Surprising Lover (TVDxOC) (Complete)

Detoured On Some Random Backwoods Path To Hell

"When was the last time you saw the nanny?"
"Here. She offered to watch the girls for me. We spoke by phone a few hours ago. She was getting ready to put the girls to bed."
"I have these. I don't know which ones you want to use."
Grace shows pictures of the twins with Seline on her cellphone to the detective.
"This is them. And, uh, this is Sybil, the woman who we believe is with Seline."
"How do you know they're traveling together?"
"It's a hunch. Sybil is Seline's sorta sister."
"'Sorta' sister?"
"Look, it doesn't matter. Are you gonna disseminate these photos or what?"
"Hey. I compelled the sheriff to make this case a priority. Should bypass some red tape. Where to first?"
"That's a question for Alaric."
"He's on the phone with Matt."
Stefan attempts to take Grace's luggage.
"I'll go put this in the car."
"No. Stop. You're not coming."
"What?"
"Paul and I can handle it from here. And if you really want to help, then just stay with Matt and work with the police."
"Gracie, you can't be serious. The twins have been abducted by two sirens, and you expect me to just hang back?"
"Damon is with them."
"Right. Which is exactly why I should come with you."
"Let me be perfectly clear, Stefan. If Damon gets in between me and my girls, I am going to kill him. So no, you cannot come with me."
She takes her ring off and gives it back to a perplexed-Stefan.
"Just don't say anything. Just listen. Until this is all over, there is no us. There's only me and my nieces and their father. They're all depending on me. I can't afford any distractions or compromises, especially when it comes to your brother."
"Matt has a, uh... a partial trace on Seline's cell. They're near Oakwood."
"Let's go."
Grace and Paul leave the house, leaving Stefan alone.

"Take the next right, the diner will be a mile ahead on your left."
"And if it's a dead end like the last three?"
"Then... I don't know, Paul. But Stefan will find them. Somehow."
"Yeah, well, if you were sure of that he'd be driving and not me. And you'd still be wearing his ring."
"Turn there."
Paul and Grace arrive at the diner though Seline, the twins, Sybil and Damon, along with the entire diner of patrons are gone.

Matt is talking to Paul on the phone. 
"A state cop called in the minivan's plates from that location."
"They were here."
"What did they do to him?"
"You don't want to know. What about Enzo?"
"Nothing yet. He's unconscious. Stefan's still trying."
Paul is over come with anger and smashes the car glass window.
"She's been right in front of me the whole time. I-I should've noticed something. I-I should've felt something!"
"We'll find them, okay? We will. Nothing else matters. We will find them."

"Yeah, we're here."
"Is Stefan there?"
"No. Something doesn't seem right."
"What is it?"
"Where are the girls? Matt? Nobody's here. Where are they? Where's Stefan?"
Grace is calling Stefan.
"I'm sorry."
"You have no right to cut me out of this. They are my kids."
"And you're going to be my wife and Ric is my friend and Damon is my brother. I have a chance to fix this for all of us, so that's exactly what I'm going to do."
"What is it? What's happening?"
"Let's go."
"Go? Where?"
"I don't know where, I just need to do something."
"Grace, if something happens to those girls..."
"I know."
"Look, they shouldn't be living this life."
"I know!"
"You know, when we get them back, I'm taking them away. As far away from all of you as possible."
"But all of.. I'm sorry, what?"
"Darkness follows your group everywhere you go, that's what you attract!"
"Take a breath, Paul. You can't blame this on me!"
"WHY NOT, Grace?! My kids should've never been involved in this."
"OUR kids."
"MY kids! They're mine, Grace. Mine and Charlie's." (If it doesn't make sense he was the father before he turned)
Paul gets into the car.

Paul and Grace arrive at the right location and rush inside the Motel. Stefan is bringing the girls out from the back hallway.
"Gracie."
"Uncle Paul."
"Hey, darling. Hey. Ooh. Oh, my gosh. Oh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, it's so good to see you."
"Thank you. It's so good to see you. I missed you too."

"They should be sleeping in their own beds."
"I just want one of the doctors here to check them out first. We can take them home in the morning. Listen, uh... the things I said... I'm sorry. I'm really sorry."
"You were right. Genetically, they are not mine. But I helped give birth to them, I raised them, I loved them... and when they went missing, I felt like I was dying. So don't you ever throw that in my face again."
"I won't. I was out of my mind... Grace. I don't know how to do this. I don't know how to protect... my own children."
"Yes, you do... because you were right about something else. Right now, wherever I go... darkness follows me. So you need to take them. Take them someplace safe... (Grace begins sniffling) until this is all over. Take them away from me."

"That wasn't fair, what I did... cutting you off like that. We're partners and we should be making decisions together. I love you, Stefan, so much. But I have a really bad feeling about what you had to do to get my daughters back, so if you could just tell me. Rip off the Band-Aid. I asked you to do whatever it took, so... what did it take?"
"I gave Damon what he promised me... an eternity of misery."
"What does that mean?"
"It means I surrendered my immortal soul to Cade. I have to serve him the way the sirens did. Deliver the darkest souls to hell so I don't end up there myself."
"No. No, there has to be... a way out of this. You promised me a June wedding."
"I know. I know. I'm sorry."
"No, I don't accept that. You... are going to be waiting at the end of that aisle for me and we are going to start our lives together that day."
"Our day is tomorrow. It's my last day."
"(crying) No. What? Why?"
"Because my one condition was that I get to spend my last 24 hours of freedom... with you."