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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSbqplzyRv
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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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEi4XJThmQN
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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakp7UMP7Wl
She walked up to the door and knocked before walking in, closing the door behind herself.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgN3uAGLc3X
“Damon?” she called.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerkSX2Ros9
She entered the living room, where she saw him by his drinking table, drinking from a bottle of Bourbon.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBFeS3B52L
“In what universe do you have the right to be alive?” he said in the tone he always reserved for only her.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2A2tRlsBsS
“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.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9At9fubeb0
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.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP64yi0rAMz
“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.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lURDQWwRH
“Thanks, but I’d rather take my chances here.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNTM4WOpR0
She sighed. “Fine. Just be careful and good luck.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMC1yDw6UkS
He watched as she left.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Iud1I1TkX
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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AuJgRHnAO
She parked in front of the house and stood on the porch and knocked.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnstDhN48n
“Caroline?” she called through the door.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSbVrisSzf
“Get out of here. Just go,” she heard from by the door on the other side.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHK8HP6TAR2
“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.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsT9nxN0xc
Caroline didn’t like Katherine very much, but she’d seen enough zombie movies to know that Katherine was right.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfawBFZPQkx
She sighed. “Fine. I’ll come.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGctZ0BbmX
A few minutes later, Katherine was driving out of town, Caroline in the passenger’s seat.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpFsuxne1A
“Where are we going anyway?” Caroline questioned.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUVNM9qlmh
“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.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgd5ljQ4lg
“Makes sense,” Caroline replied, agreeing with her for once.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpFY6j0Bx9
“Before we get there though, don’t be mad at Klaus, but I have to tell you something,” Kat informed the blonde.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCvVKbhDUn
“What?” she asked, assuming that she wasn’t gonna like this.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZT0nbmo5e
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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPEUwovtYl
“That’s all I know,” she finished.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTSCAHdqR3
“When’s the last time you heard anything from New Orleans?” she asked the former vampiress.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuncIykwhD
“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.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxR0r0XQezE
“I’m sure he’s okay,” she assured the brunette.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteJ2kfYhuH
Kat was silent.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWM7oRKwJ4v
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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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH22vNmXhkP
Kat stopped the truck in front of them and rolled down the automatic passenger’s window, looking at them.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxEiCphRes
“Need some help?” she questioned.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qTAppSXe0
They looked at them.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgvySNvkNr
“We’ve got this, Sweet Cheeks,” the guy replied to her.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡem9aoaQOda
“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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWEVI48CyI
“We should go with them,” the blonde told him.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcKBYZraql
“Fine,” he replied.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnPF17JhYr
“Great,” Kat said, and set the bag of weapons on the floorboard so there was space for them in the back.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqs88783G16
Once they were in, Kat continued the drive.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5dZvJrvUI
“I’m Katherine by the way and this is Caroline. Who are you two?”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBx1r7mpabH
“I’m Andrea and this is Merle. We’ve been looking for the group I got separated from. His brother, Daryl, is with them.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92y4lSli57
“Well, nice to meet you. What did you do before the zombies happened?”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GVZbpwALs
“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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUrlM3gIHp
“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.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKtGsvWxkf
“I believe you. I’ve always been open-minded,” Andrea replied.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmK5SMqtN64
“Thanks. What did you do before?” she said to Andrea, before asking Merle the question.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOoB8F1K73
“I’ll put it this way, Sweet Cheeks. I’m ex-military, but I also was in and out of jail a lot.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSiMhvnBZi
“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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcn3gNUEDE
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A week later, they made it to New Orleans.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaugfC7sspW
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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnYSiZJic5
“See if you can come in.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmot167YT9
She tried but was barred.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiBNDs0cjb
“Let me call them so you can be invited in,” she told her, before calling loud enough for them to hear, “Anyone here?”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZA7LMLxTGY
A blonde stranger holding a three year old girl appeared at the top of the stairs. “Come in.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4uUFttkr0
Caroline walked in and Kat closed the door.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCapq2Ftbm5
“Who are you?” Kat asked, once the girl was downstairs, standing in front of her.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9e2FVjZH2p
“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.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnz6D4mkfB
“Well, I’m glad that you found your family. This little one must be Hope,” Katherine said with a smile.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrV7OKiGwT
“Yes. And she’s all yours if anything happens to the last of us.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIfsaWBHCc
“What’s that supposed to mean?”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIZllqDdRM
“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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0QlQBH5aT
“Where is he?” she asked, her worst nightmare happening.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoxF53Zocd
“He’s in bed.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5Zu9Z9nLU
“It was nice to meet you,” Kat replied.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4bxFS6oQI
“You too. Here.” She gave Kat Hope, whom Kat took, before Freya left.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XWDe1FUyK
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.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡha5yurtzME
Caroline took Hope, not knowing what the hell she was supposed to do.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu4gMgxRu2
Kat looked at Andre and Merle. “There’s plenty of Bourbon here and probably some human food too. Help yourselves.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvrBfZlqyj
Kat went upstairs, while Merle helped himself to a bottle of Bourbon.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJM6OpLJzo
When Kat entered his room, she saw Klaus seated on his bedside, obviously staying with him until the very end.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VEWYahLjB
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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXN7xGXodPK
“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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyILVxmtuwv
“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.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpswxKxYxC
“Thank you, luv.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2sZXf77OD
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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExhvTAK3MQ
“Katerina,” he greeted. “You’re here.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS42rEeuiLa
She smiled. “Of course I’m here. I love you, no matter what. You know what has to be done though.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl77Ff1pbTm
“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.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLDZucPy6y
“I will. I promise you,” she replied.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzh0n1AaR1k
He closed his eyes, ready for the inevitable.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKxWVieRgL
They shared one last kiss, before she took the White Oak stake from on top of the end table, and staked him, killing him.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxaajw4SFL
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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eUMsq8RDi
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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOm80gMYtO
“I should make sure she’s okay. Take her,” Caroline told Klaus, always being a good samaritan.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24Hi7JpAjN
He took Hope. “Of course, luv,” Klaus replied.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzGQ4VbLAG
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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRkUumleRQ
“I’m sorry, Katherine,” was all she could say.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOk88Tz6Ww
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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEi0RAzWGUt
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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7Vqa5s9xb
“How about you go to bed. It’s been a while since either of us have slept,” Caroline suggested.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxTeeQw86B
“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.”682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NQyRmufzk
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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGK2RksymN9
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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.682Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolyr2r1f58
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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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