A/N: The only thing that kept me going throughout this insane season was the incredible Bonnie Bennett (the real MVP of the show) and I think her complex dynamic with Kai is too good to waste. So this is why I'm writing this fic. It's gonna be Bonkai but not-more like slow-burn Bonkai because, honestly, Kai put Bonnie through hell. This fic is gonna be more about celebrating the badassery of Bon-Bon and exploring her character fully. If that sounds like something you wanna read, then you've come to right place. (Also, I'm wanting this to be a lengthy multi-chap fic, so if you're into that idea, let me know!)
Bonnie felt as if she was standing at the gates of hell, awaiting to face the devil himself.
She stood outside the barn, listening to the crackling of fire and breathing in the putrid smell of blood and burning flesh. Bodies and debris littered the ground around her. The full moon shone brightly above, illuminating the carnage in an eerie glow.
Despite the racing of her heart, Bonnie was no longer bound by fear, as she had faced everything at her young age. Her worst nightmare was behind her, existing in a completely different plane from the one she occupied. She bore the scars of years of loss and grief, carrying an unparalleled amount of pain with her.
That pain only made her stronger. It prepared her for what she was about to face.
With steady footsteps, Bonnie made her way into the wedding hall, dirtying her shoes from the pools of blood that spread along the hardwood floor. The room faded around her as her eyes fell on the figure of a monster disguised as a man, clad in formal attire.
Bonnie laid on the floor, gasping in pain. Kai had thrown her against the wall, causing her ribs to crack and press against her lungs. Blood pooled from the corner of her mouth. She sensed the misshapen way her body was contorted and she could also sense the impending feeling of death that loomed over her.
"Golly, Bon," Kai mocked as he stepped toward her. "I use a simple motus spell and you're already down? I expected more from you."
Glass crunched beneath his shoes as he moved closer.
"I mean, you are a Bennett witch after all. I thought you were supposed to be powerful." He paused, looking thoughtful. "Oh, that's right! It's your blood that's powerful. Not you."
Bonnie laughed through the pain as Kai reached where she lay, hovering over her.
"Something funny? I must have missed the—"
"Phasmatos motus rubix!" Bonnie yelled, causing large shards of glass to rise from the ground and shoot through Kai.
He screamed, stumbling backwards, and clutched his face. A long piece of glass was lodged in his eye, causing blood to ooze from between his fingers. Kai laughed maniacally as he fell backwards onto the raised platform, where Bonnie imagined Alaric and Jo standing, blissfully unaware of what their futures held for them.
Bonnie pushed past the pain, groaning, and picked herself up from the ground. Kai was right about one thing—she was a Bennett witch. And Bennett witches aren't so easily overcome.
The room spun around Bonnie as she stood, the pain sending tremors through her. She leaned against the nearest wooden pillar for support and smiled at a blurry Kai as he pulled shards of glass from his body.
He finally managed to rip the shard from his eye, frowning at it. As his dark eyes slowly healed, he fixed them on Bonnie. "Naughty girl," he said, before throwing the glass at Bonnie's head.
It missed her by mere centimeters.
"How do you want this to end, Bon-Bon?" Kai yelled across the room. He pulled another shard of glass from his body and aimed it at Bonnie's leg. It shot through the air in a blur and lodged into her upper thigh, causing Bonnie to scream. "Because I can do this all night."
Kai aimed another bloodied shard at her, tossing it a second after she dodged out of the way. Bonnie skid across the floor and winced at the white-hot pain that shot through her body. She knew she didn't have much time before the pain overwhelmed her completely. Distracting Kai was her only option.
"I don't know, Kai," Bonnie called from her position on the floor. "Are you ready for me to die so soon? I thought you were more of the slow-torture type."
Bonnie's eyes scanned around the room as Kai replied. He monologued to himself, making the next minute stretch by as she struggled to think of her next course of action. Her eyes then fell on the corner of the room, where a burned hole sat.
If I can just get outside, I can draw on the power of the moon for strength, she thought to herself. She gradually made her way to the corner, grimacing as glass and wood pressed into her skin.
"I'm doing this for you," Kai continued, breaking her concentration. "I know you're ready to go, Bonnie. It's been a long time coming. Incendia."
Fire rose around the room, rising around her and blocking her exit. Bonnie shied away from the flames as they came perilously close to burning her face. She turned back towards Kai and watched him rise from the platform, glass-free, with a wicked smile spread across his face.
Kai held his hand in the air, closing his bloodied fist slightly. Bonnie's body became weightless for a moment as Kai levitated her from the ground and pulled her away from the fire. He quickly let go, letting her fall onto her feet.
"I think it's wrong to kick a dog while it's down," Kai said over the roar of the fire.
Bonnie now stood eye-level with Kai, clutching her side as if she would fall apart at any moment.
"How moral of you," she replied in an acidic tone.
"Morality," Kai mused. "What a funny concept. It's just so… relative, don't you think? For example, somehow it was wrong of me to slaughter my family. But it was totally acceptable for them to pit their children against each other every generation in a brutal ritual for leadership rights."
"As if those two things are the same," Bonnie spat.
Kai rolled his eyes. "Again, relativity, Bon-Bon. It's funny though. They tried so hard to ensure that I would never shed anymore blood and look where it got them." He gestured around the growing inferno. "Dead!"
Bonnie's eyes followed Kai as she finally realized the magnitude of what he did. Nearly every member of his coven died in the wedding hall that night. Fifty witches—all dead in the same space.
In that moment, a plan began to form in Bonnie's head. She just needed enough time to carry it through.
"Eternity's a long time to live with no one to torture," Bonnie said. "With your family dead, your existence is now meaningless. How does that feel, Kai? To know there's not a soul that cares whether you live or die?"
Kai's amused gaze locked back on her. "Are you trying to bait me, Bonnie Bennett?" He laughed, running his bloodied fingers through his hair. "That's hilarious, truly. But what I find to be considerably more amusing is the irony of your words. You think I have no one who cares about my existence? Have you spoken to your friends? Anyone laid down their life for you recently?"
Kai let the question hang in the air boiling air.
"No one cares about you, Bonnie," he finally said. "The sooner you accept that, the easier your death will be."
Bonnie opened her mouth to argue, then allowed a look of pain to cross her face. She then let her shoulders slump and her hands fall to her sides. Warm tears ran down her cheek as she slumped onto her knees.
Kai looked pleased as Bonnie fell to the ground. He stared down at her, watching her with a burning curiosity in his eyes. He bridged the short distance between them and squatted in front of her, resting his hand on her shoulder.
"It's okay to give up," Kai encouraged as he began to siphon magic from Bonnie. "It'll all be over soon."
"Yes, it will," Bonnie replied as she glanced up at Kai. His eyes were closed as he focused on draining her of her magic.
Now, Bonnie thought.
With the flick of her wrist, the broken leg of a chair flew across the floor and into Bonnie's hand. Without hesitation, she tightly gripped the splintered piece of wood and shoved it into Kai's chest. His eyes flew open in shock, with his mouth agape in pain.
"Hurts, doesn't it?" Bonnie taunted as she twisted the wood deeper into his chest, scraping the edge of his heart.
Kai's grip loosened on Bonnie's shoulder as she leaned forward and pushed him onto his back. He struggled to pull the wood from his chest but the pain was too much. Bonnie sat over him, using her lower body to weigh him down. She then began to chant.
"Infero Eseri Gratas, Disasustos Vom, Mas Pro Je Ta Sue Te. Victamas Veras."
Blood sputtered from Kai's mouth as he struggled to speak, wanting to conjure up his own spell against Bonnie. She shifted her weight as she continued to chant, causing the wood to scrape closer to Kai's heart. He couldn't help but smile as he quickly recognized Bonnie's spell.
The inferno began to grow in response to Bonnie's words. It rose higher around the room, crawling up the wooden walls and reaching the ceiling rafters.
"Phasmatos Tribum, Niha Sue Exilum, Disasustos Vom, Mas Pro Je Ta Sue Te."
Kai relaxed against Bonnie's weight, letting his had fall against the floor. He closed his eyes for a long moment, mustering up the last bit of his energy.
"Mo…tus…" he managed, causing Bonnie to fly off of him, sliding along the floor.
Bonnie watched in horror as Kai wrenched the wood from his heart, crying out in pain.
"Clever, clever, Bonnie," Kai yelled over the roar of the growing fire. "Using my coven's own destruction against me." He tossed the bloodied wood on the ground and charged towards her.
Bonnie acted quickly, conjuring a fire barrier around herself and Kai, separating them. She closed her eyes and continued the chant.
"Levam, Mina Sue Te, Disasustos Vom, Mas Pro Je Ta Sue Te."
The crack of thunder came down upon them, shaking the earth. Lightning struck the barn as Bonnie continued the spell, causing the fire to turn white all around them. A growing storm raged outside, drawing its power from Bonnie's words.
Kai couldn't help but watch in awe as Bonnie channeled the elements of nature around them. He watched her through the dancing of the fire, feeling a surge of euphoria as the magic from his coven moved through the air and into Bonnie.
"Phasmatos Veras. Fes Matos Tribum, Mas Pro Tes Unum."
As Bonnie neared the end of the spell, the roof began to collapse. Wind and water forced the building to fall while the fire weakened the structure. Ceiling beams fell from above, causing the flames to grow higher.
Bonnie opened her eyes as she neared the end of the spell, wanting to see Kai's face as he met his death.
"Victas Ex Melam, Phasmatos Vanem," Bonnie chanted, coughing from the smoke in her lungs. "Mas Pro Je Ta Sue Te."
As the last words left her lips, an incomprehensible amount of agony overcame her.
She watched through blurry vision as beams came down in flaming heaps, falling around Kai. He locked eyes with Bonnie as the flames surrounded him, quickly blanketing his body in fire. She expected him to scream but no sound escaped his lips.
Bonnie turned her head as he was engulfed in flame. She twisted her body and struggled to move against the agonizing pain. The spell was sucking the life out of her, drawing from her energy until there was nothing left.
But Bonnie didn't want to die. That was not her plan. Drawing from her most primal desire, which was to survive, Bonnie pulled her body along the floor. She crawled toward the exit, clearing a path using the last ounce of her magic.
Black spots dotted the edge of her vision as she crawled and crawled, eventually reaching the exit. Burned and bleeding, she pushed through the flaming barn door and reached the wet grass. Warm droplets of rain poured from the sky, despite the fire that burned behind her.
She collapsed only feet away from the building, feeling a strange sense of satisfaction as the barn went up in flames. With a small smile crossing her face, she closed her eyes and let the darkness envelop her.
