Summary: Set in S5. Based on the song “Awake and Alive” by Skillet.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdZmRa9Rz0
*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
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Now I know what I believe inside645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHaCQ5bYk9
It’s my time645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0toekt8kCP
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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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHewUmR7fNy
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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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoixo37zC8C
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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLypUEZTtz
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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFg0gZ65yT
He kissed her, giving her air, and then began heart compressions, trying to revive her.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvRkFnX1dD
“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.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewu9YA9dCm
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Ten minutes later, she began to wake up, coughing.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEKG3jTZGl
“Damon,” she half-whispered with blurry and dim vision.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDk5Nk0re1E
“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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPXeyqU9kC
“Stay with me,” he said, before blurring to the hospital.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcGJIYsfNr
A few minutes later, he got her to the hospital and she was rushed down the hall with a breathing mask on.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZ3cffTvBI
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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlO87OxkS1
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I’ll stand my ground and never back down645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoQGiuFicj
I know what I believe inside645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaR4UMguYy7
I’m awake and alive645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaO7FD33CmX
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Ain’t never gonna sell my soul645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TDKYlwTFw
I’ve already made up my mind645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDSbt9LBE2
No matter what I can’t be bought or sold645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqeDMss2PA
When my faith’s getting weak645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigJSbOOSy8
And I feel like giving in645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTW9JYEpQ2
You breathe into me645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wJ39bIT5a
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Now I know what I believe inside645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNGH2VerDF
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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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sjpzS9zMZ
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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 time645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiz8poJiBk
I’ll do what I want ‘cause this is my life645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOeAdoN8Bp
l'll stand my ground and never back down645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPVn8S6KvY
I know what I believe inside645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYU5dVRZTZ
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I’m awake and I’m alive645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCX88p2MDw
Waking up, waking up645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4UPFwjtQx
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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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuY5GWHR2d
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 dark645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6F5TnUnnU
I can feel you in my sleep645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRg29YxdtCZ
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 you645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc36PheJWtN
Forever I will live for you645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWxhd2SurH
I’m awake I’m alive645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDjOzcbxgu
Now I know what I believe inside645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjvDWnpvp4
Now it’s my time645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO5jWzWlWM
I’ll do what I want ‘cause this is my life645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJe49Wyrlsb
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I’ll stand my ground and never back down645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEMUSVQhpI
I know what I believe inside645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgJmLrlxN2
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Waking up, waking up645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeFxhAaoLP
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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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3JBJA4Lzl
He caught up to her and now they stood against a tree, her back against the bark, him just inches in front of her.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBqoOjKww8
“Why must you run from me?” he asked her.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡor7v12SMjh
She smiled.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfn2gZPFng
“Because I know that you will chase.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbGdmLYDWs
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9rhKbntwu
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose,” she instructed.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzq8OVHNmq
She cut her collarbone with a fingernail.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOou7xxeVbg
“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.
