Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9BzP0QXBv
*The Last Day*
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If I asked you to dance?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdmbNtT2aJ
Would you run and never look back?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXa1QDOmcQX
Would you cry582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnypwZibywU
If you saw me crying?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHclDNjIdh
Would you save my soul tonight?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3DZHmasch
Would you tremble582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmT731HV7J
If I touched your lips?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszXbFiGRty
Would you laugh?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHrZnDEgJN
Oh, please tell me this582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJNcPCygOO
Now would you die582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8jkCpOy9e
For the one you love?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXA9Nl3tf7R
Hold me in your arms tonight582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqE1kl5ACq
I can be your hero, baby582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8lT79oLcF
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I will stand by you forever582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi07I3V7eI8
You can take my breath away
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It was a beautiful day, as Damon knocked on Ric’s apartment door and waited for someone to open the door. Klaus was keeping her hostage, so he thought he’d come by and give her a vial of vervain to use so he couldn’t compel her. He hated Katherine, but no one deserved torture, captivity, or being ripped of their free will. If she was alive, he’d help her the best of his ability.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKmrf9e6Jg
Ten minutes later, when no one opened the door, he figured he should see what was going on, so he did just that. He walked inside, closing the door behind himself. That’s when he saw her on her back on the floor, skin burning in the sun, and a bite on the left side of her neck. Because of the burning, he assumed that Klaus had taken her Daylight bracelet.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKSHYT0f0T
He went over and closed the curtains to stop the burning. She was a vampire just like himself. If a vampire burned long enough, they’d die. He didn’t know how long that she’d been burning. If he hadn’t come today, she probably would’ve died before the sun went down.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM58iuNtos5
He knelt at her side and scanned her with his eyes. He’d gotten to her just in time, since she had started showing veins from burning in the sun. The veins were starting to disappear and her skin was starting to heal, but not as quickly as vampires usually do. He knew it was from the vicious bite.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6nB1y3Yqr
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksh8AkF4IT
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLqhhem3FD
When she didn’t reply or move a muscle, he patted her right cheek gently, his right hand resting on her forehead to keep her head still. In this state, she was fragile. He hated to call her that, but she was burning up. That, and she looked very weak and pale, not to mention, he was having a hard time waking her up. If and when she woke up, she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere. She’d be too weak to stand, much less walk. Even if she did wake up before he left with her, he’d still have to carry her.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPLfQqjHDl
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamhl2isKvK
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpT34yGPcpv
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwjhVPBrvr
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9HXQtGRUi
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGVDuqiTrB
“Don’t worry. I’m not here to kill you. I’m not an hallucination either. I’m getting you out of here, but you need to tell me where he’s go the cure. Surely, he didn’t leave you to die without leaving the cure behind.”582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfI9MqPtuIt
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3IKSiKfGu
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡin1z0eezxP
She blurrily watched him go and turned her head to the left to watch him look for the cure; Klaus’ blood. As she did, everything began to seem too far away. She was also in a lot of pain from the bite and felt tired.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXkRZUI9TR
Once he’d found the vial of Klaus’ blood as well as her Daylight bracelet, he put the vial inside his jacket and blurred back over to her.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifotyF7FsU
Once knelt at her side, he could tell that she was about to go under again. He removed her jacket and slipped her Daylight bracelet on her wrist, before putting her arm around his shoulders and pulling her gently into his arms. Then he got to his feet and looked down at her.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdimPPzcBB9
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctiIOpznE8
He blurred towards his car outside and gently sat her in the passenger’s seat, before taking the vial out. By this time, she’d gone under.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHvnyUwwgK
He slid an arm under her head, gently positioning her head back. Then he put the vial to her lips, making the cure go down her throat. Then, after he figured she’d had enough, he layed her head on the seat again and closed the door. Then he drank the rest, having been bitten by Tyler, and got in the driver’s seat. Then he drove away, towards the boarding house.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjP6hVzFlld
Later, she was cured and lived to see yet another day.
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*Before Sunset*
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Would you swear that you’ll always be mine?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIEPJmTEu7
Would you lie?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv475n3Wgzr
Would you run and hide?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2oU7l5pTE
Am I in too deep?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsSzQurLBd
Have I lost my mind?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9qTEL1WJT
I don’t care582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TyG9eiLWF
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night at Mystic High, as everyone tried to kill Klaus. Katherine opened up a couple grenades saying, “Kaboom,” before throwing it at the hybrids that were coming to help Klaus. Killing Klaus didn’t happen in the end though, because Stefan stopped Damon to save him. If Klaus died, Damon would’ve been hunted down and killed by Klaus’ hybrids.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyCtRHVeQ9
Later that night, when Katherine was heading down a hall towards the side exit where she’d parked her car, she was pinned against a set of lockers by Rebekah. Apparently, someone had undaggered her and she had heard about the plan to kill Klaus. She knew that that meant that she was on vengeance strike. She definitely knew that when Rebekah plunged a hand through her chest.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvFkWSZwfM
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNCN5pO15h
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSB45FkDDA
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOdS149FKk
“I don’t doubt that you’re capable of killing all of us, but would you take away Elijah’s love? Could you live with yourself? You have too good of a heart. I don’t think you can kill me,” Katherine stated truthfully to her. She had no reason to lie. She didn’t know much about Rebekah.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbYMtAtwTx
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmT6udLc7AO
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHWevrnoCW
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRuwFTck6e
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnYXfed9s2
“Maybe I’ll take you up on your offer,” she heart the ancient vampiress say. Then she felt the thing, maybe a stick, start to pierce her heart. Then she felt her ass on the floor and even more pain. Then it was as if she couldn’t breathe and she closed her eyes.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnn3aFnCplr
Damon, seeing the scene, snapped her neck and knelt in front of Katherine, before quickly pulling out the stick and tossing it to the floor. He then bit his wrist and put it to her lips to heal her quicker, which worked.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWXkWrSZiW
After she’d healed, he gently pulled her into his arms and blurred off wit her.
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*Graduation*
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I can be your hero, baby582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jpeylpjCJ
I can kiss away the pain582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAOhEZlb64
I will stand by you forever582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19DUDhQuyk
You can take my breath away582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHIhERBUgi
Oh, I just want to hold you582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHkV1zcsjV
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2MhvafnU1
Am I in too deep?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwtgb72tKd
Have I lost my mind?582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqQziGazMc
Well, I don’t care582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nsZZzU6ZL
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night, as Damon searched for Katherine through each Mystic High hall, having heard from Elena that she had shoved the cure down her throat when Katherine had almost killed her. It had been a few hours ago, but he hoped she’d still be here somewhere. He knew her as well as he knew himself. As a vampire, she had everything going for her. As a human, she’d be alone and scared, not to mention hurt and maybe a little paranoid.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAME241s6sA
When he’d found the hall they’d fought in, she was gone, so he went back to his car to try and find her elsewhere. He’d search every road of Mystic Falls if he had to. For some reason, her being human made him care about her well-being. He hadn’t cared about her since 1864.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NXgqCe1hB
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Twenty minutes later, he found her limping down one of the desolate roads. Knowing her, he figured asking her to get in would prove to be unsuccessful, so he pulled over and got out.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaPBkkRvXF
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbJfB3aOlr
She turned around to face him and he let go.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrDcZPUPNC
“Come to celebrate in my misery? Come to finish what Elena started? Go ahead. Put me out of my misery,” she said with anger, angry at herself that she’d been defeated by her baby vampire doppelganger, and taking it out on him.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0ELIAUMp7
“I’m not here for either reason. I’m going to help you. You need help. You’re human, injured, and not as powerful as you were. Let me help you.”582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisB39W6g3h
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyVmWowI06
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CTOvC1Z9B
He blurred right behind her and put an arm around her. Then he knelt down with her against him. That when he saw a shard of glass in her thigh and a bigger shard of glass in her stomach.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAXV4lQHf9
Once he’d gotten her in the car, he pulled both out, tossing them to the ground, and used a towel from the backseat to tie around her thigh. He used the other one for her other wound.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeneQLZk8F
As he drove, he used his right hand to apply pressure with the towel, trying to slow the bleeding. Normal people would’ve taken her to the hospital, but there was a first-aid kit at home. He figured that he could use that to get her wounds taken care of. He figured she’d ben find after that.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIFbajWyGE
When he’d taken care of her wounds in his room, he was right. She’d be fine.
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*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
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I can be you’re hero, baby582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1I9Rvs1fe
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrheBSaCZMo
I will stand by you forever582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dWUvhzJCL
You can take my breath away582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KvfveBA3z
(I can be your hero, baby)582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVx71Ej6Ua
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I can kiss away the pain582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRBxPvoYuQ
And I will stand by you forever582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXQzoGw9le
You can take my breath away582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKfzi3mfft
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I can be your hero
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“Katherine!” he yelled, as he raced towards his wrecked car that she sat in. He’d broken his promise he’d made to her that he’d protect her from Silas. Now she’d somehow caused his car to be totaled. The hood and both sides were crinkled, including the trunk. Also, all of the windows were shattered and he could smell a lot of blood; her blood.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNq6umhtn7q
When he tried opening the door, it was jammed, so he forced it open. Then, when it opened, her left hand fell off the seat. He gently turned her head towards him and snapped her seatbelt in two. That’s when he saw that she had a dislocated shoulder and a piece of glass grazed in the right side of her neck. She had blood on either side of her head too and was bleeding from the back of her head, but he’d already seen that. He pulled the glass out and scanned the rest of her. Seeing more glass in her, he did the same he’d done with the first glass he’d seen in her. Then he used his vamp strength to move a piece of the car in the floorboard, to free her foot so he could get her to the hospital.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefy3HBOf7W
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuQwSReXDp
“Katherine, can you hear me? Open your eyes. I’m going to get you to the hospital. I just need you to open your eyes.”582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFSZdUj7cd
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMWvkl7gYM
“I’m so sorry, Katherine. Silas told me to hand you over in exchange of him telling me where Stefan is. I promise you, I will never do that again.”582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqUfKjPRWF
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡis7fqLxaWg
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Half an hour later, as she was rushed down the hall, because of her extensive injuries, her body was going into shock.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXdP5kXsRF
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Hours later, after surgery, she was settled into a recovery room and he was told he could see her. So he went to sit on her bedside and rested his hand on top of her right one. She hadn’t woken up yet, so he was just silent, happy that she was alive.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGuq5rWJDY
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
