The Vampire Diaries: Trinity

Chapter Forty Three: The Sun Also Rises

Tyler, in wolf form, growls and snarls at Caroline and Matt who are on the other side of the iron gate. Caroline is holding the gate shut.

"Caroline, let me help!" Matt says.

"Get back, I got it!" She yells. Tyler starts to attack, fitting his snout through the bars of the gate and snapping and snarling. Caroline flinches but holds the gate steady. Matt aims the rifle at Tyler. Tyler backs up and attacks a second time.

"Caroline, the door's not going to hold." He backs away, still pointing the gun. "Come on!"

"Tyler, please!" Tyler doesn't let up on his attack. Matt shoots Tyler, who yelps in pain and backs away. Matt shoots him again. "Matt! No, hey, no! It's Tyler!"

"It's trying to kill us!"

"Wait!" Caroline looks back. Tyler is lying on the ground, panting heavily. "He's wounded."

"Caroline, stay back."

Caroline begins to unlock the gate. "We can go around him."

"Are you nuts?"

"You're not going to shoot him again, ok? Ok. Matt, take my hand." Caroline extends her hand towards Matt as she opens the gate and walks out.

Matt continues to point the gun at Tyler. "I got it."

She looks back at him. "Matt, take my hand."

Matt finally complies and places the rifle over his shoulder. He takes Caroline's hand and she flashes the two of them out of the cellar.

Damon sits at the bar in Alaric's apartment, observing the werewolf bite on his inner forearm.

Katherine stands over him, also looking at it. "So that's what a werewolf bite looks like."

"Yep." He says.

"It's not that bad."

"Will be." He stands up and rolls his sleeve down, covering the bite.

"So that's it? You're just... going to die?"

"Well, that depends. You know anything about a cure?" Katherine shakes her head. "Me, either." Damon grabs his jacket off the couch and puts it on.

"145 years and no last goodbye?"

"You don't get a goodbye." He turns away from her.

Katherine flashes in front of him, placing her hand on his chest. "No. Don't leave mad."

"Us ending up on good terms isn't exactly on my bucket list, Katherine." Damon attempts to leave again, but Katherine persists.

"Klaus made me call Jenna to lure her out. There was nothing that I could do. I didn't have a choice."

"That's why I gave you the vervain. So you had a choice."

"It was her or me. I chose her."

"I helped you. You owed me. Now when Klaus dies, you're going to walk out of here without a scratch and Elena's aunt dies. Somehow you're the only one that wins. How'd that happen?"

"I didn't let love get in the way."

"I'm sure Trinity would love to hear that. Enjoy an eternity alone, Katherine." Damon walks past her.

"What are you going to do?"

He turns around. "I'm going to offer myself as a replacement to Klaus."

"He won't take you. He saw your bite; he said that your blood is impure. I'm sorry, Damon. But Jenna's dead, there's nothing you can do about it."

At the quarry, Elena and Jenna are sitting on the ground.