Title: Transference
Rating: M
Genre: AU/Supernatural/Romance
Pairing(s): Bonnie/Tyler, Bonnie/Klaus, Caroline/Matt, Caroline/Tyler (minor), Stefan/Elena, Rebekah/Damon, Alaric/Abby, etc.
Summary: When Tyler asks for Bonnie's help getting rid of his sired bond to Klaus neither of them are prepared for the consequences…
Chapter Seven: A Plan
Bonnie Bennett sighed as she sat down next to Elena Gilbert on her porch steps. She started slightly when Elena knocked their knees together playfully.
"Something's bothering you," Elena commented when Bonnie looked over at her.
"I'm just thinking," Bonnie said, "And believe me...I have a lot to think about."
Elena smiled softly at her. "It'll work itself out," she said, "Everything has to eventually right?"
Bonnie shook her head though a small smile tugged at the corner of her lips. "We are talking about us right?" Bonnie asked.
Elena rolled her eyes. "It'll be fine," she said. Even if Elena wasn't sure. It wasn't as ifElena knew about everything that occurred during the weekend that Tyler and Bonnie had been out of town and seeing as they had only just gotten back she doubted she would get the rundown anytime soon. Besides it was a miracle that Tyler had left her alone with Bonnie this long. She suspected it had something to do with whatever he was in Bonnie's kitchen talking to Matt about. She was distracted from her thoughts when Bonnie shivered beside her. "What is it?" Elena asked.
"Just a little cold," Bonnie said with a small laugh.
"I'll go get your jacket," Elena said standing. Bonnie stopped her with a hand on her arm. Elena looked down at her in question. "Tyler's jacket?" Elena asked. Whatever had been going on she could tell that it was hard for Tyler and Bonnie to stay away from each other. When Bonnie nodded she knew that her thoughts were along the same wavelength. "Sure thing," Elena said.
Bonnie waited until the door closed behind Elena to start scanning the bushes surrounding her house. Something was there she could feel it. She stood slowly descending the steps and walking toward her property line. She stopped as she heard movement. "Who's there?" She asked her eyes settling on the real reason that the shiver had ran down her spine.
"Hello Bonnie," Klaus said as he made himself known. He had been having her house watched so that he knew the moment that she returned. Even if he wasn't ready for the confrontation, he couldn't stay away from her.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Bonnie asked. She had her guard up but for some reason it was harder than normal, as if something was in overdrive trying to break it down.
Klaus ignored her. Instead he stepped into her personal space. For each step he took forward, she took one backward, until they were in an awkward dance that neither would bow out of. Finally when Bonnie's back hit the side of her house and she realized that there was nowhere else to go, it stopped. "How was your weekend?" Klaus asked his voice sounding almost curious.
"Leave," Bonnie said. Her tone didn't leave any room for argument and yet Klaus didn't move. Bonnie wondered absently, where Elena was. Then she wondered if Tyler felt the need to come outside.
"Have you figured it out yet?" Klaus asked still ignoring her. Whatever it was, this feeling she was causing, her closeness only made it worse. More distracting. He reached and brushed her hair over her shoulder to reveal the bare skin there. The part of her neck that didn't hold Tyler's mark, a mark that he wasn't aware of. "Have you broken my connection to Tyler?"
Bonnie blinked in surprise but as she looked at him she realized he didn't know anything. That he was only guessing at her and Tyler's motives for disappearing. "What if I did?" Bonnie asked, not one to shy away from a challenge, "Would it stop you from coming after him?"
"Only you can do that my dear," Klaus said leaning forward and inhaling her scent. His body went tense. She smelled like him, Tyler. In fact her scent was so muddled with Tyler's that it almost seemed like they were one and the same.
Bonnie smirked. She supposed she should be afraid. It seemed that after all this time; Klaus was finally seeing her as a viable threat. But a part of her, a part that seemed foreign and familiar at the same time, felt as if she had some sort of control over him. Some unknown pull that she was blocking and he was...embracing? "Don't tell me that you finally realized what I'm capable of?" Bonnie asked her tone slightly mocking.
"Something like that," Klaus said. Their eyes met and Bonnie noticed as his flashed yellow. He pushed his wolf down, a part of him not wanting to scare her. He was surprised to see her frown.
"You shouldn't restrain your wolf like that," Bonnie said before she could stop herself. She surprised them both by grabbing the sides of his face and forcing him to meet her eyes once more. "You can only cage an animal for so long before it defies you and breaks free," she said thinking about Tyler's attempts to do the same.
"And what, Miss Bennett," Klaus asked, "Do you know about wolves?" He doubted that she would be looking so smug if she knew exactly how much he wanted to mark her in that moment. How tempted he was to force her into submission.
Bonnie noted the moment his eyes once again became golden and his fangs dropped. "Obviously a lot more than you do," she said letting his face go and brushing his hands away as she did so, "You should let your wolf out to play once in a while. Maybe if your more animal urges had a better outlet you could stop being such a homicidal maniac." Not that that would stop her from wanting him dead.
"Animal urges, hmm?" Klaus smirked. She talked like she spoke from experience. He wasn't sure how he felt about that. "That doesn't bother you? You're not afraid?" He asked.
Bonnie rolled her eyes. "Do I look like Little Red Riding Hood to you?" Bonnie asked. Bonnie watched as his face returned to normal and he chuckled. He didn't back away though, much to her dismay. She once again wondered where Elena was and then thought about how she had managed to be civil to Klaus as long as she had. "Why are you here?" She asked her eyes hardening.
He still didn't know and that was that problem. "You tell me?' Klaus said.
Bonnie's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. She really didn't have time for this. Besides, she needed to get rid of him. Even if they had been working on Tyler's possessive nature, she doubted seeing Klaus wouldn't test his restraint. Still she couldn't help but wonder, not just at Klaus' odd behavior but at her own. "Tell you what?" Bonnie asked.
So she had decided to play dumb. Even if Rebekah was right and Bonnie had no idea about Dahlia, he was sure that she knew something about whatever was compelling him to seek her out. To know her. To possess her.
"Bonnie?" Klaus growled at the sound of Tyler's voice. As Tyler made his way around the house, Klaus could feel his face distort once again. "Elena said you were cold so I thought I would come out and warm you up," he said. Tyler stopped dead, when he saw Klaus hovering so close to Bonnie, looking to Tyler, ready to attack.
Bonnie realized Tyler's intent before even he did. Just as Tyler sped toward them she sent Klaus flying with a wave of her hand. Tyler stopped just short of attacking her, his breathing heavy and his body trembling. Bonnie wrapped her arms around his middle and rested her head against his chest. She breathed in and out evenly and encouraged him to do the same. It wasn't until she was sure that he was calm that she turned to where Klaus was climbing to his feet. "Leave," she said firmly.
Klaus, whose eyes had been one Tyler's strayed to hers for a moment, and he read the warning there. Still he couldn't help looking at Tyler once more. There was a challenge there, and a sureness to his demeanor involving Bonnie that Klaus hadn't seen even in Tyler's actions toward Caroline. He watched as Tyler wrapped his arms around Bonnie's waist and once again fought the urge to attack. He calmed as his eyes moved to Bonnie. "As you wish," he said. He began walking away from them but turned to give Tyler one last warning. "Be careful," he said, "I'm still the one in control here."
"That's what you think," Tyler said not bothering to keep the defiance out of his voice. Bonnie shook her head in warning and his jaw snapped shut. He knew that she was right, he was angry but he realized that there was too much at stake to give anything away.
"Just go," Bonnie said glancing in Klaus' direction. To her surprise, with a nod, he sped off. They watched him go. Bonnie didn't relax until she was no longer able to feel his presence. Then she began to wonder when she had started feeling his presence to began with. It didn't take long to connect the dots in her mind, it had something to do with his wolf, it had to be.
"What the hell was that about?" Tyler asked looking down at her.
"I don't know," Bonnie said shaking her head, "I had a weird feeling so I followed it and it led me to Klaus. He said something about us disappearing. He asked, in a roundabout way, if I had figured out a way to break the sired bond."
"Do you think he knows something?" Tyler asked some of his prior fears returning. Bonnie shook her head. He wanted to be relieved but he could tell that something else was wrong. "What is it?" Tyler asked.
"Something was off," Bonnie said thinking over the encounter, "He seemed...different. I could tell that he was trying to keep his wolf at bay."
Tyler stiffened and he fought the urge to go after the Original. "He was a holding back from attacking you," Tyler said, "I'll kill him."
"I don't think he wanted to attack me," Bonnie said, "He seemed to want...something else." She let her words sink in and she saw the moment that he understood what she was trying to say. She didn't want to upset him but she knew how important it was to be honest with him. They were in this together after all.
"You don't think..." Tyler trailed. The dream that he still hadn't told her about came to mind. He wanted Klaus dead even more. But more than that he wanted to claim, to take her and get rid of any fear that he would ever have of losing her.
"I'm vulnerable to wolves," Bonnie sighed, "It wouldn't be a stretch. But I was able to block whatever connection he was trying to push out."
"Just like you were able to block me out a first?" Tyler asked. She had fought against their bond, they both had, and it had still overwhelmed the in the end. Maybe Klaus didn't have a spell that would speed things along but that didn't mean he would stop pushing and that didn't mean that Bonnie could resist him forever.
"Look at me," Bonnie said noting the frown on his face. She knew the territory that his mind must have been treading toward. She waited until their eyes met before letting her face show everything that she felt for him. "You don't have anything to worry about, " she said.
"I know," he said, "I do." It wasn't Bonnie's loyalty that he was worried about, but rather Klaus' power and persistence.
"We just have to be careful," Bonnie said, "We're still ahead of him in all of this. We can get rid of him. It'll just take some time." He nodded but she could still tell that he was still trapped inside of his own head. "I thought you promised to warm me up," Bonnie said changing the subject.
"I'll see what I can manage," Tyler said pulling her close to him. As he smelled Klaus' scent on her, however, it was Tyler who began to feel cold.
:::
Abby Bennett looked the woman standing on the porch of her childhood home as if she had grown another head. She blinked once and then twice before finally she was able to find her voice. "Excuse me?" She asked.
Esther gave the woman a patient and placating look. She was sure that the witch had heard her. As weak as the woman's powers were, Esther knew that if she persuaded the mother then the mother could persuade the daughter, so she decided to keep her calm. "My son," Esther said, "Niklaus must die. All of my children, but it must begin with him. Once he is gone, the others will lose their fight. I have come to realize that in creating them I was wrong and now I must atone for the sin I committed against nature by destroying them. I need your help to do so."
Abby's face showed a little more understanding and for that Esther was relieved. "How do you purpose that we help you?" Abby asked. She wondered what Esther needed from her and Bonnie that she couldn't get anywhere else.
"I suppose given that it is I that need you," Esther began, "I should be honest." Abby nodded. Esther knew the daughter valued truthfulness so it stood to reason that the mother would as well. "I was friends with a Bennett witch and she connected me to your line," she said being as honest as needed to be, "I was using that connection to perform a spell that would allow me to kill Niklaus but the connection was broken and I could not perform the spell on my own and so..."
"You need our powers," Abby finished. Esther nodded.
Esther nodded. "I apologize for exploiting our connection without your knowledge but as I am sure you are familiar with my son and what he is capable of I know that you can at the very least understand my motivation," she said. She reached out and touched Abby's hand. "I know that your don't trust me," she continued, "You have no reason to do so. But we are fighting for the same cause, we want the same end. I should hope that you could at least see that much."
Abby smiled, and shook her head slightly. "We may wan the same outcome but we're not in the same fight," she said, "You have your own motivations for wanting Klaus dead and I only have one, my daughter. Killing him would give my daughter freedom from fighting and freedom from fear. She wouldn't trust you and I highly doubt that she would work with you unless she was misguided into thinking that she had no other choice. Since she is my motivation then I will follow what I think that she would want. However, I will discuss this with her and if she decides that she wants to help you then I will consider it as well."
"That's all I can ask," Esther said, "Though, I had thought a woman like you would understand that sometimes a mother must take matters into her own hands when it comes to her children."
Abby took a step back into her childhood home, gripping the door as she did so. "Something about listening to a mother plotting to kill her own children for whatever the reason kind of makes you want to get your own child's input on life or death situations," she said.
"I ruined their lives my creating them," Esther said her tone unrepentant, "I am simply righting that wrong."
"You know," Abby said, "The day we let you out of your little coffin my daughter described you as a mother that would do anything to keep her family together."
"I am," Esther said sounding offended, "And they have been together in life and they will be together in death."
Abby shook her head again at the logic. But she supposed that if she had a son like Klaus, then she would probably think the same way. Then again, Esther was responsible for the monster that Klaus had become, so shouldn't she have to deal with the consequences? Well, it wasn't for Abby to judge. "Well whatever the case it's your decision to make and your children to consider," Abby said, "Now if you excuse me I'm going to go and call my daughter." With that she slammed the door in Esther's face.
When the door closed Abby jumped at the hand that landed on her shoulder, before turning and glaring at Alaric. "I'm surprised that you didn't jump at the chance to kill Klaus," he said, "Especially since you're so big on doing things for Bonnie's own good and we may not get another chance like this."
"It doesn't matter," Abby said, "You were right. If I keep doing things behind Bonnie's back, then I will run out of chances. Besides, she deserves to know about this. There's a reason that this Esther character came to me and not her."
Alaric nodded. "You sound like a mother," he said, "I'm so proud." Abby rolled her eyes at him, but she was smiling. "Let's get Bonnie on the phone, shall we?"
:::
Bonnie Bennett let her mother and Alaric into her house. Once Abby had called she thought it best that her mother come to her. She wanted everyone involved to know about what Esther had purposed so that they could all figure out what to do about it. She didn't trust the Original witch but she was still shaken enough by her encounter with Klaus to consider taking the woman's help. And so they all, Bonnie, Tyler, Elena, Caroline, Matt, and Alaric, sat and listened to her mother detail her meeting with the Original witch.
"I don't think that we can trust her," Elena said after Abby stopped speaking, "But I'm sure that the spell she wanted me to perform would work. But maybe there's another way."
Caroline sighed. She considered this from where she sat next to Matt. "But come on you guys," she said, "Think about this, it's not just Klaus anymore. We have not only the other Originals to deal with but Klaus has more hybrids that even we know about and if he dies I doubt that they would be happy about it. I say we at least take care of the hybrids first before we think about going after Klaus."
Abby shook her head at that. "We may not have that luxury," she said, "I'm no closer to figuring out a way to combine Vervain with Wolfsbane than I was when I started and Klaus has already approached both you and Bonnie not to mention the crap he's already pulled. Do we really want to spend time trying to figure out how to do his hybrids in?"
Matt nodded in agreement. "Exactly," he said, "And how long is it going to take for him to realize Tyler isn't sired to him anymore? I mean we can't keep it from him forever."
"Tyler isn't sired to Klaus anymore," Bonnie said out loud for her own thought process. That was true but there were obviously still more than of few if not all of his pets who were. But how many of them were willing? Tyler had tried to fight Klaus and failed but it was the spell that ended up freeing him. Bonnie's mind drifted from the conversation to the dream she and Tyler had shared. Performing the spell, the wolves bowing down, and then her Grams' words came back to her. "...What comes next." The spell had worked in the dream, she had been able to perform it correctly.
Tyler looked over at her in concern. He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her close to him ignoring the conversation for a moment. "Bonnie," he whispered, "What is it?"
Bonnie looked over at him and wondered if she should tell him where her thoughts had wondered. But then again she couldn't keep anything from him, if she didn't tell him now then he would figure it out later. "I was thinking," she said loud enough for everyone to hear, "That maybe we don't have to destroy the hybrids, at least not all of them. What if we could transfer their loyalties instead. If we could break their ties to Klaus they would be free to fight against him and the rest of the Originals as well."
"And how are we supposed to do that?" Elena asked. The concept sounded just fine, but the execution...
"The spell," Tyler said looking over at Bonnie, "When all of this first happened...Bonnie and I had this dream...I didn't think anything of it before but it makes sense now. Klaus doesn't know I'm not sired to him anymore, he doesn't even know that there is a way to break the bond. I could get in on the inside, see who is really loyal to him and who wants out. I know a lot of hybrids that would jump at the chance to break their connection to Klaus."
Caroline shook her head, still not buying into this plan just yet. "Let's say for arguments sake that the spell works," she said, "Will they really want to trade one master for another? I mean if they aren't bound to Klaus then they'll have to be bound to someone else. Are we going to try for Bonnie again?"
Bonnie shook her head. "That would be too risky," she said, "I'm already vulnerable to werewolves and since Tyler hasn't...fully claimed me it would be too dangerous for me to tie myself to that many. It could easily go to them being sired to me to any number of them pushing for something more. Then Tyler and I would be forced to do something that neither one of us are exactly ready for."
Caroline nodded though she wasn't completely sure about what Bonnie meant, she was sure t hat her friend would fill her in later. "Then who?"
Abby glanced between her daughter and her daughter's wolf and nodded. "Tyler is the obvious choice here," she said, "He's the only one who has a chance on the inside and he'll be doing all the ground work. He'll have to convince them to trust him enough to allow Bonnie to perform the spell in the first place and I'm sure that once they realize that once Klaus is dead that the spell will end as well they will be onboard. They can't exactly fight against him otherwise, and Tyler knows that more than anyone."
"Do you think that you can handle that?" Matt asked sounding slightly skeptical. He eyed his friend and wondered how they had gone from planning his first date with Bonnie to planning to bring down Klaus in the short span of a few hours.
"If it gets rid of Klaus then I can handle anything," Tyler said reaching over and gripping Bonnie's hand.
"Remember that you said that," Alaric said, "Because someone is going to have to keep Klaus occupied and from the looks of it Bonnie is our best bet."
Abby glared at him, shaking her head. "I don't know how you all handled things before I got here but we are not putting my daughter in the line of fire."
"That isn't your decision," Bonnie interjected, "You didn't see what I did. Whatever going on Klaus is interested in me or at least he's interested in using me to keep Tyler in line. We wanted him to go after me instead of Caroline and that's exactly what he's doing. If he keeps going after me then Tyler will go after him and he'll be forced to make a power play."
"He'll have me play errand boy and keep me busy with the rest of his pets," Tyler said finishing her thought process. Bonnie nodded. "I don't like this," he said, "I don't want you anywhere near him." Before Bonnie could voice her objections he shook his head. "I know," he said, "Right now...it's our only option. I know that you can handle yourself, so let's do this."
"Okay," Bonnie nodded squeezing his hand.
"That takes care of Klaus and the hybrids," Matt said, "Bonnie's the bait and Tyler is going undercover but what about Rebekah...she's been a problem lately and I don't think she'll be going away anytime soon. For whatever reason she's been watching all of us...what if she gets suspicious."
Elena bit her lip as there was only one person that she could think of that could be a sufficient distraction as far as Rebekah was concerned. "I'll talk to Stefan," she said.
Bonnie and Caroline looked at her in surprise. "Elena," Bonnie began, "You don't have to"
"If all of you can put yourselves at risk then I can at least try and convince Stefan to keep Rebekah out of our hair," she said, "Besides he's been wondering once been going on, this way I can tell him just enough to get him to stop asking questions. Also if he is involved then he's less likely to be suspicious."
Bonnie nodded. Stefan's hero complex was notorious. The best way to deal with either of the Salvatores would be to make them think that it was them saving the day. It was about time that they could actually use the Salvatore ever present need to save Petrova women to their advantage.
"Alright," Abby said looking around the room at the teenagers she was realizing knew and experienced entirely too much for their own good, "Now that that's settled. How do you want me to respond to Esther?"
"Just pretend to go along with her plans for now," Bonnie said, "At least on a trial basis. We need to be aware of what's going on with all sides in this and that's the way we're going to do it. That is...if you think that you can handle Esther." Abby gave her a look that spoke volumes. "Alright then," Bonnie nodded, "Its settled." For a moment Bonnie felt nostalgic. It was almost like before. Them all working together, no secrets, like an actual team. Kind of like they had been before the supernatural ripped them a part.
"Looks like the Scooby Gang is back in business," Caroline said. Bonnie laughed but she couldn't but think that they finally had a plan with at least some chance of working.
:::
The only idea that Rebekah liked less than going to Nik's pets for help was the thought of her brother breaking down over another Bennett witch. It wasn't that Rebekah had ever had a problem with Dahlia, the contrary in fact, the witch had been an important fixture in all of their lives before her death. The problem that Rebekah had had everything to do with her brother's reaction to the witch's death. He seemed to be heading down the same road with the Salvatores witch and she was sure that Bonnie would no doubt reject her brother and then where would they be. With their mother and the Salvatores plotting their deaths, they couldn't afford any distractions. So whatever this was that was slowly draining her brother's focus, Rebekah would see to it that it would end, even if that meant playing nice with his puppies.
Rebekah knocked on the door of the haunt that Nik kept that was closest to Mystic Falls and waited for one of the nameless hybrids to answer. She didn't see any point in remembering their names when she couldn't recall their faces. They were disposable, casualties that just so happened to make her brother feel less alone.
The door opened to reveal a burly brown haired hybrid that puffed out his chest as if Rebekah was supposed to be intimidated. "Step outside," Rebekah said, "And close the door."
The hybrid blink. "I answer to your brother and not you," he said. Rebekah could see the underlying resentment at the fact that he had to answer to Nik. It was clear that he would make this difficult.
"Well my brother," Rebekah said, "Your sire is in need of your help so I suggest you step outside, close the door, and take a little walk with so that your other little pack mates won't hear exactly what I'm about to say. If you don't I'll just have to rip your heart out faster than you can say Puppy Chow and find someone who can follow orders."
He stepped out then closing the door behind him. When the door was shut Rebekah sped off and the hybrid followed. Once Rebekah was sure that they were far enough away that even those with enhanced hearing would be unable to catch their conversation she stopped.
She stood facing the hybrid and hoped that he would know what she had come here for. She didn't want to have to go and sift through all of Nik's pets until she found someone that could actually tell her something useful. "I'm going to ask you a question and if you can't answer it then I suggest you find me someone who can," Rebekah said straightforwardly. He nodded. "What do you know about witches?"
The hybrid frowned. "Seeing as Klaus has enough of them at his disposal I'm assuming you're not looking for common knowledge," he said.
Rebekah nodded. "As you seem to be aware that there are things beyond that of common knowledge then I assume you have answers for me," she said.
"So I guess it's safe to say that you would like to know about a witch as she pertains to a wolf," he said, "That's a weighted question with many answers."
"Then how about you narrow it down a bit?" Rebekah demanded growing impatience.
"You can't," the hybrid hissed, "The servant of nature and the wolf have been one longer than your kind have existed."
"One?" Rebekah asked an eyebrow raised.
"Witches are connected to nature and wolves are a part of it," he said, "They can sense life and we are drawn to them by instinct because of it. There have been many connections forged between the two species and with time they will continue to grow stronger and new ones will arise."
Rebekah blinked at this before she shaking her head. "I don't need to know about all of them," she said, "I am sure that my brother only suffers from one."
The wolf growled. "The wolf and the witch do not cause each other suffering," he said, "The suffering is in the separation once a connection has been formed." Rebekah looked unimpressed and this didn't surprise him. Those outside of their kind rarely understood. Even he didn't understand fully until he had forged a connection with a witch of his own. It was Klaus' fault that he was separated from her now. His loyalty to Klaus constantly warred with that connection and he didn't want to place her in danger. "Describe to me what he feels and I can tell you what I know," he said.
Rebekah nodded. She told him about Bonnie and her pull over Nik as well as Tyler's sudden interest. She made an small mention to Klaus having similar ties to a witch in Bonnie's family but didn't reveal any information about Dahlia herself. Dahlia was theirs in life and would be in death.
The hybrid nodded. "This witch," he said, "Bonnie Bennett, I know of her family, of her line." Rebekah rolled her eyes. He said Bonnie's name with an air of respect and reverence without even knowing her. "Their line was the first to reach out to the wolves, they're notorious for taking them on as familiars and have an innate understanding of our nature. She seems to be just coming into her powers, once she understands them and learns how to use them she'll be valuable asset to any wolf."
"I don't care who she'll be an asset to," Rebekah spat, "I care about what's happening to my brother."
The hybrid sighed. "It seems to be the beginnings of a familiar bond," he said, "Maybe a bit more than that. He'll want to be near her, take care of her, share her power, and whatever else she permits. It's a mutually beneficial bond that is nearly unbreakable once the witch is marked. In some cases it progresses to a need to be mated. Bennett witches tend to be vulnerable to bonds with wolves and so it tends to reason that this other hybrid could be drawn to her as well. In Klaus' case I think he may be in even more of what you consider to be danger."
"How do you know all of this?" Rebekah asked. It seemed as if he spoke from experience. She knew that Nik had always respected witches and their power but she had always thought it was because of Dahlia. But this man was speaking with the same appreciation and awe that Nik always used, even for the weakest of the witches in his arsenal. Could it be because of this phantom connection that he claimed that wolves and witches shared.
"And why is that?" Rebekah asked. She stepped forward her stance threatening. She didn't like what she was hearing.
"You said Klaus was drawn in the same way to someone else in the Bennett line," he said, "But I'm guessing he never marked her."
"Our mother took care of his wolf side rather quickly once we became what we are," she said, "Even so she died before he even knew what he was. He found out when he killed her murderer."
The hybrid nodded. "Then it's as I suspected," he said, "Since the connection was never fully made its possible that it never died or perhaps Klaus' wolf was still in want of it. Either way something as has awakened the need for it and nothing good can come from the wolf being denied."
"So what does he have to do?" Rebekah asked.
"Get her to submit and form the bond of course," he said, "And if the wolf wants a mate claiming her is of course the next step. It looks like, at least according to you, he as some competition. But ultimately it will the witch's choice. She can choose one or the other, or she can choose not to choose."
"What the hell does that mean?" Rebekah asked.
"The secrets of the wolf are sacred," he said, "I'll tell you only if or when you need to know it." She knew then that she had gotten all that she would get from him, at least for now.
"Fine," Rebekah said, "But I'd like to know your name." The hybrid raised a brow. "So that I know who to ask for if I need to know more information," she said, "Or who to kill if I find out that I was given misinformation."
"My name is Gabe," he said without fear, "And all the information in the world won't do anything to help you if you don't know what to do with it. Believe me I speak from experience." With that he was gone.
:::
Bonnie sighed contentedly as she woke up in Tyler's arms. She could almost forget the incident with Klaus the night before, and the plan that they were all about to embark on...almost.
"You okay?" Tyler whispered. He wasn't, but that didn't matter in the long run. As long as Bonnie was happy and taken care of, anything else seemed inconsequential.
"I should be asking you that," she said tracing his jaw line with her index finger, "I know you're still upset about Klaus and you still have some sensitivity and some possessiveness to deal with. We both do but its worse for you and me be around Klaus isn't going to help things."
Tyler sighed. He wanted to ease her worries but at the same time didn't know if he could without lying to her. It was bad enough that she still didn't know about the dream that had started the fears in the first place. He placed his hand over hers, linking their fingers together. "Of course it won't be easy," he said, "But I doubt it will be easy for you with me surrounded by hybrids who may or may not be loyal enough to Klaus to rip my heart out at the first sign of betrayal." When Bonnie tensed at his words he kissed her softly. "Its fine," he said, "I understand that this could be the only chance we have to get rid of Klaus. I'm selfish but not that selfish. I can get over my jealousy, the insecurities, and all the other bullshit that comes with this wolf stuff if it means that we can all be free of all this and that I'll have you in the end."
"You'll always have me Tyler," Bonnie said seriously, "You don't ever have to doubt that."
"I know," he said, "You're not the one I don't trust." The fact that Klaus had the nerve to come to Bonnie's house, approach her, touch her. He could still smell his scent.
"Tyler," Bonnie said gently running a hand down his arm. She didn't think that he even realized that he was shaking. "Don't think about it now," she whispered, "Before you know it it'll be over and you can go back to making dirty jokes and forcing me bake you cookies."
Tyler smirked. "When did I stop forcing you to bake me cookies?" He asked. Bonnie laughed and moved to get out of bed but he stopped. "And who said those were jokes?"
:::
Both Tyler and Kol were finally allowed back in school. The confrontation that the students hoped for and the teachers expected never happened. Instead there was a problem with Tyler Lockwood and Bonnie Bennett and the issue of PDA. Tyler couldn't seemed to keep his hands off Bonnie and though Mr. Saltzman promised to take care of the issue, by the time half the day was over no one saw him do anything but halfheartedly reprimand them and the new couple was seen disappearing into his empty classroom more than once.
Though, Kol didn't seemed to have given up, he ranked rather low on Tyler's priority list, after Bonnie, the threat of Klaus, Jeremy's lingering feelings, and preparing for his and Bonnie's first date. Besides while Elena was working on Stefan, Caroline had agreed to keep Kol away from Bonnie. Matt seemed to think that it wouldn't be long before Kol started taking an interest in her instead.
Tyler rolled his eyes as he watched Matt watch Caroline. "Just because you're still hung up on Caroline doesn't mean Kol is going to go after her too. I hate to say this but he'll probably keep going after Bonnie just to piss me off."
Matt's eyes didn't stray from the scene that Kol and Caroline made arguing in front of Bonnie's locker. "I'm not still hung up on Caroline," he said not seeming to have heard the rest of Tyler's statement.
Tyler rolled his eyes. "Whatever," he said, "Look, about my date with Bonnie...I want to do it before anything else happens. I have a feeling that things with Klaus are just beginning. I mean he came to her house man."
"And you don't want your first date to be ruined by thoughts of a creepy homicidal hybrid?" Matt asked. Though they both knew the answer to the question.
"Yeah," Tyler said, "That and I want to do it while we have time and nothing else to worry about."
"Well I suggest you get it over with this week," he said, "Let's not take any chances."
Tyler nodded. He was about to tell Matt what he had planned when Bonnie's sudden presence distracted him. He watched as Bonnie and Elena walked toward them. He smiled and reached out the moment that she got close. He pulled her against him. "What are you two talking about?" Bonnie asked as she wrapped her arms around his middle.
"That's for me to know and you to find out," he said backing her into Matt's locker.
"Keeping things from your girlfriend already?" Elena asked.
"I know," Bonnie said frowning up at Tyler, "I think I should punish him." She sighed happily as he leaned down and ran his tongue over the mark he had left on her neck.
"Does that mean I get a spanking?" Tyler whispered in her ear causing her to shiver.
"Well whatever you do don't do it on my locker," Matt said. He gave Tyler a playful shove as Tyler released Bonnie and turned to glare at him.
Bonnie grabbed his hand and tugged him away from Matt's locker and toward her own but stopped when she noticed Kol. Sighing she shook her head. She didn't have time to deal with Kol. She would just have to go to Alaric's class without her book. He was basically going after her mother so it was safe to say he owed her a pass. Changing directions to pulled him toward the Alaric's classroom.
"So how did it go with Stefan?" Matt asked Elena as the two lingered waiting for Caroline.
"I don't know," she said honestly, "I didn't get to ask him anything really. I'm still not sure that I can trust him. I'm thinking I should maybe go to Damon instead."
Matt frowned. "Do you want to go to Damon because you can't trust Stefan or because you don't want\Stefan near Rebekah?" He asked. He doubted that Damon would have the same effect as Stefan as far as Rebekah was concerned and they needed her sufficiently distracted.
"Does it matter?" Elena asked biting her lip.
"If it means the difference between the plan working and not working then yes it does," Matt answered honestly.
"It could still work," Elena said, "I mean she did show some interest in him before."
Matt shrugged. "As long as you're sure," he said, "And you need to be sure." They had were putting pretty much all of their cards on the table and he doubted that it would go over well if things got screwed up because Elena couldn't take a little competition.
"I'll take care of it," Elena said her eyes drifting to where Tyler was pulling Bonnie into an empty classroom. She could risk Stefan going to Klaus with this, Damon would have to work. "I know how important this is," she said seriously, "I won't mess this up."
:::
Klaus looked up as Rebekah walked into his study. He had been mulling over what Rebekah had revealed to him about wolves and witches. He was now more than convinced that whatever he was feeling Tyler was feeling to some degree and that was the reason for his sudden turn around. It was the only thing that made any sense. The only thing that could explain the sudden interest in Bonnie and his disinterest in Caroline, unless he had been right all along and they had planned it. But no, they couldn't act that well. And the possessiveness he had seen in Tyler's eyes had been no act.
It was upsetting to think now, that his love for Dahlia had been influenced by a part of him that he had not known existed at the time. Still he knew that what he felt for her had been real. She had been pure and powerful. She had been the only one who had ever been completely truthful with him, and wasn't afraid to speak her mind. She had seen him for who he was and in accepting him, for the briefest of moments in time she allowed him to accept himself. To feel that again, it was so tempting despite the promise that he had made her. Besides, it was clear that he couldn't stay away from Bonnie, as much as he hated to admit it. Dahlia was gone and he thought that any chance to kill his loneliness had died with her, but perhaps he had been wrong.
"It would seem that Tyler and Bonnie are an item," Rebekah said as she sat down at his desk, "It's legit. They couldn't keep their hands off each other, it was sickening." She watched as Klaus' face fell and her indifference for Bonnie grew to distaste. "But it's good that you know now," she tried, "I mean now that you know the witch already has a wolf you can focus on more important things. Like the fact that nearly everyone around us including mother, wants us dead, perhaps?"
"Now Rebekah," Klaus said, "You know me better than that." He wasn't going to give up that easily. He was more powerful than Tyler and more than that he had him in his back pocket. As far as Klaus was concerned they were on and uneven playing field and he had the upper hand.
"Nik,: Rebekah hissed angrily, "You need to focus on what's more important here. We need to focus on survival. This is not the time for you to get into a pissing contest with Tyler over a witch who won't give you the time of day."
Klaus slammed his fist on his desk so hard that the surface cracked. "There was a time when you would've chosen Stefan over me so don't preach to me about priorities."
"That's different," Rebekah sighed, "Stefan and I loved each other."
"No," Klaus said, "You loved him. Blindly and weakly. Now he loves another and your time has passed. For me there is still a chance."
"She isn't Dahlia, Nik," Rebekah said shaking her head, "She may be a witch and she may be a Bennett but that doesn't make them interchangeable."
"This isn't about Dahlia anymore," Klaus said. He looked away from her his mind already working for ways to get Tyler out of the way, but more importantly to spend time with Bonnie. It would be so simple really. A few words, an order and Tyler would have no choice but to do his will.
"It's just about the loneliness that she left behind," Rebekah said. Klaus pretended he hadn't heard her but they both knew that he had, loud and clear.
:::
Bonnie felt Klaus before she could see him. She was on her way to Tyler's house after receiving a text message from him telling her to meet him at their tree. She had made it to the front porch when she felt the slight pull that she was trying to block out. Unlike when Tyler was close, this made her feel hollow. She wondered if it was because she was blocking it out or because Klaus was as empty on the inside as she had always expected.
She made her way down her steps and down the walk. The night hair whipped through her hair. It sent her scent out into the wind and she heard a growl of approval. A moment later there was rustling and Klaus came around the side of her house, his chest bare and smudged with dirt and jeans slung low on is hips. Bonnie raised a brow at his appearance.
"Hello Bonnie," he said smoothly, 'You look lovely this evening."
Bonnie looked down at herself. She had changed into a lacy, midnight blue dress, the moment that Tyler had texted her telling her that he had a surprise for her. He had been conspiring with Matt since they had gotten back and so she allowed herself to feel excited. But seeing Klaus caused her excitement to lessen. "And you look like you've been rolling around in dirt," Bonnie said her nose wrinkling in distaste.
Klaus chuckled as he walked up closer to her. "You advised me to let my wolf out to play," he said, "I decided to give it a try."
"And so you came here?" Bonnie asked, "Why?" Under different circumstances she might have taken Klaus' sudden appearance as a moment to begin to act on their plan but in that moment she was more concerned with getting to Tyler.
"I wanted to thank you," he said, "I've just unleashed this part of myself but I've yet to embrace it. I think I took a step toward that tonight, and that's mostly due to you."
"You're taking my advice now," Bonnie marveled, "So if I were to advise you to leave..."
His hand reached out and wrapped around her wrist. "I wouldn't make it that easy for you, love," he said. He wasn't surprised when she snatched her hand way but at least she had let it linger a little while.
Bonnie rolled her eyes. "Of course you wouldn't," she said, "Where's the fun in that right?"
"Precisely," Klaus smirked. Despite Rebekah's annoyance with him, he had decided on paying Bonnie another visit anyway. The wolf had demanded it. Rebekah's words had rung true and that loneliness that she had thrown in his face hadn't eased until he had found himself sitting outside of Bonnie's house in wolf form listening to her move around on the outside. He had roamed around on his own a bit first and he found that he liked the freedom and the wolf's instinctual nature. "I'd like to thank you properly," he said.
"Then leaving would definitely be your best bet," Bonnie sighed, "Or dying or falling off the face of the earth."
"How about dinner?" Klaus offered unbothered by her obvious disgust. It was, after all, to be expected.
"You can't be serious," Bonnie laughed. The image of them sitting at a table with blood bags in front of each of them made her shudder. When Klaus remained straight faced she became even more uncomfortable.
"Too much too soon?" Klaus asked. He made sure to let some humor into his voice thinking that perhaps it would unnerve her. "How about a walk then?"
Bonnie cocked her head to the side and eyed as if he were laboratory specimen. "I have plans," she said, "And even if I didn't...no."
"Those plans," Klaus said his hands clenching into fists, "They wouldn't happen to be with Tyler would they?"
"Yes," Bonnie said no seeing a reason to lie. Even with the plan it was better this way. He wouldn't by her showing sudden interest in him and she could act better if her feelings were genuine and the disdain she felt for Klaus definitely was. Besides, it was obvious that they had been right about his interest in her and this would do well in the effort to push into banishing Tyler to get him out of the way.
"What of Caroline then?" Klaus asked hoping to push a button. Surely Bonnie had to feel something along the lines of discomfort due to the fact that her best friend's ex-boyfriend had had no problem with moving right on to her without even a lick or guilt or remorse. "Did you ever think that there is a reason behind his sudden change of heart?" He said.
"You mean something as interesting as the reason that you suddenly want to take me to dinner?" Bonnie shot back. She had been reading the information that Lucy had given her and she was now more convinced than even that Klaus' wolf was drawn to her. She didn't quite know how she felt about that, but if it could help them get rid of him...
"I think we both know that I have a thing for witches," Klaus said invading her personal space, "You remember Greta, don't you?"
Bonnie placed a hand on his chest, using it to push him away. "Well," she said, "The only wolf that I have a thing for is waiting for me so I think I'll be on my way."
"I'm a persistent man, Miss Bennett," he said his eyes flashing yellow for just a moment.
"Maybe so but I'm a stubborn woman and I'm also impatient and not at all impressed," she said, "So I suggest you let me go."
"I will," Klaus said, "This time." Bonnie watched as he vanished. Something in the way he said the last words, gave her pause. He would be back and even though that was what they wanted Bonnie couldn't help but feel as if interacting with Klaus would only lead to more trouble and unexpected consequences. Telling herself that the end would justify the means she continued on her way to her car so that she could meet Tyler.
:::
Tyler couldn't stop pacing. Bonnie was late. Bonnie was late and Klaus was out there and he wanted her. He was trying desperately to stay calm. It wasn't working.
His pacing finally stopped when he heard a nose close by and he smelled the familiar scent. He had wanted to do something special for Bonnie and with Matt's help he was able to do that. They had spent hours after school stringing up the lanterns up onto his and Bonnie's tree. Abby had helped him cook her favorite foods and he had stolen some of his mother expensive China and her crystal wine glasses. He already had the blanket spread out, the food set up, and everything ready until all there was left to do was wait for her. Finally she was there.
He watched as she walked through the tree branches, breathtaking in the glow of the lanterns. He could tell that she was still to focused on him to take on the scene. "I'm sorry I'm late," she said, "I got held up with..." Her voice trailed as her eyes took everything in. He felt accomplished as she beamed up at him. "Tyler," Bonnie said, "It's beautiful. I don't know what to say."
"You're beautiful," he said. Tyler walked around the food to stand in front of her. He pulled her into his arms but hesitated as he smelled something almost offensive just underneath her scent. "Klaus," he growled.
"Yeah," Bonnie sighed, "That's why I got held up." She looked up at him and she felt the moment he began to disconnect. "Tyler," she said gently, "Its fine. It just shows that we were right about his interest in me and really I think it's more his wolf than anything else..." She realized that she had said the wrong thing when his face began to distort. "I-"
"Don't," he said, 'I'm fine." After a moment he managed to look almost calm. This was their first date, he wouldn't ruin it for her. He had to restrain himself. He didn't have a choice. "Come let's eat," he said, "I made your favorites."
"You cooked for me?" Bonnie asked surprised.
"I'd do anything for you," Tyler said simply. He kissed her gently on the lips and helped her to her seat.
"That goes both ways you know," Bonnie said smiling.
"I know," he said. That knowledge was something that Tyler was secure in. "You'll do anything for the people that you care about," he said, He sat down across from her, crossing his legs. "That's one of the many reasons that...I love you, Bonnie."
She looked at him and he could tell exactly how she felt, even if she couldn't say. She leaned forward and gave him a soft kiss on the lips. "Thank you," she whispered.
"Anytime," he said.
Dinner passed peacefully. They were comfortable with each other in a way that another couple couldn't be, in tune with one another. This was how Bonnie knew that although he was enjoying himself, Klaus' presence entirely absent from his mind and their meal. She saw his fist clench and unclench more than once. She didn't say anything until after Tyler packed up the picnic basket and cleared off the blanket for them lay down on. He laid down on his back looking up at the lanterns and she followed suit her head pillowed on his chest.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"You mean other than the obvious?" Tyler asked. He sighed nuzzling the side of her neck. "Well," he said, "Right now the only thing that I want to do right now more than kill Klaus is claim you and I can't do either."
"Just because I'm not ready for everything doesn't mean we can't do anything," she said running a hand slowly down his chest.
"I know," he said, "But right now..."
"You're restraining yourself," she said. She sat up and really looked at him. She knew it was time to put herself out there completely. Too much was happening and they couldn't afford to leave anything unsaid.
"I don't want to scare you," he said, "This is our night together like this as a couple and it'll probably be our last. I don't want fuck it up by turning into an animal because some asshole doesn't know when to quit."
Bonnie climbed on top of him, straddling his hips her legs one either side of him, her dress riding up as she did so. She pressed her body against his, wrapping her arms around his neck. He kept his hands firmly at his sides, even though it took some effort to do so. "You'd want me with or without Klaus in the picture right?" Bonnie asked.
"Of course," he said, "That's not...I can't lose control with you Bonnie." He was scared of what would happen. He still remembered the fear that was in her eyes on the night that he had marked her. He didn't want to see that again.
"Tyler," Bonnie said her finger playing with the hair at the nape of his neck, "We're together. If you can't lose control with me than you can you lose control with?" She rubbed her cheek against his and smiled when he gave a rather affectionate growl that reminded her more of his wolf form than his vampire. She moved long enough to kick her heels off before she resumed her position, feeling triumphant she felt his hands grip her thighs. "I...," she said taking a deep breath, "I love you, Tyler Lockwood. You don't have to hide from me."
He knew she mean for the kiss that followed to be gentle but he would have none of that. She had said she loved him, out loud. Knowing it and hearing it were two different things. As his tongue roamed her mouth possessively, the wolf howled happily inside him.
He quickly switched their positions and Bonnie found herself on her back. Her tongue danced with his as his hands kneaded her thighs. He pushed her dress up until it bunched up at her waist. She had a moment of slight embarrassment when she realized the only thing covering her lower half was a rather lacy pair of red panties that Caroline had forced her to buy, before all thoughts of embarrassed left her as settled between her thighs, grinding down against her and creating a delicious amount of friction.
She whimpered as he sucked her bottom lip. She tugged at the hem of his shirt, her hips moving in time with his as he continued to grind against her, his erection teasing the growing wetness between her legs.
He pulled from her long enough to pull his shirt off. "Say it again," he said his voice gruff, It was more animal than man at this point but that only heightened Bonnie's arousal.
"I love you," she moaned. Her breathing was harsh and heavy as they continued to rock against each. His mouth found hers with a new determination. His hands gripped her tighter, almost bruising, as he lifted her hips higher.
Even through their clothes she felt like perfection. He was so fucking close. But still he wanted more of her. He didn't want to stop until his scent permeated from, and until she was completely consumed by him. He felt her hands roams his back, his chest, and then back again sliding just beneath the waistband of his jeans. It wasn't enough. He could smell her scent. Feel her writhing against. Hear her moaning and whispering his name. But he wanted more...
Bonnie protested as Tyler's and his body stopped moving. "Don't tell me you want to stop now," she said her voice breathy and unrecognizable. It was the sexiest thing that Tyler had ever heard.
He didn't want to come in his pants like some little boy had just had a wet dream, he wanted to be inside of her but she wasn't ready for that. But there something that he wanted, a need that the scent of her arousal was created in him, he wanted to taste her and he said as much out loud.
"Do what want," she said the lust obviously effecting her thought process, "I'm yours remember?"
"Be careful what you say, Bennett," Tyler said his face distorting slightly.
"I'm not scared, Lockwood," she responded, "I trust you."
Tyler nodded. She lifted her hips as he slid her panties down her legs. He spread her legs apart as he leaned forward, growling in approval as her scent surrounded him."You have no idea how fucking good you smell," he whispered.
Bonnie bit her lip as she watched as he leans forward, his hands grasping her thighs as he presses his mouth to her sex. He hands found their way inside of her dress, as he cupped her bare breast, running a thumb over her nipple, his practiced tongue making her back arch off the blanket. She couldn't stop herself from squirming, couldn't control her breathing, or the sounds that she was making. But for once she didn't care. She wanted the control to be his and so it was. He tease her his strokes slow and light at first and then becoming harder and faster.
She writhed against his mouth as he plunged his tongue deep inside of her, his mouth pressed tightly against her sex. She could think of only him. As her body tensed her eyes opened and she was blinded by the light of the lanterns and exhilarated by the feel of the night air against her skin. All these feelings though new to her weren't frightening, because Tyler was there with her. She couldn't think of anyone else she would rather be with. The orgasm hit her fast and hard, ripping violently through body without warning. Tyler's grip on her thighs tightened, almost painfully, as his mouth devoured her juices. Reluctantly he pulls away, the wolf momentarily sated and content.
He kissed his way back up her body, biting down on her neck when he reached his mark, sending another round of shivers down her spine.
Tyler kissed her with a fierceness that almost frightened her before he pulled back, resting his forehead against hers. "I love you," he whispered. The words someone meant even more than they did all the other times that he had said them. "Whatever I have to do I'll do it," he said, 'Whatever it takes. Just never stop telling me that you love me."
She smiled then, looking him in the eyes. "I love you," she said. She repeated it again and again until his lips found hers because that was what he needed and what she needed too.
:::
The next afternoon Tyler Lockwood found himself in the last place that he wanted to be, Klaus' mansion. The icing on the cake being that it was Kol that let him in. The farther he was from Bonnie, the quicker the high she gave him wore off. The time that he had spent the night before holding her, kissing her, tasting her, it all seemed like a dream almost. Even them spending the day together seemed far away. The closer he got to the source of his anger, the more it threatened to consume him.
"How's your girlfriend?" Kol asked as soon as he had the door closed behind them. Considering Matt was becoming more threatened as far as Kol was concerned than Tyler was, he was pass the point where Kol could wind him up.
It was the fact that Klaus had summoned him that had him on edge. He blamed that on what happened next. Before he could stop himself he had Kol pressed against Klaus' front door his forearm pressed against his throat. "You're not good enough to think about her," Tyler growled, "To say her name. To breathe her air. To exist in the same world that she exist in. So you have no right to ask me about her."
"For once something that Tyler and I agree on," a voice said from behind them, "However, I must ask that you release my brother. You and I have business to attend to."
Turning to Klaus, Tyler's anger toward Kol evaporated and found a new source. He wasn't an idiot. He knew why Klaus wanted him there, it was evident in the smugness of his expression. They were wolves, territorial animals. Klaus was invading Tyler's territory but he seemed to be under the mistaken impression that it was the other way around, and worse than that Tyler couldn't do anything to correct him. Klaus would do what he could to get him out of the way, and for now he would have to step aside. He had a pack of hybrids to infiltrate after all.
"I have few jobs for you to do," Klaus said. He gestured for Tyler to follow before he went deeper into the mansion.
"Yeah I bet you do," Tyler said only just holding on to his self control. It was easier not to try and kill the sick bastard when he was sired to him. Now there was only one thing stopping him from defying Klaus and going after him right then and there. It wasn't Klaus power over him but rather it was Bonnie's, and so when Klaus began to walk away he followed.