The Vampire Diaries 7X16: Days of Future Past
Added 2026-01-20 21:17:14 +0000 UTCThree years have passed and The Armory is searching for Enzo and Rayna as they believe the former released the huntress, but actually Matt had freed her to get Stefan back into the Phoenix hell stone as the vampire had something to do with his girlfriend's (Penny) death.
Alex has kept Nora and Mary Lou as hostages for these three years experimenting on the latter with Rayna's blood (it is lethal to witches) and eventually sending Nora to find Enzo in return of Mary Lou.
Rayna and a werewolf toxin-saturated Damon coax Stefan to do the mark transfer who eventually sets off on a run from Rayna. Damon is struggling with the werewolf toxin in his system and contemplating on whether he should participate for the mark transfer (as he will die when Rayna does naturally in another 60-70 years ergo, bidding goodbye to his chance of seeing Elena ever again) or come up with a better plan.
In the meanwhile, Valerie comes to his rescue; over the past three years - her and Stefan's friendship has seen evolution and while globe-trotting, they have managed to contact an individual who may know ways to end Rayna.
Nora finds Enzo and they decide to collectively fight Alex who they eventually corner. Alex is curious as to why Enzo is so desperate to stash all the lethal-to-a-witch pills and reveals that there is no antidote and Mary Lou is as good as dead.
Valerie and Damon are running against time to capture Rayna and save Stefan but it gets too late as the huntress gains over them - Damon finally agrees to do the mark transfer but before they are done, Rayna has already stabbed and sent Stefan back into the hell stone leaving Valerie and Damon devastated.
Nora and Mary Lou share their final moments and in a run-in with Rayna, Nora gets marked and the sword gets stuck to their car. Both Nora and Mary Lou finally decide to be together in death as they do their last magic to break and destroy the Phoenix stone forever along with blowing their car off to pieces. Rayna who was chasing them all along stands there devastated and stunned as she watches her stone, her mark (Nora) and probably her sword get destroyed this time, for real.
