Same Night - Same Scene
Night - Klaus' Mansion - Coffin Room
Elijah was standing before Klaus, wiping the blood off his hands with a white handkerchief. "You look surprised to see me. So it wasn't you that removed the dagger from my chest?"
"You look like you could do with a drink." Klaus told him. "And we have a lot to discuss." He held his arm toward the table of alcohol. "So shall we?" Elijah rushed closer, punching Klaus in the face, throwing him through a window, making it shatter, and Klaus land on the floor in the other room. Klaus looked up from the floor, growling. "Easy! I just finished renovating." Klaus rushed toward Elijah, slamming him onto a table, making it break. He paced around Elijah, spreading his arms. "You know you have every right to be mad at me. But I kept my word, I reunited you with our family." Elijah stood, punching Klaus in the face twice, kicking him in the chest, making him fall into one of the coffins. Klaus turned to the coffin on the other side of him, opening it to reveal their brother Kol. He took the dagger from his chest, pushing Elijah against the other coffin by his throat, holding the dagger up threateningly. "Don't make me do this to you again, Elijah!"
Elijah glared at him. "Come on. Use it. I dare you. You'll have Kol to deal with."
Klaus sighed, lowering the dagger. "Mikael is dead."
Klaus let Elijah go.
Elijah stood, looking at Klaus in shock. "What did you say?"
"I killed him" Klaus told him. "With his own weapon. He's gone, Elijah. Forever."
"Why do our family remain in these coffins?" Elijah asked. "Finn for over 900 years, Kol for over a century."
"Because of Stefan Salvatore." Klaus answered. "He holds the one thing keeping me from freeing them. There are things that you do not know about our past, Elijah. Our mother's death. Things I never wanted you to know but I'm ready to tell you now. I only ask that you remember the oath of loyalty you once swore to me."
Klaus walked toward a small table where there was a small urn, removing the lid, revealing white ash inside, dipping the dagger in the ash, walking toward Kassandra's coffin.
"What are you doing?" Elijah asked.
Klaus slid the dagger into Kol's chest.
Elijah looked as if he wanted to stop him, but didn't move.
Klaus turned to face Elijah. "Always and forever. I need you to stand by my side. Be my brother. Help me destroy Stefan, and I promise you our family will be whole again."
Klaus closed Kol's coffin.
...
Day Two
Morning - Gilbert House - Kitchen
Elena and Emma walked in together to see Alaric.
"Morning." Emma told him.
"Thought we had aspirin." Alaric told them.
"Yeah, in the vitamins." Elena told him. "You're hungover."
"Yeah, sorry about that." Alaric told them. "It was a bit of a weird night."
"I told you you don't have to feel guilty about inviting Meredith over here." Elena told him.
"Oh, I know." Alaric told them. "And I thank you for that. But I do feel guilty for whiskey dialing her at 2:00 in the A.M."
"No, you didn't." Elena told him.
Emma tried not to laugh.
"Yes, I did." Alaric told them.
"Oh, was she cool about it?" Emma asked.
"Well, as soon as these aspirin kick in, and I remember the conversation, I'll let you know." Alaric told them.
The doorbell rang.
...
Outside
Liz was standing outside.
Elena, Alaric and Liv Emma walked outside.
"Sheriff Forbes, hi." Emma told her. "Is everything okay?"
"This is an unconventional conversation we're about to have." Liz told them. "So I hope you'll protect me on it."
"Of course." Alaric told her.
"I assume you all heard our medical examiner was murdered the night of the Wickery Bridge fundraiser." Liz told them.
"Yeah," Alaric answered. "Brian Walters. Why?"
"We've been investigating." Liz told them, holding up a familiar-looking stake in an evidence bag. "Someone drove this stake through his heart."
"That's one of ours." Alaric told them. He looked at Elena and Emma. "I mean, this is one of a set from your parents' lake house."
"That's why I'm here." Liz told them. "I haven't told anyone, but forensics ran it for prints and found only one clean set." She looked at Elena. "Yours."
"What?" Elena asked.
Emma looked at them in surprise.
...
Inside - Kitchen
Elena, Emma, Alaric and Evelyn were talking.
Evelyn looked at Elena. "So you're the prime suspect, huh?"
"She doesn't think that I did it." Elena told her. "She's just trying to find out why somebody used one of our family weapons to kill a Council member."
"You don't think Meredith did it, do you?" Evelyn asked.
"No." Alaric answered. "Brian Walters was killed days ago, all right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night."
"It wasn't Meredith." Emma told them. She looked at Alaric. "Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic."
"Who else knows about your secret little slayer stash?" Evelyn asked.
"Who doesn't?" Alaric replied. "Got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, Damon's car."
"It's Klaus." Emma told them. "It has to be. He's screwing with us."
"What if it was Stefan?" Elena asked. "He was crazy that night. And you know he was trying to get underneath Klaus' skin. He was capable of pretty much anything."
"Ah, makes me nostalgic for the time when Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist." Evelyn told them. "Anyway, got to go, tell me more later."
"Okay, we will." Emma told her.
Evelyn walked out, leaving.
Emma noticed the time. "Actually I'm late for something. I need to go."
Emma quickly left before her family could stop her.
...
Woods - Meadow Clearing
Emma walked through the woods until she reached the meadow clearing, walking through the field.
Elijah was waiting, cleaned up nice with a shorter haircut. "Hello, Emma."
Emma walked closer. "Elijah. My favorite Original, back from the dead. You clean up nice."
Elijah smirked slightly.
Emma looked him over, taking a deep, silent breath, tilting her head slightly.
"You left something in my jacket pocket." Elijah told her, pulling out the note she had left.
"Oh, yeah." Emma told him, tilting her head. "'Dear Elijah, let's get together, plot the destruction of your brother. XOXO'..."
"Emma." Elijah finished. "The one I met before wouldn't do something like this, let alone coming to meet me alone. She had driven a dagger into my heart, and taken one out."
Emma shrugged one shoulder. "A lot's changed. So, was I right to undagger you, or are we gonna have a problem?"
"Well, I'm here." Elijah told her. "So, let's talk."
"I'll start with an easy question." Emma told him, tilting her head. "Any idea what kind of Klaus-killing weapon could be magically sealed in a mystery coffin?"
...
Tunnels
Stefan, Bonnie, Sally and Abby were walking through the secret cave.
"Slow down." Abby told them.
"Keep up." Stefan told them. "We don't have much time."
"Sorry, Stefan, but we didn't have a choice." Bonnie told him.
"It was a choice, Bonnie." Stefan told her. "You made it, and now we have to live with it. You told Klaus where the coffins were and he took them. All of them except this one."
The last coffin could be seen inside the cave.
"That's the one that's sealed?" Abby asked.
"Yep." Stefan answered. "Fortunately, it seems to be the one he cares about most."
...
Cave
Bonnie, Sally and Abby walked into the cave toward the coffin.
Stefan stopped at the entrance.
"Aren't you coming inside?" Sally asked.
"Vampires can't get in." Stefan explained. "Damon had to compel a couple of Lockwood gardeners to bring the coffin in."
"This is a bad idea," Abby told them.
"Look, if you're really the key to opening up that coffin, I think it's a pretty save bet you're on Klaus' hit list." Stefan told her. "So I suggest you hideout here and figure out a way to open up the damn thing."
"I told you, I don't have any powers." Abby told him.
"And I don't believe you." Stefan told her. "But time's ticking. Won't be long before Klaus calls his hybrids to find that coffin and kill all of us. So dig deep, Abby Bennett. Scrape out whatever magic you have left."
...
Old Lockwood Cellar
Stefan walked out of the tunnels, into the cellar.
Elena was waiting for him.
"What are you doing here?" Stefan asked.
"Bonnie told me that you guys would be here." Elena told him. "I need to talk to you."
"Well, there's nothing to talk about." Stefan told her. "I'm just focused on getting this coffin open."
Stefan walked past her toward the exit.
Elena sighed, turning after him. "Did you kill the medical examiner?"
Stefan stopped. "Why would you think I did that?"
"Maybe because I don't know what you're capable of anymore." Elena answered.
"Well, believe what you want, Elena." Stefan told her.
"I don't want to believe any of it, Stefan." Elena told him.
"But you had to ask me anyway." Stefan told her.
Elena sighed guiltily. "Stefan..."
Stefan gave her a look. "Did you ask Isabella... if she killed anybody lately? Or what about Morgana, who has moved in with Klaus."
Elena didn't answer.
Stefan looked at her knowingly, walking out, leaving.
...
Mystic Falls Hospital - Waiting Room
Caroline was waiting, looking around.
Meredith walked toward her. "Are you Caroline?"
Caroline turned to face her. "Yes. Dr. Fell, hi. Elena and Emma told me you helped out my dad."
Meredith nodded. "I wouldn't have been able to help him if your sister hadn't saved him. She was very brave."
Caroline smiled. "Yeah, she was."
"Do you think you can get your father to be a little more grateful?" Meredith asked. "He spent half the night threatening to get my medical license revoked for saving his life."
"Yeah, my dad's a little set in his ways." Caroline told her. "He spent his whole life hating vampires, so..."
"So... he's not psyched about it being vampire blood that healed him." Meredith told her. "Yeah, he made that clear. I'm sorry. My bedside manner sucks, on no sleep."
"So, can I take them home?" Caroline asked.
"I signed his discharge papers late last night, just to shut him up." Meredith told her. "Liam told me that he would take him home."
Caroline was confused. "Oh. I... they didn't call or anything."
"That's gotta be hard." Meredith told her. "When your dad hates the one thing you can't change about yourself." Caroline looked a little confused and alarmed. "I make it my business, to know who the vampires are in this town. Medical curiosity. I don't blab."
Caroline sighed, nodding. "Yeah, we've had our ups and downs."
"Tell your dad I said, 'you're welcome'." Meredith told her.
Caroline nodded. "Thanks."
Meredith walked away.
...
Hallway
Elena was waiting.
Caroline walked toward them.
"That was fast." Elena told them.
"Yeah, they're not here." Caroline told them. "Dad was already discharged. Liam left with him. And Meredith seems perfectly nice, by the way. A little intense, maybe. But, I think it's sweet, you guys wanna make sure Alaric's not dating a total psychopath." She put her phone to her ear.
"He's our family." Elena told her. "We have to look out for him." Caroline stopped walking. "What?"
"I hear it." Caroline answered. "Don't you?"
Elena looked at her in confusion.
...
Storage Room
Caroline walked in, following the sound of Liam's ringing phone.
Elena followed her.
Bill and Liam were on the floor.
Bill's throat was slit. There was a knife in his chest.
There was a knife in Liam's stomach.
They both looked dead.
...
Caroline ran closer, kneeling next to them, crying. "Dad! Liam?"
Elena was in shock. "Oh, my God."
Caroline was hysterical. "Don't be dead, don't be dead, don't be dead. Oh, my God!" She pulled the knife out of Bill's chest. "Daddy! Liam!" She put her head next to Liam. "She's still breathing."
Caroline bit her wrist, holding it to Liam's mouth. "Liam. Drink. You have to drink. Liam. I will not lose you." Caroline told her. "Liam... Please drink. You have to. Liam!"
Liam slowly, weakly, started to drink.
Caroline sighed in relief.
Liam held Caroline's wrist, starting to pull it away. He was breathing heavily, opening her eyes. He looked at Bill, tears in his eyes. "Care..."
"Shh, shh, shh." Caroline told hi,, holding Liam close to her.
They looked at Bill, crying.
"Guys..." Elena trailed off. "He has vampire blood in his system."
"What?" Caroline cried.
Liam and Caroline looked at Bill.
Bill suddenly woke up, gasping loudly as he came back to life.
...
Cave
The cave was filled with lit candles so the three witches could see.
Sally was looking at the old carvings on the walls.
Bonnie and Abby were standing together, looking at a grimoire.
"Is this the only grimoire you kept?" Bonnie asked.
"It was the only one I needed." Abby told them.
Sally looked at the stories on the walls. "So... what is all of this?"
"Family history." Bonnie answered. "About a mother, who loved her children so much, she couldn't bear the thought she might lose them. So she turned them into vampires. One of them is Klaus."
"The one you're trying to kill with whatever is in that coffin?" Abby asked.
Sally nodded.
Bonnie looked at the grimoire, noticing that a page was torn out. "There's nothing in here that's going to help us. I've seen most of these spells. What was this?"
"It's the spell I used to seal Mikael in the tomb." Abby answered. "I burned it and tried to get it out of my head. Didn't work though."
Sally looked at the grimoire, pointing to a symbol on the edge of the spell page. "Wait... Do you see this?"
"It's a sealing spell." Bonnie told her. "We're trying to open something... Not seal it shut."
"No, right here." Sally told her. "On this side. It's a blood knot. It means to bind it, you need two witches from the same bloodline of the same generation."
"Like two keys to a safety deposit box." Abby told them.
"So... unbinding it, would reverse the spell." Bonnie told them. "Unseal it. If we did it together."
Sally nodded.
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Living Room
Elizabeth sat on the couch, having a drink.
Emma walked in with two fancy-men shirts and two dinner-party-like dresses. "Elizabeth. You're coming with me."
"Says who?" Elizabeth asked.
Emma grabbed Elizabeth by the arm as she walked by her, pulling her upstairs.
...
Stefan's Room
Damon and Stefan were taking.
Emma pulled Elizabeth in, holding the dinner party attire in her other arm.
Damon saw them, rushing in front of them, looking at Emma. "And where has your severely insane self been?"
"Explain here in a sec." Emma told them, pushing one shirt into Damon's chest. "Get dressed. We're going out."
"Yeah, sorry, not interested." Elizabeth told her.
"I didn't ask." Emma told them. Elizabeth, Damon and Stefan looked at Emma in surprise. "Elijah and I have scheduled a very old-fashioned sit down with you and Klaus." She looked at Elizabeth. "You are going, 'cause if you're there, Klaus will be less tempted to kill us." She looked at Stefan, handing him a shirt. "I say go with the black. Makes you look all villiany."
"Klaus won't make a deal, Emma." Stefan told her.
"He doesn't have to." Emma told them. "All we're doing is buying a little time to give our wicked witches a chance to pop the top off the coffin."
Emma handed the more expensive and more outgoing dress to Emma, keeping the simpler one for herself.
"You're in rare form today." Elizabeth told her. "I'm taking that as a sign that you're not telling us everything."
"The less any of you know, the more convincing this will be." Emma told them.
"So that's your plan?" Damon asked. "Stall Klaus?"
"If Stefan didn't go postal on his hybrids, then maybe we'd have some options." Emma told them.
"So you unleashed an Original to help him out?" Elizabeth asked.
"Undaggering Elijah was smart, Elizabeth." Emma told her. "Are you kidding me? After what Klaus did to him? He's in vengeance mode. It's perfect."
"There's nothing smart... about trusting Elijah, Emma." Damon told her.
"He screwed us over the last time he promised to help us kill Klaus." Stefan agreed.
"Yeah, the way you've been acting, I trust him about as much as I trust you." Emma replied.
"Hmm." Stefan hummed. "Well, I guess that goes both ways, doesn't it?"
"Oh, yes..." Elizabeth trailed off. "This is about Damon kissing Elena. Of course it is."
"Just remember if it wasn't for Klaus, you would have never become such a dick and that kiss would never have happened." Emma told him.
"That's not the only thing I'm talking about, Emma." Stefan told her. "What are you still not telling us?"
Emma didn't answer, pressing her lips together. "Get ready and get happy. We're going to negotiate a fake truce and I don't want your attitudes screwing it up."
Emma walked out, leaving.
Elizabeth, Damon and Stefan watched Emma go, stunned speechless.
...
Mystic Falls Hospital - Room
Bill and Liam had showered and changed, clean of blood, and completely healed.
Caroline stood at the window, looking out into the hall. "I compelled the nurse to stay out of this room. You'll be safe here."
"My wound is completely healed." Bill told them. "I need something to eat."
"Dad, why don't you just come lay down and relax?" Liam asked.
"I can't." Bill told them, looking up. "I'm too wired and my pulse is racing. It's the effect of my body wanting to transition."
"Well, maybe Dr. Fell can give you something." Caroline told him.
"She's done enough." Bill told them.
Elena walked in.
"I called your mom." Elena told them.
"Thanks." Caroline told them.
Elena looked at Liam and Bill. "Liam, Mr. Forbes, did you see your attacker?"
"I didn't see anything." Bill answered. "Tried to sneak out the back exit and someone came up from behind."
They looked at Liam.
Liam shook her head. "I heard someone, and I started to run. I saw Dad and then I just... I just remember someone holding a hand over my mouth to keep me from screaming. I blacked out."
"Look, we'll figure this out." Caroline told them. She looked at Bill. "But in the mean time, we need to get you some blood."
"I'm not going to drink any blood." Bill told them.
Liam looked at Caroline and Elena. "What?"
"You have to." Caroline told him. "You died with vampire blood in your system. If you don't feed and finish the transition into a vampire, then you'll die."
"I understand how it works." Bill told them. "And that's what I'm prepared to do. Now get me out of this hospital. I smell blood everywhere."
Bill walked out, leaving the girls in complete shock and confusion.
...
Night - Gilbert House - Kitchen
Alaric was putting his weapons on the kitchen table.
Evelyn walked in.
"Ah, Evelyn, long time no see." Alaric told her.
"Just helping out." Evelyn told him. She looked at all the stakes. "What are you doing?"
"Taking inventory." Alaric answered. "Did you bring it?"
"You mean, did I steal evidence from a crime scene?" Evelyn asked, taking out a stake, handing it to Alaric. "Yes."
Alaric looked at the stake. "You're right. It's a match. This is from a crawl space in the foyer. Which means, Meredith knew where it was."
"That doesn't mean she stole it." Evelyn told him.
Alaric showed Evelyn the other stakes. "This is from the loft. These are from the duffel in Damon's car."
"Identical to the ones that killed Brian Walters." Cristian told him.
"Damon's car was at the Wickery Bridge fundraiser." Alaric told her. "So was Meredith. And that was the night her ex-boyfriend, the medical examiner, was killed. The one who called her psycho."
"Well, she was trying to save Bill Forbes." Evelyn told her. "Why would she turn around and try to kill him and his son?"
"Well, she was trying to save Bill Forbes." Evelyn told her. "Why would she turn around and try to kill him and his son?"
"I don't know what to think either." Alaric told him. "You know, but... we'd be idiots to ignore all these facts."
"So what should we do?" Evelyn asked.
"Well..." Alaric trailed off. "Get this the police."
Evelyn sighed, nodding. "I'm sorry, Alaric. Please be careful."
Evelyn took the stake, walking out of the house.
...
Klaus' Mansion - Foyer
Elijah opened the door for Emma, Elizabeth, Stefan and Damon. "Niklaus, Morgana, our guests have arrived."
The Salvatores, Pierce and Gilbert walked in.
Klaus looked at them. "Emma. Elisaveta. Stefan. Damon. Elijah tells me you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized folk, shall we?"
Elijah stood next to Emma. "It's better to indulge him."
"I didn't come here to eat, Klaus." Stefan told him. Emma gave him a look. "Fact, I didn't want to come here at all." Stefan looked at Emma. "But I was told I had to 'cause you would hear us out."
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throat and pull out your insides." Klaus told him. "The choice is yours."
Elizabeth rolled her eyes.
Elizabeth, Stefan and Damon looked at Emma as if to ask what she had gotten them into.
Emma managed a small, sheepish, innocent smile.
...
Dining Room
Klaus, Elizabeth, Morgana, Stefan, Damon, Emma and Elijah sat at the table.
Klaus looked at a compelled female servant. "Thank you, love." He looked at Stefan. "You lost your appetite."
Emma gave Stefan a look. "Eat."
"I thought we agreed that we would leave the grumpy Stefan at home." Damon agreed.
"That's the spirit." Klaus told them. "Isn't it nice? Seven of us dining together, brought together by a coming-of-age teenage girl." Emma held her head subtly. Elijah and Klaus looked at Emma. "Is this what you had in mind when you pulled the dagger from my brother?"
Emma shrugged. "Well, I know how he felt about you, so I figured the more, the merrier."
Emma looked at Elijah, winking.
Elijah smirked.
"Well, Elijah and I have had our share of quarrels over the centuries." Klaus told them. "But we always make it through."
"Kind of like you, Morgana and Rebekah, right?" Stefan asked. Klaus and Morgana turned their heads to give Stefan a look. "Where is she, by the way? Last I checked, she was still daggered because you were afraid to face her."
"If you're referring to the fact that Rebekah knows I killed our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah." Klaus told him.
"Hey, Stef, remember when you killed your Dad?" Elizabeth asked. "Might want to dial down the judgement until desert."
"We're here to make a deal, Elizabeth." Stefan told her. "Doesn't mean we need to kiss his ass for seven courses."
"She's just saying, we have a long evening ahead of us." Emma told them. "Pace yourselves."
Elizabeth, Morgana, Damon and Stefan gave Emma a questioning look.
Elijah and Klaus seemed amused by the interaction between the five of them.
Emma took a sip of wine.
...
Forbes House - Outside
(Song:) Lullaby - Sia
Elena, Liam and Caroline were sitting on the steps of the porch.
"Did you hear back from Tyler or Rosie yet?" Elena asked.
"No." Caroline answered. "And I've left messages for them everywhere. So does Alaric really think that Dr. Fell did it?"
"He doesn't know what to think." Elena answered.
"What about you?" Caroline asked.
"I wish the girl Alaric liked wasn't in the middle of all of this." Elena answered. "He deserves to be happy. But, yeah, she looks guilty. It's why I told your mom."
"Our mom's in there sitting with our dad." Liam told them, finally speaking up. "And I don't think they've been in the same room this long since I was nine years old and Care was ten."
Caroline looked at Liam. "Is there any chance that Tyler did it?"
Liam looked at Caroline in confusion. "What?"
"If Klaus was trying to mess with us, and he's sired to Klaus." Caroline told her. "And, I mean, he does everything that he's told."
Liam slowly shook her head. "No. No, I don't think Tyler did it. The person, whoever it was, was human, Caroline. I mean, they were stronger than me, but it wasn't... supernatural strong."
Caroline held Liam tightly, sniffling. "We can't just let our father die. You know, I'm... I'm gonna force him to feed."
"Hey." Elena told her. "He doesn't want to, Caroline. The only thing your dad has is his choice."
"I hated him so much for what he did to me." Caroline told them. "So much. Now all I want to do is save his life."
"Of course you do." Elena told them. "He's your dad."
"What was the hardest part for you?" Liam asked. "When you lost your dad?"
"Realizing all the things that he wouldn't be there for." Elena answered. "The things that... that you just need your dad for, you know?"
Liam started to cry, nodding.
Elena and Caroline held Liam from either side of him comfortingly. They heard someone walking closer, looking up.
Matt stood there. "Hey."
"Hey." Caroline told him.
Caroline stood, walking toward Matt. They wrapped their arms around each other in an embrace, pulling away.
Matt looked at Liam sadly in sympathy. "Liam..."
Liam stood, walking closer. Matt pulled him into his arms comfortingly.
...
Mystic Grill
Evelyn and Isabella were playing pool.
Evelyn couldn't focus, hitting the ball loosely, but it went into the side pocket anyway.
"You're really not into this game." Isabella told her, setting her pool stick against the pool table, walking closer to Evelyn.
"It's not that I'm not into it, but..." Evelyn trailed off, shaking her head. "I just can't... focus. I'm so distracted. With what's happening with Klaus, and Meredith, and Caroline, and Liam, or what's happening to their dad..." She exhaled, looking up. "I need to get distracted so I can stop thinking. You got a cure for that?"
Isabella looked disconcerted.
(Song Ends)
...
Klaus' Mansion - Dining Room
Klaus, Morgana, Elizabeth, Stefan, Damon, Emma and Elijah sat at the table.
"Where is the lovely tonight?" Elijah asked.
"I don't know." Emma told them. "Ask Damon."
Klaus laughed.
Elijah made a confused gesture.
Klaus smiled. "I'm sorry, you missed so much. Ah, trouble in paradise." He smirked, looking at Damon. "A little fling went on with Emma and Damon, before, well..."
Klaus looked at Stefan and Damon, smirking knowingly.
"One more word about Elena or Emma and, uh, this dinner is over." Stefan told them.
Klaus smiled, putting a finger to his lips.
"Yeah, probably just to keep Elena and Emma in the 'do not discuss' pile." Morgana told them.
"You're probably right." Klaus told them. "Yeah. It's just the allure of the Petrova Doppelganger is still so strong. What do you say?" He looked at Elijah. "What do you say, brother? Should we tell them about Tatia?"
"Now why should we discuss matters long since resolved?" Morgana asked.
"Well, given their shared affection for all Elena and Katerina and Emma, I think our guests might be curious to learn about the origin of the Petrova line." Klaus answered.
Damon looked at Stefan.
Stefan pressed his lips together, shaking his head.
"Well, we're not going anywhere, Elijah." Emma told him. "Please. Do tell."
"When our family first settled here, there was a girl named Tatia." Elijah told them. "She was of exquisite beauty. Every boy of age desired to be her suitors. Even though she had a child with another man. And none loved Tatia more than Niklaus."
"Oh, I'd say there was one who loved Tatia at least as much, after awhile..." Klaus trailed off.
"Wait a minute." Elizabeth told them. She pointed aimlessly between them, linking her hands underneath her chin, chuckling. "So you both loved the same girl?"
"It was not exactly our fault." Klaus told them.
Elizabeth, Emma, Stefan and Damon all gave him a confused look.
"Our mother was a very powerful witch." Morgana explained. "She disliked Tatia because of the way she had been tearing them apart. After our mother realized that the curse she placed on her was affecting us, she sought to end their feud over Tatia, and so she took her. And Klaus, Elijah and I would later learn that it was Tatia's blood that we consumed in the wine on the night where our mother performed the spell which turned us into vampires. Tatia's blood was to bring forth the speed, the senses that came with vampirism, strength and agility. Tatia wouldn't make a decision between the two of them, so for a time, Niklaus and Elijah... grew estranged. Harsh words were traded. They even came to blows, didn't you, brothers?"
"But, in the end, we recognized the sacred bond of family." Klaus told them.
Elijah and Morgana grabbed their wine glass from the table, raising it toward Klaus. "Family above... all."
"Family above all." Klaus agreed, clinking his wine glass to Morgana and Elijah's.
Elizabeth and Emma exchanged a look, looking at Stefan and Damon.
Stefan and Damon avoided their gazes, looking down.
...
Cave
The cave was filled with lit candles for the three witches to see.
Bonnie and Sally were casting a spell over the locked coffin.
Abby was watching them.
Bonnie and Sally chanted together. "Sigalis intransium, exalis exalis, omnes quisa operum. Sigalis intransium, exalis exalis, omnaben libras. Sigalis intransium, exalis exalis. omnes quisa operum, exalis exalis."
The force of the sealing spell broke Bonnie and Sally's hand contact, making them both gasp.
Abby looked at them in concern, stepping closer. "Are you okay?"
"No." Sally answered. "We've been at this for over an hour."
"The spirits are angry with me." Abby told them. "For leaving you. Maybe they didn't want me to have my powers again."
"We had all of those dreams for a reason." Sally told her. "The spirits wanted us to find you because you're our family. We need your help."
Abby didn't know what to say.
Bonnie looked at her mother, hurt. "You know Dad never talked about you? And neither did Grams. I had no memories of you. So you know what I use to pretend? That you were dead. It was easier to do that than to wonder why you never came back for me."
Abby had tears in her eyes. "There is no way I can tell you how sorry I am for what I did."
"Yes, there is." Sally told her. "You can help us."
Sally held her hand over the coffin toward Bonnie.
Bonnie took the hand that Sally offered her.
Bonnie and Sally both offered their other hands to Abby.
Abby hesitated, taking both of their hands.
Bonnie, Sally and Abby held their hands over the coffin, closing their eyes, chanting together. "Sigalis intransium, exalis exalis, omnes quisa operum. Sigalis intransium, exalis exalis, omnaben libras. Sigalis intransium, exalis exalis. omnes quisa operum, exalis exalis."
The candles flared up.
A deep rumbling could be heard.
After a moment, the candles returned to normal.
Everything was quiet.
Bonnie tried to open the locked coffin, making it rattle, but it still wouldn't open. "It almost worked. I have to call Emma, tell her that we're getting closer. I'll be right back."
"I'll go with you." Abby told her.
Bonnie hesitated, nodding. "Okay."
Abby and Bonnie walked out, leaving.
Sally watched them go, a little happy and proud that Bonnie was letting her mother be around for her. She heard a thud behind her, slowly, cautiously turning to look at the coffin. She walked closer, reaching out to open it.
The coffin burst open.
All of the candles flared up insanely high and bright.
Sally gasped in shock.
...
Klaus' Mansion - Dining Room
Klaus, Morgana, Elizabeth, Stefan, Damon, Emma and Elijah sat at the table.
The compelled woman took away their finished plates.
Emma hid her phone underneath the table, looking at the text from Bonnie.
Getting closer. Need more time.
Emma closed her eyes, holding a hand to her head subtly.
"So, why don't we move this evening and discuss the terms of this proposal?" Elijah asked. He looked at Emma to see that she was still holding her head with her eyes closed, noticing something wrong, confused and a little concerned. "Emma?"
Emma opened her eyes, looking up. "Hmm?"
"Are you all right?" Elijah asked.
Elizabeth, Stefan and Damon looked at Emma expectantly, suspiciously, knowing that this was one of the things she was keeping from them.
Emma nodded, putting her hand down. "Yeah, fine." Klaus smirked knowingly. Emma ignored him, shaking her head simply. "All I needed to do was convince them to come, and I did." She looked at Elizabeth. "I don't think you want to be apart of this." She looked around the table. "This one's all you, boys. Damon?"
"That's very simple." Damon told them. "Klaus gets his coffin back, in exchange, he and the Original extended family leave Mystic Falls forever. Me, Stefan, Emma, Elena, Elizabeth, Isabella and all the rest live happily ever after. No grudges."
"The deal sounds fair, brother." Elijah told him.
"I don't think you understand." Klaus told them. "Elena and Emma's Doppelganger blood insures that I will always have more hybrids to fight those that oppose me. I will never leave them behind." He stood, starting to pace. "Let's say I do leave them here, under your protection, what then? How long before one of you turns Elena into a vampire?" He looked back at Stefan and Damon. "Or worse, how long before one of them dies caught between your feuding? You see, each one of you truly believes that you're the one that can protect them, and that is simply a delusion." Klaus looked between Elizabeth, Stefan and Damon. "Honestly, the Doppelgänger you have, Emma... You treat her and protect her as though she's a friend, and she treats you and protects you as if you were her brothers and sister, even after her life was destroyed and is slipping away because of you." Emma didn't react. Elizabeth, Stefan and Damon looked toward her. Klaus looked at Elizabeth. "And though you did have a dark path, you still fight for Emma's safety even more than you fight for your own. She has the same dangers as Elena do." Emma turned her head toward Klaus, tilting her head, getting annoyed. "Gentlemen, the worst thing for either Emma and Elena Gilbert or my sister Morgana is..." Klaus looked at Stefan and Damon. "The two of you."
Emma looked upset, taking a deep breath. "I'm gonna get some air."
Emma stood, walking out, leaving.
Elijah stood, looking at the others. "Let me deal with this."
Elijah followed Emma , walking out, leaving.
"All this talk has made me thirsty." Klaus told them. The compelled woman walked closer, standing in front of Klaus. "What do you say, Elisaveta, Salvatore siblings? Can I interest you in a little after dinner drink?"
Elizabeth, Stefan and Damon didn't answer.
Klaus bit into the woman's neck, feeding.
...
Gilbert House - Outside
Isabella and Evelyn walked toward the house.
"Thanks for coming to check on Alaric with me." Isabella told her.
"How are you?" Evelyn asked. "This whole thing with Caroline and Liam and their father has to bring up a lot for you."
"We've all lost a lot." Isabella told her.
"It's this town." Evelyn told her. "It's liked it's cursed or something. None of us should have to live this way."
...
Inside - Foyer
Isabella and Evelyn walked in.
It was completely dark.
Isabella tried to turn the light on, but it didn't come on. "That's weird."
"Electricity must be out." Evelyn told her.
Isabella sighed.
...
Kitchen
Isabella walked into the kitchen, opening a cupboard, grabbing two flashlights.
...
Foyer
Evelyn caught a scent that was too familiar, looking around suspiciously. "Isabella."
Isabella walked in, handing Evelyn a flashlight. "Here." She turned her flashlight on. "I think we have some candles over there."
Isabella turned toward the living room.
Evelyn grabbed her arm to stop her. "Isabella." Isabella looked at her. "Do you smell that? Blood."
Isabella took a deep breath, moving her flashlight beam to the hallway and the stairs, illuminating bloody hand prints on the walls. "Oh, my God. Ric?"
Isabella and Evelyn rushed upstairs.
...
Upstairs Hallway
Alaric was lying in Elizabeth's doorway with a knife through his stomach.
Isabella rushed closer, kneeling by his side. "Ric! Oh, my God." Evelyn was standing behind her. Isabella grabbed Alaric's face gently. "Ric, look at me. Who did this to you?"
"I don't know." Alaric told them.
Isabella pulled the knife out, making him scream, biting into her wrist, holding it out for him to drink.
Alaric pushed her hand away.
"Please, just let me heal you." Isabella told him.
"No." Alaric told her. "Isabella, no."
Isabella gave him a desperate, pleading look. "You're dying, Ric! Please."
Evelyn walked closer.
Isabella rushed closer, kneeling by his side. "Ric! Oh, my God." Evelyn was standing behind her. Isabella grabbed Alaric's face gently. "Ric, look at me. Who did this to you?"
"I don't know." Alaric told them.
Isabella pulled the knife out, making him scream, biting into her wrist, holding it out for him to drink.
Alaric pushed her hand away.
"Please, just let me heal you." Isabella told him.
"No." Alaric told her. "Isabella, no."
Isabella gave him a desperate, pleading look. "You're dying, Ric! Please."
Evelyn walked closer.
Alaric sighed in defeat, nodding.
Isabella held her bitten wrist to his mouth in relief, letting him drink.
Evelyn knelt next to them. "You're gonna be okay." Alaric had enough to drink, drifting off into unconsciousness. Evelyn sighed. "He's okay. He's just... he passed out."
Isabella nodded, tears in her eyes.
Evelyn looked at Isabella in sympathy, holding her head to her shoulder comfortingly.
...
Klaus' Mansion - Dining Room
Elizabeth, Stefan and Damon were still sitting at the table, watching Klaus feed on the compelled woman.
Klaus pulled away, letting the girl fall carelessly. "Delicious. Aged to perfection."
"Well, I guess the only reason you agreed to this evening, Klaus, is to drive a wedge between me, my friend, my brother and my other friend." Stefan told him.
"Oh, no, you're doing that well enough on your own." Klaus told him. "Because of Morgana and Elena, you're gonna lose your brother, and you'll only have yourself to blame." Klaus looked at Elizabeth. "But you've been trying to tell them that from the start, haven't you, love?"
Elizabeth barely tilted her head in acknowledgement, looking away.
Emma and Elijah walked in.
"What do you say, Klaus?" Emma asked. "It's time for you to put something on the table. We've made our offer, now you counter."
"Okay." Klaus told them. "I offer Emma and Elena's future happiness. You see, what they need right now is to be rid of you lot. And what Elena needs is to fall in love with a human, maybe that nice football player."
"Matt Donovan?" Damon asked skeptically. "Really?"
"Yeah, why not?" Klaus asked. "They'll marry, live a long and fruitful life, and pop out a perfect family."
"And continue the Petrova bloodline." Emma realized. "Every few hundred years, you'll have a new Doppelganger to drain and never run out of hybrids, right, Klaus?"
"Consider it a small return on my investment in her well being." Klaus told them. "See, after you hand me back the coffin, I'll ensure her and your safety for the rest of one's natural life, and one's eternal, you know it's what's best for them." He walked toward them. "So, what do you say... Do we have a deal?"
Elizabeth stood, walking around Stefan and Damon, toward Klaus.
"What are you doing?" Stefan asked.
Elizabeth ignored them, stopping in front of Klaus.
Klaus smiled, holding his hand toward Elizabeth.
Elizabeth took his hand. "Nice try, Klaus. But no deal."
Klaus hesitated, sighing, breaking Elizabeth's arm, pushing her hand into the fireplace, making her arm start to burn.
Elizabeth groaned in pain.
Stefan and Damon stood, attempting to rush closer.
Elijah rushed toward Stefan and Damon, snapping their necks, making them fall unconscious.
"What are you doing?" Emma asked.
Elizabeth used Emma's words from earlier. "'If you're there, Klaus will be less tempted to kill us'. Your words, Emma."
Klaus continued to hold Elizabeth's arm in the fire.
"Stop!" Emma told him angrily.
"Now, bring me my coffin before I burn her alive." Klaus told her.
"I'll get it." Emma told them, turning to leave.
Klaus looked at Elijah. "Go with her, brother. You keep her honest. And when you return, I will make good on my promise to you and I will hand over our family."
Elijah looked at them for a moment, walking out, leaving.
...
Forbes House - Caroline's Room
(Song:) With Wings - Amy Stroup
Bill was in Caroline's room, looking around.
Caroline and Liam walked in.
"Hey." Liam told him quickly.
Bill pointed at a trophy on Caroline's dresser, looking at her. "Your first day at Regionals."
"Yep." Caroline agreed. "I was afraid to join the squad, but you and Liam talked me into it."
"You had nothing to be afraid of." Bill told her. "You both were so much better than all those other girls."
"How are you feeling?" Caroline asked.
Bill sat on Caroline's bed. "I'm tired."
"Can I get you anything?" Liam asked. "Or, um... do you want me to call Steven?"
"No, no, we haven't spoken in a while." Bill answered. "Just call him when it's over and tell him the dust is settled, would you?"
Liam knelt in front of him, taking his hands. "Listen to me. I know that you think you made your choice, but you can change your mind."
"You know, you are strong enough to handle being a vampire." Caroline told him. "I mean, you're the strongest person that I know."
"Oh, Caroline, my strength is all in my beliefs." Bill told her. "Becoming a vampire is wrong. People aren't supposed to cheat death. It's just what I believe. Both of you please respect that."
Liam let go of his hands, standing, starting to cry. "God."
Caroline started to cry, looking at Bill. "How can you hate who I am so much?"
Bill stood, holding a hand on both of their cheeks gently. "Oh, no, no, no, sweetheart, I don't hate either of you. I love both of you. You're strong. You're beautiful. You're good. And even after everything that has happened to you, you are exactly who your mother and I hoped you'd grow up to be."
"Please don't leave us, Dad." Liam whispered. "Please... please don't leave us. Dad, just don't leave us."
Bill looked at Caroline and Liam sadly, pulling his children into his arms, holding them for the last time. "Shh. Parents aren't supposed to outlive their children, Liam. It's okay." He kissed the top of Caroline's head, then Liam's. Caroline and Liam both continued to cry. Liz was watching from the doorway with tears in her own eyes. "This is life. This is what it means to be human."
(Song Ends)
...
Klaus' Mansion - Dining Room
Klaus still held Elizabeth's hand in the fire, making her groan in pain. "Sorry. No hard feelings, love. Just trying to get your great niece's cooperation."
"No hard feelings?" Elizabeth repeated incredulously in anger. "You're really saying that while you're trying to kill me?"
Klaus looked hurt and confused, pulling Elizabeth's hand out of the fire, pulling her to her feet, holding her shoulders. "Do you really think that? You really think that I would kill you?"
"You've tried to kill everyone repeatedly just since you've been back to Mystic Falls." Elizabeth told him.
"So you thought that plotting with your family and friends to have Mikael kill me would be good revenge?" Klaus asked. Elizabeth scoffed, looking away. "You still have the fight, you're still the Elisaveta I once knew, but where's the girl I loved?"
Elizabeth backed away. "You want me to show you the girl you fell in love with? Show me the guy I loved. And you're sure as hell not doing it by ruining my life. And the only way I'd ever forgive you is if you somehow found a freaking amazing way to apologize." Klaus looked hurt by this. Stefan and Damon were starting to wake up. "The bad thing is that I can't hate you for what you do to me, or what I do to you, because we both know that this is because of an immortal psychic bitch being so far in our heads that makes us be cruel to our family and each other when they're being cruel to us."
Klaus actually looked a little hurt. He looked behind Elizabeth to see Emma and Elijah walking in. "Elijah... Why haven't you left?"
"Where are your manners, brother?" Elijah asked. "We forgot dessert."
Elijah turned to another compelled woman, taking the cover off a plate she was carrying, revealing two silver daggers inside.
Stefan and Damon slowly stood.
"What have you done?" Klaus asked.
"What have you done?" Elijah replied. "You see, I've learned not to trust your vulgar promises, Klaus. We're doing this on my terms now."
Kol walked in behind him, in 1900s attire.
Klaus was in shock. "Kol!"
"Long time, brother." Kol told him.
Klaus started to back away.
Another brother appeared, rushing into the room, grabbing a dagger, in Italy 1200s attire.
"Finn, don't!" Klaus told him. Finn stabbed Klaus through his hand, taking the dagger out furiously. Klaus rushed away toward the door. Morgana walked in. "Morgana?"
Morgana smirked. "Hello, Nik."
Morgana looked at Klaus angrily, taking a dagger, stabbing it so far into his heart that they could hear bone protesting.
Klaus backed away, taking the dagger out, rushing away, around Morgana.
Rebekah walked in, still wearing her Homecoming dress.
Klaus looked at her worriedly. "Rebekah?"
Rebekah stabbed Klaus in his stomach with a dagger. "This is for our mother."
Klaus backed away.
Kol restrained Klaus from behind.
Rebekah and Morgana walked closer, looking at Klaus angrily.
Emma walked toward Elizabeth, Stefan and Damon.
"You're free to go." Elijah told them. "This is family business."
Elizabeth, Stefan, Damon and Emma looked at them warily, walking out, leaving.
...
Forbes House - Caroline's Room
(Song:) Hate & Love - Jack Savoretti
Bill was laying on Caroline's bed, dead.
Caroline and Liam were sitting on either side of his body, crying in devastation, holding either of his hands.
Liz walked in, crying.
Liz, Caroline and Liam looked at each other in devastated despair, not knowing what to say now that Bill was gone.
...
Gilbert House - Living Room
The lights were on.
Alaric was unconscious on the couch.
Evelyn and Isabella sat in chairs nearby.
Elena and Matt walked into the room with tea.
"He's still out?" Matt asked.
Isabella nodded.
"Caroline called." Elena told them. "Their dad died. Liam's a mess."
Matt exhaled shakily.
Isabella looked from Matt to Evelyn. "Will you stay with us? Until he wakes up?"
"Of course." Evelyn answered.
"We can't lose anymore family." Elena told them.
Isabella and Elena both started to cry.
Matt held his arms around Elena.
Evelyn held Isabella close to her.
...
Woods
Emma, Elizabeth, Damon and Stefan walked through the woods toward the Lockwood Cellar.
"You sure that you want to bring me to the location of where you're hiding the last coffin?" Elizabeth asked. "I thought I was still a liability."
"After what Klaus did tonight, I don't think you'll be a liability for a while, Elizabeth." Stefan told her.
"How much of that did you three hear?" Elizabeth asked.
"I heard all of it." Emma answered.
Elizabeth sighed, looking away.
Damon looked at Emma. "So everything that happened tonight, you knew would happen?"
"Yep." Emma answered. "And since when have you know me to leave a room for some 'air'?"
"You were right about Elijah." Stefan told her. "Undaggering him was a smart move."
"Wow, actual acknowledgment of a job well done." Emma told him tauntingly. "You're going soft, Stefan."
"So, I guess we shouldn't thank you for saving us from Klaus?" Elizabeth asked.
"Shut up." Emma told them. "You don't get to thank me until I pay you three back for all those times you saved me."
"You could have left us there." Stefan told her. "Klaus would have killed us and you would no longer have the three horrible vampires that have ruined your life."
Emma scoffed, turning to face them, making them stop. "How many times do I have to say this? The three of you are all I have anymore. Yes, I could have left. Yes, I could have let you die. But I didn't, and I never have, and I never will. Call me insane or stupid or just trying to live a little piece of a normal life with the most bizarre family in the world, but..." She shook her head. "It's the absolute truth. If you can't be a fool for family, who can you be a fool for?"
Elizabeth, Damon and Stefan were stunned with her compassionate speech, smiling small smiles in appreciation.
Emma looked at them for a moment sadly, walking away toward the cellar, leaving them to think about what she had said.
(Song Ends)
...
Gilbert House - Living Room
Alaric was still unconscious on the couch.
Isabella and Evelyn were sitting in nearby chairs.
Matt and Elena stood nearby.
Elena was on the phone.
Liz's voice was on the other line. "I looked into it, Elena." She was standing in the hallway of the Forbes House, looking into Caroline's room where Caroline and Liam were still crying over Bill's body. "Meredith Fell was called into surgery six hours ago. She's been in there ever since."
"She has an alibi?" Elena asked.
"Iron-tight in an operating room full of witnesses." Liz answered.
"Then who could it be?" Elena asked.
"I don't know." Liz told her. "But the attack on Alaric makes this the third member of the Founder's Council, and we just cleared our only suspect."
Alaric woke up, starting to cough.
Elena hung up, walking closer instantly.
Isabella took Alaric's hand, breathing a heavy sigh of relief.
Matt, Elena, Isabella and Evelyn looked at each other in relief.
...
Tunnels
Emma, Elizabeth, Stefan and Damon walked through the tunnels toward the cave.
"Let's hope the wicked witches got that coffin open." Elizabeth told them.
"Something's gotta make this night worthwhile." Stefan told them.
They saw that Bonnie, Sally and Abby were on the floor of the cave, all of them unconscious.
Emma ran into the cave, kneeling next to them worriedly. "Bonnie? Sally?" She checked their pulses, looking toward where Elizabeth, Stefan and Damon had to stop at the entrance to the cave because they couldn't get in. "They're still breathing."
They looked toward the spelled coffin to see that it was unlocked and open.
"Coffin's open." Damon told them. "Well, it's not gonna do us any good. Whatever's in it is gone."
...
Klaus' Mansion - Living Room
The Mikaelson siblings were gathered in the room.
Klaus was sitting at the table, sulking while his siblings were angry.
"I like what you've done with the new place, Nik." Morgana told him, walking over to a glass vase, grabbing it, throwing it against the picture frame that hung on the wall, shattering not just the object, but the glass and frame on the picture frame.
"I wanted it to be for all of us." Klaus told them miserably. "A place we could all call home. A place we could all be a family. None of us would ever have to be alone again."
"You're right." Elijah told him. "None of us will be."
Elijah walked away from Klaus, leaving him there in his misery.
"You're staying behind." Finn told him, walking past him with a drink in his hand, walking to stand with Rebekah, Kol, Elijah and Morgana.
Klaus stood. He looked pleadingly at Rebekah.
Rebekah tilted her head. "We're leaving you, Nik. Right after I kill that Doppelgängers twin wench."
"And you will be alone." Morgana told them. "Always and forever."
Klaus looked at them angrily. "If you run, I'll will hunt all of you down."
"And then you become everything you hate." Kol told him. "Our father."
Klaus became even angrier at the comparison to their father. "I'm the hybrid! I can't be killed! I have nothing to fear from any of you."
"You will when we have that coffin." Elijah told him.
Klaus glared at his siblings, who looked at him just as angrily.
The other siblings heard the door open behind them, turning to see who would be there.
They looked at the unexpected guest in shock.
Esther, dressed in her dark green gown she had died in a thousand years ago.
"Mother?" Rebekah asked in shock, breathless whisper.
Esther looked over her children, walking past them toward Klaus.
The siblings were trying to figure out how she was still alive and how to process this shocking revelation.
Klaus avoided looking at Esther.
"Look at me." Esther told him forcefully. Klaus looked at her. "Do you know why I'm here?"
"You're here to kill me." Klaus whispered.
"Niklaus, you are my son." Esther told him. "I am here to forgive you." Everyone looked at her in surprise. Esther turned away from Klaus, looking over every single one of her children before her. "I want us to be a family again."