Summary: Set somewhere around "Do Not Go Gentle." What if Kat ran into a newly turned Ric? What will happen?774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBN4jvT8k4o
It was a beautiful night in Mystic Falls, Virginia as Katherine Pierce sat at the bar next to Alaric.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEz6nfMWeDy
"Hello, Alaric," she greeted.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBK99uxF2R
"Katherine."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkTbN9KSRu
"Do you know where I might find Elijah?" she questioned.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuthtprhgYx
"Go away."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIBSKPW3id
"Why? I thought we left on good terms."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXhSrgqqZ5
"I don't want you here. Take a hint, will you?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCegclYpNf
Then the familiar scent hit her; vampire.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6OSxKfeFg
"What happened to you?" she asked him.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL67SOwyMhk
"Esther turned me. Now I'm going to kill every vampires, starting with Klaus."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVz1s7QymV
She clenched her teeth and gasped in pain, as he stabbed her with a dagger. And then she felt the familiar sensation of having a hard time breathing. And that's when she knew the dagger had vervain on it. Now she couldn't go anywhere without help and she was too shaky to move on her own, much less get her phone out to call for help. All she could do was clutch the bar with both hands to keep from falling.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgoHgFuUmF
"We should help her," she heard Caroline Forbes say, a moment after she smelled Tyler and Caroline when they walked in.
"Why?" she heard Tyler ask.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfFurP0sX9
"She had to have come back for a reason. And that reason wasn't to get vervained by Alaric. She needs help. We have to help her."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3qxey7gqa
"Fine. You stay here. I'll get away from him. He can't hurt me like he can you."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26djm5zLbZ
A few minutes later, she smelled his scent. He was behind her. She felt a gentle hand on her right upper arm and knew it was Tyler's.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2q0K9jlHT
I'm saved, she thought to herself.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrApJOa1T5X
"Let's get out of here," she heard Tyler say.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFy0v8XzmG
She slowly got off the stool and onto her feet, as he held a hand on her arm to help her keep her balance.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYO1hlDKmLZ
Before she knew it, they were outside the Mystic Grille. Tyler still had his hand on her arm and Caroling had a hand on her other arm.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ryCeBm5A5
"What happened?" Caroline asked her as gently as she could. All she knew was that she smelled vervain with something else she couldn't place.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZS8QQ7U0Og
"I asked him where Elijah was and he told me what happened to him. Then he stabbed me," Kat summarized.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONDcKNY6n8
"And before that?" Tyler asked.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9zRaMJjbx
"I killed the hybrids Klaus sent after me. They attacked, though. That's why I was looking for Elijah. He's the only one I can trust to get me the cure without having to sacrifice anything. And Elijah still cares about me. We had something when I was human and before I came to live in America."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX66zbdl5wK
Tyler and Caroline looked at one another. They knew they had to do something, but they didn't know where they would find Elijah.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXZqFNKvF1
As she started to feel weak, Kat saw Damon.
Damon had been walking up to the Mystic Grille, when he had seen Tyler and Caroline outside holding Katherine up. Then he was instantly in front of them.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsGwzToBFZ
"What happened to her?" Damon asked them, though he looked at Katherine.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XLjAXPfD7
"She was vervained by Alaric. Before that, she was attacked by his hybrids. She killed them," Tyler answered.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxepkKL2BJs
"I'll take care of her."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEMfOIKQWq
"She said she wanted to ask Elijah to get the cure for her."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡus6JUwWhKD
"Then I'll find him and take care of her."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtr7ZWW6cN
She felt the vampiress and hybrid leave to go inside. Then she was alone with Damon.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOQIjTgHFB
He kept his eyes on her, as he assessed her condition.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfQfBTOm95
"Katherine."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGX5gz7f3O1
"Damon?" was all she got out, as everything went black.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ835GhJOR63
The elder Salvatore brother caught her from hitting the ground. Then he picked her up in his arms and walked the route to Elena's. He couldn't use his super speed. There were too many people around.
She groaned as she came to, and realized that she was in Damon's arms. Then she felt an urge. It was a side effect of the vervain.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMFNr0Rmen
Damon set her on her feet and watched her, as she knelt down by a bush by Elena's walkway and coughed up blood. He knew it would come. This wasn't the first time he had seen her in a vervained state. As she coughed up blood, he knelt by her. Before he could pull the dagger out of her lower stomach, he smelled Elena's scent. That's what made him look up.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjCfzpC9cs
Elena was heading out the door, when she saw Damon and Katherine. She knew from the scene that something was wrong. She left the house and didn't stop until she stood by them.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi23gJ7Vzr4
"Damon, what's going on?"774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvWcrrfQ32
He looked up at her.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXpW1MyV5H
"Elena, you should go back inside; but if you must know, Ric vervained her. To top if off, she was bitten by hybrids before she killed them."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeuOavbsAI
He pulled the dagger out and handed it to the doppelganger.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0NNrMfAeP
"Take it."
Kat finished and used the sleeve of her jacket to clean her face, before she looked up at Elena.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsAopjj930
"Elena," she greeted.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3kTCQVRkJ
Damon got to his feet, as he helped his Sire to her feet. He could tell she was weak, as he did so.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQa0Rd5RxiG
"She can stay in my room and I'll watch her," Elena announced.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcy2xSchhw
"Thanks," Kat told her descendant.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXf4eVSHdTo
"We should get her inside," Damon said.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4Bn4OjgII
Before she knew it, everything went dark again.
When she woke up for the second time tonight, she was on her back on Elena's bed. Her jacket was off and her wounds had been tended to. Her journal was on top of the end table and Elena was seated on her bedside with a wash cloth in hand. She stared at the wall as she saw her pa' pa and ma' ma, too weak to cry. And then they disappeared and she saw Rose. She thought it odd to see her Sire that hadn't liked her in the beginning. But she didn't care. She just wanted to know if she would live or die. Then she finally looked at Elena, as Elena continued to damp the cloth on her face to cool her down.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQG7Utsiez6
"I'm sorry, Elena. I'm sorry for what I did. Forgive me. Tell Damon that I have always cared and loved them both. I never chose either of them. I love you too, Elena. You are the last of my Petrova family. I hope you will all forgive me," she whispered.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyuFsuClIy
"I forgave you a long time ago. And I think Damon will forgive you after a while. Just hand on," Elena replied.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfBRVJ1C1i
"I don't know how much longer I can, Elena."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpxA68LTNL
"Try, Katherine."
Damon stood by the stairs, as he spoke to Rebecca.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfk9Y4hAuL
"Please, Rebecca. Do this for me, at least."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2GNN9QW6r
"Fine."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvLMzroCke
"Good. Meet me at Elena's."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQ41HjqAMa
He hung up.
"I'm going to find Elijah!" he yelled up the stairs at Elena and Kat. Then he left.
When Katherine woke up, she felt better. She saw that Elijah and Elena were both at her side.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCiBBbfoHG
"You should go help Damon. My sister has stepped out of line," he told Elena.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCP3va05URn
She obeyed.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeWGtQQTYp
Katherine sat up in bed.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0Qc3j6LZU
He gave her a shot glass of blood and she drank it, before she gave it back to him. He then set it back on the end table and she got to her feet.
She put her jacket back on and he bit his wrist.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzEg8NenIO
"It'll heal you faster," he said, as he held it out to her.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakdhYbwE2I
She drank from him for a few minutes, before she let go.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGvL6z1r7X
She watched him vanish, and then she headed down the stairs.
Once down the stairs, she saw the scene. There was a dagger in Damon's chest. He was slumped against the threshold. Elena was knelt in front of him with fear. Elijah and Rebecca were gone.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikp93vVNdG
Kat knelt by them.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lJjEvBGvN
"He'll be okay," she assured her.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaa4IlFacu
Katherine gently drug him into the hallway and Elena closed the door. The vampiress then knelt down with his back against her, and bit her wrist. She put it to his lips and made her blood go down his throat, as she used her free hand to pull the dagger out. She tossed it to the floor and Elena knelt at his right side.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX01CM2whIh
A few minutes later, he came to. Then, once he felt better, he stopped drinking and she took her wrist away. It obviously healed.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOhO1c3WE2
He looked up at her.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHgIbQo9dR
"Katherine."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwD8du9JfUZ
"Welcome back, Damon."774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6q0HnD2uM
"I could say the same thing," he answered.774Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6P0jQyV9R6
The three of them smiled at one another.
and then Add to home screen.