Ch.12: Gods and Monsters
Summary: Set in the S7 finale “Gods and Monsters.” What if Katherine coming back to life and warning him not to listen to the voice in the vault stopped Evil Itself from getting to him? What if he helped her after he found out she was hurt by Kai? What will ensue between them?
It was a nebulous night, as Damon Salvatore stood in the vault. He had just heard the sound of Elena’s voice and had hung up on Enzo. Even though he knew Elena was still in a coffin under the sleep spell Kai had put her in, he couldn’t help but to listen to what sounded like Elena calling his name.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7q67L7YxK
As he began to look around for who or what it was, scanning with his eyes, he suddenly saw a very human and injured Katherine appear.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2taq2l0mA
“Damon, help me. I need you,” the voice said in the vault.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepSk326EHv
“Katherine?” he questioned her.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AcrNpEmIw
“It’s me. You didn’t think I’d stay dead, did you?”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN1SQtWeBE
“Well, I can hope, can’t I? How are you alive?”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JmsEu1He2
“I ended up in the 1994 prison world. I think you can guess the rest.” She slowly half walked and half limped towards him until she was inches in front of him. “Don’t listen to the voice. Let’s just get the hell out of here.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZPlh3TqV7
“Why? What is it?” he asked her.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiODIKPfvKN
“Evil itself. Now let’s go,” she answered him.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwi5LKdp8Z6
After hearing that, he left the vault and then building with her.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtozdojO1v
Afterward, they stood in front of each other.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OeRRcI4Ee
“I know it’s not my place or anything, but I’m sorry that you had to deal with Kai. He’s a psychotic maniac ass. Bonnie and I had to deal with him when we died for a little while. Then a while later, he came back alive and towards the end of last year, he put Elena under a sleeping spell and linked her to Bonnie. I can’t be with her for 60 years until Bonnie dies. He also nearly killed Bonnie which I ripped his head off for,” he informed her.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9j8wVuBSMm
“I’ll deal and I’m sorry for Elena. I know how much she means to everyone.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrHdDU6LVW
“Yeah, well, it was bound to happen. I lose everyone I care about over time,” he replied.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBacGbuKMS
She gently and cautiously rested a hand on the side of his face. She was cautious because she knew what he felt about her.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBpYjbm1xu
“I know. That’s the price we pay for knowing what exists and being a vampire. I wish I could make it better for you,” she replied. She always hated when he was hurt. Besides, she sired him and no matter what, cared for him. She was responsible for anything that happened to him, whether it was by her hand or not.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrX3C9LLJiv
“Well, there’s nothing any of us can do. What happened between you and Kai?” he replied, knowing she was injured. He’d know it since she’d shown up, alive yet again. He’d just been ignoring it until it seemed the right time to help her.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYpG2s5PCW
“It doesn’t matter,” she answered him.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmw8XCg7aF9
“Well, it does to me. He’s a maniac. Nobody deserves to be treated how Kai tends to treat everyone he meets and crosses paths with.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiftVYoIoE4
She took her hand away from his face and dropped it.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRnuEBEXeu
“I should be the one asking what happened to you. You care now. That’s a new one. You haven’t cared for me since 1864. What changed?” she replied.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEwsgiNOjN
“I don’t know. I guess the thought of Kai hurting you isn’t something I care to happen.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAF1YdEQ62b
“I can take care of myself, Damon. You don’t need to play hero to everyone that gets hurt or almost dies. You can’t help or save everyone.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3dmgYQnsY
“Well, maybe not, but I sure as hell can try.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4cQXkJTmp
“Don’t. You’ll get yourself killed for good.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bpnGFKG32
As she spoke, he scanned her for what her injuries were. He could see that it looked like she had some stab wounds and there was a dagger in one of her thighs. It looked like it had opened an artery. There was also blood on the left side of her head and she was pale. He knew that she had lost a lot of blood and it was making her weak, but she was hiding what she was feeling.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPqSrpTAvG
“How about we get out of here? You need a hospital,” he suggested.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsEPn5XuYN
She knew he was right, but didn’t want to admit it. She was stubborn like that, but she was starting to feel weak and her vision was going black.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECt9Y28KrS
“Katherine,” he said, as he caught her from hitting the ground. He then gently layed her down on the ground, knelt by her, and gently took her jacket off. He had to use it to slow or stop the bleeding.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9JD9OAfYA
As she lay there, trying to stay awake, she blurrily saw Damon. She could also feel pain and put her hand on her lower stomach, where she felt the pain and now the blood. She could also feel her hand start to shake.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwd0v5vFEF9
He took her hand off the wound and put her jacket on it, tying it into place. He then put her hand on top of her jacket and his hand on top of hers.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdZSVNFj6s
“Stay with me, Katherine. You’re gonna be okay.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcm1jFt6jD
He slid an arm under her, gently pulling her into his arms, and slide his other arm under her legs. He then got to his feed and blurred towards the hospital.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHfNVM1oLA
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Damon stood by and watched as the doctors got her hooked up to an ivy and checked her over, as they put a breathing mask on her. There wasn’t anything he could do. He could only wait for them to tend to her wounds and hope she would make it.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaNRBnVSae
As everything began to fade away, she could hear the sound of doctors around her and knew where she was. Then everything went black.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtTwkU4Wdv
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A few hours later, a doctor informed Damon that she was in the recovery room and should be just fine. She had a few fractured ribs, a concussion, an opened artery, and some internal bleeding but would be just find as long as she healed correctly and didn’t reopen her wounds. He thanked the doctor and then went to her room to see her.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHV71zinQp6
He closed the door behind himself and sat on her beside, a hand on top of hers and his other one he rested on the left side of her face.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0NsMs4GIy
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When she woke up, she saw that she was in a hospital room with Damon seated on her bedside, a hand on the side of her face.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdahPxyY6v
She gave a smile.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQdBOnU8rS
“You saved me.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfd9ZnUEKwv
“Yes, and don’t make me regret it,” he replied.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9WsLlInq7
“Well, thank you anyway,” she said.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvRnIRLlzA
He took his hand away from her face and she slowly sat up.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39D13VtEtn
They silently looked at one another.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VtfLRVFYV
After a few minutes, they began to make out.
