"You couldn't possibly guess the news I've got for you!" Damon barged in through the door to the Gilberts' house. His mouth was set in one of those typical Damon-smiles and he wasted no time making himself comfortable on the couch next to Jeremy.
The people already in the room looked around at each other confused before Elena gestured for Damon to spill.
"Apparently there is another box and another way to kill Klaus."
"What? What could possibly be in that box and who told you that?", Jeremy said, his skepticism showing through his attempt at being optimistic.
"It's actually more of a coffin I was told. And I've got a few witch friends who don't seem to like Klaus either. I had to do some digging and a little bit of... torturing and turns out it's carefully hidden a couple of miles away… by Klaus himself." Damon announced proudly as he was reaching over to steal Stefan's glass containing some alcohol.
"Another coffin? We might as well check that out, it's always good to have a backup plan, right?" Stefan asked, getting up from the armchair placed next to Damon. The plan was to leave the following day.
It felt a little bit cramped up in the car on the way to this mysterious cemetery just outside of town. Damon was driving, Stefan called gunshot – believe it or not – and Elena, Alaric and Bonnie were seated in the back. Jeremy wanted to come but didn't really have a say in the matter. When they were about halfway there, the third witch that Damon had tried, who didn't mind talking since she was dying and therefore not afraid of Klaus, called.
"Alright, so I told you I was going to talk to my aunt but I haven't been able to reach her so this is what I found out so far; I'm not entirely sure what's in there but Klaus hid it for a reason, and my sources say that he's been checking in on the coffin as often as he can. It's been hidden there for quite some time and right now, with as many enemies as Klaus has, he doesn't go there anymore. My guess would be that he has other vampires standing guard. I went to the cemetery yesterday, being the nosy witch I am but I never got inside where the coffin is, there was a vampire there and I didn't have all the time in the world."
"Makes sense, he doesn't want to lead anyone to that "weapon" if it can be used to kill him. But why would he have people check in on it so often? Is it really so hard to survive if it gets out and into the wrong hands?", Alaric questioned but no one seemed to have an answer.
As they pulled up to the old cemetery about one and a half hour later, Elena was the first one out of the car. She immediately spotted the tiny building in which she assumed the coffin would be. Stefan caught up and slowed her down.
"I think it's best if me or Damon go first, we don't actually know what's in there." She nodded and followed behind Stefan.
The chain to the door was easy to break off but the coffin inside was sealed shut. Alaric stood watch outside and Stefan and Damon were trying to open it using their vampire muscles. But it didn't seem to work. As they tried over and over again, Bonnie went over the surface of the coffin with her hands. It was a beautiful coffin, a reddish brown with gorgeous patterns carved in. It wasn't dusty like everything around it either. It didn't seem to be a coffin to hide a weapon in but she figured Klaus had enough money to "hide" every human on earth in one of those. She stopped in her tracks.
"Guys, what if there is like another original in there? Another Mikael or Esther but worse?"
"Yeah, we don't know that until we open it, it could just be a clicker to train Klaus not to be an ass using positive reinforcements." Damon joked, earning multiple scolding looks.
"it seems like you're going to have to lend us a hand here, Bonnie", Stefan said, sighing and backing away from the coffin.
It wasn't too hard for Bonnie to open the coffin, she had used the same spell hundreds of times when the stubborn backdoor to her house got stuck. A few seconds and then the coffin could be opened.
Stefan wasted no time and opened the lid only to reveal it's hidden emptiness. It left all of them muttering confusingly. It couldn't just be empty? Stefan fine combed the white silky fabric just in case but there was nothing.
"Maybe it's a trap? Or just Klaus playing games? I bet he's watching us somehow, laughing", Damon muttered as he inspected the stone walls with his hands in his pockets.
Suddenly Damon's ring tone echoed and caught everyone's attention. He swiftly whisked it out.
"My second favourite witch!" He answered and smirked towards Bonnie who playfully rolled her eyes.
"Oh, really? Well thank her for me then, bye", He finished after being silent for a while.
"So?" Bonnie asked.
"Well, the witch-aunt apparently left a message saying that the weapon is with her old friend at her bar in Los Angeles."
"Nothing else? She didn't tell you what it was?", Stefan asked with irritation dripping from his words. Damon just shrugged.
"The only other thing she said was that the weapon would not be easy to use so I'm guessing it can only be used by a human or a female vampire over 650 years who had eggs for breakfast or something other really specific."
"LA it is then", Bonnie sighed. She was tired of running from Klaus and fighting him. She was a servant of nature but when nature made sure her and her friends were in Klaus' way over and over, she grew tired. Klaus had made it perfectly clear that he'd stop at nothing to get what he wanted. And this time it would be Elena since all his hybrids were dying due to her surviving the breaking of the curse.