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Chapter 5.
"Damon," Bonnie pleaded as Damon looked at Mr. Bennett. He nodded and slowly kneeled down in front of him.
"No" Mr. Bennett croaked out as Damon bit into his skin, the blood oozing out. "I don't want that" he continued croaking as he made a pointless attempt move.
"Dad, you need it, come on, you'll die otherwise" Bonnie whispered.
"She's right Mr. Bennett—"
"I've seen what it's done to Abby, I see what you are—" he paused to cough and attempt to move again, but again, it made very little difference.
"Dad!" Bonnie cried out as Damon noticed the blood seeping through her fingers. "Please, I can't lose you too…" she whispered as her dad reached out to pat her cheek.
"Bon Bon, you'll never lose me" he whispered to her with a tired smile.
"Damon, do something!" she cried out as Damon bit into his wrist again, the other wound already gone and the skin plain as if he had never bitten into it.
"Bennett" he said sternly as Mr. Bennett turned his head to look at Damon, Damon's eyes black, full, focused. Mr. Bennett stared at him blankly. "You will drink my blood" he demanded as he lifted his wrist and Mr. Bennett nodded and drank. "Thank you" Damon said as he pulled his wrist away and rolled down his sleeve. "You will close your eyes, sleep and not move from this spot until I say so" he said, his eyes never moving from Mr. Bennett's.
"I won't move…" he said drowsily as his eyes slowly fluttered shut. Bonnie took a noticeable and audible sigh as she moved her father's head to a pillow as Damon lifted his feet on the couch. She stood up but before Damon could even think of a joke her arms were flying around his neck and she had her lips and body pressed against him.
"Thank you" she whispered, her expression full with absolute gratefulness as she kissed him once more, this time more passionate, more urgent, her body slowly rotating against his. He started to wrap his arms tighter around her waist but then remembered where they were. Completely unwilling he forced himself to pull away.
"Your dad, the blood, Stefan, unfortunately this is not a good time" he said brushing her hair behind her ear.
"What about Stefan?" she asked suddenly aware of her surrounding too.
"He's outside" Damon replied casually as he thumbed toward the door. He followed Bonnie to the door, both of them careful to not walk in the blood.
"Stefan" Bonnie said hurrying over to open the door. "Come in" she said quickly.
"Is everything alright?" he asked, his genuine concern shining through. "You're covered in blood" he said noticing Bonnie's clothes.
"I know, it's okay, it's my dad," she said glancing back toward the living room. "But it's okay, Damon saved him" she giving Damon a light smile.
"But what happened?" Stefan asked.
"Klaus wants to start making the cure, he needs Bonnie. But I don't see what he thought coming after her father would do, he didn't kill him. Granted there's no one else to go after…" Stefan said as Damon unintentionally let out a snort.
"Maybe he forgot I would call Damon…" Bonnie suggested but Damon shook his head. Mr. Bennett's message from Klaus was a pretty clear indication he knew Bonnie would go to Damon first. He squinted his eyes as he let his mind wander. Maybe Klaus meant he'd just continue to go after Mr. Bennett. Or maybe biting him was a cover up. He paused his thinking and looked into the living room. It was quiet, but it was also a little too quiet. "Do you guys here that?" he asked, interrupting whatever conversation Bonnie and Stefan were having.
"No" Bonnie said plainly but still turned to look into the living room.
"Wait" Stefan said instantly catching on as him and Damon hurried into the living room.
"What's wrong, what do you guys hear?" Bonnie asked as she joined them in the living room but stopped when she too looked at her dad, noticing something was wrong almost instantly. "Dad…" she said quietly, walking over to him, his body too still.
"Bonnie, don't" Damon said reaching for her arm but she yanked away and fell into her dad, her sobbing so painful Damon knew this was no accident.
"Daddy, please no, no, no…" she cried as Stefan went closer, pulling Bonnie away and hugging her as Damon checked for a pulse but found nothing. "This can't be happening, no…" Bonnie continued crying as Damon stood and moved over to her but felt a painful yet familiar sensation in his head. He pressed his hands to his ears as he watched Stefan do the same while backing away from Bonnie.
"Bon, stop, stop!" Damon shouted at her but her concentration was elsewhere, her eyes focused on her dead father while Damon fell to his knees and then curling up in the fetal position as whiteness clouded his brain; he tried to stay focused on Bonnie, but then, slowly, she was becoming foggy, cloudy, and then he saw nothing but white.