[KLAUS'S HOUSE]
ELIJAH: You look surprised to see me. So it wasn't you that removed the dagger from my chest?
KLAUS: You look like you could do with a drink. And we have a lot to discuss, so shall we?
(Elijah att*cks him; Klaus flies through a window)
KLAUS: Easy. I just finished renovating. You know you have every right to be mad at me. But I kept my word, I reunited you with our family.
(Elijah att*cks him again, Klaus undaggers Kol and threatens Elijah with the dagger)
KLAUS: Don`t make me do this to you again Elijah!
ELIJAH: Come on. Use it. I dare you. You'll have Kol to deal with.
KLAUS: Mikael is dead.
ELIJAH: What did you say?
KLAUS: I k*lled him. With his own w*apon. He's gone Elijah. Forever.
ELIJAH: Why do our family remain in these coffins? Finn for over 900 years, Kol for over a century.
KLAUS: Because of Stefan Salvatore. He holds the one thing keeping me from freeing them. There are things that you do not know about our past, Elijah. Our mother's death. Things I never wanted you to know but I`m ready to tell you now. I only ask that you remember the oath of loyalty you once swore to me.
ELIJAH: What are you doing?
(Klaus daggers Kol again)
KLAUS: Always and forever. I need you to stand by my side. Be my brother. Help me destroy Stefan and I promise you our family will be whole again.
(Klaus closes Kol`s coffin lid)
GILBERT HOUSE
ELENA: Morning
ALARIC: Thought we had aspirin.
ELENA: Yeah in the vitamins. You`re hungover.
ALARIC: Yeah, sorry about that, it was a bit of a weird night.
ELENA: I told you you don`t have to feel guilty about inviting Meredith over here.
ALARIC: Oh I know. And I thank you for that. But I do feel guilty for whiskey dialing her at two in the a.m.
ELENA: No you didn`t.
ALARIC: Oh, yes I did.
ELENA: Oh, was she cool about it?
ALARIC: Well, as soon as these aspirin kick in and I remember the conversation, I'll let you know.
GILBERT PORCH
(Sheriff Forbes rings the doorbell and is waiting outside; Elena opens the door)
ELENA: Sheriff Forbes, hi. Is everything OK?
LIZ: This is an unconventional conversation we`re about to have. So I hope you`ll protect me on it.
ALARIC: Of course.
LIZ: I assume you both heard our medical examiner was m*rder*d the night of the Wickery Bridge fundraiser.
ALARIC: Yeah. Brian Walters. Why?
LIZ: We`ve been investigating. Someone drove this stake through his heart.
ALARIC: That`s one of ours. I mean this is one of a set from your parents lake house.
LIZ: That`s why I`m here. I haven`t told anyone but forensics ran it for prints and found only one clean set.
(She looks at Elena)
LIZ: Yours
ELENA: What?
AT A MEADOW IN THE WOODS
(Damon and Elena talk on the phone)
DAMON: So you`re the prime suspect, huh?
ELENA: She doesn`t think that I did it. She`s just tryin` to find out why somebody used one of my family weapons to k*ll a council member.
DAMON: Well why don`t you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons.
ALARIC: You`re on speaker phone, d*ck.
DAMON: I`m just sayin` first suspects usually the right one. Don`t get so defensive.
ALARIC: Brian Walters was k*lled days ago, right? I didn`t show Meredith this stuff until last night!
ELENA: It wasn`t Meredith.
DAMON: But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night.
ELENA: It`s not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic.
DAMON: Who else knows about your secret little slayer stash?
ALARIC: Who doesn't? Got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car.
DAMON: It's Klaus, it has to be, he's screwing with us.
ELENA: What if it was Stefan? He was crazy that night, and you know he was trying to get underneath Klaus's skin, he was capable of pretty much anything.
DAMON: Ahh, make's me nostalgic for the time that Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifict, anyway got to go, you'll know more later.
ALARIC: Hey, where are you?
DAMON: Tea with an old friend.
DAMON: Elijah, my favorite original, back from the dead. Clean up nice.
ELIJAH: You left something, in my jacket pocket.
(Elijah pulls out a note)
DAMON: Oh, yeah. "Dear Elijah, let's get together, plot the destruction of your brother, XOXO"
ELIJAH: Damon.
DAMON: Was I right to undagger you or are we gonna have a problem?
ELIJAH: I'm here, let's talk.
DAMON: I'll start with an easy question, any idea what kind of Klaus k*lling w*apon could be magically sealed in a mystery coffin?
THE OLD LOCKWOOD SECRET CELLER
(Abby, Bonnie and Stefan go to the coffin, it's in the secret cellar.)
ABBY: Slow down!
STEFAN: Keep up, we don't have much time.
BONNIE: Sorry Stefan, but I didn't have a choice.
STEFAN: It was a choice Bonnie, you made it and now we have to live with it. You told Klaus where the coffins were and he took them. All of them except this one.
ABBY: That's the one that's sealed?
STEFAN: Yep. Fortunately it seems to be the one he cares about most.
ABBY: Aren't you coming inside?
(Stefan stops at the entrance.)
STEFAN: Vampires can't get in. Damon had to compelled a couple of Lockwood-Gardeners to bring the coffin in.
Abby: This is a bad idea.
Stefan: Look, if you're really the key to opening up that coffin, I think it's a pretty save bet you're on Klaus's hitlist.So I suggest you hideout here and figure out a way to open up the damn thing.
Abby: I told you, I don't have any powers.
Stefan: And I don't believe you. The time's ticking. Won't be long, before Klaus calls his hybrids to find that coffin and k*ll all of us. So dig deep, Abby Bennett. Scrape out whatever magic you have left.
(Stefan leaves when he comes outside, Elena's waiting in the front of the entrance to the cave.)
Stefan: What are you doing here?
Elena: Bonnie told me that you guys would be here. I need to talk to you.
Stefan: Well, there's nothing to talk about. I'm just focused on getting this coffin open.
Elena: Did you k*ll the medical examiner?
Stefan: Why would you think I did that?
Elena: Maybe because I don't know what you're capable of anymore.
Stefan: Well, believe what you want, Elena.
Elena: I don't want to believe any of it, Stefan.
Stefan: But you had to ask me anyway.
Elena: Stefan...
Stefan: Did you ask Damon... if he k*lled anybody lately?
(Elena doesn't answer, Stefan leaves.)
HOSPITAL
(Meredith meets up with Caroline in the hallway.)
Meredith: Are you Caroline?
Caroline: Yes. Dr. Fell, hi. Elena told me you helped out my dad.
Meredith: I did. Do you think you can get him to be a little more grateful? He spent half the night threatening to get my medical license revoked for saving his life.
Caroline: Yeah, my dad's a little set in his ways. He spent his whole life hating vampires, so...
Meredith: So... he's not psyched about it being vampire blood that healed him. Yeah, he made that clear. I'm sorry. my bedside manner sucks, on no sleep.
Caroline: So, can I take him home?
Meredith: I signed his discharge papers late last night, just to shut him up.
Caroline: Oh, I... he didn't call or anything.
Meredith: That's gotta be hard. When your dad hates the one thing you can't change about yourself. I make it my business, to know who the vampires are in this town. Medical curiosity. I don't blab.
Caroline: Yeah, we've had our ups and downs.
Meredith: Tell your dad I said you're welcome.
(She leaves.)
Caroline: Thanks.
(She goes to Elena.)
Elena: That was fast.
Caroline: Yeah, he's not here. He was already discharged. And she seems perfectly nice by the way... a little intense, maybe. But... I think it's sweet, you wanna make sure Alaric's not dating a total psycho.
Elena: He's my family. I have to look out for him. What?
(Caroline calls her father)
Caroline: I hear it.
(She hears her phone of her dad.)
Elena: Hear what?
Caroline: My dad's phone.
(They go in a storage room.)
(They find Bill lifeless with a Kn*fe in his chest.)
(Caroline gets on her knees beside him.)
Caroline: Dad! Dad?
Elena: Oh my god.
Caroline: Don't be dead, don't be dead, don't be dead! Oh my god!
(She pulls the Kn*fe out.)
Caroline: Daddy!
Elena: Caroline... He has vampire blood in his system.
Caroline: What?!
(Suddenly, Bill wakes up.)
THE OLD LOCKWOOD SECRET CELLER
(Bonnie looks at the signs of Klaus's family.)
Bonnie: Is this the only grimoire you kept?
Abby: It was the only one I needed. So... what is all of this?
Bonnie: Family history. About a mother, who loved her children so much, she couldn't bear the thought she might lose them. So she turned them into vampires. One of them is Klaus.
Abby: The one, you're trying to k*ll with whatever is in that coffin?
(She nods.)
Bonnie: There's nothing in here, that's going to help us. I've seen most of these spells. What was this?
(She show her the rest of a demolished aite.)
Abby: That was the spell I used to seal Mikael in the tomb. I b*rned it and tried to get it out of my head. Didn't work though. Wait... Do you see this?
(Abby points to a spell on the page.)
Bonnie: It's a sealing spell. We're trying to open something... Not seal it shut.
Abby: No. Right here. On this side. It's a blood knot. It means, to bind it you need two genarations. A bloodline. Like... two keys to a safety deposit box.
Bonnie: So... unbinding it, would reverse the spell. Unseal it. If we did it together.
SALVATORE BOARDING HOUSE
(Damon is in Stefans room with two shirts in his hands, Stefan enters.)
Damon: Get dressed. We're going out.
Stefan: Yeah, sorry, not interested.
Damon: I didn't ask. Elijah and I have scheculed a very old fashion sitdown with you and Klaus. I say go with the black. Makes you look all villainy.
Stefan: Klaus won't make a deal, Damon.
Damon: He didn't have to. All we're doing is buying a little time to give our wicked witches a chance to pop-up the top of the coffin.
Stefan: So, that's your...uh...plan? Stall Klaus?
Damon: If you didn't go postal on his hybrids then maybe we'd have some options.
Stefan: So you unleashed an original to help him out?
Damon: Undaggering Elijah was smart, Stefan. You're kidding me? After what Klaus did to him? He's in vengeance mood. Perfect.
Stefan: There's nothing smart... about trusting Elijah, Damon. He screwed us over the last time he promised to help us k*ll Klaus.
Damon: Yeah, the way you've been acting I trust him about as much as I trust you.
Stefan: Hm. Well I guess that goes both ways, doesn't it?
Damon: Oh yes this is aboout me kissing Elena. Just remember; if it wasn't for Klaus, you would have never become such a d*ck and that kiss would never have happened. So get ready and get happy. We're going to negotiate a fake truce and I don't want your attitude screwing it up.
HOSPITAL
(Caroline and Bill are still in the storage room.)
Caroline: I compelled the nurse to stay out of this room. You'll be safe here.
Bill: My wound is completely healed. I need something to eat.
Caroline: Daddy, why don't you just come lay down and just relax?
Bill: I can't. I'm too wired and my pulse is racing. It's the effect of my body wanting to transition.
Caroline: Well, maybe Doctor Fell can give you something.
Bill: She's done enough.
(Elena walks in)
Elena: I called your mom.
Caroline: Thanks.
Elena: Mr. Forbes, did you see your attacker?
Bill: I didn't see anything. Tried to sneak out the back exit and someone came up from behind.
Caroline: Look, we'll figure this out, but in the mean time we need to get you some blood.
Bill: I'm not going to drink any blood.
Elena: You have to. You d*ed with vampire blood in your system. If you don't feed and finish the transition into a vampire then you'll die.
Bill: I understand how it works. And that's what I'm prepared to do. Now get me out of this hospital. I smell blood everywhere.
(He leaves.)
GILBERT HOUSE
(Alaric is putting his weapons on the table, Elena enters the house.)
Elena: What are you doing?
Alaric: Taking inventory. Did you bring it?
Elena: You mean, did I steal evidence from a crime scene? Yes.
(She gives him the stake.)
Alaric: You're right. It's a match. This is from a crawl space in the foyer. Which means, Meredith knew where it was.
Elena: That doesn't mean, she stole it.
(He shows her other stakes.)
Alaric: This is from the loft. These are from the duffel in Damon's car.
Elena: Identical to the one that k*lled Brian Walters.
Alaric: Damon's car was at the Wickery-Bridge fundraiser, so was Meredith. And that was the night her ex-boyfriend, the medical examiner, was k*lled. The one who called her psycho.
Elena: Well, she was trying to save Bill Forbes, why would she turn around and try to k*ll him?
Alaric: I don't know what to think either. You know, but... we'd be idiots to ignore all these facts.
Elena: So what should we do?
Alaric: Well... Get this to the police. Then you should probably be with Caroline.
Elena: I'm sorry, Ric. Please be careful.
(She takes the stake and leaves.)
KLAUS'S HOUSE
(Elijah opens the door, Stefan and Damon are standing outside.)
Elijah: Niklaus, our guests have arrived.
Klaus: Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek an audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilised men, shall we?
Elijah: It's better to indulge him.
Stefan: I didn't come here to eat, Klaus. Fact, I didn't want to come here at all. But I was told, I had to cause you would hear us out.
Klaus: Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours.
(They sit at the table and are eating and drinking, all accept Stefan.)
Damon: Thank you, love.
Klaus: You lost your appetite.
Damon: Eat. I thought we agreed that we would leave the grumpy Stefan at home.
Klaus: That's the spirit. Isn't it nice? Four of us dining together? Such a treat. Is this what you had in mind when you pulled the dagger from my brother?
Damon: Well, I know how he felt about you, so I figured the more, the merrier.
Klaus: Well, Elijah and I have had our share of quarrels over the century. But we always make it through.
Stefan: Kind of like you and Rebekah, right? Where is she, by the way? Last I checked she was still daggered because you were afraid to face her.
Klaus: If you're referring to the fact that Rebekah knows I k*lled our mother, I've already come clean to Elijah.
Damon: Hey, Stef, remember when you k*lled dad? Might want to dial down the judgment until dessert.
Stefan: We're here to make a deal, Damon. Doesn't mean we need to kiss his ass for seven courses.
Damon: I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us. Pace yourself.
CAROLINE'S HOUSE
(Elena and Caroline are sitting together on the front porch.)
Elena: Did you hear back from Tyler yet?
Caroline: No. And I've left messages for him everywhere. So, does Alaric really think that Dr. Fell did it?
Elena: He doesn't know what to think.
Caroline: What about you?
Elena: I wish the girl Alaric liked wasn't in the middle of all of this. He deserves to be happy. But yeah, she looks guilty. It's why I told your mom.
Caroline: My mom's in there sitting with my dad. And I don't think they've been in the same room this long since I was ten years old. Is there any chance that Tyler did it?
Elena: What?
Caroline: If Klaus was trying to mess with you and he's sired to Klaus. And, I mean, he does everything that he's told.
Elena: No... no, I don't think Tyler did it.
Caroline: I can't just let my father die. You know, I'm... I'm gonna force him to feed.
Elena: Hey... he doesn't want to, Caroline. The only thing your dad has is his choice.
(Caroline starts to cry.)
Caroline: I hated him so much for what he did to me. So much. Now all I want to do is save his life.
Elena: Of course you do, he's your dad.
Caroline: What was the hardest part for you? When you lost your Dad?
Elena: Realizing all the things that he wouldn't be there for. The things that... that you just need your Dad for, you know?
(Elena scoots over to Caroline and holds her in her arms. Matt suddenly shows up and they both look at him.)
Matt: Hey.
Caroline: Hey.
(She gets up and hugs Matt.)
KLAUS' MANSION
Elijah: Stefan. Where is the lovely Elena tonight?
Stefan: I don't know. Ask Damon.
(Klaus laughs.)
Klaus: I'm sorry, you've missed so much. Uh- trouble in paradise.
Stefan: One more word about Elena and this dinner's over.
(Klaus continues to laugh silently.)
Damon: You know what, probably best just to keep Elena in the do not discuss pile.
Klaus: You're probably right.
Damon: Yeah.
Klaus: It's just the allure of the Petrova doppelgänger, still so strong. What do you say, brother? Should we tell them about Tatia?
Elijah: Now why should we discuss matters long since resolved?
Klaus: Well, given their shared affection for both Elena and Katerina, I think our guests might be curious to learn about the originator of the Petrova line.
Damon: Well, we're not going anywhere Elijah. Please, do tell.
(Damon takes a sip of wine.)
Elijah: When our family first settled here, there was a girl named Tatia, she was an exquisite beauty. Every boy of age desired to be her suitor, even though she'd had a child by another man. And none loved her more than Niklaus.
Klaus: I'd say there was one who loved her at least as much.
Stefan: Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?
Elijah: Our mother was a very powerful witch. She sought to end our feud over Tatia and so she took her. Klaus and I would later learn that it was Tatia's blood that we consumed in the wine on the night where our mother performed the spell which turned us into vampires. Tatia wouldn't make a decision between the two of us, so for a time Niklaus and I... grew estranged. Harsh words were traded, we even came to blows, didn't we, brother?
Klaus: But in the end we realized the sacred bond of family.
Elijah: Family above all.
(Elijah and Klaus raise their glasses.)
Klaus: Family above all.
(They clink their glasses together.)
LOCKWOOD CELLAR
(Abby and Bonnie are performing a spell over the coffin. After a minute, Bonnie takes her hands out of Abby's hands and looks at her.)
Bonnie: You're not trying! We've been at this for over an hour.
Abby: The spirits are angry with me. For leaving you. Maybe they didn't want me to have my powers again.
Bonnie: I had all of those dreams for a reason. The spirits wanted me to find you because your my mom. It's not them, it's you. You won't open yourself up to it. You know, Dad never talked about you? And neither did Grams. I had no memories of you. So you know what I use to pretend? That you were dead. It was easier to do that than to wonder why you never came back for me.
Abby: There is no way I can tell you how sorry I am for what I did.
Bonnie: Yes there is. You can help me.
(Bonnie places her hands over the coffin again, reaching out for Abby's hands. Abby takes her hands and they begin to recite the spell again. The candles flare up. They stop chanting the spell and Bonnie goes to open the coffin. It's still stuck.)
Bonnie: It almost worked. I have to call Damon, tell him that we're getting closer. I'll be right back.
Abby: Okay.
(Bonnie leaves the cavern, while Abby stays behind. She hears a noise and looks at the coffin. She walks over to it and reaches out to open it, but it opens by itself and all the candles flare up. She gasps.)
KLAUS' MANSION
(Damon receives a text from Bonnie saying that she needs more time to work at the coffin.)
Elijah: So, why don't we move this evening along and discuss the terms of this proposal?
Damon: That's very simple. Klaus gets his coffin back, in exchange, he and the Original extended family leave Mystic Falls forever. Me, Stefan, and Elena live happily ever after. No grudges.
Elijah: The deal sounds fair, brother.
Klaus: I don't think you understand, Elena's doppelgänger blood insures that I will always have more hybrids to fight those that oppose me. I will never leave her behind.
(Klaus gets up and starts to pace.)
Klaus: Let's say I do leave her here, under your protection, what then? How long before one of you turns her into a vampire? Or worse, how long before she dies caught between your feuding? You see, each one of you truly believes that you're the one that can protect her, and that is simply a delusion. Gentlemen, the worst thing for Elena Gilbert is... the two of you.
(Damon gets up.)
Damon: I'm gonna get some air.
Elijah: Let me deal with this.
(Elijah gets up and follows Damon, leaving Klaus and Stefan alone.)
Klaus: All this talk has made me thirsty.
(A blonde girl comes up and stands next to Klaus.)
Klaus: What do you say Stefan, can I interest you in a little after dinner drink?
(Klaus bites her neck and drinks her blood.)
GILBERT HOUSE
(Elena and Matt walk up to the house.)
Elena: Thanks for walking me home.
Matt: Are you doing okay? This has to bring up a lot for you.
Elena: We've all lost a lot.
Matt: It's this town, it's messed up. None of us should have to live this way.
(They walk into the house together. Elena tries to turn on the lights, but they don't come on.)
Elena: That's weird.
Matt: Electricity must be out.
(They walk into the kitchen, Elena opens a cupboard and grabs two flashlights, she hands one to Matt.)
Elena: Here.
(She turns her flashlight on.)
Elena: I think I have some candles over there.
(Elena walks over to the other side of the kitchen and sees a puddle of blood.)
Elena: Oh my God!
Matt: What the hell?
(Elena moves her flashlight beam into the hallway; they see bloody handprints on the wall. Elena and Matt grab knives.)
Elena: Matt?
(They follow the bloody footprints out of the kitchen. They go up the stairs, there are more bloody handprints on the wall. Elena gets to the top of the stairs and looks around, she sees Alaric lying in a doorway with a Kn*fe through his stomach. She gasps and rushes over to him. Matt is right behind her.)
Elena: Ric! Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!
(Elena goes to pull the Kn*fe out but Alaric screams, Matt stops her.)
Matt: No, leave it in! Leave it in! He's lost too much blood. I'm gonna call 911.
(Elena grabs Alaric's face and looks at him.)
Elena: Ric, look at me. Who did this to you?
Alaric: I don't know.
Elena: Oh my God, there's a lot of blood, Matt!
Matt: I know, I know, Elena. I know.
Alaric: You have to k*ll me.
Elena: What?
Alaric: Elena, you- you have to k*ll me.
Elena: Wait, wait, wait, Matt, hang up, hang up. He's right. If he dies a supernatural death, then he'll come back to life and he'll be healed.
Matt: But, how do you know who did this is supernatural?
Elena: That's what he's saying, we don't but... I'm the doppelgänger.
(She takes the Kn*fe she grabbed from the kitchen.)
Elena: That makes me supernatural.
Matt: Elena! No, this is messed up!
Elena: He's dying, Matt!
(Elena stabs Alaric, k*lling him.)
KLAUS' MANSION
(Klaus is still feeding on the blonde girl, he drops her to the floor, she's dead.)
Klaus: Delicious. Aged to perfection.
Stefan: Well, I guess the only reason you agreed to this evening, Klaus, is to drive a wedge between me and my brother.
Klaus: Oh no, you're doing that well enough on your own. Because of Elena, you're gonna lose your brother and you'll only have yourself to blame.
(Damon and Elijah re-enter.)
Damon: What do you say, Klaus? It's time for you to put something on the table. We've made our offer, now you counter.
Klaus: Okay. I offer Elena's future happiness. You see, what she needs right now is to be rid of you lot. And to fall in love with a human, maybe that nice football player, you know the blond one?
Damon: Matt Donovan? Really?
Klaus: Yeah, why not? They'll marry, live a long and fruitful life, and pop out a perfect family.
Stefan: And continue the Petrova bloodline. Every few hundred years, you'll have a new doppelgänger to drain and never run out of hybrids, right Klaus?
Klaus: Consider it a small return on my investment in her well being. See after you hand me back the coffin, I'll ensure her safety for the rest of her natural life, you know it's what's best for her.
(Klaus gets up and walks towards Stefan.)
Klaus: So, what do you say Stefan, do we have a deal?
(Stefan walks over to Klaus.)
Damon: What are you doing?
(Klaus holds his hand out to Stefan. Stefan grabs his hand.)
Stefan: Nice try, Klaus. But no deal.
(Klaus breaks Stefan's arm. He kicks his leg and breaks it as well. He pushes his hand into the fireplace, Stefan starts to burn. Damon attempts to rush over to him, but Elijah pushes him against the wall.)
Damon: What are you doing?
(Klaus continues to hold Stefan in the fire, his arm is badly burnt.)
Damon: Stop!
Klaus: Now, bring me my coffin before I burn him alive.
Damon: I'll get it.
Klaus: Go with him, brother, you keep him honest. And when you return, I will make good on my promise to you and I will hand over our family.
FORBES HOUSE
(Bill is in Caroline's room. Caroline enters.)
Bill: Hey.
Caroline: Hey.
(Bill points to a trophy on Caroline's dresser.)
Bill: Your first day at regionals.
Caroline: Yep. I was afraid to join the squad, but you talked me into it.
Bill: You had nothing to be afraid of, you were so much better than all those other girls.
(Bill sits down on Caroline's bed.)
Caroline: How are you feeling?
Bill: I'm tired.
Caroline: Can I get you anything? Or um... do you want me to call Steven?
Bill: No, no, we haven't spoken in a while. Just call him when it's over and the dust is settled, would you?
(Caroline kneels in front of her Dad and takes his hands.)
Caroline: Listen, listen to me. I know that you think you made your choice, but you can change your mind. You know, you are strong enough to handle being a vampire. I mean, you're the strongest person that I know.
Bill: Oh, Caroline, my strength is all in my beliefs. Becoming a vampire is wrong, people aren't supposed to cheat death, it's just what I believe. Please respect that.
(Caroline lets go of his hands and stands up and starts to cry.)
Caroline: God. How can you hate who I am so much?!
(Bill gets up and gently grabs Caroline's face.)
Bill: Oh, no, no, no, sweetheart, I don't hate you, I love you. You're strong, you're beautiful, you're good. And even after everything that has happened to you, you are exactly who your mother and I hoped you'd grow up to be.
Caroline: Please don't leave me, Daddy. Please... please don't leave me. Daddy just don't leave me.
(Bill hugs Caroline and pets her hair.)
Bill: Shh. Parents aren't supposed to outlive their children, Caroline. It's okay.
(She kisses the top of her head as she continues to cry. He looks over at Liz who is standing in the doorway.)
Bill: This is life. This is what it means to be human.
KLAUS' MANSION
(Klaus is still keeping Stefan in the fire.)
Stefan: Go ahead and k*ll me, I know you'll do it when he brings the coffin.
(Klaus pulls Stefan out of the fireplace.)
Klaus: You really have given up, haven't you? Where's the fight? Where's the ripper?
(He pushes Stefan. Stefan pushes back. Suddenly, Elijah and Damon re-enter the room.)
Klaus: Elijah... why haven't you left?
Elijah: Where are you manners, brother? We forgot dessert.
(Elijah takes the cover off a plate a blonde woman is carrying. Two silver daggers lie on the plate.)
Klaus: What have you done?
Elijah: What have you done? You see I've learned not to trust your vulgar promises, Klaus. We're doing this on my terms now.
(Kol enters the room.)
Klaus: Kol.
Kol: Long time, brother.
(Klaus starts to back away. Finn suddenly appears, he grabs a dagger and stabs Klaus through the hand.)
Klaus: Finn, don't!
(He rushes away, but runs into Rebekah.)
Klaus: Rebekah?
(She stabs him with a dagger.)
Rebekah: This is for our mother.
(Klaus falls back into Kol's arms. Kol restrains him. Elijah looks at Damon and Stefan.)
Elijah: You're free to go. This is family business.
FORBES HOUSE
(Bill is lying in Caroline's bed, he has passed away. Caroline is clutching his hand and crying. Liz enters the room, she has tears in her eyes. Caroline and Liz look at each other.)
GILBERT HOUSE
(Elena is sitting next to Alaric's body, Matt comes up the stairs and kneels down next to her.)
Matt: He's still out?
(Elena nods.)
Elena: Caroline called. Her dad d*ed. Will you stay with me? Until he wakes up?
Matt: Of course.
Elena: I can't lose anymore family.
(Elena starts to cry, Matt takes her in his arms and comforts her.)
THE WOODS
(Damon and Stefan are walking to the Lockwood Cellar.)
Stefan: Ah, you were right about Elijah. Undaggering him was a smart move.
Damon: Wow, actual acknowledgement of a job well done. You're going soft, Stefan.
Stefan: So, I guess I shouldn't thank you for saving me from Klaus?
Damon: Shut up, you don't get to thank me until I pay you back for all those times you've saved me.
Stefan: You could have left me there. Klaus would have k*lled me and you would have had Elena all to yourself.
(Damon's phone goes off. It's Elena. He ignores the call.)
Damon: I didn't do it on your account.
Stefan: I love her, Damon.
Damon: So do I.
(Damon looks at him and walks away.)
(Elena is on the phone with Sheriff Forbes.)
Liz: I looked into it, Elena. Meredith Fell was called into surgery six hours ago. She's been in there ever since.
Elena: She has an alibi?
Liz: Iron-tight in an operating room full of witnesses.
Elena: Then who could it be?
Liz: I don't know. But the att*ck on Alaric makes this the third member of the Founder's Council and we just cleared our only suspect.
(Alaric wakes up and starts coughing. Elena hangs up her phone and rushes over to him and grabs his hand.)
LOCKWOOD CELLAR
(Damon and Stefan enter the cavern.)
Damon: Let's hope big witch and little witch got that coffin open.
Stefan: Something's gotta make this night worthwhile.
(They see Bonnie on the floor, unconscious.)
Stefan: Bonnie? She's still breathing.
Damon: Mama's still breathing, I can hear her.
Stefan: Coffin's open.
Damon: Well, it's not gonna do us any good. Whatever's in it is gone.
KLAUS' MANSION
Rebekah: I like what you've done with the new place, Nik.
(She throws a vase into a painting.)
Klaus: I wanted it to be for all of us. A place we could all call home. A place we could all be a family. None of us would ever have to be alone again.
Elijah: Well you're right, none of us will be.
Finn: You're staying behind.
Rebekah: We're leaving you, Nik. Right after I k*ll that doppelgänger wench, then you will be alone. Always and forever.
Klaus: If you run, I will hunt all of you down.
Elijah: Then you'll become everything you hate. Our father.
Klaus: I'm the hybrid! I can't be k*lled! I have nothing to fear from any of you.
Elijah: You will when we have that coffin.
(They all hear a door open. They turn around. Esther walks in.)
Rebekah: Mother?
(Esther walks towards Klaus.)
Esther: Look at me! Do you know why I'm here?
(Klaus has tears in his eyes.)
Klaus: You're here to k*ll me.
Esther: Niklaus, you are my son and I am here to forgive you. I want us to be a family again.
03x13 - Bringing out the Dead
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