It started to drizzle. Bonnie put her hood up and carefully peeked around the corner of a shipyard container. It was hard to discern anything in the dim light of an almost full moon. Faraway dock lights were getting more blurry by the minute, the mist getting heavier and heavier.
"Tell me again why are we creeping in the shadows of this godforsaken shipyard?"
"Nobody asked you here. You followed me, remember? So quit whining, Damon," Bonnie whispered angrily.
"Like I was gonna let you do this alone? It has got to be one of the dumbest ideas your witchy brain has ever had."
"One of those containers was shipped here for Kai. He's been hoarding magical objects for months now. Whatever it is, it's the biggest one yet. I need to know what it is."
"So you decided to play Batman in the middle of the night? Genius. It's not like his new coven is growing like a weed or anything. He'll definitely be here alone…" he groaned with annoyance.
"Shh... I think I hear something."
"Even if he is waiting for some mysterious evil package, so what? Didn't you guys make truce? Or hit pause? Or whatever?"
"We did," she sighed. "But I still need to know what he's up to. You can't trust that snake. If he- When he breaks the deal I need to be ready. I need to know what to expect."
"Oh is that all it is?" Damon rolled his eyes.
"What's that supposed to mean?" she scoffed.
"Nothing. Just… he's keeping his word and staying away from Mystic Falls. Hell, he even lifted Elena's curse. And instead of enjoying Kai-free life, here you are, on a mission to inspect his… package," he smirked.
Bonnie clenched her fist ready to punch Damon in the face. His nose was saved by the sound of an approaching vehicle. They hugged the wall instantly, just in the nick of time to hide from the passing car. It was a black-
"Hummer limo? Seriously?" Damon grimaced. "You sure know how to pick'em."
"Shut up."
Drizzle turned into rain. Bonnie was watching the car warily. Two figures got out of the front and disappeared behind one of the containers. None of them Kai.
"We need to get closer. I can't see anything from here," she whispered.
"Bon-"
With a loud cracking sound Damon's body fell limp to the ground.
"Magical neck snap. Never gets old," Kai's low whisper made her shiver. She couldn't see him but she would recognize that voice anywhere. She felt his warm breath on her cheek and knew he was close. Too close.
"It does get old. You really need some new tricks," she reached blindly in front of her and pushed hard when her palms felt an invisible barrier.
Kai stumbled backwards and lifted his cloaking spell. Bonnie scanned him carefully. He was wearing a black coat with an upturned collar. Raindrops were streaming down his face, his nose, his lips… The second that smug smirk of his started to break out she knew she focused too much on those stupid lips. Bonnie looked away quickly and her eyes landed on the car.
"Hummer limousine? Trying to compensate for something?" she blurted out and then kicked herself mentally.
"Actually, it's one of the shortest models. I'm secure enough in my masculinity," he said playfully. "I'm also secure enough in our truce. A lesser man could've thought you are trying to go back on your word," he added in a much more serious tone.
"I'm not here to fight, Kai. I'm just here to…"
"Spy?" he asked and headed toward the limo. "Get in," he commanded while holding a door for her.
"I'm not getting in that penis enlargement!"
"Ooh, Bonnie Bennett talking about penises in the rain. How fascinating," he chuckled. "Just get in, will you?"
"No."
"Bonnie…" he was starting to get ticked off.
"Ugh," she grunted and turned toward the gap between the containers where two of Kai's lackeys disappeared earlier. "Just show me what it is that you're shipping from the other side of the world and I'll be on my way."
"We agreed on no hostility, nothing more. It doesn't make us allies. Your words, not mine. You stay out of my business and I stay out of yours. If you leave now, I'll even pretend this little act of nosiness never happened. What do you say?" he winked.
Bonnie hated that wink of bullshit. She smiled softly and readied her hand to blast him with a strongest spell she could think of, but Kai was faster. Before she could even say the first syllable, she was already pinned with her back against the car. Her hood fell to her shoulders. A sharp pain erupted suddenly along her arms, but stopped just as quickly. Kai siphoned only a drop of her magic, just to show her there is no point in resisting.
"And you said no fighting. Not cool, Bon."
"Get off me!" she yelled, punching his chest with her fists.
"Or what? You gonna beat me up with your tiny hands?"
"You have tiny-"
"What?" he pressed into her and whispered. "I have tiny what?"
"Nevermind," she said faintly.
"Oh Bon Bon, if you wanna see my size so badly, all you have to do is ask."
"Dream on," she scoffed still trying to push him off.
"I get it. All this unresolved sexual tension between us," she rolled her eyes while he kept talking. "Would drive anyone insane. Cause it has to be some type of temporary insanity for you to come here thinking you can pull one over on me."
"You forget who you're talking to."
"No. You forget who you're talking to," he said angrily, their noses almost touching. "I am building a new coven from the ground up and I can't be showing any weaknesses. So do not test me. That pesky guilt of mine is on its last legs and I won't be going easy on you anymore."
"Going easy on me? Pff."
"Oh Bonnie…" he leaned down and run his nose from behind her ear down to her clavicle, breathing in deeply. She felt goose bumps cover her entire body. "You have no idea how much self control it takes not to tap into that artery of yours right now," he continued. "So listen closely. Next time you decide to bend the rules of our truce I won't just make Damon take a little nap. I will rip his head off. And," he looked at her hungrily, dark veins dancing underneath his eyes. "I promise you, if you ever make another remark about my dick size, you will find out exactly how big it is. Cause I'm gonna lock you up and fuck this attitude out of you," he stated strongly. "And after that, I will keep fucking you until you pass out from all the pleasure and exhaustion, whimpering my name. Do you understand?"
"Mm-hmm…" she grunted, unsure.
"I said," he wrapped his fingers around her neck and lifted her chin with his thumb. "Do you understand?"
"Yes!"
Dark veins underneath his eyes disappeared, he let go of her and stepped away. Bonnie leaned on the car trying to steady her breathing. She noticed it wasn't raining anymore.
"So, now that we got everything cleared up-"
"You're a psycho!" Bonnie yelled.
"And you wouldn't want it any other way," he chuckled.
She looked daggers at him for a full minute. Oh how she hated the way he could just switch from serious to playful to any other state of mind in a nanosecond. Or maybe she envied him that. He finally broke the silence.
"Still wanna take a look at that shipping container?" he asked casually, like nothing disturbing happened between them a moment ago.
"Yes," she nodded hesitantly.
"Ok, you can take a peek…" he paused for a few seconds. "If you let me take a peek into your grandmother's grimoire."
"No way."
"Nothing's free, Bonster."
"Not gonna happen, Kai."
"Well then, exit's that way," he pointed somewhere behind her. "And don't forget that sack of potatoes Damon on your way out."
Bonnie knew there was no point in pressing this anymore. Even if she was fast enough and manage to knock him out with a spell this time, his flunkies were right around the corner. Giving him access to her grimoire was out of the question. Too much of an unknown. There was always a possibility he was just receiving a shipment of pork rinds. Pick your battles, she thought to herself. Deciding to walk away, Bonnie turned on her heel, but she couldn't help it… She reached in her pocket and swiftly keyed almost the entire length of Kai's limo on her way out.
"Very mature!" he yelled, leaning against the hood of the car.
"Something to remember me by," she turned to look at him one last time. "While you're having fun with your… little package."
Satisfied with herself, Bonnie spun around quickly but collided with something hard. Kai was already there blocking her way. She gasped and before she even had time to react everything went black.