It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPZMqM2c3I
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiRRNT4Dy6
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZvSVCz2hu
"I choose you, Katherine."719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk04ikK9m1O
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. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKNZO0kgID
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFdtKHEWUa
"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. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvk1y92sK6
He bent towards the cut. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZg54ZbQCP
"I choose you, Katherine."719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPaXssd3NA
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. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3mwAlDdO6
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KBl5yPHE5
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbB7gpekE4T
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKTfK1fKOe
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEkqeIiv7h
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. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHc99vsjEPj
"Let's go home," she stated.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOmCTzQxZq
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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. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PjyJQsTlG
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. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVVMFNzNOY
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSimcaBfEa9
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"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxYOAdT6BC
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She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluXDSXZDjY
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"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIKdXuE5T8
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfmeqBPsTW
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJ0QmelsL0
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyGhHxGMV9
She took it from him. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iEPTzGpri
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDftvSa5R4W
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4dKY1snXQ
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVw692CyJna
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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.
