Flashback - One Year Ago
Day - Cemetery
Shane was sitting at two graves, looking at the names Kate Shane and Sam Shane, crying.
Esmeralda slowly approached Shane from behind, reading his mind, smirking.
...
Now
Day One
Morning - Island - Beach
Shane stood alone on the sand, bundled up against the cold, looking toward the others. "Congratulations!" He looked away, speaking to himself. "We made it."
Elena, Stefan, Damon, Morgana, Jeremy, Isabella, Evelyn, Bonnie, Sally and Rebekah looked around in uncertainty and curiosity.
...
Beach
Evelyn and Isabella were sitting on a bench.
Isabella was sharpening a knife.
Shane approached them.
"Couldn't they have hidden this Cure in Hawaii?" Evelyn asked. "Where the hell did you take us?"
"Two hundred miles off the Nova Scotia mainland." Shane answered. "If you recall, the whole point was to hide the Cure on the world's most obscure, desolate island."
"Oh, yeah?" Evelyn asked. "I thought the whole point was that no one found Silas, and so no one would raise him from the dead and ignite a war between him and his sister Esmeralda, the oldest, deadliest freaks in the world."
"Yeah, that too." Shane told them, holding up sunscreen, offering it to them. "Sunscreen?"
Isabella stopped sharpening her knife, looking at Shane. "Is that a joke?"
"Right." Shane told them awkwardly.
Evelyn looked around for something to watch and listen to because she seemed bored.
She saw that Stefan was tying a knot with some rope.
Morgana was standing there next to Stefan, glaring at Elena as she walked past.
"You know, you're not really helping." Stefan told her.
"You're perfectly capable of tying a knot." Morgana replied.
"You're giving Elena the evil eye." Stefan told her. "It's not really helping."
"She begged me to help with her vampire transition, then the second Emma breaks up with Damon and you break up with her, she sleeps with Emma's ex-slash-your brother, and continues to tear out your heart on a daily basis." Morgana told him. "And she's been a bitch to me ever since she told me the truth. She's lucky all she's getting is the evil eye."
Elena stopped walking. "You know I can hear you, right?"
Morgana tilted her head. "You know I don't care, right?"
Elena dropped her bag, rushing over to Morgana, gripping her throat. "I told you I was sorry. You slept with Stefan to get back at me. We're even."
"Or maybe, for once, we did something that had nothing to do with you at all." Morgana told her. "Is it so hard to believe that? Or is it so hard to believe that Stefan's moved on?"
Evelyn rushed up to them, pushing Elena off of Morgana, standing between them, separating the two. "Stop!" She looked at Elena. "What is the big deal? You slept with Damon first. Both of you told Stefan to move on, and now that he has, you're pissed all of the sudden?" She looked at Morgana. "And you. Trying to provoke a response out of her? Trying to find out whether or not she cares about you? Why don't you just ask, and stop hiding out at Tyler and Rosie's?"
"No, she can stay there." Elena told them, turning around, walking away, looking irritated, grabbing her bag.
Damon walked next to her. "Looks like someone forgot their team-building exercises."
"I've apologized enough." Elena told him. "I'm not gonna apologize again."
"You know that they're just here together for two reasons." Damon told her. "Morgana wants you to think she doesn't miss you. Stefan wants me to think I can't get under his skin."
Morgana rolled her eyes, turning away, no longer listening.
"Hey, hey, hey." Evelyn told her, stepping in her way. "I am trying my best to keep you guys friends, but it gets harder and harder by the day, and I'm not seeing another good reason to keep trying to keep this group from falling apart."
Stefan stood next to them. "Hey, I got it, Evelyn, okay?" Evelyn looked at Stefan. Stefan nodded. Evelyn turned around, walking away. Stefan turned to Morgana. "I know you hate her right now. And I hate him right now. But she's your friend, and he's my brother. We can't hate them forever."
"Maybe you can't hate Damon forever, but Elena and I were born into two families that's been cursed since the beginning of time that is supposed to make everyone hate each other, and destroy each other's lives." Morgana told him. "I guess it's working."
"And the only way for a curse like that to work is if you let it." Stefan told her.
"Do you actually think I want any of this?" Morgana asked. "I don't. But it just keeps happening, like nothing can stop it. But I'll have one less thing to worry about when I'm human. Klaus human. That's... That's the thing that made everything worse by a hundred percent."
Stefan put either hand on Morgana's cheeks, making her look up at him. "I know. And once it's gone, you'll never have to deal with him again."
Morgana sighed, nodding.
Stefan pulled Morgana to his chest, wrapping his arms around her. Morgana wrapped her arms around him, leaning her head against his shoulder.
...
Elsewhere
Bonnie was taking pictures of Jeremy's tattoo with her phone.
Isabella and Sally were standing nearby.
Bonnie looked at Jeremy. "Sorry, if there was a less awkward way to do this, I would."
Sally looked at the tattoo. "These symbols must have been left for the Hunters, so they can find the Cure. And this must be the story of Qetsiyah and Silas and their sisters. According to Shane, Silas asked Qetsiyah for help making a spell for immortality. She helped make him immortal, only to learn that he planned to use the same spell on another women, not her, and he had another girl, her friend, waiting in the wings. When Qetsiyah found out, she freaked."
"So, Qetsiyah killed the other women?" Jeremy asked.
"Yeah." Bonnie answered. "In revenge, Silas turned Qetsiyah's younger sister, Octavia, immortal. And in revenge for his revenge, Qetsiyah turned Silas' younger sister, Esmeralda, immortal. Octavia wanted to become mortal again, to die a human death. So Qetsiyah made an elixir to revert her and Silas back into mortals."
"The Cure." Jeremy realized.
Isabella nodded. "Esmeralda wanted to live and know that her brother was suffering, so she didn't take it. She made a deal with Qetsiyah and Octavia to destroy Silas since they destroyed all of their lives. Silas was immortal. They couldn't kill him. So they trapped him in a cave, and buried him alive instead. And since Esmeralda was the one who had locked him in there, and they used Pandora's blood and since Morgana and Rosie are their Doppelgängers..."
"Their blood would bring him back." Jeremy finished.
"But he stills needs the witches to do the spell, so he won't kill us." Isabella told him. "But we saw what Esmeralda could do by turning us all on Finn and Kol and killing them, and the fact that she can even control the Originals. If Silas is anything like Esmeralda, there is no way Morgana or Rosie is waking Silas."
"Does it say anything about the Hunter's purpose in all this?" Jeremy asked.
Shane approached them. "I was wondering when you'd ask. When Qetsiyah created a Cure for immortality for her sister, she created one for Silas, and then she buried it with him, hoping that he'd take it and die, and end up on the Other Side with her for all eternity. But he wouldn't give her the satisfaction. So, many centuries later, the three witches' descendants created the Hunters to find him, cure him and kill him. You know what? I'll explain on the hike. Come on. We gotta get going."
Everyone began to hike through the woods.
...
Mystic Falls, Virginia
Gilbert House - Living Room
Klaus stared numbly, mutely at Kol's burned, mummified corpse.
Tyler leaned against the doorway, looking at Klaus smugly. "Where's Rosie?"
"I told her to go after the others." Klaus answered. "Get the Cure and bring it to me or destroy it, depending on what I want."
"That's what I thought, which is why I already called Morgana to give her the heads up." Tyler told him.
"And I told her to bite anyone who got in her way." Klaus told him. "Too bad I'm all the way here, with the only cure to werewolf venom."
Tyler gave him a look.
Scott walked into the family room, looking at Klaus. "Good morning, sunshine. You look pathetic."
"Only until Bonnie, Sally and Elizabeth's spell locking me in here wears off." Klaus replied. "Then I'll look different." He slowly turned toward Tyler and Scott. "Angrier, perhaps. Or I won't look like anything, because I'd gouged out your eyeballs from their sockets."
"Our friends will find the Cure by then." Tyler told him. "So Morgana can take it, turn herself human, and, because of your new link Elizabeth did before they left, make you mortal along with her."
"I'm an Original." Klaus told him. "What makes you think my entire vampire bloodline won't be cured along with me? IE: the two of you."
"You know what I think?" Scott asked. "I think that's impossible. I think the moment you stop being a vampire, our whole blood connection to you is broken. And your sire line ceases to exist. So whatever happens to you, happens only to you. That means we can kill your ass and no one else has to die. Although, we still are debating just how to do it."
Klaus rushed in front of the two hybrids, glaring at Tyler. "I recommend drowning. There's nothing quite like the feeling of fighting for something as basic as human breath." He glared at Scott . "Or perhaps find a broad sword and lose yourself in a kill, tearing the body to shreds in such a way that the famous term 'animal attack' is quiet believable." He looked at Tyler. "And let me tell you, your mother was a fighter." He smirked at Scott. "Your brother died trying to save the fighter, and he didn't try to run. A true warrior."
Tyler and Scott exchanged a surprised look, realizing that Derek, Scott's brother, had died trying to save Carol, Tyler's mother's, life.
...
The Island - Woods
The group was still hiking forward.
Shane was in the front, holding his phone in his hand, beeping. "Satellite phone lost its signal."
"Well, that's a good sign." Evelyn told them sarcastically.
"Is anyone else a little creeped out?" Elena asked.
"So then leave." Rebekah told her. "Out of everyone, your presence is the least necessary."
"Please don't start." Stefan told her.
"I'm merely stating facts." Rebekah said. "Jeremy has the spell on his body. Sally and Bonnie are the witches that unseal the Cure. Shane is the human compass. You and Morgana have the tombstone, which does God knows what. In case there are any lurking vampires above the age of 500, Morgana and I are the only ones who stands a chance. Evelyn is here to dispute any friendship drama, which wouldn't be necessary if Elena wasn't here. And Elena has no point."
"What about us?" Damon asked, gesturing from him to Isabella.
"You have nice behinds." Morgana told them.
Damon smirked.
Isabella tilted her head, almost as if in acknowledgement.
...
Night
Island - Woods
The group was still hiking.
"Centuries after Qetsiyah died, there were these minors who were excavating a well on the island." Shane told them. "Suddenly they went mad. Bled themselves dry. No apparent reason. So, the legend spread that these minors, in exchange for a drop of their blood, saw visions of their loved ones in the well they were digging. The word traveled and explorers sought out the well to see if the legend was true."
"So, the well was magic?" Bonnie asked.
"Well, you know, some people believe the voices of the lost souls were just a wind vortex whipping through the the caves, and the visions were caused by inhaling the island's poisonous plant life." Shane told them.
"And what do you believe?" Elena asked.
"I believe in magic." Shane answered. "I think it's the reason that Esmeralda tracked me down in the first place, finding me at a cemetery where my wife and my son were buried, after they had died within months of each other. She came to me, appearing to me as my dead wife at first, starting to get into my head. And then she promised me that I could get them back, and I started to work with her willingly."
...
Flashback
Day - Cemetery
Shane was still crying at his wife and son's graves.
Esmeralda appeared to Shane as his wife, Kate, whispering. "Atticus."
"Kate?" Shane asked in shock.
"Hello, Atty." Esmeralda/Kate told him.
Shane was in too much shock to move. "Kate."
...
Now
Night - Island - Woods
Shane was still leading the others along. "Rosalita let me see her again, and promised me that I could have her back, as long as I did as she said. She told me everything that I needed to do to get to this point. To achieve what we've achieved."
"Yeah, I got it." Isabella told him. "Rosie's Doppelganger is a psychopathic bitch that needs to be Cured so that we can kill the bitch."
Damon walked forward.
The rest of them followed.
"Wait." Shane told them. "Stop. Stop! Stop."
Everyone stopped.
"We heard you the first time." Sally told him.
"Is everyone paying attention?" Shane asked. He picked up a big rock. "Our first lesson in survival." He threw the rock on the ground. It triggered a net, lashing up into the trees. "Stay together. Keep your eyes open."
Everyone started walking again.
Jeremy stopped, in the back of the group, standing next to Evelyn. "Ugh, I'm out of water."
Morgana stood next to them, holding out her water bottle. "Here. Take mine."
Jeremy took it.
"Shane let Esmeralda control him with visions of his dead wife, and then willingly worked for her so that he could get her and his son back?" Evelyn asked. "Seriously?"
Elena was walking in front of them. "I don't know. I mean... We've all lost some one. The chance to maybe see them again? I kinda get it."
Jeremy smiled sadly, taking a sip of water.
Elena walked ahead of them.
Jeremy looked at Morgana. "You can't hate each other forever, Morgana."
"I'm trying, Jer, okay?" Morgana asked.
"I know." Jeremy told her. "I just hate seeing you guys like this."
"I know." Morgana told him, walking forward. "Elena, listen, I wanna ap-"
"Oh, so now you wanna be nice?" Elena asked. "That's just great, Morgana. Especially considering that the only reason you and Stefan are together right now is to get under my and Damon's skin."
"You know, not everything is about you." Morgana told her. She stopped walking. "I was trying to apologize."
Elena turned to face her. "I don't want your apology."
Elena turned around, walking away.
Evelyn sighed. "I better go before they try to tear each other's throats out."
Jeremy chuckled.
Evelyn walked ahead of him.
A branch snapped.
A man with tribal paint aimed an arrow at Jeremy.
Evelyn saw this. "Jeremy!"
Evelyn rushed over to Jeremy, pushing him out of the way, making the arrow miss.
The man reloaded, but he suddenly grunted, falling to the ground, a hatchet in his back, dead.
Elena and Morgana ran back to them, looking at the man's body, standing next to Evelyn.
"What the hell just happened?" Morgana asked.
Jeremy stood on the other side of Evelyn. "Somebody just saved my life."
...
Clearing
Walking with the group again, they arrived to the clearing in the middle of the woods.
"What is this place?" Sally asked.
"According to island lore..." Shane trailed off. Sally and Evelyn groaned in annoyance. "A group of college kids came here for spring break. A few weeks later, they were all found dead, completely drained of blood."
"Well, tragic for them, brilliant for us." Rebekah told them. "Who sleeps where?"
The rest started to settle to get some sleep.
Damon stood next to Shane. "Well, that's lovely. There's a mystery man with a hatchet lurking in the woods and we're just gonna camp?"
"We're safer here than hiking out in the dark." Shane told him.
"Let's just keep going." Damon told him. "You know, get the Cure. Get in, get out. Where is it?"
"How stupid do you think I am?" Shane asked.
"Stupid enough to raise an immortal witch, so I'd say... incredibly," Damon answered.
"You know, I'm shocked you even want the Cure, considering you've got the most to lose once Elena's human." Shane told him.
Damon walked away.
Elena watched him go, standing, following him. "Shane doesn't know what he's talking about."
"Yeah, well, we'll find out tomorrow." Damon told her.
"Do you really think that I'm gonna take this Cure, break the sire bond, and fall out of love with you?" Elena asked.
"No." Damon answered. "I'm saying we don't know. And if we find it tomorrow, we will."
"This Cure is gonna change so many things." Elena told him. "Jeremy's not gonna want to kill me anymore. We're finally gonna get rid of Klaus. Rosie won't be sired to him anymore, because he won't be able to tell her what to do. Bonnie's mom isn't gonna be a vampire. Emma won't have to worry about killing a vampire and becoming a Hunter and risking killing the family of vampires that she so desperately loves. And anyone who wants to take this Cure is gonna have that option. Caroline, Stefan, Evelyn, Elizabeth, you. If you want it."
Elena looked at Damon expectantly.
"No, I get it." Damon told her. "Everything changes tomorrow. It'll be all unicorns and rainbows."
"No, not everything." Elena told him. "That's what I'm saying. Damon, not my feelings for you."
Elena kissed Damon, pulling away, touching his face. Damon put his arms around her.
...
Mystic Falls, Virginia
Gilbert House - Kitchen
Scott, Tyler and Caroline were standing or sitting around the kitchen island counter.
Elizabeth opened the back door, walking in. "I thought I told you guys to stay away from here. You do realize that he's pissed enough to kill any of you within a heartbeat, right?"
"We're gloating." Scott told her. "And thanks for the concern, but we're fine."
"Yeah, clearly." Elizabeth told them sarcastically.
Tyler poured himself a drink. "Oh, did I ever thank you for saving my life when Klaus turned me?"
"No, you didn't." Elizabeth answered. "You're welcome, by the way."
"Why'd you do it?" Tyler asked.
"I protect my friends as much as I can, Tyler, and believe it or not, you are one of them." Elizabeth told him. She looked at Caroline for help. "Caroline..."
Caroline shook her head. "I'm not leaving without them."
Klaus emerged from the living room, walking as far as he could within the confines of the spell. "Hello, Elisaveta."
Elizabeth turned to look at Klaus, leaning against the kitchen island counter, crossing her arms over her chest.
Caroline glared at Klaus, turning to Tyler and Scott. "Come home. Don't stoop to his level."
"He destroyed our lives." Scott told them. "I plan on being present for every second of his misery until I can kill him myself."
"I second that." Tyler told him.
Tyler and Scott clinked their glasses.
"Fine." Caroline told them. "You can gloat and multitask. This place is a disaster. Starting with a horrific burnt corpse."
Caroline found a table cloth in a cabinet. Tyler and Scott helped her cover Kol's body.
Klaus watched them with a slightly tortured expression. "Tyler's mother is dead. Scott's brother is dead. So is mine. We're even." He looked at Caroline. "Call Bonnie, or one of the others. Get them to let me out of here."
"I will never, ever, help you." Caroline told him hatefully.
"How quickly you forget the part where I save Rosie, Scott and Tyler from the misery of being werewolves." Klaus told her. He looked at Scott. "Or the night I saved the life of Evelyn Zhu after you bit her." Scott opened his mouth to tell Klaus that he was the one that sired him to bite Evelyn. Klaus cut him off, looking at Elizabeth. "And how many times have I saved you or your friends or great niece or let you live?"
"Esmeralda came to me before she made my friends kill your brother, Klaus." Elizabeth told him, walking closer. "She made me so angry at you because she wanted you to suffer more than you were already suffering. Just like I know she made you angry at me. She reminded me of everything you did. You killed Rosie and Tyler's mother's. And Scott's brother. You used and manipulated and abused Rosie, and you still are. All those times that you saved Stefan, Damon, Em and me was because you put our lives in danger. Scott only bit Evelyn because you told him to, just like you told Rosie to try and kill Matt, which she nearly did. And let's not forget that we're standing in a house where the Gilberts' aunt Jenna used to live. Or did you think that your charm would make us forget how you killed her, too? You destroyed my life when you manipulated me into leaving Mystic Falls to save my my best friend's lives. You know what? No. I am not going to engage in this. You are not even worth the calories I burn talking to you."
Klaus rushed to picked up a nearby floor lamp, impaling Elizabeth's stomach.
"No!" Scott told him.
Caroline stood in astonishment.
Tyler watched in shock.
Klaus pulled Elizabeth over to his side of the magical barrier, biting her, feeding, letting her fall to the floor.
"Oh, my God!" Caroline told them in a whisper.
Klaus looked at them. "Now, that was definitely worth the calories."
...
Island - Campsite
Stefan was sitting on a bench in front of a fire place, holding the head stone.
Morgana sat next to him. "Well, twelve of us, and the only ones who thought to bring s'mores were Evelyn and Isabella." She looked at the rock. "What are you doing with that?"
"We're a day away from finding the Cure." Stefan told her. "I'm not letting it out of my sight."
They heard animals screaming, cawing, growling in the distance.
Morgana grabbed Stefan's arm tightly. "Did you hear that? I swear this place is haunted."
Stefan put a hand on hers. "You're, uh, crushing my arm."
Morgana laughed. "Okay. You got me. I'm not scared of werewolves, vampires, vampire Hunters, witches, Originals or hybrids, but I'm scared of clowns, haunted mansions or islands and losing people I love."
"You know that you're a original now linked to your brother, which means nothing except the white oak stake can kill you, right?" Stefan asked.
"Are you mocking me?" Morgana asked.
Stefan smiled. "I would never mock you."
Morgana smiled. She slowly let the smile fade. "What are you gonna do when Elena becomes human and comes running back to you? You said that you'd take the Cure to be with her. You'd have children and grow old. Is that still true?"
"Why do you want to take the Cure?" Stefan replied. "Don't tell me it's just because it will turn Klaus human with you."
Morgana nodded. "You're right. I never wanted to be a vampire."
Stefan looked at Morgana curiously. "You never told me that."
"I never told anyone that." Morgana told him.
"Do you regret it?" Stefan asked.
Morgana had to think about the right way to answer. "Yes and no. Yes, because of the monster I became, even when I didn't turn it off, I came so close to it, and I still couldn't stop killing. All of the pain I caused. And I got to be strong, even for such a short amount of time." She looked at Stefan. "But I wouldn't make such a big decision like this for anyone again. If I took the Cure, it would be for me."
Stefan took Morgana's hand. "If I took the Cure, it would be for me." He shook his head. "It wouldn't change the way I feel about you."
Morgana smiled a small smile.
...
Bonnie's Tent
Bonnie and Sally were looking over the pictures of Jeremy's tattoo on their phones.
"None of this makes sense to me." Sally told them. "I don't know how to read Latin or translate symbols."
"Don't worry." Bonnie told her. "It's not just you. There's no spell here. All it does is tell a story, and what you need to do to complete the spell and wake Silas, including using Morgana's blood to wake him."
Sally shook her head. "Morgana's not waking Silas, no matter what Shane wants her to do."
Bonnie seemed to come across a revelation, surprised at the realization, turning her head to look at Sally. "Shane knew that he needed Morgana for the spell and so he could use your blood to wake Silas, because of Esmeralda."
"Yeah." Sally agreed, sighing. "Yeah, he did."
Bonnie sighed. "Esmeralda and Shane knew that this would happen. They knew that they needed Morgana. We all know that Esmeralda mind controlled Pastor Young into starting the farm explosion, and we know that she manipulated Hayley and Elizabeth, and mind controlled Klaus into killing his 12 hybrids, and Derek and Carol..."
Sally looked up in anger and realization. "Esmeralda and Shane are the ones..."
Sally didn't finish, standing abruptly, angrily, storming out of the tent.
"Sal!" Bonnie told her.
Bonnie stood.
...
Outside
Sally walked away from the tent, toward a shed.
Evelyn stepped in her way. "Sally. You need to stop, before you do something you regret."
"I'm not gonna hurt him." Sally told her. Bonnie stepped out of the tent. "I just need to talk to him, see if it's true."
"Let me talk to him." Bonnie told her. "I'll ease into it. I'll tell him about the tattoo, and then I'll ask him. Okay?"
Sally took several deep breaths, nodding.
Bonnie grabbed her phone, walking toward a shed.
Sally and Evelyn stood alone.
Isabella was several feet away, listening.
...
Shed
Shane picked up a lamp.
Bonnie walked in. "We've been staring at pictures of Jeremy's tattoo and there's no spell."
"Expression doesn't require a written spell." Shane told her. "Just think of it as a way of accessing magic that already exists inside you. You just have to want it bad enough."
"Like you wanted Morgana undaggered bad enough that you sent Esmeralda to control Klaus?" Bonnie asked.
Shane looked at her in slight shock. "What?"
Sally and Morgana walked into the shed.
"I know why I'm back in Mystic Falls now." Morgana told him. "It was because of Klaus, and Esmeralda mind controlled him to undagger me. Didn't she?" Shane didn't answer, but that was answer enough. "You knew this whole time that Esmeralda is the reason that I'm back in Mystic Falls, didn't you? And you didn't tell me, and you didn't care, as long as you got what you wanted, right?" Shane slowly nodded shamefully. shook her head. "You selfish son of a bitch. You and Esmeralda brought me back to life so you'd be able to use me or Rosie to wake up Silas."
"Yes." Shane answered.
"How are we supposed to trust you after everything you've done?" Sally asked incredulously.
"Guys, listen, I taught you Expression so that you could access the Cure." Shane told them. "I'll be right there with you the whole time, I promise."
Evelyn walked in. "You didn't answer the trust part."
"All right." Shane told them. Isabella stood in the doorway. "Let me put it this way. You need me to help you through it, guys. Because as you've all demonstrated, Expression can get messy. Believe me when I say I've seen it get a lot worse."
"How much worse?" Isabella asked.
"When we lost our son in the car accident, my wife kind of lost it." Shane told them. "She tried to resurrect his body using magic."
"Your wife was a witch?" Bonnie asked.
"She was a powerful witch." Shane answered. "And incredibly undisciplined."
"And you never thought to tell us?" Sally asked, agitated, on the verge of being angry.
"I just didn't want to scare you." Shane told them. "The truth is, she tried to bring our son back using Expression, and it overwhelmed her, and she died."
"You taught us the same magic that killed your wife?" Bonnie asked angrily.
"Yeah." Shane answered. "But look, the upside is I've learned the warning signs, all right? I can keep Expression from consuming you."
"Downside is, you turned them into bombs that only you can dismantle." Isabella told him.
"Don't you think I know how this ends?" Shane asked. "Esmeralda told me to come here to raise Silas so that he could bring back the dead, but you're never gonna let that happen. The second I point to a Cure, you're gonna kill me. Now Sally, Elizabeth, Morgana and Bonnie have to keep me alive so I can keep them alive."
Morgana was beyond anger. "You killed Kol."
"You did, under Esmeralda's mind control." Shane corrected. "I didn't touch him."
"But you've been working with Esmeralda willingly." Morgana told him. "You've been listening to everything she says, without her needing to mind control you. Everything that's happened is because of Esmeralda, and it's because of you."
Sally's anger became so much that her magic started to strangle Shane without her will to.
Shane couldn't breathe.
"Sally." Isabella told her in warning.
Bonnie's magic was effected. Wind started to blow through the shed.
Sally glared at Shane, losing control.
Shane still couldn't breathe, gasping for breath, lowering to his knees.
Evelyn stood next to her. "Sally!" Sally could barely hear her voice. It was distant, distorted. "Look at me. Sal! Focus on me." Sally didn't hear her. Evelyn stepped into her view of Shane, bringing her out of her reverie. Sally was able to hear Evelyn's voice clearly. "Sally! Stop!"
Bonnie's magic stopped.
Sally's magic stopped.
Shane gasped, able to breathe once again.
Everyone looked at Sally.
Sally looked angry at herself, shocked at what she had done, turning around, pushing past Isabella to leave the shed, running away.
Bonnie started to follow. "Sally!"
Evelyn caught her arm. "Let her go."
Morgana and Evelyn watched Sally go worriedly.
...
Woods
Sally ran into the woods, further away from everybody else, looking upset and angry.
A branch snapped.
Sally looked up.
A hatchet was thrown toward her.
Sally raised her hand, using magic to push the hatchet away from her, into a tree trunk. She looked around, breathing heavily.
No one was there.
A hand reached over Sally's mouth, covering her scream.
...
Jeremy's Tent
Jeremy was lying awake when he heard Sally's muffled scream, sitting up. He saw a shadow pass over him. Someone was outside.
Jeremy grabbed a flashlight.
Suddenly a man appeared next to him, covered Jeremy's mouth.
...
Gilbert House - Family Room
Caroline sat Elizabeth on the couch. "Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God." She looked at Tyler. "Tyler, we can't just let her die. How many times has she saved us?"
"I know, I know." Tyler told her. "Look at me. Look at me. I can fix this."
"How?" Scott asked. "The only thing that can heal her is his blood."
"I know." Tyler told him. "I'll fix it." Caroline nodded. Tyler turned to face Klaus. "She'll die if you don't heal her."
"Okay." Klaus told them, biting into his wrist, extended his arm, palm facing up. "Beg me to save her life."
"Is this what you want?" Scott asked. "Is that what Esmeralda wants? To remind us that we're powerless against you? Fine. You win. We're nothing. Now save her. Please."
"I'm sorry, mate." Klaus told him. "I didn't quite catch that."
"Please." Scott told him.
"Please..." Klaus trailed off.
Scott took a step forward. "Please save her life."
"See, now I think you're just telling me what I want to hear." Klaus told him. "I mean, you did call me pathetic earlier. And she did let me be led away into the slaughter of the hybrids. And wouldn't it be more pathetic of me to help now, knowing that days ago, she was willing to let me die, and only hours ago, the two of you announced your plan to kill me in a manner in which you're debating because you want it to have a certain amount of flair? I'm just asking. Though, I know that you don't care much about her. I'm just guessing you're afraid of what Stefan, Damon, Isabella, Emma and Evelyn will do to you when they discover that their precious friend died because of you. I wonder what atrocious things they will do to you once they learn that their best friend is dead and gone because of you. I won't have to kill you. They will."
"Just help her." Caroline told him. "Please."
"No." Klaus told them.
Elizabeth gazed off into nothing. "Get me out of here. I can't even look at him."
Caroline helped Elizabeth up. "Come on."
Tyler wrapped one of Elizabeth's arms around his shoulders. Caroline wrapped her other arm around her shoulders.
Scott led the way toward the door.
Tyler and Caroline pulled Elizabeth with them.
Klaus watched them go, looking unhappy.
...
Day Two
Morning - Island - Campsite
Everyone was searching for Jeremy and Sally.
"Jeremy!" Evelyn called. "Sally!" She looked at Bonnie. "Did you find anything?"
"They're not on the trail." Bonnie told her.
Isabella held up Sally's blue bag and Jeremy's black bag. "Their gear's still here."
Stefan and Morgana walked into the clearing.
"They're not at the quarry, either." Morgana told them.
"Let's split up." Isabella told them.
"I'm gonna stay and try a locator spell." Bonnie told them.
"Okay." Shane told them. "I'll stay here. I'll make sure she's safe."
"I'll stay here and make sure you're not lying." Damon told him.
Elena looked from Stefan and Morgana to Rebekah to Isabella and Evelyn.
Evelyn looked at Elena. "You." She looked at Stefan and Morgana. "Go with them."
"You'd rather go with an Original vampire?" Elena asked.
"I'd rather my friends not fighting." Evelyn answered. "And if the only way to do that is for you to talk it out, so be it. And Rebekah's an Original. She can go looking for them on her own."
Evelyn backed away, grabbing Isabella's hand, pulling her with her, turning around, walking away in one direction.
Elena sighed, looking at Stefan and Morgana. "Fine. We'll keep searching the island."
Rebekah walked away in a different direction.
Stefan, Morgana and Elena went the other.
...
Shed
Shane was checking his phone for a signal again, but it beeped with the out-of-service tone.
Damon entered behind him. "Thought it didn't work."
"Yeah." Shane told him. "I'm just-just checking the signal."
"So you can call someone?" Damon asked. "Like whoever took Sally and Jeremy?"
Shane turned to face him. "This place has a habit of getting to you, doesn't it?" He pushed his phone at Damon's chest. "See for yourself."
"I'm done trusting you." Damon told him, using vampire speed to push Shane into a chair. "Where's the Cure?"
"You know that magical well I was telling you about?" Shane asked. "Silas and the Cure are buried deep below it."
"So, you've seen it?" Damon asked.
"No." Shane answered. "But you could say I heard it from a reliable source."
...
Flashback - One Year Ago
Day - Cemetery
Shane was still talking to Esmeralda, in the form of Kate, looking at her in shock. "Kate. How is this happening?"
"It's okay." Esmeralda/Kate told him. "It's okay. I'm here."
...
Now
Day - Shed
Damon and Shane were talking.
"What does Esmeralda have to do with the Cure?" Damon asked.
"Well, for one thing, before she turned immortal 2000 years ago, when she was still a witch, she helped Qetsiyah and Octavia create two of them." Silas answered. "One was used on Silas' first love after she turned immortal, so that Qetsiyah could kill her. The second one is still buried with Silas."
...
Flashback
Day - Cemetery
Shane and Esmeralda/Kate were talking.
"I'm so sorry I let things get out of control." Shane told her. "I should've stopped you."
"Sweetheart, it's okay." Esmeralda/Kate told him. "You wanted Sam back as much as I did. What if you had a second chance to bring us both back?"
"I can't, baby." Shane told her. "I'm not a witch."
"We have a witch." Esmeralda/Kate told him. "His name is Silas. If you set him free, he'll help those who have helped him."
"Set him free from-from what?" Shane asked.
"He's entombed in the caves below us, but it's impossible to get him out without a spell." Esmeralda/Kate told him. "You need to get the spell."
Shane: (voice over)"And that's when she explained everything that I had to do."
...
Now
Day - Shed
Shane and Damon were talking.
Shane was standing. "Complete the Hunter's Mark to access the spell and empower a descendant of each of the three witches who started all of this, Octavia, Esmeralda with Pandora's blood and Qetsiyah, to perform it. Sally, Rosie, Morgana and Bonnie."
Damon pushed him back down onto the chair. "Bonnie Bennett's related to the older witch? Sally Davidsons is related to the her sister? That's how they're related?"
Shane smirked. "Very distantly throughout Octavia and Qetsiyah's witch bloodlines, but yes."
...
Outside
Bonnie was kneeling on by the side of campfire pit. Bonnie had Jeremy's T-shirt.
Bonnie closed her eyes in concentration.
The flames erupted.
She the shirt into the fire. She waited a few moments.
The flame started to spread beyond the pit, leading a path out into the trees.
Bonnie stood, beginning to follow the flame out into the woods. The wind was blowing through her hair sounding like whispering voices.
...
Woods
Elena, Stefan and Morgana were walking through the woods.
"Jeremy!" Elena called. "Sally!"
"Why don't you yell louder?" Morgana asked sarcastically. "Maybe we haven't drawn enough attention to us already."
"I'm sorry, and how are you helping?" Elena asked.
"I'm stronger than you, and I'm faster than you, and I'm pretty sure I can charm the islanders a lot easier than you." Morgana told her.
"Not disagreeing on the easy part." Elena sang.
"All right, I get it." Stefan told them. "You two hate each other. Can we just keep going, please?"
"I tried to apologize to Elena, but I get shunned because I'm the evil one." Morgana told him.
"Technically, you didn't achieve evil status until you slept with Stefan." Elena told her.
"What about you, O Manifestation of Everything Pure and Good?" Morgana asked. "How do you think you sleeping with Damon is any better?"
"Because I didn't sleep with him for revenge." Elena told her.
"I don't know how many times we have to tell you this." Stefan told her. "We didn't do it for revenge. It wasn't about you."
"So soon after you guys found out?" Elena asked.
"At least it was better than you sleeping with Damon the day after you broke up with Stefan." Morgana replied.
Elena kept walking forward, tripping a trip wire, setting off a trap.
A tree branch with stakes all along the side launched at her heart.
Morgana rushed over, catching the branch, stopping it from killing Elena.
Elena looked at Morgana, trying to catch her breath.
Morgana didn't react to the gaze.
...
Stefan walked forward, looking at Morgana. "Nice catch."
"Thank you." Morgana told him.
"No, actually, thank you." Elena told her. "This thing would've killed me." She looked from Stefan to Morgana. "I'm gonna go back and check on Bonnie, see if she's okay. Be careful."
Elena turned around, walking back in the direction they had come.
Morgana pushed the branch away, walking forward.
Stefan watched either of them leave.
...
Shed
Shane was sitting in the chair.
"So you have the rock, Hunter, witches." Damon told him. "What about the dozens that died in sacrifice? Where do they fit into all this?"
Shane exhaled, shaking his head. "As you can imagine, that was not an easy pill to swallow."
...
Flashback
Day - Cemetery
Shane and Esmeralda/Kate were talking.
"Kate, it's me, the guy who refused to serve a meat course at our wedding." Shane told her. "I can't-I can't orchestrate three massacres."
"It isn't like that." Esmeralda/Kate told him. "You're merely leading these people so Silas can bring them back from the dead."
"Why-why should they die just to be resurrected?" Shane asked. "That doesn't make sense."
"The spell that brings me back requires three witches to channel an extreme amount of mystical energy." Esmeralda/Kate explained. "Energy that doesn't occur in Nature."
"Yeah, because it isn't natural." Shane told her. "I'm sorry, Kate. I just-I can't do that to innocent people."
Esmeralda/Kate placed a hand on his cheek. "Can you feel my touch?"
"How is this possible?" Shane asked.
"Because you believe it is possible." Esmeralda/Kate told him. "You believe that you can see me again. You don't have to take a single human life yourself, Atticus. I will be there to help you. In another form that is not this one. I'll do it all for you. I just need your help."
Shane sobbed into her hand.
...
Now
Day - Shed
Damon and Shane were talking.
"So, Esmeralda was using visions of your dead wife to control you." Damon told him. "I'm assuming that she was also using visions of Pastor Young's dead wife to manipulate him into blowing up a farmhouse full of people."
"He just wanted to see his wife again." Shane told him.
"We need three massacres." Damon told him. "Fire at the Young farm. Holiday hybrid slaughter. What mass blood-letting am I forgetting?"
"You're not." Shane told him.
"You're not finished." Damon realized. "There's 12 of us on this island, including you. Is that why you brought us all out here in the middle of nowhere? So that Esmeralda can complete massacre number 3?"
"It doesn't work that way, Damon." Shane told him.
"I think you need to tell me where the Cure is." Damon told him.
"You know I can't do that." Shane told him.
Damon looked over at some rope on the ground. "Oh, I know. I know."
Damon patted Shane's shoulder, walking away.
Shane looked creepily unperturbed.
...
Mystic Falls, Virginia
Salvatore Boarding House - Elizabeth's Room
Scott and Tyler stood by the door.
Elizabeth was lying on her bed, too weak, too close to death to do much of anything. "It's getting worse."
Emma was sitting next to her, taking her hand, numb, close to crying. "I'm sorry."
Caroline sat next to Emma. "No. You didn't do any of this. You weren't even there."
Scott walked closer. "No, but I was. It's my fault. I'm sorry."
"Scott-" Elizabeth started.
"Yes, Tyler and I were under Esmeralda's mind control, but we unsired the hybrids and turned them on Klaus, because that's what she wanted." Scott told them. "We weren't strong enough to fight her."
"No one is strong enough to fight her, Scott." Caroline told him. "She's controlled all of the Originals, and all of us. None of us can resist her mind control. And people put their faith in you two because you're leaders. Don't forget that."
Emma looked at Scott, Tyler and Caroline. "Can you guys give us a second?"
"Yeah." Tyler answered. "Of course."
Scott and Tyler turned around, walking out of the room. Caroline stood, following them.
Emma looked at Elizabeth. "After all the hell we've been through, after all of the hell that we've put each other through, you better believe that this is not how you're gonna die."
"I pissed Klaus and Esmeralda off, and now I'm paying the price." Elizabeth told her.
"No, you hurt Klaus." Emma told her. "And it's because Esmeralda mind controlled you to let Adrian lead him away to the slaughter, and you hurt him in the way that only you can. And Esmeralda mind controlled him to hurt you because she wants you to turn your back on him so that he'll be completely alone to torture him all over again. That's why he sent that vampire after me. That's why he's doing this to you right now."
Elizabeth sighed sadly, weakly. "You know, out of all the years I had seen Stefan and Damon, they had never seen me. When I had seen one of them two dark for their own good, I left without saying goodbye. Just slipped away. Now, after everything had been restored and ruined, that's how it's gonna end. I'm not gonna be able to tell them goodbye. Just slipping away." Emma had tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry, Em."
Emma took a deep breath, shaking her head. "No. I lost everything. I didn't go through hell trying to get you free from Klaus in the beginning just for Esmeralda to do this to both of you. I'm not losing you now. Do you trust me?"
"Do I have a choice?" Elizabeth asked, trying to make her feel better.
Emma could barely manage a chuckle.
...
Gilbert House - Family Room
Emma led the way into the family room.
Scott carried Elizabeth, lying her down on the floor on Klaus' side of the barrier.
Klaus turned to face them.
"You want to be in control, Klaus?" Emma asked. "Here. Now you get to be in control of her life. If you want her to die, fine. But then you can sit here and watch her die yourself. You want to get revenge against Esmeralda for making our friends and your sister for killing your brothers, Klaus? Then make sure that she doesn't get what she wants. Don't let her have this kind of control over you."
Emma looked down on Elizabeth sadly, looking as if she fought against the urge to leave her there alone.
Scott put a hand on Emma's shoulder, leading her out of the house.
Elizabeth looked at Klaus.
Klaus approached Elizabeth. "Nothing personal, love. It's not that I want to hurt you."
Elizabeth was breathing heavily, closing her eyes. "I know. It's that Esmeralda does."
...
Night
Island - Shed
Damon was still interrogating Shane. "Where's the Cure?"
"Does it matter?" Shane asked. "I think we both know you'd rather just torture me. Torture gives you a sense of control, especially with your relevance slipping away." Damon calmly broke a metal rod in half. "And look at you. Here you are, hours from Elena breaking her sire bond. You're starting to freak out a little bit. What if Elena doesn't love you anymore? Listen, you want my advice? Leave. Go. Don't put yourself through this." Damon whacked Shane with the halves of the metal rod. "Fine. Okay. Let's say their feelings for you are real. How does that end? They're human. You're a vampire." Damon stroke him across the face with the rod. Shane groaned in pain. "It's doomed, Damon. See, you're not torturing me, man. You're torturing yourself by helping them find the Cure."
"I could kill you." Damon told him. "Then no one would find it."
"We've established that you can't kill me without sending Bonnie, Sally and Elizabeth off the deep end." Shane told him. "You can leave the island. Have a modicum of self-respect. Don't stay here and watch Elena walk away from you."
"Right." Damon told him sarcastically. "Because if I'm not here, then I can't get in between you and whatever you're planning with Silas. Well, I'm not that easily manipulated, Professor. And there is one flaw in your logic. I don't give a crap about Sally Davidsons." He hit Shane with a half of the rod, making him groan, slowly stalking around him. "Morgana Mikealson. Rosie Lockwood." He hit Shane with a half of the rod, standing behind Shane now. "Or Bonnie Bennett."
Damon grabbed Shane's head, about to snap his neck.
Evelyn rushed inside, pushing Damon away from Shane angrily, pushing him into the wall. "What the hell is wrong with you?" Damon walked out, leaving. Evelyn looked at Shane. "What did you say to him?"
"Your best friends a maniac, Evelyn." Shane told her.
Evelyn tore off the ropes binding him to the chair, walking toward the door. She stopped when she saw the metal rod on the floor. She picked it up with vampire speed, rushing to turn around, hitting Shane across the face with it, making his head turn to the side and him groan in pain. "Stop messing with my friends."
Evelyn dropped the rod to the floor, making it clatter against the ground, turning around, walking out of the shed.
...
Outside
Elena walked toward Damon. "Shane is the only thing that's keeping them safe, and you try to kill him? And you wonder why they hate you."
"I don't wonder, Elena, because I don't care." Damon told her. "I don't care about the witches. I don't care about some lame-ass Cure for vampires, either."
"How can you say that right now?" Elena asked.
"Because I don't want you to be cured." Damon answered.
"I'm not fighting with you about this anymore." Elena told him. "Being human isn't gonna change my feelings for you."
"Fine." Damon told her. "Say they're real. Say you've become human and you still love me. Then what? You grow old. You die. I stay a vampire. Face reality, Elena. We don't work."
"So, things aren't easy and you're just gonna push me away now?" Elena asked. "That's what you do, Damon. You think that you don't-you don't deserve something, so you ruin it. I'm not gonna let you pull that this time." Damon turned around, walking away. "Take the Cure with me." Damon stopped. "That's how much I know this is real. That's how certain I am that I'm going to love you even after this is all over. Take the Cure. Be human with me. We can be together. Grow old together. This doesn't have to be hard anymore."
"That's not me, Elena." Damon told her. "That's Stefan. You know, I used to miss being human. Now I can't think of anything more miserable on Earth."
Damon walked away.
Elena was clearly upset, turning to face the shed.
Evelyn was standing in the doorway, shaking her head. "Not gonna tell you I told you so. But I did."
Elena exhaled.
...
Woods
Stefan and Morgana were still hiking, still looking for Sally and Jeremy.
"Haven't we been through here before?" Stefan asked.
"It all looks the same to me." Morgana told her.
Morgana stepped on a rock, triggering another trap.
A spear soared toward Morgana's heart.
Stefan grabbed Morgana, rushing her into a tree.
The spear hit a tree.
Morgana was breathing heavily, looking at Stefan. "Thanks, but that wouldn't have killed me."
"Sorry." Stefan told her, having his hand in her waist, his face inches from hers. "Force of habit."
Morgana smiled, nearly kissing him.
They heard Rebekah's voice. "The two of you, just two giant teases. Elena and Damon could be lurking somewhere in the woods."
Morgana looked toward her in annoyance.
Stefan let Morgana go, turning to face her. "Did you mean what you said? About a cease-fire?"
"Why do you all assume I hate Elena so much?" Rebekah asked.
Morgana pushed away from the tree. "Well, I mean, you did run her off a bridge."
"You all seem to forget that Elena's death was the only way to save our family." Rebekah told them. "I did the same thing that every one of you would've done to save the people that you love." She looked at Morgana. "And before you cast me as the bad guy, maybe you should remember that you, Evelyn and Elena helped to kill not one, but two of my brothers."
"Because of mind control from Esmeralda." Morgana told her. "Otherwise we wouldn't have done it."
"You all like to overlook the fact that Esmeralda mind controlled everyone in my family to be bigger monsters than we were before, just like she did to all of you." Rebekah told them. "Maybe we're not as different as everyone's making us out to be."
Morgana looked down, knowing she was right. She looked up. "Jeremy and Sally are not here. I'm going back."
Morgana walked back in the direction they had come.
Rebekah slowly followed.
Stefan was hesitating, thinking about what she had said.
...
Campsite
Elena walked into her tent. "Bonnie?"
There was no response.
Isabella ran out to the shed, which was also empty.
Stefan, Morgana and Rebekah walked into the clearing.
Evelyn looked at them. "Where is everyone?"
"What are you talking about?" Stefan asked.
Isabella walked closer. "Well, Bonnie isn't here, and Shane's stuff is all gone."
"Oh, my God." Morgana told them, rushing over to her bags, picking them up, turning to face the others. "The tombstone's gone."
Everyone looked at each other worriedly.
...
Mystic Falls, Virginia
Gilbert House - Living Room
Elizabeth was lying weakly on the couch. She was breathing raspily, too weak, too close to death. "If you don't feed me your blood, I'll die."
Klaus didn't look at her. "Then you'll die, and your friends, so-called half sisters and the three other hybrids in the world will have learned their lessons the hard way. And Esmeralda is still in my head."
"This isn't just because of Esmeralda." Elizabeth told him. "This is because of us. Why would else would she want you to hurt me?"
"She wants me to be alone." Klaus answered. "She wants you to turn against me."
"And you're going to let her do this, why?" Elizabeth asked.
"I'm a thousand years old." Klaus told her. "Call it boredom. You should know that well."
"I don't believe you." Elizabeth told him.
"Fine." Klaus told her. "Then maybe it's because I'm pure evil, and I can't help myself."
"It's because you were hurt." Elizabeth told him.
"I don't get hurt, Elisaveta." Klaus told her.
"You pretend that you don't get hurt." Elizabeth corrected. "Isn't that what you said to me... the night of the ball?"
Klaus shook his head. "No. You said that you don't get upset. I told you you pretended not to be."
"Just like you." Elizabeth told him. "Isn't that why you're doing this to me? Why you sent that vampire after Emma, because you knew hurting her was more punishment than you could ever do to me? Because you were hurt that I let you walk into a trap?" Klaus didn't answer. "You were hurt, you're upset, and you still are. Which means that there is a part of that is human."
Klaus approached Elizabeth, sitting on the table next to her. "How could you possibly think that?"
"Because I've seen it." Elizabeth answered. "Because... I've caught myself wishing that I could forget all the horrible things that you've done. That I could remember all of the good things you've done. Now, and the first time we met. I want to hate you for everything that you did, but..."
"But you can't." Klaus told her. "Can you? And you hate yourself for not being able to hate me. So you project your own self-loathing at me to make me and others think that you hate me."
"You, of all people, would know what that's like." Elizabeth told him. "I've done horrible things. You've seen me in my darkest time. And you were still in love with me. And anybody capable of love is capable of being saved. I've even wished that you had never compelled me to forget you, so we wouldn't be here right now. I knew you weren't going to die, Klaus. I knew it. So don't think that I watched you walk away to your death. Besides Esmeralda keeps mentioning a miracle for the both of us."
"So, then why didn't you tell me it was a trap?" Klaus asked.
Elizabeth breathed deeply. "Because of Esmeralda's mind control... and everyone else."
"Because they would judge you, hate you for wanting to save me?" Klaus asked.
Elizabeth swallowed, nodding. "And maybe if you were gone. Not dead, but gone... maybe I could still pretend that..."
"Pretend what?" Klaus asked.
Elizabeth gave him a weak look. "You know."
Klaus leaned in closer. "Perhaps. Maybe I just want to hear you say it."
Elizabeth looked at Klaus steadily with her eyes glistening. "Maybe I could still pretend that you weren't making me fall in love with you... for the third time."
Elizabeth and Klaus looked at each other sadly in silence, both looking near tears.
Elizabeth's breath caught.
"Elisaveta?" Klaus asked. Elizabeth's breathing became even more labored, weak and fading. Klaus began to worry. "Elisaveta?"
Klaus looked upset, looking as if seeing Elizabeth so near death finally broke the mind control Esmeralda had over him, finally lifting Elizabeth into a sitting position, sitting behind her, holding her, biting his wrist, putting it to her mouth, feeding her his blood.
Elizabeth tried to catch her breath, letting her eyes barely turn red, taking hold of his wrist, feeding.
Klaus stroked her hair back.
...
Island - Campsite - Elena's Tent
Rebekah was panicking, going through all of Elena's stuff.
Elena walked in. "What are you doing in my tent?"
Rebekah rushed over to Elena, grabbing her by her throat. "Where's the tombstone? What have you done to it?"
"What are you talking about?" Elena asked.
"Like it isn't bloody obvious?" Rebekah asked. "All you people ever do is betray me, and here you go again."
Morgana walked into the tent. "Let her go. She didn't take it."
Stefan walked in from behind her.
Rebekah let Elena go, looking at them, pushing past them outside.
...
Outside
Rebekah walked outside, seeing Evelyn and Isabella. "Was any of this real?" Stefan, Morgana and Elena followed her. "Or was it just a ploy to distract me while Shane ran off with the tombstone?"
"You think we would do that?" Morgana asked. "You think we would let some psychopath run off with the Cure?"
"Becoming human is the only thing that any of us want." Isabella told her. "It will be the only possible way to fix the things that have gone wrong in our lives. And this Cure fixes everything."
"It ends everything." Stefan agreed. "It ends the guilt and it ends the suffering. And you really think we would jeopardize that?"
"Fine." Rebekah told them. "None of you took it." She looked at Elena. "But that doesn't mean I trust her."
Rebekah and Elena looked at each other.
Elena leaned down, lifting up her blanket over her bed, taking out the white oak stake. "I didn't take it, but here." She held the stake toward her. "Consider this a peace offering."
"Don't you get it, Elena?" Rebekah asked. "There is no peace. We're all screwed."
"Exactly, Rebekah, we're screwed." Evelyn told her. "Bonnie is gone. Shane's got the tombstone. Jeremy and Sally are missing. Who knows if Damon's coming back? So, us six right here, this is all we've got. So we're either in this together... or it's over. For all of us."
Elena held out the white oak stake.
Rebekah finally took it.
...
Woods
Shane was running through the woods, holding the tombstone. He met the man who had taken Jeremy.
Jeremy was tied and had a cloth over his mouth.
Sally's wrists were handcuffed with thick, silver bands in front of her.
The man pulled them along.
"Jeremy, Sally." Shane told them. "That was a bit of a scare yesterday." He looked at the man. "Thanks for fending off his attacker."
"His attacker?" The man repeated.
"Jeremy was attacked by an islander." Shane told him. "I assumed you were his hatchet-flinging guardian angel."
"No, that wasn't me." The man told him.
"Well, then I guess there's somebody else on this island who's desperate to keep our Hunter alive." Shane told them.
Sally looked at him angrily. "I'm gonna kill you."
"No, you're not." Shane told her. He pointed at the handcuffs. "See those? That's titanium. It's strong and stubborn. Sort of like you, Sally. But it keeps your powers in check so you can't use them."
Bonnie stumbled upon the four of them.
"How did I get here?" Bonnie asked. "What the hell's going on?"
"I see your locator spell worked." Shane told them.
"The path behind us-" Bonnie started.
"Magically disappeared?" Shane finished. "You can thank the talents of Massak." He looked at the man. "He's a witch. Should you try to escape, he'll ensure that you never find your way back. So, the gang's all here. Silas awaits."
...
Beach
Damon was walking on the beach, looking toward the water.
Suddenly an arrow shot through the trees and landed in Damon's arm.
Damon groaned in pain, pulling it out. "You gotta be kidding me." A man jumped Damon, throwing him to the ground. They both stood up, running toward each other. Damon managed to pin the man down, straddling his back, pulling at his head. He noticed the man's hand on the ground had the Hunter's Mark on it. "You're one of the Five."
The man got free of Damon's choke-hold, flipping him over, snapping his neck. He stood over Damon's body.