Surprising Lover (TVDxOC) (Complete)

You Made a Choice to Be Good

Grace spends the morning at the founders day celebrations.

"Yeah, this looks great. Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"(to Damon) You are supposed to be on Stefan duty."
"Well, there's no point now. Cade's in town. He set our boy free."
"What?"
"He also told me to kill you."
"Damon..."
"Of course I have a plan B, Blondie."
"Hold on, back up. Where is Stefan now?"
"I don't know. Wherever he is, he's not answering his phone."
Grace tries to reach him.
"Points for optimism."
"Voice mail."
"Mm-hmm."
"How is this even possible? I thought Cade was supposed to live in some kind of psychic dimension."
"You mean his realm of pain and fire? No. That's just his vacation home. He's here to stay."
"Does your plan B account for that?"
"Of course it does. This may come as a surprise to you, but you're not the only optimist in town. Well, let's get these yahoos somewhere safe. Stay clear, yourself. Cade gave me till sundown to kill a hundred of these people or kill you instead, and I don't want to be tempted by either."
"Well, where are you going?"
"Less you know, the better. We're up against a mind reader who's also a pyromaniac. But I'm sure it'll all be fine.""That's right, everyone! Happy hour, all day long."
Grace joins Matt and Caroline at the bar.
"What's this about?"
"Oh, you know. Just Damon being told to kill a hundred people, or else kill me instead. Just... standard afternoon special."
"Who told him that?"
"Cade. By the way, he's out in the world. Walking around, taking in the sights. Look, Damon's on it. He's got a plan. But in the meantime, I made you something. Just in case. [Grace offers him a drink.] It's a blood orange margarita. Emphasis on the blood. Specifically, my blood. [She gestures him to drink.]"
"I know you mean well. But if Mystic Falls goes up in flames, I'd rather go with it."
"Than survive?"
"Becoming a vampire isn't survival, Grace. It's a death sentence all the same. [Matt puts away the drink and throws it in the sink.]""You put the cardan grille over text, and it reveals a hidden message. But you have to have the right text to decrypt. I brought Harvey's journal. It's the same era, same Maxwell crest. Maybe this device will match something he wrote."
"All right, all you can eat, time capsule prices."
"Any word from Damon?"
"No, but so far I'm encouraged by the continuing lack of hellfire."
"What's going on?"
"Real talk, since you're in the circle of trust and all, the devil's in town."
"Arcadius? Is in Mystic Falls? That's... kind of mind-blowing."
"And very unsafe."
"Which is why you should have a supernatural insurance plan. I'm just putting the alternative out there."
"There's no alternative, Grace. It's life or death, that's it."
"Y-You're talking about becoming a vampire. Paul told me everything. All I'd have to do is drink your blood?"
"And die. Not that that's the goal."
"If you don't mind me asking, what's it like, being you?"
"Well, the lows are low, I'm not gonna lie. But... you feel stronger than you ever thought you could feel. Powerful. And everything's heightened. Emotions, appetites, joy..."
"And pain. It's violence and murder. It's a choice you can never take back. It's a choice you'll regret forever."
"Some people don't regret it."
"Some people prefer it."
"Plan B didn't work. We need a plan C."
"What was wrong with plan B?"
"Well, apparently the devil can't be killed. At least not if you rip his heart out. Or set him on fire."
"I thought you said you weren't gonna try anything stupid."
"When did I ever promise that? Listen, in my defense, he did both of those things to himself. Bastard's tougher than he looks. Guess after 4,000 years, he's learned a trick or two."
"He's immortal."
"Mm-hmm."
"He cannot be killed. So... we just need to change the equation."
"How?"
"There's one thing that can turn immortals mortal."
Damon realizes what Grace is actually suggesting.
"No. No, no, no, no. The cure is off the table. I'm not risking my future with Elena."
"What is the bigger risk... Making the devil mortal so that we can kill him, or letting him stay immortal, and just waiting for him to kill us? Look, all we need to do is capture Cade..."
"You're talking about the devil here."
"We give him the cure, he becomes mortal. Then someone else will take his blood. That'll make him age 4,000 years and then shrivel into dust."
"You realize if you take the cure out of Elena's body, that little vial is our one and only dose. And we're not even sure it'll work on Cade."
"This is our best chance to get Stefan back. Isn't that what you want?"
"No, it's what YOU want. You know what I want? I want to fix my brother, I want to get rid of the devil, and I want my future with Elena. But I am not becoming human while she sleeps for decades."
"You won't have to take the cure right away. Enzo will take it from Cade, and years from now, you can take it from Enzo."
"[confused] Enzo? Enzo? What..."
"Bonnie asked him. He said yes. They were going to tell you."
"Before or after they stole it from me?"
"It doesn't belong to you. It is in Elena's blood. She would want to save all of us, and you know it. Anyway, I've done the math. It can work."
"How can you be so sure?"
"It's not about being sure. It's about using what we've got. Unless you have a plan D."
"No, I don't. Bonnie's not gonna like this."

"Find any secret messages?"
"Uh, kind of. There's different styles of handwriting, which indicates some sort of back and forth between two people, likely in secret. The messages are meaningless. [Dorian reads out loud Harvey's journal with the cardan grille.] 'Today was a cold day. The crops are bountiful.' It's like there's a code inside the code."
"Well, if anyone can figure it out, my money's on you. [Grace hands him a drink.] And, um, in case you want to take me up on my prior offer. [Earlier, Grace, Caroline, Matt and Dorian were discussing on a supernatural insurance plan, i.e drink Grace's blood in case if anything bad happens.]"
"This come with a special ingredient?"
"Lime juice hides the taste. Huh."
"It is an intriguing insurance plan."
"You are surprisingly low-key about the existence of the supernatural."
"Are you kidding me? I'm getting a degree in occult studies here. I live for this stuff."
"Yeah, but how does one non-super natural even pick that as a major?"
"Kind of because of my family. For generations, we thought we were cursed. Bankruptcy, depression, health problems... You name it, we dealt with it. My parents were the first to break the mold. Great marriage, successful careers, two good kids. And then my, um...my dad and my little sister died in a house fire. It was like we were cursed all over again."
"God, I'm... so sorry."
"I hid at the library to cope. I just wanted to find some sort of proof that they were at peace. And then one day I had the strangest dream. I was playing baseball, center field, like I did in high school. My sister was in the stands. She was wearing this ugly Christmas sweater I always teased her about. She smiled, and she waved at me. And I knew it was somehow okay. And then, of course, I wanted to know what it all meant. You know, how was it possible I felt her spirit? What other supernatural or mystical forces there were in the world. Hence, occult studies."
"Um, have any advice on how to deal with the devil?"
"Well, make sure he stays in hell would be a good place to start."

Suddenly they hear screams.
"Stay where you are! He was stealing from his employees. The other one was a philanderer."
"Arcadius."
"Nobody else has to die."
"I beg to differ. Here's another thief. [Cade burns him, Matt saves him.]"
"Stop!"
"Those of you who feel yourselves to be good people, free of evildoing, you may be excused."
"Everyone come with me. [People leave.]"
"Where's my reluctant envoy?"
"You said I had until sundown.. micromanager."
"You should be thanking me. I'm doing your work for you. I assumed your choice was the hundred. Unless I'm wrong. You can end this here and now with one particular soul."
"Why do you want me dead? Have I offended you somehow?"
"No, but you're important because you're Stefan's girl. Your brother understood the choice right away."
"It's not up to Stefan."
"Your choice was not. His choice was."
"What do you mean, 'his' choice?"
"The task I gave both of you was kill 100 people, or kill your brother's girl. Stefan chose option B, which is to kill your girl."
"Stefan would never hurt Elena."
"You underestimate him. Stefan headed to New York without blinking an eye. He jumped at the chance to murder Elena."
Dorian takes the drink with Grace's blood in it.
"Okay... fine. [Damon vamp-speeds to the woman who was hiding and bites her; meanwhile Dorian is lifting his drink up to his mouth.]"
"Oh, my God."
Dorian, horrified by the whole scene, drops his glass now spilt on the ground. Grace takes him out of the room at vamp-speed.

Damon gets into his car.
"Wait, I'm coming with you."
"Sorry, Blondie. You'll only slow me down if I have to hurt him."

"You know, it is so refreshing to know that whatever you say will not bother me."
"Then why even answer my call?"
"Same reason people channel surf when they're bored. Just passing time while my new friend fills out the paperwork."
"Wait, you're doing paperwork?"
"Yep. She had everything messengered over from the county clerk's office, and I will be on my way as soon as she signs on the last dotted line."
"What are you talking about?"
"(to the realtor) Uh-uh-uh... You have to notarize that page. Where's your stamp? [He hangs up.]""We just sent the last guy home... after compelling him to forget today's not-so-happy hour."
"Great. Now we can all pretend like this day never happened... except for the people who are dead."
"You know what? I have had a crappy couple of days. I don't need you shoving your judgment in my face."
"I'm just being honest. Okay? I'm hanging on by a thread. This whole town's hanging on by a thread. This isn't the town we grew up in anymore."
"It's exactly the same as it was back then. We just didn't know any better because we were kids, playing games and burying old photos. Adults hid the darkness from us, Matt."
"We're the adults now. And you're part of the darkness. That's not fair."
"(pissed) Yeah, well, tell that to the corpses you just compelled everyone to forget."
Grace and Caroline leave.

(Stefan still turns human)