Day One

Morning - Lockwood Mansion - Morgana's Guest Bedroom

(Song:) Be Together - Wild Belle feat. Major Lazer

Morgana was asleep in her bed, sighing, rolling over, inches from a sleeping Stefan. She opened her eyes in slight surprise, looking startled. Seeing Stefan, she remembered last night, smiling. She pushed the blanket away, sitting up, pulling on her bra. She stood, walking toward the dresser, where her clothes and phone were. She looked at them in confusion. She checked her phone.

There were eight missed calls.

Morgana shook her head, grabbing two glasses off the table, getting one vase of bourbon and one vase of tequila. She opened the bourbon, pouring it in one glass. She opened the tequila, pouring it in the other.

The door was opened a crack.

Morgana looked at it in confusion, stepping forward, letting her eyes turn red, slowly opening it.

Klaus stood on the other side in the hall. "Tending to guests, sister?"

Morgana ground her teeth in anger, grabbing her shirt from the dresser, turning away, pulling her shirt on, annoyed.

(Song Ends)

...

Foyer

Stefan and Morgana were completely dressed, standing with Klaus and Rosie.

Tyler walked in. "This is my place, Klaus, yet here you are, stalking Stefan and Morgana like some sort of creeping tom. What the hell are you doing here?"

"Little Orphan Lockwood, unaware of the little tryst that happened right under his very roof, very much like I was unaware of the trap you set to kill me." Klaus told him, taking a threatening step toward him.

"You killed my mother, my werewolf friend Derek, and your own hybrids, twelve of my friends, and are still using my cousin to do your bidding to torment me." Tyler replied, stepping forward. "I think it's evened out. Let me remind you that Esmeralda mind controlled all of us hybrids to go after you, just like she mind controlled you to massacre them, Derek Jackson and my mother."

Rosie stepped in between them, putting a hand on each of their chests. "Stop it, both of you." She looked at Klaus. "You said you needed our help. We're not gonna help you if you kill my cousin. You can deal with it on your own."

"All right, fine." Klaus told them, backing away.

Rosie looked at Tyler, looking toward the door. "Go. I'll call you when we're done." Tyler glared toward Klaus. "I'm trying to protect you, Ty." Klaus smirked. Tyler looked at Rosie, nodding, walking toward the door, opening it, walking out, slamming it behind him. Rosie turned to Klaus, sighing. "Now what the hell do you want?"

"I wouldn't have had to come knocking if a few people would answer their phones." Klaus told them, looking significantly looking at Stefan and Morgana.

Stefan cleared his throat. "We were busy."

"Clearly." Klaus told them. "My paranoid brother Kol is running around with the white oak stake and homicide on the brain. He tried to kill Rebekah last night."

"Then send a dagger into his heart, like your so good at doing." Morgana told him.

"Yes, well, see, I would, but unfortunately, he seems to have absconded with my set of daggers." Klaus told them.

"Oh, poor Klaus." Rosie told him bitterly, tauntingly. "How ever will you get your way without your precious daggers? They always worked so well when you wanted to end a conversation with one of your siblings, successfully getting them to hate you and want to kill you."

Klaus ignored her. "Kol's irrational fear of Silas has pushed him over the edge. We need to put him down before he causes any more damage." He looked at Stefan. "Now, I know that your family has a dagger that you kept in case."

"Not anymore." Stefan told him. "Morgana took it from Emma when we went to the school to rescue the girls."

"Then that means Rebekah has the last three daggers." Klaus told them.

"What the hell are we supposed to do?" Morgana asked. "She hate us. She'll never give either of us the daggers."

"No, but Rebekah still cares for one certain human quarterback." Klaus told them, sending Rosie a smirk.

"Matt?" Rosie asked skeptically. "You came to us so we can convince Matt to help you? I'm not letting any more Originals or vampires in general ever hurt Matt again, especially after you made me try to kill him so that Jeremy would kill the vampires that you turned. I had a branch through my gut, an arrow in my chest, my heart nearly ripped out, and my neck snapped. I woke up having to crawl out of a grave so that I wouldn't try to kill him again."

"And I will be damned if that happens to either of them ever again." Morgana told him.

Klaus looked at Stefan. "We need those daggers, Stefan. Talk some sense into your new girlfriend and her best friend."

Morgana tilted her head, glaring at Klaus incredulously.

Rosie turned toward Stefan defiantly, as if telling him, I dare you.

Stefan looked at Morgana and Rosie, but was talking to Klaus. "Why don't you talk some sense into them?" He looked at Klaus. "I'm headed home to relieve Isabella and Emma of playing prison guard to Damon before they kill each other. He's on lockdown since Kol compelled him to kill Jeremy last night."

"You see?" Klaus asked. "That's my point exactly." He looked at Morgana. "If you let Kol roam free, Jeremy won't live to see his junior prom." He looked at Stefan. "And then the map to the Cure falls into Emma's hands. Which will lead Kol to kill her so that we won't use her like we are with Jeremy. But if you help me dagger Kol, Damon will be uncompelled, Jeremy will live, Emma will remain human, and we'll all be on our merry way to a human Elena." He gave Morgana a stern look, knowing she wanted to take the Cure to make him human. He looked at Rosie. "You will talk Matt into getting one of the daggers out of Rebekah."

"You only want Matt involved because you know it will hurt Tyler and me." Rosie told him.

Klaus smirked. "Yes, I do. And then you will find Rebekah's dagger. You will either dagger them if they try to stop you or you will give the daggers to me so I can decide which one of my siblings I want to die today."

...

Mystic Falls High School - Gym

(Song:) 99 Red Balloons - Goldfinger

Bonnie and Liam stood next together, blowing up red balloons for the '80s Decade Dance.

Bonnie had her phone on speaker on the table next to them.

Elena's voice was on the other line."Where are you?"

"I told Caroline that I'd take her place at decade dance prep." Liam told her. "I signed all you guys up for a well-needed distraction, but none of the rest of you showed."

Elena was at the Gilbert House, walking around the kitchen, cleaning up.

Evelyn was putting the weapons on the table away.

Matt, Jeremy, Elizabeth and Sally were playing video games.

Elena spoke into the phone. "I know, Liam, I'm sorry. I had to, though. I have Jeremy under house arrest because Kol wants to kill him, and Klaus wants to take him on some vampire-slaying road trip. And since neither of them are invited in, it's the only place I can keep them safe."

"Why isn't Morgana answering her phone?" Liam complained.

"I don't know." Elena told them. "She hasn't been answering any of us either."

"Why does it sound like you're under fire?" Bonnie asked.

"Apparently I'm living in a fraternity house now." Elena told them. "The two girls living here with me are being like the guys."

"It's better than being girly." Sally replied.

At the school, Liam heard Sally. He smiled.

"And I'm training." Jeremy told them.

Matt looked at Evelyn and Elena. "Me too."

"I'm just playing to play." Elizabeth told them.

Sally laughed.

"Train yourselves to do some dishes." Elena told them.

Jeremy looked at Evelyn. "Why are you putting the weapons away?"

Evelyn gave him a significant look. "I'm putting them away before someone tries to use one on your sister."

Jeremy looked at the TV screen, giving Evelyn a thumbs up.

Liam sighed. "Well, it's hard for me to look forward to this dance while you, Cristian, Matt, Jeremy, Elizabeth, and Sally are trapped in your house, Lonnally's losing control of their magic, Caroline's comforting Tyler, Scott is avoiding everyone and everything, Morgana hates most things, Rosie isn't herself..."

"Listen, I have a plan to end all of this." Elena told them. "I want Jeremy to kill Kol."

Bonnie looked around to make sure no one was listening, picking up the phone, holding it between her and Liam so no one else would hear. "You want Jeremy to kill an Original?"

"Think about it." Elena told them. "Kol's sire line must stretch to the moon by now. If Jeremy kills Kol, every vampire that he's ever turned, not to mention everyone that they've turned, will die, which means the Hunter's Mark will be complete, and we'll have our key to finding the Cure."

"I'm on my way." Bonnie told her. "We'll figure it out." She looked at Liam. "Do you think Caroline will notice if there's only 89 red balloons?"

(Song Ends)

Liam laughed. "Actually, probably yes." Elena turned on the tap, starting to wash her hands until her skin started to burn. She gasped, dropping her phone. Evelyn, Matt, Jeremy, Elizabeth and Sally stood, turning to face her. "Elena!"

Elena picked up her phone. "Sorry."

"What happened?" Evelyn asked.

"I don't know." Elena told them. "There's something in the water."

...

Hallway

Bonnie and Liam were walking down the hall to go home.

Bonnie had her phone on speaker again. "Are you serious? You dumped vervain into the water supply? Where did you even get it?"

Rudy was in the Bennett House. "I have my sources. I'm also reinstating the curfew and canceling all town events."

"Mr. Hopkins, there's a dance tonight." Liam told him.

"Not anymore." Rudy told them.

"Are you serious?" Bonnie asked.

"Honey, I'm trying to protect you, not punish you." Rudy told her. "The well-being of this town is my job now."

"No." Bonnie told him. "Dad, it's mine, and I've been doing fine without you getting involved."

"You've been doing fine?" Rudy repeated. "Would you like me to read you all the names of the people who have gone missing or died in tragic accidents, in your senior year alone? Head straight home, please. Call your friends Elizabeth and Sally. See if they'd like to have dinner here tonight."

Bonnie hung up in annoyance.

Liam looked at her sympathetically. "Let's go."

Liam walked forward, dialing a number.

"Who are you calling?" Bonnie asked.

"Sally." Liam answered. "After what happened last night..."

Bonnie nodded. "Yeah."

Bonnie was about to follow.

Kol suddenly appeared, rushing toward Bonnie, pushing her against the lockers, gripping her throat. "No one can find the Cure if the three of you are too dead to find it."

Kol transformed, trying to bite Bonnie.

Liam watched in shock. "Kol!"

Liam looked toward him, not answering.

Bonnie took advantage of the second distraction, using her magic to break the bones in Kol's hand and body.

Kol backed away in pain, lowering to the floor, groaning in pain.

Bonnie lost control.

Her power caused balloons in the hallway to pop and the lockers to open, making papers fly out of them chaotically and powerfully.

"Bonnie..." Liam trailed off. Bonnie was in a trance, too lost in the power, consumed. Liam ran toward her, placing either hand on her shoulders. "Bonnie, hey."

Bonnie didn't answer, looking at Kol, causing him more pain, making him scream.

"Looks like your friend's lost control." Kol told him.

"Shut up." Liam told him.

Liam led Bonnie down the hall, running away, leaving.

...

Salvatore Boarding House - Basement

Stefan and Emma walked toward the cell.

Damon saw Stefan first, through the bars. "You coming to snap my neck again? Like Isabella did? Because I woke up feeling completely un-murderous, and I'm pretty sure that it's safe to set me free." Emma set a bottle of blood on the window in the door. "Oh, Emma, really? You practically bled me dry. At least give me another one of these. I'm thirsty."

"You're lucky you're getting that." Stefan told him. "I wanted to give you a vial. But, apparently, she thought that was too little."

"Damn right, I did." Emma told him. "I don't want him getting hungry and then killing me. I'm gonna be the one sitting in there, not you, you dick."

Damon stood, groaning, walking over to grab the bottle of blood.

Isabella walked closer. "Gotta love the way she talks to her brothers.."

"And you don't have to worry about Damon getting hungry and killing you because I'm gonna be sitting in there with you." Isabella told her. She looked at Damon. "Stefan and Morgana have to work with Klaus and Rosie to get the daggers from Rebekah, and then dagger her."

"Oh." Damon told them, making the word sound longer than it was.

Stefan looked at Emma and Isabella. "Give him a vial of blood every couple of hours, so he doesn't desiccate. If he gets too much strength back, or if he just annoys you, bleed him out again."

"Silent treatment, huh?" Damon asked. "Is that your best shot?" He looked at Emma and Isabella. "He's still pissed at me for sleeping with Elena."

"You sure about that?" Emma asked. "'Cause he wasn't here last night. He was at the Lockwoods' with Morgana, and each time we tried to call him, he was too busy to answer his damn phone, which would suggest to me that he's moved on."

"Yep, because lookie here." Isabella told them, pulling a strand of blonde hair off of Stefan's shoulder. "We all know that this wasn't from Elena. He just got this shirt."

Stefan raised his eyebrows, sighing.

"Well, well." Damon told them. "Looks like our brother ripped out a page of my revenge sex handbook. And Morgana..."

"Well, why don't you three enjoy your little, uh, family bonding time?" Stefan asked.

Stefan started to walk away.

Isabella grabbed Stefan by the shirt, pulling him back. "Actually, no." Everyone looked at her in confusion. Isabella looked from Stefan to Damon. "This could either fix the fight between the two of you or make it worse." She looked at Stefan. "But you're staying here. We're gonna have a little family meeting."

Stefan and Damon looked skeptical and bored.

Isabella and Emma looked amused.

...

Gilbert House - Foyer

The front door opened.

Evelyn, Elizabeth and Elena were picking things up from next to the back, glass doors, which had been shattered, looking toward the door.

Morgana walked into the foyer. "Ding dong. Anybody home? 'Cause I am."

Matt and Jeremy were on the couch, both of them smiling.

Elizabeth stood, walking toward her. "Morgana!"

Morgana smiled, wrapping her arms around Elizabeth. "Hey, Elizabeth." Jeremy walked closer, wrapping his arms around them. "Jer! No murderous, vamp-killing thoughts, right?"

"Not right now." Jeremy answered.

Morgana smiled, pulling away.

Matt walked closer, smiling. "Hey."

"Hey, man of the hour." Morgana told him, wrapping her arms around him. "The bestest human in all the land. Bestest friend any one could have. Are you okay? You know, with all of the vamps attacking you?"

"Well, I am now." Matt answered, pulling away. "What's with the compliments? What do you want?"

"Well, it's not what I want." Morgana told him hesitantly. "It's what Klaus wants."

Evelyn and Elena walked closer.

"You're still working with him willingly?" Elena asked in disapproval.

"'Willingly' is not the word I'd use." Morgana told her in annoyance. She looked at Matt sympathetically, smiling a small, sad smile. "I think there's someone outside who wants to talk to you."

Matt frowned in confusion.

Morgana nodded reassuringly.

Matt walked toward the door, opening it, stepping outside, closing the door behind him.

...

Outside - Porch

(Song:) Shelter - The XX

Rosie was sitting on the porch swing.

Matt looked at her, expressionless.

Rosie hesitated, guilt-ridden and apologetic. "Hey."

"Hey." Matt told her, slowly walking closer.

Rosie sniffed, standing, turning to face the yard, slowly walking toward the porch railing.

Matt stood a foot away from her.

Rosie hesitated. "Matt, no matter what I say, no matter how well I mean it, it'll never..." She sighed, exhaling sadly, angry and overwhelmed, looking down. She shook her head. "It'll never tell you how sorry I am. And I wouldn't blame you if you hated me-"

"I could never hate you, Rosie." Matt told her.

Rosie looked at him in slight surprise. "Even after what I did to you?" Matt nodded. "Why?"

"Because I know it wasn't your fault." Matt answered. "You didn't have a choice." Rosie looked down. There was a long moment of silence. "Morgana said that Klaus wanted something from me?"

Rosie nodded. "Yeah."

"What is it?" Matt asked. "What can a human busboy do that an Original hybrid can't?"

"Get Rebekah's trust enough for us to find out where the last three daggers are." Rosie answered. "He wants you to dagger Rebekah, or at least for me to help you dagger Rebekah."

"Why?" Matt asked.

"Because they're competition for the Cure." Rosie answered. "Rebekah wants to be human."

"How am I supposed to get the daggers?" Matt asked.

"There's that dance tonight." Rosie told him. "Take Rebekah to that. While you distract Rebekah, I'll find her dagger, too."

"But the mayor cancelled the dance." Matt told her. "He cancelled everything."

Rosie sighed. "Just take her, still. Thank her for the truck that she gave you."

Matt frowned. "How did you know about that?"

"Matt, you make minimum wage at the Grill." Rosie told him. "That truck had to cost at least 3000 bucks. She's been crushing on you since the ball. She's been begging for forgiveness. It's not that hard to put together."

"But why me?" Matt asked.

"Why did he sire me to kill you?" Rosie replied. "He's doing it to make my life a living hell, just like he promised."

Matt sighed, placing his hands on her shoulders. "Hey. Look at me. Rose." Rosie looked at him. "We'll find a way to get you out of this."

Rosie nodded unconvincingly.

Matt wrapped his arms around her.

(Song Ends)

...

Inside - Foyer

Jeremy, Evelyn and Elena were facing Morgana.

Morgana looked toward the shattered glass doors at the back of the kitchen. "What the hell happened there?"

Elena, Jeremy and Evelyn followed her gaze.

'Rosie' walked toward Morgana. "I happened. Well, my Doppelganger."

"Your what?" Morgana asked. "Rosie?"

"No." Esmeralda answered. "But you've met me before when I mind controlled you before."

Morgana was horrified to see that she was in the house. "Esmeralda."

"I mind controlled Kol to make you all desperate enough to kill him, and he is following that order very well." Esmeralda told her. "He just tried to kill Bonnie, and through the link, Sally and Elizabeth."

Morgana looked between them, worried. "What? Are they okay?"

"Yeah." Evelyn answered. "Bonnie's magic got out of control, and as a result of that, so did Sally and Elizabeth's." She looked at the doors. "That's why that happened." She looked at Morgana. "Liam had to drag Bonnie out of the school. They're shaken up. This link between them, it's destroying them, and Kol wants to use it to kill them."

"You said that Klaus wanted you to dagger Rebekah." Esmeralda told her. "Which, of course, your friends and family are all for, but I want Jeremy to kill Kol."

Morgana looked at them in complete surprise. "What did you just say?"

"Sally, Elizabeth and Bonnie have all this new crazy power." Jeremy told her. "They think they can hold him long enough for me to get a clean shot."

"And then what, huh?" Morgana asked. "Klaus, Rebekah and I will kill every one of you out of spite. We may be dysfunctional bickering lunatics, but we stick together no matter what."

"Don't worry about that, darling." Esmeralda told her. "I will let Klaus dagger Rebekah, but I won't let any you kill you. They will know the second that Kol dies, that this is all because of me, again, and they won't want to kill you. They will want to kill me, and they can't kill me, or they would have done so by now."

"Yeah, well, I can use the dagger." Morgana told her.

"All right, smartass, we know you can because originals can use the dagger, but Matt and Rosie can." Evelyn told her. "It's not like they don't deserve it. And Team Lonnally think they can get Klaus out of the picture, too, at least temporarily."

"Once we get this Cure, none of this will matter because we can use it against them." Evelyn told her.

"This is all because of her." Morgana told them, nodding to Rosalita. She glared at her. "None of us would do this if it wasn't for you."

"Very true, but it doesn't matter, because you will do this for me, no questions asked." Esmeralda told her. "Go on. Lure Kol in. Kill him."

Morgana finally relented. "All right, fine, but how do you plan to lure Kol in?"

...

Night - Street

(Song:) 12 Gauge - Bundle of Hiss

Kol was walking alone, earphones in his ears and his phone in his hand, listening to music. His phone rang. He answered the call. "Jeremy Gilbert. Nice to see I'm still on your speed dial, mate. Hey, you want to meet up at the bating cages in Denver?"

(Song Ends)

In the Gilbert House, Evelyn turned to face the table. "Actually, it's Evelyn Zhu."

"What a treat." Kol told her, walking forward. "Yeah, I was just thinking of all the clever ways I could have your friend killed. But I'd settle for ripping off his illustrated arm instead."

Evelyn rolled her eyes. "We need to talk to you. In person." Morgana, Jeremy and Elena were preparing weapons. "We wanna call a truce, in the name of Silas."

Kol stopped walking, looking forward cautiously. "You want to talk about Silas?"

"I'll meet you wherever you want." Evelyn told him. "I'll come to you."

Kol smirked. "I'll tell you what. How about I come to you?" The door bell rang. They turned to the door in surprise. Jeremy raised his gun, cocking it. "If you want a truce, open the door and invite me in."

...

Gilbert House - Kitchen

Morgana looked around, gesturing to Evelyn, Elena and Jeremy.

Evelyn was still on the phone with Kol.

"I'm waiting." Kol told them. "Let me in and let's talk truce." Elena took a black board from the wall. "Hello?"

"Wouldn't it be kind of stupid to invite you in?" Evelyn asked.

Elena started to write on the board.

"On the contrary." Kol told him. "I can't kill Jeremy with my own two hands, or I'll suffer the Hunter's Curse and spend who knows how long trying to off myself in gruesome ways."

"That's if you don't use Emma Gilbert to free yourself of the curse." Evelyn told him.

"And if I make her activate as a Hunter, then it will give you idiots another Hunter to use for the map." Kol told him. "I don't want that to happen." Elena wrote on the blackboard. "And I've heard that vervain's back in town, so I can't compel you or your friends to kill either Jeremy or Emma either. So, I think it's fair to say you're semi-safe, for now."

Elena showed Jeremy the message. Get out. Get the witches.

"I'm the only one that can invite him inside." Jeremy told her, whispering.

"He's right." Kol told them. "Obviously."

...

Foyer

Elena walked toward the door, opening it for Kol.

Kol smiled, pulling the ear buds out of his ears. "You'd think being alive for over a thousand years would teach me some manners, but I couldn't resist stopping by."

"If we let you in, my brother goes." Elena told him. "You're not getting near him."

"Fair enough." Kol told them.

Evelyn looked at Jeremy, nodding.

Jeremy nodded. "You can come in."

Jeremy left through the back door.

"No gold medals for bravery, I see." Kol told them. "You know the thing I love about the modern age is... music. Any time you like." He put his phone and earphones in his pocket, revealing the white oak stake. "So... This is the part where you offer me a drink so we can have a proper chat."

Elena looked at Evelyn and Morgana.

Morgana nodded.

Elena stepped aside, letting Kol in, closing the door.

...

Morgana's Mansion - Rebekah's Room

(Song:) Maneater - The Bird and the Bee

Rebekah was looking through a rack of clothing.

Matt walked into the room, leaning against the doorway.

Rebekah didn't have to look at him to know he was there. "You know, I had a werewolf toxin-induced hallucination that started out just like this."

"Well, this isn't a hallucination." Matt told her.

Rebekah turned toward him. "That's exactly what a hallucination would say." Matt smirked. Rebekah looked at the rack. "The colors, the fabrics... The eighties were just... tragic. You know, I think shoulder pads rival 17th-century puritan smocks for crimes against fashion."

"Looking for something to wear to the dance?" Matt asked.

"Aye." Rebekah answered. "Are you asking me to a date?"

"Actually, it was cancelled." Matt told her, walking further into the room.

Rebekah was clearly upset. "So why are you here? What ulterior motive are you hiding behind?"

Matt chuckled. "Somebody has some trust issues."

"It's called a healthy skepticism." Rebekah told him. "You've barely spoken to me since the day I gave you the truck."

"Thank you for that, by the way." Matt told her.

"For what?" Rebekah asked.

"The truck." Matt answered. "And you're right. I am here for a reason."

Rebekah smiled a small smile, shaking her head. "I knew it. I'm guessing you'd want the daggers. Am I right?"

"You know, not everything is about those daggers." Matt told her. "I'm here because Bonnie, Sally and Elizabeth are linked, 'cause Shane tricked them into it, and Kol tried to kill Bonnie."

"Which means my brother also tried to kill Elisaveta and her best friend." Rebekah finished.

"I was hoping that you could talk him down." Matt told her.

"Well, just last night, he had the white oak stake pointed at my heart." Rebekah told him. "So I don't think that I'd be of much help. This irrational fear of Silas is driving him mad."

Matt exhaled. "I had to try. I'd do anything to help protect Elizabeth."

"Even if it meant talking to me." Rebekah told him. "I understand. I admire that about you." She looked at the racks of clothing. "Well, I guess I should pack up these racks. Just another failed attempt at getting to a high school dance."

"Why do you care so much about a high school dance?" Matt asked.

"I don't." Rebekah told him. "I was just bored."

"Right." Matt told her, unconvinced. "Well, we can still go, if you want."

"Not if it's cancelled, we can't." Rebekah told him.

Matt smirked. "Since when do you care about the rules?"

(Song Ends)

...

Salvatore Boarding House - Basement Cell

Damon sat on the floor, leaning against the wall.

Isabella laid on the cot, tossing a ball up into the air. As it fell toward her, she caught it.

Emma walked around the cell with a bottle of bourbon in her hand.

Stefan was sitting in a chair.

Damon looked at Isabella. "You know, none of this would be an issue if Elizabeth hadn't saved Evelyn's life by going with Klaus after the sacrifice." Isabella stopped tossing the ball in the air, lowering her arms to the cot at her sides, turning her head to look at Damon. "I mean, sure her best friend would be dead, but..." Damon looked at Stefan. "You and Elena would still be the epic love, Stefan, and you wouldn't have slept with Morgana." Stefan sighed. Damon looked at Emma. "You, Em, wouldn't be in danger of turning into a Hunter willing to kill her own family." He looked at Isabella. "And Elizabeth, wouldn't be falling back in love with the Original hybrid."

Isabella shook her head, going back to tossing the ball in the air. "I thought I was the only one who noticed that."

Damon whispered tauntingly. "Liar."

Isabella gave him a sarcastic look. "He's done things that make her look like a freaking angel."

"Ain't that the truth." Stefan told them.

"And she can't just forgive all of that." Isabella told them.

"It's amazing how only a few things can set a confluence of events." Emma told them sarcastically. "I mean, Klaus also wouldn't want to use me. What's stopping him?"

"Jeremy being alive." Damon answered.

"When Connor died, the Mark appeared on Jeremy." Emma told them. "If Jeremy dies, the Mark will appear on me."

"Unless we somehow find the Cure before then." Isabella told her.

"I really hope we do." Damon told her. "Then maybe nothing will happen to you at all."

"Careful, Damon." Stefan told him. "You're starting to sound like you care."

"Believe it or not, Stefan, there are a few things that I care about." Damon told him. "Apparently, there's no shortage of the people you care about."

"Drop it." Isabella told him.

"No, Isabella, it's okay." Stefan told her. "If he wants to feel jealous, let him feel jealous. It just means that Morgana is one of those people of his very short list of the people he cares about. The bad things that he's done surpasses that by a land slide. And then yet, some people seem to overlook every cringe-worthy thing he's ever done. Whether it's willful ignorance or something more pathological, I have no idea."

"Well, maybe some people are just more capable of forgiveness than others." Damon replied.

"Bet you score about a negative 500 in that realm." Stefan told him.

Isabella stopped tossing the ball in the air, sitting up, exchanging an annoyed look with Emma over the increasing argument.

"What about you?" Damon asked. "At least I've never torn my dinner to shreds. Ripper."

Stefan nodded in acknowledgment. "I've done some pretty horrible things. You've done worse."

"Debatable." Damon told him.

Isabella got fed up, using vampire speed and strength to throw the ball at Stefan's head, making it bounce off and hit Damon's head, making it bounce toward her, catching it. "Enough!"

Stefan and Damon held their heads incredulously.

Emma looked between them warily, amused.

Damon looked at Isabella. "You've done some pretty terrible things yourself, Izzy."

"You're absolutely right." Isabella told him. "See, I don't mind being the bad guy, because somebody has to fill that role and get things done."

Emma rolled her eyes, leaning against the wall. "We've all done terrible things. I've done bad things just for the sake of saving the people I love. But you've all done bad things for no reason at one time or another." She looked at Stefan and Damon. "You've done them be a dick." She looked at Isabella. "Or a bitch."

Stefan, Damon and Isabella spoke together. "Debatable."

Emma shrugged, shaking her head. "If you're gonna be bad, be bad with a purpose. Otherwise, you're just not worth forgiving."

They were each effected by Emma's words, stunned into silence.

...

Gilbert House - Kitchen

Evelyn stood next to the island, watching Kol play a video game in the living room.

Morgana and Elena walked in with two bottle of alcohol.

"Sorry." Elena told them. "We had to dig up the old people alcohol."

Kol turned to look at them, pausing the game.

Kol smirked, standing, walking toward Morgana and Elena. "Yeah, that's the problem with people today. They have no drinking imagination."

Evelyn walked toward them. "You obviously haven't had one of Sally, Elizabeth's and my drinks."

"Your friends, aren't they?" Kol asked.

"Bestest friends in the world." Evelyn told them. "Our drinks. Whew."

"Turn-of-the-century New Orleans, now they knew how to make a drink." Kol told them.

"You lived in New Orleans?" Elena asked.

"We all did." Kol answered. "We had met Esmeralda nearly a thousand years ago when we first turned into vampires. She's one of the main reasons that we turned into the monsters that we are today. She fancied a home there in New Orleans, where she told me everything about Silas."

"I thought Silas' sister told you about Silas." Elena told him.

Kol smirked. "Esmeralda is Silas' sister. Which makes your friend Rosie related to the two most powerful creatures on this Earth. Imagine how powerful she could be."

Elena recovered. "Did you love her? Esmeralda?"

Kol reluctantly nodded. "I guess you could say I did. Till Niklaus shoved a dagger in my heart."

"Why?" Morgana asked. "I forgot, what did you do?"

"What makes you think I did anything?" Kol asked. "Has your alliance with our brother softened you to his horrors?"

"I don't have an alliance with Klaus." Morgana told him. "We had a mutual interest in finding the Cure. That's all."

"Had?" Kol repeated.

"Yes." Morgana answered. "And we're willing to give up looking for it if you promise to leave Jeremy alone." Kol didn't reply. Morgana picked up the mixer. "Now, can you teach me how to make this?" She smiled. Kol took the mixer. "I'll get some ice."

"And I'll get more glasses." Elena told them, watching Kol pour the alcohol in the glass.

Elena walked over to a cabinet, opening it, pulling out two glasses.

Evelyn started to make the drinks.

Morgana opened the refrigerator, pulling out her phone. The text was from Jeremy.

Trying to find them. KEEP KOL THERE.

Morgana put her phone away, grabbing a bowl of ice, closing the door.

Kol was on the other side.

...

Street

Jeremy was hastily walking down the sidewalk, leaving Bonnie a voicemail. "Bonnie, where are you guys? I called you each, like, seventeen times. Kol is in our house. We need you. Okay, I'm heading to your house now."

...

Morgana's Mikaelson - Outside

Rosie was hidden in the woods next to the house.

Rosie stepped out of the shadows. Satisfied that Rebekah was gone, Rosie rushed inside.

...

Inside - Foyer

Rosie rushed inside.

Klaus was standing in the foyer. "What took you so long?"

Rosie glared at him.

...

Gilbert House - Kitchen

Evelyn, Elena, Morgana, Evelyn and Kol were talking.

Morgana held out the bowl of ice to Kol. "Here you go."

"Would you like one?" Kol asked.

"Yeah." Morgana answered.

Kol looked at Elena. "And you?"

Elena hesitated, nodding.

Kol put the ice in the drinks.

"Uh, make that four." Evelyn told him.

"Aren't you underage?" Kol asked.

Evelyn scoffed. "That's never stopped me before. And I am a vampire. It's not like they can throw me in juvie." Kol smirked, amused, pouring another. Evelyn looked at the TV. "You're really good at that game. Definitely considering you've been locked in a coffin for a hundred years."

Kol smiled. "I'm a quick learner. Speedy reflexes. It's not much like the real thing, though, is it?" Evelyn, Elena and Morgana looked at him. "You've all killed, haven't you? Or are you some of those Mary Sue vampires?"

"Once." Elena answered. "I have killed once."

"I've killed." Evelyn answered. "More than my fair share. Granted, I had my humanity off."

"I was a Ripper." Morgana told him. "So, yeah, I killed."

Kol looked at Evelyn. "You had your humanity off." He looked at Morgana. "You were a Ripper." He looked between them. "Trying to become better people, are you?"

"I'm guessing your number's a lot higher than all of ours combined." Evelyn replied.

"You lose track over the years." Kol told them. "So, are we going to talk about Silas, or just jibber-jabber?"

Elena gestured to the family room.

Kol walked over first.

Morgana and Elena looked at Evelyn.

Evelyn nodded, following Kol.

Elena followed.

Morgana looked at her phone to the text from Rosie.

No dagger yet. Need more time.

Morgana sighed, looking up, following Evelyn, Kol and Elena.

...

Morgana's Mansion - Study

Klaus and Rosie were alone in the house, looking through drawers in the desk or over each and every inch of the room.

Klaus sighed, giving up, sitting down in the chair. "This is ridiculous. My sister is far too smart than I give her credit for. We'll never find it."

"Never say never." Rosie told him. Klaus gave her a confused look. Rosie barely nudged the floor board with her boot, making it creak. She knelt to the floor, tapping along the floor, as if looking for weak spots. She knocked until she heard a hallow thud next to the expensive rug. Rosie looked at Klaus smugly. "If Morgana is smarter than you, and I'm just as smart as her, then what does that make me?"

"Enough." Klaus told her. "If you're right, then I'll be impressed."

Rosie looked up at the desk, standing on her knees, pushing the desk away into Klaus, pushing them both into the wall, making Klaus groan. She lifted the rug, making it curl over itself, revealing a hidden door underneath, a handle tilting to the side. She pulled the door open, leaning it against the desk, revealing a safe underneath. She started to twist the combination lock, focusing her hearing to listen for the tiny click-click-click-clicks, until she finished the combination and opened the safe. Two daggers were inside.

Rosie smirked. "Just like my uncle. Paranoid and crafty."

Klaus pushed the desk away from him, standing, kneeling next to Rosie and looking inside. "There's one missing."

Rosie pulled out her phone, texting someone.

Klaus closed the lid to the safe, closing the door to the hidden compartment, lying the rug back over it as if nothing had happened.

...

Gilbert House - Family Room

Kol was drinking, leaning against the sofa, talking to the girls.

"Nobody else seems to think Silas exists, so why do you?" Morgana asked.

"Esmeralda warned me about her brother." Kol told them. "She knew about Silas, that he needed to stay buried. You do know that she was a witch before she turned immortal. I actually hold witches in high esteem."

"Yeah, but why Silas?" Evelyn asked. "Why are you so afraid of him?"

"She said if Silas rises, he'll unleash Hell on Earth." Kol told them. "I happen to like earth just the way it is."

"Did you ever think that Esmeralda just said that because she hated her brother and wanted revenge?" Evelyn asked.

Kol shook his head. "She may be ruthless and ambitious, but she's not heartless. She never told me so, but I knew she hated to do what she did to her brother. She just didn't want him to bring the end of time. There are only three things you need to bring Silas back from the dead."

"And what's that?" Elena asked.

"His headstone calcified in Qetsiyah, Octavia who used Pandora's blood and Esmeralda's blood, the four witches descended from each to do the spell, and the Doppelganger's blood." Kol answered.

"Wait, what?" Elena asked.

"You sister have to give her blood to Silas for him to wake because Esmeralda used Pandora blood to put him there." Kol explained.

"But wouldn't I die?" Morgana asked.

Kol shook his head. "No. Silas wouldn't kill you because he also needs the witches to do the spell."

"And that's why you tried to kill them." Evelyn realized. Kol nodded. "All of this is pretty biblical."

"Well, that's the problem with people today." Kol told them. "They've lost faith. And in that loss, they no longer know who they should fear."

...

Bennett House - Dining Room

Sally, Elizabeth and Bonnie were sitting together at the table.

"You guys say that we are only gonna get worse from here because that's what Shane told you." Sally told them. "But we obviously can't believe him, now can we?"

"Sally, we've seen proof." Bonnie told her. "What happened at the police station, or at the abandoned witch house-"

"Could have been all been apart of his manipulation." Sally told them.

"How do you explain the glass, the cuts?" Elizabeth asked. "The power?"

Sally didn't answer, pulling out her phone, standing when she saw the time. "Oh, God, we're late."

"I have to call Elena." Bonnie told them, pulling out hers, dialing a number, putting it to her ear.

After a moment, Bonnie pulled it away in confusion.

"What?" Elizabeth asked.

"My phone's not working." Bonnie answered.

Sally looked up, shaking her head. "It's not just yours."

Elizabeth pulled out her phone in confusion, trying to call someone. After the same result, she looked up. "What the hell?"

Rudy walked into the room.

Bonnie stood, walking toward him. "We have to get to Elena's. Do you know what's wrong with our phones?"

Rudy held up a small, hand held device. "This keeps calls or texts from going in or out."

"You disconnected us from the world?" Bonnie asked.

"And I've got your car keys." Rudy told her. "I told you, I was going to get the three of you the help you need."

"Is that something you read in a book?" Elizabeth asked. "Because every time you say that, the more and more it sounds like it's been rehearsed."

"I've let this go on far enough," Rudy told them. "Shane said you and your magic are like ticking time bombs."

"And we told you he's crazy." Bonnie told him.

"I lost your mother to witchcraft." Rudy told her. "I don't intend to lose you." He looked at Sally and Elizabeth. "And the two of you are just victims lying in wait who need to be saved."

"We're not victims, and we don't need to be saved." Elizabeth told him. "They're not your lives. They're ours."

...

Foyer

Jeremy pounded urgently on the door.

Rudy walked closer, opening the door. "Yeah?"

"Is Bonnie here?" Jeremy asked.

"And Elizabeth and Sally , but they're busy." Rudy told him, trying to close the door.

Jeremy walked into the house anyway. "It's important."

Elizabeth, Bonnie and Sally walked into the foyer.

"What's going on?" Sally asked.

"I've called you guys, like, a hundred times." Jeremy told them. "Kol is in our house."

Bonnie, horrified, turned to her father. "We have to go."

"I said, 'no'." Rudy told them.

Elizabeth , growing angry, accidentally broke the light bulb over her head with her magic.

As a result, the lights above Bonnie and Sally broke with their magic.

Elizabeth looked at Rudy. "Stop telling us what to do. Bonnie might be your daughter, and she might have to listen to you, but we don't. We're leaving."

Elizabeth walked past the others, trying to walk out of the house.

Abby Bennett Wilson stepped in the way of the door, transforming. "No one's going anywhere."

Bonnie looked at Abby in surprise. "Mom?"

"Abby?" Sally asked in surprise.

"Abby, please come in." Rudy told her.

Abby walked in.

Elizabeth was confused.

Sally and Bonnie were absolutely stunned.

...

Bonnie still looked shocked. "What are you doing here?"

"Your father called." Abby answered. "Who's Professor Shane? What has he been teaching the three of you?"

"Guys, we don't have time for this." Jeremy told them.

"This is witch business." Abby told him.

Jeremy turned to face Rudy and Abby. "My sister and friends are in trouble. We need their help."

"My daughter is done helping you Gilberts." Abby told him. "Now, get out!"

"Mom!" Bonnie told her.

Abby looked at Elizabeth, Bonnie and Sally. "Answer my question. What lies has this professor been telling you?"

Jeremy, entranced by the urge to kill a vampire, pulled out a stake, trying to stake Abby.

Abby caught Jeremy's arm, looking at him very seriously.

"Don't!" Sally told him. "Jeremy! Hey, stop! Stop."

Elizabeth pulled Jeremy away from Abby, keeping him back. "Don't hurt her. She's your friend's mom. She's Bonnie's mom."

"Jeremy, remember the detour." Bonnie told him. "Choose the right path." The murderous stare started to leave his eyes. "All right?" Jeremy took a step back, walking out of the house. "Just go, okay? We're right behind you."

Sally closed the door, turning to face Rudy and Abby. "You wanna talk? Let's talk."

...

Gilbert House - Family Room

Kol walked around, picking up a picture of Jeremy, Elena and Emma messing around.

Evelyn and Elena were in the room with him.

Morgana walked in with a bottle of wine. "So we're out of gin, but I think this is a good year."

"What if I said I don't believe you?" Kol asked.

"Okay, you caught me." Morgana told him. "I don't know anything about wine."

Kol set the picture down. "It just seems odd that all of you'd be so willing to give up something you all want so much."

"We would do anything for our brother." Elena told him. "And if what you're saying about Silas is true, what does it matter what we want if it puts everyone else in danger?"

"Well, this has been enlightening." Kol told them. "Thanks for the drinks." He started to leave. Evelyn wanted to prevent him from leaving, but didn't know how to without raising suspicions and getting them killed, taking a step toward him. Kol opened the door. "I'll take your request for a truce under advisement."

"Is there any chance you could be wrong about Silas?" Morgana asked.

"Trust me, Morgana." Kol told her. "Some things are better left buried."

Kol walked out, leaving, closing the door.

Evely, Elena and Morgana sighed, exchanging a look.

...

Mystic Falls High School - Gym

Matt and Rebekah entered the still-decorated gym, dressed for the decade dance. It was empty and dark.

"I think I saw a horror movie that started just like this." Rebekah told him. "Did you know they play movies on TV all night long now? Hundreds of them. So much better than those silly black-and-white picture shows I used to go to."

Matt turned on the lights and music.

(Song:) Half Asleep - Trever Keith

Rebekah smiled.

"I don't know." Matt told her. "I kinda like the old ones. You got any requests for the DJ?"

Matt looked down at his phone, seeing the text from Rosie.

One dagger is still missing.

"I'll let you pick." Rebekah told him. "Nothing cheesy."

"Oh, that leaves out about half the decade." Matt told her, plugging his phone into the speakers.

(Song Ends)

"Hope you like The Cure." Matt told her.

"Funny." Rebekah told him. "So is everything about the eighties so... excessive?"

(Song:) Lovesong - The Cure

"From what I've heard, it had its charm." Matt told her. "'Say Anything', Lloyd Dobler standing outside of a bedroom window with a boombox over his head, desperately trying to get back the girl of his dreams. 'Princess Bride', Wesley slays giant rats for love. 'The Breakfast Club', one detention turns a bunch of outcasts into allies."

"So it was a decade of sentimental drivel, as well?" Rebekah asked.

"Well, I was going to say love, friendship, the possibility of anything happening." Matt told her. "You would've loved it."

Rebekah smiled. "And why is that?"

"Because as much you try to deny it, it's obvious you care about those things." Matt answered, pulling out a small box.

"That better not be a corsage." Rebekah told him. "I loathe corsages."

Matt opened the box to reveal a koala corsage behind it. "These were all the rage in the eighties." Rebekah laughed. Matt clipped it to her dress. "Let's dance."

Rebekah took Matt's hand. They started to dance.

(Song Ends)

...

Gilbert House - Foyer

Jeremy walked in cautiously, holding up a gun loaded with wooden bullets. He closed the door. He heard a noise. He was ready to shoot, but stopped when he saw Evelyn, Morgana and Elena.

"I'm sorry." Morgana told him. "He left. I mean, we tried to stall as long as we could."

The doorbell rang.

"That's Bonnie, Sally and Elizabeth." Jeremy told them. "They were right behind me."

Evelyn opened the door.

Kol stood outside. "I've considered your request for a truce. Request denied." Evelyn slammed the door in his face. "I'm sorry! I've already been invited in!" Kol kicked the door open, walking in. Evelyn, Morgana, Elena and Jeremy were gone. "Hide and seek? Fine by me."

Kol walked forward angrily.

...

Bennett House - Living Room

Bonnie, Sally and Elizabeth were being interventioned by Abby and Rudy.

Bonnie looked at Abby. "Dad needs to mind his own business. He had no right to call you here."

"It's not just your father, Bonnie." Abby told her. "Witches talk. Word gets around."

"We found a new way to practice." Sally told her. "It's unconventional, but we can handle ourselves, we promise."

"That's not what Shane said." Rudy told them.

"Shane is sitting in a jail cell right now." Elizabeth told him. "You're going to take his word over ours?"

Abby looked at Bonnie and Sally. "I have warned you about dark magic before."

"It's not dark magic, it's Expression, and we need it." Sally told them.

"We found a Cure, Mom." Bonnie told her. "There's a Cure for vampirism. And we can do the spell to access it. We can save you, but we have to go. Now."

Elizabeth and Sally walked toward the door.

"I'm not the one that needs to be saved." Abby told them. "You are."

Abby rushed over to Bonnie, placing her hand over Bonnie's mouth, drugging her with an herb, making her unconscious, setting her onto the couch.

The link effected Elizabeth and Sally.

Rudy caught Elizabeth as she fell, unconscious. Abby caught Sally as she fell, unconscious.

...

Salvatore Boarding House - Basement Cell

The Salvatores and Emma were still talking.

Emma drank from a bottle of bourbon.

Isabella drank from a bottle of blood, tossing it to Damon.

"Sweet." Damon told her, catching it, drinking.

"You disappoint me, Damon." Isabella complained. "You're not trying very hard to get out of here. I expected more of the daring escape artist, less the cell potato."

"Well, I am compelled to kill Jeremy, so I figured it's probably smarter to sit here and family bond with the three of you over blood and booze than bust out of here like the Hulk." Damon told them.

"How dods Elena feel about that?" Stefan asked tauntingly. "I bet she'd probably hate you for it, you know, not being able to resist the compulsion."

"She's met me." Damon told him. "She knows impulse control is not one of my strong suits. Like, love, for example. It took over every impulse in my body until I had Elena. Then you turned around and slept with Morgana for revenge."

"Or maybe, for once in our lives, we did something that had nothing to do with the two of you." Stefan told him. "Maybe we did it because we moved on, like you and Elena told us to, not once, but twice."

Stefan and Damon stared each other down.

"Can we please have a conversation that doesn't lead to Morgana and Elena or a fight over Morgana and Elena?" Isabella's asked. "Emma and I have been stuck babysitting Damon in the penalty box since yesterday, and we don't need your boring macho tension to make it worse. It's boring. You know how much I loathe boredom. I'm bored."

"You're always bored, Isabella." Emma told her. "You've seen too much of the world, been through too much to ever actually find something that you haven't done or been to or seen, so it's hard to impress you."

"Uh-huh." Isabella told them sarcastically, taking the bottle of bourbon from her hands, drinking.

Emma smiled.

...

Morgana's Mansion - Study

Klaus' phone rang. He answered. "Well, if it isn't the happy homicidal maniac."

Kol was in the Gilbert house, walking around the kitchen. "Did you know that your darling former blood bag, our precious sister, their brother and your girlfriend's best friend are trying to kill me?"

"What?" Klaus asked.

"It's like they're not even in control." Kol told him. "Now, you and I both know how much Esmeralda loves mind games, literally, and it seems like she has gotten to all of us, again. Now, I have no choice but to go after Jeremy, Morgana, Elena and Evelyn, and they have no choice but to come after me. You might want to get here before Esmeralda's mind control makes all of us do something that we'll all regret."

...

Gilbert House - Foyer

Kol hung up, walking into the foyer.

Morgana was standing at the top of the stair case, aiming a cross bow at Kol, shooting him in the leg.

Kol groaned in pain.

Morgana rushed upstairs.

Kol took the arrow out of his leg, rushing after Morgana.

...

Morgana's Mansion - Study

Klaus hung up his phone.

Rosie looked at him in confusion. "What the hell's going on?"

Klaus was confused and shaken. "I don't know. But I have a feeling that Esmeralda is more inside all of our heads than we know. She's the reason behind all of this. I know it." He stood, turning to leave. "She got to Kol, the Gilberts, Evelyn Zhu and Morgana. God knows who else."

"Where are you going?" Rosie asked.

"I'm going to stop Morgana from doing something that we all regret, while you go to the school and help Matt dagger my one of baby sisters." Klaus answered, rushing out of the house, leaving.

Rosie looked after him in confusion. "He's not gonna make it there in time."

Rosie glared in the direction he had left, rushing away, out of the house in the opposite direction.

...

Mystic Falls High School - Gym

(Song:) Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi

Rebekah was kicking a balloon, twirling, having fun.

Matt came back with a bottle of alcohol. "It's amazing what you can find stashed away in the teachers' lounge."

"What's going on?" Rebekah asked. "You're... fun tonight."

"Can't you believe that you're just having a night where no one is trying to trick you or taking advantage of you?" Matt asked.

"No." Rebekah answered. "Because it's too good to be true." A balloon popped. Matt flinched. "Don't worry. I'll protect you if Kol tracks his way to this abandoned dance."

Rebekah pulled down her leg warmer, showing him the last dagger.

(Song Ends)

Rebekah noticed the music had stopped. "I think I'll choose the next song."

Rebekah started to walk away.

Matt grabbed her arm, taking her drink. "No, you know what? I have a better idea." He set their cups down, pointing to the hallway. "That way."

Rebekah walked out of the gym.

Matt walked over to the speakers, unplugging his phone, texting Rosie.

R has last dagger. Get here now.

Rebekah walked in. "Well, are you coming?"

Matt followed her.

...

Gilbert House - Emma/Elena's Room

Morgana met Evelyn.

Morgana and Evelyn pushed a dresser in front of the door.

Kol struggled to push the door back open, forcing them back.

Evelyn caught herself against a bed.

Morgana fell to the floor.

Evelyn rushed forward, grabbing Morgana, pulling her with her into the bathroom.

Bathroom

Evelyn pulled Morgana inside, turning around, closing the door behind them, locking it, backing away.

Kol kicked the door open.

Evelyn and Morgana were already gone.

...

Elizabeth's Room

Kol punched Elizabeth's door open, seeing Jeremy, Evelyn, Morgana and Elena in Elizabeth's room.

Jeremy shot at Kol with the stake gun.

Kol caught the stake. "Missed."

Jeremy shot again.

Kol caught it with his other hand.

Elena shot Kol multiple times with a pistol.

Kol dropped the stakes.

Morgana shot the crossbow at his heart.

Kol caught the arrow.

Evelyn rushed toward Kol, pushing him into the wall, looking at Jeremy. "Go!"

Jeremy ran out of the room.

Elena continued shooting Kol with the pistol.

Morgana shot Kol with the crossbow.

Kol pushed Evelyn off of him, taking the arrow out of his chest, throwing it toward Elena, hitting her thigh.

Elena cried out in pain, falling.

Morgana looked at Elena.

Evelyn stood.

Morgana looked up.

Kol was gone.

...

Hallway

Jeremy was running down the stairs.

Kol rushed toward Jeremy, punching him, making him fall. Kol threw Jeremy down the stairs. Jeremy groaned in pain.

Evelyn attacked Kol from behind. Kol leaned forward, making him flip onto the floor in front of them, snapping Evelyn's neck, letting him fall unconscious.

Morgana rushed closer.

Kol grabbed Morgana by her throat, pushing her against the wall. He broke on of the posts off the railing, staking her in the heart, knowing she would come back. "I'll dagger you efficiently after I deal with your friends." Morgana gasped in pain, desiccating. Kol walked down the stairs. Jeremy was still groaning in pain on the stair landing. "Now... About that arm."

Kol dragged Jeremy away by his feet.

Morgana looked at Evelyn's temporarily unconscious body, continuing to desiccate, dying until she came back.

...

Mystic Falls High School - Hallway

Matt was teaching Rebekah how to slide down the hallway like the characters did in the movie 'The Breakfast Club.' "Like that."

Rebekah laughed. "This is ridiculous."

"Well, that's the whole point of 'The Breakfast Club' slide." Matt told her. "It's supposed to be ridiculous." Rebekah slid using vampire speed. "No, that's-that's cheating."

"What is fun about hurtling down a hallway like a teenage imbecile?" Rebekah asked.

"You're just gonna have to do it to find out." Matt told her. Rebekah smiled, sighing. She turned, trying again, but her shoes squeaked against the floor. She was unable to slide in them. "All right, it's the shoes. Take off the shoes, you'll be fine, okay?"

Further down the hall, Rosie peered around a corner, waiting for Matt to signal to her.

Rebekah sighed, leaning down, taking the dagger out of her boot.

Matt quickly glanced toward Rosie, looking away.

Rebekah walked toward Matt, holding the dagger. "This is what you want, right?" She gave it to him. "Go ahead, take it. You're right. I do care. I want stupid koala corsages and a prom. I want to have kids with someone who loves me enough to stand outside my window with a stupid boombox. I want to be human. So let Klaus put down my brother. Let's go find the Cure."

Matt looked at Rosie, looking down at the dagger in his hand, thinking. He eventually put the dagger in his pocket. "Come on. Let's go home."

Matt led Rebekah out of the school.

Rosie turned forward, leaning against the wall, sighing, staying hidden.

...

Bennett House - Living Room

Bonnie's sleeping form was lying on the couch.

Sally's sleeping form was lying on the window seat.

Elizabeth's sleeping form was lying on a chair.

Abby was crushing something with a mortar and pestle.

"You're drugging them?" Rudy asked.

"Just enough to keep them down until I can get some witches here to clean their minds from that poison that professor's been teaching them." Abby told him. "The link is rooted in their minds, binding them together mentally, physically and magically."

"Can they break it?" Rudy asked.

"They can try." Abby told him.

They heard Elizabeth's voice. "That's not happening."

Abby turned around to face three angry witches. "Please."

Bonnie held out her hand, using magic on Abby.

Abby gasped, feeling pain.

As a result, Sally and Elizabeth's power lashed out.

Elizabeth looked at the mortar.

The mortar in Abby's hands shattered.

Sally's magic broke Abby's bones.

Abby screamed, falling to the floor.

Rudy knelt next to Abby, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.

"We don't belong to the spirits anymore." Sally told them. "We belong to ourselves."

"Sorry." Bonnie told them, leading the way out of the door.

Elizabeth and Sally followed, the three girls leaving Abby and Rudy shocked.

...

Gilbert House - Upstairs Hallway

Evelyn was still unconscious.

Morgana was regaining color in her skin.

Elena pulled Morgana off of the stake.

"Come on." Elena told her. "This is right around the time you usually wake up. We gotta kill Kol."

Morgana gasped, opening her eyes, falling to her knees. "Coming back from the dead is extremely painful. You try doing it a hundred times."

Elena knelt next to Evelyn, shaking her to try to wake her. "Eve. Eve, hey. Wake up. We need you. We can't do this without you."

Evelyn started to wake up.

...

Kitchen

Kol had Jeremy strapped to the counter by his arms.

Jeremy struggled against his bonds.

Kol pulled a cleaver out of the knife block. "Now, like I said, I don't fancy the Hunter's Curse. If I kill you, then I would have to make Emma Gilbert kill a vampire, and then the others will have a map again, and then I'll have to kill her, and I'll have to deal with the Curse again, and around and around we go. I don't feel like going through all that. So, I'm just going to chop of your arm. But don't worry. I'll heal you right up with a bit of blood after." He held Jeremy's head against the counter. "Sorry about the sting. Now, which arm is it? Is it left or right? I'll just chop of both to be safe."

Jeremy closed his eyes.

Kol raised the knife over him

Evelyn rushed inside, grabbing Kol, pushing him against the counter.

Elena p rushed inside, standing on one side of Jeremy, untying his restraints.

Morgana rushed toward Evelyn and Kol, slamming the cleaver into Kol's chest.

Jeremy stood.

Elena rushed to the sink, grabbing the spray hose, spraying Kol with the vervain water.

Kol cried out in pain as the water hit him.

Evelyn and Morgana moved to avoid being hit, but still restraining Kol to the sink.

Elena kept the water on Kol.

Morgana took the white oak stake from Kol's pocket, tossing it to Jeremy.

Kol pushed Evelyn and Morgana off of him.

Esmeralda walked out into the open. "Enough, Kol!" Kol couldn't move because of the mind control, looking at Esmeralda furiously in betrayal. Esmeralda smirked. "Now you can stake him, Jeremy."

Jeremy hesitated for a moment, staking Kol in the heart.

Kol bursted into flames.

Evelyn and Morgana let go of Kol, backing away toward Elena. Elena put the hose down, backing away.

Jeremy backed away toward Elena. They both backed away.

Kol continued to scream, staggering through the kitchen, falling to the floor, dead.

Esmeralda watched him burn, smirking. She turned to look behind Evelyn, Morgana, Jeremy and Elena toward the door down the hall.

They turned to follow her gaze.

Klaus was standing at the open doorway, looking upset and angry.

...

Klaus looked at Esmeralda furiously in betrayal. "What did you do?"

"I did what I had to." Esmeralda answered. "Don't blame them. They had no choice but to do what I said. It... was... all... me."

"You said you were going to put him down too." Elena told him.

"I was going to make him suffer on my terms!" Klaus yelled furiously. "I'm going to burn this house to the ground. And then, when you try to flee for your lives, I'll kill you all without blinking."

"You kill us, you'll never get to the Cure." Evelyn told him. "You'll never be able to make any more hybrids."

"You really think I care for an instant about my bloody hybrids?" Klaus asked. "I want the Cure so I can destroy it. I would've killed you all the second we dug it up, but now I'm just gonna watch you burn instead."

"You won't be able to kill them, Klaus, just because it was me behind this." Esmeralda told him. "You won't kill them."

"Then we will tear you apart instead." Morgana told her furiously.

Esmeralda smiled, shaking her head. "No, darling, you won't. I am even more indestructible than you. You can't kill me, Morgana can't kill me, Rebekah can't, and neither can Elijah. You won't kill the Mystic Falls gang for killing Finn or Kol under my orders, either, but you will want to hurt them, just because I want to hurt them." She looked behind Klaus, smiling. "Just like they want to hurt you."

Klaus was suddenly in pain, falling to the porch floor, crying out.

Sally was revealed to be standing behind him, raising her hand toward him, the one causing him pain, angry, glaring at the man that had killed the love of her life's brother.

Bonnie walked in past them, looking at Jeremy. "Invite him in."

They looked at her in confusion.

Elizabeth walked in. "Do it!"

Sally raised her arm further in the air, using her magic to bring Klaus to his feet.

"Come in." Jeremy told them.

Bonnie and Elizabeth turned toward Klaus, magically pulling him inside.

Klaus fell forward.

Sally followed him inside.

The witches immobilized him.

"Living room." Sally told them. "Go!"

...

Living Room

Evelyn, Morgana, Elena, and Jeremy ran through the living and into the kitchen.

Klaus followed.

Elizabeth stood in the way of his doorway.

Klaus couldn't step toward her. He punched the air in front of them, trying to harm Elizabeth, but there was an invisible barrier in between them.

Behind Esmeralda, Jeremy pulled the white oak stake out of Kol.

The others ran to the door.

Klaus turned toward the backdoor.

Bonnie stood in the way.

Klaus tried to step toward her.

There was also an invisible barrier.

Klaus turned toward the family room.

Sally stood in the way.

Klaus was trapped yet again, pounding against the invisible barrier, glaring at Sally, growling, yelling in rage.

Sally glared at him just as angrily, using magic to cause him pain and break his bones, making Klaus kneel before her.

Klaus screamed, falling to the floor, holding his head.

Bonnie and Elizabeth's magic was effected, making all of the doors and windows burst open and the lights shatter.

Klaus stopped screaming in pain, looking up at Sally in rage. "Witch, you can't do this to me."

"You have no idea what any of us can do now." Sally told him furiously. "We will find that Cure, and I will give it to you myself. Tyler, Scott and I can discuss just how we want to kill you."

Klaus stood slowly, angrily.

Sally lightly tapped her foot against the floor, lowering her arm to the side in the same movement, using magic to break Klaus' legs, making him scream and fall to his knees again, making him bow to her.

Morgana stood next to Sally, putting her hands on her shoulders, pulling her away. "Okay, that was cool, but let's go before you lose yourself completely."

Sally continued to glare at Klaus with a deathly cold look of rage and hate.

Morgana led Sally away, turning around, walking away, toward the vampires at the open front door.

Bonnie and Elizabeth followed them.

Morgana looked at Esmeralda furiously. "I don't care if your my friends Doppelganger. I will give you the Cure myself and kill you for the things that you made us do. What you did to Derek, and Carol, Kol, Finn and everyone else."

"No, you won't." Esmeralda told her. "None of you will. Run along now. You all know what to do."

Morgana, Elena, Jeremy, Evelyn, Sally, Elizabeth and Bonnie walked out of the house, leaving, closing the door behind them.

Esmeralda turned to Klaus smugly and seductively, smiling.

Klaus walked up against the boundary in a rage, hitting his hand against it in an attempt to hurt Esmeralda, but he couldn't touch her. "I bloody hope that they do cure you, Esmeralda, so that I can kill you myself. I will hunt you to your end! Do you hear me? Do you?"

"All right, I get it." Esmeralda told him in annoyance. "You're angry and you want me dead, but you can't kill me. Do we have to talk about it all night?"

"You find hilarity in this?" Klaus asked furiously, seething in rage.

"Yes, I do." Esmeralda answered. "And you should know... that I am going to remind Elisa of all the horrible things that you've done. And I'm going to make her angry at you, but I won't interfere with her feelings for you. I will make you angry at her as well, but you will still love her. I need the miracle to happen after all. I can make you hurt the ones that you love, Klaus, but I can't make you love people. I only make you hurt the ones that you care about to hurt you in the end. More than I already have."

Klaus glared at her furiously.

Esmeralda smirked, turning around, walking away, leaving.

Klaus pounded against the barrier futilely.

...

Morgana's Mansion - Study

Rebekah stood crying.

Matt was standing behind her.

"I don't believe you." Rebekah told him. "Kol's not dead. He can't be."

"Listen, Rebekah, they didn't have a choice." Matt told her. "Esmeralda made Kol attack all of us, and she made all of us attack Kol. She was doing all of this to make us suffer in ways that we can't even imagine. I'm not gonna let the people that I care about get hurt. Not Jeremy, Bonnie or Sally or Elizabeth. And you can hate me for it, but now Kol can't hurt you, either. And you know as well as we do that Esmeralda is behind all of this, and because of that, you won't kill me, or anyone. And neither will Klaus, or Morgana. And I want you to find this Cure. Not just for Elena, but for you. So that you can have what you want, be what you want. Be human again. Everyone deserves a second chance, right?"

"Why would I trust you?" Rebekah asked.

"I don't know." Matt told her. "I guess I could give you my word, but at the end of the day, you just need to take a leap."

...

Lockwood Mansion - Outside

(Song:) Heavy In Your Arms - Florence + The Machine

Morgana walked down the driveway to meet Stefan on his motorcycle, the tombstone in her hand. She stopped, smiling, tilting her head. "Looks like we're getting everything we want. And not just us. I just talked to Rosie. She said Rebekah wants in."

"Wait, they didn't dagger her?" Stefan asked.

"No, but I can explain why." Morgana told him.

Stefan nodded cautiously. He looked at the tomb stone under her arm. "See you got the head stone. Guess we're taking that as a sign Jeremy killed Kol because of Esmeralda." Morgana nodded. Stefan looked down at her clothes. "You changed. Why?"

"Kol kind of killed me." Morgana answered.

"What?" Stefan asked.

"Hey, I'm standing right in front of you, all right?" Morgana asked. "You know I'm okay."

Stefan took the head stone, placing it on his bike, wrapping his arms around Morgana. "Just glad he didn't get the chance to kill you for real."

"Because Klaus would kill you an hour later?" Morgana asked teasingly.

Stefan tightened the hold, smirking, lifting her up, turning around, making Morgana laugh, giggling. He placed her down, pulling away. "You know that's not the only reason."

"Yep." Morgana answered, smiling, taking the head stone.

"And there's something else you need to know." Stefan told her.

"Shoot." Morgana told him.

"Damon knows about us." Stefan told her. Morgana raised her eyebrows. "And I think we should expect that Damon's going to tell someone, dropping the bomb in a very bad way. Now that he's free of compulsion."

"Do you regret it?" Morgana asked.

"Absolutely not." Stefan answered.

"Would you do it again?" Morgana asked.

Stefan looked at Morgana for a moment, placing a hand on either of her cheeks, kissing her passionately. Morgana was surprised, but she kissed him back, just as passionate. After a few moments, they pulled away, their foreheads touching, both breathing heavily.

"Does that answer your questions?" Stefan asked.

Morgana smiled. "I'm ready. Are you?"

Stefan smiled, taking her hand. "Let's do this."

They both got onto Stefan's bike. Morgana wrapped her arms around him, leaning her head against his shoulder, seeming content as they drove away.

(Song Ends)

...

Salvatore Boarding House - Living Room

Elena and Bonnie were sitting together on one couch.

Elizabeth, Sally and Evelyn sat across from them.

Jeremy was pacing in front of the fire place, looking at his bare arm. "It didn't work."

"It took time for Finn's line to die off, remember?" Bonnie asked. "It'll work."

"What if it doesn't?" Elena asked.

They heard Isabella's voice. "Where's that Gilbert optimism?"

Damon, Isabella and Emma walked into the room, making everyone look toward them.

Elena stood, turning to face them.

"Hi." Damon told her. Elena smiled, wrapping her arms around him. "Sorry I missed all the excitement."

"I'm just happy to see you." Elena told him, pulling away. "Where's Stefan and Morgana."

The front door opened, making everyone look at it.

Stefan and Morgana walked in with Silas' tombstone, closing the door behind them.

"Looks like we didn't miss much." Morgana told them. "Got the Silas headstone."

"It's a big rock." Isabella told them mockingly. "I've never seen a rock this big. Can't wait to tell all of my friends."

Evelyn gave Morgana and Isabella an amused look. "We're just waiting for Jeremy's Mark to grow."

Morgana set the stone down on a table.

Damon watched Stefan and Morgana warily.

Elena looked at Stefan. "Klaus is trapped in our living room."

"Temporarily." Bonnie told them. "We drew on the new moon to bind the spell."

"What did you draw on to destroy the rest of the house?" Jeremy asked.

Sally gave him a sarcastic look. "We've got three days to find the Cure. Four, max."

"Oh, and just FYI, about what Kol said before, I am not giving my blood to Silas and letting him walk the Earth." Morgana told them.

Evelyn looked at Morgana. "And you won't have to. Now that we've got Rebekah taken care of, all we need is Professor Shane, and then we'll have everything we need."

"Yeah, uh, Matt didn't dagger Rebekah." Morgana told them.

"What?" Elena asked. "Why not?"

"They didn't need to." Morgana told them. "She's on our side."

"'On our side'?" Elena repeated. "Did you really just say that?"

"Yeah, Rebekah figured out what was going on, and she let Matt live, saying she wanted in." Morgana told them. "I mean, she wants to find this Cure more than any of us."

"No, Morgana, she's gonna kill us all." Elena told her. "Why would any of you possibly think we can trust her?"

"Rebekah won't kill us because she will know that Esmeralda made us do this, Elena." Morgana told her. "Just like Rebekah, me and Klaus won't kill you for the same reason."

"Stop fighting, both of you." Evelyn told them.

Damon looked from Stefan to Morgana. "I'm surprised either of you even had any time to participate in today's festivities, while, you know, you both were too busy naked in the sack to answer anyone's calls last night."

Evelyn didn't look surprised.

Jeremy looked from Morgana to Elena.

Evelyn, Sally and Elizabeth exchanged a look.

Stefan and Morgana exchanged a look as if to say.

Elena looked at Stefan and Morgana in shock. "What?"

Bonnie looked from Morgana to Elena. "What?"

Stefan looked around Morgana to look toward Isabella and Emma.

Emma mouthed the single word. 'Sorry.'

Isabella smiled a small, awkward, innocent, apologetic smile.

Stefan looked at Damon. "I bet you were just dying to get that out, weren't you, Damon?"

"Oh, was that supposed to be a secret?" Damon asked. "Maybe you should have made that a little clearer to Isabella and Emma, who I know you told to bleed me dry in our cellar. I know they didn't get that idea all on their own."

"Yeah, to keep you from killing Jeremy." Stefan told him. "I'm sure Emma took a little pleasure in that, didn't you, Em?"

Emma sighed in exasperation and annoyance, putting a hand to her head. "Here's something I haven't felt in a while. A headache."

"Stop it, all of you." Elena told them.

"Now, why don't you tell her to calm down, Damon?" Stefan asked. "You've managed to use the sire bond pretty well so far, haven't you?"

Elena looked at Stefan incredulously.

There were distinct reactions from everyone.

Damon punched Stefan in the face, making him fall to the floor.

Stefan stood, about to retaliate against Damon.

Isabella stood next to them, pushing them apart. "All right, that's enough!"

Jeremy screamed, ripping off his shirt, looking down at the Mark.

The Mark grew.

Sally stood in shock. "Oh, my God..."

Jeremy looked up. "You can see it?"

Elizabeth nodded.

The Mark grew from Jeremy's arm to his chest, completing itself.

"Here we go." Evelyn told them.

Emma smirked. "Good luck."