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NashSfgKJ
He aimed to shoot again and she was instantly by him. She through his crossbow into the trees and kicked him to the ground.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrDFj7O7EA
"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."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXKLOWv0Q1
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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2OtLkLS8t
"Now that was just painful. That hurt."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJewySRDfdT
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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pWKXFwEJK
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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvl5D26A7t
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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdD47Xyy06R
"Katherine?"685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrK10SQnjwC
He slowly sat up.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVw0HX9emnL
"It's me. I did what I could. I didn't kill him but now I need help," she summarized.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATO9P6Jdav
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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6YEMLPqqS
He knelt in front of her.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWh1CmzbuIH
"We need to get back to camp."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PyVgGWkY6
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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuK4HbqZYsk
His hand stopped burning and he put an arm around her, getting them both to their feet.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YbSXLSD4g
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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVYrlvMKUB
"Damon?" Elena questioned.
"She saved my life from one of The Five killing me. He daggered her with a vervained dagger," he explained.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kE5lhuW1E
"Let's get her in my tent," she suggested, walking up to them.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡld2SNo88D0
Katherine started to lose consciousness.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9zi2HwclL
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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVEzQjBfal
"I'm dying," she whispered.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6Q2PoRkCH
Both vampires knew what she met. There was werewolf poison on the dagger, too.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIduQsi3Ob
"We won't let you die," Elena promised her.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfHL7wHmpK
Just then, they sensed Jeremy. Then he walked in.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZCYuKgdPn
"What's going on?" he asked.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGXWf6PFt2
"Jeremy, I want you to pull the dagger out. You're human. You can do it," Elena said.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VPIXh1838
"We'll explain after you pull it out," Damon informed him.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8SPlIqnzf
Jeremy bent down and pulled it out, tossing it out of the tent.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl531XUa6ES
Kat gasped in pain.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsqtWT3Yqj
"Shh. Shh, Katherine; it's okay; you'll be okay," Elena said, trying to calm her.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgHWYWJjaX
"While Elena babysits, I'll fill you in," Damon told Jeremy.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FbCaFhMIL
Jeremy and Damon left the tent.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQU31wRIarU
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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrx2BJhnEE
Suddenly, a sharp pain sliced through her and Kat screamed in excruciating pain.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXFW6zC0Mb
Elena tried to soothe her.
"So, what are you going to do?" Jeremy asked, having been filled in.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSkIGMoZX2
"We either need to get her home or call Klaus," Damon replied.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBqpk1Fhwt
"I'll call Klaus," Damon heard Elena say from the tent.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwu6PIZm1oQ
Stefan and Rebekah came into camp.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyapmAUgQB5
"What about Klaus?" Stefan asked.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CoJneEcCU
"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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWqlZX4pNJ
"What's she even doing here in the first place?"685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dZsXDT9YJ
"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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5Zq0Y0FJJ
"Hello, Elena. What can I do for you?"685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DUfmfppVP
"It's Katherine. She's dying. You have to help her."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRk87VtUS79
"What did Katerina get into this time?"685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmg6BED96V
"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."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovve2qeKXA
"If you get your friend to untrap me, I'll come over."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTf6Y8c08wo
"I'll see what I can do. Are you really going to help, or do you just want free?"685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZB2A5xUj4T
"I want both, luv."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1EUfmmAtf
Another pain sliced through her and Kat screamed in excruciating agony.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6hB6viYf5
"Thanks, Klaus."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTsq6ddPuF
They hung up.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMUj8fTbr4
"Hang in there," Elena said.
Damon looked at them.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oSdQniJ4e
"We need Bonnie so Klaus can cure her."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2AIke2ztc
"I'll find her," Stefan volunteered.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyKQ1vNnZ5
Damon watched him go.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqXA0SvJEt
"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."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBUhv1CuiJ
He looked at her.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiIyRMdbu0
"You don't understand."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7P48dra4r
"You're right. I don't. But I would if you'd explain it to me."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtlJt8hjXx
"I'd rather not. I think I'll pass."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbWzhzgtGX
"Very well, then."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdqY5t3ERw
"Rebekah, why don't you make yourself useful and go after my brother?"685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ni6bzGQzI
"Or I could stay here," she replied, sitting down by the campfire on a log.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwtK5hcifT
"You're stubborn," he commented.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsExajNh2Sy
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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FNaf8vhpZ
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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtffvXSEFS
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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS80AGFDpQh
"Katerina, Katerina," he said.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5awSHeMB0C
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.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMeIKVEW6G
After he knew he had given her enough, he layed her gently back down and got to his feet.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPyvaQEATr
"Thank you," Elena said.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrZtjt8vyK
"You're welcome. Now I must go."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVHazTDaQh
Klaus left the tent.
Half an hour later, Kat came to to see Damon and Elena at either side of her.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjwqPIzucX
"Hey," Elena greeted.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjeSIjtNmv
"Feeling better?" Damon asked.685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflb8Rm3iLP
"Yeah; thanks; to all of you."685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGH9aNyDQYz
"So, why were you here in the first place?"685Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXAL6BKDqP
"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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