Chapter Nine

"Thor?" Frigga knocked on the door of Thor's bedroom, but when he didn't answer he pushed the door slightly open. His room was completely empty, but there were a few stacks of rare books thrown over the room. "Thor?"

Frigga didn't even have time to question her son's disappearance before Odin appeared right by her side. "Oh, dear you frighten me."

Odin smiled. "My apologies, wife." His tone turned into annoyance. "Is Thor here? Everyone has been asking for him and nobody has seen him since breakfast yesterday."

Frigga shook her head. "No, I've been trying to find him."

"Your majesty!" a guard came running towards them and gave a quick bow towards Frigga and Odin. "I am sorry to interrupt you, but there is something you must know. Loki has disappeared out of his cell."

When Katherine woke up she smiled as the sun poured down her face. Loki and Thor were next door and Rebekah and Katherine had been forced to share a room, but strangely Katherine didn't seem to mind.

She smiled, she felt happier than in days. True, the only chance of being cured was a myth, but at least there was something and she was no longer Klaus' bait. Next to her Rebekah was slowly waking up.

"Morning!" she said cheerfully to the blond.

Rebekah was about to respond when she gaped. "Your hair."

Katherine frowned as she looked at her reflection and gasped. Her hair was covered in deep, gray streaks. She grabbed one gray piece of hair and whimpered. "Oh, no."

"What?"

She gulped. "I'm running out of time."

"Ok, are we ready then?" Rebekah asked cheerfully as they exited the hotel. "Let's get this show on the road."

Nobody was paying attention her however, Thor was arguing with the valet parking man and Loki and Katherine were arguing about Katherine's hair, it was back to brown thanks to Loki's magic, but Katherine didn't seem convince.

She checked her hairline nervously. "Are you sure there's no white or gray in here?"

"I'm positive," Loki said as he threw the cap that Katherine was thinking of wearing to the ground. "I've done the spell, are you sure you don't want me to do anything about those wrinkles?"

Katherine gasped.

"You're too easily fooled."

She flushed. "It's not funny."

Rebekah clapped her hands together. "Can we be serious for one moment and hurry to find this mysterious fountain that will solve all our problems?" Loki narrowed his eyes. "What?"

Thor cleared his throat uncomfortably. "I'm afraid Lady Rebekah, that Loki doesn't completely trust you."

"I think trust is a bit of an understatement." Loki said. "No offense, darling but I can barely trust my own family, what makes you think I can trust you?"

Rebekah pursed her lips. "I have no reason to betray you. We all want the same thing to get to the fountain and I don't care who I have to kill to get my way. At the end, Katherine will become the Goddess of Love and Beauty again and I will finally become human."

"Do you know where Barbie Klaus is?" Damon asked annoyed as he walked into the living room and saw everyone preparing themselves for the trip. Bonnie was looking through a Norse book of legends, Elena and Caroline were comparing weaponry, and Elijah and Stefan the neutral side AKA The Switzerland's were quietly standing to the side. "We don't exactly have a witch to do the locator spell anymore."

"Oh, not to worry we don't need something as fancy as a locator spell." Klaus smirked as he picked up his cell phone. "Luckily, my sister is not the brightest I'm tracking down her phone at this precise moment."

Elena nodded. "Good." She paused. "Do you think it's real what Rebekah said about the Fountain of Life?"

"It has to be," Caroline agreed. "Thor and Loki wouldn't just come for Katherine without a plan would they? The Fountain of Life has the ability to turn species into permanent humans. No side effects."

"I don't know sounds like the cure 2.0 to me," Jeremy came in holding a metal bow.

Elena looked at him surprise. "Jeremy, what are you doing with that?"

"What do you think? I think it might be the perfect weapon to stab either Thor or Loki while someone else kills Katherine."

"No," Elena shook her head. "You aren't going Jeremy."

"Elena!"

"I don't know about Thor, but Loki is ruthless, he might be worse than Katherine," Elena bit her lip. "I don't want you to get hurt or worse killed, they don't care about anyone other than themselves they will kill you, Jeremy. I would prefer it if you stayed home with Bonnie."

Bonnie nodded. "Please, stay Jeremy."

"No," Jeremy scowled. "I'm not going to stay here and read books while everyone is tracking down Katherine."

"Jeremy, Elena is right." Stefan pointed out. "Thor and Loki are gods, Loki knows powerful sorcery and Thor proved us that he is stronger than Klaus. And now they have Rebekah who will do anything to get to the fountain. They will crush you."

"I thought you were staying neutral." Damon scowled.

"I just don't want anyone getting killed ok," Stefan snapped back. "Katherine becomes a Goddess again, she goes back home and has servants wait on her hand and foot, Rebekah becomes human, and nobody gets hurt why is that so hard for you to understand?"

"Because the last thing that psychopath deserves is to be happy, Stefan!" Damon shot back.

"And keep in mind that Katerina will come for all of us," Klaus looked around the room. "Since I doubt anyone has made Katerina a friendship bracelet."

"I'm going Elena," Jeremy said firmly. "Miranda and Grayson were my parents too and that psychotic bitch killed them! And worse she didn't feel bad about it. Elena, she laughed! She acted as if killing our parents were nothing and I'm not going to stop until she's dead!"

"Are you sure you won't be uncomfortable in your suit big brother?" Klaus asked mockingly. They were back home, they were departing tomorrow. "We are going to track down, Katerina. We aren't exactly going window shopping."

Elijah looked at his brother, trying to search for the right words. He hated the fact that he and his family had been Katherine's puppets and that she was the reason that they had turned into vampires, but that didn't mean that Elijah wanted to kill her.

"I'm sorry to say, big brother that I will not be joining you in your ridiculous quest to hunt down, Katerina." Elijah said coolly.

"Don't tell me you're still foolish enough to care about her after everything she has done!" Klaus gave a cold laugh. "She has ruined everyone's lives, our sister could become a pathetic human if that stupid fountain does exits! And worst if Katerina indeed become a Goddess again, she will end me, she will find a way to seek revenge after everything that I have done to her. Don't you see Elijah, the only way to destroy her and avoid that happening is to kill her!"

"Well, then perhaps it will be well deserved. And our sister deserves a chance of happiness."

Klaus let out a low growl and Elijah felt the sharp pain of a dagger against his chest. "1000 years and you're still as foolish as ever. Fine, but I won't let anyone stand in my way."

-End of Chapter Nine-