Ch.12: Gods and Monsters
Summary: Set in the S7 finale “Gods and Monsters.” What if Katherine coming back to life and warning him not to listen to the voice in the vault stopped Evil Itself from getting to him? What if he helped her after he found out she was hurt by Kai? What will ensue between them?
It was a nebulous night, as Damon Salvatore stood in the vault. He had just heard the sound of Elena’s voice and had hung up on Enzo. Even though he knew Elena was still in a coffin under the sleep spell Kai had put her in, he couldn’t help but to listen to what sounded like Elena calling his name.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfX2mz6DlQF
As he began to look around for who or what it was, scanning with his eyes, he suddenly saw a very human and injured Katherine appear.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6W0rxQGmnC
“Damon, help me. I need you,” the voice said in the vault.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFMRQJSo3v
“Katherine?” he questioned her.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXBeDjHVHR
“It’s me. You didn’t think I’d stay dead, did you?”623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJu53vACtn
“Well, I can hope, can’t I? How are you alive?”623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAl0Z0COVb
“I ended up in the 1994 prison world. I think you can guess the rest.” She slowly half walked and half limped towards him until she was inches in front of him. “Don’t listen to the voice. Let’s just get the hell out of here.”623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpU5eCf7ePE
“Why? What is it?” he asked her.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRCy7T7Gke
“Evil itself. Now let’s go,” she answered him.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSmLaupQPH
After hearing that, he left the vault and then building with her.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsEQsPL74o
Afterward, they stood in front of each other.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubgvpHamKo
“I know it’s not my place or anything, but I’m sorry that you had to deal with Kai. He’s a psychotic maniac ass. Bonnie and I had to deal with him when we died for a little while. Then a while later, he came back alive and towards the end of last year, he put Elena under a sleeping spell and linked her to Bonnie. I can’t be with her for 60 years until Bonnie dies. He also nearly killed Bonnie which I ripped his head off for,” he informed her.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeY5TO5dGq
“I’ll deal and I’m sorry for Elena. I know how much she means to everyone.”623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZDcZqyXhh
“Yeah, well, it was bound to happen. I lose everyone I care about over time,” he replied.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80CUKFP6DO
She gently and cautiously rested a hand on the side of his face. She was cautious because she knew what he felt about her.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFtC2vtlbh
“I know. That’s the price we pay for knowing what exists and being a vampire. I wish I could make it better for you,” she replied. She always hated when he was hurt. Besides, she sired him and no matter what, cared for him. She was responsible for anything that happened to him, whether it was by her hand or not.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8AGTtdM1N
“Well, there’s nothing any of us can do. What happened between you and Kai?” he replied, knowing she was injured. He’d know it since she’d shown up, alive yet again. He’d just been ignoring it until it seemed the right time to help her.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8o8AJlyxj
“It doesn’t matter,” she answered him.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjTaPqNb2v
“Well, it does to me. He’s a maniac. Nobody deserves to be treated how Kai tends to treat everyone he meets and crosses paths with.”623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1KQxd8cvk
She took her hand away from his face and dropped it.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBC1tmzQSUV
“I should be the one asking what happened to you. You care now. That’s a new one. You haven’t cared for me since 1864. What changed?” she replied.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gvUkkN2qC
“I don’t know. I guess the thought of Kai hurting you isn’t something I care to happen.”623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdB4YqclQ3K
“I can take care of myself, Damon. You don’t need to play hero to everyone that gets hurt or almost dies. You can’t help or save everyone.”623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1MuU043cP
“Well, maybe not, but I sure as hell can try.”623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsJZ07YrBn
“Don’t. You’ll get yourself killed for good.”623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6C0ScJib9H
As she spoke, he scanned her for what her injuries were. He could see that it looked like she had some stab wounds and there was a dagger in one of her thighs. It looked like it had opened an artery. There was also blood on the left side of her head and she was pale. He knew that she had lost a lot of blood and it was making her weak, but she was hiding what she was feeling.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06d4oyfFVq
“How about we get out of here? You need a hospital,” he suggested.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmibF60gOQw
She knew he was right, but didn’t want to admit it. She was stubborn like that, but she was starting to feel weak and her vision was going black.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRElusOyFFl
“Katherine,” he said, as he caught her from hitting the ground. He then gently layed her down on the ground, knelt by her, and gently took her jacket off. He had to use it to slow or stop the bleeding.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6bJr2GZDA
As she lay there, trying to stay awake, she blurrily saw Damon. She could also feel pain and put her hand on her lower stomach, where she felt the pain and now the blood. She could also feel her hand start to shake.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4yhLW1eIy
He took her hand off the wound and put her jacket on it, tying it into place. He then put her hand on top of her jacket and his hand on top of hers.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRXrpKWkUB
“Stay with me, Katherine. You’re gonna be okay.”623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnX3M9ZbmTq
He slid an arm under her, gently pulling her into his arms, and slide his other arm under her legs. He then got to his feed and blurred towards the hospital.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEQNc1cqbz
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Damon stood by and watched as the doctors got her hooked up to an ivy and checked her over, as they put a breathing mask on her. There wasn’t anything he could do. He could only wait for them to tend to her wounds and hope she would make it.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyYSvegxc4
As everything began to fade away, she could hear the sound of doctors around her and knew where she was. Then everything went black.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7ZPRzlJib
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A few hours later, a doctor informed Damon that she was in the recovery room and should be just fine. She had a few fractured ribs, a concussion, an opened artery, and some internal bleeding but would be just find as long as she healed correctly and didn’t reopen her wounds. He thanked the doctor and then went to her room to see her.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwk5koABJVj
He closed the door behind himself and sat on her beside, a hand on top of hers and his other one he rested on the left side of her face.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8U92z2qVu
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When she woke up, she saw that she was in a hospital room with Damon seated on her bedside, a hand on the side of her face.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3S1n9p1u2
She gave a smile.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqu6g9BKxm7
“You saved me.”623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGszYGY8Oz5
“Yes, and don’t make me regret it,” he replied.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSoFz4ukBF
“Well, thank you anyway,” she said.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJNJeUlOoH
He took his hand away from her face and she slowly sat up.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4lsQRP5lv
They silently looked at one another.623Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAn7Qcoo34
After a few minutes, they began to make out.
