Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWV8ppBouhe
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DhmMIyYq4
If I asked you to dance?584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkITJNGSm8
Would you run and never look back?584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRt7RgIl4H
Would you cry584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWjytcnw43
If you saw me crying?584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxC0kl4jbKa
Would you save my soul tonight?584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8e5D695vg
Would you tremble584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMW4dA9GqG8
If I touched your lips?584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rs3toeC2i
Would you laugh?584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Myqt3QvHE
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Now would you die584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSq19QaEHtv
For the one you love?584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8vCseiVYz
Hold me in your arms tonight584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvz6JpS5RK
I can be your hero, baby584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTjHYi4YC0
I can kiss away the pain584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzIEdWRyXR
I will stand by you forever584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYirympQ7l4
You can take my breath away
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It was a beautiful day, as Damon knocked on Ric’s apartment door and waited for someone to open the door. Klaus was keeping her hostage, so he thought he’d come by and give her a vial of vervain to use so he couldn’t compel her. He hated Katherine, but no one deserved torture, captivity, or being ripped of their free will. If she was alive, he’d help her the best of his ability.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMdSMqsjK1
Ten minutes later, when no one opened the door, he figured he should see what was going on, so he did just that. He walked inside, closing the door behind himself. That’s when he saw her on her back on the floor, skin burning in the sun, and a bite on the left side of her neck. Because of the burning, he assumed that Klaus had taken her Daylight bracelet.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJU01Pmqis
He went over and closed the curtains to stop the burning. She was a vampire just like himself. If a vampire burned long enough, they’d die. He didn’t know how long that she’d been burning. If he hadn’t come today, she probably would’ve died before the sun went down.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡns0IQyhnXo
He knelt at her side and scanned her with his eyes. He’d gotten to her just in time, since she had started showing veins from burning in the sun. The veins were starting to disappear and her skin was starting to heal, but not as quickly as vampires usually do. He knew it was from the vicious bite.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMm4bsZYU8S
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7vtZ2OSWr
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ejssriLch
When she didn’t reply or move a muscle, he patted her right cheek gently, his right hand resting on her forehead to keep her head still. In this state, she was fragile. He hated to call her that, but she was burning up. That, and she looked very weak and pale, not to mention, he was having a hard time waking her up. If and when she woke up, she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere. She’d be too weak to stand, much less walk. Even if she did wake up before he left with her, he’d still have to carry her.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDrq4UKKGy
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvH2P0xAKFd
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHgQAzAq50
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9170Q1RbS
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ttZO8YqdP
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZvy6juA5d
“Don’t worry. I’m not here to kill you. I’m not an hallucination either. I’m getting you out of here, but you need to tell me where he’s go the cure. Surely, he didn’t leave you to die without leaving the cure behind.”584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡag51FG3QVr
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcleeLbIsi
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgdQcMR6Q4
She blurrily watched him go and turned her head to the left to watch him look for the cure; Klaus’ blood. As she did, everything began to seem too far away. She was also in a lot of pain from the bite and felt tired.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVzRAl5KIr
Once he’d found the vial of Klaus’ blood as well as her Daylight bracelet, he put the vial inside his jacket and blurred back over to her.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxELv5Uw3o
Once knelt at her side, he could tell that she was about to go under again. He removed her jacket and slipped her Daylight bracelet on her wrist, before putting her arm around his shoulders and pulling her gently into his arms. Then he got to his feet and looked down at her.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QPm6c5pZg
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZcdeeBRjY
He blurred towards his car outside and gently sat her in the passenger’s seat, before taking the vial out. By this time, she’d gone under.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVkk3Ej2Z7
He slid an arm under her head, gently positioning her head back. Then he put the vial to her lips, making the cure go down her throat. Then, after he figured she’d had enough, he layed her head on the seat again and closed the door. Then he drank the rest, having been bitten by Tyler, and got in the driver’s seat. Then he drove away, towards the boarding house.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxupCyQqCY
Later, she was cured and lived to see yet another day.
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*Before Sunset*
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Would you swear that you’ll always be mine?584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgY8gciHyUy
Would you lie?584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszeTCfTQa0
Would you run and hide?584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2fdRxKfOW
Am I in too deep?584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlCcbO4CoC
Have I lost my mind?584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FrgypGlrn
I don’t care584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlC4NYnLvlP
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night at Mystic High, as everyone tried to kill Klaus. Katherine opened up a couple grenades saying, “Kaboom,” before throwing it at the hybrids that were coming to help Klaus. Killing Klaus didn’t happen in the end though, because Stefan stopped Damon to save him. If Klaus died, Damon would’ve been hunted down and killed by Klaus’ hybrids.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRf73i40gqN
Later that night, when Katherine was heading down a hall towards the side exit where she’d parked her car, she was pinned against a set of lockers by Rebekah. Apparently, someone had undaggered her and she had heard about the plan to kill Klaus. She knew that that meant that she was on vengeance strike. She definitely knew that when Rebekah plunged a hand through her chest.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmAHFt1MGn
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiF8uoUr9Oe
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAVixlolim
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIf1FJKiW6L
“I don’t doubt that you’re capable of killing all of us, but would you take away Elijah’s love? Could you live with yourself? You have too good of a heart. I don’t think you can kill me,” Katherine stated truthfully to her. She had no reason to lie. She didn’t know much about Rebekah.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRApDAzGj1K
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvtwFHAShC
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QcyLuzNhg
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQ2oDECSCZ
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KM1tSvJ51
“Maybe I’ll take you up on your offer,” she heart the ancient vampiress say. Then she felt the thing, maybe a stick, start to pierce her heart. Then she felt her ass on the floor and even more pain. Then it was as if she couldn’t breathe and she closed her eyes.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAxomSL52b
Damon, seeing the scene, snapped her neck and knelt in front of Katherine, before quickly pulling out the stick and tossing it to the floor. He then bit his wrist and put it to her lips to heal her quicker, which worked.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sbOFmgaZW
After she’d healed, he gently pulled her into his arms and blurred off wit her.
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*Graduation*
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I can be your hero, baby584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkP0FZu9d1
I can kiss away the pain584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuk9uJ30qA2
I will stand by you forever584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ08CGud7x6
You can take my breath away584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡif0zoPoGco
Oh, I just want to hold you584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprcyq8mrjm
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9L9aFfRD7h
Am I in too deep?584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsm8UwAq2R
Have I lost my mind?584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXYn0408KY
Well, I don’t care584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRSbNiGeaa
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night, as Damon searched for Katherine through each Mystic High hall, having heard from Elena that she had shoved the cure down her throat when Katherine had almost killed her. It had been a few hours ago, but he hoped she’d still be here somewhere. He knew her as well as he knew himself. As a vampire, she had everything going for her. As a human, she’d be alone and scared, not to mention hurt and maybe a little paranoid.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJHr97M3NC
When he’d found the hall they’d fought in, she was gone, so he went back to his car to try and find her elsewhere. He’d search every road of Mystic Falls if he had to. For some reason, her being human made him care about her well-being. He hadn’t cared about her since 1864.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCZPcvG0qt
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Twenty minutes later, he found her limping down one of the desolate roads. Knowing her, he figured asking her to get in would prove to be unsuccessful, so he pulled over and got out.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStponMBdM8
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYgto68pIL
She turned around to face him and he let go.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0glne4Dzh
“Come to celebrate in my misery? Come to finish what Elena started? Go ahead. Put me out of my misery,” she said with anger, angry at herself that she’d been defeated by her baby vampire doppelganger, and taking it out on him.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWDLXUVL1e
“I’m not here for either reason. I’m going to help you. You need help. You’re human, injured, and not as powerful as you were. Let me help you.”584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3TMIWr6Dx
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNoRgIld9i
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0VGsqDCMY
He blurred right behind her and put an arm around her. Then he knelt down with her against him. That when he saw a shard of glass in her thigh and a bigger shard of glass in her stomach.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OvL6U0Hly
Once he’d gotten her in the car, he pulled both out, tossing them to the ground, and used a towel from the backseat to tie around her thigh. He used the other one for her other wound.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPugnj2vUjz
As he drove, he used his right hand to apply pressure with the towel, trying to slow the bleeding. Normal people would’ve taken her to the hospital, but there was a first-aid kit at home. He figured that he could use that to get her wounds taken care of. He figured she’d ben find after that.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgjKmhTVF6
When he’d taken care of her wounds in his room, he was right. She’d be fine.
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*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
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I can be you’re hero, baby584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9nWePy46X
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCdPG4xnIn
I will stand by you forever584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybE4n7Bap1
You can take my breath away584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vyYqMwSq4
(I can be your hero, baby)584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0jmeczMUS
I can be your hero584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTseMWgZp4
I can kiss away the pain584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSxMftJyCZ
And I will stand by you forever584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbW1Ht6uFBZ
You can take my breath away584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmg3LLKiDI
You can take my breath away584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpycD9QRdI
I can be your hero
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“Katherine!” he yelled, as he raced towards his wrecked car that she sat in. He’d broken his promise he’d made to her that he’d protect her from Silas. Now she’d somehow caused his car to be totaled. The hood and both sides were crinkled, including the trunk. Also, all of the windows were shattered and he could smell a lot of blood; her blood.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLQLEGgG66
When he tried opening the door, it was jammed, so he forced it open. Then, when it opened, her left hand fell off the seat. He gently turned her head towards him and snapped her seatbelt in two. That’s when he saw that she had a dislocated shoulder and a piece of glass grazed in the right side of her neck. She had blood on either side of her head too and was bleeding from the back of her head, but he’d already seen that. He pulled the glass out and scanned the rest of her. Seeing more glass in her, he did the same he’d done with the first glass he’d seen in her. Then he used his vamp strength to move a piece of the car in the floorboard, to free her foot so he could get her to the hospital.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxC85v1K1rU
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZSb38ogsd
“Katherine, can you hear me? Open your eyes. I’m going to get you to the hospital. I just need you to open your eyes.”584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30clM68K5k
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9zhxW8ltK
“I’m so sorry, Katherine. Silas told me to hand you over in exchange of him telling me where Stefan is. I promise you, I will never do that again.”584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbKcKVtr8d
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxw7iBZujn
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Half an hour later, as she was rushed down the hall, because of her extensive injuries, her body was going into shock.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMu8WT1pdCl
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Hours later, after surgery, she was settled into a recovery room and he was told he could see her. So he went to sit on her bedside and rested his hand on top of her right one. She hadn’t woken up yet, so he was just silent, happy that she was alive.584Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0XeZ3bgKJ
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
