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Memories of you

Since our destination was Portland, we had to leave mystic falls. I was honestly delighted at the thought of leaving my constant drama-filled little town. I really needed a break from it, after everything. On the other hand we were off to a worse destination - Portland.

Home of Kai Parker and tons of other cool people. His voice filled my head again. I remember him telling me this, while touching my hands as he cut me free. Telling me about his town and how I had ruined his plans of leaving. He had invited me for thanks giving dinner, then it had all started from there.

The reason why I was finding him, had started from our little thanks giving dinner. I often wonder what would have happened if I had shown interest in leaving with him. I thought he had stabbed me because it was always his plan, but I remember the sad look in his eyes when I said I would never trust him or like him. The whole time it was like he was testing me. Trying to see if I would warm up to him. Why else would the crazy bastard make effort trying to impress me? I mean he could have honestly been doing it all for himself. He was a sociopath after all, but he could have saved himself the trouble and took my blood earlier. I should have noticed the warning signs when I had upset him, telling him I would never enjoy his company. He looked like I had rejected him completely, which I did. I should have guessed that meant he would not honor our deal. I had underestimated the sneaky asshole. If only I had been more aware, or things had been different.

Caroline nudged my arm, once again waking me up from my constant worrying thoughts.

"You okay?" she looked at me in concern.

We were now currently on a plane heading to Portland. We had both forgotten money, so Caroline had to compel a rich guy to get us tickets. I hated it when my friends used compulsion. It was completely against someone's free-will, but we had no choice. The future of many lives rested on our shoulders right now. We had to make sure we completed the mission, otherwise everything would be over.

I just couldn't concentrate. The whole time poor Caroline was trying to talk to me about our plan, I kept zoning out. All I could think about was Kai. His haunting voice, his boyish look, his false charm and dangerous aura. It felt like I had imagined him all this time. It felt so surreal that I was on a plane heading to his home to see him.

"Bonnie, are you listening?" Caroline's peeved voice woke me up from my thoughts.

"Sorry, I was just thinking." That was an understatement. I was frantically worrying about everything at this point.

"Okay. Well what do you think of the plan? I make Jo believe i'm some friend from back in the day, which gives us an invite into their home. Then you can get to work on Kai and convince him to not turn into a crazy asshole and kill his siblings. Simple, right?" she seemed enthusiastic.

I groaned in agitation. The whole thing was anything but simple. I did not want to be near Kai, let alone do some work on him. I remembered there was the issue of his father too. We would have to do something about him, as he would ruin our plans.

"That's good Caroline, but we need to make sure their evil Daddy is not home. He will know what we are, and ruin everything before we even get through their door." I sighed just thinking of papa Parker. The guy was as deranged as Kai had been, but masked it better.

"Oh yeah, you're right. Hopefully we won't have to worry about him. We just need to get Kai, right?"

I chewed on my bottom lip in deep thought. If only getting Kai on board, was that simple.

Even though it was longer, it felt like minutes before we were outside the Gemini home.

I felt my heart beat faster as I looked at it, remembering my last trip there. That was a memory I would rather forget. Being stabbed after thanks giving dinner was not how I wanted to remember my trip here. I could never look at spaghetti, or even turkey again thanks to that bastard.

"You okay there Bonnie? It looks like you want to high-tail it out of here." Caroline was observing me.

I shook my head to try and clear it. It was no use, I felt like my world was closing in around me. Seeing the big old Gemini house before me, brought home the fact my trip to 1994 was real. For a short while I had thought of it as an induced nightmare, but now the evidence was clear.

"I'm fine," I lied.

"Really? Is that why your heart is beating like a loud drum? I can hear it Bonnie." She had her arms crossed, watching me with interest.

I forgot about the annoying vampire hearing.

"Okay, maybe i'm scared. It was horrible Caroline. I feel sick just being here." I looked down at my feet, holding my now-aching stomach.

She sighed, giving me a sympathetic look.

"I know Bonnie. Sorry, I guess I forgot how hard this must be for you." She wrapped an arm around me in comfort.

I leaned into her for support, trying to stop myself from wanting to puke all over her pretty summer dress. I felt completely nauseated. I honestly underestimated my feelings, that were still not resolved from my time spent in the prison world.

"I know you're stronger than this Bonnie. I know you can do this, you're the strongest person I know," she assured me.

I tried to find that Bennett strength I possessed somewhere deep inside of myself. I took in a few deep breaths, before gently taking her arm off me and nodding.

"Let's do it." I smiled.

She smiled back, and was going to go knock on the door before I stopped her. I wondered why the house was visible to us now, when Gemini had a spell to keep it hidden. I guess they had taken it off for some reason.

"Wait, we need to cover our tracks. They can't know that you're a vampire and i'm a Bennett witch, or it's over for us."

She stopped, looking worried.

"Oh yeah. Damn, they could have fried my vampire-ass Bonnie. Thanks for stopping me there." She laughed.

I laughed too, thankful her joke made me feel slightly better.

"As if I would let that happen. Now, I will do a spell to try and shield you from their prying. You will have to play along though Care, so no using your vampire powers."

She looked hesitant at the thought of not using them, but nodded in agreement.

"What about you?" she asked.

That was a good question. I would have to put my magic away again. Where was Miss cuddles when I needed her? It would have to be something else.

"I will have to put away my magic, hide it somewhere. That bastard is a magic-sucker, he might try and take my power. I can't risk that," I informed her.

Of course being defenseless around Kai was even more unappealing. I felt so torn. On one had I wanted magic to fight him just in case, but I also had to make sure he wouldn't try and steal it and probably use it to torture his siblings.

"Hmm, I wonder what you can hide it in? Oh wait, you can hide it in like any object, right? I got this cute necklace on sale i'm wearing, can you use that?" she took off the cute silver heart pendent and chain she wore.

I took it from her, observing it. Thank goodness she got it on sale. It was cute, and I would hate to lose something expensive or sentimental.

"That will do," I assured her.

She smiled in glee, probably happy that she could help me with a magic-related problem for once. I began to spell to send the magic into the necklace, holding it inbetween my palms. The skin of my hands began to burn with white-hot heat, causing me to almost drop it. I held on continuing the latin words - till I felt the magic inside of me was no longer there. I looked down at the necklace, touching it to feel my magic pulsate around it like an electrical charge. The spell had worked.

"Okay, it's done." I showed her the necklace.

She clapped her hands in happiness. She Looked around us for a moment, before turning back to me.

"Are you taking it with us?" she asked.

I had to think about that for a second. I had planned to take it in my jean pocket, but then Kai might be able to sense it. I could not risk him getting my power.

"I can't take it. They're strong witches, and would probably be able to sense I have magic on me. I will need to hide it."

A flashback of Kai pulling Jo's knife from the tree appeared in my mind. I shivered when I remembered the feel of the blade he had shoved inside my gut. He seemed to like that spot, judging from where he had stabbed his twin sister. Although, at least I had not lost my spleen like she had. I could not believe I was considering putting the necklace in the same spot Jo had hidden the knife, but I had an urge too. It's strange. Felt almost poetic, hiding it in the same place Jo had hidden her magic from him.

I walked to the same spot, where the left over bit of the cut tree stood. Shoving the necklace inside of the Autumn leafs that covered inside.

"I will leave it there." I felt like I was assuring myself more than Caroline.

She nodded but said nothing further. As we walked along the field that surrounded their house. We reached the door, and I almost felt sick seeing the garden play-toys scattered around. It brought it home the first time I had been there. I remember thinking how it felt haunted, with all the kids toys around. Remembering there must have been once kids there having fun, filling the place with laughter - instead of the silence I had endured.

It gave me the strength to walk slowly up the steps towards the door. The thought of saving those poor kids from the fate that awaited them. That if I succeed my mission, they would be safe. I could not believe I had not even considered it. I was just thinking about my group of friends, as usual, that I forgot there were other important lives out there. Like the lives of the poor children Kai had killed. I could save them, and countless others who the heretics were probably now feasting on.

Since I had never really gotten to save the people from my friends when they went through no-emotion stage, it felt like I was making up for it.

Now the knife was safely tucked away, I looked at Caroline. I ran back down the steps remembering we had another spell to do, as I called her over to a secluded spot away from the house. She nodded and came towards me. Luckily I had taken the time to study all the grimoires and learn spells for every occasion I could think of. Like in this case - cloaking a vampire from a witch's senses. I was going to glamour her to appear more human too. Both spells took a little longer than I expected, but when we were done I felt it was worth it. Caroline had a feel of a human, even with my own knowing that she was a vamp.

"I don't feel any different." She twirled around, inspecting herself.

"The changes are unseen. It worked though, they should not be able to tell you're a vampire." I really hoped that was the case.

She nodded and pointed towards their door. Urging me to take the lead, to go and knock on the door of the house I wanted to avoid most. To gain confidence I looked at the kids toys around me, remembering I was saving lives here. It gave me the strength to knock on their old wooden door, holding my breath as I heard someones footsteps from inside.

Then Kai Parker was standing there before me, causing my world to fall.

He looked like his younger prison world self. Unshaven, young-boyish handsome looks. Same spiked dark brown hair, and dark blue eyes peering into my soul. I felt my breath hitch, while my chest felt like someone was sitting on it.

I tried to control my breathing, as he looked at me with his eyebrows raised in confusion. He was dressed in a dark blue top that matched his eyes, and baggy jeans of the typical nineties fashion. Everyone about him screamed nineties. It brought 1994 back into my mind, causing my stomach to drop and my mind go haywire.

"Uhh, you're not a pizza guy," he said in confusion.

I could not even register his words, as I stared at him with my mouth open. I know I must have looked crazy, but there was no way to hide my reaction. Just like a typical predator assessing his prey - he continued to stare back at me, not dropping his eyes. We both must have stood like that for a while, before Caroline decided to break the awkward silence.

"Hi, i'm Caroline, and this is Bonnie." She nudged me.

Of course I was still staring, not even paying attention to her. He looked at me in confusion, before turning to face her.

"Hello there, i'm Kai. I was expecting a pizza delivery, not two lovely ladies. Not that I mind or anything." He smiled at me.

Then he checked me out like most guys would, and it was not in a creepy-murderer way. His eyes roamed over my body, taking in everything. Stopping at my face as he continued to look into my eyes. I did not even care that he was checking me out like some fancy car. I could not stop the adrenaline and fear that flowed through me as I looked at him. The confidence I had when I had stabbed him in 1903 was gone, leaving the original fear of him in place.

I really need to get a ahold of myself. So lost in my own thoughts, i had not noticed Caroline start up a conversation with him. He was talking to her, but his eyes never left me. He continued to look only at me as he spoke to her. Like he was as interested in me, as I was in him.

"So you're both old friends of Jo huh? No offense to my sissy, but I didn't think she had many of those." He laughed.

It sent shivers down my spine. I had never heard him laugh before, but it already felt sinister. Even though it seemed in good nature. Logically I knew he wasn't a killer yet. The Kai standing before me was technically innocent, but my brain would not register it. My body still felt the imprint of the knife wound, with the left over scar I still carried.

"Well she met us! We came all the way to see her, right Bon?" she sounded desperate now, as she tried to nudge me awake.

I continued to stare at him like an idiot. Seeing his smug smile was giving me other emotions, other than fear - which was the biggest. Anger. Anger at the the fact I remember all the pent up rage I had when I had stabbed him before, as it came rushing back into me.

"Is your friend okay? She looks a little shell-shocked," he sounded concerned.

He had his hands in his pickets, observing me in curiosity. Well of course i'm shocked, asshole. I'm standing here in front of you, the guy that stabbed and tortured me. I thought bitterly.

"Oh don't mind her, we had a bit of an accident on the way here. Some asshole ran into our car, and now we're stuck. Is rude-driving like a thing in Portland?" Caroline tried desperately to salvage the situation.

"Yeah, it happens. Hey you can-" he was cut off.

"Hey Kai, who is at the door?" asked a voice I did not recognize.

A younger looking Jo came into view. She still had the same bright blue baby eyes, but she was a lot younger - and looked a lot like Kai. Same dark hair and perfect bone structure. Their father at least had left them with one gift, the gift of good genes.

"Hey sissy, it's your gal pals. Bonnie and Carol," he sounded amused. He gestured to us, grinning like clown.

"It's Caroline, and hey Jo! Long time no see." Caroline hugged Jo close like they were long lost friends.

She really should have continued to study drama, the girl was a natural. Jo, bless her, looked confused; as she returned the hug out of politeness.

"So, this is your place? Wow it's bigger than I thought! Why don't you give Bonnie and me a little tour of the place," Caroline insisted.

Jo looked unsure, as she glanced at Kai. Kai nodded in approval, and I guess it was good enough for her as she smiled at us.

"Sure, please come in." She opened the door fully.

That was what Caroline was waiting for, as she grabbed Jo's arm, running inside. I forgot as a vampire she needed an invite. Of course I was not happy she had left me alone with the devil himself. He was blocking the door, looking at me with what seemed like a silent question. He still refused to back out of our staring contest, and I would not dare look away.

Worried he might turn around and stab me.

"So Bonnie," he said my name like he was tasting it on his tongue.

It gave me some other nasty feelings to deal with. Ones I did not want to delve into, as it was mainly lust-filled thoughts I should not be having.

"Are you going to come in? Or stand there checking me out?" He asked, grinning in amusement.

I was happy the anger was slowly taking over the fear. It was easier to be angry at him, as he made it very easy. Especially with his annoying little jokes he liked to tell.

"You first." It was the first time I spoke to him. As I gestured for him to go in first.

No way was I going in front and giving my back away to a murderer. He could stab me and leave me out here, while Caroline and Jo chatted over lunch.

"Okay then," he agreed.

He looked at me with suspicion, before heading inside. I was finally able to let out a long breath I had been holding. My chest felt so tight I thought it would explode. I don't know how I was even going to be in the same room as him. Outside I at least had options for escape, but I would be trapped in there. Still, seeing young Jo and knowing he has siblings made me want to protect them. I would have to do the mission, convincing him to stop before he went on a murder spree.

I had to remember this was not after-merge Kai with feelings, or murderous Kai of the prison world. This was a different Kai.

At least I hoped he was.