Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHNI7TNWqj
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpWOqLVMhI
If I asked you to dance?505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2f1tje3smu
Would you run and never look back?505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDsiTDyYoT
Would you cry505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjx2nGVfsNN
If you saw me crying?505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6fIiNiwdy
Would you save my soul tonight?505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV89PNAH9hc
Would you tremble505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqfC6nomS2
If I touched your lips?505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdE2bAFkFxw
Would you laugh?505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM265FnScMy
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Now would you die505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNa4s6vZn6
For the one you love?505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmeZIxqXea
Hold me in your arms tonight505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDZEkiMeQD
I can be your hero, baby505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVgzgu1tNb
I can kiss away the pain505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsigNq6bLHb
I will stand by you forever505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7GAusDij1
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYJVQESpDg
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP843GS6DXW
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlUwSs9Alm
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m73HcB8Wy
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xQKk6fbsi
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPWIsjOYFE
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FKSpaoih7
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkIzu24l0i
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOcVlghXYN
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQfAA4Ku6w
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkA3zlIGNdp
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoattc5weF
“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.”505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzC1XsUdqqG
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFXYd7O5BO
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡws0u5S1rpa
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneNwljqec0
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKiCVQDAj6
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoOTNurpcZ
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmdYiRKd2n
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXQHBHlv3U
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2fhwnLktX
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?505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKMM8cJSy1
Would you lie?505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qc8Mq3jti
Would you run and hide?505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0jgRjP17J
Am I in too deep?505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81hs4lKAj8
Have I lost my mind?505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8czFI7MJy
I don’t care505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw32ombA9KM
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKC0Vbu6c4M
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8Jya7Bm1E
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnv17MmgDt
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwrR1YwEng
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxWSSaBbA8
“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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gbkbWz8tU
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPXCZvPLrx
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXH1YQx48O
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡath2GbnYx0
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLIMo9KdZU
“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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG567DtMCoT
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrY1AWVlkeR
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, baby505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5FH2idtXk
I can kiss away the pain505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZJuJwTxlv
I will stand by you forever505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1mj9idO8N
You can take my breath away505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0sbiLnRqs
Oh, I just want to hold you505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQjR49MCKs
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eWu8e7qS0
Am I in too deep?505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvv2augewB
Have I lost my mind?505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoN6uo7V80
Well, I don’t care505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2c27FNQPz
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HAwTRVdhX
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 1864.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxqyCSVpZe
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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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDz6L2wHJ6
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowdh2XybtT
She turned around to face him and he let go.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42jbghEsBt
“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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJqTLZyZXN
“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.”505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmsC4M3wOS
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRy8rfOjpmM
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXB1FGtTgaw
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObFltOyzD4
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZVzw02BGU
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfssZS1lUy
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, baby505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5BGJBZJ3W
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaFVUsv90A
I will stand by you forever505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JRqaBi4HP
You can take my breath away505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxLWxJVkiM
(I can be your hero, baby)505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZ3Y8Qo6g7
I can be your hero505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsjKhRJIie
I can kiss away the pain505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMufeZ9NSNy
And I will stand by you forever505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9UrJkSpnN
You can take my breath away505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNiusuq8Fu
You can take my breath away505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzUyirZTuy
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3sCEQgxcO
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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymswLHMXih
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWsEJSUTKE
“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.”505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNtSmUdpvQ
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzQLhyTCxb
“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.”505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyR18woTwT
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjBJUXJ0Zq
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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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrWKzB9jzu
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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.505Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaG4cKEshr
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
