Elena walks downstairs for breakfast after getting ready for the day and bumps into her beautiful aunt Jenna.
"Good morning, Jen. What's on the "aJenda" for today?" Elena asks her aunt who just raises an unamused brow.
"Get it? Like Jen and gen."
"Yes, I got it. I'm not laughing cause that was terrible." Elena shrugs as Jenna continues
"Tonight I'm going out with Logan and before you say it, it's not a date. I'm just going to torture him." Jenna says.
"Do whatever you want, just please be careful. From what I remember, he convinces you to invite him in and he searches Rem's things for the watch." Elena tells her.
"Ugh, that little weasel. I'm really gonna screw with him now." Jenna murmurs.
After making breakfast, Elena takes a plate of food and a cup of coffee up to her brother's room.
Knock. Knock. Elena bangs on his door with her foot calling his name.
"Rem, open up. I made breakfast. And by made, I mean I pulled the pop tarts out of the toaster."
"Hey, thanks. Come in." Jeremy says after opening the door and stepping aside.
"I just wanted to bring you breakfast and tell you I'm heading over to the boarding house." Elena says standing in the doorway.
"Right, today's "Liberate Lorenzo st. John" day. Please be careful, Ellie. If something goes wrong let the Salvatores handle it. Please." Jeremy begs.
"Nothing's gonna go wrong, but if it does I promise I'll let Stefan or Damon handle it." Elena tells her brother before leaving him to his meal.
Elena walks into the boarding house like she owns the place.
"Yoo-hoo, Salvatores!" Elena calls as she stands in the parlor.
"Hey, El. What are you doing here?" Stefan greets with a hug while Damon walks down the stairs.
"Well, Handsome. Today is the day we're gonna rescue your big brother's best friend." Elena is barely able to get out as Damon runs over pulling her into a hug and spinning her.
"Yes! Finally! What are we gonna do? What do we need?" Damon rushes out question setting her down while Stefan smiles at his enthusiasm.
"You, my blue eyed friend, need to go grab some blood bags from downstairs while me and Stef go pack a bag of clothes for Enzo." Elena says and Damom vamp speeds away.
"He seems excited." Elena deadpans and Stefan laughs pulling her up the stairs to his room.
Outside the building that holds the microbiology lab Elena and the Salvatore brothers are sitting in her SUV, going over the plan... again.
"I thought you told your friends we going to come with you to the meeting to get an invitation in." Damon asks.
"No. I told them I'm gonna meet with him and that you guys are gonna get an invite. I never said at the same time. I don't want them to worry. Look, I know you just want to help Enzo, but I've been over the plan countess times. This is gonna work." Elena tells him sternly.
"And if it doesn't?" Damon asks.
"Then we kill everyone, then save him. Happy? This is just the plan that has the least questions. Now, I'm gonna go meet with the good doctor and you guys grab these supplies from the bio lab." Elena says handing Stefan a list of things she needs.
"Okay. Let's do this." Elena says as they all step out of the car.
"Hello, Dr. Maxfield. Thank you so much for meeting with me." Elena says as Wes directs her to his office.
"Of course. Your father was a mentor to me. He'd be so proud that you want to join." Wes tells her honestly.
"That's why I'm considering this. My dad was my hero." Elena lies.
"I'd really like to learn more about what he did. Do you have any of his notes?"
"I believe I have some in my storage closet, I'll go grab them." Wes says standing up.
"That's great." Elena says as she looks on his desk at his day planner and sitting back down.
"Your father always hoped you'd become a doctor, but if you don't you could still become a member of Augustine." Wes says setting the box of her dads things down.
Elena pretends to skim through it when she notices something.
"Though I understand vampires are killers and my subject in particular has no humanity, his pleas to end his torture are starting to effect my work..." Elena reads out loud trailing off.
"Wait, what? These subjects, they know what's happening? They aren't unconscious?" Elena asks not having to pretend to be horrified.
"Well, yes. Normal sedatives don't works on vampires and vervain could disrupt the healing process. I know it's not ideal, but we have to make sacrifices for the greater good." Wes bullshits.
"And if it helps, the subjects are often murders." He offers.
"Thank you for meeting with me, Dr. Maxfield. I'll have to think about this." Elena says rushing out the office as Wes calls after her.
Back in her car Elena waits for the brothers, lost in her thoughts about her father.
"Hey, El." Stefan says opening the door making her jump a little.
"We got everything. Did you see his schedule?" Damon ask getting in the passenger seat.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. He's free tonight and tomorrow." Elena says distracted.
"You okay, Ellie?" Damon asks letting his worry show.
"I don't know. My dad was a much bigger dick than I thought." Elena says after taking a deep breath.
"So was ours. Good thing Stef killed him." Damon jokes making her smile and Stefan roll his eyes.
"You sure your okay?" Stefan ask leaning in between the driver and passenger seats.
"Yes. Thank you, baby." Elena says pinching his cheeks while Damon laughs.
Stefan huffs trying to hide a smile.
"Why am I in the back again?" Stefan asks crossing his arms.
"Because, Ellie drove and I'm older than you." Damon says smirking at his brother.
"Whatever." Stefan grumbles childishly.
"So, what do we do now?" Damon asks already bored after two minutes.
"First, we are gonna find the shadiest motel near us and compel a room. Then, we are gonna go get some food and snacks appropriate for a stake out." Elena says excited.
"Stake out? How long do you think he will be in class?" Damon asks.
"I don't know, but stake out sounds so much cooler than just wait for him to go to his car." Elena whines.
"I like it, El. It feels like we're spies." Stefan tells her smiling when she smiles brightly at him.
"Ugh, no one likes a kiss ass, Stefan." Damon says.
"Licorice?" Damon holds the package up to Elena after sitting in her SUV for a few hours, waiting for Dr. Maxfield.
"No and you're disgusting for eating those." Elena says slurping down her melted milkshake.
"I drink human blood, Ellie" Damon rolls his eyes.
"Whatever, I kinda like the taste of blood." Elena says while the brothers look at her like she's crazy.
"What? Its taste like rust. I don't have to explain myself to you." Elena says leaning back in her seat.
"Ughhh, how much longer are we gonna wait for this guy?" Damon complains like the child that he is.
"I don't know. He's probably grading papers or something nefarious. He's a mad scientist, Ocean Eyes. They're very unpredictable." Elena says trying stop him from going in the building and dragging the doctor out by his throat.
"Is that him?" Stefan asks leaning forward between the front seats.
"It is. Get down." Elena whisper shouts leaning under the steering wheel.
"He can't hear you." Damon says rolling his eyes and opening his door.
"Right. Come on." Elena says getting out of the car.
After walking towards Dr. Maxfield, Damon speeds infront of him and he makes a startled sound walking backwards bumping into Stefan.
"Hiya, Doc." Wes hears a feminine voice say before everything goes black.
Wes stirs awake with a groan to someone poking his face repeatedly and saying
"Wake up, wake up, wake up."
"Oh, finally!" A familiar voice says as his eyes try to focus.
"Elena?" Wes ask very confused trying to move his duck taped arms.
"Very observant, Doctor." Elena says mock encouragingly.
"What'd you do? Where are we? Who are they?" Wes asks looking around the motel room, eyes landing on the Salvatores.
"What does it look like? We nurse-napped you." Elena says amused.
"I'm a doctor." Wes says way too offended for the situation.
"I know, I just like alliteration. And these fine men, are my friends. But they aren't important Wesley, these are." Elena says kicking the box of medical supplies towards him.
"You see these? We borrowed them from your bio lab. Sorry for not asking first, that was inconsiderate of us." Elena says with a smirk rummaging through the box.
"Wh-what are you gonna do with those? Wes asks visibly freaking out.
"Oh, nothing. I'm just gonna drain you of all your vervain tainted blood and replace it. Then blue eyes over there is gonna compel you." Elela says pointing at Damon.
"Untie me! You're gonna kill me." Wes says struggling against the tape.
"Dude, I'm holding a needle. Calm down." Elena says to a horrified Wes.
"Stop! You don't need to compel me. I'll tell you anything." Wes says feeling faint from blood loss.
"Wes, I don't need you to tell me anything." Elena mocks in his whiney voice.
"I need you to do some stuff, only a mind controlled robot would do. But A for effort!" Elena says cheerfully.
"Why are you doing this, Elena. Your dad would be so disappointed in you." Wes tries to manipulate her.
"My dad liked to dissect and experiment on conscious people. Kidnapping and playing nurse seems pretty low tier in comparison." Elena responds.
"Vampires! He experimented on vampires and he saved a little girls life."
"I don't know who you think you're talking to, but let me be very clear, my dad is dead. He doesn't care what I'm doing. So you are gonna stop bringing him up, because honestly, the more you claim I'm disappointing him, the more I want to disappoint him." Elena says shutting him up.
"How do you even know how to do this?" Damon asks amused picking up a needle and accidentally sticking himself.
"My dad may have been a bigoted asshole, but he liked to bond with his children. The only way I would hang around him was if he let me play with his medical stuff. He taught me to find a vain. Hilariously ironic that I'm using that knowledge to destroy his work." Elena muses setting up blood bags.
"I'll be right outside." Stefan says backing out of the room uncomfortable with the smell of blood.
"You look familiar. Who are you." Wes says to Damon as Elena nods at Stefan.
"It doesn't matter who he is, all that matters is that he doesn't like you." Elena says walking closer to him.
"And neither do I." Elena snarls leaning into his neck as he screams.
Elena snort and start giggling uncontrollably.
"Jesus christ, you're such a weenie. I'm not vampire." Elena says still laughing.
"Why are doing this, Elena?" Wes asks again.
"This is not a Bond movie where I reveal my diabolical plans, right before you escape and stop me." Elena says annoyed.
"Wakey, wakey, Wesley." Elena says slapping his cheeks as he groans.
"What happened?" Wes says groggily.
"You passed out, may have taken too much blood. That's on me. I got distracted, there was a car chase on the news." Elena says excited.
Damon snorts and walks towards them.
"What is he doing?" Wes asks as Damon picks up a scalpel.
"Hot stuff over here, is gonna test your blood for vervain. You should thank me, he wanted to rip into your throat." Wes winces as Damon cuts into his wrist and brings it to his mouth.
"It's clean, let's get started." Damon says with a smirk.
Damon looks into his eyes and repeats what Elena tells him.
"Don't speak unless spoken to. Do you understand?"
"Yes." Wes says robotically.
"We are gonna leave, follow us. Avoid eye contact with anyone but Elena and myself. Do not tell anyone you are with us by force. Do not tell anyone your name even if they ask. Do not tell anyone Elena's name. Forget Elena is Dr. Gilbert's daughter. Do you understand?" Damon says still compelling him.
"Yes."
"Good, let's go." Damon grabs Elena's hand and pushes Wes infront of them.
One the way to the car Damon compels a housekeeper to clean the room and forget everything she sees.
Once the vampire brothers, doppelganger, and mind controlled doctor, get back to campus Damon turns to Wes and compels him again.
"Where does Augustine keep Lorenzo st. John?"
"The basement of the Whitmore House." Wes says robotically.
"How do you get into the lab?"
"There is a Electronic keypad." Wes tells him.
"What's the code?" Damon asks as they arrive at Whitmore House.
"074294" Wes says hoping that was the last question.
"Okay. Come on." Damon says as they get out of the car.
"He needs to invite you guys in." Elena says after taking Wes's keys out of her pocket.
"And ask him which keys we need." Damon nods and turns back to Wes.
"Tell her what keys we'll need to get into the house and basement." Elena interrupts him.
"And the keys to Enzo's cell."
"And the keys to the cell."
"The silver one is for the house, the darkest one is for the basement, and the cell key is hanging just outside the lab door."
"Good, now invite me and him in." Damon points to Stefan.
"Come in." Wes says after Elena unlocks the backdoor.
"Huh, nice. Certainly doesn't look like your torturing innocent people in the basement" Elena says looking around.
"Ellie, it's a college they're torturing innocent people everywhere." Damon says walking towards the basement as Elena low fives him.
"Alright Wesley, you've served your purpose. Ocean eyes, come here." Elena says turning to the doctor.
"Elena, you don't have to do this. You don't have to kill me, please. Just compel me to forget." Wes begs desperately.
"Compel him to forget this happened." Damon complys.
"Off you pop." Elena shoos him, as Wes runs like a bat out of hell.
"Why did you let him go?" Stefan asks.
" I didn't let him go, I just gave him a little head start." At the brothers confused faces Elena continues.
"Enzo has been locked up since the forties. I'm sure he would love a good hunt." Elena says with her signature devious smirk.
"Your a little psychopath. I love it." Damon says unlocking the basement door.
Elena just laughs and follows him down the basement steps.
When they get to the lab door Elena looks down at the key pad.
"Alright Damon, punch in the code."
"I don't know the code, I thought you were listening."
"I wasn't listening, you were the one compelling him, I thought you were listening." Elena says with wide eyes as Stefan bumps her away from the door.
"My god, how you two managed to make it this far into the plan, completely eludes me." He says punching in the code and opening the door.
"I've always had my type-A barbie. Caroline." Elena adds at their confused expressions
"Eh, I always figure it out." Damon says grabbing the keys, looking around for the cells.
They all stop infront of the middle cell staring at man lying on the floor.
"Back for more, doctor?" A tired voice asks in a delicious British accent.
"Can you blame him? I'd never get enough." Elena flirts, then smirks when his head snaps towards them.
"Damon?" Enzo asks in a heartbreaking tone that makes Elena want to give him a hug.
"Yeah, it's me. Listen, we don't have a lot of time. We need to-" Enzo cuts him off.
"You left me to die!" He screams using the past of his strength to bang against the cell bars.
"I know! I know. But please, we need to leave before the sun comes up. Just, take these." Damon hangs him two blood bags throught he bars as Elena unlock the cells, opening the door.
"Who are you, gorgeous?" Enzo flirts noticing Elena.
"Two seconds free and already flirting, my kind a man. Call me El." Elena smirks looking him up and down.
"Keep it in your pants, Ellie. Hand me the bag, Stef." Damon says grabbing the bag from his brother.
"Here, put these on. Just follow us." Damon hands him the clothes and turns around.
Damon sees Elena not turning around and raises an eyebrow. She she just smirks and turns back to Enzo, he huffs and grabs her hand, pulling her towards him.
Walking out of the basement, Elena notices Enzo looking around for another exit.
"I wouldn't do that, sweet cheeks." Elena tells him and he turns her, not threatened in the least bit.
"Did you know only about five witch bloodlines have the spell to make daylight rings? I'm real tight with one. You stick with us and I'll put a ring on it." Elena tells him. After nodding he looks at her confused.
"What's "put a ring on it?" She smiles and throws an arm over his shoulder, then retracts it, remembering he's been near starving for 70 years.
"Your gonna love Beyonce, Enzo." She tells him honestly as Stefan smiles and grabs her hand, subtlety pulling her away from the starving vampire.
Walking towards the car in the parking lot, Enzo looks around amazed as Elena laughs at his expression.
"Now it's time to show you the wonders of air conditioning." Elena says opening the door and pushing Enzo inside.