Ch.12: Gods and Monsters
Summary: Set in the S7 finale “Gods and Monsters.” What if Katherine coming back to life and warning him not to listen to the voice in the vault stopped Evil Itself from getting to him? What if he helped her after he found out she was hurt by Kai? What will ensue between them?
It was a nebulous night, as Damon Salvatore stood in the vault. He had just heard the sound of Elena’s voice and had hung up on Enzo. Even though he knew Elena was still in a coffin under the sleep spell Kai had put her in, he couldn’t help but to listen to what sounded like Elena calling his name.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNorzqyHI6F
As he began to look around for who or what it was, scanning with his eyes, he suddenly saw a very human and injured Katherine appear.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTk5HIJAqj
“Damon, help me. I need you,” the voice said in the vault.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaUQIWepjm
“Katherine?” he questioned her.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfqcM6sbHa
“It’s me. You didn’t think I’d stay dead, did you?”617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVJu0Wt38S
“Well, I can hope, can’t I? How are you alive?”617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTY1uYVaeRt
“I ended up in the 1994 prison world. I think you can guess the rest.” She slowly half walked and half limped towards him until she was inches in front of him. “Don’t listen to the voice. Let’s just get the hell out of here.”617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrR3YmEQHk
“Why? What is it?” he asked her.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLnTiQB0lB
“Evil itself. Now let’s go,” she answered him.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNFD5uzNTq
After hearing that, he left the vault and then building with her.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqV3RxFxe9d
Afterward, they stood in front of each other.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52lkvQzLYc
“I know it’s not my place or anything, but I’m sorry that you had to deal with Kai. He’s a psychotic maniac ass. Bonnie and I had to deal with him when we died for a little while. Then a while later, he came back alive and towards the end of last year, he put Elena under a sleeping spell and linked her to Bonnie. I can’t be with her for 60 years until Bonnie dies. He also nearly killed Bonnie which I ripped his head off for,” he informed her.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ITeRm5X3s
“I’ll deal and I’m sorry for Elena. I know how much she means to everyone.”617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmv3e4POhw
“Yeah, well, it was bound to happen. I lose everyone I care about over time,” he replied.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieFWgdoO3w
She gently and cautiously rested a hand on the side of his face. She was cautious because she knew what he felt about her.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eWuWzTVzV
“I know. That’s the price we pay for knowing what exists and being a vampire. I wish I could make it better for you,” she replied. She always hated when he was hurt. Besides, she sired him and no matter what, cared for him. She was responsible for anything that happened to him, whether it was by her hand or not.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxclWhpzdxO
“Well, there’s nothing any of us can do. What happened between you and Kai?” he replied, knowing she was injured. He’d know it since she’d shown up, alive yet again. He’d just been ignoring it until it seemed the right time to help her.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqe3ErgdCYO
“It doesn’t matter,” she answered him.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZwJhkgeXB
“Well, it does to me. He’s a maniac. Nobody deserves to be treated how Kai tends to treat everyone he meets and crosses paths with.”617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08naE3tLVb
She took her hand away from his face and dropped it.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDWEwebnsp
“I should be the one asking what happened to you. You care now. That’s a new one. You haven’t cared for me since 1864. What changed?” she replied.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nYPZXDpaA
“I don’t know. I guess the thought of Kai hurting you isn’t something I care to happen.”617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaD2mk7eOzH
“I can take care of myself, Damon. You don’t need to play hero to everyone that gets hurt or almost dies. You can’t help or save everyone.”617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOOKgNydmZ
“Well, maybe not, but I sure as hell can try.”617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlElvtLGRv9
“Don’t. You’ll get yourself killed for good.”617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHE9XDygF1
As she spoke, he scanned her for what her injuries were. He could see that it looked like she had some stab wounds and there was a dagger in one of her thighs. It looked like it had opened an artery. There was also blood on the left side of her head and she was pale. He knew that she had lost a lot of blood and it was making her weak, but she was hiding what she was feeling.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9yEi7rK7D
“How about we get out of here? You need a hospital,” he suggested.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0qbGzfOpL
She knew he was right, but didn’t want to admit it. She was stubborn like that, but she was starting to feel weak and her vision was going black.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUWJ0Pfe5e
“Katherine,” he said, as he caught her from hitting the ground. He then gently layed her down on the ground, knelt by her, and gently took her jacket off. He had to use it to slow or stop the bleeding.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhVF72Uk5Q
As she lay there, trying to stay awake, she blurrily saw Damon. She could also feel pain and put her hand on her lower stomach, where she felt the pain and now the blood. She could also feel her hand start to shake.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV30IREhmPg
He took her hand off the wound and put her jacket on it, tying it into place. He then put her hand on top of her jacket and his hand on top of hers.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1M9SWo7bl
“Stay with me, Katherine. You’re gonna be okay.”617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOybjdXLbmF
He slid an arm under her, gently pulling her into his arms, and slide his other arm under her legs. He then got to his feed and blurred towards the hospital.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVLKiXz6bt
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Damon stood by and watched as the doctors got her hooked up to an ivy and checked her over, as they put a breathing mask on her. There wasn’t anything he could do. He could only wait for them to tend to her wounds and hope she would make it.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJMG3pbgrF
As everything began to fade away, she could hear the sound of doctors around her and knew where she was. Then everything went black.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbZWVuQ70S
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A few hours later, a doctor informed Damon that she was in the recovery room and should be just fine. She had a few fractured ribs, a concussion, an opened artery, and some internal bleeding but would be just find as long as she healed correctly and didn’t reopen her wounds. He thanked the doctor and then went to her room to see her.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAIpFTZX5I
He closed the door behind himself and sat on her beside, a hand on top of hers and his other one he rested on the left side of her face.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnUOIFpMM0
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When she woke up, she saw that she was in a hospital room with Damon seated on her bedside, a hand on the side of her face.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAn6LFL8IKQ
She gave a smile.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ih3y3h5z6
“You saved me.”617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJS8Xaff3F
“Yes, and don’t make me regret it,” he replied.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVncwPFoU5w
“Well, thank you anyway,” she said.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4luGF56h7t
He took his hand away from her face and she slowly sat up.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWyxtgCGcw
They silently looked at one another.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJp26EcBizV
After a few minutes, they began to make out.
