Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8E8s1WZaNq
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwuGVo3IvZ
If I asked you to dance?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BgK1SS0fW
Would you run and never look back?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95Fq9CHgkm
Would you cry556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aXyr2DRo1
If you saw me crying?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9j4om0ZjB
Would you save my soul tonight?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXz7mHnbTpo
Would you tremble556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GcYdg90tO
If I touched your lips?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0x9GnTukbK
Would you laugh?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNH23TapWea
Oh, please tell me this556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYUTcg9w9G
Now would you die556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGCPouvOwM
For the one you love?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkxt9jPWNK
Hold me in your arms tonight556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zTtVsuktG
I can be your hero, baby556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOXckGb1FT
I can kiss away the pain556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5x8f6kX2VI
I will stand by you forever556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyuKGwlP2j
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqwBu4JDV2
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRvjCFX1f6
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSLB1LdlpO
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdwWkB4ksR
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGR9jBm4Kwo
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcX9vDfoSN
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghLVKwIIrR
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97iuIEkT2e
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWQDtoIphm
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGH5bz9P2c
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DZNUqmEJT
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VfMSVYC0J
“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.”556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3e4fpcelKs
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLwudivYFF
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYMuMkNrkl
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKX67MITxxe
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCJZ2GjOVv
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zUcWVBzkM
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1GfubljVg
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowy0SiYxdr
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNjAsSh3g2
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?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYj6nATZbbF
Would you lie?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejLBkMPwOF
Would you run and hide?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBhG7RUWg0
Am I in too deep?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuA0vGjruj
Have I lost my mind?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4CV4mT90v
I don’t care556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkBBW7QDZA
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxojy8966re
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9qcbl4Xod
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OuRClty3m
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUVb8tFg3E
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXNSvssVHk
“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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekRtic24ly
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2Le1JASRs
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgIkXRrwxE
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbJBU09euQ
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡes72U6y0oI
“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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0twA4CQx7H
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklA3F8jm4P
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, baby556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeCrfTtDw9
I can kiss away the pain556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1U2dSwdiCV
I will stand by you forever556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVtmOXk34d
You can take my breath away556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCV9DlU3Kt
Oh, I just want to hold you556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwi1h5WSqN6
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfI1VjXVZBB
Am I in too deep?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmxxw9zhCC
Have I lost my mind?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SMkJiAbmk
Well, I don’t care556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjbaxh8Q9O
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJGH3yWALM
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 1864.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDAo9JMcyi
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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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIvGbjtjoN
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3AhY5RMET
She turned around to face him and he let go.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3saOpAxeV1
“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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi55LOiaZcM
“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.”556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrOUd3bsZJ
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdzLaGRY8H
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WaeLtnaq7
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxxXS6tEAq
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpOTViQnPg
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeOYSUesfz
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, baby556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgehB9uO30W
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdl2LneIB5C
I will stand by you forever556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5lvYXRD8J
You can take my breath away556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0PpuiUFH4
(I can be your hero, baby)556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XyTtnP2P2
I can be your hero556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOtJE7Km05
I can kiss away the pain556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKnNf9eiGY
And I will stand by you forever556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8o3WAA6gh
You can take my breath away556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW31f73kNkJ
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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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ021zYP6mrK
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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnajUswPROi
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17tNiW7G04
“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.”556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EKL9nqFy1
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeHu26oryf
“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.”556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HNOtfFDKd
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7DnkYSj07
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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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghrVGhG1H8
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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.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eXIcuQQHr
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
