Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGMcDRu1ns
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM05I71Xved
If I asked you to dance?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97RD88NotG
Would you run and never look back?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYYegi79z5
Would you cry560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTtDG0cqMk
If you saw me crying?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHFD1hCG2H
Would you save my soul tonight?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ANuKZEamK
Would you tremble560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUgZvm90dJ
If I touched your lips?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHu7SeiJ2M
Would you laugh?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqf53F5ngoF
Oh, please tell me this560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyx7de9tYZG
Now would you die560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTvgk0ZhAD
For the one you love?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4rFWtVdFg
Hold me in your arms tonight560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm22ddEcjzj
I can be your hero, baby560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXt6WGuvX4Z
I can kiss away the pain560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIp1yHx3vD1
I will stand by you forever560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RYEL6nCWM
You can take my breath away
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It was a beautiful day, as Damon knocked on Ric’s apartment door and waited for someone to open the door. Klaus was keeping her hostage, so he thought he’d come by and give her a vial of vervain to use so he couldn’t compel her. He hated Katherine, but no one deserved torture, captivity, or being ripped of their free will. If she was alive, he’d help her the best of his ability.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlnKSzmCM4
Ten minutes later, when no one opened the door, he figured he should see what was going on, so he did just that. He walked inside, closing the door behind himself. That’s when he saw her on her back on the floor, skin burning in the sun, and a bite on the left side of her neck. Because of the burning, he assumed that Klaus had taken her Daylight bracelet.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3pfT6Wh04
He went over and closed the curtains to stop the burning. She was a vampire just like himself. If a vampire burned long enough, they’d die. He didn’t know how long that she’d been burning. If he hadn’t come today, she probably would’ve died before the sun went down.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlL6guDsB4G
He knelt at her side and scanned her with his eyes. He’d gotten to her just in time, since she had started showing veins from burning in the sun. The veins were starting to disappear and her skin was starting to heal, but not as quickly as vampires usually do. He knew it was from the vicious bite.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevYGhh9PTY
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmlr4szY8B
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNspkXnWvx
When she didn’t reply or move a muscle, he patted her right cheek gently, his right hand resting on her forehead to keep her head still. In this state, she was fragile. He hated to call her that, but she was burning up. That, and she looked very weak and pale, not to mention, he was having a hard time waking her up. If and when she woke up, she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere. She’d be too weak to stand, much less walk. Even if she did wake up before he left with her, he’d still have to carry her.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4j9iwsLuf
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNTnQgOioA
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0xQBvgEyl
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHN0F6fADfY
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LJL91uPbQ
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vzgJmH843
“Don’t worry. I’m not here to kill you. I’m not an hallucination either. I’m getting you out of here, but you need to tell me where he’s go the cure. Surely, he didn’t leave you to die without leaving the cure behind.”560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDp7HmFCNwj
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07PTEuogpq
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRuHlNSQCl
She blurrily watched him go and turned her head to the left to watch him look for the cure; Klaus’ blood. As she did, everything began to seem too far away. She was also in a lot of pain from the bite and felt tired.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJevo9fcuX
Once he’d found the vial of Klaus’ blood as well as her Daylight bracelet, he put the vial inside his jacket and blurred back over to her.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3bfDN9wwN
Once knelt at her side, he could tell that she was about to go under again. He removed her jacket and slipped her Daylight bracelet on her wrist, before putting her arm around his shoulders and pulling her gently into his arms. Then he got to his feet and looked down at her.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtVrbbaH0V
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIrK3b6HTo
He blurred towards his car outside and gently sat her in the passenger’s seat, before taking the vial out. By this time, she’d gone under.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReE0Q3ZvmU
He slid an arm under her head, gently positioning her head back. Then he put the vial to her lips, making the cure go down her throat. Then, after he figured she’d had enough, he layed her head on the seat again and closed the door. Then he drank the rest, having been bitten by Tyler, and got in the driver’s seat. Then he drove away, towards the boarding house.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQl0FkhYTtI
Later, she was cured and lived to see yet another day.
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*Before Sunset*
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Would you swear that you’ll always be mine?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNLyBBfgVG
Would you lie?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhFg9BK0Q1
Would you run and hide?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MQgtiuvpa
Am I in too deep?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99Vtid3adg
Have I lost my mind?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymMvkVAgjq
I don’t care560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxutLbLUF3d
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night at Mystic High, as everyone tried to kill Klaus. Katherine opened up a couple grenades saying, “Kaboom,” before throwing it at the hybrids that were coming to help Klaus. Killing Klaus didn’t happen in the end though, because Stefan stopped Damon to save him. If Klaus died, Damon would’ve been hunted down and killed by Klaus’ hybrids.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDCnZiE2wV
Later that night, when Katherine was heading down a hall towards the side exit where she’d parked her car, she was pinned against a set of lockers by Rebekah. Apparently, someone had undaggered her and she had heard about the plan to kill Klaus. She knew that that meant that she was on vengeance strike. She definitely knew that when Rebekah plunged a hand through her chest.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3H2bS7Uss7
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLI4m4juw4w
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhDXqiClkd
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MFuWrcuDl
“I don’t doubt that you’re capable of killing all of us, but would you take away Elijah’s love? Could you live with yourself? You have too good of a heart. I don’t think you can kill me,” Katherine stated truthfully to her. She had no reason to lie. She didn’t know much about Rebekah.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyuGATqoX1
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYv9MxBdz1
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceAsu50fv1
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32JraR2Ipz
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoQImof5ZH
“Maybe I’ll take you up on your offer,” she heart the ancient vampiress say. Then she felt the thing, maybe a stick, start to pierce her heart. Then she felt her ass on the floor and even more pain. Then it was as if she couldn’t breathe and she closed her eyes.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9LVKNs4KN
Damon, seeing the scene, snapped her neck and knelt in front of Katherine, before quickly pulling out the stick and tossing it to the floor. He then bit his wrist and put it to her lips to heal her quicker, which worked.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkF04kfxCE
After she’d healed, he gently pulled her into his arms and blurred off wit her.
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*Graduation*
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I can be your hero, baby560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPpteyNmSD
I can kiss away the pain560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22GkdUdQCE
I will stand by you forever560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKktkbIkyG
You can take my breath away560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVtafNOyyS
Oh, I just want to hold you560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBnuD8GE74
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CpJEnh5Ak
Am I in too deep?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFcsdOg0WO
Have I lost my mind?560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLUyWoGYZj
Well, I don’t care560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fXGRvz0XM
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night, as Damon searched for Katherine through each Mystic High hall, having heard from Elena that she had shoved the cure down her throat when Katherine had almost killed her. It had been a few hours ago, but he hoped she’d still be here somewhere. He knew her as well as he knew himself. As a vampire, she had everything going for her. As a human, she’d be alone and scared, not to mention hurt and maybe a little paranoid.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMu6sXZvRo7
When he’d found the hall they’d fought in, she was gone, so he went back to his car to try and find her elsewhere. He’d search every road of Mystic Falls if he had to. For some reason, her being human made him care about her well-being. He hadn’t cared about her since 1864.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimm7XGiDd3
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Twenty minutes later, he found her limping down one of the desolate roads. Knowing her, he figured asking her to get in would prove to be unsuccessful, so he pulled over and got out.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDKyCbhQW4
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwcry3psF4
She turned around to face him and he let go.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8PU0baE1u
“Come to celebrate in my misery? Come to finish what Elena started? Go ahead. Put me out of my misery,” she said with anger, angry at herself that she’d been defeated by her baby vampire doppelganger, and taking it out on him.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAVJH4ZvBR
“I’m not here for either reason. I’m going to help you. You need help. You’re human, injured, and not as powerful as you were. Let me help you.”560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObMav9ZyHu
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DRJ27ma2F
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEp2TiUZEK
He blurred right behind her and put an arm around her. Then he knelt down with her against him. That when he saw a shard of glass in her thigh and a bigger shard of glass in her stomach.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaCiZpAUGq
Once he’d gotten her in the car, he pulled both out, tossing them to the ground, and used a towel from the backseat to tie around her thigh. He used the other one for her other wound.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDNc9kOwYC
As he drove, he used his right hand to apply pressure with the towel, trying to slow the bleeding. Normal people would’ve taken her to the hospital, but there was a first-aid kit at home. He figured that he could use that to get her wounds taken care of. He figured she’d ben find after that.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQLE29zvFX
When he’d taken care of her wounds in his room, he was right. She’d be fine.
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*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
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I can be you’re hero, baby560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBdHlsbKfW
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Jzj7NgR5x
I will stand by you forever560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwKxGHaGG5
You can take my breath away560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyx6fwLbPW0
(I can be your hero, baby)560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bYPMkDfMb
I can be your hero560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbs02Ml6sN
I can kiss away the pain560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZb06yM2uj
And I will stand by you forever560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVhDYzik4G
You can take my breath away560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpYv5eTBvX
You can take my breath away560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHb7PzQPss
I can be your hero
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“Katherine!” he yelled, as he raced towards his wrecked car that she sat in. He’d broken his promise he’d made to her that he’d protect her from Silas. Now she’d somehow caused his car to be totaled. The hood and both sides were crinkled, including the trunk. Also, all of the windows were shattered and he could smell a lot of blood; her blood.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LxtCGCtP8
When he tried opening the door, it was jammed, so he forced it open. Then, when it opened, her left hand fell off the seat. He gently turned her head towards him and snapped her seatbelt in two. That’s when he saw that she had a dislocated shoulder and a piece of glass grazed in the right side of her neck. She had blood on either side of her head too and was bleeding from the back of her head, but he’d already seen that. He pulled the glass out and scanned the rest of her. Seeing more glass in her, he did the same he’d done with the first glass he’d seen in her. Then he used his vamp strength to move a piece of the car in the floorboard, to free her foot so he could get her to the hospital.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0ox45UteY
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEglUeR35XY
“Katherine, can you hear me? Open your eyes. I’m going to get you to the hospital. I just need you to open your eyes.”560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsRDRdk7wi
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPoq5F5zFj
“I’m so sorry, Katherine. Silas told me to hand you over in exchange of him telling me where Stefan is. I promise you, I will never do that again.”560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4VaaArdGb
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMYKYQsm1C
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Half an hour later, as she was rushed down the hall, because of her extensive injuries, her body was going into shock.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IQnCBVV1E
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Hours later, after surgery, she was settled into a recovery room and he was told he could see her. So he went to sit on her bedside and rested his hand on top of her right one. She hadn’t woken up yet, so he was just silent, happy that she was alive.560Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO86kXNe9q2
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
