Summary: Set somewhere around "Do Not Go Gentle." What if Kat ran into a newly turned Ric? What will happen?802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPBvPud2eB
It was a beautiful night in Mystic Falls, Virginia as Katherine Pierce sat at the bar next to Alaric.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNFJrGaf9a
"Hello, Alaric," she greeted.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDW1sNHG83j
"Katherine."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNElPB2enu
"Do you know where I might find Elijah?" she questioned.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1TFmHTyXm
"Go away."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJwLFGGt60
"Why? I thought we left on good terms."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQqW5NUZcf
"I don't want you here. Take a hint, will you?"802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1QSbOjdT0
Then the familiar scent hit her; vampire.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeEKOaOTJR
"What happened to you?" she asked him.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhk2yPY5q78
"Esther turned me. Now I'm going to kill every vampires, starting with Klaus."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51Ikig2qD1
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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoVHU3oRYJ
"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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgpeReKYfH
"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."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAS53oAmD0
"Fine. You stay here. I'll get away from him. He can't hurt me like he can you."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfd5pPotag
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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkEc5Wv89L
I'm saved, she thought to herself.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7giz2RI4oS
"Let's get out of here," she heard Tyler say.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJF5HcDX8S2
She slowly got off the stool and onto her feet, as he held a hand on her arm to help her keep her balance.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Gx02yNwqd
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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANAwqPZN1Y
"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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMOLQHssOl
"I asked him where Elijah was and he told me what happened to him. Then he stabbed me," Kat summarized.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbDYEmGtRp
"And before that?" Tyler asked.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdqixpDtr4
"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."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDis5xkmJ1
Tyler and Caroline looked at one another. They knew they had to do something, but they didn't know where they would find Elijah.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU33dw8pMex
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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgBWVxLFaz
"What happened to her?" Damon asked them, though he looked at Katherine.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiGofXurnU
"She was vervained by Alaric. Before that, she was attacked by his hybrids. She killed them," Tyler answered.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDO2Oq06Jnv
"I'll take care of her."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2DaVXA3lw
"She said she wanted to ask Elijah to get the cure for her."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrlGzNbh27
"Then I'll find him and take care of her."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0nYdKQvIw
She felt the vampiress and hybrid leave to go inside. Then she was alone with Damon.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XWxFH9lXw
He kept his eyes on her, as he assessed her condition.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7ElzEL3Q8
"Katherine."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeB24UExNgP
"Damon?" was all she got out, as everything went black.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZQicJT0wS
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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wHkxG2vfy
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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfHFNiSZpy
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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvI11Bzq6U
"Damon, what's going on?"802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HouVjZYw9
He looked up at her.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFimqjRJHX
"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."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kRdntsdc9
He pulled the dagger out and handed it to the doppelganger.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiKTRN2mZL
"Take it."
Kat finished and used the sleeve of her jacket to clean her face, before she looked up at Elena.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5xOn0Hnrr
"Elena," she greeted.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRE3XYiyMYo
Damon got to his feet, as he helped his Sire to her feet. He could tell she was weak, as he did so.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjyaWhKJPP
"She can stay in my room and I'll watch her," Elena announced.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qSTbIqcVy
"Thanks," Kat told her descendant.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVADoscpqB
"We should get her inside," Damon said.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bSiaIbm9c
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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5tYMugAUA
"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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iS3KN19hX
"I forgave you a long time ago. And I think Damon will forgive you after a while. Just hand on," Elena replied.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQMMFcTwT4
"I don't know how much longer I can, Elena."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2GTMxb1t4
"Try, Katherine."
Damon stood by the stairs, as he spoke to Rebecca.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2nZWVtZf7
"Please, Rebecca. Do this for me, at least."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3K5ozfxocL
"Fine."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSAvWsfVFV
"Good. Meet me at Elena's."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyKaCJwxd0
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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsmKNEB9Vy
"You should go help Damon. My sister has stepped out of line," he told Elena.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2ITrrpONs
She obeyed.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKdLMhCwea
Katherine sat up in bed.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GFXqsCxJq
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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBzP7bsl2J
"It'll heal you faster," he said, as he held it out to her.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxTNQ1ZhVR
She drank from him for a few minutes, before she let go.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86OmFigmu2
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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdpbpPo2hh
Kat knelt by them.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLlLx5k4R0
"He'll be okay," she assured her.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXwFm2Gm0c
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.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBEtfgTHTf
A few minutes later, he came to. Then, once he felt better, he stopped drinking and she took her wrist away. It obviously healed.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1RV8oE3nd
He looked up at her.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSJ14hDHl9
"Katherine."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubGASoTusc
"Welcome back, Damon."802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBpvEAGJGW
"I could say the same thing," he answered.802Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovc1QWhpCy
The three of them smiled at one another.
and then Add to home screen.