The Owl Gilbert

4:13: The Hunt for the Cure

It's the next day as Rebekah, Shane, Damon, Jeremy, Stefan, Elena and I arrive to the island off of Nova Scotia where the Cure is after Jeremy's tattoo was completed. "So, how exactly did the Hunter's Mark get completed if Kol is still alive?" I ask, confused. "Well, I'm not Witchipedia Expert, but my guess is when that little bird inside you brought Kol back, he already did technically die, so did his Sire Line and well, we know the rest of the story, Baby Gilbert." Damon says. "Elena just better pray Rebekah or I don't stake her in her sleep for helping in his attempted and also murder." I say as I have the White Oak Stake in my pocket and Rebekah laughs. "Team Rebekah is now of me, Adam and Stefan. Sorry, no new members." She says, smiling and I laugh along with her and Stefan starts tying down our boat as we're all in winter clothes with Rebekah giving Elena the Evil Eye. "You know, you're not really helping." Stefan says to her as I help Stefan with the knot. "You two perfectly capable of tying a knot." Rebekah says. "You giving Elena the Evil Eye, it's not really helping." Stefan says. "I don't think she or I care about how it helps." I say, as they both look at me. "She helped try to kill my boyfriend. I daggered him for his protection, not hers or Jeremy's." I say. "Not to mention she tried to get you to put a dagger in my back. She's lucky all she's getting is the Evil Eye." Rebekah says to Stefan and we look back at Elena, who stops walking "You know I can hear you, right?" She asks. "You know I don't care, right?" Rebekah asks and dashes over to Rebekah, gripping her neck after taking the White Oak Stake from my pocket and throws Elena on the ground, snatching the Stake from her. "Go ahead, try and kill me. But then you'd have to face your real problems. Like the fact that Stefan invited me here, himself. I guess he likes me again." She says, smiling and hands me the Stake as we walk off.

We're hiking through the woods and Shane tries to get a signal on his phone. "Satellite phone lost its signal." Shane says and Damon sighs. "That's s good sign." Damon says, sarcastically. "Is anyone else a little creeped out?" Elena asks as we look around. "Then leave. Go back to Mystic Falls." I say, adjusting my beanie. "He's right. Out of everyone, your presence is the least necessary." Rebekah says. "Please don't start." Stefan says. "I'm merely stating the facts. Jeremy has the spell on his body. Bonnie is the witch that unseals the cure. Shane is the human compass. You, Adam and I have the Tombstone, which does God knows what. And Elena has no point." Rebekah says as she and I laugh. "What about me?" Damon asks. "You have a nice behind!" Rebekah calls over to him.

It's nighttime as we're walking in the woods with our flashlights and I'm staying close to Rebekah. "Don't like hiking in creepy woods? Me neither, luv." She says and we smile at each other. "Centuries after Qetsiyah died, there were these miners who were excavating a well on the island. Suddenly went mad. They bled themselves dry. No apparent reason. So, the legend spread that these miners, in exchange for a drop of their blood, saw visions of their lost loved ones in the well they were digging. The word traveled and explorers sought out the well to see if the legend was true." Shane says. "So the well was magic?" Bonnie asks and we all look at her as we stop walking. "Oh, yeah. Some people believe the voices of lost souls were just a wind vortex whipping through the caves, and visions were caused by inhaling the island's poisonous plant life." Shane says. "And what do you believe?" Elena asks. "I believe in magic. My wife and my son died within months of each other. And so.. I decided to try the well out for myself. I offered up my blood and I waited. I saw my wife. I saw her eyes, her smile. My blood let me see her again." Shane says with his eyes closed. "Yeah, got it. Don't eat the poisonous flowers." Damon says and we all continue walking. "Wait. Stop. Stop! Stop." Shane says and we all suddenly stop as he steps forward in front of Damon. "Is everybody paying attention?" He asks, crouching down. "Our first lesson in surviva." He says and throws a rock onto the ground and a net quickly comes up. "Shit." Rebekah and I say at the same time. "Stay together. Keep your eyes open." Shane says, looking at us and turns around and we start walking again.