Chapter 18

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Gloria's Bar
Stefan: (to Klaus) You compelled me to forget?
Bellatrix: It was time for me and Klaus to move on. Better to have a clean slate. [Klaus drains his glass.]
Stefan: But why? You shouldn't have to cover your tracks... unless you're running from someone.
Klaus: Storytime's over. [Stefan turns his head and sees Damon, who motions to come over to him. Damon then walks behind a wall. Stefan then looks at Klaus and Bella.]
Stefan: I need another drink. A real one. [Damon has just walked outside and is looking from side to side. Stefan suddenly flies at him at super speed and pushes him against a car. Stefan holds him by the collar.]
Stefan: What is wrong with you?!
Damon: What is wrong with you? You kill Andie one day, you save my life the next. What are you good, bad? Pick one!
Stefan: Klaus almost saw Elena today. You have to get her out of Chicago.
Damon: She's not going anywhere until she's got you checked into vampire rehab and on the mend. Trust me. I've tried.
Stefan: She is the key to everything. Klaus can't know that she's alive.
Klaus and Bella glared at him.
Damon: What are you talking about?
Stefan: She was supposed to die in the sacrifice and she didn't. Now Klaus can't create any new hybrids. His witches are seconds away from figuring that out. Tell Elena to go home and forget about me. [Damon pauses a few moments then looks to his left.]
Damon: Tell her yourself. [Stefan looks and sees Elena standing in the parking lot. Damon rejoins Klaus and Bella at the bar.]
Gloria: Last call. Drink 'em up!
Klaus: I see they've opened the doors to the riff-raff now.
Damon: Oh, honey, I've been called worse.
Bellatrix: I'm sure you had.
Klaus: You don't give up, do you?
Damon: Give me my brother back...You'll never have to see me again.
Klaus: Well, I am torn. You see, I promised Stefan I wouldn't let you die, but how many freebies did I really sign up for? And clearly you want to die, otherwise you wouldn't be here, so...
Damon: What can I say? I'm a thrill-seeker.
Bellatrix: (under her breath) He has a death wish. [Bella gulps down her drink. Klaus extends his hand and grabs his throat. Stefan is in the parking lot with Elena.]
Stefan: You shouldn't be here.
Elena: Where else would I be?
Stefan: What do you want? Damon won't be able to distract them for long. [She touches his face.]
Elena: Come home. [She embraces him and is about to stake him in the back with a vervain dart but suddenly spins around and grabs her arm hard.]
"She really doesn't have a brain, does she? Stefan made a deal, if he doesn't uphold his part of deal, we'll hunt him down and find Elena." Said Bella.
Stefan: How much clearer can I make it? [Elena feebly drops the dart.]
Stefan: I don't want to come home!
[Klaus lifts Damon off the floor by the throat with one arm.]
Klaus: Oh, dear, what was that? I'm boozey, so you'll forgive me if I miss your heart the first few tries. [Klaus stabs Damon in the stomach with a toothpick. Damon grunts in pain.]
Klaus: Ohh! No, that's not it. Hmm. [He stabs him again. Damon grunts in pain. Bella is watching them with drink in her hand.]
Bellatrix: Ohh. Almost. [Klaus angles the toothpick upwards towards his heart.]
Damon: You want a partner in crime? Forget Stefan. I'm so much more fun.
[Klaus throws him backwards. Damon crashes on top of a table, breaking it, and lands on the ground on his back. Klaus walks over, rips a part of the chair off as a makeshift stake, and crouches over Damon.]
Klaus: You won't be any fun after you're dead. [With one hand he holds Damon down and with the other he raises the stake. Just at that moment Gloria sets the stake alight with her powers. Klaus throws it away with a grunt.]
Klaus: Really?
Gloria: Not in my bar. You take it outside. [Damon tries to sit up but Klaus pushes him back down and looks at him.]
Klaus: You don't have to negotiate your brother's freedom. When I'm done with him, he won't want to go back. [Klaus takes his hand off Damon. Elena and Stefan are still in the parking lot.]
Stefan: Klaus is obsessed with siring these hybrids. The second he knows you're alive, he'll figure out why it's not working.
Elena: Look, I know you're trying to protect me, but I can't let you do it. Come with me, Stefan, please.
Stefan: And what do you expect if I do? Huh? It's never going to be the same, Elena.
Elena: I know that.
Stefan: I don't think you do. I've left bodies scattered from Florida to Tennessee. Innocent people. Humans.
Elena: Lexi found you like this before. In the twenties, and...and she saved you.
Stefan: And you know what I did after that? I spent thirty years trying to pull myself together. To a vampire, that's nothing. To you? That's half your life.
"Exactly." Said Bella.
Elena: I can't give up on you, Stefan.
Stefan: Yes, you can. It's done. That part of my life is done. I don't want to see you. I don't want to be with you. I just want you to go. [Stefan turns around and walks away.]
Chicago Circa 1920
[Klaus and Bella are next to a car in a warehouse.]
Klaus: Hurry up, Bella. Let's go! [She doesn't move and continues looking towards the other end of the warehouse.]
Bella: He'll be here any second.
Klaus: Do you want to die? We've been found. We need to move.
Bella: But Stefan...
Klaus: Stefan's not coming. We have to disappear. He'll draw too much attention. Let him go.
Bella: I hate when you're right.
"So you hate it all the time." Said Klaus.
"Nah. It happens only once in a century." Said Bella. Marcel chuckled at Klaus's offended face.
[Klaus takes her arm.]
Klaus: Come on. Get in the truck. We don't have time. [They start walking to the truck.]
Chicago's bar
[Klaus compels Stefan.]
Klaus: Now you remember. [He remembers everything.]
Stefan: Bella. Klaus.
Klaus: Stefan. [Stefan stops and turns to face Klaus.]
Chicago Circa 1920
[Stefan and Klaus are sitting at the bar. A photographer is nearby.]
Stefan: Hey, buddy, take a picture of my brother and me. [He takes Klaus by the shoulders for the picture.]
Chicago's bar
[Stefan looks at Klaus.]
Stefan: I remember you. We were friends.
Klaus: We are friends.
Chicago Circa 1920
[In the bar, the police are confiscating the alcohol and putting it in boxes. Bella's necklace is on the ground. Katherine's walks over to it and is about to take it but she looks over then disappears.]
"She was there?" Asked Bella surprised.
[Stefan walks over and picks up the necklace. She watches him. A man is behind him.]
Mikael: Hey kid. Chicago P.D.
Everyone glares at him.
Stefan: I'm not afraid of you.
Mikael: Oh, I'm not here for you. Have you seen these two? [He shows him a drawing of Klaus and Bellatrix.]
Stefan: I've never seen those people before in my life.
Mikael: Wrap it up, boys. We're through here. [He looks at him and leaves. Stefan has Bella's necklace in his hand. Katherine watches him and leaves.]
Gloria's Bar
[Gloria is sitting at a table, her hands floating above a large tome on a table filled with candles. Klaus, Bella and Stefan are at the bar. Stefan looks at Gloria.]
Stefan: What's she doing?
Klaus: She's failing.
Gloria: It's hard to find something when you don't have anything to go on.
Bellatrix: Use me to find it.
Gloria: See? Now this one offers a solution. [Bella sits on the table.]
Gloria: All right, give me your hand, sweetheart. [Bella gives her her hand.]
Stefan: She's, uh, she's looking for the necklace, huh?
"He's a terrible actor, how did we not notice?" Said Bella to Klaus. Klaus shrugged.
Gilbert Residence
[Elena, Caroline and Bonnie are in the kitchen.]
Bonnie: The problem with my dad's normal side of the family is normal made for a really boring summer.
Caroline: After the last few days, I would kill for a normal family.
"Tell me about it." Said Bella. Everyone in the room nods.
[She helps Elena decant the Chili in a casserole.]
Caroline: Since when did you learn how to cook?
Elena: Damon helped a little.
Bonnie: Damon's helping you cook now?
Elena: Both of you stop judging. He's just trying to be a good...ow!
Caroline: Ahh! Did I splash you?
Elena: No, no, my necklace. [She pulls the pendant of the necklace off her skin. Her skin has a burn mark where the pendant touched her skin.]
Gloria's Bar
[She still has Bella's hand.]
Gloria: I can sense something. [Stefan seems a little bit worried.]

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