Day One
Morning - Salvatore Boarding House - Nicola's Room
(Song:) Sail - Awolnation
Morgana was in black workout clothes, her blonde hair pulled behind her head.
Stefan held up a cinder block in front of her.
Morgana punched it with all the strength she had, breaking it.
"And?" Stefan asked.
"That did nothing for me." Morgana answered. She tilted her head. "How was it for you?"
"Hmm." Stefan hummed. "Okay." He picked up another cinder block. "Again." He held the block up. Morgana backed away, using vamp speed to kick the block, breaking it cleanly. "Good. Now, focus on letting it go."
"Or we could skip the sublimating part, and you can tell me where she is so that I can rip her head off." Morgana told him.
Stefan nodded to the punching bag which was suspended by a chain this time. "I don't know where Katherine is and, even if I did, I wouldn't tell you." He held the bag still. "Come on."
Morgana started to beat the bag with vampire speed and strength. "Stefan, you're the one who told me to channel all of my emotions into one single feeling."
"I realize that." Stefan told her. "I just figured it would be love or hope or compassion or love for your only remaining family member left, not unwavering hatred for a ruthless vampire that's years younger than you."
Morgana paused in the exercise, taking a step back, raising her arms in a shrug. "Well..."
Morgana returned to beating the bag, seemingly taken over by rage.
"That's good." Stefan told her. "Work it out." Morgana kicked the bag with all the strength she had, breaking the chain easily. The bag fell to the floor, sliding toward the wall with vampire speed and strength, hitting the wall with a loud bang. Stefan looked at the bag a long moment, turning to Morgana. "Let me guess. All you could see was Katherine."
Morgana nodded. "You think Emma's gonna be mad?"
Stefan shook his head. "No. No, she does that all the time. All right, give me 50 pull-ups."
Morgana tilted her head at him, turning around, jumping up, grabbing the canopy bar above the bed, starting doing pull-ups without keeping track of the number.
Stefan walked around her, standing in front of her.
"You wanted to kill Klaus when you got your emotions back." Morgana reminded him.
"I know, and I couldn't." Stefan told her.
"You don't think I can kill Katherine?" Morgana asked.
"I don't think you really want to." Stefan answered.
"Maybe you're right." Morgana told him. "Maybe I just want to feel the warmth of her chest cavity as I rip out her heart and watch her face as she realizes I took it from her." She let go of the beam, landing on the floor. She hesitated, looking to the side, shaking her head. "Nah, I just want to kill her. It's that simple." She took off her jacket. "Elena got her emotions back last night. Why aren't you making her do a run through Emma's gym of a room?"
"Because she's not focusing every ounce of her being into killing one single thing, that thing possibly being the thing that gets her killed." Stefan answered.
"Katherine can't kill me without the white oak stake, and in case you didn't hear her the other day while you had me locked inside a safe, Klaus took that with him to New Orleans." Morgana told him.
Stefan sighed, tilting his head, crossing his arms over his chest with an amused smirk. "I should've known you would've been eavesdropping."
"I was bored, weak and hungry." Morgana replied. "Okay, if you don't want to help me with Katherine, then I can always go to Evelyn. Maybe her since humanity is back, and maybe she wants to kill Katherine more than she ever wanted to kill Katherine."
"And what if Evelyn's humanity isn't fully back yet?" Stefan asked. "You're just going to risk going to another 500 year old vampire and talking her into killing her old nemesis?"
"Well, she might be able to hurt me, but she can't kill me." Morgana told him. "And maybe it'll be good for her, to get her to feel a little rage, like you all did with me and Elena." She looked around. "How did you even get Emma to let us use her room as a gym?"
"What are you talking about?" Stefan asked. "This is how her room looks like on a daily basis since Elizabeth went with Klaus. That's why we're here."
Morgana raised her eyebrows in slight surprise.
Stefan nodded.
Morgana turned around, walking away. "I'm gonna go shower."
(Song Ends)
...
Outside
Caroline, Elena, Liam and Morgana were sitting outside of the Grill, working on graduation letters.
"Stamp, please." Elena told them. Liam tore off a stamp, handing it to Elena. "Thank you."
"Mm-hmm." Liam hummed.
"You don't have to pretend to be nice to us, guys." Morgana told them, looking from Caroline to Liam. "I know this is just a ploy to keep me distracted."
Elena sighed heavily, giving Caroline a look.
Caroline looked at Morgana's stack of graduation letters. "You're done? I'm only on my second batch."
Morgana held up one letter. "I have family in New Orleans. Other than that, no one cares that we're graduating and, to be honest, neither do I."
"I know that's how you feel now, but once you get through this hating Katherine phase-" Elena started.
Morgana looked at Elena. "Wait, do you know where Katherine is?"
"No." Elena answered. "Why would I know where she is?"
"Yeah, but, Elena, if you did, you would tell me, right?" Morgana asked.
Elena sighed. "Morgana, you're obsessing."
"Guys, listen to me, if you know where Katherine is then you have to tell me." Morgana told them, gripping each of Caroline and Liam's arms from next to her, looking at Elena sitting across from her.
Liam pulled her hand out of Morgana's. "We don't, Morgana. Chill."
Caroline gave Elena a look.
Liam looked at Morgana sympathetically.
(Song Ends)
...
Woods
Sally was sitting in the middle of a clearing, performing a nonverbal spell.
The spell caused wind to blow around Sally, calmly at first, but the longer it went on, the stronger it became.
Rosie and Bonnie were also standing in the middle of the clearing, their hair being blown behind them as they watched Sally.
Katherine approached them, her voice in a sing song tone, her hair being blown behind her. "Hello?" Rosie and Bonnie looked at Katherine. Sally ignored her, continuing her spell. Whispers could be heard all of them. The wind became stronger. "Could you be any creepier?" Katherine looked at Rosie and Bonnie. "Why are we here?"
Rosie and Bonnie walked closer to Katherine, having to speak over the wind.
"You want us to make you truly immortal so that nothing can kill you." Bonnie told her. "To do that, we need to talk to Qetsiyah, which means we need to lower the Veil to the Other Side."
"That still doesn't explain why you made me trudge through mud in 500 dollar boots." Katherine told them.
The wind around them started to die down.
They looked around.
The wind came to a stop.
Sally opened her eyes, standing, turning to face them, pointing in the left direction. "A few miles that way, twelve hybrids were killed at the Lockwood Cellar." She pointing in the other direction. "And a few miles that way, twelve humans died at the Young farm. And this is the site where twelve witch were killed."
"Fifteen, if you don't get to the point." Katherine told her.
"It's the Expression Triangle." Sally told her. "We need to charge all three points. I charged the witches' massacre because I'm a full-blooded witch."
"And I'll charge the explosion because I'm half-human." Bonnie added.
"And I'll charge the hybrid slaughter because I'm a hybrid." Rosie said
"What then?" Katherine asked.
"We'll channel the mystical energy from Silas' tombstone." Bonnie answered. "Once that happens, we can drop the Veil inside the three points."
"Okay, so which is the part you explain how the three of you won't have to die to get this done." Katherine told them.
"For the Other Side to be completely blended with this one, my spirit needs to be on the Other Side." Rosie told her. "Meaning, that after we start the spell, and then die to become ghosts, we have to finish the spell to put the Veil back up, sealing ghosts away. Once my spirit is on that side after the spell, then the Veil disappears and we're all just one. We're gonna start the spell, but we won't kill ourselves doing it, and we won't end up on the Other Side. We're lowering the Veil just long enough to get what we need."
"And what exactly do you need?" Katherine asked.
"Silas has done nothing but torment our friends." Bonnie told her. "Now he wants to unleash Hell on Earth. He's evil. In two thousand years, only three people have been able to put him down. One's dead. The other doesn't have magic anymore. But the other should still be on the Other Side."
"Let me guess." Katherine told them. "Octavia, Esmeralda and Qetsiyah."
"If we can contact Qetsiyah, we can ask her how to do it." Bonnie told her. "Now, hand me the rock."
"You're gonna flood Mystic Falls with dead, supernatural creatures so that you can 'ask' a two thousand year old witch to do not one, but two favors?" Katherine asked. She laughed. "I think I'll take my business elsewhere." She turned around, starting to walk away, but after a few steps, an invisible force kept her from leaving. She took a step back and tried again, but was unsuccessful. "What the hell?"
"I linked us." Sally told her. Katherine turned to face them. Katherine and Sally looked at each other with intense hatred. "Which means you're stuck with us for the day. Silas can be anyone. If he gets in your head, and figures out that we don't need a full moon to do the spell, it's over." Katherine walked closer to them. Sally looked at her smugly. "Now, about that tombstone."
Katherine looked away.
Bonnie and Rosie looked at Sally in amusement, smirking.
...
Mystic Falls Hospital - Waiting Room
Damon, Emma and Rosie were standing together in the waiting room.
Stefan walked toward them.
"You just missed the doughnuts." Isabella told him.
"Yeah, I was with Morgana, burning off a few thousand hate-filled calories." Stefan told them. He looked at Emma. "Thank you, by the way, for letting us use your room." Emma smirked, shrugging one shoulder. "Morgana broke the chain on the punching bag."
"She'll get over it." Damon told him. "It's not like she doesn't do that herself."
Emma gave him a look.
Stefan looked at Damon. "What happened to you helping me?"
"Help?" Damon asked. "Yes. Prolong the inevitable? Waste of my time."
"Mm, you're avoiding." Emma told him. "How unexpected."
"I'm not avoiding." Damon told them. "Morgana's only goal is to end Katherine's life, and that's not gonna just magically disappear with Pilates and a juice cleanse."
Liz approached them. "Hey, guys, thanks for coming."
"Hey." Stefan told her.
"Why were we invited?" Emma asked.
"Well, the hospital has kept the blood banks empty ever since they were raided last month." Liz told them. "We thought at the very least it would help keep the vampire population away."
"And it didn't?" Kaylin asked.
"See for yourselves." Liz told them.
They looked at her in confusion.
...
Hospital Room
Liz led the Salvatores and Emma into a patient's room where a body lied on a bed, its wrists bloodied.
"Whoa." Emma told them.
"There are four other victims in this wing, each one almost completely drained of blood." Liz told them. "You think it's Silas?"
"Or a doctor with some very questionable bedside manners." Damon told her.
"But five victims?" Liz asked. "That's a lot of blood, and it's not like he can take it with him."
"Unless he's fueling up for something big." Isabella told her, exchanging looks with Emma, Stefan and Damon.
"Big?" Liz repeated. "Any details would be helpful, considering I'm dealing with five grieving families out there and a psychic killer on the loose."
"Silas wants Bonnie, Rosie and Sally to do a spell to drop the Veil from the Other Side." Emma told her.
"I have no idea what that means." Liz told her.
"It's an invisible wall that separates our plane from the plane of all dead supernatural creatures." Emma explained. "Now, Silas wants that to go away so he can take the Cure, die, and not have to spend an eternity in a supernatural purgatory."
"And when do you suppose Silas plans on doing this?" Liz asked.
"Next full moon." Emma answered. "Tomorrow night."
...
Night - Woods
Bonnie, Rosie, Sally and Katherine approached the entrance to the Lockwood Cellar.
Katherine stood behind them, groaning. "Ew. That old Lockwood cellar reeks of wet dog." The witches started to go downstairs. "I'll be staying up here."
"You obviously don't know how this works." Sally told her, taking the first step forward.
Bonnie and Rosie followed her.
Katherine jerked forward against her will, as though invisible ropes were connecting her to them. She continued to grunt uncomfortably as she was forced to follow.
...
Lockwood Cellar
The witches and Katherine entered the Cellar.
"You all realize I'm not just some wandering child in the supermarket, right?" Katherine asked. "I'm a vampire. I can kill all of you."
"Whatever happens to us, happens to you." Bonnie told her.
"Do you really think we want you here?" Sally asked harshly.
"And what is 'here'?" Katherine asked in boredom. "Oh, right. Twelve dead hybrids. This should be good."
Sally looked at Rosie. "Your turn, since you have a little wolf in you."
Rosie started to focus, inhaling deeply, raising her arms slightly, closing her eyes in concentration, starting to perform a silent spell.
Wind started to blow around them, rattling the chains around them, forcing the gate to close.
Wind blew through Bonnie, Sally and Katherine's hair.
Rosie remained still, her eyes closed, wind blowing through her hair.
...
Mystic Grill
(Song:) Things We Lost in the Fire - Bastille
A couple walked into the Grill, wind from outside whipping their hair around.
Caroline, Liam, Elena, Matt and Evelyn were sitting at the bar.
"Is it supposed to rain tonight?" Caroline asked.
"Do I look like a meteorologist?" Evelyn asked teasingly.
Caroline tilted her head at Evelyn with a small smile.
Liam smiled. "I'm glad you're back, Eve."
"Yep." Evelyn told them.
Elena looked across the building, toward Morgana, who was throwing darts into the dart board. "Well, someone needs to do something before she explodes."
"I got this." Evelyn told them, grabbing a bottle of alcohol and a shot glass, pouring the shot, walking over to Morgana, handing her the shot. "Drink. You're putting everyone on edge." Morgana tossed the shot back, setting the glass on the table, resuming throwing darts. "So, what's the deal? Vampire humanity switches are different than hybrid humanity switches, according to Klaus, because while turning yours off broke your and Elena's sire bond to Damon, turning Rosie's off didn't do a damn thing to break hers to Klaus." Morgana threw another dart. Evelyn's gaze followed the dart. "Or you could tell me what you're doing."
"It's not complicated." Morgana told her. "See that dart board? All I can picture is Katherine's face."
Morgana threw another dart forcefully, landing a bulls eye.
"So, you're emotions are on, they're just dialed to rage." Evelyn told her. "Unlike Elena, who seems to be completely back to normal."
"Look, Evelyn, please don't compare me to Elena right now." Morgana told her. "I'm angry enough as it is. Don't add to the list."
"But are you mad at me?" Evelyn asked.
Morgana paused, looking at her. "What?"
"Are you mad at me?" Evelyn repeated. "Because, even while we both had no humanity, we were still best friends. Is that still true?"
"Just let me kill Katherine and I'll get back to you on that." Morgana told her, walking toward the dart board, taking out the darts, walking toward Kacie. "That's all I can think about right now. And, in some way, I'd be killing her for you, too. So, take that as you will."
Liam, Caroline and Elena walked up to them.
"What about us?" Liam asked. "Are we still friends? All those things you said when your humanity was off... Is that how you really feel?"
"Liam, I really don't feel like going down memory lane." Elena told him.
Morgana lined up her next throw.
Caroline looked at Elena. "Well, what about when you said, and I quote, 'You're a repulsive, bloodsucking control-freak monster'? Did you really mean those things?"
Elena sighed. "I said those things, but I didn't..." She sighed. "I don't feel that way, Caroline. I just... I was just trying to get under your skin."
Caroline scoffed, nodding. "Yeah, well, it worked." She looked at Morgana. "What about you? I mean, when you tried to kill me, when you stole my dress, when..."
Morgana hesitated over her next throwing, giving up, looking at Caroline. "If you're waiting for an apology, you're not gonna get one. I can't let myself feel bad, because if I feel bad, then I feel everything, and... we've all seen how well I handle that."
"And what about me?" Elena asked. "Do we... I mean, do we still hate each other, now that we can actually hate each other again?"
Morgana didn't answer, throwing the dart.
(Song Ends)
The lights went out.
Everyone looked around.
...
Outside
The chaotic wind blew so strong it was blowing debris through the air and heavy objects were dropping and breaking nearby.
Matt, Caroline, Liam and Evelyn stood on the side walk as people left the Grill, running for cover.
They had to shout to be heard over the wind.
"The power's completely out." Evelyn told them.
"I'll call my mom." Caroline told them. "Maybe she knows what's going on."
Caroline walked inside.
Liam sighed, walking inside.
A cop car drove by Matt and Evelyn, its lights flashing and the sirens wailing.
...
Young Farm - Inside
Katherine, Rosie and Sally were standing inside the house where Pastor Young had blown up the Council.
Bonnie stood alone, facing them. "Twelve humans burned to death here. They died in vain for Silas."
Bonnie closed her eyes, performing a silent spell.
The lights went out.
The winds picked up.
Doors opened violently, caused by the wind, which blew inside.
Bonnie continued the spell, wind blowing through her hair.
"What did you do?" Katherine asked.
Bonnie opened her eyes. "I linked the final hot spot."
Bonnie, Rosie and Sally looked at each other, speaking together as one. "It's time to drop the Veil."
...
Mystic Falls Hospital - Abandoned Room
Liz, the Salvatores and Emma were surrounded around a desk, holding flashlights to look at a map in front of them.
Liz marked the places with a marker as she spoke. "The power outages originated at three different places in town. The Young farm, the old Lockwood estate, and a blown transformer off Old Miller Road."
Emma picked up the marker and connected the dots. "Well, these are the locations of the Silas massacres. It's the Expression Triangle. Sally, Rosie and Bonnie must be doing the spell."
"So much for needing a full moon." Damon told them.
"And there's something else." Liz told them. "One of the power company guys has a daughter who goes to school with Bonnie, Rosie and Sally. He saw them leaving the Young farm an hour ago... with Elena."
"But... Morgana's with Elena." Stefan told them.
"Looks like Team Ronnally has a new Doppelganger friend." Isabella told them.
"So how do we find them?" Liz asked.
"Well, they must be some where in the Triangle." Stefan told them. "My guess is that they would be right in the middle."
Stefan drew a point in the middle of the triangle, then circled it.
"And where exactly might that be?" Damon asked.
Stefan, Damon, Isabella and Emma exchanged a look, looking at the map.
...
Mystic Falls High School - Outside
Damon's car pulled into the parking lot.
Elena and Morgana walked outside into the blowing fiercely wind.
Damon, Emma, Stefan and Isabella got out of the car, walking toward them.
They had to shout to be heard over the noise of the wind.
"Where's Caroline and Liam?" Emma asked.
"Caroline's inside looking for Bonnie, Rosie and Sally." Elena answered. "Liam's not here."
"I think we should split up." Morgana told them. "Damon and I can look outside while you guys look inside."
"All right, let us know if you find anything." Stefan told them.
Stefan and Elena walked inside, heading into one direction. Isabella and Emma walked inside, going into the other.
Damon and Morgana started walking.
"Someone's an eager beaver." Damon told her.
Morgana walked in front of Damon to stop him. "Where's Katherine?"
Damon nodded sarcastically. "Now I get it. The one brother shoots you down, you ask the other one. Great."
"You know, don't you?" Morgana asked.
"Do you not notice all of the end-of-the-world crap going on right now?" Damon asked.
"Tell me that you don't want her dead." Morgana told him. "After everything that she did to you? Stringing you along for hundreds of years?"
"Morgana, we don't need to list all the reasons that I hate Katherine." Damon told her. "What we need to do is find those witches. Come on."
Damon tried to walk away.
Morgana stepped in his way. "I don't care about them. I care about killing Katherine."
"They're together, okay?" Damon asked. Morgana raised her eyebrows in surprise. "So maybe you should do a little less threatening and a little more looking. Come on."
Damon started walking.
Morgana followed him.
...
Inside - Cafeteria
Stefan and Elena entered the cafeteria carrying flashlights, finding Caroline.
"Hey, there you are." Elena told her. "Any luck?"
"I searched the whole school." Caroline told them. "They should be here." The noise of something falling over broke the silence. They turned toward it. "What was that?"
They walked over to the kitchens cautiously.
Elena approached the freezer, opening it to reveal a bag of ice, which started dripping onto the floor. "Hmm. Ice is melting."
Elena closed the freezer door.
"It just doesn't make any sense." Caroline told them. "This is the center of the Triangle. If they're gonna do the spell, they have to do it here. This is where they should be."
"Actually, I think we're in the right place..." Stefan trailed off, shining his flashlight onto the floor, where the water from the melting ice was flowing down a drain. "Just the wrong elevation."
The shot panned through the floor into the cave chambers below the school.
...
Underground Chamber
Katherine, Sally, Rosie and Bonnie were standing there.
Sally, Rosie and Bonnie stood in a circle. A torch was standing a few feet behind each of them, unlit.
"Okay, this is the center of the Triangle." Bonnie told them. "Are we ready?"
Sally nodded.
Rosie turned to Katherine. "Now give us the tombstone."
"The fact that this spell hinges on come crappy hunk of blood-rock does little to inspire my confidence." Katherine told them, handing Rosie her bag.
Rosie took the tombstone out of it. "It's filled with the calcified blood of Octavia, Pandora, Esmeralda and Qetsiyah, three of the strongest witches in the world." She turned to face Sally and Bonnie, holding the tombstone. "It'll work."
...
Upstairs - Hallway
Emma and Isabella were walking through a hallway together.
"Let's say that we find them, what are we gonna do?" Emma asked. "Put them in a corner and tell them to think about what they did?"
"Well, I was thinking that we would get them home." Isabella told her. "But I like your idea better."
They continued to walk in silence for a moment.
Emma looked at Isabella, sighing, coming to a stop. "Why didn't you tell them?" Isabella turned to face her. "Why didn't you tell Stefan and Damon about what really happened at prom?"
"What was there to tell them?" Isabella asked. "Silas got into your head and pretended to be each one of us, trying to convince you to hate us and then he tricked you into trying to stake me in the heart. Which he all did probably to activate your Hunter side and so that the Hunter's Curse would stop. Remember, Katherine force-fed Jeremy to Silas? Silas broke his neck? The only way to break the curse to activate the next Potential."
"But I was nearly activated by almost killing you." Emma told her. "And I'm sorry. I don't know what else to say."
"You don't need to say anything." Isabella told her. "He was in your head, there was nothing you could have done. Whether it's Originals or immortals... no one expects you to overcome them, or anyone, and neither should you. You may be a badass human that has potential into turning into a supernatural vampire Huntress, Em, but... you're not invincible, as much as you try to pretend that you are."
Emma laughed barely at the words that she had told Elizabeth the night of the Winter Wonderland Charity Event.
Isabella smiled.
Emma looked up. "Thanks. I really needed to hear that."
"I know." Isabella told her.
Isabella turned forward, taking a step back to stand next to Emma again, wrapping an arm around her shoulders, leading her away down the hall.
...
Another Hallway
Damon and Morgana were walking together.
Damon was talking to Elena on his phone. "If I remember correctly, I think there's an entrance in the basement."
In a different hallway, Elena, Stefan and Caroline were walking together.
"Well, where's the basement?" Elena asked.
Morgana spoke loud enough for her to hear. "Off the boiler room. Rosie and Emma used it as an escape hatch once so they could ditch school."
"You hear that?" Damon asked.
"All right, we'll meet you there." Elena told them.
Damon hung up, turning to face Morgana, making her stop.
"What?" Morgana asked.
"You're gonna have to stay here." Damon told her.
"Are you kidding me?" Morgana asked.
"We really need to stop the witches from doing the spell, and if you get all murderous and screw it up-" Damon started.
Morgana cut him off. "Is that really the reason?"
"As self-righteous as Stefan and Elena are, they have a point." Damon told her. "Behind your rage, there is a tidal wave of feelings. All of your guilt, all your grief, every emotion you've ever put off, and killing Katherine's gonna let it all in. And if you can't handle it, then we're back to square one."
"And if I can?" Morgana asked. "What if killing Katherine takes away all that grief and guilt? What if killing Katherine finally lets me feel all the good things that I've lost? Damon, help me. As soon as I get over this hurdle, I'll be me. I'll be able to think clearly, I'll be myself, and everything will go back to normal."
Damon looked reluctant. "She's strong, and crafty, you won't be able to win."
Morgana sighed, pausing for a moment.
Morgana appeared behind Damon, snapping his neck, letting him fall.
Morgana rushed down the hallway to the basement.
...
Underground Chamber
Sally, Rosie and Bonnie stood evenly spaced in their circle with a torch standing behind each of them.
Rosie still held the tombstone in her hands. Lindsey and Bonnie each placed their hands on the tombstone. All of them concentrated on it, performing a silent spell.
The rock started to "bleed" blood, the blood oozing out as if it was fresh, dripping onto the ground.
"What is happening?" Katherine asked.
"We're channeling the Expression Triangle." Bonnie answered.
Each of the three torches behind the witches suddenly ignited, illuminating the cave with dancing light.
Sally, Rosie and Bonnie were still in a trance from the spell. "It's done. The Veil's down."
...
Upstairs - Hallway
Damon started to wake up, groaning in pain.
A door opened and a person walked toward him.
Damon looked up.
Alaric smiled. "Need a hand?"
...
Damon looked at Alaric with shock and skepticism. "So this is either really good, or really bad."
Alaric crouched in front of him, laughing. "It's good to see you, too, Damon."
"I'd say the feeling is mutual, except a lot of people aren't exactly who they say they are around here." Damon told him.
"You think I'm Silas?" Alaric asked. "Are you kidding me?"
Alaric offered his hand. Damon took it, letting him help him up. Alaric stood with him.
"See, now this puts us in a bit of a pickle, because that is exactly what Silas would say." Damon told him.
Alaric thought for a moment, walking away toward a locker. He pounded his fist on it once, making the locker spring open. He pulled out a bottle of bourbon. "Now, would Silas know about Locker 42?"
Damon grinned.
Alaric smiled.
Damon and Alaric laughed, embracing tightly, pulling away.
Damon pulled away. "Ah, hang on. If I can see you..." He patted Alaric's arms and face. "And I can touch you, that means the little witches did it. They dropped the Veil."
"Well, not completely."Alaric told him. "It's only down inside the Expression Triangle. If I step outside of it, it's back to Ghost World."
"Well, where is everybody?" Damon asked. "I figured with the Veil down, it'd be like Ghost-a-palooza."
"Well, not every ghost has a reason to come back to Mystic Falls." Alaric answered. "Just the ones like me, looking after their idiot best friends."
Damon looked thoughtful. "I'm more worried about the ones looking out for their enemies."
...
Mystic Grill
(Song:) Fragile Love - Adam Agin
Everyone was gone.
Liam was inside, lighting candles.
Matt walked in. "This wind is weird. One minute, it was blowing like a hurricane. Now, nothing. Not even a breeze."
"Looks like something wicked finally came," Liam told him.
"You know, you don't have to be here." Matt told him. "I mean, technically, only one of us is getting paid."
Liam walked toward him. "But it's fun. And it gives me a distraction from thinking about everything. And it's kind of cozy, with the storm outside."
Matt smiled.
(Song Ends)
The door opened, both of them looking toward it as someone walked in, their face hidden.
Matt and Liam were surprised.
Evelyn walked out of the bathroom, looking at her phone. "You guys might wanna hear this."
"I think we already know." Liam told her.
Evelyn looked up.
Kol smirked. "Evelyn."
Evelyn was in shock. "Oh, my God. Kol."
"Greetings from the dead, darling." Kol told her. "So, who fancies a drink?" He walked past them to the bar, pouring himself a drink. They all turned to look at him. "You know what's worse than being a mind controlled boyfriend to a 2,000 year old psycho? Being killed because of that psychotic ex-girlfriend. My family wanted revenge because of that. They were deeply affected, but they knew that they couldn't get revenge against Esmeralda." Kol looked at Evelyn. "Even you seemed to be the tiniest bit effected, love."
"A lot of things effect me." Evelyn told him. "I'm not heartless."
"Clearly." Kol told her.
"I'm assuming this means Bonnie, Rosie and Sally dropped the Veil." Rosie told him.
Matt began to look worried. "But that means-"
"Don't worry about your friend, mate." Kol told him. "She's safe, along with the other two. As long as they stay alive, the Veil won't be dropped completely, and not for long. For the Veil to be completely dropped, they have to die, which will only make them corporeal ghosts until they finish the spell. Then they will be on the Other Side with the rest of us. And then, once Rosie Lockwood's spirit entered the supernatural netherworld, the Veil will be destroyed completely, and we're all back, all over the world. They don't plan on doing that. They're planning on putting the Veil up. Soon. But who am I to give up an opportunity for revenge?" He looked at Evelyn. "Yes, Esmeralda did mind control my death. I can't get revenge against her because I can't find her. And my killer, your ex, is already dead, but their older sister and mine, your best friends, are just as culpable, so maybe you can help me find them."
"I'm not helping you with anything." Evelyn told him. "And even if you find Morgana, you can't kill her."
"True." Kol told her. "But that doesn't mean I can't kill Elena."
"If you hurt Elena, I swear-" Evelyn started.
Kol violently smashed a glass bottle on the edge of a table, holding up the jagged edge of the remnant of the bottle in his hand, using it to point at Evelyn. "Oh, I'm going to. But please, continue. I'm curious as to where you're going with this."
"You made your point, Kol." Evelyn told him. "Leave."
"First, tell me where I can find Elena." Kol told her.
"Elena left here hours ago." Evelyn told him. "It's not their fault, and you know it. You know it's because of Esmeralda, but you can't get revenge on her, so you're going to take it out on them, and that's not fair. Now get out!"
Kol looked from Matt to Liam. "The quarterback and the hybrid. There's a good love story, indeed." Matt gave him a look. Kol looked at Matt. "How's the throwing arm, champ?"
Kol threw the broken glass into Matt's shoulder, walking away.
Liam turned to Matt, holding a hand over his shoulder.
Kol walked toward Evelyn, looking at her as he slowly started to walk past her toward the door. Evelyn looked at him. Kol smirked, shaking his head, continuing on.
...
Mystic Falls High School - Underground Chamber
Sally, Rosie and Bonnie were still in the circle, kneeling to the ground, having their eyes closed, holding hands.
Katherine was pacing impatiently. "Tick-tock, witches."
Sally opened her eyes in annoyance. "Stop talking. We can't reach out to Qetsiyah with you breaking our concentration every five seconds."
Katherine rolled her eyes, walking over to a rock, leaning against it, sighing loudly. She watched the witches as they returned to their former positions. She tensed, standing up. "Did you hear that? Someone's coming."
"Can you be quiet?" Sally asked.
"I have vampire hearing, Sally , and there's someone here." Katherine told her. "Unlink me so that I can go stall them while we wait for Qetsiyah to show up."
"We're not letting you go." Bonnie told her.
"Then at least give me some slack." Katherine told them.
Rosie waved a hand toward Katherine. "Fine. Go. Stop them."
Katherine walked out of the chamber.
...
Tunnel
Katherine walked through the tunnels. "Silas... come and get me..."
A vampire rushed around her, making her turn around several times. They were moving too fast for her to see them.
Morgana finally appeared, stabbing Katherine in her stomach with the stake. "Hello, Katherine."
...
Chamber
Sally, Rosie and Bonnie shouted in surprise in pain, putting their hands going over their stomachs, taking them away to look at their own blood staining their skin.
...
Boiler Room
Morgana pushed Katherine into the boiler room upstairs.
Katherine looked at Morgana. "I let you out of your cage, and this is how you thank me?"
"No." Morgana answered. "This is how I thank you."
Morgana rushed over to Katherine, pulling her up, slamming her face against a hot pipe.
Katherine shouted in pain as it burned her face.
...
Underground Chamber
Sally, Rosie and Bonnie shouted in pain as their faces burn, all on the right side of their faces, just like Katherine's. They writhed on the ground, gasping and yelling.
Stefan, Elena and Caroline ran into the chamber.
"Bonnie." Elena told her. "Rosie? Sally. What happened?"
"Katherine." Rosie told them. "Find Katherine. We're linked."
"Not in the way that you three are linked." Caroline told them. "Unlink her." She looked at Stefan and Elena. "You go, I'll stay with them."
Stefan and Elena nodded, turning around, rushing out of the chamber.
...
Boiler Room
Katherine continued to shout as her faced burned against the pipe.
"You have done nothing but suck the happiness out of all our lives." Morgana told her. "Well, now I get to kill you."
Morgana turned Katherine to face her.
Morgana held the stake ready.
"No, wait, please!" Katherine told her.
Morgana gave her a weird look, confused as to why she was begging for her life.
Morgana smirked, tilting her head. "Goodbye, Katherine." She nearly staked Katherine in the heart. Elena rushed in, launching onto Morgana, pinning her to the floor. "Elena!"
Isabella and Stefan rushed in.
Katherine turned to them, smiling. "Thanks for the save."
Morgana struggled, trying to pull free. Elena struggled to keep her retrained to the floor.
Isabella pushed Katherine toward the door. "Get the hell out of here before I kill you myself."
"Really?" Katherine asked. "I'm your biggest problem right now?"
"Get her out of here." Stefan told them.
Isabella gestured for Katherine to go, raising her eyebrows impatiently, pushing Katherine out of the boiler room.
...
Mystic Grill
Matt and Evelyn were sitting at a table.
Evelyn used tongs to gently remove the glass from Matt's shoulder. "You know I could cure this for you easily, right?"
"I'll be fine." Matt told her.
Evelyn put the glass down. "Why don't you ever let anyone help you?"
"It's just that..." Matt trailed off. "People in this town have a bad habit of turning into vampires, and I'd like to graduate high school as a human." Evelyn smiled. "I think there's a first aid kit in the back."
Evelyn looked up, nodding. "Yeah, I know. Liam's back there getting it right now."
...
Backroom
Liam walked into the storage area, shining a flashlight around, looking for the first aid kit. He heard the sound of friction, like an object being swiped against something, along with someone grunting softly. He investigated, shining his light on Caroline sitting on the floor. "Care, how are you still here-" He saw that Caroline was repeatedly cutting open a wrist with some sharp object. "Oh, my God."
Caroline seemed to be in a trance. "I have to keep cutting."
...
Mystic Falls High School - Underground Chamber
Caroline/Silas crouched beside Sally, Rosie and Bonnie. "Guys, are you okay?"
"Yeah, now that I unlinked her." Rosie answered.
They all stood.
"What are you guys doing down here?" Caroline/Silas asked.
"Waiting for Qetsiyah." Sally answered.
Caroline turned cold. "You might be waiting a while."
Caroline disappeared.
The disfigured Silas appeared behind them. "Qetsiyah isn't coming, girls."
They turned toward him.
"Silas." Bonnie realized. "But we saw Caroline. How? I thought you couldn't get inside our heads."
"That's what I wanted you to think." Silas told them. "I can make you see whatever I want to you to see. Am I a disfigured monster?"
Stefan/Silas appeared behind them. "Of course not." They turned toward him. "The monster is what I wanted you to see."
Liam/Silas appeared behind them. "That's the beauty of all this. You have no idea who I am."
Stefan/Silas appeared. "Or what I look like."
The disfigured Silas appeared. "Or how deep I am inside of your head."
Caroline/Silas appeared. "You thought that you were more powerful than me?"
Liam/Silas appeared. "I am stronger than you can imagine." She/he stalked closer, the voice cold, unlike anything Liam himself had ever said, pure evil. "You thought that you could betray me?" The witches backed away from him. "You can't. I will always be one. Step. Ahead."
...
Boiler Room
Elena finally let Morgana go.
Elena and Morgana stood.
"How could you save her?" Morgana asked angrily. "She was as good as dead."
"Yeah, and so were Sally, Rosie and Bonnie." Stefan told her. Morgana looked at them in confusion. "Sally used a spell to link them to Katherine, so if you killed her, they would be dead, too."
"How do you know that?" Morgana asked.
"Because we saw them, Morgana." Elena answered. "You almost killed three of your best friends."
Morgana shook her head. "I don't believe you."
"Really?" Elena asked.
"You never wanted me to kill Katherine." Morgana told her. "Why are you protecting her, Elena? Is it because you finally realized that you're more like Katherine than you ever wanted to be?"
"Listen to yourself." Elena told her. "Your rage is making you crazy."
"This isn't even about Katherine, this is about Jeremy and Kol." Stefan told them. "What, you think that killing her will take all that pain away? It won't."
"Oh, but beating up cinder blocks or punching bags will?" Morgana asked.
"No, it's a distraction." Stefan answered. "Just like killing Katherine, just like turning your emotions off. The truth is, there are no shortcuts."
"I know this, Stefan." Morgana told him. "We're vampires. Loss is part of the deal. So is death, blood and carnage. Look, I've been alive for over 1,000 years. I have lost more loved ones than I can count, and it hurts me every single time, but at least this time, I can do something about it."
"Not right now, Morgana." Elena told him.
"So there's no hope?" Morgana asked. "I'm hopeless?"
"No, you have to face your grief." Stefan told her. "But you don't have to do it alone. We can help you."
"Oh, of course you can." Morgana told him, growing angry again. "God, Stefan. Always trying to help. It's just like-"
"You're transferring your rage onto me, that's good." Stefan told her.
"I don't need to transfer anything." Morgana told him. "I can hate two people just fine."
Morgana turned around, starting to leave.
Stefan grabbed Morgana's arm to stop her. "Hey."
Morgana turned toward Stefan, punching him in the face.
Stefan sighed, looking at Morgana as if he had expected that.
Elena was, looking nearly shocked.
Morgana tilted her head. "Just like the cinder block. Just like the punching bag. Nothing."
Elena looked between Stefan and Morgana.
Morgana ignored her gaze, walking out, leaving.
...
Mystic Grill
Liam brought Caroline into the restaurant, holding her hands on either side of her head to stop her. "Care, hey, snap out of it."
"I need to bleed." Caroline told her. "Silas wants me to bleed."
Evelyn was standing next to Liam, looking at Caroline. "Stop it. You're hallucinating."
Caroline tried to grab the tongs on the bar. "Just let me do this. I need to do this."
Evelyn held her back forcefully. "You're going to cut your hands off."
Matt was across the room, on his phone. "She's been here the whole time. That means Silas is with you."
Damon was in the high school hallway with Alaric. "Perfect."
"Yeah, it gets worse." Matt told him. "The Veil's down. Kol came by looking for Elena, and he seemed a little pissed."
"You got any good news for me, Donovan?" Damon asked.
"We'll handle this." Matt told him. "Just watch your back."
...
Mystic Falls High School - Hallway
Damon hung up, looking at Alaric. "Call Stefan and tell him about Caroline. Tell him to keep an eye on Morgana and Elena. God knows he'll do a better job than me."
"Stefan?" Alaric repeated. "Isn't he Morgana's boyfriend, and aren't you Elena's?"
"Who knows?" Damon asked. "I know they she was sired to me. I know both of their emotions were off. I know Morgana is so full of rage, she wants to rip Katherine's head off. I know Elena's so full of despair she wants to cry until the end of time, which, by the look of things, may be sooner rather than later."
"But you have no idea how either Morgana or Elena feel about you or your brother, and now you're freaking out." Alaric told him.
Damon looked away. "Call Stefan."
Damon walked away.
...
Mystic Grill
Evelyn was still restraining Caroline.
"Let go of me!" Caroline told her. Matt walked closer. "Let me go!"
"Look, Care, you're graduating, and Uncle Bob and Aunt Mary really want you to graduate with both your hands." Liam told her.
"I need to keep cutting." Caroline told them. "I need to keep cutting. I need to keep cutting."
"Stop!" Evelyn told her, looking at Liam.
Liam nodded to her.
"I-" Caroline started.
Evelyn slapped Caroline across the face as hard as she could.
Caroline's head was turned away. She was holding her cheek.
Matt held his breath, waiting for a reaction.
"Please say that worked." Liam whispered under her breath, looking at the ceiling.
Caroline looked at Evelyn incredulously. "Bitch!"
Evelyn smiled.
Matt exhaled in relief, hanging his head.
"There is the Caroline I know and love." Liam told them, sighing in relief.
Evelyn looked at Caroline. "You understand that I only did that to snap you out of it, right?"
Caroline breathed heavily, nodding. "I'm sorry. Thank you."
Evelyn exhaled, looking at Matt.
Matt smiled a small smile, shaking his head.
Liam sat next to Caroline, wrapping his arms around her.
Caroline still looked confused and brought-back-to-earth.
Liam leaned his head against Caroline's shoulder with a relieved smile.
...
Mystic Falls High School - Underground Chamber
Sally, Bonnie and Rosie looked at Liam/Silas.
"Stay away from us." Rosie told him.
"Gladly." Liam/Silas told them, turning around, taking a few steps away. "Once you die, and then finish the spell, so that Rosie's spirit is on the Other Side, which destroys the Veil, and everyone's home free. Then, I can take the Cure." He pulled the small, pill-shaped Cure out of his pocket. "I just want to pass on. I'll even let one of you, or all of you, kill me. I'll be out of your lives for good."
"But every dead supernatural creature will be roaming the Earth." Bonnie told them.
"Well, if you don't help me, I'll be roaming the Earth." Liam/Silas replied. "Esmeralda will return to Mystic Falls with a vengeance for me. It'll be igniting a war between the two of us. Do you want that to happen?"
"We were never gonna drop the Veil." Sally told him.
"I'm curious." Liam/Silas told them. "What was your plan? Pow-wow with Qetsiyah? Brainstorm ways to put me down? Qetsiyah's not coming. She wants me on the Other Side with her. For eternity."
They heard Emma's voice echoing in the tunnels. "Bonnie? Rosie? Sally?"
Liam's voice morphed into a familiar man's voice as Silas changed form. "That sounds familiar."
Grayson Gilbert/Silas replaced Liam. "Maybe Emma will convince you. Do you think that she wants her father?"
"I won't let you-" Rosie started angrily.
"You won't let me what?" Grayson/Silas asked. Sally, Bonnie and Rosie started to gasp for breath. "You feel that? The air thinning... barely enough to breathe."
Sally, Bonnie and Rosie sank to the ground, unable to take a deep breath.
Grayson/Silas chuckled, walking away, taking the flashlight with him, leaving the chamber
...
Mystic Falls Cemetery
Elena approached Jeremy's headstone.
Jeremy Gilbert - Brother and Friend
"'Brother and friend'?" Elena read. "What genius came up with that one?" She knelt in front of them, the emotion building. "I give up, Jer. There's no point." She picked up a dried-out bouquet of flowers. "I'm useless without you. Morgana hates me, and-" She twisted the flowers in her hands, throwing them down passionately, bringing her hand up to cover her face for a few seconds. She sniffled loudly, lowering her hand to her side, her voice thick with tears. "I can't-I can't do this. I can't-I can't move on. And I don't want to. If that makes me weak, then fine, I'm weak, but... I can't handle you-I can't handle of you being gone. I can't handle feeling like this anymore."
Elena sobbed for several moments.
Someone approached her from behind, Kol's voice being spoken. "Hello, old friend." Elena stood, turning to face Kol. "Pity about Jeremy Gilbert. Guess it's just me against you now. After I kill you, I'll find Morgana. She'll be daggered shortly thereafter."
Kol rushed toward Elena.
Elena looked toward him with determination.
...
Mystic Falls High School - Underground Chamber
The witches had crawled away from each other, each of them struggling to breath.
Derek knelt next to Sally, holding her. "Sally." Sally looked up at him. "This isn't real."
Grams knelt next to Bonnie. "This isn't real, Bonnie. Feel the air in your lungs. Break through-"
Sally pushed Derek away. "Silas."
Scott walked in. "Would Silas try to save your lives?" Sally looked toward him, smiling. "Now breathe, guys."
The witches settled down.
"There." Grams told them.
Scott helped Sally stand, holding her standing up.
Derek helped Rosie stand, holding her standing up, looking at Scott and Sally, smiling a small smile.
Grams and Bonnie stood together.
"I-I was so worried about you." Bonnie told her, wrapping her arms around Grams.
"I know." Grams told her. "But I'm okay." They pulled apart. "I've been watching over you." She looked at Rosie and Sally. "All of you." She looked at Derek. "We both have."
Derek smiled a small smile.
"I messed up." Bonnie told them. She looked at Rosie and Sally. "We wouldn't be in this mess if I had never brought you guys to Shane. I'm sorry."
"The three of you can still stop Silas." Grams told them.
"No, we can't." Sally told her. "The original three witches were able to immobilize him so he couldn't feed and get into people's heads. We don't know how to do that. We don't know how to put him down."
"You can do that." Grams told them. "Expression is the manifestation of your will. You could do anything. I don't like it, but sometimes there are no choices."
"But you guys are strong enough." Scott told them. "Are you kidding me?"
Derek smiled, looking at the witches. "You can do this."
Rosie, Sally and Bonnie looked at each other, knowing what they had to do.
...
Tunnels
Emma was walking alone in the tunnels. "Isabella? Did you find them?"
Someone walked toward her.
Emma raised her fists, in a fighting stance instantly.
Grayson/Silas looked at her. "Whoa. Look at that. My little girl. Got so tough. So brave. I'm proud of you, Emma."
Emma lowered her arms to her sides in shock and pain, slowly relaxing. "Dad?"
"It's me, Emma." Grayson/Silas told her. "And you can bring me back. All you have to do is convince Sally, Rosie and Bonnie to finish what they started. Once I'm back, you don't have to feel guilty about caring about Stefan, Isabella, Evelyn, Elizabeth and Damon. Do you want this?"
Emma nodded, looking weaker than she had been in forever. "I do."
"So you will convince them?" Grayson/Silas asked.
Emma nodded. "Yeah." She looked away, starting to turn around. She turned to face Grayson/Silas, hitting him in the face with the end of her flashlight, making him fall. She dropped the flashlight, picking up a length of chain, wrapping it around his neck, strangling him. "I'll convince them that you're a psychic freak that needs to go to hell and that they need to stop the spell."
"Emma, it's me!" Grayson/Silas told her.
"No, you're not." Emma told him. "My father was human when he died. He's not on the Other Side. He's just gone. And you forgot a little fact. Everyone in my family calls me Em. Your mind games don't work on me anymore, Silas. Your sister is a lot better and stronger and meaner at mind games and control than you are."
Rosie, Bonnie and Sally entered the tunnel, standing side-by-side, determined and strong.
"We may not be able to kill you, but we will stop you." Sally told him.
They closed their eyes as they concentrated.
Wind blew around them, blowing through Emma's hair.
Wind blew through the witches' hair.
Rosie twisted her hand. "We will make the blood clot in your veins. We will make every bone, muscle and joint in your body turn to stone."
"You won't have power over us anymore." Bonnie told him.
Isabella entered the tunnel from the side, standing back.
Grayson/Silas turned away as his body hardened, groaning in pain. His face started to change back to what it really looked like.
Emma looked at him in numb silence.
Isabella watched him. "What the hell is happening?"
"He can't hide behind his mind control anymore." Sally told them.
"He's becoming his true self." Bonnie told them.
Silas hardened completely with his hand covering his face.
Isabella circled around to look at him, but his face was completely hidden. "Who exactly might his true self be?"
Rosie looked from the stone of Silas to Isabella. "I guess we'll never know."
Isabella looked from the witches to Emma.
Emma slowly, numbly let the chain slip out of her hands, letting them clatter against the stone floor. She slowly backed away.
Isabella walked toward her, wrapping her arms around her. "It wasn't him. It wasn't Grayson."
Emma gazed off. "I know that. But it still felt real."
...
Mystic Falls Cemetery
Kol kicked Elena to the ground.
Elena coughed, winded.
"Now this is what I've missed." Kol told her. "Two people connecting." He kicked Elena again. "It's lonely on the Other Side... and I swear being invisible will drive you mad. The way you and my sister couldn't see me standing in front of you, or feel my breath on your cheeks as I whispered all the ways that I wished for all of you to suffer." He grabbed Elena by the throat, lifting her. Elena struggled to breathe. "But alas, now you can."
"Go ahead, Kol." Elena told him. "Kill me. You'd be doing me a favor."
"As you wish, darling." Kol whispered.
Kol dropped Elena, catching a flying stake with his hand.
Jeremy stood aiming a crossbow at Kol. "How many times do I need to kill you?"
"Jeremy Gilbert..." Kol trailed off. "Welcome back. If you're back, I can only assume that my little sister will be here soon. Now, what's the saying? 'Kill me once, shame on you. Kill me twice, shame on-'"
Someone rushed up behind Kol, snapping his neck, making him fall, temporarily dead.
Morgana was revealed to be standing behind him. "Let's leave it at that, shall we?"
Emma ran toward them. "Elena!" She knelt next to Elena, seeing Jeremy, starting to cry. "Jer."
Jeremy knelt next to them.
Elena weakly lifted her hands, placing them on either of their arms.
"Hey." Jeremy told them.
Emma wrapped one arm around Elena, the other around Jeremy. Jeremy wrapped one arm around Emma, the other around Jeremy. Jeremy wrapped one arm around Emma, the other around Elena. Elena wrapped one arm around Jeremy, the other around Emma.
They were all in relief and grief.
...
Mystic Falls High School - Parking Lot
Bonnie, Sally, Rosie, Evelyn, Stefan, and Damon stood together, spread out.
Bonnie looked at the Salvatores. "You need to get rid of Silas' body."
"Well, there's a slight problem, Gorgon sisters." Damon told them. "Even though you turned him into stone, if a Hunter gets a hold of Rosie or Morgana again, and if they give him one more drop of their blood, he's back to his old mind tricks."
"All right, so do what you should've done to Klaus." Evelyn told them. "Drop his body in the middle of the ocean."
Morgana and Elena approached them.
"Guys?" Morgana asked. "Well, I should say, 'girls'." The girls turned to face them. "I don't know what to say."
"You don't have to say anything." Rosie told them.
"But we were so horrible to you." Elena told her. She looked at the others. "All of you."
"You weren't you." Sally told them. "We know what that's like. We weren't us for a long time."
"We can talk about that later." Evelyn told them, smiling. "You two've got some catching up to do."
Evelyn nodded to Jeremy behind them.
Bonnie smiled. "We'll give you guys as much time as we can. But we have to go put the Veil back up."
Bonnie walked away, leaving.
Sally and Rosie looked at Jeremy sadly, smiling small smiles, waving goodbye.
Jeremy nodded for them to go, sadly.
Sally and Rosie followed Bonnie, leaving.
Evelyn started to follow them.
Jeremy took a step after her. "Eve. Wait."
Evelyn turned to face Jeremy, looking at him sadly for a moment. "At least I know it's really you."
Jeremy wrapped his arms around Evelyn.
Evelyn smiled a small smile, sniffling, wrapping her arms around him. She pulled away, smiling a small smile, turning around, following the witches, letting a tear fall that she didn't bother to try to wipe away.
"I should, uh, make sure Kol's body is somewhere safe until the Veil goes back up." Stefan told them, turning to walk away.
Morgana took a step after him in guilt. "Stefan, wait-"
Stefan nodded at Morgana knowingly. "Welcome back."
Morgana smiled, wrapping her arms around Stefan, leaning her head against his shoulder. "Thank you."
Stefan pulled away, placing a hand on Morgana's cheek, turning around, walking away to get rid of Kol's body.
Elena looked at Damon. "There isn't enough time."
"It'll never be enough time." Damon told them.
Morgana looked at him in guilt from staking him. "Damon, I'm sorry that-"
Damon shook his head. "Stop. The most important thing right now is Jeremy, and saying goodbye."
Elena and Morgana nodded, turning back to Jeremy, wrapping their arms around him, crying.
(Song:) Dream - The Boxer Rebellion
The shot panned from them toward Evelyn and Bonnie watching, walking toward the school.
Bonnie looked at Evelyn. "Are you okay?"
"No, not really." Evelyn answered. "Jeremy wasn't supposed to die. And I... I just don't know..."
"I get it." Bonnie told her. "You don't have to explain it."
"I just wish there was a way to bring him back without any consequences like last time." Evelyn told her. "And Kol, for Morgana, and it wouldn't be fair... But I know that there's always a price to pay, so..." She exhaled shakily. "I guess that was a goodbye."
Evelyn walked away, leaving Bonnie alone.
Bonnie watched Evelyn go.
...
Salvatore Boarding House - Library
Emma was sitting on the couch, looking at a picture sadly.
It was of Grayson, Miranda, and a young version of Emma and Elena before Jeremy was born.
Emma sniffled, letting a tear fall, obviously still thinking about the way that Silas had gotten to her as her father, and how she had reacted.
Isabella stood in the doorway, leaning against it sadly, crossing her arms over her chest, watching her, but she didn't say anything.
Emma placed the picture aside, looking into the flames of the fire place in front her.
Stefan walked in, sitting at a table.
Isabella walked closer with a bottle of wine. "Good, you're here. We need to celebrate."
"Yeah, I'm not really in the mood to, uh, celebrate." Stefan told them.
"What's wrong with you?" Isabella asked. "I mean, I understand why Em's feeling down after Silas used her dad to get to her, but Silas is dead, or whatever, and you're just sitting here like a bump on a log."
"There was someone that I thought I would see today, and, uh..." Stefan trailed off. "I didn't. That's all."
They heard Lexi's voice. "You better mean me."
Stefan, Isabella and Emma exchanged a look.
Isabella slowly started to smile. "You've gotta be kidding me."
Stefan turned in his seat to see Lexi standing behind him. He smiled, standing to wrap his arms around her.
Lexi smiled, pulling away, looking at Emma. "Thank you for keeping an eye on these guys." Emma smiled. Isabella and Lexi embraced tightly, pulling away. Lexi walked toward Emma. "Looks like someone else could use a hug."
Emma stood.
Lexi and Emma embraced, pulling away.
They all smiled.
...
Mystic Falls Cemetery
Damon and Alaric were packing the truck of the car.
"Calcified Silas is one heavy son of a bitch." Damon told him.
They slammed the trunk closed.
Damon pulled out a flash, taking a swig.
"I can't think of a more appropriate way to spend my last moment as a semi-living person." Alaric told him sarcastically.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Damon told him. "Do you have some place better to be?"
Alaric laughed. "Guess not."
Alaric took the flask from Damon, taking a drink.
"I thought you were cutting back." Damon told him.
"Yeah, well, I thought Isabella was gonna take care of the children." Alaric replied.
"You heard that?" Damon asked. Alaric nodded. "Well, that's not creepy."
"I, uh, I found this, in the dead guy's pocket." Alaric told him, holding up a small box. "Thought it might do more use here than, say, three miles below sea level."
Damon opened the box, taking the Cure out of it, holding it up for Alaric to see. "What the hell am I supposed to do with this?"
Alaric smiled. "Give it to the girl you used to love, so you can win over the girl you do now."
...
Streets
Emma, Isabella, Stefan and Lexi were walking down a sidewalk.
Lexi smiled. "She punched you in the face?"
"Yep." Stefan answered.
Isabella laughed. "Take a hint."
Lexi laughed.
Stefan looked at Lexi. "So, wait. You've been back, what, five minutes, and you're already helping Isabella laugh at me?"
"No." Lexi answered. "I've been laughing at you for a while, you just haven't been able to see me."
"Do you have any idea how much I've missed you?" Isabella asked.
Lexi linked her arm with Isabella and Stefan's. "Trust me, I do. Although, I did notice that you went from one Gilbert Girl to an Original."
Emma laughed.
"Do not start." Stefan told them.
"Seriously?" Isabella asked.
Emma rolled her eyes. "Seriously. How do you feel about Morgana?"
Stefan slowed to a stop as he thought, seeming to come across a revelation. "I think I'm in love with her." Emma smiled. "But I don't know how she really feels."
Lexi led the way down the street. "That's why you find out."
(Song Ends)
...
Mystic Falls High School - Underground Chamber
Bonnie was arranging some candles.
Rosie and Sally were standing in their positions.
Grams stood nearby. "You have to put up the Veil."
"Not yet." Bonnie told her.
Rosie looked toward her in confusion. "What are you doing, Bonnie?"
"I can bring Jeremy back, I can keep him here." Bonnie told them.
"No, you can't!" Grams told her.
"Evelyn needs Jeremy." Bonnie told them. "So do Emma and Elena." She looked at Rosie and Sally. "This was always the plan. Jeremy wasn't supposed to die."
"It was the will of Nature." Grams told her. "There is no magic in this world that is strong enough to challenge it."
"I have every magic." Bonnie told her. "I have the spirits." She looked at Sally and Rosie. "Do it with me, or I'll do it alone." Sally and Rosie didn't answer. Bonnie nodded, raising her hands. The flames of the candles burned higher and brighter. "Phasmatos raveus on animum."
Sally and Rosie seemed to be pulled into a trance, raising their arms.
The candles burned even higher and even brighter.
Sally, Rosie and Bonnie spoke together. "Phasmatos raveus on anumum."
"Stop it!" Grams told her. "If you do this, the magic will pull them with you."
"We have Expression." Bonnie told them.
"Stop it, Bonnie!" Grams told her.
Veins started to crawl along Bonnie's skin.
Veins started to crawl along Sally's skin.
Veins started to crawl along Rosie's skin.
Bonnie, Sally and Rosie spoke together in dark voices. "We have the darkness."
"Don't." Grams told them.
Bonnie closed her eyes, starting the chant. "Phasmatos ravenus on anuimum." Sally and Rosie were once again pulled into the magic, joining in with the chant. "Phasmatos ravenus on animum." The flames climbed higher. "Phasmatos ravenus on animum. Phasmatos ravenus on animum!"
Bonnie gasped, opening her eyes, falling to the ground.
Sally gasped, opening her eyes, falling to the ground.
Rosie gasped, opening her eyes, falling to the ground.
...
Mystic Grill
Matt and Evelyn walked out of the Grill.
Matt was locking the door behind them.
"You know, I used to want to knock Caroline upside the head on a daily basis when she was an annoying, narcissistic brat, and I was a rude, angry bitch." Evelyn told him. "But how is it possible, just a year later, I feel guilty about it?"
Matt laughed. "People can change."
"That is an understatement." Evelyn told him.
They saw a Alexander walking across the Town Square, with the clothing that he had died in.
"Who the hell is that?" Matt asked.
Evelyn shook her head. "I have no idea. I think he's a ghost." The power turned back on. Evelyn sighed of relief. "Thank God. The power's coming back. Maybe that means the Veil's back up and all of the ghosts will disappear again."
Alexander walked toward them.
"Or not." Matt told her.
"We should get out of here." Evelyn told him.
Evelyn and Matt turned around.
Connor Jordan and Galen Vaughn stood in their way.
"You should." Connor told them.
"Too bad you can't." Vaughn told them.
Evelyn sighed. "Connor. Vaughn. I guess that means the guy coming toward us is another Hunter."
Vaughn nodded. "His name's Alexander. He's your friend Rebekah's ex-boyfriend."
Evelyn shook her head. "Rebekah is not our friend. She's more like a frenemy."
"Doesn't really matter." Connor told her, throwing a bomb toward Evelyn. "Catch."
Evelyn caught the bomb, in shock, rushing away from Matt so he wouldn't be blown to pieces.
But Evelyn could only go so far without the bomb ticking, about to go off.
"Evelyn!" Matt told her.
Evelyn looked up at Matt. The bomb exploded, engulfing her in flame.
Matt took a step back, breathing heavily in worry and shock as the Hunters surrounded him.
...
Mystic Falls High School - Underground Chamber
Bonnie woke, lying on the ground. She stood, seeming disoriented, looking around.
Rosie and Sally were already awake, disturbed and in shock.
"What?" Bonnie asked.
"The spell." Rosie told her. "It was just too much."
Rosie and Sally stepped aside.
Bonnie saw Bonnie, Rosie and Sally's bodies on the ground.
"What happens to one happens to all." Sally told them.
"Oh, my God..." Bonnie trailed off. "We're dead."
