Summary: Set somewhere around "Do Not Go Gentle." What if Kat ran into a newly turned Ric? What will happen?768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMUhO7OJ4y
It was a beautiful night in Mystic Falls, Virginia as Katherine Pierce sat at the bar next to Alaric.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwG0zPSafZ
"Hello, Alaric," she greeted.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DtfJNySZk
"Katherine."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnk8EZEtJyB
"Do you know where I might find Elijah?" she questioned.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbflTtFjdGp
"Go away."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2wfEKAb41
"Why? I thought we left on good terms."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmVTIN4HQs
"I don't want you here. Take a hint, will you?"768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTueaJXISW
Then the familiar scent hit her; vampire.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRNQA7njre
"What happened to you?" she asked him.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGOcOwXSi7
"Esther turned me. Now I'm going to kill every vampires, starting with Klaus."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiZxNPgh3H
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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCBoJBWnvp
"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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnoG8Xv2yQ
"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."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfQeMDMpnx
"Fine. You stay here. I'll get away from him. He can't hurt me like he can you."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuC6dKwmQU
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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGX9jch21U
I'm saved, she thought to herself.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWmityXv2N
"Let's get out of here," she heard Tyler say.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomRU53Ul4I
She slowly got off the stool and onto her feet, as he held a hand on her arm to help her keep her balance.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxNl1oe2TC
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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHX41hWyvkX
"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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdXociAE9s
"I asked him where Elijah was and he told me what happened to him. Then he stabbed me," Kat summarized.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryOmR29mYO
"And before that?" Tyler asked.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXaVZKhpo1
"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."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5pB1Fy1Qp
Tyler and Caroline looked at one another. They knew they had to do something, but they didn't know where they would find Elijah.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnA5LPZXXaQ
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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6ZQe5DFIf
"What happened to her?" Damon asked them, though he looked at Katherine.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9bQzTecq9
"She was vervained by Alaric. Before that, she was attacked by his hybrids. She killed them," Tyler answered.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhSfdPDsiv
"I'll take care of her."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8z0f3Gclkt
"She said she wanted to ask Elijah to get the cure for her."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZ7p5uJHIi
"Then I'll find him and take care of her."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37wkG3UvsJ
She felt the vampiress and hybrid leave to go inside. Then she was alone with Damon.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfruN4d9hpp
He kept his eyes on her, as he assessed her condition.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rFpgBOfIt
"Katherine."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldPCnwJPuB
"Damon?" was all she got out, as everything went black.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlD5EgKeCto
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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZeTymgDIy
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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyKpJGjn4r
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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulzjvQwwqL
"Damon, what's going on?"768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxUqMF7N0l
He looked up at her.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlr4A9JGUBu
"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."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyifdFfKkJi
He pulled the dagger out and handed it to the doppelganger.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkAayHOqUY
"Take it."
Kat finished and used the sleeve of her jacket to clean her face, before she looked up at Elena.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKnnZyKlmr
"Elena," she greeted.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBqQV9V3FG
Damon got to his feet, as he helped his Sire to her feet. He could tell she was weak, as he did so.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRiDVKInvV
"She can stay in my room and I'll watch her," Elena announced.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfFKGExsyU
"Thanks," Kat told her descendant.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5GQYr0gMe
"We should get her inside," Damon said.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXRYed2Axd
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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGQxqcmlaW
"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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaV3HPD459T
"I forgave you a long time ago. And I think Damon will forgive you after a while. Just hand on," Elena replied.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65ew644lah
"I don't know how much longer I can, Elena."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCdLVxzoi2
"Try, Katherine."
Damon stood by the stairs, as he spoke to Rebecca.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnolEEdsSz
"Please, Rebecca. Do this for me, at least."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNV9uSbnppm
"Fine."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqEuVU0tBB
"Good. Meet me at Elena's."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWgS7yh9ca
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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QGYpOcmBx
"You should go help Damon. My sister has stepped out of line," he told Elena.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Y3KZhtiBA
She obeyed.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFlqF9Wign
Katherine sat up in bed.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUf7ZPyJ0c
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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NSpIsiZQb
"It'll heal you faster," he said, as he held it out to her.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlisKD1hJZU
She drank from him for a few minutes, before she let go.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcYFiGmapx
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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDaTYgt3pg
Kat knelt by them.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhREeXa4ng
"He'll be okay," she assured her.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicwj1YsQ1N
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.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aB7c1itSo
A few minutes later, he came to. Then, once he felt better, he stopped drinking and she took her wrist away. It obviously healed.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERBn3g3KeI
He looked up at her.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlgyLyebWA
"Katherine."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJ5i0oK7VD
"Welcome back, Damon."768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6FhxZWs9M
"I could say the same thing," he answered.768Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWXg9TtUT9
The three of them smiled at one another.
