Chapter 3: The New Deal
Bonnie was walking through the woods. She walked into the old abandoned house where the witches were burned. There were voices whispering all around her. She went into the basement and saw that there are three coffins there. She walked toward the coffin that was held up higher than the rest of them and opened it. Klaus was inside, holding Elena's necklace. Bonnie reached out to grab it, but she heard a noise behind her and turned around. She gasped as she woke up in her bed.
Elena was jogging through Mystic Falls. She checked her watch to see what her time was. She turned around and saw a man running towards her. She turned back around and started running again. The man continued to follow her. Elena turned a corner and sped up. After a while, she stopped running and looked behind her. The man is gone. She calmed down and turned around, when she walked straight into the man who was following her.
"Excuse me. Should have been watching where I was going." The man said.
"Don´t worry about it."
"Have a nice day." The man said as he jogged away, Elena watched him go.
At the Mystic Grill, Elena and Bonie were sitting at a table. The grill was quite quiet for this time of day.
"I feel like I´m going crazy. Totally paranoid all the time."
"You have a right to be. Klaus is still out there and he knows you tried to kill him."
"Why hasn´t he made a move? There has been no sign of him. Nothing. Just my slow spiral into insanity."
"Join the club. Every single time I close my eyes, I have that nightmare. On repeat."
"The same dream?"
"Yeah! Three coffins, Klaus is in one of them. It's weird."
"What if it's not just some dream? What if it's like... you know...witch dream?"
"It's just stress. I'll figure it out. And what about Stefan? Has there been any sign of him?"
"He betrayed us Bonnie. The Stefan that we know is gone."
"How is Damon handling it?"
"Damon is...Damon."
At the bar, Damon and Ric are sit Oh, I give you a choice. Bloody Mary or Screw Driver. Brunch in a bottle. Come on Ric are sitting. "I can't drink all this by myself. I mean I can but then somebody's getting naked. Oh man I can't believe you're making me drink alone."
"I´m busy."
"It's the eve of Klaus-aggedon. You're doing homework?"
Alaric scoffed. "This may come as a shock but I am not here to hang out with you. I'm here to see Jeremy. Who is an hour late for his shift."
"Kids today... Where are their values?" Ric smirked and pointed to one of the papers he had in front of him.
"That's his mid- term paper. Copied it straight off the internet. Didn't even try to hide it."
"Ohh, somebody's getting grounded."
"Did you say you are waiting for Jeremy- as in Jeremy Gilbert?" The waitress at the grill asked.
"Yeah." Alaric said.
"He was fired last week." Ric's eyes went wide and he looked at Damon. Damon smirked. "Oops."
In the woods, Jeremy and Tyler were together. Jeremy shot a can with a crossbow and hit it dead on.
"Nice shot!"
"So what's the point of this again?"
"The point is I'm pissed at Caroline and Bonnie dumped your ass. The point is to get drunk and shoot stuff."
"Profound." Jeremy said as he reloaded the crossbow. "Alaric finds out I took this he is gonna use it on me."
"So what's the deal with that? He is like your guardian now?"
"Sort of, yeah. I think he feels responsible for us."
"Do you like him?"
Jeremy nodded. "Yeah. Yeah- I like him." He aimed with the crossbow, "You wanna move out of the way?!"
"I'm a hybrid, Gilbert. You can't kill me unless you cut off my head or rip out my heart. And you're not gonna do it with that lame ass crossbow! Go ahead! Take a shot! Unless you don't think you can hit me." Jeremy aimed the crossbow and shot at Tyler. Tyler caught the arrow just before it hit him.
Back at the Mystic Grill, Elena was on the phone, leaving a message for Jeremy. Damon was shooting darts.
"Jeremy, the minute that you get this call me!" She hung up the phone angrily "Unbelievable!"
"You are feisty when you are mad."
"it's not that I'm mad. I'm just- I'm worried."
"But why? He lost his job at the Grill. He can survive, Elena."
"He is spiralling. Ever since Bonnie broke up with him, he is moody, he is not really talking to anyone."
"It's typical teenager."
"Who's seeing ghosts and has lost everyone that he cares about."
"Not everyone. He still has you."
"You okay?"
"What makes you think I'm not o.k.?"
"Well, you're day-drunk. It's not exactly your most attractive look."
"Hmm- what is my most attractive look?" Damon moved closer towards her.
"Ahah- I'm not saying you have any attractive looks. I'm saying this is my least favorite one…"
"Noted. See if I can make any improvements."
"Don't mind me."
"Klaus." Elena said, in a panic with eyes wide, almost cartoon like.
"You gonna do this in the Grill? In front of everyone? It's a little beneath you, don't you think?"
"I don't know what you are talking about. I just came down to my local pub to grab a drink with my brother and a mate." Kol and the jogger that followed Elena showed up behind him. "Get a round in, would you Tony?" Klaus smiled, seeing that Elena was shocked.
"Brother?" Elena said, eyes wide again.
"Yes, this is my younger brother Kol." Klaus said cheerfully. Kol smirked at the doppelganger and her little lovesick vampire puppy. "I un-daggered him before homecoming. And if you had been there Elena, you would have met him."
"That doesn't really matter now does it?" Damon asked, and Klaus smirked. "Anyway, I'm surprised you stuck around town long enough for happy hour."
"Our sister seems to be missing. Need to sort that out." Kol said dryly.
"Cute blonde bombshell, psycho. Shouldn't be too hard to find." Kol rolled his eyes.
"Truth is I've grown to rather like your little town. Think I might fancy a home here. Oh I imagine you're wondering how does this is affect you. The answer is: not in the slightest. Unless I get what I want and everyone behaves themselves you can go on living your little lives however you choose. You have my word."
"What more could you possibly want?"
"Well for starters, you can tell me where I might find Stefan."
"Stefan skipped town the second he saved your ass."
"Well you see that is a shame. Your brother stole from me. I need him found so I can take back what's mine."
"That sounds like a Klaus and Stefan problem." Elena said, bravely. Klaus moved toward Elena. Damon stepped in between them. Klaus smirked.
"Ha. Well this is me broadening the scope, sweetheart." Klaus said rudely.
At the Abandoned Witch House, Bonnie entered the house. She heard voices whispering. She went down into the basement. When she entered, she sees that there are no coffins here like there were in her dream.
"Hello Bonnie." Stefan said as he stepped out of the darkness. Bonnie turned around. "Stefan. You followed me here?"
"Yeah. Wasn't too hard. You should probably be more careful."
"What do you want with me?"
"Relax. I just need your help."
"Why would I help you? Elena said you saved Klaus's life."
"Let me fill you in on a little secret about Klaus. He kept his family with him at all times- daggered. Stored in coffins. And thanks to his pissed off little brother, Kol. I have them now, and I need you to help keep them hidden."
"Are you out of your mind? Getting help from an Original? And as for Klaus, you're just gonna make him angrier."
"His family is his one weakness. As long as I have that, I can ruin him."
"I don't have enough power to hide three originals!"
"You're a witch. You hate Klaus. I know you can figure something out." At the Gilbert house, Elena and Alaric were preparing dinner and setting the table.
"So, you're ready?"
"Vampires, hybrids and originals- no problem. My rebellious brother- I'm worried." Elena said honestly.
"Proof that you're still human." The front door opened and Jeremy walked in and went straight to the fridge.
"Just in time! We' re cooking."
"Sorry, just passing through."
"Ah, well I thought we would all stay in, have a meal together like a typical, atypical family."
"Why?" Jeremy laughed.
"Maybe because you got fired and you didn't tell anyone."
"Ah- look, can we do this later? I made plans with Tyler. He's meeting me at the Grill."
"Oh wait! When did you start hanging out with Tyler Lockwood?"
"I don't know... Does it matter?"
"Yeah, Jeremy! It matters. He was sired by Klaus. He's dangerous."
"What does it matter if I hang out with Tyler? You of all people are gonna lecture me on who I can and can't hang out with?"
"What is with the attitude?"
"Yeah, whatever, this is lame. Tyler is waiting." He started to leave, but Elena blocked his way.
"Oh, no no! You're not going anywhere, especially not with Tyler." Jeremy looked at Alaric for help.
"I'm with her on this, Jer. Sorry."
Jeremy sighs in defeat. "All right, fine. You want me to stay in? Let's all stay in then." Jeremy stormed off upstairs, Elena and Alaric shared a look.
At the Salvatore house, Damon poured himself a drink, he turned around and saw Klaus standing in the doorway.
"I think it's about time we had a drink, don't you?"
"I'd say we're overdue."
"Well, you've been so busy with all your plotting and scheming."
"You know me. Never miss a chance to plan an epic failure."
"Don't be so hard on yourself. Who could have guessed your own brother would betray you?"
"Well, I did have a front row seat when your sister lied to you."
"Yeah, well she's fickle that one. And you say you have no idea of her whereabouts?"
"That's the thing with younger siblings. You just never know what they're gonna do. And where's mini-Elijah?"
"I left him at the grill" Klaus said dryly. "I can't quite be bothered listening to his cockiness right now"
"So what you come to listen to mine instead?" Damon said sarcastically. I'm flattered. Drink?"
At the Mystic Grill, Stefan walked into the bar and walked over to his new business partner, Kol.
"Where are they?" Kol asked.
"They're safe" Stefan said dryly.
"Then keep them safe until I can get my sister as far away from Niklaus." Kol said.
"I know Kol, you've made that clear on more than one occasion."
"Katerina said I could trust you, that is the only reason I went to you for assistance."
"I understand, where does Klaus think you are?"
"He knows that I am here. But he doesn't know what I am doing. Now, where is Rebekah."
"She's back at the mansion, but we had to dagger her to protect her from Mikael. She's in the basement. But she is pissed at Klaus, she found out something that he did a thousand years ago."
"You mean when he killed our mother?" Stefan raised an eyebrow. "Yes, I know that Nik killed her. How did Bekah find out"
"Elena…She figured it out and told Rebekah."
"And she's pissed at my brother for it? Perfect…Maybe I will hold off un-daggering them…and un-dagger them all at once." Kol smirked diabolically.
At the Gilbert house, Elena and Alaric are in the kitchen, putting the dinner onto plates. Jeremy isn't down yet.
"Jer. Dinner" Elena called up the stairs.
"Okay, I'm coming." Elena heard him stomping around in his room first before appearing at the top of the stairs.
"Cheered up yet?" Elena asked. Jeremy scoffed.
"Lightened up yet?" The rebellious teenager asked.
"I don't need to lighten up Jer, I'm worried about you. You're not acting like yourself…your acting like you used to be when mom and dad died."
"Well what do you expect from me Elena? I'm 16 years old and I have all this crap to deal with. My sister has two vampire boyfriends, a vampire best friend, and I've got a dead vampire ex, who my uncle killed, that I used to be able to see again, I used to be able to touch her and kiss her again. And I screwed up the most normal thing in my life because of it. Bonnie dumped me because I wasn't over Anna and then Anna went away again, I haven't seen or heard from her in weeks, and Bonnie isn't talking to me either. And then Tyler and I start hanging out and you stop me because he's sired to Klaus?" Jeremy yelled "How is any of that fair on me Elena? No wonder I'm not acting myself again." Elena's eyes were welling up at her brother.
"Jer, I understand where you're coming from, but it isn't safe to be around Tyler right now, when Klaus is alive." Elena argued, and she took her brother's hand, looking down at them, and his bracelet is gone, the vervain bracelet she gave him to stop him being compelled. " Jeremy, where is your bracelet?"
"What do you mean its right he-" Jeremy started as he looked down at his wrist. It's gone…"
"Tyler?" Alaric asked, but it was more of a statement.
At the Salvatore boarding house, Damon poured Klaus and himself a drink.
"Cheers mate!"
"Down the hatch."
"You know, we've actually got a lot in common you and I."
"Really? Well, yeah. Maybe we can bond over our mutual loathing of my brother. Why are you so mad at him? He stole something?"
"My family, the Originals. I had them daggered, boxed-up awaiting the day when I saw fit to wake them. And he went in and pinched the bloody lot."
"Of course he did. Such a buzz kill, my baby bro. Well, I'd love to find him. Just the trouble is, I sure as hell don't work for you."
"You know, your drink stinks of vervain- so I can't compel you. There be no point in killing you because your actually the one with the most help of getting me what I need. And yet it would seem a demonstration is in order. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough when I told you to find Stefan. Well, it seems you people respond best to displays of violence. Why don't you take this as an example of my reach." Klaus pulled out his phone and dialled a number. "Hello, remember what I asked you to do? Well go a head and do it."
At the Gilbert house, Elena was on the phone to Caroline, yelling. While Alaric and Jeremy are sitting at the table listening.
"I know he's your boyfriend Care, but he's put Jeremy in danger." Elena vented.
"Elena, what do you want me to do? He's not himself right now. He's Klaus' little hybrid puppy. He does exactly what Klaus tells him to do." Caroline argued, with herself more than Elena.
"Caroline can you just get over here as soon as possible?" Elena asked.
"Sure, be there in 10-" Caroline hung up the phone and Elena did the same.
"Caroline's on her way over-" Elena said as there was a noise from the front of the house, the three shared a look and ran out to find the front door lying off its hinges, with one of Klaus' hybrid's standing, the one who was stalking Elena, looking in at them. The Hybrid smiled and pulled out a knife, throwing it and it impaling Alaric right through the chest, knocking him into a wall, killing him instantly. Elena screamed and fell down at Ric's side. Jeremy looked at the Hybrid.
"Oops. My bad. Wrong person but it'll do…" The Hybrid, Tony, said with a smirk before vanishing.
"Oh my god, Alaric?" Elena cried.
"Elena, he's wearing his ring…he'll be fine." Jeremy sighed as Elena stopped crying.
Klaus and a hybrid-girl were walking through the rooms of a large mansion; workers were everywhere.
"Compel the men to open up this wall. We need sun. I want a fortress not a dungeon." Tyler appeared. "Here he is- man of the hour!"
"So everything went okay?" Tyler asked.
"Tony took down Alaric instead of Jeremy, but apples, oranges- message lands the same."
"You said you are sending them a warning."
"And I did. An effective one! Elena's family suffers- she is motivated to get me what I want."
"I didn't think that we actually have to kill anyone."
"Tyler, mate. What you are feeling is the remnant of a guilty conscience. I need you to get over it, okay? End of the day human life is just a means to an end. Our means to our end. You do well to remember that?" Tyler closed his eyes, trying to ignore Klaus' words in vain.
At the Gilbert House, Alaric was lying on the sofa, he's still dead. Damon entered the house. Elena and Caroline were at his side and Jeremy was sitting at the other side of the room on the floor.
"How is he?"
"He's dead, but he had his ring. Klaus's hybrid hit him. Now we just wait."
"Jeremy, why aren't you wearing vervain? Where is your bracelet?"
"As I already told Elena and Ric, I don't know."
"It was Tyler! It had to have been. That's why he was hanging out with him. To get him off the vervain." Caroline said, angrily at her boyfriend.
"Klaus is trying to send us a message. He wants us to find Stefan who stole his coffins full of his dead family members."
"Coffins?"
"Yep! So all we have to do is find three coffins and- voila no one else on your family's Christmas list needs to die!"
"Wait- that's your big plan? To steal back three dead originals so this evil hybrid doesn't kill me and everyone else we know?"
"You got a better idea?"
"Yeah! Let's get the hell outta here! Pack our bags and go!"
"Hey, Jeremy calm down."
"No, no! I'm not gonna calm down, Elena! This happens every time, no matter what we do! Get on my case about school and work- who cares? None of us are gonna make it out of this town alive." Jeremy stormed upstairs to his room.
"He said he wants his family back."
"No! No! I know what you're thinking- the answer is no!"
"If we give him Rebekah…"
"Yeah, then Klaus undaggers her, first thing she does is kill you! Frying pan, fire- not an option!" Damon said.
"Klaus's coffins... How many did you say they were?" Caroline asked.
Bonnie's phone rang.
"Elena, hey!"
"Klaus is looking for three coffins, just like in your dream. Guessing it's not just stress?"
"Elena, don't get involved. Whatever Klaus wants, stay as far away from it as you can!"
"Klaus won't let me. Bonnie, he tried to kill Jeremy and got Alaric instead." Elena said down the phone.
"What do you want me to do?"
"We need to find Stefan. Look, I know that you don't think that your locator spell still works, but we have to at least try."
"You don't need a locator spell…"
At the Abandoned Witch House, Damon and Elena are walking towards the house.
"I thought Bonnie said this place lost all it's mojo." Damon asked.
"The dead witches were angry at her for bringing Jeremy back to life. I guess now they have something they want her to know."
"I hate witches. So fickle... Passive aggressive…" They walk into the house.
"Stefan?"
"Come on, Stef." Damon shouts as his skin started to burn, he rushed to a shadowy corner. "Really?! Still?!"
"What?"
"Witchy spirits aren't a big fan. And they use their juju to screw with my daylight ring!" "Then wait outside."
"Elena...!"
"I'm not leaving until I know if he's here." She went further into the house; Damon sped out the door. Elena went down to the basement. She looked around.
"Stefan?"
"Go away! You shouldn't be here Elena."
Damon listened from outside.
"Stefan, I need your help. Bonnie said that you would be here."
"Well, Bonnie sucks at keeping secrets."
"Listen, you need to give Klaus his family back."
"Oh, really? Is that what I need to do?"
"Klaus' Hybrid tried to kill Jeremy, he got Alaric instead. Don't you get it? Stefan, he's not gonna stop until he gets what he wants."
"Elena, stop talking. I'm not giving Klaus anything."
"Are you listening to me? He's gonna kill Jeremy!"
"Not really my problem." Stefan said coldly. Elena slapped Stefan.
"And you can go to hell!" Elena stormed out of the house.
"That didn't go over well."
"Don't even start, Damon!"
"Let me talk to him!"
"You can't get in! The witches won't let you!"
"Here. Take my car keys. You go deal with your brother, I'll deal with mine." He rushed into the house, running from shadowy spot to spot, so that he didn't get burned, until he reached the basement where Stefan was sitting on a chair.
"Wow! That was impressive. But the coffins aren't here, so... You can go away now." Damon began to recover from his burns "I don't care about the coffins. We need to talk."
"Ok, lets talk."
"Nothing's ever easy with you, is it?" Damon attacked Stefan and threw him out the house, kicking him in the stomach. Damon grabbed a branch off a tree and staked him in the stomach.
"That is for screwing up my plan! You stop me from killing Klaus and you steal his family! Why? Doesn't make sense! Answer me!"
"Piece by piece Klaus took everything from me. I'm doing the same to him."
"But I had him, Stefan! Why did you screw it up?"
"I did it to save you." Stefan threw Damon off of him.
"What? No. No way! You didn't do this for me."
"He was one step ahead of us. If Klaus died, his hybrids would have killed you."
"I want you to get it through your head." Damon staked him again. "Stop saving me!" Damon left Stefan lying on the ground with the stake through his stomach.
In the woods where Tyler and Jeremy were earlier, Tyler was sitting on a stump, drinking; Jeremy showed up behind him, aiming at him with the crossbow.
"Don't do it, Jeremy."
"Why not? You stabbed my back, I stab yours."
"I didn't stab you in the back!"
"Is that why you wanted to hang out? To get me off the vervain?"
"Klaus asked me to. I never thought he would try to kill you."
"It's Klaus, Tyler! What did you think was gonna happen?"
"He doesn't care about you. All he wants is to get his family back." Jeremy shot the crossbow and Tyler caught the arrow again.
"What the hell?"
"Whenever Klaus wants something, someone ends up dead! You think about that next time before you blindly do whatever he says." Jeremy yelled before he turned around and left.
"Jer! You should get home. Stay inside, Get back on the Vervain. Klaus isn't gonna stop until he gets all those coffins back. He is not done with you."
Back at the Gilbert house, a few hours later, Alaric was finally coming back to life. Elena came into the house.
"Ric, hey! When did you return to the living?"
"Oh just a few minutes ago. How is Jeremy?"
"Hating me. Hating life. Hating the fact that we can't even have a family dinner without somebody dying before dessert. Are you okay?" Alaric began to nod before he started coughing up blood. "Oh my god!"
"Something's wrong! The ring!" He collapsed on the floor, moaning in pain.
"Ric, hey." She pulled out her cell phone and called 9-1-1.
Elena opened the front door, letting the paramedics in.
"What happened?"
"He got stabbed and... he's coughing up blood."
"Get his vitals."
"Pulse pretty weak. Looks like internal bleeding. We gotta get him outta here."
"Let's move!" Klaus' hybrid friend Tony appeared at the door.
"Let's not and say we did. Why don't you two meet us at the hospital?"
"What?" The two paramedics started to leave.
"No, no, no, wait. No wait! You have to help him! What are you doing?"
"You can still save his life, Elena. Here- take my blood." He stood on the doorstep. "I can't get in. You're gonna have to invite me."
"No. Why are you doing this?"
"Klaus asked for his family. You didn't deliver." Ric started coughing again, more violently.
"Ric! Oh my god! I'm right here." She rushed over to him and knelt next to him.
"Might want to invite me in, Elena." Suddenly, Tony was hit in the back with an arrow, he fell to the ground; Elena ran to the door and saw Jeremy with the crossbow.
"Jeremy!"
"He's not dead yet." Jeremy entered the house and passed by Elena, walking into the kitchen.
"Where are you going?" Jeremy grabbed a knife and walked out of the house again. "What are you doing?" Her eyes went wide when Jeremy cut Tony's head off. "Aahhh!"
"Now he's dead" He stood up. "We've either gotta get Alaric to the hospital now or get one of your friends to come heal him." Jeremy dropped the knife and went back in the house. Elena just stood there in shock.
At the Witch House, Damon walked in and Stefan was still there.
"Do you know what I can't figure out? Why save me? Was it brotherly love, guilty conscience? Is the switch on, is the switch off?"
"You have somewhere you need to be Damon?"
"Reflection. That's not gonna work on me! I invented that."
"We're done. Can't you just go away?"
"Not until you told me why you saved me. You owe me that."
"I don't owe you anything."
"Fine. Next question. Why did you steal the coffins?"
"Because Klaus' family is one weakness I can use against him."
"Use against him to do what? You're not gonna kill him, you know how I know? ´Cause there was only one way to kill him and you blew that to save me."
"You're wrong Damon. Klaus isn't just get to just live forever. There's another way. There has to be. Otherwise, why would his beloved brother want my help in getting them away from him?"
"His brother? As in Kol?" Damon asked. Stefan nodded. "But why would he help you?"
"He wants to kill his brother for what he did to their family, to their mother."
"Well whatever you're doing I'm on in."
"I don't need your help."
"Really? Last time I checked you're hiding in a haunted house."
"I'm in this alone, Damon."
"You're go after Klaus you have to be cutthroat and devious. I'm so much better at that than you. Come on brother. What do you say? If you're gonna keep saving my life at least make it for a good reason." "You want in?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. But it's just me and you. Elena stays out of it."
"Deal!"
"Follow me."
"Wait. I'm not so...welcome in there."
"Don't you worry Damon. We all want the same thing." They walk into the witch house. "Have a look." There were no coffins.
"What? Klaus is allergic to dust?"
"Hmm... Look again." There was a soft breeze and then 3 coffins and Damon's eyes narrow. "Witch spirits hate Klaus as much as we do. They´re using their powers to hide the coffins."
"So even if he comes in the house…"
"...he won't be able to find them."
At Mystic Falls Hospital, Alaric looked at his ring. The door opened and a young attractive female doctor walked in.
"Mr. Saltzman. What are you doing up? You should be resting."
"Ah, I'm more of a walk it off kinda guy. Do I need to sign something?"
"Internal haemorrhaging, a deep stab wound and a mild concussion, that appears to have been there for a while. I have no idea how you're on your feet right now but I need to run some more tests."
"I actually have some place I need to be but...thank you...Dr. …"
"...Fell. But the patients who follow my advice get to call me Meredith."
"Well...I appreciate your help Dr. Fell."
"Mr. Saltzman...what is your secret? Guardian angel or did you sell your soul to the devil?"
"Hmm...a little of both." Ric joked, then left the room.
At the Salvatore House, Elena opened the door; Klaus and Kol were stood outside.
"Thank you for coming." Klaus and Kol walked into the house.
"I trust you have news of Stefan."
"I couldn't find him. But I have something else."
In the Cellar Elena opened the door to Rebekah's cell; Rebekah lay there on the ground, daggered.
"My poor sister. I can't turn my back on her for a moment."
"You have Rebekah. A deal is a deal."
"The life of my sister in exchange for your brother? Yeah I'd say that's a bargain. Consider him spared."
"You should know I was the one that daggered her. When she wakes she´ll come after me."
"I can control Rebekah. Besides I still need your help finding Stefan."
"I told you I don´t know where he is." Kol un-daggered Rebekah as Klaus scowled at Elena.
"You're lying. Fortunately you have no shortage of loved ones. If I don't find my family the question you should be asking yourself is who's gonna die next! Bonnie? Caroline? Damon? It's only a matter of time before Stefan gives me what I want."
"He doesn't care about me anymore. You made sure of that. You turned him into a monster. Now he's your problem. And just so you know I´m not the only one that Rebekah wants dead. She knows what you did to your mother. She knows that you killed her. You can let yourself out." Elena left, leaving the Original brothers alone.
"I told you Bekah would find out sooner or later…"
"Shut up Kol and lift our sister, lets get her back to our new home."
At Mystic Falls hospital. Jeremy and Alaric come out the front door of the hospital and began walking to Jeremy's car.
"So, the ring brought you back to life, but it didn't heal you. Does that mean it's broken?"
"I don't know. It's never happened like that before. I guess I have Damon's blood to thank for the fact that I'm still walking."
"He said to say you owe him a drink."
"That's funny. I'd rather have head trauma... Hey, Jeremy- you okay?"
"Why wouldn't I be? I shot a hybrid in the back and chopped his head off with a meat cleaver. Typical Sunday, huh?"
"You can talk to me about this stuff. You know that, right?"
"What could you tell me that I don't already know? This is the way things are. It sucks but- I just gotta get used to it."
"Jer, there's one thing that I need you to do though before we get home." Jeremy looked suspicious.
At the Gilbert house, Elena was in the kitchen; she was washing blood out of a rag when Damon walked in.
"Did you get rid of him?"
"Yeah. Tony the headless hybrid is down at the bottom of Steven's Quarry."
"What about Alaric?"
"Took care of him, too. He'll be fine. How are you?"
"I think I got most of the blood off the porch."
"Elena. Look at me. It's gonna be okay."
"I have to tell you something." Elena dropped the rag and turned around and lowered her head. "I made a deal with Klaus. I gave him Rebekah."
"What? No. No, no, no you did not do that. She's gonna come here and try and kill you!"
"No she won't. Klaus won't let her because he needs me."
"And suddenly you trust him?"
"No I don't trust him. But what other choice do I have? I don't trust Stefan. Do you think he's just gonna give up the coffins?"
"My brother is- sort of running his own show right now."
"Yeah. My brother just chopped off someone's head! It's not right. It's not fair. He's 16 years old. He shouldn't have to live like this."
"Elena."
" There has to be another way. We have to fix it." She turned back to the sink and picked up the rag, then continued rinsing out the cloth. Damon walked over to her and grabbed her face in his hands.
"We will! Hey- Elena. Hey. We will. Okay?"
At Klaus' Mansion, Rebekah was lying on a table, her skin colour was changing slowly to normal. Kol and Klaus are sitting on the other table.
"Here we are, Rebekah. Home sweet home. Only took a thousand years... And to think I was counting on you being here with me. But that's all ruined now, isn't it?" Klaus said, as he saw one of her fingers moving a little. "I'm so sorry." He stroked her cheek lightly. "Sister... We'll meet again one day…" He picked up the dagger again and plunged it into Rebekah's heart, halting her recovery. Kol glared as Klaus walked out of the room.
"Soon Bekah. He won't know what hit him." Kol said and smirked as he walked out after Klaus.
Back at the Gilbert house, in Jeremy's room, Alaric and Jeremy were sitting on the bed talking. Elena knocked on his door.
"Hey. Can we talk?"
"Ahh- what did I do now?"
"I've been thinking about what you said earlier. About how we should pack up and go…"
"Elena, I didn't mean any of that."
"But you were right. You shouldn't have to give up a normal life- just because of me."
"What's going on?" Jeremy asked as Damon walked the room.
"Your sister thinks we should have another one of our talks." Jeremy looked at Alaric who just nodded. Damon sat down on the bed at Jeremy's side and started to compel him.
"Here's the thing, Jer. You're gonna go out of town for a while- a long while. You're gonna stay with some nice family friends in Denver, you're gonna be at a new school, you'll meet new girls, living girls. You're going to drink a few beers, take an art class. You do whatever you want."
"Tell him he's gonna leave Mystic Falls behind and never think twice about it." Elena said sadly. Damon looked at Elena; she nodded.
"You're gonna leave Mystic Falls behind and never think twice about it. You're gonna have a better life, Jeremy." Elena started crying.
At the Abandoned Witch House, Stefan and Bonnie entered the room with the coffins.
"This is the one I dreamt about." She went to one of the coffins and tried to open it. The door opened and Kol walked in.
"Don't bother. It won't open." Kol said, and Bonnie's eyes widened.
"What do you mean- is it locked?" Bonnie asked.
"Nope. Just won't open. I've tried everything. Blow torches. Crowbar. Can't even scratch the finish." Stefan said.
"I think it's closed with a spell." Kol said dryly.
"Meaning whatever is in there, should probably stay in there." Stefan added.
"You said you wanted to make him suffer. The witches led me here for a reason. I think whatever is inside this coffin is our answer." Bonnie said angrily.
At the Gilbert house, Elena walked out onto the front porch. Damon followed her.
"I feel like a horrible person."
"You just saved his life, Elena. Take it from me, strange is bad, dead is worse."
"I just can't stop thinking about what happened the last time I asked you to compel him."
"He found out. And he got over it. Again: not dead, Elena! He's so lucky to have you for his sister."
"Thank you."
"No problem."
"Not just for this, Damon. For everything... I don't know what I would do if you weren't here."
"You should know this, Elena. Stefan didn't screw us over. He screwed us over but he had a good reason."
"What?"
"He saved Klaus to save me. Then he stole the coffins to get even."
"What? Damon, if he did it to protect you then... Why would he even do that? What is it even mean?"
"What's it even mean?... Means I'm an idiot. 'Cause I thought for one second that I wouldn't have to feel guilty anymore."
"What? What are you talking about? Guilty for what?"
"For wanting what I want."
"Damon…"
"I know. Believe me, I get it... Brother's girl and all." He started to leave then stopped halfway down the stairs. "No! No, you know what? If I'm gonna feel guilty about something, I'm gonna feel guilty about this." He walked back up the stairs and kissed her passionately.
"Good night Elena." Damon said as he walked away.
Up in Jeremy's room, Jeremy was sitting on the bed when Alaric walked in. Jeremy looked at him and shook his head.
"I don't get it, how did you know she'd have Damon compel me?" Jeremy asked.
"Because you weren't on vervain."
"So that's why you got me back on it so quickly? To stop her compelling me?" Alaric nodded. "What are we gonna do?"
"You tell her tomorrow that you were on the vervain again and that the compulsion didn't work on you." Jeremy nodded.
Back at Klaus' mansion, Kol is sitting on the table facing Rebekah, with a dagger in his hand and smiled as life began to come back into his sister's body.
"He won't know what hit him!" Kol said with a wide smirk, as Rebekah shot up, gasping for air as she came back to life again, with one thing in mind…Revenge!
