It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhji9NLUtM5
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKqeRfQV31
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FJr69eWlJ
"I choose you, Katherine."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUObXevSRfV
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. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiIeDI8CZK
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MiEJr7OJq
"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. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6LyDy8We7
He bent towards the cut. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVJcAnJmeT
"I choose you, Katherine."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡws0O4UZuaq
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. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsIHNYbC8O
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9N3Uoeugxa
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzzJHOmLUq
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3J1uyXIiWy
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyB7qDln649
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. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADes3Gm5VI
"Let's go home," she stated.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHjwTQ3RSj
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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. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lycH1HRBb
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. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBW3RPTHrDi
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbGeHqLPRW
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"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSqOIUctzg
"I love you, too."699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjjMrnAXqo
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpF4DxnaaAu
He closed his eyes. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyA7jcbAsp8
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5HClyOC2C
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wah06Dzl8
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQgKGZk35B
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXkW8lSYoF
She took it from him. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41H0qA6yst
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcr0vWLZiO
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GLubuAjLS
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 699Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGUTXnNNTd
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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.
