TEXT: Flashback, 1110 [The Woods] (Various men are reunited around a witch, who's casting a spell. There's thunder. She pours something on the ground. A tattoo spreads on each man's body) Nowadays [Salvatore's House] (Stefan is looking at one of Connor's stakes with a symbol carved on it. Damon enters, a box in his hands) Stefan: So what is all this? Damon: Some personal items that I snaked from the vampire hunter's rv. May he rest in peace. I'm searching for a supernatural handbook Stefan: You know for a fact he was supernatural? Damon: Definitely wasn't natural. The guy magically appears just as someone blows up the entire founders' council, covered in a tattoo that only Jeremy Gilbert, of all people in the world, seems to be able to see. Klaus mentioned something about him being one of the five. And then he kamikazes himself with explosives. Seem natural to you? Stefan: What's the five? Damon: That's what I'm hoping is in the first chapter of the handbook (Damon's phone rings. He looks at it and answers. It's Liz) Damon: Liz Forbes, my favorite sheriff. What? That's... Concerning. Keep me posted (He hangs up but doesn't say anything) Stefan: What, you're not going to tell me? Damon: I can't tell you. It's private. We're in a fight Stefan: You're in a fight; I'm not in a fight. I'm over it. I've been over it Damon: You're not still mad at me about Elena? Stefan: You let her feed on you. I'm always going to be mad at you. But we're not in a fight Damon: Very well, then. They didn't find any remains at the explosion site Stefan: So Connor's still out there Damon: Apparently so. I'm going to need you to get on this today. I have to take Elena to college Stefan: I'm sorry, you have
SUMMARY:
Klaus and Rebekah realize Connor is one of "The Five," a clan of legendary vampire hunters that existed 900 years before. Rebekah, who had fallen in love with their leader, Alexander, discovered they possessed an "Ultimate Weapon" against vampires, and that the key to finding it was using their swords to decode their tattoos (hunter's mark). However, Alexander discovered Rebekah was a vampire, and used a dagger on her and her brothers. Klaus, unaffected by the dagger, killed Alexander and his fellow hunters, and un-daggered his family. Meanwhile, Bonnie, Elena, and Damon head to Whitmore College, where they meet Professor Shane, who appears to be a believer in the supernatural, and takes a liking to Bonnie. At a party being thrown on campus, Damon teaches Elena how to feed properly. At the party, Elena becomes intoxicated by the blood and dances with Damon. However, she is snapped out of her trance by a scared Bonnie. Elena becomes scared she might become like Damon, much to his offense. Stefan learns the "Ultimate Weapon" of The Five is a possible cure for vampirism, and tricks Rebekah into revealing where she buried Alexander with his sword. Klaus has Jeremy draw a picture of the tattoo, but finds it's incomplete, and that it only continues to form as long as Connor kills vampires. Meanwhile, Connor escapes Klaus by killing one of his hybrids, and leaves to find the one who sent him to Mystic Falls in the first place - Professor Shane. Klaus once again daggers Rebekah.