Elena wasn't new to torture or at least she thought she wasn't. Stefan and Damon were inflicting pain on Victoria in a number of different ways then using their blood to heal her wounds so they could start all over again.

"You ready to talk yet?" Stefan asked Victoria. She was covered in blood and clearly in pain but Elena noticed the defiance in her eyes.

"Why don't we just compel her?" Elena wondered. She was surprised no one tried to before then.

"This way is more fun," Stefan stated and was about to stab her again when Damon grabbed his hand.

"Tell us where Katherine is," Damon compelled but Victoria just laughed.

"Go fuck yourself," Even her teeth were stained with blood. Stefan stabbed her again and she laughed.

"Is she a witch?" Damon asked.

"Most likely. I tried compelling her before but that didn't work," Stefan explained.

"Why didn't you say anything before?" Damon wondered.

"Well you were too busy listening to Elena and didn't give me time to explain."

"Are you three done yet? Can we get back to the torture?" Victoria taunted.

"It's like she doesn't feel anything," Elena noticed.

Stefan shoved his hand in her chest and she yelled out in agony. "Oh she feels all right."

"That's enough Stefan," Elena told him but Stefan's hand remained in place. Victoria's scream were agonizing and she saw the defiance in her eyes fading. Stefan began twisting it a little causing Victoria to scream even louder. Elena had to turn away.

"Get her out of here," Stefan told Damon.

"She should stay," Victoria suggested then spat blood out her mouth.

"Get her out now!"

"She's gonna want to hear this," Victoria said in a singsong voice.

"Hear what?" Elena asked.

"I'm going to tell you everything you want to know about Katerina Petrova."

"What's the catch?" Damon asked.

"It's very simple. I want you to kill me when I'm done."

"Why do you want to die?" Elena asked.

It was a drastic change to say the least. Victoria had just been defiant as hell but all that changed when Stefan went after her heart. Something didn't add up.

"My blood is in her system," Stefan reminded her, "She wants to become a vampire.

"Why so glum Donovan?" Tyler asked Matt as they sat in the Grill. Matt seemed somewhat depressed and hadn't even taken a drink yet while Tyler had already had five. He was really bringing down the mood which was surprising since he was the one who invited Tyler.

"I was useless last night, Matt told him.

"Nothing happened last night," Tyler reminded him."

"I know but if something did then I would have been useless. Just another helpless human."

"Is this why you wanted to turn? You want to become a vampire so you can help out?"

Ever since Matt wanted to turn into a vampire, Tyler hadn't gotten a chance to talk to him about it. He hadn't said much at the time and then a lot of stuff just came piling up.

"I want to be able to protect myself in this town. Elena can, Caroline too, even Jeremy. I'm the only useless one, the human."

"Are you forgetting I'm human too?"

"Yea but you were a hybrid. I've never been anything."

"Turning into a vampire isn't the answer. Why would you want that? The bloodlust alone is a turnoff."

"Elena & Caroline seem to manage just fine."

"Not everyone can control the bloodlust. If you go out of control then Damon will kill you just like how Stefan killed Vicki. Is that really how you want to go?"

"I'm never going to have a normal death in this town anyway. None of us are," Matt stated.

"Let's assume I was okay with this, who would you get to turn you?"

"That won't be hard. If I get injured then Caroline or Elena will rush to help me."

"Are you listening to yourself? Don't you know what that would do to them? They save your life then you wind up turning into a vampire."

"I have to do something," Matt said angrily then pound the table.

"When did you become so angry?" Tyler asked shocked.

"Where is Kira?" Allison burst into the room frantically and questioned Lydia.

"She went out…"

"You let her leave?" Allison interrupted.

"With Malia," Lydia finished.

"So we're trusting Malia with this?" Allison asked.

"No Allison, there's no we. We're not stalking Kira."

"We don't have to stalk her. We just have to spend the entire day with her."

Lydia was becoming difficult all of a sudden. She knew she seemed crazy with all her Kira theories but they made sense if you looked past the whole her trying to get Scott back thing. Kira was up to something and Allison aimed to find out at all costs. She figured Malia wouldn't tell them if anything was up so it was up to her and Lydia to put the pieces together. At least she hoped Lydia would be of some help.

"Why are we doing that?"

"I think it's time I got to know Kira."

"You're planning on stealing her boyfriend."

"I only want what's mine."

"I should be doing the spell," Bonnie stated as she walked into Whitmore College with Caroline and Alaric.

"You said it yourself that you need a fourth witch," Alaric told her.

"Luke & Liv said they were working on that."

She hadn't heard back from them ever since they told her that it's time they met their mother. She wondered what kind of woman she was. Luke and Liv had been abandoned at birth or at least that's what they told them. Bonnie figured there was more to the story than that and the sooner she found out the better.

"Right so we're here to do research," Caroline stated.

"Since when do you like research?" Bonnie asked.

"I don't but I always don't want my friend who just came back from the dead risking her life."

"I'm not risking my life. Luke said it's a simple spell," Bonnie pointed out.

"Yea we don't trust Luke. Plus Katherine's all powered up so I'm sure it'll take a lot to get her to talk."

"We might not find anything here," Bonnie told her.

The last thing Bonnie wanted was to have babysitters. First it was Jeremy and now Caroline was becoming all overprotective. She was a witch after all and could take down vampires easily. Yes she knew Katherine was more powerful than ever and even before Bonnie wasn't able to inflict pain to her. Katherine didn't just spend 500 years running, she was also covering all her weaknesses. Now she had risen from the dead and not even staking her seemed to work. It was a little bit scary to say the least. Still Bonnie wasn't going to let that phase her just like how Caroline wasn't going anywhere.

"We still have to try," she said with a determined look on her face.

Klein hadn't had much luck convincing the travelers to bring Macbeth back to life. Josephine was strongly against it and the others were clueless as to who Macbeth was so they followed her lead. Still, Klein wasn't going to give up hope. Even if the travelers were against it he was going to do whatever he wanted. It was for that very reason he had sought out the Alpha.

"What do you want?" Scott McCall asked him.

"I'm here to help you find your friend."

"You attacked us!" Liam yelled.

"I wasn't sure who you were," Klein knew it wasn't a believable lie but the words came out anyway. He could tell the companions were not as composed as the Alpha. The Beta Liam was quick to anger and Jackson had little self-control.

"You called me Alpha," Scott reminded him.

"I knew what you are. I assumed you were with Victor."

"Who's Victor?"

"He's an old friend of mine. We go way back." He wondered why his thoughts went to Victor. He hadn't thought about that bastard for a while. There were nights however, where Victor was the only thought on his mine. He wanted revenge against him but never got an opportunity before his death. He ran his hands through his hair and shifted his thoughts towards getting the Alpha to help him

"Where's Stiles?"

"He's not here."

Jackson attacked him then but Klein was prepared. Truth be told he was expecting Liam to be the one to attack him but he was ready nevertheless. Liam came at him after and Klein used his magic to send them both towards the trees and pinned them there. Scott McCall remained ever so cautious but his eyes glowed red.

"Jackson what are you doing?" Scott asked.

"Everything he said was lies," Jackson said while getting up.

"Listening to my heartbeat, clever wolf. If only your Alpha was that smart," Klein laughed. He had forgotten that the wolves were able to do that and while his facial expression gave nothing away, he couldn't control his heartbeat. Still the wolves stood no chance and it was time for him to take what he came for.

"Who are you?"

"I'm a traveler who needs the blood of an alpha for my spell. You're my willing donor."

Enzo was searching through the forest for any signs of the seven missing people. He was sure the wolves were behind it. The full moon caused them to lose control and seven people paid the price. He was disappointed at the number though. He expected a lot more casualties with all the new wolves in town but it seems that they had more self control than he thought. Or maybe the people of Mystic Falls were finally getting smarter. The seven missing people were all campers. You'd think the sheriff would put a ban on camping during the full moon or something but whatever.

Enzo sensed someone nearby and cautiously moved towards them. They were sitting in front of a tree and Enzo smelled blood. He watched closely and saw a vampire he didn't recognize in pain. Afterwards he noticed the werewolf bite.

"Help!" the vampire pleaded.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Fred. A werewolf bit me," he said while cringing in between.

"That's a nasty sight," Enzo said looking at the bite mark on his neck.

"Can you help me?" Fred asked desperately.

"Who was the wolf that bit you?"

"It was a girl. I heard her tell her friend her name was Malia."

"You were following them?"

"I was hungry?"

"How did you know it was safe to come to Mystic Falls?"

"I didn't."

Enzo wasn't sure if he believed the vampire or not but he had no reason to lie. Perhaps he was just a vampire who didn't know the spell was lifted and made his way to Mystic Falls. Maybe there had been more foolish vampires like Fred who wandered in and paid the price due to the travelers' spell.

"Who was her friend?"

Fred began coughing uncontrollably then. Enzo noticed a crazy look in his eyes before he attacked. Enzo realized that Fred was past the point of reason and so he decapitated him.

"Just my luck," Enzo sighed.

They were still journeying through the forest and Derek still had absolutely no idea where they were going. Isaac seemed to be annoyed by the whole situation but remained silent regardless. Derek wasn't patient man and the shock of Erica and Boyd's return to life had worn off by now and he was back to thinking clearly. They died and went somewhere and now they were just back and Derek had just trusted them from the beginning.

"That's it. No more walking until I know where I'm going," he had walked up and grabbed Erica's hand.

"I can't tell you," she told him while breaking free from his grasp with ease.

"You expect to just show up from the dead and expect us to follow wherever you lead?" Derek asked angrily.

"In their defense we've been doing that for quite a while now," Isaac pointed out much to Derek's annoyance. Now wasn't the time for him to say anything if it wasn't going to be helpful.

"It's in everyone's best interest if we keep moving forward," Boyd stated. He didn't show any emotion not that he did much when he was alive anyway.

Derek, Erica, Isaac & Boyd were still journeying although Derek still wasn't aware of the destination. Finally he grabbed Erica's hand to stop her.

"Is that a threat?" Isaac wondered.

"We should be helping the others look for Stiles," Derek ignored the whole growing tensions between Boyd and Isaac.

It was in that moment, while looking around at them, that he realized that this was the pack he had created. He had turned all three of them to be his pack and he was their Alpha. Now that Erica and Boyd had returned, they showed him no respect whatsoever and not even a little fear. He didn't know what happened after death but clearly it had toughen those two up and Erica even seemed stronger somehow when she broke free from his grasp.

"Listen you need to hear the stories of our ancestors before you go into Mystic Falls. We're heading to the shrine where they used to worship a long time ago. It still stands somewhere although it's been neglected.

"Our ancestors?" Derek asked.

"We're all wolves, all part of the same family. Now let's keep moving."

Stiles had ran until he fell to the ground. He didn't remember losing consciousness but at some point he did. When he woke up it was dark outside and he heard the sound of someone approaching. He struggled to get into a sitting position then looked at the direction of the sound. Victor was standing in front of him and for a minute he believed his escape to be nothing more than a cruel dream.

"No!" he cried out even though he didn't mean tho. It was only then that he noticed his surroundings and saw that he was in the woods somewhere and not still being held captive in that basement.

"You're a long way out aren't you," Victor commented but made no motion to recapture him.

"I'm not going back there so you might as well kill me," Stiles declared defiantly.

"I see you've lost your will. I was afraid this might happen.

"What the hell do you want from me?" Stiles yelled at him. He was tired of all the cryptic messages and crap that Stiles didn't understand.

"Your mind is very powerful but fragile at the same time. The captivity was a means to take away all your distractions and leave you alone with your mind for a while. I thought it would be the key to unlocking the truth for you."

"What does that even mean?"

"I want you to listen very carefully to what I'm about to tell you. Then you're free to do whatever you want."

Victoria's agreement to start talking about Katherine was suspicious to say the least but they had no choice but to listen. Damon wasn't sure how much useful information they could actually get but it wouldn't hurt to ask.

"Where did Katherine go when she died?" Elena asked.

"Hell."

"How the hell did she crawl out of hell?" Damon asked.

"Your little witch friend has been messing with life and death more times than she should," Victoria laughed.

"Can anyone really come back from hell?" Elena asked.

"Not everyone can. The journey itself is excruciating. Only a true survivor like Katerina could manage it."

"So basically anyone who came out would be hard to kill?" Damon asked.

"They go through unimaginable pain when escaping. You wont be able to kill them by conventional means."

"How do you know so much?" Elena inquired.

"Where do you think I came from?" Victoria countered.

"You called her Katerina, why?" Stefan finally asked his first question.

"I like that name better."

"What's Katherine up to?" Damon asked.

"Hard to say," Victoria mused.

"You said you'd answer our questions," Stefan reminded her.

"Can't answer questions you don't know the answer to," Victoria pointed out.

"How do we kill Katherine?" Elena asked.

"Don't know that either."

"You're helping Katherine but you don't know how to kill her? What if she backstabs you?" Stefan asked.

"I'm helping Katherine to find out how to kill her," Victoria corrected.

"And how's that going?" Damon asked.

"It was going well till your brother and that blond bitch found me."

Stefan used his speed to quickly reach in front of her and bit her.

"Stefan!" Elena exclaimed in shock.

"She's knows more. We just have to get it out of her," Stefan told them.

"We need to talk," Damon said grabbing Stefan and pulled him out of the room.

"You gonna stay and keep me company?" Victoria smiled.

"You wish," Elena said then exited the room and locked the door.

"What are you doing to me?" Scott asked while struggling.

The stranger had him suspended in the air while he couldn't move a muscle. He'd never seen anything like it before and couldn't think of any other way to describe it other than magic. The man had to be some kind of wizard or something because normal humans didn't have that kind of power. Scott looked over to Jackson and Liam who both lay unconscious on the ground. At least he hoped they were unconscious. This man was surely powerful enough to kill them with ease.

"Are my friends alive?" Scott asked.

"Those two puppies? Yes they're fine, they're just taking a little nap. Now hold still."

Klein injected a syringe into his arm and began drawing blood from it. When he was finished he looked at the blood and smile.

"What are you going to do?"

"I told you I need your blood for a spell. Now then, this concludes our business for the day."

Scott felt himself being able to move again and then he was dropped to the floor. The man had turned away and was leaving.

"Where is Stiles?"

"I'd hurry up and find him if I were you. You never know what could be lurking in these woods at night."

Alaric and Jeremy were approached by Enzo who said he had some information that could be of use. Enzo related the story of meeting the vampire Fred and how he'd been bitten by a wolf and had completely lost it by the time he had finished talking to Enzo. Alaric found that pretty convenient seeing as Enzo beheaded Fred right after but chose to say nothing. Enzo was apparently sticking around for the long run and Alaric didn't want to make it any more difficult than it had to be.

"Malia. That's the girl Tyler's been hanging out with," Jeremy said.

"That group of wolves again. Well it's safe to assume that she knows her bite can kill vampires," Enzo sighed.

"Not necessarily. She didn't see him die and they I didn't die when the other one bit me. They probably suspect it but have no solid evidence."

"If the vampire attacked while she was with Tyler then he probably told her," Jeremy guessed.

"To save his own skin no doubt. We need to do something about these wolves fast."

Alaric wasn't sure how Enzo had become a part of the 'we' but he did make a valid point, "We need to meet with these wolves today."

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Damon asked him when they stepped outside.

Stefan was really getting tired of Damon and all of his questions. Yes he was happy that his brother was back from the dead but it was selfish of Damon to expect him to be the same brother he left behind. The brothers didn't spend their entire vampire lives together but it always comforted Stefan to know that his brother was somewhere out there. As a result, the last three months was hell knowing that he was never going to see his brother again. He had become a different person since then and Damon was just going to have to deal with that.

"I'm trying to get answers from here," Stefan stated calmly.

"What the hell happened to you when I was gone?"

"Dead, you were dead and I had to deal with that."

"Elena said you disappeared for weeks with no explanation."

"I needed time to clear my head."

"That doesn't explain the violent Stefan who's having fun in torturing women."

Damon was seriously being a hypocrite and it annoyed Stefan. When did he become the good brother? The Damon he knew used to love torture but now thanks to Elena he wanted to take the high road for everything. They were dealing with Katherine now so if they're afraid to get their hands dirty then Katherine will kill them all with ease. Stefan didn't want to dwell on that topic and decided to change it.

"I'm fine, you should worry about Elena. What's her deal anyway?" Stefan asked.

"You and Blondie."

"There's nothing going on between me and Caroline."

"Yea well you should tell Elena that," Damon told him.

"Or maybe you should wonder why your girlfriend's jealous of me and Caroline."

"Don't be a dick, Stefan."

"Stay out my way, Damon."

"Okay so there are tons of books here that are of no help," Caroline sighed. She and Bonnie had been searching through all the lore they could find but to no avail. Or rather, she had been searching through all the books while Bonnie sat there not interested.

"What did you find so far?" Bonnie wondered

"A bunch of different places that all sound like hell but have different names." There had been mentions of different places which all described either fire or darkness and sometimes both. There were even names in different languages which she couldn't pronounce.

"Maybe she did go to hell," Bonnie said.

"We still have no idea of how to kill her or how to send her back," Caroline complained.

"Which is why we need to contact Qetsiyah," Bonnie told her. Bonnie seemed adamant about going through with this spell but Caroline wanted to use the twins as a last resort instead of someone they kept running to when they were in trouble.

"Let's just look some more okay? If we don't find anything then you can go do your spell."

"I'm thirsty, You want something?" Bonnie asked and when Caroline shook her head, she took her leave.

Caroline dove right back into her research which was becoming very annoying at that point. She was always in charge of organizing and decorating not beating books inside a library. She was flipping through a books on demons and creatures when a man with long hair came up to her. She didn't even notice him until he spoke.

"Obsession with demons?" he asked.

"No…yes…you wouldn't happen to know anything about this would you?"

"I know a little."

"So let's say a vampire died. Where would he/she go?"

"You believe in vampires?"

"Hypothetically speaking," Caroline said and the stranger smiled.

"Well vampires and other supernatural creatures go to Purgatory when they die."

"So that's what the other side was blocking," Caroline said thoughtfully.

"The other side?" the stranger asked confused.

"What else can you tell me about Purgatory?"

The man looked like he was about to answer but then he glanced at the door and saw something. "I have to go. It was nice meeting you."

"Wait you haven't…at least tell me your name," Caroline said but the stranger ran off as quickly as he came.

"I figured we could all use a day off, just us girls," Allison told the others as she, Lydia, Kira & Malia walked through Mystic Falls.

"What's with the sudden need to bond?" Malia asked. She was thoroughly suspicious when Allison suggested the girls day out especially since they were in enemy territory and attracting attention was a bad idea. Plus she didn't know Allison and from what she learned from Kira, she was pretty sure she wouldn't like the bitch. Kira didn't seem to mind though or maybe she was afraid to say something. Either way, they had all been walking through the strange town.

"Well I figured since I barely know you and Kira that we should spend some time together."

"Sounds like fun," Kira said with a sheepish smile.

"We've been walking for an hour and there is no spa here," Lydia complained.

"Well here doesn't actually look like a tourist spot," Malia pointed out.

"So vampires don't need pedicures?" Lydia asked.

"Shouldn't we be helping Scott and the others?" Kira asked suddenly.

"Why the sudden need to help? It's not like you've been helping since we got here," Allison said.

"What's with the tone?" Malia asked.

"Allison!" Lydia said sharply

"What are you talking about?" Kira asked.

"You've been sneaking around ever since we got here. Where have you been Kira?"

"I've been helping to look for Stiles."

"Why would you go off searching for Stiles alone in a town filled with vampires?"

"We haven't actually seen any vampires," Kira told her.

"Actually I did," Malia said then.

"So have me and Lydia."

"I don't know where you're going with his but Kira can protect herself," Malia defended .

"She's hiding something," Allison accused.

"Maybe she's just trying to get away from you. You just pop back from the dead and now you're trying to steal Scott from her," Malia countered with her own accusation.

Josephine stood pacing in the abandoned building. She had stood up to Klein on the Macbeth front and so he went off to carry about their alternate plan. The travelers had made a deal and if everything went well they would soon collect. Of course certain preparations had to be made first.

Josephine couldn't help but reflect to a time when she was happy. She was still alive and living with Klein, Macbeth & Michael. The curse prevented them from settling down and it was through roaming that she stumbled upon a man she fell for. Things ended badly however and so Josephine never liked to dwell too much on the memories.

"Did you get it?" Josephine asked when Klein returned. He had walked through the door with a triumphant smile so Josephine didn't even require an answer after seeing him. He still gave her one anyway.

"Of course I did," he said holding up the blood to show her.

"How do you plan on getting the blood of an Original?" Josephine asked.

"Alaric Saltzman. He was turned by Esther using the same spell she turned her children with. His blood will work fine."

"That doesn't answer my question," Josephine told him.

The first part was easy considering the Alpha didn't know much about his powers or how to use them. It was a simple task to extract blood from him. Plus what Josephine heard about the Scott McCall one might even succeed by asking nicely for his blood. No, the truly difficult part was up ahead.

"We single him out and attack him as a group," Klein explained.

"He's always with someone else. You won't be able to get him alone."

"We'll get him. All we need is to give him the right motivation."

Elena stood some distance away from the Salvatore house. She needed to get away from the house. She had heard Damon and Stefan arguing so she kept going until she no longer heard their voices. The next voice she heard came as a surprise to her.

"Hello Elena."

"Katherine!"

"Is it safe to walk outside without a Salvatore on your arm?" Katherine taunted.

"I'm not afraid of you," Elena said firmly.

"Look who's gotten in over her head," Katherine teased.

"What do you want?"

"I wanted to see my doppelganger. I see you've recovered from my little parting gift."

"Your final plan failed."

"I'm back from the dead. That no longer counts as my final plan."

"What do you want?" Elena asked again.

"I'm here to help."

"We don't need your help."

"Really? So you have the werewolf problem under control."

"They're only here because their friend is missing. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that would you?"

"Always quick to make me the villain."

"That's because you're so good at it."

"You'll come begging for my help sooner than you think Elena," Katherine said then turned to walk away.

"I doubt that. We have pretty much everything we need thanks to Victoria," Elena said stopping Katherine right in her tracks.

"What did you do?"

"Victoria gave us an earful," Elena explained.

"Where is she?" Katherine asked.

"Dead," Elena lied.

"If Damon and Stefan really killed her then your all doomed."

"Why's she so important?"

"You don't have any idea who she is do you? Or what she is?"

"Stefan said she was human," Elena said.

"Oh she's the furthest thing from human you could find!"

When Jackson woke up he had the strangest sensation. His mind was a bit blurry but it soon cleared up. The man with the whitish blond hair had attacked them and he couldn't remember much more after that. He was aware of Scott calling his name and so he opened his eyes and saw Scott hovering over him.

"You okay?" Scott asked him and he simply nodded.

Scott moved on to wake up Liam which prove to be a difficult task. After a while he managed to wake him up. Meanwhile Jackson got up on his feet and looked around. There was no sign of the stranger but Jackson caught his scent drifting east. He also smelled blood and looked at Scott's neck where he noticed blood.

"What happened?" Jackson wondered.

"He took my blood then left," Scott answered. "We need to get out of here now.

"Why did he take your blood?" Liam asked.

"He said he needed it for some spell."

"And you gave it away willing?" Jackson asked incredulously.

"I couldn't move. It's like some force was pinning me against the tree," Scott sounded ashamed.

Jackson remembered that well as he and Liam had faced the same thing before being knocked unconscious. He had struggled to move but to no avail. That man had some serious power even though Jackson wasn't sure how he did it. They would have to be careful dealing with him.

"Where are we going?" Liam asked Scott.

"We have to find Stiles. We're running out of time. I think it's time we asked for help.

Erica wasn't completely sure of what she was doing. She had received specific instructions from him and she was going to see it through. It was still a little difficult given the changes to the town and the fact that Erica had never set foot there before. She was committed to the cause however and so was Boyd. She looked over to Derek who still didn't trust the situation at hand. Isaac had been suspicious of them from the beginning and she wasn't sure what the outcome would be if the two of them decided to turn against her.

"Is that it?" Boyd asked as they approached an abandoned temple. She knew finding it would be a stroke of luck and it seemed like it wasn't their lucky day.

"I'm afraid not," she said in a defeated voice. They were all tired from all the searching and in the end it was to no avail There were two separate temples but the one they were after had different symbols on it. This one was the decoy that was set up to trap any intruders who were after the people who lived there before.

"Then it's the wrong temple," Boyd sighed.

"Can someone tell me what the hell is going on here?" Isaac asked impatiently.

"I know the two of you have your doubts but I need you to trust us. It'll all be worth it in the end."

"Where do we go now?" Derek asked.

"We have to go to the other side of Mystic Falls. Then you'll be able to talk to him and he'll answer all of your questions," Erica promised them.

Victor had completed his story and now Stiles wasn't sure what he was going to do. The situation had changed and he spent a few minutes just trying to wrap his head around it. Victor was clearly an impatient man as he had been tapping his finger against a tree for the longest while and seemed to be going mad from all the silence.

"Well what's your decision?" Victor asked.

"How do I know you're not lying?"

"You don't. You have to make sense of what's real and what's not."

Stiles realized he couldn't go about what he needed to do in the state he was in. It wouldn't be fair to Scott and the others and if what Victor said about them is true then they needed him back in one piece. There was more to being a werewolf than anyone of them realized but knowledge could be a dangerous thing. Therefore there was only one thing Stiles could think of that would help the situation.

"I need you to do something for me before I leave. It's important."

"What is it?" Victor asked cautiously.

Liz was stressed out from the recent happenings. After enjoying a peaceful spell of 3 months, the supernatural came back into her life like a speeding bus. There were dead bodies, new werewolves in town and vampires had returned yet again.

"Sheriff," Scott McCall addressed as he entered the office.

"Did you find your friend?" Liz wondered.

"We found out where he was held but he's not there anymore."

"Tell me where and I'll send out a search squad," Liz offered.

"Actually I don't think they'll be of much use."

"Why not?"

"There are supernatural forces at play here. I think we need the vampire's help."

Tyler was surprised to get the call from Sheriff Forbes and was even more surprised by what she told him. He then hurried over to Caroline's house only it. find she wasn't there and so he went to the Salvatore home. Only Damon and Stefan were there and he heard someone making noise in the basement but decided he didn't want to know what was going on. He was human now after all and very fragile. He was about to start his story when Damon mentioned that the others were coming back and that he should wait. Tyler stepped outside and waited while Damon and Stefan went to 'check in' on their guest

"Oh no it's Tyler," He heard Caroline say to Bonnie as they approached and he figured she didn't mean to say it loud enough for his human hearing. He remembered his visit to her and realized that things would be awkward but they had to deal with the situation at hand.

"What's wrong?" Bonnie asked clearly oblivious to the situation. He wasn't sure if the fact that she didn't tell anyone was a good thing or a bad one.

"It's a long story," Caroline told her.

"Hey Tyler," Bonnie greeted

"Good you're just in time," Tyler told them.

"In time for what?" Caroline asked.

"Sheriff Forbes called. The wolves are coming over."

The same time Elena raced back with news about her meeting with Katherine. Damon and Stefan had returned as well and Stefan was busy wiping blood off of his hand.

"What the hell is she up to?" Damon wondered

"Whatever it is, it's not good," Elena stated.

"Maybe we should ask our friend in the basement," Stefan suggested.

"No riling her up. Not with them coming," Damon warned.

"Who's coming?" Elena asked.

"The wolves want to meet with us," Damon said distastefully.

"What do they want?"

"Sheriff Forbes said that they're just looking for their friend which I don't believe it for one second," Damon told her.

"She also said that if you kill any of them the Council will come after us so you might want to behave yourself," Stefan told Damon.

"You're gonna lecture me about my behavior. If we should be worried about anyone it's you," Damon shot back.

"Enough! Both of you. We should hear them out." Elena told them.

"Give me one good reason why we should help them?" Damon asked.

"Because if we help them find their friend then we can get them to help us deal with Katherine."

"You really think a couple of werewolves can help us kill Katherine?" Stefan asked.

"A werewolf bite can kill a vampire and they can turn anytime they want. Katherine won't see it coming."

"You did what?" Allison asked in disbelief.

Scott had gathered them all and told them about his attack by the mysterious man called Klein and then his visit to the sheriff in order to set up a meeting with the vampires..

"We need help finding Stiles. This is the only way," Scott told her. He had gathered them all together.

"I'm not going."

"You're going. We all are. If you don't come then they'll think something is off."

"You're just gonna trust a bunch of vampires?" Jackson asked.

"I never said we have to trust them or like them. We just need their help to find Stiles."

"That would require trusting them to some extent," Lydia pointed out.

"We have the advantage. They'd be stupid to cross us," Malia spoke then.

"Are you even sure our bite can kill them?" Liam asked.

"It can."

"Let's just go. The quicker we find Stiles, the faster we get out of here."

"Are you okay?" Melissa McCall asked the sheriff as she and Chris went to see him in the hospital.

"I'm fine," he assured her.

"Who did this?" Chris asked.

"Peter Hale."

"Well what did he want?" Melissa asked.

"To know where the kids were."

"Did you tell him?" Chris asked.

"Didn't have to. Scott sent a text saying they were safe so far in Mystic Falls but hadn't found Stiles yet."

"This is bad," Melissa stated and Chris just began walking away. Chris knew what needed to be done then and he wasn't going to sit around and do nothing in Beacon Hills. He was going to prepare his arsenal and then head out.

"Where are you going?" the sheriff asked.

"If Peter's going after them then most likely Kate will be right behind him. I'm going to Mystic Falls."

"Are you sure it's okay to leave her down there by herself?" Damon asked Stefan. He didn't want Victoria breaking loose during the discussion and for it to turn into a blood bath. He'd been bitten by a wolf before and he had no intentions of going through that again.

"She'll be fine."

"What if she kills herself?"

"Relax Damon. Stop worrying."

The door opened then but it was only Alaric with Jeremy and Matt right behind him. Bonnie, Caroline, Elena & Tyler had already seated themselves and were waiting for the wolves to come. Elena seemed surprised to see Matt there and Damon figured she was probably worrying about the quarterback already.

"Matt you don't have to be here," Elena told him.

"Oh he insisted on coming," Jeremy stated.

"I want to be here."

"Where's Enzo?" Damon asked Alaric.

"I couldn't find him anywhere," Alaric told him.

"They're coming," Caroline announced.

"How many?" Tyler asked.

"Seven," Elena answered.

There was a knock on the door then and everyone turned to watch it in anticipation.

"So who's gonna let the dogs in?" Damon asked.

Elena was the one who opened the door to let them in. The whole house was silent as they entered and Elena quickly moved towards Damon and Stefan. Matt, Jeremy and Tyler were the only ones sitting. Everyone else stood tense ready to make a move in an instant if they had to. There were seven of them just as Caroline had said. The guy who lead the charge had a tattoo on his arm. Next to him was a brunette with long hair and then a girl with reddish brown hair next to her. There was an Asian who wielded a sword on her back and there was another girl with brown hair by her side. Then there were two other guys behind them who stood closest to the door. They were probably ready to make a run for it at any time.

"Thanks for meeting with us,"the one with the tattoo said before introducing himself as Scott. He then introduced his companions. Damon, like a good host did the same.

"It wasn't one of our wisest decisions," Damon said.

"We're not here to fight," Scott told Damon.

"How do we know you're not just saying that because you're outnumbered?" Damon asked.

"Damon!" Elena chastised.

"This is a waste of time," Jackson said and was edging towards the door. Damon knew he was right about that one.

"Okay everyone's a little on edge," Alaric spoke up, "surely we can all be reasonable."

"Thanks uh…" Scott didn't remember his name

"It's Alaric."

"Our friend is missing and we need your help to find him," Malia said when they were done.

"Why should we help you?" Stefan asked.

"Because our bite can kill you," Malia said losing her temper.

"That's just convincing us to kill you not help," Damon told her.

"How did you know your bite can kill us?" Alaric asked.

"Isn't that public knowledge?" Stefan asked.

"I may have mentioned it to her," Tyler said.

All eyes turned towards him.

"Why would you tell them how to kill us?" Caroline asked in disbelief.

"You've been meeting with him?" Allison asked Malia.

"I knew I should've killed you," Damon told Tyler.

"A vampire attacked us and I couldn't exactly protect myself," Tyler explained.

"I talked to a lot of people to help find Stiles," Malia told Allison.

"You talked to a vampire."

"I'm not a vampire," Tyler told Allison.

"Not anymore," Matt muttered.

"What does that even mean?" Lydia asked.

"Okay!" Alaric yelled to get attention. "We're not going to get anywhere with everyone asking questions at the same time or sending death threats," Alaric glared at Damon at the when he said the last part.

"I'm sorry," Tyler apologized.

"You zip it," Damon glared at him.

"Malia's just a little bit angry," Scott explained.

"Stiles is her boyfriend," Lydia added.

"Some people actually respect that," Kira attempted to say silently but everyone heard her.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Allison asked.

"You're trying to steal Scott," Kira accused.

"Looks like things are getting interesting," Damon observed. There was clearly some tension within the group and Damon knew if they amplified it then the wolves couldn't keep a united front and that would give them the upper hand.

"Can you not do that now?" Jackson demanded instead of asking.

"Clearly you have a dysfunctional pack," Stefan pointed out to Scott.

"We're not all werewolves," Lydia told him.

"They're not my exactly my pack," Scott said.

"He's just an Alpha," Jackson added.

"Isn't an Alpha the leader of the pack?" Tyler asked.

"It's more like a state when you evolve from Beta," Jackson explained.

"What's a Beta?"

"What kind of werewolf were you?" Malia asked.

"A normal one," Tyler told her.

"You were an omega?" she asked in disbelief.

"What's an omega?"

"Clearly you didn't come here for werewolf 101 so why don't we just cut to the chase," Damon interrupted.

"Right you were gonna use your lethal bite as a reason for why we should help you," Stefan reminded them.

"No. We're here to ask for your help," Scott corrected.

"Is your friend a wolf too?" Caroline asked.

"No he's human."

"Why do you need our help all of a sudden?" Elena asked.

"We came close to finding him but this man was there and he could move things with his mind and other cool stuff," Liam told her.

"Cool?" Jackson asked.

"I mean dangerous stuff," he corrected when Jackson glared at him.

"You met a witch?" Bonnie asked.

"Actually he said he was a traveler," Scott told her.

"Looks like Markos wasn't the only one that came back," Jeremy told Bonnie.

"The last thing we need is more travelers," Damon complained.

"Witches are real?" Lydia asked.

"Who's Markos?" Malia asked as well.

"What's a traveler?" Jackson added.

"Yes. Leader of evil vengeful witches. That also answers your 3rd question," Damon answered.

"Something else is going on here. What did he want?" Bonnie asked.

"He took my blood for a spell."

"If he took a werewolf's blood does he want from a vampire as well?" Elena asked.

"He didn't say."

"The travelers are planning something big!" Bonnie declared.

Enzo had been busy following Katherine all over. She had walked in the forest then all over town. Enzo wasn't sure if she was looking for something or just playing him. She also went to the Salvatore house where she met with Elena for a bit before running off again.

"You shouldn't stalk people," Katherine told Enzo finally stopping.

"Ironic you should say that," Enzo told her.

"You had me walking around in heels whole day."

"You're not human. No need to complain."

"You know I'm older than you right. I could kill you without even trying."

"Scary. I'm not here to fight you though."

"Then why are you here?"

"I'm here to join you."

"Maybe Katherine is part of it," Caroline suggested.

"Why would she help them get rid of spirit magic? That's like signing her own death wish," Stefan rationalized.

"Unless they're up to something else," Jeremy suggested.

"Stop wasting time! Every second we stay here is another second Stiles' life could be in danger!" Malia was angry and annoyed now.

"Will you help us?" Scott asked nicely hoping they would just ignore Malia's outburst.

"Elena and the others will help you find your friend providing you do something for us in return. Alaric, Damon and I will go after Katherine."

"What do you want in return?" Jackson asked.

"We just need one of you to bite an evil slut vampire," Damon told him.

"So some of you are helping us while the others are just running off. How do we know this isn't a trap?" Allison wondered.

"You don't," Damon told her.

"This seems unfair," Lydia told them.

"We need to find Katherine and you need to find your friend. Everyone will be too busy hunting to plot any backstabbing," Stefan told them.

"How do you become a vampire?" Liam asked.

"Why do you want to know that?" Lydia asked him.

"You have to die with vampire blood in your system. Then you have 24 hours to drink human blood or you go back to being dead," Elena told him.

"So it's not a bite like turning into a werewolf then," Liam mused.

"What!"

"I thought you had to be born with the werewolf gene?" Matt asked.

"Only I was born with the gene. The rest of them was bitten," Malia explained.

"This whole thing is messed up," Tyler asked.

"What do you mean?"

"We've never heard of werewolves like you before."

"And we never heard about vampires. Can we just go find Stiles now?" Lydia asked.

"We should head out," Alaric agreed.

"Shouldn't we check on that thing in the basement first?" Elena asked Damon and Stefan.

"Yes we should go get those night vision goggles. Come with me brother," Damon stated.

Scott and the others left the Salvatore home. Alaric had suggested that they all meet up at the sheriff's office so they could plan out where to search. Scott pulled Kira aside as they walked and said nothing as he waited for the others to be a good distance ahead of them.

"What was that about?" he asked Kira.

"What?"

"You know what I'm talking about. You and Allison going at each other."

"She's trying to steal you."

"She hasn't even made a move. Why would you think that?"

"I just know it."

"Kira."

"Have you noticed that we've never been alone since we came here?" Kira asked.

"We're not here on a vacation. We're looking for Stiles."

"I know but even the few odd moments we do get alone Allison interrupts them."

"Listen you have nothing to worry about okay," Scott told her then stopped to hug her. He had a clear view of the others in front of them and saw Allison looking at him and Kira.

Stefan and Damon hurried down to the basement only to find an empty chair. They were on high alert expecting her to be somewhere in the room waiting to ambush them but she was already long gone.

"No!" Stefan yelled as he slammed the chair.

"Calm down brother," Damon tried to placate him but it wasn't working.

"She was on the verge of breaking."

"Where is she?" asked Elena who had followed after them.

"She's gone," Damon told her.

"How could she escape?" Stefan asked angrily.

"Did she break the chains?" Elena asked.

"No," Damon said while examining them, "it's the same way we left them."

"It's like she just slipped through them," Elena noted.

"We should be wondering less about what she is and more about what she's going to do," Stefan told them.

"Stefan's right. She's gonna be pissed."

A few hours later Tyler and Matt stood at the Grill. It was closed so they were the only ones there. Matt couldn't get over how useless he was in the grand scheme of things. Elena acted like he shouldn't know what was going on in the town and that pissed him off. He was so tire of being the only useless one.

"Why'd you ask how to become a werewolf?" Tyler asked him.

"Curiosity."

"Bullshit Donovan. Don't tell me you're actually thinking about this?"

"I have to do something Tyler. There's Katherine and travelers and God knows what else. I can't afford to remain helpless."

"You hate vampires. You hate everything supernatural."

"Yea but I have to live with it so I might as well become useful."

"You can find other ways to be useful."

"Like what?"

"I don't know but I'm going to help you okay," Tyler promised. "Tomorrow we'll go looking for a weapon for you to use."

"I can't fight I'm human."

"Which is exactly why any supernatural creature won't expect you to put up a fight."

"I don't know Ty."

"Trust me okay. Starting tomorrow we're gonna train you to fight."

"You don't know how to fight," Matt reminded him.

"Which is why we'll get Jeremy to help out."

Before Matt could agree the doors burst open with a loud noise.

"Didn't you put the chains on those?" Tyler asked as a red haired woman strolled inside.

"Hello boys I'm sure you heard about me. Name's Victoria." she told them.

She had blood all over her clothes and body. Tyler stood protectively in front of Matt.

"Can't say we have," Matt told her.

"Shame," she said walking towards them.

"What do you want?" Matt asked.

"I just want you to deliver a message. That's all."

"What's the message?" Matt asked.

She had arrived at the counter then. Matt was behind it and Tyler stood next to her looking at her suspiciously. She raised her hand and Tyler began moving towards her. He was struggling to stop it but some force was propelling him forward. As soon as he was in reaching distance, Victoria grabbed a hold of him and then snapped his neck with ease.

"Tyler!" Matt screamed as he watched the body of his dead friend fall to the ground. He hurried from the counter and ran towards Tyler. "You said you just wanted to send a message," Matt screamed while fighting back tears.

"And I couldn't think of a better way to do it," she smiled.

Matt in a fit of rage got up and ran towards her. She simply grabbed his hand then broke it. He fell to his knees yelling in pain.

"Only one of you has to die blue eyes. It must be hard for you being the only helpless one in the lot. Of course this one was helpless too but now it's back to only you," She said then turned to leave. "Oh I almost forgot. Tell the Salvatores they picked the wrong bitch to mess with!"

Victoria walked out of the Grill with a smile on her face leaving Matt crying out in sadness and pain as well as the dead body of Tyler Lockwood.

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