Stefan, Damon and Bonnie...were dead. Not undead. D.E.A.D. Out of the picture. That left Jeremy, Tyler, Caroline and Elena. Matt was crouched over what was left of Bonnie's head. It was crushed beyond recognition. A dental identification for sure. He took her cell phone, wiped it on his jeans and then headed out of the ally and back towards the centre of town.
He flipped open the cell. Seven missed calls. All of them from Elena. Matt checked the messages, there were four of them and all of them were from Elena. He read through them.
"Where are you?"
"I need your help!"
"Bonnie, please, this is really important"
"Stefan and Damon won't return my calls"
Matt laughed. Typical he thought. Elena, Elena, Elena...as far as she was concerned it was her world and everyone else was just lucky enough to live in it. It had never crossed her selfish mind, not for a second, to wonder if maybe Bonnie had her own shit to deal with. As it turned out she did. Oh well. Another one bites the dust.
Matt acted quickly, he sent a message from Bonnie's cell to Elena.
"Meet me at the grill. Stefan and Damon are with me. Bring Caroline, Tyler and Jeremy"
He had three hours until the Grill was open for the afternoon. He was opening up today. He ran inside and made sure the place was empty. The next member of staff wasn't due in until 2.30. that afternoon and by that time the Grill wouldn't be even exist.
He ran into the back of the bar and into the kitchen. Bonnie's cell had got a text. He checked it out. Elena, she'd be there in five minutes. He wouldn't hesitate now. Things were moving too fast to turn back. If this didn't work then...no, it was going to work. Matt rushed around the kitchen, making his preparations. On his back back through the bar he took out a card and and tossed it onto the pool table.
Once he was back out front he'd no sooner got the doors shut then he heard Elena's car pulling up. He took a breath and then turned, his game face on.
"You're keen. We're not open yet" said Matt
The others were with her. Even Alaric. So be it. The more the merrier.
"Did you see Bonnie?" asked Elena
Matt shook his head and turned back to the doors. He acted surprised. Turning "The doors open, I haven't been in there yet"
"It's them" said Caroline she strode forward with Elena and both girls barged into the Grill. Tyler and Alaric followed the girls.
"Just another day huh?" laughed Matt as Jeremy walked past
"Another nightmare" laughed his friend and went inside.
Matt slammed the doors shut behind them and bolted them. It was done. They were all trapped inside the grill. There was no way out. Caroline and Tyler had smelt the gas. Matt could hear them yell out a warning. It was too late. Panicked voices.
"This is for all the lives you ruined. Burn in hell" yelled Matt as he tossed molotov through the window and ran like hell.
The blast came right away. The force lifting him off his feet and carrying him across the block. He hit the other side of the street with a thud as debris rained down around him. He rolled on to his back. He could make out figures in the flames, bodies burnt beyond recognition, Elena's head rolled out onto the road, ablaze and beginning to turn black, the ruins of his friends who in the end had been his enemy. The true threat to Mystic Falls was finally put out. Not by a Vampire, a Werewolf or a Witch...but by a human.
Matt laughed.