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Rebekah stood in front of Dia's mirror fixing her hair. She had spent the night with Dia to make sure she was all right after what happened with Elijah. The whole situation made her want to dagger both of her older brothers. They were being childish. Kol had no right to go after Dia and Elijah had no right to be the one to decide when Dia was to be turned.
"You know you didn't have to stay with me last night" Dia called out from her bedroom. Rebekah poked her head out from the bathroom.
"Well of course I did" she said walking out. "If I didn't I probably would have gone after Elijah and Kol myself." Dia smiled and shook her head.
"So how are you feeling?" Rebekah asked.
"I'm fine" Dia shrugged.
"Dia…" Rebekah sighed. "Everything will work out. Elijah's a fool and deep down he knows it. Kol's just the same psychopathic person he's always been. Don't worry."
"I won't" Dia nodded. "What are you going to do today?"
"Find Stefan, figure out how we're going to get the cure. You sure you don't want to help?" Rebekah asked.
"I don't think I should get involved. Besides unlike some people in this town I don't revolve my life around Elena Gilbert and I actually am planning on leaving after graduation." Dia explained.
"Have you decided where you're going yet?" Rebekah asked.
"Not yet I still have only heard from UVA, hopefully in the next few weeks I'll get more acceptances or rejections" Dia said.
"Well I for one am going to miss you when you go off" Rebekah smiled. "I do hope Elijah comes to his senses because I am very much looking forward to having you apart of the family." Dia hugged her friend tightly.
"I'm sorry I haven't been around much" she sighed.
"You're fine" Rebekah replied. "Do what you need to do."
Stefan walked over of his shower, feeling relaxed and better than what he did the night before. He stopped frowning and felt another presence in his room. He turned around and saw Rebekah laying on his bed reading his journal.
Stefan cleared his throat looking at Rebekah. "I know you were, uh, daggered for a little while, but, uh, knocking is still a thing."
"So is writing in your diary apparently. I'm just checking for doubts. You can never be too cautious when it comes to love. One minute, you're begging me to compel Elena from your mind, and the next, I'm up coffin creek with a dagger in my back" Rebekah said reading.
Stefan: Right. Well, you can read it all you want. I'm done with her.
"Until we find the cure, right?" Rebekah said turning another page. Stefan didn't answer and poured himself another drink.
"Hey, I'm talking to you" she closed the book.
"Oh, I know you are. I'm ignoring you" Stefan replied.
Rebekah got up." Look, we're at a bit of a disadvantage in this whole race for the cure. We could have had a gypsy, but I don't want to get Dia involved. She needs to focus on dealing with Elijah. Team Klaus has Jeremy the hunter, team Shane has Bonnie the witch-"
"If you're here to remind me of our last place status, I'm very well aware" he sighed.
"Actually I have a plan. The cure is buried with Silas, that ancient evil guy my brother Kol is afraid of. Shane was so eager to prove his existence that he gave away that he has one of the keys to resurrecting him, his headstone" she told him.
"I see. You want to steal it" Stefan looked at her.
"Yes, and then Team Shane will have to join Team Rebekah, and Team Klaus will be left out in the cold where he belongs" Rebekah smirked.
Jeremy and Damon stood in front of a bar. Klaus was trying to grow Jeremy's hunter's mark and to do that Klaus created new vampires for him to kill. They had gone after Matt and Klaus demanded that they all be killed.
"Do you really think they went back to the bar?" Jeremy asked.
"Where else are they gonna go? It's all cabins and vacation homes; they can't get in anywhere" Damon replied opening the trunk of his car. He handed a gun to Jeremy. He put it behind his back as Damon handed him a compound bow.
"All right. There you go" Damon said.
"Fine. Let's get this over with" Jeremy sighed.
"Listen, just go one at a time, only shoot for the heart, don't hesitate, and don't miss" Damon said handing Jeremy an arrow.
"Save the teaching moment. Elena's not here. You don't have to pretend like you give a damn about me" Jeremy snapped.
Damon closed his trunk and rolled his eyes. "I'm trying to keep you alive, dumbass" he said handing Jeremy more arrows. "Come on."
The pair walked into the bar and music was hear in the background. They cautiously walked in with Jeremy holding up his bow. There was a giant smear of blood on the ground. Damon frowned and walked around.
"Something's not right" Damon said looking around. The two of them followed the trail of blood into the back storage room. What they found was gruesome. A giant pile of vampire corpses lay in the corner.
"Looks like we're going to have to find some new vampires. What a waste" Damon spoke.
"What the hell happened?" Jeremy asked.
"I confess" Jeremy heard a voice say. He turned around and held up his bow. Kol walked into the room with his hands up and a bottle of booze in his hand.
"I did it" he smiled.
"Kol?" Jeremy frowned.
"Jeremy, good to see you, mate. Sorry about the mess. Ugh, it was a little crowded when I arrived, and I prefer more intimate gatherings. We three need to have a little chat" Kol smiled taking a sip of alcohol. "Care for a drink?"
"He's underage, and I don't like you, so let's just cut to it" Damon glared.
"You know, my brother bragged about his plan to complete Jeremy's hunter's mark. It was easy enough to track this lot down. They were all hiding in the shadows. Now, killing young vampires is easy or old ones, for that matter" Kol smirked.
"Why? What's it to you either way?" Damon asked.
"Because, you fools, in your zeal to find the cure, you risk waking someone very dangerous" Kol sneered.
"Oh...You must be talking about Silas" Damon smirked.
"What do you know of him?" Kol asked.
"Nothing. Don't want to. Not our problem" Damon told him.
"Isn't it?" Kol raised an eyebrow
"Uh-uh" Damon rolled his eyes.
"A few hundred years back, I came across a group that worshipped Silas. His followers told me that he would rise again, and when he did, he would trigger the end of all time. You know, being an immortal, you can see why I'm opposed to time's ending. So I murdered all of them. And now, here you are willing to risk raising him in your search for the cure. I can't exactly sit back and let that happen, can I?" Kol looked at the pair.
"We're not going to back off the cure 'cause you were told one too many scary bedtime stories, you idiot" Damon growled.
Kol pushed Damon aside. "Jeremy, we were mates in Colorado. You're a smart lad. Why don't you call off this imbecilic treasure hunt?"
"I'm not calling anything off, mate" Jeremy said holding up his bow.
"Well I could kill you. But then, I'd have to deal with the hunter's curse. And I don't particularly feel like being haunted for the next century. Better idea. I'll just rip off your arms" Kol sneered rushing at Jeremy. Damon pushed Jeremy aside and slammed Kol into a wall.
"Jeremy, run!" Damon screamed. Jeremy quickly ran out of the bar leaving Damon to fight Kol. Kol grabbed him and put him into a headlock.
Elena and Matt walked back into her house. They had left her family's lake house after Matt had also almost gotten attacked by Klaus's rouge vampires.
"I'm so sorry. Listen. When I asked you to stay with Jeremy, I never thought-
"What did you expect, Elena? It's Damon" Matt looked at her.
"I never wanted anyone to get hurt" Elena sighed.
"Well, then you shouldn't have left him in charge. Look. I'm sorry. I know you didn't have a choice. Sire bond and all" he said.
"Sire bond doesn't work like that" she replied.
"All I know, Elena, is that the old you would have never left Jeremy with Damon, especially after what happened last night" Matt told her. Before she could respond, Elena's phone began to ring.
"Jeremy?" Elena answered.
"Elena, we're in trouble" Jeremy said quickly.
"Whoa whoa whoa, slow down. Where's Damon?" Elena frowned.
"Listen to me. Kol attacked us. I barely got away, but he has Damon" Jeremy told her.
Dia walked around her room pacing back and forth. Even though Rebekah told her not to worry she still was. Part of her wanted to call Elijah or even Kol, but another part of her didn't want to. She didn't know what to do. She plopped on her bed and sighed. Why did everything have to be so complicated? Her phone began to ring and she pulled it out. Elena was calling her.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Dia I need your help" Elena replied. Dia rolled her eyes. Typical Elena.
"Hello to you too Elena. I'm fine thanks for asking" Dia huffed.
"Look I'm sorry I haven't seen you, but…."
"Get to the point Elena" Dia cut her off.
"Kol has Damon" Elena said simply.
"He what?" Dia exclaimed sitting up. "Why? How?"
"It's trying to get us to stop looking for Silas so Kol went after Jeremy, but Damon saved him" Elena gushed. Dia rolled her eyes. Good god the sire bond was real and Elena was not herself.
"I'm waiting for the part where I'm suppose to care about this? I'm not getting involved with this cure nonsense" Dia huffed. "I have my own problems which none of you ever seem to worry about."
"Can you please try and get Kol to let Damon go?" Elena pleaded.
"Let me think…hmm no can do" Dia replied.
"But it's Damon, Dia" Elena said quietly.
"Your boyfriend, your problem. Bye Elena" Dia said before hanging up. She flopped back down on her bed and then seconds later she felt guilty.
"For Christ's sake" she sat up and dialed Kol's number.
"I'm surprised I'm actually hearing from you" Kol answered. "Figured you'd be mad at me."
"Oh I am, but we'll deal with that later. What's this about you holding Damon hostage?" she asked.
"Yes I have him" Kol replied. "Still have feelings from him lovely?"
"Stop that Kol!" Dia snapped. "Let him go please."
"Can't do that darling, wish I could, but can't. I promise I won't kill him though. I'll stop by later tonight, bye" Kol said before hanging up. Dia frowned and shook her head. She got off her bed and picked up her keys and left the room. There was only one other person who could deal with Kol.
"A bit ironic, you coming to me for help. Weren't your friends just trying to bury me in a cement tomb?" Klaus smirked at Elena. She sat in front of Klaus at his mansion. Since Dia had refused to help them get Kol to leave Damon alone, Elena had no other choice than to go to Klaus to tell his brother to stand down.
"This is your fault. You started this when you forced Jeremy to kill those vampires" Elena snapped.
"And now my little brat of a brother has gone and made things worse. Well, he never did like Damon. I suppose I should do something, shouldn't I?" he replied.
"Call him off, Klaus" Elena demanded.
"You are in no position to make demands, love. Whilst I'd like to cure you to make more hybrids, I do have other reasons for finding the cure, not the least of which is destroying it so you lot can't use it against me" he said.
"Whatever our differences, we want the same thing. Please. Klaus, I'm begging you" Elena pleaded.
Klaus smiled at Elena and then rolled his eyes as he pulled out his cellphone to call Kol.
"Little brother. Just two days home, and I'm told you've already gone and made a mess" Klaus spoke.
"Come on, Nik. I was only having some fun" Kol sighed. "You're just like Dia."
"Well our future sister in law is right. Those vampires were for my hunter" Klaus replied. Elena frowned. He mentioned Dia. She had pulled through and called Kol.
"I'll make some more. There's no shortage of people" Kol told him.
"Where's Damon Salvatore?" Klaus asked.
"I gave him a good and proper beating just for old time's sake" Kol replied.
"Yes. Well, you've had your fun. Now let him go and come home. Avoid any more trouble, or you'll find yourself back in a box" Klaus threatened.
"Hey. No need to be nasty about it" Kol shot back.
"On the contrary, I find nastiness to be essential whenever my siblings try to sabotage me. Listen closely, Kol. Stay away from the Gilbert boy. You understand?" Klaus snapped.
"Fine. I won't touch him. You have my word" Kol said before hanging up.
Kol put his phone back in his pocket. He looked over at Damon, who was holding a stake in his chest.
"Very good, darling. Now stab yourself a little bit further" Kol compelled him.
"If you're going to kill me, do it like a man" Damon sneered.
"I don't want to kill you. I promised Dia I wouldn't. I just wanted to make sure you could be compelled" Kol smirked.
"I'm going to rip out your spleen" Damon growled.
"You ought to be thanking me. I mean you don't really want the cure found. You fancy Elena. I mean, even more now that she's a vampire. Admit it" Kol looked at him. "The last vestige of her humanity is her annoying little brother Jeremy, and deep, deep down, I bet you want him dead, don't you?"
"Nope" Damon breathed.
Kol laughed. "You're lying. I bet you'd love to rip his head right off... And I'm going to give you your wish" He got in front of Damon and compelled him. "You're not going to remember what I say, but you're going to find Jeremy Gilbert, and when you do, you're going to kill him."
Another chapter! There you have it. I'm going to try and get part two up tonight, but don't hold me to it if I can't! Who all is excited for the finale tonight? I'm really looking forward to it! Read and review!