Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqo477Cb1bn
*The Last Day*
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qXKtwRT5f
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWV0T0t0zkI
Would you dance583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWugHDdz2gg
If I asked you to dance?583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyE6joo0rZ
Would you run and never look back?583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dQuYcnVUl
Would you cry583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvZl2VFlFQ
If you saw me crying?583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidxgeX9CkT
Would you save my soul tonight?583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8lxHr86cA
Would you tremble583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5e8iGb8SP
If I touched your lips?583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGEvEn9106
Would you laugh?583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihhSvEG9Xa
Oh, please tell me this583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwoKkBUL9u
Now would you die583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotxCmMWXVR
For the one you love?583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SRQBoVZ9L
Hold me in your arms tonight583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwNAaBakGF
I can be your hero, baby583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavmr2QbbQM
I can kiss away the pain583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOj7S6frXtm
I will stand by you forever583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCuLsy1ugs
You can take my breath away
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7U7qMj4sah
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1RsAH1bB9
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmW1ahjfzj
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5BGDradDa
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3SPL8ZciT
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAQiw3Ygkc
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5Q4dTKs60
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMecPjYSzo
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugUWADfrm3
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FtlM0Gi49
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoqLrWvJbs
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMJYNVwv80
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIrwPKCewQ
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsO5d4s80ij
“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.”583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OXurdPyCW
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqekjRGQk3y
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaXoG1uiFk
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKoX8ItI6X
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCHJkv3eXn
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTcjkQBXHa
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMqd3TGwQi
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZr9Ejy2Vx
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uEBz5OJCm
Later, she was cured and lived to see yet another day.
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhxmkK0baL
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18Yndbghq2
*Before Sunset*
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5ExjqTId9
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjWU9MCjGt
Would you swear that you’ll always be mine?583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTEz5iTq53
Would you lie?583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6QlxEW67M
Would you run and hide?583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaju9quBsj
Am I in too deep?583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PZWpJIdpY
Have I lost my mind?583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbwUfAE1p2
I don’t care583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Zt1agd7zt
You’re here tonight
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42AeLyQkxi
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqacnNR2daR
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12gTBILGzc
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnVUzFojIC
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iK5PiINZh
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡet2gRrgSBi
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbMbq6Nvmv
“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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1MkzFr2wk
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjPAQUM5yJ
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyErjhUnOw
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF77IW6F4qv
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDrOo9uwqi
“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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8efYn22xAU
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAEYC3Z2dC
After she’d healed, he gently pulled her into his arms and blurred off wit her.
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuR4yBNGfp
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5jdgkhhNq
*Graduation*
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUKPceWe40
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7X3wHVjHy
I can be your hero, baby583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ869jPAxgPs
I can kiss away the pain583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ib8VgNWWR
I will stand by you forever583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNc1ChZVIc0
You can take my breath away583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvu5zW5Yno
Oh, I just want to hold you583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8cUQLNSgq
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9KpWEpuWN
Am I in too deep?583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckj3g4JjDY
Have I lost my mind?583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0LmD1MjTO
Well, I don’t care583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYXWmy8WgZ
You’re here tonight
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaJFwen3wK
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLU5Ue8JZgw
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSn1v7MOuE
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 1864.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOxr3LMLOH
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4h4HdIzGLU
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzpvLsrwnc
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusjczBdAM3
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZBqcn3rNm
She turned around to face him and he let go.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoScwNNH6QQ
“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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrARoUFyaS
“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.”583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KbjkZufPE
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeglO9BECk
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpnxyrj0nu
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZOASF7Gpk
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqt2mZ2rUhG
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxqSlNIIxg
When he’d taken care of her wounds in his room, he was right. She’d be fine.
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jWRHaUYWk
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGM1v0XE2y
*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEU0RWej200
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzd0B88a2EZ
I can be you’re hero, baby583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrvzpv3TL1
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtW2yEy1kUa
I will stand by you forever583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRcEg5CpIX
You can take my breath away583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAHeCh4DJJ
(I can be your hero, baby)583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhaB0dN7MI
I can be your hero583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeoGSGjWUg
I can kiss away the pain583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDqFgE3VQ5
And I will stand by you forever583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm46c8mLp3g
You can take my breath away583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6COxl29VL
You can take my breath away583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8f8r2kDroz
I can be your hero
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTIv37JHZJ
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAwn8uqwkd
“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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPh46q6RqMH
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNq3p9XSGJ
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyqGnzi7Ma
“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.”583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhdPIVb2oQ
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gVOarGflp
“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.”583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaCNhvHpQo
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6HdtPoaIY
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpncBRKpm51
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinnlmLD6hU
Half an hour later, as she was rushed down the hall, because of her extensive injuries, her body was going into shock.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZo8MMz1Oz
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YM0PgzaaM
583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzxzm8MReb
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.583Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2y71MDgjr
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
