LOCKWOOD MANSION
[Hayley is being poured a shot. Tyler walks into the room.]
Tyler: You're still going? I drank enough last night and then I slept, which is what you guys should have done.
Chris: We're just paying our respects to Dean.
Tyler: That's great, Chris, but could you pay them at a bar instead?
Hayley: Don't be mad. We're celebrating our fallen hybrid friend.
[Hayley walks over to Tyler and pours her shot in his mouth. She wipes her thumb across his bottom lip and sticks her thumb in her mouth. Klaus enters the room.]
Klaus: Well, don't let me interrupt.
Tyler: I didn't know you were here.
Klaus: Clearly.
[Klaus takes a drink from a bottle of alcohol he brought with him.]
Klaus: I just popped round to celebrate Dean's successful retrieval of the vampire hunter. Yet when I arrived, I learnt that not only was Dean unsuccessful, but that Elena killed the hunter.
Hayley: Well, maybe if you had let Dean use force on Connor instead of sending him in on a suicide mission.
Klaus: Maybe you should mind your business, wolf girl.
Tyler: What do you care if Connor's dead anyway?
Klaus: I have my reasons. They've ceased to matter. Cheers.
[Klaus raises the bottle of alcohol and takes a drink. There's a knock at the door. Tyler goes to answer it. Caroline enters with a box of stuff.]
Caroline: I brought your stuff. Old laptop, your jersey, the charm bracelet.
Tyler: Care, this isn't a good time.
Caroline: Just take it.
[She shoves the box into Tyler's hands. Klaus places his bottle down and walks over to Caroline.]
Klaus: Caroline.
[Caroline looks at him and folds her arms across her chest.]
Klaus: By the break-up drama unfolding before me I assume you've met Hayley. [Caroline says nothing.] All right, come on, let's go. Let's leave them alone. Your talents are needed elsewhere.
Tyler: For what?
Klaus: I think you've got more important things to deal with, mate.
[Klaus and his hybrids leave. Caroline closes the door and smiles.]
Caroline: Do you think he bought it?
Hayley: Hell, I bought it.
Caroline: [laughs] Thanks for the heads up that he was here, Hayley.
Tyler: You girls are good liars.
[Tyler kisses Caroline. Hayley watches them, awkwardly.]
GILBERT RESIDENCE
[Elena is in the shower. As she cleans herself off, she looks down and sees blood. She gasps and backs up. When she looks up at the shower head there's nothing there. She looks back down and sees blood again; freaked out by this, Elena jumps out of the shower.]
[Damon is downstairs, cleaning up blood. Stefan enters the room.]
Damon: Where did Jeremy go?
Stefan: School. Bonnie has him volunteering for some occult exhibit.
Damon: Or maybe he didn't want to linger in a house where his sister just jammed a knife in his neck.
[Stefan's phone rings.]
Stefan: It's Klaus.
Damon: Oooh, time to face the music. Pay the piper, dance with the devil.
Stefan: You know, I'm glad you find this amusing. If he finds out I told you about the cure, he'll kill both of us.
Damon: Quit avoiding him, that means shady. Shady people get outed.
[Stefan answers the phone.]
Stefan: I don't want to talk about it.
[Klaus is outside, walking through a neighbourhood.]
Klaus: Well, I can't imagine why, what with you ruining all my plans for a hybrid filled future.
Stefan: Well, it wouldn't have happened, if you hadn't sworn me to secrecy.
[Stefan looks at Damon. Damon nods.]
Klaus: Well, life's full of ifs, Stefan. But let's accentuate the positives, shall we? The hunter was one of five; we'll find another. It may take centuries, but we've got nothing but time, right?
Stefan: You're using your calm voice today. Who's getting killed?
Klaus: Not you, if that's what you're worried about. But I am concerned about your beloved. Have the hallucinations started yet?
[Stefan and Damon look at each other.]
Stefan: What do you know about that?
Klaus: I'll tell you. Where are you?
Stefan: I'm at her house.
Klaus: How convenient, so am I.
[Klaus knocks on the door. Stefan hangs up his phone. Stefan opens the front door and walks outside, past Klaus. Klaus follows him.]
Klaus: You know, this would all be a lot more civilised if I was just invited inside.
Stefan: It's bad enough I'm out here talking to you. What do you know?
Klaus: I killed the original five hunters, remember? When one kills a hunter, there's a bit of a consequence.
Stefan: What kind of consequence?
Klaus: The hunters were spelled by witches to kill vampires; if you prevent one from fulfilling his destiny then he'll take you down with him.
Stefan: What do you mean? Connor's dead.
Klaus: I mean, Connor's death won't prevent him from making Elena his final vampire kill. She'll need to come with me now. I'll lock her up, keep her away from any sharp wooden objects.
Stefan: She's not going anywhere with you.
Klaus: Well, if we leave her alone, she'll take her own life before the day is out.
Stefan: She's stronger than that.
Klaus: Is she? Believe me, it's for her own good.
[Elena comes out of the bathroom. She looks in the mirror as she adjusts her sweater and sees Connor standing behind her. She gasps and turns around. Connor touches the blood on his neck and walks towards her.]
Connor: Would you like some? You seemed to enjoy it when you drink from me.
Elena: I wasn't myself. I was angry.
Connor: Were you yourself when you snapped my neck with your bare hands?
Elena: You staked me.
Connor: Because you're a monster and you deserve to die. Admit it.
Elena: No!
[Elena walks out of her room. Damon is still downstairs, cleaning up in the kitchen. Elena enters the kitchen.]
Elena: Damon....
[Elena looks at Damon, but she sees Connor instead. He stands up.]
Connor: Decomposition starts in the first twenty four hours. I'm rotting in an unmarked grave because of you.
Elena: No!
[Elena backs away.]
Damon: What's wrong?
[Elena runs to the front door. Damon follows her.]
Damon: Elena!
[Klaus and Stefan are still outside. They hear the front door open and Elena runs onto the porch and stops. Klaus superspeeds towards her, grabs her, and leaves. Damon walks out onto the porch and sees Stefan standing in the middle of the yard by himself.]
Damon: Elena!
[Damon looks at Stefan. Stefan looks around, worried.]
KLAUS' FAMILY MANSION
[Chris opens the door to a room. Klaus drags Elena into the room.]
Elena: Let go of me.
Klaus: Certainly. [Klaus lets her go.] I apologise for the lack of windows; it's to preserve the art. And of course to prevent you from taking off your daylight ring and burning yourself to death in the sun.
Elena: I'm not gonna kill myself. I would never do that.
Klaus: Oh, but you'll want to. I did. Problem is, I'm immortal.
Elena: You went through this?
Klaus: Yes, I did. For fifty-two years, four months, and nine days. I was tormented, in my dreams, my every waking moment, relentless, never-ending torture. It was the only period of my life when I actually felt time.
Elena: So, you knew that this would happen if Connor died? That's why you got involved. Did Stefan know too?
Klaus: All he knew was that the hunter had to be kept alive. You should have listened to him when he said he had it covered, love.
Elena: What else does Stefan know?
Klaus: Well, that's one of life's little mysteries, isn't it?
[Klaus backs away and heads for the door.]
Elena: How did you make it stop?
[Klaus stops and looks at her.]
Klaus: I didn't. Eventually it just stopped. The hallucinations tend to appear in strange forms.
[Klaus knocks on the door of the chamber. Chris opens the door.]
Klaus: Don't say I didn't warn you.
[Klaus walks out of the room and Chris shuts the door.]
ANOTHER ROOM IN THE MANSION
[Klaus picks up his phone and answers it]
Klaus: Hello love.
Ash: [Voice over] You said the witch's name was Hermione Granger right?
Klaus: Yes love have you found her yet?
Ash: No but I think people have heard of her. Do we really need to find this specific witch?
Klaus: Yes love and call me once you've found her. My sources say she may have moved out of New York and gone to Texas.
Ash: Texas?! Fine, I'll look there. I'll call you later.
Klaus: Bye love.
MYSTIC GRILL
[Klaus is sitting at the bar, drinking a glass of red wine. Caroline approaches him.]
Caroline: [taking off her jacket] Place looks pretty good considering your hybrid got blown up in it.
Klaus: Caroline. To what do I owe the pleasure?
[Caroline stands next to him.]
Caroline: I want you to give Elena back.
Klaus: Ah, they sent you to sweet talk me. Well, good form, but I'm afraid I can't do it.
Caroline: Why not?
Klaus: She needs my help.
[Caroline scoffs and rolls her eyes.]
Klaus: Look, I'm not gonna burden you with the gory details, I know you have enough on your plate already.
Caroline: That's none of your business, actually.
Klaus: Yes, well, just know that if Tyler was still sired to me he never would have hurt you.
[Caroline looks at him. Klaus looks up at her.]
Klaus: I wouldn't have let him. Can I at least offer you a drink?
[Caroline hesitates.]
Caroline: Yeah. Thanks.
[Klaus smiles.]
[Caroline is looking at her phone. She's received the following messages from Stefan: "I lost Elena.", "I need a vampire to kill. I'll turn someone if I have to.", and "Get an answer. Fast." She looks at Klaus and smiles innocently.]
Caroline: So, here's the thing, I didn't just come here to try to get you to release Elena.
Klaus: You don't say.
Caroline: I came here to distract you so that Stefan could go to your house and break her out, which he did. And, don't get mad, but then he lost her.
[Klaus gets up in a fury. Caroline gets up as well.]
Caroline: Klaus.
[Klaus turns and looks at her.]
Klaus: Caroline, you may be Ash's friend, but if you don't stop talking, I will kill you.
[Klaus turns around and starts to walk off.]
Caroline: They figured out how to stop the hallucinations.
[He stops and turns around towards her again.]
Klaus: Okay, you have ten seconds to tell me.
LOCKWOOD MANSION
Tyler: You're doing a good thing, Chris.
Chris: Yeah, well, let's see how fast a good thing can get me out of town.
[Hayley hugs Chris.]
Hayley: Call me when you're safe, okay?
Chris: Yeah.
[Chris picks up his stuff and opens the front door. Klaus enters the house.]
Klaus: Going somewhere?
[Klaus grabs Chris by the throat and superspeeds him into the staircase.]
Klaus: When I said don't let her out of your sight, what did you think I meant?
Tyler: It's not his fault, it's mine. I was distracting you. It's my fault she got away!
Klaus: Then maybe you should be the one to die for it.
Hayley: No one has to die!
[Klaus rushes at Hayley.]
Klaus: [Shouting.] Did I not say mind your business?!
Hayley: Tyler's covering for me. I'm the one that let her go.
Tyler: Hayley...
Hayley: [she stops Tyler] No. You want someone dead, go ahead. Kill me. I'd rather die anyway than end up as one of your sired little bitches.
Klaus: Don't tempt me, little wolf.
[Klaus turns around to Chris.]
Klaus: Your existence is to serve me. To please me. Do you understand?
Chris: I'm sorry, I won't fail you again.
Klaus: No, you won't. [He moves aside.] Get out of here.
[Chris quickly walks to the front door. Stefan comes through the door and stabs him with a stake. Chris falls to the ground.]
Hayley: No!
[Hayley covers her hand with her mouth and cries. Jeremy walks into the house with a cleaver in his hands.]
Tyler: Jeremy? What the hell, man?!
Stefan: I'm sorry.
[Stefan looks at Jeremy and nods. Jeremy chops Chris' head off with the cleaver. Hayley screams and hides her face.]
WICKERY BRIDGE
[Elena feels the side effects of the curse lift off.]