In the aftermath of losing the town again, Bonnie deals with the fallout of Julian and his men taking over Mystic Falls. Meanwhile, Kai returns to town for Alaric's baby shower and makes an upsetting discovery involving Bonnie's flourishing love life.
It's not like he planned on being away this long. Or that he wanted to be away from her for three months. He'd been searching up and down the coast looking for this huntress. No one had much information on her, and Kai couldn't figure out how she managed to stay hidden for so long. Lucy Bennett promised to call him if she got any deets on this woman from her sources. The two of them were working a beneficial relationship, Lucy was cool with him as long as he promised to keep her secret from Bonnie and protect her cousin.
Kai had no intentions of letting Bonnie get hurt. At least physically. Emotionally he knew he'd already fucked up. He led her right into Enzo's arms, and well fuck that guy. Kai was aware of how naturally beautiful and charming Bonnie Bennet was, yet this was all unexpected. He never thought she'd have a one-night stand, especially with a knockoff version of Damon Salvatore, and well fuck that guy too. Also did she have to throw it in his face that she was getting dick down by someone else. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to answer the phone while he was plowing another woman, he only did it to mess with her. He had no real clue that Bonnie had feelings for him. Sure she was attracted to him, he knew that when they first met in the prison world. But out in the real world, she was falling for him, the real Kai Parker not the bratty kid she first met in 1994. Everything between them was getting confusing and Kai didn't know what he wanted anymore.
By nightfall, he strolled back into Mystic Falls, only to find the state of the town in shambles. Heading to the downtown area, Kai ran into a large group of vampires, who were all partying right by Mystic Grill, setting fire to garbage cans and getting drunk. There was a drag race happening in the middle of the street, and once Kai spotted a bright blond vampire cheering in the mix of it, he knew who was to blame.
"Are you really trying to bring Sons of Anarchy to Mystic Falls?" Kai asked dismissively, not even bothering to look directly at the blond as he addressed him.
"Kai, welcome back. You've missed so much since you left our family." The vampire said calmly, though his blue eyes flashed.
He stifled a laugh. "Looks like I made it in time for the race." Kai watched as a dark skinned vampire walked past two cars and started a countdown.
As the cars took off, the vampires surrounding the area cheered and watched them speed away. That's when the blond host was throwing his beer mug up to the crowd.
"Drink up everyone." The blond slurred to his audience who clamored for more. As he shook his head and laughed softly. "Have a drink with me, and I'll catch you up."
This is how Kai found himself inside Mystic Grill, having bourbon with Julian, while the other man cried on his shoulder about Lily Salvatore. Fucking gross.
"She gave her life to those wretched boys. They never gave any real shits about her, I was the one who loved her." He looked completely broken-hearted as he clutched his glass.
Kai was sickened at how obsessed this man was over centuries old pussy. Lily wasn't that attractive and her personality was stale. "She probably wasn't pleased to hear that you pummeled Valerie until she lost her unborn child, you know Lily's grandkid." He said, his voice even, taking a drink from his glass.
Julian was caught off-guard, and Kai knew that he was unnerved by the response from the Heretic, his comment made him angry and belligerent.
"I didn't know she was pregnant." Julian sneered.
"You knew she wanted to run away with Stefan." He growled, his voice quivering with rage. "She was a human girl, who you bullied. Valerie didn't deserve your shit and I'm not sorry you lost Lily, let's be honest you never loved her anyways, you only love yourself." Kai was done with this asshole.
Julian didn't even flinch, instead raising an eyebrow at him. "Lily was my savior. I was in a dark place in my life until I found her, I made my mistakes, ones that I can never take back." He said softly, his voice barely audible over the cars racing outside. "How I treated Valerie was one of my biggest faults, I was jealous of her. Of how close she was to Lily, I was afraid I'd lose my darling love to those children."
"In the end you still lost her to those kids." Kai said, his voice sounding much calmer than he felt. "And if you ever come near Valerie again, I will kill you." He slowly got up, and made his way to the exit.
Kai stalked off into the darkness of Mystic Falls, not looking back. He figured it was best to head over to Whitmore, and see what else had happened while he'd been gone. He wondered how long he'd be in the dog house with his green eyed witch.
Over at the border of Mystic Falls, Bonnie was preparing to trap some vampires alongside Matt. The deputy was laying out a sheet of spikes in the road, ready to burst someone's car tires. While Bonnie leaned against the truck, frowning at her phone, completely freaked out.
"Is Damon apologizing for assaulting us, yet again?" He snapped, getting to his feet, the obligatory sneer already in place.
When Damon's soul got trapped inside the Phoenix Stone over the winter, Bonnie spent months trying to revive him. Finally after a few long weeks, Damon returned to the living, but he completely lost his mind and went on a killing spree against Stefan, Caroline, Matt and Bonnie. Luckily it didn't take him too long to realize that they were real and he was no longer trapped in the stone anymore. Damon gave her and Matt his blood to save them, and quickly tried to apologize to Bonnie, but Caroline managed to knock him out, then left him chained up in the Lockwood mansion with Stefan.
You could say Bonnie was having a rough New Year and it's only March.
"Damon is Stefan's responsibility from now on." Bonnie retorted with mock concern in her voice.
Matt laughed maliciously. "Oh, that's smart. Until Damon manipulates Stefan into thinking he's changed and then he's our problem again." He spoke in his cold, masculine voice.
"Stop being a buzzkill, Matt." She scoffed, trying her best to not sound menacing. Sometimes Matt wore her out with his hatred for Damon. Especially when he was holding a double standard for male and female vampires, like Rebekah Mikaelson.
Just then, she heard an alert on her phone go off, "Oh no." Bonnie shifted on her feet uncomfortably.
"What?" asked Matt, looking up in alarm.
"We just got matched up on matchasingledotcom."
When Enzo ditched town without a word and Kai went off on his hero journey to find the Huntress. Bonnie had been left alone with no other options, although her friendship with Nora was growing. The Heretic was still pining for her ex and Bonnie didn't have time to wait around for her either, it's bad enough she was having a hard time getting over Kai.
Matt moved over to glance at her phone to see their match up. He rolled his eyes, cracking a grin at her.
"Oh you wish, Miss Mystic Queen."
Bonnie turned her head and contemplated her friend for a moment before returning her gaze to her phone. "Me, you're the one showing a gun off in your profile picture."
"I was in my uniform, I wasn't gonna crop my gun out."
Bonnie snorted. "You might get more hits if you show a softer side, maybe get some puppies." She replied coolly, throwing up that smirk on her face.
Soon came two cars speeding down towards them, Matt and Bonnie duck behind Matt's truck. The cars pop their tires over the spikes and swerve to a stop. Matt pulled out his rifle as one of the vampires got out of his car and Bonnie used her magic swifty to give him an aneurysm. That's when Matt fired his rifle off. The other vampire got out of his car coming towards them.
"Errox femus!"
The spell broke the bones in the vampire's body, causing him to collapse. Matt started firing off his gun again. Bonnie was pleased that they caught and killed the two vampires safely. Yet she watched Matt walk over to the corpse, kicking his foot forward so that it connected squarely with the deceased vampire's nose. It shattered, spraying blood everywhere, Bonnie quickly had to pull him away.
"Matt, what the hell. He's already dead." She retorted angrily, poking him in the arm.
Matt pulled away from her, fuming still.
"I hated that woman, but Lily kept her heretics on leashes, this guy." Matt was referring to Julian, Lily's former lover. "This place is going to shit and we're losing our home Bonnie."
Bonnie became earnest again. "We'll get it back."
"I've lost my softer side. I've been alone for so long, it's worse with Ty and Jer being gone. I got nothing left here." He said quietly, his pale face flecked with blood that was not his. "I don't know where to go from here."
"It's gonna be okay, Matt." Bonnie said, thinking of something else, "Right now let's just get these bodies out of here."
Matt didn't respond to this, perhaps out of disbelief. Bonnie was now worried for her friend's mental health. Being in Mystic Falls alone wasn't good for him. He was around so much death lately. He needed someone, but who?
Kai was surprised when he got the text message a week ago. It was partly why he returned to town. Alaric had invited him to the baby shower and Kai was quite surprised that the older man was reaching out to him. He knew it was best to show up, he didn't want Ric thinking he didn't want to be a part of his nieces or nephews' life. In fact Kai's plan was to be like Uncle Jesse from Full House, maybe make Bonnie his Becky, if she still wanted to be with him when this was all over.
When he arrived at the baby shower, it was in full swing. He walked in to see Alaric, Matt and Tyler in blindfold trying to put on fresh diapers on baby dolls. A crowd of people were standing around cheering them on while the three men raced to beat each other.
However, Kai's eyes landed on a petite curly haired witch who was recording the whole thing with an amused grin on her face. "This is the best blackmailing material ever." She called out to her blonde friend.
"Hope I didn't miss all the fun." Kai interrupted with a slight smile.
Sucking in her breath, the witch asked. "What are you doing here?" Her voice sounded so sharp – she was surprised. He knew better than to expect her to spit out meaningless platitudes to him.
He paused briefly, raising his head to look at her, eyebrow cocked.
"Ric invited me, I am their uncle." His voice was devoid of both contempt and playful derision.
A frown crossed Caroline's features, before she composed herself, "Ric wants him to be a part of the kids lives. With Jo no longer here and him being their only living relative." She explained to her best friend.
Bonnie couldn't think of a single thing to say. Kai looked away from her, instead he focused on the blonde. "I came with gifts." He lugged in two big boxes and pushed them over to Caroline, he urged her to open it.
Alaric approached the small group cautiously. "Kai, thanks for coming." The older man said plainly, "I know you've been busy."
"I wouldn't miss it." His eyes quickly glanced at Bonnie, he could see the anxiety in her green eyes.
Once Caroline ripped off the wrapping paper on the gift. She gasped.
For a brief moment, neither of her nor Ric said anything. They just stood there, eyes locked, their hands clasped in between them.
"Kai, where did you get these?" Caroline asked as her mind tried to catch up.
He gave her the irritating smirk, "Ordered it online, it's just a carseat."
Alaric's eyebrows shot up into his hair. "No it's not, these are CYBEX Cloud Q Car Seats. It has a smart-tech harness chest clip with SensorSafe technology that provides alerts when unsafe situations arise. And it's energy absorbing shell helps reduce the forces felt by the baby in a collision."
Bonnie looked at him quickly, feeling as if she'd missed an important part of the conversation. He looked back at her, that smirk on his face.
"This must've cost you a fortune." Caroline commented.
Kai shook his head, chuckling. "Couple grand, no big deal. I wanna spoil these kids and keep them safe."
Alaric stared at him, wide-eyed.
While Caroline moved forward slightly, she lifted her hand and placed it on his shoulder, just for a moment. "Thank you."
Kai ran his hand through his hair, completely off guard from Caroline's affection. Must be her pregnancy hormones. He was not at all surprised when Bonnie huffed and walked away from them. He wondered if Ric and Caroline knew there was something up going on between them. If so, they said nothing.
Instead they thanked him again for the gifts and excused themselves to speak to their other guest. Leaving Kai alone with his thoughts. He was trying to figure out how he'd fix his broken relationship with Bonnie, he wished he knew someone else here. Where the fuck was Valerie anyways.
Before Kai could get his phone out and text her to come through. His eyes peered at the doorway and he was shocked at what he saw, and noticed beside him was a fuming Matt Donovan watching the same scene he was too.
Bonnie was grateful to get away from Kai, Caroline and Ric. She can't believe he was even invited and Caroline didn't have the decency to let her know. I mean sure it's not as if Bonnie was informing her best friend about her relationship drama with Kai or Enzo. Mainly because she was embarrassed about her moment of weakness with Enzo and angry at how Kai was treating her. Then there was the situation with Nora. Which wasn't all bad.
Nora arrived a few minutes after Kai did. Bonnie met up with her at the doorway, where the Heretic greeted her with a smile.
"Glad you made it." Her voice was low, soft, her tone serious. Nora bit the inside of her cheek.
"Couldn't say no, I was happy to escape studying for these midterms."
Nora held up a gift and Bonnie stared at her hands curiously.
"You shouldn't have."
"Well it's not the milk warmer Caroline wanted, but I did see these cute little socks that looked like laced-up sneakers. It seems more practical."
"That's how I'll sell it to Caroline." After that outrageously expensive gift Kai brought in, Caroline would find every excuse to hate all the other gifts she'd received today.
Nora laughed, reaching for her hand, Bonnie stared at the other girl, incredulous. Their eyes met. And Nora stopped laughing.
The two of them stood off to the side, gazes locked, her hand enfold with the heretic.
Nora took her other hand and touched a finger to her cheek. Bonnie was so numb and frozen, still she smiled and covered it with her own hand. They stood like that for a long time. Completely forgetting the rest of the party.
Finally Bonnie broke the gaze first. "Come on, we can get some drinks to warm up."
Nora ran her hand through her lush hair. "As long as it isn't bourbon."
The witch nodded mutely. Before she could speak again, a figure approached her. Looking up she saw it was Matt. With an unpleasant look on his face.
Bonnie raised an eyebrow at her friend for a moment, waiting for him to speak.
"I need you to come with me to get more ice and alcohol." Matt said flatly, turning around and pushing Bonnie through the entry door.
Nora was left looking bleary.
Once Donovan left out with Bonnie, Kai cornered Nora when he had a chance. He wanted to know what sort of games she was playing with his witch. Nora and Mary Louise were his least favorite Heretics. They were supernatural mean girls, and they loved getting other people wrapped up in their relationship drama.
Kai moved over to the bar where Nora was getting a drink. There was nothing left other than bourbon, which he knew she hated. "Tap water is better than this crap." Intoned Nora under her breath.
Kai merely smirked briefly in her direction. "You could otp for Coors Light."
Nora blew out an exasperated sigh. "Not much better, but it will have to do until the deputy and Bonnie returns."
There was an uncomfortable pause, and Kai searched for something to say.
"How's Mary Louise?"
Giving him a blank look, Nora replied, "No idea. I haven't spoken to her in months."
"And here you are at Whitmore."
"Yes, I've enrolled recently."
Kai rubbed a hand over his forehead. "Why would a Heretic need to go to college? Did you even go to high school back when you were human?" He doubts it, Nora was born in the 1800s.
"No I didn't, but I always wanted to attend school, now I have the chance. I wasn't going to pass up on it." Nora said, but the thoughtful look in her eyes betrayed the fact that she was pondering the question. "Bonnie's been helping me adjust to all of this."
Kai raised a skeptical eyebrow. "Is that all Bonnie's doing for you?" He asked looking extremely serious, "If you and Mary Louise are up to something I swear..."
"What? Of not course!" She answered, a little hurriedly. "I am not speaking with Mary Louise anymore, it's over between us. And Bonnie is a friend."
Reaching across the bar to lay a hand on Nora's shoulder.
"You two have been in love for over a century. It'll never be over between you two."
"Bonnie said we aren't compatible. I'm starting to believe she's right."
Kai shook her head and laughed. "Bonnie hardly knows you or Mary Louise."
"I hardly know you, and why are you pushing this. Is it hard to believe I could make it as a modern woman and make friends with someone like Bonnie Bennett."
A shiver ran down his spine. Kai could believe it, and he didn't want it happening. He was already worried about losing Bonnie when it came to Damon and Enzo, now he had to worry about Nora going after the witch's heart.
He shrugged at her. "I'm just looking out, Bonnie's my friend too."
"I do have other motives with Bonnie though," she said without hesitation. "She's quite special, and we've really bonded these past couple of months." Nora dipped her chin, carefully considering the man in front of her. "I'm thinking of courting her, making her my lover."
Kai stared open-mouthed at the woman who was smirking at him.
More and more people were just coming out of the woodwork for Bonnie's affection. The worst of it is that Nora might be the best suited for Bonnie. And Kai was sure Nora was a passionate and considerate lover. He wondered how deep her friendship with Bonnie had grown since he'd been gone. Honestly at this point he was beginning to think he'd lost the battle for Bonnie's heart, clearly he had the least to offer her.
Matt was silent the entire trip. Bonnie eyed her friend as they returned back to Whitmore, and watched when he then decided to press the issue.
"Wanna explain why you invited that Heretic here?"
Bonnie blinked leisurely at her friend, unfocused eyes concentrating on Matt.
"She's my friend, and I cleared it with Caroline first," said Bonnie, eyes scanning the empty hallway. "Please don't make a big thing of this Matt."
Matt cast a contemptuous eye over her, "After everything we're going through, why would you invite one of Julian's people here."
"She's not one of Julian's people, she chose sides against him. And she helped get Stefan out of the stone too." Nora was the only help she could contact when Damon and Stefan both got trapped in the Phoenix Stone months ago. Nora was able to help them bring Stefan back.
Bonnie had to work to keep from frowning.
"She killed my graduating class over the summer when you were running around Europe looking for your boyfriend." He replied in that bitter tone she despised. "She tortured Caroline and murdered countless people since she'd been back from the prison world."
Sighing tiredly at her friend, she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "I have classes with her, I see how different she's been since she left the others. And honestly? It's better to have a powerful Heretic as a friend than an enemy."
"What, Kai's not good enough." She watched as a muscle in his jaw contracted.
Bonnie raised an eyebrow but said nothing. He, of all people, should know how she felt in this situation. And he also should know that Bonnie would never put innocent people at risk for her self pleasure, she wasn't Elena Gilbert.
Matt leaned over closer to her. "I never expected you to sink so low for some dick."
Bonnie felt her breath catch and she opened her mouth to say something, anything, but before she could Nora appeared in the hallways behind them.
"Is that anyway to speak to a woman?"
Matt gaped at the heretic for a minute before closing his mouth and glowering. "Fuck do you want?" He muttered darkly.
Bonnie felt guilt ridden knowing Nora was listening in on their conversation. She wondered if anyone else at the party could hear them. Like Tyler or Kai. Matt kept a glare on Nora, who was looking quite hurt.
"I don't know what's going on between you two, but you have no right to speak to Bonnie that way." The petite brunette crossed her arms triumphantly.
"Bonnie isn't your friend, if anything she's using you." Matt smiled almost maliciously, and took a step closer to Nora.
Bonnie just stood off to the side and watched as her two friends continued to bicker senselessly.
Nora made a sound of frustration. "Perhaps I should go, before your mate says something inappropriate to me and then I have to rip out his tongue.
"Did you just threaten me?"
"Not at all," Nora made a slight gesture with her left hand, and Matt's eyes grew huge as he began to choke. The Heretic advanced on him as he clutched at his throat. "But now I'm in the mood to play Pin the tail on the Deputy."
Bonnie thought Nora would end the spell after her threat. But she didn't. The heretic stared emotionless as Matt scratched at the invisible force that was crushing his throat. His fingernails raked at his skin, drawing blood in his desperation to breathe.
"Nora," Bonnie's face wore a panicked expression, "Please...stop."
For a moment, a look of panic crossed Nora's face. It was gone so quickly, Bonnie almost thought she'd imagined it.
There was an audible sigh of exasperation from the corner. "Nora, Bonnie doesn't like it when we attack her friends. Let him go."
The sound of Kai's voice made Bonnie want to cry with relief. She turned to him. At that moment he looked exactly like the cold hearted killer that he was.
"As you wish," she said in a small tone. Nora gestured with her hand. Matt wheezed loudly as his airflow returned to normal. Kai smirked at her.
The deadly brunette's face twisted. "I'm so sorry Bonnie, the party was lovely. Thanks for inviting me." Before Bonnie could reassure Nora, the other girl turned and walked away from her.
Overwhelming guilt washed over her. Bonnie looked back at Matt who was furious to see Kai standing over him. The deputy snatched the bottle of bourbon out of her hand, shooting Bonnie and Kai nasty glare.
"Great, if it isn't Kai Parker," said Matt after a pause. "It's a good thing your boyfriend came to save the day." He declared a little too loudly, "Enjoy your little whore." He sputtered irritably at Kai.
Then Matt tried to grab Bonnie's wrist, pulling her towards him, but the swollen blond roughly half heaved.
Bonnie watched her hand reach out and slap his face, hard.
He flinched back.
"Don't you EVER!" She snapped, hating how her voice broke, "Touch me again."
Bonnie could feel her temper threatening to blow.
"Donovan, you have less than ten seconds to get out of here, before I do something I will not regret later." Kai's voice was like ice.
Bonnie ducked her chin, carefully considering the man in front of her. She had never seen Kai look so serious.
That's when Matt began to run, down the stairs, through the entrance hall, and out the front door.
Kai had no idea what he just walked in on. He heard loud voices in the hallways, Nora and Matt going back and forth, then once he stepped out from the party he saw Nora going in for the kill on Deputy Donovan. He could see Bonnie's pleading eyes for Nora to stop, so he had to step in. Of course he regretted not letting Nora rip Donovan apart, after the ungrateful dick called Bonnie a whore.
What really surprised him was when Bonnie backhanded her friend across the face. Kai wanted a go at the other man too, but he knew he'd take it too far and kill him. Even if the two friends were fighting, he doubts Bonnie wanted him to assault her best friend.
Kai decided to stick around with Bonnie, while she calmed herself down.
When he stepped towards her, she pulled herself back. Annoyance flickered across his features, before his face settled back into an icy veil.
"Do I even wanna know what's going on between you and Donovan?"
She closed her eyes and thought about his question. In a tentative voice, she responded, "He's not a fan of the new Bonnie Bennett."
Inching forward, she was startled when he asked, "What the fuck does that mean?"
"Matt's not happy about my friendship with Damon or Nora." She gritted her teeth and continued, "and our relationship."
"Our relationship?" He said in a voice that lacked conviction.
Her eyes were cold and distant. "He saw us kiss at Lily's dinner party." Their first and only kiss that happened months ago. "He's convinced himself you and I are dating or whatever."
Kai gave a dry chuckle. "Or whatever."
"You're the one who keeps running away."
He resisted the urge to snort. "You fucked Enzo."
Bonnie fisted her hands. "I called you to tell you faux Jo was hanging around Whitmore. You answered me while you were fucking some slut." Fighting the urge to cry, Bonnie hugged her arms tightly around her ribs. "I didn't even let Enzo fuck me, I couldn't."
Kai looked at her sadly. "I'm not running away, I got things going on and I don't have room for you. Not now." With one hand, he gently pushed against the small of her back.
Bonnie backed away from him. "Did you find her yet?"
"Not yet, but I'm close." He assured her.
Speaking quietly, Bonnie said. "You need help, I can help you."
"I'm trying to keep you out of my shit. I brought the stone to Mystic Falls, this is on me." He spoke in the warmest voice she had ever heard him use. "You're my responsibility now. I won't put you in the crossfire."
"Do you even know what's happened since you left us." Bonnie turned to face him. "I died. Damon killed me." She blurted out to him.
Kai flinched at her words and began to panic. "When did this happen? How?"
"Couple months ago, Stefan and Damon were trapped in the Phoenix Stone by Julian. When I rescued Damon, he killed me and Matt." Clearing her throat, she continued, "what if he didn't realize he was back and didn't give us his blood to heal. We'd be dead, Kai. I'd be dead and you wouldn't have known. Our last conversation we had a fight."
Kai leaned forward. For the first time, he looked menacing.
But then his features softened. "I do want to be with you Bonnie. But the twins are on the way, and my family is my top priority. I don't want you waiting around for me either, you should go ahead and live your life, with Enzo or Nora, hell Damon would be stupid to not wanna be with someone as loving as you ." Kai looked down at his hands.
Bonnie blinked her eyes to hold back the tears that threatened to slide down her face. Before she knew what she was doing, she had his bomber jacket in her hands and she was pulling on him.
"I don't want Enzo." Bonnie hissed. "Damon and Nora are just friends." She closed her eyes as waves of anger crashed over her. "I want you to stop fucking around and be honest with me."
Kai wrapped his hands around hers and looked into her eyes. For once, he showed her some real emotion. "Bonnie Bennett, I need to fix things. If I'm ever going to be the man you deserve."
"You already are, you don't have to sacrifice yourself to prove that to me."
"I… I kind of do." Bonnie released Kai's jacket and stepped back. She looked at the floor while her thoughts spun around trying to comprehend what was going on. "I don't want to be like Lily or Julian. I don't want to be this feared immortal being whose reputation is either being a creep or an abusive asshole who gets off on being violent all the time."
Curious and careless of his anger, Bonnie said, "Like your dad was."
Kai looked up. "I don't wanna hurt you anymore." He studied her face. "I'm leaving out tonight, going up north."
Bonnie frowned. "For what?"
"I got a lead on the Huntress there." He told her. "I'm gonna check it out."
The frown on her face turned into a scowl. "What? Caroline will be having the babies-"
He didn't let her finish her thought. Kai crushed his lips against hers. Victory surged through his veins as her hands tangled in his hair, he pulled her closer. When his teeth scraped against her neck, she moaned his name.
Kai leaned down and exhaled into her ear. A shiver ran down her spine, and she closed her eyes. His lips continued downward leaving a trail of heat on her neck. Clutching at his shirt, she felt him press her backwards.
Pulling away from her, he gave her an apologetic smile. "I'll be back before you know it." Kai sighed and laid his forehead on top of her head. "I promise."
Once night had fallen, Kai whispered goodbye to her and left out. Bonnie believed him this time, that he wouldn't be gone for several months. Kai would be back before the twins arrived, she was sure of it. One thing that shocked her the most was how much Kai really had changed since the prison world. She realized that had she given him that second chance the night when he showed up at the Warehouse to apologize to her, maybe things between them would be different.
Jo would still be alive, probably. The Gemini Coven would still be here and active. Kai wouldn't be running around trying to fix every damn thing. Maybe this was good for him, she knew the merge still affected his personality, he had traits of Luke in him. Maybe some of these traits were Kai's all along, they were just buried deep within and until he killed the only sibling he'd ever loved. Either way Jo and Luke's death affect him the most, Bonnie also liked to believe she was a good influence on him.
Bonnie made her way to the outdoor bar, where she found Nora sulking at a table, alone. This made her feel that guilty about what happened with Matt.
Clearing her throat, which seemed to be constricting, she said, "I'm so sorry about Matt, I know you're trying to start over and be good."
"Spare me, I'm not in the mood."
Cold seemed to seep into Bonnie's bones at Nora's words. She tried to speak and nothing came out.
With a hard glint in her steely eyes, Nora spoke again. "I actually believed we were becoming friends. That I could trust you. But you definitely had me fooled."
Bonnie felt like someone had knocked the wind out of her.
"What the hell is your problem? We are friends, do you think I'd get in a fight for you over my oldest friend."
Nora glared at her. "When I got back to my dorm, I found this."
The Heretic pushed a postcard across the table to Bonnie. The witch noticed there was nothing written on the postcard, there was just a letter X, marked in a large red ink.
Bonnie sat down next to her. "Is this supposed to mean something?" she asked with dread in her voice.
"Don't play dumb, you left this at my door." Nora lowered her voice to a whisper, "Just admit it, before I squeeze the truth from your trachea." Nora was getting impatient as she rolled up her sleeve.
Bonnie sucked in her breath and advanced on Nora. "Why the hell would I send something like this to you? Why are you even scared of a postcard with a letter on it?" she asked urgently.
Nora's blood ran cold, her eyes widened in alarm and fear. "It's a warning, I think it's from the Huntress."
The other girl's words sent chills down her spine. "Huntress? Does she have anything to do with the Phoenix Stone and Sword?"
"Her weapon, custom-made for her to use." Bonnie watched as Nora's cold demeanor stayed firmly in place. "She used it to put Julian in the stone, along with thousands of other vampires. She's ruthless. Once you've been marked by her sword, she never stops hunting you. That's how Beau got his scar. She'll come to him now. She'll come for all of us."
"So she's back?" she whimpered, fear gripping her.
"Yes, someone must have informed her of what's happening in Mystic Falls."
"That lying snake," exclaimed Bonnie, covering her gaping mouth with her hands.
"Who…"
Bonnie's eyes met hers and held them. "Kai. He told me he was still searching for her and that he had a lead up north. Yet the second he shows his face back in town, this Huntress is leaving clues for us to find."
The corners of Nora's mouth twitched for just a moment, and then she said, "You think Kai and the Huntress are working together?"
Bonnie spoke in a voice barely above a whisper. "Something like that." Bonnie remembered the visions she had of Kai with an unknown woman who resembled Elena Gilbert. The last vision Bonnie had of Kai and this woman, they were holding twins. Gemini twins.
Bonnie laughed bitterly. "How do we stop her?"
Nora looked up with eyes full of sorrow. "Don't involve yourself Bonnie, she only hunts vampires."
Forcing a smile, Bonnie looked at the sky. Anything supernatural, Bonnie Bennett was always involved. She was no longer sitting on the sideline, no matter what she promised Kai or Matt. Lives were at sake, she couldn't just stand by and do nothing. Bonnie was ready to get back in the game.
AN: I want to explain Bonnie's characterization for this fic. My idea came from doing a rewatch of TVD last year and I was noticing the major changes in Bonnie's character from the early part of season one to the rest of the series. I hated how Bonnie was sidelined for every single white woman that was on this show especially the minor ones. Plec and co wrote more for characters like Vicki, Rebekah, Jo, Liv and Valerie than they did for Bonnie Bennett and the rest of the Bennett women. Bonnie was the token black girl who lived only to protect her white friends and do magic. She had no life outside of that, no goals or even a career path.
It's also outrageous that a girl like Bonnie couldn't get another boyfriend outside of Jeremy Gilbert, that boys like Tyler, Matt, Stefan, Kol, Klaus or Damon wouldn't look her way. Her only option was her step-brother Jamie. Kat Graham had chemistry with every single guy on TVD, and her chemistry with Chris Wood was out of this world. I know Julie Plec and Caroline Dries hated Kat, but they did so much disservice to the Bennetts. I'm not trying to make Bonnie seem thirsty or promiscuous, but what we've gotten from the writers was a sexless mammy witch and that was completely racist. I believe Bonnie pre-series had crushes and infatuation as a teenager, but there's so much we don't know about the character and why she put so little effort to date. I'm trying to spice it up a little. Yes this is a Bonkai, Bonnie and Kai are endgame, but Bonnie is allowed the same amount of fun as Caroline and Elena, at the very least.
Anyways love all the reviews, next Thursday Bonnie goes searching for the Huntress and Kai becomes her guardian angel.