Thunderstorm

The Birthday

Girl: "Rudy" she calls out from her porch as she looks around for said dog "Rudy! Come on. It's too hot to make me come looking for you." she goes down the stairs and picks up some of the toys, jumping in her spot when turning to find Klaus and Isla standing behind her with his arm wrapped around her shoulder

Klaus: "I am so sorry. We didn't mean to scare you." he says in a fake accent

Girl: "Can I help you?"

Klaus: "Yeah, my, uh, our car ran out of gas a couple miles back. Feels like we've been walking forever. Yours is the first house we'd come to, so I was just hoping we could use your phone."

Girl: "Don't you have a cell phone?"

Isla: "Left mine at home and his battery died." she chuckles a little, nudging Klaus with her shoulder and the girl gives them a skeptical look

Klaus: "Look, I promise we're not a serial killers. Just want to use your phone."

Girl: "Sure."

Klaus: "So...I can come in?"

Girl: "No. I'll get the phone and I'll bring it out to you."

Klaus: "I thought you country folks were supposed to be more trusting." he drops the accent

Girl: "I'm from Florida."

Isla: "Well, that explains it." she shrugs and Klaus speeds forward, grabbing her neck while compelling her

Klaus: "Now show me a little Southern hospitality. Sweet pea."
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Girl 2: "I bet you a hundred dollars that dog ran off to a house with air conditioning" she jokes, turning to see Klaus and Isla standing next to the girl who has a scared look on her face "What's going on?"

Isla: "Please don't be alarmed. We're told Ray Sutton lives here."

Girl 2: "He's almost never here. He's on the road mostly."

Klaus: "But I expect he makes it home...once a month" he moves closer as he holds the girl by the neck "That's what I thought. Where is he now?" he questions and they both stay quiet "If I have to make you tell me, it's going to be infinitely more painful for you" she then runs out the room, going to go out the door but screams when she finds Stefan standing outside "I love it when they run."

Girl 2: "He's in Tulley. It's near the border. A bar called Southern Comfort. It's off Highway 41."

Klaus: "Thank you, my love. Now..." he looks at the girl in his arms, burshing some hair away from her "May my friend come in your home?"

Girl: "Yes." she cries and Stefan slowly comes inside

Klaus: "Kill this one quickly" he pushes the girl in his arms towards Stefan "Make that one suffer. We'll be in the car." he grabs Isla's hand and begins leading her out the house

Girl: "Please don't, please..." She begs and Stefan bites into her neck, making both women scream in fear and Klaus smirks as they come over to where Aspen is leaning against the car, wincing a little at the sounds of the women

Klaus: "Ready to go, love?" he questions, moving over to the driver's side as Isla gives a comforting look to Aspen

Isla: "Believe it or not you get used to those sounds."

Aspen: "Do I want to get used to them?" she asks and Isla gives her a soft look, grabbing onto her hands to whisper something and the screams slowly start to fade away "What was that?"

Isla: "Sound blocker. Makes all distant sounds fade into nothing. Comes in handy when needing to focus. Come on, let's go." she motions for her to get in the car and Aspen looks over to see Stefan come out the house with blood dripping down his lips and she gives him a soft smile when seeing the look on his face