A/N I hope you guys like this episode. The next two episodes are my favorites, but I have to upload this one first. Hope you guys like it.


I was sitting on the couch in the Gilbert house with Jeremy, watching a stupid sitcom on the TV, when there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get it." Jeremy jumped up and went to the door. Out of habit more than need, I followed him. One of Klaus's hybrids stood on the porch.

"Klaus needs you." Jeremy was too close to the doorway and the hybrid grabbed him. Another one was waiting to grab me. I stepped out and let him. They took us to Klaus's mansion. Stefan was there too. As soon as he saw the hybrids shove us into the room, he super-sped towards us. Klaus got in between us and him.

"I wouldn't. Lucky for us, young Jeremy here is a bit of an artist." Klaus told Stefan.

"I'm not helping you with anything!" Jeremy told him. The hybrid quickly took Jeremy's ring off and tossed it to Klaus. Klaus smirked.

"Oh, I'm afraid you are. If that isn't incentive enough, I could always kill your girlfriend." Klaus suggested. The hybrid wrapped his arm around my throat, cutting off my airway.

"Enough!" Stefan yelled. The hybrid looked at Klaus, who nodded, and then let me go completely.

"You can see the hunter's tattoo… Draw it. Get to work." Klaus told Jeremy. He threw Jeremy a sketch pad and pencil. The hybrid opened the door to another room and Jeremy reluctantly went in. Klaus turned to me.

"You, short-one, are quite the vampire. You let the hybrid take you?" He asked.

"I followed my boyfriend, whom you captured and just threatened!"

"Right… Would you care to stay or not? Because you were not the target, you're free to go." Klaus informed me.

"I'm staying." I told him.

"Alright then, but I want you contained." The hybrid opened the door again. I went in; shooting a look that screamed 'do something' over at Stefan. The hunter was chained up in the next room. Jeremy sat on a chair in front of him, drawing out his magic tattoo.

"You set me up at the hospital. Led me into a trap… Why would you do that?" He was asking Jeremy.

"You were trying hurt people who were important to me."

"Important to you? That vampire is important you?" He motioned as best he could towards me. Jeremy glanced over to see who he was talking about.

"Yeah, she is." He answered without looking away from me. He smiled slightly at me and then he looked back at the hunter, frowning.

"A couple days ago, you seemed to have all the answer and now you know jack. Where did this tattoo come from? Why am I the only one who can see it?" Jeremy asked.

"Years ago, I met someone with the mark. Claimed he had this intense desire to kill vampires, like it was engrained in his DNA. He told me the same thing I told you: that if I could see the mark, I was a potential. He was just some guy I served in Iraq with. I lost track of him and then one day, the tattoo just showed up on me. It started on my hand but the more vampires I killed, the more it spread. Like it was trying to tell me something. I just, I just don't know what."


A little while later, Klaus came into the room and looked over Jeremy's shoulder.

"Nice lines. Now if you could just hurry it up a bit."

"I'm done." Jeremy handed him the sketch pad and got up. Klaus studied the sketch.

"What is this?" Klaus asked.

"It's the tattoo." Jeremy replied.

"I've seen the tattoo! There's more to it!"

"That's all of it! He says every time he kills a vampire, it spreads." Klaus growled.

"Beth, you can take your little boyfriend home." He said. I didn't hesitate; I took Jeremy's arm and darted back to the Gilbert house, pulling him with me. He leaned against the banister as we got back.

"Ah! Don't do that." He complained. I laughed a little.

"Sorry, it was faster than walking at your speed."

"What about my ring?" He asked.

"Got it." Stefan walked into the house and tossed the ring over to him.

"Thanks." He muttered, slipping it back on. I looked at Stefan.

"This town gets more fun by the minute!" I said sarcastically.

"Why don't you go home? I want to talk to Jeremy about the hunter." Stefan told me. I nodded and went home.