In order to lure a vengeful vampire hunter away from their friends in Mystic Falls, Kai and Stefan head to New Orleans, where Valerie has learned of a safe house that can protect them. Once there, Kai meets one of the infamous Mikaelsons. Meanwhile, Enzo returns, and is working on behalf of a mysterious organization called The Armory, he approaches Bonnie and Damon with a plan that could protect Kai and Stefan from Rayna Cruz.
After driving for the past fifteen hours nonstop, Kai decided it was safe enough to make a pit stop at a nearby gas station. He ditched his old Camaro for a newer model Mustang, afraid Rayna would be able to spot his old car. And as much as he didn't want to stop driving, he was running on low fuel. Kai quickly pulled up at a gas station, when his phone rang. It was Valerie, hopefully with some helpful information.
"I could really use your help." He greeted, as he pulled up next to the gas pump.
"Stefan made it to Georgia and the Huntress is on his tail." Valerie went on, as if she hadn't heard him.
Kai drummed his fingers against one thigh. "That could buy me sometime."
"Time for what?" she shouted, anxiously.
"I need you to find someone for me."
His magic had been weakened by the cursed mark the Huntress gave him. Kai didn't have enough power for a basic locator spell anymore. He knew Rayna was immune to magic, but he had no idea she could diminish a Heretic's magic, making them practically powerless against her.
"Kai, we don't have time for this, you need to get on Highway 27 and keep going north." The blonde exclaimed, trying to keep her temper underwrap.
Trying his hardest to sound like someone who had nothing to hide. "And I will but first…"
"You need to get to the safe haven, whatever this is can wait until later," she hissed, cutting him off.
"Not until I find her," he said impatiently.
"Who?" Valerie questioned, less loudly.
His lips tightened. "Lucy Bennett." said Kai, without thinking.
Valerie sucked in her breath, "Bennett, as in related to Bonnie?"
"Her cousin, she's in danger too," he muttered, rolling his eyes.
"Kai, you can't save everyone, she's probably safer wherever she is."
He was quiet for a moment, his expression pained.
"There's a crazy woman after her," Kai said softly. "Lucy and Bonnie are the last living Bennett witches, you know what it's like to have your kind extinct. The woman after Lucy wants her blood, and she's not gonna stop until she gets it."
They were quiet again before Valerie finally spoke, "Okay, I'll try to track her."
Kai took a deep breath and sat up straight in his seat. "Thank you. Now tell me more about this place I'm going?"
"A safe house that's been imbued with a magical disruption spell. Even the strongest magic can't penetrate its walls, which means Rayna Cruz's sword can't track you there."
A small chuckle fell from his lips. "Fine, I'm heading over there, once you get Lucy's location let me know.
"Please be safe."
Kai didn't want to promise Valerie anything. Once he had Lucy's location he would make a detour in that direction and bring her to the safe house with him. Hoping he wouldn't have Rayna chasing him on the way there. Luckily she was more focused on Stefan, which was buying him some time to do what he needed. Kai just hopes his plan to get Lucy was the right call.
Bonnie couldn't sleep the previous night after everything went south at the hospital. Kai was gone, he and Stefan were on the run from a psycho wasn't how things were supposed to go. Everyone should be gathered around Caroline and the babies celebrating this little miracle. Instead Bonnie found herself the following morning with Damon, who had a lead in Grove Hill that could help them with their Huntress problem.
They arrived at what seemed to be a headquarters, the building looked like a moderately-sized castle, and Bonnie was in the middle of checking her phone when she and Damon got out of the car and looked around. She began to worry as she read her text messages.
"Valerie just texted me and told me she lost cell reception with Stefan." Bonnie stared at her phone, chewing on her nails.
"Should I be worried about you and Valerie?" Damon was looming over her, staring at her with those deep, blue eyes.
Bonnie gritted her teeth. "Oh please, I needed to keep tabs on Kai, since he's being stubborn."
"You mean keeping you out of harm's way since you're a magnet for trouble." Damon clarifies to her.
"When you put it like that," Bonnie shrugs. "But I promised Alaric and Caroline that I would do my part and bring them both home."
He was still staring at her, his blue eyes wild and omniscient. "So, are we gonna talk about it?"
Bonnie blinked. "About what?"
"Your relationship with Kai, which I thought was platonic, but know I'm finding out that you two are…"
Her mouth went absolutely dry. "We kissed at your mother's dinner party months ago."
Damon stopped in his tracks. "Wait, how did I miss that."
"You were in another room with Stefan and Julian," Bonnie went on. "Lily was pissing me off and Kai came in pretending to be my date so..."
"What else happened?" he asked, looking decidedly dazed.
"Nothing. Kai has been very hot and cold," said Bonnie, and then looked decidedly blue. "Sometimes I don't know what's going on in that head of his."
He was looking at her altogether too keenly, Bonnie decided.
"I mean it's obvious he cares about you." Damon pointed out. "And he did have a crush on you in the prison world."
Bonnie tried to remember an easier time with Kai. When they were all trapped in 1994, trying to work together and get out. When she was first mesmerized by how daring and irresistible Kai was, a complete contrast from all the boys in Mystic Falls. He was the first boy to ever be interested in Bonnie for her beauty and grace. Some days she stresses on how things could have been different between them had she made better choices.
Damon and Bonnie walked up to the door, which Enzo opened to greet them on the massive front porch.
"Finally, I was beginning to think you flaked out." Enzo welcomed them.
Turning, he jerked his head towards the door, allowing them to follow him inside the building. Bonnie was surprised by Enzo's presence, Damon mildly informed her of his reunion with Enzo last night, who had some information that could help them with Rayna Cruz.
They walked through the door, and entered a series of large rooms that were filled with old, antique furniture and glass cases with what looked like ancient artifacts. Bonnie had never seen anything like this before. How had they never heard of this place? Damon was giving Bonnie a warning look, letting her know he didn't trust what he was seeing.
Nervously looking around, Damon asked, "What the hell is this place?"
Enzo clapped. "This is the Armory, mate. Home to a society of supernatural artifact collectors. We keep them under lock and key so they don't fall into the wrong hands."
Bonnie watched as Damon picked up a metal mask that was resting on the stand.
"Never heard of it," he said frigidly. "What about you, Bon?"
"Nope," she said, glaring at Enzo fixedly.
The vampire couldn't help it. He laughed. "Rather the point. They've taken great care to keep themselves out of history as we know it." Enzo said calmly.
He had a funny look in his eye though.
Bonnie and Damon continued looking around the huge room they were standing in. Bonnie couldn't help shiver as she took in the view, something about all this was wrong.
"Are you trying to recruit us?" Damon asked icily. "How about we skip the bullshit and you help rescue my brother. Where's the rest of the team, man?"
"They're on another supernatural hunt right now. I'm in charge of the Rayna Cruz project."
Bonnie cast him a scornful glance over one shoulder. "You? How did you even meet these people?"
"What, Matt didn't tell you? Thought he'd be squawking all over town since he was the one who called in the Armory to hunt me down and cage me up."
The witch arched an eyebrow. "Wait, Matt is in on it too."
"And Tyler apparently." Damon mutters to her.
"Anyways, when the Armory kidnapped me four months ago, it wasn't to torture me. A woman named Alex made me an offer." Enzo began explaining. "She told me she needed my help on a project, in exchange for some information on my birth family," the vampire leaned against the table behind him and folded his arms. "Needless to say, I've been working for the Armory ever since. Look, all we need to do is get Stefan here, and Rayna will have no choice but to follow. A rat to the cheese. We spring the trap, and the Armory keeps her under lock and key forever after. Everyone gets on with their lives."
Bonnie's gut was screaming at her not to trust Enzo or his new friends. But what other options did they have, Kai didn't deserve this. Caroline and Stefan deserved their happy ever after. And Alaric shouldn't be alone taking care of siphoning twins.
His face was implacable. "What do you say?"
Bonnie and Damon both faced each other, two utterly stubborn and matching expressions on their faces.
"Okay we're in." Bonnie said in a tone that bemoaned her twist of fate.
Kai made it on the outskirts of New Orleans, wondering why it was taking so long to hear back from Valerie, he'd almost reached his destination. Either way he was ready to track down Lucy Bennett and drag her back here with him. Soon enough, his phone rang and he hurried to answer it.
"Where is she?" Kai asked, raising his brows.
"Lucky for you she's already there. She's by St. James Infirmary." Valerie informed him. "Smart woman."
He was not as relieved as he'd thought he would be. "I'm about ten minutes away."
"That's good. Stefan is there too. Meet up with him and remain safe."
"I will," he replied, airily.
"Mind telling one thing though," Valerie asked. "Who is chasing Lucy Bennett?"
Kai thought about it for a moment. "Some girl, her family own this supernatural organization in Grove Hill."
"Dear lord, please tell me you aren't referring to the Armory?" Valerie exclaimed, taking his words in stride.
His spine stiffened with a kind of blundering pride. "You know them?"
"The Armory is a black hole of lies," she said in a small voice. "They once tricked us into using Beau as bait and they were more than happy to let Rayna bury her sword in his heart as long as they could put her in one of their cages. I promise you, they will do the same to Lucy."
Kai closed his eyes, remembering his conversation with Virginia. "Probably worse, Lucy killed one of the sisters."
"Then it's amazing that she's still alive," she said in a clipped voice. "They have some of the best technology available and can find anyone."
He went on, his voice smooth and rich, impossible to ignore or block out. "Lucy is a slippery one."
"She won't be able to hide forever." Valerie said fervently, and less quietly than Kai would have liked.
"She can't go back and face them down alone," he said in an exaggeratedly patient tone.
In a small voice, she replied, "Not alone, but two Bennett witches are stronger than one."
He clenched his jaw. "Nope, we are not involving Bonnie."
"Why not?" she asked stiffly, "She's a strong witch, sure she could use more training."
Kai's lips twitched. He wanted to snarl at her very badly.
"Out of the question."
"Is there something going on that I need to know?" asked Valerie, her voice neutral. "Are you and Lucy together?"
Kai's face twisted in a scowl that could match any of her at that thought. "God no, why does everyone keep thinking that."
"Then it's you and Bonnie." Valerie couldn't help herself. She giggled. "Makes sense. I mean you used to gush over her so much we were back in the prison world. I figured she was an ex-girlfriend the way you were always talking about her."
"Please don't try to lecture me," Kai snapped before looking at the WELCOME sign, as he entered New Orleans. "Not the woman who's been pining for the same man for over a hundred years."
"Stefan and I are just friends, I am so over…" she stopped abruptly. "Oh damn, Damon's calling me. Speak to you later."
Kai was starting to wish that he could take back every word; their fragile détente suddenly felt threatened somehow. "Sure Val."
They both hung up, Kai realized he'd been avoiding Bonnie again. Not because he was trying to protect her, but because he was angry that put himself in danger like this. Things weren't supposed to turn out this way, he should be back at Whitmore with her, holding his nieces and planning their futures out with Alaric. Instead he was on the run, away from everyone he cared about. He prayed Bonnie and Damon found a way to take down Rayna Cruz sooner than later.
Damon walked outside to contact Valerie on Stefan's whereabouts. Valerie also texts Bonnie saying Kai was somewhere safe from Rayna Cruz, this helped calm Bonnie's nerves, she just wished he'd call her and confirm how he was. Though she knew he was probably under a lot of stress and being away from the twins was even harder on him.
Enzo was standing near a small table that had several glass containers filled with various types of liquor. Bonnie fiddled her thumbs, praying for divine intervention to come save her from this awkward moment with Enzo. Divine intervention, however, seemed otherwise occupied. Bonnie was on her own.
A scowl crept back over her face, and she made no attempt to hide it. "So these people, they just happen to know where you come from?
Enzo swallowed hard. "So they say, I capture Rayna for them and they fill in the blanks," he said tersely.
"And if they're playing you. What if this is just a scheme to fuck you and your friends over?" Bonnie floundered for words yet again.
"I'm a lone wolf, no friends, no family," Enzo said, as he strode over to her. "I was sent to the workhouse at the age of four. By fourteen, I was out on the streets and at twenty-seven, I was dead. That is it. That is the sum total of my life as a human."
Bonnie turned up her nose at the vampire beside her. "You think knowing who your parents were…"
Enzo cut in, "Bonnie, if there's a chance that I have any living relatives, I want to know."
Bonnie's mind crossed to Kai. How after he wiped out the Gemini Coven, he became desperate to bring them back, at least Jo. Even after trying to bring back Jo became a lost cause, Kai still had his nieces who were alive. That's how Enzo feels, he wants family, no matter how distant they are. That's how Bonnie felt with her estranged mother and distant cousin. They were all the family she had left, Bonnie doesn't know how she'd feel if they weren't alive still.
"Bon."
Both Bonnie and Enzo jumped as Damon crept in from the shadows with a frown on his face. The vampire toned it down when his eyes caught Bonnie's, signaling her.
"Stefan's phone is still dead," Damon spoke, his eyes were shifty, "We'll call you once we get a hold of him. Come on Bon, I wanna beat traffic."
Enzo ignored his barb, "Do you know where he is?"
"Yeah, I do, Enzo. I also have Stefan's 1863 Siphon-crush telling me that you all are shady people. So, Bon-Bon here and I are gonna go cook up a Plan B. But, thanks anyway." Damon ignored Enzo's sharp glare.
Before any of them could speak again, Damon collapses to the floor, Bonnie realizes that Enzo had a dart gun filled with vervain.
"Enzo don't do this… they aren't worth it." Bonnie pleaded.
Enzo walks closer to her, before she could wrap her head around a spell, the vampire hits her over the head with the butt of his gun. Bonnie went crumbling to the floor alongside Damon.
Just outside of St. James Infirmary, Kai strolled the streets of New Orlean, looking around for the Bennett witch. He was grateful that he didn't have to change his route around to go looking for Lucy, which could have led to him getting caught by Rayna Cruz. As he approached a local tea shop next to the bar, he noticed a leggy brunette sitting outside under the shade, nose down in a book.
Watching as the head came up sharply from the book. "Malachai, we meet again."
Lucy moved her handbag from the chair next to her and patted the seat.
Kai smiled in her direction before dropping himself in the chair across from her. "You have friends around here?"
"Few witches," she said. "Should I ask why you're here."
"Run into a bit of trouble." Kai drummed his fingers on the table.
"Is Bonnie…"
"She's okay, safe. I was actually trying to find you and bring you here. My witch friend told me you were already in the area." Kai admitted, watching her awkwardly.
She gave him a lopsided grin. "I told you, I can look after myself."
"So is this your plan," Kai said with that wry and wicked bad boy grin. "To hide forever."
"Not forever. Don't worry, I got eyes on the Armory, they're more focused on getting the Huntress then catching me. And I can handle one little girl."
Kai bit back his comment on how she handled Virginia's sister. Right now they need to get inside that bar and stay safe until they get a call from Valerie or Damon.
"Look, Stefan Salvatore and I are hiding out here," he said dryly.
"Malachai, what did you do?" Lucy asked nonchalantly.
"Got nicked by the huntress, she marked me, and Stefan."
Kai did catch the expression on Lucy's face then, and it left her torn between horror and sorrow.
"You know she won't stop until she gets you both and traps your soul in that stone."
He looked at her in despair. "My friends are cooking up a plan."
"Bonnie better not be involved," she muttered, crossing her arms.
Kai had to bite his tongue hard to keep the awful bubble of snarl in his throat from making its way to the surface.
"She is," Kai scoffed, finally making eye contact with her. "Stefan is her best friend's boyfriend. And that best friend just happens to be my dead sister's surrogate. Caroline just gave birth to the next line of Gemini Twins last night. So Bonnie wasn't going to stay on standby anymore," he explained. "I tried doing this on my own, and failed. Now I have a Huntress after me and Stefan."
"Why do us witches always get involved in vampire stuff." Kai noticed that the conceited tone had completely left her voice.
"I'm a hybrid now, I'm always gonna be in the middle of it," he pointed out, finally crossing the line that he had promised himself he would not cross. "And as much as I don't want to involve other people, I can't do this alone. Rayna Cruz is too powerful, and with my magic being reduced by this mark, I can't keep this up on my own. Not to mention there's the whole Armory issue we still have to deal with."
With a deep sigh, the witch replied, "Fine, we'll do this together." Kai and Lucy both agreed. Now it was time to get inside and stay still until they get further notice from their friends.
Stirring awake, dazed and confused as to what just happened. Bonnie began to wake up, her heart thudded in the walls of her chest, taking notice that she was laying out on a leather armchair. Her glance shifted to the right side of her to see Enzo walking towards her with a towel filled with ice in his hands.
"Hello, love," Enzo said nervously. "Your mate put Tyler in a coma a few days ago. Bit of a hallucination mix-up that resulted in Damon introducing Tyler's skull to the pavement several times. If the Armory hadn't found him, he'd be a vegetable... or dead."
He handed her the ice in his hands, in which Bonnie watched him, suspiciously.
"You knock me out, and now you wanna offer me ice?" she asked, rolling her eyes. "What's wrong with you?" her voice cracked, "And where's Damon?"
"I locked him in a room with Tyler, on a full moon," he said, airily, stepping dangerously close to her. "Yes, you heard that right- your bestie, your sidekick, your high school crush. The man who spins your moral compass in a tizzy. If he doesn't give over Stefan's location by the wolfing hour, he's a dead man."
Bonnie panicked. She doubled her efforts to get him away from him, when he wouldn't move out her way, she got furious and attempted to attack Enzo with a bone-breaking spell.
"Phasmatos ossox!"
The spell didn't do anything, and Bonnie looks horrified.
"My magic isn't working, what did you do to me?" she muttered, rubbing her temples
He laced his hands behind his back and paced back and forth. "I injected you with one of the Armory's toys. You're in a magical time-out. Feel free to dispense with the menacing posture."
Enzo walks away with a smirk. Bonnie followed after him, when he led her to the lower level of the Armory. She noticed there was a solid door that Enzo kept his gaze on as they entered the ground floor. Bonnie rushed over frantically throwing her body against the door to the downstairs cells.
After failing for over ten minutes, Bonnie turned her entire body around to glare furiously at Enzo.
"Open it!"
He looked her up and down. "Sorry love, members only."
Bonnie furrowed her brow. "Enzo, this isn't you. Why are you doing this?"
Enzo leaned closer to her, studying her uneasy expression. "You know why."
She just blinked and waited for him to elaborate, but he remained silent.
"Your family," she hissed, waving him away. "The family who dropped you at a workhouse, never came looking for you, who wiped all traces of their existence from your life. You're willing to make an enemy out of everyone for them?"
The vampire took a step back and gave her a confused look. "When I told you Damon was in trouble, you leaped to your feet, tried to stop me. You didn't care at all that he hurt Tyler- your first instinct was to help him. I deserve that." Enzo said, his expression muddled, then his face changed in realization. "I want someone to love me the way you love him."
Bonnie's mouth was hanging open.
She buried her face in her hands. "Why does everything think I love Damon? He and I are just friends…"
Enzo smiled then. "I take it, that's why loverboy ditched you."
The witch's arched one brow.
"Kai was there at the hospital with us," her green eyes narrowed to slits. "He fought the Huntress off while Damon was knocked out. She tried to trap him in the stone right before Stefan arrived to stop the fight. Stefan saved Kai's life, but he was already marked from fending off Rayna to protect Damon."
Enzo chewed on his lip for a moment, his eyes narrow. "You must know where he is then, tell him to come here. We can work together and take down Rayna Cruz," he suddenly pleaded.
Bonnie nodded, slowly. "Fine."
As soon as Enzo turned his back to Bonnie, she grabbed a vase from the nearby table and slammed it against his head back with whatever strength she had left. Watching as the vampire fell flat on his back, looking disoriented and unable to react when she reached into his pocket for his vervain dart gun. Bonnie shot him in the chest then dragged his body to the door and used his hand print to get the sensors on the door to open.
Time to save Damon and get the hell out of here.
Kai and Lucy wordlessly sauntered to the dining area and headed straight for the bar. It wasn't long before he noticed Stefan drinking with a blond man who was staring at the younger Salvatore with an amused look. Kai pointed the two out to Lucy as they walked in that direction.
"Siphon babies, vampire-witch Heretics? Hmm, sounds like you've been having quite a lot of fun since last our paths crossed." The blond flared his nostrils.
"Not to mention Gemini Convins, prison worlds, and red weddings," Kai interrupted. "Which looked way cooler on Games of Throne," he said sheepishly.
The blond's glance fell on him and Lucy.
Sighing exasperatedly, Stefan said, "Klaus, meet Kai Parker, former Gemini Leader turned Heretic. Kai this is Klaus Mikaelson."
His face lit up in a wide grin. "What an honor to meet the big bad wolf." Kai replied flippantly.
Klaus stared at Kai for a moment, sizing him up with his beady, blue eyes.
"Who's your friend?" Stefan asked, eyeing the woman next to him, suspiciously.
"Lucy Bennett." She introduced herself. "I was in a bit of trouble, Kai wanted to help me out."
"Bonnie's cousin Lucy," Stefan voiced. "The one that worked with Katherine to get the moonstone from us."
The sultry witch looked down shyly. "That's the one," she mumbled noncommittally.
Meanwhile the Original scoffed, "Seems like everyone knows that old tart," he insisted eagerly.
"Not everyone." Kai's tone of voice made it unflatteringly clear that was ready to move on from this subject.
Stefan gestured to their small table letting them join in. Lucy sat across from him, and Kai was next to Klaus Mikaelson.
Looking unfazed, Klaus returned a dismissive look then said, "So, where were we?"
Stefan cleared his throat and repeated his story more soundly. "Caroline almost died giving childbirth, although the kids aren't hers, their…"
"Alaric and my sister's," common sense fled his mind completely, "My coven wanted to save the babies." Kai's voice was almost venomous now.
"Might I ask who killed your coven?" asked Klaus guardedly.
Kai stared at Klaus, his dark eyes answering the question. Stefan and Lucy hurriedly looked away.
His chest seemed to be rising into his throat. "I did," he managed to say.
The Original nodded, silently. The air was thick with tension.
Out of nowhere, Klaus began to laugh at him, which led to everyone else raising an eyebrow in question. "Your people are quite an interesting bunch," he went on, in a horribly self-satisfied voice. "What with killing one twin to gain the other's powers. I can see why you killed them."
"The killer merge, our family legacy." Kai challenged him.
They smiled at each other and Stefan took a deep breath as though he was worried about the tension from earlier.
"Anyways, Damon called me," said Stefan, with the air of someone making an enormous sacrifice. "Seems like found himself in a bit of a werewolf predicament. I know I said he was a pain in the ass, but is there any chance you'd be willing to spare some blood? Just in case things go south."
Without warning, Stefan's wound starts to bleed through his shirt, Kai felt his own wound that he had covered in a bandage, burning him. That's when Klaus becomes enraged when he sees the X-shaped blood stain on Stefan's chest, forcing Kai to cover his own which was bleeding. Lucy looked over at both boys concerned.
"The mark of the Phoenix Sword," Klaus exclaimed, getting to his feet. He towered over his friend as he threw his hands up in frustration. "Stefan, what have you gotten yourself into this time."
The vampire took a deep, shaky breath. "You know this mark?"
Klaus lowered his voice an octave. "I've never been careless enough to make an enemy out of Rayna Cruz."
"We were informed this was a safe house," faltered Kai. He was starting to get a very bad feeling about all of this. "We needed-"
Klaus cut him off. "To hide, to seek refuge in my town, to enjoy the perks of my hospitality in the city where my family sleeps, and all the while, you three lure in a vicious hound with your scent?" he argued, glaring daggers at his friend.
Lucy countered, "I'm not marked," the witch inserted, standing up to the blond.
Klaus chuckled softly to himself. "Perhaps, but your mate is. Therefore neither of you are welcome."
Stefan swallowed, awkwardly and put his hand on the other man's. "She can't find us here Klaus-"
The hybrid backed away from him, shaking his head and crossing his arms. "Well, maybe not under this roof, but you are aware that she was born in New Orleans? Terrorized the Quarter for years. Mark my word, she will pursue you until your paranoia and despair far outweigh your desire to live."
"If you have any ideas how to help us then tell us," Kai seethed, making fists. "It's not just the Huntress we're dealing with Lucy-"
"You two aren't my concern," Klaus spat. "And you. You do not draw a Huntress to a town full of vampires. You do not drink my bourbon whilst lying to my face, and you do not dare ask me favors ever again. Is that clear, old friend?"
Stefan looked both horrified and terrified, as Klaus raised his voice at him.
Kai was losing his patience with this pointless argument.
Shuffling his feet restlessly, he grumbled irritably, "Come on Lucy, let's go."
As he stood up with Lucy by his side, his eyes narrowed in the direction of the front door. Kai pushed Lucy ahead, while he could still hear Stefan still pleading with his friend, who was still rejecting him.
When they made their way on the street, Lucy practically pulled Kai's arm out of its socket as she dragged him along to her car, deposited him next to the driver's side door, and then ran around the car and hopped in herself. She watched out the window as Stefan was running to his own vehicle.
"I hope you have a plan" she hissed as Kai seemingly took his sweet time to buckle in, she hands him her keys to drive. "Don't fuck up my car."
As Kai pulled out onto the road, he thought that he'd need all the good luck he could get. "I won't," he said to her sarcastically, looking up through the car window.
"Oh my god, Damon!" Bonnie offered him a somber look as she made it down to the cells.
Damon clenched his jaw, swallowing his intrinsic haughtiness. "Bonnie, I need your help."
She rushed to push the buttons on another digital lock on the cell door. But all it did was buzz and beep, meanwhile the door remained closed.
"Bonnie, leave. Save yourself," said Tyler in his deep, sonorous voice. She hadn't noticed her former friend in the room.
Her posture was suddenly stiff. "I can't open it."
"You're a witch, use your magic," Damon reminded her in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Enzo gave me something that disabled my magic."
Damon thought for a moment. "Enzo uses his palm to open the door. Get his ass down here."
Her throat tightened. "That might not happen."
"Why not?" he retorted, reaching forward for the door.
Snapping sounds started happening, Tyler's back arched on the floor and his body was transforming into his werewolf form. Bonnie was scared shitless, and she could see the alarming look on Damon's face.
"Tyler is going to make me his dinner. So I need you to figure this out while I go fight him off." Damon insisted, snapping his fingers.
Tyler's bones were still snapping and breaking, quickly reforming to his wolf body.
Bonnie didn't have time to waste. She rushed back upstairs, Enzo was still passed out on the floor where she last left him. Bonnie looked around trying to find something to help her, she noticed a large ancient looking hatchet on the stand display and she grabbed it. As she walked over to Enzo, who was currently waking up.
"Bonnie," he whispered, turning back.
She merely glowered at him and said nothing, yet his eyes practically screamed, when he noticed what was in her hand.
"Please don't do this," looking up at her with pleading eyes, begging for her not to hurt him.
"This is what happens when you make enemies, Enzo," Bonnie said absently. "For the record, I would have made a better friend."
She lifted the hatchet up and brought it down on Enzo's wrist, cutting off his right hand. Enzo let out a scream in agony as Bonnie removed his wrist. She put all her feelings aside and took his severed hand with her, heading back downstairs.
When she got closer to the cell, she held up the severed hand to the glass, "I got his hand." She announced to her friend.
Damon started, and a guilty look flashed across his face. "Bonnie, wait don't…"
She averted her gaze. "We need to get the hell out of here."
"Tyler will kill you too, go ahead without me."
Slightly revolted, Bonnie jerked the dead hand away from the scanner and let it rest against her side. "And leave you to die. Yeah, I don't think so," she snapped, knowing just how ungraceful she sounded.
"I can clean up my own mess this time," he finally managed, quickly pressing his lips before he said anything else.
After he spoke, Tyler's eyes glowed gold and his fangs came out as he roared at Damon and Bonnie. She willingly ignored Damon's instruction and opened the door just as Tyler lunged for them. Damon turned and kept himself in front of Bonnie as Tyler tackled him. Pushing them both out into the hallway. Bonnie picks up the IV stand and holds it above Tyler's head as he tried to bite Damon while the vampire was trying his best to hold him back.
"Tyler, don't do this," she whispered, realizing too late that she had spoken at all. "Stop!" Her voice gained strength.
Bonnie tried to hit him, and Tyler spun around towards Bonnie, he grabbed the IV stand before hitting Bonnie so hard against the window of the cell. Everyone went black, and Bonnie could feel herself falling.
Sharp words echoing around her, blue eyes lighting their way.
He caught her wrist and yanked her close, his grip not gentle, his lips not courtly as they seared hers. It was only a moment before she responded, fierce hands clutching at him as she opened her mouth, to speak.
"Why? Why did we have to lose so much?" she demanded in tearful defiance, sitting up to look him in the eyes.
"Because it had to be done, Bonnie. We all did what had to be done." Her sharp intake of breath startled him, but only for a moment. "Because that fight was worth any price to be paid."
"Do you really believe that?" she challenged.
"I do," he replied. His eyes narrowed. "I was aware of the plan, Bonster. You were not an exemption. There would be no us, that way."
This place where emotions were amplified, Bonnie couldn't stop the tears from falling. With a gentleness that she would never have thought Kai was capable of, he brushed them aside with fingers.
"You are worth any price," he murmured.
The traffic flowed smoothly. Rush hour was over. The night was dark and pleasantly warm, the air filled with the scent of sage and macadamia flowers. Everything was going fine until Kai realized that he was on the interstate with no direction to go anywhere further. He quickly called Valerie, who informed him that Rayna was on that highway and she might have caught Stefan. Kai told her he'd figure something out, and that she needs to focus on Stefan.
Letting out a deep, crackling breath, Lucy spoke, "I was fine before you showed up."
He shook his head, as if awakening from a dream. "It's not like I was expecting Klaus Mikaelson to be there."
Kai was supposed to turn on I-205, going west to Portland. Instead he found himself going north on I-190 This was exactly the wrong way. And yet…He glanced down at the dashboard clock.
"Thanks to you, I'm on the Original's shitlist," said Lucy, lowering her voice even further until it shaded into dark velvet.
Kai rolled his eyes, "We can move up north for now, maybe go Nova Scotia," he continued. "Hideout on the island."
She goggled at him, feeling dumber than ever. "Wait a minute, how do you know about that island?"
Kai made it his job to know everything about the Bennett witches, including Qetsiyah. Who created the Cure for Vampirism, the one thing that could reverse immortality and was buried in Nova Scotia on an island.
"The Mystic Falls's Scooby gang," said Kai, resisting the urge to cover his face with his hands. "They have every loud conversation about the supernatural in public places."
"Of course," the witch murmured, gracelessly.
His tired eyes looked up at her. "Look, we'll go there."
"And then what?" she asked, almost afraid of the answer.
His eyes glimmered, "Lucy, it's not safe anymore and I can't keep looking over my shoulder with you around, worried about some teenage girl chasing us on top of Rayna Cruz."
Some hint of feeling seemed to flash across Lucy's face, but then she gave him an arrogant smirk. "A teenage girl, I can handle."
Angrily, Kai knit his brows together. "Like you handled her sister."
She looked at him suspiciously. "What did she tell you?"
"What do you think," he scolded through gritted teeth. "You killed a woman."
"That's not how it happened."
The thought terrified him. "Oh, then enlighten me."
"Alexandria St. John called me in for a job at the Armory," she started, "About a monster in a vault, they needed a witch." Lucy chuckled. "I went to seal the vault, I had no idea someone was in there."
"You sealed her in with the monster."
Wringing her hands, she murmured, "I didn't kill her. I don't even know why she was in there."
"Did you try to get her out?" he inquired, his voice laced with judgment.
"It was one way," she retorted, rolling her eyes.
"There's always a loophole," he stated. It was not a question.
Lucy stared at him in confusion, and perhaps another emotion lurked behind those brown eyes too, he thought. Whatever it was, it probably matched his own.
"Kai, it's been months," Lucy bit her lips. "No food, or water. That girl died a long time ago of starvation." Lucy shook her head. "I wanted to go back and save her, but after the younger sister attacked me and threatened my life I knew it was too late."
How could Kai believe Lucy Bennett was a murderer. She was nothing like him, either way he still wanted to help her.
"I'm taking you to Nova Scotia."
"You're going back, aren't you?" Lucy quipped, pressing a thoughtful thumb and forefinger against her chin.
Kai nodded, trying not to feel like events were spiraling out of his control. He was staring at her intently now, as if trying to look right through her into some secret she held without even knowing it.
"I'm done running away."
Kai fought down a lump in his throat, as well as a vague feeling that this really wasn't how these things were supposed to work. But he couldn't turn down any help at this point, and that was the cold, hard fact. He pulled out his phone and dialed a familiar number.
"Damon, we need to talk."
AN: Next chapter, Kai and Damon work together to take out Rayna Cruz, Damon tries to do the right thing for Bonnie, Enzo convince Bonnie to work with him and the Armory, Bonnie meets Alex St. John, and Kai makes a life altering decision that could affects his relationship with Bonnie forever.