AN: Hey all! Sorry again for the extremely late update! I've been busy with academics, and also my other stories. This one is a really tricky one to wrap up, so I'm trying to make it great! Sorry for the short chapter, but I felt this was the right place to stop. The next one will be great, though! xoxo!

CHAPTER 3:

"What the hell is that?" Damon asks Caroline as he caresses my back soothingly.

"I've heard stories about it centuries ago." Caroline breathes. "It's some magical potion that grants eternal life. Some witch created it ages ago."

"Wait," I frown, carefully getting to my feet with Damon's aid. "So what you're saying is that the most powerful vampire in the world is after some magic potion that grants eternal life?"

Caroline nods solemnly. "From the looks of it, yes."

"I don't understand," I shake my head. "Why would Klaus be after an immortal elixir?"

"I don't know." Caroline shrugs.

"No, she's right." Stefan interludes. "Think about it. Klaus is an immortal Pureblood vampire. He doesn't need an immortal elixir because he's already immortal as a vampire. Why would Klaus want this elixir?"

"Put two and two together," Damon suggests snidely. "Klaus is a power-hungry selfish rabid freak. He obviously wants to find it before anyone else so they can't have it."

"Well then we've got to find it before he does." I conclude.

"Excuse me?" Damon asks pointedly, turning to face me.

"I said that we need to find it before he does." I repeat.

"No, no, no," Damon shakes his head. "We are not going to look for some elixir that the most dangerous and powerful vampire is also in the race for,"

"But Damon, I need to find it." I tell him desperately. "If I find it, then I can destroy it. It's that simple!"

"There's nothing simple about risking your life to destroy some elixir that Klaus wants to get his grubby hands on. If you do find it and destroy it, Klaus will find out. Then what?"

"Then, we'll figure something out," I suggest.

"It's a little hard to figure anything out if you're dead." Damon says bluntly.

"Why do you want to destroy it?" Stefan asks. I stop struggling with Damon as I turn to Stefan.

"Tonight, when I saw Bonnie, she told me that I had to destroy the thing that Klaus wants so bad." I explain. "If it's destroyed, then he can't have it."

"Alright, then we go find it." Stefan decides.

"What?" A sharp hiss comes from beside me. "Have you gone completely mad, Stefan?"

"If Bonnie told her that she has to find it, then we find it." Stefan says simply. "Klaus doesn't get to just win, Damon. Not after everything that he's done, after everything that he's taken from us,"

"It's a suicide mission," Damon snarls, then turns to me, his finger addressing me. "Elena-"

I immediately take Damon's outstretched hand in mine and caress it soothingly. "Damon, do you think that I was supposed to survive tonight to just admire eternal life, and sit back and let Klaus win?" I ask him. "No. Bonnie died to save me tonight. And she didn't have to. But she gave me a message, and it's my job to find this elixir and when we find it, it's my job to destroy it. Damon, we can't let Klaus get away with killing the others tonight. They all died for Klaus' gain, and if we don't do anything to stop him, then they died for nothing. I died for nothing."

As I examine Damon's face, I can tell he's struggling with my words. He knows that I'm not just going to sit here and let Klaus get this elixir. But he knows the risks of trying to find it. I know the risks.

And I'm prepared to take them.

"I can't lose you again," Damon says, his voice strained with fear.

"You won't." I tell him firmly. "Damon, please," I ask desperately. He needs to see that I was born for a reason, and so was Bonnie. We are supposed to stop Klaus.

"Alright." he sighs dejectedly. "Alright. But you are not leaving my sight."

"Deal." I smile, immensely relieved that Damon has crossed over to my side on this. I won't disappoint him. I will find this elixir, and when I do, I will destroy it.

"So, now what?" Damon asks, back to his usual self.

"I think I know where we can start," Stefan says.

"Where?" Caroline asks.

"Seattle."

"Where is she?" Klaus roared, his hands clenched around the poor lad's throat, his green eyes wide with fear. Klaus smiled. He enjoyed the fear in his victims. He'd went several years without the pleasure of the kill.

"I-I told you, I d-don't k-know," The man shook from head to toe.

"And I've told you, I don't believe you! You've worked for her. There's no way you don't know where she is."

"Alright, alright!" The man cried, surrendering. "S-Seattle! She's in Seattle!"

"Excellent." Klaus smiled. "Rebekah."

At the calling, the blonde vampire now stood in front of him.

"What is it, Nik?" She asked.

"I need you to do me a little favor." Klaus instructed.

"Anything." Rebekah smiled, at her brother's mercy.

"I need you to take a trip to Seattle. There's a witch there who'll help me find it." Klaus said as he snapped the man's neck.

"Of course, brother." Rebekah nodded.

"And, sister?" Klaus called.

"Don't come back until you find her."

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