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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlLYDWnPLp
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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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7IHVzq1LD
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VLjEGUUDu
She walked up to the door and knocked before walking in, closing the door behind herself.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYG1ZSCEpv
“Damon?” she called.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAq7QMsGJtA
She entered the living room, where she saw him by his drinking table, drinking from a bottle of Bourbon.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUPUEjM4zy
“In what universe do you have the right to be alive?” he said in the tone he always reserved for only her.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKxy9wpWvR
“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.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9ltKewf9T
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.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡno0VMnXRPf
“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.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdPREgBKeF
“Thanks, but I’d rather take my chances here.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWyH69Ma1w
She sighed. “Fine. Just be careful and good luck.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7hat8OXHV
He watched as she left.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyb1jwTrvsH
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8gUmzqIuv
She parked in front of the house and stood on the porch and knocked.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNg0VbT5i5x
“Caroline?” she called through the door.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8b3pmWX3Lj
“Get out of here. Just go,” she heard from by the door on the other side.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgIu5H1bXH
“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.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1UlI2oGmf
Caroline didn’t like Katherine very much, but she’d seen enough zombie movies to know that Katherine was right.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFySHXdPes
She sighed. “Fine. I’ll come.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrO7FlOrMN
A few minutes later, Katherine was driving out of town, Caroline in the passenger’s seat.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAC8SWsCLsA
“Where are we going anyway?” Caroline questioned.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZBdXgkd5b
“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.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIiFbZEMOQ
“Makes sense,” Caroline replied, agreeing with her for once.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXJ2k2igqT
“Before we get there though, don’t be mad at Klaus, but I have to tell you something,” Kat informed the blonde.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2sOrQthcI
“What?” she asked, assuming that she wasn’t gonna like this.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgNPresVCJ
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NwvB0MRHn
“That’s all I know,” she finished.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooGodXHOFs
“When’s the last time you heard anything from New Orleans?” she asked the former vampiress.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhL44Vx8LxS
“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.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeIu3UsuEu
“I’m sure he’s okay,” she assured the brunette.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMY2jQCBuuS
Kat was silent.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vkOrT04Pj
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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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoOk24ZdpE
Kat stopped the truck in front of them and rolled down the automatic passenger’s window, looking at them.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQ0LtKfulY
“Need some help?” she questioned.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEqqEBkV5V
They looked at them.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6enCVXAzJw
“We’ve got this, Sweet Cheeks,” the guy replied to her.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PPItnXmkl
“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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0o9JR5paI1
“We should go with them,” the blonde told him.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMuXXAS5Nk
“Fine,” he replied.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLItxujMhcS
“Great,” Kat said, and set the bag of weapons on the floorboard so there was space for them in the back.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJqsN7J8QB
Once they were in, Kat continued the drive.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBI905RCaL
“I’m Katherine by the way and this is Caroline. Who are you two?”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MJc1JZmvb
“I’m Andrea and this is Merle. We’ve been looking for the group I got separated from. His brother, Daryl, is with them.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiaWiTAPIy
“Well, nice to meet you. What did you do before the zombies happened?”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzJ5AOiZ1U
“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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3gOWtffct
“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.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6jhUHe3ET
“I believe you. I’ve always been open-minded,” Andrea replied.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjCQxL65dn
“Thanks. What did you do before?” she said to Andrea, before asking Merle the question.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIKs5aVyYF
“I’ll put it this way, Sweet Cheeks. I’m ex-military, but I also was in and out of jail a lot.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7OF306dj3
“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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTA0TeUHDH
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A week later, they made it to New Orleans.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrATi6Euhi
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjt5IBPHvfv
“See if you can come in.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdWAOxoEYw
She tried but was barred.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YLBXiwUz7
“Let me call them so you can be invited in,” she told her, before calling loud enough for them to hear, “Anyone here?”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXM4oOcDSh2
A blonde stranger holding a three year old girl appeared at the top of the stairs. “Come in.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfCGAYuqVf
Caroline walked in and Kat closed the door.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdImDsalvVg
“Who are you?” Kat asked, once the girl was downstairs, standing in front of her.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKMBUFIKsA
“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.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyo9VRnUyQ
“Well, I’m glad that you found your family. This little one must be Hope,” Katherine said with a smile.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPn7R0vG7P
“Yes. And she’s all yours if anything happens to the last of us.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYkxWBWAVg
“What’s that supposed to mean?”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMg0rNkdJJ
“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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObLFbWZDe8
“Where is he?” she asked, her worst nightmare happening.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDKuDrnzoi
“He’s in bed.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVSVBn5egf
“It was nice to meet you,” Kat replied.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNYAXTzPpM
“You too. Here.” She gave Kat Hope, whom Kat took, before Freya left.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKNAKYx9mx
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.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFt1nIxapBx
Caroline took Hope, not knowing what the hell she was supposed to do.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTANMWynRt
Kat looked at Andre and Merle. “There’s plenty of Bourbon here and probably some human food too. Help yourselves.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvkxuclh17
Kat went upstairs, while Merle helped himself to a bottle of Bourbon.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtJOZJP83H
When Kat entered his room, she saw Klaus seated on his bedside, obviously staying with him until the very end.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfEqKFmlyG
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhBhVHqQNj
“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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUz8vSPkpu
“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.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0vYs6uss3
“Thank you, luv.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9JQb3TRGA
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeNKVd0oqo
“Katerina,” he greeted. “You’re here.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHIZeFo935
She smiled. “Of course I’m here. I love you, no matter what. You know what has to be done though.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMRfZjuLTZ
“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.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiS25SvgeDj
“I will. I promise you,” she replied.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwuLnAW7tT
He closed his eyes, ready for the inevitable.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8PuZEstyw
They shared one last kiss, before she took the White Oak stake from on top of the end table, and staked him, killing him.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3tfuIWv7v
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iBBJfJSfe
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWAsT0M6fu
“I should make sure she’s okay. Take her,” Caroline told Klaus, always being a good samaritan.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAp1e5I4rc
He took Hope. “Of course, luv,” Klaus replied.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqg3z2qK1m
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DQVbV0WSw
“I’m sorry, Katherine,” was all she could say.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquPfc0TPDw
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeV7tHrH2uq
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPWDByZbxT
“How about you go to bed. It’s been a while since either of us have slept,” Caroline suggested.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepU1x8koIJ
“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.”629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyGwPyASrH
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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeiTzrH5Gh
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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.629Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNSVsp64QI
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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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