"Previouslyon The Vampire Diaries..." "What the hell did you do? so I made some friends who could help." "Who are these friends?" "Alaric's babies are the future of the coven." "They're inside of you." "my God... in honor of their mother. in honor of your mother." "Meet Rayna Cruz." "she never stops hunting you." "none of us do!" "just like we did before." "No!" "Ah..." "Stefan... brother." "if I want to stay ahead of her." "Damon?" "I will fix this." "I promise you." "I'm gonna hold you to that." "Wish I could be there." "I just wish it didn't always have to be you." "I love you." "girls." "You know what this is?" "It's a bar." "And this is the last time you're gonna be in one of these until you are 21." "we're closed and..." "I don't think so." "We're not staying." "and... then I realized I didn't actually know where the person I'm looking for lived." "Klaus Mikaelson?" "but you've wasted a trip." "Look..." "I know that he comes here." "Okay?" "My name's Caroline Forbes." "He'll know me." "I don't care who you are." "Klaus Mikaelson is gone." "Gone?" "Gone where?" "I mean nobody's seen or heard from that man in three years." "I think." "I just ditched my car and passed Grantville off the I-85." "Okay." "You're about to come upon Highway 27." "Take it north." "you'll connect with the I-20 and want to take that west." "exactly?" "A safe house that's been imbued with a magical disruption spell. which means Rayna Cruz's sword cannot track you there." "Did you find 27 yet?" "I just pulled over at a Quik-Stop in the middle of nowhere." "Tell me you're joking." "My cell phone's almost dead." "I need a charger." "that's a mistake." "Get back in your car." "ever." "Stefan?" "Are you there?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "¶ ¶" "Hi." "I need to buy a charger for my phone." "we've got the brick charger... the adapter for your car... this one's solar power..." "Pretty neat." "That's fine." "How much?" "That'll be $22.50." "Hey!" "¶ ¶" "¶ ¶" "Valerie said she just lost cell reception with Stefan. now we get to wonder when you and Valerie exchanged numbers." "You told Stefan you would find a way to get him off the hook with Rayna and I told Caroline I'd make sure you didn't screw it up." "So we both have a lot riding on this." "Good." "You made it." "Where the hell are we? home to a society of supernatural artifact collectors." "We keep them under lock and key so they don't fall into the wrong hands." "The Armory..." "Never heard of it." "You?" "No." "that's kind of the point." "They've taken great care to keep themselves out of history as we know it. can be members." "How about we just cut to the part where they can save my brother?" "man?" "They're out on their own supernatural treasure hunt." "they've recruited me to nab Rayna Cruz." "Ever since that annoying Phoenix Stone turned up she's been the top priority." "They actually consider her one of the... supernatural wonders of the world." "And why do you care what they want?" "They have something I want." "Good morning." "it wasn't to torture me." "A woman named Alex made me an offer." "Who the hell are you?" "Someone who needs your help." "And in return can provide you with information you desperately want." "I'd rather just be cut loose and be on my way." "Be my guest. orphan and all." "How do you know about my family? we like to think we know everything." "I've been working for the Armory ever since." "all that we need to do is and Rayna will have no choice but to follow. and the Armory keeps her under lock and key forever after." "Everyone gets on with their lives." "What do you say?" "I'll have to discuss this with my counsel." "Okay." "We're in." "dial 118... must be time for another checkup." "there's something I need to talk to you about." "What's going on?" "I'm moving to Dallas." "I'm leaving today." "What?" "you still need a house and a nanny and the right school district." "I don't care." "everything changed." "Is this about that psycho huntress?" "Because you can rest assured pursuing my equally far away from here boyfriend." "No." "It is not about her." "Okay?" "It's about Jo." "And the promise I made to her to leave town after we got married. okay?" "So I'm not making that mistake twice." "And certainly not with my kids. let alone two? not to mention the actual driving part." "I know." "And stopping every 90 minutes." "I get it." "Which is why I've hired a nurse to come with me." "A nurse?" "Who?" "Frankie with the heart murmur?" "the perpetual boyfriend texter?" "Jarica." "Come on." "Do you have a better idea?" "Me." "I'm the better idea." "but you just..." "got through major surgery." "You just had a C-section." "And I'm all healed up." "That is the one and only perk of a vampire pregnancy. freaking out that my boyfriend is somewhere in this country trying to outrun a huntress or I can be useful." "It's up to you." "¶ I feel unhappy ¶" "¶ I feel so sad ¶" "¶ I'm going ¶" "¶ Through changes ¶" "¶ I'm going ¶" "¶ Through changes ¶" "¶ In my life... ¶ old friend." "you can trace... ¶" "Klaus." "¶ Lines in your face... ¶" "As I live and breathe." "Stefan Salvatore in the Crescent City." "This ought to be very good or entertainingly bad." "I'm just in town for a little R  R." "Hate to disappoint." "So... whoever else you've brought back from the dead?" "you know the Mikaelsons." "Never a dull moment." "you pick ours..." "Four walls invulnerable to the magic of those pesky locator spells." "isn't it? and I don't want to be found." "can relate to family drama." "¶ Sugar in my coffee... ¶ this is an old friend." "Please keep his cup brimming." "Mmm." "Cute old friend." "Where have you been hiding him?" "Quaint little place called Mystic Falls." "Home of the mining fires that prompted a town-wide evacuation." "It was very noble of you dramatic fashion." "I did have some help." "How is Caroline?" "I think we're gonna need another round." "take it easy... ¶" "What do you mean you don't know where Rayna is?" "She's wherever Stefan is." "No one knows where he is either." "and I can't triangulate his cell phone without at least knowing..." "I'm in a literal bell jar of baby noises." "I think they need to eat." "Are you hungry?" "we should stop." "Caroline." "Hello?" "I'm here." "What's the plan? I have nothing to track." "I may be able to help you with that." "Let me guess." "Valerie's here to save the day." "Let me call you back." "This is the highway system between Grantville and New Orleans. and Rayna is no doubt breathing down his neck." "Tell me you at least appreciate the irony." "I need your help because there's no sheriff's department left." "The reason there's no sheriff's department is because you killed all the sheriffs." "I do appreciate the irony." "Just as I hope you appreciate that I helped Caroline deliver her babies and that I am here because I am desperate to keep Stefan alive." "I could get a bead on her." "Thank you." "I thought you hated rubbish food." "I do." "Maybe it'll kill me." "Malcolm..." "Our family couldn't survive in this new world." "the two of us have to worry who will kill any vampire in her sight." "Maybe this will be a quick sodium-laden means to my end." "Is this really who I'm stuck traveling cross-country with?" "We are running for our lives." "What could I possibly have to be happy about?" "Mary Lou." "Starting over." "Together." "Away from all this." "new everything." "Here." "Am I supposed to know what that is?" "made from candy." "It's not even a diamond." "is good enough." "We're all we have left." "Let's see what else is out there together." "I suppose there's no one" "I'd rather explore this dreadful world with." "Poor thing. but so unable to grasp the concept of cell phone tracking." "Bag 'em up and let's go home." "Where's Stefan?" "Safe." "Though I suppose that could mean anywhere outside of your vicinity." "right?" "cute as a button." "You're not actually her." "I'm hanging up now." "You don't want to do that. but it requires him to come to me." "that might take a while." " He's in New Orleans." " Doubtful." "We only go to New Orleans for crappy booze and Klaus blood." "There's a bar there." "The St. James Infirmary." "It's considered a safe house for supernatural travelers." "Oscar came upon it when he was looking for the Phoenix Stone." "huff it back to Virginia to a pile of bricks called the Armory." "I did." "I've said that word more times today" "Damon." " Now." " Why?" "The Armory is a black hole of lies." "They once tricked us into using Beau as bait in exactly the same fashion they'll use Stefan." "And they were more than happy to let Rayna bury her sword in his heart as long as they could put her in one of their cages." "they will do the same to Stefan." "Valerie." "whose fault is that?" "the best way you can help Stefan is to keep your mouth shut and stop making things worse." "So this faceless so-called Armory claims to know where you come from?" "they fill in the blanks." "And if you have to lie or hurt your friends right? with a concept of family so limited that I actually convinced myself that an Italian line cook was my father." "I was out in the streets." "I was dead." "that is the sum total of my life as a human. and catch disease." "family..." "These are things I know nothing about." "This is what the Armory can provide me." "So will I do whatever it takes for answers?" "In a heartbeat." "Flag on the play." "Stefan didn't renew the minutes on his cell phone." "We'll call you when we connect." "Bon." "I want to beat traffic." "You know where he is." "Enzo." "I also know that you allowed me to believe Elena was dead who's already escaped your custody once. and now I have Stefan's 1863 siphon crush telling me that you all are shady people." "So Bon-Bon here and I are gonna go cook up a Plan B." "But thanks anyway..." "What are you doing?" "Oh..." "Oh..." "Lockwood?" "in a pool of his own blood." "Poor bloke's been in a coma ever since." "Why the hell is he here?" "actually." "We take care of our own." "That's why you have Elena." "Cookie for you." "it turns out Tyler made contact with the Armory during his hunter sojourns." "So when Matt Donovan needed help thinking they'd put me away for good." "Little did he know... they wanted me to work for them instead." "So here we all are." "In a cell." "That's how you take care of people?" "don't worry about Tyler." "We're simply keeping him alive until his werewolf transformation stirs him awake and heals him up." "Shouldn't be long now." "I'm sorry... what?" "did I forget to mention that tonight's a full moon? just give me Stefan's location." "Thanks... but you know I'm a sucker for the front row." "Suit yourself." "We'll see how long that lasts." "Damon put Tyler in a coma." "Bit of a hallucination mix-up that resulted in Damon introducing Tyler's skull to the pavement several times." "he'd be a vegetable." "Or dead." "Ice?" "then offer me ice..." "What's wrong with you?" "Where's Damon?" "on a full moon." "you heard that right." "Your bestie." "Your sidekick." "Your humanity project." "The man who spins your moral compass in a tizzy." "If he doesn't give over Stefan's location he's a dead man." "Phesmatos ossox." "Oh..." "What did you do to me?" "Why won't my magic work?" "I injected you with one of the Armory's toys." "You're in magical time out." "Feel free to dispense with the menacing posture." "Damon?" "Hope I didn't wake you." "what the hell is going on?" "tween wolf." "You're about to get your sweet revenge on me." "What kind of a diner runs out of ketchup?" "Shh!" "I just got them to stop crying." "Wow!" "good." "Now we can talk about nannies. GPA and experience." "I figured you'd want someone intelligent but not overly ambitious." "no." "shh." "I-I'm gonna take Elizabeth for a little walk." "Do you mind watching Josie?" "Shh." "Sorry." "why are you crying?" "You have a fresh diaper and a full belly." "And you have no idea how bad things can actually get." "Damon." "you're as good as dead." "Copernicus?" "twice shy." "It's taking me every ounce of willpower I have not to send you to doggie heaven right now." "But you're not." "Why?" "I thought Elena was dead." "she's not." "And if she were?" "Then what?" "You'd kill me because you have no one else to be accountable to?" "That should knock your ass out till the sun comes up." "Good boy." "Off to dream of squirrels and Milk Bones." "that's not good." "Open it!" "luv." "What happened to you?" "When did you become this person?" "This person"?" "as opposed to the other person you were so fond of? and fought for it without steamrolling over everybody else." "Where did that get me?" "Huh?" "no town to call home." "The Enzo you knew didn't get what he wanted;" "this one will." "And you want your family. who wiped all trace of their existence from your life." "You're willing to make an enemy out of everyone... for them?" "! tried to stop me." "how he hurt Tyler." "Your first instinct was to help him." "That's what I want." "Good." "I hope you find it." "pal." "Breathe." "Good boy." "These sedatives..." "are messing with me." "Stefan." "Really not a good time." "brother." "you wouldn't happen to be at that place would you?" "Why?" "There's a chance I'm gonna have to tango and it'd suck a lot less if I knew there was an antidote en route." "What are you talking about?" "Stefan!" "I'll see what I can do." "where were we? vampire witch heretics..." "Hm." "Sounds like you've been having quite a lot of fun since last our paths crossed." "Caroline practically died in childbirth." "And she's not actually their mother." "It just sort of happened. and now she plans to turn those cooing little faces over to Alaric without so much as a hiccup of hesitation." "you are probably right." "That does sound like the Caroline I remember. why aren't you with her now?" "family drama." "um..." "Damon's found himself in a bit of a werewolf predicament. but is there any chance you'd be willing to spare some blood?" "Just in case things go south." "That... is the mark of the Phoenix Sword." "You've seen this before?" "Tell me you have not been careless enough to make an enemy of Rayna Cruz." "Klaus? to enjoy the perks of my hospitality you lure in a vicious hound with your scent." "She can't find me in this bar. but you are aware that she was born on the steps of St. Anne's Church." "She will pursue you until your paranoia and despair far outweigh your desire to live." "she will find you." "Klaus!" "I'll tell you what you don't do." "You do not draw a huntress to a town full of vampires." "You do not drink my bourbon and you do not dare ask me favors ever again." "old friend?" "Get out." "she'll kill me." "Iwill." "Get... out." "Get out!" "luv." "Who is this?" "Ouch." "Has it really been that long?" "Klaus." "I know that sound all too well." "You might try picking her up." "Just hold on." "How am I talking to you right now?" "Where is Stefan?" "what's your stance on hand-me-downs?" "We have a chest that was once owned by Louis XV." "It's being wasted on my daughter's outgrown onesies." " Any interest?" " One..." "These babies aren't mine." "They're Ric's..." "Yes." "That's been made abundantly clear to me by your boyfriend." "Two..." "I didn't call you. my boyfriend... who's currently running for his life while I sit here playing worst-case scenario. this entire diner hates me." "So if you could refrain from gloating that would be very much appreciated." "Stefan will be fine." "How do you know?" "Because" "I will ensure it. building a life for yourself." "things you want." "I'm not doing this with you." "children were not involved in those plans." "they weren't." "these aren't mine." "So you've mentioned. my family challenges the bounds of my sanity." "They drive me to do unspeakable things." "finding fresh and inventive ways to torture me. my family is what makes me truly happy." "It's not a crime to love what you cannot explain." "I was sorry" "Caroline." "I'm sure she would have loved to see you with the little ones." "she's finally sleeping." "we mustn't wake her." "Caroline." "Why don't you just save your ass and tell these people where Stefan is." "'Cause Stefan has a bad habit of taking bullets aimed at me." "And I thought I'd give him the day off. 'cause I'm gonna turn and tear your throat out." "nobody will ever have to take a bullet for you again." "my God." "Damon!" "open the door." "Bonnie!" "It won't open!" "You're a witch." "Blink really hard." "I can't." "Enzo gave me something that disabled my magic." "Enzo opened it up with the palm of his hand." "You gotta get him down here right now." "It's not gonna happen." "Why the hell not? please." "No pressure." "Bonnie." "This is what happens" "Enzo." "I would have made a better friend." "Hello?" "I lost my phone." "I had to pick up a burner." "thank God." "Have you made it to New Orleans?" "Let's just say I wore out my welcome." "Damon needs my help." "What are you talking about?" "Worry about yourself." "You need to go back." "Dispatch just put an APB out on a speeding motorcyclist traveling east on Highway 90. driving like a maniac." "Did you hear that?" "Avoid 90." "a little late for that." "Where are you?" "Traveling east on 90." "I'll call you later." "¶ Oh...!" "¶" "¶ Yeah ¶" "¶ Save the day... ¶" "What are you doing here?" "I hope." "She's dead for now." "We need to go." "We need to grab her before she comes back to life." "Stefan." "You are trespassing on dangerous ground." "Trust me." "This is werewolf territory." "Let's go." "boy." "I do not want to kill you." "'cause Elena will dump your ass?" "And it would be a waste of a perfectly good I.V. stand." "Damon." "There's no way in hell you're lasting 60 years without royally screwing up." "Bonnie should be here any second." "That's what I'm talking about." "too." "There's always going to be something else." "Your friends... my friends... they'll keeping risking their lives trying to save you until they're all dead." "Looks like you could use a hand." "don't." "listen." "too." "I'm not going to let you die in there." "This is my mess." "Go." "Go!" "Tyler!" "stop!" "Bonnie... get the hell out of here." "No." "Get out of here... or I will kill you." "Okay." "You're okay." "Okay." "There you go." "You're not healing." "Why aren't you healing?" "Bonnie!" "Hey..." "Bon!" "Found that laying around and thought you might need it." "Guess that's the last time we let you watch the house." "it's the last-last time for anything." "I'm through working for free." "Catch the huntress yourself." "You said you wanted to know where you came from." "We just needed you to prove it." "For four months?" "Four months of helping you. scouring the globe." "Four months that brought me nothing!" "No answers." "No family." "Consider our deal terminated." "Lorenzo." "Your father founded the Armory." "My father?" "This estate is where he lived and died." "What he left behind is your birthright." "What he left behind was me." "I know the feeling." "I didn't know I had any family left either." "What are you talking about?" "My name is Alexandria St. John." "Lorenzo." "The girls are asleep. and I am starving." "Mmm." "did you get a chance to look over the list of nannies?" "I set up an interview 89.75%." "too." "if you want." "I-I don't think that will be necessary." "really between scoring this house you've gone above and beyond." "then I guess my work here is done. if that's okay with you." "Just to make sure that the electrician doesn't burn down the house tomorrow morning." "sure." "You can stay as long as you want." "look around ¶" "¶ Something big's about to happen ¶" "¶ I swear to God... ¶" "Bon." "Fine." "Be that way." "Ignore me." "¶ It's nothing... ¶ once whatever crap Enzo gave you I'm going to give you my blood and heal you." "Okay?" "¶ Lost at sea... ¶ there's something I want you to know." "You are a terrible friend." "You know that?" "Do you have any idea what I'd have to go through huh?" "Years of guilt." "self-loathing guilt." "Not to mention the resentment I'd feel if I was forced to break in a new drinking buddy." "¶ After all... ¶" "Bon." "Neither is my brother." "But no matter what I say you're not going to stop trying." "Which is why I have to take myself out of the equation." "It all ends tomorrow." "You'll never have to worry about me again." "There's a train station about a mile away." "You can just drop me off there." "Do you love her?" "Caroline?" "Why?" "Do you still have feelings for her?" "I have far too many complicated women in my life already." "Caroline is the reason the tip of Rayna's blade isn't she?" "You were protecting her." "No." "I was protecting Damon." "Stefan." "Let her go." "Or spend an eternity sacrificing everything good you have with her for your brother." "I've spent an eternity watching Elijah do the same for me." "You missed the exit." "You're not going to the train station." "What?" "I have to get out of here." "We're going to see a witch." "I may have something that can help you with your Rayna Cruz problem."