Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIfg9PkJEb
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExJPoejysS
If I asked you to dance?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3s2KPSoEti
Would you run and never look back?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsO0wBVoGH
Would you cry552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDhd5bUvpE
If you saw me crying?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLzJxVZj0x
Would you save my soul tonight?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mVB4tnafc
Would you tremble552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKYdBKpaM3
If I touched your lips?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwlFTaVTt8
Would you laugh?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7vi5ZFaPb
Oh, please tell me this552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfnTIRjJm5
Now would you die552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qd8nujsO5
For the one you love?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAbHtFIVvt
Hold me in your arms tonight552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhW8cRhvc7
I can be your hero, baby552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6L6dXBWbCG
I can kiss away the pain552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xPAdMtVqG
I will stand by you forever552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPyd6mUJNe
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AW5FxrMhJ
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9I6wd2fZF
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DpWWf6u33
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTWYk9tVa5
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO27wJG46TD
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJP9LBoSNl
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOEcAYRQj0
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVB1jGCtCh
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0sqm0uHfd
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYw3etuREm
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKl9uruT1nq
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmYjQNhlpd
“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.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRBfjGRUrx
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaiKPs9TCf
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwTgf8qcJw
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtnqBQQBsV
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOoqot7tcd
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7FgXxrA3r
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bwecxoMXb
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5A68H0Naf
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHX0aLBX4B
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?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVeLwOIflA
Would you lie?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQh2I1duG7
Would you run and hide?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1Ckmg1MRR
Am I in too deep?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqF522JaZP
Have I lost my mind?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJb2WpUfzA
I don’t care552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tUnzU1kzW
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicmlCdRk0C
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lxttQI7yk
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAORThKHOYF
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpMWaSDbYX
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRwvgg95R1
“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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMFbjy2X17
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfrihcOmCP
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6ggaiYQOc
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVQ7nXdmSn
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pwoBe5V8t
“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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZETsPnQfCY
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsUSaLiTFU
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, baby552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAW3aWJbwYS
I can kiss away the pain552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYsgchcaPQ
I will stand by you forever552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsooEHFOwE
You can take my breath away552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6K3nNpAwAV
Oh, I just want to hold you552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZcmtzIPCS
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpffBCZqx3Y
Am I in too deep?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXFdCRjdIi
Have I lost my mind?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Q373ldcRO
Well, I don’t care552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7tMk9TBhy
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0ekvOkKrL
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 1864.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RqvqRSKAJ
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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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xuoEimbmy
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgKONGmoHR
She turned around to face him and he let go.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdKQgMf9XK
“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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1gfD6iGMN
“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.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtG3AnTcX9
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUvyZReJmH
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurvQH8EEiJ
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMusl2Gnp32
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQkAnEaTFS
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnZThLn2ES
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, baby552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0vRRXgPh9
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cq6bQasZ1
I will stand by you forever552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bXBKO6wzK
You can take my breath away552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy85e7srRqv
(I can be your hero, baby)552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4tXMGlCEG
I can be your hero552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVqAGndNc2
I can kiss away the pain552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0q8CT4rHV
And I will stand by you forever552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8MQvgXFhX
You can take my breath away552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzOjkztJlP
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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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtydg2NxGj
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3LAcpSIVn
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KQBzvd8YV
“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.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7GDU8Pkat
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40DIOh8iBu
“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.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4kInPycOP
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuuXnyjs7Q
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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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUP1Y4X7rJ
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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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVXERpyhdu
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
