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STEFAN: Previously on
The Vampire Diaries...

The Phoenix Stone is stuffed full
of vampire souls.

RAYNA: The stone gives
the sword its power.

-(G ROAN S)
- Stefan.

As long as I have this scar,
Rayna will hunt me.

What if I were to tell you
there was a way for me to transfer it

to somebody a little bit more deserving.

I'll do the transfer spell.

That is downright noble.

Right around the time Elena wakes up,
I'll be dead.

So will you. You'll never see her again.

So you're not taking the scar.

I have a plan.

- How far away--
-(GUNSHOT)

We're too late because of you.

VALERIE: You let him down
and chose yourself.

You were happy
while your brother was gone.

Yes.

(GROANS)

Stefan. Hey. Where's the damn sword?

Nora, don't.

There is no life without you. I love you.

(CRACKS AND EXPLODES)

(SCREAMING)

DAMON: I'm gonna save you, little brother.

I'm gonna make this right.

(GASPS AN D GROAN S)

(GRUNTS)

(FIRE BURNING IN DISTANCE)

(SCREAMING IN DISTANCE)

(GASPS)

(SCREAMING CONTINUES)

(GLASS SHATTERS)

(GRUNTS)

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

(GRUNTING)
Come on.

-(G LASS SHATTERS)
-(WOMAN GROANS)

FEMALE PASSENGER: Help!

%GROANS)
-(STEFAN PANTS)

- FEMALE PASSENGER 2; Help!
-(STEFAN COUGHS)

Help!

(COUGHING)

(GRUNTS)

-(SIRENS WAILING)
-(G LASS SHATTERS)

(GRUNTS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

FEMALE EMT: Easy.

Breathe slow.

Dizzy is normal.

And keep your foot off the ground.
We're in a cold snap.

Weather folks say
temperature's a record low.

What's your name?

I don't remember.

Let's take a look at you.

Ooh, wow!

Whoever you are, you are one lucky SOB.

You're the first person I've met
to survive a gash to the carotid.

Hey-

Take it from me.

Even heroes can't save them all.

What did you just call me?

A hero.

I don't remember.

I'm keeping them at bay
until I've ruled out concussive amnesia.

My name is Stefan Salvatore.

And there we go.

Do you know where you are, Stefan?

Yes.

I'm in hell.

(SNIFFLES)

They didn't know.

- Didn't know what?
-(OBJECT CLATTERS)

That Rayna had stabbed Stefan.

That his spirit was already trapped
in the Phoenix Stone.

They probably thought
they were doing the world a favor.

Well, that's awfully generous,

of you, not of them.

DAMON: Considering they never gave a damn
about anyone else other than each other.

(SIGHS) So if you're done mourning
Thelma and Mary Louise,

I think we should get out of here.

I'm not going anywhere with you.

You could have prevented this.

All you had to do was take Stefan's scar

and put your brother first
for once in your life.

Hey, I'm trying to make it right.

Which is why we have to find Rayna
and get Stefan's soul back in his body.

The Stone is destroyed, Damon.

And Stefan with it.

- We don't know that.
- Yes, we do.

If we have logic
and sense of reason and a brain.

I see it differently, okay?

If Stefan's dead, then I'm responsible.

Which means I am to spend
the rest of eternity haunted,

and doing penance,

and seeing my own self-loathing reflected
in everyone else's actual loathing.

-(SOBS)
- And I'm not ready

for any of those things.

Ergo, he's not dead.

Try it my way,

it's less depressing.

I see I've been charitable
in assuming you have a brain.

You can keep being a Debbie Downer.

Or you can do a locator spell
and help me find Rayna.

What do you say?

Where the hell are you going?

To do what you just told me to do.

Without you.

(CHANTING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Really? Really?

- I don't get it.
-(SIRENS WAILING)

My failed attempt at being a hero,
the dead bodies.

What's the lesson here?

Not sure I'm following you.

I remember being stabbed
by the Phoenix Sword.

Which means this is all
some sort of looping nightmare,

custom-made from my own psyche.

Maybe I was a little hasty in my checkup.
Can you look straight ahead?

Look, I'm fine, I'm just--

I'm not in the mood
for charades, all right?

Can we just skip to the torture, please?

Hey, officers.
Why don't we just get on with it, huh?

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Sit down.
You are not making any sense.

- Marty Hammond?
- STEFAN: No.

But okay.

That's what it says on this license.

STEFAN: I believe you.
But that's not my wallet.

Possible memory loss.

Have you been drinking, sir?

Oh, I get it.

I'm a vampire with control issues.

And alcoholism is a metaphor
for my bloodlust.

See, now we're getting somewhere.

Sir, can you stand up for me?

To go to a warmer hell-scape?

Maybe. First I'm gonna have to ask you
to walk in a straight line.

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

- Hello?
- Matt.

(BREATHES HEAVILY) I need help.

- Rayna?
- You're the only person that I trust.

- Did you put Stefan back in the Stone?
- RAYNA: Yes, but--

Then we have nothing to talk about.
I did my part.

- MATT: I'm out.
-(G RU NTS)

You don't understand.

Those bitches destroyed the Stone.

He's free.

They're all free.

Wait, what are you talking about?

Rayna. What do you mean "free"?

Well, go ahead and answer him.

- What do you mean "free"?
-(PANTS)

- This is Valerie. And now, you speak.
-(BEEPS)

Valerie, I don't know why
you took Stefan's body,

but if anything happens to--

My brother.

- Never mind.
-(DISCONNECTS PHONE)

OFFICER ALBERT: Nice work, Marty.

And back to me.

RAYNA: I can hear them.

(SOFTLY) All the voices.
(GASPS)

What are you talking about?

They're coming from everywhere.

(SIGHS)

What is this supposed to prove?

That you were under the influence

-when you were driving the bus.
-(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

What did you say?

When you destroyed the Phoenix Stone,
all the souls inside escaped.

Scattered.

And I can hear them,

alive, every one of them.

You're saying that every vampire
you ever killed with that sword

is now wandering the Earth?

What the hell happened to you?

I'm not sure.

I woke up in the middle of the road,
and I saw the bus on fire.

Yeah, you're a real hero, Marty.

Saving half the kids
from the accident you caused.

Why do you keep calling me Marty?

I burned all their original bodies.

Which means the Stone's prisoners
are in random corpses.

Vampire, human, it doesn't matter.

The spirits fled scattershot

into the first dead piece
of flesh they could find.

Do you remember anything?

No. Nothing.

I'm sorry,

do I know you?

I don't give a damn
about a bunch of old vampire souls.

Where did Stefan end up?

Here you go.

And what if I refuse to take the test?

Then you're not giving me
much of a choice.

- Rayna. Where did Stefan go?
-(GRUNTS)

He could be anywhere.

He could be anyone.

Marty Hammond, you are under arrest
for driving under the influence.

(GRUNTS) My name is Stefan.

OFFICER ALBERT: Calm-- Calm d0Wn.

(GASPS)

STEFAN: ...mistake, man.
OFFICER ALBERT: Calm down, Marty.

My name is Stefan, damn it.

OFFICER ALBERT:
All right, you asked for it.

Get back here!

-(PANTING)
- Stop! Stop!

(GRUNTS)

-(TWIG BREAKS)
-(GROANING)

Turning now to a breaking news story,

reports coming in of an accident
on Route 70,

near Glenwood, Arkansas,

-involving a Dallas student charter bus.
-(CELL PHONE RINGING)

At least four dead, with more injured--

What the hell do you want?

I'm calling to warn you.

Oh, it's a little late for that,
don't you think?

I mean, seeing as you seem
to be working with that psycho

who took my fiancée hostage.

Look, I know you're gonna find
this hard to believe,

but I made sure that Caroline was safe.

RIC: Safe?

Rayna shot a stake
through her rib cage, Matt.

-(TV PLAYING IN BACKGROUND)
- Now, listen to me,

we were out.

Three years.

Three years, no stabbings,
no hostage swaps, no supernatural threat

breathing down our neck, okay?

We are getting married in a month.

We have got kids
that we need to take care of.

Look, Caroline was bait
to draw Stefan out. That's all.

What the hell happened to you, man?

Look, something bad happened,

and I'm calling to warn you
that I sent some visitors your way.

No. No! Listen, Caroline is in hiding
with the girls, waiting for me!

This affects everybody, Ric,
and I'm three states away.

I'm hanging up right now.

-(DISCONNECTS PHONE)
-(DOORBELL RINGS)

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

It's like what happened with Jo,
only more random.

All the vampire souls
from the Phoenix Stone

have found fresh corpses to inhabit.

Some vampires, some not.

And why is this my problem?

Stefan is among the missing.

And something tells me
that your household has a vested interest

in whether he lives or dies.

(INHALES SHARPLY)

Okay.

What do we need to do?

We have to hunt them all down.

No. No, Stefan has to be
our first priority.

Your boyfriend should be the least
of your concerns.

What do you mean?

You think I spent my life
chasing harmless do-gooders?

(RAYNA SCOFFS)

That stone was made
for the worst of the worst.

I've put down
some of the most evil vampires

of the last 200 years.

Here.

- DAMON: Flip through that.
- What is this?

It's yourjournal.
See if anything jogs your memory.

"Day 57 of being pissed off
at my garbage heap of a brother."

(CHUCKLES) Just-- Just go ahead
and read it to yourself.

Look, the important thing is, man,
you're not in that hell anymore.

All right?

This is real.

And look, man, the truth is,

you have every right
to be pissed at me, okay?

I screwed up bad,
and when you remember why,

- I do not blame you--
- Damon?

Yeah.

I'm famished.

(GRUNTING SOFTLY)

(RETCHING)

(COUGHING)

(G RU NTS AND PANTS)

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTS)

(DOOR CREAKS)

(GRUNTS)

(CLATTERS)

(PANTING)

(GRUNTING)

(METAL CLAN KING)

%GROANS)
-(BONES CRACKING)

(GROANING)

(GRUNTS)

-(BONES CRACKING)
%GROANS)

(PANTING)

Okay, there you go. Need a refill?

Please, and thank you.

(c; ROWLS)

Okay, I think that's enough, Stefan.

That's enough.

Care to take her for a spin?

(CHUCKLES)

I'm gonna go make a quick phone call.

Yeah.

-(COIN CLANKS)
-(PUNCHES BUTTONS)

(MUSIC STARTS PLAYING)

RIC: Damon.

When did you realize Jo wasn't Jo?

Listen, are you
with your brother right now?

That's what I'm asking.

Okay, Damon, listen to me very carefully.

That is not Stefan, all right?

RIC: We don't know who that is.
VALERIE: Keep him close.

We're going to need his body.

So where the hell is Stefan?

You know, it's not easy to pick him out
from hundreds of Twitter reports

about the zombie apocalypse, okay?

We're working on it.

Work harder. I don't wanna spend
the rest of my life

babysitting a cheap knockoff
of my brother.

No, trust me,
it's not gonna be the rest of your life.

Jo's body started to break down just as
soon as that vampire soul inhabited her.

What are you saying?

I'm saying that
if Stefan is in a human body,

he's got about three days to live.

(GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

(PANTING)

-(GRUNTS)
-(TELEPHONE tunes)

(GRUNTING)

Yes.

Oh, yes.

(WHIRRS AND STOPS)

(GRUNTING)

(WHIRRING)

(BANGS TV)

FEMALE NEWSCASTER: (ON TV) For more
on the story, as it breaks, stay tuned.

The latest from Arkansas,

where in the middle
of an extreme weather warning,

a manhunt is underway
near the Ouachita National Forest.

Marty Hammond fled authorities

after allegedly causing a major accident
on Route 70.

Suspect has a previous DUI.

OFFICER ALBERT:
We don't expect him to get too far.

He's a known drunk.

With his medical history,

if the cold doesn't take him down,
I'm betting detox will.

But we've got our best men on it,

so people should just stay calm
and report any suspicious activities.

We're also taking volunteers
to work our phone banks,

so if you're interested,
please contact the Glenwood YMCA

and lend us a hand. Thank you.

Hammond, a former Merchant Marine,

has been working
for the charter bus company.

They have yet to release a statement,

but as news of Hammond's substance abuse
continues to unfold--

RAYNA: Turn that down.

My head's about to explode.

- Tell me, what are they like?
-(TV MUTES)

The voices?

Confused.

Hungry. AHQFY-

But do you see them?

Like, with actual visions?

Pieces.

All at once, overlapping.

Do you have any pictures of Stefan?

Why would I have a picture of Stefan?

Not you. Caroline.

And don't tell me she hasn't kept
some bloody sentimental keepsake.

What are you doing?

I'm giving you something to focus on,

while I help you sort through the noise.

RIC: Here.

Will this do?

-(CHUCKLES) It's perfect.
-(SOFTLY) Okay.

Here. Look into his eyes.

VALERIE: Concentrate.

How is this supposed to--

(GROANS)

VALERIE: Focus on Stefan.

MALE PASSENGER: Help!

(STEFAN GROANING)

VALERIE: Oh, come on, Stefan,
where are you?

(SCREAMS)

(GRUNTS)

-(EXHALES)
-(PANTS)

I saw trees. Blood, fire, and an anchor.

- Wait, an anchor?
- VALERIE: A tattoo.

On his hand.

He's hurt. He's scared.

Wait a second.

(REMOTE BEEPS)

Hammond, a former Merchant Marine,

has been working
for the charter bus company.

They have yet to release--

A bus. I saw a burning bus.

Okay, a Merchant Marine tattoo,
a guy saves a bunch of kids,

and then goes on the lam?

I think this Marty Hammond is our guy.

- Arkansas?
-(MUSIC PLAYING)

What the hell's in Arkansas?

Miles of national forest,
dozens of pissed off state troopers,

and a rapidly approaching blizzard.

How soon can you get there?

Well, that depends on how cooperative
my passenger's going to be.

(GROWLING)

All right, brother.

-(MUSIC STOPS)
-(GRUNTS)

Time to go.

Not a minute too soon.

This place is dead.

Yeah.

(SIGHS)

Come on.
(GRUNTS)

Oh, of course.

(CHUCKLES) Of course I'm trapped
in the body of an addict.

Didn't need a damn hell-stone
to hammer that irony home,

did we, Marty?
(INHALES SHARPLY)

You know, Marty?

I spent the last three years knowing
my lifespan was tied to Rayna's.

And after the initial shock wore off,
(SNIFFS)

I actually started to enjoy it.

I had an expiration date.

I was as close to being human
as I was ever gonna get.

-(SNIFFS)
-(WIRE SPARKLES)

I guess I forgot how much
being a human actually sucks.

- How everything hurts, all the damn time.
-(ENGINE STARTS AND STOPS)

Oh, come on.

Oh, come on.

(ENGINE STARTS)

Yes! Yes!

Suck on that, Marty, you miserable drunk.

Yes.

Yes, I think it's starting
to come back to me.

"The pain, the doleful humdrum
of my eternal curse."

And yet, here and there, moments of hope.

Glimmers of humanity.

I may have forgotten
what you've done, Damon.

But, I do remember this.

You are my flesh and blood.

I love you, brother.

Cut the crap, buddy.

I know you're not Stefan.

- Oh, it's a shame.
- Oh, yeah.

I was just warming up.

I'd give you points
for being a quick study.

- I can't take all the credit.
- Well...

You did give me the handbook.

In all seriousness, though.

Your brother truly, truly hates you.

Listen to this.

"I have resigned myself to never seeing
Damon again in my now-finite lifetime.

"And I have never felt so unburdened."

00f, sounds like he doesn't care
if he ever sees you again.

Which is perfect,

because I don't plan
on giving up his body.

Well, fair warning,

that hair requires
a tremendous amount of maintenance.

Indeed it does.

Better than nothing, though.

How far is Memphis?

Memphis? (GASPS)

Please tell me your name was Elvis.

It would explain a lot.

You seem like
an entertaining fellow, Damon.

Well...

When this is all over,

we should go carousing together.

Deuces.

- Wait!
-(TIRES SCREECHING)

(GRUNTS)

No.

Wait, what do you mean, you lost him?

I mean, he figured out Stefan's body
is a timeshare, and he ran.

He asked about Memphis.

Memphis?
We're two states away from Memphis.

And I have to go rescue
the real Stefan from a manhunt.

You have a heretic and a huntress.
Use them.

It's okay. I can track Stefan's body.

Did you say Memphis?

We have to catch him.

Well, that's the point, isn't it?

VALERIE: And then what?

"And then kill him."

That's what you're not saying. Who is he?

Just another serial killer
who cannot be allowed to walk this Earth.

He should be staked, and burned
and sent to oblivion.

Well, he is walking this Earth
in my boyfriend's body,

so we're not killing anyone.

Then this is where we part ways.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(BONES CRACKING)

(PANTING)

I'm dying to know what's in that case
you keep inching towards.

(SIGHS) It's a dart gun.

Think it'll help?

(CAR RATTLING)

Oh, damn it.

(GRUNTS)

Damn it.

Excuse me, miss?

Do you know where we are?

Are you lost?

(SIGHS) Yeah. And out of gas,

(CHUCKLES) and, naturally, unlucky.

-(CAR RADIO PLAYING)
- Do you mind if I borrow your phone?

- It's just one quick call.
- Hang on.

MALE NEWS HOST: Breaking news,
a male fugitive

is on the run in the Glenwood area.

Now, this man is considered dangerous.

Residents in and around Ouachita

are advised to report any suspicious
activity in the area. Again--

-(BOTH GRUNTING)
- Get away from me!

I just need to use your phone. Please.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(PANTS)

(GRUNTS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Pardon me. Excuse me,
officer coming through.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

POLICE CAPTAIN:
Yeah, hold on, I'll be back.

Sir?

Sir.

- Yeah.
- Who are you?

I'm a volunteer.

Deputy Matt Donovan, Mystic Falls.

A friend to my brothers in blue.

I never heard of Mystic Falls,
never heard of you.

Where's your badge?

You don't need to see a badge,

because Matt Donovan is the finest,
bravest, least stupid cop you ever met.

And if anyone asks,
that's the lie you tell them.

Glad you're here, Donovan.

- We're lucky to have you.
- Hmm.

So, what's the status?

Well, Hammond is screwed
any way you cut it.

We've got the forest surrounded.

Boys just raided a cabin,
found traces of blood,

but no Marty, which means that--

He's alone in those woods.

Yeah, nobody can survive
these temperatures overnight.

We're just laying low.

Going to wait for nature
to do our work for us.

(STEFAN SHIVERING)

(GASPING)

Didn't think that one through,
did you, brother?

What do you say we get out of here,
get you back in your own body?

Let's go.

What?

What's wrong?

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

This.

You.

If you're here, then I'm saved,
and I owe you one.

But if you're a hallucination,

then I've entered the delirium phase
of my withdrawal.

And I'm officially and royally screwed.

(SIGHS)

(GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

(COUGHS)

(RETCHING)

(COUGHS)

Currently 12 degrees and dropping fast.

With snowfall of a foot
or more projected...

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(DOOR OPENS)

POLICE CAPTAIN: Just-- Just try to
calm down and tell me what happened.

I saw him. He attacked me.

Okay. All right.

POLICE CAPTAIN: Here.
Have a seat right here.

All right, you're safe now, ma'am.

Thank you.

If it's okay with you, Captain,
I'd like to question her myself.

All right.

All right, everyone.
Matt Donovan's got this.

I need you to tell me
exactly where you saw him.

Yeah. It was an access road off of 274.

- Mmm.
- It was north of Oden.

There's an outlook there.

And you're sure it was north?

Yeah.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

All right, boys, he's south of Oden.

Let's pull all troops
down to that area, okay?

Wait, that's not what I said.

It is, now.

You saw him south of Oden.

Hey, let me know if they find my phone.

What'd you say?

My cell phone.

(SHIVERING)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

(GRUNTING)

Hello?

DAMON: Wow, Marty's voice
is, uh, huskier than I imagined.

Damon.

You sure picked a great night
to get lost in the woods.

STEFAN: Yeah, well, at least
I'm starting to warm up.

Which, in case you didn't know,
is a bad sign.

You've gotta move, okay?

Just pick a direction, start walking.

I can't-

I can't even feel my legs.

At this point, I can't tell
if the tremors are from my withdrawal

or from me freezing to death.

Stefan, just get up.

This is not how
you are going to die, Stefan Salvatore.

(CHUCKLES)

Alone in the wilderness,

trapped in the frozen corpse
of an alcoholic murderer?

(SIGHS) I don't know,
seems kind of fitting to me.

Come on, give me something
to work with here.

Day late and a dollar short.

You suck at playing hero, brother.

I guess I'm just not used to you
being such a damsel in distress.

Should I list all the ways
in which this mess is your fault?

Sure, Stef.

Go for it. I'm not doing anything
important right now.

You bailed on me, Damon.

Listen, Valerie and I were literally
just about to do the transfer spell.

Even before that.

You bailed on me when you decided
you'd rather live in a coffin

than to own up to your mistakes.

No. No, no. I was trying to prevent myself
from making mistakes, Stefan.

And why is that so hard for you, Damon?

Don't say Elena.

You lived 160 years before you met her.

I got ripped out of hell
and thrown into a dead man's body.

And do you know
what my first thought was when I came to?

I need to save those people on the bus.

I didn't know who I was.

I didn't know where I was.

It was my instinct.

Where are your instincts, Damon?

What does the voice in your head say?

You want me to say
what we both already know?

Fine.

I'm selfish.

I'm angry.

I'm impatient.

And, yes, until I met Elena,

I wasn't interested in doing
the right thing for anybody.

Your brother included.

My brother included.

-(SHIVERING CONTINUES)
- Are you mad?

Yes.

You resent me?

Yes.

Good. Then get up
and come kick my ass yourself.

(GRUNTS)

Stefan?

I'm walking.

You want to know why this is so hard?

Because Marty Hammond
is a total train wreck?

Because, eventually,

I'm not gonna be able to go on.

And when that happens,

I don't believe you'll be there.

- Must we wait this out?
-(SCOFFS)

Unless you wanna end up
in a ditch off the freeway,

we're gonna spend the night right here.

How convenient for you.

What's that supposed to mean?

Well, if this ends badly,
you emerge the victor.

Stefan dies through no fault of your own.

Less competition for your fiancée's heart.

Oh, well, how insecure do you think I am?

Don't pretend it hasn't crossed your mind.

I am very familiar with the sensation

of watching Stefan and Caroline
from the outside.

Well, except for the part
where Stefan ditched Caroline

to travel around the world with you.

See, I never fooled myself into thinking
that what I had with Stefan would last.

But you...

You put a ring on it.

Yeah, I proposed to Caroline,
because I fell in love with her.

And she said yes
because it made sense for the kids.

So, yeah.

Stefan coming back
might ruin my perfect little life.

So what?

Oh, for what it's worth,
I'm rooting for you and Caroline.

(SCOFFS)
Well, how selfless of you.

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

Oh, don't tell me you don't appreciate
the irony of this.

You being human.

Yeah, safe to say I don't appreciate it
at this particular moment.

Tell me, though.
What's the worst part about being human?

Is it-- Is it leg cramps? Is it sniffles?

-(G RU NTS)
- Frostbite? What is it?

How about the inability to compel people?

(GROANING)

Yeah, yeah. That's a big one.

Sucks having to play it
by the rules, doesn't it?

(STEFAN CHUCKLING)

Like you would know.

Hey, do you remember playing hide-and-seek
when we were kids?

You bring that up
because you used to cheat?

(CHUCKLES) I did not.

Absolutely, you did.

You used to hide in Father's office,

even though we weren't allowed
to be in there.

- Once, maybe.
- No.

All the time.

Well, why was it so hard
for you to find me?

Because I was scared.

I didn't want to break the rules.

Or maybe you were hoping
Father would catch me and punish me.

No, I wasn't scared I'd get caught.

I was scared for you, Stefan.

Why did you bring up hide-and-go-seek?

Because you're never gonna find me.

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTS)

(GASPS)

Damon, what's wrong?

Nothing.

This is all very normal.

- Are those--
- Cop-approved.

(PANTING)

Mmm.

You asked me what I missed the most
about being human?

The ecstasy of eating
this incredibly crappy donut.

- So all's forgiven?
-(GRUNTS)

Not by a long shot.

(STEFAN GROANS)

(GASPS)

What is this?

About that,
I'm afraid Marty's not gonna make it.

-(GASPS)
- Buckle up.

We have less than 48 hours
to track down your real body.

Wait, are you still tracking
Stefan's body?

Whoever's in him just stopped in Memphis.

I can hear music.

It's a fraternity house.

Wait, a vampire just beelined to Memphis
and went straight to a university?

Okay, we've got to go.

Why? What's going on?

It's something that Rayna said.
It reminded me of an old wives' tale

about a string of murders that happened
in Memphis in the 1880s.

RIC: Apparently, he was a serial killer
before he became a vampire.

He would stalk sororities
and fraternities, and murder for sport.

-(MUSIC PLAYING)
- Libations?

(CHUCKLES) Nice.

Come on in, man.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)

STUDENTS: (CHANTING)
Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!

RIC: As the story goes,
he wouldn't just kill.

He would force his victims
to murder each other.

(LAUGHING)

And they would tell the story,

but no one would believe them.

Eventually, the burden
would drive them mad.

They never caught the killer.

(STUDENTS CHEERING)

English - SDH