It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdcKqtsqLX
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmL8VwZuzO
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HV8Q2BD2J
"I choose you, Katherine."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nECsE6VQz
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. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARWAthM9jg
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSb3cJy3eqB
"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. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcpEJ5g6zW
He bent towards the cut. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtKmXUi3tw
"I choose you, Katherine."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XoB0ZAzuX
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. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNa3CJ98tI
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gYyWYSqi4
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatyEz0UVBZ
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraTv2FbK2k
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQnzLvfcea
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. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlc5UwXJ67
"Let's go home," she stated.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5e8K5E50b
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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. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZ4UmgfKy4
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. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vK6sqVW2C
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEjFNJyYdP
"You won't. I'm here until the very end."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYSS75mTOj
"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrgReiscXA
"I love you, too."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bYYOTGmFA
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6pVZVsDi1
He closed his eyes. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjo8MFT4NL
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9WnSL873w
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLSy0XTf1e
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxaXnmolM9
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPX6dNPv4NX
She took it from him. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRu6Uc22gYH
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZKT2N7Nsf
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscXPbCS0oV
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ500brLCNzP
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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.
