Buffy slowly follows the vampire into the woods as he pretends to be human, once he has his back to her Buffy comes up right behind him.
The vampire turns and gasps "Oh!"
Buffy smiles "Looking for me?"

The vampire stutters as he speaks "Holy—what do you want?"
Buffy rolls her eyes and swings out her first, punching him in the face.
"Hey!" He exclaims, however as he turns back to her his true form shows, "Look whose home?" Buffy says.

"Slayer." He hisses.

Buffy sends her fist towards his stomach but he blocks it with both hands, leaving himself unprotected, Buffy takes the opportunity to send a sucker punch to his face.

As his face swings to the side, he growls before he throws his fist out at her "Why don't you just go back where you came from?" He asks as she ducks the hit "Things were great before you came."

Buffy glares at him before swinging her leg around knocking him to the ground, he gets back up quickly and throws at fist at her, but she catches it and twists it, causing him to flip in the air and land painfully on his back. As he tries to get back up Buffy grabs him from behind "And they say one person can't make a difference." She says before bringing the stake through his back. As he turns to dust, Buffy freezes as she feels something watching her, she looks around but can't shake the feeling. After seeing no one around she sighs and slowly makes her way back towards the Mystic Falls town line, as she does she doesn't notice the figure hidden behind the bushes watching her as she moved away.


The next morning Buffy sits with the lawyer as he instructs her on where to sign "Sign here and here."
Buffy nods "Ok." She says as she takes the pen before staring at the paperwork in front of her, this was nuts, they were actually signing over their house to her.
"So this place is all yours?" Bonnie asks as she and Elena sit on the couch "They just gave it to you?"

Buffy shrugs "For now. But lucky as the sole owner I get to decide who comes and who rots on the driveway."
"Your own personal safe house."
Buffy shakes her head "More like an Elena safe, but apparently giving the deed to me was the better option."

Bonnie looks around and frowns at the state of the house, she wouldn't particularly want to be the owner of this dusty old giant mess "Wouldn't want to clean it."
Elena chuckles as does Buffy.


"Thanks, Mr Henry." Buffy says as the lawyer exits the house.
Once he was gone and out of sight Buffy turns to both brothers and smirks, this was going to be fun "You guys cool with sleeping in the garage right?"

When neither of them answers Buffy smiles "I'll take that as a yes, bye now." She says before giving them a little wave and moving to close the door.
"Buffy." Stefan says as he smiles at his girlfriend, it was nice to see this playful side of her after all the horribleness of the past couple months.

Buffy chuckles "I was only kidding. Now, Stefan would you like to come into my house?" She asks emphasising the word 'my' causing him to laugh slightly.
"I would love to." He tells her before stepping inside.

Buffy then turns to Damon and sighs before tapping her chin as she contemplates what to do "Now should I invite you in or do as you suggested and remove your head. Decisions, decisions." She says pretending to contemplate.
Damon raises an eyebrow "What are we 12?"

Buffy shakes her head "Nope. I'm pretty sure you are more like 7, I've met 8-year-olds more mature than you." Buffy sighs when she spots his unamused look "Look if I let you in are you gonna play by my rules?"
Damon scoffs "No."

Buffy rolls her eyes "Damon, come on. It's either my way or the headless way. What do you say?"
Damon hesitates "Fine." He groans out before clenching his jaw.
Buffy smiles "Then come on in."
Damon head in and glares at Stefan who smirks "Shut up."

At that moment Elena and Bonnie walk over and hand Buffy her jacket "Thanks." She says causing both men to turn to the girl "Wait, where are you going?" Stefan asks confused.
"To school." Elena says simply.
"Huh?" Stefan asks completely confused, they couldn't actually be serious.
Damon interjects "No, no, no. We didn't create a safe house just for you and the Buff to leave it."
"Yeah..." Stefan says in agreement with his brother "...guys, Klaus is out there. We know that."
Elena nods "Right. But where? No one knows."

Buffy sighs, as sweet as it was for them to want to protect them, they couldn't spend the rest of their lives locked up "Look, we appreciate it guys but we ain't no prisoners."
Elena nods "Buffy's, right. Plus she's stronger than both of you, plus Bonnie has the power of 100 dead witches, us being together is much safer than here."
Bonnie turns to the boys "If he comes, I can take him."
"I can too." Buffy assures them.

Elena smiles "See the safest place for both me and Buffy is with Bonnie, then we have witch strength and Slayer strength. Come on."

The three of them then slowly head out just as Stefan groans, glancing at his annoyed brother he grabs his bag and moves to follow the girls, if they refused to stay put then he would just have to keep an eye on them "Wait, I'm coming."


On the way to class, Buffy freezes in the hallway when she gets that odd feeling again. It was something she hadn't felt in so long, but she couldn't place the feeling.
"Buffy? You coming?" Elena asks looking at her cousin confused.
Buffy shakes her head "Yeah. I'll be right there. Just left something in my locker. Go I'll catch up."

Elena nods before heading off, once she is out of sight Buffy heads down the hallway and out the back door, for some reason her eyes land on the sewer grate right by the back entrance.
She couldn't tear her eyes from it and as though something was calling to her Buffy slowly makes her way towards it, however just as she was about to reach it the bell goes off.

"Dammit!" Buffy exclaims before quickly running off but not without sparing one more glance at the grate.


Buffy runs into class just as Alaric turns away from the board. As he turns towards her Buffy offers him an apologetic smile as she tucks the hair behind her ear "Sorry Mr Saltzman." She says before quickly making her way to her seat.

"It's fine, Buffy." Klaus says as he watches her intently, he couldn't believe it, all these years of wondering and searching and here she was before her, she was more beautiful than he could have imagined. He couldn't stop himself from soaking up every last detail of her, the moment she is seated he sees her look over at the Salvatore boy.

He eternally frowns, that was another detail about her life that would have to be dealt with. He clears his throat quickly as his attention is brought back to the class "The sixties. Well, they pretty much sucked. Except for The Beatles." He tells the class "They made it bearable. Uh, what else was there?" He says trying to scramble through the centuries worth of memories "The Cuban missile thing, the—we walked on the moon. There was Watergate."

Elena at this point interjects "Watergate was the seventies, Ric."
The class turns to her confused as to why she was addressing the teacher by his first name, she quickly tries to cover it "I—I mean Mr Saltzman."
Klaus smiles "Right. It all kind of mushes together up here, the sixties, seventies. Thank you, Elena."

Klaus turns his attention back to Buffy and hides his smirk as he spots the silver dagger hiding in her boot, a warrior she was indeed.


"Hey, Jer." Elena says as she and Buffy approach Jeremy and Bonnie "How are you doing? Are you ok at the house alone with John?"
Buffy turns to him "If you want I could knock him unconscious if he irritates you."
Jeremy nods "It's not ideal, I may have to take you up on that offer if it gets worse Buff." He says before standing.

"Hey, have you heard from Jenna?" Elena asks before Jeremy could head off.
Jeremy shakes his head "It looks like she's staying on campus. Look. I'm, uh—I'm late for class." Jeremy quickly heads off, causing Buffy and Elena to frown.

"What's going on?" Elena asks Bonnie as they take a seat at the table.
Bonnie smiles "I told him he had to dress up tonight and he got all uptight."

"Hey, Buffy, there you are." Another student Abby says as she runs over "This is going to sound freaky but this totally hot guy just asked me to ask you if you're going to the dance tonight."

Bonnie raises an eyebrow as does Elena "Tell him she has a boyfriend."
Abby sighs trying to convince the blonde "You could at least meet him. He seems to think the two of you are meant to be. He'll be at the dance tonight. Look for him. His name is Klaus."

Buffy's eyes widen in horror, Elena turns to the girl "I'm sorry, what did you just say?"
The girl frowns "His name's Klaus. I know the name's stupid but I swear he's hot."
Bonnie starts looking around, he was here, taunting them "Where is he? Is he here?"
Abby stays silent for a moment "I don't know."

Buffy scoffs, she was getting really sick of this stalking level creepiness "Psycho thinks he's a romantic, compelling people ain't so much of a turn on."
Abby turns back to Buffy "But he wants to know if you'll save him the last dance. How cute is that?"
Buffy scoffs "Adorably creepy."


As Elena, Buffy and Bonnie and Stefan are heading back to the Salvatore house, Stefan grabs Buffy's hand and pulls her to the side, as the two talk Bonnie heads inside while Elena follows her only to have someone grab her and yank her to the side out the building out of sight.

"Hey!" Elena exclaims but quickly a hand covers her mouth and the hand around her waist pushes her against the wall till she was pinned there.

"Shh. I'm not going to hurt you." The man says, Elena looks up and shoves against the chest only to freeze as she spots the familiar face "You—you're Angel." She mumbles under his hand.
Angel raises an eyebrow "How'd you know that? He asks as he removes his hand.
"I'm Buffy's cousin, she tells me things."
Angel's eyes widen "Oh, that makes sense."

Elena rolls her eyes "You think. Wait, what are you doing here? Does Buffy know you're here."
Angel shakes his head "No. Look I'm here to help her. A friend of mine had a vision that Buffy's in danger."
Elena sighs "You're not wrong about that."
Angel frowns "What do you mean?"
"It's better if Buffy explains."

Angel shakes his head, as much as he loved her and wanted to speak to her he couldn't it just hurt too much being around her "I can't. She can't know I'm here. Seeing her it's already difficult enough. Look I just need you to tell me one thing..." Angel looks over her shoulder and spots Buffy with Stefan, they were holding hands and Stefan was tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, Angel's blood boils, and slowly his jealousy takes over as he turns to Elena unable to stop himself from asking "...who's that guy?"

"I think the question is, who are you?" A voice asks from behind them, Angel turns around only to be face to face with Damon who quickly snaps his neck.
"Damon!" Elena exclaims.
"Shh." Damon tells her before throwing Angel over his shoulder.


"Looks like we have a party crasher." Damon says to Stefan and Buffy as he dumps Angel's body on the ground.
"Who the hell is that?" Stefan says.
Damon shrugs "Found him talking to Elena."

Buffy looks down at the body as she turns to look at the man's face her eyes widen and she quickly bends down next to him moving the hair out of his face to make sure he was okay "Oh, my God." She breaths.

"Buffy?" Stefan asks worriedly.

At that moment Angel gasps, he, however, freezes as he spots Buffy "Buffy?"
Buffy sat there for a moment unable to believe it "Angel."

Both Damon and Stefan stare at Angel in shock however it's Buffy that speaks "What are you doing here?" She asks as she slowly stands and backs away from him and stands by her now slightly jealous boyfriend.

Angel stands and sighs, he had been hoping things wouldn't go this way "A friend of mine had a vision he...he told me you were in danger. But then neck breaker here went all commando and—"
"Oh!" Damon exclaims "You're on my property pal."
Buffy rolls her eyes "Technically it's my property."
Damon turns to her "Not the point."

Angel looks over at Buffy "Please tell me he's not the one your dating." Angel freezes for a second, that smell, it was pure danger and death, he was one of them "Wait. You're one of them." He says turning to Damon.
"Angel. I can explain." Buffy tells him but Angel just turns to Stefan "You're one too aren't you. Buffy, please don't tell me your dating a vampire."

Buffy sighs "Wouldn't be the first time." She mutters "And look now is really not the time and honestly...my life is none of your business."
Angel sighs sadly knowing he lost any right to have input into her life after he left Sunnydale.

Stefan turns to Angel trying to hide the jealousy that was building inside him, but yet he still subconsciously moved closer to Buffy, keeping her as far away from Angel as he could "So, you're Angel?"
The two stare at each other awkwardly "Yep."

Buffy, sensing the tension in the room turns to Angel "You said I was in danger? What did your friend see?"
"Just you fighting but he heard someone in the background. He said his name was Klaus."
Stefan's eyes widen and he turns to Buffy who has an equal look of worry on her face, she sighs and looks over at Angel "We need all the help we can get."


After explaining everything to Angel, the group were now discussing what they were going to do next.
"So we go to the dance, we find him." Damon suggests.

"Really?" Stefan asks "How are we gonna do that? We don't even know what he looks like."
"Something tells me he's not going to be 16 and pimply."

"He could be anywhere at any time. He compelled somebody at school. I guess it's not as safe as you guys thought, huh?" He asks as he turns to his girlfriend, trying to ignore the presence of her ex in the room.
Buffy rolls her eyes "In my defence, we didn't say the school was safe, just me and Bon together."

While Angel chuckles earning himself a glare from Stefan, there is a knock at the door and then Alaric walks inside.
"There you are." Damon says.
Alaric walks towards them "Sorry I'm late -" He freezes however when he spots Angel.

Buffy notices him freeze, this was really not the time for all the introductions "Ric meet Angel, Angel meet Ric."

Damon cuts in "Angel, as in ex-vampire boyfriend, who lost his soul went evil and who Buff killed. Also, Angel, that Stefan is trying desperately not to dismember—"
"Shut up, Damon." Both Stefan and Buffy said.

Damon rolls his eyes and turns back to Alaric, who is watching Angel intently "I need you to put me down as a chaperone tonight. Klaus made his first move."
Elena nods "Ok, so we find him and then what, hmm? What's our plan of attack?"

"Me." Bonnie says as she steps forward "I'm the plan. He has no idea how much power I can channel. If Buffy finds him, she can easily distract him and I can kill him."
"NO." Both Angel and Stefan say before glaring at each other.
Angel turns to Buffy "This thing is obsessed with you, Buffy. Why on earth would you go near it?"

Buffy rolls her eyes, she had thought about this, she knew what she was up against here "Angel, you don't know what you're talking about."

Stefan steps towards her, begging her to listen to him, he didn't know what he would do if something happened to her "Buffy, both you and Elena should not be near Klaus."
Buffy shakes her head "Look, I'm not some damsel in distress okay. I can take care of myself, plus we know Klaus won't hurt me. I distract him, Bonnie kills him."

Suddenly Alaric chuckles "That's not going to be that easy. I mean, he is the biggest, worst vampire around."
Both Buffy and Angel scoff "Met worse." Buffy tells him.

"We know that Blondie," Damon says "But that's of the mutt breeds, no offence pal." He says as he taps Angel's chest "But Alaric had a point. I mean, what if he—" Suddenly Damon runs at Bonnie but finds himself flying into the opposite end of the room.

Buffy raises her hand "I'm convinced."
Stefan smiles "Well, I was impressed."

The group then turns to Bonnie as she speaks "It doesn't matter if he's an original. I can take down anyone who comes at me." Bonnie turns to Elena "I can kill him, Elena. I know I can."


Angel walks into the living room later and finds Stefan flipping through a large book "Why are you here?" Stefan asks as he turns to Angel.
Angel sighs "I explained, I'm here to help Buffy."
"Is that all?" Stefan asks unconvinced.

Angel chuckles "Look who's jealous. I'm guessing this is normal for you though, considering the way your brother looks at her." Stefan glares at him but Angel goes on "You know you are no good for her. Neither was I."

"What are you talking about?" Stefan asks confused and annoyed, this man knew nothing about their life together and he had no right to interfere.
"We're vampires. You may be able to walk in the sun but...you're not a part of her world. It took me a long time and a trip to hell to figure that out. She deserves a normal life."
Stefan turns to him angrily "My relationship with Buffy is non of your business."
"It is if it's putting her in danger. Klaus would never have found out about her if it wasn't for you."

Stefan at this point punches Angel in the face, he was so sick of people commenting on something that wasn't their business.
Angel goes flying backwards but then runs at Stefan and hits him back, the two struggle until Buffy runs into the room.

"Stop it!" She yells as she shoves the two apart sending them into opposite corners of the room "That is enough. I see one more display of testosterone poisoning, and I will personally put you both in the hospital." Stefan and Angel look up and glare at each other "Anybody think I'm exaggerating?"
Angel sighs "He started—"
Buffy raises a hand cutting him off "Tell me that you did not come here, to pound on my boyfriend."
"No."
Buffy sighs and points at the hallway "You out there." She then looks over at Stefan "You stay."


Buffy follows Angel into the hall and glares at him "You tell me you came here to help and then you pound on my boyfriend. I would really like to know—what the hell are you trying to do?"
Angel sighs "Buffy, I didn't exactly plan on that. I guess—I guess I'm not exactly thrilled to find out your dating a vampire."

Buffy stares at him in disbelief for a second before she exhales a small laugh "Yeah, well not like I can date human's right."
Angel chuckles "You'd probably break him."
Buffy laughs "Yep."

After a moment Angel sighs "Buffy, I did come here to help."
She nods "I know, and I'm grateful for it, but as you can see we have a supercharged witch and I have lots of help. Maybe it's just best if—"

Angel nods in understanding "Yeah. Look I had no right, we don't live in each other's worlds anymore. I guess the whole vampire thing, I don't have the right to make judgement, I don't what's happened here for the past two years so...I'll go."
Buffy nods "It means a lot that you came."
Angel starts to head for the door but stops and turns back to her "Oh, and...Stefan?"
"Yeah?" Buffy asks.

"I don't like him."
Buffy smiles "Thank you." She says before watching her first love walk out of the house.


Buffy walks back into the living room and heads over to Stefan "I'm sorry." He tells her "I over reacted. I just...I got jealous"
Buffy nods "I can see that.
"The guy bugs me." Stefan says causing Buffy to smile "He's gone." She tells him after a long moment.

Stefan turns to her with a raised eyebrow, so much for the helping hand "What about wanting help?"
"I assured him that I had all the help I need." She says as she wraps her arms around his waist "Look, you don't have to worry, I'm not gonna run off to L.A."

Stefan smiles "I love you." He says before kissing her softly.
"Ditto." She says as leans back for a moment looking at him sweetly before leaning forward again and kissing him.


"God, your relatives were hoarders." Buffy says as she goes through the boxes in Stefan's room. "So what do you think?" Buffy asks as she pulls out a red dress with a puffed skirt and white lining on it "Hairspray enough?" Buffy pauses "Or was that the 50's?"
"It's 60's." He assures her "You know we don't have to go through with this right?"

Buffy shakes her head "Yes...we do. I guess I'm just—I don't want to be the monster this prophecy says I'm gonna be."
Stefan looks at her sadly and places a hand on her cheek "No prophecy can change you, no matter what Klaus thinks. You are your own person and you are the kindest selfless woman I have ever met. And tonight we will put an end to him."

Buffy smiles softly before placing her hand on the back of his head and pulling him in for a kiss.

"Any time tonight." Damon says as he stands in the doorway hoping for the couple to break it up with the PDA "Where's the mutt?" Damon asks curiously.

Buffy rolls her eyes and reluctantly pulls away from her boyfriend "Angel's gone. Now let's go get Klaus."


"Where's Liam?" Buffy asks Elena as she and Stefan walk over, Elena shakes her head "With everything going on, I'd rather keep him out of it. Plus he has finals next week."
Buffy nods "Sorry."
"No problem."

The three walk over to Bonnie and Jeremy "Hey, guys." Elena says as they approach.
"You look great." Elena says before giving Bonnie a hug, Buffy does the same "You both look great too." Bonnie tells them.
Stefan looks between the group "You guys ready to do this?"

"Let's get the lunatic." Buffy says before all of them head inside.

As they enter the dance Abby is on the stage and draws the groups attention "We have a special shoutout. This is for Buffy. From Klaus." Suddenly the song 'Dedicated to the one I love' starts playing causing Buffy to roll her eyes "Oh this guy is making me wanna use Angelus' chainsaw torture method."

Once the song is finished Damon speaks "That was a lame cheap shot. He's just trying to bait us."
Elena continues to look around the room "I know everyone here."
"Maybe he's not here." Stefan suggests "Just wants us to believe that he is."
"Oh, he's here." Buffy says sure of herself, "And when I find him, I'm gonna beat him till he bleeds."

"As much as we would all like to see that..." Damon says "...it's a party, people. Blend. Let him come to us."
Bonnie nods "Good idea." She says as she grabs Jeremy's hand and drags him onto the dance floor against his will.

Elena turns to one of the football players and quickly glances back at Buffy "Bonnie's right. Blend." She says before grabbing the cute guy and heading to the dance floor.

"There's Ric." Damon says as he spots the school teacher "I'll be back."
As he walks off Stefan holds out his hand for Buffy "Well?"

Buffy sighs before taking his hand and letting him lead her onto the dance floor.


As they dance Buffy spots Caroline enter the party with Matt "Care's here. She's not in the loop. Might be a good idea to pull her in."
Stefan nods "I'm on it." He says before spinning her but instead of pulling her back he hands her off to Damon who pulls her close "How you doing?" He asks.
Buffy raises an eyebrow "Just fine, Joey." She pauses for a moment "You?"
"Cool as a cucumber. Come on, remember the last decade dance? The vampires were all, ahh! And you were all ka-pow!" He says making little punches with his fist.

Buffy nods "Yep. We came, we saw, we kicked vampire ass. Or more I did. You just kinda stood there."
Damon grabs her hands and pulls her close again "We won." He then twirls her out and then pulls her back.
Buffy smiles "I hate to admit it, but you're good at this."
"I've got moves you've never seen." He says before spinning her again, causing her to giggle.


"What are they up to?" Elena asks Jeremy as she and Buffy stand with him, something was seriously up, Bonnie and Damon had been whispering to each other half the night, something was very wrong here.
Jeremy shrugs "Who knows?"
Buffy looks at him closely and notices the worried glimmer in his eyes "Jer, what is it?"
Jeremy shakes his head "Nothing. I'm fine. I'm fine." He assures them before walking off.

"Hey, everything all right?" Stefan asks as comes to stand by Buffy's side.
"I'm starting to think the answer to that is always no." Buffy says before sighing.


After finally getting the truth out of Stefan who had managed to get Jeremy to squeal about Bonnie and Damon's secret, Buffy and Elena grab Bonnie and yank her towards the exit.
"We need to talk. Now!" Buffy says she pulls Bonnie out of the room.

"How could you not tell us?" Elena asks as they walk outside.
"Cause I knew how'd you both react."
Buffy shakes her head, she refused to let her best friend die for her "No. It's not an option."
"It's our only option." Bonnie argues "Buffy, you've been in this position before you know that it's the only way. You died to save the world-"
"No!" Buffy exclaims.

Elena nods in agreement "You are not dying to save my life."
"Or to save me from being Mrs Klaus." Buffy finishes.

"I have the power to save you! Both of you!" Bonnie says "If I don't use it and something happens to either of you, it would kill me more."
Buffy shakes her head as tears threaten to fall "You can't-I can't let you."

Bonnie looks between her two best friends "Just answer one question—if the situation was reversed, would you guys do it for me?"

When both girls don't speak Bonnie nods "So you know why I have to."
"No. No." Both cousins say.

"Elena! Buffy!" Alaric yells as he runs over to the three girls.
"What is it?" Elena asks.
"He has Jeremy."
All three girl stared wide-eyed "What?!
Alaric nods in a panic "Yeah, Klaus has Jeremy. Come on." He says before leading them to the side entrance.


As he leads them through the hall, Buffy pulls out a large dagger from her boot
"If he hurts Jeremy I swear, I'm gonna ring him by his scrawny little neck." Buffy pauses "Or thick neck"
"So where are you taking us?" Elena asks.
"Just a little further." Klaus says as he leads them around the corner.

Buffy looks around and starts to sense something off "This isn't good." She mumbles, she could feel it, something was really wrong.
"Where's Jeremy?" Bonnie demands.

Suddenly Klaus bursts out in laughter, it had taken them long enough "I just had to get away from that dance. The sixties, uch. Not my decade. I much prefer the twenties." He says as he turns to the girls "The style, the parties, the jazz."

Buffy watches him intently and clutches the dagger in her hand tighter.
"Alaric." Elena says "Are you on vervain?"
Klaus freezes as he walks towards them "Now why would you ask me that question, Elena?"
Both Bonnie and Buffy move in front of Elena "He's being compelled." The doppelgänger realises.

Buffy shakes her head as she watches him carefully, seeing how he walks and listening to the way he talks, this wasn't Alaric, this was someone completely different, someone darker "No. He's not."
Klaus smiles "I knew you would be a smart one, luv."
"What's going on?" Bonnie asks confused.
Klaus smiles "Ok, I'll give you a hint. I'm not Alaric."
Elena's eyes widen "Klaus."
"Surprise!"
"No, it's not possible."

"It's possession." Buffy tells her "I've seen it."
Klaus smiles at Buffy before looking over at Elena "Just relax, Elena. I'm not here to hurt you. You're not on my hit list tonight. But you are." He says turning his attention to Bonnie, as he jumps at her Buffy grabs a hold of the back of his neck and throws him against the lockers.

Klaus laughs as he tries to stand but Bonnie knocks him down sending him flying into the other corner of the room, Klaus chuckles again "Now, did I mention that I know a witch? You're gonna have to hit me a lot harder than that."

Klaus runs at them again and Bonnie send him flying backwards again causing him to crash into the glass cabinet on the wall.
Klaus again chuckles as he tries to stand "By all means...fire away! If you kill this body, I'll just get another. Maybe Jeremy."

"Run!" Bonnie yells, Buffy turns to Elena and grabs her arm pulling her towards the door "Come on!"

As they run through the door Bonnie uses her power to slam the doors behind them shut, suddenly Damon appears "What happened?" He asks seeing their terrified expressions.
Buffy turns to him "3 words, Klaus-Possessed-Alaric."
Damon's eyes widened "What?"
"He's possessing him somehow."

"Hello, Hello!" Klaus says as he enters the hall before Bonnie can do anything Buffy turns to her and Damon "I'll distract."
"Buffy!" Bonnie and Elena yell but she just runs off and tackles Klaus sending them both crashing through a set of doors and into another room.

"Dammit!" Damon exclaims, he turns to Elena "Go find Stefan. Now." Elena nods and runs off.
Once she's gone Damon turns to Bonnie "Can you kill him?"
Bonnie shakes her head "He's got some kind of protection spell on him."
"You have the power of a hundred witches break it."

"I'm trying. Buffy can only stall him for so long and if I kill Alaric, he'll just possess someone else. He knows I have my power, Damon. He's trying to kill me."

"No. Klaus does not get to win tonight." Damon says refusing to accept the idea "You still willing to do whatever it takes to kill him?"
Bonnie nods.


"You like to be on top huh?" Klaus asks as him and Buffy finally stop rolling across the floor and she ends up on top, Buffy punches him in the face, then rolls off him. As she stands she kicks him in the centre of the chest, sending him flying across the room.
"You're not gonna kill me." He says as he stands slowly.

Buffy shakes her head "True. But I'm sure Ric won't mind a couple broken bones and bruises if it means I kicked your ass."
Klaus smiles at her "You know this was not how I envisioned our meeting."

Buffy comes towards him and throws a punch, he deflects it and grabs her holding her against him, Buffy headbutts him then kicks him in the face before doing a layout away from him.
"You're spry." He says as he observes her.
Buffy rolls her eyes "You're disgusting."

Suddenly Klaus sighs "Sorry Love. On a bit of a schedule." He says before kicking her in the chest sending her crashing through a glass door.

Buffy lands in the hallway just as Stefan and Elena come running through "Buffy!" Stefan says as he runs over to her "What happened?
Buffy groans as she stands "Bastard has a witch who increased his strength, he knew I wouldn't use my full strength on Alaric. Dammit!"

At that moment Damon steps into the hallway "Where's Bonnie?" Elena asks him.
"She's doing what she has to do." He tells her.
Buffy's eyes widen "Where is she?" She hisses.
"Buffy—"
"Where is she, Damon?" Stefan asks cutting Damon off.
"Stefan, let her do this." Damon says as he turns to his brother.
"Damn it, Damon, where is she?!" Stefan yells getting into his face.


Stefan, Elena and Buffy run through the hall when they spot Bonnie, "Bonnie, no!" Both Buffy and Elena scream as Bonnie uses her powers to lock the doors blocking them out.
Buffy and Elena pound on the door watching terrified as Bonnie fights Klaus.

As explosions go off around them suddenly Bonnie looks back at her best friends a hopeless look on her face.
Buffy takes a shaky breath as tears roll down her face, this couldn't be happening. Suddenly Bonnie collapses causing Buffy to scream "No!"

Suddenly the room goes dark and Klaus disappears, Buffy kicks down the doors sending them flying across the room then runs over to Bonnie and crouches down next to her "Bonnie?"

Elena runs over and starts to search for a pulse, she looks up at Stefan in a panic "Stefan! Stefan! I can't find her pulse!"
Buffy's mouth falls open and her lip begins to tremble "No." She cries "No. No." She begs as tears begin to fall.

"It's too late." Stefan tells them "I'm sorry."
Buffy shakes her head "No!No! Bonnie!"

Both girls cry as they clutch their friend.

"Stefan get them out of here." Damon says as he enters the room "I'll deal with the body."
Buffy glares at him "Deal with it? This is Bonnie, Damon!"

"The sheriff, can't know about this." Damon says as he walks over and lifts Bonnie up.
Stefan pulls both girls up as they continue to cry he drags them reluctantly out of the room.


Buffy and Elena sit on the couch frozen, "Hey." Stefan says as he walks over, he hands them both drinks and tells them to drink but both girls shake their head.
Buffy starts to feel tears build again "This is our fault." Buffy says.

Stefan walks over to his girlfriend and places a hand on her cheek "No, no, no. This was Klaus. Listen to me. Klaus did this."

Suddenly Damon enters the room and Buffy stands "Where is she?! She demands as she moves towards him, while Stefan tries to hold her back.
"Will you please calm her down?" Damon asks his brother.

Elena stands "Answer her question, Damon, what did you do with her?"
"Please calm down." Damon asks.

Buffy shakes her head "You knew! You knew it would kill her if she used that much power didn't you?"
"Yes." Damon says without a moment's hesitation "Yes, I knew."

Buffy glares at him then sends a full strength punch at his face sending him flying across the room.

Buffy tries to move forward but Stefan holds her back, after a moment Damon finally stands and slowly walks over to Buffy "You need to listen to me and prepare for what I'm about to say. Bonnie had to die. Klaus using Alaric's body was a total surprise. She wasn't prepared for that. And he wasn't going to stop, and we weren't going to be able to stop him until he knew she was dead. He had to believe it."

Both girls stare shocked for a second as they slowly start to realise what had happened "She cast a spell. Bonnie's ok." Damon tells them before walking off.


After talking with Bonnie, Elena heads to bed while Buffy heads upstairs, she stands outside of Damon's room "Ugh. Look." He says as he spots her "Klaus had to think she was dead. Your reaction had to be real."
Buffy nods "I know. Your plan it was smart, most probably would have been one we tried in Sunnydale if it came to it." Damon frowns, surprised by her response "Klaus was fooled, and Bonnie's alive." Buffy says as she goes on.

Damon smiles and raises his glass "Here's to duplicity." He says before taking a drink.

Buffy takes a step further into the room and walks over to him "Let me make one thing clear, Damon. Bonnie will not die for me, I won't let that happen. I would rather be Klaus' prisoner for the rest of my life. And Elena won't let her either."

"We need to kill Klaus, Buffy." Damon reminds her "Real Klaus. Who will probably be coming to pay you and Elena a visit soon now that he knows that Bonnie is dead. She's the only one who can do it."
Buffy shakes her head "We'll find another way. Or I'm gonna find mine. And it will be one that neither you or Stefan like."
"I hope so."

Buffy sighs "Look, I shouldn't have punched and sent you sprawling along the floor."

"Apology accepted." Damon says with a smile before looking at her seriously "Let me be clear about something. If it comes down to you and the witch again, I will gladly let Bonnie die, I will let Elena die if it comes to that. I will always choose you."
Buffy watches him for a few moments before sighing "Goodnight, Damon."

"Goodnight." He says before watching her leave the room.


Buffy walks into the hall where Elena appears "Are you sure about this?" Elena whispers.
Buffy sighs "We don't have any other options before I would have said no chance in hell, but circumstances have changed."

Elena nods and the two of them make their way down the cellar, Buffy unlocks the door and the two of them head inside.
Elena looks over at Buffy, before nodding. Buffy nods back, before crouching down in front of Elijah and pulling out the dagger.