It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIrNgIC8aB
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYbfI4TK3I
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLS5aqSjYSQ
"I choose you, Katherine."643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMZdN2E9m6
When he went for the side of her neck, she knew what he was hallucinating.
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*Flashback-1864*
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It was a dark night in the Mystic Falls woods, as Katherine stood with her back up against a tree, human Damon in front of her. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegKjDwZP5A
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wwqU4DogW
"If you want it, take it," she instructed, teaching him something she had always done as long as she had been a vampire; take whatever you want, no matter the cost to others. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlku25eOFQ
He bent towards the cut. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7ARXH56RG
"I choose you, Katherine."643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegerBNS4x1
She smiled.
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*end of flashback*
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She rested gentle but firm hands on either side of his head, making him stop, keeping him from biting her and making him look at her. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbwPrdH9Fr
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSojMe8Lse
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUXLjFRzUF
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkfRhc7WoV
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyKuMbtT4j
When he began to lose his balance from sudden weakness, she was instantly beside him and put an arm around him to help him. She then used her body weight to keep him on his feet. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEYgjKa7OY
"Let's go home," she stated.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xr3Fv9H4t
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Half an hour later, he lay in bed with his sire wetting his face down with a cool wet wash cloth. He was very pale and weak. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1H3u2nnnj
As she sat beside him on his bed, she felt helpless. She was helpless next to him. She was his sire and girlfriend. She was supposed to protect or at least save him, but all she could do was watch him slowly and painfully die. Her only hope was for Stefan to get the cure and bring it in time. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuDKrPwtaQ
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNN6Cf90he
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"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnehs1yHhZ
"I love you, too."643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4c3rXm19UP
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSaJDVUmOW
He closed his eyes. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlr5hTppvb
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4maZQTgAL
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBrQa5c0vD
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9AAC9vQlY
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzZMsowqwy
She took it from him. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtaZafKmgv
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56wRjrpMEi
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3hkZcCZLA
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 643Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvPhgdmbvg
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Half an hour later he came to, cured, and she told him what he had missed. Now it was time to get Stefan back on track.
