Legacies: Find Our Way Back To Each Other
Summary: Forty years after Damon lost Elena, Kat escapes the prison world scathed by Ric's two former students as well as Kai. When Damon finds her, will he save her? If so, can he save her? Now that she's human, can she digest blood? If she can, will she want to stay human? When she gets poisoned from Kai's dagger he used on her in the prison world, can she be saved? What will ensue between them? Will their flame burn once more?
It was a nebulous night, as Damon whom was still a vampire, having decided not to take the cure with Elena, walked through the Mystic Falls streets. He was on his way to the Mystic Grille, needing a drink. It had been forty years since Elena had died of old age. No amount of passing years would stop him from missing her, but he was starting to finally move on.
Meanwhile, a human Kat appeared with an ascendant in hand, having just escaped the prison world the girls had made when they'd been little. That prison world held Kai, as well as Ric's former students. One was a vampire, while one was a werewolf. She'd been able to escape, but was injured. Throughout her being hunted by the former students, she'd been fed on and scratched. Also, before she'd escaped, Kai had injured her as well. She had an open leg artery and blood on either side of her head. Because of her injuries and blood loss, she lay on her side with blurry vision. She knew she needed help soon, but she was too weak to move. She was losing so much blood, she could feel a puddle surrounding her hand. She could only hope to be found before it was too late, but she didn't know if she would be. The vicious vampire bite was making it hard to breathe. And as the moments went on, her vision began to grow gray.
Twenty minutes later, Damon stopped in his tracks, smelling a lot of fresh blood. He could smell the familiar scents of Katherine and human, too. Despite having forgiven her for what she'd done in the past, he wasn't sure about her being back. He couldn't help but to play the hero, though. Even for her. She was still his sire. He owed her everything for saving him from the life he'd hated as a human. And no matter what, if she needed saving, that was just what he'd do. So, after a few moments, he began to follow the scents.
Ten minutes later, once he saw her on a desolate road, clearly injured, he blurred towards and knelt at her side. That's when he saw her injuries and knew where she'd come from. He knew that she'd escaped the only prison world left. The ascendant gave it away. He knew Kai was trapped there, but he also knew that a couple of Ric's students had been put there.
He took his jacket off, tying it around her open thigh artery to try and stop her from bleeding out from it any further. He knew that she'd lost a lot of blood, though. She was also pale from the massive blood loss.
He slid an arm under her, careful of the vampire bite on the right side of her neck, and gently got her on her back and pulled her gently into his arms.
"Stay with me, Katherine," he encouraged. He could see that she was starting to go under. He knew that wasn't good with the blood loss and her injuries. Especially, with the bite. And he could hear her breathing growing shallow.
After debating for a few minutes, he decided to take a chance. He bit his wrist and put it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat, as everything went black for her.
When she woke up, she was in an unfamiliar place. She assumed Damon lived there, though. He was in the living room with a drink, after all.
She sat up on the couch, which was when he approached, giving her a shot glass of Bourbon.
"Welcome back, I guess," he said, as she took the drink. Then, as she sipped it, he added, "The good news is you can digest blood now."
"Thanks," she replied. "You saved my life."
"And don't make me regret it," he replied.
She gave a smile, before sipping her drink again. Then she truthfully told him, "I wouldn't dream of it. Let's just say that I'm a better person now. The person that wanted to destroy the whole town was nothing more than a demon. I'm human again. One that's not dying anytime soon. Being human and the fact that Nadia thought I could be a better person, made me become one. You don't have to worry about me doing anything nasty like I did as a vampire."
"Good to know," he replied, glad to not have to worry about whether she was going to cause mayhem or not. He then took a drink from his drink.
"I am going to need protection just in case," she added, once she'd finished her drink. She then set the drink down.
"You can have the guest room," he replied, though it had been his and Elena's room. He'd moved things around a while back. It was the guest room now, while the former guest room was his room.
She gave a smile.
"Thanks. I'll find a way to repay you. It's the least I can do after our rough and sketchy past."
She left the living room to go find the guest room. After a rough night and then some, she needed some real sleep.
Damon watched her go, letting her find her own way. She was always good at finding things by herself. She didn't usually need guidance.
The next day, Kat was in the bathroom after having gotten ready and eaten, looking at something on her leg. Though his blood had healed her wounds, it seemed that another type of wound had appeared on her thigh, but with black veins around it, which looked to be spreading. Looking at it and knowing that the wound he'd healed had been from a dagger Kai had had, she assumed that there had been something on it. Considering she also was feeling a little weak today, she also assumed that that something had to be some kind of poison. She knew she had to tell him about this, sooner rather than later. Bonnie was long gone though, so she knew that if she was going to live, they'd have to ask help from Hope. She was the more logical one, since she figured Ric would never help her, which would mean that he would never allow his girls to help her. But Hope was different. Ric couldn't exactly tell her what to do.
Since Kat had been in there long enough, Damon went to check on her, needing to make sure that she was okay. Being human, there were a lot of things that could go wrong. And now that he wasn't exactly so angry at her for past things she'd done, he worried more about her, knowing that she wasn't that great at being a human. He was glad that she'd become a better person, though. He knew she was still a magnet for danger, though. When she'd first become human the second time around, she couldn't even keep herself from getting into a car crash. But unlike that time around, he actually cared about her well-being now. Just like before though, he didn't want her to die.
"Katherine?" he called from outside of the closed bathroom door.
"Come in," she invited, though she knew she didn't have to, as she stood in front of the sink. Then she looked at him when he opened the door.
"What's wrong?" he asked, sensing that something was wrong when he opened the door.
"I think Kai's dagger he stabbed me with in my leg that you healed had something on it. Trust me when I say that there are black veins around the area. And I think it's spreading. We might need Hope's assistance. Ric would never help me for anything, so his girls would be out of the question," she informed him.
Damon knew she was telling the truth, so he knew he definitely had to go get Hope for Katherine. And he could tell that it was spreading, because he could see that she was feeling weak.
"I'll always trust you. First though, let's get you into bed," he replied, approaching her to help her. Then, just as he reached her, he had to keep her on her feet, as she became even weaker. He then put an arm around her, ready to help her, but she was too weak, so he gently picked her up in his arms, as he told her, "I've gotcha. You're gonna be okay."
As everything began to go gray, she felt him pick her up and heard him. Then she layed her head on his shoulder, before everything went black for her.
He gently layed her down on the bed in the guest room.
"Hold on, Katherine. I'll be right back."
After Damon called Hope to ask for her help and she'd agreed, Damon went back to the room, sitting on her bedside, a cool wet washcloth on her forehead. He didn't want her to die, but with something like this, he couldn't help her much. Sure, she'd probably come back in transition if she died before tonight, but he didn't want that for her. Not only because he'd never been given a choice, but because being a vampire and the horrible things she'd had to endure as a vampire had made her into a monster. He liked this version of her much better, apart from the million ways that she could get hurt or worst.
He rested a hand on the side of her face.
"I don't know if you can hear me, Kitty Kat, but I'm right here. And I'm not leaving. She's going to do her best. You just need to fight this long enough for her to save you," he encouraged her. She was always a fighter, but he knew that there had been a time when she'd been dying before that she'd given up. He didn't want her to give up. He wanted her to fight like she always had as a vampire. He hoped using his old nickname for her would help.
After a few hours, give or take, Hope was finally able to find a way to save her, so Kat lived to see another day. That, they were thankful for.
About a month later, she and Damon got back together. They'd forgiven one another for everything, so all was well with them both. They were ready to both move on from the past, starting fresh together. So, they got their happy ending at last.