It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsbUhnyTON
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwl2kIRivI1
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKs9UuvmsG
"I choose you, Katherine."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQCIu6chjG
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. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoKMbtKyeC
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUMgYpkLTR
"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. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS44VMU1XTT
He bent towards the cut. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoe8iWpeLyw
"I choose you, Katherine."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tWTZMXghE
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. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6cZr77kci
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalMNkd7Wzg
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0m1BMi89V3
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajTocrev4r
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrK01vixYKH
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. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pSrh8zbho
"Let's go home," she stated.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvcwSVryyr
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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. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vVoGK2guD
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. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlDmZcKsZX
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOWnF6krun
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"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gqXbgLiiI
"I love you, too."684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7QuWe3j8s
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Rgotw3M5Z
He closed his eyes. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2Qr7gtRm8
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzohgd7YsW
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXu5mXo32F
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrV83dNb8bP
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26BNuprmOX
She took it from him. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BxuxI6igq
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQkkKGbabO
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2wXWwFqj8
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 684Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsppmmsiYyV
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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.
