Summary: Set in S5. Based on the song “Down” by Jason Walker.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVwwWXaKmn
*Monster’s Ball*
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And I’m tired of waiting595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaSW2ByU7y
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Hoping that I’ll fine595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qY2ey9hSf
What I’ve been chasing
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It was a nebulous night in an alley, as she stood not far from the vampiress after finding her after she’d grazed the vampire’s heart that day, thinking she was the enemy.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5OCxhZugO
“Who are you?” Katherine asked her.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡku8Ytuy7Md
“My name is Nadia Petrova and you are my mother,” she said.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjrIU7bDBI
Katherine looked at her silently, shocked that somehow, fate had intervened and brought her daughter back to her.
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*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
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So why do I try?595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7Io8PJGO2
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I thought I could fly?595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4opJPxkXpT
So why did I drown?
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It was a dismal night, as Katherine sat in the driver’s seat, injured after the car crashing into a street light pole. She’d been trying to get away from Mystic Falls so that Silas couldn’t get to her, but had managed to crash a car that she’d stolen from a road.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGAlwUwNKW
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Meanwhile, Elijah Mikaelson had just arrived back in town to check up on his Katerina. He’d ignored several of her calls this summer and recently, not wanting to speak to her or see her. She hadn’t left any messages, but now that she hadn’t been answering her phone when he called back, he was worried and had the feeling that something had or was about to happen. If something ever happened to her after he’d left her to fend for herself, he’d never forgive himself. She was his world and he loved her for who she was, no matter what. If she died while he was in New Orleans, he didn’t know what pieces of him would still be intact, if any would be left. It would shatter him into a million pieces if she were dead. Despite everything she’d done, he loved her. He loved both the good and bad parts of her, just as she did with him.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbo9txn5NvE
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Half an hour later, once on a desolate street, he saw a wrecked car that had crashed into a street light pole. He saw that there was still someone inside, but not moving. Due to smelling the mixed scents of human, blood, and Katerina, he knew who it was.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMleyY33MR
No, he thought to himself.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTKk8Q6dGH
He vamp-sped to the driver’s side and forced the crinkled, dented, and jammed door open. He assessed her condition with his eyes and saw that there was blood on either side of her head, some scrapes and scratches, and her lower stomach was bleeding from a shard of glass protruding from it. He pulled the shard of glass out and tossed it on the floorboard, before gently resting his hands on either side of her head.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsV6AYhBiI
“Katerina, can you hear me?” he called to her, not knowing how she was human or if she could digest vampire blood.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhO8vM6sVp
Hearing a familiar voice through the darkness that surrounded her, she fought against the darkness and when she woke up a few minutes later, she was met with Elijah’s worried face.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVdMw5iTGJ
“Elijah?” she questioned weakly, very weak from blood loss.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiPjn8oqDR
“I came back to check on you, since you weren’t answering my calls back. I’m glad I did. Can you digest vampire blood?” he replied.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfJyndiaKU
“I don’t know. Elena shoved the cure down my throat shortly after you left me, since I was upset and took it out on her and tried to kill her.”595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9trGxi4Ci
He wasn’t happy that she’d tried to kill Elena nor was he happy that Elena had shoved the cure down her throat, but he didn’t show it.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaL5s9xY8p
As he gently slid an arm under her legs and his other under her, she began to go under.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4Oj2Zfuma
“You’re going to be okay, Katerina. Just stay with me. I’ll protect you, but you have to fight for me,” was the last thing she heard, before she plummeted back into the darkness.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEU7YfWlvuh
Elijah gently pulled her out of the wreckage and picked her gently up in his arms, before blurring towards the Mystic Falls hospital.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLCO3sfnrr
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After pacing in the waiting room for a few hours, a doctor finally came in to tell him that the surgery went great and she was in a recovery room, but she had a concussion, so it could be a day or so before she woke up. He thanked her and went to her room to stay with her. He knew Katerina. She was a fighter. It wouldn’t take too long for her to wake up. He figured anyway. He could only hope that the odds were in their favor.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhG4suK3YL
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The next afternoon, when she woke up, he gave a smile, knowing that she’d be okay. He could only hope, anyway. The cure had been shoved down her throat. Since it had never been taken before, they didn’t know if there were any side effects to it.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEWo6oxUEM
She smiled back.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUGa3HTRpK
“You saved my life. Thank you.”595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAaQR04PqH
“I will always save you, Katerina, no matter what,” he replied.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLEreJNP9f
A moment later, they kissed.
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*500 Years of Solitude*
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You never know why595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZtJYkgZty
It’s coming down, down, down595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzmmnlEGHY
Not ready to let go595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDewLhwoL5
‘Cause then I’ll never know595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJogiArzvHE
What I could be missing595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN71pIGNNZq
But I’m missing way too much595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfekXjqV3X
When do I give up595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5zM0HA5U8
What I’ve been wishing for?
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It was a beautiful day at the Mikaelson mansion, as she lay in bed. She’d had a heart attack last night and now she was on bed rest until the very end, Nadia at her side. Nadia wanted her to live instead of letting herself die, but she had just found her weeks ago. She didn’t want to do that to her. She didn’t want to lose her, so she was choosing death.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIUABrZfN5
After hours had passed, Elijah came to her bedside with a way to save her. He had a witch in New Orleans doing a spell that would reverse the dying of old age at a rapid pace side effect of the cure.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAMnRyuvol
So, after the spell had been finished, she was a healthy human again.
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*Fifty Shades of Grayson*
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I shot for the sky595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02bAw8iUHn
I’m stuck on the ground595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVKH6qEUzH
So why do I try?595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOo4Dr7EKqI
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I thought I could fly595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdPp5xqfeH
So why did I drown?595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz68n0F0Fnj
You never know why595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCI1QqUB17
It’s coming down, down, down595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9VNw90top
Oh, I’m going down, down, down
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It was a dismal night at the Mikaelson mansion, as Katherine went downstairs for a drink, Nadia in the parlor.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMICnk7STvp
Once she’d cleared the stairs, she stopped, a hand on the left side of her chest, pain having travelled up her arm and all the way to her chest. It was like she couldn’t breathe. Then everything went black and she collapsed.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWu6xDaJzF
When Nadia heard a noise, she went to investigate and found her on the floor.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsap8wv3Nr
When she knelt by her, she realized that she’d had a heart attack. So, after getting her to the hospital, she told Elijah on the phone, who then said he’d be there as soon as he could.
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*Dead Man On Campus*
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And I don’t wanna hear the sound595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIs0Btgajy4
Of losing what I’ve never found595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgssQTCdHS
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So why do I try?595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXHTBLFLUx
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So why did I drown?595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaLdSXLqJw
I’ll never know why595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzFQFRyUEd
It’s coming down, down, down
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It was a nebulous night, as Katherine closed her eyes, ready to end her suffering of dying of old age, not wanting to go through all of that. She’d been told by an expert on vampires that she can’t be fixed. She was aging and it couldn’t be helped. She then stepped off.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDCtferUge
As she fell to the ground below, she hoped Nadia and Elijah would forgive her.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHe5DW0i5R0
When she felt like someone had caught her, she opened her eyes to see Elijah.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ526p1fLPrZ
He set her on her feet.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXi75vFP3ov
“What are you doing, Katerina?” he asked of her.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAEq92Glp4
She knew he met to be asking why she would be committing suicide, when he was here for her.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLPLdl2aoZ
“Because I’m dying of old age and it can’t be stopped. I went to an expert. I don’t want the pain of dying of old age,” she explained.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBrvKAKGZn
“I promise you, Katerina, we will find a way. We always do,” he replied.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0XOZeZvqb
“Then save me,” she said.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgY5ysc5xL3
“You know I will,” he replied.
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*No Exit*
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Oh, it’s coming down, down, down
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After Nadia died of Tyler’s bite at the Mikaelson mansion because she didn’t want Katherine to have to sacrifice anything for Klaus to cure her, all Katherine could do now was to sit by the bed on the floor and cry. Elijah was there, but all he could do was hug her in comfort. There were no words to say.
