~ Chapter Five ~
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want- Lao Tzu
Tuesday, 19th January 2010
Bonnie blew out a nervous breath as she looked out to the setting sun. Tonight was the night. She was going to face Adara tonight.
"Nervous?" she hears his gruff voice.
Looking up to Ray she nodded "A little" she says.
Taking a seat on the edge of the deck, he nudges Bonnie's shoulders playfully.
"Don't be. You're strong and stubborn as hell. Plus you hate losing; I should know."
Bonnie chuckled then said to him "Thank you, by the way. For the training, and not going easy on me."
"Well I am going to miss our fights and arguments," he said
"You're leaving?"
Ray nodded "Yeah I want to continue finding the lead on Klaus."
"Oh," she said saddened of not seeing him around the house anymore.
"Cheer up, Bon. I'm still going to check in on you now and then and-" he paused to roll up his right plaid shirt sleeve and took off a leather black braided bracelet handing it to Bonnie "Here."
"Ray…" she started knowing that it was his mother that gave it to him, but he stopped her "I want you to have it. I always felt protected when I wore this. Like I could do anything and want you to have that same feeling when you battle Adara and continue with this Prophecy."
Pushing up her jacket sleeve and stretching her arm towards him "Then you do the honor."
"Always so demanding" he muttered teasingly and slipped on the bracelet and then tightened the knot around her wrist.
"Thank you," she said her finger runs over the medallion on the bracelet.
"Archangel Michael," he said with a shrug of his shoulders "Mom believed he would protect me and give me the strength to fight and I hope he can do that for you or at least believe in yourself to do just that."
Biting her bottom lip she just wrapped her arms around him and whispered again into his shoulders "Thank you."
Feeling one of her tears drop on the side of his neck he hugged her back "I'm going to miss you too."
In the early hours of the afternoon, Bonnie Bennett sits cross-legged across from Rosario in the middle of the training area. The smoke from the lighted incense sticks placed between them tickled her nostril causing her to sneeze.
"Bless you," Rosario said with a smile.
"Thanks" Bonnie mumbled sniffing a little.
Bonnie took a deep breath and closed her eyes clearing her mind just like her aunt had been training her to do these past weeks.
She hears her aunt's voice "Once you reach the inner world of your consciousness it will just be you and Adara."
Minutes passed as she took a deep breath in and out. Her senses began to heighten, her body becoming in tune with the rhythm of her breathing. She feels the air clogging her throat and her instinct kicking in to snap out of this state, but she quickly and steadily calms her instinct. The suffocation feeling disappears. Feeling like hands were releasing their hold around her neck.
Then silence. Haunting silence.
Light. Bonnie feels light and flightless. She was here.
Opening her eyes, she finds herself floating in the sky.
"Woah," she said breathlessly.
"Beautiful, isn't it?"
Bonnie turns around to see her red-eyed self "Adara."
Bowing she said teasingly "The one and only" then stood up straighter "Are you ready?"
With a look of determination, Bonnie nodded "It's what I have been training for" she said raising her closed fists "To defeat you."
Adara laughed "Cute" and with a click of her fingers, a black-handled katana sword appeared in her hand. Adara disappeared from Bonnie's view and appeared behind her with the sword across her neck "You're not fighting to defeat me. You're fighting to prove you're worth it."
"What?"
"Just because I was created for you, it doesn't mean you deserve such power" the demon moves the sword away from Bonnie's neck the moment her curved-sabre appeared mid-air in front of Bonnie.
"Prove that you're worth it" Adara reappeared across from Bonnie "Try and get this sword out of my hand."
The scenery changed as they stood in the middle of a vast green meadow. With determination, Bonnie grabbed the handle of the still floating sabre. She sped at Adara only to block by the katana. Back and forth they attacked and defended too fast for a human eye to keep track.
Adara dogged the coming sword speeding past Bonnie and hit her back with the hilt of her katana sword. Bonnie to fell to the ground
"Get up," Adara said looking down to Bonnie "I can kill you right now without a second thought."
"Then why don't you?" Bonnie said pushing herself up with the help of her curved sabre.
Breathing heavily she turned to look at Adara "Why don't you?!"
Without a second later Bonnie began to gasp for air when Adara had her free hand around her throat and raised her a little off the ground. Bonnie let go of the sabre and tried to loosen Adara's grip around her throat.
"That's it. Fight. Prove me wrong about you" Adara taunted.
Bonnie's arms dropped causing Adara to scoff "Pathetic."
The second Bonnie felt Adara's grip loosen she kicked Adara in the face surprising the demon as Bonnie used her speed to wrap her legs around Adara's arm so tightly that Adara lost her grip around Bonnie's throat. In perfect motion she unwrapped her legs letting her feet touch the ground and punched the demon so hard in the face that Adara stumbled back from the hit.
Adara coughed out the surprise and looked up to Bonnie "That's more like it" she said
Bonnie picked up her sword she stood up straighter "Let's do this" she heavily breathed out.
Wednesday, 20th January 2010
Seated at his study desk in his room, Michael looked at the caller ID on Bonnie's vibrating phone. Matt Donovan. Again. This phone call has got to be the third one his afternoon. Is this why Bonnie asked him to hold her phone. He thought that Bonnie had informed all her friends not to contact her for this week. Michael sighed remembering that this Donovan kid may have been calling her after giving his cousin the silent treatment these past days. He gets why but- Michael shook his head to snap out of his thoughts.
"Focus on the case" he mumbled to himself as he shuffled through the articles and notes he received from the coven in Redwater. Another small town not far from Mystic Falls.
"Huh," he said making that connection writing a short note 'Not far from Mystic Falls. Connection?' on the top pages of notes. It may be nothing but seriously too much shit happens in that town that he couldn't help but be apprehensive of the town.
His dad assigned him to a recent kidnapping case. Runaway teenagers were getting kidnapped and then left for dead. All done by a group of vampires. The latest kill was from Redwater 3 days ago. The strangest thing about this case was that there was no connection in the places the kidnapping took place. Starting from Chicago then Richmond and now Redwater. He looked up at the map of USA pinned up on the wall in front of him. Michael opened the first desk drawer on his right and grabbed three red thumbtacks and looked back at the map. Standing up, he pinned a thumbtack on Chicago, Richmond and then Redwater.
Placing his hands on his desk, he stared at the map "What am I missing? If they were just killing for fun, they would have stayed around Illinois after they got done with Chicago. They could've worked their way through till they got to Richmond" his eyes wandered to Mystic Falls "Are they working towards Mystic Falls?" he dropped his head "Or I'm just paranoid, and Mystic Falls has nothing to do with this case?"
Bonnie's phone vibrated again and of course, it was Matt.
Michael looked briefly at the map, then sat back tiredly "Time for a break" he said and grabbed Bonnie's phone.
"Bonnie's phone, Michael speaking."
"Oh uh," Michael hears Matt stutter out in surprise and ask "Is Bonnie there?"
"She won't be available for the next few days."
Michael was met with silence "Hello?"
"Can you tell her to call me back when she is free."
"Will you answer your phone when she calls or just ignore her" Michael smacked his forehead for the words that sarcastically rolled out of his mouth.
Clenching his teeth he reprimanded himself mentally "You just had to put your foot in your mouth."
Hearing Matt sigh sadly made Michael cringe guiltily "Shit sorry man I have a tendency of not thinking before I speak."
Matt chuckled "Nah man I probably deserved that. I'm still trying to wrap my head around my sister's death and the whole existence of vampires."
Michael leaned back "Oh yeah that's right you know about vampires" he paused remembering his inconsiderate manner "Sorry about your sister and that Bonnie didn't tell you sooner about vampires."
"Thanks" was Matt's reply. An automatic response.
"I guess I can tell you that witches exist."
Matt laughed "Of course they do, and I suppose that's you and Bonnie."
"Yeah."
"Oh," Matt said surprised "Really?"
Michael laughed thinking "This guy might be an alright person."
"Yeah my family are all witches but Bonnie may become more than a witch, but she can tell you about that herself when she is ready."
Matt muttered, "Damn this is real."
"As real as reality" he joked only to turn around in his seat when he heard a knock.
"Hold on, Matt," he says.
Derek leaned against the door frame "Alexis volunteered to watch Bonnie, so Marcus, Robbie and I are planning to go grab something to eat at Haven Bar, you in?"
Michael nodded "I'll be down in a sec."
"Alright," Derek said leaving the room.
Returning to the phone conversation with Matt "Hey Matt, I got to go but I'll let Bonnie know you called."
"Thanks, bye."
"Bye," Michael said and hanged up the phone.
Looking down at the notes then up at the map "Yeah I need a break" he said. Closing the folder of notes, he got up grabbed his jacket hanging on the back of his chair he left his room for some much-needed lunch.
Bonnie's mind is racing in panic as she spits out blood from the latest hit from Adara. Bonnie looked to the not affected Adara. The slash of cuts she inflicted on the demon's arms are prominent yet, the demon still stood.
"Tired?" Adara asked.
"Never," Bonnie said and charged again only for her moves to be deflected until she felt something go through her stomach.
With wide green eyes, she looked down to see Adara put her katana through her belly.
Looking back up to Adara she tells Bonnie "Why do you live?"
Bonnie frowned in confused by the question asked.
The demon leans toward Bonnie continuing "I live for me. That means I have to protect you for me to live. If it means taking control of your body then so be it."
"Control?" Bonnie sputtered out
Adara drops one hand and uses her other hand gripped around the handle and moves the sword further in until it meets with Bonnie's body "Together we can become powerful but the moment your spirit becomes weaker gives me a chance to become stronger and do anything means necessary to protect us."
Bonnie looked down to the sword and watched the blood drip from her mouth and hit the handle.
With her head down Bonnie began to laugh catching Adara by surprise "You're wrong" she said and grabbed Adara's wrist that held the sword and twisted it. Adara screamed in pain and let go of the sword in time for Bonnie to stumble back. Dropping her sword, she gripped the katana's handle with both of her hands.
Looking to the demon holding her broken wrist "You said to get this sword out of your hand" and with all her strength she screamed out while pulling the sword out. She dropped to her knees, still gripping the sword and laughed manically placing her hand over the stab hole to stop the bleeding.
Putting her bone in place, Adara couldn't help but chuckle impressed at Bonnie's strength.
Walking towards the girl, "Why do you live?" she asks.
Bonnie tiredly looked up "Who…who do I live…for"
Squinting her red eyes curiously she crouched to be eye-leveled with Bonnie and asked the rephrase question "Who do you live for."
"For me. For my…. for my family" Bonnie sputtered looking into Adara's red eyes "The power to protect…makes…me….powerful."
Adara looked to the katana in Bonnie's hands and smiled "The power to protect" she murmured and conceded in defeat "Who we want to protect may be different-" she picked up Bonnie's sabre and cut the palm of her hand watching the blood bleed from her palm. Moving Bonnie's hand away from the stab wound she placed the bleeding palm on top of the wound and before her eyes Bonnie watched amazed of her wound healing from Adara's blood.
Concentrating Adara explained "Combining our powers you will take on vampire traits. Of course, you know of the heighten senses, the speed, fangs and the bloodlust" seeing the wound healed she moved her hand away and looked to Bonnie "You will now also have the healing abilities, but this is not our full form."
"It's not," Bonnie said surprised
Shaking her head "No, we're both not strong enough to reach our full potential of power yet not without our demon slayer" she motioned to the katana Bonnie held in her hand.
"This?" Bonnie said looking at the katana
Adara looked at it fondly "Tiana laid down this weapon on her last battle. It has been centuries since I've last held it" she looks to Bonnie with a smirk "but once we get stronger and hold this sword we transform to our pure form."
"This isn't our actual hybrid form?"
Adara shook her head "When you return to your world our spirits will be in imbalance, and you will take on our true form until your soul, and I are balanced."
"So it'll only be one time."
Adara nodded "Until we find our demon slayer. Our hybrid form with our demon slayer will only be as strong as we are. The stronger we become, the more powerful our demon slayer will be."
Nodding in understanding "Demon slayers are only as powerful as the users."
"Correct."
"Where is our demon slayer?"
Adara shrugged "When I was reborn, memories of my past became scattered. Growing up, the things you hear, see or learn slowly brings back a memory. The last thing I remember of the demon slayer was it being in Tiana's hand, telling me that I will have to battle again" she looks away "that I would have to find a way not to let history repeat."
"Meaning?"
Adara looked to Bonnie "To not let us die, it's why I'm willing to do anything to protect us because it means that we'll stay alive."
"Why do I live?" Bonnie said with a smile realizing why Adara consistently asked: "I live for me."
Adara nodded pleased, but Bonnie continued "I live for my coven, my friends, and my family."
Adara stood and turned away frustrated "They don't care about our wellbeing!"
Looking up to the demon "And you do! You're even willing to commit an act that may go against my morals."
"Yes. I don't care what your opinion is, but if it means we will stay alive, then I will kill anybody."
Bonnie chuckled "That's why I beat you" looking at the demon "the danger my coven and family would have to face if you took over this body is what kept me fighting. Gave me the will to fight" she stands up "they give me a reason to live."
"Or to die" Adara inputted.
Bonnie motioned to the katana in her hand "Hey who won here."
Adara laughed "Okay let's see if you're right" she stretches out her hand "Grab onto my hand, and our powers will combine. When you awake in the real world, you'll take on our full, true form and feed until our spirits are balanced."
Bonnie nodded and grabbed the outreached hand only to gasp from the spiritual pull causing her to close her eyes.
Thursday, 21st January 2010
Marcus narrowed his eyes in concentration staring at the target board in front of him. Readying himself to throw a dagger at the target he stops when the room starts to shake.
"What the hell?!" he shouts immediately dropping the blades and rushes to grab Bonnie only to remember she was still in meditative mode "Shit" he muttered knowing the dangers of waking her up.
Then the room stopped shaking, and Bonnie opened her eyes. Her bright red eyes staring back at him causing the said boy to fall back on his butt at the intensity of power he felt at this moment. A red circle appears around Bonnie and a barrier covered her. Soon the barrier evaporated. Marcus watched black veins appear under her eyes as her red eyes shifted to gold and her fangs elongated. She stood up and looked down to the scared Marcus
"Bon-" he held his breath when he saw huge black bat-like wings appear from behind Bonnie.
She steps out of the circle and walks towards Marcus.
"Bon..Bonnie" he stuttered out as he crawls back with every step she takes until his back hits the stair railing. With shaky legs, he stands up using the wooden rails as his support. Marcus pushed down his fears and raised his hand ready to use magic, but she grabs him by the throat and with her vampire speed she pushes him against the wall. He couldn't even recite a spell with Bonnie's firm grip around his throat.
His hands clawed at her grip in a state of panic that she was going to kill him right here and now. She leans in causing Marcus to hold his breath as she runs her nose along the crook of his neck.
He shivers when her warm breath hit his skin, "Witch" he hears her mumble.
She moves her head back looking at him with her golden eyes she smiles then vanishes from his sight.
Marcus sighs In relief and leans back against the wall taking a deep breath in and out of what just happened.
Snapping out of his thoughts "Bonnie" he mutters then repeats "Bonnie" and rushes upstairs yelling "Michael!"
"Shit Marcus, keep it down, " Michael said meeting Marcus in the foyer.
Marcus turns to look at the front door wide open and back to Michael "Bonnie is awake and-" he pauses unsure how to explain what he just witnessed
"She's awake," Michael says and makes a move to walk past Marcus but is stopped when Marcus steps in front of him "She's not here" he begins to pace side to side frantically explaining "She was in her vampire form but unlike anything I've ever seen. She had the fangs and veins under her eyes" he places his hands under his eyes to connect with descriptions.
He points to his eyes "Her eyes! Her eyes were gold!" he then stretches his arms widely "And she had these wings! Like a vampire bat!"
Michael places his hands on Marcus' shoulder to stop pacing "Marcus, where is she?"
"I don't know! She sensed I was a witch, and she just vanished out of the room" he points to the open front door "I don't know where she went!"
Michael looked down the hall to the opened front door and with a swift motion of his hand, he magically closed the door.
Looking back to Marcus he instructs him "You'll tell my parents every detail of what just happened to Bonnie. Every transformation, every movement she made. Understood?"
The dazed, blonde-haired boy nods.
Michael turns around and begins to walk upstairs to his father's office with Marcus following him.
"Michael," Marcus said softly
Michael stops and turns.
"She's going to be okay, right?"
Michael nodded "She's Bonnie Bennett. She's going to be okay"
Friday, 22nd January 2010
Bonnie opened her eyes to the sight of a bright blue sky. Lying on the snow covered grounds in the woods of Light Haven, she smiled in complete bliss of her feed last night. Bonnie was still trying to piece together how she got here. All she remembered was flying. Yes, flying with intent to seek blood. Which led her to confront some vampires that were about to attack a group of girls. Instead, she fed on them and then slaughtered with her bare hands. The blood from each vampire that filled her up. Being connected to Adara, made her feel more in control of her powers. Power. She giggled like a child on Christmas stretching her hands up to the sky imagining her fingers were touching the clouds like it did last night.
"Wow," she said in disbelief that she could fly.
"One day, Bonnie. We'll reach our real powers. We're destined to" Adara voices in her mind.
"Hmmm one day sounds nice" Bonnie mused.
"Bonnie! Bonnie! Bonnie!" her ears pick up on her uncle and aunt's frantic voices.
She closed her eyes and felt the breeze brush against her skin. With a deep breath in and out, her fingertips danced lazily upon the tips of the grass. She felt different. Tired at the moment, but last night she felt unstoppable. She was now fully transformed. No longer a witch but a witch-demon hybrid.
She hears footsteps rushing towards "Gabriel! She's here!"
"Oh my god" Rosario cries softly to herself.
She kneels down she presses two fingertips against Bonnie's neck in fear of her being frozen to death only to take a sharp intake of air of Bonnie's warm temperature.
"I'm okay," Bonnie said still with her eyes closed.
She hears her aunt's sigh in relief and places her hands on top of her lap.
Bonnie opened her eyes and turned to Aunt "Hey" she softly said.
Rosario sniffed back her tears and looked down Bonnie's body for any injury based on the sight of blood on her jumper. The woman sobbed at the sight of her niece's bloody hand then looked back at Bonnie "What happened?" she sobbed out.
"I needed to feed to complete my transformation" answered Bonnie she turns her head away to look at her uncle kneeling beside her.
"Are you okay?" he asked
Bonnie nodded "I'm okay" she looked back up to the sky "I don't think the vampires I met are fine."
"How many?"
"Four…Ten" she counted "I piled them up further in the woods. Just keep going straight from where we are."
"The cemetery?" Rosario wondered.
"So that's what it was up ahead," Bonnie said.
Gabriel pulled out his phone from his coat and speed-dialed home.
"Yes, Mike we found her. We need to get a clean up near the cemetery. Vampires" he looks down to Bonnie "Looks like your cousin did some damage" he smirked.
"Gabriel" Rosario chastised him for the proud tone
Gabriel ended the call looking to his wife he questioned: "What?"
"You shouldn't be proud of the fact that Bonnie just killed ten vampires."
"You guys know I'm still here" Bonnie spoke up "Here…Lying in the snow."
"Oh god," Rosario said as she and Gabriel stood and helped Bonnie stand up.
Gabriel began to take off his overcoat but Bonnie stopped him "I'm okay" she said.
He frowned "The back of your jumper is almost soaked."
Bonnie grabbed her uncle's hand and placed it against her forehead. His eyes widened at Bonnie's warm temperature.
"Like I said, I'm okay" she assuringly said.
She let go of his hand as Rosario placed her hand on her niece's forehead "Warm" she moved her hand away "Part of the transformation?"
"Yeah," Bonnie agreed.
"Let's get you home and cleaned up," Rosario said brushing away strands of hair behind Bonnie's ear. Rosario's thumb brushed under Bonnie's eyes remembering Marcus's description of her transformed form, but now Rosario was looking at power radiating from Bonnie was just beneath the surface and it was overwhelming. She knew the prophesied witch-hybrid would be powerful, but this was beyond what she imagined.
"Aunt Rosario, is everything okay?" Bonnie asked.
Rosario smiled and kissed her forehead "Everything is okay. I'm just glad you're safe, and you're you."
Nearing eight o'clock at night, Marcus finds himself leaning against the door frame of Bonnie's room. He watches her stack the books she had been using to research the moonstone on her desk. Bonnie knew he was there, but she wanted him to make the first move.
Marcus clears his throat and enters her "Bonnie," he says.
She stood up and slowly turned around to watch him walk towards her with a teasing smirk, but she knew it was a facade he was hiding behind. He was going to speak in a lighter teasing tone to avoid showing her, his true feelings of how scared he was.
Scared of what he witnessed.
Afraid of seeing her in her true hybrid form.
"So that was you?" he joked
She didn't want to joke back with him; she wanted to get straight to the point.
Not breaking eye contact with him "That's me" she said.
"You scared the shit out of me," he said standing in the middle of her room now.
"I know," she said stepping towards him "And now?" she asked with fear in her heart of what his answer would be.
Looking down to her "I know you're not her-"
She cut him off "That was me."
"No, that was Adara."
Bonnie shook her head and explained as best as she could "No that was me. When I awoke, I was disoriented. I didn't know where I was or that my meditation went on for three days in the training room. All I wanted was vampire blood. So in a blurred state, I just grabbed the first person I sensed."
"Me" he answered only to ask "Did you realize it was me when you said, witch"
Bonnie squinted her eyes in thought "Mmm no it was the smell of your blood that made me realize you were a witch."
"Smell?"
Bonnie ran her finger along the side of his neck "Every being has a distinctive blood smell that pumps through their veins" she taps the bottom of the crook of his neck "I hunt vampires, so their blood smells sweet, alluring to me especially when they are running in fear. Human blood smells like metal" she sticks out her tongue in disgust "Copper to be precise" she says remembering her first attempt at drinking human blood.
"And witches?"
"A little bit of in between of a human and vampire. Sweet yet a turn-off, it's hard to explain."
"I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult" he joked.
"I'm sorry I scared you," she said apologetically to him
Marcus waved his hand to brush it off, but he got caught off by surprise when she wrapped her arms around his waist pulling him into a hug.
"I'm sorry" she mumbled into his chest
Marcus smiled and wrapped his arm around her.
She closes her eyes "I'm sorry" she mumbles in his chest as tears fall.
"It's okay. You didn't hurt me" Marcus murmured to Bonnie then remembers "Your wings were bad-ass."
She chuckles pulling back she quickly wipes away the tears "It was only a one time" she says sniffling.
"Really?" he questioned surprised. About to ask Bonnie his next question but stopped at the sight of her teary eyes.
Marcus pulled her back into a hug "Just cry it out first then tell me everything" he said comforting her.
Sunday, 31st January 2010
It had been nine days since her full transformation and Bonnie was doing a lot better than she thought she would. Her emotions were no longer on haywire, and she stopped feeling on edge about her powers or just being around Derek's blood. Instead, she noticed that she didn't crave vampire blood as much as she did the first round of transformation. Her aunt had thought that now she and Adara was united, there would be a balance and calmness of her hybrid nature. Bonnie couldn't help but agree with her aunt's theory because she was stronger, faster and more in control of her powers during combat training and her uncle saw that. Leading her to this moment right now, her first mission with her cousin, Michael. To follow his leads on his assigned case of the kidnapped teens.
According to Michael, it was a group of newbie vampires that was responsible for it. This group was now becoming sloppier and messier with the trails of bodies. Bonnie jumped in to help with the investigation and within five days, Michael and herself learned that these group of vampires had started in New York City. A big city where the missing teens were chalked up to being a runaway case, so they wouldn't be noticed or missed, yet they moved their MO to small towns which confused her coven. Why go from the big city to small towns? Towns that like to talk and kidnappings will bound to get attentions which got her coven's attention when the crimes began to occur in one of the nearby towns.
The group of vampires had taken resident up in a B&B cottage in this quaint little town, known as Grove Hill. It seemed that the vampires had the B&B all to themselves which made it so much easier for Michael and herself to enter the cottage and that there would be no casualty disruption during their fights with the vampires.
"You think they are ready?" Michael asked while he shot a stake through the water barrier he created to hold the vampire in place. He watched the water barrier fall apart the moment vampire fell.
"Yeah" Bonnie grunted out as she stuck her sword through the stomach of the incoming vampire then with her free hand she pulled out his heart out. Bonnie tosses the heart aside and speeds to the vampire moving into attack Michael from behind.
Not at all phased by his cousin speeding past him to hold the vampire against the wall near the door frame in a choke hold. He turned around to face Bonnie throwing one of his daggers through the side of the vampire's head.
"They haven't even turned sixteen yet. The twins should be following coven rules. They only have two more months left then they can join officially." he said.
Staking the vampire she rolled her eyes letting the vampire fall to the ground and turned to Michael "You and regulations Mike. Robbie and Alexis were practically born into this coven. They should be at my level or above."
Michael shook his head "Robbie is smart from watching his mom and spending time with her watching her translate grimoires. Fighting is not that kid's forte. That's Alexis' talent, except she still can't control her powers. They need discipline which is what you had instilled into you from uncle Zachariah's training. That is why you are above their level not because of your age. When they go through the coven training, then they will become more discipline, and then we can take them out on coven missions."
"Then I'll train them," she said while putting away her sword.
"Bon, you've just gotten the hang of training around here" he paused when Bonnie raised a hand in a motion to be quiet.
"We have company" she waited to allow her ears to pick on the incoming people…no vampire "One vampire, I'm guessing it's the leader because he's pissed off no one is responding back to him. Wait he knows something is wrong" she smirked looking to Michael she stepped away from the doorway standing by the previously killed vampire.
"Let's just hurry this up," Michael said using his dagger to slice into his palm and clenched his fist letting the blood drip to the floorboards. Thanks to training with Bonnie he was able to stab the knife into the vampire's stomach in the exact moment the vampire entered the room.
Bonnie sped and stuck her hand into the vampire's back grabbing his heart "Too easy" she whispered "Now are you the one in charge of this little vampire crew? Remember answer truthfully or-" she squeezed the heart to make her point.
The vampire screamed in pain "Yes, yes I am!" he cried out.
Michael looked over the vampire's shoulder to his cousin "I think he's willing to talk."
Bonnie hummed "I believe you're right" and watched Michael lazily go and sit on the bed as the interrogation continued "Now-" she started looking back up to the vampire "I'm just going to keep my hand here for assurance. We have two questions, are you ready? Answer truthfully and you can live, understand?"
The vampire nodded slowly cringing in pain.
"Now why did you and your vampire friends change from kidnapping teens in the city to small towns?"
"Change of scenery" he croaked out only to scream in pain from the squeeze of his heart "Orders!" he cried out "We were ordered to."
Bonnie let go of the heart hearing the vampire sigh in relief
"By who?" Michael asked.
The vampire looked at Michael in fear "I can't. He'll kill me."
Bonnie chuckled "You're more scared of him than the person that is literally holding your heart in her hand."
"I rather you kill me now then tell you," the vampire said with determination.
Bonnie stared at the frightened vampire. This pale, black-haired kid wasn't going to spill the name "Okay" she said
"Bonnie!" Michael exclaimed surprise that she wasn't going to find another way of getting him to spill information.
"I have an idea, Mike" she looked to him "Can I have some privacy?" she asked.
"Fine, I'll be in the car," he said standing up and walking out.
Hearing the door shut behind her. She carefully let go of the vampire's heart and pulled her hand out of the vampire's back. Before the brown-eyed vampire could have time to attack, she sped him against the wall with her hand around his throat. The young pale-skinned vampire shivered at the sight of Bonnie's red eyes "What are you?" he questioned in fear.
"Someone a lot scarier than the ones you take order from" she answered smirking to show her fangs and bit into his neck.
In the hallway, Michael shivered from the sound of the screaming vampire, "I'm never going to get used to that" he mumbled and made his way downstairs to his car.
Seated in the driver's seat, Michael stuck the last small tape on the bandage over his cut palm and looked up when he heard tapping on his window. Bonnie pointed to the trunk of the car as he pressed the button for it to open and watched his cousin go to the back of the car to put away her sword and shut the trunk.
"Did your plan work?" he asked when she entered the car.
"Yeah," she said while pulling the seat belt "Derek was right about memories in the blood. The amount of blood I drink I'm able to look into his mind. I needed not to focus on getting lost in the taste of the blood but instead, concentrate on the images of what I'm seeking."
"And?"
"It seems Domenic Maestri was the one that gave the orders."
"Really?" Michael said surprised and now confused on what Maestri's involvement, in this case, could.
Starting the car, he spouted out his thoughts "The group of vampires wasn't even bringing the kidnapped teens to his brothel parties, or we would have made the connection of his involvement a long time ago."
"The kidnapped teens were for the newbie vampires' enjoyment. The selected towns are the connection."
"How so?"
She looked to Michael concentrating on the road while driving and explained "We know that Domenic is looking for the moonstone. It seems he needs it to clear a debt he owes to Klaus. He is following the trails of where he has heard rumors of where the moonstone may have been."
"Which means we're getting closer to finding the moonstone," Michael said with a smile his mind already conjuring up a plan "We find Domenic's nest, we learn more about the moonstone's location trail."
"By the way, how do we find a vampire that no one knows how he looks like?" she asked holding back a little information.
Michael's smile dropped in realization "Crap; no one has seen his face or has yet to live to tell of his existence unless you're Klaus apparently."
"Well, he's a good looking guy" she reveals.
Michael rolled his eyes at his cousin's comment "Really I don't need to-" he slammed on the brakes of the car in the middle of the empty road
"Mike?!" Bonnie screeched.
Looking to her "You know how he looks like!"
Bonnie nods with a chuckle she reminds him "Blood memories remember?"
Michael stared at his cousin in amazement and began to laugh "That is amazing! You know you're amazing, right?"
Bonnie chuckled embarrassedly by her cousin's praises "Yeah, yeah please continue to drive and try not to get us into a car accident."
"I'm serious. No witch has ever seen the face of Domenic Maestri and even if they did, he somehow ends them before they speak a word. We always end up hitting dead ends" he chuckled and began to accelerate down the empty road "Then you come along and solve the mystery for us."
"I only know how he looks like, it's not as if I found him."
"Hey, it's a lot better than the blurry images we have of him. Those blood memories also mean that you may be able to pinpoint his last location if he met with the ripper vampire group."
Bonnie looked surprisingly to her cousin for she had not thought of that. She did have a long way to go in her training.
Almost as if sensing her thoughts he assured her "It comes with experience when analyzing the situation. You'll get better at being two steps ahead in your plans."
Bonnie nodded taking in her cousin's advice until her phone rang.
Pulling the phone out of her pocket, she looks at the caller ID. Her eyes widened "It's Matt" she said surprised.
She had called him back the day after her battle with Adara. Let's just say that the conversation was awkward. He apologized, and they spoke for awhile about themselves and she found out Michael had told him about witches. She was relieved that Matt was okay about it, but she knew; their friendship changed forever. For good..she wasn't sure.
Michael's voice snapped her out of her thoughts "Well answer already."
"Oh yeah, right," she said answering the call "Hey," she said.
Michael wished right now to have vampire hearing because he couldn't guess the conversation from the quick glances to Bonnie's expression.
"Yeah sure, we have lots of room. I'll double check with my uncle and aunt first and call you up tonight" Bonnie said then ended the call.
"He broke up with Caroline and now he wants to stay with us for awhile" she answered his unasked question.
"Why?" Michael confused.
"He wants the whole story from me. About why I truly left, more about witches and our coven-"
"He's going to get a surprise about the witch hybrid part" he imputed.
She continued still in amazement "-And he wants to know about vampires and how to defend yourself against them" she looks to Michael.
Sensing her stare and knowing what she was thinking "Oh no. Matt is not going to train with us. He is a human. You already want to teach Robbie and Alexis, at least they have somewhat of fighting skills and magic."
"Not me. Maybe you, uncle Gabriel or Scott. Just teach him the basics. I would sleep better knowing that he can defend himself against vampires and be immune to their compulsion" she compromised only to add "It shouldn't take him long to pick on the basics. He's a hunter, so we train him with the right weapons."
"Mmmm as a hunter he would be more suited to train with the crossbow."
"Yes!" Bonnie said as Michael spoke over
"It's not a yes!"
"Yet, but the fact you are thinking of the type of training for him means that you'll consider training him, please," she said looking at him with her puppy-dog eyes.
He didn't want to give in, but he couldn't help it. He felt sorry for Matt, and he knew how much he meant to Bonnie that was what made him give in "I'll help you convince dad to let him train with us. No more than a month, if he can keep up with the school work as well."
Bonnie nodded happily in which Michael couldn't help but smile back. That's what he loved seeing. Smiling more often, too many times he had seen her sad, angry and scared and ever so slowly she was beginning to smile and laugh more often. Genuinely too. She was starting to realize that she didn't have to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders alone. At times she still thinks that, but the coven has learned to be passive aggressive with Bonnie to get her to share her problems. Most of them. Ray, Marcus and [at times] himself would just argue it out. But each of them realized she needed that. Somebody to challenge her and get her to understand that she doesn't have to be the solution to everything.
"Oh my god!" Bonnie exclaimed scaring him out of his thoughts "He broke up with Caroline! I have to call her and see how she's doing" she said while unlocking her phone.
Michael shook his head chuckling. Thinking about her friend's well-being that was one thing that would never change and he never would want to change.
AN: Hope you guys are enjoying the chapters :D Until next weekend [which is this weekend]. Apologies for any grammatical errors.