It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47lnP7Gjqn
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGs4sEHAA4V
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jCsC0VfMX
"I choose you, Katherine."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqUsVDE2nN
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. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKvvbAg6Rb
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpknZMx5CN
"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. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNi3CZundyW
He bent towards the cut. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2GIxBW20K
"I choose you, Katherine."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVaiJgQ8jn
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. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfL9ief36mK
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8iYiJEETX
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7W0xHfOEQ
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudibeKNrPw
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqHSkJtUHB
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. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDpR5iEjLE
"Let's go home," she stated.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7J0FfhXZjb
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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. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwoo9NI8GG
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. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnN6OW785T
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKt02OeMitb
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"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhJZRDK5Pq
"I love you, too."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXiDPC9Da9
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5ih9x8zJW
He closed his eyes. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kcPbB5OFo
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dt8j0POge
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYG1kbOwHtM
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNHOXE2qC0
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqDEYIbZmN
She took it from him. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcPOMSvodd
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzyZUNhTvP
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHadrdhvsJy
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3ceZCGSte
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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.
