It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4NI5avV23
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOBp7Equ4E
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BeOoYUnsy
"I choose you, Katherine."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXVDx12vwp
When he went for the side of her neck, she knew what he was hallucinating.
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*Flashback-1864*
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It was a dark night in the Mystic Falls woods, as Katherine stood with her back up against a tree, human Damon in front of her. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJwEjTqA3i
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaHX6Cwmdx
"If you want it, take it," she instructed, teaching him something she had always done as long as she had been a vampire; take whatever you want, no matter the cost to others. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQR2e148nxH
He bent towards the cut. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlATHpm53i
"I choose you, Katherine."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWA96TegxEe
She smiled.
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*end of flashback*
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She rested gentle but firm hands on either side of his head, making him stop, keeping him from biting her and making him look at her. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70KAfYpLei
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6qKr2bxOb
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFoIrelqpl
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLYQTAXA4p
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFW1XwEkOd4
When he began to lose his balance from sudden weakness, she was instantly beside him and put an arm around him to help him. She then used her body weight to keep him on his feet. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7P4ImN9SR0
"Let's go home," she stated.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Gnc2dfbgV
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Half an hour later, he lay in bed with his sire wetting his face down with a cool wet wash cloth. He was very pale and weak. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRE8H5Fm41
As she sat beside him on his bed, she felt helpless. She was helpless next to him. She was his sire and girlfriend. She was supposed to protect or at least save him, but all she could do was watch him slowly and painfully die. Her only hope was for Stefan to get the cure and bring it in time. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujDFhtrOty
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5SaONF3ty
"You won't. I'm here until the very end."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0TCi9YtW1
"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzP52dt37sd
"I love you, too."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaJXfsQ8pb
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblikIfml5s
He closed his eyes. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTkSxHcrpZ
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRILg9s95A
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ003ZezGcUX
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZn20hHGfI
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2Th4rZ99y
She took it from him. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsExOtgbbPu
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9dVEnlPUr
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqaGPEBiSe
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxh6CTcA3m
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Half an hour later he came to, cured, and she told him what he had missed. Now it was time to get Stefan back on track.
