Surprising Lover (TVDxOC) (Complete)

Because of Night

Stefan and Grace are talking to Damon on his cell phone.
"Hey, what do you mean you took her to New York?"
"And that tone is the reason I didn't pick up the phone the first twenty times you called."
"Where is she now?"
"Out exploring. Maybe she's eating a hot dog...vendor."
"So I take it your search for Katherine is off?"
"Relax, man. This little joyride is actually a cure hunt. That vampire that Katherine sent after Hayley was a friend of mine. He lived in the city. Will got vampires fake identities, and I'm sure that Katherine was one of his clients."
"And Elena's okay with this little field trip? Just yesterday she was living the vampire high life. She doesn't want the cure."
"That's why I didn't tell her."
"Damon, if she finds out you're still looking for it, she'll bolt."
"I'm aware of that, Stefan. What I'm hoping is that she's gonna be so wasted on booze and blood that she won't even think about it."
"Don't underestimate her."
"If I can handle you when you flipped your switch, I can handle her. Trust me."
"Listen to me. She's ruthless without her humanity. The cure is the fastest way to get it back."
"Just be a good brother and witch and keep Mystic Falls afloat for me and let me do my thing.  You've got an immortal named Silas to deal with, remember?"

Klaus is pouring himself a drink while talking to Caroline and Stefan.
"So some blood went missing from a few hospitals. What about Elena? Don't vampires with their humanity off tend to overindulge in human blood, or were you the exception? [He turns to look at Stefan.]"
Grace enters the room.
"It's not Elena."
"Well, let's say for a moment that it was Silas. I'm struggling to see how this affects me."
"Look. Silas wants to die and be reunited with his one true love, but he's supernatural, so if he takes the cure and dies, he gets stuck on the Other Side."
"How Shakespearian."
"But if he destroys the Other Side altogether, he can take the cure, die, and pass on, but in destroying it, every dead supernatural being will return to our side."
"That means every werewolf, every witch, every vampire. I wonder how many of those you personally killed. Care yet?"
"[smiling] My interest is piqued. [to Stefan] How do we stop him?"
"Bonnie said Silas needs to complete three massacres to do this spell. Before Professor Shane died, he convinced the pastor to blow up the Council. Next, he had you kill your hybrids, and now he only needs one more massacre, so if he's here, that's what he's doing. We need to find him."
"And he's never in his own form.[points out Stefan]"
"His true form Grace?"
"As a [points out Stefan again] man, vampire, witch, the d word."
"Oh yeah right."
"What are you to getting at?"
"Yeah anything to share with the group?"
"Not yet."
"Are you 100% yet Grace?"
"90% Klaus I have heard the stories and I grew up with a Bennett witch who was communicated with the witch who made him immortal."

It's night-time. Stefan, Grace, Klaus and Caroline enter Shane's office and start looking through his stuff.
"What are we even looking for?"
"Well, if Shane really was working with Silas, chances are he was helping him plan his next move."
"Where, on his evil villain to-do list? 'Steal blood, perform 3 massacres, pick up dry cleaning'?"
"Actually, not to nit-pick, but we evil villains usually use minions to pick up our dry cleaning, that sort of thing."
"[to Grace] Why is he necessary again?"
"Well, we don't know what Silas can do, so if we do have to go head to head with him, an Original hybrid who can't die might come in handy."
"Besides, Stefan, Grace and I work well together, or at least we did in the twenties."
"Well, granted my emotions were off."
"Mine weren't Julia I think was the loudest."
"And that's why you were more fun, just as Damon is probably relishing in Elena's emotionless company in New York."
"My brother knows what he's doing."
"Does he? Don't underestimate the allure of darkness, Stefan. Even the purest hearts are drawn to it."
Caroline looks up from her searching, affected by his words. Grace offers Caroline a hug. Stefan laughs him off.
"Still, I'm sure it'll all be fine."
"[recalling herself] I-- I think I found something. [carrying a large book over to the desk] "Symbolic Figures in the Dark Arts." Didn't Bonnie talk about Expression Triangles? Here."
She points at a large, intricate drawing of a triangle. Stefan reads from the page opposite.
"'In some schools of magic such as Expression, human sacrifice can be used as a focus for power. It is rumored that the addition of two supernatural sacrifices compounds the mystical energy, creating an Expression Triangle.'"
"[pointing at a symbol in the drawing] Humans-- that was the council fire. [pointing at another symbol] Demons-- Klaus' hybrid failure."
"Well, I wouldn't exactly call it a failure. What's the third?"
"[bringing clasped hands to her mouth] Oh, no."

Stefan and Grace are walking through the wood on the phone to Damon.
"So Silas is appearing as Professor Shane. Wouldn't be my first choice."
"Well, it would be if you needed to brainwash Bonnie into committing a massacre."
"You need me to come home?"
"No, we got it."
"How's the cure search going?"
"Eh, not great. I mean, it's no massacre in the making, but Rebekah trailed us here. Then in addition to my buddy being a brilliant identity thief, he's also a hoarder."
"What are you trying to find?"
"Will had a repeat customer, 5' 7" brunette. Said she was a runner."
"[Stefan and Grace in sync]Katherine."
"Turns out I was helping her run from me. Ironic. Problem is I'm pretty sure that this filing system goes by birthdate, but I can't for the life of me remember Katherine's."
"June fifth, 1473."
"And that, brother, is why you are the better boyfriend. Well, will you look at that? It's all her former addresses, including a couple from the last two months. They're mostly P.O. boxes, but hey, it narrows the search."
"Well, you're welcome. So you headed back now?"
"Yeah, tomorrow morning. Gotta keep up the ruse for the terrible twosome outside, pretend like I'm having a good time."
"And you're not?"
"I'll tell you tomorrow. [He hangs up.]"

Stefan and Grace vamp-run into the circle.
"Stop! It's not what you think."
"[angrily] This is no place for vampires."
"She's working for Silas."
"Silas?"
"He brainwashed her to kill you."
Bonnie whimpers on the ground. Aja pulls out a dagger.
"Wait, don't please!"
"What are you doing?"
"If Silas has her, she's lost."
"They can't save her."
"Wait."
Stefan moves toward Bonnie but Aja flings out her arm and uses a spell to weaken Stefan. He grabs at his head and staggers backward to his knees. Grace tries to help him.
"I have the power of twelve witches. You don't stand a chance!"
"Well I have the power of the Gemini coven."
Stefan vamp-speeds away from the circle, backing into a tree and groaning in pain. The witches resume chanting. Klaus and Caroline join Stefan. Grace runs to them.
"They're linked. Bonnie's gonna kill them."
"Not if the witches kill her first."
Klaus slams Stefan up against a tree.
"Klaus, we need to save her."
"How?"
"The only way to stop the witches is to kill them, and then Silas gets what he wants."
"[from the circle] Spirits, take her soul. Free her from darkness."
Aja holds the dagger over Bonnie as Bonnie screams in pain. Suddenly Caroline vamp-runs into the circle and pulls the dagger into Aja's chest, killing her.
"[Shouting.] No!"
"Care!"
Caroline watches as the witches forming the circle begin to drop dead and the torches' flames burn out. Caroline looks around, shocked by what she's done, but then remembers why she did it.
"[approaching her] Bonnie. Bonnie!"
"Bon?"
Bonnie opens her eyes - they are still milky-white.
"[smiling eerily] The triangle is complete."
"No, No!"

Stefan and Grace are sitting on the edge of Bonnie's bed while she sleeps. She starts waking up and Stefan turns to face her. Her eyes appear their normal color.
"Hey. How you feeling?"
Grace turns around.
"What are you doing here? [sitting up] How'd I get here?"
"What do you mean? I-- I brought you home."
"The witches almost killed you."
"What witches?"
"You don't remember?"
Bonnie raises her eyebrows at Stefan.
"[nodding] Whatever the witches did must have messed with your memory."
"How did I get off the island?"
Stefan, confused, readjusts himself on the bed. Grace starts chanting.
"Wait. Bonnie...what's the last thing you can remember?"
"I guess I remember being in that cave, and Jeremy was trying to pry the cure out of Silas' hands. Please tell me he got it. [Stefan won't meet her eyes] We didn't get it, did we?"
"Bonnie, there's something you need to know about Jeremy."

Stefan and Grace are on the phone with Damon.
"Damon, what did you do?"
"Let's just say it involves a 5' 7" brunette and her blonde accomplice."
"Please don't tell me this is going where I think it is."
"Wrong fantasy, doppel soulmate.[Grace is silenced] Unless you're into betrayal and snapped necks. The lead I had on Katherine, Elena stole. [Stefan doesn't say anything] If you're searching for the words to tell me how badly I screwed up, save your breath."
"We didn't stop the massacre."
"[pausing for a moment, shocked] Guess Silas has everything he needs."
"Everything but the cure."

Grace messages Damon later on.
'You know?'
'That you are a doppelganger, yes everybody does.'
'No that you Salvatores' are.'
'Oh well yeah I knew I was and that your doppelgangers are mine's soulmate.'
'How long have you known?'
'Since 1977 Lexi let it slip.'
'And you kept it quite?'
'I let it slip, your chances with Stefan still stand.'