Summary: Set somewhere around "Do Not Go Gentle." What if Kat ran into a newly turned Ric? What will happen?776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJ0M7Axe6T
It was a beautiful night in Mystic Falls, Virginia as Katherine Pierce sat at the bar next to Alaric.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJBpQ5xzsQ
"Hello, Alaric," she greeted.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LGSlC0BPv
"Katherine."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqO8rDqJHM
"Do you know where I might find Elijah?" she questioned.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5P2tMUs68a
"Go away."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGkVKrqBET
"Why? I thought we left on good terms."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPL7NQwl7S
"I don't want you here. Take a hint, will you?"776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSLPrzQZlt
Then the familiar scent hit her; vampire.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvUZU3IOFt
"What happened to you?" she asked him.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjONWxGn9TP
"Esther turned me. Now I'm going to kill every vampires, starting with Klaus."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLsLMucFJ4
She clenched her teeth and gasped in pain, as he stabbed her with a dagger. And then she felt the familiar sensation of having a hard time breathing. And that's when she knew the dagger had vervain on it. Now she couldn't go anywhere without help and she was too shaky to move on her own, much less get her phone out to call for help. All she could do was clutch the bar with both hands to keep from falling.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOoZ6PECN5
"We should help her," she heard Caroline Forbes say, a moment after she smelled Tyler and Caroline when they walked in.
"Why?" she heard Tyler ask.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLToMQiIrQK
"She had to have come back for a reason. And that reason wasn't to get vervained by Alaric. She needs help. We have to help her."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjfJvMohJ0
"Fine. You stay here. I'll get away from him. He can't hurt me like he can you."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT86p9P4dmh
A few minutes later, she smelled his scent. He was behind her. She felt a gentle hand on her right upper arm and knew it was Tyler's.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OoI6kHxQb
I'm saved, she thought to herself.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwG0RmuKAnH
"Let's get out of here," she heard Tyler say.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLA8s1g9TN
She slowly got off the stool and onto her feet, as he held a hand on her arm to help her keep her balance.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwqyH0xKb0
Before she knew it, they were outside the Mystic Grille. Tyler still had his hand on her arm and Caroling had a hand on her other arm.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0vfBo68EZ
"What happened?" Caroline asked her as gently as she could. All she knew was that she smelled vervain with something else she couldn't place.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMeShsIX1N
"I asked him where Elijah was and he told me what happened to him. Then he stabbed me," Kat summarized.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTjjtb2qkB
"And before that?" Tyler asked.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEn9iAJ3C0H
"I killed the hybrids Klaus sent after me. They attacked, though. That's why I was looking for Elijah. He's the only one I can trust to get me the cure without having to sacrifice anything. And Elijah still cares about me. We had something when I was human and before I came to live in America."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxP1hJR7TZ
Tyler and Caroline looked at one another. They knew they had to do something, but they didn't know where they would find Elijah.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwBa8GmVII
As she started to feel weak, Kat saw Damon.
Damon had been walking up to the Mystic Grille, when he had seen Tyler and Caroline outside holding Katherine up. Then he was instantly in front of them.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aGSuESyC3
"What happened to her?" Damon asked them, though he looked at Katherine.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUDpSbFcvr
"She was vervained by Alaric. Before that, she was attacked by his hybrids. She killed them," Tyler answered.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2lYMHhy7x
"I'll take care of her."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJGMdb2ld8
"She said she wanted to ask Elijah to get the cure for her."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLgSyACg8W
"Then I'll find him and take care of her."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmYVAKrfyR
She felt the vampiress and hybrid leave to go inside. Then she was alone with Damon.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKbbpnUvWB
He kept his eyes on her, as he assessed her condition.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZSpEoMC9m
"Katherine."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzv3WWTwbLs
"Damon?" was all she got out, as everything went black.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdvVhU816N
The elder Salvatore brother caught her from hitting the ground. Then he picked her up in his arms and walked the route to Elena's. He couldn't use his super speed. There were too many people around.
She groaned as she came to, and realized that she was in Damon's arms. Then she felt an urge. It was a side effect of the vervain.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Cu9Jb1OzY
Damon set her on her feet and watched her, as she knelt down by a bush by Elena's walkway and coughed up blood. He knew it would come. This wasn't the first time he had seen her in a vervained state. As she coughed up blood, he knelt by her. Before he could pull the dagger out of her lower stomach, he smelled Elena's scent. That's what made him look up.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iSRb03Rw5
Elena was heading out the door, when she saw Damon and Katherine. She knew from the scene that something was wrong. She left the house and didn't stop until she stood by them.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRmrdLpz4S
"Damon, what's going on?"776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3F6sX48G39
He looked up at her.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrL5LyTUlt3
"Elena, you should go back inside; but if you must know, Ric vervained her. To top if off, she was bitten by hybrids before she killed them."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5zFzEv9LJ
He pulled the dagger out and handed it to the doppelganger.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52Bd7sQVjX
"Take it."
Kat finished and used the sleeve of her jacket to clean her face, before she looked up at Elena.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7u8nRbdL1W
"Elena," she greeted.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHofZAfmV2x
Damon got to his feet, as he helped his Sire to her feet. He could tell she was weak, as he did so.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MUncJle1C
"She can stay in my room and I'll watch her," Elena announced.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWf9noXxM4r
"Thanks," Kat told her descendant.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGl1MCnp6M
"We should get her inside," Damon said.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWmP56YAIp
Before she knew it, everything went dark again.
When she woke up for the second time tonight, she was on her back on Elena's bed. Her jacket was off and her wounds had been tended to. Her journal was on top of the end table and Elena was seated on her bedside with a wash cloth in hand. She stared at the wall as she saw her pa' pa and ma' ma, too weak to cry. And then they disappeared and she saw Rose. She thought it odd to see her Sire that hadn't liked her in the beginning. But she didn't care. She just wanted to know if she would live or die. Then she finally looked at Elena, as Elena continued to damp the cloth on her face to cool her down.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBagFnF4WRS
"I'm sorry, Elena. I'm sorry for what I did. Forgive me. Tell Damon that I have always cared and loved them both. I never chose either of them. I love you too, Elena. You are the last of my Petrova family. I hope you will all forgive me," she whispered.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbE9bcBHuW
"I forgave you a long time ago. And I think Damon will forgive you after a while. Just hand on," Elena replied.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqC8HhtZALF
"I don't know how much longer I can, Elena."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLn4t7JwWf
"Try, Katherine."
Damon stood by the stairs, as he spoke to Rebecca.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mhmHd72QP
"Please, Rebecca. Do this for me, at least."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dMhj9kOR9
"Fine."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUfE2ifBvA
"Good. Meet me at Elena's."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr44e5Har2C
He hung up.
"I'm going to find Elijah!" he yelled up the stairs at Elena and Kat. Then he left.
When Katherine woke up, she felt better. She saw that Elijah and Elena were both at her side.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0NPXOVe9j
"You should go help Damon. My sister has stepped out of line," he told Elena.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPBobSaLwI
She obeyed.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqt985MZu7
Katherine sat up in bed.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOy6Uc30dO
He gave her a shot glass of blood and she drank it, before she gave it back to him. He then set it back on the end table and she got to her feet.
She put her jacket back on and he bit his wrist.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTXVYbCTCR
"It'll heal you faster," he said, as he held it out to her.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSY1ijsxB1
She drank from him for a few minutes, before she let go.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzLwi31PVR
She watched him vanish, and then she headed down the stairs.
Once down the stairs, she saw the scene. There was a dagger in Damon's chest. He was slumped against the threshold. Elena was knelt in front of him with fear. Elijah and Rebecca were gone.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetIRqb6yst
Kat knelt by them.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtVVcm7avX
"He'll be okay," she assured her.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfnTP0RKlL
Katherine gently drug him into the hallway and Elena closed the door. The vampiress then knelt down with his back against her, and bit her wrist. She put it to his lips and made her blood go down his throat, as she used her free hand to pull the dagger out. She tossed it to the floor and Elena knelt at his right side.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsb6oGZGN0T
A few minutes later, he came to. Then, once he felt better, he stopped drinking and she took her wrist away. It obviously healed.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPl2Si8LhRF
He looked up at her.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MR620SfSB
"Katherine."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHrzd2lLia
"Welcome back, Damon."776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3hndsK1yI
"I could say the same thing," he answered.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JKieAJy8A
The three of them smiled at one another.
