Summary: Set somewhere around "Do Not Go Gentle." What if Kat ran into a newly turned Ric? What will happen?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdOtR9ryFT
It was a beautiful night in Mystic Falls, Virginia as Katherine Pierce sat at the bar next to Alaric.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUfyYtaMzl
"Hello, Alaric," she greeted.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdx5XvmRnJ
"Katherine."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FZ9cHELgs
"Do you know where I might find Elijah?" she questioned.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8H22XpiY3C
"Go away."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8evz6P43xu
"Why? I thought we left on good terms."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04JBrZbjwo
"I don't want you here. Take a hint, will you?"764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwYCYLlMLk
Then the familiar scent hit her; vampire.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezWYLEjmJA
"What happened to you?" she asked him.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcC6oGrSmX8
"Esther turned me. Now I'm going to kill every vampires, starting with Klaus."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFG21HYoZJp
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0R2f1eIqPq
"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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffykLYQYpQ
"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."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCNa3WdbFk
"Fine. You stay here. I'll get away from him. He can't hurt me like he can you."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RXJmYAFcW
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvngfL53gK
I'm saved, she thought to herself.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIICllFNTt
"Let's get out of here," she heard Tyler say.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zkbQ0PJCA
She slowly got off the stool and onto her feet, as he held a hand on her arm to help her keep her balance.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0p7yw8zt0
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pqR7SNnms
"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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEW5kiQefNR
"I asked him where Elijah was and he told me what happened to him. Then he stabbed me," Kat summarized.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97USjpholm
"And before that?" Tyler asked.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhaBSYOJhK
"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."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhbdfn4Tdn
Tyler and Caroline looked at one another. They knew they had to do something, but they didn't know where they would find Elijah.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUJM1VV1im
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJCjFIrE7d
"What happened to her?" Damon asked them, though he looked at Katherine.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6CED6nbyi
"She was vervained by Alaric. Before that, she was attacked by his hybrids. She killed them," Tyler answered.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJHwWu92hB
"I'll take care of her."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzvzj5Eera
"She said she wanted to ask Elijah to get the cure for her."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtnne6Kmr0
"Then I'll find him and take care of her."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUJAY0LI1o
She felt the vampiress and hybrid leave to go inside. Then she was alone with Damon.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo629KGX9je
He kept his eyes on her, as he assessed her condition.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhO9N2sYoR
"Katherine."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ra3dGYopI
"Damon?" was all she got out, as everything went black.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVWz8vrlwH
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5AkL9pHAr
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHIJ2taOeR
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqK6rQrIyz
"Damon, what's going on?"764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH69vMogkGd
He looked up at her.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPfMj8htXQ
"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."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWScTLnRLBO
He pulled the dagger out and handed it to the doppelganger.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6SKj8pebI
"Take it."
Kat finished and used the sleeve of her jacket to clean her face, before she looked up at Elena.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQId2ucEx3
"Elena," she greeted.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfBTHCKps9
Damon got to his feet, as he helped his Sire to her feet. He could tell she was weak, as he did so.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfkiQ9tNw1
"She can stay in my room and I'll watch her," Elena announced.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06gLLiBzyr
"Thanks," Kat told her descendant.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6I9Ubehdn8
"We should get her inside," Damon said.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeg3DEqrdu
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP87RlI0W1a
"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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbj0Xud4Lia
"I forgave you a long time ago. And I think Damon will forgive you after a while. Just hand on," Elena replied.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkpzqsKrN6
"I don't know how much longer I can, Elena."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRU2xI8UoO5
"Try, Katherine."
Damon stood by the stairs, as he spoke to Rebecca.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyX94RrLAki
"Please, Rebecca. Do this for me, at least."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezYzmp2YgP
"Fine."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVmZqpGnjB
"Good. Meet me at Elena's."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuihutQz9rz
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyokpBEvYrH
"You should go help Damon. My sister has stepped out of line," he told Elena.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXZ2tsG41r
She obeyed.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Bq7thxwM4
Katherine sat up in bed.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqypVJ6dH3E
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvoEEKd8TN
"It'll heal you faster," he said, as he held it out to her.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHUn9aQzCf
She drank from him for a few minutes, before she let go.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0poTXfgVxA
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sp7sfvS56
Kat knelt by them.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtOHyIgvy8
"He'll be okay," she assured her.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOyipCAXSL
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVxZNSuO1e
A few minutes later, he came to. Then, once he felt better, he stopped drinking and she took her wrist away. It obviously healed.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbClfFKVVyS
He looked up at her.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8WxELgB1e
"Katherine."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqL8pZKcWU3
"Welcome back, Damon."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqo9is0zfG4
"I could say the same thing," he answered.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0pzpw9Q25
The three of them smiled at one another.
