It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEWqC42lNI
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4T7AnfqpS
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3stVZel1N
"I choose you, Katherine."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLOWaeDX2a
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. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qPkH9xInZ
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1d8PO5ODf
"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. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriEaNBGyVk
He bent towards the cut. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPiJ0KHC7q
"I choose you, Katherine."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQ5wB6gGt6
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. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYsyqtidN1
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgIPU5e5cM
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhb4sIZXqj
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYCEwm5368
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayRcQJifJE
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. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOvJ1Mko3Z
"Let's go home," she stated.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzG2EpI8L3
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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. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6KB4s1ASQ
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. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1KtZg5NwW
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElg2eJnXcy
"You won't. I'm here until the very end."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaCMnE2m9t
"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJpcX4oUb6
"I love you, too."700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Qo4pnQO6h
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1jBr3UKac
He closed his eyes. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLVufJtY7c
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj62zufYznb
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUXfDyRSbj
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jmiiwVvZ0
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSKZhaNzmT
She took it from him. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSYJKvl5iP
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj35Asyvr4S
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡST1er0I516
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 700Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEFC6RtCSz
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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.
