Chapter3: The truth underneath the lies
Previously on Eternal love is tried in the fire: The Salvatores found out that Katherine was back to the Mystic Falls, and tried to kill Professor Shane; besides, she tried to expose Elena's identity of being a vampire. What is exactly Katherine up to?
(In the living room)
Damon: Katherine, what the hell are you doing here?
Shane: Katherine? Isn't she Elena? How do they two look exactly alike?
Stefan: No, she is Katherine Pierce, the vampire who turned Damon and me in 1864. So, I guess she is the one who attacked you at the Gilbert's old house, right?
Shane: (trembling) yes…it's her!
Katherine: (walking towards Shane and speaks with a dangerous voice) You should have thanked me for keeping you alive instead of dead. But….if you'd like to, I can do it for you, anytime!
Damon: Come on, Katherine. Do you want to tell us what are all these about or not?
Katherine: Why rush, hum? I want to spend some more time with you two, celebrate our reunion, you know.
Stefan: (frowned) Katherine.
Katherine: OK, OK. You really don't have a sense of humor, Stefan. Now…(staring at Shane) I wonder whether it should be me, to tell them the truth, or you. What do you think, hum?
Shane: …. (still trembling with fear)
Damon: Just stick to the point, Katherine. Don't beat around the bush, it's not your style.
Katherine: OK, he lied.
Damon: What?
Katherine: I say he lied. I just gave him little "punishment".
Damon: Come on, there's no one who can lie better than you do.
Stefan: What do you mean by saying he lied to us?
Katherine: The cure. There's no cure for vampires at all. Once you're turned into a vampire, you could only be a vampire forever.
Stefan: That's not true. Bonnie says there's a record of the cure on the grimoire.
Damon: Listen, I know you envy Elena, for being with Stefan, for everything, but please stay out of this. Do you know what does it mean if we find the cure? It means we all will be free, be rescued from the bloody hell. We don't have to feed on blood. We can go back to normal life.
Katherine: Everything is not just happening without a payment, Damon.
Stefan: What payment?
Katherine: The cure. The cure cannot be simply trigger by the map on Jeremy's arm, that's far from enough. There are other important essentials.
Stefan: What are they?
Katherine: Why don't you ask him? (Looks at Shane)
Damon: Shane, what are those essentials?
Shane: You….you still need a…a werewolf, and the werewolf can't not be a hybrid one.
Damon: That's easy. Tyler can lead us to find a dozen of werewolves.
Shane: And…
Stefan: And what? What do we need?
Shane: A vampire.
Damon: That's not a problem. I can find someone on the street and then turn him/ her.
Katherine: You oversimplified the problem, Damon.
Damon: What? What do you mean "oversimplified"? Or, maybe you want to sacrifice yourself, hum?
Katherine: The vampire is not chosen randomly. There is a condition.
Stefan: What condition?
Katherine: The vampire has to be the one who is truly in love with Elena. I know both of you are in love with Elena, but I don't think Elena can stand the grief of losing anyone of you, right?
Stefan: (astonished) We will find another way out.
Katherine: There's no another way out, Stefan. Just face the reality. Not every story ends up with a happy ending.
No one speaks up again; there is only silence around the living room. Damon and Stefan look at each other, and come up with some thoughts about what to do next in each other's mind.
(To be Cont'd)
