It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmC5LGw5AWS
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmiKorwjzF
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnFMOBzlKh
"I choose you, Katherine."614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOhP0QvOUc
When he went for the side of her neck, she knew what he was hallucinating.
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*Flashback-1864*
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It was a dark night in the Mystic Falls woods, as Katherine stood with her back up against a tree, human Damon in front of her. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowISpiGJhz
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiATfTMqAGo
"If you want it, take it," she instructed, teaching him something she had always done as long as she had been a vampire; take whatever you want, no matter the cost to others. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiTm5nvzRJ
He bent towards the cut. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94hn1ZZx61
"I choose you, Katherine."614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghOOyWvId2
She smiled.
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*end of flashback*
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She rested gentle but firm hands on either side of his head, making him stop, keeping him from biting her and making him look at her. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWYsKYWAx1
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZWX95A6Z7
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSgaJRhLZw
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bBqj1IKdy
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueMvhTzl2K
When he began to lose his balance from sudden weakness, she was instantly beside him and put an arm around him to help him. She then used her body weight to keep him on his feet. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3syMWn6Vdv
"Let's go home," she stated.614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsgjvIDXSk
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Half an hour later, he lay in bed with his sire wetting his face down with a cool wet wash cloth. He was very pale and weak. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqVIS4K13R
As she sat beside him on his bed, she felt helpless. She was helpless next to him. She was his sire and girlfriend. She was supposed to protect or at least save him, but all she could do was watch him slowly and painfully die. Her only hope was for Stefan to get the cure and bring it in time. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitTdpFNu8E
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNmZ5YEQA4
"You won't. I'm here until the very end."614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfFDMYtS5N
"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kf22nwmfJ
"I love you, too."614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0Bp7y6jh2
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9yqwICBg0
He closed his eyes. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCD293kA2i
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0ceMvR32B
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcowsUOEzia
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYsFUoXvmR
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpkAVoGoQY
She took it from him. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdjAytTdfD
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxAoHzNTZU
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMgEF0x6os
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOR2ZzoW3B
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Half an hour later he came to, cured, and she told him what he had missed. Now it was time to get Stefan back on track.
