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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFs2WuETjxy
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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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIHmrHXwn4
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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiPgrR64BB
She walked up to the door and knocked before walking in, closing the door behind herself.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFh7wrUzzpM
“Damon?” she called.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2vkMExU3W
She entered the living room, where she saw him by his drinking table, drinking from a bottle of Bourbon.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnQlPwfGBa
“In what universe do you have the right to be alive?” he said in the tone he always reserved for only her.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVy01ndw519
“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.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHYA0LnxvN
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.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6UDjfobmh
“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.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lZvVH9Bi3
“Thanks, but I’d rather take my chances here.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqv5pPu9Uz
She sighed. “Fine. Just be careful and good luck.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaNqSS7aGA
He watched as she left.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ppzeqE4sV
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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3ommGIXA4
She parked in front of the house and stood on the porch and knocked.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ktB9s731h
“Caroline?” she called through the door.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZgOmyzZVA
“Get out of here. Just go,” she heard from by the door on the other side.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKZsDYVhQh
“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.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KvTCW2IGt
Caroline didn’t like Katherine very much, but she’d seen enough zombie movies to know that Katherine was right.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4xPwiFK1o
She sighed. “Fine. I’ll come.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnxHmrxugq
A few minutes later, Katherine was driving out of town, Caroline in the passenger’s seat.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGYzFL8t5T
“Where are we going anyway?” Caroline questioned.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAI6Rh8b74a
“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.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQep6dIJBDt
“Makes sense,” Caroline replied, agreeing with her for once.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIDGB568rT
“Before we get there though, don’t be mad at Klaus, but I have to tell you something,” Kat informed the blonde.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1wEgfXLrN
“What?” she asked, assuming that she wasn’t gonna like this.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowJ6nc73e7
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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCJojZt3O5
“That’s all I know,” she finished.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8Xi1m5vW5
“When’s the last time you heard anything from New Orleans?” she asked the former vampiress.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxwtMQEONf
“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.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiqPC3gB19
“I’m sure he’s okay,” she assured the brunette.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡco81neJ85Q
Kat was silent.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgWZ2BYREt
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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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodOoR4V9oS
Kat stopped the truck in front of them and rolled down the automatic passenger’s window, looking at them.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygvOHK4gN3
“Need some help?” she questioned.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADX3SrarMI
They looked at them.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwekVYWKNXR
“We’ve got this, Sweet Cheeks,” the guy replied to her.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wZXYddaIr
“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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkb0Ndntgxp
“We should go with them,” the blonde told him.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9WAA5qM0a
“Fine,” he replied.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIc8bKdlUt
“Great,” Kat said, and set the bag of weapons on the floorboard so there was space for them in the back.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChAybJkqDD
Once they were in, Kat continued the drive.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SGHFtgX5I
“I’m Katherine by the way and this is Caroline. Who are you two?”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnKznqLJ0d
“I’m Andrea and this is Merle. We’ve been looking for the group I got separated from. His brother, Daryl, is with them.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbF2j2WxdC
“Well, nice to meet you. What did you do before the zombies happened?”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRSMDqdScG
“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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUvOigiVkl
“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.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZb8QNBaTk0
“I believe you. I’ve always been open-minded,” Andrea replied.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RnUelD2cc
“Thanks. What did you do before?” she said to Andrea, before asking Merle the question.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nar7VRVRk
“I’ll put it this way, Sweet Cheeks. I’m ex-military, but I also was in and out of jail a lot.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqF71C9TZZ
“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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6EP3XICWa
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A week later, they made it to New Orleans.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDD77P0UUgm
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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhDLlAIB7V
“See if you can come in.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp5PS66Vyp
She tried but was barred.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQrWaY7CWK
“Let me call them so you can be invited in,” she told her, before calling loud enough for them to hear, “Anyone here?”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBh1TW9d1Nl
A blonde stranger holding a three year old girl appeared at the top of the stairs. “Come in.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOX0qGrKnL
Caroline walked in and Kat closed the door.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenxfhgjCHp
“Who are you?” Kat asked, once the girl was downstairs, standing in front of her.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcT9seCAYs
“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.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBPnEuDMgO
“Well, I’m glad that you found your family. This little one must be Hope,” Katherine said with a smile.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWbQy5uZQq
“Yes. And she’s all yours if anything happens to the last of us.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerMcoRZAA1
“What’s that supposed to mean?”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGbGKV6pxW
“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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuWCeW3PeU
“Where is he?” she asked, her worst nightmare happening.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEcCV2lW2i
“He’s in bed.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1GgyhlbHF
“It was nice to meet you,” Kat replied.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyDRocCIck
“You too. Here.” She gave Kat Hope, whom Kat took, before Freya left.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivzmOVC4KC
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.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBWKnPzqBM
Caroline took Hope, not knowing what the hell she was supposed to do.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDOYixFTzB
Kat looked at Andre and Merle. “There’s plenty of Bourbon here and probably some human food too. Help yourselves.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡproRPcioYm
Kat went upstairs, while Merle helped himself to a bottle of Bourbon.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9viIfnfm5U
When Kat entered his room, she saw Klaus seated on his bedside, obviously staying with him until the very end.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyM1oUmwyDt
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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosoHECdTUh
“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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyB53wfpOHS
“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.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkXbPlGVxZ
“Thank you, luv.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkgcnfmBM7
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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SX5pRsWim
“Katerina,” he greeted. “You’re here.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIpj4gj1pf
She smiled. “Of course I’m here. I love you, no matter what. You know what has to be done though.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuB7hudZak
“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.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxYE1kjNrY
“I will. I promise you,” she replied.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCYf2vCGjJ
He closed his eyes, ready for the inevitable.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AQ6dIBvv7
They shared one last kiss, before she took the White Oak stake from on top of the end table, and staked him, killing him.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvK286k4mAH
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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0Firwt7k7
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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiEHulvSOw
“I should make sure she’s okay. Take her,” Caroline told Klaus, always being a good samaritan.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJg3TZXPYEa
He took Hope. “Of course, luv,” Klaus replied.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfg5Yd7PWw5
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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55yVEsLUv9
“I’m sorry, Katherine,” was all she could say.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRegxEbDqZ6
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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBrHoYjA6W
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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGS2Ca6zc0
“How about you go to bed. It’s been a while since either of us have slept,” Caroline suggested.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhOnH7Vnwk
“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.”671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABAg2Dzbnk
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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcubsktPCTC
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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.671Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQugnrdAT4
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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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