It was a dark night as Damon staggered through the Mystic Falls streets, very warm and sweating, not exactly himself. 740Please respect copyright.PENANA7R1oSmOGUp
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Meanwhile, Katherine was out looking for her elder childe, having found that he was MIA.740Please respect copyright.PENANATM8Hvm5GuW
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Once she found him, he began to hallucinate and pinned her to a pole, her back up against it.740Please respect copyright.PENANAEwS8dJmbjD
"I choose you, Katherine."740Please respect copyright.PENANAEKWf8TWDKv
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAVltY4a95FZ
She used a fingernail to make a cut on her left collarbone. 740Please respect copyright.PENANA94wlh5Kk8g
"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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANA7Evq7D8hFQ
He bent towards the cut. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAzjEKYAaoZL
"I choose you, Katherine."740Please respect copyright.PENANAzyuqBZpSvi
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAD4ENv9DPYW
"You're hallucinating, Damon; stop," she said gently. 740Please respect copyright.PENANA3qAPqu1z4H
"Katherine?" he said, looking at her, realizing he had almost bitten her in the present, when he had hallucinated. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAf3Eb6AOdsg
"I'm here. It's okay. You didn't hurt me," she assured him. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAeHqLjBRnKX
He let her go and stepped back, which turned into a stagger. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAQKDiN9M0Lw
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAptTqqKahhx
"Let's go home," she stated.740Please respect copyright.PENANALlVDenxZU2
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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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAD8o9oCTZIl
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. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAoNZq2Z0LEO
"You should go. I could hurt you," he whispered. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAEg66cvS69E
"You won't. I'm here until the very end."740Please respect copyright.PENANAVlP5JdQHHX
"I love you," he replied in susurration, thinking this may be the last time he'd get to say it. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAginLTpBUx4
"I love you, too."740Please respect copyright.PENANAxy8t4mVzSd
She bent down and kissed him, before pulling away. 740Please respect copyright.PENANA92AoBCPouJ
He closed his eyes. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAHmciVuhLWZ
"Thank...you," he managed to whisper. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAvtibgoXGu1
A moment later, Klaus walked in with a vial of blood in hand.740Please respect copyright.PENANAgAn13gmbXl
She sensed a presence, so she turned to look and was surprised that he was there with the cure, instead of Stefan. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAIrFvOULmMm
"I hate to interrupt dear Katerina, but here you go," he said, walking over to her. 740Please respect copyright.PENANATKIRt1yBmx
She took it from him. 740Please respect copyright.PENANA27ZBoU6asm
"Where's Stefan?" she questioned. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAHBwzWPTued
"Oh, he's paying for this; bringing out his inner demons. See you around, Katerina," he replied, before vanishing. 740Please respect copyright.PENANA0D6VRhVd7t
She turned back to Damon and uncorked the vial, before putting it to his lips, making the blood go down his throat. 740Please respect copyright.PENANAk7RuLUymjh
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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.