It was a beautiful day in Oregon, as Katherine Pierce drove out of town, heading for Mystic Falls to make sure those she cared about were okay. She couldn’t call because of nothing electric working or technology working anymore, so she had to drive. As she drove in the four door pickup truck she’d stolen, with windows down and the backseat full of all sorts of guns and ammo, she kept a hand gun in her lap, fully loaded. She wasn’t taken any chances. She also had a first-aid kit under the passenger’s seat and a full three containers of gasoline in the back of the truck.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkqVlEzWk2
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A few weeks later, she pulled up in the driveway of the Salvatore boarding house. It looked untouched, but she knew all too well that looks could deceive.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgRe1irxk6
She got out of the truck, closing the door as quietly as possible, the gun in her new holster she’d found a week ago.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEuy9vGfrA
She walked up to the door and knocked before walking in, closing the door behind herself.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWww6YERiX
“Damon?” she called.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYgbxzrvSy
She entered the living room, where she saw him by his drinking table, drinking from a bottle of Bourbon.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakWmBi5YTx
“In what universe do you have the right to be alive?” he said in the tone he always reserved for only her.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdXRyjxw8E
“Maybe because I’m still a survivor,” she said, knowing his real question was how she was still alive. “Look. I didn’t have to risk my life coming here, but I did. I came back to make sure you’re okay and alive.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYHOyh34Em
He finally looked at her. “Why would you even care? You didn’t care before, so why now? It’s different now. Everyone I’ve ever loved and cared for is dead.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFbufztLya
“I’ve always cared. It was just easier for me if you thought that I didn’t. I know it’s bad now, but we have to stick together.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgVLq3CgQV
“Thanks, but I’d rather take my chances here.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwObsG6yCI
She sighed. “Fine. Just be careful and good luck.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe10xlGqFvK
He watched as she left.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFanB9EwEX
After leaving, she drove around and found that those she had known or hadn’t known were dead. There was still one person left to check on though. She hadn’t seen her, so she assumed that she was home, staying as safe as she could.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQ9lLzVjXn
She parked in front of the house and stood on the porch and knocked.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8Ol2DsBdc
“Caroline?” she called through the door.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBhPL7NTsK
“Get out of here. Just go,” she heard from by the door on the other side.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WA5rfbhM4
“I know you’re alone now. I’m sorry for your loss. I know I’m not the best company in the world, but you don’t have to be alone. Damon already said no, which is understandable. I just want to help who I can. It’s best if we stick together. I have all the weapons and ammo we could need in the truck and a few other things we’ll need. If you pack now, we can get out of here before dark.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomrmBpoxlO
Caroline didn’t like Katherine very much, but she’d seen enough zombie movies to know that Katherine was right.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPgMfYPxDw
She sighed. “Fine. I’ll come.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoJa6g4ElZ
A few minutes later, Katherine was driving out of town, Caroline in the passenger’s seat.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wLDN2aRfz
“Where are we going anyway?” Caroline questioned.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpKYHUhWAl
“New Orleans to the compound. Sure, it might be dangerous at first, but the compound is built strong enough to keep those zombies out. Plus, I need to know if they’re all alive.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBZ7QeDYWK
“Makes sense,” Caroline replied, agreeing with her for once.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcI8VwCCVO
“Before we get there though, don’t be mad at Klaus, but I have to tell you something,” Kat informed the blonde.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVrSf9qn5N
“What?” she asked, assuming that she wasn’t gonna like this.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgknmXd95Nz
As Kat drove, she told the blonde about the one night stand Klaus and Hayley had and about the baby named Hope they had had together.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYSsDhFvbO
“That’s all I know,” she finished.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcbu9yaJmo
“When’s the last time you heard anything from New Orleans?” she asked the former vampiress.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNcwejaFmv
“A year. I haven’t heard anything since the cure was shoved down my throat. I haven’t even spoken to Elijah since he left right before I tried to kill my doppelganger in anger. I know I should be apologizing to Elena instead of you, but I’m sorry about that by the way.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aaFKRf2rH
“I’m sure he’s okay,” she assured the brunette.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFAfeSrHss
Kat was silent.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxx4wKhdWh
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Several weeks later, when they were half way to New Orleans, they saw a blonde and a guy with one hand, on the side of the road looking like they were having truck problems and were clearly arguing with each other.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgYtD5Rz8A
Kat stopped the truck in front of them and rolled down the automatic passenger’s window, looking at them.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxWdBMm8qM
“Need some help?” she questioned.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewRiX2Vvbu
They looked at them.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUVZVlAO9M
“We’ve got this, Sweet Cheeks,” the guy replied to her.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡls6iI5czxX
“Clearly. Look; you’re in the middle of nowhere with nothing but highway. It’s dangerous. If you want, we could give you two a lift somewhere, or you can join us. We’re going to New Orleans to see if some friends are okay. Our friends have a strong compound,” Kat explained.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnprJPKL0K
“We should go with them,” the blonde told him.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TwbObca5T
“Fine,” he replied.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoiGNcJsYg
“Great,” Kat said, and set the bag of weapons on the floorboard so there was space for them in the back.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntBDsQ695G
Once they were in, Kat continued the drive.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBv7neWjjC
“I’m Katherine by the way and this is Caroline. Who are you two?”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeU6NQwZ9F
“I’m Andrea and this is Merle. We’ve been looking for the group I got separated from. His brother, Daryl, is with them.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGhYutE79a
“Well, nice to meet you. What did you do before the zombies happened?”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZNqPkV7sT
“I was in college and sometimes spent the summer with my sister Amy and my father. He taught us how to fish. I lost her a year ago though. She turned into once of them and I had to shoot her,” Andrea explained.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCLPnLZTqC
“I’m sorry for your loss. Luckily my family is long dead, so they don’t have to get killed by zombies. It’s a new world now, so it’s best that we don’t keep secrets. My parents were slaughtered by the Original werewolf-vampire hybrid Klaus in 1492 as vengeance for me running and turning. I turned myself into a vampire and I’ve been a survivor ever since, but now I’m human again, because the cure for vampirism was shoved down my throat. Caroline has only been a vampire for a few years. You can choose to believe me or not, but it’s true.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbZW0eHZKW
“I believe you. I’ve always been open-minded,” Andrea replied.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FNoMCDQQQ
“Thanks. What did you do before?” she said to Andrea, before asking Merle the question.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqQx1XhXfk
“I’ll put it this way, Sweet Cheeks. I’m ex-military, but I also was in and out of jail a lot.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNNvDl9WGo
“Well, not everyone is perfect. I can be pretty bad myself. I’ve killed many for 500 years, but being human has changed me. I don’t go around killing people anymore. Caroline hates killing though,” Kat replied.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zrXBVxHoa
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A week later, they made it to New Orleans.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eLqcOQ5p1
Kat parked in front of the compound and they followed Kat to the front door, who then opened the door and walked in. Andre and Merle also walked in. Kat stood by the door and looked at Caroline.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnDoWSevkR
“See if you can come in.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumGs1KcqlH
She tried but was barred.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDo3R390SMU
“Let me call them so you can be invited in,” she told her, before calling loud enough for them to hear, “Anyone here?”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0k9n4D5tE
A blonde stranger holding a three year old girl appeared at the top of the stairs. “Come in.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0dGc7t7sh
Caroline walked in and Kat closed the door.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWyIPDWLcS
“Who are you?” Kat asked, once the girl was downstairs, standing in front of her.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEj9fzAnLpO
“Elijah mentioned you might have a little bit of an attitude. I’m Freya. You might’ve heard of me. I was thought to be dead, but was actually taken as prisoner by our Aunt Dahlia.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSaKi0RUCc
“Well, I’m glad that you found your family. This little one must be Hope,” Katherine said with a smile.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8BmdTq8l7
“Yes. And she’s all yours if anything happens to the last of us.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYqS1iPYT9
“What’s that supposed to mean?”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RDYX0WOjj
“I’ve been trying to stay away from Hope all I can but sooner or later, it’s going to happen, which means that I must go, though Elijah has chosen to stay. Klaus is just fine and Rebekah is daggered. Her box is across the river if you want to wake her up. Kol is safe with his new love life Davina Claire,” Freya explained.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW21enAcJjQ
“Where is he?” she asked, her worst nightmare happening.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoiJiH3bIp
“He’s in bed.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5rg5LCnxy
“It was nice to meet you,” Kat replied.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9I99HolgZn
“You too. Here.” She gave Kat Hope, whom Kat took, before Freya left.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSb4kiU0JNX
Kat looked at Caroline. “I know you have no experience, but take Hope. I need to see Elijah. My last memory of him can’t be the breakup. Please. I don’t want him to die alone.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrt4JjUo3x
Caroline took Hope, not knowing what the hell she was supposed to do.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4rX7YjTqE
Kat looked at Andre and Merle. “There’s plenty of Bourbon here and probably some human food too. Help yourselves.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfperml1S0x
Kat went upstairs, while Merle helped himself to a bottle of Bourbon.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgjS3I5m4A
When Kat entered his room, she saw Klaus seated on his bedside, obviously staying with him until the very end.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22b6JieC1J
She walked up to them and stood behind Klaus with a hand on his shoulder.. She didn’t think he’d attack her or anything, so she wasn’t afraid.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TMEMvnhVe
“Katerina,” Klaus greeted, not looking at her. “I’m sorry. There’s nothing I can do.” He knew how much she and Elijah loved each other.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWakFh9duy2
“I know. It’s not your fault. Caroline’s downstairs with a couple human friends we made. I should be the one to do it when the time comes.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmN58Kn6bRL
“Thank you, luv.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoytWxsyAg
She took her hand away and he vanished from sight. She then sat on his bedside, her hand on his right one and her other one gently on the left side of his face.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxkamHjvxV
“Katerina,” he greeted. “You’re here.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiN8RWHWHn
She smiled. “Of course I’m here. I love you, no matter what. You know what has to be done though.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzMEWeK9WK
“I love you too, Katerina. I know. Don’t think that this is your fault. Think of it like this. You’ll be taking my pain away. Do me a favor, though. Look after what’s left of my family; Especially, Hope. She just lost her mother. I wish for you to take over as her mother.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGW07ZiS2d
“I will. I promise you,” she replied.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPzoGfU4Ax
He closed his eyes, ready for the inevitable.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmSdBwDaOz
They shared one last kiss, before she took the White Oak stake from on top of the end table, and staked him, killing him.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquFgXa5ifi
Afterward, she slid to the floor, her back against the bed, her arms around her legs and head down, and cried. She didn’t want anyone to see her cry and never had. She’d never liked to show any weakness in front of anyone.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVV4oNeKHIm
As Klaus mingled downstairs, getting to know Andrea and Merle, he and Caroline heard her crying her heart out. Care had never witnessed any weakness from Katherine, nor had she ever took her for the type of girl to break down after a loss. That was more of her style. She always hated someone to be hurting one way or another though, no matter who it was. She always felt like no one, no matter who it was, should have to deal with anything alone.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqqDFZ4SdR
“I should make sure she’s okay. Take her,” Caroline told Klaus, always being a good samaritan.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaigDtkcP4
He took Hope. “Of course, luv,” Klaus replied.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgNQSko8wG
Care blurred upstairs and walked into Elijah’s former room, closing the door behind herself. She then sat on the floor next to the grieving human, an arm around her in comfort.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRthM3AMmk
“I’m sorry, Katherine,” was all she could say.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWWDoNZjGv
Katherine let her try and comfort her, though nobody had ever done that before. She was glad that unlike others, she wasn’t trying to tell her that everyone would be okay, because in this world, nothing was okay. She was also glad for the comfort and wasn’t surprised, knowing how much Care hated people being in pain.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCBLBuAjTG
After what felt like a while, she finally was able to get control over herself and stop crying, which she did. She then lifted her head and wiped her eyes.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3f2ps7XJvB
“How about you go to bed. It’s been a while since either of us have slept,” Caroline suggested.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTVyY5IQ0Z
“Good idea. Elijah would want us to stay rested and wanted me to take care of his family, so that’s what I’ll do. He wouldn’t want anyone to give up, either.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsL4jhOq3g
A few minutes later, Elijah’s body was taken care of and Kat was asleep in Elijah’s bed. The others were asleep too, Merle and Andrea in separate guest rooms and Hope in her room, while Klaus and Caroline were asleep in Klaus’ bed after making love. They were finally together.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXjAQLxZon
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A month later, after everything that had happened, Merle and Andrea hooked up and Kat slowly healed from the loss of Elijah. Hope was a part of that healing and for once in their lives, she and Klaus had bonded and became friends.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7B7uBr2wfe
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Years later, when all the walkers died out from hunger and being killed by survivors, things began to get back to how they were before the walkers. So those who were survivors, lived as happily as they could. Kat even reunited with her vampiress daughter, Nadia, and Damon was one of those survivors as well as Andrea, Merle, Kat, Hope, Caroline, Klaus, Davina, Kol, and Rebekah.
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