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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI92zGfhRFB
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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdqMVkv78F
“Damon, help me. I need you,” the voice said in the vault.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzPDYVb191
“Katherine?” he questioned her.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4blt1wGQT
“It’s me. You didn’t think I’d stay dead, did you?”662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYknN2yt5x
“Well, I can hope, can’t I? How are you alive?”662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoad5KQa6n
“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.”662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RlQoekSHT
“Why? What is it?” he asked her.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1oylqBT5R
“Evil itself. Now let’s go,” she answered him.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7agOa2anW
After hearing that, he left the vault and then building with her.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXEtowDHez
Afterward, they stood in front of each other.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbJqIWTyy0
“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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOCOatu4xy
“I’ll deal and I’m sorry for Elena. I know how much she means to everyone.”662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuIkK6fu2W
“Yeah, well, it was bound to happen. I lose everyone I care about over time,” he replied.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrJDjCGVx4
She gently and cautiously rested a hand on the side of his face. She was cautious because she knew what he felt about her.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nKVoLBRgI
“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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUcTntsArn
“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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssthmulGcU
“It doesn’t matter,” she answered him.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb37rMDndR6
“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.”662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuTubZYX8J
She took her hand away from his face and dropped it.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvE9K1mFiM5
“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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQfatbpN3y
“I don’t know. I guess the thought of Kai hurting you isn’t something I care to happen.”662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePv6yOxv1w
“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.”662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijoQSzbeDH
“Well, maybe not, but I sure as hell can try.”662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6GRxLPJYh
“Don’t. You’ll get yourself killed for good.”662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1W1lxftxi
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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXrsgOuDWD
“How about we get out of here? You need a hospital,” he suggested.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8YmwPE2qQ
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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaXFcQzxYy
“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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyBWK6e07X
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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcIZpU2sy6
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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwc4Rt5gAm
“Stay with me, Katherine. You’re gonna be okay.”662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjEEhzRj2z
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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1LXAA4g4p
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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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11rogHOat9
As everything began to fade away, she could hear the sound of doctors around her and knew where she was. Then everything went black.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1C8X7ToM1d
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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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZ1IV2S5SO
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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYnj7T7wAN
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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.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDMq7pUOdd
She gave a smile.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xUiOmoKWa
“You saved me.”662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXViSY5Zu6
“Yes, and don’t make me regret it,” he replied.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlo7dRwZ22
“Well, thank you anyway,” she said.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNlfn7pMUb
He took his hand away from her face and she slowly sat up.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡel4t3NfBuf
They silently looked at one another.662Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzHZ8eU2XI
After a few minutes, they began to make out.
