It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAvi5gcddt9A
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.482Please respect copyright.PENANAm87bOxo8Qz
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.482Please respect copyright.PENANAJTcGIPJFRP
"I choose you, Katherine."482Please respect copyright.PENANADsp3IBfp50
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. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAIUsvYd2IuS
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAHRCy66rwaI
"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. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAvGidvn43jQ
He bent towards the cut. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAbw88pH5lcS
"I choose you, Katherine."482Please respect copyright.PENANA069HtyNdxe
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. 482Please respect copyright.PENANA6WmkJqtQKz
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAt7h4RKMp0j
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAJj1t6sv7Id
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAqfyOkgkMhV
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAnr8EBc5aRN
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. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAvEplCSuN9d
"Let's go home," she stated.482Please respect copyright.PENANAiIdXy84uKl
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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. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAbSjkqNzam6
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. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAtPqNPmtQsd
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAD59V2OtF4Y
"You won't. I'm here until the very end."482Please respect copyright.PENANAIFtCSJk8Ey
"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAF4ED43Yx9y
"I love you, too."482Please respect copyright.PENANAuw9bODkkuX
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAV9bJPk7tKM
He closed his eyes. 482Please respect copyright.PENANACIYtfAWyyL
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAifTFe4zr3m
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.482Please respect copyright.PENANAmrDPTwPRtk
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAVFsV3FEOvb
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAWvI6JXJxJp
She took it from him. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAou7lw7Izoh
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAzkyCEEyB49
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAFSx1xF3XY0
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 482Please respect copyright.PENANAuPvqpCgrRA
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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.