Chapter Twenty Nine: Masquerade
At the boarding house, Caroline is sitting on the couch. Damon gives her a glass of blood. "Here."
"I'm still shaking." She says before taking a drink.
Stefan and Trinity walk in. "What happened?" He asks, seeing the look on Caroline's face.
Damon smirks. "Go ahead, tell them. You're gonna love this."
"I saw Katherine today." She says.
"Where?" Trinity asks.
"At the grill. I just stopped by to gawk and…quasi-stalk Matt."
Flashback: Mystic Grill
Matt sees Caroline staring. "Do you need a table?" He asks.
"No, I'm not staying. I just needed to use the little girls' room."
"Skip the teen drama and get to it." Damon interrupts.
She sighs. "Then I had to pretend to use the bathroom even though I didn't really have to go because I'm a doofus."
Caroline is in the bathroom washing her hands when 'Elena' walks in. "Elena?"
"Hey, I saw you with Matt, are you okay?" She asks with a look on concern.
"Yeah, you know…whatever." She tries to flash past her but Katherine catches her and pulls her back.
"You're good. What gave me away? Was it the hair? Or was it my clothes?" She asks.
"I know Elena is…I know Elena's at home."
"I need you to deliver a message."
"What was the message?"
"Tell Damon and Stefan that I want the moonstone or I will rip this town apart until it rains blood."
"Tell him the rest of it." Damon says.
"Tonight, at the masquerade ball." Katherine says.
Present
"She wants to do it in public. Killing Mason threw her off guard." Stefan says.
Damon smiles. "She's running scared. What she did to Jenna was desperate. She's out of tricks."
"We can't underestimate her. We have to play this smarter than her."
"Can we just give her the moonstone so she'll leave?" Caroline asks.
Damon scoffs. "No, Katherine's not getting dick. I've had it. I'm gonna go to the masquerade ball and I'm gonna kill her, tonight." He looks at Trinity. "You don't have a problem with that do you?"
Trinity shrugs. "I barely know her." She says. Maybe once she's gone I'll stop feeling so much.
"You're not gonna kill her." Stefan says.
Damon rolls his eyes. "Don't give me that goody-goody crap."
"You're not gonna kill her."
"Really?"
"Because I am."
Matt, Jeremy, and Elena are helping Jenna up the porch steps. "Easy. Grab the door Jer." Matt says.
Jenna sighs. "Hey, stop fussing, I'm fine."
"The doctors said that you have to take it easy." Elena tells her.
"Yeah, you don't want to rip your stitches, hemorrhage and die, alright?" Jeremy asks.
She rolls her eyes. "Yeah, the only thing I'm gonna die from is embarrassment."
"No." Matt shakes his head.
"I walked into a knife. How does somebody do that?"
"It was a freak accident." Elena says.
"It happens." Jeremy adds.
Matt smiles. "Yeah, I mean I've done it like 20 times at the grill." Jenna laughs, and then winces in pain. "Okay, I'm being nice."
"Careful." Jeremy tells her.
"Easy, easy." Matt says as they put her on the couch. "What should I do with this?" He holds out a bag.
"I got it." Elena takes it from him and goes into the kitchen.
Jeremy follows her. "So what are we gonna do?"
"Make lunch."
"No, about Katherine."
"We're not gonna do anything, Jeremy."
"She tried to kill Jenna. We can't let her get away with that."
"Yes we can. If it keeps us safe then we can."
"And what if she tries something else?"
"She won't. Katherine hurt Jenna because I didn't do what she said. I'm not doing it now, me and Stefan are over. She wins, the end."
"You are being naïve and you know it." He starts to walk away.
"Where are you going?"
"Out. I'll be back."
Katherine enters her bedroom carrying a shopping bag. Mrs. Flowers is helping her. "Where should I put these?" Sheasks.
"Right there. Thank you, Mrs. Flowers. You've been such a wonderful help."
"Oh, it's my pleasure dear. Let me know if there's anything else I can do."
"I will." She takes a dress from one of the bags. She pauses as she senses a presence in the room. She flashes over and pins a woman to the wall.
"Oh, Kat, chill." The woman; Lucy says.
"Do not sneak up on a vampire."
"Don't attack a witch. It's good to see you girl."
Katherine hugs her. "I'm glad you made it."
"You called, I came."
"Like you had a choice."
"Don't get all boss lady on me. You know I love you." She takes a mask from one of the bags. "Now, where does one wear this?"
"To a masquerade ball. Tonight. You want to be my date?" She ask, making Lucy smile. "What do you know about shapeshifter's?"
A look of confusion settles on Lucy's face. "What?"
"Shapeshifter's. People who can change into animals?"
"Like a werewolf?"
"No." She shakes her head. "I mean any animal at will."
Lucy shakes her head. "I've never heard of it before. Why?"
Katherine has a thoughtful look on her face. "No reason."
Caroline opens the front door to let Bonnie in. "Hey, come on in."
"I got Stefan's message."
He walks up to her. "Hey, you brought the grimoire, thank you."
She sees Damon, Trinity, and Alaric talking around a table full of weapons. "What's going on?"
Jeremy walks up to her. "We're gonna kill Katherine."
Bonnie has a shocked look on her face. "I can explain." Stefan tells her.
"Please."
"We're gonna kill Katherine."
Alaric shows a weapon to everybody. "This works with compressed air. The trigger mechanism is up here. I have two of these in a different size. For you I recommend this. It fits nicely under the jacket sleeve. You use the trigger when you're ready." He fakes killing a vampire. Damon and Stefan look at each other. "You wanted me to show you how to kill a vampire."
Katherine is straightening her curly hair.
"What's with the hair?" Lucy asks.
"I'm impersonating my dull-as-dishwater doppelgänger Elena. She has the worst taste."
"Except in men. Isn't it a risk pretending to be her in front of the entire town?"
"I've gotten quite good at it actually and everyone's gonna be in masks. It's for some feed this, something charity. It's for a good cause Lucy."
"Hum, okay. Well, have you actually seen the moonstone before? I always thought it was some made up legend."
"I have seen it and I need you to help me get it back."
"Oh yeah? What are you gonna do with it?" She asks. Katherine has an uncomfortable look on her face. "You want me to break the curse."
"Let's just get it first. All I really need from you is backup. I can't imagine that Damon and Stefan are just gonna hand it over without putting up a fight."
"I know you love Elena and you want to be with her but it's risky. Too many people could get hurt." Bonnie says.
"Look, I want Elena back, yes but it's more than that. What Katherine did to Jenna it crossed the line. She has to be stopped before it happens again." He tells her.
"I don't know, Stefan."
"Katherine knows me, right? She knows that I'm not gonna try something in a crowd full of innocent people so that gives me an edge. I could catch her by surprise."
"I could do a spell to trap her, like the tomb spell."
He nods. "Right. We can isolate her, away from the others. Please Bonnie."
She thinks for a moment. "Okay."
"You're welcome to hang out. Alaric's coming over. It's gonna be pizza and bad TV." Elena tells Matt as he stands to leave.
"I'd love to but I'm going to the masquerade party at the Lockwood's, aren't you?"
"Uh, no…not with what's going on with me and Stefan."
"I've got to go, there's something I got to do."
"What?"
"Just something, I can't talk about it but I've got to go."
"Okay. Well, have fun."
"Yeah. Me and a suit."
She laughs. "You look good in a suit."
"You and Stefan will work it out."
She sighs. "I don't think so, Matt. There's so much about me and Stefan that'll never work."
"You know I'm here for you, always."
She hugs him.
"Are you sure you guys don't want me there tonight?" Alaric asks.
"No, I need you to stay with Elena. I don't want her to know about this." Stefan says.
"Yeah." Trinity agrees. "She has a habit of getting into trouble when she tries to help."
"Okay. Well, I'll make sure she doesn't leave my sight."
"Alright, if anybody wants to back out, I'll understand." Stefan looks around.
"Yeah." Damon says. "Cold feet speak now. I don't want this going wrong if someone chicken's out. Caroline."
She scoffs. "I won't. Look, she killed me. Fair's fair. As long as there's no werewolf running around."
"Oh, I took care of Mason."
"As long as Tyler doesn't kill anyone, he won't turn." Jeremy tells them.
Damon looks at Trinity. "Are you sure you're okay with us killing your girlfriend?" He asks, making the others look at her in shock.
"Girlfriend?" Caroline asks.
Trinity sighs and rolls her eyes. "I lost control and ended up sleeping with Katherine a few times."
"What?" Bonnie asks.
"It's over and done with. We finish this tonight."
Stefan looks at Bonnie. "Bonnie? Are you with us?"
She pauses. "But no one gets hurt."
"Except Katherine." Damon cuts in. "Tonight Katherine gets a stake through her heart."
Trinity holds in her flinch at the words.
At the Lockwood mansion, it's the masquerade ball. Everyone is wearing masks. Tyler is in his father's office when his mother walks in. "It's already packed out there. You know, we need to keep that door shut. Your father would be very unhappy if I let guests in here." She says, making him stand. She smiles. "Oh, look at you! So handsome."
He adjust is suit jacket. "Thanks. You look pretty good too mom."
"Oh, a compliment. I think I'll fall over."
"Listen, I'm sorry I've been a dick lately…a jerk lately. It's just…have you heard from Mason?"
"No and I don't think we're going to. He's coming, he's going, it's just his way. He's the exact opposite of your father."
"We should have cancelled this party."
"This whole masquerade theme was his idea. I don't know what it has to do with helping the homeless but once he made up his mind, he could really be a dick…a jerk. But I loved him and I know you did too. It's natural to feel abandoned. I just don't want you to feel alone."
"Come on, put your mask on. Let's just go out there and pretend to have some fun."
"I think I need a cocktail first."
Katherine and Lucy walk into the mansion before splitting up. Katherine takes a strawberry from a plate when Matt sees her.
"Elena?"
"Matt? You look dashing."
"I thought you said you weren't coming."
"I couldn't miss it. You really are hot in a suit. I would love to just…okay, here's the deal." She compels him. "Do you know what you have to do?"
"I'm gonna get Tyler Lockwood really drunk. I'm going to start a fight with him and I'm gonna beat him until he snaps." He says, eyes glazed over.
"And then?"
"I won't stop until he kills me."
"God, you're hot. Now go away."
"Thank you." He walks away.
Stefan, Damon, and Trinity are outside. They look around.
"Do you see her?" Damon asks.
Stefan shakes his head. "Nope. You're sure you can do this?"
"Who are you talking to?"
"Oh, I had the chance to kill her and I hesitated."
"Well that is the fork in the road between you and me my friend. I don't hesitate."
"You spent 145 years loving her, it could happen."
"I won't hesitate."
"Okay." He says and Damon walks away. He turns to Trinity. "Are you okay?"
She looks at him. "What do you mean?"
"You've only lost control like that in front of Katherine. More than once." He says. "You may not want to admit it, but you feel something for her." Trinity begins to shake her head. "You do." He says. "And that's okay. But are you sure that you can do this?"
She pauses in thought. "She's trying to hurt the people I care about." She says. "And I care about you a lot more than I care about her. So yes…I can do this."
Stefan nods.
Matt and Tyler are in his father's office with Aimee and Sarah. The girls are dancing. The boys are drinking.
"We're really not supposed to be in here." Tyler says.
"Yeah, I know but we really need to turn this party up. Another shot?" He asks.
"Hey, I want a shot." Aimee says.
"Me too and then we have to dance." Sarah adds.
"Yes."
"You know, usually it's me corrupting you. I like this." Tyler smiles and takes a drink.
"Okay, let's go party. Come on." Aimee puts on her mask on and they leave the office.
Jeremy is carrying a bag as he and Bonnie walk upstairs and into an empty room. "I thought this room could work." He says.
"It's perfect."
He takes a weapon from the bag. Bonnie sits down and takes out the grimoire. "Is that the spell book I read about in my family's old journal?"
"It's my ancestor, Emily's. The spell I'm doing here is similar to the one that sealed the vampires into the tomb." She opens the book.
Jeremy puts the bag in the closet. "Can you do all the stuff that's in there?"
"I mean it takes practice. I've worked on some small spells. Spells that only do good. I don't want to know too much. I don't particularly enjoy any of this, in case you haven't noticed."
"Yeah but you're 100% witch, that is so cool."
"It's anything but cool. Did your family journals tell you what happened to Emily? Or what about my Grams? It never ends well for people like me."
"If you feel that way, why help?"
"Because I don't want anyone else getting hurt and I don't know how to stay out of it."
Trinity walks towards the drinks table when someone grabs her hand. She turns around and sees Katherine.
"Dance with me." She smiles, pulling Trinity onto the dance floor.
"What are you doing?" She asks.
Katherine wraps her arms around Trinity and starts to sway. "Enjoying myself." Trinity tries to pull away but she holds her in place. "Dance with me or someone dies."
She sighs and stops struggling. "Someone's dramatic."
"So what's it like being a shapeshifter?"
Trinity looks at her in surprise. "How…?" Caroline. She thinks.
"So tell me." Katherine says. "What are the perks? I already know that stamina is one of them." She smiles flirtatiously.
Trinity sighs. "Speed, strength, senses. That's about it."
"Why do I feel like you're holding back?"
"Because I am." She says. "I mean, this is like our first date right? I'm not going to reveal everything." The song ends and Trinity steps away. "There. You got your dance."
"No kiss?" Katherine teases. Trinity rolls her eyes and walks away.
Jenna and Elena sit on the couch. "I feel like an invalid." She sighs.
Elena smiles. "That's because you are an invalid. Where's Jeremy? Isn't he hungry?"
"He already left for the Lockwood party."
"He went to that?"
"Yeah, I'm glad. He needs to have more fun. Lose some of that emo thing."
"I'm gonna get some napkins." She goes into the kitchen and sees Alaric. "What's going on?"
"What do you mean?" He asks.
"I haven't heard from anyone all day. It's like everyone's been avoiding me and now Jeremy's supposedly at the party? He hates stuff like that."
"I don't know what to tell you, Elena." His phone rings and she reaches out to grab it but he puts it in his pocket before she can.
"So then you'll be okay if I just head out, try to meet up with everyone."
"Wait, wait, wait." He says.
She looks at him. "What are you hiding, Ric?"
"Stefan asked me to keep an eye on you, just in case Katherine showed up while he was at the party."
"So Stefan's at the party too? He would never go to the party for himself; he did that stuff for me."
"Just let this one go. Okay Elena?"
Bonnie and Jeremy are going back to the party. "We need to let them know the room's ready." Suddenly she stops. "Do you feel that?"
"What's the matter? Are you cold?" He asks.
"No." She sees Lucy and walks towards her. "Excuse me, do I know you?"
"No, I'm a plus one, I know no one, but it's a great party though." She walks away.
Bonnie walks back to Jeremy. "Are you okay?" He asks.
"I just got a weird vibe. Let's find Damon."
Stefan is on the dance floor, alone. He sees Katherine walking down the stairs a long distance away. Then she suddenly appears behind him. "Dance with me." She tells him.
"No."
"Fine then tell me who I should kill." She looks around the room. "Him? Hmm, she looks delicious." She eats a strawberry. Stefan offers her his arm. She follows him and they dance. "It's a beautiful night."
"Why the charade?"
"How's Jenna? I certainly didn't expect her to survive that. Lucky girl. Clumsy. How does one stab oneself?"
"Katherine?"
"Huh?"
"I don't want anyone to get hurt tonight."
"Okay. Then give me the moonstone and nobody will."
"Well, you see, I don't have the moonstone on me. So, you and I will have to go get it together."
"Hmm. I have a better plan. You go fetch it and I will try not to kill anyone in the meantime."
"My way or you don't get it."
Aimee walks up to them. "Hey Stefan, I can't find Matt." She looks at Katherine. "Oh my god Elena! You look so pretty. I love that dress. You look gorge."
"Thank you. I love your necklace." She smiles.
"Oh, thanks."
"Oh it's twisted. Here, let me, here we go." She goes behind Aimee and she snaps her spine. "Paralyzed from the waist down." She says before another crack is heard. "And dead." She throws Aimee's body in Stefan's arms. "The moonstone, Stefan. Tick tock."
"Hey guys, I'm gonna go to bed. You good over there?" Elena asks the couple.
"Good night." Jenna says.
"Good night." She takes her car keys and quietly makes her way out of the house.
Stefan, Trinity, and Damon are in an empty room. "I put the body in the trunk for now." He tells them.
"We'll dump her when we get back." Damon says.
"This is exactly what I didn't want it, Damon."
"Stefan, it's collateral damage."
"Right, which is why we need to call it off."
"What? Who's hesitating now?" He looks at him. "Hey! Don't do this to me! This woman ruined our lives, she destroyed us!" He looks at Trinity. "She took your virginity and most likely screwed Mason directly after. Tonight it ends. We can do it together." He looks back to Stefan. "I got your back. Alright?"
"Alright."
Bonnie and Jeremy are waiting for the signal.
"So can you use do like a hocus pocus to ace a test?" He asks.
"I don't know that spell." She says.
"It'd be like the first one I'd learn or maybe like a sex spell or something. I don't know. Do you want to dance or something while we're waiting?"
"No! I mean no thank you."
Jeremy receives a message from Damon telling him that it's his turn.
Katherine is walking when Lucy rejoins her. "You didn't tell me there was another witch here."
"Didn't I?" She feigns innocence.
"No, you didn't. No one is supposed to know I'm involved. This changes things, Katherine."
Katherine turns to look at her. "This changes nothing. You're here because you owe your dear friend a favor. You wouldn't want to lose my friendship now, would you?"
Jeremy walks up to them. "Elena." He removes his mask and looks at Lucy. "Hey sorry, could I talk to my sister?" She leaves.
"What is it Jeremy?" Katherine asks, a false look of worry on her face.
"I have a message from Stefan."
Her eyebrows go up. "Oh?"
"He and Damon want you to meet them at the edge of the lake by the woods. They brought the moonstone."
Katherine drops her façade. "And why are you their little messenger?"
"Because they know I'm not afraid of you."
"Hmm, you Gilbert men, so courageous. How's John by the way? Were they able to sew his fingers back on?" She touches his tie, looks at him and leaves.
Jeremy is texting to Damon but Elena catches his arm. "What the hell is going on?" She asks.
Caroline is inside. She sees Matt with Sarah and Tyler. He stops, looks at her and leaves with them. She receives a text from Jeremy telling her that it's her turn.
She's walking in an empty part of the manor. She's going to open a door but Katherine walks up, catches Caroline's wrist and pushes her against the wall.
"What are Stefan and Damon up to?" She asks.
"What do you mean?"
"I've got Jeremy Gilbert luring me out to the lake. What's going on?"
"I don't know…nothing."
She strangles her. "Don't lie to me, Caroline. They're up to something, what is it?"
"I…" She chokes. "Wait, no, no, no! Okay. They're trying to kill you."
"I figured as much. Where is the moonstone?"
"Bonnie has it."
"And where is Bonnie right now?"
"I don't know." Katherine tightens her grip on her throat. "Okay. She's upstairs, she's upstairs!"
She releases her.
Elena is with Jeremy and Bonnie. "You guys are trying to kill her here?"
"We saw an opportunity and we knew we had to take it." He tells her.
"Okay, stop with the 'we', are you guys crazy? You're gonna get yourselves killed."
"We know what we're doing, Elena." Bonnie tells her.
"And how am I supposed to feel if one of you guys gets hurt because of me?"
"It's not just you anymore, Elena. She's messed with all of us, she has to be stopped." Jeremy says.
Katherine is dragging Caroline upstairs.
"Why do you keep dragging me into this? I don't want any part of it." She protests.
"Shut up!" They stop in front of a door. "Which room is it?"
Caroline points. "It's that one."
She goes into the room. Caroline stays outside. "Where is she?"
Caroline begins to laugh. "I did it. I really didn't think that I'd be able to fool you but I did it."
Katherine rushes over but she can't leave the room. She's trapped. "What the…? Stefan?"
He's in the room too, a stake in his hand. "Hello Katherine."
Caroline smiles. "Goodbye Katherine." She walks away.
"You don't really think that you can kill me with that now, do you?" She smirks.
"No, but he can."
Damon comes out of the closet, the compressed air weapon is his hands. He shoots Katherine, launching a stake in her back.
At the same time, Elena screams as an injury forms on her back.
Stefan rushes over and drives a stake through her arm.
Elena screams again.
"What's going on?" Jeremy asks.
Bonnies eyes widen. "Jeremy, it's Katherine. She's linked to Katherine, get them to stop! Now!"
He runs.
Stefan and Damon are fighting with Katherine. She tries to stake Damon but Trinity appears and catches her from behind. She falls to the floor with her, arms wrapped around her neck. She can't move.
Damon is about to stake her when Jeremy appears in the door way. "Stop! You're hurting Elena! Everything you're doing to her is hurting Elena!"
Damon stops, a look of shock on her face.
Katherine smiles as Trinity releases her and they stand. "You think you two are the only ones with a witch on your side? Wrong and something tells me that my witch is better than your witch." She takes the stake from Damon's hands.
Stefan looks at Jeremy. "Jeremy, go check on Elena. Make sure she's okay. Go!" He leaves.
"Let's all make sure poor Elena is okay. Just a little bit more pressure." She cuts her hand with the stake.
Elena scream as a wound appears.
Stefan hits Katherine's hand and throws the stake on the floor.
"Bonnie, it hurts." Elena cries.
"I can't break the spell, Elena. I'm sorry but I can try to take some of the pain away. Okay? Okay?" She takes Elena hand into hers. "Ascinda, mulaf, hinto, ascinda…"
Katherine takes the stake and is about to drive it through her stomach. "This is really gonna hurt."
"Wait!" Damon yells.
She sits down on the couch. "Okay. So, how about that moonstone?"
Jeremy runs up to the girls. "Are you okay?"
"Are they?" Elena asks.
"They're stuck in there with her." He looks at Bonnie. "You were right; Katherine had a witch link Elena to her."
"The girl I saw, the one inside! Stay with her, keep pressure on her shoulder!"
"Where are you going?"
"There's another witch here, I'm gonna find her!" She leaves.
Jeremy removes his ring and gives it to Elena.
"No." She says.
"Take it."
"No, Jeremy…"
"Elena, listen to me; you need this more than I do."
"No Jeremy. What I need is for you to be safe."
Katherine, Damon, and Stefan are trapped in the room. Trinity sits with them.
"The three of us together just like old times." Katherine says. "The brother who loved me too much and the one that didn't love me enough."
"And the evil slut vampire who only loved herself." Damon adds.
"What happened to you Damon? You used to be so sweet and polite."
"Oh that Damon died a long time ago."
"Good. He was a bore."
"Oh, why don't you two stop antagonizing each other?" Stefan says.
"Where is the moonstone?"
"What do you want with it?" Trinity asks.
Katherine ignores her and looks at Stefan and Damon. "Does Elena enjoy having both of you worship at her alter?"
The brothers exchange a look and look back to her. "That was really desperate, Katherine. Don't you think that we can see right through you?" Stefan asks.
"So it doesn't bother you that Damon's in love with your girlfriend?"
"Oh, stop it."
"Or what? You'll hurt me?" She gets up. "Come on, Stefan. Everything that I feel, Elena feels, so go ahead." She looks at Damon. "Or better yet, kiss me Damon. She'll feel that too." She then looks at Trinity. "Or maybe you could do that thing with your tongue. I'm sure she'll love that."
"You know, this whole Mason thing has me a bit confused. Why a werewolf? The moonstone can break a curse that would help them destroy all vampires so what's in that for you?" Stefan asks.
"Sorry about your pet wolf, probably should have kept him on a tighter leash." Damon smirks.
"I'll have to remember that for next time. He's not the only wolf in town." She says.
Sarah, Tyler and Matt are in the mayor's office.
"So, what happened to Aimee?" She asks.
Matt shrugs. "I don't know, she disappeared."
"She's probably drunk somewhere." Tyler says.
"Like me." He pours the alcohol on the floor.
"Whoa, don't do that."
"What man? It's a party." He takes the picture of Carol and Richard and looks at it. "Right dad? You know, looks like your dad wants to drink." He pours alcohol on the picture.
"Hey, that's not cool. What's wrong with you?"
"Come on, the guy was a dick."
"Come on, you're being mean. His dad's dead." Sarah says.
"Give me the picture!" He tries to snatch it but Matt won't let him.
"Remember how your dad used to slap you around?" He slaps Tyler.
"Are you kidding?"
"I'm just having fun." He smiles.
"Put the picture down now man." Matt throws the picture on the floor, breaking it. "Okay, you need to calm your drunk ass down right now!"
"Do something about it!"
"I'm not gonna fight you."
Matt rushes over him and throws him on the floor. Matt punches him in the face. Caroline is downstairs, she hears the fight. Tyler gets up and punches Matt.
Caroline walks in. "What is going on? Stop!" She puts herself between them. She pushes Matt on the floor. Matt gets up and rushes over Tyler but she stops him.
"I can't! Let me go, I have to finish!" He says.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Tyler asks.
"Let me go!"
Caroline looks at him. Pushes him and elbows him hard in the face. He falls on the floor, unconscious. She goes toward him. "Matt?"
Sarah takes a letter opener from the desks.
Tyler looks at Caroline in shock. "How did you…?"
"Matt failed. If Matt fails, I can't." Sarah says.
Caroline sees her. "Tyler, look out!"
Sarah drives the letter opener into his chest. He pushes her and she falls. Her head hits the desk hard on the way down.
Tyler stares in shock at her still body. He kneels by her body. "No, no, no! Come on, wake up! Sarah, open your eyes, wake up! This can't happen, oh no, this can't happen. This can't be happening! Sarah! Sarah, get up! Sarah! Open your eyes! This can't be happening!" He realizes that she is dead. He grabs his head and screams.
"Tyler? Tyler?! Tyler, what's happening?" Caroline asks.
"Get away!"
"What's happening?!"
He raises his head, showing his amber eyes.
"Damn it! Where is that witch?" Damon asks.
Katherine smirks. "We could play charades."
"You bargained the moonstone." Stefan says quietly.
Damon looks at him. "What are you mumbling about over there?"
"When you struck a deal with George Lockwood, to help you fake your death, you told me that you gave George something that he needed. It was the moonstone, wasn't it?"
She smiles. "Good for you, Stefan. 2+2…and it would have worked, except that people found out that I wasn't in the tomb." She looks at Damon. "Thanks to you, by the way. Have I mentioned how inconvenient your obsession with me has been?"
He looks at the ceiling. "You and me both, honey."
"Why do you need it back?" Stefan asks.
"I love you in a suit, so dashing."
"What were you doing with it in the first place?" Trinity asks.
"You're wasting your breath." Damon says.
"Unless it wasn't yours to begin with." He realizes. "In 1864 you faked your death. Who were you running from, Katherine?" He says. Damon and Trinity look at her.
"In 1987 you were in Chicago, at a concert of all places with that wench, Lexi." She deflects. "Come on Stefan, don't look so surprised. Of course I checked in on you over the years. You were standing in the front row, dancing all night. You were watching Bon Jovi and I was watching you."
"Who were you running from?"
'I love you.' She mouths to Stefan.
Bonnie is looking for Lucy. She finally finds her and follows the girl into the dining room. "You looking for me?" She asks.
"Who are you?"
"Lucy."
"What are you doing here?"
She sighs. "I should have known I'd run into a Bennett."
"How do you know me?"
"You figure it out. Look, I have no interest in fighting you."
"Then stop the spell you put on my friend."
"Give Katherine the moonstone and I will."
"Why are you helping Katherine? Don't you know what she is?"
"Tell your friends to hand over the moonstone and all will be groovy."
"You're not leaving this room until you stop the spell!"
"Look, I don't want to hurt you."
"I don't want to hurt you."
"Look, I don't have a choice. The bitch saved my life and now I owe her. I have to pay up." She goes to walk away but Bonnie catches her wrist. "You have the moonstone. I can sense it on you." She catches Bonnie's forearms. The room shakes, the lights flicker. "Do you feel that? You can trust me. Give it to me, it's okay."
Damon is pouring himself a glass of scotch.
"We're missing the party. I'll have one of those." Katherine says.
"Right away Miss Katherine." He says, giving her a glass.
"Thank you." She takes a drink when suddenly he pins her to the wall and goes to stake her.
Stefan and Trinity stop him. "No, no! Damon, don't!" He says as the push him away. Trinity looks at Katherine. Was I protecting her or Elena?
"Yes, Damon, please." Katherine says.
He glares at her. "The second the spell is lifted, I'm gonna drive a stake right through your heart."
"God, you're hot. When did you get so hot?"
Lucy walks in with the moonstone in hand. "Katherine, the spell on this room has been broken, you're free to leave."
She sighs and walks over to her. "Thank God."
"When I hand this over my debt to you is over."
"Done."
"I owe you nothing."
"I said done. Give it." She holds her hand out.
"I wouldn't do that." Damon says as Lucy hands her the moonstone.
The second it touches Katherine's skin it, she begins to choke.
Lucy glares at her. "You should have told me another witch was involved. She's a Bennett witch, Katherine, but I'm sure you knew that."
"Wait, Elena!" Stefan says.
"Elena's fine." She watches Katherine fall to the floor. "The spell is broken. She'll heal quickly, Bonnie's with her." Katherine continues to suffocate. "I apologize for my involvement." She leaves as Katherine falls unconscious.
Caroline explains to Carol what happened to Sarah, but she twists the truth. "Matt and I were fighting, we broke up you know, and Sarah was drunk and dancing and she just tripped. And then she wasn't breathing."
"Okay, your mom's on her way and we called Sarah's parents. It was an accident. It was a terrible, tragic accident." Carol says.
Tyler walks in. "Mom, the sheriff's here."
"I'll go prepare her, just don't leave. Just stay here okay? She's going to want to hear the story from you." She leaves.
Caroline looks at Tyler. "Matt's in the car, sleeping it off. I'll deal with him; I don't want him involved in any of this."
"What are you doing?"
"I'm fixing a very bad situation."
"Why? I did this. I killed her."
"No, you didn't mean to and I think it's best for everyone…"
"But she's dead! You don't know what that means."
"Actually, Tyler, I think I do."
"No, you don't, Caroline."
"Has your wound healed?"
He checks his wound but realizes that has healed. "How did you…?"
Lucy is leaving and Bonnie runs after her. "Please, wait."
She turns around. "Hey, I'm sorry about that spell. Damn vampires, they pull you into the middle of it every time."
"How do I know you? When I gave you the stone, how did I know I could trust you?"
"That feeling you got, you ever felt it before?"
"Being around family. My grams."
"My mother is Johanna, first cousin twice removed from Pauline, niece of Sheila aka…"
"Grams? We're related?
Lucy smiles. "Yeah, we kind of are. It's nice to meet you Bonnie. Seeing you tonight was a wakeup call for me. I got to stop letting vampires control me. So thank you for that." She walks away and Bonnie runs after, crying.
"Please, don't leave! I have so many questions. I don't want to be in the middle either. I hate it. How do I stay out of it?"
"Unlike me, you're one of the good ones, Bonnie. The middle of it is exactly where you need to be. You take care, cuz. Don't worry, you'll see me again." She leaves.
Jeremy walks up to Bonnie. "Hey, I was gonna head home, can I offer you a ride? Are you okay?"
"When did you get your driver's license?"
"I'm not a kid anymore, Bonnie."
She smiles. "I'd love a ride home."
Stefan walks up to Elena. "Elena."
"I'm okay, I'm okay. Bonnie took away the pain and I think I'm healing."
"I know but I think you should definitely see a doctor anyway."
"I will. I heard about Katherine, is it true? Is she really gone?"
"Yeah, I was so worried about you." He steps towards her but she pushes him away.
"Stefan…I…"
"Katherine being gone doesn't change anything for you, does it?" He asks.
"I want to be with you, Stefan. You know that but first, I need to wake up and know that the people that I love are safe. I need to feel safe. Do you understand?"
"Yeah. Yeah, I-I understand."
She walks away.
Katherine wakes up in the tomb under Fell's Church. She sees the moonstone on the floor next to her. She takes it and gets up. She tries to leave but there's some sort of barrier blocking her.
Damon appears. "Hello Katherine." He smirks.
"Where am I?"
"Where you should have been all along. I thought you'd have learned your lesson by now, messing with a Bennett witch."
"You should have killed me."
"Death would have been too kind." He begins to closes the door.
"No, Damon, don't. Damon, don't. You need me, Elena's in danger!" She yells.
He stops and looks at her. "From who?" She doesn't answer. "You're lying, you're always lying."
"Why do you think I haven't killed her? Because she's the doppelgänger, she needs to be protected."
"Then I'll protect her, while you rot in hell." He closes the door.
"No, Damon, don't! I'll do anything, please. Damon! You need me! Damon! You need me! You need me!" She cries and hits the door. She drops to the ground in terror.
At the Lockwood Mansion, Elena is in the parking lot. She talks on the phone with Jeremy. "Yeah Jeremy, I've got my car. Tell Bonnie that whatever she did, I'm starting to feel better. Yeah, you can drive her home. I'm just gonna go straight to bed. Okay." She hangs up, not seeing the mask man behind her.
He knocks her out and kidnaps her.
Trinity runs her hand through her hair and tosses and turns in bed, trying to fall to sleep.
Flash
Katherine pulling her in for a kiss.
Flash
She trails kisses down Katherine's neck.
Flash
Katherine's eyes closing, ecstasy on her face.
Her eyes snap open and she sits up in bed. She rubs her hands down her face before getting up, putting on a pair a sweats and some shoes.
Katherine looks up as the tomb door begins to open. "What are you doing here?"
Trinity folds her arms across her chest. "I don't know. You tell me."
