Breaking the Bond

Chapter 13- Fighter

Grant had a terrified look on his face as he saw Klaus standing behind me.

"Lia, lock the doors," Klaus called, coolly and calmly. "And kindly cast a spell over all the other visitors and staff to make them overlook the next half hour,"

I saw the glowering red haired beauty by the door and she did as her master told her. All of the people turned away from us, absorbed in their own conversations and I heard the lock of the door. I wondered what was going on and what Klaus was going to do: I hadn't seen him this mad since the sacrifice didn't take place properly and Elijah was going to kill him.

"Klaus, what's going on?" I asked, looking up at him with a questioning look.

Klaus didn't meet my eyes. He kept his eyes fixed on Grant's dark brown ones instead. Grant had paled and as Klaus got closer to him, he looked like he was going to pee his pants. I couldn't blame him, Klaus was choleric and when he got irate, he did it good. "Get up, Grant," He ordered in a chilling voice.

"Wait, wait, wait. What is happening?" I asked once more, shooting Klaus an angry look. "We were having a pretty pleasant snack date. This is the most fun I've had since I left Mystic Falls," I complained but for some reason I felt this wouldn't help Grant's case.

"He touched you, my love, my Bonnie and he's going to pay. He doesn't deserve to be part of the winning team," Klaus explained to me, in a sweet voice before he turned his murderous gaze onto Grant. His anger rushed through the bond so vividly that it almost made me angry. I could tell that Grant wouldn't be able to make it out alive without my help.

I sprang up immediately as Klaus approached Grant. I touched his arm impulsively causing him to look back at me with a confused look. Grant looked absolutely terrified like a deer caught in the headlights and even though was a vampire and heck, one on Team Klaus; I couldn't just let him die. He had become my sort of…friend and I'd be damned if Klaus killed one of my friends. "Klaus… think this over before you do something reckless," I pleaded with him, shooting him my most wishful look.

Klaus looked at me firmly, "Bonnie, I make my decisions the way I want to. Nobody can control me," He said, sharply.

I edged away from him narrowing my eyes. If he wanted to play dirty… I sighed as he stood in front of Grant who'd gotten up. "What's going on, master?" Grant asked, in his most innocent voice. I could tell that he was freaking out though. The fear was practically radiating off of him in giant waves.

"Don't play dumb, Grant. You know my love is off limits and this is exactly what I thought you knew not to do," Klaus explained, seething.

"I didn't do anything. Give me a moment to explain," Grant pleaded with Klaus, the anguish clear in his brown eyes.

Klaus looked over at me, "What do you think, my lovely? Should I give him a chance to explain himself?" He asked me.

"Well, duh," I stated, obviously and Klaus nodded.

"You have a minute," He told Grant coldly, an unforgiving look on his face.

"Well, I was just telling Bonnie that if a guy…touches her…. In the way I was that they would have to face you…. And that was all," Grant explained, frantically, running a hand through his dark brown wavy hair.

"Fair enough. What about you holding her hand?" Klaus accused, angrily.

"I….I…. I… how did you know about that?" Grant asked and Klaus shot him a death glare.

"So you did-,"

I cut him off, "He's right. How did you know…" I trailed off when I saw Lia the devious redhead grinning up at me from beside the door. I glared at her and knew that she had somehow gotten the picture of Grant holding my hand to Klaus even though it had been nothing more than a friendly, platonic move that didn't mean anything at all. But Klaus thought it did.

"My little Lia," Klaus said and Lia beamed at him, "is more faithful to me than Mr. Grant over here will ever be," His British accent was accentuated with his fury and I knew he was pissed off. I closed my eyes and sighed, trying to push away the anger than was seeping through the bond, clogging into my pores and fuelling my own antagonism.

"I'm faithful to you, sir. I… just…. I didn't do anything," Grant was saying.

"You had your minute, Grant. Any last words?" Klaus asked him, creeping towards him, an evil leer on his face making him look extra ferocious.

"No! Klaus…. No!" I shouted, unable to contain my emotions any longer. I'd had enough. I chanted a spell to send him flying but there was no reaction. I saw Lia chanting and knew she was somehow blocking my spell. Stupid LeFevre witch. I ran towards Klaus and physically tried to restrain him but of course, I was too weak. He batted me away like he would bat a fly. I watched as he approached Grant once more.

He was standing over Grant now and Grant cowered on the ground, unable to do anything but whimper in front of the omnipotent hybrid. He reached out towards him and I knew I had to try with my powers once more. But there was no luck. Lia was blocking my powers and I loathed her more than anything at that moment because my friend was going to die.

"So sorry that your little fantasy with Bonnie couldn't work out…" Klaus said sadly as Grant winced in front of him on the floor. I felt wet tears spurt out of my eyes and I hated my weakness because I cared for Grant even though I hardly knew him. I didn't want him to die!

"I… I'm not in love with Bonnie, master. I promise. We're just friends… I care about her but we're just friends," Grant was blabbering, looking like he was about to pee his pants from fear.

"No can do! I don't share with anyone," Klaus muttered in an ominous voice that made my blood freeze. He glared at Grant and as he leaned down to yank his heart out or snap his neck, I got a crazy idea.

"Klaus, I swear if you do this, I will hate you forever," I said in a quiet but threatening voice.

Klaus turned to look at me, immediately, an exasperated look on his face. "What makes you think you have any control over me?" He asked, starting towards me instead. I could see Grant standing there with a look of relief on his face. I turned to Klaus and smiled.

"I'm not sure I do but I swear to God, Klaus whatever your last name is, that if you kill my friend and nothing more, Grant, then I will hate you for the rest of my existence. I promise you that, Klaus, and I keep my promises," I threatened once more and I saw Klaus's eyes soften.

"Don't be like that, love… you know I have to do what I have to do," Klaus murmured, his cherry red lips forming a pout.

"I am being like that and I'm not your love if you don't respect me enough to listen to me," I said, my emerald green eyes glimmering with a challenge.

"I respect you but I need to kill Grant," Klaus said between gritted teeth.

I stepped towards him and touched him on the shoulders, feeling a spark emanate off my hand and knowing it was something to do with the bond. "Don't do this, Klaus," I said, in a pleading voice that still carried a threat. "Please, for my sake. He's my friend!"

Klaus seemed to be thinking it over. His blue eyes flashed to my face and kept locked there and I looked at him defiantly, a spark in both of my eyes that told him I would keep true to my promise if he did kill my friend. Some of the anger in the bond seemed to melt away and I felt Klaus's eyes soften towards me, a more compassionate look in them. He then turned to look at Grant, a disgusted look in his eyes. "I'll spare your life for my little witch's sake but come here," He ordered, a spark of annoyance still in his voice.

Grant staggered towards him, hope shining in his eyes. He stopped in front of Klaus and looked up at him. "I will be forever grateful," He muttered.

"Good," Klaus said firmly, then he looked over at him, staring into his eyes. I couldn't stop him as he compelled Grant. "Because I can't afford for Bonnie to have another contender, you will leave this state and go back to your home state of Washington. You will not come back and you will not remember Bonnie or a single thing that happened here," He finished and pushed a dazed looking Grant away.

Grant looked around confused before he got a determined look on his face and he marched off, Lia letting him out of the building and out of my life forever. I felt tears build in my eyes because Grant was the one person who made things okay for me, who made me feel a little comfortable. Now Klaus had sent him away. At least he's not dead. I thought, a little thankfully.

"You won't go after him later, will you?" I asked, weakly, sniffing a little.

Klaus shook his head and marched over to me. "No, I wouldn't do that," He informed me matter-of-factly. He looked at his watch. "It's late… we need to get back to camp," He said, and he ordered Lia to remove the witness spell so that everyone in the café could see us once more.

I followed Klaus and Lia reluctantly out of the door, wondering what Grant was doing or what he was going to do. Grant, my only friend here. I thought about Mystic Falls and I wondered if Elena and Caroline had found out about my being with Klaus and I pondered what they were doing about it, if anything.

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Caroline finished washing her face and running a brush through her hair then headed over to Damon's room. She knocked on the door, a worried look on her face. She was worried about her best friend, Bonnie, and what was happening to her. She was with Klaus, the biggest of all evils. But she was tough; that was one thing Caroline was sure of.

Damon opened the door, eyeing Caroline with speculation. "What's going on in that head of yours, babyvamp?" He asked, jerking her out of her thoughts.

Caroline sighed, "I'm just worried about Bonnie. I know she's strong and all but Klaus might be torturing her… he might be forcing her to do some witchy juju for him… Gosh, he might even have killed her… do you think so?" She blurted, her voice reaching the peak of anxiety.

Damon ushered her in and closed the door. He didn't say anything for a few seconds. He led Caroline in and offered her a blood bag before he took a seat on a little loveseat that had been put in the corner of the room. Caroline took a sip of her blood bag and felt a little more relaxed with the fresh blood pumping through her system. She finished it off and reached for another.

"I don't think he killed her. Bonnie's a soldier… a fighter… she wouldn't go down without a big fight and we both know she has enough power to send that sucker to a perennial hell," Damon said, confidently, trying to console Caroline but consoling himself at the same time. He thought of Bonnie and her wavy brown hair, her sparkling jade colored eyes that could look muddy brown depending on the light and her light laugh which he had heard a couple of times and thought was the most melodic of sounds. He couldn't lose her. Not after he'd learned to care for her so deeply.

"I hope so," Caroline exclaimed, finishing the bag she was sucking on and staring up at Damon with wide blue eyes. "I remember when Bonnie, Elena and I first joined the cheer team at Mystic Falls High. Freshman year before Stefan and you came and messed up our lives. No offense," She said, smiling a little.

"None taken," Damon smirked, "So what did our little Bon Bon do?"

"Well, Elena and I were nervous about the whole audition but Bonnie said to us 'if you believe something then you can do it be it getting onto a cheer squad or fighting zombies,' See, she was obsessed with the apocalypse which she was convinced would happen sooner or later," Caroline's lips parted into a wistful smile and she didn't know she'd been crying until Damon wiped a tear smoothly off her face, "In that moment, and in all that followed, Bonnie was always so strong. Even when her Grams died because of…. Whatever… she bounced back so quickly because that's just how stalwart she is," Caroline continued. "She's my hero,"

"She's a pretty heroic girl," Damon agreed. "A very good role model,"

Caroline nodded, and then stood up. "Well, we need to go save her. What's the name of this friend of yours who is a vampire as well?" She asked.

"He's called Liam. We'll head out to see him now," Damon suggested, getting up as well. They hid the blood bags somewhere inconspicuous in case room service came to clean up and then headed out to see Liam, hoping he could tell them where Lucy Bennett was.

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Caroline and Damon stopped in front of the 1 storey Bungalow that Damon insisted Liam lived in and Caroline's heart sped up beating a little because maybe there was a chance that Bonnie would be okay. "Are you sure this is the place? It doesn't look like a vampire's neighborhood," She commented, a confused look on her face.

The street was bright and the garden of the house had flowers of all different colors arranged in colorful shapes. Children played hopscotch on the corner of the street and mothers walked with their babies in their strollers, big smiles on their faces without a care in the world. It was so not a vampire sort of place.

"Yes, I'm sure. He texted me this address a few months ago when he moved. It does look a little too….sunny, I'll admit," Damon said, looking around suspiciously.

"Are you sure you can trust this guy?" Caroline asked, skeptically. She put her hands on her hips.

"He was my friend a few decades back and he was loyal to me then so yes," Damon responded, confidently.

They approached the front door and Caroline took a step back to allow Damon to knock because after all, it was his friend. Damon knocked and they waited a few seconds before a guy with slightly curly brown hair and big brown eyes came to the door. "Damon Salvatore?" He greeted, an incredulous look on his face and Caroline noticed he had a British accent.

"Liam Payne?" Damon asked back, smiling back at him and Caroline noted that Damon was actually smiling, not smirking! For the first time ever…

Liam nodded and Caroline noted that he was actually kind of hot and he looked about her age too. Damon stepped forward and surprisingly patted the guy on the back and Liam hugged him a little tensely. Caroline thought their behavior was super cute. "It's been a few decades, hasn't it?" Liam said, surprised.

"Yes, it has…" Damon stepped back and gestured to Caroline. "This is my friend Caroline Forbes or Babyvamp as I like to call her,"

Caroline smacked his arm and Liam grinned at her, offering her his hand. "Lovely to meet you, my dear," He said, politely.

Caroline shook his hand, blushing slightly. "You too," She responded, cheerily.

Liam ushered them in and they followed him into the living room which was a very white room. There was a white couch, a white armchair, white rugs, white curtains… the list could go on…

"This is very… white," Damon commented, saying exactly what Caroline had been thinking. It was relaxing though.

"Yeah, mate. I like that color," Liam said, breezily. "Sit, sit," He gestured to the chairs and couches and Damon and Caroline took a seat on the white couch and Liam sat down on an armchair nearby them.

"So what's new with the Older Salvatore?" Liam asked, his accent ringing clear.

"Well, my…. Other friend got kidnapped by Klaus the Original and I was wondering if you knew where a certain one of her relatives is," Damon explained, quickly.

"I see," Liam sighed, "So Klaus is up to his menacing ways again,"

"Oh he's never stopped," Caroline put in and Liam looked amused.

"He's one sick man," He said before he looked over to Damon once more, his brown eyes concerned. "What is the name of the relative you are trying to find?"

"Lucy Bennett. Do you know where she is? She lives here in Atlanta but I'm not sure where exactly," Damon told Liam.

Liam's eyes lit up with recognition. "Ah Lucy Bennett… she's a good friend of my girlfriend actually. I do know where she is…" He smiled, and stood up before he picked up a small notebook off of a white shelf.

Caroline looked at Damon pleased and Damon grinned back at her giving her a look that said 'see'. She smiled back at him just as Liam perched back on his seat. "Well, I have her address but it seems she changed her number and failed to inform me or Danielle," He murmured.

"The address is good as anything," Caroline said, chirpily, and he handed her the book. She saw the words Lucy Bennett written down and 'witch' and then her address scrawled in a messy squiggle. She handed the book to Damon who read the address and committed it to memory then she placed it back in Liam's hands.

"Thank you," Damon told him, a sincere look on his face. Caroline could tell that Damon and that Liam bloke were actually good friends. And it was surprising to her that Damon would befriend such a nice person.

"Oh no problem. You know how we are… we help each-other out and stuff," Liam said, taking the book and placing it back on the shelf.

There was the sound of the door opening and then footsteps. "Liam!" A female voice called and Caroline and Damon looked towards the door and saw a pretty very curly haired girl with mocha colored skin. She was dressed in a black miniskirt and a red tank top under a short black jacket. Her brown eyes sparkled as she saw Liam and she threw her arms around him. Caroline felt her heart swell and then fall because of Danielle's resemblance to Bonnie.

"Danielle, how was work, lovey?" Liam asked his girlfriend.

"It was fine. I was dancing for Flo Rida today and I rode a private jet to LA-," The petite girl stopped talking as she saw the other two vampires. "Oh who are you?" She asked, looking over at them.

Liam jumped in, "This is my good friend Damon Salvatore," He gestured to Damon then to Caroline, "and his friend, Caroline,"

Danielle smiled at them both. "Well hello then," She said, coming over to shake their hands. Both Damon and Caroline realized in shock that she was a human! They could feel her veins pumping with blood and more, they could smell the fresh delicious blood.

"Hi," Caroline said, politely, "Danielle, is it?"

"Yes," Danielle responded just as Damon stepped in, slipping his arm around Caroline's shoulder. Caroline was shocked at the notion but hid her astonishment from Liam and Danielle.

"Well, we'd best be going… We'll see you around then, guys?" Damon asked, looking over at Liam who nodded.

"It was nice seeing you, Damon. Let's hope our subsequent meeting is in less than a few decades," He said, sarcastically and Danielle didn't look shocked or surprised so the duo guessed that she knew about Liam's vampirism and was okay with it. "And it was nice meeting you, young Caroline,"

"Yes, I hope so too. Goodbye," Damon said, casually.

"Bye bye, Liam. Bye, Danielle!" Caroline exclaimed, cheerfully, and Liam showed them out. Caroline smiled as she saw Liam wrap his arms around Danielle as they started back towards the motel. It reminded her so much of Stefan and Elena back home, she thought she would cry. She missed Mystic Falls already. Also, Danielle sort of reminded her of Bonnie. Caroline knew that Damon had been distant since Danielle came because of that reason. It was clear that Danielle had spunk very much like Bonnie Bennett.

Caroline and Damon got into Damon's car to go to the older Bennett's house because Lucy Bennett's abode was a few miles over and they were too lazy to vampire run that far and besides, it would be less suspicious. Damon had specifically chosen the motel that they had stayed in so they could walk to Liam's house easily. He hadn't known where Lucy Bennett lived.

"That Danielle, she was human," Caroline said, in astonishment, as she drove the car down the road. She had insisted on driving because she was sick of sitting in the passenger seat doing nothing while Damon did all the driving.

"Yes, I noticed. This Twilight thing is getting so overrated," Damon scoffed, scornfully. "and I don't like her… she's annoying… dancer…pffft…"

Caroline put the hand that wasn't on the driving wheel on Damon's shoulder. He flinched away from her and she rolled her eyes. "I know why you don't like her and it's not because she's a super cool dancer. It's because she reminds you of Bonnie. She reminded me too. My heart tore into a million pieces when I saw her, believe me. I want Bonnie back sooooo much." She told Damon.

Damon sighed, and looked at her, "I want Bonnie back too. I didn't know how much that damn witch meant to me," He muttered. The rest of the car journey was spent in silence. Caroline knew Damon was pining over Bonnie and she didn't want to ruin his thinking time.

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"Well, me and you, Bonnie dear, will be sharing a tent and Lia can have the other one," Klaus said, as we re-entered the area where our tents were posted.

I grunted. "Why can't I have the tent alone and you and Lia share a tent?" I demanded, irritably. I was still annoyed at the fact that Klaus had compelled Grant to leave forever.

"Because I am boss here and what I say goes, understood?" Klaus asked me, a serious look on his face.

I rolled my eyes but didn't say anything. Lia approached me. "Do you have my Grimoire?" She said, putting up the pretense of being polite in front of Klaus.

"I'm still not done with it… I'll give it to you when I'm finished," I said, sweetly.

I saw Lia grit her teeth but she stole a look at Klaus who was watching our exchange amused and smiled: a fake smile of course. "Okay… take all the time you need," She exclaimed, in a sugary sweet voice.

"That's the spirit, Julia. Getting along with Bonnie is in your best interest," He told her and she smiled at him.

"Anything for you, Master Niklaus," She sang and Klaus just nodded at her.

"We'll be moving tomorrow up and early. Our next stop is home sweet home," He drawled in his British accent.

Lia bowed her head at him, nodding then shot a glare at me behind his back. "Goodnight, Master… Bonnie," She said, snarling on my name before she entered her tent. I almost giggled at her antagonistic behavior. It was so funny how much she hated me. I hated her too.

"Let's go into our tent, shall we Bonnie? It's cold out and I wouldn't want you to catch a cold," Klaus said, a few moments later.

"Hmm…what are you up to, Klaus?" I asked, suspiciously.

"Nothing out of the ordinary," Klaus responded, "which means nothing,"

"I see, well, if there's any funny business, I will set your ass on fire," I threatened, as we entered the tent together. "And there will be no Lia to block my spells," I gestured to her tent which was about 10 meters away from ours.

"Aww, love. You care so much." Klaus said, sweetly, and I just rolled my eyes at him knowing that this was going to be a night to remember. Alone in a tent with a psychopathic hybrid far, far away from home. How lucky was I?

A/N: VAS HAPPENINNNNN? Okay, Bad One Direction reference but I couldn't help it! I hope this chapter satisfying enough. The next chapter will be oozing with Klonnie hahaha! What did you think of what happened to Grant? I didn't kill him…. *innocent look*

REVIEW and tell me what you thought and I'll try to update mega soon!

I've heard about Kennett too, Kol/Bonnie and I was thinking about writing a oneshot… If I do, I'll post it and I hope you guys will read it.

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Lily xx

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