Summary: Set in S5. Based on the song “Awake and Alive” by Skillet.548Please respect copyright.PENANA3oFQX1r84n
*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
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I’m at war with the world and they548Please respect copyright.PENANAz7550Wn4sy
Try to pull me into the dark548Please respect copyright.PENANAWy3WU8n6GX
I struggle to find my faith548Please respect copyright.PENANAG7jr0937SI
As I’m slippin’ from your arms548Please respect copyright.PENANADCJ7mIeEpe
It’s getting harder to stay awake548Please respect copyright.PENANAzXUodBxASP
And my strength is fading fast548Please respect copyright.PENANA6m8kp7cdih
You breath into me at last548Please respect copyright.PENANAz1bnJyNtNX
I’m awake and alive548Please respect copyright.PENANAuaIXZCYF0Q
Now I know what I believe inside548Please respect copyright.PENANAn5d1QVBAVb
It’s my time548Please respect copyright.PENANAuAcRj8M4jn
I’ll do what I want ‘cause this is my life548Please respect copyright.PENANAcEln7dwacB
Here (right here), right now (right now)
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It was a nebulous night, as Katherine sat in the driver’s seat of Damon’s car, human and injured, trying to stay awake, but she knew it was useless. Everything was going black and it all seemed so far away. She’d tried running, knowing Damon wanted to hand her over to Silas. She knew he had to have had a reason, but she would never know what that reason was. She’d never get the chance to say goodbye or to tell him the truth about her feelings for him, either.548Please respect copyright.PENANAGmJ3Uvwvs5
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Half an hour later, after making up his mind to look for her, he spotted his wrecked car. He could see her still inside and he could smell blood. By the smell, he knew she was injured but hoped he could save her. This was all his fault. He’d broken his promise to protect her. She’d ran because of it.548Please respect copyright.PENANASJLKwHxYbq
He blurred to her side of the car and forced the door open. He then assessed her condition, scanning for what her wounds were. He saw her lower stomach and thigh bleeding, along with blood on either side of her head. He could hear her barely breathing and her heart slowing. He knew it was from her wounds.548Please respect copyright.PENANAePz2otvgnU
He gently pulled her out of the wreck, in his arms, and layed her down. He knew she needed the hospital, but also knew she probably wouldn’t make it in time. As he made that assessment, he heard everything stop altogether. He knew he had to bring her back, whether he hated her or not. She’d been right. A part of him didn’t want her to die.548Please respect copyright.PENANAVxLs84NIF4
He kissed her, giving her air, and then began heart compressions, trying to revive her.548Please respect copyright.PENANAs7opFd8dEe
“Come on, Katherine. Breathe. Come back to me. You’re a survivor. You always survive. Please, Katherine. Now is not the time to give up or be stubborn.”548Please respect copyright.PENANAl68DnaTHoy
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Ten minutes later, she began to wake up, coughing.548Please respect copyright.PENANAxcqTpOWvrl
“Damon,” she half-whispered with blurry and dim vision.548Please respect copyright.PENANAdPKP51HuAO
“Hey. Welcome back,” he said, before gently pulling her into his arms and getting to his feet with her in his arms. As he did, she rested her head on his shoulder and wrapped her arms weakly around his neck.548Please respect copyright.PENANAc8WvO4qLBC
“Stay with me,” he said, before blurring to the hospital.548Please respect copyright.PENANAoOqx1ujZtN
A few minutes later, he got her to the hospital and she was rushed down the hall with a breathing mask on.548Please respect copyright.PENANAi6N8evkApH
He could only watch, as they rushed her down the hall to save her life. He could only hope she would survive. She had to. He needed to apologize for almost handing her over to Silas. He’d made a mistake and wanted to make up for it, even if he couldn’t make it work. He had to try.548Please respect copyright.PENANAgGrlGwCexc
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I’ll stand my ground and never back down548Please respect copyright.PENANA82MKvOp3Ps
I know what I believe inside548Please respect copyright.PENANAYRHg4JiWB1
I’m awake and alive548Please respect copyright.PENANA8rzo8f8KRC
I’m at war with the world ‘cause I548Please respect copyright.PENANAe1XmHoqHp3
Ain’t never gonna sell my soul548Please respect copyright.PENANA9R7RQnzPCE
I’ve already made up my mind548Please respect copyright.PENANAt98psxjFcy
No matter what I can’t be bought or sold548Please respect copyright.PENANAsxbe8jImdF
When my faith’s getting weak548Please respect copyright.PENANANfuHJWYKhb
And I feel like giving in548Please respect copyright.PENANAo3uuD4qC4C
You breathe into me548Please respect copyright.PENANAvtbXVIZvva
I’m awake I’m alive548Please respect copyright.PENANAHoyvnlwunN
Now I know what I believe inside548Please respect copyright.PENANAqBehYfDntB
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Five hours later, after she was in a recovery room, Damon was silently seated on her bedside, waiting for her to come to. She was in bad shape and they’d had to revive her a couple of times, but they’d brought her back and she’d survived. Now she just had to heal. He was happy that she hadn’t given up, because the Katherine he knew fought like hell.548Please respect copyright.PENANAT4yjelhhQA
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A few weeks later, she was fully healed and Damon took her home with him. He apologized to her and she forgave him. They even rekindled their relationship.
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*Dead Man On Campus*
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Now it’s my time548Please respect copyright.PENANAC1qVCzroaQ
I’ll do what I want ‘cause this is my life548Please respect copyright.PENANAqpHNXC3nEp
l'll stand my ground and never back down548Please respect copyright.PENANA7toBZWeAga
I know what I believe inside548Please respect copyright.PENANAqOiDZMbUgr
Here (right here), right now (right now)548Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1vW2uh8Ag
I’m awake and I’m alive548Please respect copyright.PENANAeM1AHfUbXA
Waking up, waking up548Please respect copyright.PENANAEpwoOWgG7f
Waking up, waking up548Please respect copyright.PENANAcsttyoMd7c
Waking up, waking up548Please respect copyright.PENANAoOud5vHwOd
Waking up, waking up548Please respect copyright.PENANAXLVIwIGNd2
Waking up, waking up
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It was a beautiful night, as she stood on the clock tower, overlooking the town square, ready to step off to end her suffering. She’d just found out that she was dying of old age at a rapid pace and had a few months to six months, give or take, to live. She didn’t want the pain of dying of old age.548Please respect copyright.PENANAcP8rEj8pvY
Before she could turn around and jump off the ledge, she had a thought about Damon. If she died, what would happen to him? He finally loved her once more, as she did with him. She knew how deeply he felt things. Thinking this through, she realized that he’d be devastated and probably end up wreaking havoc everywhere. That’s what made her realize that she couldn’t do this to Damon. She couldn’t kill herself; especially, without a goodbye.
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*500 Years of Solitude*
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In the dark548Please respect copyright.PENANAQl5TWa3MMF
I can feel you in my sleep548Please respect copyright.PENANANNZ96Hgh82
In your arms I feel you breathe into me
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It was a beautiful day at the boarding house, as Katherine lay in bed after having a heart attack the night before, Damon seated on her bedside. He wanted to give her peace in her last moments, so he gave her old memories that only they shared. Their most fondest memory of all, he gave to her last.
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*Flashback-As I Lay Dying*
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Forever hold this heart that I will give to you548Please respect copyright.PENANAMO361rKR7O
Forever I will live for you548Please respect copyright.PENANAAY1hQOBFRI
I’m awake I’m alive548Please respect copyright.PENANAgTV5SOGU7D
Now I know what I believe inside548Please respect copyright.PENANAiv0v7maJvh
Now it’s my time548Please respect copyright.PENANAdkcrV5SwZq
I’ll do what I want ‘cause this is my life548Please respect copyright.PENANAA10710zKsg
Here (right here), right now (right now)548Please respect copyright.PENANADbUR2msW3B
I’ll stand my ground and never back down548Please respect copyright.PENANAojo8hmd7xN
I know what I believe inside548Please respect copyright.PENANAylvD3S9iSQ
I’m awake and I’m alive548Please respect copyright.PENANAFa4CGVH7QK
Waking up, waking up548Please respect copyright.PENANAoFitALfCOH
Waking up, waking up548Please respect copyright.PENANAVkcJDtUOd4
Waking up, waking up548Please respect copyright.PENANAcjoJFUJFkE
Waking up, waking up
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It was a nebulous night in the woods in 1864, as he chased after her. He was still human and loved her unconditionally.548Please respect copyright.PENANAG52wddH3Jm
He caught up to her and now they stood against a tree, her back against the bark, him just inches in front of her.548Please respect copyright.PENANAWmRinpug2E
“Why must you run from me?” he asked her.548Please respect copyright.PENANA4hsxU4VbuP
She smiled.548Please respect copyright.PENANAUGYcCtB65i
“Because I know that you will chase.”548Please respect copyright.PENANA0BMhp52Vhv
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.548Please respect copyright.PENANAsIhJTRBOEz
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose,” she instructed.548Please respect copyright.PENANAWKE9xhSdMQ
She cut her collarbone with a fingernail.548Please respect copyright.PENANARf7my2dlaB
“I choose you, Katherine,” he said, before drinking from the wound, learning to take what he wanted without consequences.
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*End*
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*Present*
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Damon left her head and kissed her goodbye when she became no more. He was silent, as he looked at her. He was grief-stricken. They’d found love with each other, only for her to die, this time for real and permanently. He refused to become a monster because of his emotions though. He was better than that now.