Jerome and Kai now stood in the hallways of the high school, Elena's arms chained to the ceiling. Kai was inspecting the trophy case as Jerome leaned on the lockers playing with a knife.

"We're in my high school?" Elena asked confused as she woke up, glancing at her surroundings.

"Plenty of restrooms. No flammable surfaces. And everyone's on winter break, still. You know, it's no wonder America got dumb while I was locked up, they're never in school."

"Offended." Jerome mockingly raised his hand ad Kai bent down to look at a picture of the cheer squad.

"Is that you? Oh, and there's Bonnie. You guys look so innocent. Smiling like nothing bad could ever happen to you." Kai smiled at the photo.

Stepping up next to Kai, Jerome smirked, "Ha. Memories. Everyone else in that picture got barbequed."

Seeing Elena grimace, he continued raising a hand to his mouth in mock embarrassment, "Oops, sorry about that."

"Anyway, would you mind if I try to turn your blood into acid again?" Kai asked, straightening up and staring at Elena.

"Again?" Elena asked in disbelief, squinting her eyes.

"Yeah. You wouldn't know though, I had already snapped your neck." Jerome muttered as he continued to stare at the photo.

"That's how you got here in the first place. I was trying the whole acid-blood thing, and I almost set fire to the Mystic Grill, that would have drew unwanted attention so we came here." Kai gestured to their surroundings.

"Jerome, you don't have to do this! I'm your sister!" Elena begged as Kai lifted his hand to continue his spell practice, hoping to finally get through to Jerome.

"No...but it's fun." Jerome laughed, walking up to stand in front of Elena, wanting to watch her reaction.

Just as Kai began the spell, Elena leaned forward staring deep into Jerome's eyes, doing the one thing she didn't want to have to do.

"Kill him. Free me." She compelled in a monotone voice.

Jerome froze, taking the gun out of the back of his trousers before turning and pointing it at Kai, robotic with his movements.

"Jerome." Kai warned, but he simply cocked the gun.

Just as Kai was about to stop Jerome with magic, he burst out laughing, the croaky sound echoing through the school halls.

"Did-did you really think that would work. News flash Lena, I can't be compelled. Every since my little resurrection, my soul has been tainted with dark magic, preventing me from being compelled. Oh, I'm hurt that you would try to compel me though. I thought you loved me." Jerome mocked, holding his breathe and Kai snickered at his performance.

"I didn't know you were such a good actor." Kai commented grinning before turning back to Elena.

Speaking the spell again, Elena started to scream in pain, Jerome giddily clapping.

"Kai! Please! STOP! Stop it Kai! Stop it! My ring! Kai, you're melting my ring! KAI, STOP IT!" Elena screamed, using all her strength and ripping her chains from the ceiling, speeding away, causing the lights to break.

"Well that was dramatic." Jerome huffed before following after Elena slowly, knowing she wouldn't be able to leave the school as her daylight ring was melted.

Repeating the word 'no' like a mantra, Elena raced to the sink in the science classroom, rinsing her hand. Trying and failing to salvage her ring.

"I take it that ring meant something to you? I never understood sentimental attachment to things because then it's so upsetting when you lose them." Kai spoke from behind her with a confused face.

Seeing what Elena was doing, Jerome grabbed Kai pulling him back just as Elena put her hand in the sunlight causing it to go up in flames and shoving her hand into the gas from the pipe on the desk. Jerome having pulled Kai back in time, only his t-shirt got singed, not him. Getting blown back, Kai landed on Jerome causing him to groan and shove him off.

"Ouch. You're welcome." Jerome huffed before getting up and following after Elena who had ran out.

Seeing her run into the cafeteria, Jerome indicated for Kai to wait on the other side of the door whilst he stalked up to her.

"Damon! Jerome and Kai have me at the high school! I need your help!" She cried down the phone.

Smirking, Jerome slammed a locker causing her to flinch and hurriedly hang up the phone. Rushing to the door, he grinned as she ran straight into Kai. Stumbling backwards, Kai lifted his hand trying to snap her neck. The tables all flew in random directions as his magic went haywire, causing Jerome to take a step back to avoid being hit.

"Really?" Kai asked annoyed, trying again and failing again.

"Hey! Work out your witch woo! I nearly got hit there!" Jerome walked up behind Elena, announcing his presence, Kai rolling his eyes at him.

"Damn it." Kai muttered as he tried the spell again and it failed again.

Watching Elena get up off the ground and attempt to run away, he tried again, this time succeeding. Neck snapping, she crumbled to the ground at Jerome's feet. Raising his hand into a fist, he fist bumped the air, proud he finally did it.

"Bingo."

"Finally." They spoke at the same time, Kai glaring at a smirking Jerome.

Picking up her arm, Jerome dragged Elena to a nearby table as Kai found some rope and drenched it in vervain, tying her to the leg of the table.

When she finally woke up, she struggled against the restraints, groaning at the burn of the vervain.

"Oh, hello." Kai said as he saw her awake, drinking from a can he got from the vending machine.

"Nice shirt." Elena commented sarcastically.

"Oh thanks! Someone burned the other one. Which was awesome by the way. I am starting to see why Damon digs you. I mean, you are crazy-pants. Oh, it sucks about that shirt though." Kai complained.

"What did I say about flirting with my sister? It's disgusting. Stop it! Huh. I guess crazy must run in the family." Jerome snickered, glaring at Kai from his spot sat on the table next to where Elena was.

"So you care about an inanimate object, but not the people you kill?" Elena asked disgusted, ignoring Jerome's comment.

Kai snorted at her, "Is this gonna be like an episode of Ricki Lake where I come face to face with my demons and change for the better?"

"Welcome to my world. She's always trying to change me." Jerome laughed watching Elena carefully, making sure she didn't try anything.

"Have you really not cared about anyone? Ever?" Elena asked in disbelief.

"I guess I liked my brother Joey. We played Dr. Mario together and he'd always win. Actually, one of my favourite memories is when I finally beat him." Kai paused, Elena smiling at the humanity he was showing, "Of course, my favourite memory is when I finally beat him to death. You don't have to waste your energy trying to change me. If Ricki taught me anything, it's that liking yourself is the most important thing. And I like me."

"See Elena, you can't magically change everyone you meet." Jerome laughed as he leant down to her level, hissing in her ear, "You can't change us."

"If the spell you're going for is to creep me out, it's working." Elena spoke as Kai sat cross legged in front of her, simply staring.

"Shh Lena. He's focusing." Jerome hit Elena's shoulder hard, making her shut up, just as Kai finally got the spell. Moving his finger, he traced the letter 'K', causing it to be cut into her cheek.

"Ow! Ow! What are you doing?!" She cried out, the letter healing straight away as Kai smiled triumphantly.

Leaning back on the table, Jerome folded his hands over his stomach, stretching out so he was lay on his back.

"This is getting boring. Do a torture spell or something, or I'm gonna do something myself."

"Just working on my self control." Kai replied, wiping the blood from her face carefully with his thumb.

Jumping up from the table, Jerome walked to the vending machine, smashing it with his elbow and grabbing a pack of skittles. Lying back down, he threw one into the air, effectively catching it in his mouth as Kai walked out to put his empty drink can in the bins. When Kai came back into the room, he grabbed Jerome's arm and dragged him out of the room again.

"What are you doing?" Jerome hissed, pulling his arm out of Kai's bruising grasp.

"Damon and Jo are here. They think they are cloaked. We let them take Elena, then we ambush them. You like dramatics, right?" Kai questioned, a dark look in his eyes.

"Oh, I love dramatics and flare. She doesn't have her daylight ring, so she can't just wander out the front door. If I remember correctly, there are tunnels under us. I think you can get into them from the Boiler Room? Yeah." Jerome spoke, trying to remember the last time he was in the tunnels although it was before his death so it was very blurry.

"And how do you get to the Boiler Room?" Kai asked, slightly impatient, his tone agitating Jerome.

"Ugh...corridors? I dunno, everything before I got stabbed in the neck is kinda blurry. I wonder why!" Jerome snapped, his emerald eye burning as he stepped closer to Kai.

"They are getting away while we stand arguing like a bunch of kids. Let's go." Kai rolled his eyes before making his way to the exit, walking out into the halls with a still fuming Jerome trailing after him.

Quickly stopping, Jerome and Kai stared at the end of the hallway to see the trio consisting of Elena, Damon and Jo trying to find their way out. Coming to a halt, they figured it would be now they could make their grand entrance.

"You okay?" Elena asked, spinning around as Jo coughed violently.

"Yeah. Three people's just a lot more to cloak than two." Jo tried to reassure before collapsing, Damon catching her before she hit the floor.

"Woah. Why is your nose bleeding?" Damon asked worried. Finding amusement in the trio, Jerome leaned against a nearby locker as Kai finally spoke up.

"I have a guess. Magic's hard, isnt it Jo?" He smiled sarcastically at his twin, a mocking manner surrounding him.

"I'm so sorry." Jo whimpered as she collapsed into Damon's shoulder, clutching on tightly.

"Don't sweat it. I want them to see me as I kick their ass. Now get out of here, okay?" Damon gently pushed her towards the exit, watching as she limped away.

Jerome stifled his chuckle at her pathetic attempts to get away, smirking as he felt himself being cloaked. Looking over to Kai he watched him cloak himself and then Elena.

"Where's Elena?! Where's Jerome?" Damon looked around frantically as Jerome made his way over to Elena, being able to see her as he was also cloaked.

"Oh. Are we not cloaking people anymore? I thought that's what this was." Kai looked around questioning, vanishing as Damon sped to him.

Moving around her, Jerome grabbed Elena and pinned her to his chest tightly, blocking all movement. Having been around so much vervain, she didn't have the strength to push him off her. Turning to look at Kai, Jerome nodded his head, sending him the signal to make it look like Elena was Kai.

Hearing a whistle, Damon frantically spun, seeing Kai waving at him instead of seeing Elena. Jerome let go of her just as Damon sped to a broom, snapping it in half and hurling it into the fake Kai's chest. Smirking proud, Kai looked at a chocking Elena before revealing himself.

"Oh, that's gotta hurt." Jerome spoke sympathetically, shaking his head as he appeared behind Elena.

"I am definitely getting the hang of this. Clocking spells, illusions, it's all the same wheelhouse." Kai spoke, appearing next to Elena, raising his hand and removing the illusion spell to reveal Elena instead of him.

"No." Damon muttered heartbroken as he saw Elena choke on her on blood before she fell into the locker, then to the floor.

Kneeling down next to her, Jerome spoke in her ear as he pushed the wood further into her chest, "Well, say hi to mom and dad from me."

Standing and wiping his now bloody hand on his jacket, Jerome spun and walked to Kai who was keeping Damon incapacitated with a powerful aneurism spell.

"There's some stuff I gotta do. I'll let you go get your sister, I'll meet up with you later." Jerome spoke before skipping off, excited that his sister was finally dying.

"Where?" Kai called after him, his voice echoing slightly.

"Where else? Mystic Falls." Jerome saluted jokingly before ducking out the door, leaving Kai to deal with his sister, not knowing that Kai was moments away from being caught.

Making his way to Mystic Falls, Jerome pondered on the thought of having any loyal followers left from his time before he died. Grinning crazily, he knew exactly where he wanted to go, exactly where he needed to go. The circus.