Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrO7oWhP5pO
*The Last Day*
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If I asked you to dance?600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QhnEhu6Us
Would you run and never look back?600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzX4Zgw9ZX8
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Would you save my soul tonight?600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoVHDIa4OE
Would you tremble600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVn59Q9Ltj
If I touched your lips?600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0a40s3ucY
Would you laugh?600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUz3MsMzi1K
Oh, please tell me this600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjJjGopIVF
Now would you die600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0HTJhy7rT
For the one you love?600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJ7I0xPem5
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I can be your hero, baby600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyXtuXPFw2
I can kiss away the pain600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX51rANHEON
I will stand by you forever600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmssrqsmdJO
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAWTsTIMqS
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2PEhOVnWl
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOuXpqrA4D
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcosTtWUK5s
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFpmvlJb5r
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4dohSHJMs
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQgA9MXRyp
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01s84rTaxY
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOmqYR246O
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzHo5ecTGw
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIdywiC46Z
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhruJi6a3s7
“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.”600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTk4cAVHT2
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVz2iWtTNfD
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZMzJ84zYS
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5baQIwNcE
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJaFdKNtHC
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimCLfmTA4o
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmsk5l1vhb
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lX46ETcHp
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfxUPqK4c4
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?600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeAhHM2bLi
Would you lie?600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncxkPcdJZB
Would you run and hide?600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbPjuGowDd
Am I in too deep?600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzXh1bUQAd
Have I lost my mind?600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshR9v1Bo0f
I don’t care600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcL4oDBY7U1
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9p66iEQLW
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0zrDZ7PEB
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wlwDliG8B
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVNNTo8Acw
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5WYEmIzVP
“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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJvRo9FH76
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EOJ5wuPYC
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkO7TLBBKt
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUN5OUu1xtD
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutFSOIW4vD
“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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXH78iu5hci
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRmXahrxZf
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, baby600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyQYNdEQcb
I can kiss away the pain600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnI2F4idLmu
I will stand by you forever600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23KWU3umWH
You can take my breath away600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFsnE6nci8
Oh, I just want to hold you600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcnCIJPAQC
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYPYTgS16Y
Am I in too deep?600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfua2YaCJRW
Have I lost my mind?600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbU5S5uACv
Well, I don’t care600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndiLN6mfdz
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhV74HCfDU
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 1864.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1misTfAcGX
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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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvmo0lcqD3
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdNRsnP5AJ
She turned around to face him and he let go.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYzheiLljA
“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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgclehaTQe
“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.”600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXV5IAyLJiV
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVOpx3Gc4l
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlM1TjIdn1i
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9UVCEUaGS
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8dTJYa2Ed
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gjaLmpNfZ
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, baby600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YeW0z1dy4
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1zCnCFilP
I will stand by you forever600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZqtGgSFx5
You can take my breath away600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlE7FvY6c5z
(I can be your hero, baby)600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUe7NZadzP
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I can kiss away the pain600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9HO9K7ch7
And I will stand by you forever600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapDMqwCVin
You can take my breath away600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfjYNdj0Tf
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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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xT7TAQjMs
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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3DKTJ95VL
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUmw0kL5uN
“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.”600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqYCLZK2EJ
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrmsziCd5A
“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.”600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rmKHNmfwL
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnEY8gX9zF
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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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GFwEUYc5j
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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.600Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDa9pv2aZIv
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.
