I knew this girl. Vicki. She was attacked by an animal; a bite to the neck. She started acting crazy, weird, and it seemed like drugs, but then you showed me those articles. And then I saw your face and how it changed the night in the cemetery when I kissed you.
You know you can't tell anyone, right?
I don't know. Maybe I'm a sucker for guys like you.
Lost. Why would you confront me about it? Why would you risk it?
Because if it was true, maybe it's true about Vicki. And also because I want you to turn me.
I say we go to Pearl's and bust down the door and annihilate the idiot that attacked us last night.
And then what? We turn to the rest of the house of vampires and say, 'Oops, sorry.'?
I can't believe you made a deal with her!
It was more like a helpful exchange of information. It's not like I had a choice. She's... scary. Besides, she's gonna help me get Katherine back.
Of course she is. Damon gets what he wants, as usual, no matter who he hurts in the process.
Well, you don't have to be snarky about it.
I woke up this morning to learn that all the vampires have been released from the tomb. I've earned snarky.
Ah... How long are you going to blame me for turning your birth mother in to a vampire?
I'm not blaming you, Damon. I've accepted the fact that you're a self-serving psychopath with no redeeming qualities.
This isn't being very productive. We're gonna figure out a way to deal with Pearl and the vampires, yeah?
I'm sorry. He just makes me so cranky.
I know...he makes everybody cranky.
So... What are we gonna do?
Damon and I are gonna handle everything. I promise.
Well...what about me? I can't just sit here and do nothing.
That's exactly what you're gonna do because that's what's gonna keep you safe.
Which means nothing if you're not safe too.
What do you mean? I'm perfectly safe. I have Damon, the self-serving psychopath on my side.
I yelled at my mom last night. You know, I feel like the parent with the screwed up kid.
Well, maybe she needed to hear it.
Yeah, but I worry that if I push too hard then she'll take off again, 'cause that's her M.O. Just like Vicki, who I haven't heard from since she left.
Well, you can't control your mom, Matt, any more than you can control your sister.
I wish that she would just try, a little, you know. If she would just try to try, that would be okay.
Maybe she'll surprise you. People have a tendency to do that. I should go before the roads get even worse from the storm.
Are you sure that you should be driving right now?
I have to - it's my dad's boyfriend's daughter's birthday. We have a nontraditional traditional ritual.
The six missed calls? Sorry. My phone's dead.
No. Why? Is something wrong?
He went out in to the woods and didn't come back. I can't get him on his phone. I figured he was here with you.
(calls Stefan) It's going straight to voicemail. Where could he be?
You're not gonna like what I'm thinking.
Pearl, open this door or I swear I'll bust through and rip your head off.
Pearl's not home. Mmm... Beautiful weather. Not a ray of sun in the sky.
Billy? (Billy and another vampire drag Stefan into the room)
I'm sorry you haven't been invited in. Miss Gibbons?
GMiss Gibbons
Yes, Frederick, honey?
Never let this bad man in.
GMiss Gibbons
I'll never let him in.
One hundred forty-five years left starving in a tomb, thanks to Katherine's infatuation with you and your brother. First few weeks every single nerve in your body screams with fire... kind of pain that can drive a person mad. Well, I thought your brother might want to get a taste of that before I killed him. Billy! (Billy stakes Stefan in the abdomen; Stefan falls to his knees in pain)
Frederick (to Damon): You have a nice day.
Well, don't you look alive?
Oh, I can hurt you, alright.
Mr. Saltzman, we need your help. Stefan's in the house; Damon's a vampire, he can't get in. We need you. I would go, but...
But your life is valuable. Yours, on the other hand, is...
Stefan told me about your ring.
Let me re-cap: You tried to kill me, I defended myself, you died, and - according to my brother - your ring brought you back to life. Am I leaving anything out?
Yeah... The part where I try and kill you again, only this time I don't miss.
Mr. Saltzman... Please. It's Stefan.
I'm sorry, Elena. It's not my problem.
That's a shame, 'cause the woman in charge of the crowd can help you find your wife.
Am I? Why don't you ask her for yourself? (Alaric doesn't respond) Coward. Come on, Elena.
All right. Wait. I'll go.
I wake up everyday and I feel okay. But there's something missing, like a hole. Some people, they fit in life or whatever. I don't.
So you want a pity turn? I don't think so.
You should turn me 'cause I don't have anything else.
Do you even know why we turn other people? It's not just to give someone a one-way ticket out of lonerhood, okay? One, we need someone to do our dirty work. Two, revenge. Three, boredom, but you know that never turns out well. And then, you know, there's the obvious one - you love someone so much that you would do anything to spend all of eternity with them. I'm sorry but you don't fit any of those categories yet.
