Author Notes

This one was harder to write. Idk about y'all, but it's been a rough few weeks for me. This chapter was getting ridiculously long so I cut it in half. I hope to put up the next chapter much sooner than usual.

Bonnie and Kai start working on their magic and Kai is feeling some feelings! Next chapter will explore Bonnie's developing feelings.

sweet dreams,

disconapnoir

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"Are you gonna do it or what?" Bonnie asked, patience starting to wear thin.

"I will! Just give me a minute…" Kai's tongue darted out to wet his lips. He had been concentrating on her magic for the last few minutes, trying to siphon without obvious detection. It wasn't going well.

"You're trying too hard." She admonished.

"Excuse me for trying to not zap the life out of your hands."

They were seated on a large blanket at the beach, on hour two of Kai's siphon training. He sat crossed-legged across from Bonnie, hands lightly covering her open palms, eyes shut in concentration. He could feel the magic emanating from Bonnie, criss-crossing over the blanket and running across the tips of his hair like static electricity. The temptation to rip into it and drain it all away was pulsing in the front of his mind, generating a headache and oddly enough, a slight-erection. He's always had masochistic tendencies.

"This would be so much easier with a spell." Kai had always excelled at memorizing spells. He didn't have a photographic memory, per se, but once he understood what the words were responsible for, what each line conjured or extinguished, he could commit the spell to memory. His mother used to call it his "one good gift." His father called it a "talent wasted." He wondered what Bonnie would think of it when her training began.

"I can feel your mind racing and it ain't got nothing to do with this exercise." She sassed.

"Hot and psychic? I'm one lucky son of a — bitch!" Kai shouted, rubbing his forehead where Bonnie zapped him with her magic.

"The sooner you master this, the sooner we can leave this place, but you have to take it seriously." Bonnie stood up to stretch out her legs. Kai watched her mahogany skin sparkle gold in the sunlight.

"You know, you have really long legs for a short person." Kai reached out to hold her calf and Bonnie swatted his hand away. He reached out with his other hand.

"Now you sound like my ballet teacher." She scowled.

"Yeah, what was she like?" Kai asked half-heartedly, mind focused on tracing the outline of her calf muscle with his index finger.

"Bitchy but effective. On your feet." Bonnie's no-nonsense voice was back.

"I'd rather be on my knees right — ow!" Kai was yanked to his feet roughly. "Im getting you back for that one."

"I'm sure you will, after you learn how to siphon discretely. Now come on." Bonnie held her hands out once again. Kai placed his above hers and closed his eyes.

"There might be a spell for this, but that doesn't matter because I know you can do it. You've done it before. You just have to visualize this for yourself." She spoke calmly. "Can you feel my magic?"

"Yeah I can feel it." His mouth was already watering.

"What's your first instinct? What's your power telling you to do?" She asked.

"Drain it. Take it all." Kai's voice was breathy. Bonnie was ashamed at the flare of heat in her core at his words.

"And you absolutely could, but you won't." Bonnie stepped closer, looking up into his determined face. "You take what you need, which is just a little."

Kai inhaled sharply and began to draw on the magic emanating from Bonnie's open palms. She winced at the sting.

"Shit! Sorry…" Kai muttered under his breath.

"You're ripping at it, but you're not crunched for time. Your back isn't against the wall." Bonnie coached him through it. "You don't have to be a vacuum. Be a sponge."

It was a good mental image. Kai pictured Bonnie's magic absorbing into his hands like water into a sponge. He exhaled slowly. It was working. He could feel her magic filling him up. Kai opened his eyes and was met with Bonnie's flushed face, her breath unsteady as she leaned slightly forward.

"Does it hurt?" He asked cautiously.

"Umm no, it's not painful, it just feels…raw. Kind of like…" Bonnie swallowed with some difficulty.

Kai could see her nipples hardening under her tank top. He let go of her magic immediately. Bonnie giggled nervously and ran her fingers across her scalp.

"That probably won't fly with everyone, so we need to try it again." She opened her palms up.

Kai was slow to smile as he placed his palms above hers. "Does it fly with you, Bonster?"

"Focus." She snarked.

Kai closed his eyes and concentrated on the sounds of waves crashing on the shore just a few yards from them. He imagined Bonnie's magic as a vast and fluctuating sea. He was swimming in her ocean. Kai inhaled slowly. Just take what you need. Just take what you need. He chanted the mantra in his head. He could feel it working, the magic gently flowing into him. He opened his eyes. Bonnie still had her eyes closed, the wind blowing the curly tendrils escaping from her topknot.

"How does that feel?" He smiled.

"What does that mean? Are you even trying this time?" Bonnie grimaced, looking up at him.

"Can't you tell?" He asked.

Bonnie's eyes went wide with the realization. "You're doing it. You're really doing it!" A warm smile blossomed on her face.

"I'm getting the hang out it now." Kai's smile grew bigger.

"I told you it was possible." Bonnie's eyes sparkled in excitement. Kai's honest smile made his blue-grey eyes glow in the light. She smiled at the younger Kai peeking through his joyful expression. One blink and the coldness began to creep back into his stare.

"You said it felt like what before?" He asked innocently.

"Kai…don't even think about it." Bonnie interrupted, already backing away.

He began to advance on her. "What feels raw exactly?"

"This is really immature, you know." Bonnie's tone was meant to be disapproving, but she sounded more like a schoolgirl. And just like a schoolgirl she followed her initial instinct to turn and run. Kai grabbed her by the arm and wrested her to the ground.

"I'm just practicing my many siphon techniques." He spoke above her as she struggled half-heartedly. He knew she was just as curious about his power as he was.

"This was not what I meant." She huffed beneath him.

"So, we already know I can do this—"

"Ah!" Bonnie winced as he pulled roughly at her magic.

"—but now we know I can do this, too." Kai mellowed out the extraction. The burn turned into a harsh, tingly-sensation. Bonnie's shoulders tensed as she bit down on her lip.

"How does it feel, Bonnie?" Kai asked, eyes dancing across her face.

"I don't— it doesn't— I can't…" She struggled to use her words. The sensation was uncomfortable and strangely arousing. She'd be damned to admit that though. "I don't like it!"

"You don't like it, huh?" Kai leaned down to peck Bonnie's lip. "Well I'm sorry to hear about that." He began to kiss down her neck. "Maybe you'll like this better."

Just one phrase of Latin and Bonnie's clothes ripped down the middle, undergarments and all.

"Kai! We're supposed to be training!" She tried to reason with him while he used one hand to push the fabric apart, fingers caressing the exposed skin around her navel.

"That's what I'm doing." Kai brought his hand down to her folds, pleased to find her wet already. "So, she's a bit masochistic, too."

Bonnie was silent as his fingers spread her wetness around. He drove two fingers deep into her pussy to provoke a gasp.

"Why! I think she likes it after all." Kai grinned.

"Mmmm," Bonnie moaned, letting her eyes slip shut. "I hate it when you talk in third person."

"She doesn't mean that." Kai leaned down to kiss Bonnie's open mouth, fingers working her g-spot with quick, measured strokes. When she began to pant against his mouth, he picked up the pace. Her back arched up off of the blanket, desperately pressing her hips down to better meet his hand. He could tell she was close.

"Bonnie…Bonnie look at me. Look at me!" He demanded. Bonnie's eyes flew open, no doubt ready to give him a piece of her mind for the interruption.

"What—" Her exclamation was cut off. Kai focused his drawing power into the hand currently knuckles deep inside of Bonnie's vagina and siphoned just right. She slammed into her orgasm, vision blurred as her cunt squeezed Kai's fingers. A gush of something warm shot out of her, coating her thighs and his hand. She moaned pathetically, eyes rolling to the back of her head. Sucking noises brought her back to reality.

Kai was posed above her, licking his digits indulgently, fluffy clouds rolling behind him. "Oh, she likes it alright. She really likes it."

Bonnie exhaled tiredly. "I'm glad you're getting a handle on your power."

Kai grinned and pointed to Bonnie's messy thighs. "I made you squirt."

Bonnie covered her face with her hands. "Please, stop talking."

"Sure thing." He said, face lowering to clean up the mess he made.

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"You're not even listening." Bonnie rolled her eyes.

"Because it's not even possible." Kai called out from a pile of broken furniture across the room.

"I've been told that plenty of times before and it never stopped me." She sat up from her own pile of rubble.

After another day of siphoning practice, the two retired to the house next door for a night of fighting spells. This mansion was much larger which provided additional rooms to hide in and plenty of priceless antiques to burn and smash to smithereens. Sometimes Kai would call time-out to go over more difficult spells. He'd illustrate what each component of the spell accomplished and what it required in return. Bonnie was thrilled by the hands-on learning and her genuine excitement was infectious. She could feel the pride radiating off of Kai with every successful incantation.

She had just set Kai on his ass for the second time, proving the magic lessons were already paying off. In fact, they inspired a pretty good idea. An idea she was trying to share with Kai to no avail.

"You see where that got you." Kai had just finished plucking splinters from his forearms when a wooden shard knocked him on the head. "Ouch! Rude."

"Only I'm allowed to joke about fucking myself over." Bonnie sent another piece of wood flying at him that he redirected at the last moment.

"Yes ma'am." Kai chuckled to himself as he laid back down in the debris.

Bonnie pushed herself up and leaned against an ivory column in the middle of the grand foyer. "I think it can be done."

"The ascendant is a transporter, not a commercial pilot. It can't drop us off at different destinations." Kai rebutted.

Bonnie began to naw at her bottom lip. She figured the ascendant couldn't do it on its own, but the right spell could do the trick.

"It's just like you told me. Spells have a formula. We just have to find the right formula to rig the ascendant." She crossed her arms over her chest.

Kai laughed from his spot on the floor. "Now she listens to me."

"Because you're actually on to something. You just can't see it yet." Bonnie strode over to where he lay on the floor. "I don't want us to beam back to present day Long Island. And you being in Mystic Falls is no good for anybody."

"I could be no good for somebody in Mystic Falls." Kai smiled manically, eyes dancing across the exposed skin from Bonnie's ravished clothing.

"If we could create a spell that would land you in Portland and me in Mystic Falls at the same time," Bonnie continued, ignoring him, "then we can guarantee two very important things."

Kai grew sober at her tone. "What two important things?"

Bonnie kneeled beside him. "You'll have your revenge and I won't be anywhere near you to get in your way."

Kai nodded silently. He didn't disagree with her. Practically speaking, he'd rather not land in New York and spend however many days scheming up a way to travel to Portland and locate the coven and his remaining family members. Not to mention he still didn't fully trust Bonnie, no matter how hot and fun she was at present. She's spent a lot more time being the avenging superhero than the sexy, anti-hero. Who's to say she wouldn't be tempted to don her white hat once they made it back to the real world? Bonnie has really grown on him lately. He'd hate to have to put her down for interfering with his big plans. A "destination spell" wasn't a bad idea actually.

Which is why he was infuriated that he hadn't thought of it first.

"Earth to Kai." Bonnie waved a hand over his face.

"Fuck off, Earth." Kai deadpanned. She cracked a smile.

"It might take sometime to figure out, but I'm confident it can be done." She maneuvered to straddle Kai's hips. He placed his hands on her thighs, fingers burrowing into the ripped holes in her jeans.

"Three days of training and you're the supreme all of a sudden…" Kai muttered.

"I'm serious." Bonnie reached up to shake some of the drywall out of his hair. "We'll study hard and write the spell. If it's a flop, then we use the ascendant as-is. Take our chances in New York."

It was a solid plan. A win either way. Besides, she'd never be able to do it. There was still plenty of time with the Bennett witch left. He smiled with all his teeth. "Deal."

"Deal…you weirdo." Bonnie teased.

"Oh, I haven't even begun to get weird today…" Kai switched their positions on the floor. Bonnie's shrill laughter echoed throughout the empty mansion.

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Kai paused outside the office door. Bonnie had been in there for over an hour now working on the spell to rig the ascendant. She had been spending a few hours each day to work on it, usually during their magic lessons. Bonnie would share her notes and Kai would make edits. There was never much left to work with after those "edits." She'd get mad at him and accuse him of purposefully shutting her down. He'd deny it and remind her that she's still the "super senior" of rudimentary magic.

Then they would fight, which would inevitably lead to angry sex. The angry sex always gave way to a quiet moment of bliss that was usually interrupted by a thought Kai just couldn't keep to himself. Sometimes they'd fight and then fuck again, but increasingly Bonnie has found his compulsory commentary more and more entertaining. She used to bite back a smile or roll her eyes. Now she would laugh out loud, green eyes crinkling at the edges. He had witnessed this honest laugh one time back in Mystic Falls when a severely inebriated Damon had a human moment of clumsiness. It felt good to inspire that laugh with his own charm.

But that didn't mean he no longer pissed her off. After a few "unhelpful" comments earlier, Bonnie kicked him out of the office. The domesticity of it all made him laugh and try to kiss her which only served to piss her off more.

The office door creaked open a just a sliver, breaking him out of his thoughts. Kai could feel the wisps of Bonnie's magic flowing past the doorframe.

"Are you ready to be a team player?" Bonnie asked, closing one grimoire and reaching across the desk to grab another.

Kai gently pushed the door open with his index finger. "Are you?"

Bonnie glared up at him beneath her lashes but quickly deflated, remembering the whole cave incident just a couple of weeks ago. "Yes. Obviously." She returned to the grimoire.

"Well so am I." Kai crossed the room and collapsed into an arm chair opposite the desk. "Any progress?"

"Uhh…yeah." Bonnie was busy scribbling in her notebook.

Kai already knew she figured out the spell. In fact, he's known for about 36 hours now.

The thing is, this Bennett witch was a prodigy. He was already convinced of this when he witnessed the full extent of her fire. Her literal fire, and also that determined, bordering suicidal will power she wielded on the inside. But her intellect, her mental agility, was just as unprecedented. She took his magic lessons like a fish to water. The young Gemini witches he grew up with were always more preoccupied with executing spells, not studying them. Bonnie looked genuinely pleased to be learning about the history of witches and the ins and outs of spells, hexes, and curses. And he admits he felt pretty pleased to lecture her. Figures. The siphoner who can't do, teaches.

So after six days of lessons, when Bonnie hands him a notebook with a spell he's confident is sound, he's over the moon happy. At least, he knows he's supposed to be happy.

But the other thing is, he had been entertaining a fantasy where the Bennett witch decides to leave with him. It was always a long shot. He had known that from the moment she trapped him with fire, but these last few days were promising. So promising, he fooled himself into thinking Bonnie would want the same. Kai was harshly reminded that — unlike him — Bonnie Bennett had a life waiting for her. Shitty friends who quite literally depended on her. Probably a neighborhood stray cat or grumpy old man who was always nicer in her company. She still had a college degree to earn. Drunken, one-night stands to scurry away from in the light of the morning. Student trips to Barcelona and Paris.

No one was waiting on Kai Parker, and he counted on this invisibility to easily slither his way back in. When Kai finally struck, not one Gemini witch would see it coming. This was his one and ultimate goal that he's had years and years to think about without any input from a five-foot, two-inch witch.

"Kai!"

A spiral bound notebook was waving in front of his face. Kai took it with a tight smile.

"Well, let's just take a look at this…" Kai crossed his legs and slouched further down in his seat.

Bonnie sat on the edge of the desk. "It'd be really cool if you could spend a little more time on the review. You know, like you actually want to leave this place?"

Kai chuckled bitterly. This is the one place we can be together. He cursed himself for the thought. He peeks through his lashes to get a look at Bonnie perched on the desk in front of him. Her arms are crossed tightly under her amazing cleavage, gaze locked on the notebook in his hands. But he's had plenty of time to learn how to read her. The excessive gnawing on her bottom lip, her left foot bouncing away. She's nervous. And really cute. God, I need to get the fuck out of here.

Kai put on his best contemplative face and skimmed the page. He pointed and said "Hmmm…" He double-tapped and said "Huh…" And then he raised his head and locked eyes with Bonnie.

"This just might work." He tossed the notebook onto the desk.

Bonnie snatched it eagerly, eyes quickly scanning over her work. She really did it. They could go home.

Kai left his seat to go look behind the curtains draping the window. The eclipse had already passed. He turned back to Bonnie with a smile. "Good work, Bonster. This is our last night in the prison world."