I have another Abby and Rudy scene for those of you who like them. And for those of you that hate Mason you haven't scene anything yet. IDK if it was Julie or Caroline that said something alone the line of, "there is always a bigger badie in the wings." I'm playing around with the idea of two big badies to come but the mean one will come next chapter. Happy Reading- Julie

One Month Later

It was two in the morning when Abby got the call. It was Jennifer Mills, Abby's friend from college. After years of being a misunderstood youth Jenny took a job working with Interpol. Abby knew Jennifer would pull through with information on Bonnie, but she didn't think it would be this early in the morning. "Abby are you there?" Jenny asked.

"Yes you said you found something," Abby said as she jolted Rudy from his sleep. Abby knew in her heart that Bonnie was alive.

Call it mother's intuition or a cosmic connection, but Abby knew her little girl was safe. She was scared and she wanted to come home, but she was safe. That was the only thing Abby cared about. She just needed a sign that everything she felt was true, and that Bonnie was okay.

"Jenny what did you find," Rudy asked as he turned on his bedside light.

"Yes, I'm sorry to tell you but a body was found three months ago and never claimed in Jakarta. The body was cremated," Jenny said.

Abby's body was shaking. This couldn't be her baby. Bonnie was alive and they both knew it. "Why do you think it was Bonnie?" Rudy asked, because Abby was unable to speak.

"She had Bonnie's passport and her school ID. I'm having everything sent to you today. If there is anything else I can do for either of you just let me know," Jenny said.

"Thank you for everything you've done, and tell your sister thanks for the flowers," Abby finally said numb inside.

"I'm always a phone call away."

"Thank you," Abby said.

For a moment the room was still and the silence was unbearable. It was suffocating them. Abby's world was shattered. Her little girl had died in some god awful way, and no one was there for her. She had been all alone, and what was worst she'd never get to see her face again.

Rudy wasn't going to except that Bonnie was gone. Someone could have planted that stuff. Bonnie was a smart and caring girl. No one with half a heart would be able to hurt her. She was his beautiful little girl.

Abby was the first to break. She put her hand to her mouth as her body shook. "Why, why my baby?" she yelled as Rudy held her.

"Its okay we don't know it's her. We don't know its her," Rudy said as he held her and cried.

"How are we supposed go on. I can't do this. I can't live without her," Abby cried.

"We're going to figure it out. I promise we'll figure it out," he said rocking her. That night Rudy held his wife and they mourned the loss of their daughter together.

Tyler walked into the study with a solemn look on his face. It was hard for him to come back into the boardinghouse and pretend everything was couldn't stand living with Mason and Alaric. And there was no way in hell he was staying with the Mikaelsons' at the Big House.

Mason's plan was to make Rudy think Bonnie had died the same way his father had. Bleeding out and burned to a crisp. Tyler hated not being able to say a proper good bye to his father. However, that pain wasn't enough to wish harm on Bonnie or put her family through the same torment.

Bonnie had instantly become Tyler's friend and he couldn't live with himself knowing what Mason had done. "I was starting to worry about you guys where's Caroline? She said she'd be home today."

"Stefan called so I dropped her off at the Big House before I came over," Tyler said as he sat on a vantage couch in the study with Damon.

"That's where he's been all day?" Damon wondered aloud.

"I guess Katherine and Rebekah are back from their trip, and you know Giuseppe's rule about Katherine being in his house," Tyler shrugged.

"What happened to Mason?"

Tyler didn't know what to say. He knew his uncle was doing what he thought was best, but best for who. How was hurting Rudy and Bonnie going to bring his father back. Truth be told Tyler felt like it was hurting his father's memory. "Mason had a business thing with Elijah and Klaus is finally home," he halfheartedly smiled.

"Great another Mikaelson bastard returns. I hate that guy," Damon laughed.

"He is married to your sister."

"And we all know how that's going," Damon said pouring himself a glass of bourbon. "Did you get a chance to do what I asked you?" Damon asked.

"Yeah Ms. Porter said she'd love to have Peter for the new price, and she could pay it tomorrow," Tyler said. "Is it okay if I tell Pete he's leaving?" Tyler had become extremely close to the boy in their short journey together. Peter was like the little brother Tyler always wanted.

"Yeah of course. And I'll tell Bonnie so you guys can have a minute alone," Damon said going to the kitchen with Tyler.

"Hey guys what's cooking?" Tyler asked.

"Tyler," Peter cheered from Bonnie's side.

Bonnie notice Damon and Tyler exchange a look. "Bonnie can we talk for a second?" Damon asked as Tyler took over her job at the stove.

"Sure," Bonnie cautiously agreed. She didn't like the looks they were exchanging and thought this was going to be the moment Damon tells her she'd been brought. "What's going on?" Bonnie asked as her heart pounded against her chest.

"Don't make a scene of this you hear me," Damon ordered her.

"You don't have to always be an ass to get something you want."

"You say that but I know you Bonnie. I know that you don't mean it. You don't work that way," Damon laughed.

"I would if you weren't such a dick all the time," she yelled.

Damon knew that fighting wasn't getting them anywhere and soon Peter and Tyler would be in the dining room. He didn't know why but after the kiss, things with Bonnie got worst. There was rarely a time they weren't fighting. No matter what he did or how many time they apologized to each other they would pick up where they left off.

"Look Caroline and Stefan are coming back tonight. I'm going with Tyler to take Peter to his permanent," Damon said in a rush.

"No you're not taking him anywhere," Bonnie said. She was certain that it was going to be her leaving. She didn't know what to say or what to do. She was powerless and she hated it.

"Bonnie he's going to be fine." Damon got closer and attempted to comfort her.

"I'm not going to let you take him anywhere Damon," Bonnie yelled as he stood in front of him.

Damon knew this wasn't going to end well and he didn't want to put Bonnie in time out. "Bonnie please control yourself."

"The hell with you. Peter isn't leaving," she cried.

Damon tried to hug Bonnie but she pushed his arms away. "I can't control this Bon I'm sorry it is what it is."

"No Damon, I can't just except that," Bonnie yelled. "I have to do something."

Damon remembered feeling the same. He knew there was only one thing to do but he couldn't bring himself to do it. "Bonnie please don't make me have to restrain you."

"What?" Bonnie yelled.

"You're being unreasonable," he yelled at her.

"Unreasonable? I'm being unreasonable? How dear you stand there and just let Peter go somewhere and not care. He needs someone to protect him he's just a little boy," Bonnie said using the same line Isobel did when she begged Giuseppe to keep Damon.

"Bonnie you don't know what you're talking about, Peter is better off somewhere else. He's going to be safe."

"You have no idea if that's true. How safe do you feel here Damon?"

Damon couldn't take any more of this. He needed a break from Bonnie. She was a constant reminder of the life he didn't have any more and what he couldn't have. "Go to your room," Damon demanded.

"No," Bonnie yelled turning to go outside. She was soon lifted off her feet. "Put me down," she said as she struggled in Damon's arms. He soon hosted her effortlessly over his shoulder and took her to the lower level of the house. "Damon, stop?" she said kicking and clawing at him.

Damon opened a heavy oak door and threw Bonnie in the dark cold room. "I'm sorry I have to do this," Damon said closing the door and locking it. Damon looked at the door for a moment. It wasn't too late he could let her out. He swallowed and welled his body up the steps and out the door to the backyard.

Stefan wasn't the first to notice Bonnie missing, but he was the first to speak up. It was odd that she was nowhere in sight. The girl hardly left Peter's side. He knew his brother did something to the poor girl it was just a matter of finding out what it was. "Have you seen Bonnie?" Stefan asked as he helped Damon fold some things and throw them in his duffle bag.

"She's taking a break," Damon said not really wanting to think about what he had done. "Do you think I should go with this shirt or this one?" Damon asked Stefan.

"They're the same black shirt," Stefan said. "Why is she taking a break?"

"They're completely different. Why do you care so much about Bonnie anyway?" Damon asked as he examined the shirts.

Stefan snitched one of the shirts out of Damon's hand and folded it. "She's my friend and if you've done something stupid"-

"Oh, come off your high horse Stefan. Let's not pretend like there's nothing going on with you and Judgy. She's been batting those long eyelashes at you all month. We both know your intentions," Damon yelled at his brother.

"There's nothing going on with me and Bonnie. She's just my friend and I love Katherine," Stefan said not understanding how Damon could be so delusional and crazy. Bonnie was nice and fun to be around. She probably didn't deserve whatever punishment Damon gave her.

"Don't at like I'm being crazy. I see how you look at her, and how you act towards her. I'm sure if Katherine were here she'd say the same damn thing. That's a little too friendly," Damon yelled at Stefan. "And you're going to stop that shit."

"If I didn't know better I'd say you were jealous," Stefan laughed.

"I'm not," Damon said and the quick and rehearsed response told Stefan all he needed to know. Damon was jealous of his relationship with Bonnie. "What are you staring at?" Damon asked when he noticed the look of shock on Stefan's face.

"You're in love with Bonnie," Stefan said with a knowing look on his face. "I don't know why I didn't see this sooner. You're in love with her and that's why you get so bothered when she judges you. You are jealous of us," Stefan laughed.

"There's no us" for me to be jealous of, and I don't love Bonnie," Damon lied. He knew Stefan could read him like a book. They had been synchronizing lies since Stefan could form coherent sentences. There was no way he wouldn't be able to tell.

"She's cute man," Stefan said sitting on Damon's bed. "I mean wow she's beautiful. Last week we decided to go for a swim and she can sure wear the hell out of a bikini," Stefan said as if he was reliving a found memory. "The ass on,"-

"Stefan leave," Damon ordered.

"I'm just saying little Bonnie Bennett has got a lot of body. And her lips man"-

That was too far. Damon didn't mean to but he punched Stefan in his big mouth. There was no way he was going to sit here and listen to his little brother fantasy about his-Bonnie. "Shut up and get out," Damon said.

Stefan only smiled. He knew ruffling his brother's feathers was going to lead to violence, but it did prove something. Damon Salvatore was in love with Bonnie Bennett. "I hope you didn't fuck everything up with her," Stefan laughed.

"She's in time out what do you think," Damon said. He had took enough time to realize that this was going to be for the best. Bonnie was going to hate him, and maybe fear him. She'd be counting the days before she'd be out of here, and hopefully for everyone that day would be soon.

"Why did you put her in there?" Stefan yelled. They hadn't used the time out room in years. No one ever deserved to go in there. Stefan was furious with his brother. "What were you thinking," Stefan said turning to get Bonnie.

Damon grabbed his arm. "I know what I'm doing. You're not getting her out until we leave, is that understood?"

"No, no I don't understand why you'd lock someone in a dark room by themselves Damon. I can't seem to wrap my head around it," Stefan yelled.

"She was upset and I'm doing what's best for everyone like I always do. I'm sorry if this isn't all glitter and unicorns Stefan, but someone has got to be the bad guy, and it's funny how it's always me," Damon yelled.

That was a low blow. Damon knew Stefan was trying to get back to his responsibilities. He'd been staying in the boardinghouse everyday for the past month with them. Stefan was trying and no matter what he did he still never lived up to Damon's unrealistic expectations of him. "What the hell do you want from me Damon, I'm trying?" Stefan asked.

"I want you to trust me and to have my back. I know what I'm doing Stefan."

"Well it doesn't look that way from where I'm standing. It looks like you're being a dick to Bonnie because she doesn't kiss the fucking ground you walk on. Do you remember what happened to you in that room?" Stefan questioned.

Every muscle in Damon's body tensed. Damon had spent two months in time out the first time he tried to run away. He felt like he was going to go insane, but a couple times Isobel snuck down and brought him food and a flashlight. She told him he was going to be okay, and to just follow the rules. The third time Damon got out of that room was the last day he ever saw his sister.

"I know what I'm doing," Damon said carrying his bag out of the room.

Bonnie felt around the room for a light switch because she had no light at all. She couldn't believe Damon through her down here. She wanted to rage and kick the door down, but a part of her felt like she deserved this. She had made a promise she knew from the start she wouldn't be able to keep. She had to live with the choices she made, and find a way to fix them.

Bonnie walked over to the other side of the room trying to judge how big it was. When she kicked something. She felt around on the ground for it and it was a flashlight. She sent a silent prayer to heaven and tried to turn it on. The flashlight worked, but the light was really dim and she knew either the batteries or light bulb would go soon.

Bonnie looked around the room. It looked like a cell from an old asylum. It had huge stone slab walls, and a cold stone floor. The door was just a thick piece of oak. It didn't have a door knob on her side. There were bars at the top part and the bottom had a rectangular lift. Bonnie figure that was so they could feed her. Bonnie turned and examined the far wall. It had something written on it. Bonnie walked over and ran her hands over the letters D. S-1994. "Damon," Bonnie said to herself.

He had to write this when he was little. Those bastards put him in this room. Bonnie didn't know why, but she felt sorry for Damon. She felt tears slide down her cheeks as she imagined the torture he must have went through as a child to be the way he is now.

Bonnie picked up the rock on the floor and under Damon's initials she wrote hers. B.B.H 2013. She heard the lock unhinge on the door. "I was hoping you'd find the flashlight," Damon said as he brought her something to eat. "It got cold so Stefan microwaved it instead of putting it in the oven," Damon said giving her the take out container.

"Thank you," Bonnie said opening it and picking up a french fry.

"Stefan is going to let you out soon, I told him you're to stay in the house while I'm gone," Damon said expecting Bonnie to say something smart.

"Okay," Bonnie said as she bit into her burger. Damon watched her as she tried not to look at him. He took one of her fries and moved closer to her.

Bonnie's body tense when she felt the heat of his body caress her side. She looked over at him, and he was examining the room. "Creepy isn't it?" Damon said more like a realization.

"I'm sorry Damon," Bonnie said pulling him away from his thoughts.

"Don't be, you did the right thing, I'm wrong," Damon said looking down at her.

"How long were you in here?" Bonnie asked.

"Which time?" he laughed.

"How many times were you in here?" She asked.

"The first time three weeks, the second two months, and the last time was five days," he said watching the look of terror on Bonnie's face deepen. "I really trust you, I just didn't want you to upset Peter. I know that you're not going to run away or anything."

"That's why you were in here? Did you run away?"

"Twice the first time I was in here was more of a miss understanding," he laughed as if it were a found memory.

"Can I say good bye to Peter?" Bonnie asked.

Damon stiffened. He wanted to let her out, but that wasn't his plan. He had to commit to his actions so the boundary didn't get lost again. He was giving Bonnie too much freedom and they had to learn their roles all over again. "I'll let him call you."

"Damon please just let me say good bye?" she begged with tears in her eyes.

Damon kissed her cheek. "I'll think about it," he said and smiled at her. "One day you'll see I'm not the monster you make me out to be."

They had a colossal problem on their hands. Damon was in love with Bonnie and if Stefan knew their father as well as he thought this wasn't going to fly. Bonnie was in her room pretending to sleep. She barely said two words to Stefan when he let her out, and she didn't even acknowledge Caroline's presence.

"I can't believe your brother would be such a dick to her if he actually likes her. Like seriously, what did he think he was doing?" Caroline yelled as she paced the floor of the downstairs study. Caroline had to fix Damon's mess before he ruined things with Bonnie.

"Care, no meddling," Stefan warned her. Caroline had the tendency to get out of hand with her scheming. She wasn't above drugging them both and throwing them in bed together.

"But if we"-

"No Caroline," Stefan yelled. "This is Damon we're talking about. If he wanted to be with Bonnie he'd be charming the pants off the girl. For the love of god please leave this alone," Stefan begged.

Caroline took in a deep breath obviously Stefan wasn't understanding the situation. "Bonnie is Damon's soulmate and she is up there crying her eyes out because she thinks he hates her. Damon is sending Peter with Mia and checking in on her, because Bonnie promised to protect them. Which equates to Damon being utterly in love with her."

"One, on the record you sound crazy. Two, does it really matter? Bonnie will have to go sooner or later and then what? Father isn't going to like another Katherine situation."

Caroline was trying so hard to bite her tongue because she promised Mason and, more importantly, Tyler she wouldn't say anything but it was so hard.

"You know something about Bonnie don't you?" Stefan asked. He knew both of his sibling better than they knew themselves. He knew when Caroline had a juicy secret she wasn't supposed to tell.

"I can't tell you I promised Tyler," she sighed.

"Okay, now I need to know what Tyler's secret hast to do with all of this," Stefan said staring at his sister.

"Don't look at me like that," she said turning away from his intense gaze. She glanced over at him and he raised his brow. "Fine," she yelled and sat down next to him. "If you tell anyone I'll kill you."

"I won't tell a soul," Stefan said crossing his heart.

Caroline let out a heavy sigh happy that she was going to loosen the weight on her shoulders. "Bonnie isn't going to sell to anyone with a brain," she said.

"Why wouldn't she there's nothing wrong with her?" Stefan said not believing this was that big of a secret.

"Mason convinced Elijah to put Bonnie on the market seven months ago. Seven months is a long time for someone like Bonnie not to sell," Caroline said hoping Stefan would connect the dots.

She could tell by the questioning look on his face that the pieces weren't all fitting together. "I don't get it. If Bonnie's been up for sell for seven months why are we just getting her, and why wasn't she checked out before?"

Caroline hated waiting and Stefan was only finding more questions instead of answers. "Bonnie's dad is a PI," Caroline blurted out.

"What?" Stefan yelled. "How they hell did she get to Mason?"

"Mason hired the Mikaelson's cousin Glen Vaughn to kidnap her in Indonesia when she was on a class trip," Caroline said rolling her eyes.

"Why did he do it?" Stefan questioned.

"Richard Lockwood," Caroline shrugged.

That was all Stefan needed to connect the dots. Bonnie's dad had to be the PI investigating them. The same PI that killed Richard Lockwood. "Caroline, Bonnie hast to go before we have a real problem on our hands."

"I told Tyler that when they were keeping her in Mystic Falls. I'm sure by now her dad knows we have her," Caroline agreed.

"Why didn't they do something about it? Why hasn't Mikael done something about it?"

"Her dad killed Richard," Caroline said as if it were obvious. "Mason is getting immunity. He brought this up with the board and they're going to look the other way for a few more weeks," Caroline sighed.

"And after that?" Stefan asked.

"What do you think," she smiled.

Stefan knew it was far too late for them to send Bonnie home. The only logical thing to do would be keep her and try to sell at a later time. "That's why you want them to be together so they won't try to put Bonnie back on the market," Stefan laughed. His sister sure was creative with her plans to get friends.

Caroline knew what he was thinking, and it wasn't like that, well just that. "Damon deserves to be happy."

"And Rebekah?" Stefan asked. "Where does she fit into this picture?"

"Rebekah isn't right for him. They have a toxic relationship."

Stefan didn't understand why Caroline had to meddle. It was none of her business what happened in anyone's love life. "That's what Damon wants."

"Damon once wanted a blind dog and we all know how that story ended. He always needs to be with someone broken and twisted. He doesn't know what's good for him. He's never had a normal relationship."

"And him being with the girl he's holding hostage is a normal relationship."

"Stop being such a sourpuss," Caroline yelled.

"Stop being an idiot. There is no way Damon and Bonnie could work. He's already given up and she hates him. There's nothing we can do at this point," Stefan pointed out.

"Have I ever given up?" she asked her brother.

"This is different"-

"Have I Stefan?"

"No," he said as he shook his head.

"You're not giving up either. We're going to fix this once Damon gets back."

"I don't believe this."

Stefan woke to his phone going off. "Hello," Stefan said in a raspy voice. He was barely a wake and there was way too much background noise in his receiver.

"Stefan its Peter can I talk to Bonnie?" he asked.

"Wow Peter you'd really pick talking to Bonnie over me?" Stefan said as he got dressed and went down the hall to Bonnie's room.

"I didn't get to say goodbye to her," Peter said giggle. "She's not on the phone yet its just Stefan."

"Hey Stefan," someone yelled in the phone. He guessed it was Mia. Stefan didn't get to meet her, but he heard nothing but good things.

"Hello Mia how are you?" he said as he knocked on Bonnie's door.

"How did you know it was me?" she asked.

"Magic," Stefan teased. "Hey Bon you got a call," Stefan said giving the half asleep girl the phone.

Bonnie took the phone and slammed the door in Stefan's face. She walked back over to her bed. "Hello."

"Bonnie! It's Bonnie Peter," Mia yelled.

Bonnie felt her throat close and her eyes water. "Mia oh my god are you okay?" Bonnie yelled.

"Yes guess what? Peter is going to stay with me and we have puppies. There are six puppies," Mia said. "You want to talk to one?" she asked.

"I wanna talk," Peter said snitching the phone from her. "Hi Bonnie," Peter said. "I'm sorry I left before you got back from the doctor. Damon said you were okay though."

"Yep I'm okay. Are you okay?" Bonnie asked.

"Yeah Damon said I can stay with Mia and Ms. Porter at the dog ranch. We get to play with the puppies all the time," Peter said sounding really excited.

"I'm so glad you guys are happy," Bonnie cried. "I'm going to miss you guys."

"Damon said you and Tyler can come visit us whenever you want," Mia yelled into the phone.

"Oh yeah Tyler's here he and Damon are talking to she's really nice. She made us cookies."

"I like Damon's cookies better," Mia said.

"They are really yummy aren't they," Bonnie agreed not know Damon had reclaimed the phone.

"I'm glad you think so," Damon laughed. "Ms. Porter wants them to get to bed so I'm going to let them say goodnight okay," Damon give Mia the phone.

"Bye Bonnie you're going to come see us soon right?" Mia asked.

"Yes I am, goodnight Mimi I love you."

"Goodnight Bonnie," Peter said.

"Night Pete," she said. "Can you tell Damon I need to speak to him?"

"Sure," Peter gave Damon the phone. "She wants to talk to you."

Damon was shocked. "Hello? Bonnie?"

"Thank you so much Damon. I don't know what to say," Bonnie cried.

Damon felt his heart flutter. He knew this meant a lot to Bonnie, but he was sure she'd still be pissed at him. "I know how much this meant to you and I just did what was right," he said.

"Thank you, Damon."

"Goodnight Bonnie." Damon said with a smile.

"Goodnight Damon."

Okay so was going to write more with Mason and Jenny, but decided against it. The scene with Abby and Rudy was a lot emotionally as a writer.