Twice the Love: Twice the Trouble
2x05
Kill or Be Killed
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries, I only own Tori and Marie.
A/N: I'm so glad you like my story, hope you continue to like it. So here's 'Killed or Be Killed'. Sorry for taking a long time to update. Please review, alert, fav...
One Year Ago, Emerald Coast, Florida
Mason in in a bar. "Alright, Carlos. It's it for me." He pays and goes outside. A man follows him. Mason goes to his car. The man pushes him.
"Mason!" Jimmy called.
"Hey Jimmy." Mason laughed. "Easy. Let's get you home."
"Screw you!" He pushes him again. "I know about you and Marla."
"What are you talking about? You've had too much to drink." Mason told him. Jimmy strangles him. Mason pushes him. "Dude! What's up?! It's me, Mason! I'm not messing with Marla. You know that!"
Jimmy punches Mason in the face. "You don't want to do this buddy."
"I'll kill you!" Jimmy yelled.
Jimmy throws Mason on the floor and kicks him in the stomach. Mason catches his arm and Pushes him. Then, he carries him and throws him on the floor. Jimmy's head hit the floor very hard. He's dead.
"Jimmy? Jimmy?"
"Wait, the guy died? You killed him?" Tyler questioned Mason.
"He kept coming at me. He got in his head that I was sleeping with his girlfriend." Mason replied.
"Were you?" He asked.
"No. No." Mason answered. "I wouldn't do that, he was my friend. He was drunk and attacked me. It was self-defense."
"And it triggered the curse."
"On every full moon, I lose control. If I don't sedate myself and chain myself down, I'll kill anything in my path. You have to be careful." Mason told him. "All it takes is an accident, a car wreck. Any death at your hands and you'll have a lifetime of this. You don't want it Tyler, trust me." He said. "Alright. Where is the moonstone? A deal is a deal. I answered your questions."
"Um, yeah, I'm not sure but I'm guessing it's in here." He goes toward his father's safe. "My dad, he was very kooky about his hiding spots but I figured most of them out over the years."
He opens the safe. "It's all yours." Mason looks inside the safe but the moonstone isn't there. "Are you gonna tell me what's so important about this rock or what?"
"I told you, it's just something I want. Sentimental value." Mason replied.
"Yeah, I'm not really buying that. Why do you really want it?"
"Do you know where it is or not?" He asked.
"No, I figured it would be in here, man." Tyler replied.
At the Gilbert's house, Tori is in the bathroom. Jeremy is here too. "I can't believe Tyler Lockwood is a werewolf." Jeremy said.
"We're not sure about that yet." Tori replied. "The only thing we know for sure is that Mason Lockwood is."
"It should be enough easy for us to figure it out."
Tori creased her eyebrow at him. "There is no us. I said that I wouldn't keep things from you anymore. That doesn't mean that I want you involved in it."
"By definition of being in this family, I'm involved." Jeremy said stubbornly.
"This is dangerous, Jeremy. You have to stay out of it, okay?"
"Alright. Just saying." He said before leaving the bathroom.
In Elena's bedroom, Elena opens her closet. When she closes it, she jumped back in surprise to see Stefan.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Stefan apologized.
She closes the door and kisses him. "Hi." She greeted.
"Hey." They embrace each other. "Are you ready for today?"
Elena shook her head. "No. I hate fighting with you, even if it's fake."
"I know but if Katherine thinks that we are fighting, then she will think that her and Marie are winning and it keeps her from following through with her threats."
"Yeah. But it doesn't make it any easier. Neither does knowing that Caroline will be there, reporting everything back to her."
"Hey, everything's gonna be okay." He assured her. "Yes, we have to keep up this ruse for a little while but the best way to keep Marie and Katherine from hurting anybody, from hurting you or Tori."
"Just promise me that she won't get her way with us. We can fake a fight, we can pretend that her threats are tearing us apart but none of it is's real, okay?" Elena looked him in the eye.
"Okay, how about this? Today, when we're fighting, if I say 'I can't do this anymore, Elena', what I'll really mean is that I love you." He told her.
"And when I say, 'Fine Stefan, whatever', well that means I love you too." She smiled before they kiss.
At Caroline's house, Liz is taking some boxes. Caroline arrives. "Are you off today?" She asked.
"The historical society volunteer picnic is today." Liz replied. "You're the one who signed me up."
"I know. I just assumed you'd bale."
Liz shook her head. "No. I'm gonna spend the whole day with my daughter."
"You're gonna pretend to be a mother?" Caroline asked.
"I'll bring my gun if it gets rough. Come on, give me one day. I've been buried in work mode, I've barely seen you."
"Well be warned, I'm in a mood."
"Goody for me." Liz rolled her eyes. "What was Elena and Tori doing here so late last night?"
"They wasn't… yes um… Elena and Tori was here. They just needed to talk. Elena and Stefan are going through a rough patch." Caroline lied.
"Is everything okay with you?" Liz asked.
"I'm fine."
"It's just lately you seem different." Liz told her.
"I'm not different, I'm fine." She defended.
"I know you think I don't notice these things but I do. What's going on with you?"
"You know there's pretending to be a mother and then there's reality. Let's not push our luck, okay?" She leaves.
Mystic Falls Public Park, It's the Mystic Falls Historical Society Volunteer Day. Carol Lockwood is doing a speech.
"This is all part of the historical society, continuing efforts to give back to the community." She announced. "Thanks to the generous donation of the Fell family. We are now standing on the sight of our newest public park. Thank you to everyone who has shown up today to lend a helping hand. Thanks."
Mason is removing boxes from his trunk. Stefan rejoins him. "Stefan right? The other Salvatore." Mason said.
Stefan nodded. "The nice one. The one offering an apology."
"Not interested." Mason told him.
"Look, my brother acted impulsively-"
"You think?" Mason asked.
"If you and Damon keep at each other throats, somebody innocent is going to get hurt and I don't want that. You have family here so I can imagine you'd want that either. So what do you say we just quit the whole alpha male fighting thing and call a truce?" Stefan asked.
"I made that same offer to your brother. He turned it down with a knife."
"He made a mistake." Stefan replied. "I'm here to make sure that neither one of you make another one."
"Tell your brother to watch his back."
Stefan catches Mason's arm. "Well, I'm guessing that he only has to worry about that during a full moon. Otherwise you're not as strong, am I right? Or you would have kill Damon by now. There's one of you. There's two of us. I think you're the one that needs to watch his back."
"If he comes at me..."
"He won't." Stefan assured him. They shake their hands and Mason leaves.
Damon joins Stefan. "What are you doing?"
"Negotiating peace on your behalf." Stefan replied.
"I don't want peace." Damon said.
"Consider it opposite day."
"Stefan, please tell me you don't seriously think a hand shake just solved our problem." Damon asked.
"No, actually I think that the first chance Mason Lockwood gets, he's gonna drive a stake through your heart and then through mine, all because you took it upon yourself to try to kill him. So thank you, because we don't have enough problems." He leaves.
At Mystic Grill, Jeremy is at a table. He looks at Tyler. Sarah and Aimee are at the pool table. Sarah looks at Jeremy. "When did Jeremy Gilbert get so cute?" Sarah asked.
Aimee shook her head. "Oh no, stay away, that guy is damages goods."
Jeremy joins Tyler at his table. "Hey man, how have you been?"
"Since when?" Tyler asked.
Jeremy shrugged. "I don't know, I haven't seen you much since your father's funeral. I just figured maybe you'd want-"
"I'm fine, Gilbert" Tyler cut him off.
"Yeah, okay." He starts to leaves.
"Wait, hold up." Tyler stopped him. "I'm sorry. Bad day, bad month. Listen, you were cool that day, at the wake. Thanks for that. I felt like kind of a freak show."
"Yeah, I know the feeling well. What are you doing here?"
"Distracting myself." Tyler replied.
Aimee and Sarah joins them. "Hey, thanks for the text. Where too?" Aimee asked.
"My place." Tyler answered. "My mom is gone all day. Empty house, full stocked bar..."
"Margaritas?" Aimee asked.
"Sure" He looks at Jeremy. "You in?"
Jeremy nodded. "Yeah. Yeah, I'm in"
"Let's do it" They all leave.
Mystic Falls' public park, Mason is helping Liz. "Oh thanks Mason"
"Hey Sheriff, you've got a second?" Mason asked.
"I'm out of uniform. Let's go with Liz." Liz told him.
Mason nodded. "Alright Liz. I was hoping to talk to you about the council."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"I know you and the others founding families have a secret council." He told her.
"If that were true then you'd know it's a secret and isn't discuss with non-council members." Liz replied.
"I know I rejected all that but it's only because I wanted a life outside of this town, not because I was a non-believer. Look, I know vampires exist and you have two of them living right under your nose."
"Really?"
"Yeah" He replied.
"Who would they be?" Liz asked.
"Damon and Stefan Salvatore." Mason answered.
"That's impossible." Liz replied. "I know Damon Salvatore. Do you know what he's done for this town?"
"I know it's a lot to digest."
"No. I watched him kill vampires. He's an ally; he's part of the council."
"Think about it. When did the vampire attacks begin? When Damon and Stefan Salvatore moved to town?" Mason asked.
"They walk in the sun, Mason." Liz told him.
"They've evolved. It's not 1864. They figured it out, Liz."
Liz shook her head. "No. Damon Salvatore is my friend."
"What if I can prove it to you?" They look at Stefan and Damon.
Tori, Elena and Caroline are talking, while painting a veranda.
"So suddenly, she's in the running for mother of the year just when I'm trying to avoid her the most." She notice Elena and Tori weren't listening. "I'm babbling, you don't want to hear all this.
Tori shook her head. "Oh, no, sorry. Then what happened?"
"Well, I was a bitch which is part of the course with us." Caroline told her. She turn to Elena. "So, how are things with you and Stefan? Anything?"
"No, not since the fight." Elena replied. "He's been pushing me away because he thinks that Katherine might get jealous enough to hurt me. I just don't know how to change his mind."
"You said that Katherine's dangerous. Maybe he's got a point."
"Yeah, I know that she's dangerous and I know that he's just trying to protect me but it feels like giving up and I just..."
"Just what?" Caroline asked.
"I just thought that we were stronger than that." Elena replied.
Elena and Tori are painting a wall. She looks at Stefan. He looks at her. Caroline is looking at them. "Oh, oh. Longing looks are being exchanged."
"I'm gonna go talk to him." Elena finally said.
"No, Elena. I think it's a bad idea." Elena ignored Caroline and leaves anyway.
Damon joins Caroline and Tori. "What's her problem?" He asked.
"Don't worry about it." Caroline replied.
"Why are you being such a bitch to your mom?" He questioned.
"Don't worry about it." She repeated.
They all are looking over at Stefan and Elena. Tori was trying to work out what they were saying. "What are they saying?" She asked.
"Do you still care about Katherine?" Elena questioned Stefan.
"Don't do this. Please don't turn this into something that it's not." Stefan told her.
"So this is not for discussion. That's what you're saying?" She asked.
Damon and Caroline are listening to them. "No, I'm saying that this isn't up for discussion right now because we have ears on us." They look at Damon and Caroline. They both pretend that they're not listening.
Elena turned back to Stefan. "Okay, when?"
"I don't know"
"I saw her Stefan." Elena replied. "It's like we are the same person. How could you hate her and be in love with me?"
"You're reaching. I'm not...I'm not Damon."
"How do you know Damon don't think of Tori as Marie?" Elena asked.
"You know, I can't... I can't do this anymore, Elena." Stefan said which secretly means 'I love you'.
"Fine, Stefan. Whatever." Elena replied which meant 'I love you, too'. She walks away.
Damon is still with Caroline and Tori. "Relationships are about communication."
Tori looked at him. "I'm going to find Elena." She told him. "See if she's OK" She walked away with Caroline following her.
At the Lockwood Mansion, Aimee and Sarah are dancing. Tyler and Jeremy are drinking. Aimee joins Tyler. "Where is mine?"
"Have at it." Tyler told her. They go toward the bar.
"Thanks for having us over." Aimee thanked. "I think Sarah's got a thing for Jeremy."
"Well, good for Sarah."
"Look, I'm really embarrassed about slutting it up with you that day at the swimming hole. I'm really not like that, I promise you." Aimee told him.
"You don't need to apologize." Tyler replied.
"Friends?" She asked.
"Yeah, sure." They drink.
Sarah takes Jeremy's notebook. "Can I see?"
Jeremy shook his head. "No, no. No way."
"I want to see." Aimee said.
"Yeah, let's see. What's Van Gogh got going on?" Tyler teased.
"Okay, yeah. Check it out." Jeremy said.
She looks at Jeremy's drawings. "Scary demon wolf thing." Sarah announced.
Tyler seems uncomfortable. Jeremy looks at him. "What's this about?" He asked. He takes the notebook and looks at the drawings.
Jeremy shrugged. "Just some sketches. You still draw, Tyler?"
"A little, but not much." Tyker replied. "You know, I've got something I'm actually working on. Come on, I'll show you."
"Yeah. Okay, sure"
They go in the office. "It's on the desk"
Jeremy looks on the desk but there's nothing. Tyler closes the door. "I don't really see anything."
Tyler rushes over him, pushes him against the wall and strangles him. "What were those pictures about?" Tyler demanded.
"I can't breathe." Jeremy choked.
"Answer me!" He ordered. "Why? Why wolf pictures?"
"Because… because I know." Jeremy replied.
"You know what? You know what Jeremy?!" Tyler questioned.
"I know what you are."
Back at Mystic Falls' public park, Mason's drinking lemonade. Damon joins him. "Hello, Mason. Working hard?"
"Doing my part" Mason replied.
"I heard you talked to Stefan" Damon mentioned.
Mason nodded. "Nice guy."
"Yeah, a lot nicer than me."
"Nice is overrated" Mason said.
"That's what I think." Damon agreed.
"You have a good day, Damon." Mason nodded before leaving.
Stefan arrives. "Please tell me that you were just bonding." He begged.
"So what's up this faux drama in your relationship?" Damon changed the subject.
"What are you talking about?" Stefan asked.
"Oh come on, Stefan. You and Elena don't fight..."
"Drop it, Damon." Stefan told him.
"With pleasure." Damon grinned.
"Would you like some lemonade?" The little girl at the lemonade stand asked.
"Thank you, sweetie." He smiled. Damon drinks lemonade but spits it out. Liz looks at him.
"What's wrong?" Stefan asked.
"Vervain." He coughed. "Vervain."
Elena is alone. Caroline and Tori joins her. "You okay?" Tori asked.
Elena shook her head. "No."
"You know, maybe it's for the best." Caroline said.
"It's not for the best, Caroline." Elena replied. "None of this is for the best. I'm sorry, okay? I… I don't mean to take it out on you. You're just being a good friend."
"No. I'm not. I'm not being a good friend at all." She sees her mom on the phone, leaving the park. "Is she leaving? Where is my mom going?"
Liz is on the phone to her deputies. "Look, I can't talk here. Just get Jesse and meet me down the hill at the entrance. And bring a… yes we need it."
"What's wrong?" Caroline asked.
"Nothing. I just have something..."
"You mean work?" Caroline asked. "You've surprised me. You last longer than 5 minutes."
"It's important" Liz replied.
"It always is"
"I'm sorry." Liz apologized before leaving.
Elena and Tori joins Caroline. "What's going on?" Elena asked.
"I don't know. Something's up."
Damon is drinking water. He's very angry. "I'm gonna kill him."
"Listen to me! Sit! Sit!" Stefan ordered.
"I'm not listening anymore of your "give peace a chance" crap. He's dead!"
"Okay. I don't like it." Stefan replied. "He's making threats. He could expose us. We need to put him down"
"Alright. Let's do it." He sees Mason going into the woods. "Woods. Trash duty. Come on"
Caroline, Tori and Elena are going into the woods. "Where are you going? What's going on?" Elena questioned.
"I need to be able to hear better." Caroline replied.
"Hear what?" Tori asked.
"Something's wrong." Caroline told them.
"Caroline-"
"Shh."
Mason is in the woods. Stefan and Damon arrive.
"Don't look so surprised. You knew this was inevitable. Go ahead, run. I'll give you a head start." Damon smirked.
Suddenly Mason bends down. Damon and Stefan are shot.
Caroline has heard everything. "Oh god." She breathed out.
"What is it?" Elena questioned.
"Stefan and Damon." Caroline replied.
"What?" Tori asked.
Stefan and Damon are on the floor. Liz and some of her deputies arrive. "Thank you, Mason" Liz thanked him. She injects Damon and Stefan with vervain.
At the Lockwood Mansion, Tyler and Jeremy are still in his dad's office.
"How do you know about all this?" Tyler asked.
"My uncle John left this old diary lying around." Jeremy replied. "It was written by a crazy Gilbert ancestor who wrote about this curse that ran in your family."
"A curse about what?" Tyler asked.
"Werewolves. It's crazy, right? But then, Matt was attacked by a wolf under a full moon and your uncle had just gotten back to town. It was too weird. Is it true?"
"About my uncle? Yeah." He nods.
"Bu you...you're not-"
"A wolf? I'm sorry, werewolf? No. I mean, not yet. Just saying that out loud, I sound insane." Tyler said.
"I don't think so but then again, I always did believe in the crazy stuff." Jeremy said.
"According to my uncle, you have to trigger the curse. Somebody has to die at your hands, like a murder or an accident. I basically have to cause death and then boom: next full moon I'm howling on all fours." Tyler told him.
"Is that why he came back? To tell you all this?" Jeremy questioned.
"Yeah, right. He had to tell me. I caught him. He's not here for me." He takes the moonstone from his pocket and shows it to Jeremy. "He's here for this."
Liz, Mason and the deputies are going into the Lockwood's old estate ruins. The deputies are carrying Stefan and Damon.
"It's down the stairs to the left." Mason told them.
"Careful. The wooden bullets and vervain won't keep them down for long. What is this place?" Liz asked.
"Old slave quarters from the original Lockwood house."
They are in the ruins. "Thank you, Mason. I appreciate all you've done. We got it from here."
"You're gonna kill them, right?" He asked.
"Yes." Liz replied. "That's why you should go. Here it's the council, not the law. You can't be a party to this. It's for your own protection."
"Liz, I don't care about-"
"I do and I'm not asking." She replied. "Goodbye Mason."
"Don't take any chances." He told her before leaving.
Caroline, Tori and Elena are in the woods looking for Liz, Damon and Stefan but suddenly Caroline stops.
"What is it?" Elena questioned.
"They've been here." Caroline replied. She bends down and looks at a plant. There's blood on it.
"What?" Tori asked.
Mason approaches them. "What are you two doing out here?"
"Have you seen Stefan?" Elena asked.
"Yeah Elena, I've seen him." Mason replied. He looks at Tori. "Seen Damon too."
"Where are they?"
"You don't need me for that. I'll let your friend here sniff them out." He looks at Caroline. "Does your mother know what you are? I'm happy to tell her." She goes toward him but he catches Elena and strangles her from behind. "Don't be stupid! Necks snap easy around here."
Caroline nodded. "I can take you"
"Wanna bet?" Mason challenged.
"Yeah. I do." She rushes over him. Catches him and pushes him against a tree. "I told you" She kicks him in the leg, throws him on the floor and kicks him on the stomach with strength. He's thrown against the tree and falls on the floor.
"Come on" She told Elena and Tori.
Damon wakes up. Liz shoots him in the leg. "This is how it's gonna work. Answer me and you don't get shot, understand? How many of you are there?" She questioned.
"Liz, please." Damon begged.
She shoots him again. He screams. "How did you fool us? How do you walk in the sun?" She asked. He doesn't answer. She shoots Stefan. "I will drag this out painfully."
"But you're my friend." Damon reminded her.
"Our friendship was a lie. Answer me and I'll kill you fast."
Tori, Elena and Caroline arrive at the ruins.
"What is that?" Elena asked. Caroline hears her mother telling her deputies to kill Stefan and Damon. "Caroline. Caroline, what is it?"
"My mom." Caroline replied. "She's killing them."
"What?!" Tori questioned. "We have to stop her!"
"No, I can't. She's gonna find out about me." Caroline said. Tori and Elena ignored her as they ran down the stairs. "Guys!"
Elena and Tori go into the ruins.
"Let's do this." Liz told the deputies. "Each with a stake in the heart, then burn them both. Check it out."
They hear someone. One of the deputies is going to check it out. Tori hits him with a plank and then goes into the cell.
"Elena, Tori, what are you doing?" Liz asked.
"You can't kill them." Tori told her. "We're not gonna let you."
They hear a noise. The door closes by itself.
"What was that?" A deputy asked.
"Who else is with you?" Liz asked.
Caroline is here. She kills one of the deputies and then punches the other one. "Hi mom." She said softly.
Damon and Stefan are now awake. Damon is feeding on one of the deputies and then he checks on Stefan. Elena is sitting with Stefan."You need to drink some deputy blood."
"No. I'm gonna be fine." Stefan told him. "It's just gonna take a little bit longer."
"Damon's right you know." Caroline spoke up, "If there's ever time to break your diet-"
"He said he didn't want it, okay?" Elena said.
Damon gets up. "This is a most unfortunate situation. Two deputies dead and you." He looks at Liz. "What am I gonna do with you?"
"You won't tell anyone, will you? Mom? Mom? Please. Look, I know that we don't get along and that you hate me but I'm your daughter and you'll do this for me, right? Mom, please." Caroline begged. "He will kill you."
"Then kill me." Liz finally spoke.
"No!"
"I can't take this. Kill me now." Liz begged.
"But you were gonna drag it out so painfully." He catches her.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no!" Caroline screamed.
"Damon, don't!" Stefan said.
"Damon, please!" Tori begged.
"Relax guys. No one is killing anybody." He looks at Liz. "You're my friend" He looks at the deputies. "We've got to clean this up."
Back at the Lockwood Mansion, Jeremy is looking at the moonstone. "What is it?" He asked.
"It's a moonstone." Tyler replied. "I looked it up online. It's a natural rock but there supposed to have all sorts of supernatural legends attached to them."
"Why didn't you give it to him?" He asked.
"Because he wants it." Tyler answered. "I'm a dick that way. It's important to him for some reason but I don't trust the guy so I'm not just gonna hand it to him."
Aimee and Sarah arrive in the room with drinks in their hands. "Found you!" Sarah said.
"Hey, you guys are missing all the drinking." Aimee told them.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Were you two having a moment?" Sarah giggled.
"No, we're good." Tyler replied.
"Hey, hey, what is that?"
"It's... woah, hey." He said as Aimee takes the moonstone from Jeremy.
"Pretty" She smiled.
"Okay, let's not play with the rock."
"Well, come and get it" Aimee challenged.
"Look, I'll play along for a little bit but seriously, give it back" He tried to get it
"Lookie here" Sarah has the stone. "Snooze, you lose" She runs, he goes after her.
"You're lucky. You're cute when you're drunk." Tyler told her.
"I want Jeremy to come get it." Sarah replied.
"Give me a break."
"Sarah, don't be a bad drunk." Aimee complained.
"Jeremy, come upstairs with me. See how a bad drunk I can be." Sarah said flirtatiously.
"I'm good, thanks" Jeremy replied. Tyler goes on the stairs and tries to takes the moonstone from Sarah's hands. He takes it and she falls and hits her head on the floor. "Sarah!" He called.
"Sarah, oh my god!" Aimee ran to her.
"She fell!" Tyler told the.
"She's not moving. Oh my god." Aimee panicked.
Sarah opens her eyes and laughs. "I fooled you."
"Oh my god."
Sarah looked at Tyler. "You pushed me down the stairs!"
"Look, he didn't mean it okay?" Jeremy told her. "You got her?" He asked Aimee.
Aimee nodded. Sarah gets up and leaves with Aimee.
At the Salvatore's house, Caroline arrives with a luggage. "Hey, sorry that took forever. I just didn't know how long my mom was gonna be here." She explained.
"Damon says it'll take 3 days' tops for the vervain to leave her system. Maybe even sooner." Elena replied. Stefan joins the girls.
"Hey!" Caroline greeted, "You get some bunny in you?"
"Yeah, I'm feeling much better, thank you." He smiled.
Damon and Tori are in a cell, in the basement. Liz is on the phone.
"A stomach bug. Yeah, it came on fast. I'll definitely be out tomorrow." She looks at Damon. "Or longer. I'll text you. Yeah. Good night" She hangs up and gives the phone to Damon.
"Thank you." Damon smiled. "It's not exactly the Ritz, but it's secure. Brought you a good thread count. And once the vervain is worked out of your system, I will compel you, you will forget everything and you will be a free woman."
Caroline, Stefan and Elena arrive at the cell and listen do the conversation.
"Can you keep Caroline far away from me please? I don't want to see her." Liz said.
"She's your daughter, Liz." Tori told her.
"Not anymore. My daughter's gone." Liz replied.
"You have no idea how wrong you are about that." Shee looks at Caroline. She leaves, Elena follows her.
Stefan sees the fridge and opens it. He takes a blood pouch and looks at it. Elena arrives. "Stefan, I think that we should-" She saw him holding the pouch "What are you doing?"
"Katherine and Marie took a little vervain every day and built up a tolerance to it.. I could do the same with blood." He told her. "I could learn to control myself on it"
"But you can't, Stefan." She replied. "You don't have to."
"I almost died tonight, Elena. Because I was too weak." He told her.
"But the last time that you drank human blood-"
"I told you I'll find a way to stop Katherine, didn't I? Well this is it, this is the only way because she's stronger than me. And unless I change this, I can't protect you." He explained.
"Can we talk about this later?" Elena asked.
"He can hear us wherever we are, because he drinks this." He showed her the blood. "This is the only thing that can help me!"
"Are you serious? Are you pretending to fight?" She questioned. "Because I can't tell if-"
"No, this is real. No more pretend." He cut her off. She looks at him and leaves.
Caroline is alone in the living room. Elena and Matt joins her. "You want us to take you home?" Tori asked.
"I can't go home." Caroline replied.
"Why not?" She asked.
"Because I'm scared."
"Why are you scared?" Elena asked. "Caroline, you can talk to us."
"Katherine and Marie are gonna be there and she's gonna want me to tell her everything that happened today. They told me I had to spy on you and report back to them." Caroline explained.
"I know and I've been so mad at you." Elena replied. "But then, I tried to put myself in your position so that I could understand why you would do this to me and to Stefan because he's been such a friend to you."
"Who did they threaten?" Tori questioned.
"Matt, she threatened Matt and I'm so scared of them!" Caroline cried. "I am so scared."
"And you should be. Caroline, we all should be." Tori told her.
"Why are they doing this? What do they want?" Caroline asked.
"That's the million dollar question." Elena replied. They all embrace each other.
At the Lockwood Mansion, Mason is leaving a message to Liz.
"Hey Sheriff, its Mason Lockwood." He says. "I just want to make sure everything went okay today. I didn't see you later and...give me a call will you?" He hangs up. Tyler arrives. "Hey."
"I almost killed a girl today." Tyler told him.
"What?"
"It was an accident. I was being stupid. She's okay though but there I was and just for a moment, for a split second, I hoped she would die." Tyler explained. "Look, whatever this is inside me, I don't want any part of it. I don't ever want to feel that way again, I won't, I can't."
"I know." Mason replied. Tyler gives him the moonstone. "Thank you."
"Yeah."
Back at the Salvatore's house, Tori tucks a blanket around Caroline. Elena walks to the door and Tori gets up to follow her. Damon intercepts her. "Caroline is sleeping on the couch." She explained.
"I heard and you." He told her.
"I'm going home." Tori replied. She goes to the door, but stops. "What you did for Caroline's mom, that's the Damon who was my friend." Elena opens the door for them to leave.
"Hey, Elena, Stefan didn't drink the people blood, if you were curious, but he needs to and deep down you know that." He told her.
Stefan is in the Salvatore's library. Elena joins him. "You can come in." He told her.
"Do you really think that you can control it?" She asked.
"I don't know but if I don't try-"
"So a little bit every day?" She asked.
"Yeah, just a few drops of blood in my system." He replied. "I think it's worth trying."
"So do I, but I don't want you to do it alone." She takes a paper-knife.
"What are you doing?" Stefan questioned.
She cuts her hand. "It's you and me, Stefan." She told him. "Always." He drinks her blood. His face changes. She kisses him. His face becomes normal again. They kiss again.
Mason is in the woods. A car is waiting for him. He goes in the car. Marie is in the car. "I've been waiting" She told him.
One Year Ago, Emerald Coast, Florida
Mason's eyes are yellow. Marie arrives. "Mason? What happened?" She questioned.
"Jimmy attacked me." Mason replied.
"What? Why?" Marie asked.
"He said that I hit on Marla." He told her.
"Why would he think that?" She embraces him.
"He's dead. I killed him."
She looks at Jimmy's body and smiles. "Everything's gonna be okay."
Present Day, The Woods
Mason tries to kiss Marie but she pushes him away. "What was that stunt today that you pulled with Damon and Stefan Salvatore?" She questioned.
"I thought you would be happy about that." Mason replied.
"I told you to stay away from them." She reminded him.
"Why do you even care?" he asked.
"I don't want you to get distracted. I need you to find the moonstone." He smiles. "You got it?" She asked.
"I got it." He grinned. They kiss passionately.
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