A/N: So, this is a kind of dork chapter, and I am sorry to anyone who doesn't get it, but I had fun writing it.
They were all in the living room, sitting or standing in what could only loosely be called a circle. Alaric leaned against the fireplace, Matt sat down on the floor leaning against the couch. Jeremy and Bonnie were sitting next to each other on the sofa. Tyler was sitting in a loveseat he'd pulled closer, with Caroline perching on one of the arm rests. Damon and Elena stood on opposite sides from each other, probably so they could easily look at each other while the conversation was going. His hands were crossed while hers were tucked in the back pockets of her jeans.
"So," Elena started, and looked down, "We're all finally together, and this is it. All the help we're going to get. We should talk about what we're going to do."
"Klaus ruined all our lives, and he's a monster." Damon added. "We are all in agreement, yes?" He didn't wait to make sure they all were; there was no doubt that they were. "Now we have to figure out how to kill him."
"I think we should learn his ways, his habits." Caroline suggested. "Then kill him when he'll least expects it."
"Habits? Like a guy like him will have a set schedule. On my to-do list:," Matt mocked in a high-pitched voice. "Kill, maim, kill, kill, maim again, ooh torture at 2:30…"
"Then you think of something, genius." Caroline snapped.
"Hey, all we're doing is brainstorming, all right? No ideas are stupid," Elena said, pointedly staring at Matt. "If you have an idea, say it, no matter how dumb you think it might be. That idea could be the one thing that saves our lives."
"I don't think we should stay around Klaus too long. Stopping to study his ways only gives him more time to figure out we're there. We need a stealth attack." Alaric suggested.
"But he has to be alone," Tyler said, "We don't have a chance if he's got a whole posse with him."
"So a little reconnaissance." Alaric amended.
"All that is great, but how do we actually kill him once we attack?" Bonnie pointed out.
"I still have the knife we used on Elijah," Damon supplied.
"And then we rip off his head, and burn both pieces of the body to ashes," Elena said venomously, "I don't care what kind of creature you are, no one reanimates from ashes."
"Alright, stealth, ashes, when do we actually do all this?" Jeremy asked. "Is there a timetable we have to work with?"
"Not really," Damon said, "but soon. We can't have Klaus finding out about us before we actually do anything."
"How about next week we start with a few days of recon work, and then attack the following week?" Matt supplied helpfully. "Or is that too slow, too fast, what?"
"Sounds good to me," Damon said. They all nodded their heads in agreement.
Elena bit her lip. "We should have someone inconspicuous do the spying." She looked around. "No vampires."
"And he would definitely recognize Bonnie and Tyler." Damon said, ruling them out as well.
"It'll have to be me." Jeremy said heavily.
"I don't like it." Elena said immediately. "Maybe we could compel a few people to watch him for us? Ordinary people?"
"And get them killed?" Bonnie asked. "We can't do that."
"What if we got, like, child rapists or something?" Caroline offered. "No one would really care then. If they died, that is."
Bonnie grimaced. "Don't get me wrong, I don't like them as much as the next person, but it is really right for us to use them like that? They are people."
Matt looked at her. "If you call that kind of behavior human, Bonnie." Caroline seemed happy Matt agreed with her.
"We could compel the humans we get to help us to never think those bad thoughts again." Damon said thoughtfully. "Would that make you feel better about it, Bonnie?"
"That doesn't make it right!" Bonnie snapped. "I'm not some child to be appeased!"
"Look at it this way," Alaric instructed, "We can either risk Jeremy or a bunch of sick, old fucks."
Bonnie sighed, and her hand sought out Jeremy's hand where he sat next to her. "Fine." She finally said. She looked down and toyed with her necklace.
"What kind of weapons will we get to use?" Tyler asked, excited.
"Well, other than the knife, I don't really see what else we'll need." Alaric added.
"You want us to go in completely unarmed?" Caroline asked in a high voice.
"You're a vampire, Care, you'll never be completely unarmed." Elena tried to sooth her.
"But she does have a point," Matt said. "I don't want to be unarmed either."
"You won't be any where near the fight." Damon told him.
"It doesn't matter," Alaric said, "The kids are right, they have a right to defend themselves and make themselves feel safer. We can give them daggers dipped in essence of Vervain or something."
An insulted Caroline glared at him. "Hey, I know you're probably like, forty now, but none of us are kids any more, Alaric. No matter how old we look."
"I was agreeing with you!" He said, looking confused.
"Technically, you're all children compared to me." Damon put in helpfully. Elena smiled at all the indignant looks everyone shot him.
"Okay, so we have a timeline, a method of death, what else do we need?" Elena asked
"Well, where is all this going to happen?" Jeremy asked. "It's not like we can do it in the middle of Times Square."
"Damon can rent a warehouse, and we can lure him to it." Tyler decided.
"How?" Bonnie asked. "I doubt he'd fall for much."
"We need bait," Elena mused. "Someone he really hates." A grin spread across her face. "Me." Damon frowned at her. "Katherine." Elena said, changing the octaves, volume, and emotion in her voice. She really did sound like Katherine.
"No." Damon said sternly. "Absolutely not." He still remembered the first day he'd seen her and how empty she'd been. He was convinced Klaus's compulsion was the only reason she was still alive.
"Damon," She exclaimed, surprised, "You have to trust me." Elena met his eyes evenly and calmly. "I can do this." She said softly.
Damon hung his head, and didn't say anything.
"Are you sure you'll be able to run away and lead him to the warehouse?" Tyler asked doubtfully. "He's fast."
"I'll challenge him in a public pace where he won't attack, then I'll hop in car and drive off." Elena came up with the solution easily. "He won't be able to attack, but like you said, he's fast. He can keep up with a car." Tyler nodded in agreement.
"Are we missing anything?" Caroline asked.
Damon started thinking out loud. "We'll have to move our little operation to New York eventually. We can start tomorrow, maybe get a few rooms at a motel, try to fit in with a convention crowd."
"Maybe do a little shopping." Caroline suggested.
"No." Alaric said shortly. "Maybe afterwards, but we can't risk any of Klaus's people seeing us and giving him a heads up."
Caroline and Bonnie let out a collective sigh.
"We'll deal with everything else as it comes up, but for now, we have a plan. Everyone's okay with it, and understands it?" Damon looked into each of their eyes. "Good. It's all official-like."
Matt piped up. "I feel like we should all be putting our hands in the middle and do a group break down. With maybe 'kill Klaus' as the peppy words?"
"We really are like a fellowship, now." Caroline said happily.
Tyler looked surprised, "You're actually right."
"Hey!" She giggled. "I did pay a little attention! Sometimes. It was kind of a boring movie."
"It was not!" Jeremy argued. "We are the fellowship…of the…uh, what's a cool name for us?"
"Nothing! Not if it's Lord of the Rings related." Caroline said pompously.
"There are only eight of us…" Alaric said quietly. "If Jenna were here, it would be nine." He sighed. "Klaus really needs to die."
"I have no idea what you guys are talking about." Elena admitted.
Damon rolled his eyes. "Of course you don't! I'm really going to have to fix that."
With that, the meeting unofficially dispersed. They argued with each other about pop culture things Elena was completely unfamiliar with. She just listened without joining in. After a few minutes of heated debate between the Lord of the Rings group (Jeremy, Damon, and Tyler) and the Harry Potter faction (Alaric, Caroline, and Matt), Bonnie sidled up to Elena. "I'm not much for all this movie stuff, either." She took off her necklace and toyed with it. "I have this feeling, and—" She took a deep breath.
"Bonnie what is it?" Elena asked, concerned, and wondering what she could do to fix it.
"Look, I'm pretty sure I'm going to die." She saw Elena's horrified look and held up her hand before she could speak. "I don't feel whole without my powers, and I don't think I can live like that for much longer. I think I'm going to die in the big battle." She smiled, and Elena was scared speechless. "I'm okay with that, especially if my death can give someone else a few pivotal seconds. It will have meant something."
"No, Bonnie, I wont let that happen. I—"
Bonnie cut Elena off. "I don't have any powers, it's not like it was a vision I had, just a feeling." Elena swallowed, because she knew how powerful intuitive feelings could be. "Anyway, that's not my point. My point is that I have this feeling that you're supposed to keep this safe." She handed Elena her necklace. "I know only you can keep it safe. Please, Elena? It has all of my ancestors' powers in it, and mine. Please keep it safe." Her serious dark eyes looked up into Elena's.
Elena nodded mutely and clasped it around her neck. "I'll never take it off." She promised. "But you're an idiot if you think I'm going to let you die. I'll give it back to you when this is over and Klaus is dead." She caressed the beautiful, blood red stone.
Bonnie laughed and smiled. "I love you, bestie," she said lightly, but the emotion was there.
"Love you, too, Bonbon." Elena joked, but she meant it, too.
"Don't ever call me that again." Bonnie said, and both girls laughed.
"Sorry to interrupt this nice girly bonding moment, but it's time to get ready to kill Klaus." Damon said, coming to stand in front of them. "After we watch Lord of the Rings."