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Chapter Twelve

Bonnie watched as Samil disappeared into the crowd before releasing a tired sigh. She didn't know how she felt about him or his confession to wanting just her. His whole statement had put her immediately on edge. "I guess you told him to leave you alone huh." She closed her eyes briefly as Damon's voice washed over her. Turning around, she looked up at Damon Salvatore who was standing directly behind her with his hands shoved deep in his jean pockets. He jerked his head once in the direction that Samil had walked off in. "Did he take the news well?"

"You know you've been caring an awful lot about my personal business lately?" Bonnie said as she started walking out of the tent. "It's a little bit unnerving." Damon quickly followed behind her and eventually fell into step with her. "Not to mention about as weird as you agreeing with your brother." Damon looked over at her for a moment and chuckled.

"I thought we already talked about this Bonnie. I care." he said smoothly, "And Samil, well I think he's bad news." At his statement, Bonnie couldn't stop the incredulous look that quickly went across her features. "Yeah yeah, I know me calling someone bad news is a little-."

"Awkward, hypocritical, pot calling the kettle-."

"I get it." Damon replied coolly as he looked down at her and just shook his head. "So what are you going to do for the rest of the night maybe I can keep you company," he said as he looked over at her. "I mean we're practically friends now and friends should be able to hang out with one another," he smiled at the look she gave him. "I'm just saying Bon-Bon."

"Please don't call me that."

"How about Sparky?" he asked with a wide grin, growing across his face. He looked her over and then just nodded his head. "Come on I think it's a good name, especially since I think your favorite element to use when you have your witchy blackouts is fire."

"Are we really about to have this conversation right now?" Bonnie asked as she looked over at him.

"Can't really think of a better time to discuss our friendship." he said with a wink as he looked over at her. "So are you sure you're okay with what happened between you and Samil. I have to admit the man looked torn up."

"What were you doing stalking me?"

"Just making sure that he doesn't try anything on you. Protecting you," Damon replied with a mere shrug. "You know like Emily asked me too. The guy gives me a bad vibe so I wanted to make sure that he took your rejection like the southern gentleman he's trying to pretend to be." Bonnie smirked at the tone that Damon used to describe Samil, shaking her head. She looked over at him and just sighed.

"My goodness you really don't like him do you."

"You say that like you're genuinely surprised," Damon stated coolly before he reached out and grabbed hold of Bonnie's arm. "Come on let's go and see what there is to do around this place." Bonnie struggled weakly against his hold. "What are you struggling for? This would be one of the perfect times for you to keep an eye on me. You know keep me out of trouble." With that said, Bonnie stopped struggling and allowed Damon to pull her off towards a booth of his choice.

Stefan pushed Elena behind him and glared at Klaus who stood at the entrance of the tent with a small smile on his face. "Come on this isn't at all the greeting I was expecting, especially after I helped you this summer."

"You didn't help me at all." Stefan growled out angrily as he looked at Klaus while making sure that Elena stayed where she was suppose to be which was directly behind him. He didn't need Klaus to get angry and try to hurt her to get back at him. "What do you want?"

"Isn't obvious?" Klaus asked calmly. "I'm here to get you back. . .you left without a blessing from me. Stolen away from in the dead of night by your brother and that witch no doubt." he snapped out angrily. "You promised me your services in exchange for your brother's life and that girl's," he took a step closer and Stefan could see the man's fangs lengthening as he continued to speak. "The debt has not been repaid."

"I stayed for the whole summer."

"Three months barely equals the life of your brother and his girlfriend," Klaus paused for a moment and chuckled. "Excuse me, I mean your girlfriend." Stefan frowned as Klaus laughed to himself at his little joke.

"And where is Damon this evening?" he asked as he brushed a hand over his clothing while looking at Stefan and Elena. "I'm surprised he's not here completing the awkward triangle that you call a relationship."

"You need to leave here right now, Klaus."

"Or what? That little witch is the only one who can do something to me and she of course will probably die if you make her try to take me out." Klaus stated easily as he walked closer to Stefan, in the blink of an eye. He reached out and grabbed Elena's arm and snatched her from behind Stefan's back. He pulled her into his arms and held her tightly. Her back was pressed against his front and he tilted her head back exposing her neck.

"Let her go!" Stefan yelled out as he moved forward but stopped once Klaus tightened his grip on her neck.

"Is it the doppleganger's blood that makes you and brother act so stupidly?" he asked, lifting an eyebrow as he waited on Stefan to reply. "Please let me know, I'm extremely curious." Stefan swallowed and looked at Elena before finally speaking.

"Just let her go and we can talk."

"I've lost a lot of good people because of you Stefan, so no I do not want to talk to you about any of this. What I want to do however is find out why she is so intoxicating to you and your brother." With that said, Klaus quickly latched onto Elena's neck. Stefan yelled out and rushed forward but it was to late Klaus had already taken a bite out of Elena. Releasing the girl, he watched as she collapsed to the ground with a large gapping wound in her neck. Stefan wasted no time, rushing to her side and pulling her into his arms. Klaus smirked at the couple while licking his lips clean. "Well I have to admit she's nothing special so I still don't get all the fuss," he paused for a moment and glared at Stefan. "However you do need to consider what's really important. If you want to save her life then by all means give me a call you know the number." With that said, Klaus disappeared out of the room just as Damon came racing into the tent from the other side. Damon took one look at the scene and then focused his gaze on his brother who was currently holding a wounded Elena in his arms.

"What happened?" Damon bite out angrily as he stepped closer to the couple very much aware of Bonnie who was quickly making her way towards the tent. The moment he heard his brother yell out he had rushed off yelling out something about Elena and Stefan being in trouble.

"Klaus," Stefan rushed out as he lifted his wrist to his mouth, quickly nicking his wrist he held it close to Elena's mouth so she could heal her neck. "He came in after you guys left. He's angry about me leaving. . .about me getting away from and I guess he wants revenge."

"You guess," Damon replied "Klaus just took a huge bite out Elena's neck and you're guessing. Of course he wants to get even with you Stefan so I guess-." he stopped then and turned around as Bonnie came rushing into the room, her yes wide with panic. Damon watched as her eyes shifted from him to Stefan before finally landing on Elena.

"Oh my God," she cried covering her mouth with her hand as she rushed forward and knelt down beside her "What happened to her?" she asked as she looked up at Stefan and then over her shoulder at Damon who was now standing behind her.

"Klaus happened." Stefan said pulling her attention away from Damon. "He just came in here after you guys left angry about me escaping. . .going back on our deal." Stefan looked back down at Elena and sighed. "I should probably get her back to the board house." he muttered as he looked down at her. In the blink of an eye he had her up in his arms and started walking towards the exit.

"What about Klaus?" Bonnie asked

"He's made his point for the night," Stefan stated softly. "He wouldn't do anything else, he wants me to at least try to fix it."

"How by going back to him and becoming his little ripper henchman." Damon asked angrily as he looked at his brother.

"I don't know but I'll figure it out Damon," Stefan said as he lifted Elena up in his arms. "Stay here if you like but I gotta get her out of here." In the blink of an eye Stefan and Elena were gone leaving Damon and Bonnie behind in the tent. Damon clenched his jaw as he stared after his brother before turning to look at Bonnie.

"I guess we need to call a little house meeting and try to figure out how to get rid of Klaus without killing you of course." he said looking over at Bonnie, who looked back at him in surprise. Damon rubbed a hand along the back of his neck and sighed. "Come on we better go. . .there's no need to stay here." He said as he reached out for her hand.

"What about Caroline and the others?" Bonnie asked as she hurried to catch up with Damon as he pulled her out of the tent and into the rushing crowd.

"Well call them once we get to the car," he said pointedly. "But right now I want to get you out of here. I'm sure if Klaus knew that they were here than he knows that you're here and I-," he paused for a moment before clearing his throat. "And we certainly don't want anything to happen to you while he's on the prowl."

"Well you guys could always let me talk to Samil and see if he can help us." Damon didn't reply until they were standing beside his car. He opened the passenger side for her and sighed.

"Didn't we just get you out of that potential flawed relationship."

"More like forced me out of it." Bonnie said as she slipped into the car. Damon just rolled his eyes and closed the door once she was securely inside. Once he slipped inside, he turned on the car and looked at her.

"You really need to trust us, Bonnie. Samil was bad news and we just don't need to add any more potentially bad characters to our problems here in Mystic Falls. I know you understand that right." Bonnie just nodded her head. "Good, now let's go. I think tonight is going to be full of research."

As they pulled out of the parking lot, they didn't notice the two figures that had stood by silently listening to their entire conversation. "It seems that they don't trust you, Samil." Sovann muttered as he watched the car disappear down the room.

"That's what I want, Sovann." Samil replied as he slowly walked across the parking lot towards the car that they had driven to the carnival. "Let them do whatever they want, tell her whatever they want. They're actions will be the thing that will push her into my arms." he said with a bright chuckle as he looked at his servant. Sovann nodded his head slowly as he opened the passenger door for Samil. Once Samil was in the car, he made his way around the back. If Samil thought that the little group would eventually betray Bonnie's trust then he knew it would happen. There had hardly ever been a time that Samil had been wrong about humans. Samil had told him over and over again just how predictable they all were, and he included all humans even the ones with supernatural traits. Opening his car door, he slipped into the driver's seat and started the car.

"Where are you going?"

"We're going home. . .I think it's time I allow that little boy to help push Bonnie and Damon together." Samil said as he looked over at Sovann who merely nodded his head as he continued driving. He listened as Samil filled him in more and more about his plans to get the little Bennett witch.

Bonnie sat in a chair by the fireplace calming flipping through a book as she listened to Stefan and Damon fighting in the background, she spared a glance at Caroline who sat on the sofa with Tyler who both looked at her briefly before returning their gazes back the books in their hands. For some reason they both seemed quite tense. Looking back down at her book wondered if Elena would be making her way back downstairs to calm the Salvatore boys down. "Bonnie?" Looking up, she glanced over at Stefan and Damon.

"Yeah?"

"Do you think you can find some type of spell to use against Klaus?" Stefan asked as he stepped away from his brother. He moved across the room and looked down at her, his eyes pleading for an affirmative to his question.

"One that doesn't end in your death." Damon stated while crossing his arms over his chest while looked at her from his position across the room. Bonnie eyes widened momentarily at his words before returning her attention to Stefan.

"If I'm suppose to protect myself then. . .no, there isn't a spell to take out Klaus." She murmured as she looked at Stefan. "But I'm sure we'll figure something out." Stefan closed his eyes and turned away from her.

"Don't worry I'm sure we'll be able to figure something out." Damon said as he looked at his brother. "Maybe a visit to the witches' house will help us gain some answers." Bonnie met his eyes as he finished saying that. "What do you think?"

"Yeah, I think that might work. They should be able to tell us some way to handle Klaus." she replied softly. Damon nodded his head at her answer as if he expected that and then looked at his brother.

"You go upstairs and spend some time looking over, Elena. I know that might calm you down while the witch and I go and see what the old girls think about this current situation." Damon said as he walked over to his chair and grabbed his leather jacket. He looked over at Bonnie and waited for her to get up as well.

Pushing herself up from the chair, she quickly made her way over Damon who waited for her by the door. Turning around, she looked at Stefan who was still watching them with nothing but worry in his eyes. "Don't worry Stefan, we'll find a way to take care of Klaus." she said giving him a small confident smile before she allowed Damon to lead her out of the house. As they walked towards Damon's car, he cleared his throat.

"So do you really think it'll work?"

"You're the one that suggested this," Bonnie stated calmly. "Even though you know that the witches don't like one thing about you." Damon raised an eyebrow at that and shook his head. "But maybe they can at least tell me one thing about defeating Klaus that doesn't have me dying right next to him the moment his heart stops beating."

"They should at least try to protect you after all." Bonnie nodded her as he walked towards the passenger side and opened the door for her. "The least they can do is protect and allow you to live after all you're doing them a favor by getting rid of Klaus." Tilting her head slightly so she was looking up at him, Bonnie sighed and shook her head.

"I guess that can happen so how about you ask them for me when we get there." she said with a giggle as she slipped into the car. Damon rolled his eyes at that and shook his head before closing the door himself.

"Funny witch, real funny."