04x01 - Growing Pains

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04x01 - Growing Pains

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[Gilbert's House]

(There is a lot of noise, coming from the neighborhood and the city. Elena wakes up. She sits down, panicked, looking around her. Stefan is sitting on the bed)

Elena: Stefan?

Stefan: Hey. I'm right here. You've been in and out for hours

Elena: Wh... what happened?

Stefan: You were in an accident

Elena: Oh my god. Matt, is he...

Damon: Alive? Ask Stefan, the hero

Stefan: He's fine

Elena: Thank you. I thought that I... How did you...

Damon: Save you? He didn't

(She looks at him)

Stefan: When Jeremy brought you to the hospital before all of this happened, your injuries were worse than anyone knew. Meredith Fell made a choice. She used Damon's blood to heal you

Damon: And when Rebecca ran Matt's truck off the road, you had vampire blood in your system, Elena

Elena: Oh my god. Does... does that mean that I... Am I dead?

(None of them answer)

Elena: No. No, no, no! That... that wasn't supposed to happen!

Stefan: Maybe it doesn't have to. I talked to Bonnie. She said she's stronger than ever. There might be something she can do to help you

Damon: No, the only thing that's going to help is for you to feed and complete the transition

Stefan: We have all day before she has to feed, Damon. That's a day to exhaust every possible way out of this

Damon: There is no way out of it! We all know the drill... You feed or you die. There is no door number three

Elena: I was ready to die. I was supposed to die, I don't... I don't want... I can't be a vampire!

(She's crying)

Elena: If there's something that Bonnie can do, we have to try it

Stefan: We will. We'll try everything

Damon: Your choice, Elena. As always

(He gets up and leaves)

(He's searching for alcohol in one of the cupboard. He finds a bottle and pours himself a glass. Stefan enters)

Damon: Way to get her hopes up for something that's never happened in the history of vampirism

Stefan: Know what? You weren't there the day Elena looked me in the eye and told me she absolutely never wanted this

Damon: Then you shouldn't have let her die

Stefan: I never meant for her to die. She asked me to help Matt first and I did

Damon: And now the world has one more quarterback. Bravo, brother

Stefan: I made a choice that I will regret for the rest of my life. Now let me try to fix it

(He leaves. Damon drinks)

(Elena is in her bedroom. She's looking at herself in the mirror and holding her head. She closes her eyes and touches her teeth. There's a constant buzzing. She turns herself and sees Jeremy)

Elena: Jer!

(She goes toward him and they embrace each other)

Jeremy: Are you OK? I watched Vickie go through this. She was a mess. Her emotions were all over the place. All of these old memories came flooding back

Elena: I'm fine. I'm not Vickie

Jeremy: No, you're not. You're you. You act like everything's OK so no one worries about you, but you need help

Elena: I said I'm fine okay?

(She says it in an aggressive tone)

Elena: I... I'm sorry, I... Have you talked to Bonnie?

Jeremy: Yeah. She said when I was sh*t; she made some plea to the witch spirits to bring me back. And they listened

Elena: Yeah, but the consequences were horrible

Jeremy: And what could be more horrible than you turning into a vampire? I need my sister. Not another one of them

Elena: We're going to find a way out of this. Everything's going to be OK

Jeremy: I hope so

(He looks at her and leaves. She keeps hearing the buzzing from the light bulb. She has one hand on her head. She looks at it and finally goes toward it and breaks it with her hand)

[Old Lockwood Cellar]

(Bonnie is looking at Klaus' body, partially b*rned. Tyler/Klaus enters)

Tyler/Klaus: It's beautiful, isn't it?

(He's smiling)

Bonnie: What is that doing here, Klaus? The deal we made with Tyler was that you'd leave his body and jump into someone else's the first chance you got

Tyler/Klaus: Yes. When I assumed I'd be a pile of Ash. But apparently fate and oxygen intervened, and there I am. Put me back

Bonnie: I can't right now

Tyler/Klaus: Your history teacher outed Tyler and Caroline to the council. They're on the w*r path and this body's vulnerable

Bonnie: I have to help Elena before she has to feed

Tyler/Klaus: Elena's dead and no longer my concern

Bonnie: You're forgetting who just saved your life

(He strangles her)

Tyler/Klaus: You're forgetting I can rip your tongue out! Now put... me... back

Bonnie: If I can keep Elena human, you'll still have an endless blood supply to make your hybrids. Isn't that what you really want?

(He releases her. She looks at him and leaves but he intercepts her with his vampire speed)

Tyler/Klaus: Same rules apply. No one knows. No one. Do you understand me, Bonnie?

[Mystic Falls Hospital]

(Meredith is in the hallway, looking at a file when Pastor Young and some men arrive)

Meredith: Pastor Young. To what do we owe the honor? And don't tell me it's your blood pressure again

Pastor Young: Honestly, Dr. Fell, I wish it were

(He talks to the men)

Pastor Young: Blood banks in the basement. One of you sweep the rooms

(They leave, following orders. She's surprised)

Meredith: What are you doing?

Pastor Young: Adding a few security measures. The blood in this place has a habit of flying off the shelves

Meredith: Who gave you that authority?

Pastor Young: The council. They've entrusted me to secure the town. And unlike some of our founding families, I don't have conflicting interests

Meredith: What is that supposed to mean?

Pastor Young: Alaric Saltzman told us everything, Meredith. Probably time to start looking for a new job

(He leaves)

(Matt is getting dressed in his room. Caroline is with him)

Matt: Elena doesn't want to be a vampire

Caroline: She doesn't want to be dead, and now she's not. This isn't your fault, Matt

Matt: This is all my fault. I was driving. I was saved. She's a vampire because of me!

Caroline: Shh! Cool it on the "v" word. I'm a fugitive, remember? I'm supposed to be halfway to Florida by now

Matt: If the council's after you, then why are you here?

Caroline: Because I don't know where to go. Tyler's dead, and everything's different now. And I...

(She cries and he embraces her. She hears someone, with a radio, coming. She suddenly looks at the door and disappears. One of the pastor's men enters)

Matt: Can I help you?

Man: Sorry

(He looks around the room and talks in his radio)

Man: All good here

(He leaves)

[Lockwood's mansion]

(Carol is being handcuffed by a deputy. Pastor Young is looking at her)

Carol: What's going on?

Pastor Young: We just need to ask you a few questions about your son

Carol: You can't arrest me. I'm the mayor of this town

Pastor Young: Not anymore, you're not

(The deputies leave with her)

[Sheriff department]

(Liz arrive but Pastor Young and his men intercept her)

Pastor Young: Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today

Liz: What are you talking about? What's going on?

Pastor Young: They're taking your badge. You're not fit to protect us anymore

Liz: You have no idea what you're up against

Pastor Young: On the contrary, Liz. I've already taken your deputies. We've got the entire town's supply of vervain, including the stash found in the Salvatore house. We're making our move

[Forbes House]

(Caroline is about to leave, with her bags. Her phone rings, she answers)

Caroline: Mom! Hey

Liz: Caroline, where are you? And tell me it's far away

Caroline: Where am I? Good question. Uh, just a whole lot of boring highways. Why? Is everything OK?

(She goes out and is about to close the door when some men catch her. One of them injects vervain in her neck. Her phone falls on the floor)

Liz: Caroline, what's going on?

(Caroline is losing consciousness)

[Gilbert's House]

(Elena is eating a sandwich. Stefan looks at her)

Stefan: It's disgusting

Elena: No, it's, um...

Stefan: It's disgusting

Elena: Yeah, I'm going to puke

(She puts the sandwich on the plate and splits out what she has in her mouth in a napkin)

Elena: I never thought I'd be saying this, but I can't stop thinking about blood

Stefan: I should have saved you first. You shouldn't be going through this right now

Elena: No, if you had saved me, then Matt would be dead. What do you think I'd be going through then? Stefan, listen to me. You did the right thing. You did what you always do... You respected my choice

Stefan: And what am I supposed to do if Bonnie can't figure out a way to help you, huh? Because then you'll have another choice to make... Either let yourself die, or be a vampire

Elena: Well, then we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Oh, my God. Did... Did I just say, "cross that bridge"?

(She laughs)

Stefan: You're laughing. I'm pretty sure you don't actually think that's funny

Elena I…

(She's still laughing)

Elena: I can't stop, though

Stefan: Your emotions are a bit heightened today. A lot heightened

(She starts to cry)

Stefan: Hey

(He embraces her)

Stefan: Shh. It's OK. It's OK

Elena: I'm sorry, I...

(He looks at her)

Stefan: Listen to me. No matter what happens, I'm here for you. I can help you

Elena: Yeah, I... I...

(She's disturbed by the light)

Stefan: Why don't you go back upstairs where it's dark. I'll clean up

(She leaves)

(Elena is upstairs and enters her room. She sees Damon)

Elena: I thought you left

Damon: Cute pjs

(She surprised and looks at what she's wearing and she suddenly sees herself. She's remembering Damon's declaration)

Elena: I'm tired Damon

Damon: I brought you this

(He shown her the necklace)

Elena: I thought that was gone. Thank you

(She tries to catch it but he doesn't give it to her. Elena's looking at the scene and closes her eyes. Whe she opens them, the memory disappears. She looks around the room and looks at the door but hears Damon's voice. She turns her head and the scene restarts from where it ended)

Elena: Please give it back

Damon: I just have to say something

Elena: Why do you have to say it with my necklace?

Damon: Well, because what I'm about to say is… probably the most selfish thing I have ever said in my life

Elena: Damon, don't go there

Damon: No, I just have to say it once. You just need to hear it. I love you, Elena and it's because I love you that… I can't be selfish with you. Why you can't know this? I don't deserve you but my brother does

(He kisses her on the forehead. Elena is still looking at the scene and seems touched)

Damon: God, I wish you don't have to forget this but you do

(He compels her and sheds a tear. She closes her head and she's alone in her bedroom. She looks around her, surprised and touches her neck. She seems thoughtful)

[Klaus' mansion]

(Rebekah is looking at Klaus' drawings. Suddenly she throws all of them and other things on the floor, angrily. Damon arrives)

Rebekah: You should know better than to sneak up on a lady

Damon: Good advice. Have you seen one?

(She turns herself)

Rebekah: Tragic about Elena. Not to make the gray cloud grayer, but does Matt even have automobile insurance?

(She turns her back on him and he rushes over her with a stake. She stops him and catches his arm. She pushes him against some boxes. She looks at the stake and twists his wrist so he releases the stake. It falls on the floor. Suddenly Rebekah is sh*t through the window. Damon disappears. Rebekah faces the window and she's staked by an arrow. She dies and collapses

[Gilbert's House]

(Elena is in her bedroom, looking at a photo of herself with her parents. Suddenly, she hears noise downstairs. She goes down the stairs)

Elena: Stefan?

(She stops when she sees Stefan surrounded by deputies, their g*ns aimed at him)

Stefan: Elena, don't move

(She looks at them. Pastor Young is looking at her)

[Old Lockwood Cellar]

(Tyler/Klaus is sitting on the coffin. He seems bored. His phone rings. He looks at it)

Tyler/Klaus: Ah, you incessant woman

(He takes a deep breath and answers)

Tyler/Klaus: Hey, mom. What's up?

Carol: Tyler, thank God. Are you OK?

Tyler/Klaus: Fine. Why? What's going on?

Carol: Pastor Young had me arrested this morning. The council grilled me on your whereabouts. Tyler, don't tell me where you are. The less I know, the better

Tyler: Mom, I'm OK. Relax

Carol: You didn't answer your phone, honey. I was so scared that you were with Caroline

Tyler: Why? What happened to Caroline?

Carol: The council took her

Tyler: What do you mean they took her?

[Middle of the road]

(A truck is escorted by two police cars. Rebekah wakes up inside of the truck. Caroline is next to her, completely awake. Rebekah looks at her restraint)

Caroline: Vervain ropes. Looks like Alaric outed us all to the council

Rebekah: The council... What exactly do they think they can do to me?

(Suddenly, the truck is hit by something. The truck rolls over various times and finally stops. They're on their backs because the truck is on the side)

Rebekah: What the hell happened?

(One os the sheriff's car is flipped over on the top. Another car is damaged on the front and the trunk is on the side and damaged. The other sheriff's car is fleeing. Tyler/Klaus opens the back door of the truck. Caroline and Rebekah look at him. He enters and goes to Caroline. She's surprised)

Caroline: Tyler?

Tyler/Klaus: I'm harder to k*ll than you think

(He breaks the seat belt. Rebekah looks at him and doesn't understand. The sheriff's car arrives. Caroline can't believe it)

Caroline: You're alive?!

(He breaks the ropes)

Caroline: Tyler, you're alive!

(She's laughing)

Tyler/Klaus: No time. Come on. We got to go

(He helps her get on her feet)

Rebekah: Wait, what about me?

Tyler/Klaus: Keep 'em busy, little sister

(He leaves. She can't believe it)

Rebekah: That's impossible!

(She fights against the restraints but gives up)

[Gilbert's House]

(Damon is cleaning the living room. Liz enters)

Damon: They're gone. Whoever nailed Rebekah took them, too. Please tell me you have something. Anything

(Meredith rejoins them)

Liz: I can't. The council locked Carol and me out of our offices. Files, computers, everything

Damon: So the mayor and the sheriff never contemplated a back-up plan, Liz?

(He gets closer to her)

Meredith: Damon, relax

(She looks at Liz)

Meredith: When Caroline called to say she got away, did she know where they were planning to take her?

Liz: No, just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape

Damon: Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere

(Matt enters)

Matt: Hey. Is Elena here?

(Damon turns himself and rushes toward him. He catches him and pushes him against a wall, strangling him)

Damon: In what world are you the one that gets to live?!

(Matt can't breathe. Meredith tries to stop him. Liz is here)

Meredith: Damon, stop! It wasn't his fault!

Liz: Let him go, Damon. Now

(Damon finally releases him)

[House in the middle of nowhere]

(Elena is with Pastor Young. She's uncomfortable)

Pastor Young: Still want to be a writer? I remember how you'd read your short stories to my daughter when you'd baby-sit. She still loves writing because of you

Elena: Why did you bring me here?

Pastor Young: My deputies can watch out for us here. No vampires have been invited in

(The tic-tac from the clock is intensified. She looks at it and touches her head. She doesn't really listen to him)

Pastor Young: Look, Elena, I know it sounds crazy, but years ago it was your parents who were advocating having an emergency plan for this. I never thought we'd actually have to use it

(She's disturbed by the light and tries to get away from it)

Pastor Young: Elena? Are you okay?

Elena: Where's Stefan?

Pastor Young: Where he can't hurt you

Elena: He would never hurt me. You have no idea what you're talking about

Pastor Young: Well, I know that where you go, Salvatore vampires seem to follow. Are you hungry?

(He opens the fridge)

Elena: No

(He takes something from the fridge and takes a Kn*fe)

Pastor Young: So we'll hold Stefan until Damon comes searching for you two. And we'll use Rebekah to lure her siblings back into town. You'll give us the white oak stake, and then... We will exterminate the entire vampire race for good

(He puts a plate with food in front of her. She looks at it and her breathing accelerates)

Pastor Young: Something wrong?

(She looks at him. She's not fine)

Pastor Young: Elena, are you OK?

Elena: Yeah

(She looks at his neck and hears his heart b*ating. Everything around her is intensified)

Elena: I've got to get out of here

(She gets up and goes outside. She's running. He gets out and looks at her)

Pastor Young: Get her!

(Her vision is altered and she's disturbed by the light. She stops and turns her head. A deputy is here. He hits her in the face with his elbow)

[The woods]

(Caroline and Tyler/Klaus are kissing)

Caroline: I never thought I'd see you again! I don't get it. How are you alive?

Tyler/Klaus: This is going to sound incredible, but...

(She kisses him and he drives her against another tree with his speed and they're still kissing. She removes his jacket and his shirt and they kiss again.)

Tyler/Klaus: Easy, love. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong equipment

Caroline: You're miraculously alive. We're fugitives on the run. All signs point to hot hybrid vampire sex

(She removes her jacket and kisses him. She pushes him against a tree and removes her top. She kisses him and suddenly realizes something and stops)

Caroline: Did you just call me "love"?

Tyler/Klaus: I don't know, love. Did I?

Caroline: What the hell did you do to Tyler?

Tyler/Klaus: That's what I enjoy about you. So much more than a pretty face

Caroline: Oh, my God. You're Klaus! You're disgusting!

Tyler/Klaus: And you're a glorious kisser.

(She punches him)

Tyler/Klaus: Listen... I didn't have to risk exposure to come save you

Caroline: Oh, you do one semi-decent thing and now you're my hero? Ugh! I need to go sanitize my mouth

(She puts her top back)

Tyler/Klaus: Your mouth was all over me. I was an innocent victim

Caroline: Put Tyler back

Tyler/Klaus: Gladly. Then maybe I'll take you up on your offer of hot hybrid sex

(He smiles and leaves)

[Abandoned Witch House]

(Bonnie is sitting on the floor. Candles are lit. She has a grimoire open on her lap. She's casting a spell. Jeremy is standing, looking at her. She stops and opens her eyes)

Bonnie: The spirits aren't listening

Jeremy: Well, is that it? Is that all we can do?

Bonnie: There's something else I could try

Jeremy: What? Do it

(She gets up)

Bonnie: If the witches won't help me save Elena, then maybe I could go to the other side and bring her back myself

Jeremy: The other side? The other side's for dead people

Bonnie: She's still in transition. Not fully dead, not fully alive. What if her spirit still exists on both sides?

Jeremy: Even if it does, how can you get there? You're not dead

(She ducks her head and he understands. He gets closer to her)

Jeremy: No. No, Bonnie!

Bonnie: I was able to stop your heart to stop Klaus'. I'll do the same thing to myself. Witches have free reign on the other side. I will find Elena and I will bring her back with me

Jeremy: Assuming you wake up!

Bonnie: I'm stronger now. I found a new source of power

Jeremy: A new source of power?! What kind of powers can let you k*ll yourself and bring someone back with you from the dead?

Bonnie: Do you want Elena back or not?

[Gilbert's House]

(Damon, Meredith, Matt and Liz are in the living room)

Liz: With your vervain and Alaric's weapons, they could be anywhere

Damon: Come on, guys, think. It takes a lot to hold a vampire. Reinforced steel, iron doors

Matt: The pastor has a cattle ranch

(They look at him)

Matt: Those pens could easily be modified

Meredith: It's remote, it's secluded

(She looks at Damon)

Damon: Well, guess what. Looks like you get a chance to prove how sorry you really are. Let's go

(He looks at him and they leave)
[A barn]

(Elena wakes up, holding her head. She's lying on the ground. She looks at the ceiling and sees that vervain is being infiltrated. Rebekah is in the cell in front of her. She's looking at her. Elena sits up, still holding her head)

Rebekah: I thought I k*lled you

(She looks around her)

Elena: Where am I?

Rebekah: They thought you were a vampire so they stuck you in here with us

Elena: Where's Stefan?

Stefan: Elena, I'm right here

(He's in the cell next to her but she can't see him)

Stefan: Are you okay?

Elena: Stefan...

(She tries to get up but she's too weak)

Elena: I need to feed

Rebekah: Ah. I see what's going on here. You d*ed with vampire blood in your system and you didn't feed and now you're locked up in here without a drop of human blood in sight. That is a problem

(Elena is looking at her)

Stefan: Just ignore her

Rebekah: Has anyone done the math, or shall I? I'd say you've got less than three hours to feed before I get to watch you die all over again

(Elena tries to break the gate. Rebekah smiles)

Rebekah: My day just got a whole lot better

[Abandoned Witch House]

(Bonnie and Jeremy are sitting. She's holding his hands and casting a spell. There are whispers around them. Jeremy opens his eyes and looks at her. Her nose is bleeding. He's concerned)

Jeremy: Oh my god

(She's struggling to continue)

Jeremy: Bonnie! Bonnie. Open your eyes. Bonnie, I can't let you do this

(She doesn't listen to him)

Jeremy: You're dying!

(She raises her voice while casting the spell. Black veins appear on her arms and on her face)

Jeremy: What the hell is that?!

(She collapses)

Jeremy: Bonnie, no!

(He goes next to her but she's unconscious)

Jeremy: Bonnie. Bonnie, wake up! Bonnie wake up!

[A barn]

(Bonnie appears in Elena's cell. She turns herself and sees Elena sitting on the ground, her eyes closed. She's pale and seems ill. Bonnie gets closer)

Bonnie: Elena…

(She bends next to her and touches her hand)

Bonnie: Come back. Come back Elena

(Elena starts to open her eyes. Bonnie helps her getting up but Elena can't see her. She gets up, wondering what's happening)

Elena: Stefan? Stefan, something's happening

(Stefan is concerned)

Bonnie: You're going home

(Suddenly Sheila appears)

Sheila: No!

(Elena feels that she lost the connection and flops down on the floor, weak)

Bonnie: Grams? What are you doing?

Sheila: You can't be in here. You stay away from this sort of darkness

Bonnie: Elena needs me

Sheila: she is not your problem to solve. Now go. Before they try to keep you here

Bonnie: Grams, please!

Sheila: This magic is dark, Bonnie. It is not nature's plan. Touch it again, and the spirits will unleash their anger in ways that will make you suffer. Stay away. Go!

(Bonnie disappears)

[Abandoned Witch house]

(Jeremy is still trying to wake up Bonnie)

Jeremy: Bonnie, wake up! Wake up! Come on. Bonnie, open your eyes

(She opens her eyes. He's relieved)

Jeremy: Ha! You're awake!

(He takes her in his arms)

Jeremy: You're alive

Bonnie: I couldn't do it. It didn't work

[A barn]

(Elena is still on the ground, weak)

Elena: Stefan…

Stefan: What happened?

Elena: I'm out of time. I need blood. I'm dying

(She's struggling to breathe. Stefan starts to gets up and shouts)

Stefan: Hey! Anyone! Hey!

Rebekah: Will you shut up?

Stefan: You think we're afraid of you?

(A deputy finally enters and stops in front of him)

Deputy: You want more vervain? Keep it down

Stefan: Listen to me. Elena's going to die if you don't let her out of here

(The deputy looks at her)

Deputy: Sorry. Not my problem

Stefan: She's innocent. Let her out

(He leaves. Stefan uses his speed to in his cell to follow him and shouts. The deputy sh**t him. Stefan falls on the ground)

Elena: Stop!

(Stefan gets up)

Stefan: I said let her out!

(The deputy sh**t him again and leaves. He's suffering. Rebekah looks at him)

[Abandoned Witch House]

(Bonnie and Jeremy are in front of the coffin. Tyler/Klaus and Caroline are here)

Jeremy: She said she's not strong enough!

Tyler/Klaus: You were strong enough to put me in here. Surely you're strong enough to get me out

Bonnie: I upset the spirits trying to save Elena. I can't use that kind of magic again. It's too dangerous

Tyler/Klaus: Bonnie, do the bloody spell!

Caroline: She said she can't, OK?

(Tyler/Klaus looks at her)

Caroline: We'll just wait a few days until you're strong enough to do it with traditional magic. Right, Bonnie?

(Tyler/Klaus turns himself to look at Bonnie. She doesn't answer. He rips of his shirt, takes a deep breath and raises his hand. Claws come out. He sticks them in Tyler's chest. He screams)

Caroline: What are you doing?

Tyler/Klaus: Ripping Tyler's heart out. I'll jump into someone else

(He looks at Jeremy)

Tyler/Klaus: Maybe you

(He sinks the claws deeper)

Bonnie: Oh my god

Caroline: Oh, my God, stop, stop!

Jeremy: He's bluffing. He needs a witch to do that

Tyler/Klaus: What makes you think I don't have one? Or ten? Pick, Bonnie! You or Tyler!

(He continues)

Caroline: Stop! Please! You're k*lling him!

Bonnie: Fine, I'll do it! Just stop

(He stops and looks at bonnie)

Tyler/Klaus: Good. Let's begin

[A barn]

(Stefan drags himself against the wooden wall of his cell. He removes the wooden b*llet from his leg)

Stefan: Elena. Are you still with me?

(She's sitting against the wall of her own cell. She's weaker and paler)

Elena: Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. I'm okay

Stefan: No, you're not. I can hear your breathing

(Rebekah is watching them. She can see both of them from her cell)

Stefan: Damon was right. You should have fed this morning. I'm so sorry

Elena: Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have. And you had it

Stefan: I love you so much

Elena: Do you know why I was even on that bridge? I was coming back for you, Stefan. I had to choose, and... I picked you. Because I love you

(He's crying and Rebekah is still watching them)

Elena: No matter what happens... It's the best choice I ever made. God... it sucks I can't see you right now

Stefan: I'm smiling

(But he's crying)

Elena: Me too

(Rebekah seems touched. Elena can't hardly breathe and closes her eyes)

[Pastor Young's House]

(Damon parks in front of the house. He goes out of the car. So does Matt)

Matt: So, what, we just storm the place with zero weapons?

Damon: No, we don't need weapons. Just bait

(He jumps on him and drinks his blood. Matt is on the ground, holding his neck and groaning. Damon looks at the house)

Damon: Yoo-hoo! Anybody home? Big bad vampire out here

(His fangs are out and he has blood on his mouth. Pastor Young opens the door but stays inside)

Pastor Young: Let him go, the boy's innocent

Damon: Well, that's the point. Give me Stefan and Elena, he's all yours

(He doesn't answer. Damon grabs Matt)

Damon: Come on, pastor. You know I'll k*ll him. I want to k*ll him

(He smiles)

Pastor Young: Go way! You are not invited in! And I'm not coming out

(Damon is sh*t)

[Abandoned Witch House]

(Tyler/Klaus is on his knees. Bonnie has her hands on each side of his head. Her eyes are closed and she's casting a spell. Caroline and Jeremy look at them)

Jeremy: This is black magic. She shouldn't be doing this

(Tyler exhales and opens his eyes. He looks at Caroline)

Caroline: Tyler?

(He smiles)

Tyler: Caroline

(She smiles)

Tyler: Hey

(He collapses. Bonnie is still casting a spell)

Jeremy: Bonnie. What are you doing?

Sheila: I warned you child

(Bonnie opens her eyes. Sheila is facing her)

Sheila: I warned you to stay away

(Only Bonnie can see her. Caroline is next to Tyler and Jeremy is looking at Bonnie)

Jeremy: Bonnie, it works. Stop

(Caroline turns herself and looks at her. Sheila is holding Bonnie's hands)

Bonnie: What's happening? Let me go!

Sheila: I can't

Bonnie: Let me go!

Caroline: Bonnie, what's happening?

(Black veins appear on Sheila's forearms)

Bonnie: I can't let her go!

Jeremy: Bonnie, stop the spell!

Sheila: You made your choice. Now they're taking it out on me

(The veins appear on her face too. She screams)

Bonnie: I'm sorry, grams! They can't do this to you! Please! Don't do this to her!

Caroline: Bonnie, stop!

(Sheila is still screaming. Bonnie screams too)

Bonnie: No! No! No!

(She falls on her knees. Sheila's gone. She cries)

Bonnie: Oh my god! What have I done?! What did I do?!

(Jeremy is next to her)

Jeremy: You're OK, you're OK

Bonnie: What did I do? What did I do?

[A barn]

(2 deputies enter. Rebekah looks at them. Stefan and her look at each other and she nods. The two deputies are together)

Deputy 1: I got this. Bring the other one in

(The second deputy leaves)

Rebekah: Excuse me? Sir

(She coughs. He takes his g*n and comes to her cell)

Deputy: I thought I told you to shut up

Rebekah: Here's the thing... My family, we... We have money. Castles, apartments, jewelry. Just name your price and let me out

(He gets closer)

Deputy: I'd much rather watch you die

(She rushes toward him, her fang out. He's surprised and cringes towards Stefan's cell, his g*n aimed at Rebekah. Stefan catches his from behind, by the throat and bangs his head against the cell various times until he dies and thrown the body next to Elena's cell so the blood pours next to her. She slowly opens her eyes)

Stefan: Elena, Elena

(She looks at the blood and tries to reach it with her hand but it's too far. She spreads her hand as far as she can, putting her head through the bars. The blood is spreading. After a lot of struggle, she finally reaches it. Her fingers have touched it. She licks her fingers and sheds a tear)

[Pastor Young House]

(Damon is lying on the ground. Matt is next to him. 2 deputies arrive, aiming their w*apon at Damon. One of them shakes him with his feet. He's unconscious. He gets up with his speed and takes their g*ns. He breaks one of the deputies neck and rushes to the other. He takes his g*n and stabs him with it. Matt coughs. Damon turns himself to look at him. He kicks him and stands above him)

Matt: Go ahead and k*ll me. You can't possibly hate me more than I hate myself

Damon: Oh, yes, I can. It should have been you

(He strangles him with his foot but Elena rushes toward Damon and throws him on the ground, her fangs out)

Elena: Leave him alone!

[A barn]

(Matt drags himself to the barn and collapses. Stefan arrives and makes him drink his blood. Matt sits down)

Matt: Just stop! Stop saving me

Stefan: What the hell is your problem?

Matt: What do you want me to say, thank you? Because honestly, I wish you'd just let me drown

Stefan: What, you think you were my first choice?

Matt: Elena's a vampire because of me. I have to live with that every day for the rest of my life

Stefan: No, no, you don't have to live with that, you get to live with that. Because Elena put your life before her own. So every morning when you get out of bed, you sure as hell better earn it

(He looks at him and leaves)

[Pastor Young House]

Elena: You were going to k*ll him

Damon: Yep. The guy just won't die

Elena: It was my choice to save him. Why aren't you seeing that?

Damon: It's a little hard to keep track of all your choices lately, Elena

(He‘s about to go into his car)

Elena: I remember everything

(He stops)

Elena: One of the highlights of my transition... Remembering everything that you compelled me to forget

(He comes back next to her)

Elena: Like how you and I met first. We were strangers. And you told me you wanted me to get everything I wanted from life. Damon, why didn't you tell me?

Damon: Would it have made a difference?

(She doesn't answer)

Damon: I didn't think so

Elena: You asked me to make a choice, Damon. So I did. If you're going to be mad, then take it out on me, not on Stefan or Matt or anyone else. Me

Damon: Are we done here?

Elena: If it had been you at the bridge last night and not Stefan, and I begged you to save Matt...

Damon: I would have saved you. In a heartbeat, no question

Elena: That's what I thought. Then Matt would be dead because you couldn't let go. Matt would be dead!

Damon: But you wouldn't be. And you would have gotten to grow up. And had the life that you wanted; the life that you deserve. And I know that I didn't used to get that, but I do now. And I wanted that for you, Elena. And I would have gladly have given it to you and let Matt die because I am that selfish. But you knew that already. The first night we met's not all you remember.

[Klaus' Mansion]

(Klaus is back in his body. He's putting blood bags, presumably Elena's, in a box filled with ice-cubes. Rebekah enters)

Rebekah: How dare you save Caroline over me!

Klaus: "Hello, brother, I thought you were dead. So pleased you're not."

Rebekah: You left me

Klaus: I only had time to save one of you and you can't be k*lled. Rest assured, I had a worse day than you. I think it's time for us to move on, find some more werewolves

Rebekah: So you can create your hybrid family? You don't know anything about family!

Klaus: Well, I know how easily they can be silenced with a dagger

(She takes one of the blood bag and throws it against the wall. The bag explodes)

Klaus: No!

(She takes the two other bags)

Klaus: Drop them

(She has tears in her eyes)

Rebekah: I mourned you! My heart broke thinking I'd never see you again!

Klaus: Put the blood down, Rebekah, there's a good girl

Rebekah: It's always been me! Not Finn. Not Elijah, not Kol, me. I loved you through everything and you don't even care

Klaus: Drop it!

(She's crying)

Rebekah: You want your family? Here's your family

(She destroys the bags. He rushes over her and strangles her)

Klaus: You know something, Rebekah, you were right. I don't care. From this moment on, you're not my family, you're not my sister. You are nothing

(He breaks her neck and leaves)

[Salvatore's House]

(Elena and Stefan are on the roof)

Elena: The whole council knows who we are now. Everything's about to change

Stefan: Yeah, I'm sure Damon has a revenge plan cooked up. We'll figure out a way to deal with it

Elena: Stefan, you don't have to convince me that everything's going to be OK

Stefan: I know. Wish I could, though. Wish I could just tell you that you'll never feel pain. That you'll never crave blood. But you will. It will be the worst thing that you've ever lived through

Elena: But I'll get to live. I'll be a sister and a friend, and... I'll be with you. If I want

(She smiles and they kiss)

Elena: I'm going to get through this. The same way we've been through everything, one day at a time. We should get inside before sunrise

Stefan: Bonnie made this for you yesterday

(It's a lapis lazuli ring)

Stefan: Just in case

Elena: Daylight ring?

(He puts it on her finger)

Stefan: One day at a time, right?

(They smile. She nods and they kiss. She puts her head on his shoulder and they look at the sun rising)

[Pastor Young House]

(Pastor Young opens the gas from the cooker. The whole council is here)

Pastor Young: Folks, by now you know that the vampires have escaped. And it won't be long before they retaliate against us. But fear not. For I have been chosen to lead us in a movement

(All the vervain is on the table. He locks the door)

Man: What are you talking about?

Pastor Young: Hear me, loved ones. Soon we'll be free to pass through the gates... And we'll all reunite in eternity

Man: Seriously, pastor, what's going on here?

Pastor Young: Friends... We are the beginning

(He lights a lighter. Everyone screams. The kitchen explodes)
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