(You will have to excuse Liam. He knows about witches and everything. He has been compelled to tell no one. Now you may read…. PS? I feel guilty letting Colin die.)

(Damon POV)

Elena was looking for something. A calculator, I think she was going to school or something. I quickly made a sandwich for her, she hadn't had breakfast yet. Or maybe we could make a sandwich with our bodies…

"Calculator, calculator. Where is the calculator? Of course. Under the catatonic serial killer."

"Hey."

"Hey." I offered her the sandwich.

"Sandwich?"

"I can't. I'm late for my volunteer shift at the hospital." She took a bite out of my sandwich. I smiled.

"OK. Ooh. That's new." I motioned at her ring.

"Oh, yeah. Jo made me a new daylight ring. You like?"

"Depends. Does it work?"

"Well, I'm here, aren't I?"

"Yeah, inside in the shade." I smirked at her.

"I know everyone has their doubts about Jo's magic, but she has an entire month to get stronger and win the merge with Kai, so a little bit of support wouldn't kill anybody."

"Speaking of killing people. Still counting sheep or whatever the hell you psychopaths dream of?"

"Look, Alaric's gone out of town to get some mystical thingamabob to give Jo an edge, and your job is to baby-sit Kai, not smother him with a pillow." I frowned and rolled my eyes.

"Fine."

"And if he starts twitching or something, just give him 50 milligrams of pentobarbital."

"You're so cute when you're all doctor-ly. Oh. Hey. You forgot this. You're not free tonight by any chance, are you? Because I know this little Italian joint that has eggplant so good you actually think you're eating people." She laughed.

"And I happen to have a weird eggplant obsession."

"Perfect."

"Great."

"And I'm thinking maybe after that, go the Arthouse Theatre. They're playing some pretentious French flick." She laughed.

"I don't speak French, Damon."

"Well, not to see the movie, silly. To hide in the back and throw popcorn at the hipsters." She laughed and then frowned.

"Wait, we've gone on this date already, haven't we? Where's Jeremy? You're supposed to be watching him."

"In bed. Sleeping."

"Well then go wake him. He has to get to school."

"Fine." She grabbed her things and headed for the door.

"Fine."

"Great."

"Great."

"Good." She smiled, kissed me and walked out the door.

"Bye."

"Bye." the door slammed and I waved.

I walked out to get something to eat and when I came back I found Liam, trying to move Kai.

"Bad timing. I'm in a mood. What the hell are you doing?" I vamp sped over to Liam, grabbed him by the throat and slammed him against the door frame. "I'll make it easier on you. I'll give you multiple choice: A) I'm being an idiot. B) I have anger issues and I'm a puny human and I have to pick on people while they sleep. C) A and B are both correct." He broke free coughing.

"Liv's dad is in town."

"Really?"

"She's trying to convince him to let Jo and Kai do the merge."

"Oh, so you just thought you'd come and grab Kai as a fail safe in case Papa Parker says no to Liv and Luke. You just turn him loose and he merges with Jo anyway, huh? While I appreciate your efforts, he's a psycho freak magic siphon. I'm not gonna just let you walk out with him." I stopped and clapped him on the shoulder. "I could kiss you right now, you beautiful moron."

"What are you talking about?" I grabbed him, vamped him to the bed, and injected him with the Pentobarbital, and he passed out.

"Yep, that stuff works really well. Nighty-night. That should keep you down for an hour." I picked up his phone and called Liv… live.

"Not a good time."

"Well, I'm sorry to hear that Twinderella. Big pitch going south, is it?"

"Where's Liam?"

"Well, the good news is, your boyfriend and I, I think, have come up with a solution. Now it's a bit of a Hail Mary, but I think everybody gets what they need. I just have to ask Papa Parker one question, so do you mind putting him on?"

"I want to talk to Liam."

"He's, uh, out at the moment."

"Yes?"

"Hello, sir. Damon Salvatore here. We had Thanksgiving together. Anyway, I've been sitting here Googling celestial events happening today and I was just curious: Would a Mercury-Venus conjunction give you enough juice to do a little Gemini merge party?"

"Why?"

"I'm gonna take that evasive answer as a yes. So, here's the situation: I'm gonna need you to use that planet party to merge your set of blonde twins ASAP. Because, well, unfortunately, your formerly comatose son is gonna be on the loose and Hell-bent on beating you to the punch." I hung up. Kai was waking up. "Rise and shine, you little weasel." Kai raised his hand and nothing happened. I smirked at him. "Ooh, trying to pop a blood vessel in my brain? Sorry. Not gonna work. Looks like all that magic you sucked up drained away while you were asleep, which is good for me. Don't worry, I know where you can get more." He sat up and laughed.

"You really think I'm gonna trust you?"

"No. And I'm not gonna trust you. I just happen to need a magic siphon and you're the only game in town."

"Let's discuss my fee."

at the hospital

Kai was washing his hands in the sink. "All right. I need a 12-gauge needle, stat. I don't know what I'm gonna do with it, but I need it."

"You're not a doctor, so stop playing games. Because I am a vampire and I will rip your head off if you screw this up. So do your stupid little magic-suction trick and suck the magic out. Right now."

"I get what you two see in each other. It's very dys-FUN-ctional. (laughs) See what I did? Stressing the 'fun' in dysfunctional-"

"Just get on with it, Kai. Listening to you talk makes me wanna die."

"That's good." Kai put one hand on him.

"Is it working?"

"I have no idea." Jo came in and spotted the man, Kai and me. I waved at her.

"What the hell is going on? What is he doing here?"

"Hey, sis. Little busy. Be with you in a jiffy."

"Hey, shh. Listen. He steals magic. You made it through med school, I figured you knew where I was going with this."

"If you think Kai is doing this out of the goodness of his heart, I can assure you: he doesn't have one. What's the price?"

"He wants to merge. Tonight."

"There. All done."

"How are you feeling? Are you okay?"

"Yeah. Yeah, I think so."

"I can't merge tonight. I'm not ready."

"You almost burned my house down. Don't you think I know that? Luckily for you, it's all be taken care of."

"Damon, what the hell did you do?" I opened my mouth to speak but my neck was broken, I blacked out.

(No one's POV, with Joshua, Liv, and Luke)

Joshua was standing outside, looking up at the sky; Luke and Liv come out the back door to find him.

"What are you doing out here?"

"Just thinking about how proud I am of you and your brother. Built a good life for yourselves here."

"Does that mean you'll think about what we asked?"

"Of course. We share a history. A bloodline." Joshua held out his hands one to each of his children. "We're in this together. We're family." Liv and Luke took his hand and Joshua started chanting. "Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis fiantus. Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis fiantus." The children begin to feel pain. They came to a realization that he was trying to merge them.

"You're merging us?" Luke demanded, hurt.

"Kai has been released. He's going after Jo. I can't let him get to her."

"Dad, stop!" Liv begged.

"I'm gonna kill her! She's not strong enough, dad."

"I'm sorry."

"She's not strong enough, dad!"

"There's no other option. Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis fiantus." Liam came over, shoving Joshua away from his friends.

"She said no! He was going to kill you."

"I'm fine. I'm fine." Luke turned to leave, he had an idea. "Luke, where are you going?"

"You trust me?"

"Where are you going?"

"I'll be back soon. I promise." Luke runs away, Liam and Liv hug.

(Kai POV)

I led Jo to the centre of the park, where the planets would be lining up at. "Look at those pretty planets, all twinkly and bright. Oh, Josette, you would not believe how sick I am of eclipses."

"Let's just get this over with." I cut my palm open, like the ritual demanded.

"You know, if you think I didn't spend the last 18 years in solitary thinking about you screwed me over last time, you're wrong. So if this is just another set up, I'll rip something out more important than a spleen. Like a tongue or a heart. So, any closing remarks?" I smiled at her.

"You're a parasite. You killed the people I loved, you shoved a hunting knife in my gut. You destroyed my life. Now I'm gonna destroy yours." Jo held her hand out to me and I cut it, jerking it.

"I guess we'll see. Won't we?" I held hands with her and we began to chant.

"Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis fiantus. Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis fiantus. Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis fiantus." Jo fell and I turned to see Luke. The merge wouldn't happen if she were already out.

"What the hell did you just do?"

"Oh, I just gave my big sister a little magic knock on the head. But don't worry, she'll be fine. Because you're gonna merge with me." I began to laugh. I patted him on the cheek and he slapped me away, pushing me. "Oh, you wanna merge with me. I hate to break it to you, little brother, but we're not twins. All right, that's not how this is supposed to work."

"Well, that's true. But we share the same parents, the same bloodline and thanks to your time out in the magic penalty box, we're the same age. So it's definitely a Hail Mary and maybe it won't work. But I'd do anything to save my sister's life, so-" he cut his palm and tossed the knife to the ground. "we're gonna give it the old college try." I smiled, laughing again.

"Thanks, but I'm gonna pass."

"Phasmatos motus arrovox." I was dragged toward him, he held my face with one hand. "What's wrong? Are you afraid to play chicken with someone who might actually beat you?" I shoved his hand off.

"Fine." I grabbed Luke's cut hand. "It's your funeral." We began to chant, again.

"Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis finantus. Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis fiantus. Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis fiantus. Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis fiantus. Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis fiantus." I heard Josette wake up.

(No POV)

"Luke, no!"

"Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis fiantus. Sanguinem desimilus-"

"Luke, no!"

"Sanguinem generis fiantus. Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis fiantus." Luke and Kai's eyes both turned white.

"Luke! Stop!"

"Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis fiantus. Sanguinem desimilus, sanguinem generis fiantus." They fall backwards, unconscious.

"No!" Jo got up and ran to her brother, cradling his head in her lap. "Luke, come on. Luke, Luke wake up." Jo began to cry in fear that her brother was going to die. "Luke. Luke, wake up. Luke."

(Damon POV)

I arrived to the park to see Jo was alive and the two bodies on the floor. "Good. You're still alive. That's gonna save me a huge blow out with Ric when he gets back." I looked at Luke and Kai on the ground. "I am definitely coming into something late."

"Luke showed up and he merged with Kai."

"Huh. So I guess adding the words 'twin merge' to my vocabulary was pointless, 'cause they ain't twins."

"He's not supposed to be here. The only reason he's here is because you let Kai out! Luke. Luke, wake up. Wake up, Luke."

"Well, uh, let me give him some of my blood." I moved to bite myself but she stopped me.

"It wouldn't help. It's up to them now. Whoever wakes up is the winner. And whoever doesn't…" Luke breathed opening his eyes. "Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Luke? Wake up, Luke." Jo felt for a pulse. I walked over to Kai, just in case, ready to snap his neck if he woke up instead. They both sat up dumbfounded.

(It didn't work. One, their not twins. Two, I'm not going to count it as a celestial point in the story. I need Luke alive. Review and tell me what you want Kai to do. Die in the end, just like in the show, but not all of them are going to die with him. Maybe Kai should succeed and become leader of his coven. Or maybe Jo and Kai should merge and Jo becomes leader of her coven. I am going to root for number three. Have time until the very last chapter. However, either way Jo isn't going to die. Ric's kids will be born.)