K I N G • KLAUS MIKAELSON [1]

american gothic

RIVER stepped out of the car, a petrol can in his hand, Damon carrying another as they moved towards Damon's Camaro.

"If they so much as even scratched the paint on my car..." Damon threatened.

"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 taunted.

"Remind me to send her some mini-muffins" Damon sighed "Do we really need ten gallons of gas, or are you making me just lug this around as punishment?"

"Well, they ditched your car after it ran out of fuel" River stated "You gotta fill it up, got a hundred miles before we get to Willoughby"

"Yeah, well I don't remember that name from the list of places I got from New York" Damon spoke.

"Oh, the list? The list they stole from right under your nose, after you let your guard down?" Stefan smirked "They'll be there, Sheriff Forbes tracked down the car they stole after yours"

"Screw the muffins" Damon began filling the tank "I'll get her champagne-if Elena is wherever it may be"

"Willoughby" River smiled "Creamed corn capital of Pennsylvania"

"They'll be there" Stefan said "Let's just hope we get to them before they get to the cure"

"Ooh, silver lining: if Rebekah takes the cure, then she's mortal and we can just kill her right then and there" Damon smiled.

"Ooh, dark cloud: River is already sad and if you kill Rebekah he'll be even more sad" River began "Other 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" Stefan suggested "Find Katherine, get the cure, get out before you get your neck snapped-again"

"Believe me, I learned my lesson" Damon sighed "Elena without humanity is a stone-cold bitch, and I won't trust her until we get the old Elena back"

"Look at that, you're finally on the same page about something" River grinned.

"Look at that" Damon smiled.

River jumped into the car.

-

River moved down the street, Stefan and Damon by his side as they moved through the town.

"Something's not right" Damon said "Katherine Pierce does not hole up in Hickstown, P-A"

"Well, this is definitely the car they stole" Stefan pointed out "We're in the right place"

"Points to them for their choice of vehicles" River said.

"So let me ask you something, what happens when we find Elena? " Stefan began "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"

"We do whatever we have to do" Damon nodded "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"