I held her not well, didn't

hold her well, jumped

my gaze from one eye to her other,

seeing neither, pinned one

deadwood arm that numbed, then

fell. I held her unwell.

Ken Babstock, The Sling of Two Arms

"Get out of the car."

"Where are we?"

"Get out."

Ella tentatively slipped a foot out of the passengers side of the car, gravel crunched under it. Bonnie had taken her to a cemetery. A house behind a cemetery to be more precise, but there really wasn't much of a difference for Ella. "Where are we?" she asked again "Why are we here?"

"I said I'd help you find him." Bonnie replied "Here's me finding him."

She didn't understand. When Bonnie said she'd help Ella find the dark haired boy from her dreams, she didn't quite imagine being taken to a cemetery, or even a house behind a cemetery. It was rather morbid and made Ella think that Bonnie was messing with her, the thought scared her. But then an even scarier thought came to Ella's mind— what if the dark haired boy was dead?

"Don't just stand there, move!"

"No." she said. A little voice inside her head was telling her that this was a bad idea. That whoever lived in that house and whatever the reason that made Bonnie bring her here was going to get her hurt. In more ways than one. "Take me back to the lake house." she said "I don't want to be here."

There was movement in a bush behind her, the wind rattled leaves and trees in the cold dark night and Bonnie's patience was wearing thin. She grabbed Ella's arm and yanked "Move!" she yelled but Ella fought her, clutching to the door of the car. Bonnie let go of her arm and grabbed a fist full of Ella's hair instead; "You wanted to find him," she whispered menacingly, her face so close to Ella's that Ella could feel Bonnie's breath on her cheek, "You've been going crazy trying to figure out who he is. Well I'm about to tell you, so stop being a scared little bitch and get moving." Bonnie pulled Ella's hair and half dragged her to the front steps of the house.

All the lights were off in house, it's front door was a black wooden monstrosity with a golden door knob. To Ella it looked rather villainous. Bonnie banged on it loudly and waited for a response, when none came she hit it again and began to yell, "Open up." she said "I know you're in there." Still no answer came, Ella wanted to say that maybe there was no one home but she saw a light flicker on. It came from one of the rooms in the second story of the house. Then another light turned on, on the other side of the door. Ella heard bolts unlocking and chains being moved before the door finally swung open.

"Come for a visit Bon-Bo—"

And there he stood. The dark hair boy Ella kept dreaming of loomed before her. Sure, he looked a little older, his hair longer, face thinner and eyes meaner, but it was him.

"I brought you a present." Bonnie said, pushing Ella towards him. Ella stumbled forward and fell before his feet. Kai was motionless. He looked down at Ella like he'd just seen a ghost. It was the exact reaction Bonnie intended, so she smiled a crooked smile at him.

"What—" Kai stammered "How?" but then his confusion lifted and anger filled his eyes. He stepped around Ella and grabbed Bonnie by the throat, his fingers tightening around it as he lifted her up and pushed her against the wall of the house "Who is that?" He yelled.

Bonnie gasped for air, her hands clawing at her neck trying to pry Kai's hands from it; "It's her." she croaked, "Ella, it's Ella!"

Kai looked back at Ella, she was looking at him with wide child like eyes, fear welling up inside them. "It's her?" he asked again "Really her?" Bonnie made no reply, expect a gurgle for air, Kai slammed her against the wall again "Answer me!"

Bonnie's face was turning blue, she kept fighting off Kai's grip but it was too strong, all she could manage was a feeble nod. Kai dropped her and walked back to Ella. Bonnie lay with her back against the wall rubbing her neck and catching her breath.

As Kai approached Ella she crawled away from him, terror in every look she gave him. "Please don't hurt me." She begged.

Kai grabbed her wrists and pulled her towards him, he sat on the ground before her and gave her an almost tender look, "Don't worry," he said "You know I won't hurt you." And with that he pulled her towards him, wrapping her up in a lovers embrace and whispered a spell in her ear. Before long Ella was fast asleep. Kai picked her up and placed her gently on his living room couch.

Bonnie stumbled in through the door, "We've got some things to talk about."

"Clearly." Kai replied.

"She's not for free." Bonnie said, "I didn't bring her to you for nothing. I want something in return Kai."

"I know where you're going with this Bonnie," he began "I can't help you."

" To hell you can't!" Bonnie yelled "Since the second we meet you've been ruining my life. Finally, I've got something on you and I'm going to use it."

"Really?" he asked "How? You've delivered her to, quite literally, my front door. What's to stop me from killing you right here right now?"

"A few reasons actually."

Kai chuckled "I'd love to hear them."

"Well, first Jo knows about Ella."

"I assumed she would. That's more of a problem for you though, isn't it?"

"It would be, but before coming here I slipped some brew into Ella's dinner. She has..." Bonnie shook her head a bit from side to side as if trying to calculate something in her head "about two maybe three days before she dies. Now that's a problem for you and Jo, isn't it?"

Kai started towards her, his fists clenched "I'll kill yo—"

Bonnie held a hand before him "No, no." she said "You're going to want to be very nice to me. The brew I made is a special concoction. Only I have the antidote. If you kill me, hurt me or anyone I care about, she dies."

Kai stopped and looked back at Ella, he was seething with anger "Unless I what? Bring back Elena?" he asked "You know I can't do that."

"Come on Kai," Bonnie said with a wan smile "I'm sure you'll figure something out."


Author's Note:

Helloooo lovelies!

Sorry that's it's literally taken me forever to update. I really wanted to relate this back to what's happening on the show, which is why I this chapter kept getting rewritten and rewritten and rewritten.

Anywayssss...

I hope you enjoyed it :)