Summary: Set in S5. Based on the song “Down” by Jason Walker.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdSCNPbJj5
*Monster’s Ball*
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I’m standing out the back570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZ9LZkjjct
And I’m tired of waiting570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSxF4QsPap
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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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Qg7X9alFm
“Who are you?” Katherine asked her.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYWDTcQkz5
“My name is Nadia Petrova and you are my mother,” she said.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRF3vziclom
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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I shot for the sky570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrT6Se8Zg2
I’m suck on the ground570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzT1MlUyUP
So why do I try?570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ53y8MEgoW
I know I’m gonna fall down570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡct4RbQxBvt
I thought I could fly?570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUGa7ShgZd
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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaz8LjxS5fR
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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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZn0IX0MQp9
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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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwCcEZZqFO
No, he thought to himself.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3X2368EpH
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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5v4BjG43Z
“Katerina, can you hear me?” he called to her, not knowing how she was human or if she could digest vampire blood.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbBRaGzmi5
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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OtSxouFGn
“Elijah?” she questioned weakly, very weak from blood loss.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxu0QwM1uBy
“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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmU8rOQ3aj
“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.”570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTgzp3gzCA
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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAA7ypffc0f
As he gently slid an arm under her legs and his other under her, she began to go under.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWnF25EJQ1
“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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vRHE7oTcL
Elijah gently pulled her out of the wreckage and picked her gently up in his arms, before blurring towards the Mystic Falls hospital.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOg2lUlfDl
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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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLrp5hcR3L
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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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yfIkPAj0b
She smiled back.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPWNBruoIo
“You saved my life. Thank you.”570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5uOrIqQQv
“I will always save you, Katerina, no matter what,” he replied.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXWx5DkZ6s
A moment later, they kissed.
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*500 Years of Solitude*
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You never know why570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQl4OsdtUn
It’s coming down, down, down570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93zaAw0VHa
Not ready to let go570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDjYt8e4JU
‘Cause then I’ll never know570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LKX6ocH0j
What I could be missing570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZ5vrZpZq6
But I’m missing way too much570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMeKrFJW9G
When do I give up570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwRqRLniEL
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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHq7nKaKvaA
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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9n3jzOe43w
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 sky570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8HYLuZHs2
I’m stuck on the ground570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2IO7iFq0s
So why do I try?570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVd2sCODGLG
I know I’m gonna fall down570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuILr7t43D
I thought I could fly570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcu53dzTP9f
So why did I drown?570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKTbExKGo1
You never know why570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4200ky9P7
It’s coming down, down, down570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvw5hcsIq37
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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeysfaM8m4
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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjjsiZjWie
When Nadia heard a noise, she went to investigate and found her on the floor.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCU38fItsiB
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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I can’t find another way around570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9D3XhFVyol
And I don’t wanna hear the sound570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeuFyghE5A
Of losing what I’ve never found570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKqwaSPeMs
I shot for the sky570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebYNtPGRvN
I’m stuck on the ground570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7RD9aHtzb
So why do I try?570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tVjp8JxxD
I know I’m gonna fall down570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxU5hShJ2Y
I thought I could fly570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQXmOPGk1f
So why did I drown?570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhsVergdJo
I’ll never know why570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDJU07uMyf
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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ats4qO87D
As she fell to the ground below, she hoped Nadia and Elijah would forgive her.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5QcSbjea9
When she felt like someone had caught her, she opened her eyes to see Elijah.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7ToHQY86y
He set her on her feet.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zegbwp7BG
“What are you doing, Katerina?” he asked of her.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQR9jsGfr3
She knew he met to be asking why she would be committing suicide, when he was here for her.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYidgBCwJK
“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.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWXXgaN3HG
“I promise you, Katerina, we will find a way. We always do,” he replied.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOhBdS5n6d
“Then save me,” she said.570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHMPgAFdqo
“You know I will,” he replied.
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*No Exit*
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I’m stuck on the ground570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuBKQKK7iB
So why do I try?570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeHyCe4md2
I know I’m gonna fall570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp52ctCFvky
I thought I could fly570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRbFag95Dy
So why did I drown?570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRbCLWYGBp
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.
