CHAPTER 2: The Big Apple

Rebekah's POV:

Minivans were so old school, the engine coughed and hacked up steam, the road straight ahead was bumpy and wasn't settling well with Rebekah. "Would you please drive faster?" She asked to the driver of the useless car, who was a random guy who she'd compelled to follow Damon's car. "Yes, of course." He replied, they had almost reached New York City, she swore to herself she would compel herself a sleek black limo once she reached there, Mystic Falls just had miserable little people with miserably little cars. But New York City, ah, she remembered the city from the 80's and the 90's, the city was amazing, full of light and liveliness, music and bright, vibrant colours. Not even the loneliest people could feel bad in New York City, the city was just so alive. But Rebekah had to snap herself out of it, her real reason for coming to New York wasn't leisure, she was following Damon; who was searching for Katherine so he could snatch the cure from her and cram it down Elena's throat. Rebekah had offered her help; Damon being Damon of course, didn't take her up on the offer, manipulated her and snapped her neck. She was so done with taking crap from the Salvatore brothers and their hopeless little friends whose worlds revolved around that bitch, Elena. And she was so done with her ungrateful, useless brother and his stupid theories, she didn't even know where her other brother, Elijah was; and if he'd even heard about Kol's death. Rebekah hated them all, they were all involved in killing Kol and they all wanted to destroy her and her family. She just wanted to be free of all this, she just wanted the cure. And she was going to get it. Now that Elena had her humanity off, it would be just as easy to get her to help. She was going to get the cure for herself and skip that miserable town forever, to live the life she'd always dreamed of. And she didn't care who got hurt in the process. They were all just going to have to be collateral damage.

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Stefan's POV:

New York CITY!?" Caroline cried, pacing from one end of the room to the other. "Don't we have our set of stupid problems right here in Mystic Falls? Like a big nasty centuries old love struck villain?" Stefan sighed, Caroline was already a mess, he didn't want to force her to come with him to find his brother and Elena, but he decided he would need the help and that if he'd ask nicely enough, Caroline would agree. Stefan had approached Bonnie to do a locator's spell on Damon, and he'd found out he was headed to New York. Something was wrong with Bonnie, she was under Silas's control; but thankfully, she still came through with the spell. "It's Elena we're talking about, and she's switched the flip and she's with Damon, don't you think this is a matter of concern?" Caroline nodded her head, "You tell me, Elena just tried to kill me two days back, remember?"
"But she's still your best friend, remember?" Stefan persuaded, Caroline sighed, "You're right, I'm in. Plus I don't like the sound of Damon and Elena together anyway, because where there's Damon, there's trouble"
Stefan stared down at the floor, he didn't feel too good about them being together in the city that never sleeps either, Elena's emotions were off, for all he knew, she'd already lured Damon in, if she persuaded Damon to switch his humanity off too... Stefan pushed the thought away, he had to have some faith on his brother, but did he really? Was he going to be able to trust Damon with Elena around? He highly doubted it. "Caroline, there's no time to waste, we're leaving, now."
Caroline looked surprised, "Yeah, of course, but what about our Silas problem?"
Stefan took a deep breath, "I guess we'll just have to deal with it after we get Elena back." Caroline nodded, and they headed for New York.

Elena's POV:

"I love New York; this place is perfect for a new vampire like you." Damon told Elena, she looked at him in the eyes, "Why did you really bring me here, Damon?" Damon put a hand to his heart and in mock hurt, he said, "Are you doubting me, Elena? We're just here for some fun!" Elena didn't buy it, she knew the Salvatore brothers way too well, "Just yesterday you were forcing me to show some restraint and today you bring me to an All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet? Gotta admit, it's a little suspicious" Damon grinned, "You're smarter since you turned off that little switch of yours, but you see Elena, I asked you to show restraint back in Mystic Falls, it's a small town, people notice when people go missing. But here, you can feed all you want, New York city is so alive; a little death goes unnoticed, you won't have to run or shower in vervain, you can just have fun." Elena still didn't buy it, Damon had motive, he always did, after all, the only thing both he and Stefan wanted was for her to switch her emotions back on, like that was going to do her any good? She didn't need to be that stupid scared little girl that she used to be, now, she could be whoever she wanted; whatever she wanted, she was a vampire and she didn't care about feelings or emotions, all she wanted to do, was have some fun. And she wasn't going to let Damon stand in her way, if Damon was playing her (which he 99.9% probably was), she would just have to play along.
"Alright, I believe you, so what's our first stop?"
Damon's POV:

Elena and Damon walked into Wild Boar, according to Damon, one of his favourite hangout spots from the 70's and 80's. It was a night club, and it was empty. "Wow, this looks awesome." Elena said, sarcastically, "Relax, Elena, people don't start coming in before midnight, this place is packed after 12, and you can feed all you want then" Elena nodded, Damon just hoped she was buying everything he was saying, she was smarter, more devious and ruthless with her humanity switched off, she was almost Katherine-like. And he had to find that little slut vampire before she caused any more trouble, he was going to find that cure and snatch it from her bony hands and then he was going to stake her, he had had enough of Katherine's nuisance to last a lifetime; and a lifetime was a long, miserable time for vampires. He wasn't going to let that whore ruin his life, which she was already pretty good at. Damon had a long list of people he hated, who's heads he wanted to see on a stick, but Katherine was numero uno. He was sick of her giggles, her constant blabbing, her fake love, all the love he'd ever had for her had turned into pure, solid, hate. And he wasn't going to let anything happen to Elena, Damon knew that one day Elena's switch was going to be switched back on, and he didn't want her to be overwhelmed by guilt because of all the bad things that she had done. He was the one who started this mess for her; he was going to be the one to finish it. He didn't care what his annoying; control freak baby bro thought of him, he knew what he was doing. "What's wrong, cupcake? Too many memories to handle?" Elena asked, "The new Elena talks to much." Damon said,
"Guess who I learnt that from?" She said, with a smirk. "I'm bored and hungry, Damon, can we do something fun now?" Damon sighed, "Patience honey, this place should be flooding with people very soon"
Elena came closer to him, "Wanna have some fun while we wait?" She asked, unzipping his jacket, "Isn't this all that you wanted? My attention, my love, my body...finally, I'm all yours." She whispered to him, he knew she was manipulating him, he controlled himself, her fingers traced his lips, he caught her hand, "Oh, come on, I'm not your brother's girl anymore Damon. You're free to do whatever you want." Damon clenched his fists, her warm, sweet breath threatening to lure him into the trap. Elena was playing him, and it was easy for her. He had to control himself and just then, he felt someone behind him, a strong hand hit the back of his head and pushed him onto the table, he tried to move his head away but the hand was strong, "Hello Damon, you should have at least called before leaving town, I was worried sick." Rebekah said.
"What are you doing here?" Damon complained, she let go of his throbbing head. Elena smiled, "Yeah, what are you doing here, Rebekah?"
"Aw, Damon didn't tell you? He's on a mission to find Katherine so he can snatch the cure from her and cram it down your throat" She said, the sneaky little bitch! Damon thought, Elena glared at Damon, then smiled again, "Interesting..."
"And he declined my offer to help so I thought I'd show up here myself and set him straight." She added, people slowly started to flood in as Damon had predicted and all the three of them moved into a corner as the lights dimmed and music started to blare from speakers on all the four corners, a live band was setting up their stage soon enough. "It would be a pity if we had to create a scene right here right now, so you better start talking on what you've found out on Katherine's whereabouts" Original Barbie said, Damon groaned, "Don't you have anything better to do? I suggest you go bother you're original freak of a brother" She gave him an evil look, "Relax both of you, I'm gonna buy us some drinks then we can talk all about Katherine's whereabouts. And Damon will have to cooperate, if you don't, I have some special new tricks I'd like to try on you." Elena said, flashing a smile at Rebekah.