(Chapter ten)

"How many times do I have to tell you to shut up? I have to concentrate here Bonnie. It's not like this is just some easy spell that works in an instant!" snapped Melanie as she rubbed her temples in frustration.

"I'm sorry but what exactly is the point in a spell?" asked Bonnie.

"Ugh, you are so stupid sometimes! Hello, I have to do the spell to actually activate the device." said Melanie in a cold voice.

"So what kind of concentration do you need exactly?" asked Bonnie quietly.

"I need complete silence so I can focus. Just shut up and relax so we can get this done and then take put those idiots where they belong in hell!" she hissed.

Bonnie was quiet as she watched Melanie focus on the object for quite some time. When her concentration was finally complete, Melanie closed her eyes and raised her hand far over the device and began to mumble a spell under her breath. Bonnie began to shiver as the room grew extremely cold and dark. She watched as the device began to raise into the air and without even thinking she grabbed it and ran, not looking back.

"Bonnie?" screamed Melanie as her eyes flew open. "You bitch! Get back here NOW!"

But Bonnie wasn't stopping. She couldn't go through with it, she couldn't take the only family that Ethan had away from him. She knew that Damon had changed and he only needed to control his anger better. She could cut him slack...just this one time. Bonnie was now standing on the front porch of the boardinghouse, banging on the front door until she saw Damon standing in front of her.

"Damon, let me in!" cried Bonnie. "Please!"

"What are you doing here?" he growled but his face grew shocked as he saw Bonnie raise her hand up into the air, revealing a gold pocket watch. "Come in!"

Bonnie ran inside. "Lock everything up. She'll still probably be able to find a way in but please just lock everything up now!"

Elena, Stefan, Alex, and Ethan had now run into the living with looks of confusion.

"What is she doing here?" demanded Ethan pointing at Bonnie.

"I'm saving all of your asses! Now do what I said!" cried Bonnie.

"Bonnie, I'm confused...I don't understand...what's going o-" but Elena's words with cut off with an agonizing scream as she fell to the ground, clutching her head.

"MOM!" screamed Ethan as he ran to her side. Then he could hear the screams of his uncle and father behind him. "Bonnie, what's happening?"

"Oh no..." she whispered. "Melanie must have finished the spell on the device...she's activated it!" cried Bonnie.

"You knew didn't you!" cried Ethan. "You knew this was going to happen!"

No! I swear that I didn't!" said Bonnie as tears ran down her face but he heart skipped a beat as she watched the front door of the boardinghouse come crashing down. Melanie's face was bright red with anger and she stormed towards Bonnie.

"You little BITCH! How dare you?" screamed Melanie as she used her powers to throw Bonnie across the room and into a wall. "You betrayed your own flesh and blood for them?" she was now pointing at the Salvatore's as they all laid on the ground screaming in pain.

"What happened to grams is in the past! You have to let it go and move on Melanie!" said Bonnie as she stood up. "What good will revenge bring?"

Melanie was ignoring her as she turned to face Ethan. "How does it feel to stand there all helpless while your parents die before your own eyes?" she grinned.

"Please...stop!" said Ethan as tears welled up in his eyes. "Don't hurt them, they're all I've got!"

"Does it really look like I care? How bout this, there going to die so instead of making you watch...I'll just go ahead and snap your little neck so you don't have to feel the horrible horrible pain anymore." said Melanie as she stepped closer to Ethan.

Damon could hear Bonnie's panicking voice and it hurt his head worse. Something was wrong and as he looked up, he could see Melanie's hands wrapped around Ethan's neck.

"On the count of three. One...two...thr-" but before she could get the number out, Damon threw her across the room.

Melanie turned around in anger. "How did you do that?"

"Leave...him...alone." said Damon as he still clutched his head, the pain unbearable. "Make it stop..." was all that he could think.

"Damon?" called Bonnie's voice. "Can you hear me?"

"Bonnie?" said Damon in a painful grunt out loud.

"I'm in your head Damon...listen to me. If I can get that device far enough away, it wont affect you anymore. Melanie forgot to get the device from me so I'm leaving. I learned how to teleport so in just a second the pain will stop just hold on a little longer." said Bonnie.

"Just make it stop..." said Damon but he couldn't hear Bonnie's voice anymore, all he could hear were her screams and cries.

"Ethan!" screamed Bonnie. "Melanie what have you done?"

"I killed him, big deal! He had it coming anyways..." said Melanie.

Bonnie was in shock, Melanie didn't know it but he would be waking up a vampire very soon...he would be affected by the device too so this was it, Bonnie had to get out. Slowly, she closed her eyes and pictured a place. A place far away from Mystic Falls. She could feel Melanie coming closer to her.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" said Melanie as she reached forward to grab to Bonnie but her hand flew back. "What the fuck...?"

"Stay back Melanie, I have a force field up, you can't touch me." warned Bonnie.

"Force field? Since when did you learn that?" hissed Melanie but her eyes widened as she saw a light burst out of Bonnie. And then she was gone. "BONNIE?" she screamed but no response. "You can't hide from me!"

Damon, Elena, and Stefan were now coming to. Each of them sat up quietly and looked around the room. Elena's mouth fell open and her eyes filled with tears as she turned to see Ethan lying on the ground, his neck twisted in an unnatural way.

"Damon..." she whispered as he turned to look back and at that moment nothing but anger filled his body.

"Oh Bonnie, come out come out wherever you are." giggled Melanie in a crazy voice as she searched the house.

"Peekaboo, I see you." said Damon as he popped out in front of her, grabbing her by the throat and squeezing it with every bit of strength that he had in him. "You threatened my family and let me tell you, bad move bitch. You killed my own and now I kill you, but lucky for Ethan, he's had my blood and he'll come back. You on the other hand, that's a different story."

"Let me go!" chocked out Melanie. He had caught her off guard, she couldn't defend herself now.

"You can't always get what you want." said Damon. "Such a greedy little girl. Let me ask you a question Ms. Bennett, how does death look to you?"

Melanie's eyes widened as she gasped for air. "Please...no!"

Damon now had both of his hands on either side of her neck. "Death isn't always such a bad thing, been there done that but I came back from death but you, you're not going to. So let me ask you again, how does death look to you?"

"It looks like hell, please...don't do it!" she said as her face was now turning a pale color.

"I think death looks like...this." and with that Damon snapped her neck. "Be sure to send a post card." He threw Melanie's body to the ground and then turned to run over to Ethan.

"What happened...?" asked Ethan as he sat up. His head hurt and the light hurt his eyes. "I feel so hungry..."

"That's step one." said Damon as he picked Ethan up and walked him towards Melanie's lifeless body. He knelt down beside her and lifted her hair off of her neck. Ethan watched as his father bit down and then directed the neck towards him.

"You have to drink to complete the transformation. If you don't, you'll die." said Damon.

Ethan nodded and then knelt down too. He could smell the sweet aroma of the blood circulating through the air. He had to have it and he had to have it now. He turned into a savage as he buried his head on her neck. It tasted so good and he just couldn't get enough. Once he could no longer feel the blood seeping through the holes on Melanie's neck, he stood up and turned towards his family. All eyes were on him.

Yay, Bonnie actually came through! I still don't like her but oh well, she saved them so I guess she deserves a little respect. Thank goodness Melanie is gone now right? And Ethan is now truly a Salvatore, he's one of them now! Well let me know what you all thought and please review! I love you all! ~Lindsey