Flashforward
Night - Gilbert House - Living Room
Elena picked up a picture of Elena, Elizabeth, Jeremy and Emma, touching the shattered glass. A piece fell to the floor, shattering.
Morgana looked over the damage she had caused.
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Now
Same Night - Same Scene
Night - The Island - Silas' Tomb
Morgana woke up and went towards Jeremy's body, crying, pulling him closer to hold them. "Jeremy! No. No. Oh, God, no. Oh, God... Kol!"
Elena knelt across from Morgana, looking at Jeremy's hand to check for the Gilbert ring. It was there. "It's fine. It's fine. It's fine. He's gonna be okay. The ring will bring him back. It's okay. It's okay. Jer's gonna be okay. He's gonna be okay, Morgana. He's gonna be fine."
"But Kol!" Morgana cried, sobbing loudly.
Elena began to cry, holding her siblings/friend, dead and alive.
Isabella walked in, looking at Jeremy's dead body in denial and grief, looking like she was sick.
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Cave - Upper Chamber
Stefan told Damon what was going on.
"How'd this happen?" Damon asked.
"It was Katherine." Stefan told him. "She must have been following us this whole time."
"What about the Cure, or Silas?" Damon asked.
"If there was anything in there at all, it's all gone." Stefan told him.
"Where the hell are the witches?" Damon asked.
"I have no idea." Stefan told him. "Bonnie and Sally went looking for Jeremy last night. They never came back. Damon, Morgana won't say a single word, and Elena is in there waiting for the Gilbert ring to bring Jeremy back to life, and Isabella wants to find them so they can bring Jeremy back."
"Okay, fine." Damon told them. "You go find them. I'll wait with them."
Damon started walking toward the well opening.
Stefan put up a hand to stop him. "Damon, listen to me. Jeremy was one of the Five, a Hunter."
"He's supernatural." Damon realized. "The ring won't work anymore." He paused. "They won't survive this. I'll find Bonnie and Sally. You get Morgana and Elena off this island."
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Day Two
Morning - Gilbert House - Kitchen
Liam knelt on the floor in the kitchen, cleaning supplies around him. He looked at the scorch mark on the floor where Kol's body had used to be, looking guilty. After a long moment, he shook his head in disapproval directed at himself , grabbing a brush from the table surface, scrubbing the burn mark on the kitchen floor.
The door opened.
Liam turned his head to look at Morgana and Elena as they walked in, looking at the floor, standing, walking closer.
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Foyer
Liam walked toward Morgana and Elena. "Hey, you're back. Caroline and Elizabeth are getting rid of Kol's body, but they'll be back, and I was trying to clean the burn mark where Kol-" He saw Stefan carrying Jeremy's body, wrapped in a blanket, slowing to a stop in absolute surprise. "I couldn't get the spot out."
Liam looked at Stefan, silently begging him to tell him that Jeremy was just unconscious.
Stefan gave Liam a sympathetic look, shaking his head.
"Come on." Elena told him. "Let's get him upstairs."
Morgana remained quiet, numb, walking upstairs. Elena walked upstairs. Stefan followed with Jeremy still in his arms.
Liam started to breathe slightly heavily in denial and pain, tears already trying to form.
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Jeremy's Room
Stefan laid Jeremy on his bed.
Morgana sat down beside him, holding his hand, completely numb.
Elena looked at Stefan, in denial. "If Isabella finds Katherine, she's killing her, right?"
Stefan nodded sadly. "Yeah. Can I get you anything?"
"No." Elena answered. "I'm fine. I'm just gonna sit here and wait with him until he wakes up. Let me know if you hear anything about Bonnie, Rosie and Sally, okay?"
Stefan nodded. "Yeah, sure."
Elena spread a blanket over Jeremy's body, holding his hands above his chest.
Stefan stood in front of Morgana. "Morgana?" Morgana didn't look away from Jeremy. She didn't move. She looked as if she would move, she would break into pieces. Stefan knelt in front of her, whispering. "Hey. Hey, look at me." He held either hand to Morgana's cheeks, making her look at him. "Do you need anything? Tea? Anything?" Morgana barely nodded, gazing off. "Okay. I'll be right back."
Stefan stood, walking out of the room.
Morgana looked at Jeremy seeing Kol, unblinking.
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Island - Campsite
Isabella was walking into the campground, peering into a tent, walking a little further, slowing to a stop, letting her eyes turn red in anger, in revenge mode. "Unless you're a hybrid, blonde, a witch, or a Doppelganger, I suggest you steer clear."
Isabella approached the shed, creaking open the door.
Rebekah appeared next to her, startling her. "Where is it? The Cure? I know someone has it."
"Yeah, someone." Isabella told her. "Katherine."
"Katherine?" Rebekah repeated. "The Doppelganger?"
"Yeah." Isabella answered. "Sneaky little bitch must've been spying on us for weeks."
"Where did she take the Cure?" Rebekah asked.
"You know, I have things more important to worry about at the moment than some stupid Cure, Rebekah." Isabella told her. "She killed Jeremy... or somebody did." Rebekah looked somber. Isabella looked at Rebekah. "He killed your brother. Let's not with the fake sad face."
"I didn't say I was going to miss him, but I'm not heartless," Rebekah told him. "He was Emma and Elena's only family. And he was mind controlled by Esmeralda to kill Kol, just like you were. You all were. I can't blame you for the things that Esmeralda made you do."
"Good." Isabella told her. "Well, you can send flowers after you find Damon, help him find Bonnie, Sally and Rosie."
Isabella started to walk away.
"We need to find Katherine." Rebekah told her.
"I have been searching this island high and low since I found Jeremy's body." Isabella told her.
Rebekah flinched at the pain in her voice, but recovered, looking at Isabella. "If there's one thing that's a guarantee in this miserable little world, it's that Katherine Pierce is gone. We need to find Sally, Rosie and Bonnie."
"Oh, and beware of the immortal Silas." Isabella told them. "If he was asleep in that cave, he's awake now."
Isabella turned around, starting to walk away.
After a moment's hesitation, Rebekah walked away to find Damon.
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Small Campsite
Bonnie woke up, lying on the ground in a small campsite. She sat up, looking around, clearly unsure of how she got there.
Rosie and Sally were on the bench next to the fire in front of them.
Shane approached the campsite. "You're okay." He knelt beside them. "Morgana healed you."
Sally looked down at Shane's pant leg, which was still covered in blood. "How are you healed?"
"It was Silas." Shane told them. "He helped me. You did it, guys. He's risen."
Shane reached toward them.
"Get away from me." Rosie told him.
"I know you're angry with me, okay, but now you'll see everything I did, all those lives lost, they weren't in vain." Shane told them. "Silas is gonna bring them back."
"What you want to do isn't natural, Shane." Bonnie told him. "You can't bring back the dead."
"I think you'll change your minds now." Shane told them.
"What do you mean, 'now'?" Sally asked.
"Katherine had appeared, and she wanted to use Jeremy to awaken Silas." Shane told them. "Morgana intervened, and... Katherine made sure that she couldn't stop her."
"What are you saying?" Rosie asked.
"And when Silas awoke, he had to feed to gain his strength." Shane went on. "He'd been desiccating for almost 2,000 years. He needed blood. Jeremy was there."
"What are you saying to me?" Rosie asked angrily.
"Katherine staked Rosie heart out and Silas drained Jeremy of his blood, girls." Shane answered. "They're dead."
Bonnie looked at him in shock and denial.
Rosie and Sally both looked instantly hurt and in despair.
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Mystic Falls, Virginia
Gilbert House - Jeremy's Room
Stefan walked in with a cup of tea, holding it out to Morgana.
Morgana slowly took it, looking as if she couldn't even move.
Stefan walked sadly out of the room.
Elena smoothed her hand over Jeremy's face, taking his hands in hers again.
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Kitchen
Liam was dumping a bucket of water into the sink, talking to Stefan, Caroline and Elizabeth. "How long have they been like that?"
"Ever since we found their bodies." Stefan answered. "Morgana hasn't said a word since we found his bodies. She can barely even move. Elena hasn't said anything except that she's waiting for him to wake up."
"But Jeremy's not going to wake up," Kaylin told him. "They know that, right?"
Liam looked down sadly, holding a finger to his lips, reaching behind him to turn on the tap, using the noise to cover the conversation.
"Look." Stefan told them. "Deep down, I think they have to, but we're talking about Morgana and Elena here. They feel grief more powerfully than anyone else. I think Elena's denial and Morgana's total shut down are the only things protecting them from letting it all in."
"But they can't stay like that forever." Caroline told him.
"I know, but I don't want to be the one to break them out of it, not until we know that Bonnie, Rosie and Sally are safe, not until we get Damon over here to, you know." Stefan told him.
"Use the sire bond to convince her that everything is okay?" Liam asked.
Stefan nodded.
Elena joined them in the kitchen. "I'm not in denial." Eliza turned off the tap. "I know that he was supernatural, but did you see? His tattoo is gone. The tattoo had the spell that opened Silas' chamber. Maybe it being gone means that he's fulfilled his supernatural destiny. Maybe he's back to normal. It's possible, right?"
"Elena-" Liam started.
"It's possible, Liam." Elena told her. "There's a chance. It may be minuscule, but it's hope and I'm gonna hold on to that hope with everything that I've got because there's no way that m... There's absolutely no way that my brother is dead." She shook her head. "I'm not in denial."
Elena turned around, walking out of the kitchen.
Liam, Caroline, Elizabeth and Stefan exchanged a look.
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Porch
Caroline was on her phone, leaving a message. "Hey. I know that I'm not supposed to be calling, but something happened, and I need to talk to you, Tyler. So please call me."
Caroline hung up.
Elizabeth and Liam walked out on to the porch.
"Do you know where he is?" Liam asked. "Or... Scott? For that matter?"
"As far away from Klaus as they can get." Caroline told them. She looked at Elizabeth. "I mean, you said that Klaus said he wouldn't stop until he found them. I've been meaning to thank you about that." Elizabeth raised her eyebrows at her questioningly. "You got Klaus to let Tyler and Scott leave town and never look back until it's safe again."
"Well, Katherine and I've been running from Klaus for 500 years." Elizabeth told her. "It's not easy, but it's possible. It's probably why she stole the Cure. She wants to bargain for her freedom."
"I just can't believe after all that, the Cure is just gone." Liam told them.
"Well, we can't think about that right now." Elizabeth told them.
"We need to make plans, lists." Liam told them. "We need a funeral or a cover story, or a funeral and a cover story."
"I should go tell our mom." Caroline told hi,. "I guess she'll know what to do."
"We should get Matt and Emma over here." Elizabeth told them.
"You're right." Liam told her. "I should go to him. I should go get Matt, bring him here."
"I will go tell our mom, and then I will make a list or a casserole, or, I don't know, whatever people are supposed to do or make in these situations." Caroline told them. She looked at Elizabeth. "What are you gonna do?"
"I'm gonna go home and make sure that Emma doesn't have a new tattoo." Elizabeth answered.
Liam nodded understandingly, looking as if he was trying to keep strong.
Caroline hesitated. "What's that smell?"
Elizabeth looked through the open from door.
Caroline looked like she already knew the answer.
"It's his body." Elizabeth answered. "He's starting to decompose." She looked at Caroline. "Tell your mom to get Dr. Fell over here."
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Island - Woods
Damon and Rebekah walked through the woods.
"Do you think Bonnie, Rosie and Sally are dead?" Rebekah asked hesitantly.
"Never thought I'd say this, but I hope not." Damon told her.
"I don't like being out in the open like this." Rebekah told them.
"What, afraid of the big, bad Silas?" Kacie asked.
"No." Rebekah told her.
"Scaredy cat." Damon told her in a sing song voice.
"I'm not a scaredy cat." Rebekah told him. "Esmeralda drove my brother Kol mad worrying about Silas rising. It would benefit us all to be a bit concerned. And you're one to talk about being afraid. You're so scared, you're 1,200 miles away from where you're supposed to be."
"Hey, somebody stay and find the witches." Damon told her. "I won't leave them behind."
"And you're afraid of what might happen to Rosie when you have to see my brother." Rebekah told him.
"She failed, and she might not even get the chance to get her freedom back, because she failed you, too." Damon told her. "So, at least I have a good reason to worry."
Rebekah looked at Damon. "And what about you, brain-dead Damon? Stefan could have looked for Bonnie, Sally and Rosie. Aren't you Elena's current love? It's so hard to keep track these days. Or what about Emma? You used to be in love with her. Shouldn't you be home, comforting them, or are you terrified of being there when they realize their brother is dead?"
Damon grabbed Rebekah, using her as a shield as an arrow hit her back.
Rebekah closed her eyes in pain. "Ow."
"Sorry." Damon told her. "Better you than me."
Damon tossed Rebekah aside, letting her fall.
Vaughn was standing on the other side of the trench, holding a crossbow.
Vaughn shot at Damon.
Damon caught the arrow, tossing it aside, rushing toward him.
Vaughn grabbed his bag, running.
Damon caught up to Vaughn easily, pushing him down. Vaughn had a knife in one hand, trying to stab him. Damon caught his wrist, twisting it, making him drop it.
Vaughn struggled, but he could hold him down easily.
"You're gonna have to try a lot harder than that if you're gonna kill a me." Damon told him.
Damon hit Vaughn's head against the ground, making him unconscious.
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Small Campsite
Sally was in so much pain, crying.
Bonnie looked too numb and in shock to do anything.
Rosie looked to be in denial and anger.
Shane poured something into a mug by the fire. "Girls, here. Drink this. It'll calm you down."
Rosie used magic to push the mug out of Shane's hands. "I don't want any of your stupid teas, Shane."
"Rosie-" Shane started.
Rosie pushed past him. "Jeremy's dead."
The campfire flared up as she started to lose control.
"Rosie, be careful," Shane told her. "Don't let your magic get out of control." The flames continued to rise. Rosie put her face in her hands, trying to keep from breaking. Bonnie and Sally's powers were effected. Wind started to blow around them chaotically. The ground started to shake, as if in an earthquake. "Bonnie. Sally! Hey, I am not gonna let you fall apart. I'm not gonna let you." Shane held Rosie by the arms, calming her down. "Silas needs you. He can bring Jeremy back." The flames, the winds and the shaking died down. "He can bring everyone back, and you're gonna help him, okay? You're gonna see Jeremy again."
Bonnie was silent as tears streamed down her face.
Rosie pulled back away from Shane in anger, turning away, stepping away from them, crying silently, looking as if she was trying to stay strong, to not show weakness.
Sally stood in front of her, not bothering to stop the tears.
Seeing Sally's reaction, Rosie let her face fall, starting to cry silently.
Sally wrapped her arms around Rosie, holding her. Both of them lowered to their knees, both crying.
Jeremy's ghost was standing nearby, watching them in pain.
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Mystic Falls, Virginia
Donovan House - Outside
Liam stood outside, waiting out of the front door.
Matt opened the door for him. "Liam. What are you doing here?"
"There's something I need to tell you about Jeremy and Rosie." Liam told him, walking inside. Matt closed the door, turning to face him. "Rosie went missing on the island."
Matt raised his eyebrows. "What? Where the hell is she?"
"We don't know." Liam told him. "But Damon stayed back to look for her."
"Wait, you said that you had to tell me something about Rosie and Jeremy." Matt told him. Liam had tears in his eyes. "What? Liam, what is it?"
Liam's voice was thick as he started to cry. "Jeremy is dead."
Matt was taken aback, not processing yet. "What?"
Liam nodded. "It was Katherine. She killed him." He started to cry harder, shaking his head. "I'm sorry."
"Hey, hey, hey." Matt told him, wrapping his arms around him. "I'm sorry."
Liam sobbed. "Jeremy is dead."
Matt held Liam comfortingly, neither of them moving, both in pain.
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Salvatore Boarding House - Foyer
Elizabeth walked into the house. "Emma!" Emma walked into the room. Elizabeth turned to face her. "Oh, thank God. There you are." She walked closer to her. "What are you doing here?"
"I live here." Emma answered with honest sarcasm. "In fact, it's my house."
"Haven't you checked your messages?" Elizabeth asked.
Emma held up her phone. "Dead battery. Why? What's wrong?"
"Look, do you feel any different than you have before?" Elizabeth asked. "Stronger, having dreams about killing vampires?"
"What's up with the Q&A?" Emma asked.
"Just answer the questions, Em." Elizabeth told her.
"You're acting strangely serious." Emma told her. "You, acting serious, that's a miracle in itself. And are you asking if I think that I'm turning into a Hunter? 'Cause the only way for that to happen is..." Elizabeth tilted her head forward. Emma took a breath of realization. "Please tell me that nothing happened to my brother." Elizabeth didn't answer. "Please tell me that I'm not gonna lose my mind, Elizabeth."
"Look, I don't know." Elizabeth told her. "The Mark on Jeremy's body was gone. When Connor died, the Mark appeared on him." She reached for Emma's hand. "Did the Mark appear on you?"
Elizabeth and Emma looked at Emma's bare hand, no marks at all.
Elizabeth breathed a sigh of relief.
Emma looked up. "Elizabeth, what happened?"
Elizabeth sighed. "Katherine killed Jeremy." Emma looked at her in shock. "We need to go to Elena. Okay?"
Emma nodded. "Okay. Let's go."
Emma grabbed her leather jacket.
Elizabeth and Emma walked toward the door, walking out, leaving.
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Gilbert House - Emma/Elena's Room
Morgana was alone in the room, taking off her leather jacket, setting it on her bed, seeing Emma's diary on her bedside table. She slowly took it, walking into the hall, across the hall to Jeremy's room.
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Jeremy's Room
Morgana walked into the room to stand next to Jeremy.
Meredith stood in the doorway, her hair cut short to her shoulders. "Morgana?"
"Meredith?" Morgana asked. Her voice was thick from not talking in a long time. She cleared her throat. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to check on Jeremy." Meredith answered. "May I?"
"Yeah." Morgana answered. "Um..."
Elena walked slowly in. "I guess surprise from seeing a face we haven't seen in a while was enough to shock her out of the state she was in." Meredith walked over to Jeremy's body, lifting his arm. "You're not gonna find any vitals. It's the same thing that Ric used to go through. He'd just be dead until he wasn't. Once, I remember he was gone for almost an entire day." She started to ramble. "Ric died, like, four times before he lost his mind. And Jeremy has died a few times too-three, I think-so we're gonna have to..." Stefan walked in. "So we'll have to keep an eye on him, because I don't want him to go crazy just like Ric did."
Meredith looked at Stefan.
Stefan nodded.
Meredith walked closer to Morgana and Elena. "Morgana, Elena... It looks like Jeremy died of extreme blood loss. His neck also appears to be broken. The lack of blood explains why there's no lividity, but his muscles have tightened past the point of rigor mortis."
"No." Elena told her.
"If he's left unattended to, soon he'll start to bloat." Meredith told them. "Within a few hours, his skin will start to discolor, and-"
"No." Elena told her. "He's-Stop, okay?" She walked over to the bed. "Just stop. He's not dead."
"Yes, he is." Morgana whispered, her voice barely audible.
"I need you to release the body to me." Meredith told them. "We'll get him to a funeral home and prepare him for a viewing where you and his friends can say goodbye to him."
Morgana acted out of impulsive anger, rushing toward Meredith, pushing her against the wall. "They might be dead, but they can be brought back, okay?"
Stefan hurried to pull Morgana away from Meredith. "Morgana. Morgana! Stop it."
Stefan restrained Morgana from behind.
Morgana struggled. She looked at Meredith. "Now you're all about science? Where was your science when you used vampire blood to save Elena's life, huh? There is no science here. It's magic. We need magic. We have to find the witches. They can fix this. Somebody just get them here!"
Matt walked in. "Morgana."
Morgana stopped struggling, looking at Matt.
Matt looked at Jeremy.
Elena followed his gaze.
Matt started to cry.
"No." Elena told him. "No. No, Matt, it's fine." She walked over to Matt. "It's okay. It's okay." She wrapped her arms around him. "Bonnie, Elizabeth, Rosie and Sally will be here soon, and they'll fix everything, and it'll all be fine. Everything's gonna be fine." She whispered the next words to herself. "It'll be fine. It'll be fine."
...
Kitchen
Elena was sitting at the kitchen table.
Matt brought over, sitting down set one down loudly and broke Elena out of her reverie.
"You're not dosing me again, are you?" Elena asked.
"Poison your best friend once, and suspicion follows you forever." Matt told her sarcastically. Elena smiled. "Where are Isabella, Bonnie, Sally, Rosie and Damon?"
"Isabella stayed behind to see if she could find Katherine." Elena told him. "She just called, actually. She couldn't find her, so she's coming home. And we lost Bonnie, Sally and Rosie on the island. Damon stayed back to try and find them."
"That's funny." Matt told him. "Doesn't Damon hate them?"
"He doesn't hate them." Elena told him. "I think he actually kind of loves them. You're mean to the people that you care about."
"That's some messed-up logic." Matt told her.
"Damon logic." Elena told him.
Matt raised his mug in an impromptu toast. "Damon logic." They both took a sip of their drinks. "Listen. I want you to go somewhere with me."
"I can't leave Jeremy and Emma." Elena told him. "And Isabella could be back any moment."
"Elena..." Matt trailed off. "There's nothing you can do right now, okay? Stefan can stay here with them, wait for her. Come with me." Elena still looked hesitant. Matt put his hands over Elena's on the table. "Please."
Elena thought it over.
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Island - Woods
Vaughn was tied up, sitting on the ground, leaning against the rock behind him.
Damon was tying him up.
Damon held the point of the dagger to Vaughn's throat. "Here's the thing. I was completely willing to except the fact that you were one man on a lonely mission to kill ol' Silas, and then I got boned by my vixen nemesis Miss Katherine Pierce, and then I start thinking there's no way that this is a coincidence. So what do you know, huh?"
Rebekah walked up to them.
"Took you long enough." Damon told her.
"Sorry." Rebekah told him sarcastically. "I had to dig the arrow out of my spine." She looked at Damon. "Thank you for that."
"Well, if you want a lead on Katherine Pierce, this is your guy." Damon told her, twisting the point of the dagger in Vaughn's neck.
"Torture me all you want." Vaughn told them. He smiled. "You can't kill me. The Hunter's Curse will torment you forever."
"It'll be worth it." Damon told him.
Rebekah looked to Damon. "He's right. We can't kill him." She looked at Vaughn. "But that doesn't mean we can't tear you apart piece by piece, nerve by nerve until the pain is so severe, that your brain shuts it off to give you one tiny moment of blessed relief, and then we'll heal you, and do it again and again and again."
Damon looked at Rebekah. "You are creepy."
"Thank you." Rebekah told him.
Vaughn squirmed uncomfortably with the dagger in his neck. "I was tracking a den of vampires to Colorado. Esmeralda found me, said she could help me find Silas. She already knew about the Hunter's Mark, the Cure. She sent me to some werewolf girl, friends with your professor, who sent me to Katherine."
Rosie looked up at the sky in complete recognition, annoyance and anger. "Hayley. I knew she was shady enough to get 12 hybrids, Derek Jackson and my aunt killed, but damn." She looked at Vaughn. "How'd she find her?"
"New Orleans." Vaughn answered. "That's all I know."
Damon removed the dagger. "Ah. Good. Let's throw him in the well. If he starves to death, it's not our fault. I'm gonna go find Bonnie, Rosie and Sally."
"We've got a lead on the Cure, Damon." Rebekah told him. "I'm gonna find it, but I suppose you don't mind."
Damon looked at Rebekah. "I want that Cure for Morgana because it's what she wanted, and, added bonus, because it'll turn your big brother human in the process and save all of our asses. You might think I'm afraid to go back, but I'm not, because I know what Elena needs. She need me to bring those three witches home."
Damon walked away.
Rebekah looked at Vaughn, smiling, leaning over to grab him and toss him in the well.
Rebekah's phone rang. She took it out, looking at the Caller ID.
Klaus.
Rebekah sighed, walking away to answer.
Rebekah answered the phone. "Hello?"
Klaus stood in his house, looking around. "I take it by the disappointment and self-loathing in your voice that you didn't find the Cure."
"I was really close to getting it." Rebekah told him. "Except one thing."
"Come home immediately to tell me all about it." Klaus told her.
Rebekah rolled her eyes, hanging up, walking forward.
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Woods
Shane, Bonnie, Rosie and Sally were walking through the woods.
"We got to get you home if you're gonna help Silas raise the dead." Shane told them.
"I don't understand what we can do." Bonnie admitted.
"Well, Silas can't do magic." Shane told them. "He was a witch, but after he became immortal, that ended. He can be a witch or a vampire, but never both but apparently Elizabeth can. That's why Klaus thanks to Esmeralda and I've been teaching you all Expression, so you can do his work for him."
"What?" Sally asked. "How?"
Shane stopped, turning to face them. "Using the power of three massacres. Each massacre of 12 marks the earth with power, and you can use Expression to tap into that power."
"Three?" Bonnie repeated. Shane nodded. "You and Esmeralda have had 36 people killed?"
"No." Shane answered. "We've had 24 people killed. 12 humans at the Young farm, 12 hybrids. The four of us are gonna complete the Triangle."
"We're what?" Sally asked incredulously.
"Look, there needs to be another massacre, but it's okay." Shane told them. "They're gonna come back. It's worth it."
"We're not helping you kill 12 people, Shane." Rosie told him angrily.
Shane grabbed Rosie's arm. "Won't you, if it meant you could see Jeremy again, Grams, Derek, everybody you or your friends have ever lost? I think you would."
Rosie wrenched her arm out of his grip. "No."
Rosie started to run away, tripping.
Shane looked after her with a significant look.
Rosie started to stand, but she stopped, looking at the ground.
Jeremy was lying there.
"Oh, my God." Sally told them, running closer, kneeling next to them.
"Rosie?" Jeremy asked. "Sally?"
"Jeremy?" Rosie asked.
Jeremy held a hand to his bleeding neck weakly. "It hurts."
Bonnie walked closer, kneeling next to them on the other side. "Jeremy."
"Help me." Jeremy told them.
"We can help you." Bonnie told him.
"We'll help you." Sally told him.
"We can help you." Rosie told him.
Bonnie, Sally and Rosie each held a hand over Jeremy's neck, where the bite was, like they were about to perform CPR. Each of their other hands were resting on the ground next to their sides.
The wind swirled leaves all around them.
They closed their eyes in concentration.
Lightning struck behind them.
A storm was starting to brew.
Jeremy disappeared.
All of their hands were on the ground.
Sally's expression crumpled. "No."
Rosie's eyes glistened.
Bonnie swiped at leaves on the ground. She looked up to see Shane watching them, stopping.
Shane walked closer. "He asked you to help him, didn't he? He needs your help. You can do this. You know you can."
Bonnie looked up at Shane. "We'll do whatever it takes."
...
Mystic Falls, Virginia
Gilbert House - Hallway
Stefan, Emma and Elizabeth were talking.
"So you just found him?" Emma asked. "Dead, Jeremy with a broken neck, blood drained?"
"Yeah." Stefan answered. "Emma, He's supernatural. The ring's not gonna bring Jeremy's back. And I really need to know if you're okay."
"Look, the Hunters were only created to find the Silas, feed him the Cure and kill him, right?" Emma asked. Elizabeth nodded. "Right, and even if I did somehow get the gene now that Jeremy's dead, I still have to kill a vampire to activate it, and I haven't done that. I don't feel any different, and nothing's been happening to me. I don't think that it happened like it was supposed to, the way that it's been happening for who knows how long."
"And why is that?" Elizabeth asked.
"Because the Mark's gone." Emma answered. "If I was going to become a Hunter, wouldn't I have the Mark?"
Stefan nodded thoughtfully. "Yeah, I guess so."
"Right, and since that it's gone, I don't think that I have to worry about it." Emma told them. "So, I can kill vampires without worrying about what will happen to me. Right?"
"That's just a theory, Em." Elizabeth told her. "I wouldn't be so excited on testing it out. And we could always do what we did to Jeremy by creating the side-step, but the only guy who knew how to do that just died out on the island."
"Oh, don't pretend that you care about Shane." Emma told her. "He was a psychopath that was brainwashed by a billion year old psycho immortal Doppelganger who wanted to raise her billion year old brother where she had locked him in the first place, and with the empty chambers, probably did raise him." She sat down on the stairs, shaking her head. "I can't believe he's dead."
"Yeah, I know." Elizabeth told her, sitting next to her.
Stefan sat on the other side of Elizabeth. "I've been alive for almost two centuries now. You'd think with the amount of people that I've seen die, it would hurt less each time. Never does."
Elizabeth shook her head. "No. No, it never does."
"I've lost nearly everyone that I've ever cared about, and I've seen other people lose theirs." Emma told them. "Sometimes I think that denial is the worst part for people like us, because we know the truth. We can see they're on a collision course with it, and all we can do is brace ourselves for impact."
Elizabeth nodded.
Stefan's phone rang. He answer, putting it on speaker. "Did you find them?"
Damon's voice was on the other line. "I'm still looking." He hesitated. "How are they?"
"They're losing it, Damon." Stefan answered. "We can do what we can to delay things here, but we've got to get Jeremy to the morgue before it gets ugly."
"Damn it." Damon told them. "I can't-I can't just leave those witches behind. I can't-I can't show up without them."
"I think you have to." Elizabeth told him. "At this point, the sire bond is probably the only thing that's gonna keep Elena together. I can go back to find the witches."
Damon nodded. "I'm on my way." He hung up. He heard footsteps approaching. Damon turned around. Sally, Rosie and Bonnie emerged from behind a tree. Damon hung his head forward in relief. "I could actually hug you right now." He wrapped his arms around Bonnie. Sally and Rosie looked numb, not moving. "Where have you guys been? How'd you find me?"
Bonnie pulled away. "Shane led the way. He told us what to do, Damon. We know how to bring Jeremy back."
...
Mystic Falls, Virginia
Mystic Falls High School - Outside
Matt and Elena pulled up to the school in his truck, both getting out.
"You brought me to the Stoner Pit?" Elena asked skeptically.
Matt took her hand. "I want you to see something."
Matt led Elena over to the wall of the building, the lower half of which was concrete and covered in graffiti. Moving a desk out of the way, Matt revealed one graffito that said "Vicki".
Elena smiled. "Vicki."
"Remember when Jer was so into my sister?" Matt asked.
Elena nodded. "When our parents died. It was his rebel phase."
"I found this after Vic died." Matt told her. "It made me smile... and this."
Matt walked over to the other end of the wall, moving a board out of the way and revealed another graffito; this one saying "J + V".
"Jeremy and Vicki." Elena realized. "Did he do that?"
Matt nodded. "After they found Vic's body, I remember thinking that things didn't feel over, you know, that there was no possible way that she could be gone forever. And then she wasn't. My point is, this town, this crazy-ass world we live in, sometimes not being willing to accept that someone is gone, is because maybe they're not... at least not completely."
"Is that really what you believe?" Elena asked.
Matt nodded. "Yes."
"If I compelled you to tell me the truth, is that what you would say?" Elena asked.
"I would tell you that it's okay to have hope..." Matt trailed off. "Because sometimes that's all that keeps me going."
Elena smiled sadly. "Thanks, Matt." Their moment was interrupted by Elena's cell phone ringing. Elena answered. "Stefan?"
"Hey." Stefan told her. He was standing in the hall of the Gilbert House. "Isabella is home. Damon found them." Elena looked relieved. "The plane is there waiting for them when they get off the island. They'll be home in a few hours."
"Thank God." Elena told him. "Are they okay?"
"Yeah, he said they're fine." Stefan answered. "Listen, Elena. You might have been right. There might be something."
Elena turned to face Matt. "They know what to do, don't they?"
"Let's just see what they say when they get home, okay?" Stefan asked.
"Okay." Elena answered. "We'll be home soon."
Elena hung up excitedly.
Stefan hung up, looking reluctant to hope.
...
Gilbert House - Elizabeth's Room
Morgana stood next to her vanity dresser, holding her diary. She looked up numbly into the mirror in front of her.
She saw Isabella lying next to Jeremy's dead body in the reflection of the mirror.
Morgana turned toward the door that led through the bathroom into Jeremy's room, walking toward the door, standing in the doorway, looking at Jeremy's body.
Isabella looked numb, in despair.
In a burst of anger and sadness, Morgana tore the diary in half, throwing the pieces away, making the paper float to the floor chaotically. She turned to the window, pulling at the curtains until they tore down the sides, letting them fall to the floor. She turned to her bedside table, pushing over the lamp, letting it shatter against the floor. She pulled the sheets off her bed, shredding them. She pushed her dresser to the floor, making the vanity mirror shatter and the pictures fall to the floor. She pulled the posters off the walls, shredding them.
Stefan rushed into the room, standing behind Morgana, restraining her as she struggled. "Morgana, stop it. Listen to me. Morgana." As the anger faded, breathing heavily, Morgana turned to face him, in absolute despair, barely able to stand. Stefan held her standing, placing his hand on her cheek. "Shh."
"Don't tell me it's gonna be fine." Morgana told him, shaking her head.
"I won't." Stefan told her, pulling Morgana closer, trying to calm her down. "But Damon found Sally, Rosie and Bonnie. They'll be home soon."
"Please tell me they know how to bring them back." Morgana told him, her voice shaky, thick.
"Come on." Stefan told her.
Morgana let him pull her toward her bedroom door, looking into Jeremy's room.
Isabella still sat next to Jeremy's body, looking toward the door, watching them go.
...
Island - Cave - Lower Chambers
Rebekah tossed a tied-up Vaughn down to the ground, along with his pack.
"You know, if you're smart, you'll use the Cure to kill Silas." Vaughn told her.
"Killing Silas is your supernatural destiny, not mine." Rebekah told him, starting to walk away.
"All right, okay." Vaughn told her. "Well, you be careful up there, you know, 'cause he's up there, running about."
Rebekah turned around to face her. "You sure about that?"
"You don't believe me?" Vaughn asked. "Check my pack." After a moment's hesitation, Rebekah reached into Vaughn's pack, withdrawing the mask Silas had been wearing in his tomb. "I found it in the chamber where he lay. They say no one has seen him. No one knows his face. How do you hide from the devil when you don't know what he looks like? Who knows?" Vaughn licked his lips. "Maybe I'm him." Rebekah swallowed nervously. "Mark my words, if you don't use the Cure to kill him, doesn't matter if you're human or vampire. You're doomed. We all are." Rebekah dropped the mask to the ground, rushing out of the cave. Vaughn raised his voice so she would still hear him. "Good luck to you, lass. You've all brought this upon yourselves. May you rot in it!"
Vaughn laughed evilly.
...
Outside
Caroline drove her and Evelyn up to the sidewalk outside the house. They got out of the car, walking toward the house.
Caroline was on her phone. "Tyler, it's me again. So, I was thinking about it, and you probably ditched your phone, which is the smartest thing that you could do. So I don't know when you're gonna get this, but things were looking kind of bleak for a minute, and, I don't know, maybe they're starting to turn around. So when you get this, call me back, and I'll tell you everything." Evelyn looked at the house sadly. Caroline hung up, turning Evelyn to face her. "Here, we're all talking about denial today, and I forgot you're queen of denial. Are you okay?"
Evelyn nodded unconvincingly. "Yeah. Jeremy and I aren't together anymore, so..."
"Eve, that doesn't matter." Caroline told her. "You loved him. He hurt you, but you still cared about him. And after what happened to Kol, even though you say that he didn't get to you, I know he did. They died within days of each other. That's bound to mess with your head."
"Care, I'm fine." Evelyn told her. Damon's car pulled up. Bonnie got out of the passenger side, walking closer. Sally and Rosie got out of the backseat, walking closer. Evelyn sighed in relief. "Thank God. We were so, so worried."
Caroline and Evelyn wrapped their arms around the three girls. Bonnie, Sally and Rosie returned the embraces.
"We're okay." Bonnie told them.
They pulled away.
Damon walked closer. "Could you get Stefan, Elizabeth and Emma out here?"
"They said that they know what to do." Evelyn told him.
Damon sounded serious, not hopeful like everyone else. "Evelyn, I need to talk to them."
"What's wrong?" Caroline asked.
Damon gestured with his eyes at Bonnie, Sally and Rosie.
...
Flashback
Day - Island - Woods
Bonnie, Sally and Rosie were kneeling on the ground.
Bonnie looked up at Shane. "We'll do whatever it takes. Whatever you ask of us, we'll do it."
Shane knelt down in front of them. "Then you will see them again. There's just a few things we have to do first."
...
Now
Night - Gilbert House - Kitchen
Sally, Rosie, Bonnie, Liam, Evelyn, Elena, Morgana, Caroline and Matt were sitting at the kitchen table.
"It's called an Expression Triangle." Bonnie told them. "We need to complete it for Silas."
Matt was in disbelief. "What?"
...
Outside
Damon, Stefan, Elizabeth and Emma were talking.
"They're out of their minds." Damon told them. "The nutty professor's got them totally brainwashed."
...
Kitchen
Sally, Rosie, Bonnie, Liam, Evelyn, Elena, Morgana, Caroline and Matt were sitting at the kitchen table.
"Guys, you can't kill 12 people." Matt told them.
"I know it sounds crazy, but it's the only way to get enough power." Sally told them.
Evelyn tilted her head forward in confused suspicion. "To do what?"
...
Flashback
Day - Island
Bonnie, Sally and Rosie were kneeling on the ground.
Shane knelt in front of them. "When Silas was buried by the witches, they left him with the Cure and two choices. Stay immortal and rot or take the Cure and eventually die in there of old age."
"He's been trapped in there for 2,000 years." Rosie told him. "At some point wouldn't death by old age have been... better?"
"No, because, you see, they had already one-upped him." Shane told them. "They knew that he wanted to die so that he could find peace, be reunited with his one true love. So they created the Other Side as a purgatory for all supernatural beings, ensuring that if he died, he'd end up there forever. That's where you come in."
"Why us?" Bonnie asked.
"Because you, as Octavia, Esmeralda and Qetsiyah's descendants, can make the Other Side go away." Shane answered.
Sally looked at him in confusion. "How?"
...
Now
Night - Gilbert House - Outside
Stefan, Damon, Elizabeth and Emma were talking.
"I mean, the whole flight back home, all they could talk about was how they're the ones that can drop the Veil between this side and the Other Side." Damon told them.
"Drop the Veil?" Emma asked. "What does that even mean?"
"What it means is, the myth about Silas being able to raise the dead is not just one, or some." Damon explained. "It's every supernatural being over there."
...
Kitchen
Sally, Rosie, Bonnie, Liam, Evelyn, Elena, Morgana, Caroline and Matt were sitting at the kitchen table.
"Once the Veil is dropped, the Other Side doesn't exist anymore." Rosie told them. "There's nothing separating us. We're all just one."
...
Outside
Stefan, Damon, Elizabeth and Emma were talking.
"Three massacres." Damon told them. "Three hot spots, and the witch spell of the century, and every supernatural being over there is back with a vengeance."
...
Flashback
Day - Island
Bonnie, Sally and Elizabeth were kneeling on the ground.
Shane was kneeling in front of them.
"We can't do that." Bonnie told him.
"What?" Shane asked. "Oh, no. Yes, you can. Yes, you can. All the witches, your ancestors who've been persecuted throughout time, your Grams, Derek, Carol, Jeremy, they'll all be back. You can do this." He smiled. "You will do this."
...
Now
Night - Gilbert House - Kitchen
Sally, Rosie, Bonnie, Liam, Evelyn, Elena, Morgana, Caroline and Matt were sitting at the kitchen table.
"You are talking like crazy people." Caroline told them. "You are not killing 12 people, and you sure as hell can't invite every monster who has ever died back into this world."
"Caroline, I think they know that." Liam told her.
Rosie stared straight ahead as the others continued to argue, their voices starting to fade.
"We can do it." Bonnie told them. "We have the power. We can bring everyone back. Jeremy, Alaric, Derek, Carol."
Matt looked up.
Rosie seemed to be coming back to who she really was.
"Bonnie, stop it." Liam told her. "You can't just say these things."
"It's gonna be fine." Bonnie told them.
The phone rang, breaking Rosie out of her reverie and ending the conversation.
Rosie looked around.
"Rosie?" Matt asked. Rosie looked at her friend, not giving an answer, standing abruptly, running toward the door. Matt stood, looking after her. "Rosie!"
...
Outside
Rosie didn't stop, opening the door, running outside, leaving the door open, running past Damon, Stefan, Emma and Elizabeth, leaving them in confusion.
But Rosie touched Elizabeth's arm as she passed giving her all the information Shane told them but Elizabeth passed on the link to Rosie.
...
Inside - Kitchen
Sally, Bonnie, Evelyn, Liam, Elena, Morgana, Caroline and Matt were sitting at the kitchen table.
The phone continued to ring.
"I'll get it." Elena told them.
"Elena, I'll get it-" Liam started.
"I said I'll get it." Elena told him, standing, walking toward the home phone. Stefan, Damon, Elizabeth and Emma walked into the kitchen. Elena answered the phone. "Hello?"
April's voice was on the other line. "Elena? It's April... Young. Um, I was looking for Jeremy, his cell phone keeps going straight to voicemail."
"Jeremy can't come to the phone right now." Elena told her. "He's not... I'm sorry. He's dead."
Elena hung up, walking out of the room.
Caroline looked at Bonnie and Sally.
Bonnie looked at her determinedly. Sally looked at her stubbornly.
...
Jeremy's Room
Elena slowly entered Jeremy's room, where his body laid under a blanket. She approached the bed, reaching to lift the blanket from over his face with a trembling hand. Upon seeing his face, she backed away, breathing heavily.
Damon stood in the doorway. "Elena..."
Elena turned to face Damon, starting to cry. "He's dead. He's dead. Damon, he's dead, and he's been dead this entire time, he's-" She covered her mouth. "Oh, my God." She turned to look at Jeremy. "I can smell him." She turned to face Damon. "How long has he smelled like that?"
"Hey, talk to me." Damon told her. "I can help you."
"How?" Elena asked. "How are you gonna help me? How?" She sniffled, wiping her hand over her face. "Okay. Okay. We-we have to-we have to take care of his body. Bring him downstairs."
"We shouldn't-" Damon started.
"Just carry him down, please." Elena told him, leaving the room.
Damon looked at her in concern.
...
Living Room
Elena walked downstairs, walking past Evelyn toward the Salvatores, Emma, Elizabeth, Caroline and Liam. "Where's Bonnie and Sally?"
"We told Matt to take them home." Elizabeth told her. "We thought it'd be best."
"Okay." Morgana told them. "I guess we're gonna have to do this the old-fashioned way."
"Do what?" Isabella asked.
Elena looked at Damon. "Put his body on the couch." Damon set Jeremy on the couch. Morgana started going through the cabinets. Elena looked at her. "Morgana? Morgana, you need help finding something?"
Morgana took a bottle of lighter fluid, squirting it on the counter. "Got it."
Liam and Caroline stood in surprise.
"What are you doing?" Stefan asked.
Morgana continued to squirt the lighter fluid everywhere. "We need a cover story, right? You think I didn't hear you guys talking earlier? Well, what are we gonna say? Animal attacks? Tumbled down the stairs? No. We burn the house down with him inside it."
Morgana walked past everyone, squirting the couch.
"Morgana, stop it." Elena told her, raising her voice.
"Why?" Morgana asked. "You're the one that's been in denial since we found his body. I've faced the truth. This is the truth, Elena. I don't want to live here anymore. Do you? Do you want these sketches?" She squirted the sketches, kicking the Xbox. "Do you want this Xbox?" She threw down the empty bottle, reaching inside the cabinet for a bottle of bourbon. "Not gonna need this bourbon anymore. Alaric's not here to drink it, I mean, unless you guys are willing to bring back every supernatural creature on the Other Side to get him back." She looked at Damon. "Would you? I know you want your drinking buddy back." She walked toward him. "Would you, Damon? Because I wouldn't." She walked over to Jeremy's body, splashing bourbon over him. "I don't know, I mean, does that make me a bad person? I-I have no idea." She pulled the Gilbert ring off of Jeremy's hand, tossing it to Stefan. Stefan caught it. "He's not gonna need this anymore."
Morgana turned to Jeremy's body, splashing bourbon over him.
"Morgana, stop it!" Evelyn told her. "You're scaring me!"
Morgana took down a picture frame from the fireplace mantel. "What else are we supposed to do with the body, Evelyn? I mean, there's no-no room in the Gilbert family plot." She threw the picture frame down, shattering the glass. "Jenna and-and John took the last spots."
Morgana threw the empty bottle of bourbon against the wall, shattering the glass. She grabbed a match from the mantel, lighting it.
"No, no, Morgana." Emma told her. "Stop."
"There's nothing for anyone here anymore, Emma!" Morgana told her. "Every inch of this house is filled with memories of the people we all love that have died. Your mom, your dad, Jeremy, Kol, and Jenna, and Alaric, and John-even John. I mean, they're all dead. Everyone is dead." She looked at Elena. "And we-we're supposed to hate each other. We're starting to hate each other. Why else would we do the things we do to each other?" Elena had tears in her eyes. She was about to break. "So, what are we supposed to-I mean, how are we-I can't even-There's nothing left for us-"
The flame on the match burned to the tip, burning Morgana's hand, making her drop it in surprise.
Stefan rushed to catch it before it fell on the floor.
Morgana sobbed, shaking her head, holding her arms over her head.
"Morgana, I need you to calm down." Damon told her.
"No, no, no, I can't." Morgana told him. "I can't. I can't. I-"
Morgana fell to her knees, completely breaking, holding her head.
Elena cried, sobbing, kneeling in front of Morgana, holding her, leaning her head against her shoulder. "It's okay. It's okay. It's okay."
"No." Morgana cried. "It hurts. It hurts. Just make it stop. Please make it stop. It hurts."
"I know." Elena cried, sobbing. "I know it hurts." Morgana shook her head, lifting it away from her shoulder. "Hey, hey, hey."
Elena brought it back to her shoulder, holding her arms around her friend, both of them crying, sobbing loudly.
"Damon..." Stefan trailed off. "Help her."
Damon looked at Isabella.
Isabella looked at Damon, completely emotionless.
Damon knelt in front of Morgana and Elena, pulling them closer.
"I-I-" Elena cried, looking up to him. "It hurts. Make it stop. Please make it stop."
"I can help you." Damon told them. "I want you to let me help you." He touched their cheeks. They sat up, pulling away from each other, still crying, but no longer sobbing, still holding each other's hands tightly. "I can help you."
"How?" Elena asked.
"Turn it off." Damon told them.
"What?" Stefan asked. "No, no."
Damon held up his hand to stop him from interfering. "Just turn it off, both of you, and everything will go away. That's what you have to do. That's what I want you to do. Just turn it off."
They watched as Elena and Morgana's tear-stained faces turned utterly expressionless, still. The light left their eyes, as though something inside them had died.
...
Forbes House - Caroline's Room
Caroline was on the phone again. "Hey, it's me. Look, I hate to leave this on your voicemail, but I think that you need to know." She hesitated. "Jeremy is are dead, Tyler. I'm so sorry. I thought that you would call and I could tell you, but then you didn't, so-Just call me when you get this, okay? I need you, and there's no way that yesterday was the last time that I'm ever going to see you or talk to you. So just... call me, Tyler. Please."
Caroline hung up, putting it on her nightstand, curling up on her bed.
...
Liam's Room
Liam closed his bedroom door, leaning against it, gazing off in numb, starting to cry. He started to shake with quiet, broken sobs, closing his eyes in pain, crying, slowly sliding to the floor, wrapping his arms around his knees.
Liam looked at a picture of Jeremy and Liam on his dresser. They were both making funny faces.
Liam sobbed, remaining quiet, leaning his head forward against his knees, but completely broken in the moment just the same.
...
Bennett House - Outside - Matt's Truck
Matt pulled up outside Bonnie's house to drop her and Sally off.
"It's gonna be okay, Matt, you'll see." Sally told him. "We'll bring them back."
"Get some sleep, guys." Matt told them. "I'll find Rosie, and we'll talk tomorrow."
...
Outside
Bonnie and Sally got out, closing their doors behind them, walking toward the house, stopping next to the door, setting down their bags.
Matt drove away.
Sally looked at Bonnie. "Thank you for letting me stay here."
"You can't go home alone." Bonnie told her, pulling out her keys.
Shane was standing behind them. "Did you tell them?"
Bonnie and Sally turned to face him.
Sally shrugged. "They don't think we can do it."
"Oh, they're just scared." Shane told them. "They're afraid to believe."
"You know, I'm been thinking." Bonnie told him. "You said if we dropped the Veil to the Other Side, that the dead will return, but that's only for the supernatural. What about the 12 people that died on the Young farm?"
"They were a necessary sacrifice, for the greater good." Shane told them. "They've passed on. They've found peace. That's all anyone wants. That's all Silas wants. We'll do this together. We are the beginning."
...
Island
Rebekah was walking through the woods in the dark, her flashlight aloft. She heard various animal noises in the distance. She found someone's belongings, proceeding slowly until she was startled to find a body. "Blast it." She pulled the body over to see its face, revealing it to be Shane. "Shane."
Rebekah shone the flashlight over his leg, his clothes still blood-stained. She started to walk around him.
Shane suddenly grabbed her ankle, making her gasp. "Silas."
...
Mystic Falls, Virginia
Street - Matt's Truck
Matt looked at his phone. "Come on, Rose, pick up."
His phone vibrated. He looked at the text from Rosie.
I'm fine. Don't worry about me.
Matt sighed, pulling over in his truck, putting it in park. After a moment, he broke down, crying, sobbing brokenly, resting his head against the steering wheel.
...
Gilbert House - Living Room
Elena picked up a picture of Emma, Elizabeth, Jeremy and her, touching the shattered glass. A piece fell to the floor, shattering.
(Song:) Family - Noah Gunderson
Morgana looked over the damage she had caused.
...
Outside - Porch
Stefan, Damon, Elizabeth, Emma and Isabella were talking.
Emma looked at Damon. "It was a mistake."
"It wasn't, and you know it." Elizabeth told her. "This is the only way they're gonna survive. We'll help them, keep an eye on them. When they're ready, Damon will use the sire bond to bring Elena back."
"Their humanity, Elizabeth , that was all they had left." Stefan told her.
"Humanity means nothing when you don't have anyone to care about, Stefan." Isabella told him.
Elizabeth shook her head sadly. "You feel like you have nothing. Just like Morgana and Elena didn't."
Isabella didn't answer, turning around, slowly walking down the porch steps.
Stefan nodded, looking at Damon. "They had you."
"They lost their brother." Damon told him. "I'm not enough, not this time."
"Listen, guys." Stefan told them. "I know that you and I, we've been through some... bad spots lately, especially when it comes to them."
"Yeah." Emma agreed. "Well... guess none of that matters anymore."
"Well I just, um..." Stefan trailed off. "I want you to know that, um..."
Stefan met their eyes, unable to finish.
"We know, Stefan." Emma told him.
They all nodded slightly, sadly.
...
Living Room
Stefan, Emma, Elizabeth and Damon walked in.
Elena put the picture frame down.
Morgana picked up another match, lighting it, turning to face them, looking at the flame.
"Morgana, don't do this." Elizabeth told her. "We can find another cover story."
Morgana shook her head. "This is the best one. No one'll ask questions."
"Look, if you burn down the house, it will be gone." Elizabeth told her. "What if one day, when this is all over, Emma and Elena want to come home again?"
Morgana watched the flame. Elena stood next to her, holding her arm that held the match.
Elena and Emma looked at each other emotionlessly, knowingly. They looked at Elizabeth. "We won't."
Elena and Morgana lowered their arms, dropping the match together.
The floor immediately ignited.
Elena and Morgana walked out of the house. Stefan, Elizabeth, Damon and Emma followed.
...
Outside
Isabella walked across the yard, slowing to a stop, looking forward in absolute numb, turning to the right, walking away.
Morgana, Elena, Stefan, Damon, Elizabeth and Emma followed him across the lawn.
Emma turned to look at the house one last time as the flames spread, turning around, following the others.
...
Inside - Living Room
Jeremy's body was engulfed in flames.
Jeremy's body began to burn.
Jeremy's sketches.
The Xbox.
Elena's diary.
The kitchen.
Elizabeth's leather jacket.
Alaric's ghost was standing in the middle of the house, watching it burn, breathing heavily.
Jeremy's ghost walked toward him sadly.
Neither of them had to say anything to know what they were thinking.
Alaric wrapped his arms around Jeremy, holding him as he cried, tears in his own eyes.
They stood alone in their family home as it burned down around them.
(Song Ends)
