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Thomas was at the hospital, sitting in the main hall. Anita was in ICU. His eye caught the paid phone on the wall across. He looked at it for a while, then looked down.

In Mystic Falls.. April's office phone started ringing. Stefan showed himself around the corner. He seemed alone. He went near the phone while staying away from the sun beams.

Stefan: "Young Investigations, this is Stefan."

April: "Young Investigations? No."

Stefan: "April?"

April: "Yes, it's me."

Stefan: "No, I mean April Investigations."

April: "Stop, we're not getting a name."

Stefan: "Come on, every good private investigator in fiction has a name. Alias Investigations, Angel Investigations. Seems 'a' is the trend. You sure you don't want April Investigations?"

April: (her voice cheered up) "Yes, I'm sure."

Stefan: "Alright, what's up?"

April: "I spoke to the hospital. They say there's no one with the name Anita or Thomas Brook."

Stefan: "And why's that bad?"

April: "He called me and said they're coming back. The bus they were supposed to be in has an accident. Police doesn't have them, they're not in the hospital. What happened to them?"

Stefan: "I wish I could help."

April: "You just might, but.." (looked at the sky) "Not just yet."

Stefan: (looked at the sun beam nearing his foot) "I hear ya."

April: "Gotta go."

Stefan: "Alright. See ya."

''They hung up. Little after that, the front door opened and Brad walked in. He seemed to be in great pain.''

Brad: "Is she here?"

Stefan: "No. What happened to you?"

Brad: "I.. It doesn't matter." (closed the door) "I need a favor."

Stefan: "About what?"

Brad: "Y.. You gave April some b.. blood. And she healed in seconds. I need some blood too."

Stefan: (gave a suspicious look then signaled him to come closer) "Come here."

Brad: (with a victorious joy) "Ow, man, I owe you big time!"

Stefan: (when he came close enough, he grabbed him from shoulders) "Shut it." (compelled him) "Now tell me, why do you need vampire blood?"

Brad: (in a trance) "I got hurt in the accident trying to stop Anita's bus from coming to Mystic Falls. And I have no way to explain my wounds to anyone who sees me like this."

Stefan wasn't expecting this. But it more angered him than shocking. After a couple seconds of angry stare, he knocked him down with a quick punch in the head.

April entered the bus company's building and headed to the reception.

Receptionist: "Hello April."

April: "Hi Deacon. How are you?"

Deacon: "Good, thank you. How can I help?"

April: "I need to take a look at the passenger list of last night's eight pm bus."

Deacon: "One second." (keyboard sounds came from behind the desk) "Got it. Who're you looking for?"

April: "Actually, can you print it for me?"

Deacon: "Uh.. Sure." (hit a few more buttons and the printer a little behind him quickly printed it. He took it and gave to April) "Here you go."

April: (smiled) "Thanks. You're the best!"

Deacon: (returned the smile, but he was surprised) "You're welcome!"

April turned around and left.

Brenda entered the captain's office.

Brenda: "You asked for me, Captain?"

Captain: "Close the door." (she closed the door) "I have a report here telling me you collaborated with Staunton police with an investigation. You mind telling me about that?"

Brenda: "I got an anonymous tip that the bus Anita and Thomas Brook were on was going to be hijacked. I went to stop it. Turns out Staunton police got the same tip. But we both were too late."

Captain: "Anonymous tip?"

Brenda: "I didn't want to tell anyone, because I thought it might be bogus."

Captain: "You're too smart for your own good." (took a paper from his desk) "A slim girl, five foot four height, has hazel green eyes and a crescent shaped scar at the tip of her right eyebrow."

Brenda: "That misleading was on purpose. You know what this town has dealt with."

Captain: "What does that have anything to do with this?"

Brenda: "April Young's report on Adam and Jane indicated the return of a certain type of individuals, if you know what I mean. And since Anita is somehow connected to it, I thought it might be best to lead them on a wild goose chase and keep the incident contained."

''Captain was surprised by her explanation. He thought on it for a while.''

Captain: "Actually that's not a bad call at all. Nice work."

Brenda: (tried to cover her smile) "Thank you, sir."

Captain: (jokingly) "Go on, skedaddle."

She smiled and left the office.

Brad was hearing faded voices.

April: "How hard did you hit him?"

Stefan: "Not as hard as I should have."

April: "You're probably right. Are you sure he's gonna be alright?"

Stefan: "Yeah. He's even awake now."

April: "How can you tell?"

Stefan: "His heartbeats. Elevated."

''Realizing it's no good to pretend asleep, Brad opened his eyes. He was confused and scared.''

Brad: "What did you do to me?"

Stefan: "I compelled you to tell me the truth."

Brad: "How did you do that?"

Stefan: "I used the Force."

Brad didn't seem to understand.

April: "I've seen a great deal of idiots, Brad. But you.. Your idiocy transcends words. I.. I don't.." (to Stefan) "What're we gonna do with him?"

Stefan: "I don't know, but I don't trust him."

April: "Me too. Not after this."

Stefan: "You had to tell him about us."

April: "He saw it, I had to explain."

Stefan: (to Brad) "Do you know where they are?"

Brad: "Where who are?"

April: (with a surprised face, almost unable to believe she actually heard him ask that) "Anita and Thomas."

Stefan: (upon Brad taking a little too long to speak, he grabbed him from his collars and slammed him to the wall with vampire speed while still holding on to him, and spoke with an almost roaring voice while showing his vampire veins and fangs) "SPEAK!!"

Brad: (freaked out, spoke while stammering) "I don't. I never spoke to them."

April: "So you hit the bus, bus crashed. Then what?"

Brad: "Local police arrived, I had to escape."

April: "Police doesn't have them."

Brad: "Then.. they could be at the hospital. Anita was unconscious, so maybe Thomas took her to the hospital."

Stefan: "How do you know she was unconscious if you left without seeing them?"

Brad: "I was with Brenda." (April took a few random steps away, smiling in anger and disbelief) "When I got hurt at the accident, she took care of it."

April: "This just keeps getting better and better! You involved a cop?!"

Stefan: "Brain damage. There's no other explanation."

Brad: "Look, I didn't mean any of that to happen. I just wanted to get ahead of the bus, make it stop and take Anita away. When I saw I was late for that.."

April: "You crashed instead and endangered the lives of fifty people, including your fiance and my..! You half wit prick!"

Stefan: (to April) "Maybe they didn't use their real names at the hospital. Does Thomas have an alias?"

April: "Just one. Burke Thomson. Let me check the hospital again."

''April took her phone and called the hospital while walking away. After she left, Stefan looked at Brad rather dangerously.''

Stefan: "Now, mate. You and I are gonna have a long nice chat."

Brad gulped in fear.

~STEFAN'S DIARIES~

An employee at the hospital went near Thomas and said something. Thomas stood up. They spoke about something for a while. Then the employee gave a wireless phone to him. He took the phone to his ear as the employee walked away.

Thomas: "Hello?"

April: "Burke? Burke Thomson?"

Thomas: (recognized the voice) "April?"

April: (her voice came cracked) "Yes, it's me!"

Thomas: "Wait, are you crying?"

April: (deliberately unconvincingly) "No!"

Thomas: "I knew you'd find me."

April: "Are you okay?"

Thomas: "Yeah, I'm good. Nothing worth mentioning."

April: "Anita?"

Thomas: (sat down) "She.. she's bad."

April: "What?"

Thomas: "She took the accident worst. She was standing when it happened. She hit everywhere. She's got concussion and cerebral hemorrhage. She's in ICU but doctor says she won't make it."

April: "Is that what he said?"

Thomas: "Not in so many words. He told me not to get my hopes up."

April: "Is there anything I can do?"

Thomas: "It was Brad."

April: "The one who caused the accident?"

Thomas: "Accidents happen unintentionally, April. This was not an accident. I don't know what the son of a bitch was after but I saw his car and Brenda was here. They were up to something."

April: "I know. We got his confession."

Thomas: "What?"

April: "He learned you were coming to Mystic Falls, and wanted to keep Anita away."

Thomas: "That deranged psychopath! April, if you don't want me to become a murderer, you make sure he doesn't come here."

April: "Of course. What do you want me to tell him?"

Thomas: (thought for a while) "I don't know."

April: "Be good, Tom. I'll come as soon as I can, okay?"

Thomas: "Okay."

April: "I'll see you soon."

Thomas: "You too."

Main Characters

 * as Stefan Salvatore/Silas
 * as April Young
 * as Thomas Brook
 * as Anita Brook
 * as Brad Phoenix

Recurring Characters

 * as Rudy Hopkins
 * as Randall Brook
 * as Carla Chapman
 * as Julian Isaacs
 * as Brenda DuCoeur

Co-Starring

 * __________ as

Trivia & Notes

 * It is revealed that Brenda too knows about the supernatural presence. How she knows, or if she's a founding family member is yet to be revealed.

Cultural references

 * Stefan made references to Jessica Jones (TV Series), Angel (TV Series) and Star Wars.