Mystic Grill
Tyler is at the pool table. Matt and Caroline are sitting at a table, they look at him. Mayor Lockwood arrives at the Mystic Grill. He goes toward Tyler.
"What are you doing here? I told you to go home". Mayor Lockwood told Tyler.
"I decided not to". Tyler replied.
"If I tell you to do something, you do it!"
He grabs Tyler's arm and begins to shout.
"Let go of me!"
Caroline arrives.
"Mayor, is everything okay?" Caroline asked.
Matt arrives too; the Mayor looks at them.
"Please Tyler; I need you to go home, now. Take your friends with you". Richard told his son.
"Why? What's going on?" Matt asked.
"I can't explain. All of you need to get home, now. Please".
"Yeah, okay". Tyler replied.
The Mayor gives him his car's keys.
"Here, take my car, it's out back. Caroline, Matt go with him".
They look at him and leave.
Jeremy is in front of the restrooms. Anna goes toward him.
"Anna what are you doing here? My uncle could see you". Jeremy said.
"I don't care about that. I needed to find you. Come here". Anna replied.
They go in the restroom.
Town Square
Mayor Lockwood is giving his speech.
"For one hundred and fifty years, Mystic Falls has been the kind of town that everybody wants to call home: safe, prosperous, welcoming. And we have the Founders to thank for that. That's why I'd like to dedicate this evening's firework display to their legacy".
Everyone applause, the tomb vampires on in the crowd, looking at the Mayor. He looks at one of the deputies.
Grayson Gilbert's Office
John is waiting for the signal. One of the deputies is with him.
"Get in position". John said.
The deputy goes out. John goes toward the device and looks at it.
Town Square
"Enjoy the show!" Maylor Lockwood said.
The firework starts. Mayor Lockwood and his wife start to leave.
Mayor Lockwood says to his wife, "Stay close".
Tomb vampires are following them. Bonnie runs into one of them.
"Excuse me, I'm sorry". The leader said.
"I'm sorry". Bonnie said.
He leaves. She looks at him. She gets a vision of what he is and follows him.
Grayson Gilbert's Office
John is preparing the device, Damon arrives.
"Do you have any idea what you've done?" Damon asked.
"Yeah, as a matter of fact I do". John replied.
Damon goes toward him, John activates the device. Damon falls, he grabs the sides of his head and screams.
Town Square
Stefan and Grace fall screaming in pain holding their heads.
"Uncle Stefan! My head!" Grace cried out holding the sides of her head.
"Stefan, what's going on? What's happening?" Elena asked panicked.
"My head!" Stefan yelled.
"What?"
"My head!"
"Uncle Stefan make it stop! It hurts!" Grace cried.
Grayson Gilbert's Office
Damon is on the floor, holding his head and screaming. John prepares a syringe with vervain.
Mystic Grill
Anna and Jeremy are in the restrooms. Anna grabs her head and begins to scream.
"Anna what's wrong? Anna!" Jeremy said worried.
"Please, make it stop!" Anna cried.
Stefan and Grace are holding their head in the Town Square, Damon is holding his head at Grayson Gilbert's office, Anna is in Jeremy's arms screaming in the restroom of the Grill. The tomb vampires' leader falls, and one of the deputies injects him vervain. John injects vervain to Damon.
Tyler is driving his father's car when he suddenly hears the device.
"What the hell is that?" Tyler asked.
"What's the matter?" Caroline asked.
"That noise!"
"Wait, what noise?" Matt asked.
Tyler lets go of the wheel, grabs his head and begins to scream.
"Tyler! Tyler!" Caroline says worriedly.
He loses control of the car.
"Dude, hey! Caroline, the wheel!" Matt replied.
She tries to grab the wheel, Tyler screams. The car crashes into a wall.
Town Square
Stefan and Grace are on the floor, holding their head. Elena's with him. A deputy runs toward them but Alaric runs interference and hurriedly talks to him.
"Hey, I got this one. There's one over there. Take this, go! Go! Go!" Alaric tells the deputy.
The deputy leaves. Alaric goes toward them and helps Stefan to get up, while Elena helps Grace up. They go toward the stairs.
"I don't know what happened, they just dropped". Elena says.
"Yeah, they're not the only ones. The cops have gotten everyone who's gone down, injecting them with vervain". Alaric replied.
"What?"
They look at Stefan.
"They're rounding up the vampires".
"But why is it affecting me? I'm not a vampire?" Grace asked.
Stefan then pulled his niece into an embrace. "What am I Uncle Stefan?" She sobbed.
Carol Lockwood is with her husband. He's on the floor.
"Please help him, he just went down". Carole said.
The deputies inject him with vervain. Mayor Lockwood is unconscious and there is blood leaking out his ears.
Mystic Grill
Anna and Jeremy are still in the restrooms.
"Ahhhhhhhh my head!" Anna screamed.
She screams. One of the deputy enters.
Deputy into the radio, "I got one".
They inject her with vervain, the other holds Jeremy.
"Hey, what are you doing? What are you doing? Hey, leave her alone!" Jeremy protested.
The deputy takes her, the other stays with Jeremy.
"Leave her alone! Anna!"
Grayson Gilbert's Office
The device is stopped. John takes everything back and goes in the basement. Damon is on the floor, unconscious. Deputies are bringing more vampires.
"The device is done; the only thing keeping them down is vervain. We don't have much time, let's finish this". John says.
Damon begins to wake up; one of the Deputies is pouring gasoline everywhere. John begins to leave but Anna catches his leg. She's on the floor. He looks at her.
"Anna".
Damon turns his head and looks at them.
John to the Deputy, "You can head up; I'll take it from here".
The Deputy leaves, Anna tries to get up, Damon is still looking at them. John takes a stake from his back.
"Please...no!" Anna cried.
He stakes her, Damon looks at him. John pours more gasoline. He goes up the stairs and pours a trail of gasoline up them. He goes out of the basement, lights a match and throws it on the gasoline. A fire starts. Some of the vampires begin to burn. Damon looks at them. 'Stefan if I don't live through this take care of Gracie for me please' Damon thought to himself.
Town Square
Stefan and Grace better, he's talking with Elena. Grace had somewhat calmed down but remained in Stefan's arms.
"Are you okay?" Elena asked.
"It was like needles were piercing my skull and it just stopped". Stefan answered.
"I still don't understand, why did it affect me I'm not a vampire. If I'm not a vampire what am I? What am I?" Grace asked getting worked up.
"Gracie hey calm down sweetheart just calm down". Stefan soothed her.
"But what am I Uncle Stefan?"
"Your Grace, your my niece and I'll always love you".
"I want Uncle Damon".
Alaric arrives.
"I saw at least five vampires go down. They're taking them to your family's old building". Alaric said.
"It's the Gilbert's device. It has to be". Stefan said.
"But how did he get it to work? Bonnie unspelled it". Elena said.
"Maybe she didn't". Alaric said.
"She did, we saw her do it!"
"No, no, no, he's right. Think about it. We asked Bonnie to deactivate a device that could protect people against vampires". Stefan added.
"So we could protect you".
"And Damon. Vampires. Where is Damon?"
"I don't know. I haven't seen him since this started".
"We need to find him". Grace said.
"Can you get my brother, take him home?" Elena asked Alaric.
"Of course". He replied.
"Let's go".
"Gracie go with Ric". Stefan said.
"I'm staying with you". Grace said.
"Stefan we don't have time she can come with us". Elena said intervening.
"Fine, Gracie you stay by my side the whole time. Do you understand me". Stefan said.
"Yes now let's go find Uncle Damon". She said.
Grayson Gilbert's Office
The basement is on fire. Damon looks around him and sees the mayor.
"Mayor. Is that you?" Damon asked.
"What are you doing here?" Mayor Lockwood replied.
"I'm a vampire. What's your excuse? No, really. The vervain didn't affect you, you're not a vampire, what the hell are you?"
The mayor scoots backwards to get away from Damon. He bumps into the tomb vampires' leader, who is waking.
"Mayor Lockwood!"
The vampire leader reaches an arm around Mayor Lockwood from behind and grabs his chin, pulls violently and snaps his neck. Damon seeing this slowly smiles. Damon was then thinking to himself, 'Gracie if I don't make it out just know that I love you sweetheart. You are the best thing to ever happen to me'.
Town Square
Matt and Caroline are out of the car; an ambulance arrived, Tyler is on the ground, unconscious.
"Hey, are you okay?" Matt asked.
"I'm fine, I'm fine". Caroline said.
"No, they need to check you out".
"No, I'm fine, I'm fine. They're helping Tyler".
The paramedics are examining Tyler. One of them opens one of Tyler's eyes, it flashes amber-gold before going back to brown.
"What the hell?!"The paramedic yells in shock.
"What's wrong?" Matt asked.
"His eyes!"
They look at him when suddenly, Tyler wakes up.
"What happened?" Tyler asked.
"Dude, don't scare me like that!" Matt said.
Matt turns his head, Caroline is on the ground, unconscious.
"Caroline! Guys, over here! Caroline, wake up!"
Elena, Stefan, and Grace are walking when suddenly Stefan hears the fire.
"Wait, wait, wait, I can hear them. The building is on fire".
"What?!" Grace cried.
"What?" Elena says shocked.
"The building's on fire!"
Grayson Gilbert's Office
The building is still on fire. Damon tries to gets up, but a beam falls down in front of him.
Town Square
Elena, Grace and Stefan go toward John, talking to him.
"Gracie stay behind me". Stefan tells his niece.
She simply nods as she takes some of his jacket in her hands.
"Where is Damon?" Elena asked.
"With the rest of them, where he should be. It's over for Damon". John said.
"If my uncle dies I'll take that ring off your finger and kill you myself". Grace said angrily.
"Grace". Stefan warned his niece.
"You're crazy!" Elena said.
"Why? Because I'm doing what should have been done a hundred and forty five years ago? This is the right thing, Elena". John replied.
Stefan is looking at the building. John looks at him.
"Go ahead, you won't make it out. It'll save me the trouble of killing you myself". John said.
"Maybe I should kill you!" Grace yelled.
Stefan looks at Elena.
"You know the building well, is there another way in?" Stefan asked.
"Utility door, there's one around the side". Elena answered.
"Gracie stay here with Elena, do not leave her side. Do you understand me". Stefan told his niece.
"Yes just go get Uncle Damon". Grace said. He kissed her head and took off.
He goes toward the building, Elena follows him but John catches her arm.
"You take one more step and I'll alert those deputies that they missed a vampire. Actually two". John said as he looked down at Grace.
"I'm not a vampire you douche". Grace snapped.
"I'm asking you not to". Elena said.
"That doesn't mean anything to me". John said.
"As my father, it should".
Long pause, they look at each other. Even Grace was stunned.
"You know".
"I wasn't sure, now I am".
She looks at him and goes toward the building.
Grayson Gilbert's Office
Stefan runs towards the emergency door but Bonnie arrives.
"Hey, you can't go in there!" Bonnie shouted.
Stefan opens the door.
"The fire will take you out".
"He's my brother, Bonnie! He's also Grace's uncle".
He goes into the building, he tries to open the basement's door but the doorknob is too hot. Bonnie is looking at the building when Elena and Grace arrived.
"Uncle Stefan!" Grace called out.
"Stefan!" Elena called.
"Elena, you can't go in there!" Bonnie said.
"Bonnie, what are you doing?"
"I'm sorry I lied to you".
"Why'd you lie Bonnie? Why? Grace asked.
She catches Elena's arm, closes her eyes and begins to recite a spell.
"Ex spiritum intacullum, in terrum incendium, fes matos salvis adisdum!"
"Bonnie, I've got to get in there!"
Bonnie is still reciting the spell. In the building, Stefan can finally open the door but the fire is too large. Suddenly, the flames diminish, thanks to Bonnie's spell. Stefan goes into the basement and finds Damon.
"Damon! Come on, hurry!" Stefan calls out to his brother.
Stefan picks Damon up and vamp-runs out of the basement. Outside, Bonnie finishes her spell and looks at Elena.
"Bonnie...Bonnie, what is it? Are they gonna be okay?"
Stefan and Damon come out of the building, Elena and Grace runs toward them.
"Uncle Damon!" Grace said in relief.
"Oh my god!"
Grace held onto Damon as she buried her face into his neck and muttered, "I'm glad your ok". SHe then let go of Damon and went to Stefan. 'I'm glad that both Uncle Damon and Stefan are ok' Grace thought to herself.
Mystic Grill
Elena is standing alone, Stefan and Grace rejoins her. Grace had put her head down on the table she was slowly starting to doze off.
"The fire is out. The story is the building's old wiring is what caused it". Elena said.
"Did you see where Damon went?" Stefan asked.
"No, he just kind of disappeared".
"Figures".
She embraces him.
"I'm so glad you're okay".
"I try so hard...to hate him. I guess it's just pointless. I thought I could get along with him for Gracie".
"You care about him, so do I. But I love you Stefan, and I know that you are worried about that".
Stefan: I just...you know, I know my brother.
"But I love you, Stefan".
"I know the trouble he can cause".
She takes his face in her hands.
"I love you Stefan, you!"
They look at each other and she kisses him.
"You have nothing to worry about, okay?"
She kisses him again.
"Jenna called, Jeremy's home, I'm just gonna run over to the school to pick up my dress, my clothes and the rest of my stuff and then I'll check on him".
Stefan then looked to see his niece almost asleep. "I gotta get this one home for bed, it's been a long day for her".
Stefan had picked a now sleeping Grace and left heading back home for the night.
Stefan goes out as he adjusted Grace, Bonnie arrives.
"Oh, hey". Stefan greeted.
"Hey". Bonnie replied.
"You...you just missed Elena.
"I was looking for you actually. I won't keep you long because you have Grace".
"Oh".
"Elena is my best friend, and because she loves you, I couldn't let you or Damon die in that fire. Besides I'm not taking Grace's only family from her".
"I'm very grateful Bonnie, I hope you know that".
"I do...but I hope you know that things have to change. Damon has to change. I know he does around Grace but he has to change".
"We both want the same thing".
"We both want to protect the people we care about. The difference is, for you, Damon is one of them. You saw what I was able to do tonight. I know who I am now, and if Damon spills so much as one drop of innocent blood, I'll take him down. Even if I have to take you with him".
"Let's hope it doesn't come to that".
"Let's hope it doesn't".
Gilbert Residence
Damon goes out of the house. Elena arrives, she's holding her dress.
"What are you doing here?" Elena asked.
"Failed and feeble attempt at doing the right thing". Damon replied.
"Which was...?"
"It's not important. Let me take this for you"
He takes the dress and her bag, and sets it down.
"Thank you".
"You know, I came to this town wanting to destroy it. Tonight, I found myself wanting to protect it. How does that happen? I'm not a hero, Elena. I don't do good. It's not in me. I only do good when it comes to Gracie".
"Maybe it is".
"Nah, it's reserved for my brother, Gracie, and you...and Bonnie...who, even though she has every reason to hate me, still helped Stefan save me".
"Why do you sound so surprised?"
"Because she did it for you. Which means that somewhere along the way, you decided that I was worth saving. And I wanted to thank you for that".
"You're welcome".
He kisses her on the cheek; they look at each other. He hesitates and then he kisses her she pulls away slightly and then Damon grabs "Elena" and they kiss passionately for a few seconds until Jenna opens the door and interrupts them. They stop and Damon tries to hide himself.
"Hi..."
"It's late, you should probably come inside". Jenna said.
She looks at Damon, grabs her dress and goes into the house. Jenna closes the door. Damon then heads home.
Salvatore Boarding House
Stefan had carried Grace up to her room as she slept soundly on his shoulder, he kissed her temple. He quickly woke her so she could change for bed. Once she was changed she had crawled into bed just as Stefan pulled the covers back for her.
"Where's Uncle Damon?" Grace asked sleepily.
"He'll be home soon you get some rest you had a long day". Stefan replied softly, he moved some hair from her forehead.
"G'night Uncle Stefan".
"Sweet dreams Gracie".
He kissed her head then left her room closing the door behind him going to his to call Elena.
Gilbert Residence
John is in the kitchen, he opens the fridge and when he closes it, Elena is there.
"You scared me". John said.
"Sorry". Elena said.
"You know...I first met Isobel when I was a teenager. I fell in love with her instantly, although I'm pretty sure she never loved me. She was special. A part of why I hate the vampires so much is because of what she became, how it ruined her. And I never would have sent her to Damon had I known she wanted to turn".
She looks at him while she puts away dishes.
"It's my fault. I'm telling you this because I hoped maybe you'd understand".
"Thank you".
"Can I help?"
She looks at his ring.
"Sure".
She cuts his fingers off of the hand with the Gilbert ring with the knife she was putting away, and pushes him against the sink. John screams in pain.
"Katherine?!"
Her eyes change and become vampiric.
"Hello, John. Goodbye, John".
She stabs him. She then left out the back door quickly.
"Just one more stop to make". Katherine muttered.
She then had sped off to the Salvatore House. She had waited in the back to see if she could make her move, once the coast was clear she made her move and went up to Grace's window opening it then speeding inside hiding. Grace had woken up when she heard her window open so she blindly got out of bed and went to close it, not thinking of anything she went back to bed but she was on full alert when she had seen someone move quickly in the shadows.
"Who's there?" Grace said quietly.
"Hello Gracie it's been a little while". Katherine's voice said.
Grace stood still as a statue, her body frozen in fear, she felt her blood run cold, she knew that voice anywhere and when she finally turned to face it she seen no other than Katherine.
"Katherine".
A/N: Sorry if it's not my best work, I couldn't sleep last night so I decided to write this. I hope I did well.