It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAqtxFwbZG
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdIlowUEuP
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNetPiWo2N
"I choose you, Katherine."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB92amSXzlS
When he went for the side of her neck, she knew what he was hallucinating.
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*Flashback-1864*
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It was a dark night in the Mystic Falls woods, as Katherine stood with her back up against a tree, human Damon in front of her. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlECVnQfmU
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Djlta0VCP
"If you want it, take it," she instructed, teaching him something she had always done as long as she had been a vampire; take whatever you want, no matter the cost to others. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADIr16FpRu
He bent towards the cut. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynWzVJPrf0
"I choose you, Katherine."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NogAtoXq2
She smiled.
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*end of flashback*
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She rested gentle but firm hands on either side of his head, making him stop, keeping him from biting her and making him look at her. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mA5H3hEWU
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTejLi04EXW
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAqmQQA2DN
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhchRKZCUA
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TljX49Tqs
When he began to lose his balance from sudden weakness, she was instantly beside him and put an arm around him to help him. She then used her body weight to keep him on his feet. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq10tSbzCHZ
"Let's go home," she stated.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5h1xfVeM9
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Half an hour later, he lay in bed with his sire wetting his face down with a cool wet wash cloth. He was very pale and weak. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWqsNHXgs6
As she sat beside him on his bed, she felt helpless. She was helpless next to him. She was his sire and girlfriend. She was supposed to protect or at least save him, but all she could do was watch him slowly and painfully die. Her only hope was for Stefan to get the cure and bring it in time. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01431kLOwj
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1y1tj4bjHG
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"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvT5nR260IY
"I love you, too."649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkh6ZNO9FZr
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNngve2wQLn
He closed his eyes. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaI4pxzjzDh
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0bnoqaCaj
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkWjwHqn1c
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXDZtQPEAT
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDBJTbubiG
She took it from him. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfU84NG2Ux
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsvfllOUzP
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYdUsXe3e3
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZQmAZblLp
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Half an hour later he came to, cured, and she told him what he had missed. Now it was time to get Stefan back on track.
