Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29eva9Ge48
*The Last Day*
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If I asked you to dance?578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGRA9s5TsC
Would you run and never look back?578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrBTxkAuB4
Would you cry578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRJOuwHtI5
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Would you save my soul tonight?578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBVhJxGc1H
Would you tremble578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQVZk7gtQP
If I touched your lips?578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxLoRcbNth
Would you laugh?578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlqhhiYTQY
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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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDRxWofFfs
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRfkzjozKa
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMLpLMKQB8
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTKaLMeRmE
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ya4SndyW5
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnHfYQpiXs
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVg8M9Vju2
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabXoEXMpxu
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFmACH0Tan
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZB0Twwahne
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mYKi5LKZK
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWwxP6w0TI
“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.”578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7z8OcfWxs
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEmJVYM3GZ
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2MEuQxkvB
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFDTwWQpkZ
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUqjjFyA7n
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2fzXZJPp4
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7x4eWlir1
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutVmS0xM8e
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprP9y57Bpm
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?578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhTYRbT9L9
Would you lie?578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZX8ihRWgA
Would you run and hide?578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwI3mXfwzC2
Am I in too deep?578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtio78cCem
Have I lost my mind?578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAb651tJpeg
I don’t care578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3IEmmKHzy
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvnlVTeSpP
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaiNy1aMdM
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDf9y8xyCf
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1yoZJGHDA
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqw7C3tcodx
“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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvCmpbbIA4
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKriMPdebB
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VN4ucrdtT
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3huxmHqFR
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2fwGtWQPH
“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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5s3KwvATo
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeNRH9fJvh
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, baby578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcz7TyvzoPV
I can kiss away the pain578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3hEYQzbea
I will stand by you forever578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBWuCu8Xgh
You can take my breath away578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76atDiWRlK
Oh, I just want to hold you578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDt2pT1XOt
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9ykZ48WO5
Am I in too deep?578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzmNlikYnU
Have I lost my mind?578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGwqmPP59A
Well, I don’t care578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRToHmRjUQ
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4rErhc1Bl
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 1864.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPNIxNvHLW
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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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXFd8nOK6D
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXfI1JWlB0
She turned around to face him and he let go.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDbSrlZvbF
“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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxF56tC5Ad
“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.”578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA44CJFGIa3
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptnZx8MoVN
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqMl2PPjy1
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6qjh7Ij2Z
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRF4gxFWPIf
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarO43uAczK
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, baby578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPkCksDZ1n
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Jy6E59Xzw
I will stand by you forever578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7417pLOiWV
You can take my breath away578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77epji3UhP
(I can be your hero, baby)578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBXsZmysjR
I can be your hero578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnzI7DNeuM
I can kiss away the pain578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NQcXPv2I4
And I will stand by you forever578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtu2HOlW8l
You can take my breath away578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kFvy3GnIB
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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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyrYA8T0wl
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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0McvroaUoQ
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3iZMlEI4u
“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.”578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHItkbjnjaf
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvfq4kqGvv
“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.”578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtc4pdTtQjO
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡac9bj62uls
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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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZPtvOEDwr
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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.578Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zYLCwXuV3
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
