It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 473Please respect copyright.PENANA5tdZaOgs4x
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.473Please respect copyright.PENANAm1bG9pNRom
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.473Please respect copyright.PENANAAeg7hVuswI
"I choose you, Katherine."473Please respect copyright.PENANAXDkeKlYXW7
When he went for the side of her neck, she knew what he was hallucinating.
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*Flashback-1864*
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It was a dark night in the Mystic Falls woods, as Katherine stood with her back up against a tree, human Damon in front of her. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAUcggpb10jC
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAkd0Iu4pN42
"If you want it, take it," she instructed, teaching him something she had always done as long as she had been a vampire; take whatever you want, no matter the cost to others. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAEgFSRXPk9f
He bent towards the cut. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAAbKXU2aULY
"I choose you, Katherine."473Please respect copyright.PENANAMM387tT8O4
She smiled.
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*end of flashback*
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She rested gentle but firm hands on either side of his head, making him stop, keeping him from biting her and making him look at her. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAfXLAk3fLpm
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 473Please respect copyright.PENANA2KltjP3zzg
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAx4K1pKO1Ev
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAkIVXP0BOH2
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAYYww7N8GXu
When he began to lose his balance from sudden weakness, she was instantly beside him and put an arm around him to help him. She then used her body weight to keep him on his feet. 473Please respect copyright.PENANADBIeH3wfVy
"Let's go home," she stated.473Please respect copyright.PENANAShp1VfSI8C
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Half an hour later, he lay in bed with his sire wetting his face down with a cool wet wash cloth. He was very pale and weak. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAXNBhDOmtFM
As she sat beside him on his bed, she felt helpless. She was helpless next to him. She was his sire and girlfriend. She was supposed to protect or at least save him, but all she could do was watch him slowly and painfully die. Her only hope was for Stefan to get the cure and bring it in time. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAXC02PqAQCS
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAy9w7VO3z5T
"You won't. I'm here until the very end."473Please respect copyright.PENANAo4F2jyNlFd
"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAAsZeCKfYNz
"I love you, too."473Please respect copyright.PENANAbrrdri6WhT
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAOJkUTeZ0bT
He closed his eyes. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAKYXhYUw6iZ
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 473Please respect copyright.PENANANGW4ehHc7t
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.473Please respect copyright.PENANAuRREb4YoUk
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAkUjom9FNPc
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 473Please respect copyright.PENANAVt2rUr6DGI
She took it from him. 473Please respect copyright.PENANA2NwdWvt4yo
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 473Please respect copyright.PENANA1u1Tix4YyQ
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 473Please respect copyright.PENANA04bNwh7Tjn
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 473Please respect copyright.PENANATNWYSdf7tB
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Half an hour later he came to, cured, and she told him what he had missed. Now it was time to get Stefan back on track.