Bellatrix Mikaelson(Tvd)

Chapter 50

Italy
[Klaus and Bella wander around an excavation dig site as Klaus chats on the phone with Stefan. There are many people helping to dig up the sword, presumably all compelled by Klaus.]
Klaus: I'd blame my numbing incompetence, but pointing fingers isn't going to help me, you're going to help me.
Stefan: Well, he could be anywhere now.
Bella: Think, Stefan. He took the hybrid's head which means he wants werewolf toxin.
Stefan: Which means he plans to stay in Mystic Falls to kill vampires.
Klaus: Which is a pity, as I'm half the world away digging up a dead hunter, you'll have no access to my blood and therefore, the antidote.
Bella: Nevertheless, his tattoo is our only map to the cure, so your task is quite simple; find him, catch him, and above all, keep him alive. He's no good to us dead.
Stefan: Damon's been looking everywhere for him, if they cross paths....
Klaus: You'll need to keep Damon in check.
Stefan: Be a lot easier if I could just tell him the truth.
Klaus: You trust Damon with the cure? I imagine he prefers Elena the way she is.
Stefan: Nice try, Klaus. But I trust Damon a hell of a lot more than I trust you.
Klaus: And I trust no one. The more who find out about the cure, the more who will go after it. Nations have gone to war over less.
"Nik had point." Said Bella.
Klaus: You mark my words, tell one soul and I will throw the hunter's sword in the Mediterranean and we can end this quest right now. Am I understood? [Stefan says nothing and hangs up his phone.]
Mystic Falls Town Square
[Klaus and Stefan are on the phone with each other again.]
Klaus: You expect me to care about bloody hostages?
Stefan: [Walking across the Town Square.] Well, you should. Damon does. So does Caroline, Tyler, Elena. If any of them get to Connor, then you just wasted a trip to Italy. I can buy us some time, but Damon's getting antsy. So, if you want Connor alive, you better get your hybrids on board with my plan.
Mystic Grill
[Outside, Dean approaches the entrance to the Grill. He places his hand up to his ear.]
Dean: There's no sign of anyone.
Klaus: [on the other line] Stefan is coming at him from the other side. He'll free the hostages, your job is to get Connor out alive. And use caution, mate. He favors booby traps and ambushes.
Dean: Understood. [Inside the Grill, Connor finishes setting up the werewolf venom bomb. Jeremy sees a stake and slowly walks towards it.]
Connor: You may be a potential hunter, but if you make one move, I'll break all twenty seven bones in your hand.
Jeremy: They're not all bad, you know. Some of them, they're my friends.
Connor: Your friends, huh? Yeah, I had a friend like that once. She got turned by this vampire I was hunting. He thought it would be ironic.
Jeremy: What happened to her?
Connor: I didn't want to hurt her. She promised that she would keep it under control, but... a vampire's like a loaded gun. Eventually it's gonna go off. [He shows Jeremy his tattoo.] That's why I got this.
"That's what i don't understand about hunters. They kill their friends, lovers and family for being vampire, but we are monsters? Come on!" Said Layla.
[Jeremy looks down at the piece of his tattoo near the crook of his elbow.]
Jeremy: So, you killed your own friend?!
Connor: Listen, if you're gonna be like me, you need to understand. Vampires kill humans, hunters kill vampires. [They hear a noise near the front.]
"And humans kill animals. What's your point?" Said Bella.
"It's not same." Said Davina.
"Sure it is. Do you cry when you eat chicken?" Said Bella.
"Humans can think and have feelings." Said Davina.
"So does animals. What are you tyring to say?" Said Bella. Davina sighted frustated.
"It's just different!" Said Davina.
"Very convicing argument." Said Bella.
Connor: We've got company. [Connor turns off the lights and turns on the music very loud. He grabs Jeremy and pushes him down to the floor. Dean opens the front door and carefully inspects the doorway. He looks down and sees a tripwire. He looks right and sees a loaded bomb. He carefully steps over the wire and onto the mat. A light goes off under the mat and the bomb is activated. He closes the door carefully behind him. When he lifts his foot from the mat the bomb goes off. Dean goes flying through the air due to the force of the explosion. April is still in the back and is startled by the loud noise. April starts to back up and runs into Stefan. She turns around and gasps. Stefan covers her mouth and places his finger to his lips, telling her to be quiet. Outside of the backroom, Dean slowly starts to get up. He is covered in nails, blood, and shards of glass. Connor approaches him with a gun. Dean raises his hands in surrender. Connor shoots the gun and blows a hole clean out of Dean's chest. Dean falls to the ground, dead. In the backroom, Stefan hands Damon's phone with the map on it to April.]
Stefan: Follow this map, get out of here... [April goes out through the panel in the wall. Stefan walks out of the back room.]
[Back in the front of the Grill, Jeremy walks over to Connor. Connor takes off his jacket and sees that the tattoo is growing. Stefan slowly and quietly comes out from the back. Connor sees him and grabs Jeremy. He points his gun towards Stefan. Stefan superspeeds across the Grill behind the bar and Connor shoots the gun at him multiple times but misses. Stefan ducks down and hides behind the bar. Connor pushes Jeremy aside. Jeremy steps on another mat with a switch that activates another bomb. Connor walks around, keeping the gun pointed to where Stefan is.]
Stefan: Connor, you don't have to do this!
Jeremy: Stefan! [Stefan hears the noise of the bomb ticking. Jeremy stands completely still as the bombs are right next to him and he's standing on the pressure-sensitive mat that triggers them.]
Stefan: Connor, we can end this right now! Just put down the gun and come with me!
Connor: Sure. Come out, I'll hand the gun over.
Stefan: Think about this. No one has to die. I'll tell you everything you need to know!
Connor: [Shouting.] I don't make deals with vampires!!!
Stefan: Listen to me, if you die right now, then your whole life, all that killing; it'll all be for nothing. [Elena approaches one of the entrances to the Grill. She pushes her hair behind her ear and listens to Stefan talking to Connor.]
Stefan: I can give you the truth. Just put down the gun and let Jeremy go! [Elena opens the front door and enters the Grill. Connor is still holding the gun towards where Stefan is hiding. He turns his head and sees Elena.]
Elena: Please! [He points his gun towards Elena.]
Elena: Don't hurt him. [Connor points the gun on Jeremy.]
Connor: You come any closer, he's dead.
Jeremy: Elena, get out of here!
Elena: He's the only family that I have left. Just – just let him go.
Connor: [To Stefan, shouting.] You hear that? Your girl is watching. I will shoot the boy right in front of her! On the count of three! One! Two! [Stefan stands up and raises his hands in surrender. Connor points the gun at him instead. Elena rushes at Connor. He shoots his gun and hits Jeremy in the stomach with a bullet. Elena throws Connor to the ground and sits on top of him. She grabs him by the throat and starts choking him. Jeremy is bleeding profusely and clutching his wound. Stefan notices that the bomb is about to go off and he rushes towards Jeremy, grabs him, and throws himself and Jeremy over a table. The bomb explodes. Elena looks up.]
Elena: Jeremy?! [In her moment of panic, Connor manages to rip her hand off his throat and tosses her to the side. He rolls on top of her and grabs her by the hair. He goes in to stake her, but Elena grabs his wrist and fights back. Stefan rushes at Connor and knocks him off Elena. He kneels down next to Connor, grabs him, and rushes off. Elena breathes heavily and gets up. She looks around the Grill, but doesn't see Connor or Stefan anywhere.]