Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jheE2t5Ib
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEJVb4lmgp
If I asked you to dance?534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCCDmhkLdY
Would you run and never look back?534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfGyX2VAop
Would you cry534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqDykCnvsk
If you saw me crying?534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURverKA80k
Would you save my soul tonight?534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgMGTiOYmJ
Would you tremble534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWmK3XyuLs
If I touched your lips?534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KSjQ9B6Dx
Would you laugh?534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyF0ElG1lMv
Oh, please tell me this534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkptB8DMaAq
Now would you die534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLVpIxv9AE
For the one you love?534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluaci5PXnz
Hold me in your arms tonight534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLOzSD2o9i
I can be your hero, baby534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVe2xETAmv
I can kiss away the pain534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFr4KUIAbI
I will stand by you forever534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFJLCuMXIC
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMsBpa7iwi
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNg8lnOHni
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufXEoHVpNB
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5dtQC5VbG
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOFSKrWXnG
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQViIAd2Sh
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFuNnpINKO
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqerw92LOu
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Tvsv8ezIM
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDRJnoChPQ
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOoImSvTd9
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiZw1Z7tiw
“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.”534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEItebGqKw1
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbCMLe6BUl
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcMGveMjhN
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiD9i4IsORP
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOzdy1Ye6a
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRcgc4myyG
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYu4hKGlVSd
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCYUt9H6Fj
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wcrPytIKB
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?534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjL0upWF36
Would you lie?534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvELFVvxrJ
Would you run and hide?534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaouAQgxot
Am I in too deep?534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ajaRWgHv7
Have I lost my mind?534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7z1w2Gbjj
I don’t care534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZta2LmXoz
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdh3nBgq8LQ
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQm3MMDtIlJ
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBa0RbNlLUH
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouj712EJOK
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCYEiXQd4A
“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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvyfkDqqnL
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5i7smSgADk
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9k1rJIBLX
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7Sj3gHKyg
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6o8UL6FGh
“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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEUJ6SJoCP
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEy1n4tKOJC
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, baby534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIE6lvdXG7
I can kiss away the pain534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0oUB7VmHG
I will stand by you forever534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegIa8YJOw7
You can take my breath away534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78GfdyhcoL
Oh, I just want to hold you534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPohVkm8Hw
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtL1Pq3nDAq
Am I in too deep?534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUPRkLZgSb
Have I lost my mind?534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wp5M8F0XR
Well, I don’t care534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRk5baH3Aw
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNdjYTKbpE
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 1864.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KLoVJREqB
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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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrsQnzmClG
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVxAaBhmhK
She turned around to face him and he let go.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpcElBSa3O
“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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zkdsPP88F
“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.”534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvk4TybSl5
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgdggRn8lV
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTdMdcTRVr
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPM77JAho1
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeomR3O6LI
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmT0IOIoxo
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, baby534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPBGuiXqjf
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgSfDAOFn5
I will stand by you forever534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Y6eeS7DQk
You can take my breath away534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gsR2wMvJ8
(I can be your hero, baby)534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwrc9H26aZ
I can be your hero534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYWkDcpC1F
I can kiss away the pain534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabfuf465zT
And I will stand by you forever534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruGo1A8i8j
You can take my breath away534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIySu65WhKb
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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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeC5tWRhMkS
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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbH0k72q0sj
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMy1IzDrfC
“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.”534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYH6IFxv2da
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUT6h8RSop
“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.”534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNpUUQM1f0
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2i2251pPk
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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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyeiTEWBs1
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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.534Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwEZeujkxs
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
