It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX62MLPtPyW
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMx5oKg6Mmj
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbB4I469GA
"I choose you, Katherine."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQlcBqBMwU
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. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyc3j4mNMV5
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxm2KeVhOA
"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. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6OM7gafWZ
He bent towards the cut. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtV0rUMJ0x
"I choose you, Katherine."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAHxyT6JKE
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. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiabiygMibG
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsZWNjSE2Q
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHYHmsOLMf
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kP25mwiW6
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8G8ov5PKk2
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. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavlXqWw0f5
"Let's go home," she stated.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuKo68rQ9p
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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. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWhvdwGu3Z
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. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJiLQyionY
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1cjgrAWxu
"You won't. I'm here until the very end."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcbTiSnOYf
"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQAyBX92tw
"I love you, too."578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKt7bY2lLl
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjSwHptMas
He closed his eyes. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IdYwRvb04
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOn6NMr4KUF
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcy9jthwHv8
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPA9B4nM6G
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jYOuV21ny
She took it from him. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIEoRAAFG6
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tRegCdTYi
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcpIeHrhqF
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHOGng8he3
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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.
