Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mrdoylizK
*The Last Day*
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If I asked you to dance?598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIv0wCHtZv
Would you run and never look back?598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5o22D58q12
Would you cry598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3l4s5dTumO
If you saw me crying?598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLZaB4bRDk
Would you save my soul tonight?598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOUEOvGTxQ
Would you tremble598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZDBAUVAuN
If I touched your lips?598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7T7cu86E6
Would you laugh?598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhn7jweWXjz
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Now would you die598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2nQmgrFqu
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I can be your hero, baby598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9K3HMRBOM
I can kiss away the pain598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74jCWqApId
I will stand by you forever598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLJSRC94cc
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbOmJIKog8
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWrTmdbF7m
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyN3gxbHio
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxM81G1yaSB
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7qN1meRde
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtF1k1KwAB
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuSYAssrDt
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YRpJ7oEmu
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1ShbBIaor
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxJaV1OdAB
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoUNZPxbTq
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraPu4phg7r
“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.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc7oMAAR7w
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPbX1SqXnz
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz32v2ufaUj
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXPL4OSawT
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WAVQqRHkO
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIvoVRnTNX
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5g8f8EBg25
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0DDTd2fFV
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2cYkiyVdz
Later, she was cured and lived to see yet another day.
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*Before Sunset*
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Would you lie?598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPzIb7g9dt
Would you run and hide?598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqS12cgFhAK
Am I in too deep?598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMp7pFWzdOK
Have I lost my mind?598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlz3xGcpWtp
I don’t care598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsm7Th2YxT
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZXO6mo6Ma
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4A7AU6vAc4
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOGPvKJCqu
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9A748jcLH
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WrE28NfYf
“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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTfdia2pgK
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBm8GhsxjkQ
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddCYu1uhUB
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHoHZnvzIn
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgjkIXTQ2F
“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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cloCYYT4n
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNO0ubQk4dm
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, baby598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSCOFXNFzQ
I can kiss away the pain598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTn50cqFXe
I will stand by you forever598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfj3CJVEAy
You can take my breath away598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbIYeF7xVJ
Oh, I just want to hold you598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatBkNHlfEB
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7W3Xfe1tRA
Am I in too deep?598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaUYqHcIXj
Have I lost my mind?598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWU5ilvIek
Well, I don’t care598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbdv3tL1C2
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMsbtVLPOS
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 1864.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIbu9z98Hh
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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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJ1UER0q6F
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPhfxrbAxN
She turned around to face him and he let go.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ742s3Etsl5
“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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oN7wbOdvM
“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.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsEO3mQDyK
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5lxEaG0FP
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9uwKPRkjC
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVrEiBVXp3
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdEZUtHIpz
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55pR0Gfq8b
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, baby598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6f3mJejXu5
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDU7FLHzruK
I will stand by you forever598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58AX1XZbDT
You can take my breath away598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZ2pqattOX
(I can be your hero, baby)598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCOA5LB5ci
I can be your hero598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8PKVjR7qW
I can kiss away the pain598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ee8CwUmJD
And I will stand by you forever598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92LLSwe2Mf
You can take my breath away598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7f3Kqb5E0
You can take my breath away598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueeXTkWbXZ
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKE6QdhQavK
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeu3MbugJR
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl67pKNuGUh
“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.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvUVlUcW4Q
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHggK5siz2
“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.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8w8QX3Qiji
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0kSACEiff
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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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsuR8XKjmD
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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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs80MQhQm3L
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
