damon ended up finding some white oak wood which was what they needed to kill the originals.
they were chopping up the wood at alaric's apartment but elena wasn't supposed to know about it. alaric was on house arrest so elena wouldn't be coming in since damon said he'd look after him.
elena ended up showing up to the front door and damon went to answer.
"morning, sunshine." damon said to her.
"hey. how's alaric?" elena asked trying to walk into the loft.
"indecent. but fine." damon replied.
"so then does that mean there was no issues last night?" elena asked.
"nope. slept like a baby. woke up alaric. no headlines about dead council members." damon told her.
"then why do i feel like you're hiding something from me?" elena asked him.
"well, maybe because you're being all paranoid and control freaky? what'd you bring me?" damon asked taking the bag from elena.
"ooh, chocolate muffins. you know what they say. the way to a psycho killer's heart is through his stomach." damon said.
"they're not for you." elena told him before taking the bag back.
"fine. keep convincing yourself you're still mad at me. but sadly, ric's gonna have to miss elena time today. you know, lockdown and all." damon explained to her.
"just take it, give it to him and tell him that i miss him, okay?" elena told damon.
"with pleasure." damon replied.
"please." elena said as damon began walking back into the loft.
"have a great day. thanks for coming by." damon said closing the door.
"damon!" elena said but she didn't finish seeing how damon closed the door on her.
"walking down the stairs. opening front door and she's gone." damon said.
alaric was sawing up the wood and everyone was carving stakes out of the pieces.
"give this one to damon." may said passing a stake to stefan.
"this needs to have a sharper point." stefan told him.
"got it." damon replied.
"we finally have our own stakes to kill an original. i'm not gonna miss because you can't whittle." stefan said.
"i said, i got it. stop micromanaging." damon said.
"so, if you guys have got this under control, i'm gonna call the sheriff. i wanna turn myself in." alaric said putting on his coat.
"wait, what?" may said as she stood up.
"no, you don't." damon said.
"i have a homicidal alter ego. unlike some people in this room i would like to take responsibility for the people i've killed." alaric argued.
"ouch." may said.
"if you wanted to turn yourself in, you wouldn't be saying it out loud. just saying." damon said as he whittled.
"hey, listen. of all the people you cannot psychoanalyze me. i killed caroline's father. i nearly killed meredith. everything's changed." alaric said.
"to be fair, bill was a bit of an ass." may said as damon nodded in agreement.
"look, you're not turning yourself in. bonnie's herbs are working and we have originals to kill." stefan said.
"his morals get very questionable when he has revenge on the brain." damon said.
"klaus needs to die. we finally have the chance to kill him. so you are not turning yourself in." stefan said.
"here's your ring, ric. put it on." damon said.
"that ring is the reason i've killed people." alaric argued.
"it's also the reason you're alive. you're going vampire hunting, ric. wear it." damon said before alaric took the ring.
-
stefan texted the whole gang to meet in the woods near the old lockwood property.
"hey. what's with the crypto. secret meeting text?" matt asked elena and caroline.
"i don't know. stefan just said to meet here." elena replied as stefan, may and damon approached them.
"where's bonnie? i texted her too." stefan asked.
"uh, bonnie's mom bailed on her again. so i think we should leave her out of this one." caroline said.
"what are we doing here?" matt asked.
"i found some more white oak. long story, wait for the movie." damon explained.
"hang on. white oak? you have a weapon that can kill klaus?" elena asked.
"not exactly." may said.
"nope. we all have a weapon." stefan said dropping the duffle bag full of stakes in front of them to show the group.
"klaus has always been one step ahead of us. but now we have the advantage. we're all armed and they are all linked. meaning we only need to kill one of them. we need to seize the best opportunity which means we need to prepare for every opportunity." stefan said.
"scenario number one. you get to play klaus." damon said to elena.
"okay." elena said.
"rebekah is our target. so we'll distract her and catch her off guard. to do that we need to keep klaus separate and occupied. caroline." stefan said looking at her.
"why do i always have to be klaus bait?" caroline asked.
"because he's obsessed with you. but for right now we need you to play rebekah. we use the quarterback to distract her. just keep her talking." damon said to matt.
"how?" matt asked.
"act interested. she's lonely, desperate." damon said.
"clearly. she slept with you." caroline said.
"mm. heh. beefcake holds bombshell. i come up from behind her grab her arms like this." damon said gripping caroline's arms.
"ow." caroline said.
"which give me time for one shot. got it? good." stefan said.
"wait, what shall i be doing?" may asked.
"distracting elijah, obviously. he has a thing for you." damon said.
"so we all have one stake. we keep it hidden, and we look out for any opportunity we have." stefan said.
"no last minute attack of pity for any of them." damon said looking at elena.
"don't worry about me. not after what happened to bonnie's mom." elena replied.
"barbie?" damon asked looking at caroline.
"i'm ready. anything that will free tyler from his sire bond to klaus." caroline replied.
"busboy?" damon asked looking at matt.
"do i have a choice?" matt asked.
"good point." damon replied.
"we have 12 stakes. twelve shots at killing one original. we can do this. all right. let's try another scenario. elena, grab a crossbow. matt, you play klaus." stefan said passing elena the crossbow.
