Klaus is ready to tear apart Mystic Falls...
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"Are you ok?" Damon asked as he drove away from my house glancing at me quickly and in the rearview mirror.
"Were those people all with Klaus…Klaus is here?" I asked panicked and out of breath.
"I would say he is close..."
"We have to get Elena…Caroline…Tyler…they're all at the Mystic Grill", I said starting to reach for my cell phone that I left in the house.
"We can't go there", Damon replied as he turned onto the highway.
"What do you mean we can't go back there…if Klaus sent people to the house to get me, he must have sent people to the Mystic Grill…we have to warn them…we have to help them".
"We cannot go back right now".
I shook my head as I slowly turned my finger causing the car to slow down and suddenly stop. "Bonnie…what are you doing!" Damon barked at me.
"We can't leave them to fight on their own…Damon, Stefan is your brother…Caroline, Elena and Tyler are my friends…we can't do that", I argued with him and got out of the car.
"Bonnie…get back in the car", he replied getting out and walking over to me, "we need to get out of here".
"Get out of here and let everyone else die…no…no I can't do that", I shook my head.
"You can die!" he shouted at me.
"But I won't!"
"You will…she showed me!"
"She who…who showed you?" I asked.
"Your mother…she showed me what will happen to you if Klaus gets you and I'm not going to let it happen…not after everything that I did to keep you safe".
"What did you do…what did you do to keep me safe…?"
"Bonnie…we need to get out of Mystic Falls", he replied grabbing my arm.
"No", I resisted him, "we are not leaving our friends behind".
"Bonnie…"
"Damon…you can go…you can run, but I'm not and I will walk back if I have to".
"Bonnie…I'm not letting you go back".
"You can't stop me", I replied.
"I can stop you…", he began, "but I won't".
"Good…let's go back".
He hesitated and then nodded as I got in the car.
SSSSS
The entire drive back to Mystic Falls, I knew that I should turn the car around…knock Bonnie out and drive far away from Mystic Falls. Bianca would do away with Klaus and we could come back when things were safe. Bonnie would be alive and hopefully everyone else would be too.
As I drove onto the main road, I could see the smoke in the air. As soon as I stopped the car, Bonnie took off running towards the grill. "Bonnie wait!" I called after her.
She ran to the burning building which had a crowd outside clutching each other as their favorite hangout spot burned to the ground. I could hear Bonnie's voice in the crowd as she frantically called for Elena, Caroline and Tyler. I scanned the crowd and then I saw a body near the dumpster. I ran over to the body and I could see it was Stefan. He had been badly burned. "Bonnie!" I called over to her.
She looked at me with wild eyes, "I can't find them Damon…oh my god…Stefan", she replied dropping down next to me looking at Stefan's burned face and hands.
"They…they took them", he breathed out, "I…I couldn't do anything".
"They took them?" Bonnie whispered.
"Bonnie…he needs help...let's get him to the car".
"But Elena…Caroline…Tyler…"
"They're not here, we need to get Stefan healed and then we can find them…I promise", I replied as I looked at the utter devastation in her face. I grabbed her hand and looked at her, "I promise".
She nodded as she followed me to the car.
When we reached the boarding house, I carried Stefan into the living room. He was in a lot of pain because he grimaced with every step. "How…how can I help?" Bonnie asked.
"Just stand back, I have to get him some blood".
"What about mine?" she offered.
"Bonnie…I can get him some blood from the freezer downstairs".
"But he needs to heal quickly so we can find where Klaus took them and witch's blood is powerful…I will give him my blood", she replied walking closer to Stefan.
I held out my arm to stop her. I should have been ashamed…but a part of me didn't want to share any of Bonnie with Stefan, including her blood.
"Damon", she replied.
"I'm sorry…sorry", I mumbled.
"It's ok…I need you to…", she stated holding up her wrist.
I looked down, "He won't be able to bite me…he's too weak", she explained.
I took her wrist and I could her heart beating soo fast, her pulse was beating rapidly; she was a little afraid. I caressed her wrist for a few moments and then bit into it, she gasped a little as some of her blood flowed into my mouth. The sweetness of it all almost seduced me until I heard her voice, "Damon…please…", she whispered.
I let her go as she walked over to Stefan and held her wrist to his badly burned face. She lifted his hands slowly and placed her wrist up against his mouth as he began to drink. I watched as Bonnie grimaced as Stefan drank from her wrist.
I watched as his face began to heal and he gripped onto her wrist tighter. Within a blink of an eye, he had pushed her down on the couch and was set to bite into her neck, when I rushed over and pushed him away, "Stefan…it's Bonnie…it's Bonnie!" I yelled at him.
Stefan looked at me and for a moment shook his head, "I'm sorry…sorry", he mumbled.
I nodded as I walked over to Bonnie, who was holding onto her bleeding wrist. She looked a little pale and I could hear her heart beating rapidly.
"Drink", I said quietly kneeling down in front of her. She took my wrist and closed her eyes as she drank some of my blood. She grimaced as she drank. When she was done, she sat back against the couch.
"Now…what happened?" I asked turning to Stefan.
"I'm not sure…we were talking and the next moment, a fire ball came through the window…we were separated…I was engulfed in flames, I'm not sure how they were put out…but I found myself outside and then you came", Stefan explained.
"So we don't know where they are", Bonnie spoke up.
"All we know is that they are without a witch right now and that means that they will be gunning for you now", I replied, "they can't do the spell without you".
"I need to cast a spell to find where they are keeping them…we can't waste any time", Bonnie replied, "I don't have the grimioire and I can't go back to my house…"
"And we can't stay here either", I replied, "they will come here next…and we are not ready for another fight with them…Stefan is still weak, you are still weak…and even though I may be the strongest one here, I can't take on an army of vampires".
"Then where can we go because we can't leave Mystic Falls", I replied, "we can't just leave them behind".
"Bonnie…we have to do something…we can't stay here, as much as I don't want to leave…we have to go somewhere and regroup…we can't take them all on right now and the fact that you are still here with us means that we have some time", Stefan spoke up.
"But…what if they are being tortured or worse…", she asked.
"Look…", I replied walking over to her and facing her, "I have a plan…but you have to trust me".
She looked at me and shook her head, "Bonnie…do you trust me?" I asked again.
She looked over at Stefan and the back at me, "I trust you".
"Good…give me 15 minutes and then we are getting out of here", I replied walking out of the room and down the hallway, dialing my cell phone.
"Hello".
"Klaus is back and I'm going to let you do what you came back to do…but on one condition…"
"And what would that be Damon?" Bianca asked.
"Just stay by your phone and I will call you in a few hours", I replied as I ended the call. I took a moment to look back towards the living room before heading upstairs to pack.
SSSSS
As soon as we piled in the car, I felt like every one of my senses began to hum. I trust Damon, but with what? I'm not exactly sure. I know that he wants to protect me, but leaving Mystic Falls seemed so wrong to me. As we drove down the dark road, I leaned my head up against the window as the music played. My heart was beating a mile a minute. I was worried about Elena, Caroline and Tyler…Stefan and Damon were right, that they were pretty much safe until Klaus was able to find me. He needed me to complete the spell and without me, the sacrifice could not take place.
I could feel my eyes becoming droopy as the car bumped along the road.
SSSSS
"She's falling asleep...", Stefan replied as I kept my eyes on the road.
"Good".
"After everything that happened, I can't believe that she can".
"I may have helped her a little", I replied glancing in the rearview mirror to make sure that I wasn't being followed.
"What…what do you mean?"
"That bottle of water back there that she's clasping…it contains a little sedative".
"Damon, what the hell are you doing…Bonnie trusted you".
"The only thing she needs to trust is that I won't let her sacrifice herself to save anyone…not me, not you…not Elena, not Caroline and not Tyler…if she knew where we were going before we reached the destination, she would be kicking and screaming right now…and it was even the sedative or I would drain her to the point where she was weak…so what do you think was best?" I asked turning to him.
"What is your plan?" Stefan asked staring at me.
I looked over Stefan and smirked, "If I told you, I would have to kill you…or sedate you too".
SSSSS
When I stopped the car in front of the farmhouse, Stefan looked at me with a raised eyebrow, "What are you doing Damon?" he sighed.
"Making sure that everyone is safe…if they can't get to Bonnie, no one can be sacrificed", I replied turning the car off and heading towards the front door. Before I reached the door to knock, the door flew open and the petite, plump body rushed out and hugged me.
"William!" Mary exclaimed, "it's soo good to see you".
"Mary…it's good to see you as well, I'm sorry for calling at the last minute…but as I explained over the phone, it is crucial that we come visit you right now"
"Oh it's ok…I'm always ready for visitors and who is this handsome young man giving me the eyes?" Mary smirked as she looked over my shoulder.
"Oooh…this is my brother Xander, he thought that Willow and I were sneaking off to get married or something, so he insisted on coming along", I rolled my eyes, "you know how siblings can be".
"My two boys used to fight like cats and dogs", Mary snickered.
"Soo…I hate to say it, but Willow fell asleep during the drive and she can be rather cranky if she's awakened before her designated time, soo…do you have a room, I can put her in?"
"Oh sure…your old room is all set", Mary grinned.
"Thanks Mary", I smiled as I walked back to the car and lifted Bonnie out of the car bridal style.
I could feel Stefan's eyes burning a hole in my back. I only needed two days for this to work and even if I had to somehow get Mary to help me tie Bonnie up and throw her in the basement, I would do it.
After lying Bonnie down in the bed and closing the door, I walked back downstairs where Mary was trying to feed Stefan some of her apple pie. "Mary, my brother just wolfed down two burgers at a place off of the highway…all he wants to do now is sleep", I replied narrowing my eyes at Stefan.
"Oh of course…Xander, your room is up the stairs, two doors on the left…wow…it's soo good to have visitors", she grinned as Stefan took the hint and disappeared upstairs.
I stood in the doorway for a few seconds as Mary looked at me and then she smirked, "So tell me William, what are you and Willow running from now…because for some reason, I don't believe you decided to come visit me out of the blue at 10pm at night".
I smiled, "I know…I'm going to be honest with you", I replied sitting down across from her. Mary was smart…she wasn't about to take any old excuse that I gave her and I frankly, don't have the heart to compel her at this point, "there is someone after Willow…a man from her past who is dangerous…he uses people and I am trying to keep her safe".
"Who is this man…can't you just call the police?"
"I can't do that…he's bigger than the police, he has a lot of people working for him".
"Oh…so you want to hide out here?"
"I don't want to hide out here…per se…I want Willow to".
"What?" Mary asked.
"Willow is a fighter…she won't just run away and I'm not sure that she can fight this man…she doesn't have enough…power and he plays dirty…I want to keep her safe and you were the one person that I could think of that I know that she would be safe with and she would want to be safe with", I replied.
Mary looked at me with a twisted mouth.
"If this is too much, I can go somewhere else…we can go somewhere else…"
"What did I tell you last time you were here with her…if you were some sort of freak, I had an auto loader…I am fine with Willow staying here for as long as you need her to…I am a tough old broad, I think if anyone came to harm us…I could handle it".
I had to chuckle at Mary's tenacity. I almost believed that she was telling the truth.
"But how long are you staying?" she asked.
"I will be gone by tomorrow night, but I need your help…Willow will want to go with me, but she can't…so I will need you to help me keep her here…do you think you can do that?"
"I can try", Mary replied hesitantly.
"And one more thing, when she wakes up…she's going to be mad at me…she thought that we were just going to the beach for a party, she has no idea that I brought her here".
Mary shook her head, "You two…"
"I know…we're always arguing or something…"
"No…you two are…you two always seem to have something bubbling under the surface…like there are soo many words unspoken between you", Mary replied.
"That's an understatement", I mumbled.
"Well…I will leave you with this before I go upstairs and get some sleep…never leave any words unsaid between the one you love…you never know when your time may be up and the last thing you want to think about before meeting the big man in the sky, is that you wish that you had told the person that you love the most everything", Mary smiled as she stood up and walked out of the kitchen.
I stood staring out of the window clenching and unclenching my fist.
SSSSS
I opened my eyes to the sunlight shining softly through the sheer curtain in the room. I sat up quickly and looked around frantically. The room was soo familiar, but the haze that attacked my brain was stopping me from processing it just that moment. "You're awake…when you and William got in late last night, I was afraid that I was experiencing déjà vu", Mary smiled as she walked in the room.
I watched her as she sat down a tray filled with breakfast in front of me, "Where's…Da…William?" I asked staring at her.
"He and his brother went outside to cut some wood for me…you know, the handsome features really run in the family", she winked.
"Mary?" I asked.
"Yes Willow…it's me…William said that you were so adamant about coming to see me and you fell asleep in the car…we put you in this room last night and you slept the entire time", Mary said as she reached out to hug me.
"Yes…I was…umm…hi", I chuckled rubbing my forehead, "I must have been really tired".
"You were…well…eat up, I have to go into town and I'm taking Xander with me…you think I have a chance with him?" she winked.
Xander? Must be Stefan's code name…that Damon.
"Umm…you may", I replied.
"Good…well I will be back later, we will have a nice talk…I want to know everything that you've been up to", Mary grinned as she left the room.
I stood up and looked out of the window as Mary walked outside and spoke to Damon and Stefan. I noticed Damon look up towards the window and then Stefan following Mary to her truck hopping inside and Stefan sliding into the passenger seat.
I crossed my arms and began to pace the room waiting for Damon to appear. He had kidnapped me and brought me to Mary's. He knew that being here would mean that I could not go completely crazy on him like he deserved. How could he bring me here? Elena, Caroline and Tyler are probably being tortured and he takes me on a country getaway…how could he be soo selfish…
"Well are you going to eat the breakfast?" Damon asked appearing in the doorway.
"How could you do this!" I marched over to him, "the entire town is falling apart and you kidnap me…because I know you did something to make me fall asleep last night".
"Bonnie calm down…"
"I need to be in Mystic Falls helping…trying to find Elena and Caroline…not here on some retreat…take me back…either you take me back or I will find a way back on my own".
"Bonnie…you can not go back…were you not listening, as soon as you set foot in Mystic Falls…Klaus will have you and if he has you, the sacrifice can happen".
"So I'm just supposed to hide out here?"
"Until I can think of a better plan…yes", he answered.
I stomped my foot and turned away from him, "My friends are going through hell right now…"
"We're not having any fun either right now", he deadpanned.
I turned and glared at him, "Damon…"
"Bonnie, listen to me…nothing will happen to Elena, Caroline or the mutt…I promise you".
"How can you promise that…we don't even know how to get rid of Klaus".
"Bonnie, you have to trust me".
I shook my head and looked at him.
"You have to trust me…I've lived a long time Bonnie and I have not lived this long without being able to come up with a plan to keep myself alive".
"And what about the rest of us?" I asked.
He walked over to me and I could immediately feel my body start to hum with nervous energy, "No matter what happens, you will be the last witch standing", he whispered as he caressed my cheek.
Do you trust Damon? Do you believe him?