Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIghq7lSnKX
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGh0ERiS48s
If I asked you to dance?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalKNnrpC0m
Would you run and never look back?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcl4ZmOCNo3
Would you cry544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9NhiMRLQb
If you saw me crying?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcTvFWNCdr
Would you save my soul tonight?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnOFwuj9OQ
Would you tremble544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87mmN6T6h9
If I touched your lips?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqp91UEI3F
Would you laugh?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSP5ouvipgI
Oh, please tell me this544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkxDvgjxnO
Now would you die544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJtSJUYmBl
For the one you love?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpO5ALBUAUN
Hold me in your arms tonight544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoGBPZmeOv
I can be your hero, baby544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9y5wtKpR1L
I can kiss away the pain544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwb4s17WVbT
I will stand by you forever544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeb2lAZvIPf
You can take my breath away
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It was a beautiful day, as Damon knocked on Ric’s apartment door and waited for someone to open the door. Klaus was keeping her hostage, so he thought he’d come by and give her a vial of vervain to use so he couldn’t compel her. He hated Katherine, but no one deserved torture, captivity, or being ripped of their free will. If she was alive, he’d help her the best of his ability.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSRr6v8tTC
Ten minutes later, when no one opened the door, he figured he should see what was going on, so he did just that. He walked inside, closing the door behind himself. That’s when he saw her on her back on the floor, skin burning in the sun, and a bite on the left side of her neck. Because of the burning, he assumed that Klaus had taken her Daylight bracelet.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwd1dWobtv1
He went over and closed the curtains to stop the burning. She was a vampire just like himself. If a vampire burned long enough, they’d die. He didn’t know how long that she’d been burning. If he hadn’t come today, she probably would’ve died before the sun went down.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90QLoMPiri
He knelt at her side and scanned her with his eyes. He’d gotten to her just in time, since she had started showing veins from burning in the sun. The veins were starting to disappear and her skin was starting to heal, but not as quickly as vampires usually do. He knew it was from the vicious bite.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Mky7v3jnl
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iKENqFcyb
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5FSbGiPyq
When she didn’t reply or move a muscle, he patted her right cheek gently, his right hand resting on her forehead to keep her head still. In this state, she was fragile. He hated to call her that, but she was burning up. That, and she looked very weak and pale, not to mention, he was having a hard time waking her up. If and when she woke up, she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere. She’d be too weak to stand, much less walk. Even if she did wake up before he left with her, he’d still have to carry her.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvu5hGHIBmE
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiVPdDOIwp
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEQh6ismry
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gedPGPICc
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcvxS1488l
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1SHw0iwaH
“Don’t worry. I’m not here to kill you. I’m not an hallucination either. I’m getting you out of here, but you need to tell me where he’s go the cure. Surely, he didn’t leave you to die without leaving the cure behind.”544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Zce4yuDxO
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNnF8BIKeF
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8UTekmVSJ
She blurrily watched him go and turned her head to the left to watch him look for the cure; Klaus’ blood. As she did, everything began to seem too far away. She was also in a lot of pain from the bite and felt tired.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8W0KFk6sW7
Once he’d found the vial of Klaus’ blood as well as her Daylight bracelet, he put the vial inside his jacket and blurred back over to her.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJffoy2KW2
Once knelt at her side, he could tell that she was about to go under again. He removed her jacket and slipped her Daylight bracelet on her wrist, before putting her arm around his shoulders and pulling her gently into his arms. Then he got to his feet and looked down at her.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZbwze3X9u
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBO8E2uzIUr
He blurred towards his car outside and gently sat her in the passenger’s seat, before taking the vial out. By this time, she’d gone under.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dk069UxLg
He slid an arm under her head, gently positioning her head back. Then he put the vial to her lips, making the cure go down her throat. Then, after he figured she’d had enough, he layed her head on the seat again and closed the door. Then he drank the rest, having been bitten by Tyler, and got in the driver’s seat. Then he drove away, towards the boarding house.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEWDFDBDP3
Later, she was cured and lived to see yet another day.
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*Before Sunset*
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Would you swear that you’ll always be mine?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhISyVj5FKd
Would you lie?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3qWpoc3Br
Would you run and hide?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOMpjM8HfN
Am I in too deep?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD83hwsQoGR
Have I lost my mind?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzTq4PGJ5u
I don’t care544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GyOXttxII
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night at Mystic High, as everyone tried to kill Klaus. Katherine opened up a couple grenades saying, “Kaboom,” before throwing it at the hybrids that were coming to help Klaus. Killing Klaus didn’t happen in the end though, because Stefan stopped Damon to save him. If Klaus died, Damon would’ve been hunted down and killed by Klaus’ hybrids.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLwQnVsOsx
Later that night, when Katherine was heading down a hall towards the side exit where she’d parked her car, she was pinned against a set of lockers by Rebekah. Apparently, someone had undaggered her and she had heard about the plan to kill Klaus. She knew that that meant that she was on vengeance strike. She definitely knew that when Rebekah plunged a hand through her chest.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4AyBStIyy
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpjrGLxuj7
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXKeAYxYqN
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtsRp3zjPR
“I don’t doubt that you’re capable of killing all of us, but would you take away Elijah’s love? Could you live with yourself? You have too good of a heart. I don’t think you can kill me,” Katherine stated truthfully to her. She had no reason to lie. She didn’t know much about Rebekah.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIqotR3E6q
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8oslhCBaD
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmetCvZ4Ht3
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBftlMJZwK
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAi1bbAcVax
“Maybe I’ll take you up on your offer,” she heart the ancient vampiress say. Then she felt the thing, maybe a stick, start to pierce her heart. Then she felt her ass on the floor and even more pain. Then it was as if she couldn’t breathe and she closed her eyes.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUVeUyowbn
Damon, seeing the scene, snapped her neck and knelt in front of Katherine, before quickly pulling out the stick and tossing it to the floor. He then bit his wrist and put it to her lips to heal her quicker, which worked.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqcXw8lWhL
After she’d healed, he gently pulled her into his arms and blurred off wit her.
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*Graduation*
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I can be your hero, baby544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nRAiFhCxu
I can kiss away the pain544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2vodYWIzH
I will stand by you forever544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1GoeJA6W3
You can take my breath away544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCLxVfBTRm
Oh, I just want to hold you544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tIdQ0YgNc
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJznahxjrN
Am I in too deep?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEbJVtDn7y
Have I lost my mind?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBriDJ1W7t
Well, I don’t care544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡps8ziRxPSu
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night, as Damon searched for Katherine through each Mystic High hall, having heard from Elena that she had shoved the cure down her throat when Katherine had almost killed her. It had been a few hours ago, but he hoped she’d still be here somewhere. He knew her as well as he knew himself. As a vampire, she had everything going for her. As a human, she’d be alone and scared, not to mention hurt and maybe a little paranoid.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OK9GpB3Iu
When he’d found the hall they’d fought in, she was gone, so he went back to his car to try and find her elsewhere. He’d search every road of Mystic Falls if he had to. For some reason, her being human made him care about her well-being. He hadn’t cared about her since 1864.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbf3jw0kJuF
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Twenty minutes later, he found her limping down one of the desolate roads. Knowing her, he figured asking her to get in would prove to be unsuccessful, so he pulled over and got out.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEW2MfhC5yp
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpYIYAOBbP
She turned around to face him and he let go.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCZzGfqXtl
“Come to celebrate in my misery? Come to finish what Elena started? Go ahead. Put me out of my misery,” she said with anger, angry at herself that she’d been defeated by her baby vampire doppelganger, and taking it out on him.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBH1kGdigN
“I’m not here for either reason. I’m going to help you. You need help. You’re human, injured, and not as powerful as you were. Let me help you.”544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGRNrwgViA
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyM3jP0ezf
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7otg2rWHzv
He blurred right behind her and put an arm around her. Then he knelt down with her against him. That when he saw a shard of glass in her thigh and a bigger shard of glass in her stomach.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4thwwXeF3
Once he’d gotten her in the car, he pulled both out, tossing them to the ground, and used a towel from the backseat to tie around her thigh. He used the other one for her other wound.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9K4ND9qi9
As he drove, he used his right hand to apply pressure with the towel, trying to slow the bleeding. Normal people would’ve taken her to the hospital, but there was a first-aid kit at home. He figured that he could use that to get her wounds taken care of. He figured she’d ben find after that.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlOou5g8b9
When he’d taken care of her wounds in his room, he was right. She’d be fine.
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*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
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I can be you’re hero, baby544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDefA6nfvkh
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRAQtv6252
I will stand by you forever544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLz3Ltydfk
You can take my breath away544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6I6SKc9HLU
(I can be your hero, baby)544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxkj1V44dA
I can be your hero544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTTK2MEoME
I can kiss away the pain544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfypzldcmjJ
And I will stand by you forever544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTKLd9RckG
You can take my breath away544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOukbKdWXBf
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I can be your hero
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“Katherine!” he yelled, as he raced towards his wrecked car that she sat in. He’d broken his promise he’d made to her that he’d protect her from Silas. Now she’d somehow caused his car to be totaled. The hood and both sides were crinkled, including the trunk. Also, all of the windows were shattered and he could smell a lot of blood; her blood.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4QGHjqM1M
When he tried opening the door, it was jammed, so he forced it open. Then, when it opened, her left hand fell off the seat. He gently turned her head towards him and snapped her seatbelt in two. That’s when he saw that she had a dislocated shoulder and a piece of glass grazed in the right side of her neck. She had blood on either side of her head too and was bleeding from the back of her head, but he’d already seen that. He pulled the glass out and scanned the rest of her. Seeing more glass in her, he did the same he’d done with the first glass he’d seen in her. Then he used his vamp strength to move a piece of the car in the floorboard, to free her foot so he could get her to the hospital.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xAnG0lEWH
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIc5YR891j
“Katherine, can you hear me? Open your eyes. I’m going to get you to the hospital. I just need you to open your eyes.”544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVxP8lxXyd
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFi8BFst8U
“I’m so sorry, Katherine. Silas told me to hand you over in exchange of him telling me where Stefan is. I promise you, I will never do that again.”544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtf5hZlzdkB
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJi2Ochfny
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Half an hour later, as she was rushed down the hall, because of her extensive injuries, her body was going into shock.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUws7dM5v1Q
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Hours later, after surgery, she was settled into a recovery room and he was told he could see her. So he went to sit on her bedside and rested his hand on top of her right one. She hadn’t woken up yet, so he was just silent, happy that she was alive.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMaBKHRL33
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
