It was a beautiful day in Oregon, as Katherine Pierce drove out of town, heading for Mystic Falls to make sure those she cared about were okay. She couldn’t call because of nothing electric working or technology working anymore, so she had to drive. As she drove in the four door pickup truck she’d stolen, with windows down and the backseat full of all sorts of guns and ammo, she kept a hand gun in her lap, fully loaded. She wasn’t taken any chances. She also had a first-aid kit under the passenger’s seat and a full three containers of gasoline in the back of the truck.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurfxL4BfHD
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A few weeks later, she pulled up in the driveway of the Salvatore boarding house. It looked untouched, but she knew all too well that looks could deceive.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7O5qchMOW
She got out of the truck, closing the door as quietly as possible, the gun in her new holster she’d found a week ago.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHRIHoim5h
She walked up to the door and knocked before walking in, closing the door behind herself.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQkWgv2QOy
“Damon?” she called.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQwUyPC8UL
She entered the living room, where she saw him by his drinking table, drinking from a bottle of Bourbon.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuMNWkEF0i
“In what universe do you have the right to be alive?” he said in the tone he always reserved for only her.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4ag4VSfAy
“Maybe because I’m still a survivor,” she said, knowing his real question was how she was still alive. “Look. I didn’t have to risk my life coming here, but I did. I came back to make sure you’re okay and alive.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaxx8eelpe
He finally looked at her. “Why would you even care? You didn’t care before, so why now? It’s different now. Everyone I’ve ever loved and cared for is dead.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLekqDVIYQB
“I’ve always cared. It was just easier for me if you thought that I didn’t. I know it’s bad now, but we have to stick together.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mArxR5NQn
“Thanks, but I’d rather take my chances here.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1hfq7uUAY
She sighed. “Fine. Just be careful and good luck.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiW1xZH4bCd
He watched as she left.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZq6fm7D3NA
After leaving, she drove around and found that those she had known or hadn’t known were dead. There was still one person left to check on though. She hadn’t seen her, so she assumed that she was home, staying as safe as she could.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iC95MFoZj
She parked in front of the house and stood on the porch and knocked.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTFZ1sbuVC
“Caroline?” she called through the door.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFLik9qeYX
“Get out of here. Just go,” she heard from by the door on the other side.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryOm8f7OWf
“I know you’re alone now. I’m sorry for your loss. I know I’m not the best company in the world, but you don’t have to be alone. Damon already said no, which is understandable. I just want to help who I can. It’s best if we stick together. I have all the weapons and ammo we could need in the truck and a few other things we’ll need. If you pack now, we can get out of here before dark.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hEynJGH2G
Caroline didn’t like Katherine very much, but she’d seen enough zombie movies to know that Katherine was right.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKHWMeBGnK
She sighed. “Fine. I’ll come.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3UpE6OPxm
A few minutes later, Katherine was driving out of town, Caroline in the passenger’s seat.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4zqpsFBoo
“Where are we going anyway?” Caroline questioned.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEzlDb8aKA
“New Orleans to the compound. Sure, it might be dangerous at first, but the compound is built strong enough to keep those zombies out. Plus, I need to know if they’re all alive.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEHpMAxu54
“Makes sense,” Caroline replied, agreeing with her for once.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsCjf9KLCq
“Before we get there though, don’t be mad at Klaus, but I have to tell you something,” Kat informed the blonde.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuYD4xFyCj
“What?” she asked, assuming that she wasn’t gonna like this.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxnJw7n8Ct
As Kat drove, she told the blonde about the one night stand Klaus and Hayley had and about the baby named Hope they had had together.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrfrQdGWTq
“That’s all I know,” she finished.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡea2COvU4Zs
“When’s the last time you heard anything from New Orleans?” she asked the former vampiress.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RlxGH04hb
“A year. I haven’t heard anything since the cure was shoved down my throat. I haven’t even spoken to Elijah since he left right before I tried to kill my doppelganger in anger. I know I should be apologizing to Elena instead of you, but I’m sorry about that by the way.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAG8AiqBja3
“I’m sure he’s okay,” she assured the brunette.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKx2P50TxF
Kat was silent.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡga9HUjaOrk
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Several weeks later, when they were half way to New Orleans, they saw a blonde and a guy with one hand, on the side of the road looking like they were having truck problems and were clearly arguing with each other.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrkVKVFDr6
Kat stopped the truck in front of them and rolled down the automatic passenger’s window, looking at them.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ytReYsWNQ
“Need some help?” she questioned.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdr7veJ5g1z
They looked at them.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDAj6ad9xs
“We’ve got this, Sweet Cheeks,” the guy replied to her.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFfekQgnqL
“Clearly. Look; you’re in the middle of nowhere with nothing but highway. It’s dangerous. If you want, we could give you two a lift somewhere, or you can join us. We’re going to New Orleans to see if some friends are okay. Our friends have a strong compound,” Kat explained.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83CUJNSoxp
“We should go with them,” the blonde told him.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3egZDAbtC8
“Fine,” he replied.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs89HMX6Zd6
“Great,” Kat said, and set the bag of weapons on the floorboard so there was space for them in the back.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdWFsm7bkN
Once they were in, Kat continued the drive.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuin8bDAtz
“I’m Katherine by the way and this is Caroline. Who are you two?”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hj9vE9xkf
“I’m Andrea and this is Merle. We’ve been looking for the group I got separated from. His brother, Daryl, is with them.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7aRQyg0yW
“Well, nice to meet you. What did you do before the zombies happened?”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01nxwpy1Lf
“I was in college and sometimes spent the summer with my sister Amy and my father. He taught us how to fish. I lost her a year ago though. She turned into once of them and I had to shoot her,” Andrea explained.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jnVlk3hnF
“I’m sorry for your loss. Luckily my family is long dead, so they don’t have to get killed by zombies. It’s a new world now, so it’s best that we don’t keep secrets. My parents were slaughtered by the Original werewolf-vampire hybrid Klaus in 1492 as vengeance for me running and turning. I turned myself into a vampire and I’ve been a survivor ever since, but now I’m human again, because the cure for vampirism was shoved down my throat. Caroline has only been a vampire for a few years. You can choose to believe me or not, but it’s true.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LPKwKBXA9
“I believe you. I’ve always been open-minded,” Andrea replied.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGs1ZB0Lf6e
“Thanks. What did you do before?” she said to Andrea, before asking Merle the question.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuG00PCgdI
“I’ll put it this way, Sweet Cheeks. I’m ex-military, but I also was in and out of jail a lot.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCCeC6wkS2
“Well, not everyone is perfect. I can be pretty bad myself. I’ve killed many for 500 years, but being human has changed me. I don’t go around killing people anymore. Caroline hates killing though,” Kat replied.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQv2xKgAbaB
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A week later, they made it to New Orleans.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtV4WKJ9ueh
Kat parked in front of the compound and they followed Kat to the front door, who then opened the door and walked in. Andre and Merle also walked in. Kat stood by the door and looked at Caroline.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfNzVMZIIp
“See if you can come in.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9JPbRUcOc
She tried but was barred.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSaSy0532q
“Let me call them so you can be invited in,” she told her, before calling loud enough for them to hear, “Anyone here?”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuW42H7L7u
A blonde stranger holding a three year old girl appeared at the top of the stairs. “Come in.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELFNhpcCP5
Caroline walked in and Kat closed the door.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82yYabFS0o
“Who are you?” Kat asked, once the girl was downstairs, standing in front of her.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX17145NILo
“Elijah mentioned you might have a little bit of an attitude. I’m Freya. You might’ve heard of me. I was thought to be dead, but was actually taken as prisoner by our Aunt Dahlia.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfP85YcY1P
“Well, I’m glad that you found your family. This little one must be Hope,” Katherine said with a smile.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAW2Q0ikVFm
“Yes. And she’s all yours if anything happens to the last of us.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRag5VsWcgV
“What’s that supposed to mean?”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebouwQlRY3
“I’ve been trying to stay away from Hope all I can but sooner or later, it’s going to happen, which means that I must go, though Elijah has chosen to stay. Klaus is just fine and Rebekah is daggered. Her box is across the river if you want to wake her up. Kol is safe with his new love life Davina Claire,” Freya explained.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDwjon8H6r
“Where is he?” she asked, her worst nightmare happening.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJv0SkFaPYk
“He’s in bed.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3FHbWaRwq
“It was nice to meet you,” Kat replied.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUDKl6f660
“You too. Here.” She gave Kat Hope, whom Kat took, before Freya left.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeFRWPZHdr
Kat looked at Caroline. “I know you have no experience, but take Hope. I need to see Elijah. My last memory of him can’t be the breakup. Please. I don’t want him to die alone.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrSZIHDLip
Caroline took Hope, not knowing what the hell she was supposed to do.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrprvaBXtz
Kat looked at Andre and Merle. “There’s plenty of Bourbon here and probably some human food too. Help yourselves.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOo4OG1nbp
Kat went upstairs, while Merle helped himself to a bottle of Bourbon.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyuVSkXuQc
When Kat entered his room, she saw Klaus seated on his bedside, obviously staying with him until the very end.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mjszM3L8N
She walked up to them and stood behind Klaus with a hand on his shoulder.. She didn’t think he’d attack her or anything, so she wasn’t afraid.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrJz5rGYOL
“Katerina,” Klaus greeted, not looking at her. “I’m sorry. There’s nothing I can do.” He knew how much she and Elijah loved each other.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiClVXWswbQ
“I know. It’s not your fault. Caroline’s downstairs with a couple human friends we made. I should be the one to do it when the time comes.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAu7uBbkkN
“Thank you, luv.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iLZRI7cnj
She took her hand away and he vanished from sight. She then sat on his bedside, her hand on his right one and her other one gently on the left side of his face.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgZhN7Sxlo
“Katerina,” he greeted. “You’re here.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpX1i10tuuF
She smiled. “Of course I’m here. I love you, no matter what. You know what has to be done though.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ycMK5gWxt
“I love you too, Katerina. I know. Don’t think that this is your fault. Think of it like this. You’ll be taking my pain away. Do me a favor, though. Look after what’s left of my family; Especially, Hope. She just lost her mother. I wish for you to take over as her mother.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3kVE93RLQ
“I will. I promise you,” she replied.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPXSAvKDyS
He closed his eyes, ready for the inevitable.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSGBI0Xz6f
They shared one last kiss, before she took the White Oak stake from on top of the end table, and staked him, killing him.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YMc7l6YO7
Afterward, she slid to the floor, her back against the bed, her arms around her legs and head down, and cried. She didn’t want anyone to see her cry and never had. She’d never liked to show any weakness in front of anyone.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uWrb8gtWI
As Klaus mingled downstairs, getting to know Andrea and Merle, he and Caroline heard her crying her heart out. Care had never witnessed any weakness from Katherine, nor had she ever took her for the type of girl to break down after a loss. That was more of her style. She always hated someone to be hurting one way or another though, no matter who it was. She always felt like no one, no matter who it was, should have to deal with anything alone.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtueRzzpyyE
“I should make sure she’s okay. Take her,” Caroline told Klaus, always being a good samaritan.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjdeaPvk0x
He took Hope. “Of course, luv,” Klaus replied.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrZnxwQ0st
Care blurred upstairs and walked into Elijah’s former room, closing the door behind herself. She then sat on the floor next to the grieving human, an arm around her in comfort.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QDyPCoh9W
“I’m sorry, Katherine,” was all she could say.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnF9fYs1NIM
Katherine let her try and comfort her, though nobody had ever done that before. She was glad that unlike others, she wasn’t trying to tell her that everyone would be okay, because in this world, nothing was okay. She was also glad for the comfort and wasn’t surprised, knowing how much Care hated people being in pain.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOGQBBckGT
After what felt like a while, she finally was able to get control over herself and stop crying, which she did. She then lifted her head and wiped her eyes.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzcAq2do9j
“How about you go to bed. It’s been a while since either of us have slept,” Caroline suggested.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkmPi6YrHu
“Good idea. Elijah would want us to stay rested and wanted me to take care of his family, so that’s what I’ll do. He wouldn’t want anyone to give up, either.”628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yc5AAqpks
A few minutes later, Elijah’s body was taken care of and Kat was asleep in Elijah’s bed. The others were asleep too, Merle and Andrea in separate guest rooms and Hope in her room, while Klaus and Caroline were asleep in Klaus’ bed after making love. They were finally together.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlwd0k7pdc
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A month later, after everything that had happened, Merle and Andrea hooked up and Kat slowly healed from the loss of Elijah. Hope was a part of that healing and for once in their lives, she and Klaus had bonded and became friends.628Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqj3VXo5fhX
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Years later, when all the walkers died out from hunger and being killed by survivors, things began to get back to how they were before the walkers. So those who were survivors, lived as happily as they could. Kat even reunited with her vampiress daughter, Nadia, and Damon was one of those survivors as well as Andrea, Merle, Kat, Hope, Caroline, Klaus, Davina, Kol, and Rebekah.
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