Summary: Another revised version of the S2E22 finale. Takes place after Klaus knocked Damon out and left. What if Kat had trouble waking him up?
Katherine Pierce
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I kneel down beside Damon Salvatore and force fed him some blood.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtxASLSKVS
"Come on, Damon. Wake up," I say, pleading with him, wondering what's wrong.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3Sxs2CuYD
I toss the empty blood bag onto the floor and look him over, remembering Klaus saying he's unclean. And that's when I see it. The werewolf bite.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZQIfl79xr
"No," I say. "No. Damon."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7pOULjCJv
I take his phone out and call my doppelganger.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7rzoTlF30
"Elena, it's me. We have a problem. Did Damon tell you if he was bitten by a werewolf or not? He has a werewolf bite on his arm. And I can't get him up. Can you come over?" I say, before she can say anything.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrlX0ITBl9
"I didn't know. I'll be right over."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EOEyv9lPh
She hangs up and I put his phone back.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7SDuAPwXC
"Please wake up, Damon," I beg.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGNcpZFLbM
I gently slap his cheek to see if that'll work.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1s7nILhZA
I wait.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw69w8LiPXO
Nothing.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkD7KF2Qyn7
I take his hand in mine.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnQ53D6RpP
I can't lose you, Damon. Please wake up, I think to him.
Elena soon arrives and kneels down on the left side of him. The opposite side I'm on.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjzGkzDIAR
"We need to get him home," I inform her.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknA6O6Frax
She sees that my ring is off I guess, because she had to ask me, "Where's your ring?"611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIr7TIACze1
"I don't know. Klaus must've taken it. And we don't have time to waste. We'll have to manage. Even if I burn alive helping him. It's worth it. I owe him one and he's my family. Family is everything to me."
By the time we get him in bed, I'm burnt terribly. I lean against the wall by his bedroom door, back against the wall, my vision blurry, my focus going in and out, as I watch Elena standing at his bedside with a wet wash cloth.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBy9wZMin4a
"We need Klaus' blood. That's the cure," I say as normal as I can.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJwfZbYLgM
She hears my wavering voice, because she puts the cloth on his forehead and turns around to look at me.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Snj0Yylun
"Katherine," she says.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Pfe2CJ9TA
I can smell her fear scent and concern for me.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8fniiUANA
"Take care of Damon. He's more important," I tell her.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0vEmCw6K1
"No. You're both important. What's happening to you?"611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejQYR0AWuG
"You really want to know the cold, hard truth? I got burnt too much. I'm dying."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Mzcvp7r7w
"I won't let you die, Katherine. What can I do?"611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKlu7uKVOt
"I don't know."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59NsYWQYA5
Alaric Saltzman walks in.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuTDCLTnPT
"How's Damon doing?"611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8jVYwrf5z
"He needs the cure. Klaus' blood. And Katherine's dying, too. She got burnt helping me."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPT0ZOABfSr
"I'll take care of Katherine. You do what you have to," Alaric says.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAP0F9MNPzF
I feel myself slide down the wall, as weakness starts to come.
Alaric Saltzman
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I go to Katherine Pierce and catch her, as she starts to slide down the wall. I see she's weak, burnt badly, and fighting to stay awake. But how much longer can she fight? Even a vampire has to give up someday. And Katherine's been fighting constantly for 500 years. I have to try and help her, though. For Elena's sake.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5v9UzBwgLE
"Katherine," I say. "Stay awake."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6VRpwogZD
Careful not to touch her burnt skin, I gently pick her up in my arms.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL84BrzjChG
"I'm going home," I tell Elena, before leaving with Katherine.
Not long afterward, I enter my apartment, closing the door behind myself. I then set her on her feet. I came here so Elena wouldn't know what's going to happen. I should probably kill Katherine now. Put her out of her misery with a stake through her heart. But for some reason, I can't find the will to do that to her.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtKILpqJVl
"How are you feeling?" I ask, looking at her.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4m5hD2KlPy
"Weak. I'm dying. Please. Kill me now."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo07RqiNNsN
"No. I'm not going to kill you. Look at me."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MG0cwLqhH
She looks at me, but is unsteady now.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sgM0s1j9x
I catch her from hitting the floor, as she collapses to the floor.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjRVlQwHWu
I gently lay her down on the floor and take my jacket off. I use my jacket to put under her head and see her skin start turning purple.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68tpUfYlAs
"No. You're not dying. Not today," I say.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgxBj7EyYC
I check to see if she's breathing. Obviously, she's not. So, even though she's a vampire, I give her some breath before pulling her into my arms gently. She's breathing again, which is a good sign. I use a knife to cut my wrist, and I gently position her head back, putting my wrist to her lips, making it go down her throat.
Damon Salvatore
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I don't know how long I was out, but when I come to I'm feeling better. I look down at my arm and my bite mark is gone. That means I've been cured.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yyjGtHsC3
I sit up in bed and look at Elena Gilbert. She's sitting on my bedside.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GbmPIVQHO
"Thanks," I say.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRh8k0PXUAy
"You should think, Katherine too. She was nearly burnt alive getting you here. Ric's at home helping her. She told me the cure before she nearly blacked out on us," she explains.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYwVI6X1yg
Katherine. She almost died. But she'll be okay. I feel it, I think to myself.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxe53gpTur5
"Then I'll think her when I see her again."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLX6nkshB7
Elena soon goes home and I go downstairs.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yqhAt1EBg
I stand by my drinking table and pour myself a shot glass of liquor, slowly sipping it.
Katherine Pierce
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I feel the familiar liquid once I awaken, and start drinking. But once I have my strength back, my senses come alert. I can hear someone's heart beating and hear breathing. And the blood is warm…so warm and fresh. And then I smell Alaric's scent. Everything comes flooding back and I realize I'm drinking from Alaric. He gave me his blood to save my life. He probably did it for Elena.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6LFAQ7vGE
I stop drinking and open my eyes.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAqchzcebx
I look up at him and know I nearly died. And that means I took a lot. He's very pale. I nearly killed Elena's guardian.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReoux8YZmY
I get to my feet, as does he.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmi3rQbEvRP
"Thanks," I say.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8N1Tuy1BGT
He leans against the counter with a hand on it.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPbKfY5aNK
"I'm sorry. I took too much," I apologize.
"It's my fault. I should've known how much a dying vampire would need."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWyKZ3GGbA
He struggles to stay on his feet and breathe right.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdU9POkQsj
"You need blood, Alaric."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9A6uMfK9WC
"No," he argues.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlozsrCoJkQ
"Alaric, you're going to die."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqIYuTjzKQ
"Then I'll die."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡip7cEsyv2Z
I hear his heart and breathing slow.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGov1dkHr2j
"I don't want you to."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwIFCBtdhr
I look at his hand and his ring is off.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbwECbnoAL
No, I think to myself.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNNOIngHrr
I look back up at his face to see him grow paler and then collapse to the floor.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBh8pS6XnD
At vamp speed, I'm instantly kneeling at his side. He's still breathing. Barely. This is all my fault. I've been so stupid today.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qT4UogZyC
I bite my wrist and put it to his lips, making my blood go down his throat to heal him. I listen, as it helps him get stronger, and watch as his color comes back to his skin. I know he didn't want this, but I'd rather him be angry at me, than for him to die.
Alaric Saltzman
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I come to to see myself on myself on my back on my floor. Katherine is knelt at my side.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5PO0fiTam
I sit up.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0uFDgUlUG
"Thank you."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuxo8nZOf9
"You're angry with me, but I'd rather you not be dead."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAaV4mNhyY
"Well, at least you're not being a selfish bitch."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6jBw20s8T
"And those are strong words. I never thought I'd hear you call someone a selfish bitch."611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqagYgE6bs
She helps me to my feet.611Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FDcY7klFR
We soon go back to the Salvatore boarding house, where we find that Damon's okay. I then go home.
