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I was waiting for Elijah to wake up. A few minutes later, he woke up. I rushed over to him. He's in shock when he saw me. Nevaeh:"Elijah." Elijah:"Isabela!" ~~~***~~~ England 1492 Inside a mansion a party is going on. The room is filled with guests talking to each other. Trevor is speaking with a woman. He walks over to Elijah. Elijah:"Ah, good evening, Trevor. I am pleased you could join us." Trevor:"I could not miss the birthday celebration." Elijah:"no, considering the gift you claim to bear. Where is this mystery woman of which you speak?" Trevor:"right this way." Elijah follows him. They join Isabela. Trevor:"my dear." Isabela:"hello." Elijah is in shock. ~~~***~~~ Salvatore Boarding House Nevaeh:"Elijah! It's me, its Nevaeh." Elijah:"oh, my god." ~~~***~~~ England 1492 Later at the party. Elijah:"forgive me. You remind me of someone." Trevor:"Isabela, may I introduce the lord Elijah." Elijah holds out his hand. She takes it and curtsies. Isabela:"pleasure, my lord." Elijah:"the pleasure's mine. Isabela." He kisses her hand. ~~~***~~~ Salvatore Boarding House He closes his eyes. I got closer but his body starts to spasms. He gets up and us gasping for air. Elijah:"I can't—I can't breathe! What's happening to me?" He rushes over near the door but slams into the doorway. I rushed over to him and held him up. Elijah:"I can't...I can't be in this house." I finally realized,"you're not invited in." Elijah:"then get me out of here." He slams into another wall and disappears. I ran after him and goes to the front door. Elijah is crouching outside. He gets up and rushes at me to enter but freezes at the threshold, unable to enter. Elijah:"what happened?" Nevaeh:"shh!" I showed him that Stefan and Damon can hear and I whispered. Nevaeh:"I'll tell you. Not here. Can I trust you?" Elijah whiskers too,"can I trust you?" I gave him the dagger. He takes it.
Stefan is in his bedroom. He wakes up with a start and notices Nevaeh's not there. He goes downstairs. Stefan:"Nevaeh!" Andie is there in a doorway, holding a cup of coffee. Stefan:"hey." Andie:"hey." Stefan:"have you seen Nevaeh?" Andie:"uh, no." Damon walks over to her,"hi, sweetie. Oh, my coffee." He kisses her. Andie:"good morning." Damon:"mm, good morning." Stefan:"hey, where's Nevaeh?" Damon:"I don't know, Stefan. It's your girlfriend. Mine's right here." He looks at Andie,"oh, and how's the shoulder? Got time for a bite? I'm so hungry." Andie:"oh, it's really messy. Can you just use a blood bag today?" Stefan is on the phone and looks at them. Andie:"I'm already late for work." Damon:"no!" He pouts. Stefan leaves a message for Nevaeh. Stefan:"hey, it's me. Where are you? Call me." He hangs up. Damon and Andie are kissing. Stefan:"what are you doing? She's not a wind-up toy." Andie looks at him,"it's really none of your business, is it, Stefan?" Damon:"yeah. What she said." Andie:"I have to go to work." She kisses him. Damon:"ugh! Bye." She leaves. Stefan sees that the basement door is open. He rushes over to it to investigate. Damon senses concern and follows him. Stefan arrives at the cellar and sees that Elijah's not there. Damon appears behind him soon after. Damon:"no, she didn't." ~~~***~~~ Alaric's Residence Klaus/Alaric is at the door with Maddox. Isabela is making coffee. Maddox:"I'll be back as soon as I can." Klaus/Alaric:"yes, do hurry. I'm anxious to get out of this body. And if you get hung up, call me. You know how impatient I get." Maddox leaves. Klaus/Alaric closes the door. Isabela:"where is he going?" She holds out her coffee for Klaus/Alaric. Klaus/Alaric:"to retrieve me. So I can get out of this bad hair-do." Isabela:"are you sure that's a good idea, Klaus?" Klaus/Alaric:"well, the full moon is almost upon us." He puts the moonstone on the table. Klaus/Alaric:"and why would you do that here? There's so many people that would try to stop you." Klaus/Alaric:"because I have to. It's the birthplace of the doppelgänger." Isabela:"I didn't realize that was a requirement." Klaus/Alaric:"well, how could you? You betrayed me and fled England before I could give you the details, Isabela. But I did find your birthplace and I slaughtered your family. So I guess we're cool. Let's just hope that Nevaeh isn't as stupid as you were." Isabela:"she won't run. She'll die before she lets anyone that she loves get hurt." Klaus/Alaric:"and that exactly what I'm counting on." He compels her. Klaus/Alaric:"you can't leave until I tell you to." He leaves the apartment. ~~~***~~~ Mystic Falls I was driving and I parked my car at the side of the road. Elijah is next to me drinking blood from a blood bag. Nevaeh:"you look better." Elijah:"where did you get the dagger?" Nevaeh:"I'll tell you everything. But we have to work together, Elijah. I need your word." Elijah:"your ability to make demands has long passed." Nevaeh:"no demands. I'm offering you my help. And in return, I want yours." Elijah:"and why should I even consider this?" Nevaeh:"the same reason that you haven't killed me. You need my help to kill Klaus. And I need you." My phone buzzed. I answered it, and it's Stefan. Stefan:"where are you? Are you okay?" Nevaeh:"yes, I'm fine." Stefan:"where's Elijah?" Nevaeh:"he's right here." Stefan:"where? I'm on my way." Nevaeh:"no, Stefan, Elijah and I need some time alone." Stefan:"listen to me. He can't be trusted he'll use you to get to Klaus." Nevaeh:"Elijah is s noble man, Stefan. He lives by a code of honor. I can trust him. He knows that I'd be incredibly stupid to betray him again. By removing the dagger, I have proven myself to him." Stefan:"you can't do this alone." Nevaeh:"it's my decision, Stefan. Please respect it. And make sure Day doesn't do anything stupid. I'll be in touch." I hung up. Elijah holds out his hand. Before giving him my phone. Nevaeh:"please don't break it." I gave him pouty eyes. Elijah:"I won't. You have my word." I gave him my phone, and Elijah puts it in his jacket pocket. ~~~***~~~ Salvatore Boarding House Damon:"did she just hung up on you?" Stefan:"she did." Damon:"she's lost it." Stefan:"if anyone can get him to help us kill Klaus, it's her." Damon:"Bonnie's the way to kill Klaus, Stefan. He thinks she's dead. We have a chance with her." Stefan:"she'll kill herself in the process. Nevaeh's looking for another way." Damon:"her way's going to get her killed. So we need to find her and stop her." He gets up. Stefan gets up too. Stefan:"no, you need to back off." Damon:"what?!" Stefan:"look, I don't like this anymore than you do. But we need to trust her. We gotta just let her do her thing." Damon:"that might be your plan. Mine's better." He tries to leave but Stefan grabs his arm. Stefan:"I said back off." ~~~***~~~ Mystic Falls Me and Elijah are still in my car. Nevaeh:"he's here." Elijah:"Klaus is here?" Nevaeh:"he's taken over Alaric's body." Elijah:"of course he has. One of his favorite tricks." Nevaeh:"well, what are his other tricks? What is he going to do next? You're the only one who knows him." Elijah:"yes, I do." ~~~***~~~ England 1492 Elijah is with Isabela. Isabela:"so where is this mysterious host I've heard so much about." Elijah:"fashionably late. He likes to make an entrance." Elijah sees someone coming down the stairs,"here he is." Klaus is hidden by the crowd. Isabela is looking for him. She finally sees him. He rejoins them. Elijah:"Isabela, may I introduce to you the lord Niklaus." She curtsies to Klaus. Klaus takes and kisses her hand. Klaus:"Niklaus is the name my father gave me. Please. Call me Klaus." He smiles at her. ~~~***~~~ Lockwood Mansion Elijah knocks on the door and Carol opens it. Carol:"Elijah, Nevaeh! What are you doing here? What happened?" She looked at Elijah's burnt suit. Elijah:"I've had a bit of an incident, Carol. I'm hoping you could help." Carol:"well, I'm on my way to a meeting, so I—" Elijah compels her,"it won't take but a minute of your time." She smiles. Carol:"of course. Anything you need." Elijah:"thank you." We walking into the mansion. Elijah:"well, first things first, I'm going to need a change of clothes." Carol:"well, we can try one of my husband's suits, I haven't boxed them up yet." Elijah:"wonderful." She goes upstairs. Nevaeh:"how did you know that she wasn't on vervain?" Elijah:"because I'm the one that got her off it, before you and your friends killed me. Twice. If you'll excuse me. I'll be down in a minute." He goes upstairs. ~~~***~~~ Salvatore Boarding House Stefan picks up his phone. Damon is in the living room too. Stefan:"hello?" Jenna:"hey, Stefan. It's Jenna." Stefan:"Jenna, hey." Jenna:"where's Nevaeh? And Jeremy? No one's answering their phones." Stefan:"Ah, Nevaeh's not here at the moment. Is, uh, is everything okay?" Jenna:"she left me all these weird messages telling me to stay away from Ric. What's going on?" Stefan:"it's really hard to explain over the phone, but, um, she was hoping that you could stay on campus for a little while longer." Jenna:"oh, that's kinda hard to do from my kitchen." Stefan:"wait, you're home?" Jenna:"yeah. What's going on? Where's Nevaeh? I'm supposed to meet Ric at the grill for lunch, to talk." Stefan:"Jenna, listen to me carefully. Whatever you do, do not meet Alaric at the grill. I'm going to come over right now and explain everything." He hangs up and looks at Damon, who pours himself a drink. Damon:"wow, I'd love to lend you a hand, but you wouldn't want me doing anything stupid." Stefan:"it's seriously going to be like this?" Damon:"you and your girlfriend are calling the shots. I'm just backing off, Stefan." Stefan leaves. Andie joins Damon. Damon:"hi." Andie:"hi." Damon:"let's go." Andie:"where are we going?" Damon:"splitting from the team. Going rogue. Come on." ~~~***~~~ Lockwood Mansion Elijah and I are sitting in the living room. Elijah is wearing one of Mayor Lockwood's suits. Elijah:"so I assume that the Martin witches are no longer with us." Nevaeh:"no, I'm sorry." Elijah:"and Isabela? She would have been released from my compulsion when I died." Nevaeh:"Klaus took her. We think that she may be dead." Elijah:"I doubt that. Not Klaus' style. Death would be too easy for her after what she did." Nevaeh:"I don't understand. You say that you want Klaus dead, but you still made Isabela pay for betraying him." Elijah:"I have my own reasons for wanting Isabela to pay. There was a time...I'd have done anything for Klaus." ~~~***~~~ England 1492 Klaus:"from where have you come, Isabela?" Isabela:"I'm new to town, my lord." Elijah looks at Klaus with a smile,"Isabela is from Bulgaria." Klaus:"Zdravei, Isabela." She laughs in delight at the unexpected use of her mother tongue. Isabela:"very good." Klaus looks at Elijah,"do you kind, brother? I would like to have a moment alone with her." Elijah:"no not at all. Happy Birthday, brother." Klaus smiles and leaves with Isabela. ~~~***~~~ Lockwood Mansion Elijah:"yes. Klaus is my brother." Nevaeh:"I heard that. I'm still processing." Elijah:"yes, I'm a little behind on the times, but I believe the term you're searching for is "O.M.G." He drinks his tea, and I giggled because that was funny. ~~~***~~~ Alaric's Residence Isabela is spinning on a swivel chair to amuse herself while music is playing. She gets up opens a cupboard and finds a bottle of bourbon whiskey. She takes it and smiles. She opens it and takes drink from it and hears someone with her vampire hearing. Andie:"I don't think this is a good idea." Damon:"investigative journalism...we're investigating." Damon and Andie are outside the apartment. She knocks on the door. Andie:"Alaric, are you home? Andie...Star, Jenna's friend." Isabela tries to grab the doorknob but an invisible force prevents her hand from getting it. She tries again, gives up, and walks away from the door. Andie and Damon opens the door. Isabela:"thang God." Andie enters,"wow! You were right. She looks exactly like Nevaeh." Damon:"yep." He can't enter since he hasn't been invited in. He looks at Isabela. Damon:"thought you might be dead." Isabela:"unfortunately not." ~~~***~~~ Gilbert Residence Jenna opens the door for Stefan and he walks in. Stefan:"hey, Jenna. Thank you so much for not going to the grill." Jenna:"um, Stefan..." Stefan:"no, listen. I can explain." She looks over Stefan's shoulder. He turns around and Klaus/Alaric is there. Klaus/Alaric:"hi, Stefan. How's it going?" ~~~***~~~ Lockwood Mansion Nevaeh:"there's a whole family of Original vampires?" Elijah:"my father was a wealthy land owner in a village in Eastern Europe. Our mother bore seven children." Nevaeh:"so your parents were human?" Elijah:"our whole family was. Our origin as vampires is a very long story, Nevaeh. Just know...we're the oldest vampires in the world. We are the Original family, and from us all vampires were created." Nevaeh:"right, but Klaus is your brother. And you want him dead?" Elijah:"I need some air. I'm still feeling a tad...dead. Come." Elijah and I leave the room. ~~~***~~~ Alaric's Residence Isabela:"what are you doing here?" Andie:"we are here to rescue you." Damon:"no, sweetie. We are here to see if she deserved to be rescued." Andie:"right." Damon:"I figured you still might be kicking. Alaric/Klaus was blending way too easily. Figured he probably had some coaching." He shows her a vial. Isabela:"is that...?" Damon:"vervain? Your salvation." Isabela:"it's not going to undo anything." Damon:"there's always a loophole. Did he tell you to stay in this apartment until he said it was okay to leave?" She goes to speak but finds herself unable to do. Damon:"you can't say. Did he tell you to do absolutely everything he says until the end of time?" Isabela:"no." Damon:"there's your loophole. Drink this and it'll prevent any further compulsion." She comes closer to take it but is unable to cross the threshold. Isabela:"give it to me." Damon:"answer one question first. You double-crossed us with Amelia, why?" Isabela:"I didn't think you could stand a chance against Klaus, so I was looking out for myself." Damon:"and where did that get you? Here." He tosses her the vial. Damon:"be careful with that. If he finds out you have that, you're never getting out of here." She drinks and coughs. Damon:"you owe me. And I will collect." He looks at Andie. Damon:"come on." Andie:"nice to meet you." She closes the door. ~~~***~~~ Gilbert Residence Klaus/Alaric is chopping some food with a big knife. Jenna and Stefan are looking at him. Klaus/Alaric:"you know, I find chopping...calming. The feel of the blade in the hand, maybe." Jenna:"I'm still waiting for someone to tell me what the hell's going on." Klaus/Alaric:"well, would you like to tell her, Stefan, or should I?" Jenna:"tell me what?" Klaus/Alaric:"do you believe in vampires, Jenna? No?" He laughs. Klaus/Alaric:"well, who does, right? But believe it or not, they do have a place in our history. And as a history teacher, I find them fascinating." Jenna:"why are we talking about this?" Klaus/Alaric:"well, you've been angry with me for keeping secrets, and this is one of my secrets. I'm obsessed with vampires. There. I said it." He laughs. Jenna:"are you joking?" Klaus/Alaric:"not at all. How about you, Stefan? Are you a fan of vampires?" Stefan:"in literature. Bram Stroker. It's dense, but I appreciate it." Klaus/Alaric:"hmm. Did you know that vampires are the oldest creatures of the night? Except for werewolves, of course." Jenna:"werewolves. Werewolves. Now I know you're joking." Klaus/Alaric:"you know, I've read that there's an Aztec curse on both species that keeps werewolves slaves to the moon and vampires bound by the sun. Isn't that right, Stefan? You know, they say these creatures would do anything to have this curse broken and that they wouldn't care who they had to kill to do it." Jenna looks at him in alarmed. ~~~***~~~
