A/N: Sorry for the wait.
Elena was still shaking from her encounter with Kai. She was semi jogging back to her dorm room to retrieve her phone so she could call Damon.
When she got to her room she immediately started looking for her phone. After a few seconds, she remembered when Kai was here he had slapped the phone out of her hand.
Elena decided to check underneath her bed and there it was. On the second ring, Damon answered.
"Elena?"
Damon! Damon, I need you to listen to me. Kai has Bonnie. I don't know where he's taking her or what he has planned but she needs our help."
"Fuck," Damon cursed. "How long ago did this happen?"
"About ten, fifteen minutes ago. You need to get here now."
"I'm already on my way." Damon assured.
Damon drove like a bat out of hell to get to Whitmore. When he arrived, he used his vampire abilities to get to Elena's room faster.
Elena opened her door and said "Hey."
"Are you all right?" Damon asked as he stepped inside.
Elena nodded her head. "Yeah…I'm a little shaken up but I'll be fine. I'm worried about Bonnie."
"You need to tell me everything that happened."
Elena preceded to tell Damon everything that happened from the time Kai came to her room to when she was forced to call Bonnie and how Bonnie gave herself over so Kai would let her go.
Damon was extremely pissed when Elena finished. He put his hand over his forehead and squeezed his temples out of frustration.
"Bonnie was right," he sighed.
"What do you mean?"
"I was convinced Kai had changed…somewhat. I thought maybe he wouldn't be as psychotic as he had been but I was wrong. She tried to tell me this but I brushed it off."
Elena tensed, realizing what Damon had said was true. Everyone had sort of forgot about Kai or tried to pretend he wasn't here. It was easy to do because he hadn't been bothering us but now he's back.
"This is all my fault." Damon whispered.
Elena stood. "No, it's not. We had no idea he was going to do this. We don't even know what he has planned but we'll figure it out. And we're gonna get Bonnie back."
"Not we, I am. You're staying here."
"Wait, what? No way, I'm coming with you." Elena went to open the door but Damon's hand stopped it.
"Damon."
"Did you forget that you're human now? You can't protect yourself and I have to be focused on getting Bonnie, not protecting you."
Elena stared Damon down but she knew he was right.
"I'm serious," Damon looked her straight in the eye. "Stay here."
And then he was gone.
Elena was frustrated. She knew Bonnie had become an important part of Damon's life, she could see that ever since he came back from the alternate universe but Bonnie was her best friend as well. She should be trying to do something, especially after everything she's been through.
After a few minutes of contemplating, Elena decided to seek help from the only person who she knew could really help her. Or at least she hoped.
Stefan.
(Bonnie's POV)
Just when things were starting to get normal, shit like this happens.
I was on my way to meet Kai and Elena, trying to think of something, anything I could do to get her out of this. When I showed up to the classroom Elena had told me to meet them at, I stopped right outside to take a breath.
This could go bad or really really bad and I was hoping both of us could walk out of here but I knew it was unlikely.
I stepped inside the classroom, which only occupied the three of us, and found Elena sitting in one of the seats while Kai was slowly pacing in front.
He smiled when he seen me. "Bonnie, it's good to see you. You look great."
I fought hard to not roll my eyes. "Can you just tell me what you want so we can get this over with?"
"What's the rush? I mean do you have more important plans than to save your bestie?" He asked in a rhetorical, condescending manner.
"Or maybe," he continued. "You want to rush back and see Damon."
My heart jumped at the sound of his name but my facial expression gave nothing away. At least I hoped it didn't.
I had noticed Elena was awfully quiet and hadn't moved at all. It took me a second but I eventually realized she was under a spell. Kai had used magic to practically glue her to the seat and prevent her from saying anything.
When Kai had mentioned Damon she did give me a funny look however.
"Bon, you don't have to pretend with me. I know how you feel." He put his hand over his chest to emphasize his false empathy.
"I may not be a relationship expert but I know what unrequited love looks like."
My eyes widened slightly. He can't know…
"And I'm sorry to say this but Damon doesn't love you. He loves his precious Elena. And I think you know this as well."
"Stop it. Stop it right now! I'm tired of you playing around, speaking on matters you know absolutely nothing about. Tell. Me. What. You. Want." There was a slight tremble inching up my finger tips that I couldn't control.
"Oh, Bonnie, I didn't mean to make you mad, I was just telling you the ugly truth." He walked over by Elena.
"Isn't that right, Elena?" he whispered in her ear. She looked disgusted to be that close to him.
He laughed, knowing Elena couldn't speak.
Sick and twisted bastard.
"Okay!" he clapped his hands together loudly. "How about this; you come with me and I'll let Elena go."
"So we're making deals now? You still haven't told me what you want."
"Don't worry, that'll come later. It's a conversation I prefer to have in private." His eyes darted to Elena.
"So let Elena go and tell me now."
"Alright." He simply agreed. All of a sudden my body was being forced towards him and he grasped on to my elbow to keep me from running away. Elena was released but hesitated to go.
"Go, Elena."
"No, I don't trust him."
"I said go, I'll be fi-ahhh" Kai had took me by the shoulders and began chanting.
He was taking my powers away. Draining me of life is what it felt like. I heard Elena screaming but it sounded like background noise.
"What are you doing to her!? Stop!" Elena begged.
Elena went to throw something at Kai but he just dodged it and slammed Elena to the ground. When the pain finally stopped I begged Elena to go before he really hurt her.
My last words to her before she ran out were to find Damon.
He'd know what to do.
Defying Damon's orders as usual, Elena called Stefan for help. Surprisingly he had picked up and told her where he was when she asked.
The conversation was on the phone was quick and now she was headed to meet him. She couldn't help but feel nervous.
Stefan without his humanity was very unpredictable but despite everything, she trusted him.
Elena find herself located at a bar not far from Whitmore. She walked in eyeing the scarce crowd and spotted him quickly.
"Stefan." She greeted. "Thanks for meeting with me."
He gulped down a drink. "So what do you want?"
"Bonnie's in trouble and I need your help. Kai-"
"Why don't you ask your boyfriend for help?" He sneered. "I'm sure he'd love to play hero for a day."
"Damon doesn't want me involved because I could get hurt." Elena sighed. "But I don't care what he wants me to do, Bonnie needs us."
"And what makes you think I would want to help any of you?" He got significantly closer, making Elena's breath quicken.
"Because…"
Stefan stared at her like he was seeing her again for the first time.
"What?" Elena asked.
"Your heart," he said. "It's beating…how is that possible?"
"I don't have time to explain."
"How is this possible?" He asked again, with a little more edge to his voice.
"I took the cure!" Elena blurted out but no one around seemed to have noticed or cared.
Stefan's face was a mixture of confusion, amazement, and...hope?
Elena lowered her voice, "Bonnie got the cure from 1994 and gave it to Damon to give to me….and I took it."
Stefan shook his head slightly. "I can't believe this. You're human again."
"Yea…" for some reason Elena started feeling emotional. Maybe it was the way Stefan was looking at her like she was the only person in the room.
"Stefan I need your help and in order for that to happen I need you to turn your emotions back on."
Stefan eyed Elena quizzically. "Is this a trick?"
"No," she said. "We just need you to come back." Elena instinctively put her hands on Stefan's face.
"I need you to come back to me…" she whispered.
Stefan and Elena both had unshed tears in their eyes as Stefan let his humanity and emotions breakthrough after months of being empty inside.
Elena could see his pupils' dilate, his eyes become a brighter green. He was back.
"Elena..." Stefan exhaled. She smiled so big and bright and crushed him to her arms.
"I missed you." Elena whispered in his ear. Stepping back from the hug, they both gleamed at each other.
"Welcome back." Elena teased.
Stefan's face turned serious after he remembered why she came there in the first place.
"What do you need me to do?"
Kai had me locked up in some kind of underground cell. I didn't even want to know how he found this place, I just wanted to get out.
The medium sized cell was cold, hard, and smelled like car exhaust or some type of oil. This wasn't good. I needed to talk my way out of this since I didn't have my powers at the moment.
"Is this really necessary?" I asked. "It's not like I can do anything, you have my powers."
"You may not have your powers but you're smart, which means you could find a way to escape me if I let you out."
Damnit.
"Well what if you just tie me to that chair over there." I motioned with my head.
His eyebrow raised. "With what?"
"I don't know, you're the evil mastermind here. Think of something."
Kai took a minute to study his surroundings for and he actually looked like he was in deep thought.
"I'll be right back. Don't move." He smiled.
Ha-ha very funny.
When he left, I knew I only had a minute or two before he'd be back so I tugged on the lock as hard as I could but it didn't budge. I wish I had a bobby pin then maybe I could have picked the lock.
For some stupid reason I tried to use my magic but it was no use.
I'm useless without my magic, the negative voice said to me.
I heard footsteps approaching and I knew I was out of time. I placed myself in the exact position I was in before he left so he wouldn't know I was trying to escape.
The person who came around the corner shocked me but I felt so relieved. His wide blue eyes met mine and then he started approaching me.
"Damon," I whispered. "How did you find me?"
"I tracked you by your perfume scent. It was strong." He kneeled to snap the lock and chains that were keeping me hostage.
"You better hurry, he'll be back soon." And not a second later, Kai was in the room.
"Damon!" I screamed, trying warn him but by the time Damon turned around, Kai had plunged a syringe full of vervain into his neck.
"No!" I roared. Damon's body fell to the floor and Kai had a smirk on his face.
"So maybe Damon does really love you," Kai stated. "I guess I was wrong about one thing." He shrugged his shoulders.
I noticed Kai had a bunch of wire in his hands. He lifted it up to show me.
He put Damon's hands together and tied them so tight it made small trickles of blood descend. Next, he tied his feet and then he came over to open the cell and dragged Damon's body in.
He grabbed me and sat me down in a chair as he relocked the cell. The wires he tied around my wrists and ankles weren't as tight as it was on Damon but it was still uncomfortable, digging into my skin.
"Now," he placed his hands on his knees and bent down to meet me at eye level. "Let me tell you my true intentions for today."
I lifted my chin, never breaking eye contact with him. "Talk."
"Bonnie, have you ever wanted to be a queen or a ruler of some sort?"
I squinted my eyes at him. "What?"
"You heard me. Haven't you ever wished you were the one in charge of everything? Made all the rules, the decisions. Made people afraid of you."
"Not at all." I automatically said.
"C'mon Bonnie, I know that you're tired of being afraid. Tired of people thinking they can run all over you. Imagine a world where you didn't have to worry about any of that stuff, where you could be safe."
"I wouldn't have to worry about anything if you weren't here." I sneered.
"That's not true and you know it." Kai's voice changed into a much more serious tone.
"You know even if I wasn't here there would be something else out there you would be scared of. Just like you were before you even met me." I averted my eyes away for the first time since he started talking.
For some reason I felt like I wanted to cry because what he was saying was true. No matter who I defeat there's always someone else that's going to come for me. I'll always be looking behind my back.
"What's the point of this?" I snapped. "Things will never be the way I want them to so why are you telling me this?"
"Because I have a solution to all of your problems." I didn't respond so he continued.
"I found a spell that would let me create a new dimension."
I gasped. "Impossible."
"Not impossible. All I need is another powerful witch by my side to complete it."
I started shaking my head. "What makes you think I would ever help you?"
"Because deep down….you want this too."
A/N: Again, I apologize for the wait. Holiday season is making everything busier for me. I hope I haven't lost you guys. You don't ever have to worry about me abandoning this story but just know I might not update as often as I was before. Also, sorry for the lack of bamon in this chapter. I'll be sure to make up for it later on.
Anyway, Kai is crazy...or is he a genius?
Is Bonnie actually contemplating Kai's idea of creating another dimension with him?
Stefan is back, bitches! (Stelena is on it's way too)
Who do you think will rescue Damon and Bonnie?
Leave it in the comments!
