𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚, 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 when she bumps into Stefan and Rebekah.

"This is an odd duo." Scarlett tells her aunt and uncle. Stefan smiles awkwardly and Rebekah smile a little. "Is this because Shane got arrested by Liz?"

Rebekah nods.

"I'm in." Scarlett smiles.

     𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙣, 𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙠𝙖𝙝 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 in Shane's office but don't fine anything.

"Well... Headstone's not here." Stefan says.

Rebekah says, "Don't ripper out on me. We'll find it. Oh, you're all bottled up. You need a release. Maybe we can find you a voodoo doll or something." She looks through Shane's drawer and finds a stash of herbs, "Ah. This should do the trick. Exactly what you need. The Professor's stash of herbs."

Stefan says, "Not interested "

Rebekah asks, "What happened to you? You were so much fun in the twenties."

"You were fun? Stefan Salvatore was fun?" Scarlett asks faking shock, making Rebekah laugh.

Stefan says glaring at the Mikaelson girls, "I was a psychotic killer with no emotions in the 1920s."

Rebekah says, "You may have been a killer, but you were far from emotionless, Stefan. You had a blast. I know you remember. The jazz, the booze, our little table at Gloria's. Don't make me compel it out of you."

Stefan admits, "All right. Um... I guess we had a little bit of fun."

"I still can't believe you two dated. Polar opposites." Scarlett says in disbelief.

Rebekah says, "Thank you. So now that we've established that fun is, in fact, possible, maybe you'd like to start having some. Don't worry about the Professor. He won't be back any time soon. I made sure of that."

  𝙍𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙠𝙖𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙢𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙, "So much random crap in here." Stefan says.

Rebekah says, "Crap, maybe. Random, no. Looks like Shane has a bit of an afterlife fetish. Hopi prayer feathers, the Han dynasty soul vase, and that is a Polynesian sacrificial knife." He takes the knife.

"Brutal way to die, but at least you appease the gods." Scarlett says.

Stefan asks, "Since when did you two become such an artifact expert?"

Rebekah says, "I enjoy other cultures, Stefan. I know that might be hard for you to understand considering you dated a child who only thinks about herself."

"I'm a witch, I have to know things." Scarlett says.

"Still a sensitive subject, I see. Do you know why I wouldn't compel Elena from your memory?" Rebekah says.

He says, "Because you wanted me to suffer."

"I did. It's the only way you'll learn. It took me a thousand years and hundreds of betrayals to realize that love, caring ruins you." Rebekah admits, Scarlett gives her a small smile.

"That's awfully bleak." Stefan says.

Rebekah says, "Quite the opposite. It's liberating actually. You know why we had so much fun in the twenties, Stefan? Because we didn't care. We just did what felt good... drinking, feeding, sex."

Stefan admits, "The sex wasn't good because we didn't care. It was good because you're crazy. Crazy sex is always good."

"GROSSSS!" Scarlett covers her ears, not wanting to her about her aunt and uncles sex life.

Rebekah says, "You were hardly the model of sanity. Stop... Caring." They're interrupted when someone enters. They disappear with Scarlett invisible cloaking spell. The man looks around and finds where the headstone is hidden. He's about to take it when Rebekah catches him. "Good. You found it. Question is who are you?"

𝙍𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙠𝙖𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙧, "𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 to make it stop is tell me who sent you. You're full of vervain, so I know you haven't been compelled."

Stefan says, "Or maybe somebody compelled him before he ingested it."

Rebekah gives another option. "He was after the headstone. We need to know who sent him."

Stefan says, "Ok. Fine. So we take him home, wait till the vervain is out of his system, and then compel him and get whatever information we want."

Rebekah admits, "That's not a bad idea."

"So we just torture the guy?" Scarlett asks as the the intruder coughs up blood.

Stefan says, "He just bit off his own tongue."

Rebekah says "So he does know something"

The intruder kills himself, "I guess he was compelled." Stefan says.

Rebekah asks, "Was it my bastard brother or yours?"

"I'm not cleaning this up." Scarlett says looking between the two.

Stefan says, "Maybe it's option number 3. There's another team in the race."

"We're in teams?" Scarlett asks.

"Yes dear niece, and you just joined us, it would be great for you to join ours. A tribed, a vampire and an original." Rebekah says smiling.

𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙠𝙖𝙝 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮. Stefan's phone rings. She takes it and answers.  "Hello, Elena."

Elena asks, "What did you to Stefan?" Scarlett rolls her eyes.

Rebekah says, "Rescued him from his old, dull life, but it keeps calling. Stefan's not in the mood to talk right now."

Elena says, "Then he can listen. I know might not care about me right now, Stefan, but Kol compelled Damon to kill Jeremy. They're somewhere in the tunnels, and I... it's one giant maze down here, and I can't find them, so if you still care about the cure or about Jeremy, then maybe you can come help," Nobody answers, Scarlett's eyes widen. "Okay." She hangs up. Rebekah looks at Stefan.

Rebekah says, "That is an interesting predicament for both of us"

"I need to go!" Scarlett says rushing out leaving them.

     𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙑𝙞'𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 Damon and trying to maintain peace between Kol and his siblings.

"You're ready to die?" Vi asks sadly, laying on her bed.

"Sometimes I think, this is it. This is as much pain as I'll feel and then it hits me like a truck. Someone else dies or something bad happens. Someone discovers a curse, or the man I love has his days counted." Scarlett says from her bed.

"Jake left with Tyler." Vi whispers. Scarlett made her way to her bed and wrapped her arms around her, holding her friend in need.

"He'll come back they always do!" Scarlett says reassuring. Vi nodded her head wanting to believe she'll see Jake again.

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝟏𝟎𝟒𝟕
𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰.
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