It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmqC56ekfA
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIHLiuY4MJ
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFWfRhCg4e
"I choose you, Katherine."686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJI7I4Tb97
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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaB9C5zO58p
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXQJAnUdn3
"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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiaSHlbuFK
He bent towards the cut. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbObwHS4q3N
"I choose you, Katherine."686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHXYBBD14W
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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56F7YQJDXs
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFUir83kfI
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXoetpZbNJ
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4R76FhsLRs
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmo8j9FgrfM
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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uDaSblrB1
"Let's go home," she stated.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO8Q31NMD9
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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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzAgoayxO0
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. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9EjrCvD2f
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgtqT6EIFJ
"You won't. I'm here until the very end."686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTM1xfFxyK7
"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbCTLZMy2y
"I love you, too."686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvssbFp1tdt
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9iWUKhJAf
He closed his eyes. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7wQ2vlrQI
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vdJgUj3No
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ0rIwKQ65
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJcpf4BMkr
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmpff5tCqV
She took it from him. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb469RoHmUC
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthsaqNppsn
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljTEwTzIIh
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ466HRAkUCE
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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.
