Summary: Set somewhere around "Do Not Go Gentle." What if Kat ran into a newly turned Ric? What will happen?732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0chm7s2SQc
It was a beautiful night in Mystic Falls, Virginia as Katherine Pierce sat at the bar next to Alaric.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOfVVfy2cK
"Hello, Alaric," she greeted.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9v0N9o0MQ6
"Katherine."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREc2lxzNem
"Do you know where I might find Elijah?" she questioned.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRhJJHAbnf
"Go away."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAPoXLtXRV
"Why? I thought we left on good terms."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTli7t9o4dJ
"I don't want you here. Take a hint, will you?"732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2T9pQGFAoL
Then the familiar scent hit her; vampire.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRN4BnQl0W
"What happened to you?" she asked him.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6W6SKBi2T
"Esther turned me. Now I'm going to kill every vampires, starting with Klaus."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeoyXvwo5k
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qE63PqOng
"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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJo5Ev3avS
"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."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfm1E2Vrbpc
"Fine. You stay here. I'll get away from him. He can't hurt me like he can you."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTE8a1QzgW
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPz9nZUE3K
I'm saved, she thought to herself.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWmpM9iF7T
"Let's get out of here," she heard Tyler say.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWa6G7lL13J
She slowly got off the stool and onto her feet, as he held a hand on her arm to help her keep her balance.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYzoov3Onl
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHy0j2KKjYH
"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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwn6w5jaj9
"I asked him where Elijah was and he told me what happened to him. Then he stabbed me," Kat summarized.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2plfQnfMWe
"And before that?" Tyler asked.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcMQ9uU3SU
"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."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡem7YimDmAS
Tyler and Caroline looked at one another. They knew they had to do something, but they didn't know where they would find Elijah.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCm583IQwJl
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGIGUq8JHi
"What happened to her?" Damon asked them, though he looked at Katherine.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxXbU9vijw
"She was vervained by Alaric. Before that, she was attacked by his hybrids. She killed them," Tyler answered.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96DNp4ULjK
"I'll take care of her."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMt5rZBV3zr
"She said she wanted to ask Elijah to get the cure for her."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpiIhHEWtw
"Then I'll find him and take care of her."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJMoRs7ubG
She felt the vampiress and hybrid leave to go inside. Then she was alone with Damon.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8fviIN6jc
He kept his eyes on her, as he assessed her condition.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtrgoqhXxp
"Katherine."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHhxDnLT98
"Damon?" was all she got out, as everything went black.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kyQ5eoExD
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9811A38sMX
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NBHDojieG
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkP68izDp2R
"Damon, what's going on?"732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LVVHfdHcr
He looked up at her.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAPSUCKjGO
"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."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUlpJiSdl8
He pulled the dagger out and handed it to the doppelganger.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yBQU4DZqc
"Take it."
Kat finished and used the sleeve of her jacket to clean her face, before she looked up at Elena.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmSCfC9SNN
"Elena," she greeted.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJ8zLMIvSM
Damon got to his feet, as he helped his Sire to her feet. He could tell she was weak, as he did so.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRkyfQl2Iy
"She can stay in my room and I'll watch her," Elena announced.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRdrFtrlT0
"Thanks," Kat told her descendant.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZXx5LEede
"We should get her inside," Damon said.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJmDeXLOlp
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7k717BKGtz
"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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSxkk4D6pv
"I forgave you a long time ago. And I think Damon will forgive you after a while. Just hand on," Elena replied.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CAzWwpTsF
"I don't know how much longer I can, Elena."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACYgk8MitD
"Try, Katherine."
Damon stood by the stairs, as he spoke to Rebecca.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29tWu2QhhW
"Please, Rebecca. Do this for me, at least."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4j12AiWpA
"Fine."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoP5ltdAvX
"Good. Meet me at Elena's."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMK8i3NNqOS
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlQM2eIzvo
"You should go help Damon. My sister has stepped out of line," he told Elena.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBduCZmZ22m
She obeyed.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaf2PV8Vb79
Katherine sat up in bed.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKMuogRNqT
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFvtO4qGYw
"It'll heal you faster," he said, as he held it out to her.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8u57JK8oJ
She drank from him for a few minutes, before she let go.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBC3dZqeIRy
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6f3wTyXhR
Kat knelt by them.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwVfqOIZdE
"He'll be okay," she assured her.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmJx419VpP
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.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5otc991rJd
A few minutes later, he came to. Then, once he felt better, he stopped drinking and she took her wrist away. It obviously healed.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcke8X49Pdv
He looked up at her.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtfdUg2bFa
"Katherine."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOs7mWNalmI
"Welcome back, Damon."732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAvJjX7H0M
"I could say the same thing," he answered.732Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwu0mKaE0I
The three of them smiled at one another.
