It was a beautiful day in Oregon, as Katherine Pierce drove out of town, heading for Mystic Falls to make sure those she cared about were okay. She couldn’t call because of nothing electric working or technology working anymore, so she had to drive. As she drove in the four door pickup truck she’d stolen, with windows down and the backseat full of all sorts of guns and ammo, she kept a hand gun in her lap, fully loaded. She wasn’t taken any chances. She also had a first-aid kit under the passenger’s seat and a full three containers of gasoline in the back of the truck.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwkDFgu6s2
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A few weeks later, she pulled up in the driveway of the Salvatore boarding house. It looked untouched, but she knew all too well that looks could deceive.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37Wjq1NMpN
She got out of the truck, closing the door as quietly as possible, the gun in her new holster she’d found a week ago.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4M91Rm3PX
She walked up to the door and knocked before walking in, closing the door behind herself.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDwT5kRHTb
“Damon?” she called.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9Cl4cdz3Z
She entered the living room, where she saw him by his drinking table, drinking from a bottle of Bourbon.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyF2LT8E0Pg
“In what universe do you have the right to be alive?” he said in the tone he always reserved for only her.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKAqq4FMc2
“Maybe because I’m still a survivor,” she said, knowing his real question was how she was still alive. “Look. I didn’t have to risk my life coming here, but I did. I came back to make sure you’re okay and alive.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XadeHh6m6
He finally looked at her. “Why would you even care? You didn’t care before, so why now? It’s different now. Everyone I’ve ever loved and cared for is dead.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDrbFyXUXo
“I’ve always cared. It was just easier for me if you thought that I didn’t. I know it’s bad now, but we have to stick together.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtsL3QB2Ii
“Thanks, but I’d rather take my chances here.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcW2ytnfhe
She sighed. “Fine. Just be careful and good luck.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvrJlwBW6a
He watched as she left.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVhYdTLHHy
After leaving, she drove around and found that those she had known or hadn’t known were dead. There was still one person left to check on though. She hadn’t seen her, so she assumed that she was home, staying as safe as she could.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDSf5yxAtP
She parked in front of the house and stood on the porch and knocked.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiHXUVjghs
“Caroline?” she called through the door.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVH6AQPpHnp
“Get out of here. Just go,” she heard from by the door on the other side.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkypodfQT4
“I know you’re alone now. I’m sorry for your loss. I know I’m not the best company in the world, but you don’t have to be alone. Damon already said no, which is understandable. I just want to help who I can. It’s best if we stick together. I have all the weapons and ammo we could need in the truck and a few other things we’ll need. If you pack now, we can get out of here before dark.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvnTLilcDc
Caroline didn’t like Katherine very much, but she’d seen enough zombie movies to know that Katherine was right.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiX0CmrgNZs
She sighed. “Fine. I’ll come.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4IkaPZkrC
A few minutes later, Katherine was driving out of town, Caroline in the passenger’s seat.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtVDNHyg5q
“Where are we going anyway?” Caroline questioned.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡule6dr02af
“New Orleans to the compound. Sure, it might be dangerous at first, but the compound is built strong enough to keep those zombies out. Plus, I need to know if they’re all alive.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYbMhgyoti
“Makes sense,” Caroline replied, agreeing with her for once.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavMvjpj3Gq
“Before we get there though, don’t be mad at Klaus, but I have to tell you something,” Kat informed the blonde.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvW8XceIjv
“What?” she asked, assuming that she wasn’t gonna like this.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfrbYjlFJb
As Kat drove, she told the blonde about the one night stand Klaus and Hayley had and about the baby named Hope they had had together.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXz56DQcMv
“That’s all I know,” she finished.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeHAKg5FkX
“When’s the last time you heard anything from New Orleans?” she asked the former vampiress.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfE5gGhCVS5
“A year. I haven’t heard anything since the cure was shoved down my throat. I haven’t even spoken to Elijah since he left right before I tried to kill my doppelganger in anger. I know I should be apologizing to Elena instead of you, but I’m sorry about that by the way.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BGP2tAOFF
“I’m sure he’s okay,” she assured the brunette.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnZYTmMROD
Kat was silent.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mvwdtbOcB
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Several weeks later, when they were half way to New Orleans, they saw a blonde and a guy with one hand, on the side of the road looking like they were having truck problems and were clearly arguing with each other.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiS5BoW6DVd
Kat stopped the truck in front of them and rolled down the automatic passenger’s window, looking at them.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLHX3ZKj9U
“Need some help?” she questioned.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDVsKoPC0S
They looked at them.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ju8jmpVzN
“We’ve got this, Sweet Cheeks,” the guy replied to her.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOarfafk4SG
“Clearly. Look; you’re in the middle of nowhere with nothing but highway. It’s dangerous. If you want, we could give you two a lift somewhere, or you can join us. We’re going to New Orleans to see if some friends are okay. Our friends have a strong compound,” Kat explained.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynzP6zbgGo
“We should go with them,” the blonde told him.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWMtEiJJi5
“Fine,” he replied.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStwVU1gKhX
“Great,” Kat said, and set the bag of weapons on the floorboard so there was space for them in the back.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKcdTGGiin
Once they were in, Kat continued the drive.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FQTl5iMta
“I’m Katherine by the way and this is Caroline. Who are you two?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatScGtBqOj
“I’m Andrea and this is Merle. We’ve been looking for the group I got separated from. His brother, Daryl, is with them.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTd1JqrK9B
“Well, nice to meet you. What did you do before the zombies happened?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXfkLXPXTU
“I was in college and sometimes spent the summer with my sister Amy and my father. He taught us how to fish. I lost her a year ago though. She turned into once of them and I had to shoot her,” Andrea explained.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKuQrcAqvS
“I’m sorry for your loss. Luckily my family is long dead, so they don’t have to get killed by zombies. It’s a new world now, so it’s best that we don’t keep secrets. My parents were slaughtered by the Original werewolf-vampire hybrid Klaus in 1492 as vengeance for me running and turning. I turned myself into a vampire and I’ve been a survivor ever since, but now I’m human again, because the cure for vampirism was shoved down my throat. Caroline has only been a vampire for a few years. You can choose to believe me or not, but it’s true.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFV7xKhyRl5
“I believe you. I’ve always been open-minded,” Andrea replied.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwytH9OCa5t
“Thanks. What did you do before?” she said to Andrea, before asking Merle the question.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaeSAsgIDM
“I’ll put it this way, Sweet Cheeks. I’m ex-military, but I also was in and out of jail a lot.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiJ8URR2NY
“Well, not everyone is perfect. I can be pretty bad myself. I’ve killed many for 500 years, but being human has changed me. I don’t go around killing people anymore. Caroline hates killing though,” Kat replied.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHTWaGgy6C
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A week later, they made it to New Orleans.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSpvgAiF8A
Kat parked in front of the compound and they followed Kat to the front door, who then opened the door and walked in. Andre and Merle also walked in. Kat stood by the door and looked at Caroline.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvNck1XC4M
“See if you can come in.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwtBMYfWFV
She tried but was barred.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0Sl3Hmf6r
“Let me call them so you can be invited in,” she told her, before calling loud enough for them to hear, “Anyone here?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSM95a7O0O
A blonde stranger holding a three year old girl appeared at the top of the stairs. “Come in.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsqfI8MPwE
Caroline walked in and Kat closed the door.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfOr9O8Jae
“Who are you?” Kat asked, once the girl was downstairs, standing in front of her.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeYM8qtJmy
“Elijah mentioned you might have a little bit of an attitude. I’m Freya. You might’ve heard of me. I was thought to be dead, but was actually taken as prisoner by our Aunt Dahlia.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3tNqHozCA
“Well, I’m glad that you found your family. This little one must be Hope,” Katherine said with a smile.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqP2QJ6Dup
“Yes. And she’s all yours if anything happens to the last of us.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqF1IruKTc
“What’s that supposed to mean?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9bbXQmsf0
“I’ve been trying to stay away from Hope all I can but sooner or later, it’s going to happen, which means that I must go, though Elijah has chosen to stay. Klaus is just fine and Rebekah is daggered. Her box is across the river if you want to wake her up. Kol is safe with his new love life Davina Claire,” Freya explained.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoOCuPeGQi
“Where is he?” she asked, her worst nightmare happening.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhSv5x0jr5
“He’s in bed.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovxIEuEN7q
“It was nice to meet you,” Kat replied.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZRZn27SsU
“You too. Here.” She gave Kat Hope, whom Kat took, before Freya left.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42Uh7Ew1S0
Kat looked at Caroline. “I know you have no experience, but take Hope. I need to see Elijah. My last memory of him can’t be the breakup. Please. I don’t want him to die alone.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yhGSah6Oo
Caroline took Hope, not knowing what the hell she was supposed to do.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbLPURkeFT
Kat looked at Andre and Merle. “There’s plenty of Bourbon here and probably some human food too. Help yourselves.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcTGvNaYAE
Kat went upstairs, while Merle helped himself to a bottle of Bourbon.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcotaW7tZN
When Kat entered his room, she saw Klaus seated on his bedside, obviously staying with him until the very end.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbkIg6eqrE
She walked up to them and stood behind Klaus with a hand on his shoulder.. She didn’t think he’d attack her or anything, so she wasn’t afraid.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAoBWOOaRj
“Katerina,” Klaus greeted, not looking at her. “I’m sorry. There’s nothing I can do.” He knew how much she and Elijah loved each other.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnhbyhd7KJ
“I know. It’s not your fault. Caroline’s downstairs with a couple human friends we made. I should be the one to do it when the time comes.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0b7fW1BJda
“Thank you, luv.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJ9o8OmZwT
She took her hand away and he vanished from sight. She then sat on his bedside, her hand on his right one and her other one gently on the left side of his face.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2lRpk7imr
“Katerina,” he greeted. “You’re here.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLCJoUeuGh
She smiled. “Of course I’m here. I love you, no matter what. You know what has to be done though.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPsJfqcjoh
“I love you too, Katerina. I know. Don’t think that this is your fault. Think of it like this. You’ll be taking my pain away. Do me a favor, though. Look after what’s left of my family; Especially, Hope. She just lost her mother. I wish for you to take over as her mother.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S9cTNswji
“I will. I promise you,” she replied.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCR9P0kwCyv
He closed his eyes, ready for the inevitable.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpamWKaKp0X
They shared one last kiss, before she took the White Oak stake from on top of the end table, and staked him, killing him.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRC9a41oKed
Afterward, she slid to the floor, her back against the bed, her arms around her legs and head down, and cried. She didn’t want anyone to see her cry and never had. She’d never liked to show any weakness in front of anyone.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJq3qS50lH
As Klaus mingled downstairs, getting to know Andrea and Merle, he and Caroline heard her crying her heart out. Care had never witnessed any weakness from Katherine, nor had she ever took her for the type of girl to break down after a loss. That was more of her style. She always hated someone to be hurting one way or another though, no matter who it was. She always felt like no one, no matter who it was, should have to deal with anything alone.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82Doxhdxy1
“I should make sure she’s okay. Take her,” Caroline told Klaus, always being a good samaritan.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJckMEA5eM
He took Hope. “Of course, luv,” Klaus replied.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0vgdboUyn
Care blurred upstairs and walked into Elijah’s former room, closing the door behind herself. She then sat on the floor next to the grieving human, an arm around her in comfort.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZSA3fh0jv
“I’m sorry, Katherine,” was all she could say.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9p4t7erqBd
Katherine let her try and comfort her, though nobody had ever done that before. She was glad that unlike others, she wasn’t trying to tell her that everyone would be okay, because in this world, nothing was okay. She was also glad for the comfort and wasn’t surprised, knowing how much Care hated people being in pain.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtnsnL6Qw9
After what felt like a while, she finally was able to get control over herself and stop crying, which she did. She then lifted her head and wiped her eyes.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxr62ARD5ZM
“How about you go to bed. It’s been a while since either of us have slept,” Caroline suggested.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42Efb9bY1B
“Good idea. Elijah would want us to stay rested and wanted me to take care of his family, so that’s what I’ll do. He wouldn’t want anyone to give up, either.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6i6gTDgPQI
A few minutes later, Elijah’s body was taken care of and Kat was asleep in Elijah’s bed. The others were asleep too, Merle and Andrea in separate guest rooms and Hope in her room, while Klaus and Caroline were asleep in Klaus’ bed after making love. They were finally together.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFUcx2KJLx
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A month later, after everything that had happened, Merle and Andrea hooked up and Kat slowly healed from the loss of Elijah. Hope was a part of that healing and for once in their lives, she and Klaus had bonded and became friends.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIlBw9uon4
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Years later, when all the walkers died out from hunger and being killed by survivors, things began to get back to how they were before the walkers. So those who were survivors, lived as happily as they could. Kat even reunited with her vampiress daughter, Nadia, and Damon was one of those survivors as well as Andrea, Merle, Kat, Hope, Caroline, Klaus, Davina, Kol, and Rebekah.
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