Deep within the heart of the rain forest creatures of the night bucked and called to each other and nature. Bellowing, proud trees stood tall and majestic reaching high almost to touch the sky. After the horrendous battle that had just taken place it seemed too clam, too normal as if the woods were used to such atrocity and going back to it's normal routine once the fire had burned out. All around her Bonnie could see the evidence of death and destruction. Blood and carnage, and yet life in these woods went on.
"You could have been killed tonight."
She didn't turn to face him. She couldn't. The battle had taken it's toll on her, but it wasn't what has drained her. Her fight to choose what side she was on, who to fight for, what lives were expendable was the hardest thing she had ever done in her life. She still didn't know if she had made the right choice. By all rights she belonged to Klaus. She had agreed to play by his rules for the exchange of Stefan's freedom and therfore she really had no choice in the matter, but she had never been a part of something like this. She didn't know how to handle it.
"Bonnie. I'm sorry you were in the middle of this." Klaus never apologized to anyone. He barely registered that fact too focused on his witch's turned back. She had left him. He knew it as surly as he knew that needed needed her back with him. They'd been on the same road for a month now, and he was so used to being connected to her. Most of the time she didnt even know that she did it, but he felt her soul brushing against his. Her magic scorching the darkness in him. He had learned to function in her light, and so was unprepared for her distance.
"What happened tonight wasn't a part of the agreement, Klaus," Bonnie's voice hitched on his name, shaming her.
"The agreement was that you were to do whatever I asked of you. You and your power are mine to control-"
"Never! My power is my own and I am the only one who wields and controls it. You may have me trapped here with you, Klaus, but never do you own my magic." Bonnie had finally turned to face him, angry tears clouding her vision. Or maybe the tears were a product of some other emotion she didn't want to examine too closely. Because why would she be hurt?
"we are in this together, Bonnie. You're so stubborn and obnoxiously hard-headed that you can't possibly see or understand when someone is actually on your side. when someone wants to help you. When someone knows what is best for you."
"Best for me?"
"Yes! Best for you. I'm sorry you had to be in the middle of this Bonnie, but these creatures were evil. Had we not destroyed them they would have destroyed human kind. We did what we had to do."
Bonnie shook her head but remained silent. It was all too much for her to put up with. She felt Klaus slowly moving over to her and hugged herself close. It hit her brutally how totally alone she was with him. It was truly just the 2 of them, and the thought of her going back to Mystic Falls and being rejected caused fresh tears to overwhelm her.
"Don't you get it, amour, It's just us. You're all I have left, Bonnie. You."