A/n: To the reviewer that said about Bamon, I also shipped them hard until Kai came onto the scene and now I like Kannie instead. Heh. They have undeniable chemistry and Bonnie deserves to get with a hot guy. Ahem.
Anyway.
Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I still own nothing. :(
Bonnie didn't kill Kai that night, or the night after that. In fact, she barely saw him over the past week or so. The sociopath decided that he needed some 'alone time' and disappeared without saying another word.
Not that she minded.
'There has to be a way to fix this.' She murmured to herself, staring at the scattered pieces of metal lay strewn across the coffee table. She had decided to revisit the caverns a few days after Kai's disappearance to collect the broken ascendant, determined to fix it and get the Hell out of, well,... Hell.
So far though, she wasn't having much luck. The ascendant didn't seem to want to be fixed. All she managed to do was cause it to hiss, let off a cloud of black smoke or just absolutely nothing, and after five hours of pure frustration, she conceded that she may in fact need Kai's help. After all, he knew what the stupid device was and how it worked more than she did.
'Screw it.' She growled in irritation, setting down one of her Grimoire's and reaching for the mug of now cold coffee beside her. 'I'm never getting out of here. Ever.'
Peering around the empty living room, she realised just how lonely being in isolation really was. How Kai did it for eighteen years while retaining some of his sanity was a complete mystery to her, as she was about to go crazy after just a few days.
She missed Damon, she missed her friends, she missed Jeremy and most of all she missed her Grams.
'Why did you send me here?' She asked aloud, not expecting any response. 'Surely death would be better than being stuck in this limbo for eternity.'
Sniffing, she wiped one hand across her eyes, removing the moisture that had started to collect there. She couldn't cry. Not now. After everything that she had been through over the past few months, she couldn't let a little thing like loneliness bring her to her breaking point.
But loneliness sucked.
Snapping the book shut and placing it to one side, Bonnie stood up and stretched, eyes flicking towards the clock. It was nearing midnight and Kai still wasn't back.
Had he deserted her? Would he do that? Maybe after being alone for so long, he was used to it and didn't want to be around her any more now that she was no longer a one way ticket to the land of the living.
'Why does everyone leave me?' She said angrily, new tears springing to her eyes. This time she didn't bother wiping them away. Who would even see them? 'I'm tired of being the one that has to sacrifice everything while everyone else gets a second chance at life.'
Picking up a glass, she threw it directly at the wall in front of her, smiling in odd satisfaction as the tumbler smashed into a million little pieces of useless glass. Now if only she could do that to Kai's head.
'You really suck without with me, don't you?'
The voice carried a hint of smugness, but Bonnie was too relieved to hear it again to be angry. Whirling around, she turned to Kai with a semi relieved smile, her mouth twitching at one side when she saw what he was wearing.
Kai blinked and followed her gaze downwards, a small laugh of amusement leaving his lips when he realised what she was looking at.
'Do you like my shorts?'
Bonnie snorted, her eyes fixed on the bright yellow and blue pineapple pants he was wearing. Where he got them, she had no idea, but they matched his personality perfectly. Utterly insane.
'Or are you looking at what's underneath? Do you have witchy X-ray vision now or something?' He waggled a dark brow her way and was met with a scowl in return.
'Dream on, I'll never find you attractive.'
She was lying, of course. He was easy on the eyes, she couldn't deny that, but no way would those words ever leave her lips. Kai's ego was already the size of Jupiter, she wasn't going to make it any bigger.
'Where have you been anyway?' she accused, deciding that it was probably best to steer the conversation to less awkward waters.
'Miami. Thought I'd take a break and catch some waves, you know?'
No. She didn't. She thought Kai wanted to be out of here even more than she did, but he was now acting like he'd completely given up and it worried her.
'Care to share your thoughts with the class? Because that stare of yours is doing bad things to me, BonBon.' He smirked, waving his hand in front of her eyes and earning himself another scowl.
'It's Bonnie and why have you given up?'
Kai strolled straight past her, bee lining for the pork rind cupboard and pulling out a fresh bag, 'Well, BonBon-Bonnie, your boyfriend broke our only way out of here when he zapped himself to safety.'
'There must be a way to fix it though, there has to be.'
Shaking his head, Kai stuffed a handful of rinds into his mouth, 'Not with any magic you'll find in there.' He motioned towards the Grimoire on the coffee table. 'It takes a special type to make that ascendant, and you, Bonnie, are not strong enough to fix it on your own.'
Bonnie felt herself slump down slightly at his words. 'Could you do it?' She asked, a hint of desperation in her voice. 'Could you take my magic and fix it?'
'Not without seriously damaging you, and if it fails, which it could, I wouldn't be able to fix you again.' He threw a rind up into the air, expertly catching it in his mouth again.
'Like you care about me.' She hissed, turning away from him.
'Oh, I don't. But you're already pretty useless, I don't want to make you even worse and end up having to look after you.'
He grunted in surprise when her hand came up and slapped him across the face, causing the bag of pork rinds to go flying everywhere.
'Now I see why you're here!' She snarled, pushing past him and stalking towards the stairs, 'You're just a monster.'
Stalking into her bedroom, she slammed the door shut before Kai could hear the sobs vibrating through her entire body. She would never let him see her break down, not now or ever.
She may have lost hope, but she still had her dignity.
