Summary: Set in S2-5. A songfic based on the pairing Datherine and song “Hero.”553Please respect copyright.PENANAi1Dd0H2RiC
*The Last Day*
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Would you dance553Please respect copyright.PENANAiF3OAmdBuq
If I asked you to dance?553Please respect copyright.PENANAYZDhkgNJJx
Would you run and never look back?553Please respect copyright.PENANAm4CIKNvTL1
Would you cry553Please respect copyright.PENANA0u8rXiwg6H
If you saw me crying?553Please respect copyright.PENANAHxwgU8WHNU
Would you save my soul tonight?553Please respect copyright.PENANAytywCi7l7V
Would you tremble553Please respect copyright.PENANAjtlOMwsSFz
If I touched your lips?553Please respect copyright.PENANAEW22KCI8NF
Would you laugh?553Please respect copyright.PENANAGQ0WFZxSFd
Oh, please tell me this553Please respect copyright.PENANArqmq0cqAJU
Now would you die553Please respect copyright.PENANAwUdwKLPbsp
For the one you love?553Please respect copyright.PENANAcaH0h5kNI9
Hold me in your arms tonight553Please respect copyright.PENANANCT5d33lE4
I can be your hero, baby553Please respect copyright.PENANASiNgzRNJBt
I can kiss away the pain553Please respect copyright.PENANAeJXq9OwwT4
I will stand by you forever553Please respect copyright.PENANAscHj3KR7H6
You can take my breath away
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It was a beautiful day, as Damon knocked on Ric’s apartment door and waited for someone to open the door. Klaus was keeping her hostage, so he thought he’d come by and give her a vial of vervain to use so he couldn’t compel her. He hated Katherine, but no one deserved torture, captivity, or being ripped of their free will. If she was alive, he’d help her the best of his ability.553Please respect copyright.PENANAIOdLrR7DMN
Ten minutes later, when no one opened the door, he figured he should see what was going on, so he did just that. He walked inside, closing the door behind himself. That’s when he saw her on her back on the floor, skin burning in the sun, and a bite on the left side of her neck. Because of the burning, he assumed that Klaus had taken her Daylight bracelet.553Please respect copyright.PENANAAlTqVXXHkv
He went over and closed the curtains to stop the burning. She was a vampire just like himself. If a vampire burned long enough, they’d die. He didn’t know how long that she’d been burning. If he hadn’t come today, she probably would’ve died before the sun went down.553Please respect copyright.PENANAiwBCDaDpDB
He knelt at her side and scanned her with his eyes. He’d gotten to her just in time, since she had started showing veins from burning in the sun. The veins were starting to disappear and her skin was starting to heal, but not as quickly as vampires usually do. He knew it was from the vicious bite.553Please respect copyright.PENANAVc8Vac4bq4
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head, avoiding touching the werewolf bite.553Please respect copyright.PENANAgsjdpSvOWk
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to wake up. If you can hear me, open your eyes.”553Please respect copyright.PENANAyTuP0aWLYo
When she didn’t reply or move a muscle, he patted her right cheek gently, his right hand resting on her forehead to keep her head still. In this state, she was fragile. He hated to call her that, but she was burning up. That, and she looked very weak and pale, not to mention, he was having a hard time waking her up. If and when she woke up, she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere. She’d be too weak to stand, much less walk. Even if she did wake up before he left with her, he’d still have to carry her.553Please respect copyright.PENANAhqLp05VoHQ
“Come on, Katherine; wake up. You need to tell me where the cure is,” he said, still patting her cheek.553Please respect copyright.PENANAC2CMEECT0I
He stopped trying to wake her, when she began awakening.553Please respect copyright.PENANAfHVlHMLd9H
When she opened her eyes, he gave a smile.553Please respect copyright.PENANApRqCQOKZri
“Hey. Welcome back to the waking world.”553Please respect copyright.PENANABWJzjaigjG
“Damon?” she inquired weakly.553Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8e4l9SQeD
“Don’t worry. I’m not here to kill you. I’m not an hallucination either. I’m getting you out of here, but you need to tell me where he’s go the cure. Surely, he didn’t leave you to die without leaving the cure behind.”553Please respect copyright.PENANAq992ZZPEm5
“In a kitchen cupboard,” she weakly replied.553Please respect copyright.PENANAxn7U4e8It0
He took his hand from her forehead and went to the kitchen to look in the cupboards.553Please respect copyright.PENANAiUOj28GR4l
She blurrily watched him go and turned her head to the left to watch him look for the cure; Klaus’ blood. As she did, everything began to seem too far away. She was also in a lot of pain from the bite and felt tired.553Please respect copyright.PENANAqDiKyOgxdk
Once he’d found the vial of Klaus’ blood as well as her Daylight bracelet, he put the vial inside his jacket and blurred back over to her.553Please respect copyright.PENANAVr4OWXoRD8
Once knelt at her side, he could tell that she was about to go under again. He removed her jacket and slipped her Daylight bracelet on her wrist, before putting her arm around his shoulders and pulling her gently into his arms. Then he got to his feet and looked down at her.553Please respect copyright.PENANAdkbAnmERjn
“You’re gonna be okay, Katherine. You hear me? I’m gonna cure you, but not here.”553Please respect copyright.PENANAOEA1WpIk9g
He blurred towards his car outside and gently sat her in the passenger’s seat, before taking the vial out. By this time, she’d gone under.553Please respect copyright.PENANAxfO0z4YTxq
He slid an arm under her head, gently positioning her head back. Then he put the vial to her lips, making the cure go down her throat. Then, after he figured she’d had enough, he layed her head on the seat again and closed the door. Then he drank the rest, having been bitten by Tyler, and got in the driver’s seat. Then he drove away, towards the boarding house.553Please respect copyright.PENANA9PtvUj90eH
Later, she was cured and lived to see yet another day.
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*Before Sunset*
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Would you swear that you’ll always be mine?553Please respect copyright.PENANArlJea5dBPp
Would you lie?553Please respect copyright.PENANARBtgyJ27AE
Would you run and hide?553Please respect copyright.PENANAz6AXkmrme6
Am I in too deep?553Please respect copyright.PENANALY0E5EhpjE
Have I lost my mind?553Please respect copyright.PENANAc1fclHV5sg
I don’t care553Please respect copyright.PENANARYAQYB5Jbb
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night at Mystic High, as everyone tried to kill Klaus. Katherine opened up a couple grenades saying, “Kaboom,” before throwing it at the hybrids that were coming to help Klaus. Killing Klaus didn’t happen in the end though, because Stefan stopped Damon to save him. If Klaus died, Damon would’ve been hunted down and killed by Klaus’ hybrids.553Please respect copyright.PENANA63bHi6hjjp
Later that night, when Katherine was heading down a hall towards the side exit where she’d parked her car, she was pinned against a set of lockers by Rebekah. Apparently, someone had undaggered her and she had heard about the plan to kill Klaus. She knew that that meant that she was on vengeance strike. She definitely knew that when Rebekah plunged a hand through her chest.553Please respect copyright.PENANAS0FMXe0dfP
“I should rip your heart out right now,” Rebekah said.553Please respect copyright.PENANAyMfEkC3BMQ
“In that case, how about you kill everyone involved,” she replied.553Please respect copyright.PENANAcGq3l9AkdP
“Maybe I will,” the Original sister said.553Please respect copyright.PENANAGYKPaLDZcw
“I don’t doubt that you’re capable of killing all of us, but would you take away Elijah’s love? Could you live with yourself? You have too good of a heart. I don’t think you can kill me,” Katherine stated truthfully to her. She had no reason to lie. She didn’t know much about Rebekah.553Please respect copyright.PENANAhNTRKITMr1
She felt another squeeze of her heart and everything went blurry.553Please respect copyright.PENANAs5mhOKfX87
“You underestimate me,” she growled at Katherine.553Please respect copyright.PENANAODqoIkLbOS
“Then go ahead and kill me. It’ll make you feel so much better,” she urged her.553Please respect copyright.PENANApgzrii62gT
She felt her hand leave her chest and then felt pain of something being stabbed close to her heart.553Please respect copyright.PENANAphysIgxrtN
“Maybe I’ll take you up on your offer,” she heart the ancient vampiress say. Then she felt the thing, maybe a stick, start to pierce her heart. Then she felt her ass on the floor and even more pain. Then it was as if she couldn’t breathe and she closed her eyes.553Please respect copyright.PENANAvyDGRUaCAv
Damon, seeing the scene, snapped her neck and knelt in front of Katherine, before quickly pulling out the stick and tossing it to the floor. He then bit his wrist and put it to her lips to heal her quicker, which worked.553Please respect copyright.PENANANoFmuF2wU5
After she’d healed, he gently pulled her into his arms and blurred off wit her.
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*Graduation*
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I can be your hero, baby553Please respect copyright.PENANA1uhI1LFoCP
I can kiss away the pain553Please respect copyright.PENANAbTO5Wg6tvM
I will stand by you forever553Please respect copyright.PENANAQldBBfTHkv
You can take my breath away553Please respect copyright.PENANApsyLcmeGtc
Oh, I just want to hold you553Please respect copyright.PENANAvov9jDMy8U
I just want to hold you, oh, yeah553Please respect copyright.PENANAXjDentUUBb
Am I in too deep?553Please respect copyright.PENANAvPc27vGCho
Have I lost my mind?553Please respect copyright.PENANAMAwOm6xP3W
Well, I don’t care553Please respect copyright.PENANAFylEZDMvPO
You’re here tonight
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It was a dismal night, as Damon searched for Katherine through each Mystic High hall, having heard from Elena that she had shoved the cure down her throat when Katherine had almost killed her. It had been a few hours ago, but he hoped she’d still be here somewhere. He knew her as well as he knew himself. As a vampire, she had everything going for her. As a human, she’d be alone and scared, not to mention hurt and maybe a little paranoid.553Please respect copyright.PENANAnzk57HhIRG
When he’d found the hall they’d fought in, she was gone, so he went back to his car to try and find her elsewhere. He’d search every road of Mystic Falls if he had to. For some reason, her being human made him care about her well-being. He hadn’t cared about her since 1864.553Please respect copyright.PENANAq44o1PzmAH
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Twenty minutes later, he found her limping down one of the desolate roads. Knowing her, he figured asking her to get in would prove to be unsuccessful, so he pulled over and got out.553Please respect copyright.PENANAOfcB2CoF0u
“Katherine.” He put a hand on her arm, stopping her.553Please respect copyright.PENANALNxCHnrnMA
She turned around to face him and he let go.553Please respect copyright.PENANAdmBzGVcaK0
“Come to celebrate in my misery? Come to finish what Elena started? Go ahead. Put me out of my misery,” she said with anger, angry at herself that she’d been defeated by her baby vampire doppelganger, and taking it out on him.553Please respect copyright.PENANAItcWAGAcgS
“I’m not here for either reason. I’m going to help you. You need help. You’re human, injured, and not as powerful as you were. Let me help you.”553Please respect copyright.PENANAtsfrLWxm8w
“Fine,” she said, before limping towards the car.553Please respect copyright.PENANAcPUOCUhnXP
Just as he began following behind her, he saw her begin to collapse.553Please respect copyright.PENANAKpKsmj9wjD
He blurred right behind her and put an arm around her. Then he knelt down with her against him. That when he saw a shard of glass in her thigh and a bigger shard of glass in her stomach.553Please respect copyright.PENANAhRzloRIAK5
Once he’d gotten her in the car, he pulled both out, tossing them to the ground, and used a towel from the backseat to tie around her thigh. He used the other one for her other wound.553Please respect copyright.PENANAFdOwVqIrmQ
As he drove, he used his right hand to apply pressure with the towel, trying to slow the bleeding. Normal people would’ve taken her to the hospital, but there was a first-aid kit at home. He figured that he could use that to get her wounds taken care of. He figured she’d ben find after that.553Please respect copyright.PENANAd2mzMuA4er
When he’d taken care of her wounds in his room, he was right. She’d be fine.
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*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
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I can be you’re hero, baby553Please respect copyright.PENANA7tUsQaG3QW
I can kiss away the pain, oh, yeah553Please respect copyright.PENANAXyKcKftqLw
I will stand by you forever553Please respect copyright.PENANANsUJgClDJM
You can take my breath away553Please respect copyright.PENANAdmqbKKrdFB
(I can be your hero, baby)553Please respect copyright.PENANAN2i5e08iPZ
I can be your hero553Please respect copyright.PENANAQV1jw0io2P
I can kiss away the pain553Please respect copyright.PENANAmSyawXpWuw
And I will stand by you forever553Please respect copyright.PENANAZoLiTZT1xU
You can take my breath away553Please respect copyright.PENANAjB3ZT7bwbT
You can take my breath away553Please respect copyright.PENANASdUEGIhxlw
I can be your hero
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“Katherine!” he yelled, as he raced towards his wrecked car that she sat in. He’d broken his promise he’d made to her that he’d protect her from Silas. Now she’d somehow caused his car to be totaled. The hood and both sides were crinkled, including the trunk. Also, all of the windows were shattered and he could smell a lot of blood; her blood.553Please respect copyright.PENANAY3SDHPMDWN
When he tried opening the door, it was jammed, so he forced it open. Then, when it opened, her left hand fell off the seat. He gently turned her head towards him and snapped her seatbelt in two. That’s when he saw that she had a dislocated shoulder and a piece of glass grazed in the right side of her neck. She had blood on either side of her head too and was bleeding from the back of her head, but he’d already seen that. He pulled the glass out and scanned the rest of her. Seeing more glass in her, he did the same he’d done with the first glass he’d seen in her. Then he used his vamp strength to move a piece of the car in the floorboard, to free her foot so he could get her to the hospital.553Please respect copyright.PENANAg16gnvfmHZ
He rested gentled hands on either side of her face, head still turned towards him.553Please respect copyright.PENANAfn9TTlPpjL
“Katherine, can you hear me? Open your eyes. I’m going to get you to the hospital. I just need you to open your eyes.”553Please respect copyright.PENANAmBeC6gfBW5
After ten minutes, she finally opened her eyes to see him.553Please respect copyright.PENANAG5X4eXYx6h
“I’m so sorry, Katherine. Silas told me to hand you over in exchange of him telling me where Stefan is. I promise you, I will never do that again.”553Please respect copyright.PENANASVesjtaOsO
She began to close her eyes and he carefully pulled her into his arms.553Please respect copyright.PENANAXkg45lWMoX
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Half an hour later, as she was rushed down the hall, because of her extensive injuries, her body was going into shock.553Please respect copyright.PENANAtUlfyfiKOk
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Hours later, after surgery, she was settled into a recovery room and he was told he could see her. So he went to sit on her bedside and rested his hand on top of her right one. She hadn’t woken up yet, so he was just silent, happy that she was alive.553Please respect copyright.PENANA323BaNfMKm
He gave a smile, realizing that he more than cared about her. He was falling for her all over again.