Summary: Set somewhere around "Do Not Go Gentle." What if Kat ran into a newly turned Ric? What will happen?739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLRkpN9SC5
It was a beautiful night in Mystic Falls, Virginia as Katherine Pierce sat at the bar next to Alaric.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHsQUkLcnR
"Hello, Alaric," she greeted.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIsu58Jlpq
"Katherine."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOPWSwMnXs
"Do you know where I might find Elijah?" she questioned.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1MOFXx1AV
"Go away."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlb78KHjC8
"Why? I thought we left on good terms."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTv0WyR30P7
"I don't want you here. Take a hint, will you?"739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tpTaEf5VS
Then the familiar scent hit her; vampire.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuNBIQFoAs
"What happened to you?" she asked him.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzMoNA8Srm
"Esther turned me. Now I'm going to kill every vampires, starting with Klaus."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcVuDwZjMO
She clenched her teeth and gasped in pain, as he stabbed her with a dagger. And then she felt the familiar sensation of having a hard time breathing. And that's when she knew the dagger had vervain on it. Now she couldn't go anywhere without help and she was too shaky to move on her own, much less get her phone out to call for help. All she could do was clutch the bar with both hands to keep from falling.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcw0ov87l1
"We should help her," she heard Caroline Forbes say, a moment after she smelled Tyler and Caroline when they walked in.
"Why?" she heard Tyler ask.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GMu7tbOYG
"She had to have come back for a reason. And that reason wasn't to get vervained by Alaric. She needs help. We have to help her."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91kUo3jnVz
"Fine. You stay here. I'll get away from him. He can't hurt me like he can you."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iNlP9Y6kW
A few minutes later, she smelled his scent. He was behind her. She felt a gentle hand on her right upper arm and knew it was Tyler's.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHIhshM6kG
I'm saved, she thought to herself.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpDw0xkVhU
"Let's get out of here," she heard Tyler say.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOtYFdyX2B
She slowly got off the stool and onto her feet, as he held a hand on her arm to help her keep her balance.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyOE5LRWO0
Before she knew it, they were outside the Mystic Grille. Tyler still had his hand on her arm and Caroling had a hand on her other arm.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbtFqJSX5D
"What happened?" Caroline asked her as gently as she could. All she knew was that she smelled vervain with something else she couldn't place.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZJJlRfkix
"I asked him where Elijah was and he told me what happened to him. Then he stabbed me," Kat summarized.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QftBaPUhC
"And before that?" Tyler asked.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojD1l1Sjoa
"I killed the hybrids Klaus sent after me. They attacked, though. That's why I was looking for Elijah. He's the only one I can trust to get me the cure without having to sacrifice anything. And Elijah still cares about me. We had something when I was human and before I came to live in America."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqueKzW9fO
Tyler and Caroline looked at one another. They knew they had to do something, but they didn't know where they would find Elijah.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrcnAv9Nv7
As she started to feel weak, Kat saw Damon.
Damon had been walking up to the Mystic Grille, when he had seen Tyler and Caroline outside holding Katherine up. Then he was instantly in front of them.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xvI2N8b0I
"What happened to her?" Damon asked them, though he looked at Katherine.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6znaLzUDx
"She was vervained by Alaric. Before that, she was attacked by his hybrids. She killed them," Tyler answered.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfUMaWqphB
"I'll take care of her."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WnhiQGqWe
"She said she wanted to ask Elijah to get the cure for her."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMEQ4fPXbG
"Then I'll find him and take care of her."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Vp8Gn6amt
She felt the vampiress and hybrid leave to go inside. Then she was alone with Damon.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuknEbXuEmS
He kept his eyes on her, as he assessed her condition.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLWfWLvC3P
"Katherine."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeafpKZXtv
"Damon?" was all she got out, as everything went black.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbncUY2G4l
The elder Salvatore brother caught her from hitting the ground. Then he picked her up in his arms and walked the route to Elena's. He couldn't use his super speed. There were too many people around.
She groaned as she came to, and realized that she was in Damon's arms. Then she felt an urge. It was a side effect of the vervain.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYcvpsp4m4
Damon set her on her feet and watched her, as she knelt down by a bush by Elena's walkway and coughed up blood. He knew it would come. This wasn't the first time he had seen her in a vervained state. As she coughed up blood, he knelt by her. Before he could pull the dagger out of her lower stomach, he smelled Elena's scent. That's what made him look up.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuxZ1J3Us6
Elena was heading out the door, when she saw Damon and Katherine. She knew from the scene that something was wrong. She left the house and didn't stop until she stood by them.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcTJiFEOcX
"Damon, what's going on?"739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56TWgOzoWl
He looked up at her.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHtBuTFekB
"Elena, you should go back inside; but if you must know, Ric vervained her. To top if off, she was bitten by hybrids before she killed them."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdtOguwJc2
He pulled the dagger out and handed it to the doppelganger.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhYgmBHxsd
"Take it."
Kat finished and used the sleeve of her jacket to clean her face, before she looked up at Elena.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNijoVHwmr
"Elena," she greeted.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ73zMDIyJp
Damon got to his feet, as he helped his Sire to her feet. He could tell she was weak, as he did so.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiangHoJNM7
"She can stay in my room and I'll watch her," Elena announced.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9ZkHXaSFE
"Thanks," Kat told her descendant.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8xGxCu6J5
"We should get her inside," Damon said.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5zqDb4cjm
Before she knew it, everything went dark again.
When she woke up for the second time tonight, she was on her back on Elena's bed. Her jacket was off and her wounds had been tended to. Her journal was on top of the end table and Elena was seated on her bedside with a wash cloth in hand. She stared at the wall as she saw her pa' pa and ma' ma, too weak to cry. And then they disappeared and she saw Rose. She thought it odd to see her Sire that hadn't liked her in the beginning. But she didn't care. She just wanted to know if she would live or die. Then she finally looked at Elena, as Elena continued to damp the cloth on her face to cool her down.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0PVD6P1J1
"I'm sorry, Elena. I'm sorry for what I did. Forgive me. Tell Damon that I have always cared and loved them both. I never chose either of them. I love you too, Elena. You are the last of my Petrova family. I hope you will all forgive me," she whispered.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFpemcQRg1
"I forgave you a long time ago. And I think Damon will forgive you after a while. Just hand on," Elena replied.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRvtgbQJsa
"I don't know how much longer I can, Elena."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIToAbSIki
"Try, Katherine."
Damon stood by the stairs, as he spoke to Rebecca.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMwlZwTYZU
"Please, Rebecca. Do this for me, at least."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSBiWJtVu4
"Fine."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnMpwHhDAs
"Good. Meet me at Elena's."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNpKbOXERp
He hung up.
"I'm going to find Elijah!" he yelled up the stairs at Elena and Kat. Then he left.
When Katherine woke up, she felt better. She saw that Elijah and Elena were both at her side.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yMJAEo8kC
"You should go help Damon. My sister has stepped out of line," he told Elena.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yPHdRYGBL
She obeyed.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rixVjPqi6
Katherine sat up in bed.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGdh4TOLrK
He gave her a shot glass of blood and she drank it, before she gave it back to him. He then set it back on the end table and she got to her feet.
She put her jacket back on and he bit his wrist.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSh8Oe43LrA
"It'll heal you faster," he said, as he held it out to her.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBHLf0pOck
She drank from him for a few minutes, before she let go.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkQ9abMPZi
She watched him vanish, and then she headed down the stairs.
Once down the stairs, she saw the scene. There was a dagger in Damon's chest. He was slumped against the threshold. Elena was knelt in front of him with fear. Elijah and Rebecca were gone.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEb9XI6XtcH
Kat knelt by them.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJP01VEqzq
"He'll be okay," she assured her.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeZOYxaKG3
Katherine gently drug him into the hallway and Elena closed the door. The vampiress then knelt down with his back against her, and bit her wrist. She put it to his lips and made her blood go down his throat, as she used her free hand to pull the dagger out. She tossed it to the floor and Elena knelt at his right side.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhDldX1xrh
A few minutes later, he came to. Then, once he felt better, he stopped drinking and she took her wrist away. It obviously healed.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJnPhBd43z
He looked up at her.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5qEiPpwjU
"Katherine."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4i3nCwdoGN
"Welcome back, Damon."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtJj2rXMF6
"I could say the same thing," he answered.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYR4YE42J7
The three of them smiled at one another.
