Now And Then - Stefan Salvatore (currently editing)

1.121 Katherine

In the middle of nowhere.

Damon, Stefan and i got out of my car since we three wouldn't have fit in Stefan's. Damon was carrying two large containers. 

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

We walked to his car. 

Stefan " Well, just be grateful Sheriff Forbes was able to track down the car after you let them, ah, you know, steal it from you."

Damon "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?"

Stefan " 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."

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

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

Damon was filling his tank with gasoline " Screw the muffins. I'll get her champagne-if Elena is wherever it may be."

Stefan smiled "Willoughby. Creamed corn capital of Pennsylvania. They'll be there. Let's just hope we get to them before they get to the cure."

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

Stefan " 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."

Damon "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."

My eyes widened surprised "look at that"

Damon "Look at that."

Willoughby.

The boys and i were walking through the streets.

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

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

Damon "Points to them for their choice of vehicles."

I looked at the car. It was a nice car. 

Stefan "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."

Damon "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."

Stefan " I'm serious."

Damon nodded "I am, too. I don't care what Elena wants right now. She's this close to going off the rails for good and that ain't happening. She's a pain enough as it is."

I raised an eyebrow "So what happened to the guy who thought Elena should embrace being a vampire, let the chips fall where they may?"

Damon looked at me mad "That guy got his neck snapped in New York and this guy is royally pissed off."

Diner.

We walked into the diner and i saw Bekah and Kat. 

Kat "You mean you want a do-over. Well, guess what. You can't have it. The cure will only take away your immortality. Everything else you hate about yourself, you'll still wake up with that in the morning. And you won't even be able to compel yourself a friend."

Katherine reached for something on the table but Rebekah grabbed her hand and started crushing the bones in her arm.

I smirked and walked with the boys to them. 

Stefan "Ladies, playing nice?"

Damon sat down on the bench in front of them. I sat down next to him and Stefan sat down next to me. 

Kat looked annoyed as hell "There goes the neighborhood."

Damon "I see you got Katherine already. You're losing your touch, evil one."

Stefan to Bekah "Where's Elena?"

Bekah raised an eyebrow "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."

Damon " What about you over there, smiley? Do you know where she is?"

Kat smirked "I can give you a hint. Start by looking at the town morgue. She's probably dead.She went to meet up with a friend of mine. You may know him-an Original brother, impeccable taste."

Bekah said horrified " Elijah."

My jaw dropped. 

Damon asked confused "Elijah's here?"

Stefan "Well, you sort of have to question Elijah's impeccable taste if he's friends with you."

Kat looked at me smirking"Oh, when I say friend, I mean friend."