~ Chapter Nine ~
"All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time."
- Mitch Albom (The Five People You Meet in Heaven)
Monday, 22nd February 2010
A week had passed. A week since Derek's betrayal. A week since Scott and Marcus left for Mystic Falls. Much to Bonnie's surprise the plan worked, but then again not many paid attention to Matt as sad as that sounded. A week since Alexis has spoken. Bonnie just wanted to pull the girl out of the hurt she was feeling and get the loud-mouthed Alexis back. Fuck Derek. She was going to make him suffer the next time she saw him, to the point he wished she just killed him instead.
Bonnie smirked to her thought as she leaned against her locker in the school hallway. Yep, she was at school. Her aunt and uncle had gotten around to registering her to Light Haven high. She thought she was in the all clear of missing the cut off registration but apparently the Bennett name had some influence in this town. She didn't realize that until she heard the whispers of a new Bennett and it seemed Michael was quite the legend here in this school. He was smart and the captain of the Haven's football team that led the team to a lot of wins. She knew he did great at school but damn she could already feel the teacher's expectation of her being just as great as her cousin. Bonnie restrains herself from rolling her eyes hearing the cheerleaders whispers across from her about being a cheerleader at Mystic Falls high school along with their disbelief on that news. Bonnie's name is called and sees Robbie walking towards her causing her to smile at the sight of the pile of books the boy was holding.
"I can see him being valedictorian when he graduates," she thought.
"Assignment?" she said motioning to the books in his hands.
The younger teen nodded "Yeah. I wanted to see if I can get most of it done in case we have to go out on this weekend" code for a coven mission on the weekend.
Bonnie nodded noting the missing twin "Where's Alexis?"
Robbie shrugged his shoulders "Last I saw her; she was walking towards the bleachers on the football field" he lowers his voice for Bonnie to hear "I don't think she has been doing well in classes. The teachers are whispering."
She sighed in understanding "Are you going to stay back in the library after school?"
Robbie nods as Bonnie plans with him "Alright good. I'm going to take Alexis out for the rest of the day and try and get her to face what Derek did to her."
His eyes widened stating lowly and in fear "You're going to skip school?!" looking around scared that someone heard him while Bonnie just raised an eyebrow at him questioning his freaking out nature.
Holding the book closer to his chest, he looked Bonnie in the eye and leaned in to whisper "What if you get caught?! You'll get kicked out! You just started today; you can't-"
Bonnie placed a hand on his shoulders stopping him "Robbie, breathe" he did exactly that as she looked at him assuring him "We won't get caught…"
Robbie mouths "But…" causing Bonnie to smirk.
"If we do, I'll take the blame. I'm the new student. I'll just get a warning" Bonnie moves her hand to tap his books "You focus on your classes while I try and get through to your sister, okay?"
He looks away unsure. Bonnie may have been their teacher, and he and Alexis may have gotten to know Bonnie but was it enough to trust his sister to her?
"One chance, Robbie. I ask for you to give me a chance, please?"
Robbie looks back to his young mentor and seeing the honesty in her eyes he nods "Okay. One chance" he says.
Bonnie smiles grateful and turns to face her locker opening it up to grab her bag as Robbie asked: "So…how exactly are you going to get my sister to talk when she doesn't even talk to anyone but me on rare occasions?"
"If this work, it is up to her to tell you" Bonnie explained closing the locker door "Okay."
Robbie just nodded knowing he couldn't argue anymore as the bell rang to indicate the ending of lunch "Good luck" he whispers before she leaves. Robbie turned to see Bonnie walking out of the school and then vanishing before his eyes causing the boy to blink quickly of what just happened knowing no one would have seen Bonnie vampire speed out of the school.
The boy let out a massively worried sigh thinking to whatever higher being that was listening to him "Please don't let them kill each other."
Bonnie stretched out her arms and craned her head side to side readying herself for her plan to get Alexis to talk finally. Standing in the huge backyard of the Bennett residence, she looks across the field to Alexis.
Raising her hand, she motions a come-on motion "Hit me."
Alexis's eyes widen in question thinking her teacher was joking with her and crosses her arms over her chest.
"I'm serious, Alexis. Hit me" to show her seriousness she speeds towards the young girl and punches her across the face causing the girl to stumble back shocked.
"You hit me!" she screeched holding her face.
"She speaks!" Bonnie exclaimed.
Alexis drops her hand and moves to punch back, but Bonnie catches Alexis' flying fist "When you hit-" she moves her head back missing the other fist coming towards her "-you better not miss" she finished.
She lets go of Alexis's fist as the girl began to breathe heavily in anger "There we go" Bonnie said stepping towards her "I was wrong in coddling you. You had enough people doing that. Instead what I should have been doing was help you to deal with the hurt and that silent anger bubbling inside you" she raises her hand in defense "I should know."
Alexis scoffs and turns away only to stop from Bonnie standing in front of her. She tries to dodge to the side, but Bonnie moves in motion with her causing Alexis to groan in aggravation.
"Hit me" Bonnie pushes Alexis "Hit me" she repeats pushing the girl.
She repeats this until Alexis pushes Bonnie back "Stop it! I'm not going to hit you!" she cries out.
"Did you want to hit, Derek?" Bonnie asks and clicks her finger to have Derek appear beside her.
Alexis gasped stepping back; her breathing slowly becomes heavier. The memories of being bitten hit her.
"You're not real" she whispers in a panic.
Bonnie and Derek step towards Alexis causing her to step back "You're not real."
"Why don't you hit him? Find out he is real? Yell at him! Do. Something," Bonnie taunts Alexis who is staring at Derek.
Bonnie stands behind Derek and says tauntingly "Did he not hurt you?! Are you going to let go of the fact that he used you?! You were his bait!"
That was all that needed to be said to get Alexis to hit Derek and in time for Bonnie to step through the illusion and catch Alexis's punch. The girl got lost in her anger and without realizing kept punching Bonnie thinking it was Derek. Bonnie blocked it and at times took the hits until Alexis hits slowed down and her hands now gripped Bonnie's arm.
"Why me?!" she sobbed out "Why did I not see it earlier?!" she cries out "Why was I so stupid?! Did he ever love me?!"
Bonnie held back her tears and pulled the girl into a hug and lets her cry into her chest. A tear drops from Bonnie's eye as she lets out a sigh to ease the tightening in her chest from Alexis's tears.
"You're going to be okay" Bonnie whispers causing the girl to tilt her head back.
Bonnie placed her hands on Alexis's shoulders "It's not the end of your world. You're hurting right now, but I promise you that you will move on from this pain and find something better. Sometimes it'll be when you least expect it. For now, let's focus on you. We're getting you better and stronger, and I'll help you if you let me."
Alexis sniffled nodding.
Bonnie smiled and pulled the girl back into the hug "Just cry. No one is here" she says causing Alexis to begin crying again.
Closing her eyes, Bonnie vowed to help Alexis move past Derek, and she was going make Klaus and Derek pay for what hurt they caused to Alexis.
Gathered late in the evening Michael, Bonnie, and Gabriel sat on the long couch in Bennett's living room. They stared at the big television screen taking a Skype call from Scott, Marcus, and Matt, updating the coven on what Marcus had found out this past week.
"Were you able to locate the connection between John Gilbert and Mayor Lockwood?" Gabriel asked
Seated beside his uncle, Marcus shook his head "Besides being in the Council. Not really, but Sheriff Forbes was correct to be suspicious of them, I've seen them meet a couple of times, but their conversations were brief. I even broke into the Lockwood manor, but it's not like he has the plans written out, so that was a bust. I did ask Matt to ask Tyler" he looks briefly to Matt standing behind him then back at the computer screen "but he's still a little mad at Tyler for making out with his mom."
Michael and Bonnie held back their laugh but Matt leaning against the back of Marcus's chair "It's not funny guys!" he said to the screen.
Bonnie immediately nodded while Michael said with a snort "We know" he nudges her "We're not laughing. We swear" he said while Bonnie turned her head and buried it into her cousin's shoulder.
"I can see you laughing!" Matt exclaimed pointing to Bonnie.
"Guys…" Rosario said warningly looking to her son and niece who immediately stopped their giggles.
Seated on the arm of the couch beside Gabriel she looked back to the screen "Did you guys find the connection we were discussing?"
Scott nodded "You were right about Elena being the connection."
Bonnie sat up looking at her uncle then at the screen "What connection?"
Scott looked at the laptop and shared his screen "Took me awhile to find the photo albums in the attic, but it was in the album" he explained and double clicked on the picture to show up on their television screen. Bonnie's eyes widened as she stands up in disbelief walking towards the screen.
A group photo in the middle of Town Square with her mom and dad being the center of attention. Zachariah Bennett back hugging her heavily pregnant mom, Abby Bennett. Her Grams and Aunt Rosario on each side of her with an equally broad smile. Uncle Gabriel was proudly standing beside her aunt holding a 1-year-old Michael in his arms who had a big grin on his face. Elena's and Caroline's parents were there along with Tyler's parents and Matt's mom. Kelly Donovan was holding a baby Vicki in her arms and was just as equally pregnant as her mom along with Carol Lockwood. Bonnie's eyes landed on John Gilbert standing beside Grayson with an arm around Isobel.
She looks to her uncle utterly confused "When was this taken?"
"Your baby shower. 4th January 1992. Your dad and mom wanted to have a big baby shower together with their friends and family. John, however, used that day to show off his girlfriend. I had forgotten her name nor did I care because I never liked John but my brother somehow managed to get along with the guy" Gabriel shrugged his shoulders in confusion of how it was possible.
Looking at the picture, Rosario pointed out "Five months later, Grayson and Miranda was introducing the world to their first baby girl, named Elena Gilbert."
Bonnie stared at the Miranda Gilbert, her eyes flicker to the woman's flat stomach. Bonnie look to Isobel and her eyes widen at the sight of woman's stomach. You wouldn't have been able to tell Isobel was pregnant thanks to the slightly baggy jumper she wore. The words 'Elena is the connection' entered her mind.
She gasped "John's her father?!"
Bonnie looks to her uncle for confirmation.
Gabriel nodded "It was too suspicious that John and Isobel showed up in Mystic Falls around the same time. It wasn't until you showed us the photo of Isobel that Rosario put together why she looked familiar. I have a feeling my brother knew about this but chose not to tell us because it wasn't our business but the Gilbert's."
Michael sat up "What does that mean for the device then? Are we saying that Isobel and John are working together?"
Eric seat on the single couch spoke up "A device that can weaken vampires to be in the hands of John would be in the hands of the Council."
"Did you want me to find out where John is staying and break in to see if he has the device?" Marcus asked.
Scott looked to his nephew "No and should I be worried at how willing you are to go breaking into places?"
"Just making things move faster," Marcus said with a sly smirk.
Gabriel shook his head "John wouldn't be stupid enough to leave the device where he is staying. He would have it with him at all time."
Marcus looked up to Matt "How's your pickpocketing skills?" he asked.
"As bad as yours" Matt replied while Scott lightly slapped the back of Marcus's head "No pickpocketing."
Amerie looked to Gabriel "The Council must know about the tomb vampires being released and planning to rid of vampires. They would need to use the device at a gathering."
Hearing Amerie's words, Bonnie looked to Matt who already put together the pieces stating out loud "Founder's Day. Everyone will be there."
Bonnie turned to her uncle "It's possible isn't it?"
Gabriel nodded remembering the event "Yeah, for the maximum effect he could use it when everyone's gathered during the night at the Town Square."
"Would he still activate the device even with humans around?" Bonnie asked scarcely already picturing the type of massacre.
"It's possible," Gabriel said looking to Scott "You guys stay there and continue to stay quiet. We don't know everything, but we should at least be present without bringing attention to us."
"Mom. Dad, you should go" everyone turned to see Robbie standing at the entrance of the living room with Alexis standing beside him.
"Mr. and Mrs. Bennett will quickly be recognized, and people will wonder why they are in Mystic Falls without Bonnie, and they won't believe that you guys are there for Founder's Day. A day you never bothered with before" he finished with a determined look.
Amerie looked to her son "Your father, and I already decided not to go, and Gabriel and Rosario understand."
"Mom, I'm okay," Alexis said walking into the room towards her parents she looked to her father knowing he was still skeptical "I'm not okay…okay, but I will be" she looked briefly to Bonnie who smiled a small smile proudly back at her.
Looking back to her mom, Alexis said "Robbie and I can stay here while you go to Mystic Falls. You two won't be recognized, and you can be passing tourists at Founder's Day."
Amerie grabbed her daughter's hands "Are you sure?"
Alexis nodded "I am. Besides I want to get back into my training if that's okay with my teacher?" she asked looking to Bonnie.
"Perfectly fine with me," Bonnie said.
Amerie looked down to her seated husband who mumbled "Okay" then looked to Alexis "If you need anything or us to come home you call us or text us, and we'll be in the car back home."
Alexis chuckled causing everyone to sigh a little at the sound "Yes dad" she said she looks to the screen "Hey everyone."
"Hey Alexis, are you okay? Ow," Marcus said after receiving a hit on the back of his head from Matt "Dude!" Marcus exclaimed looking to Matt who whispered harshly to him "You know she's not okay."
"It's courtesy of me to ask!" Marcus reasoned with Matt "You can ask without the audience."
"Guys I'm still here" Alexis spoke up causing Matt and Marcus to look at her "Sorry, Alexis" Matt said.
Alexis smiled at the concerned look from Matt "I'm okay, Matt."
Bonnie looked at Michael who had raised an eyebrow of the change of air of Alexis and Matt it was almost if everyone wanted to ask How close did Matt and Alexis get?
"It was me who asked," Marcus said out loud causing Alexis to laugh "Sorry Marcus, I'm okay."
Marcus cringed his nose "Mmmm didn't have the same feel when you said it to Matt-ow!" he said rubbing the back of his head knowing he deserved that one.
Amerie sat back down on the arm of the couch beside her husband and pulled Alexis towards her and hugging her from behind "It's only going to be one day and we'll be back."
Alexis rolled her eyes "I know mom" looking to Gabriel and Rosario "What's the plan?"
Tuesday, 23rd February 2010
Late in the evening, Michael parked the car only to glance to his cousin looking at the visitor on their front porch. Joshua Carter dressed in jeans, blue t-shirt, and a green coat was seated comfortably on the top of the stairs. His tapping boots stop tapping the step and stares at Bonnie sitting in the passenger seat of his car.
"Uh Mike and I will leave you two alone," Marcus said quickly from the backseat as he hurried out of the black jeep clumsily dragging his backpack out.
"Hi, Josh. Bye Josh" he says passing the vampire and enters the Bennett resident.
"You can't ignore him forever," Michael said.
He pats her shoulders in comfort and holds out his hand towards her for her backpack.
Grabbing her bag from the car floor "Thanks" she says handing the bag to him.
"Don't go inviting him into the house" he reminds her.
She rolls her eyes "Yeah, yeah I know" and gets out of the car.
Shutting the door, she hears the car doors lock and watches Michael walk ahead. Joshua stands up once Michael approaches. No words exchanged; just a nod of acknowledgment. Michael walks into the house and closes the front door.
Joshua turns to see Bonnie approaching him "Hey, " she says nervously.
He raises an eyebrow at her "You cancel my Valentine's Day plans with you. No reasons of why. Then you don't pick up my calls or reply to my texts for a week. First time I thought you were busy, but after my fifth or sixth try, I got tired of convincing myself that you weren't purposely ignoring me. Would you even have returned my calls or seen if I hadn't shown up? '"
"Josh-" she stops when he shakes his head and walks past her.
She closes her eyes briefly only to open them when she hears his voice. Joshua turns to look at the back of Bonnie.
"Maybe I shouldn't have planned to do something on Valentine's Day and maybe that got you to freak out-" she turns around to face him "-because we have this strange unsaid thing that we're just going to be friends" he motions his hand between them.
He blows out a nervous breath "I don't think I can be friends with you."
Ignoring the sting to her heart, she explains "Derek was a mole in our coven. Working for Klaus. That's why I canceled my plans with you on Valentine's Day."
"Ah now I feel like a jerk" he steps towards her "Are you okay? Alexis?"
She nods quickly and instinctively take a step back to feel her ankle hit the edge of the first step.
Joshua noticed her movement "Apparently you're not okay" he paused and rephrased his statement "Or we're not okay, and that's why you've been ignoring me."
She looks away guiltily ignoring his stare. Joshua had this weird way of getting an idea of where her mind is usually is just by looking at her. Not many people could read her so easily, let alone that quickly, but he said all he had to do was look at her face, and he'd know everything. She was a book that he could read so many times yet discover things he didn't know.
"You don't trust me?"
"I-" she started to correct him, but she couldn't lie to him "I don't know."
Joshua chuckles in defeat looking away from Bonnie for a second.
He looks to her "What did I do?"
"Nothing."
Joshua raises an eyebrow "I must have done something for you not to trust me."
"No, that's it. Nothing. You haven't done anything for me to suspect you to be working for Klaus. Derek was the same way. He inserted himself into my families' life then helped me during my transition. How could I not suspect Derek who was being so helpful just like you were? Josh, you helped out my Grams, then helped Derek and I out at Whitmore College" she paused to gather her emotions.
"Then I wanted to get to know you" Joshua finished for her.
Joshua looks up to the now darkening sky, A breath of defeat leaves his lip.
"I can't convince you" he whispered, but she hears him.
Joshua looks down to Bonnie "No matter what I say now you're still going to wonder if I'm working for Klaus."
Bonnie doesn't say anything because it was true. He angrily turns around and begins to walk away but stops in his track. Joshua closed his eyes. He wasn't going to leave Bonnie like this. He wasn't going to walk away from this. From her.
In determination, Joshua turns back around "I'm not working for Klaus. Nor would I ever side with such an evil person that hurts the very people that I care about" he reaches out to grab Bonnie's hands causing her to take a small intake of air from his touch. The simple touch that she hadn't felt in such a while that her body seemed to miss.
"I'd rather die than hurt you."
Bonnie's eyes widened and made a move to pull her hands out of his grasp, but his hold pulls her towards him.
"I don't know if it's because I lived so long as a vampire but on the night I met you. I knew you were going to be special in my life. Not because you're a witch hybrid, but because it's you, Bonnie Bennett. You're the one I want to be with."
Bonnie's green eyes look down to their now interlocked hands.
The words "You're the one I want to be with" repeats in her mind causing her to shudder a little but that gnawing doubt crept up in her mind.
Almost as if sensing the impending doubt, Joshua kills it by releasing his hold on her.
Placing his hand under her chin, he tilts Bonnie's head to look at him "Bonnie Rosa Bennett I will convince you till the end of my vampire days that you can trust me and what I feel for you is real. You can go through every good and bad memory of mine to convince yourself and believe me, there are things I regret as a vampire, but I'm trying to be a better person…vampire"
Bonnie was on the verge of passing out from the intensity of Joshua's gaze and his words. She watches him smile lovingly at her; that made her want to believe him.
Joshua cups Bonnie's face "I need you to understand this. I want nobody else but you" he says. His thumbs wipe away the tears she didn't realize had fallen from her eyes. Bonnie's breathing in and out to calm herself and her heightened senses going haywire from their proximity.
Joshua's brown eyes fall to her lips then looks briefly at her. In a daze, Bonnie gulped nervously watching him move towards her.
His head moves past her and whispers huskily into her ear "Let me take you out for dinner first before I kiss those beautiful lips."
Joshua pulls back to look challengingly at her for her next moves.
"So all those dinner and lunches we met up never existed" she replied back to him.
"They weren't dates."
"You didn't say to take me out on a date" she finished with a smirk.
"Beautiful and smart," he said.
Bonnie snickered and said, "Of course-"
Joshua places a quick kiss on Bonnie's lips catching her by surprise. She stares at him speechless not expecting him to kiss her so quickly. She bites her bottom lips to hold back her smile from being caught off guard, but a giggle escapes her lips. Bonnie looks away embarrassed from her accidental laugh and of the sudden butterflies in her stomach from such a short kiss.
Joshua chuckles from Bonnie's reaction but stops when she looks at him. Their eyes lock, her gaze pulling him. Joshua places a hand on the side of Bonnie's face
"Now I'm going to kiss you," he says huskily and drops his head down to place his lips upon hers. Bonnie closed her eyes the moment he put his lips on her. His hand falls from her face and puts both of his hands on her hips while Bonnie wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer as their lips fought for dominance. Pulling back her fang nicks his bottom lip drawing blood to transfer to her lip. Breathing heavily Joshua's dilated eyes watched the tip of Bonnie's tongue poke out to taste his blood. She smirks impressed to see a turned on Joshua in front of her.
Naturally, her eyes shifted to red "Shall I have more?" she asked.
Joshua groaned not wanting to give into the temptation. Placing a kiss upon her lips, he pulls back and puts his forehead against hers.
"You're going to be the death of Bonnie Bennett," he murmured to the red-eyed Bonnie.
Watching the red fade back to her normal green eyes, Joshua cupped her face and placed a kiss upon her forehead "I should go. Talk to you tonight?"
Bonnie just nods with a smile only to again be caught by surprise again when Joshua gave another quick peck on her lips.
"Josh!" she exclaims causing the vampire to laugh to her surprise tone and took steps back while waving goodbye.
Bonnie chuckles waving goodbye to him. Joshua turned around and made his way to his parked car across the street.
Watching Joshua driving away out of her sight, Bonnie's hand slowly falls to touch her lips "Wow" she whispers.
About to turn around, her hearing picks up on the sound of the front door shutting and two sets of footsteps scrambling away from her. Bonnie laughs because she couldn't even bring herself to be mad that most likely Michael and Marcus were the ones that attempted to eavesdrop.
"Joshua Carter, " Bonnie says fondly while making her way up the stairs and opens the front door.
Closing the door, she leans against it with a sigh she feels a small twinge of hope settle in her heart for Joshua. Bonnie had to admit that she may be slightly anticipating excitedly for what the future held for them.
"Oh, oh" she hears Marcus' voice.
Bonnie looks up the set of stairs to see Marcus looking down to her from the second round of stairs "That's how the falling in love starts. With that sigh of amazement from that one kiss-"
"Three" Michael corrects him walking down a step to stand beside Marcus.
The boys rested their arms against the staircase railing "She has a lovestruck look, Mike."
Bonnie scoffed "No I don't."
"Yeah you do, Bon," Michael said in agreement with Marcus.
"Oh god I'm in trouble" Bonnie mumbled laying her head back against the door.
"Just be careful," Michael said.
"Yeah especially after the whole-" Marcus paused trying to say Derek's name a little as possible and rephrased his statement "You know, after the whole you-know-what incident."
Bonnie would have been annoyed by their protectiveness, but she got "I know" is all she says.
They look at her unconvinced.
"I'll be extra careful. I know I have to. I'm not going to put our coven in danger."
"I know. I trust you" Michael said.
"We both do. Besides, Mike and I may have to have a little chat with him if you want to date him."
"Guys I got this. Trust me I know a way to find out if we can trust him."
"Oh the blood memories, " Marcus says but waves it off "Yeah you can do that, but Mike and I have to do our duty of threatening the guy if he ever hurt you."
Michael taps Marcus on the shoulder to get his attention "You know you don't have to tell her that. We can just talk to Joshua that is if my dad doesn't get to him first,"
Bonnie stands up straighter "Look I just kissed, Josh. Can I at least sleep on it before you all start to decide ways to scare him off."
Michael and Marcus hum in thought and said in sync "Okay."
The girl looks at them bewildered as they both turn and make their upstairs "What! That's it!" she begins to make her way up the stairs calling after them "Guys!"
Wednesday, 24th February 2010
Bonnie stretched her arms closed her laptop after reading a very long update e-mail from Elena of the happenings this past month. They sounded busy preparing for Founders Day (plus Caroline has gone crazy making sure everything was perfect especially after the float incident with Matt). The tomb vampires apparently were kicked out of the house they were staying at under the ruling of a vampire named, Pearl after they had kidnapped Stefan. That would explain Stefan's sudden change in blood diet when they caught him robbing the blood bank. Surprisingly there was no mention of the device to be given to Isobel, and it seems she doesn't have any suspicion of John being her father just that he had been annoying as usual.
She knows she should be getting ready for, but she couldn't help but look up to the notes and the connecting threads on her Klaus wall. Bonnie's eyes darted to Katherine's name written on the board. A knocking sound caused her to turn around in her seat to see Gabriel leaning against the door frame.
"Are you okay?" he asked walking into her room.
Bonnie nodded and turned back around to look at her wall as he took a seat on her bed and stared at her notes pinned on the wall.
"So this is the Klaus wall, you've been working on?" he asked impressed.
"Yeah, besides not knowing where Domenic is" standing up she points to Katherine's name "That is where I'm stuck" then points to the note with Bulgaria written on it "and here too. What was Katherine to Klaus and what has Bulgaria got to do with Klaus?" she sits back a swivels her chair around to now face her uncle "Why didn't dad write or tell you what he discovered about Klaus to get him killed?"
Gabriel smiled sadly at Bonnie "I don't think my brother had discovered something yet."
"What do you mean?"
"Found this in the new batches of boxes from that secret room of his" he handed a folded up paper to Bonnie and explained while she opened the piece of paper "It looks recent, and it seems my brother's next trip was to England to follow up on a lead."
"Petrova family originating from Bulgaria" Bonnie read out loud her father's handwriting "Lord Niklaus and Lady Katerina. England" Bonnie looked to her wall standing up she placed the piece of paper on her desk and untied the thread around the thumbtack on Klaus linking Bulgaria to Klaus and moved it to tie around the thumbtack that held up the written note, Katherine.
"Katherine is from Bulgaria. Is that what Marcus's parents would have found out?" Bonnie wondered out loud only to frown "They got killed because of this information."
"It could have been the beginning of something in our coven to look further into."
Bonnie didn't want this to be the reason for Marcus's parents to be killed wondering furthermore "Yet Katherine ended up in England with Klaus" she looks to her uncle "Why? Why is Klaus so damned to protect Katherine's identity?" she looks down to her father's notes "Dad doesn't write where in England or even the year Klaus was in England with Katherine."
"Scott said he would see if he can access your father's travel itinerary and see where Zachariah was planning to stay. Scott also hopes that will narrow our searches of who your father intended to meet or give us a hint on where he was going" Gabriel explained.
Bonnie grabbed a pen and a blank square note and wrote England on the piece of paper. Grabbing a thumbtack, Bonnie placed the new note on the corkboard between Klaus and Katherine and secured it with the thumbtack. Getting the ball of red thread from her desk, she cuts a piece of it and tied it around the thumbtack on Klaus and moved the thread to run under the thumbtack that held England then around the thumbtack that kept the Katherine note intact. The thread runs to graze the top of the thumbtack of England and ends tied around Klaus. An infinity shapes around the three notes.
"England is the link between Klaus and Katherine," Bonnie said.
She looks to her uncle with a smile "Will I be going to England?"
Gabriel shook his head "You have school. Rosario and I will go once we have a better idea of what your father was up to in England. We just have to wait till Founder's Day is done and the device is in safer hands."
She nodded sitting back down and turns her head to her uncle "Sorry I didn't volunteer to go. I wanted to, but if felt wrong for leaving Alexis after the whole Derek situation."
"I didn't expect you to go. I would have ordered you to stay. I know you said you have control of your powers, but I wasn't ready to let you go yet and deal with a mission that involved your hometown and all your friends."
"Thanks," she said leaning back "Where are Eric and Amerie staying?"
"Grove Hill motel. Scott booked a room there too. Marcus will stay back behind to keep the cover" Gabriel explained, but he could still sense her nerves "Everything is going to okay."
She took a deep breathe in and out "I keep thinking that it will be, but I can't help to be caution every time I look at this wall" she motions to the cork-board.
"I feel like we're going to open Pandora's box and we can't do anything to close it."
Gabriel raised an eyebrow to her choice of words, but she brushed it off "I'm just spewing words and being paranoid."
He shook his head "You're not. It's your gut warning you for the unknown. Trust it. If it's telling you to be caution then be caution, we'll all be caution."
"Promise," she said teasingly.
Gabriel placed a hand on her shoulder staring at her "I promise, nobody is going to hurt you again not while I'm alive."
"Thanks," she whispered as he patted her shoulder assuringly.
Gabriel stood up "You better get some sleep," he said.
Bonnie turned to hand back her father's notes, but Gabriel shook his head "Keep it for your wall" he bent down and kissed the top of her head "Night, Bonnie Bear."
She giggled to the nickname her uncle gave to her long ago. Every time they visited her she would be holding her teddy bear, Ms. Cuddles. Apparently, she would not go anywhere without it that her uncle started calling her Bonnie bear. As she grew up, the nickname changed to Bon, but Bonnie Bear was a nickname she heard now and then from her family.
"Night uncle" she responded back and watched him leave the room.
She looks back to her Klaus wall, "You think we're the connection to this wall don't you?" Adara voiced out in her mind.
"Yeah. I'm scared that everything that is happening right now will lead to us. To the Prophecy, somehow" Bonnie mentally replies back.
"You're not going to tell them?"
"Not until I get more information about the Prophecy. Beside us more pressing matters to worry about," Bonnie thinks back looking at Klaus's name.
Thursday, 25th February 2010
"Are you sure this is the right place?" Eric asked into his earpiece while he and Marcus sneaked into the abandoned building from the top building, in Mystic Falls late in the evening. With everyone's attention of being busy in the town's square, it made it easier for Eric and Marcus to access the building from the rooftops.
"I'm certain, honey. When has my vampire location spell failed? The crystal fell to where the large gathering of vampires was, and it's in this building" she replied back in her blue tooth ear-piece while walking through the Town's square following the crowd as they gathered to hear a speech from Mayor Lockwood.
"I don't think-" Marcus started but stopped from the voice below
"Everybody listen up! The plan stays the same. We wait until the fireworks start; until then, we blend in. Visit a part of the celebration; they'll never see us coming" the vampire finished with a smirk.
Eric and Marcus dropped to the floor and crawled quietly across the ground towards the balcony bridge that hovered above the group of vampires.
Marcus pulled out his mini binoculars and watched the leading vampire point to a map of Mystic Fall's Town Square and explain "This area here is the stage. This is where the Founding Families are going to be. Any questions?" the vampire leader asks only to be disrupted by a new arrival "Anna? What are you doing here?" he gruffly asks.
Marcus and Eric looked at each other confused as the young looking vampire continued "I want in on the plan."
The leader vampire chuckled "Now how do we know that you're not going to go against us like your mother."
"Because I'm not my mom. She is dead now because of the Founding Families. They don't deserve to live" she snapped.
The vampire leader seemed to soften to her words and pointed to the map "After the fireworks are when we attack. They will finally get what they deserve, Annabelle. We will avenge for your mother" he looks to the other vampires who seem to be in agreement with him "Let's go" he said, and soon everyone dispersed.
Once the building was empty, both men stood up "You get that babe?"
"Yep," she says and sees the group of vampires exiting the building her husband and Marcus sneaked into and dispersed into the crowd, blending in.
"Scott you here?" Eric asked standing up along with Marcus.
"Yeah," Scott said finished setting up his sniper gun on the edge of the rooftops to have the perfect view of Town's Square "I'll take out as many of the tomb vampires as I can with the vervain darts, but we can't stop the Council from their plans. Not without exposing our involvement."
"I'll try to control damage control on the ground," Amerie said
Eric looked to Marcus "We'll be on the ground too. Scott, you're our eyes at the top. Tell us where to damage control and eyes on the rookies" he said
"Will do?" Scott said knowing the codeword rookies was for Bonnie's friends and the Salvatore brothers.
"Matt out of danger?" Eric asked as he and Marcus climbed down the nearest ladder and made their way towards exiting the building.
Marcus nodded "He'll be okay he's hanging out at the Grille. Most of the vampires will be here."
"Good. The kid can defend himself" Scott said and looked through the scope of his sniper "Marcus, stay safe kid" he said seeing Eric and Marcus split ways from and blend into the crowd.
"Will do, Uncle Scott" Marcus replied back walking further into the crowd as the Mayor began his speech.
Chaos erupted in the town square once the device activated after the fireworks. Watching all the vampires drop to their knees and instantly injected with vervain by officers of Mystic Falls allowed Scott to focus on the vampires that the officers couldn't get.
"Marcus. 3 o'clock" Scott said watching Stefan fall to the ground
"On it," Marcus said rushing towards Elena and Stefan.
"Who-" Elena started with fear in her eyes of Marcus standing beside her boyfriend.
"I'm here to help," Marcus said quickly than with the support of Elena they helped Stefan stand up "Let's get him out of here," he said and moved Stefan into the alleyway out of sight of the public.
Settling Stefan down the pain seem to subside "You okay there?" Marcus asked watching Stefan slowly nod while still feeling the effects.
Marcus hears Amerie's rushed voice in his earpiece "All the tomb vampires are getting dragged into an abandoned building, and John just pulled Damon into that building. I'm on my way there,"
"Your brother is captured" Marcus informed Stefan "Seems like you can thank John Gilbert," he said looking to Elena.
It seems like that was enough to get Stefan and Elena to stand up and rush past Marcus.
"A simple 'Thank you; Marcus' would suffice," Marcus said sarcastically "No. Okay then" he said following Stefan and Elena closely behind as they confronted John.
Marcus rolled his eyes and rushed past the trio to where Amerie and now Eric stood. They watched the smoke spilling out of the room.
"You get in there quickly and out okay?" Amerie said to her husband.
"No. Get Stefan to save his brother. He has the speed to get in and out of the building," Scott said after hearing Amerie's plan.
Marcus looked behind in time to stop Stefan from rushing into the burning building "Woah, burning building…wait awhile, and you can get your brother" he said looking to Amerie "Let Stefan use his vampire speed to get his brother out. Is that plan okay?"
Amerie nodded and recited the spell to manipulate the fire with her elemental powers.
"Go," Eric said as Stefan rushed into the building and got his brother out without getting burnt. Damon's arms around Stefan's shoulder he looked up to his unknown saviors. Amerie released her hold on the fire and let it burn completing the Council's plan.
Elena looked to the witches "Thank you" she said.
"Go," Amerie said watching Stefan and Elena help the weakened Damon walk.
"So much for not exposing us," Scott said taking apart his sniper gun.
"Let's just hope they don't look into us," Marcus said
"Meet you guys at the cars," Scott said.
"Yeah" they replied back watching the building burn
Zipping up his bag Scott picked it up and walked out of the room to place it on the couch of the Donovan resident. While Marcus went back to the motel with Eric and Amerie, Scott stayed behind to make sure Matt was okay before leaving. He looked at the clock set above the sofa to read 10:50 only to take a deep breath in and out in worry. Matt wasn't home yet. It didn't take that long to get to his place from Town's Square, did he meet up with friends. Was he in danger?
Hearing his phone ring, he pulled it out of his pants pocket and answered "Hey Gabriel."
"What's wrong," the man asks on the other line.
Scratching the back of his neck nervously "It's the kid. He isn't home yet, maybe I sound like a paranoid parent to him, but I know he said he was going to stay at the Grille until it was all over and then come back home."
"Maybe you-"
Scott hears a ringing in the background that stops Gabriel mid-sentence and waits for whatever happening back home, but all he can hear are Bonnie's cries and the yells from Gabriel and Rosario attempting to get Bonnie's attention through her sobs. Scott tries to make out what she is saying, but she's too far from the phone to understand her.
"Gab! Gab! What's going on?!" Scott yells worriedly.
"Matt was in a car accident with Caroline and Tyler" he explains.
"What!" he makes a move to go, but Gabriel stops him "Don't go. He and Tyler are okay. Caroline not so much. Internal bleeding. They don't know if she'll wake."
"Shit!" Scott barked. Tonight was meant to go smoothly now it felt like they failed altogether.
"Matt said he's on his way home and should arrive soon. Make sure he's okay. Rosario and I will transport Bonnie, can you pick her up from the hospital and crash at Matt's place for tonight."
"Yes, sir," Scott said only to the weight leave his shoulders at the sound of the back door opening. Standing up he made his way through the house to the kitchen and watched the tired, disheveled Matt walk in "He's here" Scott said as Gabriel said his goodbyes and hung up.
"Hey kid," Scott said standing up as Matt smiled weakly at him, but Scott saw the tears and stood up.
"Come here," he said and pulled the boy into a comforting hug and pulled back and guided him to take a seat at the kitchen table.
Seating across from him he asked, "You want to talk about it?"
Matt took a deep breath in and out to calm himself and looked o Scott "I don't know what happened? We were in the car, and Tyler was driving. He asked us if we can hear the shrilling sound and then he just started screaming in pain and the car crashed. She was all right. Tyler was unconscious. Then while the paramedics were looking at him, he just woke up like nothing happened. Caroline passed out and then we were in the hospital, and doctors were saying something about internal bleeding and that there was a chance that-" he stopped unable to finish that sentence let alone think that his friend, his ex-girlfriend could die.
"Hey, it's going to be okay. Did the doctors check you out? No internal bleeding?"
Matt nodded "They did the check-up and cleared me to leave."
Scott sighed relieved then asked, "You said Tyler heard a shrilling sound?"
"Yeah, but I know he's not a vampire. That I know of."
"Maybe he's something else," Scott said
"What do you mean?"
"The device incapacitate anyone that are of the supernatural being, excluding witches."
"Something other than a vampire."
Scott nodded "We might have to look into Tyler's family history," he looks to the time on his phone "Bonnie will be here soon. You go and lie down, and I'll be back soon with her."
Matt simply nodded too tired to asked when Bonnie would get here; he just wanted to sleep and forget.
Back in Light Haven, dressed in her assassin clothing, Bonnie stood in the middle of the drawn circled pentagram in the assassin coven's room. The flames flickered illuminating the room as Gabriel and Rosario finished explaining the teleportation spell to Bonnie.
"It is crucial that you don't think of any other places, but the hospital" Rosario said standing on the southeast point of the pentagram. She held a small knife and sliced it across her palm waiting to see blood drip out of the cut. Bonnie turned to see her uncle stand on the west point of the pentagram and do the same.
Rosario and Gabriel lay their hands on the circle "Do not use magic or try to give your blood to heal Caroline." he said
"I know the rules, uncle," she said putting on her black mask over her mouth.
"Close your eyes and you'll know when to open them," he said.
Bonnie closed her eyes thinking of the hospital; her ears pick up the whispers of the spell. She gasped at the sharp pull as all her air felt sucked out of her breath and then within seconds she could breathe causing her to slowly open her eyes and find herself standing in front of Mystic Fall's hospital.
AN: Thanks for all the favs and follows! Reviews I heart and happy that you're enjoying this story so far! Apologies for my grammatical errors. Next chapter, next weekend :D