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ELENA: My name is Elena Gilbert.

I'm a new vampire. And there have been complications.

I know I'm sired to you.

You know what would make me happy? That what you felt for me was real.

ELENA: But there's hope now. There's a cure.

JEREMY: And we're as close to finding it as we've ever been.

- Here we go. REBEKAH: We've traveled far from home...

...where the cure is buried with an ancient evil.

- What do you know about Silas? - He's the world's first immortal being.

And I want to free him.

If Silas rises, he'll unleash hell on earth.

REBEKAH: The search has been dangerous.

Loyalties have been tested.

I don't care about some lame-ass cure for vampires.

- How can you say that right now? - Because I don't want you to be cured.

I can keep Expression from consuming you.

Downside is you turn her into a bomb only you can dismantle.

Bonnie has to keep me alive.

The hell's going on?

The gang's all here. Silas awaits.

DAMON: The cure is within our reach, but we're not the only ones looking for it.

You're one of the Five.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[DAMON GRUNTING]

Something bothering you?

- Would you believe me if I said mosquitoes? - Aye, I would.

How's it feel when an eating machine drains blood from your veins?

Itchy.

Your friends in Mystic Falls think you're funny, Damon?

You know who I am and where I'm from.

- Have you been spying on me? - Aye, I have.

You and Stefan, Elena.

Your witch Bonnie.

You need her to cast the spell written on your pal Jeremy's Hunter's Mark.

The tattoo that looks exactly like this.

You wanna know something, just ask.

- I've been killing vampires my entire life. - Mm.

Still, this thing refused to reveal itself to me.

That was, until three days ago, when it magically completed for no reason.

Come on, man. Do I look like I know about tattoos?

Look at my skin. It's flawless.

Ah. You're not taking me seriously.

I don't blame you.

You don't know me.

So let me introduce myself.

[GRUNTING]

My name is Galen Vaughn.

And you better start talking.

CAROLINE: Tell me you're not serious. ELENA: I wish I weren't.

When we got back from looking for Jeremy, Shane and Bonnie were gone too.

Shane needs Bonnie to cast the spell on Jeremy's tattoo to find the cure.

And he sneaked them both out from under our noses.

- Where's Damon in all this? - We had an argument.

I thought he was taking a walk, but at the beach...

...we saw signs of a struggle. - Meaning what?

Somebody probably jumped him and grabbed him.

- You think Shane took him? - He's not strong enough to take Damon on.

Even with the element of surprise. He must have someone...

...or a few someones helping him.

God, I'm so sorry. I wish I was there to help.

There's something you can do from home.

- Anything. Tell me. - Shane's looking for the cure.

We think we can find him. We have pictures of Jeremy's tattoo...

...we just can't translate the map.

Unless you get the Hunter's sword from Klaus.

Exactly.

He'll never give up the sword.

But if anyone can get him to give it up, it's Caroline.

He'll never give up the sword. Not even for Caroline.

He's terrified we'll use the cure to make him mortal.

Even if he wasn't, he wouldn't want us to derive happiness from being human.

Maybe he doesn't have to give it up.

Klaus is stuck in Elena's house by Bonnie's spell.

He can't go anywhere.

Only so many places you can hide a 3-foot piece of metal.

I'll find it. Don't worry. Just e-mail me photos of Jeremy's tattoo.

- I'll find the sword and call you back. - Thank you, Caroline.

Bye.

Need help with anything, love?

Nope.

This is as far as I go.

We're on the brink of a monumental event in human history.

We'll raise the most powerful immortal creature ever.

Our work's not done yet.

Mine is. You said get the kid and the witch. I did. I wanna get paid now.

I'll say a prayer for your souls.

That's what the tombstone was for? To pay off a mercenary?

The core of that tombstone is made up of Qetsiyah's calcified blood.

In some witch circles, that stone's more valuable...

...than the Hope Diamond.

So...

So who wants to go down first?

If it isn't little orphan Lockwood.

Come to show how laughably impotent you are against me?

TYLER: I'm just trying to help my friends find the cure.

Found this in your attic.

And you think finding the sword brings you closer to the cure?

You tell me. I was playing around with the handle on the ride over...

...and I found this.

And what do you think this is?

It's called a cryptex.

I've seen The Da Vinci Code.

Turn the different sides to different symbols to get the translation on the other side.

And with the magic of the Internet, Elena sent over these.

So now all we have to do is cryptex away.

If you happened to want to help, we wouldn't stop you.

Right, well, might I suggest using the magic of the Internet to purchase...

...an Aramaic-to-English dictionary from your nearest retailer?

What's Aramaic?

It's a dead language. It hasn't been used since biblical times.

Qetsiyah's native tongue, I'm guessing.

Even if you had the best dictionary in the world...

...it could take days to translate.

Perhaps weeks.

[SPEAKS IN ARAMAIC]

What does that mean?

"If only you spoke Aramaic."

[CELL PHONE BEEPING]

And once again, everyone's life is in danger looking for this cure...

...because poor Elena can't deal with being a vampire.

No, everyone's here because they wanna be. Not just for you, but for themselves too.

Stefan, why didn't you tell me that you wanted the cure yourself?

I mean, why wouldn't I wanna take it?

I've seen every side of vampirism there is.

The power.

The misery. The guilt.

In the long run, even the good parts kind of suck too.

Yeah, I mean, I know why you would wanna take it...

...but what I'm saying is...

...why didn't you tell me?

Because it had nothing to do with you.

You know how much I've wanted a human life with you.

Being human myself, being normal...

...that's something I've wanted since long before I met you.

Well, I'm glad you told me now.

Yeah, what's a deeply buried personal secret between friends, right?

Between friends.

I like that. Heh.

DAMON: You mind telling me where we're going?

At the wishing well lies an entrance to a crypt.

In the crypt lies Silas...

...and with Silas lies the cure...

...which will allow me kill Silas.

Bring the mission of The Brotherhood of the Five to an end.

You're my leverage, Damon.

I use you to get your witch friend to open the passage to Silas' crypt for me.

You're using me to get to Bonnie Bennett?

Whoa. Brother, heh...

...you picked the wrong vampire.

I guess we'll see about that.

Here's the deal, Shrek. My witch friend will open the passage for you.

No leverage necessary. We don't care about Silas.

All we want is the cure. Cut us in on your share, we'll get out of your hair.

You really don't understand, do you?

CAROLINE: Okay. This is it.

We've translated all the symbols on the tattoo.

"Passage inside...

...requires a young senator...

...and a pretty flower."

None of this makes sense.

No, I don't understand. So why don't you explain it?

Silas is immortal.

I have to cram the cure down his throat in order to kill him.

Yeah, what does that have to do with me and my friends?

[SPEAKING IN ARAMAIC]

Requires a powerful witch and a hunter in full bloom.

- What are you doing? - I don't need to tell you my reasons.

Caroline...

...bring my sword over here.

I need to use the cure against Silas.

Your friends, they can't exactly have it, now, can they?

So you use it on Silas, and we'll use it for whoever wants to use it.

"Silas rests on the far side, the means of his destruction at hand."

Turn the cryptex to the right.

Stop. The top of the hilt reveals a key to a nautical map.

Turn it to the left.

Now turn the other piece.

There's something else.

- Don't wanna share it with us? - Even if I wanted to, I couldn't.

- And why can't you share it? - So it is written.

[SPEAKING IN ARAMAIC]

What does it mean?

Klaus, what does it mean?

There is only one dose.

[GRUNTS]

- You okay? - Yeah, just slipped.

[BONNIE GROANING]

JEREMY: Okay, come here.

It's okay.

Thanks.

[CHUCKLES]

SHANE: Hey, guys, I'm coming down.

Hey, Bon. What do you think will happen once you cast the spell on my tattoo...

...and there's nothing in between Shane and Silas?

- Do you trust me? - Yeah. Of course.

Then trust me when I promise I won't let Shane raise Silas.

Just don't do anything stupid.

If your Expression gets out of hand, Shane is the only one...

...that can help you keep it in control. - Don't worry about me. I'm fine.

But if Shane tries to lift a finger on his hand to hurt either one of us...

...I'll kill him myself.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

- Hello? CAROLINE: Hey. It's Caroline.

We have the translation of the tattoo.

We're e-mailing you pictures of the map and instructions right now.

[PHONE BEEPS]

- Got it. Thanks. KLAUS: Actually, it was me.

REBEKAH: Nik, you helped? - You sound so surprised, little sister.

Shouldn't I be? You don't want me to be human.

You don't want any of us to be. Why would you help find the cure?

Maybe I finally realized the longer I stand in the way of what you want...

...the longer you'll continue to hate me.

Perhaps I want my sister to finally know happiness.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me a hundred times...

No more fooling.

No more games.

I hope you get to live...

...and die as you wish.

So do I.

There is one more thing, Rebekah.

Only one dose of the cure. You need to find it first and take it.

It's the only way you'll...

Nik? Nik?

- You touch me again... - And you'll what? Threaten me?

Sorry if you're upset about the cure, Damon, but we got road to cover.

I don't care about the cure.

I don't know why anyone wouldn't wanna be a vampire.

You know what? If I wasn't a vampire...

...then I wouldn't be able to do nine of the things I'm gonna do to you...

...when I'm free.

- Make that 10. - Right.

All right, I admit, okay? My friends want the cure.

And I want them to have it.

And I get very upset when I can't provide for my loved ones.

But tell me something, Vaughn.

If all you're worried about is Bonnie the Teenage Witch...

...why'd you save Jeremy and Elena yesterday?

- How did I do that? - Big guy, white paint all over him.

- You stuck a hatchet in his spine. - I don't remember doing such a thing.

[DAMON GRUNTS]

We're on a remote island.

There's you, me and a bunch of unpleasant locals.

You expect me to believe that someone else took out...

...that monster truck of a human being that went after Jeremy and Elena?

I'm telling you it wasn't me.

- Was that you? - No.

- You? - No.

Then I reckon there really is someone else on this island.

[SCOFFS]

SHANE: It's just amazing, isn't it?

Once we raise Silas, all our sacrifices will have been worthwhile.

- We'll all have what we want. - Or he'll kill us all.

You're gonna see I'm right.

Don't get any ideas. Remember, anything happens to me...

...something worse will happen to you.

All right. Where's this stupid magic passage she needs to open?

Look for anything that looks out of place.

Anything not occurring in nature. A drawing or inscription or...

...a geometrically perfect circle.

This is it. This is the spot.

ELENA: What did Caroline say? REBEKAH: Don't know. We lost the signal.

Come on. This way.

We need to get down and across.

Advantage, vampires: All we have to do is jump.

Wait, wait. Maybe you should leave the map behind.

If you fall, you don't want anything to happen to the phone.

Are we doing this again? I thought we were a team.

We don't have time for this.

Elena, you go first. We'll be right behind you.

[GRUNTS]

There's something you should know about the cure.

You're doing it. Just breathe. Focus on what you can do...

...don't be afraid of what you can't.

You can do this.

Remember, just like you taught me.

You're in control.

That's it. It's just like drawing breath. Now, just pull the power into you.

[JEREMY BREATHING DEEPLY]

[DAMON GASPS]

VAUGHN: Looks like your witch is casting her spell.

So you're sure Klaus is telling the truth?

That there's only one dose of the cure?

I guess that's what happens when you're dumb enough to hold out hope.

There's still hope for one of us.

But even if I felt pity for you...

...if I wanted to ease your pain, so I gave you the cure to take for yourself...

...you'd give it to Elena, wouldn't you?

That's what I thought.

Well, I'm sorry that it couldn't work out the way we all wanted it to.

[STEFAN GRUNTS]

[RUMBLING]

Bonnie?

Bonnie!

I'm fine.

I'm here. Heh.

Look. It worked.

JEREMY: You did it.

We did it.

SHANE: Uhn. Uh...

Hey, guys. I need a hand. My leg's broken.

Best to stay off it, then.

Bonnie. Wait. Bonnie!

Help me. Come on! Please! Help me!

Well, here we are. Looks like someone beat us to the punch.

That's a shame, Damon.

You're no use to me anymore.

- I hate to kill you. - Ditto.

That pesky Hunter's Curse and all.

All right. How do you wanna do this?

I'll make it quick and painless.

Wish I could make the same promise.

[GRUNTING]

Ow!

I'm gonna kill you.

And I'm gonna get to that damn cure and I'm gonna give it to the girl that I love.

Your attachment to your friends will be the end of you.

You don't know my friends.

Or my enemies.

There's only one cure?

I can't take it. I mean...

...not above everyone else who deserves it just as much as I do.

[ELENA SIGHS]

It's over.

- I'm sorry. - Don't be. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise.

How so?

Things changed the minute that I went off that bridge, Stefan.

Even if I could be human again...

...I wouldn't be the person that I was.

So it's about time that I accept the person that I am now...

...and figure out a way to start living the rest of my life.

The rest of your life...

...sired to Damon.

I guess we'll have to deal with that when I get home.

Oh, my God.

Home. Klaus. Bonnie's spell isn't gonna hold him.

And after what we did to Kol, if we don't ram the cure down his throat...

...he'll kill us all.

Pity party over. We have to go.

[TYLER SIGHS]

Every time I think I have him, that son of a bitch gets the upper hand.

We won't let him hurt you.

Stefan and Elena will bring back the cure.

If they get to it first.

And if they don't, Klaus kills me.

I need to get out of town and figure out how to stay alive...

Wait. Hang on, okay? Before you get all doomsday, just...

...at least, let me try and talk to him.

He's got nothing to lose, Care.

His brother's dead, his hybrids are gone. All he wants is blood, starting with mine.

I'm not gonna say goodbye to you again, understand me?

Let me fix this.

Are we gonna dance or play?

You know he can't hurt me, unless he's got the white oak stake.

He doesn't. But he's got other toys.

[GRUNTS THEN GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

STEFAN: Damon!

[GRUNTING]

You're wasting time. Just get the cure.

- Go. - We're not gonna leave you.

No, we aren't. You need to go ahead. We'll be right behind you.

- Go. - Yeah.

Look at us.

A newbie hunter and a witch who needs adult supervision.

How are we the ones that made it this far?

I'm glad we're here together.

Me too.

Where is here, exactly?

This way.

How do you know?

I just know.

Hello, Bonnie.

Hi, Grams.

What are you doing here, Grams?

This place allows the living to talk to the dead.

Bonnie, what's going on?

I'm so sorry about what happened.

It's okay. You're here now.

And you are this close to bringing me back to life for good.

How?

Silas can do it.

All you have to do is reach him and feed him.

Everything will go back to the way it was.

Bonnie, stop.

Hey, you're not seeing your Grams.

If she were here, I'd be able to see her and I can't.

It's not her ghost, it's a hallucination.

What you're seeing, it isn't real.

It's me. Your Grams isn't here, I'm here.

I'm real.

Okay?

What happened?

Silas.

He was in your head.

He was trying to control you.

And Shane.

The visions of his wife.

That's how Silas controls him.

You need to block him out of your mind.

Close your eyes.

Listen to my voice and only my voice.

I'm gonna get us there.

[DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES]

You can't kill Tyler.

Not only can I, I have to.

I have a reputation to uphold.

Moreover, I want to.

I'm not asking you to forgive him.

All I'm asking is that you let him live.

Somewhere far from here.

So he gets to live a happy life after he turned all my hybrids against me.

After he tried to kill me?

After he made it his life's mission to find the cure so he could use it against me.

- We all want the cure. - Do we?

Do you?

It doesn't matter. There's only one so it's not like I'm gonna get it anyway.

But if you could?

You wouldn't, would you?

You prefer who you are now to the girl you once were.

You like being strong.

Ageless.

Fearless.

We're the same, Caroline.

Then show me.

You know how much I love Tyler.

You can see how scared I am to lose him.

If you and I are so similar, then show me your compassion.

Show him the mercy that I would show you.

Mercy.

For Tyler.

Very well.

Tell him to leave town immediately.

And tell him to run and hide in a place I will never find him.

Of course.

Tell him that this is the mercy I extend for your sake:

That I will give him a head start before I kill him.

[BOTH GRUNT]

- All right, come on. We have to catch up. - No, it's okay. I just need a minute.

I'm only gonna slow you down. Go.