Summary: Set in S8. What if Katherine came back to life after escaping a hellish prison world, and finds out what has happened to Damon and Enzo? Will she help save them? Can she save them due to Damon’s hatred towards her and because she hasn’t seen Enzo in centuries? How will Stefan and Caroline react to her being alive once more?503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eBKPZSUC3
It was a nebulous night as Katherine, human, walked through the streets, ascendant in hand. She’d just come from a prison world and looked like hell with blood on one side of her head and nearly looking like the night she’d come to Damon for help. She didn’t know how long she’d been gone, but the population of humans had dwindled since the last time she’d been alive. It looked pretty vacant.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKfpLCLART
When she was about to walk past a warehouse, even human, she could smell the familiar scent of death. She could tell that it was more than a few deaths. Nearby she could also hear Damon and an old friend of hers,’ Enzo, talking.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sAPgpBt8Q
As she entered the warehouse, curious of what was going on, and once she was close enough, she heard what they were saying more easily.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CXs19qvhT
“How much control do you have left?” Enzo questioned. “I’m down to like two percent.”503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3E59wIOqvp
“None. I turned it off. You should try it. If she sees nothing, she knows you don’t care about anything,” Damon replied.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDxB4mHVx9
“We don’t even know what it is,” Enzo stated.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4fmDAZLUm
Katherine stayed hidden, figuring that it probably wasn’t best to let herself be known. She knew how he was when he had it turned off. She also knew that if something was controlling them; getting inside their heads; it was best to stay away from that thing, whatever it was.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZqfbompCs
She quietly left and headed for the boarding house. Maybe the others would like to share with her what all she’d missed.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKwXLGc6Yk
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Thirty minutes later, she entered the boarding house, heading for the living room, assuming someone would be there. If she was lucky, someone that didn’t hate her very much would be there. She didn’t feel like dying again.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CtXWNrgFY
As she entered the living room, she saw that Caroline was the only one there, but it sounded like she was talking to Stefan over her phone.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6T78Enw6g5
Caroline hung up after she told him to keep her updated, and then turned around, smelling blood and human, only to see a looking like hell human Katherine.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEteILhp9xQ
“Katherine?” she questioned, shocked that she was alive. What the hell? she thought to herself.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrL0J6sXQHI
Katherine gave her a smile.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrSLaX0VWT
“Hello, Blondie.”503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGGFpiRXRk
“What are you doing here? Stefan killed you,” Caroline inquired.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBpvPrOr5E
“I was sent to a prison world when I died. Now what did I miss? I just overheard Damon say that he turned it off and it sounds like something’s controlling them; getting inside their heads. Not to mention, there’s a warehouse full of brutally murdered people hanging from hooks,” she replied to the vampiress.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptkHO44E8o
“We opened a vault months ago that released something. We didn’t listen to someone that said not to open it. When we went in after Damon and Enzo, they were gone. Then numbers started piling up of missing people. We didn’t have any clues until tonight where they might be. You just answered our question where they are,” Caroline explained.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcS6SKmrfI
Katherine set the ascendant on the drinking table and poured herself a shot glass of Bourbon. She took a sip from it.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMg5Z3KxRj
“I’m glad I could be of help. You guys need to find out what’s controlling them. While you guys do that, I’m going to figure out a way to get Damon to turn it back on. It’ll be easier though once he’s separated from that thing.”503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Gn016FyWb
“Why would you want to help Damon or us?” Caroline quizzed.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOSnKMuF5R
“Because I know I was a bad person as a vampire and I shouldn’t have body jumped, but I turned him and taught him everything he knows. You could say I feel responsible for him, whether he hates me or not. Besides, I loved Damon the most. As for the rest of you, you’re my vampire family and if there’s something evil in town, I’m going to help kick its ass.”503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlbnqtAn86
Caroline could tell that she was telling the truth this time around.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4hqp7un7n
Katherine set the empty shot glass down.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGkqpyYsUk
“I’m going to take a shower.”503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxmB1FvwQ0
Caroline watched, as she left to go do just that, before calling Stefan.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiH1ppb85Ov
“Hey,” Stefan greeted.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtRhIpzvUZ
“You won’t believe who just showed up. Katherine’s alive and human and has a lead on Damon and Enzo. She overheard them talking in a warehouse. Damon turned it off and she said it sounds like something’s controlling them. The missing bodies are there. Be careful,” Caroline informed him.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFeboXops5
“How is she alive?” he inquired.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnv0J6O7V0S
“She said she came from a prison world and she looks like hell. I believe her. We can talk about this later. We have to figure out what’s controlling them.”503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jmVhT6VGU
“I’ll see you in a little while then,” Stefan replied.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKzRWU2zSU
They hung up and Caroline went back to looking at the map, pondering which warehouse it could be and how to save them both. She hated to admit it, but Katherine was right.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtTc1M1ZGp
After her shower and putting on clothes of hers from last time she’d been human, she went downstairs to rejoin Caroline.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mKS5b5r0B
“If you want to know where they are, just ask me. I care about Damon and Enzo. I’m not going to lie about their exact location.”503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCyM6NK1bv
Caroline looked at her.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAe6WKDy7i8
“Then tell me where they are.”503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRbTm37eyN
“Fine,” she said, before telling her their exact location.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYRe3Up8o7
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A few nights later, while the others destroyed the siren, Sybil, Bonnie helping magically, Katherine found them on a desolate road, talking.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs24NR28JSd
Katherine revealed herself by coming out from the tree line.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGTTuKAlme
“Hello, Damon,” she greeted with a smile.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFgy5clWYm
As she anticipated he would do upon seeing her, he went for her. He vamp-sped over to her and pinned her against a tree.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla8TyxaAHA
“In what universe do you get to be alive!?” he growled at her.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrwqS5Fkf4
She gasped from his hold around her throat, but smiled. This was one step towards his humanity coming back. As long as he felt some kind of emotion, it was progress; even hate.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhRGxzrfCh
“I’m glad you still feel something with my presence. At least you feel something; anything.”503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EUzJ2nnGu
He let go of her.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaERcNPtEX
Enzo stood by, watching, ready to stop Damon if he tried to kill her.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3qJPzCqdg
“Look, Damon, I know what happened, okay? Caroline told me. You need to turn it back on. I know you’ve been through hell, but you have people that care about you.” She began to step towards him. “Elena wouldn’t want you to be like this and neither does Stefan.”503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NceskhdX9
Damon knew she was right, as he stood there, looking at her.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbZXkREj2V
“It’s not that simple,” he informed her.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQAmtEVExv
“I know,” she replied. She knew him too well. “They need you, though.”503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOx07HidAY2
After some consideration, he closed his eyes, concentrating on turning it back on. Then, when he opened them, he had it back on.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXrziHzsiG
He looked at her.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ142c7co7IE
“I never thought I’d say this, but thank you, Katherine.”503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFVbOWJMNP
She smiled.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqwMjhsFZy
“You’re welcome.”503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sXij2XztI
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A month later, Katherine and Damon, after settling things and forgiving each other, were together once again.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSE0imMpE1C
