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Chapter 49: In my Time of Dying

Damon opened a bottle of scotched and poured himself a drink. "She didn't accept your apology?" Sakura asked as she flopped down on the couch.

"She needs time, that's what she said anyways," Damon opened the curtains, letting a stream of sunlight in. He took his ring off while standing in the sunlight.

"What are you doing?" Sakura growled and sent him flying against the wall, in the shadows. "Don't you dare give up," Sakura walked up to him, clearly pissed off.

"You know what happened to Rose," Damon looked at her saddened.

"You're not going to die from this," Sakura hissed.

"She's right," Stefan showed up beside her and threw Damon into the cellar.

"What's the plan?" Damon rolled his eyes, not believing there was a way to save him.

"We're going to find a way out of this," Sakura stated and turned to Stefan, who nodded in agreement.

"Oh, right. A miracle cure. Good luck with that one," Damon sighed, clearly giving up.

"We're going to need you more than ever... I need you. I won't last much longer, it's taking over," Sakura growled as she grabbed onto her arm. That got Damon's attention. He was back on his feet, in front of her.

"What are you talking about?" Stefan was clueless.

"Allen's death seems to be the last straw, I don't know how long I can fight it. The Fenrir wants to take over," Sakura cringed and Damon wrapped his arms around her comfortingly.

I will take over, the Fenrir laughed in her head.

Damon started to cough up blood. "Conserve your strength," Stefan got Damon to sit down. "Apparently you have more reason to live then you think," Stefan spat. Stefan grabbed onto Sakura's arm and dragged her upstairs with him. "Please tell me you were kidding?" Stefan frowned down at her and she just stared at the ground. "Oh Sakura," his voice turned soft. He pulled her into a hug, "How did things get so bad, so fast?"

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, things just kept getting worse," Sakura sighed.

He held her out and made eye contact with her, "I understand. Things aren't always easy to say. We do things that are seemingly unforgivable. We hid things hoping they'll get better. Trust me when I say, I understand."

"What do we do know?" Sakura asked. "Last resort, I fully take his werewolf bit on me. I don't know if it will kill me, but because I'm not a vampire, vampire blood might heal it," Sakura stated.

"There's a chance you would die to though?" Stefan wanted clarification.

"Yeah, come back as a vampire too. Better then being taken over though," Sakura laughed, sounding like she wanted to cry.

"Oh Sakura, we'll find another way," Stefan bit his lip, "Where's Leilani anyways?"

"Either with Bonnie or Elena," Sakura shook her head.

"I'm going to see if Alaric can help," Stefan pulled out his phone, "I need your help, Damon's dying. Tyler Lockwood bit him. We don't have much time." Stefan closed his phone, then thought for a moment, "Maybe the dead witches can help. I'll go see Bonnie."

"The most they'll probably tell you it's linked to Klaus," Sakura walked up to the window and gazed out.

"What? What do you mean?" Stefan stood beside her, leering down.

"It's what the Fenrir's been telling me," Sakura scoffed.

"It could be lying," Stefan suggested.

"I don't think so, she has no reason to lie," Sakura glanced at him.

"She? Didn't think you knew the gender," Stefan pondered.

"I think it just matters what gender the host has," pain shot through her arm and she leant forward onto the window sill.

"Sakura?!" Stefan freaked out.

"I'm fine," she grit her teeth. "Go ask Bonnie if you want, best way to find out if she lies," Sakura breathed in deeply and stood up straight.

"Yeah okay, call if you need me though," Stefan pat her on the back and rushed off.

Sakura headed back downstairs to the cellar, to check on Damon. He was sitting on the floor, half conscious. "Damon, hang in there and remember you're hallucinating," Sakura sighed, not sure how to help. She put her hand on the cellar's handle, intent on going in.

"Not sure its safe for you to be in here," Damon warned.

"Well, that looks bad," Alaric appeared beside Sakura and looked at Damon's bite.

"It feels worse. My subconscious is haunting me, Rick. Please tell me you have something for that," Damon mumbled.

Alaric put Damon's ring and a glass of scotch on the cellar's door hole. "Double shot," Alaric said as he poured more.

"That's good," Damon grumbled as he got up and took his ring. "Oh good," Damon picked up the glass, "So my brother sent you for suicide watch?"

"He's just trying to help," Alaric defended him. "Duel reason anyways," Alaric glanced at Sakura.

"He's doing what he always does, trying to right the wrongs of the past," Damon scoffed and started to scream in pain. Sakura was ready to rush in to him, but Alaric stopped her. "You should want me dead. I'm the reason Jenna got killed," Damon provoked him.

"I don't blame you for Jenna," Alaric stated, keeping his composure.

"Oh, sure you do. Let's not forget I turned your wife into a vampire. You must really hate me for that one," Damon kept on prodding him as he drank.

"Ok, give me your glass. Neither one of us is drunk enough for this conversation," Alaric sighed.

Damon walked up to the opening and grabbed hold of Alaric by the neck, strangling him, "Kill me. Please."

"Damon," Sakura growled and he release Alaric. "Stop it, stop poking at Alaric trying to make him hate you. Don't give up," Sakura pleaded and slammed her fist on the door. Sakura leaned her head on the door, "I thought you understood. Without you, how am I supposed to hold it back. Who knows what the Fenrir has planned. I need someone to hold onto."

"Hold onto Stefan," Damon spat, "There's Leilani too."

"You know it's not the same. You actually know the things I've done," Sakura laughed, still leaning on the door, "And Stefan's not you..."

"Sakura..." Damon stared at her with his deep blue eyes. He reached his hand out the opening again, but just to try to touch Sakura. Having a chance, Alaric injected Damon with vervain.

Sakura's head shot up in surprise. "I'm really not in the loop fully about this. I know of it, but I'm still confused," Alaric sighed.

"I need blood. I need blood," Damon pleaded, laying on the ground. Alaric rushed to the fridge. Sakura heard someone coming and hid in the shadows.

"Sheriff, over here," the deputy called out.

"I wouldn't go in there," Alaric warned Sheriff Forbes as she walked up to the cellar.

"I just wanna talk to him," she said seriously.

"I wouldn't go in there," he warned her again.

She went into the cellar and closed the door, but she didn't see him. "Liz," Damon appeared behind her and threw her against the wall and made a quick escape before Sakura could step out to stop him.

Alaric called around to warn everybody, specifically Elena, whom Damon wanted to end on good terms with.

"I can find him, one of the easy ones for me, if only he didn't run so fast," Sakura ran out, hoping Damon wasn't killing random people. "First the square then the grill, now where are you," Sakura growled, unable to keep track of him.

Her phone rang and it was Alaric, "Liz tried to shoot Damon, but shot Jeremy, this is bad. You have to find him."

She hung up and focused on him again, "Back to the square." Sakura rushed off.

"Hey, come on. Come on. We have to get you out of here. We have to hide you," Sakura found Damon, half conscious, with Elena trying to help him.

"Where are we going?" Damon mumbled.

"Hey. Hey. Relax. We need to get you out of here," Elena struggled when Damon tripped.

Damon pushed Elena against a post, obviously still hallucinating, "I choose you, Katherine."

Sakura rushed up to them. "Sakura, help," Elena pleaded. "Look at me. Hey. It's Elena. It's Elena," she tried to snap him out of it.

"Elena, back off I'll take him from here, he's dangerous," Sakura warned her.

"You can help, but I'm not leaving," Elena stood firm. Damon started to lean into her neck, "No. Damon. No."

Sakura pulled him away from Elena just in time. "I have to... If we are to be together forever," he mumbled before biting Sakura.

"Damon, stop. You're hurting her. Damon, you don't have to do this. Please stop," Elena pleaded. Sakura had cringed, but didn't say anything.

"Sakura? Elena?" Damon snapped out of it and looked back and forth between them before dropping to the ground. Sakura kept a hold on him and Elena tried to cover Sakura's neck. Sakura managed to stand up and Elena helped her bring Damon to the boarding house and up to his room.

They got him into his bed and Sakura laid his head on her lap as she let her legs hang off the edge. He was sweating a lot and looked quite sick. Elena rushed to get a towel for him while Sakura stroked his hair comfortingly.

"Sakura..." Damon trailed off. "And Elena," he added when she came back in.

"It's okay Damon, I'm right here," Sakura kissed his sweaty forehead.

"You shouldn't be here, I could hurt you," Damon breathed harshly.

"No you won't and I'm not leaving you. I'm here till the end or my final resort," Sakura said firmly.

"Neither am I," Elena stated. "Final resort?" Elena looked at her baffled. "If you have a cure, use it," Elena commanded.

"It's not that simple, if it was, I would have. But my last resort, fail safe, Damon would never forgive me for using it. So until it's the end, I can't," Sakura stated.

"You better not trade your life for mine," Damon screamed and started to cough.

"Hey, hey! Come on. It's okay," Sakura whispered.

"It's not ok. It's not ok. All those years, I've blamed Stefan. No one forced me to love her. It was my own choice," Damon said, referring to Katherine.

"Damon, conserve your energy," Sakura pleaded.

"I made the wrong choice. You tell Stefan I'm sorry. Ok?" Damon glanced at Elena, who was standing at the bottom of the bed. Elena nodded and handed the towel to Sakura, who wiped down Damon's face. Sakura sighed and set the towel down. Sakura laid her hand on Damon's chest and he laced his fingers in with hers. "This is even more pitiful than I thought," Damon sighed.

"There's still hope," Elena pat his foot.

"I've made a lot of choices that have gotten me here. I deserve this. I deserve to die," Damon ragged on himself.

"No you don't Damon. Sure you've done things, but so have I," Sakura admitted.

"I do and it's ok. 'Cause if I'd have chosen differently, I wouldn't have met you Sakura or you Elena. I'm so sorry. Done so many things to hurt everyone," Damon kept going.

"Damon, don't forget the good you did. Quite frankly you made me open up my heart, I avoided getting close to people, but I couldn't help it with you. Sure it started off rocky, but it was all worth it. Just the thought of losing you feels like my heart is being ripped out. I love you Damon," Sakura was on the verge of tears.

"If it wasn't obvious, I love you too," Damon and Sakura kissed.

Elena sat down on the floor, at the end of the bed and held onto her knees as she started to cry.

"Dramatic as always I see," Katherine appeared in his doorway. "I need to talk to you Sakura," Katherine sighed with impatience.

"A little busy," Sakura glared at her.

"Well I have the cure, so I think you'll want to talk to me," Katherine smirked. Sakura's head shot up and Elena stood up. "I thought you were dead," Katherine said, referring to Elena.

"I was," Elena stated.

"You got free," Damon commented.

"Yeah, finally," Katherine sighed. "You coming?" Katherine looked at her nails.

"Yeah," Sakura kissed Damon's forehead before setting his head down on a pillow. She walked into the hallway and Katherine closed his door.

"As payment for this," Katherine swayed the vial of Klaus's blood in the air, "You have to go to Klaus, meet him face to face." Katherine handed her the address.

"That's it?" Sakura eyed her suspiciously.

"He will tell you the real price, this was all I was told to say. I suggest you say your goodbyes though," she warned her. "So, you still want this?" Katherine held it out.

Sakura took it immediately, without a second thought, "Thanks."

"Well, I owed him one," Katherine made it seem like she was just repaying a debt.

Sakura rushed in, past Elena and fed Damon the blood.

"Where's Stefan?" Elena questioned Katherine.

"Are you sure you care?" Katherine questioned her.

"Where is he?" she asked again.

"He's paying for half of it," Katherine said, referring to the cure, "He gave himself over to Klaus. I wouldn't expect him anytime soon."

"Half? And what do you mean, "he gave himself over"?" Elena frowned.

"He just sacrificed everything to save his brother, including you and Sakura. It's a good thing you have Damon to keep you company. Good-bye, Elena," Katherine vanished.

Damon looked up at Sakura, already starting to feel better. "Hey, I have something to give you," Sakura pulled out a wolf ring, that looked just like hers. She set it in his hand and curled his fingers around it. "I have to go though, part of the deal," Sakura said reluctantly.

"Wait what?" Damon sat up, but Sakura phased through the floor, so she wouldn't be caught.

"First things first though," Sakura left and hoped on her bike. She drove home and went inside, looking for Leilani. The house was dark, so she figured Leilani was in bed. She made her way to Leilani's room and surely enough, Leilani was asleep in bed. "This might be a real goodbye," Sakura sighed as she loomed over Leilani. "I'm sorry for everything, I know I should have been there more, been more honest, but thank you for being there for me," Sakura took her phoenix necklace, that she got from her brother off and placed it in Leilaini's hand. "Take care Leilani and please look after Damon," Sakura turned to leave and felt a tug on her coat. Leilani had grabbed hold of it, but she was still asleep. Sakura took her hand and tucked her in. She was almost out the door when she glance back, "Goodbye sister."

Sakura was off right away, to the address of the warehouse she was given.

"And our guest arrives," Klaus turned as Sakura drove up to them.

"Sakura?" Stefan looked baffled. Sakura took her helmet off and walked up beside Stefan.

"Part of the deal," Klaus laughed. "My precious Fenrir, it's time to awaken. Evigilo," as soon as he said it, Sakura passed out and Stefan caught her.

"Be a good boy and bring her along would you," Klaus smiled.

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