Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMad2drlf4
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv78djbF1La
If I asked you to dance?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpxOoir0Zz
Would you run and never look back?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLweakVHDQa
Would you cry540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkS3B2MHI6y
If you saw me crying?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EcJQMp4dk
Would you save my soul tonight?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bx5smzRJ9
Would you tremble540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡect5jJmfrL
If I touched your lips?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Z2JkIfmVh
Would you laugh?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBopsdJ1SO
Oh, please tell me this540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jUNCwrZFO
Now would you die540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1YJnU48VT
For the one you love?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICMHYWwlvD
Hold me in your arms tonight540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNL5gu9LG2c
I can be your hero, baby540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aT10Doszb
I can kiss away the pain540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelGeKHlcRq
I will stand by you forever540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsS8AUsqfm
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNerIZQCqnA
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4hdf7o9yK
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqPWJsF0aw
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ppj7fvTrI
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWb54sN6tJ
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXI2wDgU0St
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMGBGyxREF
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3daBoIxGD
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MqchX0Yyi
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Bd6buSf6J
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOW8X8iQeb
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cGd78XvoO
“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.”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDGr1ttM8c
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgggkhNnIC
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM00N1zmVCs
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNLLFiyeF3
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsuvG34H8C
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaS2nVkgBx
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiX0iCJ0KPp
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCLDsqDGSP
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKSRbchQzZ
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?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkaLZtQ9KI
Would you lie?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRNG2LvJJH
Would you run and hide?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1nymB9yyj
Am I in too deep?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4xs86U8VA
Have I lost my mind?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwaL2uFbaJ
I don’t care540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ng3QuBF4V
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUGDINkXvf
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcEnL7Yhw4
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaP5irdX3Kb
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznW03a1Bfp
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpdwS8H4Y3
“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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zNSNP9pAJ
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVovmLLEjT
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcWjCVHOnh
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0d2nyTNU8h
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb74uSaKjda
“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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rqneFah6s
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8u5Wd7IlS
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, baby540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JfHo1pdt3
I can kiss away the pain540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3QIwAOb6G
I will stand by you forever540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYLqEwBMHb
You can take my breath away540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ikDxzYE1d
Oh, I just want to hold you540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMr76ySKVe
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrABxeOxu0
Am I in too deep?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtJ5ySbs9V
Have I lost my mind?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzsJxA7wE3
Well, I don’t care540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqrekqQQe6
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZJEgcdpKp
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 1864.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1h3zY1Rjet
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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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPuQqFHFNT
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bWua2SZW2
She turned around to face him and he let go.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6hrjoHVPK
“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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWKWyMcfKB
“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.”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60bYIXfraL
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP656suFoEG
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDeaCYr5fx
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxi6KFTL1Sw
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9RZwffiQk
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPA3FHZmrKx
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, baby540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrDDDwwSUd
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevqYGR9PHb
I will stand by you forever540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzybS2Ke4N
You can take my breath away540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcHtdjEQj0
(I can be your hero, baby)540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNWp3txEtC
I can be your hero540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEx48OGQ30I
I can kiss away the pain540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAFZoKG9nD
And I will stand by you forever540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAxfxTKPef
You can take my breath away540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKchVET5nx
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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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlG26HvqSG
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHn27exP4yV
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHobNcDI6Qv
“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.”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNNslkOTeS
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJzVU3WF3U
“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.”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWoj5ibyIC
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6orKBKIvl
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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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxX17XdHgt3
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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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44bCjkvyDF
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
