Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFIMYORUy9
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScg2TMtsXj
If I asked you to dance?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WAeMfcaXs
Would you run and never look back?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsrDs0D3fK
Would you cry545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRLFeOw0ki
If you saw me crying?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1M83t20Qz2
Would you save my soul tonight?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaWqFzSfqZ
Would you tremble545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qB1Rdvbo7
If I touched your lips?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwU1gZ462Uh
Would you laugh?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtz3ZOvil3n
Oh, please tell me this545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCykgRt0qg
Now would you die545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarB6p6KvbV
For the one you love?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCp3s4TmXp5
Hold me in your arms tonight545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDNo8iTpgE
I can be your hero, baby545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyDJltF8P9
I can kiss away the pain545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5syK8xrOy
I will stand by you forever545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcDn2eA7EA
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2FSCSyh68
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrgsKlGDuA
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLzi0Fi4kY
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEgqY4j4oj
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJreY0kZRY
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCanV2bhKVI
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ghKLJBe3e
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuQUIdrhah
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaZ02aVSy1
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6ZZokfIRY
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1HswAZ4xu
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxIpnX7zbE
“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.”545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2K5840Z5qv
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DJLRIXD8H
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuKfODrQsL
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46auFmuh8K
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Epne8Kr0J
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wSskgOQ9V
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctPJg2dh4J
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR04yzP9q2c
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVgrcZFXQH
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?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOrgBZGrK1
Would you lie?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneFJtqgpC6
Would you run and hide?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26wqG5jPr7
Am I in too deep?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QDCk8xlGa
Have I lost my mind?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2c285Thapu
I don’t care545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9n3fmKtC8j
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcx6wu0uaFp
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFLGJTUb9Y
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv60w2qkguR
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpF5BeXAnL
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMXH3s15yM
“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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPMiIARsyr
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WrhEbV7Tj
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fM5KOmCVg
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCBJkOFCYw
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUrPPW2BQv
“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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ981gH0qvqe
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilv9fzDF8K
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, baby545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMexOWQXXIn
I can kiss away the pain545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyppZGnkdm
I will stand by you forever545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyDXxWWSBe
You can take my breath away545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6spWcqBvZ
Oh, I just want to hold you545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLUbWbn8T7
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGntMjKzY5o
Am I in too deep?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1Nfaqt2OO
Have I lost my mind?545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzpF4hJk7I
Well, I don’t care545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzSwhKES7R
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHCjqXSStO
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 1864.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWLvEikw0J
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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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcge5bz9bKZ
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlsdl1p6Tq
She turned around to face him and he let go.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAJD5uul68
“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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UcGUDTfC9
“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.”545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5qa342Acy
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJWO0TaUh0
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMehIZBKN4
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9C7joeB4J
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUv8FblVdI
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyERbGrUcXC
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, baby545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXaf2j6S7x
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJANqAuaZZM
I will stand by you forever545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH59FjCN8Bi
You can take my breath away545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMVsDTROCP
(I can be your hero, baby)545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8X82ulhKy
I can be your hero545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TsQiZVGYQ
I can kiss away the pain545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pca0KLyEw
And I will stand by you forever545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYfneUkSQd
You can take my breath away545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqOeoMCGYQ
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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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQIdLAfXeA
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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xZTaG2y3T
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXj4kqAvuZS
“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.”545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfMWRXDxFZ
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTw49vV50HE
“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.”545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonbfs93rDi
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRFFlK8TWX
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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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZk8GhlmOg
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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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEAlMyiqq7
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
