It was a beautiful day in Oregon, as Katherine Pierce drove out of town, heading for Mystic Falls to make sure those she cared about were okay. She couldn’t call because of nothing electric working or technology working anymore, so she had to drive. As she drove in the four door pickup truck she’d stolen, with windows down and the backseat full of all sorts of guns and ammo, she kept a hand gun in her lap, fully loaded. She wasn’t taken any chances. She also had a first-aid kit under the passenger’s seat and a full three containers of gasoline in the back of the truck.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZx8veRmrP
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            A few weeks later, she pulled up in the driveway of the Salvatore boarding house. It looked untouched, but she knew all too well that looks could deceive.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xdsvxydww
            She got out of the truck, closing the door as quietly as possible, the gun in her new holster she’d found a week ago.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthegXRM0Rf
            She walked up to the door and knocked before walking in, closing the door behind herself.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12yjdHm7MI
            “Damon?” she called.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynr2Ts1RSm
            She entered the living room, where she saw him by his drinking table, drinking from a bottle of Bourbon.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqkQ72Nz6Q
            “In what universe do you have the right to be alive?” he said in the tone he always reserved for only her.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vsemhlLvy
            “Maybe because I’m still a survivor,” she said, knowing his real question was how she was still alive. “Look. I didn’t have to risk my life coming here, but I did. I came back to make sure you’re okay and alive.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZaLl481qr
            He finally looked at her. “Why would you even care? You didn’t care before, so why now? It’s different now. Everyone I’ve ever loved and cared for is dead.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaN7aLoGF2I
            “I’ve always cared. It was just easier for me if you thought that I didn’t. I know it’s bad now, but we have to stick together.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsaWMqwfHA
            “Thanks, but I’d rather take my chances here.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ994vz2zHpK
            She sighed. “Fine. Just be careful and good luck.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqHnIypExm
            He watched as she left.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctZrthpVV7
            After leaving, she drove around and found that those she had known or hadn’t known were dead. There was still one person left to check on though. She hadn’t seen her, so she assumed that she was home, staying as safe as she could.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTyEWVTANX
            She parked in front of the house and stood on the porch and knocked.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9lnMJaHqT
            “Caroline?” she called through the door.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiWoFCIQxA
            “Get out of here. Just go,” she heard from by the door on the other side.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafTXy996VE
            “I know you’re alone now. I’m sorry for your loss. I know I’m not the best company in the world, but you don’t have to be alone. Damon already said no, which is understandable. I just want to help who I can. It’s best if we stick together. I have all the weapons and ammo we could need in the truck and a few other things we’ll need. If you pack now, we can get out of here before dark.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5nX23Vm15
            Caroline didn’t like Katherine very much, but she’d seen enough zombie movies to know that Katherine was right.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgE0L3r2RB9
            She sighed. “Fine. I’ll come.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFFkvSilmd
            A few minutes later, Katherine was driving out of town, Caroline in the passenger’s seat.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWj64Q9zpK
            “Where are we going anyway?” Caroline questioned.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrM6nKDAbV
            “New Orleans to the compound. Sure, it might be dangerous at first, but the compound is built strong enough to keep those zombies out. Plus, I need to know if they’re all alive.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡox2sReO71Q
            “Makes sense,” Caroline replied, agreeing with her for once.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX874W9Duad
            “Before we get there though, don’t be mad at Klaus, but I have to tell you something,” Kat informed the blonde.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDwqnOuUcp
            “What?” she asked, assuming that she wasn’t gonna like this.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHXXWjdYHG
            As Kat drove, she told the blonde about the one night stand Klaus and Hayley had and about the baby named Hope they had had together.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodZ6VGyfTn
            “That’s all I know,” she finished.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbskgGW6GT6
            “When’s the last time you heard anything from New Orleans?” she asked the former vampiress.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgM9qK39o9R
            “A year. I haven’t heard anything since the cure was shoved down my throat. I haven’t even spoken to Elijah since he left right before I tried to kill my doppelganger in anger. I know I should be apologizing to Elena instead of you, but I’m sorry about that by the way.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwK5XXn3Lkc
            “I’m sure he’s okay,” she assured the brunette.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYA8pBBDlDh
            Kat was silent.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbT06M9IeW7
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            Several weeks later, when they were half way to New Orleans, they saw a blonde and a guy with one hand, on the side of the road looking like they were having truck problems and were clearly arguing with each other.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSONEOTTPxk
            Kat stopped the truck in front of them and rolled down the automatic passenger’s window, looking at them.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmgRwTYn6Y
            “Need some help?” she questioned.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGZ0JtBcl2
            They looked at them.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6SPhefCzI
            “We’ve got this, Sweet Cheeks,” the guy replied to her.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuQv5GLMus
            “Clearly. Look; you’re in the middle of nowhere with nothing but highway. It’s dangerous. If you want, we could give you two a lift somewhere, or you can join us. We’re going to New Orleans to see if some friends are okay. Our friends have a strong compound,” Kat explained.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vLoYNyAo8
            “We should go with them,” the blonde told him.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbeKGDF3YA
            “Fine,” he replied.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zBhxSHoK9
            “Great,” Kat said, and set the bag of weapons on the floorboard so there was space for them in the back.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfWkCweKQs
            Once they were in, Kat continued the drive.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOa0jUvtniA
            “I’m Katherine by the way and this is Caroline. Who are you two?”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvLhQMOXu8
            “I’m Andrea and this is Merle. We’ve been looking for the group I got separated from. His brother, Daryl, is with them.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QmvBiwANm
            “Well, nice to meet you. What did you do before the zombies happened?”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETjkR2XA7W
            “I was in college and sometimes spent the summer with my sister Amy and my father. He taught us how to fish. I lost her a year ago though. She turned into once of them and I had to shoot her,” Andrea explained.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKy3gvtZNg4
            “I’m sorry for your loss. Luckily my family is long dead, so they don’t have to get killed by zombies. It’s a new world now, so it’s best that we don’t keep secrets. My parents were slaughtered by the Original werewolf-vampire hybrid Klaus in 1492 as vengeance for me running and turning. I turned myself into a vampire and I’ve been a survivor ever since, but now I’m human again, because the cure for vampirism was shoved down my throat. Caroline has only been a vampire for a few years. You can choose to believe me or not, but it’s true.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzc5lC4PNmo
            “I believe you. I’ve always been open-minded,” Andrea replied.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEvn2I4Wc8
            “Thanks. What did you do before?” she said to Andrea, before asking Merle the question.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99GO0yL13K
            “I’ll put it this way, Sweet Cheeks. I’m ex-military, but I also was in and out of jail a lot.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSEq69mQib
            “Well, not everyone is perfect. I can be pretty bad myself. I’ve killed many for 500 years, but being human has changed me. I don’t go around killing people anymore. Caroline hates killing though,” Kat replied.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouFVAG09A6
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            A week later, they made it to New Orleans.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡun6gLJvl0X
            Kat parked in front of the compound and they followed Kat to the front door, who then opened the door and walked in. Andre and Merle also walked in. Kat stood by the door and looked at Caroline.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59Z5CiI0hq
            “See if you can come in.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnK5vkrWw7
            She tried but was barred.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXo1m19c7o0
            “Let me call them so you can be invited in,” she told her, before calling loud enough for them to hear, “Anyone here?”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0ZaaeY2kn
            A blonde stranger holding a three year old girl appeared at the top of the stairs. “Come in.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfArqk44hRa
            Caroline walked in and Kat closed the door.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7LWYqn2nH
            “Who are you?” Kat asked, once the girl was downstairs, standing in front of her.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qTh3wefnX
            “Elijah mentioned you might have a little bit of an attitude. I’m Freya. You might’ve heard of me. I was thought to be dead, but was actually taken as prisoner by our Aunt Dahlia.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAs87jJIOLQ
            “Well, I’m glad that you found your family. This little one must be Hope,” Katherine said with a smile.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIWd6Xt45J
            “Yes. And she’s all yours if anything happens to the last of us.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bcQwbPKsM
            “What’s that supposed to mean?”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9UUJTAuCs
            “I’ve been trying to stay away from Hope all I can but sooner or later, it’s going to happen, which means that I must go, though Elijah has chosen to stay. Klaus is just fine and Rebekah is daggered. Her box is across the river if you want to wake her up. Kol is safe with his new love life Davina Claire,” Freya explained.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr03T1ifTi4
            “Where is he?” she asked, her worst nightmare happening.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0lFm1tIxu
            “He’s in bed.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUVHjSBnfv
            “It was nice to meet you,” Kat replied.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUEYgfIqv2
            “You too. Here.” She gave Kat Hope, whom Kat took, before Freya left.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZM1fdzCiMP
            Kat looked at Caroline. “I know you have no experience, but take Hope. I need to see Elijah. My last memory of him can’t be the breakup. Please. I don’t want him to die alone.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJuKWgqbkk
            Caroline took Hope, not knowing what the hell she was supposed to do.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NiObYVOjL
            Kat looked at Andre and Merle. “There’s plenty of Bourbon here and probably some human food too. Help yourselves.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfj1wyoIf3f
            Kat went upstairs, while Merle helped himself to a bottle of Bourbon.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHeCrVzZJB
            When Kat entered his room, she saw Klaus seated on his bedside, obviously staying with him until the very end.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjObnH1RER
            She walked up to them and stood behind Klaus with a hand on his shoulder.. She didn’t think he’d attack her or anything, so she wasn’t afraid.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4Ow9WhEen
            “Katerina,” Klaus greeted, not looking at her. “I’m sorry. There’s nothing I can do.” He knew how much she and Elijah loved each other.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLOLTsK0FI
            “I know. It’s not your fault. Caroline’s downstairs with a couple human friends we made. I should be the one to do it when the time comes.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqjkmiLCTJ
            “Thank you, luv.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQ6O2GUlyL
            She took her hand away and he vanished from sight. She then sat on his bedside, her hand on his right one and her other one gently on the left side of his face.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2dI5GxDVh
            “Katerina,” he greeted. “You’re here.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QjVwo2NWZ
            She smiled. “Of course I’m here. I love you, no matter what. You know what has to be done though.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQt7M2smOg8
            “I love you too, Katerina. I know. Don’t think that this is your fault. Think of it like this. You’ll be taking my pain away. Do me a favor, though. Look after what’s left of my family; Especially, Hope. She just lost her mother. I wish for you to take over as her mother.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmy5oD6rib
            “I will. I promise you,” she replied.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSvbOcGuJz
            He closed his eyes, ready for the inevitable.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsBkkGZDvt
            They shared one last kiss, before she took the White Oak stake from on top of the end table, and staked him, killing him.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xdCAI4OSo
            Afterward, she slid to the floor, her back against the bed, her arms around her legs and head down, and cried. She didn’t want anyone to see her cry and never had. She’d never liked to show any weakness in front of anyone.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6r2ADG4lX
            As Klaus mingled downstairs, getting to know Andrea and Merle, he and Caroline heard her crying her heart out. Care had never witnessed any weakness from Katherine, nor had she ever took her for the type of girl to break down after a loss. That was more of her style. She always hated someone to be hurting one way or another though, no matter who it was. She always felt like no one, no matter who it was, should have to deal with anything alone.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcX0DYIoQu
            “I should make sure she’s okay. Take her,” Caroline told Klaus, always being a good samaritan.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFkMqni09c
            He took Hope. “Of course, luv,” Klaus replied.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZ5MIA6Ucf
            Care blurred upstairs and walked into Elijah’s former room, closing the door behind herself. She then sat on the floor next to the grieving human, an arm around her in comfort.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGy2qZPuHb
            “I’m sorry, Katherine,” was all she could say.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgElJO9XVT
            Katherine let her try and comfort her, though nobody had ever done that before. She was glad that unlike others, she wasn’t trying to tell her that everyone would be okay, because in this world, nothing was okay. She was also glad for the comfort and wasn’t surprised, knowing how much Care hated people being in pain.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwspmkBTviE
            After what felt like a while, she finally was able to get control over herself and stop crying, which she did. She then lifted her head and wiped her eyes.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGn0mr11Mmo
            “How about you go to bed. It’s been a while since either of us have slept,” Caroline suggested.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15r1M2BU8Y
            “Good idea. Elijah would want us to stay rested and wanted me to take care of his family, so that’s what I’ll do. He wouldn’t want anyone to give up, either.”706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8xGlhS7mn
            A few minutes later, Elijah’s body was taken care of and Kat was asleep in Elijah’s bed. The others were asleep too, Merle and Andrea in separate guest rooms and Hope in her room, while Klaus and Caroline were asleep in Klaus’ bed after making love. They were finally together.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWrg3j3caN
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            A month later, after everything that had happened, Merle and Andrea hooked up and Kat slowly healed from the loss of Elijah. Hope was a part of that healing and for once in their lives, she and Klaus had bonded and became friends.706Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIYW7vjVxj
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            Years later, when all the walkers died out from hunger and being killed by survivors, things began to get back to how they were before the walkers. So those who were survivors, lived as happily as they could. Kat even reunited with her vampiress daughter, Nadia, and Damon was one of those survivors as well as Andrea, Merle, Kat, Hope, Caroline, Klaus, Davina, Kol, and Rebekah.8964 copyright protection702ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Vtv7Zt6Ws 維尼

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