"Beatles." Stefan says from the backseat, making Elena scan her notebook and look to him.

"Nope. Already on here. Who else?" She asks as he furrows his brows.

"Stooges." Damon says confidently, as Elena nods with a smile and writes down the name.

"What do you think?" Elena asks as she holds the notebook up to Klaus as he drives.

"I don't think this is necessary. Kol has never had a problem acclimating to the modern world post dagger." Klaus says looking back to the road as she snorts.

"If by acclimate, you mean go on killing sprees and frolic around with witches, I'm aware. But I have it on good authority, my own super powers, that he loves modern day music. That's why you bought him this iPod. I'm gonna put tons of music on here for him." Elena says holding up the iPod as Klaus looks to her confused.

"I didn't buy that."

"You're credit card did." Elena mutters back as he raises a brow.

"Excuse me-" Damon interrupts with a head shake.

"Don't." He says making Klaus scoff.

"Do you just let her walk all over you?" He asks making eye contact with the brothers through the rearview mirror.

"In boots she bought with my stolen card." Damon Admits, making Elena giggle and turn to him with a flirty smile.

"You love it." She says making him smirk at her.

"I know for a fact that he likes, music, video games, baseball bats, and pretty little things with sharp tongues. I just need to find a way to incorporate all that into some kind of party to get him to like me." Elena says with a thoughtful expression.

"He's gonna like you." Klaus says with an eye roll.

"Once he sees past your face that is." He adds as she pouts.

"Why would being a doppelgänger matter?" Stefan asks.

"He wasn't very fond of Tatia. Though that could be because she drew the attention away from him for a single moment." Klaus says with irritation lacing his tone.

"It's true. I adore Kol, but he's a classic middle child." Elena tells the brothers.

"Were we friends with him?" Stefan asks, making her shake her head.

"No. None of us were on very good terms with his family." She says pointing to Klaus.

"But, he really disliked Damon." She says with a laugh as Damon scoffs, offended.

"Not possible. Everyone likes me." He says as the other three in the car look to him with pity and disbelief, causing him to huff and narrow his eyes.

Klaus's phone rings, he pulls it out of his pocket and greets the person on the other line.

"Brother, I trust you have good news." He says.

"Excellent. Meet you there." He hangs up and looks over to Elena.

"Elijah found Mikael." He says simply, making her nod.

"Awesome. We need to make a pit stop first."


"Hey, 'lijah. How are you?" Elena asks as soon as she and the hybrid exit the car, meeting Elijah in the cemetery.

"Good. And you, Ms. Gilbert?" He asks and she furrows her brows.

"I'm not really sure what the mood is here. I'm mean don't get me wrong, Mikael seriously sucks and not in the fun way, but he's your father. I'm not really sure how to act." She admits, slightly panicked as the original vampire smiles down at her softly.

"He stopped being my father a very long time ago, Elena. But thank you for your compassion." He tells her honestly, making her frown.

"I'm not compassionate. I'm a cold hearted bitch, like Kat." She says with a definitive nod, walking in the direction of a mausoleum.

"It's this way, Ms. Gilbert." He says with a trace of amusement as she huffs and turns around.

"I knew that. Got the stake?" She asks, turning to Klaus who is staring into space with a blank expression.

"Yo, ready to kill your dad?" She asks, tapping his arm, making him stand up straight with a smile that doesn't reach his eyes.

"For a thousand years." He says turning around and opening the truck of his car, taking out a stake.

"Where did you find white oak?" Elijah asks, staring at the stake in a fascination and fear as Elena coughs and points to herself.

"The bridge my parents were supposed to die on was made from a white oak tree a really long time ago. We burned it to the ground and saved the sign to make that." She informs, pointing to the stake.

"And don't worry, he burned the rest, while I watched." She tells him as Klaus rolls his eyes and Elijah sends her an amused smile.

"He's in this one." Elijah says while walking towards a different mausoleum as Klaus follows.

"Okay. How do you want to do this?" Elena asks as they enter the small space.

"What do you mean?" He asks with confusion as he watches Elijah remove the top of Mikael's coffin.

"I mean, do you want to just stake him, and be done with it? Or do you want to wake him up, you know, a little psychological torture before we send if off to whatever the Viking version of hell is." Elena says as Klaus's eyes snap to her.

"What? Was me breaking that vamp dude's face with my boot not clear enough? Some people deserve to suffer." She shrugs as he looks at Mikael.

"Wake him." He says making Elijah raise a brow.

"I want him to know it's me that's killing him. I want him to spend his very last moments knowing his bastard son beat him." Klaus says as angrily, Elena makes a sad face and pats him on the arm as she makes her way over to a desiccated Mikael.

She reaches in her boot and pulls out a pocket knife, after cutting her arm, she places it above Mikael's mouth, letting her blood drip into his mouth.

As color returns to Mikael's face, Klaus walks closer to Elena and bites into his wrist, offering it to her.

"Thanks." She says and holds up her arm up, watching as the cut heals.

"Would it be weird if I offered to let you lick my arm?" She whispers as he stares blankly at her and Elijah sighs.

"Weird, right? Okay, later." She nods and turns back to Mikael as he starts to open his eyes.

"I think he sees us." Elena whispers as Mikael glares at the trio.

"Hello, Mikael." Klaus says with crazy eyes and an incredibly evil smirk.

"Been a while. How are you?" Klaus asks with fake sincerity.

"You've really woken me. How long do you believe these chains will hold me? Impatient as always, Niklaus." Mikael sneers as Klaus's smirk widens.

"They only need to hold you until you finish burning." He says with a shrug, holding up the stake, making Mikael's eyes widen.

"I suppose you're just going to stand there." Mikael says to a blank faced Elijah.

"I told you once, Mikael. I will always stand with him." Elijah says emotionlessly.

"And, you. I'm assuming you know what's to come. They're ruining your life, like your ancestors before you. You should have killed yourself the moment you learned of his existence." Mikael spits as Elena raises a brow.

"Oh, are you talking about the sacrifice?" Elena plays dumb.

"Hate to break it to you, buut…" Elena trails off, sending a look to Klaus who grins before transforming his face, revealing his now golden eyes.

"Surprise." Elena says cheerfully as Mikael glares with a hint of confusion.

When it's obvious no one is going to explain things to him, Mikael eyes narrow slightly in realization, finally understanding this is where he dies.

"Well, get on with it, boy." He hisses.

"With pleasure." Klaus replies, holding the stake above Mikael's heart.

"Just know, even in death, I will haunt you. You think this is the end? You're an abomination!" He says as Klaus pulls back with furrowed brows.

"Those are your last words?" Klaus asks with disbelief in a quiet tone, before glaring.

"A thousand years. Everything you've done. And that's what you chose?"

"Did you want me to apologize? Forgive you for killing my wife? Tell you I love you?" Mikael mocks with a laugh as tears burn Klaus's eyes.

"You are not my son. You never were. You're nothing but a bas-" Elena cuts him off angrily.

"Hey! Go fuck yourself, Mikael! God, you are such a prick!" She yells surprising the vampires.

"Guys, I need to talk to him for a minute. Can you?" She gestures to the exit before turning back to Mikael.

"You're pathetic." Elena says softly before taking a deep breath and smiling.

"You know, seeing you like this, you don't seem so scary." She says as she touches his chains.

"But we both know that's not true. We know that you're the worst kind of monster." His eyes follow her with question.

"Not the kind that they make teen fantasy shows about, but the kind that make women and children quake in fear. The kind that disgusts real men." She says with venom as Mikael glares.

"But I'm not here to discuss your sins, I was hoping to tell you a story." Elena tells him as his eyes narrow.

"I know what you're thinking, but I promise, it's interesting. It's about the first of one woman's many betrayals. It began about a thousand or so, years ago. It's about a barren witch. You see, this witch was so desperate to have children, she made a deal with her sister. Some would say selling your firstborn child is a bit heartless, but she figured she'd have many kids, what's one in the grand scheme of things?" Elena asks mockingly as Mikael's eyes widen slightly.

"Oh, damn. You heard this before? Well, just to recap, your wife sold your precious little Freya to her sister. And Dahlia, being the power hungry bitch she is, used your daughter as a magical battery for years. Wait, did I say used? I meant, using. Present tense. You may be asking yourself, how is that possible? Well, Dahlia put herself and Freya into this weird sleep thing where they only wake once every 100 years for a single year at a time. Yep, that's right. Freya lives." Elena whispers with a mocking edge as he stares at her in shock.

"And, want to know something funny? She's set to wake in a few years. But, I'm sure we can find a way to wake her sooner." Elena tells him with a smile.

"It's too bad you'll be long dead. I really wanted her to see first hand what a monster you became. Can you imagine her face as I tell her about all the horrible things you've done to the family, that even though she's never met, loves with all her being? Can you imagine how she'll feel when she learns that the man she loved and idolized for a thousand years, became a cruel and sadistic beast? Cause, I can." Elena tells him as a tear slides out of his cold eye.

"Do you think she'll cry as you do?" Elena asks as she forcefully wipes away the tear with her thumb, before sending him a lazy smile.

"Words cannot express what a pleasure it is that I will never truly know you. See you in hell, Mikey." She winks before turning around and exiting the mausoleum, coming face to face with two thoroughly confused originals.

"I'll explain later. Can you give us a minute?" She asks Elijah before her eyes follow his body as he walks away with a nod.

"Sister?" He asks as she shrugs.

"Sister." She nods.

"What is it you wanted to speak to me about?" He asks as he grips the stake in his hand.

"Okay, fair warning, I'm about to get pretty emotional. You good with that?" She asks as he nods with a puzzled expression.

"Nik, you owe Mikael nothing. I'm sorry he made you feel like you needed to prove yourself to him, but you didn't then and you don't now. It was never on you to prove that you were worthy of his love, because he was never worthy of yours. It was his job to love you, and he failed. Not you. So when you go in there, don't see this as killing your father or even the man who hunted you for a thousand years. See it as ending a vile man, who couldn't even love his own child." She finishes softly as he stares at her in bewilderment while tears stream down his face.

"Sorry I called you Nik. It felt right in the moment." She whispers as she wipes a tear from his cheek, far more gently than she did to Mikael.

"Do what you gotta do, I'll be there in a second." She tells him encouragingly before making her way back to the car.

After a few minutes of standing outside the mausoleum, Elijah and Klaus exit silently.

"I know you guys are in a weird mood, and this is probably gonna make it worse, so just please know, I'm very sorry." She says before entering the space leaving the brothers behind.

A moment of silence goes by, before they hear the unmistakable sound of a vacuum cleaner sounding loudly through the cemetery.

"I'm sorry." She says as she stands in front of them with a dust vac and a Mason jar filled with their father's ashes.


"This is the first time I've ever said this, but I think I'm tapping out." Elena says Klaus places another shot in front of her.

"I never thought I'd see the day." Damon says teasingly, taking her shot.

"I'm only but a human, Ocean Eyes." She says with an accent as she makes eye contact with the bartender for the fourth time that night.

"You gonna ditch us?" Stefan asks nodding towards the bar, Elena shakes her head then smirks.

"And leave you all without my company?" She asks as she watches Klaus silently pour himself another drink.

"How you doing?" She asks him, grimacing at the false nonchalance in her tone.

"I eliminated my greatest enemy. I'm fantastic." He punctuates by throwing back another shot.

"As much as I'd like to believe you, the way you're drinking isn't exactly celebratory." Elena says, subtly pulling the bottle away from him.

"What makes you say that?" He asks without interest as he pulls the bottle back.

"Just a hunch." She says before standing and holding out her hands to the vampires.

"Come on. I don't know how else to cheer you up. Something tells me a trip to New York won't work for you." She mutters as the Salvatores stand.

"What's the harm?" He asks rhetorically, taking another shot and grabbing her hand.

"Wanna talk about it?" She asks as they sway to the music.

"The things you said. Did you mean it?" He asks looking over her shoulder as she smiles.

"You're gonna be a little more specific, I say lots of things all the time. I literally never stop talking." She rambles teasingly as he rolls his eyes.

"You know what I'm talking about."

"Oh, do you mean when I said you're one of the favorite people on this planet and that you deserved so much better than the shit he put you through?" She asks as he pulls back looking down at her with a small grin.

"You didn't say that."

"I didn't?" She questions with a matching grin.

"I think you need a friend tonight. And sadly, I'm not as qualified as I'd like to be. But there is someone here who is." Elena trails off nodding her head towards Stefan.

"You should give him his memories. You need a brother right now." She tells him as he stares as Stefan with furrowed brows before nodding and pulling her with him to Stefan.

"Heads up." Elena says as they reach the brothers causing Stefan to look up.

"Remember." Klaus compels as Stefan pupils dilate then close. Stefan opens them again with a gasp.

"Nik." He says with a smile before frowning

"Why did you dagger Rebekah?" He scolds with disapproval making Elena giggle as Klaus blinks in surprise.

"Welcome back, old friend." Klaus says with a smirk.

"Rebekah, the sister you banged?" Damon asks Stefan, causing Klaus to glare at him.

"I mean dated." He corrects while holding his hands up.

"Rebekah is so amazing!" Elena exclaims with a smile.

"But tonight is not about your siblings, you two need to catch. Me and Dames will be at the bar." Elena says, pulling Damon away.

"What would you like?" The bartender flirts with Elena as they take a seat at the bar.

"Just some ice and to introduce myself, I'm El." Elena says holding her hand out to the bartender.

"It's nice to meet you, El. I'm Angie" the bartender says pointing to her name tag as Elena squints.

"Really? You don't look like an Angie." Elena says as she leans forward slightly.

"It's, uh, short for Angela." The girl says as Elena grins.

"Angela. Now that I can see. It's lovely to meet you, Angela." Elena says with a nod as the bartender blushes lightly.

"Um, I'm gonna get your ice." She says before turning around as Elena watches her walk away.

"I'm not invisible, right? I was sitting here the whole time." Damon says snapping Elena out her less than polite thoughts.

"What?" She asks.

"She didn't even look at me. I am sitting right next to you." He complains as he throws his hands up in frustration.

"Sorry, handsome." Elena apologizes before the bartender returns with her ice.

"Anything else?" She asks with a flirty tone.

"Yeah, what do you want, Day?" Elena asks, turning to him as the bartender looks to him in surprise.

"Oh, I'm sorry. What can I get you?" She asks with pink cheeks.

"Just a bourbon." He says, making her nod and turn around.

"Do you think a threesome would cheer Klaus up?" Elena asks, making Damon's jaw drop.

"He just looks so sad. Mikael was such a prick to him." Elena says with a sigh as the bartender sets Damon's drink down.

"How was talking to the Destroyer?" Damon asks in a weird voice making her smile.

"He told me I should have killed myself, so not the worst."

"What did you say to him?" Damon asks as she raises a brow.

"Come on, I know you. He hit his kid. No way you didn't torture him a little." Damon says, making her smile in amusement.

"Just some stuff about his long lost daughter. I kinda wish we kept him alive a little longer, I had some great burns planned." Elena whines as Damon looks to her with a smirk and gestures for her to continue.

"Okay, I was gonna tell him that it was no surprise his wife cheated on him, and I had one about how Klaus's real dad kept it tight." She says making him snort.

"I wanted to call him a cuck, but Elijah was there, and that dude already has such a low opinion of me." Elena admits making Damon choke on his drink.

"Did you just call my father a cuck?" Klaus asks from behind her with amusement and disbelief.

"Yep. I really wish I could say it to his face." Elena says as Klaus takes a set next to her.

"Well, I for one, am glad he's too dead to hear it." He says as he waves the bartender over, but Elena's too distracted by a shadow in the corner of her eye to hear him.

"Hey. I'm off in 5. Wanna get out of here?" The bartender asks hopefully as Elena looks to the vampires. When they smile or shrug, Elena turns back to the girl.

"I'd love to." She replies with a smile as the girl nods and turns around.

"You sure? I can stay. We can spend the rest of the night talking about shitting dads." Elena offers as Klaus shakes his head.

"That's okay. And you had a shitty dad?" He asks as she nods.

"Two of them actually. Adopted remember." She says holding up two fingers.

"Hey, while we're on the subject of dads. I forgot to tell you, but since breaking your curse and unlocking your wolf side, courtesy of moi, you can have kids again." Elena says, leaving him speechless.

"You good?" She asks, waving a hand in front of his face.

"Are you joking?" He asks with disbelief.

"Nope. I'd start using protection if I were you." She pats his back before standing up.

"Try not to dwell on it." She says before kissing the brothers's cheeks and turning back to Klaus.

"For what it's worth, you'd make a fantastic father." She tells him honestly before joining the bartender.

On her way out of the bar with her arm around the bartender, Elena swears she saw someone resembling Mikael watch her walk away.