Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXpCtyUcZF
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrdHUGGzU7
If I asked you to dance?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUnMTFCAYm
Would you run and never look back?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeaOI4fJBl
Would you cry576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTJ0NdSzS3
If you saw me crying?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0mOfJTSxY
Would you save my soul tonight?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrNfH3FROZ
Would you tremble576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KYgmjmhyF
If I touched your lips?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhKEjhfYPC
Would you laugh?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAADxTRtvg
Oh, please tell me this576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRVr48EEi0
Now would you die576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbsFD6y2bO
For the one you love?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0LYArY8rE
Hold me in your arms tonight576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5TivrNT8k
I can be your hero, baby576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGITAuLjLhH
I can kiss away the pain576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNtwKYh0TU
I will stand by you forever576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdDbQFdhRd
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzZFRrocLI
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIVQicLCUr
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1YD4A3t0z
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RXyUiNaQs
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04BAjxvJq9
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4iWObxfht
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡji568iaAFn
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5C5ZemKtIq
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHF1EeiJ43p
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOGkQIbbtV
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TcqoEVwvc
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPXQcU4duT
“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.”576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenk5Fvr2Tc
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleXA40eSYR
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zuKzD74VI
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOeF4bHsvs
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANgClQcQkX
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGw8BdTt5Nq
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYTXqnU0yO
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPelzfG3n6
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPwzofPshe
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?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuehV0AUBdp
Would you lie?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtJgyK3QQM
Would you run and hide?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULgvvN0Zfa
Am I in too deep?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHOGAQ6EGZ
Have I lost my mind?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1XNEx35un
I don’t care576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Y5qQr9wIY
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaYq8j44Uf
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HoXSmAd56
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsC2VXOiZr
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEf5FrUX3k
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3a9bz0YO8R
“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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6aIVO000A
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMYkUreNcn
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs50Is0M9bt
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIQePpSgJD
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpLSyNVOEw
“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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3hoMsyn0m
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIsC4PsiEM
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, baby576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9OGqz7ZeY
I can kiss away the pain576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FsF0eG5PN
I will stand by you forever576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmOTXhXC5d
You can take my breath away576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZcpHbkchY
Oh, I just want to hold you576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI30NDskOMI
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeqwsE8LOr
Am I in too deep?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxHluMKDaz
Have I lost my mind?576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTujpcRp7Z
Well, I don’t care576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPvgPtCepj
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSbTYwHG0O
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 1864.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGtAvIQgqh
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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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sMCT8iGc4
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxg3PyXMWs7
She turned around to face him and he let go.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZqPj4TE7w
“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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXivkmx8Bf
“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.”576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdYMKydT0l
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZt8wG9pzT
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1f1cpciD5
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4fUc2DVKo
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIvLATdRMc
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dxoHOG5Vk
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, baby576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTISZb4JEZZ
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8t7Wp2vOF5
I will stand by you forever576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMHAtGse87
You can take my breath away576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEKSJ4TMSD
(I can be your hero, baby)576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhQmpjdrEa
I can be your hero576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAT7iIgSvx
I can kiss away the pain576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6W9QgLTeg2
And I will stand by you forever576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBG9ZNEzjI
You can take my breath away576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJ05yBmatE
You can take my breath away576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MTjMvCGyM
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNci2mmDss
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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LqXBNRlSG
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV78LT45L8R
“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.”576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1F1f00AWM0
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6EhpihPDu
“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.”576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9f6N9XFaL
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4g9eEzED0
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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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LdF02kviI
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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.576Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOGoyW4Q8R
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
