It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3x9W071BFs
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlQ5igE55b
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpXd4vkKJF
"I choose you, Katherine."717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwqnjkjLP5
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. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvNqYdJW1o
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PHCKAZ06r
"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. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSJ9vjEqBo
He bent towards the cut. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoY9DZJvvB
"I choose you, Katherine."717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6rof4dhmK
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. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJQ8h3ZsGA
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwJv5GSyN4
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtFWrFnr7C
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHgLisYSuV
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmnzJnnwet
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. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpgoyqKL4x
"Let's go home," she stated.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAz8WytGJw
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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. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQoo1GaboS
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. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hkpRHIrrx
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafMzNzF6bn
"You won't. I'm here until the very end."717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RsBxckuJK
"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcwWCqpdxl
"I love you, too."717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFOYaIMRnE
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQQOxApcia
He closed his eyes. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFUE7EpZUM
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLzGXASPnz
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmPthmFIlk
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6WuTUcD9z
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirCJGv9sLC
She took it from him. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sLzWMLjAS
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjBeNrzKd9
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nsvOuHR1P
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZZRQm6g7i
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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.
