Summary: Set somewhere around "Do Not Go Gentle." What if Kat ran into a newly turned Ric? What will happen?766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuVyLABskr
It was a beautiful night in Mystic Falls, Virginia as Katherine Pierce sat at the bar next to Alaric.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6l5cfUBgRR
"Hello, Alaric," she greeted.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWE2BUmnsY
"Katherine."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqBukXGtzU
"Do you know where I might find Elijah?" she questioned.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0abF0eRUME
"Go away."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0qyaknfEZ
"Why? I thought we left on good terms."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuw1hEmidQz
"I don't want you here. Take a hint, will you?"766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Yb1WnYRif
Then the familiar scent hit her; vampire.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjzpbmIQwT
"What happened to you?" she asked him.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhm524IA2J
"Esther turned me. Now I'm going to kill every vampires, starting with Klaus."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaX7iRHFKfq
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1d4LQtxNp
"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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdp9MOVd00
"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."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjU8zf0fguU
"Fine. You stay here. I'll get away from him. He can't hurt me like he can you."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05jstmdZ5n
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZC5UGiDLl
I'm saved, she thought to herself.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ClKsEApJK
"Let's get out of here," she heard Tyler say.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWYB5K90MX
She slowly got off the stool and onto her feet, as he held a hand on her arm to help her keep her balance.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLMezS8zBw
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxzmZ7H743
"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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmhonka0em
"I asked him where Elijah was and he told me what happened to him. Then he stabbed me," Kat summarized.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcah7cRXS3i
"And before that?" Tyler asked.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzisT8XFeM
"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."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttT4vjSaX8
Tyler and Caroline looked at one another. They knew they had to do something, but they didn't know where they would find Elijah.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6HsqH0vcm
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9s9yuXxo1
"What happened to her?" Damon asked them, though he looked at Katherine.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FqKAqpQly
"She was vervained by Alaric. Before that, she was attacked by his hybrids. She killed them," Tyler answered.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXWhJKBMDz
"I'll take care of her."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKrdNyBUEj
"She said she wanted to ask Elijah to get the cure for her."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkpX468UCA
"Then I'll find him and take care of her."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGxFYZ3L6Z
She felt the vampiress and hybrid leave to go inside. Then she was alone with Damon.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFFLwNvaYG
He kept his eyes on her, as he assessed her condition.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepK2ubVCuf
"Katherine."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawACTJt4ai
"Damon?" was all she got out, as everything went black.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcq7PuPpI9
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqA2yoDdxXW
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwR3Ymo7Xk
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0xTWXTuKT
"Damon, what's going on?"766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjNnZB86aQ
He looked up at her.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoafRhpmHL
"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."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5m8fUBRyd
He pulled the dagger out and handed it to the doppelganger.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fdvIHlEJW
"Take it."
Kat finished and used the sleeve of her jacket to clean her face, before she looked up at Elena.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXCQfk0IVx
"Elena," she greeted.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz324oV68i7
Damon got to his feet, as he helped his Sire to her feet. He could tell she was weak, as he did so.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYps30mBMhV
"She can stay in my room and I'll watch her," Elena announced.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNStYl000C
"Thanks," Kat told her descendant.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡue5brTyPZ3
"We should get her inside," Damon said.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Xr8CyTN51
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8rR52MEzi
"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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOktZoD0ydT
"I forgave you a long time ago. And I think Damon will forgive you after a while. Just hand on," Elena replied.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoucFeseJ0S
"I don't know how much longer I can, Elena."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRopKonDKhm
"Try, Katherine."
Damon stood by the stairs, as he spoke to Rebecca.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuimZdggZc
"Please, Rebecca. Do this for me, at least."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7BeKsExyk
"Fine."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eApA0vrjG
"Good. Meet me at Elena's."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzRc4zNjeE
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXWJso8Omp
"You should go help Damon. My sister has stepped out of line," he told Elena.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Rf8GtX0Gy
She obeyed.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUNIMPdsEt
Katherine sat up in bed.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRm2P3m9Gnx
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTCMH5ROnL
"It'll heal you faster," he said, as he held it out to her.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9zSpycusZ
She drank from him for a few minutes, before she let go.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GhCqfW5UZ
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVv5dn841l
Kat knelt by them.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZCldm1iSl
"He'll be okay," she assured her.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYd5Wul6Co
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbM6KBrKBp
A few minutes later, he came to. Then, once he felt better, he stopped drinking and she took her wrist away. It obviously healed.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduUza8GiUQ
He looked up at her.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUXnmUrFRq
"Katherine."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eILoHQ4MD
"Welcome back, Damon."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzvsxsU4SR
"I could say the same thing," he answered.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94GbiYECrh
The three of them smiled at one another.
