The Vampire Diaries · Season 1
[To Kelly] What Did Katherine promise you?
Nothing!
Then why help her?
You don't get it, she promised me nothing- oblivion, emptiness. Anything is better than endless torture in hell. And all I had to do is to keep you idiots distracted until the fire started.
What is Katherine planning?!
You don't have to bully me, she wanted me to let you know. She's gonna burn down Mystic Falls. With hellfire. Tonight. (Chuckles)
She's talking about the bell.
I saw her. I saw Elena.
Yeah, it's Sheriff Donovan. Activate the evacuation protocol. Gas leak. Yeah, again.
[Looking at Katherine on the floor after Stefan stabs her with the bone dagger] Well, that shut her up.
Need something?
You're like a bad penny.
Funny thing about that bone dagger, it sends me to hell, but it can't keep me there. I'm sorry.
[Speaking to Josie and Lizzie] I need to thank you for what you did earlier in the fire.
We saved you.
Yeah. You did. And not just that. You made me realize that I had all the magic I ever needed right inside me.
I got to say, I look forward to dying by your side, KP.
You're bluffing.
No, he's not...and neither am I.
Are you seriously going to sit here and argue with me about who needs this redemption more?! You're not responsible for Enzo, Stefan!
You keep saying that, but you're wrong. We're all responsible for our own actions. Every drop of blood that I've spilled, I am accountable for.
Then I'm accountable too, and I've spilled even more!
Damon, I'm human. In 60 years, I'm gonna be old, I'm gonna be dead. You have quite literally an eternity with Elena ahead of you.
Which means a lot less without you.
I love you, little brother.
I love you, too.
[Damon grips Stefan by the shoulders]
And you're right. You are human...which is why I can do this. [Damon begins compelling Stefan] Go.
[Struggles] No, Damon, don't...
[Continues compelling Stefan] You're gonna walk out of these tunnels, and you are not gonna stop until my death breaks the compulsion. Because I am the big brother. I'm sorry I wasn't better at it until now. I said go. GO!
Stop the car. I said stop! [Caroline exits car and calls Stefan. It goes to his voicemail] Stefan, please call me. Please. I need you to know that I understand. I love you. I will love you...forever. I understand.
[Katherine revives with a gasp. Damon is watching her. He gestures with the bone dagger as hellfire shoots past them in the tunnel]
Poof.
(Softly) I did it. [Collapses to floor]
Hi
Hi. [Pause] What happened? Why am I here right now?
I don't know about Bonnie, but Damon...Damon wanted to sacrifice everything to save you, to save this town. He was ready. I'm human now. He compelled me to leave. But he should have known better. I would never walk a day on this Earth as a human without taking vervain.[Flashback shows Stefan removing blood from his arm with a syringe]
I don't understand.
[Flashback of Damon and Katherine standing in the tunnel, Damon holding the bone dagger to her chest]
Not long now, demon spawn. I can hear that fire coming back this way.
[Struggling against Damon] You love this, don't you?
You have no idea.
[Stefan stabs Damon in neck with syringe. Damon grunts in surprise and stares at Stefan]
I gave him my blood. The cure.
You what?
[Flashback showing Stefan shoving Damon safely into the room off the tunnel] Without the cure, I'd start to age. I'd be dead soon enough.
So Damon's okay?
He's okay.
[Gives a sob of relief, then realizes...] But...you, you're...
I did what I had to do.
[Flashback shows Stefan grabbing Katherine and the bone dagger. The roar of the hellfire can be heard returning]
No! No...Stefan, please...
Burn in hell. [Stabs Katherine with bone dagger. He looks over at Damon] Good-bye, brother.
No, Stefan.
Tonight I saw a side of Damon that I hadn't seen in a while. The older brother I looked up to. The son who enlisted in the Civil War to please his father. The Damon I knew when I was a boy. I wanted that Damon to live. And I wanted you to have an opportunity to get to know him. He's the better man. He's the right man. It's good to see you, Elena. One last time.
Well, that was beautiful.
I was feeling epic.
There she is.
Am I...
I did it. (Laughs) I broke the spell.
How?
It took some time, but I think I've finally figured this witch thing out.
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