The Owl Gilbert

4:18: Willoughby

It's the next day as I'm on a road trip with Damon and Stefan as Kol got dragged into helping Caroline with Prom and Damon gets two things of gas from the back of his stolen New York car as we walk to Damon's ditched car from the girls. "If they so much as even scratched the paint on my car.." He says. "I'll personally hand you the White Oak Stake." I say and he smiles at me. "Thanks, Baby Gilbert." He says and I smile back. "Well, just be grateful Sheriff Forbes was able to track down the car after you let them, ah, you know, steal it from you." Stefan says while clicking his tongue. "Remind me to send her some mini-muffins. Do we really need ten gallons of gas, or are you making me just lug this around as punishment?" Damon asks as I hear the gas swoosh. "Well, they ditched your car after it ran out of fuel. You gotta fill it up. Got a hundred miles before we get to Willoughby." Stefan says. "Yeah, well I don't remember that name from the list of places I got from New York." Damon says. "You had a list?" I ask, running a hand through my hair, out of my eyes. "Oh, the list? The list they stole from right under your nose, after you let your guard down? They'll be there." Stefan says, amused and I laugh as Damon sets the tanks down and pulls down his licenses plate to reveal his gas tank. "Sheriff Forbes tracked down the car they stole after yours." Stefan says and Damon starts filling his car up. "Screw the muffins. I'll get her champagne.. if Elena is wherever it may be." Damon says. "We should probably get her some bourbon instead." I say and we all laugh. "Willoughby." Stefan says, smiling as we look at him. "Creamed corn capital of Pennsylvania." Stefan says. "Willoughby." Damon says. "They'll be there. Let's just hope we get to them before they get to the Cure." Stefan says. "Ooh, silver lining. if Rebekah takes the cure, then she's mortal and we can just kill her right then and there." Damon says. "Ooh, dark cloud: Elena stays a vampire forever. Look, why don't you just table the revenge fantasies for now, and just keep your eye on the prize. Find Katherine, get the cure, get out before you get your neck snapped. Again." I say. "Believe me, I learned my lesson. Elena without humanity is a stone cold bitch, and I won't trust her until we get the old Elena back." Damon says. "Look at that. We're finally on the same page about something." Stefan says. "Look at that." Damon says. "It's a miracle." I say.

We arrive to Willoughby and find the stolen car Rebekah and Elena took. "Something's not right. Katherine Pierce does not hole up in Hickstown, PA." Damon says. "Well, this is definitely the car they stole. We're in the right place." Stefan says as he's looking at a piece of paper about the car and Damon peers into the tinted window. "Points to them for their choice of vehicles." He says and we start walking around. "So let me ask you something. What happens when we find Elena? How do we get her back to Mystic Falls? I mean, she's not exactly gonna go quietly, and she has an Original Vampire as her bodyguard." Stefan says and we look at him. "We do whatever we have to do. I don't care if we have to throw Rebekah under a school bus and wrap Elena up in a burlap sack. We do whatever we have to do." Damon says. "I think he's serious." I say as Damon looks forward and back to us. "I am, too. I don't care what Elena wants right now." He says and shows a small amount with his index and thumb. "She's this close to going off the rails for good and that ain't happening. She's a pain enough as it is." He says. "So what happened to the guy who thought Elena should embrace being a vampire, let the chips fall where they may?" Stefan asks. "That guy got his neck snapped in New York and this guy is royally pissed off." Damon says, looking back at us and turns around and walks off.

We walk into the diner to see Rebekah twisting Katherine's wrist backwards, who groans. "Ladies, playing nice?" Stefan asks as they look at us and Rebekah lets her hand go as I see the bloody fork and jab it through Katherine's hand, who groans. "That's for my brother." I say before pulling it out and sit down in between Stefan and Damon. "There goes the neighborhood." Katherine says. "I see you got Katherine already." Damon says and looks at Katherine. "You're losing your touch, evil one." He says and we all look at each other. "Where's Elena?" Stefan asks.

"So let me get this straight. I tell you where Elena is, you shove the cure down her throat, and then I end up in a box, right? I don't think so." Rebekah says and we all look at Katherine as she's just smiling with her arms crossed. "What about you over there, smiley? Do you know where she is?" Damon asks. "I can give you a hint. Start by looking at the town Morgue. She's probably dead." She says and we wait for her to elaborate. "She went to meet up with a friend of mine. You may know him.. an Original brother, impeccable taste." She says, smiling more. "Elijah." Rebekah says, sounding horrified. "Elijah's here?" Damon asks and we look at Stefan. "Well, you sort of have to question Elijah's impeccable taste if he's friends with you." He says and we all look back at Elena. "Oh, when I say friend, I mean friend." She says and we groan in disgust. "It probably took him about ten seconds to realise that she wasn't me, at which point he probably yanked her heart right out of her chest." She says. "All right. Where are they?" Stefan asks and she remains silent. "Rebekah, you do realise if something should happen to Elena, you have no chance of finding the Cure, right?" He asks and we all look at Rebekah, who sighs. "Fine. They were supposed to meet at the gazebo by the park." She says and Stefan stands up. "I'll go talk to Elijah." Stefan says. "I'll go with you. Elijah likes me more and probably won't instantly kill you." I say. "You go deal with Elijah. Katherine will take us to the Cure." Rebekah says, smiling. "No, she won't. The Cure is my one chance to win my freedom back from Klaus." Katherine says as we look at her. "You're gonna broker a deal with Klaus?" Damon asks, laughing. " No. She's gonna get Elijah to broker the deal for her." Stefan says, smiling at all of us and looks back to Katherine. "That's why you need your little friend, isn't it? Some things never change, Katherine." Stefan says. "Nope." Damon says, putting emphasis on the p. "Fine." Katherine says and look at Rebekah. "Move. You have to follow me." She says and Rebekah slides out of the seat.

We're outside by the gazebo as Stefan dials Elijah on Katherine's phone, putting it on voicemail. "Katerina." He says. "Hello. Elijah?" Stefan asks. "Where is Katherine?" Elijah asks. "Where's my sister?" I ask. "Ah, Adam. Lovely to hear from you. It's been a while. Elena is safe. How long she remains so depends upon the two of you." Elijah says. "Well, I guess the same goes for Katherine." Stefan says. "Oh, Katherine can take care of herself against the two of you." Elijah says. "Oh you mean the four of us. 'Cause your little sister decided to join Team Good Guys for the time being." Stefan says, laughing and we hear Elijah sigh. "Put her on the phone." He says. "Well, she's not here right now. I left her with Damon and Katherine." Stefan says as we start walking. "Tell me where they are." Elijah says in a demanding tone. "Relax. No one's gonna get hurt as long as Katherine hands over the Cure." Stefan says. "It's true, Elijah. Jeremy already died for it. She killed him." I say and there's a few seconds of silence. "She wouldn't." Elijah says. "I saw it with my own eyes, Elijah. I give you my word." I say. "Do you understand how much my sister despises Katherine? I assure you, Rebekah will end her the moment she ceases to be of use." Elijah says. "Well, just tell us where you are, and we can talk this through." Stefan says as we cross the street. "You listen to me very carefully, Stefan, Adam. If anything whatsoever happens to Katherine, I will descend upon Elena." Elijah says and hangs up.

We arrive to a house to see Rebekah downing the Cure as Damon is suffering from the vervain fish tank. "No!" Stefan exclaims and Rebekah gasps before passing out on the couch.

We run over to Rebekah to check on her as she's still unconscious and look over at Damon. "Did you even try to stop her?" I ask. "You forgot the part where I was bobbing for boxes in vervain water." Damon says, pointing at the tank. "All you had to do was stall her, Damon." Stefan says, raising his voice a little. "Sorry. It's Rebekah. I didn't have a pony with Matt riding it to distract her, Stefan." Damon says, raising his voice a little as well and drying his hair with the towel. "You let her take it, didn't you? You were never on my side. Now Elena will be a vampire for the rest of her life just like you wanted." Stefan says and Damon throws the towel, and we hear Rebekah gasping and waking up.

Rebekah is sitting up and smiling as Stefan and I sit in front of her. "How do you feel?" I ask. "I.. I feel good. I.. I feel great. I feel alive." She says. "Slight problem with being alive.. I can kill you know." Damon says and tosses a letter opener at her and her vampire reflexives prevent it from hitting her in the face and Stefan gasps slightly and so does she as she shows us her bleeding palm that slowly heals itself, as if it never happened. "I'm still a vampire. The Cure didn't work." Rebekah says. "It worked just like she wanted it to. The Cure was a fake. It must've been a concentrated shot of vervain or something." I say. "Katherine." Damon says.