After discovering the truth, Bonnie enlist Nora and Mary Louise in an attempt to track down a ruthless vampire hunter named Rayna after they suspect that she has reemerged with the help of a traitor. Determined to prove himself to everyone, Kai sets off on his own mission, but learns some shocking information from Valerie.

It's been several days since Kai ran off again. Bonnie hadn't heard from him since the baby shower, even though she'd been sending him text messages and updates on Caroline's progress. For some reason, he was ignoring her. Bonnie can't believe she had once again fallen for his lies. She was completely clueless when it came to Kai, no man had ever pushed her over the edge the way he does. Most times it was intoxicating, other times it was just frustrating.

At the moment, Bonnie wanted to get back at him. So she enlisted Nora for help. The two of them were back in Alaric's office with the Phoenix Stone, surrounded by lit candles and holding the magical Phoenix Sword above a map of the United States. They laid the Huntress's postcard down in the middle of them as they began chanting. The two witches were performing a locator spell.

"Phesmatos invenira venatrixos isto gladulla onyx. Phesmatos invenira venatrixos isto gladulla onyx."

Looking down, they both noticed the black sand running across the map, making a line from Virginia to Ohio. Bonnie shot a skeptical look towards Nora.

"What the hell is she doing in Ohio?" Bonnie observed, pointedly viewing the map.

A frown began twisting on the other girl's lips. "We don't have time to figure that out. A ruthless killing machine is on her way to hunt us all down." Nora cut in abruptly.

The witch sighed and chewed her lip. "Yeah, but why announce herself with a cryptic postcard? Isn't the element of surprise a basic principle of good vampire hunting?"

"Not for Rayna Cruz. Rayna has a taste for taunting her victims. Like a cat nibbling the legs off a spider."

Both Bonnie and Nora looked up with a shocked expression. Bonnie wasn't expecting this surprise visit from the blonde Heretic. The witch glanced at the taller girl's hand. She held her own postcard, and Bonnie was sure there was a letter X marked on it as well.

Bonnie opened her mouth to retort, but Nora interrupted her by saying, "Let me guess, she's after Julian again."

Her ex's eyes narrowed to honey-comb slits. "This was for me." The blonde admitted sadly.

The witch snorted, amused.

"Well, looks like our little problem is currently hiding out in Cincinnati, Ohio." Bonnie replied with an extreme hint of delight.

Mary Louise diverted her eyes towards Bonnie only to see the witch's eyes were already fixed onto her. The blonde had a face of stone on.

"Me and Nora can handle it."

Nora opened her mouth to respond, startled, but Bonnie continued hastily.

"Excuse me, this is my mission. You can run on back to Julian and tell him we have this handled." Bonnie hissed before her friend could speak.

Leaning against the doorway, Mary Louise's face relaxed and she looked straight into Bonnie's eyes.

"I don't think so little witch. I don't trust you to get the job done properly."

Nora shifted her weight and looked back at ex-girlfriend, bracing herself. "I trust her."

Mary Louise sputtered something as Nora pulled Bonnie to her feet. The brunette gave her ex a warning look.

"She actually cares about the well-being of others. Unlike you, who only cares about pleasing Julian." She said in a shaking voice. "You can work with us. But Bonnie is running the show, not you."

Mary Louise stood there stupidly without any reply.

Bonnie blinked and smiled at Nora. "I call shotgun!"

He hates going into the unknown. He hates not having all the facts and information before rushing into something. He also hates how he had to start playing things safe, so it didn't blow back on him or anyone he cared about. Sadly he had a couple of people he didn't want getting hurt. One of those people he needed to check in on and warn her of the upcoming danger heading their way.

Sitting in his motel room, Kai pulled out his phone and dialed up his friend's number.

It wasn't long before he heard that mocking tone. "Why, hello Malachai. It's been far too long."

"Val, I need to…"

Valerie interrupted before Kai could continue his sentence. "Don't tell me. It's about this little postcard I found for Julian."

"What?" he echoed.

"You're hunting down the Huntress, I'm sure she's after you and Bonnie for stealing her toy." She hissed in a more venomous voice.

Without hesitation, Kai said, "I got it under control."

"Kai, whatever you're planning isn't going to work. Stay away from her."

He let out a long breath through his teeth, "Faux Jo… Florence, told me that this woman would come after me and Bonnie."

"Rayna Cruz, she's a vampire hunter. She's been after Julian for years, trapped him in that stone. What do you think she'll do to you when she finds you. Bonnie and those babies lives will be in danger if you do anything stupid. So whatever the plan is, axe it and come home." Valerie replied with a serious tone, to which he didn't know what to say in response to.

Kai's expression softened. He reached up and rubbed his temples. "This is bigger than the huntress Val. More than that."

"What else?" Kai couldn't tell Valerie about Lucy Bennett, not now.

Clenching his jaw and crossing his arms, "I'm protecting someone else, okay. I can't give you anything more than that."

There was a beat of silence. Kai was afraid he was about to receive a dose of Valerie's wrath. All he heard was a snort.

"Who knew you'd be heroic. Should I warn Stefan you're coming for his hero title."

"Fuck that. I'm just doing a favor for someone." Kai didn't want people to start depending on him to be some saint or savior.

Her voice sounded a little breathy as she said, "Oh shit, Stefan's calling me. I'll talk to you later."

Kai finally settled in his motel bed. His thoughts quickly drifted away from his worries. Closing his eyes, his vision began to blur. Kai felt himself slipping into unconsciousness.

Something was pulling him forward. It was as though everything before this had been building to this moment and, now that it was here, everything was complete. Like the last piece of a jigsaw puzzle finally being snapped into place. He found his lips were on hers.

His hands flew up to tangle themselves in her hair, partly because he had wanted to touch it since she had appeared and partly because he needed something to hang on to lest he fall off the Earth. He pulled her even closer so that her body conformed to his. He wanted to touch her all over. She made these happy, moaning noises when he buried his head in her neck. He decided to do it again. She moaned again. He had visions of her in his bed writhing underneath him. Surprisingly, the idea didn't bother him at all. He rather liked it.

On the way up to Cincinnati, Ohio. The three girls drove in Nora's car, Bonnie was in the passenger getting cosy and Mary Louise was in the back salty and jealous. Bonnie was sharing a big bag of cheese puffs with Nora, mostly to make the blonde more angry, the witch even decided to hand feed Nora, so she could focus on the road.

Mary Louise narrowed her eyes at her ex. "Since when do you eat disgusting garbage food?" she asked abruptly, making the two girl's in the front blink.

Nora glanced back to the blonde in her rearview mirror, eyebrows high on her forehead.

"Since I stopped caring about your opinions on how I lived my own life." She spat.

Bonnie stared at Mary Louise's surprised look. Seeing the tension, the witch decided to change the subject.

"I have a question, how is Rayna still alive?" she swallowed thickly, "She was chasing you through Europe in the 19th century and she's not a vampire so?"

"She was spelled to be a vampire huntress by shamans. They created that sword for her and imbued her with extraordinary strength." Nora sighed and clicked her tongue. "I suspect they gave her a very long life to go with it."

That when the brunette opened her mouth for another cheese puff. Which Bonnie gladly fed her for answering the question. Tossing her head back, Nora giggled in delight.

Mary Louise made a sound deep in her throat.

Relaxing her jaw, taking a quick glance over at Bonnie, she asks, "Anyways, wanna explain what's going on between you and Malachai?"

"Nothing, we're friends."

"You're friends with the man who tied your life to your best friend?" Nora asked, reaching for another cheese puff.

Bonnie bit her lip and swallowed her pride, "Kai explained to me what happened, how Lily got in his head and manipulated him into doing it."

"Oh right, Lily's to be blamed for his sociopath tendencies." Mary Louise huffed, her face melting with displeasure.

Bonnie rolled her eyes. "Kai is to be blamed for his own action. That's why he's working so hard to right his wrongs." She tried to look as affronted as possible.

Nora's eyebrows rose. "But you think he's working with the Huntress."

"Yes. I mean no..." Bonnie protested weakly. "There's something he's keeping from me. I just don't know what it is. I don't think he'd put my life in danger, but he's doing something he knows I wouldn't approve of."

"Because he had to get your approval on everything." Mary Louise chimed in.

Bonnie rolled her eyes as they flickered back to the blonde,"I never said that."

"Please stop chiming in your negative thoughts." Nora shut her down. "And look Bonnie, I don't know what goes on with Kai, but he seemed quite protective of you which is very out of character for him, then he started questioning me at the shower…"

"He did, what did he say?" Bonnie interrupted, her question made Nora smile.

"He just wanted to know what my intentions were with you." There was silence among all of them, Mary Louise's face looked pained. "I have no intentions of hurting you, I just didn't realize you were being courted already."

Bonnie sighed and amended, "It's not like that with us."

"Even though you want more?"

"He's going through a lot, and as much as it pains me to say it. Maybe he and I aren't compatible, I mean he's immortal now. What kind of future could he and I possibly have?" she whispered hoarsely.

A sinking feeling hit her as she realized her own truth.

Mary Louise looked down at herself, legs crossed and chin in the palm of her hand, and shrugged.

"If you plan on giving up already then maybe it wasn't meant to be." She answered. "I'd never stop fighting for my beloved, no matter what the circumstances are."

The trio just sat through the numb silence for a long time after that.

Kai woke with odd pulsations in his body, like someone had electrified his muscles as he slept. His phone cranked out songs that were relaxing to him. Carefully, he pushed himself upright, finally opening his eyes. He sighed and picked up his phone to check the time. It was time for him to head back out. Before he could make his move, his phone started going off in his hand, it was Valerie calling him back.

He answered groggy. "Val, what's up?"

"Caroline's at Whitmore hospital, it's the twins." She screeched peevishly.

Kai rose out of bed, in complete panic, "Is she hurt, are the babies…"

"They're like us. They're Siphoners." Valerie sobbed but whether it was from pain or from distress, Kai couldn't tell.

Though there was a wave of relief that washed over him. "That's okay, we can handle that." Kai was partly happy, he was no longer alone anymore. The lone siphon Parker, his nieces or nephews were just like him. Not freaks or abominations, but unique.

"We have a problem though." She interrupted his thoughts, "They are siphoning the magic out of Caroline's body."

Kai clenched his teeth and prepared himself, "How is that possible?"

"She's a vampire Kai, not a human. They're feeding off her blood." She replied darkly, not comforting in any way.

"Can you deal with this right now." Kai asked, running his fingers through his hair, the tips getting stuck in the tangles. "I'm in the middle of something."

"But I need you here. Caroline could die." Valerie roared, he could hear her slamming her fist against something.

Kai was debating on what to do. "Go to Jo's apartment, in her storage closet there's a talisman spelled with magic." He explained. "Give it to Caroline, hopefully the babies will pull from it instead of her."

"If that doesn't work?"

He pulled himself up to full height, his eyes blazing. "It has to, I'll be back as soon as I can." Kai grumbled, massaging his throbbing head.

"I don't know what's going on or who you're protecting, but I hope they're worth it."

Kai sighed heavily. She wasn't going to let this go. "No one is going to get hurt Val, I promise I have it handled," he said defiantly.

"I hope you do. For all our sakes." She snorted derisively.

Valerie muttered that she was heading to Jo's apartment, and she'd call him back later to give him an update on Caroline's health.

Kai just realized that he had more than just a couple of people depending on him. And he was starting to care about them. What the fuck had he gotten himself into.

Bonnie arrived at a Cincinnati psychiatric facility with Nora and Mary Louise. The witch couldn't believe a vampire huntress was checked in at a psych ward. Walking in the entrance hallways with the two bickering exs, Bonnie decided to voice her opinion once more.

"Shouldn't we be more worried that this woman is in the nuthouse?" she asked, the panic barely disguised in her voice.

"Yes, she's a deranged serial vampire killer." Mary Louise inserted, "Seems like karma caught up with her." There was a twisted grin on her face.

The three women approached the front desk to one of the more closed units. A nurse noticed them and hopped to her feet, stopping them from going any further.

"Excuse me. I'm gonna need to see some IDs." She demanded.

Nora rushed up to the petite nurse. "We're authorized personnel here to see a patient by the name of Rayna Cruz. Tell us where to find her." She used her compulsion.

The nurse blinked, she was dazed and confused by this constraint. Bonnie felt her stomach twist watching Nora use a human like this. But they need to find this Huntress.

The nurse walked back over to her station and started typing on her computer, searching for the room location of Rayna.

"Rayna Cruz. Room 658, north wing."

Bonnie glanced at Nora, before following the other girl and Mary Louise into the north wing. She couldn't help the uneasy feeling in her gut, as they were approaching a new threat that they had no idea how to handle.

"Anyone have a plan to take her out?" she asked defensively, crossing her arms.

"Gut her on sight." Mary Louise answered. "You'll probably just watch. Doubt you have the stomach for a kill."

Nora rolled her eyes. "Don't underestimate a Bennett witch," she spoke camly. "And you know how dangerous Rayna is, don't take this so lightly."

The three of them finally approached room 658. Bonnie peeked through the screen of the door to see a white-haired woman laying on her back on the small hospital bed. Her wrist, ankles and even her shoulder were all bound in five-point restraints. Bonnie was completely shocked and turned to the Heretics.

"Wait, is that her? That's the badass that you're all afraid of?" she stuck her regal chin in the air huffily.

Nora and Mary Louise were also taken aback by the sight of Rayna Cruz.

Bonnie cackled as she entered the room. The two girls were looking wary as they followed behind her, keeping their distance. Rayna was awake and stared up in confusion. Meanwhile Bonnie studied the woman in the bed, she wasn't the one from her vision, she wasn't the one with Kai and the twins. This couldn't be her then.

"Hello, I'm Bonnie, this is Nora and Mary Louise." Bonnie introduced herself and the others. "Are you Rayna Cruz?"

"I… I don't know. Maybe."

Nora wore a frown. "Do you remember us? "

"No, should I?"

"Considering you're a murderous vampire-hunting bitch who chased us across Europe for decades... Yeah, we should look familiar. You sent one of these to all of us. Ring a bell?" Mary Louise spat, as she held up her postcard.

"I'm afraid I don't know what any of that means." Rayna spoke. "Although I've always wanted to go to Paris," she started mumbling to herself.

There was a moment of silence before her face contorted. This was not what Bonnie expected.

Nora tilted her head to Bonnie and Mary Louise, the three of them went back into the hall.

"What are we gonna do now?" Nora whispered, glancing around.

"Kill the old bat." The blonde growled, shaking her head.

Bonnie glared at her, "Are you crazy, she's an old woman. You two can't possibly believe this is the woman we're looking for." The witch was sure that the real Huntress was the one from her vision.

Mary Louise scoffed. "It could very well be."

"I'm not letting you kill some old woman when we aren't even sure this is the right person."

Mary Louise opened her mouth but was cut off.

"Bonnie's right, chances are that isn't the real Rayna Cruz. We could end up killing the wrong woman."

"Since when have you ever hesitated on killing?" Mary Louise looked angry. "Trying to impress Bonnie, get your hands in her knickers aren't you."

Nora looked away, Bonnie looked flushed.

"Unless you already have…" Neither girl looked at Mary Louise when she made her accusation. "Why am I even surprised? Well if that's all, I'll go look for Rayna and you two can snog or whatever." The blonde huffed and stormed off.

Nora turned away complete, Bonnie could see her shuddering and holding in a sob.

"Nora, are you really gonna let her walk away?"

She glanced down at the floor before looking back up, "Yes, she's being a brat. I can't deal with her anymore Bonnie. I just can't."

"You love her, and she's being a brat because this is a new world for her. She's jealous that you're so well adjusted and she's still struggling." Bonnie explains. "Hate to say this, but she needs you. I don't think you should give up on her, not yet."

"And what if she never tries to adjust."

"Give her sometime, she might surprise you. And if not, you know where to find me. Our dorms are on the same floor." Bonnie quipped before she could help herself.

Nora pursed her lips and blushed. Without another word, the Heretic walked off searching for Mary Louise.

It's not that Bonnie wasn't enjoying the attention. Part of her felt like she was only using Nora to avoid her feelings for Kai. She knew she couldn't keep it up for too long, and poor Mary Louise was pinning, angrily. As awful as the blonde Heretic was, she actually loved Nora. Bonnie couldn't compete with that.

Returning back to the old lady's room, Bonnie walked in with a packet of Grandma's oatmeal raisin cookies for the older woman.

"Hard to believe they don't have vending machines in high-security psychiatric prisons, but I managed to snag you an oatmeal cookie... from someone else's meal tray."

The other woman was stunned. "Remind me, what your name was again?"

"Bonnie," she answered simply.

"Well thank you, Bonnie. I don't understand why a nice young lady like yourself is hanging around two deviant vampires." The old woman murmured furiously

It was Bonnie's turn to be surprised. "So you are the vampire huntress."

"Not anymore, not at this age anyways. I'm just locked up here until my time comes."

Bonnie's head was tilted to the side, her eyes curious.

"How, how did you end up here of all places?" she asked loudly, taking a step forward.

"I got careless. It happens to the best of us." Rayna gagged. "The drive to kill... the drive instilled upon me by the shamans... it got a little scrambled in my old age. I staked a checkout girl at the supermarket. My mistake."

Bonnie looked ruffled and horrified by this story, but Rayna's tone of voice remains kind as she gestures toward the cookies in Bonnie's hands as well as she could with her wrists restrained.

"I'll like that cookie, if you could help." Rayna nodded to Bonnie.

She didn't want to help her. She reluctantly unwraps the cookie and goes to feed the Huntress a bite. Rayna was fast, she grabbed Bonnie by her ID badge, that was lanyard around her neck and began to choke her with it.

Bonnie struggled against the Huntress, supernatural strength. She could hardly break free from her.

"Mo... motus…"

"So you're a witch." Rayna smirked. "I'm afraid your magic won't work on me. Now untie my hands before I crush your windpipe to dust."

Bonnie was losing all her strength, feeling like she was on the edge of passing out. She continued to struggle against that old woman's grip until someone entered the doorway.

Rayna's grip slightly loosen. "Who the hell are you?"

Kai knew this was going to get him in more trouble. But he couldn't just leave her alone.

"Who the hell are you?"

He reached in his pocket for his knife and threw it right into the old woman's neck. A fount of blood gushed out her neck and she died swiftly. Bonnie was able to recover herself, from nearly being strangled to death.

Her eyes found his own. And Kai rushed over to her examining her neck to see how bad the damage was.

"Bon…" he said somewhat lamely.

She stiffened beside him as soon as he spoke. Bonnie swat his hands away from her neck and face.

"What are you doing here?" she whispered, staring up like a child would.

"Looking for…"

"Well I found her. Nora and I worked together after she got a postcard from the Huntress." Bonnie spoke. "Know anything about those?" she asked, her voice low and rolling in his ear.

Kai shrugged. "I just spoke to Val today, she said Julian received one of those."

Bonnie scoffed and shook her head, guilt worming its way into Kai's chest. "You spoke to Valerie," she tried to compose herself under his gaze. "Yet, you can't even answer a text from me, but when Val calls and you answer."

"Yes, she gives me updates on the babies," he croaked, poking her out of her wrath.

She wrinkled her brow. "I could give you updates on the babies, in fact I have."

"Bonnie don't do this." Kai moved to check to make sure the coast was clear in the hall, before he shut the door. Bonnie was still by Rayna's bed, the dead body was laying next to her.

She balled up her fists, "For the past couple days, I've been telling myself I should move on from you." Bonnie told him simply. "That maybe I should give Nora a try. She's sweet, smart, and has her shit together at least."

When his head rolled towards her, a sneer danced across her lips.

"But instead I tell her to work it out with Mary Louise. Meanwhile I'm pinning for a man who keeps me in the dark, lies to my face, time and time again. And I don't know why." There was a note of bitterness in her voice.

Kai's face was pale and drawn, his eyes feverish. His own fists were clenched at his sides but he didn't seem angry, just frustrated.

"There are bigger things happening than just the Huntress, okay. Right now I don't need the distraction of worrying about you or having to update you on my situation." Kai scowled at her, his arms across his chest.

"But you can for Valerie."

He couldn't read her expression. It was sort of sad but also conflicted.

"Val doesn't know shit. She doesn't keep asking me questions I can't answer," he snapped. "And she at least respects my space. You keep acting as if we're in a relationship and I have to tell you my whereabouts. Newsflash Bonnie, I don't owe you shit." Their eyes met and he suddenly had trouble breathing. It felt like everything had paused.

Then Bonnie blinked, breaking the moment. Her lips settled in a hard line and her eyes narrowed.

"You're right," Bonnie admitted slowly. "I've been completely out of line with you."

Kai frowned and his stomach twisted.

"I don't want to hurt you." He felt guilt at her distress. "And I don't want to lead you on or have you wait around for me to get my act together. I'd hate to be like Gilbert or Damon." Kai stared blankly at the witch.

Bonnie lifted one shoulder in a shrug.

"I need to find Nora and Mary Louise." She wasn't crying, just staring ahead vacantly.

"Okay. We need to get this body out of here quickly before someone comes. I'll cloak her body and you go get the others."

Bonnie agreed with him. Only giving him a nod. This broke his heart. He knew he had crushed her spirit. He wondered if he'd ever get a second, third try with her. Kai couldn't believe how much he was fucking up the best thing that ever happened to him. Right now he was about to make another diabolical decision, one that he couldn't take back and could end everything he'd been working towards.

Bonnie quickly found Nora and Mary Louise having a private conversation. She interrupted them and the two girls yelped, clearly shocked to see her there.

"It's her, that Rayna Cruz." She looked up at them with wide, almost sorrowed, eyes.

She led Nora and Mary Louise back to Rayna's room. Nora couldn't keep her eyes off Bonnie.

"Are you alright, love?" she asked haughtily.

Bonnie finally turned to look at her friend. "Totally. Except for the fact that the old psychopath just tried to strangle me to death." She retorted, not unkindly. "Did you know the Huntress was immune to magic?"

"Dear god, no."

The three girls made their way back to Rayna's room. Bonnie braced herself and stepped forward, turning the handle and pulling open the door. She let out a breath and the other girl's eyebrows shot up. Rayna's body was gone and Kai was missing too.

Bonnie breathed in through her nose and willed herself to not break down. An odd mix of emotions were fighting to be made known; disgust, fear, anger… and somewhere, oddly, was sadness. She stepped backwards into the room. She turned and walked to the window, wrapping her arms protectively around herself.

Nora was startled by the abruptness of her actions. "Bonnie are you okay? Where is Rayna?"

Her face was rigid with fury. "That lying little weasel."

"Who…"

Bonnie suppressed a shiver. "Kai. He was here, he stabbed Rayna in her neck and killed her then stole her body once I left..." she cried out exasperatedly.

The Heretics looked horrified by this revelation. Mary Louise ran her hand through her head of shockingly blonde hair.

"Are you sure, maybe he's still here, maybe…" Nora continued, staring at her.

She opened her mouth then shut it. Bonnie didn't know what to say. She knew that had to be the same woman she'd dreamt about. The woman she saw Kai get intimate with. Bonnie didn't know the details or what Kai was really up to, except he played her. Like Damon did to get Katherine out of the tomb when he first came back to Mystic Falls several years ago. Bonnie knew one thing for sure, she would not be the Elena Gilbert of this story.

After hours of driving back to Virginia. Kai made his way to Mystic Falls Hospital, which was still deserted. He placed Rayna's body on a metal autopsy table. Covering her naked body in a white sheet. Kai exited the room and stood outside a closed glass and watched her.

As he watched the clock behind countdown to 12:45AM. He turned his head back to stare at the body behind the glass window.

"I knew if I sent those postcards scaring the Heretics, they'd lead me right to you." Kai said softly, an unspoken menace behind his words.

Then, Rayna's body quickly burst into flames. He watched as her body burned up and the room filled with smoke. After a few minutes and the smoke started to clear, Kai saw a young naked woman, his eyes roamed freely over her body. She had nice...assets. Her skin was pulled taunt across smooth muscle. The brown hair woman rushed towards the door and pounded it down. Her face showed how scared she was.

There Kai watched as Rayna was reborn like a Phoenix, looking the same as when the shamans enchanted her to be their weapon.

Kai smiled wryly. "Don't worry, you're safe with me. We have a lot to talk about. Rayna Cruz."

AN: Chapters 11-13 will be more plot driven with the Huntress around. The birth of Josie and Lizzie. The return of Lucy Bennett and Enzo. The Amory will be making their appearance. The St. Johns Family. There will be a chase to New Orleans. The next chapter will have Bonkaimon again and the fight for Stefan's hero hair. Next post will be Thursday.