It's been 14,000 years and a day since I've updated any of my stories, and for that I apologize.
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Supper Hot Turk - Yeah, I'm not sure if Matt is the type to party like that either but I like to think that they had a lot of crazy fun before their lives went to crap in the books... Lol
Chapter 9: One Step Ahead
Bonnie, Meredith, Elena, and Matt sat unconscious in a hotel room, tied to chairs by their arms while Damon and Stefan had the luxury of being restrained by vervain-laced cables.
"Wake-y, wake-y," Misao rang in a sing-song voice.
The group instantly woke, having little sense of their surroundings or what exactly was going on.
"It took great Power to knock you all out at once. Especially you two." Misao pointed to the Salvatore brothers. "But I did it anyway Aren't I wonderful?"
"How are you even here?" Elena asked. They were finally starting to register what was going on. Misao had kidnapped them and was holding them prisoner.
"You can kill the kitsune, but their spirit still remains. All I needed was a body to use for me to complete my work."
"What work?" Matt spat. "You consider possessing an innocent person's body 'work'?"
"Yes, I do. And how do you know that she is innocent? You people, no matter how pretty you may be, certainly aren't innocent."
"Let me guess," Damon began. He had a way of sounding bored no matter the danger of the situation they were in. "You want revenge and you're here to kill us? Of all the clichés to choose from…"
"Not quite," Misao replied. "I want my revenge, yes, but it's not yet time to kill you. I want to join you on your little vacation."
"What?" the group replied in unison.
"No," said Bonnie. "No. Way."
"And we will stay in every city that we come across until they are no more. And when we are done with that, we will go back to Fell's Church and I will accomplish what I wanted when I was alive. Then I will kill you."
"You can't make us do a thing," said Meredith. "We have you outnumbered."
"Refresh my memory. Who is the one standing and who are the ones tied to chairs?"
Damon snorted.
"Silence!" Misao snapped her head Damon's way. "I sent a hunter-slayer to kill you, and the imbecile failed."
Damon simply winked at her. "He was no match for my redbird."
Misao glared at Bonnie. In a case like this, Bonnie would usually try and make herself smaller. If she's not seen then she can't get hurt.
Not this time. Bonnie wanted to be brave and prove Damon right. Whatever Misao threw their way, Bonnie would find a way to handle it. She met Misao's eyes with her own and held them there.
"I see that some of us have grown bold. We will see how long that lasts."
"A lot longer than you will," Bonnie replied. While all the others looked at Bonnie in disbelief, Damon kept his gaze on the wall in front of him and smiled.
This was going to be fun.
Not five seconds passed and Misao was thrown against the far wall by an invisible force. Once landed unconscious, Bonnie began wiggling her arms at a furious pace.
"I think my hands are small enough to where I can slip through. Ah! There it is." Bonnie rose at once and untied the Damon, the closest person to her, who then helped her untie the others.
"What do we do about the girl?" Stefan asked once they were all free.
"Well, Misao is still possessing Bethany so we should tie her up and keep her until we figure out how to get rid of Misao for good," Bonnie replied.
"I know just where to go," said Damon. "Bind her before she wakes and gather your things." Without further explanation, he was out the door.
Forty-five minutes later, they were once again crammed inside Damon's trusty SUV.
"We're a little crowded back here. How long until we get to wherever we're going?" Meredith said from the backseat where she, Matt, and a still unconscious Bethany/Misao sat.
"She's been out for a while, don't you think?" said Elena.
As if on cue, Misao's eyes burst open and she began to thrash around in her place. It took both Meredith and Matt to hold her down.
"Where are my Powers?" she screamed. "What have you done to me?"
Bonnie turned around from where she sat in the front seat.
"I'm siphoning your Power so that you can't use it against us. Makes me stronger by the second. It's how I took you out in the hotel room." She gave Misao a faint smile before turning back around in her seat. Misao shrieked in anger.
"How dare you, you little parasite! How dare you!"
"Will you give it a rest?" Damon asked, annoyance flashing briefly across his features. She screamed even louder.
"Don't make me turn this car around."
Hours passed, and while her shrieks subsided, Misao grumbled and protest the entire ride there.
"Welcome to Louisiana" the sign read.
"This wasn't part of the route," Damon announced. "But due to recent events, it's where we need to be and I know a certain someone who can help."
No one questioned Damon or groaned in disbelief and frustration that he was once again taking them everywhere but where they were supposed to go. Even Misao sat in quiet nervousness..
Shit just got real.
I admit that I'm not as proud of this chapter as the earlier ones but I felt I really needed to update something. If you have a certain story that you want me to update next, feel free to let me know in the comments section.
Thanks :)