Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to The Vampire Diaries, TV show or books. However I decided to have a little play around with the characters (I would definitely like to play with Damon).
Their meeting had been set up for 8pm in the truck stop parking lot on the outskirts of Mystic Falls. Feeling nervous about the encounter, and not knowing what to expect, especially considering their last meeting, Hayley had decided to wait for a little while inside the store and browse that magazine stand. Looking at the clock, she noticed it was two minutes after eight, deciding that she didn't want to be late, she put the magazine down she was looking at and left the store to look for him. She walked out of the store and began searching the parking lot, cautiously looking between two huge eighteen wheel trucks.
Suddenly, she heard the sound of something hitting metal. Stopping for a second, she took a look around, when she suddenly heard the noise again but this time it was from behind her. Hayley turned around and saw a man standing between the two trucks where she'd just been searching. The man vamp-sped over to her, grabbing her by the throat, he slammed her against the side of one of the trucks. Hayley began to choke and gasp for air, as the vampire threw her to the ground and looked down at her, snarling. Suddenly there was a whooshing noise and before the man could do anything to Hayley, the man she was meeting, Klaus vamp-sped up to the strange vampire, grabbed him by his jacket, and spun him around to face him.
"Have a care, mate. That's no way to treat a lady." Klaus said, his fangs extending and his eyes glowing gold.
Klaus grabbed the vampire and bit down on his neck causing the vampire to screams, however Klaus continued to bite down on him. Klaus suddenly stopped draining the vampire and threw him against one of the trucks before the vampire slumped to the tarmac as Klaus looked down at Hayley who was still sat on the ground.
"You came." she said, clearly relieved by Klaus's appearing just in time to save her.
"Well, you did say it was urgent." Klaus smiled, as the vampire that Klaus had just attacked was still writhing on the ground, gripping his neck wound and moaning. Klaus extended his hand towards Hayley, who took it and Klaus pulled her up from the ground. Hayley looked over at the vampire lying on the ground, when he suddenly got up and vamp-sped away.
"Oh, don't worry about him, love." Klaus smiled. "He'll never make it through tomorrow night." he added.
"What if there are more?" Hayley asked anxiously.
"You were foolish enough to make a deal with Katerina Petrova. She used you to find the cure and now you're nothing but a loose end." Klaus told her. "You'll be lucky if she lets you live." he said.
"You said you would protect me." Hayley said angrily as she shoved past Klaus.
"And I will." Klaus said as he turned to face Hayley. "Just as soon as you tell me everything you know about Katerina." he smiled. "I say we go back to my place, it's a little less public. My car is that way." he stretched his hand out as a gesture to Hayley for her to lead the way.
Rebekah arrived back at her house straight from dropping Kol's body off at Klaus's mansion. Klaus had said he would get rid of his body, and although Rebekah and Klaus were angry, they both knew Kol ultimately had only himself to blame with his hair-brained idea's of saving the world from the mythical Silas. Well that's what she would have normally thought, but when she saw Professor Shane lying injured on the island after he'd officially left with the rest of the group, she knew something was wrong and there was a possibility that they were all in grave danger.
Getting in the shower she thought more and more about what the Professor had told her. She realized for the greater good, she would need to tell everyone. Sometimes a common enemy made even the worst of enemies work together, and if what Professor Shane had said was right, they were going to have to work hard. Yes the cure was an option but Professor Shane had suggested a back-up way to destroy Silas, a way that even Silas himself wouldn't know about. She just didn't understand it yet, she needed to search for a prophesy which would tell them how to break the bloodline of which Silas drew his power from. He had mentioned the names Antipatros and Alekto, however he had warned her to be careful who she mentioned this information to. If witches knew she was researching them, his followers would try and find her and thwart her.
Rebekah had decided that she would help find a way to destroy Silas and tell everyone that he was risen and what Professor Shane had told her, however, she wanted to know what everyone else knew first. She didn't quite want to share the information about the prophesy until she knew what it was. She wanted leverage so that she could have the cure for herself.
Damon waited at the door of Klaus's mansion. He'd dropped Elena and Jeremy off at the Gilbert house for the two of them to spend some quality bonding time there. They'd initially gone over to the Quarterbacks ramshackle house, only to find he'd been upgraded to the Lockwood mansion, courtesy of Tyler going on the run from Klaus, who'd signed over the deeds to his house and made it a vampire free zone. Not that Damon could blame the Quarterback in this instance, it made sense for the humans to have a safe house from The Originals. Blondie was obviously devastated, but on the plus side, it kept Stefan out of his hair whilst he comforted her, leaving him and Elena able to spend some quality time together.
Suddenly Damon was broken from his reverie as Klaus opened the door. Damon grimaced at him, and instead of waiting for an invite, he pushed past Klaus and walked inside the house.
"Ah, what an unpleasant surprise." Klaus snarled, closing the door and following Damon into the parlor.
"So I just came up with a list." Damon told him, waving the folder in his hand containing all of the highlighted information from the file Liz had given to Stefan earlier.
"It's called "Things You Suck At" " he said as he stopped and turned to face Klaus. "Number one: Finding Katherine. Ever." Damon began. "Number two: covering up your secret phone conversations with that little backstabber Hayley." he said as he threw the phone transcripts down on the table "Yeah, so, where is she? What does she know about Katherine?" he asked.
"I should help you?" Klaus asked surprised.
"Mhm." Damon nodded.
"After you lot imprisoned me in the Gilbert living room?" Klaus frowned, as Damon walked over to Klaus.
"You might want to prioritize, Klaus. You have much bigger problems." Damon said, hoping he wasn't going to have to raise his suspicions about Silas yet, as Klaus looked at him blankly. "Katherine has the cure." Damon told him as Klaus's face contorted with anger. "My guess is she's gonna want to cram it down your throat." Damon said. "You help me find Katherine, I'll get the cure, I'll give it to Elena, everybody wins." Damon lied .Just let me question Hayley about Katherine." he asked as Klaus just smiled and walked towards Damon.
"Can't help you, mate. Hayley's off limits." Klaus said as he walked past Damon and sat down on the couch. "Although, I did have a run in with a vampire who may know where Katerina is." he smiled knowingly, as Damon turned around to look at him. "Too bad for you, I bit halfway through his bloody neck. He probably won't have much time for chit-chat." he grinned.
"Where?" Damon asked, hopeful that they'd catch the vampire before he bit it from the werewolf bite.
"The truck stop of the edge of town." Klaus told him. "Hurry and you might get lucky." he offered as Damon vamp-sped out of the house and to his car, only pausing to pick up the file on his way out.
Caroline arrived at the Lockwood mansion less than half an hour after receiving her text from Matt. She'd been at her mom's house with Stefan pouring her heart out with him over what had happened whilst he was on the island, with regards to Tyler and Klaus before he filled her in with what had happened on the island. Matt had asked her to meet him over at Tyler's place and Stefan had gone to see her mom for some phone records. Caroline approached the door and opened it, however when she tried to step inside, she couldn't, it was as if there were some invisible barrier stopping her from getting in.
"Matt?" Caroline called out.
"Care." Matt replies as he walked down the hall.
"Matt, why can't I get inside?" Caroline asked confused.
Matt glanced down at a piece of paper in his hands, then looked back up at Caroline. "Come in." he said as Caroline walked slowly through the door confused.
"Matt, what's going on?" Caroline asked.
"Tyler sent me this package in the mail." Matt told her before holding out a piece of paper for her. "This is for you." he said as Caroline nervously took the piece of paper in her hand and read it.
Dear Care, the letter said.
I miss you more than I can put into words, but I know as long as Klaus is alive, I can't come home. He won't stop trying to kill me, and you won't stop trying to protect me. Which means the only way to make sure you're safe is for me to go and never come back. I left Matt the deed to the house. It will protect you in ways I can't anymore. I will always love you.
Caroline flipped the letter over to see if there was anything else but there's nothing on the back of the note.
"He's not coming back." Caroline said, her voice breaking, before the tears began to flow down her cheeks. Matt walked over to her and hugged her, knowing that she was right and she'd just had her heart broken in the biggest way possible, and it was his turn to be her friend, especially as he'd been the one to break the bad news to her.
Damon, arrived at the truck stop where Klaus told him that he had met up with Hayley earlier. Concerned with the lack of information regarding the missing blood, Damon decided to call Stefan whilst he looked for the mystery vampire.
"Any more news on the missing blood supplies?" Damon asked.
"Nothing concrete yet." Stefan told him. "I'm waiting for my contact in Richmond to get back to me." he said. "More importantly, where are you right now?" Stefan asked.
"I'm at a truck stop in the boonies looking for a dead vampire that might lead to Katherine and the cure." Damon told Stefan as he heard an engine revving and began to cautiously look around. "Well you keep listening out for what information you can whilst I keep searching for the lead Klaus gave me. I don't want to spook him." he said as he hung up on Stefan. Damon continued still looking around suspiciously, feeling certain he was being watched, when he turned back around Rebekah suddenly appeared a few feet away.
"You. I thought you were still vacationing on Numskull Island." Damon said, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, I was looking for answers, and all I found was your Professor Shane, seriously injured with a few words of wisdom and a prophesy regarding killing Silas, and with him, anything anyone knows about the cure." Rebekah smirked.
"Guess you won't turn into a real girl after all." Damon chuckled, walking away.
"Oh, I'll get the cure. I just need Katherine, whilst we find another way to destroy Silas." Rebekah told him as Damon turned around to look at her, anxiety spreading all over his face. "And I'm betting you can help me find her." she said.
"Why would I help you?" Damon asked suspiciously.
"Because I was smart enough to bring a pinch of my brother's blood." Rebekah smirked, holding up a vial of blood.. "How else would you interrogate a vampire who's practically dead from a wolf bite?" she asked as Damon made a grab at the vial but Rebekah's snatched it away.
"Fine. Follow me." Damon sighed grudgingly. "I might know where to look." he said.
Bonnie was sat in her living room with a man that looked exactly like Professor Shane, yet only a few hours earlier, whilst she was visiting him at Whitmore College, he'd revealed to her that he was in fact Silas and not Professor Shane, who was now dead from the injuries he sustained from his fall, and Silas had actually been the one to save her from the cave. After a long and intense conversation at the Professor's office, Bonnie had agreed to take Silas back to Mystic Falls with her to help her contain her magic and prepare her for bringing Grams back to life. According to Silas, he'd opted to stay in Professor Shane's form, so that Bonnie would feel more comfortable and familiar with him around. This is how Bonnie found herself sitting across from the two thousand year old immortal in her living room.
"Okay. Come on. Take a deep breath." Silas inhaled deeply. "And 5, 4—2..." he continued.
"I can't do this." Bonnie complained.
"Bonnie, relax, okay? Trust me." Silas assured her.
"How can I trust you if you won't show me your real face?" Bonnie asked. "Don't you think it's a little creepy that you're appearing as my now probably dead professor?" she said.
"I told you that I'm Silas, I told you Shane died on the island. I'm trying to earn your trust." Silas insisted, as Bonnie turned to look away from him. "All right. Look. You invited me into your home, right? Why?" Silas asked sounding confused. "Why did you convince your dad that you needed Professor Shane's help to control your magic? What am I doing here?"
"You're in my head. You're making me see things and do things." Bonnie said, getting up appearing flustered as she began pacing the floor.
"Hey, now. See?" Silas said softly as he also got up and put his hand on her arm "Look. I'm strong, but you're a witch, and I can't force you to do anything that you don't already want to do." he assured her. "You care about your Grams, right?" Silas asked.
"I do." Bonnie admitted, nodding sadly.
"Yeah. And now, in order to bring her back..." Silas began.
"I need to get rid of the Other Side." Bonnie interrupted.
"You are descended from Qetsiyah, one of the most powerful witches of all time. Only you can complete the triangle and cast the spell." Silas told her.
"Completing the triangle means killing twelve people." Bonnie said in disgust as she tuned away.
"Twelve people you can bring back. Bonnie, you can do this... for your Grams." Silas reassured her as Bonnie turned around to look at him once more.
"Are you sure I can bring them back?" Bonnie asked wearily.
"I wouldn't be here if you couldn't." Silas smiled as Bonnie shrugged and sat back down.
"Okay, so what's your plan?" she sighed as Silas smiled triumphantly.
Damon and Rebekah arrived at Grove Hills hospital to look for the sick vampire. Damon knew Mystic Falls Hospital was out of blood so the nearest option was Grove Hills. Damon was walking down the hallway in the hospital, whilst Rebekah followed him.
"Why exactly would you think a sick vampire would check into a hospital?" Rebekah asked.
Damon pointed upwards. "You know that little bright thing in the sky? It's called the sun." Damon said sarcastically. "He needs to avoid that. Plus, the hospital's open twenty four seven. Not to mention he's hungry and delusional." he explained as he stopped and pushed open a door into another room. Rebekah follows him into what looked like a dark storage room full of refrigerators. Damon opened the door to one of the coolers, finding it's empty. Confused, he closed it and moved on to the next one, however he just found the same thing, the trays were all empty.
"Impressive." Rebekah said sarcastically. "You're like Sherlock Holmes with brain damage." she huffed, as Damon continued checking the rest of the coolers, but to no avail.
"Stefan said the Mystic Falls Hospital had its entire blood bank raided, too." Damon told her.
"It looks like our vampire gets around." Rebekah sighed.
"No." Damon said shaking his head. "The guy's dying of a werewolf bite. He wouldn't have time to steal from both hospitals. This is someone else." he said.
"Who?" Rebekah asked.
"That's another problem." Damon frowned thoughtfully, thinking back to what Rebekah had said earlier regarding Professor Shane and Silas.. "But on the plus side, if our guy did by chance come here, he's got nothing, which means he's nearby and he's hungry." he smiled as he started to walk towards the door but Rebekah moved too quickly and blocked his way.
"This better not be a wild goose chase." Rebekah warned.
"I want to find Katherine as much as you do." Damon insisted.
"Really? Why?" Rebekah asked.
"Elena and I were hoping Bonnie might be able to replicate the cure." Damon explained. "It meant that one day we might be able to have a family." he said as Rebekah let him through.
"Oh." she said as they walked back through the hallway to leave the building. "You don't strike me as the type who'd want a family." Rebekah said raising an eyebrow.
"Well, if it makes Elena happy, it makes me happy." Damon shrugged as they walked outside, immediately noticing it was already dark. "Looks like we'll have to resort to plan b." Damon said scouring the parking lot.
"And whats that then?" Rebekah asked, putting her hands on her hips.
"This!" Damon said as he vamp-sped over to a female hospital employee and began feeding on her whilst Rebekah watched on in interest.
"Well, nobody could ever mistake you for subtle." Rebekah said rolling her eyes.
"You have to take pride in your work." Damon smirked before turning to look at the to the woman. "It's okay. Come here, come here. Now." he compelled her. "I want you to walk very slowly to your car. Off you go." he said folding his arms as the woman walked away.
"You know, I just don't see how this increases our odds any." Rebekah asked confused.
"I've been on the other side of a wolf bite. First you get really sick. Then you get really hungry." Damon explained, wiping the blood from his mouth. "Since the sun's gone down, I'm imagining he's gonna be looking for his last supper. I just laid out a three course, one hundred and fifteen pound meal for him." he grinned.
Suddenly, they heard a noise as they both looked to the woman who was stumbling towards her car when a vampire appeared several yards away from behind a tree. Damon vamp-sped over to the vampire and pinned him against the tree, ready to fight him when Damon looked the guy, and stopped as he recognized his face.
"Damon?" the vampire asked, surprised.
"Will?" Damon said in shock.
"Hey, buddy." Will said, his breathing laborious as he pulled the collar away from his neck, revealing an ugly looking bite wound. "I think there's something wrong with me. I need help." he begged.
"Yeah, it's okay." Damon smiled sympathetically. "I know what to do." he reassured him, as he suddenly plunged his fist into Will's chest and pulled his heart out. Will dropped to the ground as Rebekah rushed at them.
"What the bloody hell are you doing?" Rebekah cried angrily.
"He was too far gone. I put him out of his misery." Damon shrugged, not wanting to tell her that he already knew where to start his search.
"What now?" Rebekah asked.
"Earlier, you mentioned Professor Shane was on the island." Damon said as Rebekah nodded. "Which means that if he's there, the guy who came back with us must be Silas."
"Obviously." Rebekah put her hands on her hips.
"So what would an immortal do after desiccating for two thousand years?" he asked. "What would he desperately need."
"Blood, and lots of it." Rebekah replied as the penny dropped. "So he's definitely here." she said.
"Yep." Damon agreed, "And he's probably brainwashing Bonnie right now into dropping the veil to release all of the dead supernatural beings from the other side." he added.
"That's not good." Rebekah said worriedly.
"We're going to need that cure for Silas." Damon sighed.
"Professor Shane said there might be another way." Rebekah told him.
"Fine." Damon sighed walking away, leaving Rebekah standing alone whilst he took his phone out of his pocket and called Stefan who answered almost immediately.
"I need you to get hold of the whole Scooby gang except Bonnie." Damon told him. "I want them to meet up at the boarding house straight away." he said.
"Why?" Stefan asked.
"We need that cure." Damon told him. "The blood supplies at Grove Hills is empty. I think Silas might be in town." he said.
"Sure I'll get on it." Stefan replied as Damon hung up and turned around to look at Rebekah.
"That includes you too." he called over to Rebekah, who started to follow him whilst he called Elena who answered the phone immediately.
"Damon, you okay?" she asked.
"You up for another road trip?" he asked. "Except this time in a nice hotel instead of camping?"
"When and where are we going?" he heard her ask, prompting a large grin to erupt across his face.
"Meet me at the boarding house with just your overnight bag and I'll tell you." he replied smiling to himself.
An hour later, Damon stood in front of the fireplace in the Salvatore boarding house, taking in the group of people around him. He'd gathered Elena, Stefan, Caroline, Matt, Jeremy and Rebekah for a conference and to formulate a plan of action. The day had provided many twists and turns which had left Damon with no other option.
"Looks like the Scooby gang are all here." he smiled.
"What about Bonnie?" Caroline asked.
"She's not invited." Damon told her as she frowned with disapproval. "I'll explain everything in time." he assured her as he turned to Rebekah. "Rebekah, could you please tell us all what happened after we left the island?" he asked as he sat down on the couch next to Elena, allowing Rebekah to take his place in front of the fire to address the group.
"When you left and I went to look for Kol." Rebekah told them. " Not too far from the camp site, I came across an injured looking Professor Shane." she stopped to look at the stunned faces all around her.
"But Professor Shane is back at Whitmore College isn't he?" Stefan asked confused.
"I thought he came back with Bonnie." Elena said.
"He did." Damon piped up. "Or so we thought." he added. "Go on." he nodded at Rebekah.
"He was injured and dying." Rebekah told them. "He offered to give me information regarding another way to destroy Silas if I helped him." she explained. "He told me of a prophesy surrounding the destruction of Silas. He thinks the pieces maybe in play for it to happen soon, but the veil must be lowered for Qetsiyah to rise and tell the messenger what to do." she said.
"And where is Professor Shane right now?" Caroline asked.
"I snapped his neck." Rebekah told them. "He didn't want vampire blood, instead after he'd seen Silas, he just wanted to die and for me to make it to be quick and painless." she shrugged.
"So let me get this straight." Stefan said. "He told you that in order to destroy Silas, who it appears is currently posing as Professor Shane, Bonnie needs to lower the veil to the other side." he continued as Rebekah nodded.
"You can't do that!" Jeremy cried out. "Look what happened last time the veil to the other side was lowered."
"Yeah, you got caught with your pants down." Damon sniggered, earning him a tap on the arm and a glare from Elena.
"And Vicks came back and tried to kill Elena." Matt complained.
"And the last time I got spit roasted by Mason Lockwood." Damon told them. "And he was here to help." he went on. "The last time only the ones with unfinished business came back. If we lower the veil like Silas or Professor Shane wants, then everyone comes back." he added shuddering.
"He said they players are in place for the prophesy to come true and that once the veil is lowered, Qetsiyah would appear to the messenger and tell them what to do." Rebekah told them.
"I wonder if Bonnie's the messenger." Jeremy suggested.
"It would make sense." Stefan said. "Silas has to keep her alive to lower the veil, but by keeping her alive, he could also cause his own destruction." he shrugged.
"Speaking of which..." Damon said. "Bonnie might not know that Professor Shane is actually Silas. We don't know what he's told her, so be careful. There's a third massacre that needs to happen. We're going to need to concentrate on finding out about that." he suggested.
"So what do we do?" Elena asked as Damon stood back up and took Rebekah's place who went to stand with Matt, earning her a raised eyebrow from Stefan.
"We need to form teams." Damon told them. "We need a team to find Katherine and the cure, just in case this prophesy is fake." he said. "We need a team to keep an eye out on Bonnie and we need a team to go searching for more clues about this prophesy." he added. "I've got a possible lead on Katherine. So Elena and I are going to look for her."
"I don't mind helping look after Bonnie." Jeremy offered.
"I bet you don't Little Gilbert." Damon smirked, earning him yet another glare from Elena as Jeremy blushed a little.
"Me too." Caroline added, ignoring Damon's quip.
"I'll go look for information on the Silas prophesy." Rebekah offered. "Kol used to run with witches who worshiped Silas. Those covens should hopefully still exist."
"I'll help with that." Matt said as Rebekah turned to look at him.
"Do you have a passport?" Rebekah asked.
"I've never set one foot outside of this town." Matt said. "So no." he said, his face downcast. "Do you?" he asked looking at Rebekah.
"My mom can get fake ones." Caroline piped up, causing everyone to look at her in surprise. "She was going to get some fake ID for me and Tyler when we were going to be on the run from the council." she explained.
"What do we need passports for?" Matt asked.
"These covens were in various places around the world." Rebekah told him. "It will take a little bit of time for me to find them."
"Why do you need these witches?" Stefan asked.
"Whatever Silas knows might be outdated." Rebekah said as everyone looked at her confused. "Silas only knows as much as what happened up until the point where he was put in the cave." she told them. "Who knows what happened afterwards. He might not know the full story, and while he doesn't, that is advantage us." she said.
"And what makes you think that there might be things he doesn't know?" Damon asked.
"I'm an Original." Rebekah said putting her hands on her hips. "How many people think we are a myth? How many stories are there around the world that are completely false? And how many of those stories do we know about?" she said. "When I woke from my coffin, how was I supposed to know that Stefan had moved on and fell in love with someone else?" she asked.
"So you think there are holes in Silas's knowledge?" Elena asked.
"Well Professor Shane suggested there was another way to destroy him." Rebekah said. "Does Silas know that?" she asked, looking around the room of blank faces before turning back to Matt. "Are you sure you are up for this?" she asked. "It could get dangerous." she warned.
"As long as I can get my job at the Grill back when we're done, I'm cool with it." he smiled. "Oh and I figured you're paying." he said to Rebekah. "You did almost kill me this year." he added.
"Deal!" Rebekah smiled. "I do have a condition." she suddenly said, turning to the group.
"You're setting conditions to help us destroy the big bad?" Damon asked confused.
"If you find it, and we have no need to use it on Silas, I want the cure, I want to decide what is done with it." Rebekah demanded as they all looked around at each other in shocked silence, Caroline was the first to speak.
"I don't care about some lame ass cure." Caroline said. "You can take it for me."
"I only want it if there is more than one dose." Elena said looking up at Damon smiling before looking back at Rebekah. "We were hoping that Bonnie might be able to find a way to replicate it, I mean she is a descendant of Qetsiyah's family, who knows, she might be strong enough to do it now." she added.
"Right now I don't think Bonnie's in a position to be able to do anything." Stefan sighed sadly as he looked at Elena, who nodded whilst Damon took her hand and squeezed it gently.
"I guess that's a no from Elena and me." Damon said.
"Stefan?" Rebekah looked to the other Salvatore who looked up at her. "I know you wanted to take it, but we talked about this on the island, would your decision still be the same?" she asked.
"I don't know." he said quietly, causing a few raised eyebrows in the group. "But you take the cure and you decide to do what you think is right with it." he sighed, although he knew that there was no way in hell that Damon and Elena would give up the cure, especially if it meant they could destroy Klaus with it.
"Good." Rebekah smiled. "But I should tell you, that wasn't all that Professor Shane told me. But the rest is my leverage." she smirked earning her a scowl from Damon. "And before you get any idea's about asking Matt, he won't be taking vervain and if need be I will compel him not to tell you anything until I have the cure."
"It's okay Rebekah." Elena sighed. "We get it. If you can't have it, we use it on Silas." she said. "Is that it?" she asked, turning to Damon.
"Stefan?" Damon asked, turning to his brother. "Which group do you want to help with?"
"I think team Bonnie will need more vampire power than researching history." he said, looking up to Caroline smiling, who returned his smile.
"Good, glad we've got all of that sorted out." Damon told them before facing Rebekah. "I did overhear Professor Shane telling Bonnie about a curse being put on Qetsiyah herself by Silas's brother who was called Antipatros." he said. "That's as good a place to start as any." he smiled as Rebekah nodded. "You see Rebekah, for the sake of man and vampire-kind. I share." he scowled.
"Thank you Damon." she said sarcastically. "I'll be sure to use that in my search."
"If this prophesy is true." Elena smiled. "Then hopefully we won't need the cure to destroy Silas and when we get Bonnie back to normal then maybe she can find a way to replicate it. She is a descendant of Qetsiyah's family." she added, looking at Damon as they both recalled their earlier conversation in the bath tub, prompting him to smile.
"Let's not get our hopes up yet." Stefan chimed in. "I suggest we make a start as quickly as we can." he turned to Damon and Elena. "When are you two setting off on your little road trip?" he asked.
"Soon." Damon smiled. "We just need to pack a snack."
"Where are you going?" Stefan asked.
"New York." Damon grinned looking at Elena, who looked back in shock.
"New York?" she asked wide eyed.
"Billy's?" Stefan asked as Damon nodded in reply. "Good call." he said as Damon and Elena got up to go. "How long will you be gone?" he asked.
Damon shrugged. "No idea. Need to see what leads we can find, hopefully only a few days." he said.
"Then why am I only taking an overnight bag?" Elena asked.
"Retail therapy." Damon grinned as Stefan rolled his eyes.
"Call if you need anything." Stefan said as Damon picked up both his and Elena's bags and began to make his way out to the car as Stefan and Elena followed.
"I will brother." Damon said, turning to look at Stefan as Elena walked around to the passenger side of Damon's car.
"Stefan." Elena called out as Stefan nodded. "Will you make sure Jeremy goes to school? I don't want us to have to compel his teachers that he was there and receiving wonderful grades."
"That's gonna take one helluva compulsion for them to believe that." Damon muttered with a smirk on his face as Stefan tried not to laugh.
"Damon!" Elena shouted as she got in the car and folded her arms.
"I think you've just extended the retail therapy session." Stefan smirked as he tapped Damon on the arm before he turned to go back into the house.
"See ya brother." Damon smiled as he climbed into the car and watched Stefan walk into the house before turning to look at Elena. "You ready for the Big Apple?" he asked grinning.
After my last question, I got quite a bit of feedback regarding whether to split the story or not. I've decided that there is an event which would be a suitable cut off point for me to end this part of the story.
It won't entirely match up with season 4/5 as my story is going to become significantly different and the changes are now starting to be gradually introduced to enable me to tell my story.
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