As Blaine and Kurt distract the hunter with questions about his tattoo, Damon and Stefan sneak around the house to the back. They quietly open the back door with the help of Bonnie's cloaking spell. They look around the house trying to find where the hunter would hide her. Stefan taps Damon on the shoulder and points to the basement door. Damon nods.
Rachel hears the door open and whimpers. As the footsteps get closer and closer she shrinks further into herself.
She feels a hand caress her cheek and she looks up, "Damon."
His name came out a croak. He lifts her up and they speed out of there and back to the Gilbert house. Blaine and Kurt arrive minutes later.
Kurt gasps, "Rachel?"
Veins start pop out under her eyes. She looks away and cries.
Damon grabs a blood bag, "Here drink this."
She grabs it and drinks closing her eyes.
Damon looks her over seeing all of then unhealed wounds, "Ok. Rachel I know that you have already gone through a lot of pain but I have to get these wood fragments out of you so you can heal."
Rachel closes her eyes and nods. He starts with the spikes in her neck and works his way down. Rachel tried to hold back the screams but it hurt too much. The others look on with tears in their eyes. Finally Damon reaches the last wood fragment and sighs with relief.
Rachel closes her eyes and whispers, "I'm so tired."
Damon carries her upstairs and lies her down. She grabs his hand and he lies with her, holding her close.
The others sit in the kitchen, worrying.
Elena bites her lip, "Do you think she is going to be ok?"
Finn frowns, "She will heal. She is a vampire."
Elena rolls her eyes, "I know that. I just... I don't think she is going to be able to get over this."
Rebecca touches Elena's shoulder, "She is strong and she has us. She will be ok."
Stefan agrees, "All we have to figure out is how to get rid of this guy. I'm sure by now he has found out she is not there and he still wants to kill us."
Damon comes down the stairs, "We just have to kill him first."
Jeremy shakes his head, "Then you will eventually want to kill yourself. You can't kill him."
Caroline agrees, "Trust me I want to get rid of this guy as much as anyone, but are any of us ready to die alongside him."
Rachel sits up in bed after Damon leaves and curls into a ball.
She just wanted the guy to be dead.
After everything he did to her.
She couldn't sleep knowing he was still out there.
She closed her eyes and saw his face.
She looked around a corner and was afraid he was there.
She couldn't live with this fear.
She looks around and quietly gets out of bed.
She goes over to her window and slowly opens it.
She knocks the screen out and jumps to the ground.
She was going to get rid of this guy.
Connor was angry. He had let those fool boys trick and now she was gone. He was an idiot for keeping her alive. He should have killed her and moved on. He walks to the top of the basement stairs and listens. He thought he had heard something. He was met with silence. He opens the door and walks to the kitchen.
She comes up behind him and grabs his neck, "You should have killed me when you had the chance."
She bites his neck and drains him dry then snaps his neck.
Caroline walks into Rachel's room and yells, "Uh, guys. Where is Rachel?"
Damon runs up the stairs, "She went after him. She doesn't know about the hunter's curse. We have to stop her."
Damon runs down stairs and out the door in time to see Rachel lying on the front lawn.
"Rachel?"
Rachel sits up, "I wanted to kill him. I just wanted to feel safe. But the thought of killing someone else⦠I just couldn't."
Damon closes his eyes, relieved, "That's good, Rachel. You can't kill him."
Caroline frowns, "Why are you on the lawn?"
Rachel shrugs, "I don't know. I think I am still healing and overestimated my strength. I didn't have enough energy to go back in the house."
Damon smiles, "I will carry you in if you promise to stay inside until you are stronger and can make rational decisions."
She agrees.
