Summary: What if Kat had arrived right after one of The Five had knocked Damon out?
Damon tried to get away from the guy and saw his tattoo on his hand.585Please respect copyright.PENANAozo8OzPlNX
"You're one of The Five."585Please respect copyright.PENANAOdybsmJRf9
He didn't have time for anything else, because everything went black.585Please respect copyright.PENANAkyB1u1WgVJ
The guy stood over Damon whom lay on his back and took out a stake. He raised it to strike, but at that moment, he was thrown a distance away. He stood up and saw a pissed off vampiress. He aimed the crossbow at her and fired, but she was instantly out of the way.585Please respect copyright.PENANAtGaBAXn10s
"We can play this game all you want, or you can leave and never bother any of us again."585Please respect copyright.PENANA7okFlqcQFy
He aimed to shoot again and she was instantly by him. She through his crossbow into the trees and kicked him to the ground.585Please respect copyright.PENANAA7d42qaojK
"I guess it's the hard way then," she said. "You see, family and friends are everything so I take hurting or killing them personally."585Please respect copyright.PENANAwUPMz9Ojbp
She grabbed him by the throat, ready to kill him, when he stabbed her with a stake in her stomach in attempt to get her off. She pulled it out and tossed it away.585Please respect copyright.PENANA12oISVS3S3
"Now that was just painful. That hurt."585Please respect copyright.PENANAh2Fu8JltXB
He attempted to stake her to kill her and they ended up rolling on the ground, fighting over the stake.
When she saw his tattoo on his hand, she used all her strength and stabbed the stake into his leg. Then she left him on the ground in pain to painfully kneel down beside Damon.585Please respect copyright.PENANA2K84wsf88r
The guy watched her in pain after he had put a dagger in her side. Now he knew she was in trouble and he didn't care. He had put werewolf poison and vervain on the dagger.585Please respect copyright.PENANAtvxPsVb8Ct
Katherine was too weak to pull the dagger out and she needed help, so all she could do was wait for Damon to awaken.
When Damon awoke not long afterward, he saw Katherine. The guy was gone and Kat didn't quite look right.585Please respect copyright.PENANAJAHBgG7JXW
"Katherine?"585Please respect copyright.PENANACxtVyq0iFm
He slowly sat up.585Please respect copyright.PENANAypfi7rgrWd
"It's me. I did what I could. I didn't kill him but now I need help," she summarized.585Please respect copyright.PENANA2LL89X552l
He looked at her closely to figure out what was wrong. Then he saw she was pale, sweating, looked weak, and there was a dagger in her left side. It was deep, protruding close to the middle of her abdomen. He knew what she had done in the past, but she needed him now. She needed every ounce of help she could get.585Please respect copyright.PENANAPEifiunbD1
He knelt in front of her.585Please respect copyright.PENANAWa3qsJA2Hf
"We need to get back to camp."585Please respect copyright.PENANApojIYwaQRm
He tried to pull the dagger out, but couldn't. The handle of it was laced with vervain. As soon as his hand burned, he pulled it away.585Please respect copyright.PENANAqwBBrHJPms
His hand stopped burning and he put an arm around her, getting them both to their feet.585Please respect copyright.PENANApxX7L9wmjK
She put an arm around his shoulders weakly and they walked to camp, Kat limping.
Elena was heading for the trees, when she smelled fresh blood close by with the mixture of Damon's scent. Then, a moment later, Damon walked in with a very pale, limping, bleeding Katherine.585Please respect copyright.PENANAzzgOep4f20
"Damon?" Elena questioned.
"She saved my life from one of The Five killing me. He daggered her with a vervained dagger," he explained.585Please respect copyright.PENANAiGyqUkyWsY
"Let's get her in my tent," she suggested, walking up to them.585Please respect copyright.PENANA4h9FRIDweg
Katherine started to lose consciousness.585Please respect copyright.PENANAvsVOym0B1e
Both vampires stood at either side of her and used their body weight to hold her up. Elena put an arm around her and put Kat's free arm around her shoulders. Then they both half walked half dragged her to the tent.
A few minutes later, she lay on her back on Elena's sleeping bag, half conscious.585Please respect copyright.PENANAlIOK0PrsmE
"I'm dying," she whispered.585Please respect copyright.PENANAQJt0Zwh6Kh
Both vampires knew what she met. There was werewolf poison on the dagger, too.585Please respect copyright.PENANA98uYmzwGNB
"We won't let you die," Elena promised her.585Please respect copyright.PENANAvIztMRJMvA
Just then, they sensed Jeremy. Then he walked in.585Please respect copyright.PENANARuLAMiROEl
"What's going on?" he asked.585Please respect copyright.PENANAqu76gFHLNt
"Jeremy, I want you to pull the dagger out. You're human. You can do it," Elena said.585Please respect copyright.PENANAIz8Uqyvei3
"We'll explain after you pull it out," Damon informed him.585Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4aI2nNoN3
Jeremy bent down and pulled it out, tossing it out of the tent.585Please respect copyright.PENANAPfmC4lQSt8
Kat gasped in pain.585Please respect copyright.PENANAEfLADxHGFG
"Shh. Shh, Katherine; it's okay; you'll be okay," Elena said, trying to calm her.585Please respect copyright.PENANAZC34td34MI
"While Elena babysits, I'll fill you in," Damon told Jeremy.585Please respect copyright.PENANAZcU2MqKBya
Jeremy and Damon left the tent.585Please respect copyright.PENANAMnivDyxJ0x
Elena rested a gentle hand on Katherine's forehead. She was sweating badly. She took her hand away. She knew there was one thing she could do to help her descendant. So she did just that. She started to unbutton her leather jacket and take it off her to cool her down a little. Then, once it was off, Elena set it down in a corner.585Please respect copyright.PENANA6D4MjC9MTr
Suddenly, a sharp pain sliced through her and Kat screamed in excruciating pain.585Please respect copyright.PENANANiBCMbkG1K
Elena tried to soothe her.
"So, what are you going to do?" Jeremy asked, having been filled in.585Please respect copyright.PENANAoLSRcDkWhn
"We either need to get her home or call Klaus," Damon replied.585Please respect copyright.PENANAiUVWUEKjZM
"I'll call Klaus," Damon heard Elena say from the tent.585Please respect copyright.PENANACJQLLFqspQ
Stefan and Rebekah came into camp.585Please respect copyright.PENANAKj2wZbfGuR
"What about Klaus?" Stefan asked.585Please respect copyright.PENANATSism9x77M
"Katherine's here. She saved my life from one of The Five. Now she's dying. Elena's with her. She's calling Klaus," Damon answered his brother.585Please respect copyright.PENANA2erkeyZ2Xr
"What's she even doing here in the first place?"585Please respect copyright.PENANAv9BqZZhAyr
"I don't know, Stefan. Why don't you ask her yourself? I didn't have time to ask her. All I know is there's an injured one of The Five out there and Katherine's dying."
Elena called Niklaus and waited for an answer.585Please respect copyright.PENANAYKZdqotXKg
"Hello, Elena. What can I do for you?"585Please respect copyright.PENANAYUTHvcYlTb
"It's Katherine. She's dying. You have to help her."585Please respect copyright.PENANAFQZ9hlpVyD
"What did Katerina get into this time?"585Please respect copyright.PENANATw1jv7cU7J
"She saved Damon's life from one of The Five. He stabbed her with a dagger with werewolf poison and vervain on it. Pleas, Klaus."585Please respect copyright.PENANAhafJMyaGol
"If you get your friend to untrap me, I'll come over."585Please respect copyright.PENANASVSe3iIvRA
"I'll see what I can do. Are you really going to help, or do you just want free?"585Please respect copyright.PENANA9qsj2k9Dve
"I want both, luv."585Please respect copyright.PENANAdAk1jab6Xw
Another pain sliced through her and Kat screamed in excruciating agony.585Please respect copyright.PENANAZnHnal7wHW
"Thanks, Klaus."585Please respect copyright.PENANAzvHxYsuTuV
They hung up.585Please respect copyright.PENANAf5VJ7sHPMI
"Hang in there," Elena said.
Damon looked at them.585Please respect copyright.PENANAHFQxKhsHXs
"We need Bonnie so Klaus can cure her."585Please respect copyright.PENANAxlT0IUJa0v
"I'll find her," Stefan volunteered.585Please respect copyright.PENANAd6UGHKbOdF
Damon watched him go.585Please respect copyright.PENANAkMOvGxyhsD
"It's quite amazing, you know. One moment, you're in love with her. The next moment, you want to kill her. Now you want to save her life," Rebekah said. "It's fascinating, really."585Please respect copyright.PENANAGuv8m4DWu6
He looked at her.585Please respect copyright.PENANAT6USvYYWbP
"You don't understand."585Please respect copyright.PENANAipAtNDVIW2
"You're right. I don't. But I would if you'd explain it to me."585Please respect copyright.PENANAmULmxVwFhG
"I'd rather not. I think I'll pass."585Please respect copyright.PENANAG7RAcwsaJl
"Very well, then."585Please respect copyright.PENANAAli3dlwSOh
"Rebekah, why don't you make yourself useful and go after my brother?"585Please respect copyright.PENANAyyluO6vuWw
"Or I could stay here," she replied, sitting down by the campfire on a log.585Please respect copyright.PENANAKqs07yv2Yb
"You're stubborn," he commented.585Please respect copyright.PENANAH2tsIw7z3i
He headed for the tent.
Elena looked down at the unconscious vampiress, hoping Bonnie would do it and Klaus would get here soon. She felt so helpless. All she could do was look after her and watch Katherine slowly die. She didn't want to lose yet another family member. She sure as hell didn't want to watch another die.585Please respect copyright.PENANAihQkMHBwUB
Damon walked inside and knelt by her beside Elena. He looked down at her; if only he had known why she had come here in the first place. He hoped she wouldn't die. He saw she was even worst and her breathing was labored.585Please respect copyright.PENANAHZH5twrYhz
Hang in there, he thought to her, not sure if she could hear him or not.
By the time Klaus walked into the tent, she was just minutes from death. It was heard for her to breathe and all she could do was lay there and wait for the time of death.
Klaus knelt down at her right side, as she closed her eyes and her head rolled to the left.585Please respect copyright.PENANAGKsbTdjdHb
"Katerina, Katerina," he said.585Please respect copyright.PENANA9lnL0MxLFT
He pulled her gently into his arms and positioned her head gently back. He bit his wrist and put it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat.585Please respect copyright.PENANATYGiA7mh76
After he knew he had given her enough, he layed her gently back down and got to his feet.585Please respect copyright.PENANArD6MZxOrUU
"Thank you," Elena said.585Please respect copyright.PENANAFiMTGmq8J9
"You're welcome. Now I must go."585Please respect copyright.PENANAFGuM5TGW1S
Klaus left the tent.
Half an hour later, Kat came to to see Damon and Elena at either side of her.585Please respect copyright.PENANA9phxmD5RZm
"Hey," Elena greeted.585Please respect copyright.PENANAbHGknuKwtV
"Feeling better?" Damon asked.585Please respect copyright.PENANAzxQv3WxW3C
"Yeah; thanks; to all of you."585Please respect copyright.PENANA1uBYiUnzO5
"So, why were you here in the first place?"585Please respect copyright.PENANAfVoOwvotQL
"To help find the cure," she told him. "You may find it shocking and all, but I want that cure. I never wanted this. I only turned to get away from Klaus, but it didn't matter. He came after me, anyway. I want the cure as much as Elena here and you once did and Stefan. I can name off others that want it, too."
Damon was shocked that she wouldn't want to stay a vampire after all she had done.
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