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Sick Puppies- Anywhere But Here

Author's Note: Thank you again all you awesome readers who are favoring, following, and reviewing this story. To the readers who are leaving reviews without an account, I will answer all your questions in a response section at the end of the chapter :) Enjoy!

-M

P.S. I'm screwing around with the Bennett family tree in order to set a new plot in motion, so if you're not able to connect the dots in accordance to the show, it's because it's not meant to be the same! Remember, this is an "alternate universe." Anything goes… :P

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"Kai will be dead, sooner, rather than later," I stated with confidence.

Unfaithful

Chapter Four

KLAUS

Like a disease, she has infected my bloodstream, and now that she is embedded so deeply inside of me, I fear I will never get her out. She thinks I'm nothing more than a vain, self-centered bastard—and perhaps she's right. Father would have said the same; I was nothing more than a dog in his eyes. I can recognize that I have strayed far, far away from the righteous road—centuries ago, in fact. I believed that my courtship with Caroline was a destined beginning for me to start afresh and be the man I have always endeavoured to be. I held such a strong conviction that she was good for my life, and she has been. But Elena… Elena-bloody-Gilbert… I cannot comprehend my attraction to her. I'd killed her, after all—almost three years ago. Had I felt guilty about draining her blood dry and ending her life? Yes. Though, the guilt did not consume me because I had turned off my humanity.

Maybe it's fair to say that the only reason why I had dragged Stefan halfway across the states that one summer was because I was deliberately trying to drive a wedge between him and Elena. It had worked… But I still did not pursue her. Throughout my engagement, I had hoped that she and I could find some common ground with each other. Though, it was a failed attempt time and time again because I had obliterated her trust. I was her immortal enemy, after all.

I've been guilty of undressing her with my eyes many times—but our mutual animosity toward each other has always been the driving force that kept us from bridging the gap to a possible friendship. To entertain such a hypothetical notion seemed senseless, but I was willing to try. I wanted to be a better man for Caroline, and that meant redeeming myself and gaining the respect of the people she loved.

Elena and I have never been able to get along. I push her buttons, she pushes mine. I recall the time I had asked her for help when it came to buying the perfect birthday gift for Caroline. With much reluctance, she had finally agreed to accompany me on my little shopping excursion… But we fought the entire way to the mall; we fought while we were at the mall; and we continued to fight at the jewellery store. I think I tend to be ill-tempered around her because I feel sexually attracted to her, and it really does my head in.

When we kissed during that stupid "bottle game," I felt like something was finally unleashed inside of me; something I had bottled up for far too long. How can a person possibly live the same once they experience something that redefines their perception of the world? Redefines their outlook on love?

I should have refused to kiss her. For Caroline's sake, I should have just walked right out and made a big scene, even it meant I'd be labeled as the "infamous dick." It was wrong to have kissed her and played that silly game while I consciously knew that I was attracted to her. I desired Elena in ways that contradicted my commitment to Caroline. It wasn't fair.

Elena and I have hated each other so much, it seemed impossible to entertain the idea of us loving each other just as passionately. Do I love her, though? What are my intentions? Why can't I forget about what it felt like to be inside of her? Maybe dark magics are at play.

"Klaus?"

I suddenly snapped out of my melancholy dementia and stared into a pair of glimmering blue eyes. "Yes, love?"

"Your brother's here!" said Caroline, beaming as usual.

I got up from the sofa and as soon as I stepped outside, I saw that Elena was already there, greeting him with a long lingering hug. I envied my brother's ability to remain in everyone's favor. Elijah has always possessed a certain old-age charm and charisma that never seems to fail on women. He wasn't dressed in a suit, for once—which seemed almost odd.

"Brother!" I smiled as I walked toward him. "What brings you here? I thought you'd be somewhere in Europe by now."

We greeted each other with a traditional embrace before her said, "I decided to stay in Mystic Falls. Considering our latest threat, it's best we stay steps ahead."

"Kai will be dead, sooner, rather than later," I stated with confidence. The bastard was a thorn in my side. Now that he was the strongest hybrid warlock, my siblings and I had quite a bit of work to do when it came to figuring out how to eliminate our enemy. Bonnie was his latest target, so bringing her out to the lake house was the safest option. The place was safe because it was built over a sacred indigenous burial ground, and Kai could not come here.

"I'm so glad you actually came!" Elena exclaimed as she hugged Elijah again.

My blood began to simmer as I clenched my jaw. I understood how terribly possessive I could be, but I couldn't stand to see her throw herself at my brother as if he were an actual love interest. Not that my brother was not worthy of her affections—I just felt that she was mine, not his. I never liked to share.

"Come, Elijah," I said to him. "Let's get you situated inside."

~oOo~

Kai Parker was drenched in sweat as he finished doing his last set of pull ups inside his downtown loft. The Sick Puppies were blasting from his stereo speakers as his biceps kept flexing every time he pulled his weight up on the bar that was fixed between the doorframes. When he finally finished his workout, he grabbed a towel and dried himself. Kai walked into his kitchen and grabbed a bottle of human blood. He opened the lid and gulped back the liquid as if it were water. Once he quenched his thirst, he strolled toward his stereo system and cranked up the volume, nodding his head in beat with the music. Kai sang along with the lyrics and sauntered into his bedroom.

"So… I… slide… from paranoid to paradise!"

He divested himself of his clothing and got into the shower. In seconds, steam began to cloud around his muscled body as he soaked himself under the steaming showerhead. There was only one person on his mind: Bonnie Bennett. She was his long lost twin. What Bonnie didn't know was that she shared the same mother with the diabolical Gemini hybrid. Kai's mother, Nora Parker, had cheated on her husband with Bonnie's father, Rudy Hopkins. This resulted in the most unusual pregnancy, in which two separate zygotes had been inseminated by two different men inside of Nora during the time of conception. In other words, she gave birth to two children, born as fraternal twins, but had different DNA. Kai was fathered by Joshua, and Bonnie was fathered by Rudy.

When Josh discovered that one child had darker skin, he immediately knew that his wife had been unfaithful to him. He wanted to sacrifice the child and his wife during a ritual to cleanse her of her sins and wipe the shame from the family name, but Nora managed to get her most trusted confidante (Sheila Bennett) to take her daughter to safety and deliver her to her real father. Bonnie had been spared that night, but Nora wasn't. Joshua had killed his wife and forgot about the other child altogether. The Gemini patriarch believed that the reason why his son, Malachai did not possess any magic was because of Nora's sins. It was nature, punishing her, or so he thought.

Sadly, the reason why Kai had such disturbing psychological problems was because he had to grow up with an abusive father who only cared about power and often ostracized him from the family because Kai was "different." The poor child was treated like a freak. Every time Josh looked into his son's eyes, all he could think about was that "damned, dark skinned baby" that had been born after Kai.

His son had only learned of the truth when he had been banished to the prison world by the Gemini coven (after he massacred some family members). Bonnie was his half-sister, and Sheila and Rudy had kept the truth of her birth a secret because they wanted to keep her safe. The last thing they wanted was the Gemini coven hunting her down and killing her.

When Kai eventually escaped and merged with his brother, Luke, he'd tried many times to apologize to Bonnie and tell her the truth about her origins and history with him. But Luke always managed to shut him up and keep him from exposing the secret, because if Bonnie had learned the truth, it would have put her in mortal danger. But Kai took care of that problem when he massacred every last member of his family tree during Alaric's wedding, and used magic to rip Luke's soul from his. No one had been spared during that night of celebration. Not even his pregnant sister, Jo.

The only living Gemini descendants were now Kai… and Bonnie. All of her friends were under the impression that Kai was after her because he wanted to kill her, but they were dead wrong. He had no intention of murdering her in cold blood or torturing her. What Kai desired was far darker… much, much darker. He wanted to impregnate her, so that she would give birth to an immortal heir that would start his new Gemini legacy and transition the world into a new world order, governed under Kai, himself. He wanted to be like God. The very act in itself was the ultimate sin that would cause an apocalypse—Armageddon. If Bonnie were to give birth to a son, fathered by her half-brother, then she would have served as a voluntary instrument to the Devil himself. The child was sure to be Hell spawn.

Puffs of steam evaporated off of Kai's body as he stepped out of the shower and wrapped a white towel around his waist. He was handsome—in a ruggedly, dark way. Most certainly deranged, and twisted in nature, but for Bonnie… he had a soft spot. Kai was determined to unleash Hell on earth and wreak havoc. His personal vendetta was against the most Divine being in the universe: creator of the earth and the heavens. He had waged war and allied himself with darkness, and he was confident he would drag his sister into that darkness with him.

Bonnie had no idea that she would soon have to face the biggest spiritual struggle of her life. Sometimes evil doesn't need to be dangerous and explicit for it to be known. Sometimes evil can be implicit, attractive, and alluring. Temptation and lust are the trickiest of vices, and Malachai Parker intended to seduce his unsuspecting sister down to the gates of Hell. He would drag her there with him and consume her soul if it was the last thing he'd do.

It's hard to leave behind…

The one thing that made me feel alive

So, I slide…

From paranoid to paradise.

A/N: I'm going to answer some questions based on what was posted in my reviews. One reader asked: "Couldn't Klaus just compel Caroline to forget about the wedding and them being a couple if he wanted to?"

Dear reader,

Technically, yes, Klaus could compel Caroline to forget their relationship or forget about her love for him, but this would conflict with his morals. As a man who has turned a new leaf, he does not want to manipulate someone he cares for, nor does he want to compel Elena's love. Sometimes being the most powerful being doesn't always mean that happiness is right at your fingertips. Even these exquisite immortals are often left with nothing but their humanity when it comes to love and relationships. To love, is to be human. You don't need super powers to feel or reciprocate it :)

On a side note, I am developing a "BonKai" subplot that does flirt around "incest." This is a deliberate decision made by me because I believe a true villain must not possess any morals. Therefore, Kai's morals and values are completely separate from what we as a society consider to be good and acceptable. He is the antithesis of the traditional hero, and far from a "God-honoring" character. I want to fearlessly dive into the twisted psychology of a deranged, immortal sociopath, in hopes of humanizing him and challenging your own beliefs when it comes to the rules of love.

As a writer, I am always open minded to take on challenges like that, and I hope you guys can appreciate it. As always, my writing is never meant to offend, but to make you feel something—to evoke deep emotion, and at times… disturb.

And so Alice falls deeper down the rabbit hole… lol (metaphor).

Anyway, lovelies, feel free to drop me a review and let me know your thoughts and ideas! On person had mentioned I write from Klaus's POV, I hope I did him justice in this chapter, even though it was only a small portion. Stay awesome Klena army!