Ch.12: Gods and Monsters
Summary: Set in the S7 finale “Gods and Monsters.” What if Katherine coming back to life and warning him not to listen to the voice in the vault stopped Evil Itself from getting to him? What if he helped her after he found out she was hurt by Kai? What will ensue between them?
It was a nebulous night, as Damon Salvatore stood in the vault. He had just heard the sound of Elena’s voice and had hung up on Enzo. Even though he knew Elena was still in a coffin under the sleep spell Kai had put her in, he couldn’t help but to listen to what sounded like Elena calling his name.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpGXL2jt73
As he began to look around for who or what it was, scanning with his eyes, he suddenly saw a very human and injured Katherine appear.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0TLaxu5Bx
“Damon, help me. I need you,” the voice said in the vault.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhMKOX9NVf
“Katherine?” he questioned her.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRmInuV8Zr
“It’s me. You didn’t think I’d stay dead, did you?”641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIRNi3O5mq
“Well, I can hope, can’t I? How are you alive?”641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXp3Q83LkX
“I ended up in the 1994 prison world. I think you can guess the rest.” She slowly half walked and half limped towards him until she was inches in front of him. “Don’t listen to the voice. Let’s just get the hell out of here.”641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0DHPODo95
“Why? What is it?” he asked her.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ECSjAGtXU
“Evil itself. Now let’s go,” she answered him.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5CokZ0N9x
After hearing that, he left the vault and then building with her.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2CpIAn97Q
Afterward, they stood in front of each other.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBigevXusls
“I know it’s not my place or anything, but I’m sorry that you had to deal with Kai. He’s a psychotic maniac ass. Bonnie and I had to deal with him when we died for a little while. Then a while later, he came back alive and towards the end of last year, he put Elena under a sleeping spell and linked her to Bonnie. I can’t be with her for 60 years until Bonnie dies. He also nearly killed Bonnie which I ripped his head off for,” he informed her.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1v6jaVh4U
“I’ll deal and I’m sorry for Elena. I know how much she means to everyone.”641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp60NQO1FCP
“Yeah, well, it was bound to happen. I lose everyone I care about over time,” he replied.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0glVhi6Lg
She gently and cautiously rested a hand on the side of his face. She was cautious because she knew what he felt about her.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8s44McJbP
“I know. That’s the price we pay for knowing what exists and being a vampire. I wish I could make it better for you,” she replied. She always hated when he was hurt. Besides, she sired him and no matter what, cared for him. She was responsible for anything that happened to him, whether it was by her hand or not.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUKBKtKhBQ
“Well, there’s nothing any of us can do. What happened between you and Kai?” he replied, knowing she was injured. He’d know it since she’d shown up, alive yet again. He’d just been ignoring it until it seemed the right time to help her.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHTmDth75n
“It doesn’t matter,” she answered him.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyPapytBy4
“Well, it does to me. He’s a maniac. Nobody deserves to be treated how Kai tends to treat everyone he meets and crosses paths with.”641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTCHeARZdX
She took her hand away from his face and dropped it.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryi4QGYhgk
“I should be the one asking what happened to you. You care now. That’s a new one. You haven’t cared for me since 1864. What changed?” she replied.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlW1OkE7hh6
“I don’t know. I guess the thought of Kai hurting you isn’t something I care to happen.”641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjU9qFa1Av
“I can take care of myself, Damon. You don’t need to play hero to everyone that gets hurt or almost dies. You can’t help or save everyone.”641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78ynUmCMlR
“Well, maybe not, but I sure as hell can try.”641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfz64XuONwS
“Don’t. You’ll get yourself killed for good.”641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApEFW2cv6S
As she spoke, he scanned her for what her injuries were. He could see that it looked like she had some stab wounds and there was a dagger in one of her thighs. It looked like it had opened an artery. There was also blood on the left side of her head and she was pale. He knew that she had lost a lot of blood and it was making her weak, but she was hiding what she was feeling.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFimi4RBoE8
“How about we get out of here? You need a hospital,” he suggested.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoOdxlQAR7
She knew he was right, but didn’t want to admit it. She was stubborn like that, but she was starting to feel weak and her vision was going black.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpTfBWSe5l
“Katherine,” he said, as he caught her from hitting the ground. He then gently layed her down on the ground, knelt by her, and gently took her jacket off. He had to use it to slow or stop the bleeding.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7WPUjQqFx
As she lay there, trying to stay awake, she blurrily saw Damon. She could also feel pain and put her hand on her lower stomach, where she felt the pain and now the blood. She could also feel her hand start to shake.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAy4KmFtpDV
He took her hand off the wound and put her jacket on it, tying it into place. He then put her hand on top of her jacket and his hand on top of hers.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFmbdKp9PI
“Stay with me, Katherine. You’re gonna be okay.”641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9DZ57AWVG
He slid an arm under her, gently pulling her into his arms, and slide his other arm under her legs. He then got to his feed and blurred towards the hospital.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0cvn4f9ZR
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Damon stood by and watched as the doctors got her hooked up to an ivy and checked her over, as they put a breathing mask on her. There wasn’t anything he could do. He could only wait for them to tend to her wounds and hope she would make it.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDF9aya1v7
As everything began to fade away, she could hear the sound of doctors around her and knew where she was. Then everything went black.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcWGQ1skeA
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A few hours later, a doctor informed Damon that she was in the recovery room and should be just fine. She had a few fractured ribs, a concussion, an opened artery, and some internal bleeding but would be just find as long as she healed correctly and didn’t reopen her wounds. He thanked the doctor and then went to her room to see her.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99stPcJk1O
He closed the door behind himself and sat on her beside, a hand on top of hers and his other one he rested on the left side of her face.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aMU4Kv4w1
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When she woke up, she saw that she was in a hospital room with Damon seated on her bedside, a hand on the side of her face.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvLq6ESxfY
She gave a smile.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbD0wTEoWd
“You saved me.”641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfr5fQ24em
“Yes, and don’t make me regret it,” he replied.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi38fGcZtKy
“Well, thank you anyway,” she said.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv78daG2RG7
He took his hand away from her face and she slowly sat up.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHO8vRixzg
They silently looked at one another.641Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ByHiVeKMk
After a few minutes, they began to make out.
