Day One

Night - Mystic Falls Hospital - Tyler's Hospital Room

Tyler was sleeping in a hospital bed.

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Hallway

A police officer was standing guard outside the door. He heard a noise down the hallway. He walked around the corner to investigate, looking around. He found nothing. He started to walk back toward the room containing Tyler, but was attacked by Connor.

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Tyler's Hospital Room

Tyler heard the commotion, waking instantly.

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Hallway

Connor was using a sleeper hold on the officer, slowly lying him down on the floor.

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Tyler's Hospital Room

Tyler listened for any more noise.

Connor walked into the room, looking at the bed.

Tyler had disappeared.

Connor walked around the room, turning around. Tyler was there, rushing toward him. Connor grabbed him, injecting a toxin into his neck, temporarily paralyzing Tyler, lying him down on the hospital bed.

Tyler struggled to move.

"Don't bother." Connor told him. "It's a paralytic."

Connor lifted Tyler's lips, sticking a needle into his gums, taking out some of his werewolf vemon, taking the needle out of his mouth, patting Tyler on his cheek, walking out of the room.

Tyler grunted and growled, struggling to move. Finally, he managed to rushed to the door, out of the room, standing in the door way, looking around the hallway.

Connor was gone.

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Connor's Trailer

Connor was performing a distillation with the werewolf venom he had stolen from Tyler. He held an apple in his hand, slicing into it, eating, fiddling with the distillation equipment. He sat down at the table with newspaper clippings and other article, picking up one clipping that mentioned the church shooting, glancing at the letter Pastor Young had left for April.

Under the letter, was another paper that read:

Rosie Lockwood

Werewolf

Tyler Lockwood

Vampire + Werewolf

Connor picked up three folders. One said Jeremy Gilbert. The second said Emma Gilbert. The last said Elena Gilbert

Connor opened Jeremy's folder.

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Day Two

Morning - Salvatore Boarding House - Outside - Porch

Emma was sitting in the driver's seat of her car, having the door open, leaning out of the car to talk to Damon.

Damon leaned against the doorway.

Emma looked at Damon. "Good day for a midlife crisis. 172 years, I'd say you're due." Damon gave her a sarcastic smirk. "Where are you going?"

"That Hunter jacked Tyler Lockwood of his werewolf venom last night, so basically, he's got vampire poison in a bottle." Damon told her. "And I'm gonna find him, and I'm gonna eat him."

"I'll go with you." Emma told him.

"Oh, but Emma, aren't you supposed to start going back to school today?" Damon asked tauntingly. Emma looked disappointed, looking away. "Yep, that's right. Can't use being sick with a tumor on your carotid as an excuse to stay home anymore." Emma tilted her head toward him. "I just want to kill this guy and get the hell out of town." Emma looked at him in confusion. "Wasn't that the deal? Whoever You or Elena doesn't choose, leaves."

"That was before Elena turned." Emma told him.

"And I stayed to help." Damon told her. "If I take Stefan punching me as the first clue, I'm not wanted here anymore."

"Listen, you blood shared with his girlfriend and he punched you in the face." Emma told him. "You deserved it. Why don't you stop being dramatic?"

"No, Em, dramatic would be leaving before I kill this Hunter." Damon told her, walking away, leaving.

Emma watched him go, shaking her head.

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Mystic Falls High School - Outside

Elena was leaning against a wall.

Matt approached her. "Kind of weird doing this in our old makeout spot."

"Thank you, for doing this." Elena told him. "I can't keep anything else down."

"It's okay." Matt told her. "I kind of owe you my life, remember?"

"Yeah, but Stefan and Emma didn't save your life so that I could turn you into a human blood bag." Elena told him.

"Elena, please just..." Matt trailed off, rolling up his sleeve and extending his arm towards her. "Let me do this for you." They looked at each other for a moment. Elena hesitantly grabbed Matt's wrist, feeding. As soon as she began to feel the bloodlust start to take over, she stopped, pulling back. Matt looked down at his wrist. "Was that enough?"

Elena wiped the blood off of her lips. "No. But if I had anymore, I'm afraid I wouldn't stop. Here." She took out a bandage, placing it on Matt's wrist. "Thank you."

Matt nodded.

The bell rang.

Elena jumped down onto a table, then to the ground. Matt jumped down beside her. They began walking across the grounds.

"So, you really think school is the best place for you right now?" Matt asked.

"The vampire Hunter knows that Damon, Elizabeth, Isabella and Evelyn are all vampires and that I know all of them." Elena told him. "Hiding at home would be more suspicious. Besides, I want to be here. It's my senior year. I survived this long, there's no way I'm bailing before graduation." She saw a pamphlet on the windshield of a car, picking it up. "Town called for curfew?"

"Tyler got shot in front of half the town." Matt told her. "Everyone's a little freaked."

Elena looked away. "If only they knew the real story."

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Lockwood Mansion - Foyer

Rosie was standing at the drinking table, pouring herself a drink.

Men stood around the room.

Carol opened the door, leading the way inside.

Tyler walked in, seeing his sister, smiling. "Finally."

"You wouldn't be saying that if you knew." Rosie told him, taking a sip of her tequila.

"What?" Tyler asked. "Why?" He looked at the men. "Who the hell are you two?"

"Tyler, it's okay." Carol told him. "They're here for your protection."

"More deputies?" Tyler asked.

Scott walked in. "Not exactly."

Klaus followed Scott into the room.

"They're hybrids." Tyler corrected himself, giving Rosie a worried look. "Wait, please don't tell me that..."

Rosie looked down, remaining numb.

Klaus smirked.

"Tyler..." Carol trailed off, looking at Rosie. Rosie took a drink of tequila. Carol looked at Tyler. "Rosie had to be invited in."

Tyler turned to Rosie, looking at her in shock and hurt, denial and anger.

Rosie looked at the glass in her hand, raising her gaze to look at Tyler, but avoiding his gaze.

"Yes, she did." Klaus agreed. "We were halfway to Chicago when Rosie told me of your attack. I had hoped to leave Mystic Falls for good, but duty calls."

Tyler finally looked away from his sister to look at Klaus. "Nice to know you care."

"I don't." Klaus told him, walking closer. "I should have killed you for the little stunt you and your friends pulled. Stopping my heart. Leaving me in a coffin to rot."

Tyler propped himself against the table in between them. "Yeah, well, you used my body as an escape hatch, kissed my girlfriend, and then you turned my cousin into a hybrid. So maybe we're even."

"Not even close." Klaus told him. "But you hybrids are a dying breed. I can't make more of you, and I won't have anyone taking liberties with the ones that I have left."

"Oh, please." Rosie told him. "You didn't want to come back for Tyler. You only decided to come back after I told you that the Hunter shot Elizabeth repeatedly and almost killed her."

Scott smirked in amusement.

Klaus didn't respond to that, backing away, pointing to the other hybrids, including Scott. "Consider them your new body guards."

Tyler looked at Rosie.

Rosie looked up sadly.

...

Mystic Falls High School - Alaric's Classroom

Stefan, Elena, Morgana and Emma sat in history class, none of them speaking.

Morgana and Elena stared at the front of the room, looking as if they were about to cry.

Stefan looked to the front, sighing, realizing what they must have been saddened by. "It's the first time we've been back in Alaric's classroom."

"First period and I'm ready to bawl my eyes out." Elena told them.

Rebekah walked into the classroom with flyers. "Morning, everyone."

"Morning, Bekah." A student told her.

Morgana sat back in her desk in annoyance. "Just like that, I'm no longer feeling sentimental."

"So, my sister Morgana is letting me throw a little anti-curfew party at her new house." Rebekah told them. "Starts at the fifth period and goes till whenever. Spread the word." She passed out the flyers. "You're welcome to join, Elena, if you'd like to bury the hatchet."

Morgana took the flyer. "It's a pretty enormous hatchet."

Rebekah looked at Emma. "Emma. I didn't realize you were well enough to come back to school. Perhaps you'd like to celebrate your survival by coming to the party."

"The last time I saw you, you threw me into a wall hard enough to make me start bleeding out and left me for dead." Emma told her. "And now you want me to come to some lame-ass party?"

"Well, I'm feeling generous of spirit." Rebekah told them, handing Emma a flyer.

Emma took the flyer, looking at it. "New house, huh? Did your brother finally kick you and Morgana out?"

"He didn't kick us out." Rebekah told them. "Morgana left, and she's lending me a stay."

"So, you two left the only person on earth that actually likes you?" Elena asked.

Rebekah looked down, retaliating by looking at Stefan, using their past against her. "Well, your boyfriend liked Morgana once." Stefan looked up. Rebekah looked at Elena, smirking. "Actually, a lot more than once."

Elena looked furious.

"Why are you still in town, Rebekah?" Stefan asked. "Don't you have anywhere else to go?"

"Well, history's my favorite class." Rebekah told them. "Actually, where is Mr. Saltzman...?" Elena grew angrier. Morgana looked at her exasperated. Rebekah looked at them. "Oh, that's right. I killed him." Elena threw her pencil toward Rebekah's face. Rebekah caught it before it impaled her, turning it around and throwing it into Elena's shoulder. They both glared at each other. Elena took the pencil out of her shoulder, standing, walking out of the room, leaving. Morgana followed her. Stefan gave Rebekah a look. Rebekah looked at Emma, smirking. "You're still welcome to join, Emma. But uninvite Elena for me."

"Go to hell, Rebekah." Emma told her.

Rebekah smirked, walking away to sit down.

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Hallway

Elena was walking away, still angry.

Morgana grabbed her arm, trying to calm her down. "Just breathe, just breathe. You haven't felt this kind of rage before."

"I hate her." Elena told her, slowing to a stop. Alex turned to face her. "I didn't think I was capable of hate, but I hate her and I hate that I hate her." Elena looked over Morgana's shoulder. "That's the hunter."

Morgana turned around to see Connor in the hallway behind her, talking to a woman. "What the hell is he doing here?"

The woman pointed toward Jeremy, who was standing at his locker.

Connor walked toward him.

"Jeremy." Elena told her. "No."

Elena began to walk toward Jeremy and Connor.

Morgana turned to face Elena, holding her shoulders to keep her back. "No, no, no. Hey, hey, you get this." She showed Elena's bloodstained hand to Elena. "Okay? I got that."

Morgana walked toward Jeremy and Connor.

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Girls' Bathroom

Elena walked into the bathroom, taking off her sweater, grabbing some tissues, rinsing the blood off her hand in the sink. She looked at her reflection in the mirror, using the tissues to wipe the blood away.

A girl walked into the bathroom behind Elena, holding her neck. "There you are. Rebekah sent me to see if you were okay."

Elena threw away the tissues. "I'm fine, Heather."

"I'm not." Heather told her.

Elena turned to face Heather, confused. She saw blood dripping from Heather's neck. Elena started to breathe heavily.

Rebekah walked into the bathroom. "What's wrong, Elena? Getting hungry?"

Heather removed her hand from her neck, making the blood easier to see and smell.

"No, get-get away from me." Elena told her.

Rebekah used her finger to wipe the blood from Heather's neck. "But she's so delicious."

Rebekah placed her finger with blood on Elena's mouth.

Elena slapped her hand away. "You shouldn't be here. This is my school. It's my life. And I'm not gonna let you ruin it."

"It's my school now." Rebekah told her. "My life. Maybe you're the one who shouldn't be here. And I couldn't help but overhear that there's a vampire hunter roaming the hallways." She rubbed her hand on Heather's bloodstained neck wound. "How inconvenient for you." She rubbed her hand over Elena's face, leaving a trail of blood on her cheek and lips. Elena transformed, growling. Rebekah smirked. "See you in gym. I think it's dodge ball day."

Rebekah and Heather walked out of the bathroom together.

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Classroom

Jeremy was sitting at a desk.

Connor stood in front of him, flipping through the folder he had on Jeremy.

"Do you mind telling me who you are and why I'm here?" Jeremy asked. "I mean, I'm happy to miss Bio but..."

"I looked into your family's history." Connor told him. "You and your sisters have been through quite a lot."

Connor dropped the folder onto the desk Jeremy was sitting in.

"What are you, a social worker?" Jeremy asked. "Why do you care?"

"Because you saw this." Connor answered, rolling up the sleeve of his shirt, revealing the tattoo only Jeremy could see.

Jeremy was confused. "It's a tattoo. Big deal."

"I call this a Hunter's Mark." Connor explained. "As in vampire Hunter."

"A-a vampire Hunter?" Jeremy asked, laughing. "Look, I'm sorry, man, but..."

Jeremy stood.

Connor looked amused yet annoyed. "Jeremy. I know your family's history in this town, so you playing dumb just makes you look dumb."

Jeremy glanced out the classroom door.

Morgana was outside, listening in to the conversation.

Jeremy nodded a barely noticeable nod.

Morgana walked away.

Jeremy looked at Connor. "Why the show and tell? I don't even know you."

"Because it's invisible." Connor answered. "To anyone but another Hunter or a Potential Hunter. Find me a vampire, I'll train you, teach you how to do what I do. I'm on Hudson off Route 13. Don't show up unless you find one."

Connor walked toward the door.

"Well, how am I supposed to do that?" Jeremy asked.

Connor turned to face him, pointing at his neck. "Why don't you start by asking your friend with the bandage on his neck?"

Connor turned around, walking out, leaving.

...

Lockwood Mansion - Study

Tyler and Rosie stood together, alone in the study.

"I can't believe this happened to you." Tyler told her.

"We all knew that it was going to happen sometime." Rosie told him. "I can't believe that I was able to go as long as I had without being turned into a freaking hybrid, sired little bitch, who has to listening to every word that dick says even while she hates his guts."

Tyler grabbed Rosie's arms lightly, trying to reassure her. "Hey, we can fix this."

"We can't, Tyler." Rosie told him sadly.

"What?" Tyler asked.

"Klaus said that I couldn't even try to break the sire bond." Rosie told him.

They heard Klaus' voice. "She's quite right."Tyler and Rosie shared annoyed sighs, looking toward him. Klaus stood in the doorway, leaning against it, looking at Tyler. "And I know that you found a way to break the sire bond. Now, here's the thing..." He looked at Rosie. "She's not allowed to let anyone help her break hers. She's not allowed to try to do it on her own." He smirked, looking between them. "And if anybody should try to force her to do so, she may feel obligated to kill them, be it friend, family, or lover."

Tyler and Rosie looked at him in shock and horror.

"No, you can't do that." Tyler told him.

Klaus smirked. "You see, that's the beauty of this. I can, actually." He looked at Rosie. "So, if anyone tried to force you to try to break your sire bond, kill them. Doesn't matter who it is." He looked at Tyler. "Her being sired at all will be the least of your problems. Consider this as my revenge to you." He backed away. "Have a nice day."

Klaus walked out of the room.

Tyler looked at Rosie, concerned and worried.

Rosie looked down, too shocked to do anything.

...

Connor's Trailer

Isabella opened the door to the trailer. She stood on the steps, testing the door with her foot to see if she could enter without an invitation. Her foot passed through. Isabella smiled, walking into the trailer. She saw the distillation equipment and newspaper clipping. She touched one of the clippings.

An arrow shot into her leg. Another arrow shot through her chest, through her back. The arrows were steel, making Isabella yell in pain, but still alive.

Isabella tried to take the arrow out of her leg, but saw that it was attached to a bomb. She tried to pull the arrow in her chest out, but also saw a bomb attached to the end of the string.

Isabella moaned in exasperation. "Um... Yeah."

...

Mystic Falls High School - Outside

Stefan and Evelyn sat on the benches outside.

Elena paced in front of them.

"It was a valiant first day effort." Evelyn told her. "No one will judge you if you want to go home. I wouldn't mind going home."

"I don't want to go home." Elena told her. "And you're not going home. I want to take the white oak stake and kill her."

"Hey, that was my idea first." Evelyn told her, trying to lighten the mood.

"Well, that's how mad I am." Elena told her. "She made me murderous."

"How about we just leave the murdering to Damon?" Evelyn asked. "Possibly Elizabeth if she pisses her off enough?"

Stefan stood, walking toward Elena.

"And-and then do what?" Elena asked. "Ignore her to death?"

"Look, she's trying to make herself feel better." Stefan told her. "She knows that everybody hates her, so she's trying to hate harder."

"Tell you what." Evelyn told them. "Let's just skip the rest of the day. Go have some fun. I feel like this day is severely lacking in fun."

Elena tilted her head at Evelyn.

Evelyn smiled.

Elena shook her head. "You, stay here, keep an eye on Jeremy." Evelyn gave her a disappointed look. "But, yeah. Okay, fine."

"Oh, so you guys can leave and I can't?" Evelyn asked.

Stefan smiled.

"We're going to her party and show her that she can't intimidate me." Elena told her. "And I don't want you getting involved in that. I just have to go home and change first."

Elena waved bye to Evelyn, turning around, walking away, leaving.

Stefan turned to Evelyn.

"Does she seem a little off balance to you?" Evelyn asked.

"Yeah, she's channeling all her emotions into rage." Stefan told her. "It makes her feel like she has purpose. I used to do that too when I was, you know."

"Ripper, cocky douche you?" Evelyn asked.

Stefan smirked. "Yeah. She needs to come to terms with it, confront it, let it in before she can let it go."

Liv nodded. "You're good at this, you know that? So is Morgana. Elizabeth saved my vampire life, you saved Morgana's, now you're saving Elena's." They walked away. "You should write a book together. Go on 'The View'."

"Hmm." Stefan hummed. "That's funny."

"Well, excuse me for trying to keep the mood up and less serious." Evelyn told him. "Everyone needs more fun and less seriousness."

Stefan nodded in acknowledgement. "Where is Isabella?"

"Dealing with Hunter business." Evelyn answered.

"If I didn't know better, I'd say you're going soft, Eve." Stefan told her.

Evelyn scoffed, shaking her head. "I am not going soft."

"Oh, really?" Stefan asked.

Evelyn pushed Stefan away toward the way Elena had left. "Go be with your girlfriend at the party she doesn't want me going to because she knows I'll try to kill someone. Or maybe she'll be the one trying to kill someone."

"Are you done yet?" Stefan asked.

Evelyn nodded. "I think I am now, yeah."

...

Lockwood Mansion - Study

Tyler was lying on the couch, tossing a football in the air.

A girl entered the room. "So, this is where you've been hiding, huh?"

Tyler turned to face her in surprise, standing. "Hayley?"

Hayley smiled. "Hey, Lockwolf."

Hayley wrapped her arms around him. Tyler hugged her back.

Rosie leaned against the doorway. "Never thought I'd see that face again."

Hayley smiled. "Rosie..." She pulled away from Tyler, holding his neck in her hands. She pushed him in the chest. "Asses! I thought Klaus killed you guys."

Rosie tilted her head. "We should have called."

"From your trailer park in Florida," Hayley told her sarcastically. "You liar." She looked around, sitting on the desk. "You're totally loaded. I helped you chain your cousin up all over the Appalachians. I helped you talk him through every turn. I helped you break his sire bond. You could have told me your real story."

"We didn't want anybody to follow us back." Tyler told her. Hayley frowned. "Werewolves weren't safe around Klaus, and you shouldn't be here either. His hybrids are all over this house, and so is he."

Hayley stood. "I know. Elizabeth is an old friend. She called me and told me that could need help protecting another hybrid named Rosie's cousin Tyler, and I thought, 'What are the chances?'" She looked at Rosie. "So is it true? He turned you?"

"With the last drop of Elena's blood." Rosie answered, walking toward the couch, falling back onto it. "His sisters Rebekah and Morgana destroyed the rest of the blood he had so he couldn't make anymore hybrids. So, I think you're safe."

Hayley smiled. "Well, I think that's cause for a celebratory drink. The least you could do is pour me some fancy, rich people Scotch."

"Sure." Tyler told her. "Absolutely."

Tyler walked over to the Scotch table.

Hayley fell down onto the couch next to Kacie. "So, you're number one on my list to get hybrids unsired."

"I can't." Rosie told her.

"And why the hell not?" Hayley asked.

"Because Klaus sired me to never try to break the sire bond on my own, and kill anyone who tries to force me to." Rosie answered. "It's too late."

Tyler walked closer with three glasses, sadly.

Hayley took her glass from him, looking at Rosie. "It's never too late."

Rosie took her glass from Tyler.

The three of them clinked their glasses together, drinking.

...

Connor's Trailer

Isabella was still strapped to the bombs.

Elizabeth walked into the trailer. "Why the hell were you being so cryptic?"

"Come in." Isabella told her. "Close the door."

Elizabeth looked at the bomb. "Is that..."

"No, it's a kitten." Isabella told her sarcastically. "It's an adorable, exploding kitten. Come on, we're not gonna get hurt. All I need you to do is be your fun, old knife-wielding torture queen and cut out the arrow."

"And I know that you'd do it yourself, but if you move..." Elizabeth trailed off, touching the string of the arrow.

"Don't." Isabella told her.

Elizabeth pulled her hand away. "Kaboom." She sighed, looking around. "Okay..." She grabbed a knife lying on the table, standing behind Isabella, putting the point of the knife to the arrow which was going through Isabella's back. "If you move and kill us, I'm gonna find you on the Other Side and kill you again just for the hell of it."

"Okay." Isabella told her awkwardly. Elizabeth started to cut the arrow. Isabella picked up the letter from Pastor Young. "Pastor Young... Nice, crazy guy. He wrote a letter about sacrifice and war brewing in Mystic Falls."

Isabella showed the letter to Elizabeth.

"What does he mean, 'a greater evil is coming'?" Elizabeth asked, continuing to pry out the arrow from Isabella's back. "Don't we have great enough evil already?"

"You'd think." Isabella told her.

"How did you get stuck on Hunter duty?" Elizabeth asked.

"Well, everyone else is at the school or at home, and Damon's pissed that Emma broke up with him, so..." Isabella trailed off.

"You could've called me to do this." Elizabeth pointed out.

"Right, and then you would be in the same position I'm in now without a way out." Isabella told her.

Elizabeth smiled, shaking her head. "You are a good friend. Hell, you're one of the best friends that any of us have. You're strung up to a bomb while everyone else is worrying about their own lives, but you're doing a very good job of acting like it doesn't suck." She finished prying out the arrow as much as she could to allow Isabella to remove it without the bomb exploding. "Okay, I think that should be good."

Isabella pulled out the arrow, dropping it on the table.

...

Mystic Falls High School - Hallway

Evelyn and Sally were standing together, leaning against the lockers behind them.

Evelyn looked at Sally. "So how are you doing with everything?"

"I just want this year to be over." Sally said.

Evelyn smiled. "I'm sorry I brought it up. Changing the subject." She looked at Sally. "How is your boyfriends brother/Scott's brother, Derek?"

"He's okay." Sally explained. "But, since Elena's a vampire now, and Klaus can't use her blood anymore to turn werewolves into hybrids, it should be safe enough for him to come home."

"I hope so." Evelyn told her.

"Yeah, because you were with Scott , and he really was like a big brother." Evelyn told her teasingly.

"Yeah, before we caught his lying ass making out with some girl in the Grill." Sally told them.

"Oh, it's in the past." Evelyn told her. "He is still hot for you, and he's making an attempt to apologize. Yes, he is a sired hybrid, but so are a lot of... hybrids." They laughed together. "Are you guys going to Rebekah's party?"

"Doubtful." Sally told them, mocking the next sentence. "Elena doesn't want me to get hurt."

Evelyn smirked. "Jeremy doesn't want me going, either. But I think that I need a night of distraction, even if it's going to a house with two Originals." She looked down the hall toward Matt. "You know, other than losing Vicki, do you guys know why he's so depressed all the time?"

"It's because everything that happened since Elena died." Sally explained.

"Yeah, well, he worries too much." Evelyn told them.

"Hmm, that started way before he found out about the supernatural." Sally told her.

Evelyn pushed Sally ahead of her playfully. "Let's go, joker. Chem awaits."

Matt stood down the hall at his locker, watching them walk away with a small smile.

Rebekah walked up to him. "Hey, Matt." Matt let his smile fade instantly, turning back to his locker, ignoring her. "So, I'm having a little party. You should ditch last period and come." Matt pulled out a notebook, continuing to ignore her. "Look, I know you're still angry I ran you off the bridge, but you have to understand. Alaric killed my brother. He was trying to kill me. I had to do something to stop him. I never wanted to hurt you."

Matt looked at Rebekah, scoffing, closing his locker, walking away.

Rebekah looked sad, turning around, walking away in the other direction.

Matt walked down another hallway, which was empty.

Connor was leaning against a wall, waiting for Matt. "What did you say last time? Hickies?" Matt stopped walking, turning to face Connor. Connor walked closer, grabbing Matt's arm, ripping the bandage off from his wrist, seeing the puncture wounds. "Kinky girlfriend. Who are you letting feed on you?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." Matt told him. "I don't know where I got that."

"Are you sure about that?" Connor asked, grabbing Matt, pushing him against the wall, grabbing a knife from his belt, pushing it against Matt's throat. "Tell me which one of your high school friends is a blood sucker."

Matt didn't answer.

Connor applied more pressure to Matt's throat.

"It's Rebekah." Matt told him. "Rebekah Mikaelson."

Connor nodded, pulling the knife away, but without taking his hand off from around his throat. "Thank you. And when you wake up, she'll be long gone."

Connor pulled Matt away from the wall, slamming his head back into it, making Matt unconscious.

...

Salvatore Boarding House - Damon's Room

Elena was searching through a set of drawers.

Damon walked in. "Hope you plan on cleaning this up."

Elena turned around, startled. "I need bourbon to get through Rebekah's party. Yours is better than Stefan's."

"Top drawer in the dresser." Damon told her.

"Thanks." Elena told him, walking over to the drawer, opening it. Damon pulled out a silver flask from his pocket, taking a drink. Elena turned around to face him, pulling out a pair of briefs. "You keep alcohol in your underwear drawer?"

"No." Damon answered. Elena threw the briefs back into the drawer. "But you weren't looking for alcohol, were you? Do you think I'd actually leave the last remaining white oak stake where any vampire could just walk in and take it? Because, guess what? I left it with the person who no one would expect."

"Elizabeth?" Elena asked.

"Nope." Damon answered.

"Stefan?" Elena asked.

Damon tilted his head toward Elena. "Think non-vampire, Elena. That's why I gave it to her."

"Emma." Elena realized. Damon opened his shirt. "What are you doing?"

"Changing into something a little less fancy so I can help Isabella take down the Hunter." Damon answered. "She and Elizabeth had a little Hunter mishap earlier."

Elena walked closer to him. "You know he was at my school today?"

"Yep." Damon answered. "Morgana told me."

"Morgana?" Elena repeated. "I thought you guys weren't speaking."

"We aren't." Damon told her. "She needed help, and she still called me. It's kind of touching, actually."

"Well, what does she need help with?" Elena asked.

"Don't worry about it." Damon told her, taking his shirt off, beginning to undo the belt on his pants. Elena looked down. "You staying for the show, or...?"

Damon unbuttoned his jeans.

Elena came back to reality, walking out of the room. "I'm finding Emma, and she's gonna give me that stake."

...

Downstairs

Emma opened the front door, walking inside, closing the door behind her, pulling her bag off her shoulder, tossing it to the floor, sitting in a chair.

Elena walked in. "I'm guessing you're not going to Rebekah's party."

"Not a chance in hell." Emma told her. "But she did tell me to uninvite you. I'd take that as an even better invitation, just to piss her off." Elena smiled. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm looking for the white oak stake." Elena told her. "Damon told me that you were the one that had it."

"Maybe I do, maybe I don't." Emma told her. "Why do you want it?" Elena tilted her head. Emma stood slowly, pointing at Elena. "You want to kill Rebekah."

Elena nodded. "Yeah."

Emma walked toward the drink table, pouring herself a drink. "Well, I know that I shouldn't give it to you, but since the bitch tried to kill me..." She felt underneath the edge of the table, feeling the hidden compartment, hitting the button for it to slide open, pulling the stake out, hitting the button to close the door, turning to face Elena, holding it up for her to see. "I just might be willing to give it to you." Elena walked closer, smirking, reaching for the stake. Emma pulled it out of her reach. "Just tell me one thing. Are you killing her because she killed you or tried to kill several of the people that you care about, or are you doing it because she's being a mean girl bitch?"

"Can I say both?" Elena asked.

Emma tilted her head. "Yes." She held the stake toward Elena. "Just remember that she's not the only Original sister living in that house, and don't get yourself killed."

Elena took the stake, smiling a small smile. "Emma? Thanks."

Emma raised her eyebrows.

Elena walked toward the door, opening it, walking out, leaving, closing it behind her.

Emma took a sip of her drink.

...

Connor's Trailer - Outside

Connor sat on a chair, carving the same symbol into a wooden stake. "You got a vampire for me?"

Jeremy walked into view "No, but I know where you can find one. There's a Dr. Meredith Fell. She uses vampire blood in surgery. I think she has a deal with one. Her blood for his."

Connor stood, annoyed and angered. "You see, that's the problem. When a town protects one vampire, word spreads, more come, they feed, they turn. Soon you got a full on infestation. Your high school, for example, is crawling with them. One's even throwing a party."

"Is that where we're going?" Jeremy asked.

Connor closed the door to his trailer, beginning to walk away. "Nah, we're going to the hospital." Jeremy followed him. "As long as people are drinking at that high school party, I've got it covered. They'll be dead by sundown."

Connor walked ahead of him.

Jeremy looked into the edge of the treeline.

Isabella stood there, hidden, nodding to Jeremy.

Jeremy nodded, following Connor.

...

Morgana's Mansion - Outside

There were teenagers outside, drinking from a keg, having a good time, dancing to the music.

...

Inside - Foyer

Elena and Stefan made their way to the entrance of he house, stepping through the doorway.

"Wow, we didn't have to be invited in." Stefan told her. "I wonder who used to live here."

"Or who died here." Elena told him.

They slowed to a stop.

Elena saw Rebekah, a look of rage spreading across her face.

"You're fixating." Stefan told her.

"No, I'm just quietly hating." Elena told him.

A boy walked past Stefan and Elena with a cup of beer in his hand.

Stefan compelled the boy. "This is mine now." The boy handed Stefan his cup of beer. "Thank you." The boy walked away. Stefan handed the drink to Elena. "Why don't you have a drink? It'll help you let go."

Elena smiled, about to take a drink until she saw Liam smiling and greeting other guests. "Liam's here."

(Song Ends)

...

Lockwood Mansion - Foyer

Tyler opened the front door, revealing Caroline outside.

Caroline giggled, putting her arms around his neck. "I ditched Rebekah's ditching party." She kissed him, looking at the hybrids behind him. "What's with all the testosterone?"

"Hybrids." Tyler answered. "I'm on house arrest."

"Says who?" Caroline asked. "Your mom?" She whispered the next sentence. "Come on, let's sneak out."

"Not my mom, Caroline." Tyler told her.

Caroline looked at him in confusion.

Tyler tilted his head, waiting for her to understand.

"You're kidding me." Caroline told him. "Klaus?"

...

Study

Hayley picked up a picture of Tyler and Rosie, looking at it.

Klaus was standing in the doorway behind her. "You're a new face."

Hayley turned to face him. "And I take it from your accent you're an old one." She pointed at him. "Klaus."

"My reputation precedes me." Klaus told her. "Hopefully not all bad."

"A little bad." Hayley told him. "Mostly repulsive according to Elizabeth."

Klaus walked closer. "So, you're a friend of Elisaveta and Tyler's? That's strange. They never mentioned you."

He heard Tyler's voice. "You should go to the party."

...

Foyer

Tyler and Caroline were standing at the door.

"I'll be fine here." Tyler told her.

"But, I'd rather hang with you." Caroline told him.

Tyler shook his head. "Trust me, I am no fun right now."

...

Study

Klaus looked at Hayley with a devilish look. "And I think I know why."

...

Morgana's Mansion - Kitchen

(Song:) Keep You - Wild Belle

Eliza into the kitchen, seeing April, taking a drink of beer. "Hey."

"Liam." April told him. "Thank God, I know someone."

"I'm glad you came." Liam told her, offering her beer. "Are you thirsty?"

"You know, we used to play around in the stables at my house before Elena read us bedtime stories." April told him.

"And now I'm giving you beer." Eliza told her. "Sounds about right."

April laughed, taking the cup, drinking. "Mm, if my dad could see me now."

"How are you doing with everything?" Liam asked.

(Song Ends)

"I'm trudging through my denial phase." April answered. "Dreaming up conspiracy theories." Liam frowned in confusion. "My first weekend home from boarding school, my dad smelled cigarette smoke on my clothes before I even walked in the door. He would have noticed a gas leak in the house."

"So, you-you don't think it was an accident?" Liam asked.

"I know there's no investigation." April told her. "That everyone's calling it an accident, but the shooting at the church, it just feels like..."

Rebekah stood next to April, looking at Liam. "Like something wicked this way comes. I know, right? It's like this town's cursed or something."

"Um, hi." Liam trailed off. "Rebekah."

Elena had been standing in the doorway, walking inside. "Hey, Liam, why don't you take April to go look around in the house and I'll find you in a little bit?"

Liam nodded understandingly. "Okay." He walked around the island, leading April along. "Come on, April."

April and Liam walked toward the door.

April looked at Liam. "What was that about?"

"Just some mean girl action." Liam answered.

April nodded understandingly.

They walked out, leaving.

Rebekah watched them go, turning to Elena. "Did Morgana actually invite you?"

"Did you blow up April's dad's house to get revenge on the Council?" Elena asked.

Rebekah gave her a look. "I don't give a damn about some dodgy, middle-aged Council. You come into my sisters house throwing around false accusations, and then you have the nerve to drink my beer?"

Rebekah took the cup out of Elena's hand, smirking, taking a drink of the beer.

Elena's skin started to sizzle in the daylight coming in from the windows. She looked at her hand, noticing her ring no longer there. "My ring!"

Rebekah smiled.

Elena rushed into the shadows between the windows and the fridge.

"You see, I'm not like Morgana." Rebekah told her. "I don't care about the things she cares about. While she plays games, I aim for more along the lines of getting someone hurt." She smiled, holding up Elena's daylight ring for her to see. "Like now."

"Give it back!" Elena told her.

"Get it yourself." Rebekah told her, throwing the ring down the drain of the sink.

"No!" Elena told her, trying to come out of the shadows, but the sun burning her skin kept her in the corner.

Rebekah turned the garbage disposal on, backing away, holding her cup up in a mock toast.

Elena glared at Rebekah with hate.

Rebekah smiled, turning around, walking out of the kitchen.

Elena was trapped in the corner.

...

Elena took a deep breath, rushing toward the sink, reaching down the drain. Her skin was burning from the sunlight, but she managed to grab the ring out of the drain, putting it back on her finger in time. She was furious. She walked over to her bag on the island, taking out the white oak stake, turning to walk out of the room.

Stefan was standing in front of her. "Emma give you that to you?"

"Yes." Elena answered. "Reluctantly. Stefan, neither of them are gonna stop. They're just gonna keep pushing and pushing."

"Well, if you want to kill her..." Stefan trailed off, stepping aside, gesturing toward the hallway. "I'm not gonna stop you. But see, here's what will happen. It'll feel really good for about ten seconds, and then, after that, tens and thousands of vampires all over the world will start to die. Every vampire they ever turned will die. See, rage is a really powerful feeling. But guilt? Take it from me. It'll destroy you. So, you can either go after them, or you can get on the back of my motorcycle, and we can get the hell out of here."

Stefan smiled, holding out his hand.

Elena placed the white oak stake in his hand.

...

Outside

(Song:) Girl Like Me - Ladyhawke

Elena and Stefan walked outside.

Rebekah stood outside on the porch, leaning against the railing with one arm, drinking the beer with the other.

Stefan and Elena walked down the steps.

"Leaving so soon?" Rebekah asked tauntingly..

Elena turned toward Rebekah. "No. Not just yet." She looked at Stefan, handing her bag to him. "I never got a drink."

Elena looked at Rebekah, smirking, walking toward the keg, placing either of her hands on either side of the rim, pushing herself up to a headstand.

A boy held the beer hose to her lips so she could drink.

"Chug!" The party people told her. "Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!"

Elena let herself down, turning toward Rebekah, smirking, wiping her lips with her sleeve. "Now I'm ready to go."

Stefan handed her bag to her.

Stefan and Elena walked away, leaving.

(Song Ends)

Rebekah watched them go. Her vision started to blur.

...

Inside - Hallway

Rebekah walked in, looking into a mirror. Veins were crawling underneath her skin. "What the bloody hell?"

...

Lockwood Mansion - Study

Tyler walked into the study.

Klaus was sitting in a chair with his feet up on the desk. "She's quite fetching, that Hayley."

"Where is she?" Tyler asked.

"Oh, she had to run." Klaus answered. "But don't worry. I had her take the backdoor so Caroline wouldn't see."

Tyler walked toward him. "Whatever you think you know..."

"I don't know anything, but I've put together a pretty convincing picture." Klaus told him. "Why don't you tell me where my imagination deviates from reality?" He stood, walking toward Tyler, circling around him. "You and Rosie went off to the Appalachians so you could break my sire bond. There you met a pack of werewolves, begged them for help. Among them was a girl. She was gorgeous. With the same animal instincts as you. Emotions ran high, inhibitions ran low."

"Stop it." Tyler told him.

"Then, in a moment of weakness, the thick sexual tension became something much more real." Klaus told him.

Tyler turned to face Klaus. "I said stop."

Klaus smirked. "And Caroline has no idea. I bet you've been having your cousin keeping your little secret while you both were away. Or does she even know?"

Tyler looked shocked and exasperated. "Why are you doing this? Using me as a way to survive, turning Rosie into a hybrid, trying to destroy my relationship with Caroline?"

"You turned against me and you and your friends tried to put me down in a deep sleep." Klaus told him. "Call this my revenge." Tyler's phone rang. Klaus smirked, walking toward the desk, sitting down, answering the phone. "Hello, love. Didn't expect you to be calling so soon after finding out I wasn't really dead, especially after I kissed your friend with her boyfriend's body."

Elizabeth's voice was on the other line. "Get over yourself, Klaus. Where's Tyler?"

"Tyler's otherwise occupied making big decisions about honesty and what not." Klaus told her. "Is there anything I can do?"

(Song:) Don't Say Oh Well - Grouplove

Elizabeth was driving her car down the road. "Damon, Isabella, Morgana and I are going after the vampire Hunter, so if he'd like to join..."

"He wouldn't." Klaus told her. He seemed to get an idea, smirking. "I, however..."

Elizabeth sighed, tilting her head. "Well, I didn't ask you."

Klaus smirked. "Hmm. Well, I'm told that this Hunter also tried to kill you, so you don't have to ask for my help, love." Elizabeth was slightly surprised, but not by much. "See you soon."

Klaus hung up, smiling a small smile.

Elizabeth hung up, looking thoughtful.

...

On the Road

Stefan and Elena were on Stefan's motorcycle, riding through the country. Elena removed her arms from Stefan's waist and put them on his shoulders. She began to stand up on the seat. She placed her arms out to her side and smiled.

Stefan smiled, looking forward.

Elena felt the breeze rush past her and reveled in it.

(Song Ends)

...

Mystic Falls Hospital - Hallway

Meredith was walking down a hallway, a bandage over her neck.

Jeremy and Connor followed her.

Meredith opened the door to the storage room, walking in.

Jeremy looked at Connor. "That's her."

"Stay here." Connor told him, walking past Jeremy.

Jeremy nodded.

...

Storage Room

Connor walked in.

Meredith was no longer here.

Connor looked around the shelves, seemingly alone. He looked toward a rack of medical supplies. "Is a hospital really the best place for a germaphobe?"

Isabella walked into view. "Did Elizabeth say that she was a germaphobe? Oh, sorry. She meant, vampire."

Connor pulled out a gun to shoot Isabella. An arrow from the booby trap bomb shot into his shoulder, making him drop his gun. He leaned down to pick it up. Another arrow shot into his leg. He looked at both arrows, seeing they were both attached to bombs.

Morgana walked into view, standing next to Isabella. "Stings, doesn't it?"

Connor tried to grab his gun again.

Elizabeth kicked it out of his way.

Connor looked at Elizabeth.

Elizabeth smiled. "Hi. You remember me? You only shot me about a thousand times."

Klaus walked into view. "Hello, mate."

Damon walked into view, smirking. "This is going to be fun."

...

Salvatore Boarding House - Stefan's Room

(Song:) Too Close - Alex Clare

Elena pushed Stefan down onto his bed, straddling him. They started to kiss passionately. Elena sat up, looking down at him. Stefan started to sit up as well. Elena pushed him down on the bed, smiling. Stefan grabbed Elena, rushing himself on top of her. They started kissing again. Stefan started to kiss Elena's neck and chest. Suddenly, he stopped. Elena looked up at him.

(Song Ends)

Elena saw Damon on top of her instead of Stefan. "No!"

Elena pushed "Damon" off of her, across the room, into the wall.

Stefan fell to the floor, shock. "Are you okay?"

Emma, having heard the commotion, walked upstairs in. "What the hell was that?"

"I don't know." Stefan told her, slowly using the wall to stand himself up.

Elena pulled her sleeve up, revealing veins crawling up her arm. "What's wrong with me?"

Elena pulled up her other sleeve.

Emma walked closer. "Damon said the Hunter had werewolf venom."

Elena looked up in worry. "Oh, my God."

...

Night - Morgana's Mansion - Rebekah's Room

Hallucination

Rebekah was sitting at a desk. She looked down at her arm, which was marked up just like Elena's.

Matt walked in the doorway, leaning against the frame.

Rebekah saw him standing there in the mirror.

"You don't look so hot." Matt told her.

"Whatever it is, it's not the white oak stake, so it can't kill me." Rebekah told him, standing. "I'm surprised you came to my party."

Matt walked into the room. "Well, I thought about it. You explained why you ran me off the bridge, so the least I could do is explain how I feel. The truth is, Rebekah, I think you're amazing." Rebekah smiled. "You've had a thousand years to learn, to grow, and to start fresh. And somehow, you've managed to throw it all away. Now you're alone. You're compelling your friends. Your brother hates you. Your sister is letting you stay here because she feels sorry for you. You whine about not finding love. The reason you don't find love is because you don't deserve it."

Rebekah ripped out Matt's heart.

Matt fell to the ground, dead.

Rebekah stared at the heart in her hands, dropping it to the floor.

...

Reality

(Song:) Hideout - Syvia

Matt's body had disappeared, along with his heart and his blood.

The whole thing had been just an illusion due to the werewolf venom.

Rebekah seemed relieved and yet terrified.

(Song Ends)

...

Mystic Falls Hospital - Storage Room

Connor tried to pull the arrow out of his leg.

Morgana, Klaus, Damon, Isabella and Elizabeth were watching him.

"Keep it up, buddy." Damon told him. "We'll be scraping you off the ceiling."

"You all are gonna kill me anyway." Connor told them.

"Well, let's not be too hasty." Morgana told him. "I feel like we're just getting to know each other."

"Let's start with the basics." Elizabeth told him. "Where are you from, what do you know, maybe you can cue me in on this 'greater evil', because..." She pointed at Klaus. "I've fought this guy, and there's only one more evil than that, and the only thing that is more evil is this immortal psychic bitch named Esmeralda. But Klaus here is a close second."

"Oh, come now, Elisaveta." Klaus told her teasingly. "We haven't just fought with our bodies."

Morgana rolled her eyes.

Isabella watched them warily.

Damon groaned in disgust, handing Klaus the letter.

Elizabeth looked a little embarrassed, looking away, pressing her lips together, giving Klaus a look. "Klaus? Not funny. Shut up."

Klaus smiled at the reaction. "But, truth be told, aside from Esmeralda, I'm as evil as it gets."

"I'm not telling you anything." Connor told them. "And if you think if you kill me it's gonna be over, there's another waiting to take my place."

"See, this is what I like to hear." Morgana told them. "Vague threats, ominous prophecies, disappearing tattoos..."

Connor looked at them.

Klaus looked at Connor, his smirk fading into seriousness. "What do you mean, tattoos?"

"Don't bother." Damon told him. "You can't see the damn thing."

Klaus knelt next to Connor. "There's more to you than meets the eye, isn't there?" Connor looked at him, trying to stake him. Klaus was too quick, catching his arm, smirking. "Nice try, but I'm faster than your average vampire." He twisted his arm, grabbing the stake out of his had, seeing the mark carved into the wood, recognizing it. "You're one of the Five."

"The what?" Isabella asked.

"And I'm faster than your average Hunter." Connor told them.

Connor was about to pull the strings on the bombs.

...

Hallway

Isabella rushed out of the room in one direction, landing on the floor, lying on her stomach.

Klaus grabbed Elizabeth, rushing out of the room with her, pushing her lightly against the wall on the opposite side of the hallway.

Damon grabbed Morgana, rushing out of the room in the opposite direction. Morgana landed on her back. Damon landed on top of her.

The bomb exploded into a massive fireball, dispersing over Isabella but never touching her.

Elsewhere in the hallway, the fireball dispersed past Klaus and Elizabeth, never touching them, but surprising them. They looked at each other, breathing heavily, unable to avoid the moment and how close they were. Klaus rushed away, leaving Elizabeth in shock.

On the other side, the fireball dispersed over Damon and Morgana, but never touching them.

Morgana smiled a small smile, looking up at Damon, breathless. "Thanks. But that wouldn't have killed me."

Damon smiled a small smile, pushing a strand of her hair back. "Sorry. Habit. Force of reflex."

Morgana smiled. "I'm not complaining."

Damon smirked.

...

Salvatore Boarding House - Stefan's Room

Elena was lying in Stefan's bed, looking incredibly ill.

Emma sat next to her, looking at Stefan.

Stefan was on his phone, leaving another message. "Come on, Elizabeth, where the hell are you? I know Klaus is with you, and I need you to bring him here."

Stefan hung up.

Emma walked in, looking at Stefan. "I invited Klaus in. He should be up here soon." She turned to Elena, handing her a blood bag. "Here, drink this."

Stefan stood behind Emma, looking worried.

Elena started to take it, but stopped, looking at Stefan. She saw Damon standing behind Emma instead of Stefan. "Why am I thinking about you?"

"Because you're a vampire now." Hallucination!Damon answered. "And part of you knows you're a lot more like me than you are like him."

Klaus and Elizabeth walked into the room.

Stefan walked toward them. "Thanks, Elizabeth, for bringing him here. You got my call."

"I did." Elizabeth told him. "And for future reference, one voice mail is just as effective as nine."

Klaus looked at Emma. "And look who was strong enough to survive. I knew there was something I liked about you."

Emma gave him a sarcastic look, standing, backing away from the bed.

Elena moaned in pain from the movement.

Elizabeth looked at Elena. "What's wrong, Elena?"

"She has werewolf venom in her system." Emma answered.

Elizabeth groaned in exasperation, turning to look at Klaus. "You know you're the only one that can heal her, Klaus."

Klaus looked at Elizabeth in amusement, turning to look at Stefan. "And what would you have done if I were no longer here? Hmm? If your brother and your friends had succeeded in ridding the world of me?" He looked at Elizabeth. "Let's play that game for a moment, shall we?"

"You know that I had nothing to do with that." Elizabeth told him.

"And it seemed to me that it hurt you to see me desiccated in a box like that." Klaus told her. "Or am I wrong?"

Elizabeth didn't answer, looking away. Emma looked at Elizabeth knowingly.

Stefan stepped toward him angrily. "Whatever you want from me..."

"I don't want anything from you." Klaus told him, looking at Elena. "Her, on the other hand... If you had told me a few hours ago, I wouldn't have cared a lick about her dying. But, as it turns out... You may be of use to me after all."

"Then why don't you skip the dramatics and just heal her?" Emma asked.

"Please, Klaus." Elizabeth told him.

Klaus was slightly surprised at hearing Elizabeth say 'please'. They looked at each other for a moment silently.

Klaus smirked in amusement, biting his wrist, turning to Elena, sitting next to her, placing his wrist in her mouth, letting her drink his blood. "Yes. There we go."

Elizabeth looked at Stefan and Emma. "I'm heading back to the hospital. Be back soon."

Elizabeth walked away.

...

Morgana's Mansion - Rebekah's Room

Rebekah was lying in her bed, still looking as though she is being effected by the werewolf venom.

April walked in the room and knocked on the doorway.

Rebekah opened her eyes.

"Hey." April told her, picking up some empty cups, throwing them in a garbage can she was carrying. "Way to bail on your own party."

"I just..." Rebekah trailed off. "I needed a minute. Did everyone leave?"

"Yeah." April answered. "Deputies weren't actually super happy about the anti-curfew party."

"Why are you still here?" Rebekah asked.

"Um, honestly, picking up trash is a hell of a lot better than sitting at home alone thinking about the family you no longer have." April answered.

Rebekah stood, walking toward her. "Hey, uh, if you want, I could-I could help you look into what happened with the fire at your farmhouse."

"What are you going to be able to do that I can't?" April asked.

"You'd be surprised." Rebekah told her.

April nodded.

Rebekah smiled a small smile.

...

Mystic Falls Hospital - Hallways

Firefighters and officers were inside the room where the explosion had occurred.

Carol and Isabella were standing in the hallway outside.

"So, the sniper was inside?" Carol asked.

"Yep." Isabella answered. "Still is. In tiny little pieces."

"Good." Carol told her. "I'll cancel the curfew and call of the extra patrols. I can't say I approve of your or your friends' methods."

"We'll give a donation." Isabella told her. "You can name a wing after us, Mayor."

...

Waiting Room

Elizabeth walked away into the waiting room.

Jeremy saw her. "See, I told you guys I could be a badass."

"Shh, badasses don't say that." Elizabeth told him. She saw Meredith. "Doc!" She walked toward her. "Nice job."

"You, Isabella and Damon told me the plan was to lead him to the storage room." Meredith told her.

"And we did." Elizabeth told her. "Congrats."

"You left out the part about blowing up a hospital." Meredith told her. "With patients who are sick and fragile and who don't need things exploding down the hall from them."

"It was contained." Elizabeth told her. "Nobody got hurt." Meredith gave Elizabeth an incredulous look, shaking her head, walking away. "What?"

Elizabeth sighed, turning around.

Damon walked toward Elizabeth. "Come on, buy me a farewell drink." He clapped her on the arm. "We'll talk about what the hell Klaus meant by the Five."

"You're not going anywhere, Damon, even if I have to lock you in the cellar and leave you there to starve." Elizabeth asked. "You understand? Fix things with Stefan, Emma and Elena. Or, you know, you could just let your pride leave you all alone, if that's what you really want. If it is, just let me know. Because if that's the case, you're even gonna lose me."

Elizabeth walked away without another word.

Morgana was revealed to be standing behind her. "Ouch."

"Don't even start, Morgana." Damon told her.

Morgana looked at him in confusion. "Are you really leaving?"

Damon smirked as if he already knew the answer. "Why?"

"Just because Emma said for you to choose didn't mean that she wanted you to leave town." Morgana told him. "I don't want you to leave, Damon."

Damon smirked even more. "Now who's the one that can't make up their mind?"

They looked at each other for a moment.

Morgana took a deep breath, changing the subject. "Right, so, speaking of which, what do we tell Stefan and Elena about what just happened?"

"Just let me tell them." Damon told her. "I'd rather have them pissed at me, so don't tell them. I'll tell them." Morgana nodded understandingly. Damon took a breath. "You want a ride home?"

Morgana smiled. "Yeah. I do. Thanks."

Damon led the way out of the hospital.

Morgana smiled, following him.

...

Salvatore Boarding House - Parlor

Stefan was standing next to the couch, a drink in hand.

Emma walked closer. "Hey."

"Hey." Stefan told her. "Thanks for helping me with Klaus."

Stefan sat down.

"Yeah, well, someone needed to stand up to him." Emma told him. Stefan chuckled, looking down, sighing. "What's wrong?"

"I know that you wouldn't know what it's like, transitioning into a vampire." Stefan told her. "But you've been around enough transitioning vampires to know what they go through. They grow into themselves when they become vampires. They change. Caroline changed. So did Morgana. By a lot." Emma nodded in agreement. "And Elena, she's changing, too, and I want her to be able to enjoy it. Without all the guilt and shame that I went through. And there was a moment today when she did. And when I'm with her, every bone in my body tells me to join her. To enjoy it. But, I know that if I do, even a little, I risk becoming him. The Ripper. I love her and I don't want to hold her back."

"But you don't know how to be around her and still resist that urge." Emma realized.

"I know that you promised us that you would keep us off the edge, but you're just now recovering." Stefan told her. "I don't want to put you in a position to endanger that."

"Stefan, I'm always in danger." Emma told him. "And, yeah, most of the time, it has to do with my crazy vampire family."

"All the time." Stefan corrected.

Emma chuckled, nodding in agreement. "All the time. And, yeah, I'm healing from being sick, healing from the surgery. But that doesn't mean that I have to sit out of everything. Okay? I want to help. Come to me. Whenever you want, and I won't let you lose control. I made you a promise, Stefan. I promised Damon, Elizabeth, Evelyn and Isabella, too. And I don't plan on breaking that promise."

Stefan nodded, reassured and touched. "Did I ever tell you how amazing your compassion for your crazy vampire family is?"

Emma smiled, shaking her head. "No."

They chuckled.

...

Gilbert House - Kitchen

Elena was waiting.

Matt walked into the kitchen. "Elena, hey. If I had known you were gonna go to that party, I never would have told Connor about Rebekah."

"I already had this conversation with Jeremy." Elena told him. "There's no way you guys could have known that I would go. I mean, I was surprised that I went." Matt started to roll up his sleeve. "Stefan warned me that I would feel things more powerfully, but Matt, the hatred that I felt today, I almost-I almost killed her, in front of everyone, in the middle of a party. That's not me. At least, it didn't-it didn't use to be."

"Honestly, Elena, they both kind of deserves it." Matt told her.

"Yeah, but it's not just about them, it's about my mind." Elena told him. Matt removed the bandage from his wrist. "I'm having these terrible thoughts. These violent images and I-it's all driven by one simple thing. This hunger."

Elena bit his wrist, feeding. She drank more than she usually did.

"Hey, Elena, are you sure you want to take that much?" Matt asked. Elena continued to drink forcefully. "Elena. Elena, that hurts. Elena. Elena!" Elena grabbed Matt by his throat, rushing him into a cabinet, beginning to feed even harder. "Elena! Elena!"

Morgana rushed into the room, pushing Elena off of Matt.

Elena was still transformed, trying to rush toward Matt.

Morgana pushed her back. "Elena!"

Damon appeared next to them. "Stop! Stop."

Elena returned to normal, looking at Matt.

Matt was terrified.

Elena started to cry. "Oh, my God. Matt, I'm sorry. I'm so-I'm so sorry. I didn't-I didn't mean to."

Morgana walked toward Matt, compelling him. "It's okay. Forget what just happened. You came over, she fed a little bit, and you left. Now go home. When Tory asks where've you been, tell her you were at work."

Matt walked away, leaving the house.

Morgana looked at Elena.

"What have I done?" Elena asked.

Damon walked toward her. "Nothing you should be ashamed of. You are a vampire now. You just have to learn the right way to be one. And I'm gonna teach you."

Damon pushed a strand of hair out of Elena's face, behind her ear.

Elena nodded.

...

Connor's Trailer

Connor woke up on the couch. He attempted to get up.

Klaus pushed him down.

"You saved me." Connor told him.

"Congratulations, you just became worth more to me alive than dead." Klaus told him.

"What-what did you mean when you said I was one of the Five?" Connor asked.

"You don't know your own history?" Klaus asked, kneeling next to him. "Well, let's just say, it's made you the most well protected vampire Hunter in town."