Summary: Set in S8. What if Katherine came back to life after escaping a hellish prison world, and finds out what has happened to Damon and Enzo? Will she help save them? Can she save them due to Damon’s hatred towards her and because she hasn’t seen Enzo in centuries? How will Stefan and Caroline react to her being alive once more?497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLpZCDN5rE
It was a nebulous night as Katherine, human, walked through the streets, ascendant in hand. She’d just come from a prison world and looked like hell with blood on one side of her head and nearly looking like the night she’d come to Damon for help. She didn’t know how long she’d been gone, but the population of humans had dwindled since the last time she’d been alive. It looked pretty vacant.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIXFbZHR1B
When she was about to walk past a warehouse, even human, she could smell the familiar scent of death. She could tell that it was more than a few deaths. Nearby she could also hear Damon and an old friend of hers,’ Enzo, talking.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXBeCXxMTg
As she entered the warehouse, curious of what was going on, and once she was close enough, she heard what they were saying more easily.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡam9V7fY26K
“How much control do you have left?” Enzo questioned. “I’m down to like two percent.”497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFyPScwcwk
“None. I turned it off. You should try it. If she sees nothing, she knows you don’t care about anything,” Damon replied.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlEPvzBsgs
“We don’t even know what it is,” Enzo stated.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrI9hUUKxl
Katherine stayed hidden, figuring that it probably wasn’t best to let herself be known. She knew how he was when he had it turned off. She also knew that if something was controlling them; getting inside their heads; it was best to stay away from that thing, whatever it was.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINFyYH8oyK
She quietly left and headed for the boarding house. Maybe the others would like to share with her what all she’d missed.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfAqOG59cr
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Thirty minutes later, she entered the boarding house, heading for the living room, assuming someone would be there. If she was lucky, someone that didn’t hate her very much would be there. She didn’t feel like dying again.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOheoLZXXzz
As she entered the living room, she saw that Caroline was the only one there, but it sounded like she was talking to Stefan over her phone.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRX5rYb1fMW
Caroline hung up after she told him to keep her updated, and then turned around, smelling blood and human, only to see a looking like hell human Katherine.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmEyYj1qJ0
“Katherine?” she questioned, shocked that she was alive. What the hell? she thought to herself.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMPbw6aMPg
Katherine gave her a smile.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOf68a1lnJr
“Hello, Blondie.”497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibQJ8AInQk
“What are you doing here? Stefan killed you,” Caroline inquired.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFyTQlXlfc
“I was sent to a prison world when I died. Now what did I miss? I just overheard Damon say that he turned it off and it sounds like something’s controlling them; getting inside their heads. Not to mention, there’s a warehouse full of brutally murdered people hanging from hooks,” she replied to the vampiress.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNhnWHJuC5
“We opened a vault months ago that released something. We didn’t listen to someone that said not to open it. When we went in after Damon and Enzo, they were gone. Then numbers started piling up of missing people. We didn’t have any clues until tonight where they might be. You just answered our question where they are,” Caroline explained.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC34UQtPGJ7
Katherine set the ascendant on the drinking table and poured herself a shot glass of Bourbon. She took a sip from it.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRltFjHido
“I’m glad I could be of help. You guys need to find out what’s controlling them. While you guys do that, I’m going to figure out a way to get Damon to turn it back on. It’ll be easier though once he’s separated from that thing.”497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoH0dNFUeG
“Why would you want to help Damon or us?” Caroline quizzed.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUIcujeg87
“Because I know I was a bad person as a vampire and I shouldn’t have body jumped, but I turned him and taught him everything he knows. You could say I feel responsible for him, whether he hates me or not. Besides, I loved Damon the most. As for the rest of you, you’re my vampire family and if there’s something evil in town, I’m going to help kick its ass.”497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZjepHwxG1
Caroline could tell that she was telling the truth this time around.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNp4NkgZ7N
Katherine set the empty shot glass down.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwbUSIKKlI
“I’m going to take a shower.”497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3tb6dB2gw
Caroline watched, as she left to go do just that, before calling Stefan.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmezaN5UEI
“Hey,” Stefan greeted.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdUBi8Q2rx
“You won’t believe who just showed up. Katherine’s alive and human and has a lead on Damon and Enzo. She overheard them talking in a warehouse. Damon turned it off and she said it sounds like something’s controlling them. The missing bodies are there. Be careful,” Caroline informed him.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JCNBP51Ml
“How is she alive?” he inquired.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOD28aU0Uz
“She said she came from a prison world and she looks like hell. I believe her. We can talk about this later. We have to figure out what’s controlling them.”497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxk00RqHkEZ
“I’ll see you in a little while then,” Stefan replied.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHMbE6J5Va
They hung up and Caroline went back to looking at the map, pondering which warehouse it could be and how to save them both. She hated to admit it, but Katherine was right.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7qK6ixX5K
After her shower and putting on clothes of hers from last time she’d been human, she went downstairs to rejoin Caroline.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfeq4xTe8z
“If you want to know where they are, just ask me. I care about Damon and Enzo. I’m not going to lie about their exact location.”497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzK3V6kfoBZ
Caroline looked at her.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIsbsHqSa4
“Then tell me where they are.”497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVsTVAXQae
“Fine,” she said, before telling her their exact location.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcZRHSnCyV
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A few nights later, while the others destroyed the siren, Sybil, Bonnie helping magically, Katherine found them on a desolate road, talking.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8snbxpWF6
Katherine revealed herself by coming out from the tree line.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Vomm2TWJj
“Hello, Damon,” she greeted with a smile.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DvtEi3Fim
As she anticipated he would do upon seeing her, he went for her. He vamp-sped over to her and pinned her against a tree.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuDkUmNUKz
“In what universe do you get to be alive!?” he growled at her.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdQk3izHFX
She gasped from his hold around her throat, but smiled. This was one step towards his humanity coming back. As long as he felt some kind of emotion, it was progress; even hate.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC88i9UD0kx
“I’m glad you still feel something with my presence. At least you feel something; anything.”497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5CWf4wj9P
He let go of her.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFnLxa1CrM
Enzo stood by, watching, ready to stop Damon if he tried to kill her.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEOpUH5IYs
“Look, Damon, I know what happened, okay? Caroline told me. You need to turn it back on. I know you’ve been through hell, but you have people that care about you.” She began to step towards him. “Elena wouldn’t want you to be like this and neither does Stefan.”497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNCTVmFGH2
Damon knew she was right, as he stood there, looking at her.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqL4OTjrxa
“It’s not that simple,” he informed her.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7U0wKsUo7
“I know,” she replied. She knew him too well. “They need you, though.”497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uYHhwxOVF
After some consideration, he closed his eyes, concentrating on turning it back on. Then, when he opened them, he had it back on.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVSuOmbrBQ
He looked at her.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1bs86PMeX
“I never thought I’d say this, but thank you, Katherine.”497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaMvUpoN2X
She smiled.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7bSQQccuV
“You’re welcome.”497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfdclbolQ1
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A month later, Katherine and Damon, after settling things and forgiving each other, were together once again.497Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrOKchlLZq
