may, stefan, caroline and damon were talking outside the church. vicki who had come back to life was hell bent on ringing the bell for katherine.
"there has to be something." stefan said as matt ran out of the church.
"the only chance we've got is if donovan can somehow convince his train wreck of a sister hell ain't so bad." damon said.
"there he is. matt!" caroline said calling over to him.
may noticed he was on the phone and they were all questioning who he was talking to.
"yeah, it's sheriff donovan. activate the evacuation protocol. gas leak. yeah, again." matt said before he hung up the phone.
may went back to the house with stefan and damon. they needed to come up with a plan.
"there's got to be something we're missing." stefan said.
"nope. katherine won. she played the long game and finally beat us." damon said.
"i refuse to accept that." may said.
they all stopped in their tracks when they saw elena's coffin was empty.
"what?" damon asked himself.
"earlier, bonnie's heart stopped. she said her and may saw elena." stefan said.
"yeah, we did." may said.
"damon?" they heard a voice say.
they all turned their heads and they saw elena was standing in front of them.
"elena." damon replied, looking at her.
"what's going on? is bonnie..." elena trailed off.
"bonnie's okay. you're both okay." damon told her as she smiled.
"i'm awake?" elena asked him.
"you're awake." damon said before he picked her up, spinning her around.
damon's facial expressions changed and he quickly set elena down.
"no. no, no, no, no." damon said.
"oh, great." may said knowing that it wasn't elena.
"rude." katherine said.
"you got to be kidding me. katherine." stefan said.
"hello, brothers... and may." katherine said rolling her eyes at her.
katherine went to go pour herself a drink and may wanted nothing more than to stake her.
"am i drinking alone?" katherine asked them.
"where's elena?" damon asked her, not wanting to play her games.
"dead. a spiritual coma, if we're getting technical." katherine replied.
"her physical body. where is it?" stefan asked her.
"that's for me to know, and for you to dot, dot, dot. i hope you enjoyed the little show i put on for you. it's been a hoot watching you take on the devil. especially considering i've had him wrapped around my finger since the minute i stepped into hell. why did you think he wanted you? because i wanted you. duh." katherine told damon.
damon vamped over to her, throwing her drink at the wall.
"damn it, katherine. where is she?" damon asked her again.
"it really is the perfect revenge. at 10:00pm, mystic falls will burn, precious elena will burn and i'm guessing one of you two salvatores are going down with her. should i place my bets now?" katherine asked.
stefan pulled out a dagger and he stabbed katherine in the neck, killing her for the moment.
"well, that shut her up." damon said.
"nice shot." may told stefan.
"we're running out of time. we have to find elena. let's go." stefan told them.
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as may and stefan were walking outside of the house, he grabbed may's hand.
"may, you should get out of here. bonnie is evacuating with caroline, ric and the girls and you should go with them." stefan said but may shock her head.
"no, stefan. i'm staying here." may told him.
"may, i know you hate me for killing enzo and i've accepted that. i just need you to listen to me because despite the hate you feel, you know that enzo would want you to live." stefan said
"okay." may said nodding her head.
"i need you to know how sorry i am for taking enzo away from you, from taking away your happiness. i'm so sorry may." stefan said.
"i appreciate you saying that, stefan. be safe out there." may said before she walked away from him.
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may decided that she wasn't going to leave mystic falls without a fight. she didn't tell stefan that she was staying. instead, she went to find damon.
she walked up to him and he was walking through the woods. he saw her walking up to him but he was on the phone.
"the boiler room? there is a horror movie reference in there somewhere, but it escapes me." damon said over the phone.
may being human now, wasn't able to listen in on the phone call.
"i'm all over it." damon replied before he looked at may.
"what are you doing here?" damon asked her.
"i'm the least of your problems." may said pointing at katherine who was standing beside a tree.
"need something?" katherine asked them.
"you're like a bad penny." damon told her.
"funny thing about that bone dagger, it sends me to hell, but it can't keep me there. i'm sorry. oh, and if you want to know how to get elena free, you can't. kai parker was kind enough to set that trap for me, and, if i'm not mistaken, he's forever indisposed." katherine said.
"after 153 odd years, this banter that we have is just old. so, why don't we just skip to the part where you tell me what you want and we'll negotiate." damon replied.
"i have everything i want, damon, or i'm about to. once that last bell rings, this stupid town will go up in flames and everybody will go poof. well, they'll... burn alive first, but then their ashes will go poof." katherine explained.
"like it matters." may mumbled.
"you know, petty doesn't look good on a woman your age, katherine." damon told her.
"oh, i'm not being petty. i'm gloating." katherine replied.
"no, you're jealous of elena. because you know that stefan and i both would choose her over you every time." damon said.
"and she would choose stefan." katherine told him.
"what makes you so sure of that?" damon asked her.
"because i would. any woman would. stefan is the better man." katherine said.
damon stabbed katherine again with the bone dagger and let out a chuckle.
"thanks, she was starting to give me a headache." may replied.
