Transcripts - Forever Dreaming

[Alaric's Apartment]

(Elena arrives with coffee and something to eat. She knocks on the door. Damon opens)

Damon: Morning, sunshine.

Elena: Hey. How's Alaric?

Damon: Indecent, but fine

Elena: So then does that mean there were no issues last night?

Damon: Nope. Slept like a baby. Woke up Alaric. No headlines about dead council members

Elena: Then why do I feel like you're hiding something from me?

Damon: Well, maybe because you're being all paranoid and control freak-y. What'd you bring me?

(He takes the bag and looks into it)

Damon: Chocolate muffins. You know what they say... the way to a psycho k*ller's heart is through his stomach

(She takes it back)

Elena: They're not for you

Damon: Fine. Keep convincing yourself you're still mad at me. But sadly, Ric's going to have to pass on Elena time today. You know, lockdown and all

Elena: Just take it, give it to him and tell him that I miss him, ok?

Damon: With pleasure

Elena: Please

Damon: Have a great day

(He starts closing the door)

Elena: Dam...

Damon: thanks for coming by

(He closes the door. She leaves)

Damon: Walking down the stairs. Opening front door and... She's gone

(Alaric is sawing the wickery bridge sign. Stefan's here too)

(Damon is whittling a stake from the wickery sign. Stefan gives him one back)

Stefan: Needs to have a sharper point

Damon: Got it

Stefan: Finally have our own stakes to k*ll an original. I'm not going to miss because you can't whittle

Damon: I said I got it. Stop micro managing

Alaric: Looks like you guys got this under control. I'm going to call the sheriff. I want to turn myself in

Damon: No, you don't

Alaric: I have a homicidal alter ego. Unlike some people in this room, I would like to take responsibility for the people I've k*lled

Damon: If you wanted to turn yourself in, you wouldn't be saying it out loud. Just sayin'

Alaric: Listen, of all the people, you cannot psychoanalyze me. I k*lled Caroline's father. I nearly k*lled Meredith. Everything has changed

Stefan: You're not turning yourself in. Bonnie's herbs are working and we have originals to k*ll

Damon: His morals get very questionable when he has revenge on the brain

Stefan: Klaus needs to die, we finally have a chance to k*ll him. So you are not turning yourself in

(Damon gets up and takes Alaric's ring from his pocket)

Damon: Here's your ring, Ric. Put it on

Alaric: That ring is the reason I've k*lled people

Damon: It's also the reason you're alive. You're going vampire hunting, Ric. Wear it

(Alaric finally takes it and puts it back)

[The woods]

(Elena and Caroline are talking)

Caroline: Alaric Saltzman k*lled my father?

Elena: I can't expect you to be ok with this. But at least these herbs that Bonnie's giving him, they're healing him and they're keeping the dark side buried

Caroline: Yeah, and that's supposed to make everything ok?

Elena: No, Caroline, it's not ok. It's horrible. And I feel horrible about it, but... He's a victim of something supernatural. He didn't ask for this. It just happened to him. Just like Bonnie's mom. I mean, she didn't ask to become a vampire. And... Neither did Stefan, or Tyler

Caroline: Or me

Elena: Or you. None of you asked for this. But who would I be if I just... Turned my back on any of you?

(Caroline takes her by the shoulder)

Caroline: Oh, Elena Gilbert. Savior of the cursed and the damned

(They smile. Matt rejoins them)

Matt: Hey. What's with the, uh, cryptic secret meeting text?

Elena: I don't know. Stefan just said to meet here

(Stefan and Damon arrive)

Stefan: Where's Bonnie? Texted her, too

Caroline: Uh, Bonnie's mom bailed on her. Again. So I think we should leave her out of this one

Matt: What are we doing here?

Damon: We found some more white oak. Long story. Wait for the movie

Elena: Hang on. White oak? You have a w*apon that can k*ll Klaus?

Stefan: Nope. We all have a w*apon

(He throws a bag on the ground. It's full of stakes. Elena, Caroline and Matt are surprised)

[A City]

(Finn is walking alone. Klaus rejoins him)

Klaus: Hello, Finn

Finn: Hello, Niklaus. I have nothing to say to you

Klaus: I'm not here to chat. I will ask you one thing, though, where's our mother?

Finn: Gone to find another way to end our abominable lives. And when she does, I will sacrifice myself all over again

Klaus: How fortunate that I found you. I require your assistance

Finn: I have no wish to help you. Only to see you dead

Klaus: Well, that's the thing. You see, you won't be able to see me dead because if I die, then you die, so it's a wish unfulfilled

Finn: Oh, bother someone else with your hollow charms, Niklaus

Klaus: Why? When I can bother my big brother? I need you to accompany me back to Mystic Falls. I have a witch there who can help undo Esther's spell that linked us together

Finn: I have no wish to be unlinked!

Klaus: Again with the wishes. Let me rephrase... you will come back with me or I will put you back in that coffin in which you rotted for 900 years

Finn: What happens to one happens to all. You may not feel the effects of the dagger, but you'd lose your precious Rebekah

Klaus: Wouldn't be the first time

(Finn runs with his vampire speed and goes in an alley but Rebekah is there waiting for him)

Rebekah: Let's not make this any worse than it has to be, darling brother

Finn: You're siding with him? Rebekah, he stored us in boxes

Rebekah: At least he's not trying to make us extinct

(Klaus rejoins them)

Finn: What are you going to do? k*ll me?

Klaus: Oh, yeah, that's right, you've got a death wish. Fine. Pathetic, but fine. The thing is, I'm not going to have you take the rest of us down with you

(He catches his and throws him against the wall. Finn is on the ground. Klaus looks at him and then at Rebekah, smiling.)

[The Woods]

(Stefan, Damon, Elena, Caroline and Matt are all together)

Stefan: Klaus has always been one step ahead of us. But now we have the advantage. We're all armed, and they are all linked. Meaning we only need to k*ll one of them. We need to seize the best opportunity, which means we need to prepare for every opportunity

Damon: Scenario number one...

(He catches Elena)

Damon: you are to play Klaus

Elena: Ok

(She makes him understand that he has to release her)

Stefan: Rebekah is our target. So we'll distract her and catch her off guard. To do that, we need to keep Klaus separate and occupied. Caroline?

Caroline: Why do I always have to be Klaus bait?

Damon: Because he's obsessed with you. But for right now, we need you to play Rebekah. We'll use the quarterback to distract her. Just keep her talking

Matt: How

Damon: Act interested. She's lonely. Desperate

Caroline: Clearly. She slept with you

(Elena laughs)

Damon: Beefcake holds bombshell, I come up from behind her, grab her arms like this...

(He catches her from behind)

Caroline: Ow!

(Stefan goes toward her with a stake)

Stefan: Which gives me time for one shot. Got it? Good

(Caroline pushes him)

Stefan: So we all have one stake, we keep it hidden and we look out for any opportunity we have

Damon: No last minute att*cks of pity for any of them

Elena: Don't worry about me. Not after what happened to Bonnie's mom

Damon: Barbie?

Caroline: Oh, I'm ready. Anything that will free Tyler of his sire bond to Klaus

Damon: Bus boy?

Matt: Do I have a choice?

Damon: Good point

Stefan: We have 12 stakes. 12 sh*ts at k*lling one original. We can do this. All right, let's try another scenario

(He gives a crossbow to Elena)

Stefan: Elena, grab a crossbow. Matt, you play Klaus

(Elena aims the crossbow at Matt)

[Klaus' Mansion]

(Klaus throws Finn inside. Klaus and Rebekah enter the house)

Rebekah: Gather your witch. Let's get his blood and get on with it

Finn: You can't force me to help you

Klaus: Oh, I most likely could. But why force when I can persuade?

(Sage comes down the stairs. Finn looks at her and gets up. Sage is smiling)

Sage: Hello, Finn

Finn: Sage!

(He rushes towards her and they embrace each other. Rebekah looks at Klaus)

Rebekah: What do you know? True love prevails

Klaus: It does occasionally have its uses. Easier than torturing him

(He looks at his phone. He has received a text from Kol asking him to letting him know when he'll be needed. Klaus answers him that he will)

Rebekah: I have something to do. What do you need from me for this spell?

Klaus: Just your blood and your blessing. Where are you going?

Rebekah: I have some unfinished business with Damon Salvatore. Ask Sage what he did to me. And you'll understand why retribution is in order

[Salvatore's House]

(Damonis hidding the stakes in the fireplace with the other woods. Alaric is with him)

Alaric: I mean, did you learn nothing from the moon stone in the soap dish?

Damon: Why? Where'd you put yours?

(The door slams)

Damon: What the hell was that?

(He goes down the stairs and hears some noise. Suddenly Alaric is thrown in the stairs)

Damon: Ric?

(He turns himself. Rebekah's here. She stabs him)

Rebekah: Hello, lover

[The Town Square]

(Elena, Caroline and Matt are together. Elena is on the phone and leaves a voicemail to Bonnie)

Elena: Bonnie, we're starting to worry about you. Call me back. Or call Caroline. Just call someone, please

(She rejoins Matt and Caroline. Matt is talking with Caroline)

Matt: Mr. Saltzman was like the most normal guy in town

Elena: Is it weird that Bonnie's not returning my calls?

(Matt looks at the square)

Matt: Is it weird that Klaus' brother is in the middle of town square?

(Elena and Caroline look at the town square. Finn is with Sage. They're walking and talking)

Elena: That's Finn. I thought he left town

(Caroline listens to them)

Sage: So can you guess why I dragged you out here?

Finn: If memory serves me, this is where the natives used to make sacrifices to their gods

Sage: This statue was built where we used to rendezvous back when you used to have to sneak away from your siblings to see your tawdry lady friend

Finn: I assumed after 900 years you've moved on

Sage: I took care of myself. But I never stopped loving you, Finn. I don't want you to die

(Elena is on the phone with Stefan)

Stefan: Hey

Elena: Hey, where are you?

Stefan: I just got home. Why?

Elena: Klaus' brother Finn is in the town square. He's with some ex-girlfriend or something

Stefan: Ex-girlfriend? Guy's been in a coffin for the last 900 years. Sage. It's got to be Sage.

Elena: We have an opportunity. So how do we do this?

Stefan: Listen to me, Elena. Do not do anything, ok? Sage is very old and very strong. You don't stand a chance against her

Elena: Then get Damon and get down here

(Stefan is at the house and finds Alaric in the stairs)

Stefan (looking at Alaric): What the hell happened to you?

Elena: Stefan...

Alaric: Rebekah happened

Stefan (to Elena) : I think we have a problem

[Klaus' Mansion]

(Damon is tied up to the ceilingby the wrists with animals traps)

Rebekah: I found them in the shed. What kind of monster would trap a poor, defenseless animal?

Damon: Got to admit, even for me, it's a little kinky

(She takes a knife)

Rebekah: You pretended to be interested in me. And then you slept with me so your trampy friend Sage could steal my thoughts. Ever since then, I've felt this incessant need to one-up you. So I've decided to bleed the vervain from your system

(She rips his shirt open)

Damon: Oh

(She cuts his chest with the knife. He groans)

Damon: You want to compel me to be your boyfriend?

Rebekah: Actually, I'd rather compel you to k*ll your brother. Or Elena. But, since vampires heal, bleeding you may take a while. We should probably stick to the major arteries

(She cuts him again. He has blood all over his chest. Klaus enters)

Klaus: Well... Look what you caught. If you're trying to bleed him of vervain, don't you think it would be easier to hang him upside down?

Rebekah: I'm perfectly capable of inflicting pain, thank you very much

Klaus: Oh, well, excuse me. It's not like I have any expertise in the matter

(He rolls his eyes)

Rebekah: You know, why don't you just leave me be and go and manage your witch?

(He leaves. She looks at Damon)

Rebekah: Mmm. Now, where were we?

(Klaus enters a another room. Bonnie's there, looking at a grimoire)

Klaus: Tick tock. I should hear chanting by now

Bonnie: I'm still studying the unlinking spell. It's not that easy, especially under duress

Klaus: You've been warned. If you're looking for a way to send for help, I will k*ll anyone who comes to your rescue

Bonnie: This is the spell. I just don't know if I'm strong enough

Klaus: Then you should have a little more faith in yourself, Bonnie. Your energy helped my mother link us. Honestly, I think someone isn't trying very hard. Very well

(He takes his phone and calls someone)

Klaus: Kol. How's the weather up there in mile high city? And how's our friend?

(He shows his phone to Bonnie. Jeremy is playing with a dog)

Klaus: That's him. There's Jeremy. Playing fetch with his new puppy. Isn't that just the most adorable thing you've ever seen?

(He takes the phone back)

Klaus: Thank you, Kol. We'll be in touch

(He hangs up)

Klaus: So, Bonnie. How about that spell?

[Salvatore's House]

(Caroline rejoins Alaric in the library. She has a bottle in her hand)

Caroline: Hey. I hear you had a run in with Buffy the vampire

Alaric: Yeah, I'll live. What are you doing here?

Caroline: Checking up on you. In case you're... Not you

Alaric: I'm me

Caroline: I guess not-you would say that, too. Which is why... Elena said you have to drink this

(She gives the bottle to him)

Caroline: I hope it tastes better than it smells

Alaric: It doesn't

(He drinks)

Alaric: Mmm. That's disgusting.

Caroline: It's either that or k*ll people, so... Elena told me everything

Alaric: Caroline... I am so sorry. I don't even know what else I can say

Caroline: Right after I turned into a vampire, I k*lled someone. A stranger. I just... k*lled him. And what's worse is, I liked it. I have blood on my hands, too. You know, we all do

Alaric: Yeah, but the blood on my hands is your father's

Caroline: Yeah, it is. And maybe the guy I k*lled was someone's father, too. Look... All I know is, I'm no better than you. So I'm going to take a page from the Elena Gilbert handbook and choose to believe that you can be saved. Ok?

Alaric: Ok

[Mystic Grill]

(Elena rejoins Stefan in front of the Mystic Grill)

Elena: Hey. How is he?

Stefan: Hey. He's just banged up. Caroline's going to stay with him; Make sure Alaric stays Alaric. Matt texted me, he said Finn is still in the grill. We need to plan our next move

Elena: Wait, wait, Rebekah has Damon. Our next move should be finding him

Stefan: No, we need to stay on point. See an original, k*ll an original. That's the plan

Elena: Yeah, that was the plan before Damon's life was hanging in the balance

Stefan: Look, Elena, I understand that you're concerned about my brother's life, but if he even knew for one second that we were talking about missing a chance to k*ll these people, he would lose his mind

Elena: Yeah, and if the roles were reversed, he would stop everything to save you

Stefan: I know what my brother would want

Elena: What he would want and what we should do are two different things

Stefan: You going to help me with this or not?

(She doesn't answer)

Stefan: Ok. I'll figure it out myself

(He leaves)

[Klaus's Mansion]

(Damon is still tied and bleeding but he's alone. Elena arrives)

Damon: What are you doing? Rebekah will k*ll you

Elena: Then hurry up and... and tell me what to do

Damon: Open. Carefully

(She opens the traps and delivers him. They walk and she holds him but he struggles to walk)

Elena: Come on, come on. We have to keep going, Damon

Damon: I need a minute

(They fall on the floor. She looks at him and touches his face)

Elena: No, look at me. Look at me

Damon: Don't be an idiot, Elena

Elena: I am not going to leave you. Damon?

(He collapses. She makes him drink her blood)

Elena: Damon. Drink. Drink

(He wakes up. It was just a dream provoked by Rebekah)

Damon: Ohh. b*tch

Rebekah: It's not fun when someone messes with your thoughts, is it?

Damon: Actually, I was having a pretty good time in there

Rebekah: Well, I hope you are nicer to Elena than you are to me

Damon: Oh, come on. I couldn't hurt you that bad. You didn't think I really had a thing for you, did you? I get it. If Klaus bossed me around for a thousand years, I'd probably be pretty desperate for attention, too

(She stabs him. He screams)

(Bonnie is still with Klaus. She hears Damon's scream)

Bonnie: Who was that?

Klaus: I wouldn't let it bother you, love

Bonnie: Well, it does bother me. You bother me. The way you use people to get what you want. It's not right

Klaus: You're being emotional, Bonnie. I understand that things have been rough for you. You know,

with your mother leaving. Again. It's very sad. I can help you find her. If you want. I have people who can find people. I could bring her back to you. Or, if you choose, I can just bring parts of her back. But isn't it obvious that I'm just going to continue to hurt the people you love until you do the spell. Now, I know it's in the grimoire, and I know it requires the blood of my siblings, so. Here we are

(He takes a leather case and opens it. It contains 4 flasks of blood)

Klaus: Elijah, Rebekah, Kol, Finn

(He bites his wrist and lets the blood poor)

Klaus: Where do you want us?

(She takes a glass and lets Klaus' blood poor in it)
[Mystic Grill]

(Sage and Finn are sitting at a table, drinking)

Sage: You've never had tequila before? That's embarrassing. Seriously, I'm embarrassed for you

(Matt is near the table. They drink)

Finn: Happy now?

Sage: Lime

(Stefan is at the bar, listening to them)

Finn: I'm truly awed by the evolution of mankind

(A man passes by their table)

Man: Hey Sage

Sage: Hey Troy

(He leaves)

Finn: You know him?

Sage: I turned him

Finn: You turned him. Why?

Sage: Because I'm in enemy territory. When your brother and sister called, I thought I might need a little back-up. You can't trust anyone here

(Matt arrives. She catches his wrist)

Sage: Two more tequilas?

Matt: All right, cool, I'll let your waitress know

(He rejoins Stefan at the bar. He gives Matt a flask. Matt takes it and leaves)

[Klaus' Mansion]

(Bonnie is casting a spell and pours more blood in the glass)

[Mystic Grill]

Finn: How many people have you turned?

Sage: I don't know. A lot. Don't judge me, Finn. You turned me

Finn: Exactly, Sage. I turned you. My passion overtook my morals

Sage: My passions overtake my morals on a daily basis. It's called living life to the fullest

(Stefan sends a text message)

[Klaus' Mansion]

(Bonnie is still casting the spelland pours the blood on the table)

[Mystic Grill]

(Matt comes back with the tequila)

Sage: Finally. Oh thanks

(Stefan leaves. Sage raises her glass)

Sage: To living life to the fullest

Finn: To living life

(They laugh and drink but soon caugh)

Sage: Oh, what the hell!

Finn: Vervain

(He turns himself and sees Stefan. Stefan looks at them and leaves. They follow him)

[Klaus' Mansion]

(Bonnie is still casting the spell. The blood expends and separates in five parts)

[Mystic Grill]

(Stefan is waiting outside with a stake. Finn and Sage and gets out. He's about to attack Finn but Sage stops him and throws him on the floor. Stefan loses the stake. She grips him)

Sage: Finn, the stake!

[Klaus' Mansion]

(Bonnie is still casting the spell. The candles fire grows stronger. And five rings of blood have formed and are separate.)

[Mystic Grill]

(Finn goes in the stairs and catches the stake but Elena and Matt arrives and Elena throws a stake at him with a crossbow. Matt gets closer, finishes the job by staking him in the heart. They go back inside and Sage screams and rejoins Finn. He's dying. She cries over his body. His body sets on fire. She cries)

[Klaus' Mansion]

(Bonnie looks at the five rings of blood and realises what she's done. Klaus looks at her)

(Rebekah is washing her hands with a towel and sees Klaus accompanying Bonnie to the door)

Rebekah: Oh, leaving so soon?

Klaus: Sister. Be nice.

Rebekah: Thank you, Bonnie. See you in physics class

(Bonnie sees Damon covered in blood and tied)

Bonnie: Oh my god

Klaus: Yeah, you'll have to excuse the mess. Apparently Damon hurt her feelings

Damon: Bonnie...

Klaus: Go on. Help him. Save the man who turned your mother into a vampire

Bonnie: Just get me out of here

Klaus: Very well

[Salvatore's House]

(Stefan and Elena enter the library. Caroline's here)

Elena: Hey. How's Alaric?

Caroline: He'll be ok. I gave him a bottle of Bonnie's herbs, and he went home. Oh, did you guys k*ll Finn? Did it work?

Stefan: Nothing worked until I see Klaus' dead body myself

(Elena's phone rings. She answers. It's Bonnie)

Elena: Bonnie, where have you been?

Bonnie: Klaus has Damon

Elena: Kl... Klaus should be dead. They should all be dead. We just k*lled Finn

Bonnie: No, Elena. He forced me to do a spell that unlinked all the siblings. He's still alive

Elena: Ok, Bonnie. Where's Damon?

Bonnie: At Klaus' mansion. It's bad, Elena. He threatened Jeremy. And my mom...

Elena: Are... are you ok?

Bonnie: I don't know. I'm sorry, I have to go. I just... I have to... I have to go

Elena: No, Bonnie, just...

(Bonnie hangs up and starts crying)

Stefan: Stay with Caroline, I'll call you when it's over

Elena: Stefan, stop. Klaus is stronger than you. We need another plan

Stefan: No, what we need is for Klaus to be dead

Elena: Stefan, stop it! You're acting on anger!

Stefan: Anger gets things done, Elena

Elena: Or it'll get you k*lled and it'll get Damon k*lled along with you

Stefan: Klaus does not get to survive this. Not after everything he took from me

(He leaves. Caroline rejoins Elena)

Caroline: I miss well-adjusted Stefan

(The door slams open and Stefan's thrown in the living room. Sage enters)

Sage: Ding dong. I'm not here for you. I'm here for him

(She punches Caroline. Elena tries to leave but Troy stops her)

Troy: I don't think so

Stefan: I had to k*ll him, Sage

Sage: Oh. You remember me

(She kicks him in the stomach)

Sage: Good. Then you know I like to go all ten rounds

(Suddenly she's sick. She coughs and her nose is bleeding)

Troy: Sage?

(She tries to punch Stefan but he catches her fist and makes her fall)

Sage: Troy, help me!

(He tries to help her but he's sick too. Sage caughs blood. Troy too. Caroline and Elena get closer and look at them)

Sage: What is happening to me?

(Suddenly she dies and troy too)

Elena: She just died

Caroline: So Sage and this Troy guy die within an hour of Finn

Elena: But why? Were they bitten by a hybrid, or...

Caroline: Hybrid bites don't look like that. Maybe Sage was so in love with Finn, she just died of sadness

Elena: No, that doesn't explain Troy

Stefan: It's the blood. The bloodline. It has to be. Think about it. Finn turned Sage, Sage turned Troy. They're all part of the same vampire bloodline that originated with Finn

Caroline: Wait, so, when an original dies, every vampire turned in their bloodline dies along with them? Because... That would mean...

Elena: If the originals die, so do all of you. The entire vampire species would... Just be dead

[Klaus' Mansion]

(Damon is still tied. Stefan enters with a bag in his hand)

Damon: This was much different in my head

Stefan: Klaus! I'm here! Let's do this

(Klaus and Rebekah arrive)

Klaus: Oh, good. A hero. What do you want?

(Stefan throws the bag on the floor)

Stefan: I'm here to make a deal

Damon: Stefan, what are you doing?

Stefan: Eight stakes, made of white oak. The part of wickery bridge that you forgot to burn

(Klaus looks at Rebekah)

Rebekah: That's impossible

Stefan: Actually, it's not. Finn's dead

Rebekah: You k*lled my brother?

Stefan: Damon in exchange for the last eight weapons that could k*ll you

Klaus: And how do we know there aren't any more left?

Stefan: Because there aren't

Klaus: Let's be certain, shall we?

(He gets closer to Damon)

Klaus: Leave

Damon: No

Klaus: Come on. Leave

Rebekah: Nik, he's my play thing, not yours

(Klaus strangles him, looks at him in the eyes and compels him)

Klaus: I said... Go. Home

(Damon tries to free himself by tearing his hands from the traps. Klaus smiles)

[Salvatore's House]

(Caroline and Elena are cleaning)

Caroline: Vampire disposal... Not my strong suit. Where did Stefan go?

Elena: Trading the stakes for Damon

Caroline: All of them?

Elena: Not all of them. We still have, uh, enough to k*ll three out of the four of them. If we can figure out who to save

Caroline: h. How are we supposed to do that?

Elena: I have no idea. You were turned with Damon's blood and Damon and Stefan were turned by Katherine, and we know that Katherine was turned by a vampire named Rose

Caroline: Well, who turned Rose?

Elena: We don't know. But it can only lead back to one original, and if the odds are in our favor, hopefully it won't be Klaus so we can still k*ll him

Caroline: Elena... Even if Klaus didn't create our bloodline... We know for a fact that he turned one of us

Elena: Oh, my God. Tyler. If we k*ll Klaus, then Tyler will die

[Klaus' Mansion]

(Damon is still trying to free himself)

Klaus: All right, stop. Stop. Stop, before you hurt yourself

(He laughs)

Klaus: Wow. I can see that you can finally be compelled. Now

(He gets closer and compels him)

Klaus: Minus the stake that's in my brother, how many more stakes are out there that can k*ll me?

Damon: 11

Klaus: 11! Really? So not eight, then. You really shouldn't have lied

Stefan: I'll get you the other three

Klaus: Yeah, that would be nice. Or since you lied, maybe I'll just compel your brother to chew out his own tongue

Stefan: What is wrong with you?

Klaus: What is wrong with you?! Do you really have no appreciation for me? I have given you someone to hate; To loathe, a target for all of your anger so you don't have to turn it on yourself. I have given your life a purpose as your friend.

(He laughs)

Klaus: I really think you should be thanking me

(Stefan rushes toward him with a stake)

Klaus: Step down or you'll both die

(Stefan obeys and Klaus takes the stake)

Klaus: There. Now you'll only have to get me the other two

Rebekah: This is ridiculous

(She gets closer to Damon and starts to release him)

Klaus: What are you doing?

Rebekah: I brought him here. I get to release him. My rules now. Bring us the stakes and you both live. Take your brother as a sign of good faith

(She takes the bag and leaves the room)

Klaus: Bring us the stakes. All of them. Or I'll wage a w*r against everyone you love. I hope I'm being clear

(He leaves)

Rebekah: I can't believe Finn is dead

Klaus: Good riddance. He was an embarrassment, Rebekah

Rebekah: He was still your brother. Mind your tongue

Klaus: Fine. Let's all say a prayer for Finn, who slept in a box longer than he lived as a man. He was a lovesick fool. He's better off in death

Rebekah: Is that how you would speak of me if I died?

Klaus: Well, you let the Salvatores loose with two stakes that could k*ll us, so I guess we'll find out soon enough. And since when did you have a soft spot for them?

Rebekah: The Salvatores may fight like dogs, but in the end, they would die for each other. At least they know what family means. You destroyed ours

Klaus: I wanted a family. They just didn't want me. And now we're unlinked. We're no longer responsible for each other

Rebekah: So, what, are you leaving?

Klaus: As soon as I get my stakes, I'm gone. I'm going to take Elena and use her blood to create a new family... of hybrids

Rebekah: And if I choose to stay?

Klaus: Then you're just as pathetic as Finn

(He leaves)

[Salvatore's House]

(Stefan is in his bedroom, holding a stake. Elena rejoins him)

Elena: Hey

Stefan: Hey

Elena: You haven't said much since you got back home

Stefan: I'll be a ball of sunshine once Damon gets Alaric's stake back. I promise

Elena: You really scared me today. You wouldn't have survived if you went up against Klaus on your own. You know that, right?

Stefan: Mm-hmm. Well, you don't have to worry about that anymore

Elena: Why?

Stefan: Because he's not worth it. All this time and energy that I've wasted hating him. It was for nothing. It's done. It's over. We lost. I'm right back where I started

Elena: That's not true. Yeah, Klaus dragged you through hell. But you came out the other side. You beat him by being better than him

Stefan: And what did I lose in the process? Look, hating Klaus was easy. It allowed me to ignore everything that was happening around me. Everything I let slip away. Now I have to deal with that

Elena: Stefan...

Stefan: No, just admit it. Admit it to me, Elena. I know you don't owe it to me, but I just need to hear you say it

Elena: I... I can't. Because it's not true. Stefan... I never stopped loving you

Stefan: I know that. I know you didn't. Even though I did... Everything possible to push you away. It's my fault. It's all my fault. I mean, this was all my fault

Elena: What are you talking about?

Stefan: I'm talking about the fact that you're also in love with Damon

Elena: What? No. Stefan, I was just...

(He touches her face)

Stefan: Hey. I love you. I will always love you. I just want you to look me in the eye and tell me... That you don't feel something for him

Elena: I don't know what I feel

(He takes the stake. Looks at her and leaves the room)

[Alaric's Apartment]

(Alaric opens his door to Damon)

Alaric: Oh, you're still alive

Damon: Yeah. For now. I need your stake

Alaric: It's right behind these books here

(He takes some books)

Damon: A bookshelf, really? At least I was trying to be clever about it

Alaric: Where the hell is it?

Damon: Ha ha. Look harder, Ric

Alaric: It's not here, Damon

(Damon starts searching)

Damon: Well, maybe you just forgot what shelf you put it on

Alaric: No, I didn't forget it. It's... I put it right here. A stake doesn't just vanish into thin air!

Damon: Who else did you tell, Ric?

Alaric: I didn't tell anybody, Damon. I'm the only...

Damon: what?

Alaric: I'm the only one who knew about it, Damon

Damon: Are you telling me that your vampire hating alter ego has a stake that could k*ll an entire line of vampires, possibly mine?

Alaric: That's exactly what I'm telling you