Who: Katherine and Stefan What: Katherine slipped away thanks to Needy Where: The woods, Katherine's place When: A day after her escape Warnings: Katherine's hurt and pretty pissy so maybe...
She didn't think twice when the blonde girl showed up and distracted Klaus. She waited for them to leave before she quietly left herself. It was slow going that was for sure, Klaus had done a lot of damage to her in a short period of time. He was angry she got a big enough jump on him for Elena and Stefan to slip away, well okay for Stefan to grab Elena and get her the hell out of there. Katherine still had no real grasp on why she did what she did. She should have bounced and left Stefan and Elena to Klaus but she didn't... couldn't.
It took her nearly an hour to get out of the projects and into the wilderness and she wasn't going to feel completely relieved until she was safe in her home. A home that felt nine million miles away as she moved from tree to tree supporting herself. When the house finally came into view she collapsed about twenty feet from the door and she heard Zoey yelling. She felt someone pick her up and bring her inside but everything after that was just black. She couldn't remember sleeping as well as she did but she knew it was because she needed to heal.
When her eyes finally did reopen she rolled over on her side and let out a groan. She was sore and starving which was a bad combination for her. She'd be grouchy until she was fed and fully healed. It was just about dusk she noticed as she stared at the curtains in her room as she lay still thinking over what had happened. She rubbed her hands over her face and carefully swung her legs out of her bed, frowning at the deep wounds still all over her legs. She must have been sleeping for longer than she thought, she hadn't had any blood to speed the healing and the wounds looked disgusting.
"Nate!" She barked and held her hands at her temples as the pain throbbed through her skull. She mentally kicked herself for not remembering Nate was gone, she had no personal blood bag to feed from and she hadn't replaced him either. She tested her weight on her feet before she stood and promptly hit the floor. She could hear the usual sounds going about the house and she could even hear Pam's voice in the mix barking out orders to the workers. She scooted herself up against the bed and just sat there looking over her wounds when she heard her door quietly open.
"Whoever that is get me some blood." She said in a strained voice as she pushed herself upright a little more and leaned her head against the softness of the mattress behind her. She held her arms out and glanced down at her chest. So many wounds. Klaus was not kind and she wasn't expecting kindness. She also was surprised he had let her go so easily until she remembered this was part of the game. Cat and mouse and sometimes the mouse needed to be spanked. She was annoyed that whoever came into the room didn't address her so she let out a huff. "Are you deaf? I said get me some fucking blo-" The words stuck in her throat as she lifted her eyes to see Stefan standing there looking down at her.