Summary: Set in S8. What if Katherine came back to life after escaping a hellish prison world, and finds out what has happened to Damon and Enzo? Will she help save them? Can she save them due to Damon’s hatred towards her and because she hasn’t seen Enzo in centuries? How will Stefan and Caroline react to her being alive once more?680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDh4eQa0TE
It was a nebulous night as Katherine, human, walked through the streets, ascendant in hand. She’d just come from a prison world and looked like hell with blood on one side of her head and nearly looking like the night she’d come to Damon for help. She didn’t know how long she’d been gone, but the population of humans had dwindled since the last time she’d been alive. It looked pretty vacant.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fYyMd7Mx3
When she was about to walk past a warehouse, even human, she could smell the familiar scent of death. She could tell that it was more than a few deaths. Nearby she could also hear Damon and an old friend of hers,’ Enzo, talking.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hSSe4v4qn
As she entered the warehouse, curious of what was going on, and once she was close enough, she heard what they were saying more easily.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBM7ZpxQXn6
“How much control do you have left?” Enzo questioned. “I’m down to like two percent.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44jMwgdxbs
“None. I turned it off. You should try it. If she sees nothing, she knows you don’t care about anything,” Damon replied.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdqGJ9zrPH
“We don’t even know what it is,” Enzo stated.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcq4uvqljYY
Katherine stayed hidden, figuring that it probably wasn’t best to let herself be known. She knew how he was when he had it turned off. She also knew that if something was controlling them; getting inside their heads; it was best to stay away from that thing, whatever it was.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7ksQh08ob
She quietly left and headed for the boarding house. Maybe the others would like to share with her what all she’d missed.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYVX4UTSaX
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Thirty minutes later, she entered the boarding house, heading for the living room, assuming someone would be there. If she was lucky, someone that didn’t hate her very much would be there. She didn’t feel like dying again.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOEOMWzTab
As she entered the living room, she saw that Caroline was the only one there, but it sounded like she was talking to Stefan over her phone.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8h7R3Bx7GW
Caroline hung up after she told him to keep her updated, and then turned around, smelling blood and human, only to see a looking like hell human Katherine.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2XyDaz5U1
“Katherine?” she questioned, shocked that she was alive. What the hell? she thought to herself.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTmaePKQcj
Katherine gave her a smile.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGGv7BtO9G
“Hello, Blondie.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXPLLHMsfT
“What are you doing here? Stefan killed you,” Caroline inquired.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7r3FIjODK
“I was sent to a prison world when I died. Now what did I miss? I just overheard Damon say that he turned it off and it sounds like something’s controlling them; getting inside their heads. Not to mention, there’s a warehouse full of brutally murdered people hanging from hooks,” she replied to the vampiress.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4m7oJAHvl
“We opened a vault months ago that released something. We didn’t listen to someone that said not to open it. When we went in after Damon and Enzo, they were gone. Then numbers started piling up of missing people. We didn’t have any clues until tonight where they might be. You just answered our question where they are,” Caroline explained.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREX1LClYZE
Katherine set the ascendant on the drinking table and poured herself a shot glass of Bourbon. She took a sip from it.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngqs9FZQRB
“I’m glad I could be of help. You guys need to find out what’s controlling them. While you guys do that, I’m going to figure out a way to get Damon to turn it back on. It’ll be easier though once he’s separated from that thing.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqf9kppxjHL
“Why would you want to help Damon or us?” Caroline quizzed.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQTBKySlRj
“Because I know I was a bad person as a vampire and I shouldn’t have body jumped, but I turned him and taught him everything he knows. You could say I feel responsible for him, whether he hates me or not. Besides, I loved Damon the most. As for the rest of you, you’re my vampire family and if there’s something evil in town, I’m going to help kick its ass.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IuxDJngel
Caroline could tell that she was telling the truth this time around.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVFslLtld9
Katherine set the empty shot glass down.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyARDZCwOR
“I’m going to take a shower.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotUSkVBntk
Caroline watched, as she left to go do just that, before calling Stefan.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PUMEnptiM
“Hey,” Stefan greeted.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirDR6m4DZm
“You won’t believe who just showed up. Katherine’s alive and human and has a lead on Damon and Enzo. She overheard them talking in a warehouse. Damon turned it off and she said it sounds like something’s controlling them. The missing bodies are there. Be careful,” Caroline informed him.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvRUcqSKdQ
“How is she alive?” he inquired.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmrrJVgJB7
“She said she came from a prison world and she looks like hell. I believe her. We can talk about this later. We have to figure out what’s controlling them.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyVxOhKxPr
“I’ll see you in a little while then,” Stefan replied.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPKAe0m5ua
They hung up and Caroline went back to looking at the map, pondering which warehouse it could be and how to save them both. She hated to admit it, but Katherine was right.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMJRcPvaSj
After her shower and putting on clothes of hers from last time she’d been human, she went downstairs to rejoin Caroline.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrLxHG1vzT
“If you want to know where they are, just ask me. I care about Damon and Enzo. I’m not going to lie about their exact location.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNY7vvS2A0J
Caroline looked at her.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgEGpzXPId
“Then tell me where they are.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfo3XOg3BKU
“Fine,” she said, before telling her their exact location.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczjiEj2q6Z
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A few nights later, while the others destroyed the siren, Sybil, Bonnie helping magically, Katherine found them on a desolate road, talking.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAhnLAEt94
Katherine revealed herself by coming out from the tree line.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53MUKtW6qW
“Hello, Damon,” she greeted with a smile.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HgHr1IFFt
As she anticipated he would do upon seeing her, he went for her. He vamp-sped over to her and pinned her against a tree.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEA9Om5p1UD
“In what universe do you get to be alive!?” he growled at her.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlsD1QFkT0
She gasped from his hold around her throat, but smiled. This was one step towards his humanity coming back. As long as he felt some kind of emotion, it was progress; even hate.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YAyG3YwhZ
“I’m glad you still feel something with my presence. At least you feel something; anything.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmMWAbGg3f
He let go of her.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRC2c72CGTu
Enzo stood by, watching, ready to stop Damon if he tried to kill her.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiIT4nRI6M
“Look, Damon, I know what happened, okay? Caroline told me. You need to turn it back on. I know you’ve been through hell, but you have people that care about you.” She began to step towards him. “Elena wouldn’t want you to be like this and neither does Stefan.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAgy4tAMYV
Damon knew she was right, as he stood there, looking at her.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1m7DWMeDiN
“It’s not that simple,” he informed her.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfGqSZYQl9
“I know,” she replied. She knew him too well. “They need you, though.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnI8S0aASu
After some consideration, he closed his eyes, concentrating on turning it back on. Then, when he opened them, he had it back on.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cUDaVvEJi
He looked at her.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBwDyzel2I
“I never thought I’d say this, but thank you, Katherine.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOo6lE1ZuEP
She smiled.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1Dlx0DCxt
“You’re welcome.”680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvoCfWcmfv
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A month later, Katherine and Damon, after settling things and forgiving each other, were together once again.680Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMugMvWhwe
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