CITY
[Finn is walking down the street when Ash and Klaus approach him. They walk together.]
Ash: Hello Finn.
Finn: Hello Niklaus, Ash. I have nothing to say to you.
Klaus: Well, I'm not here to chat. I will ask you one time though, where's our mother?
Finn: Gone to find another way to end our terrible lives. And when she does, I will sacrifice myself all over again.
Ash: Well, how fortunate we found you, we require your assistance.
Finn: I have no wish to help you. Only to see you dead.
Klaus: Right, well, that's the thing; you see you won't be able to see me dead, because if I die, then you die. So, wish unfulfilled, I'm afraid.
Finn: Oh, bother someone else with your hollowed charms, Niklaus.
Klaus: Why? Why not 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 moves in front of Finn and places his hand on his chest to stop him from moving on.]
Ash: Look, Finn, let's rephrase this since you're not getting it. You will come back with me or we will put you back in that coffin you rotted in for 900 years.
Finn: [To Klaus] What happens to one, happens to all. You may not feel the effects of the dagger, but you'd lose your precious wife.
Ash: That's a sacrifice Im willing to make if it saves us from extinction.
[Finn walks off, and Klaus watches him leave. Finn super speeds down an alleyway but Ash blocks his path.]
Ash: Let's not make this any worse than it has to be, darling brother.
Finn: You're siding with him? Ash, he stored us in boxes.
Ash: At least he's not trying to make us extinct.
[Finn turns around and sees Klaus behind him.]
Finn: What are you gonna do? Kill me?
Klaus: Oh yeah, that's right, you've got a death wish. Fine, pathetic, but fine. The thing is, I'm not gonna let you take the rest of us down with you.
[Klaus throws Finn against the wall and he crumples to the ground.]
WOODS
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 kill one of them. We need to seize the best opportunity, which means we need to prepare for every opportunity.
Damon: Scenario number one.
[Damon grabs Elena and moves her over.]
Damon: You get to play Klaus.
Elena: Okay.
Stefan: Ash is our target so we distract her and catch her off guard. To do that we need to keep Klaus separate and occupied. [Stefan looks at Caroline.] Matt.
Matt: What am I supposed to do?
Damon: Just chat with him about Rebekah. I don't know make it up.
[Damon walks over to Caroline.]
Damon: We can use Caroline to distract Ash. Just keep her talking.
Caroline: How?
Damon: Act interested. She's lonely, and wants you as a friend, for some reason.
Caroline: I don't know. I think she's quite nice.
Damon: Don't get too attached now. Remember who she's married to. Right then I come up from behind her. [Damon gets behind Caroline, grabs her arms, and puts them behind her back.] Grab her arms like this.
Caroline: Ow!
[Stefan comes up with the stake in his hand, imitating stabbing Caroline.]
Stefan: Gives me time for one shot.
[Damon lets go of Caroline.]
Stefan: Got it? Good. So we all have one stake, keep it hidden, and look out for any opportunity we have.
Damon: No last-minute attacks of pity for any of them. [Damon looks at Elena.]
Elena: Don't worry about me, not after what happened to Bonnie's mom.
Damon: Barbie? I know you like Ash a bit too much.
Caroline: No, I'm ready. Anything that will free Tyler from his sire bond to Klaus.
Damon: Busboy?
Matt: Do I have a choice?
Damon: Good point.
Stefan: We have 12 stakes, 12 shots at killing one Original. We can do this. Alright, let's try another scenario. Elena grabs a crossbow. [Stefan hands Elena the crossbow.] Matt, you play Klaus.
[Elena aims the crossbow.]
KLAUS' MANSION
[Klaus throws Finn into the foyer. Ash, Rebekah and Klaus follow.]
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-
Ash: But why force when we could persuade?
[Ash points her hand towards the staircase. Sage walks down the stairs. Finn looks at her.]
Sage: Hello Finn.
Finn: Sage!
[Sage smiles. Finn gets up and rushes over to her. They embrace.]
Rebekah: What do you know, true love prevails.
[Klaus receives a text from Kol saying "Let me know when I'm needed."]
Klaus: It does occasionally have its uses.
[Klaus writes back to Kol: "I will"]
Ash: Easier than torturing him.
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 two going?
Ash: We have some unfinished business with Damon Salvatore. Ask Sage what he did to Rebekah. Then you'll understand why retribution is in order.
[Ash and Rebekah leave. Klaus watches Finn and Sage.]
SALVATORE BOARDING HOUSE
[Damon places his white oak stake underneath a pile of firewood.]
Alaric: I mean, did you learn nothing from the moonstone in the soap dish?
Damon: Why? Where'd you put yours?
[They hear a noise from downstairs. Damon gets up.]
Damon: What the hell was that?
[Damon leaves the room and walks down the stairs. Suddenly, he sees Alaric get thrown down the stairs and falls to the floor.]
Damon: Ric?
[Damon looks up the stairs, turns around and is stabbed in the stomach with a knife by Ash.]
Rebekah: Hello lover.
KLAUS' MANSION
[Rebekah clamps bear traps around Damon's wrist and hangs him from the ceiling.]
Rebekah: I found them in the shed. What kind of monster would trap a poor, defenceless animal?
Damon: You've got to admit, even for me, it's a little kinky.
[Ash picks up a knife from the table near the wall and then walks around Damon.]
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 felt this incessant need to one-up you. So I've decided to bleed the vervain from your system.
[Ash rips open his shirt and cuts Damon's chest with a knife. He groans in pain.]
Damon: You want to compel me to be your boyfriend?
Ash: Actually, we'd rather compel you to kill your brother. Or Elena. But, since vampires heal, bleeding may take a while. We should probably stick to the major arteries. Oh, please can we kill Elena?
[Rebekah cuts Damon's neck, he bleeds profusely. Klaus enters the room.]
Klaus: Well... look what you've caught. If you're trying to bleed him of vervain, don't you think it would be easier to hang him upside down?
Rebekah: We're perfectly capable of inflicting pain, thank you very much.
Klaus: Well, excuse me, it's not like I have any expertise in the matter.
[Klaus rolls his eyes sarcastically.]
Rebekah: You know, why don't you just leave me be and go and manage your witch?
[Klaus grins and leaves. Rebekah turns back to Damon.]
Rebekah: Hmm, where were we?
[Klaus enters another room in the mansion.]
Klaus: Tick tock. I should hear chanting by now.
[Bonnie in the room, reading a grimoire.]
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 kill anyone who comes to your rescue.
Bonnie: This is the spell. I just don't know if I'm strong enough.
[Bonnie gets up and walks away from Klaus.]
Klaus: Then you should have a little more faith in yourself, Bonnie. [Klaus moves towards Bonnie.] Your energy helped my mother link us. Honestly, I think someone isn't trying very hard. Very well.
[Klaus pulls out his phone and calls Kol.]
Klaus: Kol. How's the weather up there in Mile High City? And how's our friend? May I see him?
[Klaus walks over to Bonnie and holds up his phone. She sees Jeremy playing with his dog.]
Klaus: There's Jeremy, playing fetch with his new puppy. Oh, isn't that just the most adorable thing you've ever seen? [He pulls the phone away.] Thank you Kol, we'll be in touch. [He hangs up.] So, Bonnie, how bout that spell?
[Damon is weak and still in the trap. He hears someone approaching him. He sees a person enter the room. As they get closer, he sees it's Elena.]
Damon: What are you doing here? Ash will kill you.
Elena: Then hurry up and - and tell me what to do.
[Damon looks up at his wrists, trapped in the bear traps.]
Damon: Open them. Carefully.
[Elena opens one of the traps and grabs Damon, holding him up while she opens up the second one. Damon is too weak to move on his own, so Elena has to hold him up. They walk out of the room and down the hall. Damon starts to fall over and Elena urges him on.]
Elena: Damon. Come on, come on, we have to keep going. Damon.
[They make it to the parlour and Damon collapses on the floor, Elena falls next to him.]
Elena: No. Look at me. Look at me.
[She grabs his face in her hands.]
Damon: Don't be an idiot, Elena.
Elena: I am not going to leave you. Damon? No. [Elena holds her wrist to his mouth.] Hey, hey. Drink.
[Damon bites her wrist and starts to feed. After a while, he stops and looks at Elena. He moves in toward her and their foreheads touch. The whole thing was just a daydream. Damon is still stuck in the trap. He hears footsteps approaching and Ash laughs.]
Damon: Uh, you bitch.
Ash: It's not fun when someone messes with your thoughts, is it?
Damon: Actually, I was having a pretty good time in there.
Rebekah: Mmm, well I hope you were nicer to Elena than you were to me.
Damon: Oh, come on, I couldn't have hurt you that bad. You didn't think I had a thing for you, did you?
[Rebekah looks hurt.]
Damon: I get it. If Klaus bossed me around for a thousand years, I'd probably be pretty desperate for attention too.
[Ash stabs Damon in the stomach and he screams. Bonnie hears him in the other room and turns around.]
Bonnie: What was that?
Klaus: I wouldn't let it bother you, love.
Bonnie: Well, it does bother me. You bother me. Well, 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 who can bring her back to you. Or, if you choose I can just bring parts of her back. [Bonnie pushes Klaus away from her.] Isn't it obvious that I'm just gonna 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 and wife, so here we are.
[Klaus grabs a case and opens it. There are five bottles of blood within it. Klaus points to them.]
Klaus: Elijah. Rebekah. Kol. Finn. Ash.
[Klaus bites his hand and holds his bloody hand clenched in a fist and looks at Bonnie. Blood drips from his fist.]
Klaus: Where do you want this?
[Bonnie looks away and grabs a glass, holding it under Klaus' hand so his blood can drip into it]
[Bonnie has completed the spell. The pools of blood are completely separated. Klaus looks at her. Later, Ash comes out of a room, wiping blood off her hands. Klaus is escorting Bonnie out of the house.]
Ash: Aw, leaving so soon?
Klaus: Love. Be nice.
Ash: Thank you, Bonnie.
[Ash smiles and walks away, revealing Damon in the snares in the room she just walked out of.]
Bonnie: Oh my God.
Klaus: Yeah, you'll have to excuse the mess. Apparently, Damon hurt Rebekah's feelings. Go on, help him. Save the man who turned your mother into a vampire.
[Bonnie looks at Damon again.]
Bonnie: Just get me out of here.
Klaus: Very well.
[Klaus escorts Bonnie out.]
SALVATORE BOARDING HOUSE
[Stefan is leaving for Klaus and Elena follows him.]
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: What we need is for Klaus to be dead.
[Elena grabs Stefan and turns him around.]
Elena: Stefan, stop it! You're acting on anger!
Stefan: Anger gets things done, Elena!
Elena: Or it'll get you killed! It'll get Damon killed along with you.
Stefan: Klaus does not get to survive this. Not after everything he took from me.
[Stefan walks out and slams the door. Elena flinches. Caroline enters the front hall.]
Caroline: I miss well-adjusted Stefan.
[Suddenly, the door flies open and Stefan is thrown through it. Sage enters the house.]
Sage: Ding dong.
[Caroline goes to attack her, but Sage throws her to the ground.]
Sage: I'm not here for you. I'm here for him.
[Elena runs to the front door, but Troy blocks her path.]
Troy: I don't think so.
[Sage approaches Stefan.]
Stefan: I had to kill him, Sage.
Sage: Oh, you remember me.
[She kicks Stefan and he flies into a chair.]
Sage: Good. Then you know I like to go all ten rounds.
[She starts to cough and her nose starts to bleed. Stefan looks up at her.]
Troy: Sage?
[Stefan gets to his feet. Sage throws a punch at Stefan, but Stefan grabs her fist and throws her to the ground. She starts coughing up blood.]
Sage: Troy, help me!
[Troy releases Elena and rushes over to Sage. He bends over and coughs up blood as well.]
Sage: What is happening to me?
[Sage and Troy die.]
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, and 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 from 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...it'd just be dead.
KLAUS' MANSION
[Damon is still strung up by the traps. Stefan enters the room with a duffel bag.]
Damon: This was much different in my head.
Stefan: [Shouting.] Klaus, I'm here! Let's do this.
[Rebekah, Klaus and Ash enter.]
Klaus: Oh good, a hero. What do you want?
[Stefan drops the duffel bag with the stakes and Klaus' feet.]
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 Ash.]
Ash: That's impossible.
Stefan: It's not. Finn is dead.
Rebekah: You killed my brother?
[Stefan looks at Klaus.]
Stefan: Damon in exchange for the last eight weapons that can kill you.
Klaus: And how do I know there aren't any more left?
Stefan: Because there aren't.
Klaus: Let's be certain, shall we?
[Klaus walks over to Damon.]
Klaus: Leave.
Damon: No.
Klaus: Go on. Leave.
Rebekah: Nik, he's my plaything, not yours.
[Klaus grabs Damon by the throat and compels him.]
Klaus: I said, go home.
[Damon starts to pull a wrist out from the snares, peeling the flesh off of it in the process. He screams in pain.]
[Damon is still pulling himself out of the trap.]
Klaus: Alright, stop, stop, stop, before you hurt yourself. Well, seeing that he can finally be compelled. Now.
[Klaus grabs Damon by the throat and compels him again.]
Klaus: Minus the stake that's in my brother, how many more stakes are out there that can kill me?
Damon: Eleven.
Klaus: Eleven! Really? So, not eight then.
Ash: You really shouldn't have lied.
Stefan: I'll get you the other three.
Klaus: Yeah, that'll 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 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 purpose, as your friend. [Klaus laughs.] I think you should be thanking me.
[Stefan rushes at Klaus and pins him against a wall with a white oak stake in hand. Klaus grabs his wrist. Ash rushes forward and presses a white oak stake against Stefan's back.]
Klaus: Step down, or you both die.
[Stefan loosens his grip and Klaus takes the stake. Ash steps back]
Klaus: There. Now you only have to get me the other two.
Rebekah: This is ridiculous.
[Rebekah walks over to Damon and releases him from the traps. Damon falls to his knees. Klaus walks over to her.]
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.
[Rebekah picks up the duffel bag with the stakes and leaves. Klaus looks at Stefan.]
Klaus: Bring us the stakes. All of them. Or I will wage a war against everyone you love. I hope I'm being clear.
[Klaus leaves. Later, Ash, Rebekah and Klaus are in the parlour, after the Salvatores have left.]
Rebekah: I can't believe Finn is dead.
Klaus: Good riddance. He was an embarrassment, Rebekah.
Ash: 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 walks over to Klaus.]
Rebekah: Is that how you would speak of me if I died?
Klaus: Well, you let the Salvatores loose with two stakes that can kill 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 are you leaving? Are you going with him, Ash?
Klaus: As soon as I get my stakes, Me and Ash are gone. I'm gonna 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.
[Ash and Klaus leave.]
KLAUS AND ASH'S BEDROOM
Ash: She's right you know.
Klaus: Who Rebekah?
Ash: You don't care about this family, you never did. Finn was your brother.
Klaus: [Defensive] Well you didn't care much for your brother! If I remember correctly you killed him!
Ash: How could you say that to me? You know why I did that.
Klaus: Fuck, Love I shouldn't have-
Ash: Fuck you! [Ash storms out]