Summary: Set in S5. Based on the song “Down” by Jason Walker.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4bFQR4pGo
*Monster’s Ball*
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I’m standing out the back587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7v56xLwWE
And I’m tired of waiting587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5dzkLMyws
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What I’ve been chasing
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It was a nebulous night in an alley, as she stood not far from the vampiress after finding her after she’d grazed the vampire’s heart that day, thinking she was the enemy.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmEa2rCMrt
“Who are you?” Katherine asked her.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqzmNivozD
“My name is Nadia Petrova and you are my mother,” she said.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGAKyldx9L
Katherine looked at her silently, shocked that somehow, fate had intervened and brought her daughter back to her.
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*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
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I’m suck on the ground587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMWgKSFJeD
So why do I try?587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGtK0bok2a
I know I’m gonna fall down587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU07tdNtjMt
I thought I could fly?587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zDMOkzsdT
So why did I drown?
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It was a dismal night, as Katherine sat in the driver’s seat, injured after the car crashing into a street light pole. She’d been trying to get away from Mystic Falls so that Silas couldn’t get to her, but had managed to crash a car that she’d stolen from a road.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0wTajPLdS
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Meanwhile, Elijah Mikaelson had just arrived back in town to check up on his Katerina. He’d ignored several of her calls this summer and recently, not wanting to speak to her or see her. She hadn’t left any messages, but now that she hadn’t been answering her phone when he called back, he was worried and had the feeling that something had or was about to happen. If something ever happened to her after he’d left her to fend for herself, he’d never forgive himself. She was his world and he loved her for who she was, no matter what. If she died while he was in New Orleans, he didn’t know what pieces of him would still be intact, if any would be left. It would shatter him into a million pieces if she were dead. Despite everything she’d done, he loved her. He loved both the good and bad parts of her, just as she did with him.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7rSlCQEnP
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Half an hour later, once on a desolate street, he saw a wrecked car that had crashed into a street light pole. He saw that there was still someone inside, but not moving. Due to smelling the mixed scents of human, blood, and Katerina, he knew who it was.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRq8xBucGK
No, he thought to himself.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmh0h7BPLe7
He vamp-sped to the driver’s side and forced the crinkled, dented, and jammed door open. He assessed her condition with his eyes and saw that there was blood on either side of her head, some scrapes and scratches, and her lower stomach was bleeding from a shard of glass protruding from it. He pulled the shard of glass out and tossed it on the floorboard, before gently resting his hands on either side of her head.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWxegM3JRU
“Katerina, can you hear me?” he called to her, not knowing how she was human or if she could digest vampire blood.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82sRSCV5W9
Hearing a familiar voice through the darkness that surrounded her, she fought against the darkness and when she woke up a few minutes later, she was met with Elijah’s worried face.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysncKIMfDR
“Elijah?” she questioned weakly, very weak from blood loss.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4tBLj2cc1
“I came back to check on you, since you weren’t answering my calls back. I’m glad I did. Can you digest vampire blood?” he replied.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJWyz7Tpy6
“I don’t know. Elena shoved the cure down my throat shortly after you left me, since I was upset and took it out on her and tried to kill her.”587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdSIACdNYK
He wasn’t happy that she’d tried to kill Elena nor was he happy that Elena had shoved the cure down her throat, but he didn’t show it.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ510vspDQHR
As he gently slid an arm under her legs and his other under her, she began to go under.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTcH0YiU9Q
“You’re going to be okay, Katerina. Just stay with me. I’ll protect you, but you have to fight for me,” was the last thing she heard, before she plummeted back into the darkness.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnXSSrqrsS
Elijah gently pulled her out of the wreckage and picked her gently up in his arms, before blurring towards the Mystic Falls hospital.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtHzue9j7K
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After pacing in the waiting room for a few hours, a doctor finally came in to tell him that the surgery went great and she was in a recovery room, but she had a concussion, so it could be a day or so before she woke up. He thanked her and went to her room to stay with her. He knew Katerina. She was a fighter. It wouldn’t take too long for her to wake up. He figured anyway. He could only hope that the odds were in their favor.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6M07J2cOVO
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The next afternoon, when she woke up, he gave a smile, knowing that she’d be okay. He could only hope, anyway. The cure had been shoved down her throat. Since it had never been taken before, they didn’t know if there were any side effects to it.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1aRJNdKjO
She smiled back.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3VgYkKyzb
“You saved my life. Thank you.”587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuzUPXbVaq
“I will always save you, Katerina, no matter what,” he replied.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7a8r7jja7I
A moment later, they kissed.
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*500 Years of Solitude*
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You never know why587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSGIcau8jt
It’s coming down, down, down587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNk2bHdcmZh
Not ready to let go587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDdN5IVbtj
‘Cause then I’ll never know587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYepWZVQ4ne
What I could be missing587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIR8B2m3jb
But I’m missing way too much587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IusvxUaUG
When do I give up587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVrGcNCrI9
What I’ve been wishing for?
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It was a beautiful day at the Mikaelson mansion, as she lay in bed. She’d had a heart attack last night and now she was on bed rest until the very end, Nadia at her side. Nadia wanted her to live instead of letting herself die, but she had just found her weeks ago. She didn’t want to do that to her. She didn’t want to lose her, so she was choosing death.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyFTeSbXGy
After hours had passed, Elijah came to her bedside with a way to save her. He had a witch in New Orleans doing a spell that would reverse the dying of old age at a rapid pace side effect of the cure.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGKJmzG5T6
So, after the spell had been finished, she was a healthy human again.
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*Fifty Shades of Grayson*
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I shot for the sky587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQ8i53mhHq
I’m stuck on the ground587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSc1nSCAnL9
So why do I try?587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcp7PyfykX
I know I’m gonna fall down587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGzZKMzuC1
I thought I could fly587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnsciKYAMk
So why did I drown?587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6f9o6LhCEN
You never know why587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUofW3Txha0
It’s coming down, down, down587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL53Rfynwi4
Oh, I’m going down, down, down
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It was a dismal night at the Mikaelson mansion, as Katherine went downstairs for a drink, Nadia in the parlor.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVU8gEvT4r
Once she’d cleared the stairs, she stopped, a hand on the left side of her chest, pain having travelled up her arm and all the way to her chest. It was like she couldn’t breathe. Then everything went black and she collapsed.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADhlpsPJFY
When Nadia heard a noise, she went to investigate and found her on the floor.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjNrqqT8ih
When she knelt by her, she realized that she’d had a heart attack. So, after getting her to the hospital, she told Elijah on the phone, who then said he’d be there as soon as he could.
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*Dead Man On Campus*
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I can’t find another way around587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1j1NTQqLm
And I don’t wanna hear the sound587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KMFdcovg0
Of losing what I’ve never found587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Y90CmUUHO
I shot for the sky587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboYFj0MK0a
I’m stuck on the ground587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SbK0nuher
So why do I try?587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7ga9TSWwz
I know I’m gonna fall down587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjamgMst1BH
I thought I could fly587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcc6AaxcQKH
So why did I drown?587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uxBN3UIlh
I’ll never know why587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjt3FwGUHl
It’s coming down, down, down
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It was a nebulous night, as Katherine closed her eyes, ready to end her suffering of dying of old age, not wanting to go through all of that. She’d been told by an expert on vampires that she can’t be fixed. She was aging and it couldn’t be helped. She then stepped off.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcQoCNncF7
As she fell to the ground below, she hoped Nadia and Elijah would forgive her.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2q7RlRpZax
When she felt like someone had caught her, she opened her eyes to see Elijah.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8VleH27Zv
He set her on her feet.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebRgzNU2jv
“What are you doing, Katerina?” he asked of her.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkRK4Woijn
She knew he met to be asking why she would be committing suicide, when he was here for her.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29TRTRajA5
“Because I’m dying of old age and it can’t be stopped. I went to an expert. I don’t want the pain of dying of old age,” she explained.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpweyNQgkT
“I promise you, Katerina, we will find a way. We always do,” he replied.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZQYP3eEcs
“Then save me,” she said.587Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgcxDENYSJ
“You know I will,” he replied.
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*No Exit*
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Oh, it’s coming down, down, down
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After Nadia died of Tyler’s bite at the Mikaelson mansion because she didn’t want Katherine to have to sacrifice anything for Klaus to cure her, all Katherine could do now was to sit by the bed on the floor and cry. Elijah was there, but all he could do was hug her in comfort. There were no words to say.
