Ch.6: Holding On And Letting Go
Summary: Set in S7. Damon finds a very human Katherine in the road and it looks like Kai injured her. What will he do? Will he help and save her, or will he just let her be?
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1C7RJprIKJ
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1QzEXxPqS
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24nLEUUJOp
Is anybody out there?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kKkvHm61M
Is anybody listening?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOM44S0Rywh
Does anybody really know593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmawXrZppRR
If it’s the end or the beginning?593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpUA37tcyS
A cry593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTRnX28FxO
A rush593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKkQNcHUaX
From one breath is all we’re waiting for593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuMop7RFVx
Sometimes the one we’re taking593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnp1BezVFQA
Changes every one before
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCXhFBSofa
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBkhX12tdO
It was a dark night in Mystic Falls, Virginia as Damon Salvatore walked down the road, drinking a half empty bottle of Bourbon, grieving over the loss of Elena. Kai had put a sleeping spell on Elena. As long as Bonnie was alive, Elena wouldn’t wake up. Kai was thankfully dead though, as of six months ago. Damon had severed his head to save Bonnie from him. Now he was alone without Elena. He had only known her for six years and already it felt like missing his sire, Katherine, all over again. When he had thought that she had died after he had opened the tomb six years ago, it had shattered him into a million pieces. That’s what it felt like now. Katherine had been killed by his brother to get her out of Elena’s body a year ago, though. She was completely out of their hair. He didn’t even think that he’d ever see her again. Bonnie had said that she had been swept away by a black mass, instead of ending up on the Other Side. He was actually kind of happy about that, but there was a part of him that wanted to know where she had ended up at. Another part of him hoped that she was getting what she deserved. Even though he half hated her for everything, there was still a part of him that still cared for her, even if he didn’t love her anymore.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qdTogFKWV
He stopped in the middle of the road, seeing someone lying in the road a distance or so away. He could immediately smell human blood, but couldn’t hear anything, which let him know that whoever it was was dead, but most likely had only been dead for a couple minutes. Wanting to know who it was, he blurred over and knelt at her side, only to see a very human Katherine. He assumed she had come from a prison world, seeing an ascendant not far from her. Even though he knew Kai was dead, he didn’t know where he had ended up at and looking at her, it looked like Kai’s doing. Kai was the only person he knew that used a bow and arrow and would hurt and even kill anyone and everyone in his way.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ294jYtezdb
He reached down and pulled the arrow out of her lower stomach and tossed it aside, before pulling the knife out of her thigh and putting it in his jacket. He didn’t want it to end up in the wrong hands. When he did, he realized that the way her wound was bleeding, Kai had opened an artery in her thigh. He couldn’t let her lose any more blood though, if he was going to try and bring her back. She had lost a massive amount of blood. He carefully took her jacket off and used it to tie around her thigh wound to slow the bleeding. He then kissed her, giving her some air, trying to revive her.
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxv656LX9kF
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7YasYzQtQ
It’s everything you wanted593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIgnrKjv7r
It’s everything you don’t593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoy5qZOYrDc
It’s one door swinging open and one door swinging closed593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4eBxRUz8J
Some prayers find an answer593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPBeaGBVVZ
Some prayers never know593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuxjscsRYV
We’re holding on and letting go593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeweU17dyth
Sometimes we’re holding angels593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhIw7EzbXX
And we never even know593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoD1giueji2
Don’t know if we’ll make it593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsDEK7XXGk
But we know593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjg4R4v2w5
We just can’t let it show593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfy4G319Dg
It’s everything you wanted593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpRxUgdA8W
It’s everything you don’t593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADo6xh60xa
It’s one door swinging open and one door swinging closed593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsRllUBZkb
Some prayers find an answer593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ514jdwdAxR
Some prayers never know593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHXw79UAaw
We’re holding on and letting go
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOdwpRPKI4
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNgUyfTww6
“Come on, Katherine; Breathe. Breathe for me,” he said after fifteen minutes of nothing, as he continued trying. “I need you to breathe. I know you’ve been through Hell, but you need to breathe.”
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmierZCZj7Q
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1H8YHxXxas
Yeah, letting go593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZAurj4iJR
It’s everything you wanted593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXxDzsHbjs
It’s everything you don’t593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKX3v9eKIB4
It’s one door swinging open and one door swinging closed593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPEKeaOGit
Some prayers find an answer593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaX4xKjk6rB
Some prayers never know593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIDtZorjPS
We’re holding on and letting go
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDSNLL44oV
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMZOszsCQ2
After a few more minutes of nothing, he heard her heart and stopped. She then coughed, revived.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡms4g4LX0Kd
“That a girl,” he commented, strangely relieved that she was alive. Maybe it was because he was alone and needed companionship and something to do. Whatever it was that relieved him, he didn’t care.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pwN8lhwL7
He put her arm around his shoulders and slid an arm under her, pulling her gently into his arms.
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHX4bLMiaE6
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1qdGu7bnR
It’s everything you wanted593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRX806PLCjc
It’s everything you don’t593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiu2tf5uodo
It’s one door swinging open and one door swinging closed593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrh4XZAfwl
Some prayers find an answer593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgllR0jEzjB
Some prayers never know593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqEfHZn3UM
We’re holding on and letting go
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcz7e3XkYnO
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCAILYItmM
Feeling an arm under her and wanting to know who had brought her back to life after she had succeeded in escaping from Kai in the 1994 prison world, she opened her eyes to see her elder childe. It surprised her, considering he hated her the most out of everyone.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVMWS63uZX
“Damon?” she questioned in a whisper, feeling weak and tired.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGpEpVUxGW
She felt another arm under her legs.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAB3Yh5eHk4
“It’s me,” he assured her.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVK5dMLbI8r
She felt the wind, which let her know that he was using vamp speed. That’s when she realized that she was probably injured from Kai. Realizing that, flashes of what Kai had done to her came back to her. Then her vision began to blur.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYV1gDkwdr
“Hey; stay with me, Katherine. Look at me; Focus,” he encouraged.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nhMn4cOeh
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFhZcX7FbJ
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9hExDvlqr
As her vision began to dim, she felt something like a hospital bed. Then there was some pain, as she felt him taking care of her lower stomach wound. Then she felt a gentle hand on the side of her face.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrl7ESDa9Sm
“You need to fight it, Katherine,” he encouraged, seeing that she was starting to lose the fight, just as he finished with her stomach wound and started in on her thigh.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkbejFVsvV
Just as everything began to go gray, she felt him finish with her thigh and rest a hand on her forehead.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK21cZQfDNB
“I’m right here, Katherine. I’m not going anywhere. Just keep fighting,” was the last thing she heard. Then everything went black.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14scGO2U3B
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FNoOy6uDi
593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObtntbqyjv
She didn’t know how long she was out, but when she came to, she saw that she was in his bed with him seated on her bedside, hand in hers, and she felt a lot better.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hH4A74rUp
She gave a smile, glad that he had saved her life.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuambXGv07d
“Thanks.”593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GD80eaYvO
He smiled back.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzh9zdIgSy
“You’re welcome. Welcome home, Katherine. Get some rest. You need it.”593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQmlBttdfc
She smiled again.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAYFRlaBfT
He gave a smile, before kissing her hand and then leaving the room.593Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLI8fXYdLua
She watched him go, before taking his advice.
