Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5VLT62Vnl
*The Last Day*
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If I asked you to dance?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyA4oiJ8kJY
Would you run and never look back?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiAPESeEP6
Would you cry555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0J9s2oX0Z
If you saw me crying?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBFpleZyPh
Would you save my soul tonight?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNbFWVrOov
Would you tremble555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzivEELLup
If I touched your lips?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFPykh3qsm
Would you laugh?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOAseT70s6
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Now would you die555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfMJrlaYxU
For the one you love?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4I05PReO7u
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I can be your hero, baby555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGIzLxT4NL
I can kiss away the pain555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8FdDK0jnH
I will stand by you forever555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDjrG8PmAs
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0tfeTpNKw
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcccY42nZpH
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJrP1kvygL
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVahMcRox7
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KKLASIfYv
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6moblXwUd
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnAKbkfQqf
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhBhKZI4mD
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlrWi3D988
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RAbYfvS5N
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8168Aq8Fq
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFfrcgg9ZH
“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.”555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgR9BSY9KKV
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMN4Gms2AYh
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cR288dTVs
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjZFWzdf3m
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jc73B0vmJ
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1j1HffrEcL
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cH3ZNaVRy
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDLcgkpeVm
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvIE30BuKq
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?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7A75i5IkKz
Would you lie?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYHL07OQ2d
Would you run and hide?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPjceIzxEG
Am I in too deep?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2G9ih5H8bl
Have I lost my mind?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLyFZpnFti
I don’t care555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52Cnn08Mn0
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzJto9qepg
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rAgbF1Ptg
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Amr8d6WiX
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBovIhUMlv
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7q1uZ6MRS
“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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBUNVX3P67
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrvnIUdat4
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKNSInQFvJ
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSFn2wdvUg
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23OGsoWf0f
“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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnq8ywQ9Xx
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJS6DXllHg
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, baby555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOdB1ZPmau
I can kiss away the pain555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXtzSJGsI7
I will stand by you forever555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2sj4jOv5C
You can take my breath away555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2SWErIVqJ
Oh, I just want to hold you555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJWcYPfub6
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnplCc6zXE
Am I in too deep?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4mSsXnHCT
Have I lost my mind?555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KDzfXl8BR
Well, I don’t care555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgQGL8vQKt
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw40kB6uwJu
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 1864.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOnwBuQmW3
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaVrOJnuy9
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGGghJP6kL
She turned around to face him and he let go.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbXS4tmNpt
“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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRygShqrDU
“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.”555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1hXrc3eWW
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNKiPpTso1
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTVSF6IExT
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wxnzXNzeS
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡly4m6EGIlY
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplqa07fbiI
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, baby555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6K7PE4lGAo
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMAVwmUDIS
I will stand by you forever555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaP7DuMcuH
You can take my breath away555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5UGzudyil
(I can be your hero, baby)555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxPoL6zGt2
I can be your hero555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucQa5Cjd81
I can kiss away the pain555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKFLPGwwln
And I will stand by you forever555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPyh55yG2T
You can take my breath away555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDHWvGTrRV
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKo9kXjfUwT
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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZXQ0j5Raw
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSdSO9onxj
“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.”555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTgf3rqMvC
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJQ8nVFYkQ
“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.”555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOxbn0DqrQ
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4Pksu7qZS
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyNMiJzKxf
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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.555Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhOXzPZTJn
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
