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Chapter 6 :

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Damon hadn’t known what to expect when he arrived home from the old witches’ house, but total and complete silence had definitely not been it. So it took him a second or so before he dared enter his home, then another few seconds just to judge himself for hesitating at all. It was his house after all, when had his house become the place he worried about? When had he stopped being the thing others were worried about? He missed those days, it had been so much easier when he didn’t try, when he just was. Sure, he and Stefan weren’t on speaking terms, and sure he had moments when the guilt got loud, like in the 90s, or the loneliness suffocating, like in the 50s, or he simply didn’t remember who he was because he’d spent so long running from himself, but it had been so much easier. He could just up and leave and leave behind everything. But not now, not anymore. Now he and Stefan got along, sometimes, and there were people who depended on him and who, dare he say it, might even care about him. He had Ric now, his drinking buddy, his best friend. He had Elena, and while he wasn’t sure what he was her or she to him, he cared about her and knew she did too. He could even say he and Bonnie were alright nowadays, and Jeremy even looked up to him at times, and god was that ever so confusing. And Caroline … well she didn't like him at all, but it made sense with her, he’d messed up with her too much and too harshly. He’d been desperate and she’d paid the price and any other time he wouldn’t have cared, but she was a bit too close to who he used to be to do so now and he was a bit too close to her mom as well, might even be friends if Liz could ever handle knowing both him and her daughter were the very creatures she’d dedicated her life to killing. 

He was getting soft at his age. Even Katherine, who he should by all means hate for what she did to him and Stefan, how she played them both, he could say he at the very least understood. He understood why she did all that she did, especially now, especially after what Rose had said about Klaus and the older doppelganger. It rattled him, caring, it made him feel some sort of way that he wasn’t sure how to handle anymore. He used to be good at it in the past, when his mom was alive he used to be able to tell with barely a glange is she needed a hug or to be left to her thoughts, whether Stefan needed space or attention, whether dad needed a cigar or quiet. He knew everything about people then, or so he remembered whenever he thought of that time, as rare as that was. He knew when a girl in town had her eyes on him, when one of the boys was in a mood to wrestle. Now it was both easier and harder. Sure, he could still tell what people wanted, that kind of awareness wasn’t lost easily and vampirism only heightened that characteristic, but being able to feel all those feelings that those around him would feel hurt worse now, like how he felt a twinge in his chest when Liz denied Caroline as her daughter, why he spoke out against it. Why he offered Ric a drink after killing him once he understood what Isobel had done to her husband. Why Elena was such a focus for him. Why he never minced his words with Bonnie, because he knew she could handle it and that she needed to feel like she could handle herself. 

You and me... we cross time and space...

Whatever, wherever, whenever... we are in it together. This is us...

A Sunday breakfast...

 A trip to the supermarket...

A walk in the woods...

A night of oldies but goodies...

A lifetime of protection...

Whatever, wherever, whenever... This is us, before, now and forever... I swear...

TVD 9X02 (part 3) coming this weekend! For real  this time, sorry for the delay, I was really sick =( 

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“Damon!” she screams, watching as the muscles of his entire body, overcharged with inhuman tension, shiver at the sound of her voice, like she pinched the cord of a Stradivarius. The dead weight slips off his fingers when he turns to look at her, unblinking and slightly dazed.

“He stabbed you,” voice hoarse like he’s been wandering in the desert for centuries, calling for a mercy heaven would not grant him.

“And you killed him,” she says, though the word doesn’t do justice to what truly happened to the poor bastard. She should be more outraged by this, but it does seem like justice, in a way "I think it's safe to say you're even—"

“He stabbed you,” Damon insists, licking his dry lips, having no reaction to the taste of grey matter he collected on his tongue as his eyes scan her body with incredulity.

“And now he looks like a packet of crackers run over by a freaking truck!” she protests, looking at the human pulp at his feet. She’ll give him hell about this, but not now, because it breaks her heart the way he looks at her.

Damon looks at her, desperate and fazed and speechless, and there’s something tugging at her heart, for he looks so lost. She had once thought he’d be relieved to see her die, but he looks like something inside broke the moment he thought he could lose her.

“Are you…” he takes a step in her direction, the first movement an awkward jerk, making him look like a toy with dying batteries.

This song was playing in Damon’s head at this exact moment... no doubt!

Cut to – the Salvatore school study, Darius walks in.

 DAMON: Look who finally decided to show up, the prime suspect.

DARIUS: Bon, have they found anything?

BONNIE: Not yet. Matt is searching the rooms… Oh, and he needs your statement; so let him know you’re here.

DARIUS: My statement?

BONNIE: It’s just procedure, he questioned all of us.

DARIUS: Fine, but, what are we waiting for? Why don’t we speed up the process and do a locator spell?

BONNIE: We don’t want to risk it, given what happened to us recently…

DARIUS: I almost forgot about that… so what’s the plan then? We aren’t really going to leave this to the Police, right?  

DAMON: For once, you are actually making some sense.

DARIUS: I’m glad we agree on something. By the way, I apologize for last night, I was out of line, guess that cider got me. Call it truce? (Damon, reluctantly nods at his apology).

DAMON: OK, so here is what I think we should do. Bon, I know you are scared that if we get another witch to do the spell they might get hurt, but we don’t know that for a fact, so I say we give it a try, bring in one of the students…

DARIUS: I agree, as far as we know that happened to us because we are psychic-witches, we don’t know if the same will happen to a regular witch. I say we do it, and if we see signs of something similar happening, we stop, and our friend here (referring to Sergei) can give them his blood.

BONNIE: No, we are not putting any students in danger. If anything, I’ll do the spell, and if anything happens again, Sergei can give me his blood.

DAMON: Bon, listen, I know you’ll make your own choice on this, but I think it would be irresponsible from our side to just ignore what we already know will happen…

DARIUS: Plus, we weren’t even able to perform the spell so it would be pretty much useless.

SERGEI: Miss Bennet, if I may, I must admit I agree with these gentlemen. If we are to dismiss the ways of the law and proceed with an alternate plan, the most rational solution would be to summon the power of a conjuror student.

DAMON: (To Sergei, mocking) Do you hear yourself? See Bon, even Count Dracula agrees with us.

DARIUS: I would suggest keeping Alaric and Radka out of this “alternate plan”, I’m pretty sure they would not be on board with recruiting a student.

DAMON: Literally it’s like they switched you with the tolerable version of yourself overnight. Hate to say it but I agree with Waldo.

DARIUS: It was just a matter of time, pal.

BONNIE: O.K “buddies”, and who would you suggest do the spell? Oh, and we are not keeping Alaric and Radka out of the loop; I’ll accept as long as they do.

DAMON: Bon, you are no fun!

SERGEI: I concur with Miss. Bennet; we must inform Alaric and Miss. Sunkram if this plan.

DAMON: Fine! What about Dominick? Isn’t he like one of your top of the class students?

SERGEI: He most definitely is, exceptionally talented.

Matt, Alaric, and Radka walk in.

 DAMON: Found anything Donovan? Let me guess, no. That’s why we’ve all agreed on a plan that will actually work…

MATT: Really, Damon, what’s is that?

DAMON: We are recruiting a witchy student to do a locator spell so that we can find Caroline and the girls before you turn 80.

ALARIC: No Damon, we already discussed this, we are not risking any of the students. Bonnie, I thought we were on the same page here?

BONNIE: We are Ric, but if we want to find them fast, you know we need to do this. So, let’s give it a try, if anything starts happening we’ll stop the spell.

ALARIC: Dominick, ha? He is talented, could work…

MATT: Guys, I said I would handle this.

DAMON: Donovan, you have absolutely no leads, nothing to move on. So, we are doing this.

ALARIC: Matt, I’m, sorry, but I kind of see their point. This is my children and Caroline we are talking about, we can’t wait. Radka, can you go get Dominick, please.

RADKA: Ric, are you sure? ALARIC: No, but we have to try.

RADKA: (To Alaric, with a bit of doubt) I hope you know what you are doing (leaves).

MATT: Fine, you guys do what you need to do, and I’ll keep doing my job. I’m going to the station to look at surveillance tapes, see if I can find anything. Let me know if you succeed with the spell. Just one thing, please, if you do find where they are, don’t attempt to go there without me.

ALARIC: We won’t. I’ll let you know as soon as we have a location and we’ll follow your lead on the rest.

 Matt leaves, Radka comes back with Dominick

 ALARIC: Dominick, thanks for doing this. I promise we wouldn’t ask unless it was absolutely necessary.

DOMINICK: It’s fine Mr. Saltzman, I’m actually very excited, my first locator spell!

BONNIE: Hi Dominick, I’m Bonnie, I’m going to teach you how to do the spell, O.K?

DOMINICK: OMG!! The Bonnie Bennet?!! I can’t believe this! You are like a supernatural superstar! Can I please get a selfie with you?!

BONNIE: (A tad confused) Sure, I guess… (Dominick takes the picture).

DAMON: Centennials…

BONNIE: Listen, Dominick, before we start, I need to be sure that you are fine with this. This isn’t a class, this is the real thing, so you need to be sure that you are ready.

DOMINICK: I am Miss Bennet, I swear!

RADKA: Dominick, trust me, we are not letting anything happen to you. We will be looking out for you, O.K?

DOMINICK: Yes Miss. Sunkram, I know, I’m not afraid.

DARIUS: O.K, everything is set up.

BONNIE: (To Dominick) Are you ready?

DOMINICK: Yes, Miss Bennet.

BONNIE: Come, sit here, and repeat after me: Phasmatos Tribum, Nas Ex Veras, Sequitas Sanguinem.

DOMINICK: Phasmatos Tribum, Nas Ex Veras, Sequitas Sanguinem.

BONNIE: Phasmatos Tribum, Nas Ex Veras, Sequitas Sanguinem.

DOMINICK: Phasmatos Tribum, Nas Ex Veras, Sequitas Sanguinem.

(They repeat the chants, blood starts coming out of Bonnie's nose again)

DAMON: How the hell is this happening??!! She is not the one doing the spell… Bon-Bon, stop chanting…

BONNIE: (with trance eyes, keeps chanting) Phasmatos Tribum, Nas Ex Veras, Sequitas Sanguinem.

ALARIC: Bonnie, stop!

DARIUS: Bonnie?? (shakes her, more blood keeps dropping from her nose).

Dominick gets hints of a location but not from the map.

DOMINICK: I feel something… it’s humid, cold, dark… a waterfall? (Bonnie drops unconscious, the spell is broken, Dominick is fine.)

DAMON: Bonnie, Bonnie!! Quick, (to Sergei) give her your blood, now! (Sergei gives her his blood, she doesn’t react).

SERGEI: It’s not working, she is not responding…

ALARIC: (To Radka) Call 911!! (Shakes Bonnie) Bonnie, Bonnie!!

DAMON: Why isn’t this working??!! Bon (shakes her too) Bon, wake up!!!

RADKA: I knew we shouldn’t have done this! Domanick, are you O.K?

DOMINICK: (Very scared at what he is looking at) I…I... I’m fine Miss Sunkram. Is Miss. Bennett…?

Cut to –  Mystic General. They are all at the waiting room waiting for news on Bonnie. It’s been over 24hrs with no news; after a while, a Doctor comes out.

DAMON: (Desperate) How is she?!

DOCTOR: She is not responding… I’m sorry.

DAMON: What do you mean she is not responding? Then do something!

ALARIC: Damon, calm down. You are not helping. Is there anything else you can do Doctor?

DOCTOR: All we can do now is wait, see if she responds to the medication. We moved her to room 206, you can go in to see her now, but not more than two people at a time, please.

ALARIC: Thank you, Doctor.

DARIUS: I don’t understand, how is this even possible? She didn’t perform the spell… how could she get hurt? And how is that nothing happened to me too, like last time?

ALARIC: I know, none of this makes any sense…

RADKA: We need to do something, fast. I’m going to head back to the school and keep researching, there must be something we missed.

ALARIC: Yes, you go ahead, we’ll stay here with Bonnie.

DARIUS: Damon and I can stay with her Ric, you should go with Radka. Two minds work better than one, she can use your help.

SERGEI: And three is even better, I will go with them as well.

ALARIC: O.K., we’ll head back to the school. Matt has a full search team on Care, the girls, and the students. You two keep an eye Bonnie, don’t leave her side, understood? We’ll call each other constantly with updates. (He notices Damon is completely out of it, calls him aside)

ALARIC: Damon, we will find a way to revert this, I swear. In the meantime, be with her, let her know you are here.

DAMON: Just move fast Ric.

Sergei, Alaric, and Radka leave the Hospital, Damon goes into Bonnie’s room. He looks at her, teary-eyed, devastated. Kisses her on the forehead, sits beside her and grabs her hand.

DAMON: Just when I finally got you back, I lose you again… that’s not fair. Bon, I know you can sense me, maybe even hear me… please, you need to wake up; I can live through anything except seeing you like this… Bon-Bon, please… Come on, you are the strongest, bravest woman I know, you need to pull through, O.K.? I brought you something… look, it’s Miss Cuddles (moves the bear like a puppet and makes the Miss Cuddle voice) Listen, young lady, I’m not going to stand for this, you better wake up missy! (No response, lays the bear next to her) Bon-Bon… please… (rests his head on her stomach).

Elena walks in

 ELENA: Oh, sorry, I didn’t know anyone was in here.

DAMON: Hey. No, it’s fine, come on in.

ELENA: Any updates?

DAMON: No, still unresponsive, it’s been over 24 hours and nothing…

ELENA: I wanted to be here sooner but…

DAMON: ... I’ll leave you alone with her.

ELENA: Thank you. (As he is walking out) Damon, we will get her back, I promise. She is a fighter, she’ll find her way back to us. (Damon nods, then exits the room).

ELENA: (Kisses Bonnie on the forehead) Bonnie… I can’t believe this is our reunion. It’s been almost 2 years and I can’t even give you a proper hug… or hear that amazing laugh… Please come back to us Bonnie, I’ve lost you too many times… I can’t lose you again.

VOICE: (Sounds just like Bonnie) Elena… it’s O.K, I’m here…

ELENA: Bonnie...?

Cut to Matt and his team on full search mode in the woods.

 POLICE OFFICER 1: We finished with the perimeter Sheriff, nothing.

MATT: Let’s move to the next one then. (Gets a call from the Mayor)

EDWARD POWELL: Sheriff, please tell me you found something.

MATT: Not yet, we are moving to the next perimeter.

EDWARD POWELL: I’m getting somewhat impatient Sheriff; I expected some progress by now…

MATT: I know. Trust me, we won’t rest until we find something.

EDWARD POWELL: If I need to bring in reinforcements, I will; you have until tomorrow to get me something, understood?

MATT: Yes.

EDWARD POWELL: Good (hangs up).

MATT: O.K team, let’s move!

POLICE OFFICER 2: Sheriff, wait, I found something (hands him an engraved golden bracelet that reads: Thank you for showing me what love is. V.VI. MMXVII. Love always, S.S.

MATT: This is Caroline’s, where did you find it?

POLICE OFFICER 2: Over here… (leads him to a cave entrance, under the waterfall).

 Cut to the Salvatore School. Alaric, Sergei, and Radka doing research.

 ALARIC: Anything?

RADKA: Look at this, I have to insist, I’m pretty sure these incidents are related…

SERGEI: (Reads) I concur, it cannot be a coincidence. (Hands the book to Alaric).

ALARIC: I think you are right… there had to be a psychic-witch back then to perform the spell…

RADKA: Yes, and I think Damon wasn’t all that off on his hunch. Look …

Cut to – Mystic General. Damon comes back to Bonnie’s room, finds Elena on the sofa in a trance-like state, Bonnie is gone.

 DAMON: (Shakes Elena) Elena, Elena, wake-up. (She reacts) Are you O.K?

ELENA: Damon? Yes, I’m fine. What’s going on, where am I?

DAMON: You are at the hospital, what happened? Where is Bonnie?

ELENA: Bonnie? Yes… wait, she was right here.

DAMON: Elena, do you remember anything?

ELENA: I was talking to Bonnie… I heard her voice Damon, she was awake… then I blacked out, that’s all I remember. (Damon gets the Nurses, Doctors, etc...)

DAMON: (To the staff) Look! I’m telling you she is gone! Someone in this godforsaken hospital had to have seen something!! Patients don’t just disappear!

ELENA: Damon, calm down, we will find her. (Darius walks in).

DARIUS: What’s going on?

DAMON: Where the hell were you?!

DARIUS: (With take-way bags in his hands) I went to get us some decent lunch…

DAMON: Well, she’s gone…

DARIUS: What do you mean, gone?

DAMON: Gone, as in vanished, Copperfield… get it?

DARIUS: What? How? Someone must have seen something…

DAMON: That is exactly what I’m trying to figure out from these incompetent Doggie Houser’s!!

DARIUS: (To the staff) Listen, please leave, give us a moment, O.K? (They leave).

DAMON: What are you doing?

DARIUS: (To Elena) Elena, I assume?

ELENA: Yes.

DARIUS: Pleasure to meet you, unfortunate it had to be under these circumstances. I am Darius.

ELENA: Nice to finally meet you, Bonnie told me…

DAMON: Hello! What’s the plan here?!

DARIUS: Elena, do you think you could get me some candles and a map?

DAMON: Not this again, what part of it doesn’t work did you not get?

DARIUS: It will work Damon, trust me.

ELENA: I’m on it (leaves).

DAMON: Waldo, seriously?  What makes you think you can do it now?

DARIUS: Call it intuition… Have you called Alaric, Matt?

DAMON: No, I’m pretty sure they won’t lead us to Bonnie.

DARIUS: Damon, just call them and tell them what’s going on. Oh, and please pull yourself together, you look like a crazy person; we need your head in the game, O.K?

Cut to cave scene with Caroline and the girls.

 CAROLINE: Bonnie? This can’t be you.

BONNIE: Don’t look so shocked Care, your girls warned you about this… why is it so hard for you to listen?

CAROLINE: I know you are not Bonnie…. So, who or what the hell are you?!

BONNIE: Need proof? In the 3rd grade, you kidnapped and buried Miss Cuddles… who else, besides your dead husband, would know that?

CAROLINE: I don’t know what sick game you are playing, but your cheap Bonnie knock-off really isn’t working. And, just so you get your facts right, Bonnie never found out about the kidnapping, so…

BONNIE: Fine, you caught me. Enough with the chit chat, it’s time for your kids to actually be useful for something.

CAROLINE: Don’t you dare lay a hand on them! If you so much as breathe near them, I will rip your pathetic attempt of a Bonnie imitation to pieces.

BONNIE: (With sarcasm) Wouldn’t that be tragic? Killing your best friend so you can save your children…

CAROLINE: You are not my best friend.

BONNIE: Harsh Care! I get it, it’s Elena, right?

CAROLINE: Listen, I’m getting tired of this, so why don’t we skip the prelude, and move on to the resolution.

BONNIE: Fine by me (takes the girls out of the cell, holds Caroline back with her powers, leaves Caroline inside).

CAROLINE: Girls! (To “Bonnie”) Please don’t hurt them, I’ll give you anything you want!

BONNIE: Not so feisty now, are we?

CAROLINE: Please, take me instead.

BONNIE: Thing is Care, I don’t need you; you are just a means to an end, collateral damage. (Leaves with the girls, who are crying hysterically).

CAROLINE: No, please, come back!! Girls!!

Cut to Mystic General. Elena walks in the room with the candles and map.

 ELENA: (To Darius) Here, will this work? Sorry, couldn’t find anything else, got them from the children’s ward (she hands him some birthday candles and a “where is Waldo” world map)

DARIUS: (Smirk) Yes, these will work.

DAMON: (To Darius) Don’t look at me, this was all her. (Elena looks confused)

DARIUS: O.K, Damon, hand me Miss Cuddles.

Darius begins the locator spell, within a few seconds he starts bleeding from his nose.

DAMON: Great, this again!

ELENA: Damon, what is happening?

DAMON: We don’t know, apparently something is affecting psychic-witches … and since Sergei isn’t here to give him his blood once he collapses, let’s see if this works (slaps Darius, he snaps out of it).

DAMON: Get anything?

DARIUS: I did… humid, cold, dark, a waterfall? And ouch, by the way! (rubs his hand on the cheek Damon slapped).

DAMON: That’s the same thing Dominick got on Care and the girls' location. Matt and his team are searching the area, they haven’t found anything…

DARIUS: That’s because it’s not on the surface or accessible to the naked eye… trust me, that’s where Bonnie is.

DAMON: O.K, Waldo, you and I will go to the site. Elena, you can meet up with Alaric at the school, O.K?

ELENA: No, I’m coming with you.

DAMON: Elena, please, listen to me, just go meet Alaric at the school and wait for our call. We don’t know what we will find there, can’t risk it, O.K?

DARIUS: I know I just met you, but I agree with Damon, it’s the safe choice.

ELENA: (With resignation) Fine, just call me as soon as you get there. (They all rush out, Damon forgets his cell).

 Cut to Alaric, Sergei, and Radka at the school.

 ALARIC: We have to warn Damon (calls his cell, no answer). He's not picking up… we need to go back to the Hospital.

 Cut to Matt and his squad at the cave entrance.

 POLICE OFFICER 2: Sheriff? Is everything O.K?

MATT: No, it isn’t… Call for back up.

Night Shift

Damon convinces Bonnie to stay overnight to help with his first night with Mary

http://archiveofourown.org/works/6104641