Chapter 7: Ghost World

Damon groans awake as he found himself strap into an armchair and that a fire poker was embattled into his chest. He groans then looks down at the floor and saw his daylight ring on the rug. "Low blow Stefan, low blow." Damon states as Stefan was leaning in against the door and he chuckles as he sees Damon trap in his situation. "What the hell happen to you?" he asks him, "Whatever twisted Ripper game this is, let me out of it." Damon tells him, Stefan just shook his head then walks in, "I didn't do this." Stefan tells him.

"Quit screwing around." Damon tells him and Stefan stood next to the chair, "I didn't." he said again as he groans. "It's pretty mess up though." he adds, "Yep." Damon agrees as Stefan grips the Iron bar and pulls the poker right out of him, Damon groans loudly as pain rips through his body. Stefan then tore off one of the wrist restrains, pats his shoulder and walks off. Matt stood next to the curtains and watches as Mary Ann was leaning against the door way. Damon looks at him in dis-belief as Stefan just leave him, "Yeah, not to worry, I'll just untangle myself." Damon calls out as Stefan walks right pass Mary Ann.

She watches him go and then turns and looks back at Mason, "This is wrong." she tells him, wearing a modern outfit; a gray short sleeve shirt, black skinny jeans, fold over heels, a black jean coat, a few bracelets on her wrist, a golden locket on her neck, dangling earrings and her curly long hair was left down, "It's his fault for killing me." Mason tells her, she glares at him. "It's your own fault for getting mix in with my sister, she like to keep her end tight." she reminds him. She watches as Damon struggles against the metal chains, then Mason turns and pulls the curtains away, letting in the sunlight, Mary looks away as Damon screams in pain, as his skin burns.

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Back into the main square of Mystic Falls, Elena and Samathea walk through the park as everyone was setting up for the Night of Illumination, and Carol was giving a speech. Then Elena and Samathea walk up in front of Jeremy and Alaric, "Hey, sorry we're late, what did we miss?" Elena asks them, but Samathea grips the back of her neck, feeling a presence next to Jeremy. "Just a butch of historical lies." Anna answers, but she knew that Jeremy could only hear her.

"You didn't miss anything." Jeremy informs them. Samathea looks over as the professor that was talking to them, "After the Founders stole from all the vampires." Anna throws in, making Jeremy snicker, then Elena looks back at him. "What's so funny?" she asks him. Jeremy jesters to the professor, Elena turns and watches him as well. "Safe from the vampires." Anna throws in again, Jeremy smirks at him, Samathea somehow could hear her as well, but choice to ignore it.

~8~8~8~

Bonnie and Caroline were also helping set up the lanterns as well, "So when you did the spell to send Vicki away, did that get rid of Anna too?" Caroline asks as Bonnie set up a lantern, "I wish, all I did was block the magic that was helping Vicki getting a physical foot-hold here. Jeremy's got a direct line to the other side and as long as he wants to see Anna and she wants to see him. She's still here." Bonnie tells her, stepping down from the ladder.

"Okay, you don't think I can actually resist commenting on that?" Caroline asks her, "There, you commented." Bonnie tells her then walks pass her. Caroline sighs, "Bonnie…" she starts, "What do you want me to say Caroline?" Bonnie questions as she grabs a hold of a few lanterns, "I went against the balance of nature when I brought Jeremy back to life and now I'm paying the consequences." Bonnie tells her as Caroline leans up against the ladder, "I want you to say you're not okay with it." Caroline tells her.

"I'm thousand times not okay with it, I just don't know what to do about it." Bonnie tells her and as Caroline went to say something else. They both look over and saw Damon drive up next to them, they both frown and walks up to the car. Unknown to them, Mary Ann was sitting in the passenger side looking up at them. "Greeting, Blondie, witchy." Damon tells them as Matt looks over at them. "I think you got your vudu wires all cross when you got rid of Vicki Donovan." Damon tells them, Mary scoffs. "You have no idea." she tells them, knowing that no one could hear her, except Matt.

"What do you mean, why?" Bonnie asks Damon, "Because I'm pretty sure that I just got spit roasted by Mason Lockwood's ghost." Damon answers, and Bonnie looks at him in shock. "What?" she asks, "And why would you think that?" Caroline asks him, crossing her arms, "Maybe because he chain me to a chair and shove a hot poker in my chest." he answers again, and she raise her eyebrows at him, "Lets just say I'm having De javu." he tells Bonnie. "I'd thought you said that ghosts couldn't physically interact with people." Caroline tells Bonnie.

"They can't." she answers her, "Yeah well, I don't have time for vengeful Lockwood, when I kill someone they're suppose to stay dead." he tells them, Mary giggles a little at him. They two said nothing, "Whatever you screw up, fix it." he tells them and drove off. Bonnie looks over at Matt.

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At the cafe, Alaric and the Gilberts were sitting down as a table outside, "Hey Jer, I need your help with something." Elena said, pulling her bag off her shoulder, "What up?" he asks her. "I've been going over Stefan's old journals, every signal time that he went off the rails in the past, his best friend Lexie was the one to bring him back." Elena starts.

Samathea was reading a book, but then pulls her eyes away and looks at Elena, "So where is she now when we need her?" Alaric asks her, "She's dead." Jeremy and Samathea answer him. "And you want me to try and reach her, don't you?" Jeremy asks her, Elena shrugs, "I just thought she did it, maybe I could help him." Elena states, Samathea brushes back a strain of her hair. "I don't know if she's even on the other side." Jeremy answer her. "Is that was it called, the other side?" Samathea asks him, "That's what Anna calls it, there's not an official brogue or anything." he answers her, she nods and then looks back at her book. "So what is it, come kind of supernatural Purgatory?" Alaric asks him, "Anna said it's like being here with us, but he can see her or hear her and she can't interact with anyone… she's all alone." he tells them.

Samathea rolls her eyes at him and continued to read, "Vicki could interact, she blew up my car." Alaric reminds him, "Vicki had help from a witch on the other side, Anna's on her own." he tells him, Samathea looks over, seeing Anna. Sighs and looks back at her book. "I'm just saying that we've learn our lesson in summoning dead people." Alaric states, then the twins looks at him.

Then Samathea closes her book, "Do you guys even think it's possible to contact Lexie?" Elena asks as Samathea places her book in her bag. "I don't know, I didn't have an emotional connection with her and I never even meet her." Jeremy tells her, giving Alaric the menu. "Could we just drop it please?" Alaric asks them, really not wanting to talk about dead people, "No Ric, I can't drop it, I don't know what else to do." Elena tells him, "Don't you think we have too many dead vampires in our past to even be sitting here, thinking that they're watching us?" Alaric asks him.

"I don't think all supernatural spirits go to the other side." Anna tells Jeremy, Samathea listens in, he looks at her as Elena was confused. "I think some of them find peace." she tells him, "Is Anna here right now?" Elena asks him, he looks at her, "Don't tells her I'm here, she won't like it." Anna tells him. "No, no. I'm going to go uh… check my work schedule." he tells them and left the table.

Alaric, Elena and Samathea all exchange looks, "Yeah guys, forgot to invite me to the family summit?" Stefan tells them, taking a seat next to Elena. Samathea rolls her then stood up, "Sorry the air here suddenly became unbearable." she tells them and walks to the door, "Where are you going?" Stefan calls out to her, "Away from a dick like you!" she answers him, Stefan chuckles as Samathea was now inside the grill.

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Samathea was at the bar, just reading her book in peace, then heard Alaric, "I'll grab Jeremy and Sam." he informs Elena, "I'll be right back." she tells him walking off to the bathroom, then Damon walks up to Alaric, "You know I've had enough about vampires for today, thanks." Alaric tells Damon as he walks up to the bar. "Oh come on, have a drink with me, we have troubles." Damon tells him as Mary was walking beside him.

"No you have got trouble, we're not a team, you killed me. We're not friends, I don't like you anymore." Alaric tells him as Damon steps in front of him. "Ah, but remember back when you like me and inspired to kill uncle werewolf, Mason Lockwood?" Damon tells him. "Yeah, and?" Alaric tells him, "I think he's still a little piss." Damon tells him. Mary rolls her eyes at him, then walks over and sat down next to Samathea, the boys sat down as well. Alaric sat next to Samathea as Damon sat next to him. Then their drinks arrive and Mason took Damon's, the vampire looks over at him and his face went blank.

"Mason." Alaric states, Samathea looks over as well, "God I miss whiskey." he mumbles and downs the drink. He then looks at Damon and smashes the glass at Damon's forehead, making him grunt and the two to flinch, then Damon looks back at Alaric, "Told ya." Damon tells him as his wound heal. Then Samathea felt a hand on her shoulder, she looks over and gasps, "Mary…" she mumbles, the two look over and she smiles at her, "Hi Samathea, it's good to see you again." she tells her. But then her phone rings and she answers it, "Serena?" she asks, everyone looks at her.

"Thank God, I've been trying to get a hold of anyone." she tells her, "Why not Klaus?" she asks her, Serena sighs. "With Micheal awake from his nap, Klaus will stay off the radar and keep running from him." she answers her, "Okay, but um listen we got a problem…" Samathea starts, "You're seeing ghost of people that should be long and dead?" Serena asks her, "How did you know?" Samathea asks, "Because, I'm seeing my best friend right now and the creepy part, I can touch him." she tells him, "No offense Seb!" she calls out, "None taken!" he shots in the background.

"So what happen?" she asks her, "Patently someone crack open the door to the other side, a witch I once knew, somehow took of this and somehow swung the door wide open." she informs her, then realization his Samathea, "Jeremy died and Bonnie brought him back, the witches said that there will be consequences…" Samathea starts, "Thus, fling open the door. And this witch took advantage of that." Serena starts, "And when Vicki set the car on fire, trying to kill me." Samathea adds, "Thus, swing the door wide open for everyone with unfinished business to have physical interaction with the people of the living." Serena adds on.

"But who is this witch?" Samathea asks her, "No Samathea, this is my problem, you're too deep in it as it is, I will not drag you down any further." Serena warns her, "Alright, well can this be fix?" Samathea asks her, "Yeah, I read somewhere, that the talisman of the witch must be destroy in order to close the door." Serena tells her, "Talisman, you mean Elena's necklace?" Samathea asks her, "That should do it." Serena tells her, "I don't have it, Damon has it at his house." Samathea answers her, "Well, make sure it's found and brought to your witch friend, that's the only way to close the door." Serena tells her. "Okay, thanks." Samathea tells her, "Anytime." Serena states and then they both hung up.

Damon sighs and everyone looks at him, "I am never going to hear the end of that damn necklace." he whines. "One of you will pay for this right?" Mason asks them, and they look at him, he smirks and drinks it, Mary Ann moves from her spot and pushes his back, "Knock it off Mason, this is serious." she tells him, he chuckles at her, making her rolls her eyes and cross her arms. "Alright, lets get to it, I kill you, you want revenge. Get in line." Damon tells him, "No, I want an apology." Mason tells him, swing his arm over her shoulder, both Samathea and Alaric laugh, "Good luck with that." they tells him as Samathea places her book away, "Don't you have a family to haunt, you know your nephew has turn into a mindless hybrid minion." Damon tells him, "That's why I'm here… to help Taylor." Mason informs him.

Damon just chuckles, "Sorry to break it to you, but Taylor can't be help, at least not while Klaus is alive… which is like always." Damon informs him, Mary Ann rolls her eyes as Samathea nods, "He's on my kill list, number one." she mumbles to herself. "That's not necessary true… not if you found the weapon that could kill him." Marry Ann states, "There is no weapon that could…" Damon states, but then stops and looks at her as she and Matt were smirking at him. "What do you know?" he asks her, "I know you need to apologies." Mason tells him, "You've got to be kidding me?" Damon questions.

"Are you incapable of remorse?" Alaric question, "Just apologies already Damon, they know of a weapon that can kill Klaus." Samathea adds in, Damon sighs and looks at Mason, "You're right, I didn't have to kill you. I do a lot of things I don't have to do." Damon tells him, Mary Ann looks over at Mason, he smiles and chuckles, "That's good enough for me." he tells him, then stood up, "Meet me and Mary at the old Lockwood cellar, bring a shovel." Mason informs him, "And just bring Sam with you." Mason adds. Then Mason pulls Mary Ann to her feet, "What are you going to do, bury me alive?" Damon questions, "Don't tempt me." Mason warns him, Mary smacks his chest, he looks at her, they both laugh, then Mason throws his arm over her shoulders and they both walk out.

Damon looks away from them and looks at Alaric and Samathea as they look at him, wondering what Mason and Mary Ann were up to.

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Mason and Mary were in the cellar, Mason was kneeling down, lighting the lanterns as Mary was pacing back in forth, "Babe, calm down, you're making me worry." Mason tells her, she smirks, "You know I never worry, I'm just anxious." Mary answers him, he chuckles, then looks to the shadows, "I'm surprise you showed." Mason tells them as Damon and Samathea walk out of the shadows, Damon was holding the shovel as Samathea had a flashlight.

"You had a snap on my only other Klaus lead, so…" Damon starts, "Lets say I'm highly motivated." Damon tells him as Samathea moves over to Mary and she lead the young girl to the wall, "Micheal?" Mason asks him, handing the light over to him, "Yeah that didn't turn out so great did it?" Mason questions. "How can you know so much?" Damon asks him, Mason took the shovel from him. "Most of my info came from Mary, but when you die, there's not much to do on the other side, but sit around and watch other people screw things up." Mason tells him as he moves over to the girls and Mary took the lantern from him and moves Samathea out of the way.

"What are we looking for?" Damon asks as he walks over and stood neck to the girls, "There's an old Lockwood family legend about a weapon could kill an original vampire." Mason tells him, then hits the shovel at the brick wall, "And like the rest of their secrets, they kept it buried." he tells him and hits the wall again. "Mason, Mason." Mary calls out, he stops after three or five hits and looks at her, "Sweetie, let me see it." she tells him and then took the shove and gave him the lantern. He moves out as she took his place, she exhaled and then slams the shovel at the wall, breaking through the wall, and with 5 to 3 hits, there was a hole big enough to step through.

She stops, tosses the shovel to the ground, then walks to the door, Samathea followed her, so did the boy. Samathea turns on her light and the four peer into the hole, seeing a tunnel, "Go for it." Mason tells Damon, Damon shot him a look, "You first." Damon tells him and Mason glares at him, "What you think I'm leading you into a trap?" Mason answers, "Thought cross my mind." Damon tells him and Samathea sighs, "I'll go first, big babies." she tells them, moving into the tunnel, Damon quickly follows her, then Mary and Mason follows him. Samathea walks carefully down the tunnel, shining her flashlight.

She continued on, "Jeez, how far does this tunnel go?" she asks, "No clue, never been down here before." Mason answers her, Samathea sighs and continued on, "Still waiting for the other shoe to drop, your motives are deceptively pure." Damon said to him, as they followed Samathea. "You talk the talk, but I know you'll do anything for your brother, you won't screw me over. As long as we have the same agenda." Mason tells him.

"And I'm suppose to believe you'll screw me over?" Damon questions, Mason just chuckles at him as Mary Ann rolls her eyes, Samathea makes a turn and then stops as she saw a two tunnel, she looks left and then right. "Which way?" Damon asks him, "I don't know, flip a coin." Mason asks and the two look at them, "Aren't you two suppose to be all knowing?" Damon questions, Mason looks at him, "We're ghosts, not God." Mason reminds, him, Samathea sighs and went right, "You have trust issue, anyone ever tell you that?" Mason questions as Damon followed after Samathea.

But then something went off in the walls, "Sam!" Damon shouts, vamping forward and shoving her to the ground, then a spike shot out and impales itself into Damon, he groans loudly, dropping his lantern as another impales into him. Then another, followed by another and another, Samathea pulls herself to her knees as Damon grips the wood, he scream in pain, then pulls his hands away, "Yo, help a brother out." Damon call behind him, no response. "Mason, Mary?" he calls out again and notice they were gone. Samathea looks over at Damon, seeing in trap in a booby trap, "Damon!" she exclaims, scramming to her feet, then stood in front of him, "I'm alright, I'm fine." he tells her.

She shook her head, "No… no you're not." she states, then grips at the bar and started to try and break it, "I'm gonna get you out." she tells him, "Sam… you're not strong enough." Damon tells her, she ignored him and kept trying. "Sam…" he starts. "Just shut up!" she snaps, then looks around, "Rock, rock… need a rock." she mumbles, looks around. "Sam… stop." he tells her, she stops and looks at him, "You… can't die… technically you're already dead." she states, Damon chuckles a little at her joke and she chuckles as well.

Then Mason and Mary came back, "Oh, I'm having a bad day." Damon mumbles, "Stop talking." Samathea orders him, "Hey, sorry. Thought you might need this." Mason tells him, then Samathea back up. Then Mason broken off the spike from the wall. Damon grunts from each time Mason broke off a spike. Samathea walks back up to Damon and then grips the broken spike, then pulls it right out of Damon, "You're welcome." Mason tells him, then helps Samathea. Damon cries out in pain. "What's your game, man?" Damon questions as Samathea pulls one out of his back, he cries out again. "I killed you… I jam my fist into your chest… and rip your heart out!" Damon cries out each time a spike was pulled out.

"There is no way this buddy trust act is real." Damon states as Samathea steady him, "You know what the other side is like?" Damon questions him and then took the lantern from Mary, "We're all alone, we watch the people we left behind and we regret our decisions, that's it." Mason tells him, as Samathea pulls Damon's arm over her shoulders, helping him stand. "Look, I can't change what happen to me and either can Mary, but maybe we can change to what happens to Taylor." he tells him. "I don't need revenge Damon, I need redemption." Mason said and continue on, Mary passes them and follows him, Damon looks down at Samathea, she looks up at him, then they look back and followed after them.

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Back in the vampire torture chamber, Stefan was chain into a chair, sweat covered his face, blood stain his shirt and he was grunting as Lexie was in his head, trying to turn on his humanity, "Quit fighting me Stefan, I know you're in there." she tells him, holding a stake in her hand, "Not anymore Lexie." he tells her, Elena walks down the stairs and looks into the room, "You know you say that everytime, until I make you feel again." Lexie tells him, then stabs him in the belly, he grunts again, "You've wasted your whole life taking care of me, now you're dead and you still have nothing better to do." Stefan tells her, and she pulls the stake out, then Elena walks into the chamber.

"We're running out of time." Elena warns Lexie and the dead, dead vampire looks at her, "You've got to give me more." she tells her, "I can't." Elena tells her, "No, no, not until I break through." Lexie tells her, "I can't Lexie, they have the necklace, they're going to close the door." Elena tells her, then realization hits the vampire, "The necklace…" she mumbles and then turns to Stefan. "Okay, that necklace, at least tell me how you felt about that." Lexie states as she kneels down in front of him. "You found it during your darkest time and you said when you made it through, that necklace represent hope." Lexie tells him as Stefan looks at Elena.

He sighs, "Ironic then as it's about to get blown to peaces." he tells her, Elena sighs and shifts in her spot.

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Damon was recovered enough to walk on his own and they followed after the two ghosts. They pass through, but then Damon suddenly stops as he was allowed to go any further, making Samathea stop, and bump right into his back. Damon sighs and grunts, "This is not happening." he mumbles, "What now?" Mason questions, "I can't get through, it's like I'm not invited in." Damon states, "Wait…" he starts back up, "I'm not stopping just because you're stuck, I'll let you know what I find." Mason states and walks off, "Wait for me." Mary tells him and follows.

"Yeah, but…" Damon went to say, "Looks like you're going to have to trust me." Mason tells him, "Wait hold on." Samathea went to follow them but the wall stops her as well, "What…" she states and press her hands to the invisible wall, "why can't I get through?" she questions and presses her hand harder, "Now that is weird." Damon states, "Shut up." she snaps at him then shines her light on the on the walls and saw one symbol in particular that catches her interest, "Oh you got to be kidding me." she mumbles, Damon looks up at the symbol as well, "What's that?" he asks her, "A rune to protect against Sorceresses, meaning, I can't get through." she answers him, "Ouch." he mumbles.

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Jeremy arrives at the witches house, heading down stairs and meets up with Bonnie, finding her staring at the fire, she turns to him, seeing the necklace, then she took it from him and throws it into the fire.

She then starts her chanting, then Shiera took Bonnie's hand and joins in with the chanting.

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Caroline was fighting against the tomb vampire's, protecting the founding family, but then Fredrick, grips her throat and went to finish her, but he and the other tomb vampires vanish.

Caroline exhaled, gently grips her throat, and looks around, not seeing one vampire in sight.

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Mason and Mary were looking up at the wall, seeing what was there, "So… what did you find?" Damon asks him, as Samathea was leaning against the wall, "It's…" Mason starts, but then stops as his and Mary face went into shock. Then the lantern drops then the floor, the glass shattering.

Samathea shot her head off the wall, "No, no, no, where you go? Mason, Mason?!" Damon calls out, then Samathea gasps as her hand went to her chest, -The door, it's closing.- she tells herself.

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Back in the cell, Lexie stood up, looking to the ceiling, feeling the door, she then looks at Elena that was standing behind Stefan. Elena took a step forward, then Lexie sighs and looks down at Lexie, "He's still in there Elena, you just have to break through." she informs her, "It's okay, Lexie, I know what to do now." Elena tells her.

"You can be free." Elena adds and Lexie smiles at her as tears form in her eyes and then she looks back at Stefan, but then vanishes. Elena gasps softly and then looks back down at Stefan.

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Anna walks along the street, all alone. But she looks ahead and saw the one person she wanted to find. Pearl, her mother was standing down the road. "Mama?" Anna asks her, Pearl gasp softly then walks to her, Anna does the same, then Pearl held her arms out wide open and Anna ran into them, crying tears of joy.

Pearl held her close to her, crying as well, joy overtook them and they vanish from sight.

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Back at the house, the two stop chanting as the necklace was destroy, "You are stronger then all of this." Shiera tells Bonnie, "I am so proud of you." she adds and then was gone.

Bonnie slowly lowers her hand and stood tall as a tear slides down her cheek, and refuses to cry, but knew that she was strong and she must remain strong.

~8~8~8~

Damon and Samathea sat at the door to the surface, as they both waited for Alaric to slow, and then right on cue, he does show, "You're here. About time." Damon tells him, Samathea waves at him, "You didn't have anyone else to call?" Alaric asks him, walking pass him, "No actually I don't." Damon tells him, as the two stood up and Alaric turns to him.

"Because we need a non-vampire and non-sorceress to get in the cave and other then Sam here, you're pretty the one I trust." Damon tells him, "Well you have a crappy way of showing it." Alaric tells him, Samathea looks at the two, "Look if Mason Lockwood could get over the fact that I killed him, could you cut me a little slack, Ric." Damon tells him and Samathea looks at him and shook her head. "I shouldn't have to get over it, I was your friend Damon, you shouldn't of done it if the first place." Alaric tells him.

Samathea nods in agreement, "Well, sometimes I do things I don't have to do." Damon tells him, Samathea covers her mouth as she couldn't believe that Damon actually pulls that line out again, "You're going to recycle that same crap apology you gave Mason Lockwood?" Alaric asks him, Damon shifts in his place, "Yeah well, "I didn't mean it with him." Damon admits and Samathea pulls her hand away and smiles, crossing her arms. Alaric looks over at her and she shrugs, "He's being truthful, I'll give him that." she tells him, then Alaric sighs and looks back at Damon, who was still smirking.

She then moves over and looks at the hole in the wall and the tunnel behind the wall.

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Stefan pants as he looks up at Elena, who was leaning against the wall. She just sighs, "So what are you going to do Elena?" he asks her, she just looks at him, "Are you just going to stand there, waiting for me to dry out?" he asks her.

She inhales, then pushes herself off the wall, "No, I'm going to go home, take care of my brother, my sister, be a friend to Bonnie and everything else that I have to do." she answers him then moves for the door. "That's good for you." Stefan calls out, making her stop. "You know, I was wondering when you were going to give up." he tells her. She turns and looks at him, "Lexie gave you a good enough glimpse into your tragic future." he tells her, "I haven't given up Stefan." she tells him.

"I still have hope." she adds and walks to him, "But there is nothing I can do, until you get yours back." she tells him and he looks away, she bends to his level and gently grips his face, "Hey." she calls out, and he looks at her, "You can break through this, fight for it. Feel something anything, Stefan. Because if you don't, you're going to loose me forever." she said and he looks at her, "I won't love a ghost for the rest of my life." she said to him again. He said nothing, then she moves away from him and left in the cell.

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Damon and Samathea waited at the spot where that can't enter as Alaric continued forward. "Is Mason screwing with us?" Damon asks him, "There's something in there." Samathea states. Alaric walk into the cave and looks around, "Ric, Ric." Damon calls out and then Alaric was looking at what Mason and Mary found. "I found something he tells them, the two look at each other, then back at him.

"What is it?" Damon asks, Alaric shines his light on the white drawings left on the wall, pictures that were telling a story. "I have no idea."