Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEy1ZM2bpa
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1UBtuJUbt
If I asked you to dance?581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeUCCdoTwG
Would you run and never look back?581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpgbFnAanI
Would you cry581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3IOQV5b9g
If you saw me crying?581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdulrnYPWL2
Would you save my soul tonight?581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1662Bs5477
Would you tremble581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsEbyjP2GI
If I touched your lips?581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvy2d0MGhN
Would you laugh?581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXBxzvqO4W
Oh, please tell me this581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfmKMoVp8w
Now would you die581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahzf9z6Pcc
For the one you love?581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPcaThkAB2
Hold me in your arms tonight581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdjrL8oK2B
I can be your hero, baby581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoMGA3BEJR
I can kiss away the pain581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwsiFMX61G
I will stand by you forever581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPTBpeu5EK
You can take my breath away
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It was a beautiful day, as Damon knocked on Ric’s apartment door and waited for someone to open the door. Klaus was keeping her hostage, so he thought he’d come by and give her a vial of vervain to use so he couldn’t compel her. He hated Katherine, but no one deserved torture, captivity, or being ripped of their free will. If she was alive, he’d help her the best of his ability.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ldqObmGXp
Ten minutes later, when no one opened the door, he figured he should see what was going on, so he did just that. He walked inside, closing the door behind himself. That’s when he saw her on her back on the floor, skin burning in the sun, and a bite on the left side of her neck. Because of the burning, he assumed that Klaus had taken her Daylight bracelet.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7l929Bqwl
He went over and closed the curtains to stop the burning. She was a vampire just like himself. If a vampire burned long enough, they’d die. He didn’t know how long that she’d been burning. If he hadn’t come today, she probably would’ve died before the sun went down.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDiCGhyKFt
He knelt at her side and scanned her with his eyes. He’d gotten to her just in time, since she had started showing veins from burning in the sun. The veins were starting to disappear and her skin was starting to heal, but not as quickly as vampires usually do. He knew it was from the vicious bite.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqj9bFNlVfs
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTdB2gHBPm
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOGuzUy1Vf
When she didn’t reply or move a muscle, he patted her right cheek gently, his right hand resting on her forehead to keep her head still. In this state, she was fragile. He hated to call her that, but she was burning up. That, and she looked very weak and pale, not to mention, he was having a hard time waking her up. If and when she woke up, she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere. She’d be too weak to stand, much less walk. Even if she did wake up before he left with her, he’d still have to carry her.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulmUgdKz5t
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY75gOHks9W
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaJi5Q89UL
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxTGw8gjyg
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSbE3nxSyO
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzNdeOKu0e
“Don’t worry. I’m not here to kill you. I’m not an hallucination either. I’m getting you out of here, but you need to tell me where he’s go the cure. Surely, he didn’t leave you to die without leaving the cure behind.”581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9lOcPPNhw
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5iJWEkLnh
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AIj0zJ0ah
She blurrily watched him go and turned her head to the left to watch him look for the cure; Klaus’ blood. As she did, everything began to seem too far away. She was also in a lot of pain from the bite and felt tired.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06SLRcyPsz
Once he’d found the vial of Klaus’ blood as well as her Daylight bracelet, he put the vial inside his jacket and blurred back over to her.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiUXBoGwqz
Once knelt at her side, he could tell that she was about to go under again. He removed her jacket and slipped her Daylight bracelet on her wrist, before putting her arm around his shoulders and pulling her gently into his arms. Then he got to his feet and looked down at her.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKa7di9MYo
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UlHcAvsNO
He blurred towards his car outside and gently sat her in the passenger’s seat, before taking the vial out. By this time, she’d gone under.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnaJPJemGc
He slid an arm under her head, gently positioning her head back. Then he put the vial to her lips, making the cure go down her throat. Then, after he figured she’d had enough, he layed her head on the seat again and closed the door. Then he drank the rest, having been bitten by Tyler, and got in the driver’s seat. Then he drove away, towards the boarding house.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyx1GIjQT1
Later, she was cured and lived to see yet another day.
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*Before Sunset*
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Would you swear that you’ll always be mine?581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYmtJVMOK7
Would you lie?581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSY2DCo5qE
Would you run and hide?581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHruqWuowEy
Am I in too deep?581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5yl4REMsR
Have I lost my mind?581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzghxOszYY
I don’t care581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5Syd5NR1q
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night at Mystic High, as everyone tried to kill Klaus. Katherine opened up a couple grenades saying, “Kaboom,” before throwing it at the hybrids that were coming to help Klaus. Killing Klaus didn’t happen in the end though, because Stefan stopped Damon to save him. If Klaus died, Damon would’ve been hunted down and killed by Klaus’ hybrids.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6LX2QPiWx
Later that night, when Katherine was heading down a hall towards the side exit where she’d parked her car, she was pinned against a set of lockers by Rebekah. Apparently, someone had undaggered her and she had heard about the plan to kill Klaus. She knew that that meant that she was on vengeance strike. She definitely knew that when Rebekah plunged a hand through her chest.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnj7koKKNKU
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5AuP2khNl
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCyiI5lmSu
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr83kc7xFXo
“I don’t doubt that you’re capable of killing all of us, but would you take away Elijah’s love? Could you live with yourself? You have too good of a heart. I don’t think you can kill me,” Katherine stated truthfully to her. She had no reason to lie. She didn’t know much about Rebekah.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirplSz7YMT
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmeqjr4KnD
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCGQtkXtrv
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8DS6hRV9n
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNd2b8EiWgB
“Maybe I’ll take you up on your offer,” she heart the ancient vampiress say. Then she felt the thing, maybe a stick, start to pierce her heart. Then she felt her ass on the floor and even more pain. Then it was as if she couldn’t breathe and she closed her eyes.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCr4MSxsf6
Damon, seeing the scene, snapped her neck and knelt in front of Katherine, before quickly pulling out the stick and tossing it to the floor. He then bit his wrist and put it to her lips to heal her quicker, which worked.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7lFCQbCjj
After she’d healed, he gently pulled her into his arms and blurred off wit her.
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*Graduation*
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I can be your hero, baby581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XovOjC9RE
I can kiss away the pain581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69nMwtinnN
I will stand by you forever581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtf3f9nSrFa
You can take my breath away581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOWQzEe2HY
Oh, I just want to hold you581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cQMEZfjUa
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2UCmKu3Hu
Am I in too deep?581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PG4jLIAGC
Have I lost my mind?581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFew62dCeJ
Well, I don’t care581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOcAQLSxjx
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night, as Damon searched for Katherine through each Mystic High hall, having heard from Elena that she had shoved the cure down her throat when Katherine had almost killed her. It had been a few hours ago, but he hoped she’d still be here somewhere. He knew her as well as he knew himself. As a vampire, she had everything going for her. As a human, she’d be alone and scared, not to mention hurt and maybe a little paranoid.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRBnYHn7BA
When he’d found the hall they’d fought in, she was gone, so he went back to his car to try and find her elsewhere. He’d search every road of Mystic Falls if he had to. For some reason, her being human made him care about her well-being. He hadn’t cared about her since 1864.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeofKJUMvM4
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Twenty minutes later, he found her limping down one of the desolate roads. Knowing her, he figured asking her to get in would prove to be unsuccessful, so he pulled over and got out.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpYhf1qq4c
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPZ3GeawZi
She turned around to face him and he let go.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6kQMRNhm6
“Come to celebrate in my misery? Come to finish what Elena started? Go ahead. Put me out of my misery,” she said with anger, angry at herself that she’d been defeated by her baby vampire doppelganger, and taking it out on him.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEWhWaUBmW
“I’m not here for either reason. I’m going to help you. You need help. You’re human, injured, and not as powerful as you were. Let me help you.”581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrwuWBv7kV
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrIdpNiig7
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25MUGZYjmg
He blurred right behind her and put an arm around her. Then he knelt down with her against him. That when he saw a shard of glass in her thigh and a bigger shard of glass in her stomach.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kOw8VcomZ
Once he’d gotten her in the car, he pulled both out, tossing them to the ground, and used a towel from the backseat to tie around her thigh. He used the other one for her other wound.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyurWbSNU4
As he drove, he used his right hand to apply pressure with the towel, trying to slow the bleeding. Normal people would’ve taken her to the hospital, but there was a first-aid kit at home. He figured that he could use that to get her wounds taken care of. He figured she’d ben find after that.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZyDcfBvOJ
When he’d taken care of her wounds in his room, he was right. She’d be fine.
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*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
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I can be you’re hero, baby581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudxsVFYcfI
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdoLScUdO0
I will stand by you forever581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6WkL91VYk
You can take my breath away581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZ8eyaDbxc
(I can be your hero, baby)581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRxhm309iC
I can be your hero581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQjHCjkEsA
I can kiss away the pain581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueMzx8yDKf
And I will stand by you forever581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQWBdbD3Tl
You can take my breath away581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKGVUcZnpV
You can take my breath away581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmy3wWZhNkX
I can be your hero
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“Katherine!” he yelled, as he raced towards his wrecked car that she sat in. He’d broken his promise he’d made to her that he’d protect her from Silas. Now she’d somehow caused his car to be totaled. The hood and both sides were crinkled, including the trunk. Also, all of the windows were shattered and he could smell a lot of blood; her blood.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvc6KSWqvq
When he tried opening the door, it was jammed, so he forced it open. Then, when it opened, her left hand fell off the seat. He gently turned her head towards him and snapped her seatbelt in two. That’s when he saw that she had a dislocated shoulder and a piece of glass grazed in the right side of her neck. She had blood on either side of her head too and was bleeding from the back of her head, but he’d already seen that. He pulled the glass out and scanned the rest of her. Seeing more glass in her, he did the same he’d done with the first glass he’d seen in her. Then he used his vamp strength to move a piece of the car in the floorboard, to free her foot so he could get her to the hospital.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuz91IebhXn
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UsHP55knJ
“Katherine, can you hear me? Open your eyes. I’m going to get you to the hospital. I just need you to open your eyes.”581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4C6LGRdII
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7qGYUq3Ff
“I’m so sorry, Katherine. Silas told me to hand you over in exchange of him telling me where Stefan is. I promise you, I will never do that again.”581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJU0ZYjEgyy
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHZ8F4yl4X
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Half an hour later, as she was rushed down the hall, because of her extensive injuries, her body was going into shock.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwDSWZmd6R
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Hours later, after surgery, she was settled into a recovery room and he was told he could see her. So he went to sit on her bedside and rested his hand on top of her right one. She hadn’t woken up yet, so he was just silent, happy that she was alive.581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4i6FiQtQZ
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
