SALVATORE BOARDING HOUSE
Bonnie, Jeremy, Stefan and Damon are in the parlour at the Salvatore house, discussing their plan
" I might be able to lower the tomb spell long enough for you to get in there and grab the moonstone from Katherine." Bonnie tells them
" How? It took both you and your Grams last time, and look what happened to her." Jeremy responds
" I'm well aware of what happened. I've learned a few new things."
" Bonnie…"
" How will you get it?" Bonnie ignores Jer's concern and asks Stefan
" She hasn't been feeding. She's weaker. We're not." He responds as Damon shows Bonnie his glass of blood
" You wouldn't be underestimating her, would you?"
" It's a plan. Is it perfect? What plan is? " Damon scoffs
" Let me do it. I've got my ring. I can get in, get out, no spells necessary." Jeremy suggests
" Gee, thanks, you 16-year-old child. Why didn't we think about that? Why are you even here?" Damon asks annoyed
" Maybe I can help better the plan. Do you have anything that belongs to Katherine?" Bonnie asks and Damon looks over at Stefan
SLATER'S APARTMENT
Rose and Elena park the car in the underground parking lot and get out. They go up the stairs to Slater's apartment and Rose bangs on the door.
" Slater? Slater, it's Rose. Open up!" Rose yells through the door but doesn't earn a response.
" He's not home. Sorry." Rose tells Elena unapologetically after a moment of no word from Slater
" Mm-mm. No. We didn't come all the way out here for nothing." Elena refuses. Rose sighs at the girl's persistence and breaks the door open with her super strength. Elena peeps her head in to look around
"After you." Rose offers as she gestures into the apartment and Elena walks in with Rose following close behind. Rose walks into the apartment further than Elena.
" Slater?" Rose calls out as she moves around the apartment. She looks through a door into a room and her face turns to shock
" I don't think he's gonna be much help." Rose tells Elena without taking her eyes form the dead body. Elena walks over to the scene and gasps looking at the body. Rose grabs the body and drags it out of sight. Elena walks to Slater's desk and picks up some papers.
" Looks like whoever blew up the coffee shop found him and killed him for his information." Elena realizes. Rose comes up behind the doppelgänger as Elena looks through the papers in her hand
" Yeah, probably to stop him from helping people like us. The guy was a vampire almanac. Knowing too much information just bit him in the ass." Rose says and Elena looks through the papers again and picks up a framed photo that was on the desk. Rose walks to the curtains and pulls them open, revealing a large set of windows.
" What are you…?" Elena asks
"Tempered glass. U.V. rays can't penetrate."
" I used to just come here and watch the day." Rose says dreamily as she looks at the window, remembering the times she was here. Elena looks at the photo she picked up and sees it's a photo of Slater with a girl. She focuses back on Rose.
" I'm sorry about Slater."
" Any luck?" Rose asks changing the subject and Elena puts the frame down and goes towards the computers
" Um... It's password protected. I can't get in." Elena explains
" No, this is fine. Let's just go." Rose says but then they hear a rattling of a doorknob coming from somewhere inside Slater's apartment
" Stay here." Rose commands and walks to a set of doors nearby and opens them. She takes a look into the hallway and sees a young woman looking very afraid hiding behind a corner.
" Alice?"
" Rose!" Rose comes out from her 'hiding spot' and runs to Rose and hugs her while crying inconsolably.
" He's dead!" Alice cries
SALVATORE BOARDING HOUSE
Stefan walks back into the parlour room where Jeremy, Damon and Bonnie are with the picture of Katherine in his hands.
" This belonged to Katherine. Found it with her things after I thought she was dead, but it was hers." Stefan tells the witch and gives her the picture. Bonnie puts the portrait in the bowl. She puts the tips of her fingers in the bowl of water and puts her dripping fingers over the bowl with Katherine's picture in it, letting the water drop in droplet form onto the picture. Flames erupt from the bowl and Bonnie starts to chant a spell with her eyes closed.
" What will this do?" Damon asks as Bonnie re-opens her eyes
" I can turn the metal into ash. Blow the ashes on her, and it'll incapacitate her for a minute or two. Long enough for you to get the stone and get out." Bonnie explains but then her nose starts to drop blood and she quickly wipes it away before anyone else sees.
Bonnie then puts the ashes from the bowl onto the table. The two Salvatore brothers come back into the parlour room after collecting supplies
" Still gotta get the torches." Stefan says
"Alaric's stake guns in my trunk. Bonnie?" Damon asks
" Go ahead. I'm almost done." Stefan says and leaves while Damon puts a few more items into the bag and then follows his brother. Jeremy waits until they are out of hearing range then turns to Bonnie.
" What are you doing?" Jeremy asks quietly
" Shhh!" Bonnie hushes
"Hey, you're not strong enough." Jeremy says and Bonnie puts a finger to his lips to shut him up. Once he stops completely talking, she takes her finger away
" I'll be fine."
" You could get hurt."
" And Elena could die. I'll be fine. Promise. I promise."
" Here, I got this okay? Go get me, um, go get me something to put this in. All right?" Jeremy smiles and Bonnie smiles back. Bonnie leaves the room to get something to put the ashes of Katherine's photo into. Once she's out of sight, Jeremy grabs a card from his wallet and scraps some ashes into his wallet without anybody noticing.
SLATER'S APARTMENT
Rose and Alice are on the couch with Alice still slightly crying and Rose soothingly rubbing her hand. Rose gets up and goes into the next room where Elena is pouring some hot water into teacups.
" She found him a few minutes before we did." Rose informs quietly
" How is she?" Elena asks
" Overreacting. Big time."
" Her boyfriend just died. There's no such thing as overreacting."
" Those tears are for her. She didn't care about Slater. She was only dating him long enough to see if he'd turn her. " Rose tells her and Elena walks out of the kitchen and to the couch where Alice is still sniffling and gives her a cup
" Thank you." Alice thanks tearfully and grabs the cup Elena offered her and Elena sits next to her. Alice looks at Elena with a strange look on her face, like she's seen Elena before.
" You look really familiar. Did you know Slater?" Alice asks
" Not personally, no. I just knew that he kept detailed records of all of his vampire contacts and I was hoping that he could point me towards Klaus." Elena replies
" Doubtful. Klaus doesn't want to be pointed at."
" Do you know Slater's computer password?"
" Are you seriously asking me that right now? I just saw my boyfriend with a stake through his heart. "
" I understand that. Do you know his password?" Elena re asks
" Who do you think you are?" Alice hisses and looks away from Elena and drinks her tea. Elena looks to Rose for help but comes up with an idea.
" What if I could convince Rose to turn you?" Elena asks Rose causing Rose and Alice to look at her. Alice with hope and Rose with shock
" Will you show us his files then?" Elena asks.
Alice is on Slater's computer after managing to get into it but notices that all the files that were originally there have been deleted. The two others are behind her, watching her movements.
" Someone's been here. The hard drive's completely wiped out." Alice notifies
" Yeah, probably whoever killed him." Rose adds on and Elena runs a hand over her face, frustrated and looks away
" Lucky for you, Slater was paranoid. Everything's backed up on a remote server." Alice says
"You know that she's not going anywhere near my blood, right?" Rose whispers to Elena
" I know. She doesn't." Elena says back quietly then walks past Rose. Elena leans over to look at the screen
" Kristen Stewart. God was he obvious." Alice rolls her eyes internally
" These are all leads to vampires?" Elena asks intrigued as Alice keeps going through the files on the computer
" Slater was obsessed. Almost as much as me." Alice explains
" What about that one? Cody Webber. They exchanged dozens of emails about Elijah." Rose says looking at the screen
" I could call him." Alice suggests and Elena hands the phone over to her
" Tell him that we're trying to send a message to Klaus. The doppelgänger is alive and she's ready to surrender." Elena instructs
" What?!" Rose yells
" Oh, my God, I knew I recognized you." Alice says in astonishment
" Get him the message, please." Elena begs then leaves the room causing Rose to follow her. Elena exhales deeply and puts her hands on the table and Rose enters the room.
" What are you doing? "Rose demands to know
" I'm getting Klaus' attention."
" If Klaus knows that you're alive, he'll find you and he'll kill you."
"Which is exactly what you wanted all along." Rose realizes after Elena doesn't respond
" It's either me or my family."
" So this whole charade is some suicide mission so that you could sacrifice yourself and save everyone else?" Rose asks as Alice walks in
" Cody is on his way and he really wants to meet you." Alice tells Elena and Rose sighs with her eyes shut
THE TOMB
Jeremy walks down the steps that lead to the tomb and walks to the entrance where Katherine is waiting for him.
" The youngest Gilbert. This is an intriguing surprise." Katherine taunts
" I'm here for the moonstone."
" Yeah, yeah, the moonstone. It's very popular today."
" Just give it to me."
" Naïve little Gilbert. If you want it, you're gonna have to come here and get it. But be warned, I'm not in the best of moods, after my best friend was killed and all" Katherine sighs with no expression
"Oh come on, we all know you didn't really care about Aalleeyah, she was just another pawn in your game"
"You see, that's where you're wrong. Aalleeyah was like my little prodigy and she is who she is because of me but enough about your dead older sister, like I said before, if you want that moonstone, you'll have to come in and get it yourself." But Jeremy retaliates to her invitation by pulls a stake gun from his sleeve and shooting it her, which hits her in the stomach. Katherine moans in pain and rips the stake from her belly but before she is fully recomposed, Jeremy throws the ashes he stole from the Salvatore's house at Katherine and she falls to the floor unconscious.
" I kinda figured you'd say that." Jeremy then walks into the tomb in search of the moonstone and he firsts pats the unconscious doppelgänger to see if she has it on her person
" Come on, where is it?" Jeremy sighs to himself, frustrated but after realizing she doesn't have It on her, he walks further into the tomb. He turns on a torch and looks around with it whilst walking. He finally sees the moonstone on a stone ledge but the iron gate. He opens it and takes the moonstone from its place and quickly tries to get out of the tomb. As he gets to the front of the tomb, Katherine is awake and hungry. She rushes over to him and bites his neck harshly. Jeremy screams in pain but manages to throw the moonstone out of the tomb, into the part that's not under a spell.
THE WOODS
Stefan and Damon are waiting by the church when Bonnie finally shows up.
" Sorry I'm late. I had to grab the grimoire from home." Bonnie tells him
" Jeremy couldn't take the pressure, huh?"
" He said he'd be here." Bonnie says and her and Stefan walk down the stairs but as Damon goes to follow them, his phone rings and he answers it.
" Not a good time, Rose. " Damon reports
" Don't be angry with me." Rose replies desperately
"Why, what did you do?"
" You need to get to Richmond immediately."
" Tell me."
THE TOMB
Bonnie and Stefan have finished walking down the stairs and Stefan drops his bag of supplies and looks through it. He looks around and sees the moonstone on the floor.
" What the hell? " Stefan exasperates
" Is that the moonstone?" Bonnie questions and they both hurry quickly over to it and Stef picks it up. Katherine, with her face dripping with blood, moves forward to the tomb entrance
" I hate to interrupt, but today has just been full of surprises." Katherine says and pulls a blood dripping necked Jeremy to her. Stefan vamp speeds to the tomb entrance but knows he shouldn't go in
" I'm sorry. I took some powder." Jeremy apologizes
" Don't worry, I know that he's wearing his ring, so no matter how many times I kill him, he'll just keep coming back for more. So, I'm going to be in the back playing with my new little toy. And you guys just give me a holler when you've got the tomb open." Katherine says
AN EMPTY STREET ROAD
"So, does this mean I get to go back?" Aalleeyah (Outfit on profile) asks hopefully as the walk down the road towards Slater's place
"What is with you Aalleeyah? Last time I saw you, all you cared about was yourself. What is it about this Damon person that makes you care?" Elijah asks interested
"I don't know" She lies
"No, you know why"
"I don't know Elijah. He just makes me feel different. I've never felt like this before, not even with Tyler." Aalleeyah confesses causing Elijah to stop his movements
"Aalleeyah, I'm a firm believer in love, but you need to get to remember what we're trying to do here. You need to stay focused on saving Elena" Elijah tells her and then continues to walk again but Aalleeyah doesn't follow him
"You didn't answer my question!" She yells after him and he stops walking but doesn't turn around
"You can go back if you want" He replies then keeps walking. She smiles slightly and quickly jogs after him
"Okay, just one more question" She says
"Yes?"
"Why are we walking when we can super speed?" She asks smirking. She loves her super speed. He shrugs and takes off using vamp speed, she laughs a little then chases after him
THE TOMB
A circle of torches have been set up by Bonnie and she lights them with her magic
" Where the hell is Damon?" Stefan stresses, irritated
" We can't wait, we have to get him out of there." Bonnie says
" She's fed, she has her strength back."
" We still have what's left of the ash. Do you think you can get close enough?" Bonnie asks as she hands the ashes to Stefan who takes them
" I don't have a choice."
" It's gonna take me some time." Bonnie cautions
" How long?"
" I don't know, a while."
" Just get me in there as soon as you can." Stefan says and walks away
SLATER'S APARTMENT
Elena sips on her glass of water and walks to the main room of the apartment and looks over at Alice before turning around and being frightened by Damon who is standing right behind her.
" What are you doing here? " Damon asks angrily
" What are you doing here?" Elena asks back as Rose enters the room. Elena turns to face the newcomer with an angry expression
" You called him?" Elena accuses
" I'm sorry, Elena."
" You said that you understood."
" She lied." Damon interjects
" Damon Salvatore!" Alice exclaims as she enters the room
" Get rid of her." Damon tells Rose
" No. Way" Alice responds still star struck by the blue-eyed vampire and Rose pulls her out of the room
" Come on. We're leaving." Damon demands
" No." Elena protests
" I said we're leaving." Damon repeats with a more dangerous voice this time
" I'm not going with you."
" You do not get to make decisions anymore."
" When have I ever made a decision? You and Stefan do that for me. Now this, this is my decision."
" Who's gonna save your life while you're out making decisions?"
"Why would you even want to save me?! You don't love me anymore so why bother!?" Elena yells
"I've said it a million times Elena! It's because I love Aalleeyah" He yells back
"You knew her for like five minutes Damon. How can you love her?!"
"I just do Elena!' Damon shouts back but takes a deep breath to calm down
"Now going back to my earlier question, who do you expect to save your life when you're in control of the decisions?" Damon asks softly
" You're not listening to me, Damon. I don't want to be saved. Not if it means that Klaus is gonna kill every single person that I love."
" Get your ass out the door before I throw you over my shoulder and carry you out myself." Damon growls and grabs her arm hard. Elena fights to get out of his strong hold and succeeds
" No!" Elena continues to retaliate and goes to punch Damon in the face but Damon catches her fist before it makes impact and pushes it back to her.
" Don't ever do that again." Damon warns and releases her hand and walks away while Elena stays in her spot, shocked
Later on, Damon opens a set of double doors and exits the bedroom. Elena and Rose look at him from their seats in the living area.
" Time to go. Alice is soundly sleeping and won't remember a moment of this horribly stupid day." Damon updates but suddenly, the double set of front doors fly open and three vampires walk in. Rose and Elena rise from their seats and Damon looks at them
" We're here to meet the doppelgänger." Cody announces
" Thank you for coming." Elena thanks and try's to go towards them but Damon blocks her way
"I will break your arm." Damon whispers to Elena
" There's nothing here for you." Damon tells Cody. But all of a sudden, the guy in the back falls to the floor, completely dead. Behind his now dead body, is Elijah and Aalleeyah. They both super speed to the two vampires who came along with the vampire Aalleeyah just killed. Rose gasps and super speeds from the apartment.
"Aalleeyah" Damon whispers shocked, but happy
"Hey there, good lookin'" Aalleeyah smiles
AN: OH MY GOD! I'm the worst person ever :( I cant believe I took so long to update but the good news is that I've got the next chapter ready to go so next wait won't be as long :) But I love you all so much and please review! Haven't had a review in ages and it would be amazing to know that people are still actually reading and I'm not writing for nobody? So a review would make my day :)