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Am I becoming human?
They walked inside, and Ric closed the door, as Elena and Kat headed upstairs towards the bathroom.
"Let me know if you need anything. I'll be in the kitchen. Then I'm going to bed," he told Elena, as he watched them disappear slowly upstairs.
Once in the bathroom, Elena closed the door and Kat sat on the closed toilet lid. Then Elena dug through the cupboard under the sink for the first-aid kit. As she did so, she tried to make her speak. The silence was making Elena wonder what was going through her mind. And that's where she started.
"You've been quiet. That's not like you. What's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong exactly, but I've never had something like this happen. I usually heal fast, Elena. You've seen it happen. I don't know what Esther had in that bowl, but I think something happened to me. I didn't think much of it until a few minutes ago. I've never known it to happen, but in this world, anything can happen."
"What are you saying?" she asked Isabelle's mother, as she set the first-aid kit down beside the sink.
"I'm saying that I think I might know why I'm not healing and why I'm not smelling or hearing as good as I usually can. I think I'm turning human."
Katherine had been looking at the floor throughout all of this with her hands folded in her lap. Now she looked up at her descendant.
Elena was startled a little by this new information, though she thought the vampire was just guessing. Was it possible, though? She didn't know.
"Are you sure?" Elena had to ask.
"I'm about fifty-fifty percent sure. There's a fifty-fifty chance that I could be right. If I am, I'm glad to be human again. I'll finally get the chance to follow my human dreams."
"You are?"
"Yes. I didn't want to turn, and I didn't know anything about real vampires. The only thing that I knew was that I wanted an escape. I wanted freedom from Klaus. My regret is turning. I couldn't do what I had wanted as a human. I was too poor to go to school with other kids and I never got the chance to be a parent. My father took my illegitimate daughter away and said that I had disgraced my family. I never saw her again until Isabelle came here. That's when I realized that Isabelle was my daughter."
Elena tended to her arm and side.
"So, about what Esther said; is it true?"
"Yes. Elijah and Trevor loved me, but I only loved Elijah. But I never used Trevor. He tried to help me because he loved me, but I turned into a vampire and then fled for him, in hopes of shelter. But Niklaus was one step ahead of me. He slaughtered my entire village, including my family. After I cried over my ma' ma, I fled to England. I was young, though. I didn't know how to act human, so I was found out and banished. Then I came here and met Stefan, while Damon was fighting in the war on the south side. I'll never forget how handsome he was in a uniform. Stefan introduced me to Damon. When I fell for them both, they brought me love again and made me feel young. I wanted to stay with them and never leave, but I didn't want to die. So even though they were dead, I promised them that we would meet again soon."
When Elena had finished with her arm and side, she looked at her head. The back of her head was bleeding heavily.
"Katherine…" she started.
The doppelganger didn't know how to say it.
"It's bad, isn't it? You can tell me."
"Well, it looks bad, but I'm not a doctor."
"Then you can call Meredith or Damon or both of them."
Elena took some gauze and used it to apply pressure to the wound, while the vampire stood in front of the sink with hands on the counter. And as she did, Kat looked at the mirror part of the medicine cabinet. She had to grip the corners of the counter top, as the dizziness started, and her focus kept going in and out. And then she felt her heart start beating in her chest.
"How do you feel?" she heard Elena ask, but her voice seemed far away.
"Honestly, you should call Damon. I'm just dizzy, but I'm human After 500 years, I feel my heart. I should probably lay down or something, though. In case it gets worse than my dizziness and focus," she replied, though her own voice sounded far away too.
She saw Elena take out her phone and call someone; probably Damon. And then she started to feel light headed and disoriented.
Elena guided her over and helped her sit back down on the toilet with her free hand.
"I'll be right back."
Elena left and went to sit on her bed, just as Damon answered.
"Damon, something is happening to Katherine."
"What? Is she dying?"
"No. She's human and she thinks it was those herbs Esther had in that bowl that she and Esther shattered during the fight. I thought I should tell you before I get Meredith over here to take care of her head."
"Forget the crazy doc. I'll be there soon."
"Thanks, Damon."
She hung up.
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"Let's go to my room. Damon's coming. He's going to help you."
Elena helped her up and put an arm around her, before she shut the light off and walked out of the bathroom. And as soon as she had entered her room from the bathroom, she saw Damon in her room.
When he smelled blood and heard two hearts beating, he knew they were right. That meant that Kat needed help. She would bleed to death if he didn't help her soon. He could tell that she was pale, weak, and unfocused. He knew she was here, but not fully here. Right now, her life was hanging in his hands. He could let her die tonight or live. He had already chosen to keep her alive.
He stood in front of her and Elena let go of her. Then he rested gentle hands on either side of her face.
"Try to stay with me. I'm going to help you," he instructed, though he wasn't sure how much she comprehended or understood.
He bit his wrist, ready to save her life.
"Damon?" she heard herself say, as everything turned from dim to gray. And then, a moment before everything went black, she felt herself fall and saw Damon's worried look after she felt him catch her. Then everything went black.
Damon knelt down and pulled her gently into his arms. He positioned her head gently back and put his wrist to her lips for his blood to heal her, once enough of it made its ways into her bloodstream.
A few minutes later, he took his wrist away which healed. He then looked down at her and made up his mind. She was human, and he had given her vampire blood. She needed to be safe.
He looked up at Elena.
"I'm going to take her home. Have a good night."
Elena watched, as he got to his feet with Katherine in his arms and vanished out of her window.
When she awoke, the new human saw that she was in Damon's bed in his room. He was seated on her bedside, which she had never seen him do before.
"How do you feel?" he asked her.
"Normal and better. Thank you. You saved my life. How long was I out for?"
"A couple days. Do you want anything?"
"I'll just be content to be human and enjoy the day with my family including you."
She sat up and smiled happily at him.
He smiled back.
It was a dark night, as Esther Mikaelson used a knife to cut Elena's hand. Alaric Saltzman was knocked out on the floor in the little shed-like place. Esther was going to use Alaric as a weapon.
"No," Elena protested.
"I'm going to do this whether you're willing or not," Esther said.
Elena tried to get free from Esther's hold on her wrist.
Suddenly, Esther was thrown, and she hit a faraway wall, while Elena hit the floor.
"You dare interrupt me?" Esther growled, once she was on her feet.
"If Elena and Alaric are involved, yes," Katherine Pierce replied. "And don't use your magic on me, because I know witches. Leave before you piss me off and I kill you."
"You wouldn't dare," Esther growled.
"Oh, I would. Ask Damon or Elijah. I'll do anything to get what I want. I'm going to warn you only this once. Stay away from Elena and anyone else she associates with. And I don't want to see you again," she growled back.
Elena watched from the floor, her back against a wall.
"I'm an Original. I can do anything, and you can't kill me," Esther replied.
"No?"
Katherine pinned her against a wall with a hand around her throat in a blur, her free hand with a White Oak stake that she had raised over Esther's chest.
"You want a bet?"
Esther growled. Then the Original through her off and the bowl of ingredients spilled on the floor, as Katherine hit them. The bowl shattered into pieces.
The Petrova vampiress got to her feet, stake lost in the mess on the floor.
"You used to be so delightful when we met back in the sixteenth century, Katerina. Whom were you in love with? Elijah or Trevor? Oh, yes. That's right. They were both in love with you, but you loved Elijah. And you used Trevor to escape Niklaus. Right? I wonder how Elijah feels for you now. You didn't choose him."
"Put the past behind you. I regret enough of my past that I don't need reminded."
Esther through her and she hit a faraway wall with a thud.
"You have bad luck, Katerina. You tend to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Katherine layed on her side in pain and looked up at her.
"I don't care what I am as long as my family doesn't die again. I'll gladly die any day for Elena and the others," she confessed.
"Well, that's interesting enough."
Esther lifted her to her feet with a hand around her throat and pinned her to the wall.
"Believe me. I never thought I would feel love again after what Klaus did. But now, I can love again. Elena, Damon, Caroline, and Stefan are my family. I'll do anything for them," she answered, as pain sliced through her side and right arm.
"Why so open with me?"
"Because you can relate. You love, and you care for your family. But one thing is this. I will never be the monster you are."
With her free hand, Esther slapped her across the face with anger clearly in her expression.
"I am not a monster. I am a mother."
"Yes. A mother that wants every vampire, including your own children, to cease to exist. If I had been able to raise Isabelle, I would never had become what you are. A mother that cares little, has no remorse, and is a selfish bitch."
Esther growled.
"How dare you speak to me like that!"
Esther through her and she hit the wall closest to Elena pretty hard.
"Enough, mother. If you have something to say, say it," the voice said.
Esther turned to face her son.
"Niklaus."
She looked at the rest of her children calmly.
"Shall we discuss this somewhere else?" Elijah said.
"Yes. We should. Mother?" Klaus said.
Elena and Katherine watched them go.
"Are you okay?" Kat asked, as she layed on her back in silent pain.
"I think I'll be okay," Elena answered her.
"I'm glad. What the hell did I miss?" Ric said, as he got up.
"Esther was going to make you a weapon, but Katherine stopped her. Klaus made Esther leave," Elena summarized for him.
Alaric started to his feet, as the doppelganger went and knelt by the vampiress.
"You're hurt," Elena said to her.
"Yes. I'll be okay when I heal. Don't worry about me. Besides, Damon is pissed off at Esther. When I went to the rescue, I saw that he was heading over to save you."
"Thank you."
"Anytime, Elena."
Alaric headed over to them.
"We should head back."
"What about Katherine? We shouldn't leave her like this."
"She'll heal, Elena."
"Go. I'll be fine," Kat urged.
"She saved me and you both," Elena reminded him.
"And there's the hero of the day come to the rescue," Kat commented.
Damon walked in and headed over to the three of them.
"What happened?"
"She saved us," Elena answered.
"What the hell are you doing back here?" he asked Kat, as he glared coldly at his Sire.
"I want to finish off Klaus. I'm done running," she answered.
"Let's go home," he told Elena and Ric.
"Go ahead. Leave me," Kat urged her descendant.
"I shouldn't. I don't want to."
"Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do. Please, Elena. Go home. Keep your family, friends, and Damon safe from getting themselves killed."
"No," Elena protested.
Damon sighed.
"She hurt you," he realized. "Where?"
"Just my side, arm, and head."
He knelt at her left beside Elena.
"Which one?"
"Right arm and side and the back of my head. I hit it on the wall."
"I'll take you to Elena's and we can both help you," Ric told her.
Damon got to his feet and looked at the Vampire Hunter.
"If you need anything, let me know. I'm going home."
Alaric watched him go.
Elena put an arm around her and helped her slowly to her feet, as she got to her own feet.