It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3V2rKR7Ibw
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4yQC3SDuZ
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrvNx0hmy3
"I choose you, Katherine."654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXqdlYiOT0
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. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFHk3gmwEu
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmx5rVZOhy
"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. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHMg6oYLCa
He bent towards the cut. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfoGOhA9Uf
"I choose you, Katherine."654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqaR7YjRGt
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. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8CX8kNrSZ
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhf8tLJlKRU
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVg3dGPOhfc
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAiwQjD503
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRKcta9i2O
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. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtN6kDHlR7p
"Let's go home," she stated.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tp4XKEvsb
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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. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYIeisUMbT
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. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmz2nExkbP
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHo33RuZs4G
"You won't. I'm here until the very end."654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JZZ5dQGnG
"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbph2au75g
"I love you, too."654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4x6ci8En3
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAG5Ugwtnn
He closed his eyes. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96OUrXFatr
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIrSQQaBdx
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6Trf10MHc
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JzEyEIm9y
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7M9c2k3dMZ
She took it from him. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxfN5U9hqd
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3xvyCPLKu
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTqlouJCpd
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 654Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRdOfNQCfA
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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.
