"Wakey, Wakey" Damon said as he woke up the traveler. "Mr. Sikes head of corporate accounts" Damon said and then the travelers tried to speak but couldn't, due to his mouth having cloth on it.

"Oops sorry about that yeah can't have you mumbling any of those annoying traveler ditties it's a sure migraine" Damon said.

"No kidding" Violet said. "So, here's the deal my brother and my girl have both been kidnapped by travelers and I can't seem to find them anywhere I mean like poof gone right" Damon said.

"And when I try to use my magic, I come up with nothing almost like I'm blocked" Violet added.

"So, besides a completely clueless hybrid in my basement and a cave full of sleeping travelers I've got nothing to go on except you so I'm gonna need you to tell me where I can find your leader Markos" Damon said and Caroline walked in groaning.

"What's up blonde" Damon asked her. "Liv and Luke aren't answering any of my" Caroline said then noticed the traveler.

"Oh my god Mr. Sikes" Caroline said as she saw him. "You know this loser" Violet asked. "Yeah, he helped me open my first savings account he gave me a lollipop" Caroline said.

"Well unfortunately Mr. Sikes here is occupied by some low life traveler I saw him and his buddies chanting in the town square last week I also know that Markos and your passengers comrades are planning some big flashy spell to undo some super boring ancient witch curse and where that sucks for us it just happens to undo all witch magic i.e kill me, my daughter, and my sexy blonde frenemy here" Damon said.

"If you know where Markos took Stefan and Elena  you need to tell us" Caroline said.

"Yep" Damon said agreeing with her. "Sorry you're gonna have to speak up" Damon said.

"Sooner the better" Violet added. "Mmm nope, nope didn't catch that either" Damon said and stabbed him as the traveler groaned in pain.

"I think he's trying to say something to me come here sweetie pie" Damon said and took the cloth out of the traveler's mouth.

"It doesn't matter where Markos is nothing you do can stop him now" the traveler said.

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"Seriously collect calls are still a thing" Damon asked.

"Yeah, well you know what could have saved you the cost of this phone call you, finding us" Stefan said.

"Hey, I been trying my best but it's like someone blocked my magic from trying to find you" Violet said. "How long have we been gone" Stefan asked.

"Four days" Damon said. "Four days, four days and you couldn't track us down what'd you think we were having a nice spa getaway" Stefan asked.

"Who, whoa, who Vi and I have been searching 24/7 okay maybe if you'd been a little more perceptive you wouldn't have gotten yourselves doppelnapped" Damon said and they heard a crash.

"Dare I ask what that was" Violet asked. "Travelers drained us of our blood so we've had to do a little bit of hunting" Stefan said.

"You have Elena participating in squirrel slaughter" Damon asked.

"Believe me she's no happier about it than I am" Stefan said. "Heh, heh she'll shoot your eye out" Damon said.

"Do you want to talk to her or are you still pretending like you don't want to hear her voice" Stefan asked. "Don't psychoanalyze me Stefan" Damon told him.

"Where are you Vi and I will come get you" he said.

"I have no idea where we are we're in the middle of nowhere listen we'll make our way back, but Markos drained most of our blood and considering the kinds of spells he was able to do with just a little bit of it" Stefan said.

"Yeah, well got it Uncle Stef we know" Violet said. "Find Markos, kill Markos save Mystic Falls from becoming traveler home it's gonna be a busy day for me and Vi, Stefan time to strap on the hero hair" Damon said causing Violet to laugh at Damon.

"I'll get her home safely alright" Stefan said. "Get both yourselves home safely brother I'd hate to have to kick her butt for losing you" Damon said and hung up.

Then suddenly Damon was staked. "This ghost Enzo thing is really annoying" Violet said. "Bonnie" Damon yelled.

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"He says you promised you bring him back" Bonnie told Damon. "Whatever" Bonnie said from behind her and Violet assumed Enzo was behind her.

"Hello still here and I know what I said" Damon said. "Please stop talking" Bonnie said from behind her.

"You need to fix this before I lose my mind" Bonnie said.

"Before you lose your mind this ghost Enzo thing is creeping me out half the time I don't know when he's gonna show up" Violet said.

"Hey, I'm sorry okay I've got two missing doppelgängers I've got a traveler that wants to rid our town of magic, and I've got the friendly banker Mr. Sikes in the coat closet so escape from the neitherworlds gonna have to wait until tomorrow" Damon said then they heard a clatter go into the fireplace.

"I think he wants to be penciled in for today" Bonnie said. "Then you bring him back" Damon said. "What" Bonnie said.

"Liv is cooking up a spell to pull you back from the other side before it goes kaboom so whatever you're doing just include Enzo in it you hear me Enzo just hitch a ride with her okay see there delegating I feel better" Damon said.

"That's not a great idea" Bonnie said, and Jeremy walked in.

"Well, it's all we got right now" Violet told Bonnie. "You called" Jeremy asked Damon.

"You I need you and your Xbox buddy to run an errand for me come on let's go Vi come on" Damon said and left with Jeremy and Violet.

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"Ah great I'm gonna add carry to the list of things that you can't do well but that's okay you can pay me back with your salary from the grill if you want to work a couple thousand years" Damon said.

"Why don't you do us all a favor and start dating Elena again" Matt said.

"Just put her on the pool table" Damon said, and Violet saw Caroline walked in. "Hey Care" Violet said. "Hey Vi," Caroline said and went to her.

"What is going on who are all these people" Caroline asked. "Traveler husks" Violet said.

"They've passangered themselves into the beautiful citizens of Mystic Falls like your buddy Mr Sikes" Damon told Caroline.

"You two make yourselves useful patrol the town call me if you see anything weirder than usual" Damon said and Matt and Jermey left.

"And what are you planning on doing with all of them" Caroline asked.

"Here you go oh yeah" Damon said to the traveler. "Well Markos put them in a cave in hoping he wants them back" Damon told Caroline.

"So, you think drawing Markos to your house is the best idea" Caroline asked. "No, he doesn't but it's the only idea" Violet said. "Unless your body snatched ex-boyfriend in the basement can help us" Damon said.

"Jullian is not Tyler therefore he has no reason to help us so until I figure out a way to get Tyler back, he's just extra baggage" Caroline said.

"There's no shame in giving up I mean aren't we all a little sick of Tyler" Damon said.

"You know what your whole I'm too cool to care thing is really starting to get old and don't think for one second that I believe your mood has nothing to do with Elena" Caroline said.

"Even I see it and it's starting to get annoying you care just admit it" Violet said. "Spare me the unsolicited relationship advice" Damon told Caroline.

"Fine just keep your torture happy hands off of Tyler until I figure something out, I don't abandon the people that I care about" Caroline said and left.

"Okay well I guess I'll just go help her" Violet said and left with Caroline.

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"Quit hovering it's weird" Julian said. "You're like permanently inhabiting the former love of my life let's debate the levels of weird" Caroline said. "If he's former, why do you care" Julian asked.

"More importantly why do you care she cares" Violet asked Julian.

"Because he's a person whose life you stole without asking, he deserves to be fought for" Caroline said.

"Whatever" Julian said, and Caroline sighed. "This is going nowhere" Violet said. "So why can't Markos and all the other travelers find someplace else to live" Caroline asked.

"It's nice here besides it's not just about breaking the curse that keeps us from being able to settle it's revenge against everything the witches stand for every grimoire every talisman every vampire right down to your daylight rings the travelers see it all as a perversion of pure, magic, Markos, wants to destroy that perversion he wants to restore the balance" Julian said.

"But that's just wrong" Caroline said. "It's not really wrong when you think about it if anything it's kind of right" Julian said.

"Why does he have to be so violent about it" Violet asked.

"When it comes to getting what he wants Markos doesn't have much of a sense of humor" Julian said.

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"So Julian is trapped inside Tyler forever or until he dies so I was thinking what if he does die maybe that's how we do it that's how we get him out" Caroline said.

"You want to kill Tyler" Bonnie asked. "I had the exact same reaction when she told me" Violet told Bonnie.

"Well, he'll go to the other side and then when Liv does the spell to help you, and Enzo Tyler can come back and speaking of shouldn't you be like preparing or talking to Liv or doing anything other than packing up our dorm room" Caroline said.

"We have to be out of here right after finals which I might skip due to the potential extinction of magic in the place where I was spending my summer break" Bonnie said.

"Right but I think the other side falling apart is slightly more pressing than a late housing fee" Caroline said.

"Bonnie if Liv needs help" Violet said and Bonnie interrupted.

"There is no spell I made it up the other side is collapsing and everyone in it including me is going away for good so no I don't think you should kill Tyler and Vi thanks for the offer but like I said there's no spell" Bonnie said and left.

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After hearing the news from Damon, Caroline and Violet immediately started to pack up.

"I mean what are we even supposed to take photos, clothes, hair products" Caroline asked.

"Like any of that matters when we're all dead" Caroline said. "Vi" Caroline said seeing her looking at a picture of her and her dad and another one of her and Jeremy.

"Ignore what I said take them" Caroline said and Violet nodded. "Why are you just sitting there" Caroline asked Bonnie.

"I'm thinking and Caroline went to her. "Well think while you pack death is literally on its way you said a vampire appeared to you who died on old miller road which means the spell is moving past Mystic Falls so whatever will fit the rest, I'm sure we'll never see again" Caroline said.

"I'm never gonna see Jeremy or my dad again" Violet said sadly.

"Vi hey don't think like that it's gonna be okay I'll be with you the entire time if it helps" Caroline told Violet.

"Hello, Bonnie, which part of we're all about to die isn't registering" Caroline asked Bonnie. "I think I know how to get us all back from the other side I need to find Enzo" Bonnie said.

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"Where's Bonnie she was right behind me" Caroline said. "I can't get ahold of her" Violet said after trying to call Bonnie.

"I'm gonna find out what's taking so long" Stefan said. "I'm looking for Maria" Julian said going to Caroline, Violet, and Stefan. "I heard she brought you back to Mystic Falls" Julian said to Stefan.

"Uh yeah she did" Stefan said. "Did she tell you where she was headed because she can't stay there the town's completely overrun" Julian said and Stefan looked at him sadly.

"What's the problem did she tell you where she was headed or what" Julian asked. "Listen uh you're not gonna see Maria again" Stefan said.

"What are you talking about" Julian asked and Stefan approached him.

"She's dead I'm sorry" Stefan said and went to touch Julian but Julian stopped him. "Don't touch me" Julian said. "It wasn't my uncle's fault" Violet said.

"She saved your punk butt" Julian told Stefan. "I wasn't the one who killed her the witches did" Stefan said.

"Well, someone's gonna have to pay for it" Julian said and hit Stefan. "Hey, hey, hey, whoa I'm in no mood to fight tonight alright" Stefan said.

"Look at me my wife's dead I'm in somebody else's body I've got nowhere to go because my own people are trying to kill me" Julian said.

"Listen we're gonna find a way to stop this spell even if Mystic Falls is gone, we're gonna find a way to save ourselves alright" Stefan said.

Caroline went to snap Julian's neck but stopped when he shown her his hybrid eyes.

Stefan vamp sped Julian to the car but then Julian ripped out Stefan's heart surprising Caroline and Violet as Caroline gasped. "No" Violet yelled, and Caroline held Violet back as tears fell on Vioet's face.

And as he was dying his last thought was his niece as Stefan turned to face Violet.

"If anyone can bring me back it's you" Stefan told Violet before he dropped to the ground and died.

"There dead doppelgänger stopped the spell" Julian said stopped the heart he had and left. "Oh my god, oh my god" Caroline said as she and Caroline ran to Stefan's body.

"No, no, oh my god" Caroline said. "Uncle Stef no Uncle Stef no I'm so sorry" Violet said and screamed as she cried.

"God help me please" Caroline screamed. "Oh my god no" Caroline said.

"Somebody, help somebody help" Caroline screamed. "I'll bring you back Uncle Stef I promise I'll do whatever it takes" Violet said and continued to cry.

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