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Henry is played by Zachary Gordon

Blaine is locked up in a cell in the basement. He's hallucinating due to the lack of blood.

1864

"We have to get to the church. They're waiting," says a man who's helping gather the vampires.

"Circle around that way. I'll distract them. Go," Blaine says to Noah. "Over here! There's another one! Quick! Help me!" he yells to the group of men.

"Arm yourselves," instructs Jonathan.

The men follow Blaine. Only one man is standing guard over the carriage containing the vampires. Noah hits him and knocks him out. Blaine returns. Noah grabs the keys out of the man's pocket and unlocks the carriage.

"We don't have long," says Blaine.

"Kristian. Kristian," says Noah as he tries to get his attention.

Noah and Blaine lift Kristian out of the carriage. They untie him and take off the muzzle that covers his mouth.

"We're going to get you out of here," Blaine tells Kristian. "Noah, hurry. Hurry." Noah starts to run with Kristian in arms and is shot at. He drops dead. Blaine rushes over to him. "No! No! Noah!"

"Come on. Let's go," says a man.

Blaine gets up and tries to grab a gun. "Uhh!" But he is shot down too.

1864 / 2009

Blaine is drifting in and out between the present and past.

"Blaine. Blaine," calls Puck.

"Blaine," says Kurt worriedly.

"I love you, Blaine," Kurt and Kristian both say.

Kristian is grabbed and put back into the carriage in the past. Puck leads Kurt out of the cell in the present. Kurt looks through the bars at him.

2009

Kurt and Puck are in the cellar. Kurt is watching Blaine.

"It's so hard to see him locked up like this," says Kurt, feeling guilty.

"You're the one who locked him up," Puck snidely remarks.

"You helped."

"I couldn't have him running around chewing on people. While the town was looking for vampires, now, could I?"

"It had nothing to do with you actually caring about him?"

"Your thing, not mine."

1864

Blaine awakes with a start. He opens his shirt and sees the bullet wound is gone. He also sees a ring on his hand and examines it. Emily is there. She wipes her mouth and turns around to Blaine.

"Kristian had me make that for you weeks ago," Emily informs him.

"Where am I?" asks Blaine.

"The quarry just north of town. My brother and I brought you here last night. We found you dead in the woods."

Blaine looks around. "Where's Noah?" He turns to Emily. "Am I…am I a…?"

"Not yet. You're in transition."

"But how? I…"

"You had Kristian's blood in your system when you died."

"No. I never…"

"He's been compelling you to drink it for weeks, Blaine.

"And Noah?"

"No compulsion was necessary. He drank from Kristian willingly."

Blaine joins Noah by the river.

"I woke up last night. I didn't know where I was," Noah says looking out at the quarry. "I went to the church. And I watched them drag him inside. Then they set fire to it. And the whole church went up into flames. They killed him, Blaine. He's gone."

2009

Puck looks at the object Pearl gave him and Kurt enters the living room.

"Did you ever figure out what that is?" Kurt asks.

"Nope. Whatever it is, it doesn't work," answers Puck.

"Pearl didn't say anything else about it?"

"She thought she was stealing his vampire compass, but that was a pocket watch. That Jonathan Hummel was a crazy scientist." Puck turns to Kurt. "Have you spoken to your uncle lately?"

Kurt is packing his bag for school. "I've been avoiding him. That, and I've been here most nights."

"So, you'll be here again tonight?"

"Is that a problem?"

"Yes. You're a complete nuisance."

"Ha-ha," Kurt laughs sardonically. "See you later." He walks out of the boarding house and heads for school.

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Finn is walking to class when Anna joins him.

"Hey! Surprise," says Anna when she catches up with Finn.

"What are you doing here?" asks Finn.

"Picking up this." She shows Finn the paper in her hand.

"A class schedule?"

Anna nods. "Starting tomorrow, I'm officially a student here."

Finn laughs. "You're kidding me, right?"

"No. I finally beat my mom down."

"Heh. But why would you want to go to high school? It blows."

"Do I really need to answer that?"

"You'd suffer through all this just to hang out with me?"

"Yeah. I would."

Finn has a shocked look on his face. "That's, um…"

"Stupid? Pathetic? Old lurky me?"

"It's awesome. It's awesome."

They kiss.

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Puck brings a bottle of blood for Blaine. "Brought you something to eat. 100% Blaine diet approved." Puck sighs. "You know what will happen if you don't eat. You'll get all rotting and crusty."

"I'm not hungry," says Blaine looking down.

"Of course, you are. We're eternally hungry. Take it. The human blood should be gone by now. You want to explain why you're still in here. Feeling sorry for yourself? Come on. Drink up." Blaine doesn't answer him. "Fine. Fucking starve. What do I care?" Puck goes back upstairs and enters the living room. His phone rings. "You're a go for Puck."

"Hey, it's Will Schuester," answers Will on the other side.

"Before I hang up, how the hell did you get this number?"

"Ah, it's a mystery. Listen, I've, uh, been doing some digging on Kurt's uncle. You interested?"

"What kind of digging?"

"I got into Terri's and Cooter's files from the school."

"Well, did you find anything?"

"Well, I went to another town and had the police run a track on Cooter's cell phone records. He was getting a call from a number. The same number that Kurt dialed to find Terri. And then the number was disconnected."

"Terri knows Cooter. Whatever. We knew that."

"Right. Well, after that, he started getting calls from a new number. And I had them run a geotrack. Got the address. It's an apartment in Grove Hill."

"Terri's in Grove Hill?"

"I don't know. I thought we could look and see what we find."

"Perfect. Give me the address."

"Oh, so you can go without me? No. I don't think so."

"I'm not going with you. You tried to kill me."

"Yeah, well, you did kill me."

"Hold on." Puck is getting another call. "What?"

"I'm just grabbing some clothes, and then I'll be right over. How's Blaine?" asks Kurt at home, packing up a bag.

"Extra broody. Hold on." He goes back to Will. "You drive. Pick me up in an hour."

"Done," replies Will.

Puck hangs up. He goes back to talking to Kurt. "He won't eat anything."

"He has to eat. What's his favorite…kind of, um…" Kurt trails off, not wanting to finish the question.

"His favorite kind of what?" asks Puck. Knowing he's being a pain in the ass.

"Type of animal blood that he prefers?"

"Eww. Gross."

"Heh. Your joking doesn't help."

"Helps me. Now, hurry up. I can't baby-sit all night. I have things to do."

"I would say, 'drop dead,' but…"

"Ha-ha. Blaine likes…puppy blood. Little golden retriever puppies with cute, floppy ears. That's his favorite." Puck hangs up the phone.

Kurt hangs up, scoffing at Puck. He closes his closet door and Cooter is standing behind it.

Kurt gasps. "Holy shit!"

"Sorry," apologizes Cooter.

"Uncle Cooter. I didn't see you there."

"I thought we could talk. We haven't had a chance to catch up."

"I'm actually heading out, so…"

"Well, it won't take long."

Kurt sighs sits down on his bed. "What did you want to talk about?"

Cooter sits down at Kurt's desk. "Well…I know you know."

"Know what?"

"It's silly to keep pretending. What do you think your father would say if he knew you were dating a vampire?"

"Which father?" Kurt raises an eyebrow at Cooter before leaving his bedroom.

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Blaine is sitting on the floor of the cell. He has a flashback.

1864

Blaine gets a pail of water. He brings it over to where Noah is sitting. They wash out their shirts with the water.

"I bet Jonathan Hummel has told father by now. Wonder how he took the news that we're dead," says Blaine trying to start a conversation.

"As if he cares. He betrayed us," replies Noah.

"He thought he was protecting us, Noah. He thought he was protecting this town."

"God. This sun hurts my eyes."

"It's part of it. The muscle aches, the sick feeling. Emily says it's our bodies pushing us to feed, to complete the transition."

"That's not gonna happen."

"Is that your choice, then? To die instead?"

"Isn't it yours? This was all to be with Kristian. But he's gone. I want it over."

2009

Kurt goes down to the basement to see Blaine. "How're you feeling?" Kurt sees the full bottle of blood that's sitting next to Blaine. "Puck says you need to drink that. You need it, Blaine. Can't survive without it."

"I don't want to survive," Blaine gloomily replies.

"What? Don't say that."

"I'm sorry, Kurt. No more. After what I've done, it has to end. I just want it over."

Kurt sighs and goes back upstairs, talking to Puck.

"He's just being dramatic. He's not gonna starve himself," says Puck.

"Why would he say that?"

"He feels bad about hurting that girl. It's very typical Blaine martyr stuff. It will pass."

"Will it? Because he seemed to be in a lot of pain."

"Yeah. Well, that will pass, too, once he eats."

"I didn't mean physical pain."

"I know what you meant." Puck sighs. "Look, are you gonna be okay here if I have to run out? I have to go to an errand with the teacher."

"Mr. Schuester? Are you two friends now?"

"I don't have any friends, Kurt."

"Right."

"You should, um, you should stay up here. You shouldn't be down there by yourself."

"I'll be fine."

"You know, you're very trusting of him, given the circumstances."

"So are you. Otherwise, you wouldn't be leaving."

"I won't be long." Puck grabs his jacket and leaves the house.

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Pearl meets Cooter at a table at Breadstix.

"Hello, Mr. Hummel."

"Pearl. What a pleasure. I must admit, I'm surprised that you came."

"Emma tells me that you wanted to discuss the sale of the building in person."

"Still, revealing yourself to me like this, it took quite a risk."

"I'm not stupid, Mr. Hummel. You knew who I was when you requested the meeting. So, Puck tells me that you're looking for the device I took from Jonathan. I'm sure you realize I have no intention of giving it to you."

"That's why I wanted to meet you. I'm planning on changing your mind."

"Really? How so?"

"With my Hummel charm. I know that you have a weakness for it. May I buy you a drink?" He signals a waiter.

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Finn and Anna are talking in his bedroom.

"So, your mother was in love with Jonathan Hummel, and he betrayed her?" asks Finn.

"Yup," answers Anna.

"And now my uncle Cooter wants this invention-device thing that she gave to Puck."

"That's pretty much it."

"Cooter mentioned there were more Hummel journals. I bet that's how he knows everything."

"Do we have to talk about this all night? I've told you everything. I probably shouldn't have, 'cause that could get us both in a lot of trouble."

"I'm not gonna say anything."

"Your uncle Cooter wants us dead."

"Oh, you don't know that."

"Yes, I do. He's a hater, Finn.

"Well, I'm not."

"No. You're something else entirely."

"Oh, yeah? What would that be?"

"My weakness."

Finn and Anna start kissing and taking each other's clothes off. Finn stops suddenly. "I don't want Emma to walk in on us."

"Emma's in the kitchen. She just opened the refrigerator."

"Wait. You can hear that?" She nods her head. "That is so cool." He goes back to kissing her.

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Puck and Will are at the Grove Hill apartment.

"This is the one here. The records show it was paid 3 months in advance," says Will.

"This is where it gets tricky. I may or may not be able to get in," replies Puck.

"Yeah, how does that work? You always have to be invited in?"

"By the owner or the person of entitlement. Short-term rentals and hotels are a bit of a gray area. You kind of gotta play it by ear."

"Heh. Could we not kill anyone tonight, please?"

"You mean, you just brought me along for my company?" Puck opens the door.

"It doesn't look like anyone's home."

Puck takes a step inside. "Yeah. I'm good. No permanent resident, apparently." Puck goes to the kitchen and opens the fridge. He sees blood bags. "Uh, Will, we have company."

A man jumps on Will. Will stabs him with wood knuckles. The man attacks again. Puck grabs him and throws him off Will.

"Boys, boys, that's enough." Puck gets a look at the vampire. "I know you."

"Noah?" asks the vampire.

"Your name is Henry. You were in the tomb."

"Yes, sir. What are you doing here?"