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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5TkVwkDci
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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYGtN0Im9k
“Damon, help me. I need you,” the voice said in the vault.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0JzBS57p0
“Katherine?” he questioned her.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr54MF1BeeU
“It’s me. You didn’t think I’d stay dead, did you?”619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGqO4SD1dJ
“Well, I can hope, can’t I? How are you alive?”619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nr90diGRd
“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.”619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJq06L418RR
“Why? What is it?” he asked her.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe492tnahCa
“Evil itself. Now let’s go,” she answered him.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpT0T4AjSg
After hearing that, he left the vault and then building with her.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxg2gj2MxUo
Afterward, they stood in front of each other.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJYBJEqven
“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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflEKZ04N2B
“I’ll deal and I’m sorry for Elena. I know how much she means to everyone.”619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSA9KHuLN3K
“Yeah, well, it was bound to happen. I lose everyone I care about over time,” he replied.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTehel0Nre
She gently and cautiously rested a hand on the side of his face. She was cautious because she knew what he felt about her.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTHuHt8Kac
“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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3n41OeYvk
“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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKkCQanlsu
“It doesn’t matter,” she answered him.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGQpaGjS6j
“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.”619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdk1nREbdE
She took her hand away from his face and dropped it.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhhAy0lwgP
“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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7GvRoD9qS
“I don’t know. I guess the thought of Kai hurting you isn’t something I care to happen.”619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Hml0iJPO8
“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.”619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHRuugPRkx
“Well, maybe not, but I sure as hell can try.”619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1xUvVCjGU
“Don’t. You’ll get yourself killed for good.”619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yTOppSw2V
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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQJynzg2XG
“How about we get out of here? You need a hospital,” he suggested.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM99U80Phkw
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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVEmkzjeLf
“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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKanz4KDTeX
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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqG15ce3Da3
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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhTbRxW4wt
“Stay with me, Katherine. You’re gonna be okay.”619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlbxR2tQNM
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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzN6fJtCWE
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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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpDqsj01TL
As everything began to fade away, she could hear the sound of doctors around her and knew where she was. Then everything went black.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8NL9LWPB8
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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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzygnJdEGp2
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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNie7sK18wK
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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.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUv8oaBrxrv
She gave a smile.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTSpBN2MJg
“You saved me.”619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFP9hZslZfV
“Yes, and don’t make me regret it,” he replied.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpv1oHnSh7p
“Well, thank you anyway,” she said.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBR7YXqyUA
He took his hand away from her face and she slowly sat up.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqc5yd5SRP
They silently looked at one another.619Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAYIzRy7GS
After a few minutes, they began to make out.
