"Don't we need to get the ascendant first?" Kai asked as he trailed behind her in the woods.

"Got it," Bonnie nodded, the first sentence she's said since she decided she was really going to go back to Mystic Falls with him.

After the end of their discussion they both went their separate ways to pack a bag and grabbed the few things she'd kept close while being here; her notebook, teddy bear, and a couple of 90's outfits that she will definitely be bringing back in style. Shoving them all in a backpack she met Kai at the door, trying his best to act excited as he bounced from one foot to the other but the sweaty forehead and zipped up sweatshirt was an easy giveaway to his true form, his cough driving her point home.

"You're not contagious right?"

Kai looked at her through a dark stare and she smiled, walking to the door and heading out. Now Bonnie found herself on her perpetual day of May 10th; but this one felt 20 degrees warmer as her blood pressure was tipping towards scorching and head so full she thought she could fall over from being top-heavy. The snap of a branch behind her pulled her out of her daze, turning to Kai with his back against a tree leaning forward with his hands on his knees.

"Need a minute?" she asked walking back to where he was standing.

"No just need a drink." Reached down for his bag and slowly pulling unzipping it to grab a water bottle.

Looking overhead at the sky where the sun was settled, Bonnie's going-on-obsessive studying and detailing of the day let her know they had less than an hour until the eclipse, and still a half hour walk.

"Let's go," he chirped pushing off the treeand swinging his backpack over his shoulder.

The next twenty minutes seemed like two hours as Kai's slow pace and disoriented state was leaving him stumbling and stopping frequently.

"You're killing me Parker! Do you want to just sit down right here, watch the eclipse as it passes us by another day?"

"Funny," he huffed, his own aggravation at himself much worse than what she was feeling.

Within five minutes they were at the opening of the cave, still a few minutes left to spare before she had to begin the spell. They both headed inside and he went straight for a rock, sitting down and dropping his bag. Bonnie eyed each of the rocks before heading over to one and crouching behind it.

"What'cha doing?" he asked, leaning over to see for himself as she leaned down farther and reached under a pile of leaves, pulling the ascendant out and blowing off the dirt and stared at him dumbfounded. "You're kidding me. It was here the whole time?"

"Yep," she laughed. "I figured you knew all the good hiding places in the house by now, and assumed I wouldn't be dumb enough to leave it in the one spot where it's the most powerful."

Kai blinked at her then back down at the ascendant before dissolving into laughter. "Bon, you really impress me sometimes."

"That means so much," she answered sarcastically, walking to the small circle of light and looking to the sky.

Bonnie could see him in her peripheral as he walked up and stood in front of her. "Think it'll end like your dream?"

"Which one?" She questioned without conscious thought, looking back down to his hooded gaze and shrugged, admitting to herself that it could have escalated if he wasn't looking so ill.

"Maybe if you think about it enough it'll come true," she teased.

"I think it would have happened by now then," he smirked.

"Never going to give up on it are you?"

Kai flashed his smile. "Not a chance."

Bonnie looked back down at the ascendant, momentarily thinking she needed to find something sharp before feeling the jagged edges along the side.

"Weird, in my dreams you were always holding a knife and the ascendant, and I never actually needed that to cut my hand."

"Hm," he contemplated. "Maybe you were given the option to kill me. Wouldn't do you much good but whatever makes you feel safe."

Bonnie pursed her lips, letting that new piece of information about her own nightmare sink in to the back of her mind. Shaking her head she sliced her palm in one quick movement before spilling blood over the center, Kai's hand grazing over hers and wrapping around her forearm locking in their connection.

Letting out a deep breath, a sudden queasy feeling hit her at the realization at what she is actually doing; she was going to let Kai out of his prison and back into her world - with all the repercussions against them, flashing every dream sequence scenario playing out before her eyes. Squeezing them shut Bonnie began mumbling the first verse of the spell before losing her nerve and heard the wind overhead pick up, Kai's hand tightened against her arm. Crinkling her eyebrows she kept her eyes closed, pushing through to the next line and feeling a slight wave of dizziness and heard Kai breathe in sharp and looked up at him quickly, his other hand reaching for his chest as his grip held onto her too tight.

"What are you doing?" Kai ground out.

"What?" Bonnie checked the position of the eclipse. "What are you doing?"

Shaking his head he out a shaky breath and closed his eyes, staring at him a moment longer before closing her eyes as well. Starting where she left off the ascendant began to click and whir to life, going into the second verse as Kai made a terrible sound and gasped for air, grabbing her with both hands around her arms and shaking her once.

"Stop it!"

"I'm not doing anything!" she yelled back, trying to pull herself out of his grip and failing.

"I can't breathe every time you start the spell," he shot back.

"Well it's not me!" Bonnie huffed, a thought hitting her.

"Your father – he told me not to try and leave or stir up anything, I think this would count as both."

Kai growled deep in his chest. "Keep going."

"Kai-"

"Just do it."

Hesitating, his grip loosened slightly on her arms but still held her in place. Knowing she was running out of time Bonnie tried to race through the chant, mumbling but enunciating each word. Kai choked out a 'keep going' as she went into the third verse, his legs giving out from under him and landed on one knee with a hard thud. One hand pressed against his chest as his other held onto her wrist. Bonnie's vision blurred with tears from her overwhelmed senses mixing with power; vertigo hitting her so hard she ended up face to face with Kai on the ground. She looked up at the sun being almost fully eclipsed and felt an electric jolt hit her wrist where his hand was and breaking them apart.

"Shit," Bonnie yelled, reaching for her wrist. Kai was on his back, pushing himself to his side and breathing in quick gasps of air. Crawling over so she was in front of him she reached for his shoulder and felt another electric shock blowing her hand back. "Kai, what's happening?"

He shook his head, looking up at her with what she could only assume was fear in his eyes. "Can't – breathe –"

Attempting to grab his neck and say a spell to fill his lungs with oxygen she couldn't keep her hold on him for more than a few seconds, screaming out at the pain.

"My magic is pushing against someone else's – I can't break through it." Even through his jagged breaths he let out a laugh, the broken sound chipping off a piece of her heart and her posture deflated in defeat. "Please... breathe. This isn't nearly as satisfying when I'm not the one doing it."

Kai smiled and was hit with a fit of coughs; his breaths getting shorter and his eyes heavier and fell on his back.

"Now? NOW you're gonna do this?! Kai I-"her heart pounded heavily as her thoughts hit her with a deep realization. "I don't want you to die."

Bonnie watched his hand relax against his chest and eyes fluttered closed.

--x—x—x—x--

Bonnie couldn't really lift Kai's body and travel a mile through the woods with him over her shoulder, and she wasn't about to go back to the house without him so she chose plan C; running to the house and grabbing a bunch of stuff to hold her over. She walked back into the cave a half hour later with food, water, blankets and pillows, a lantern, and a book – like she'd really get any use out of that.

Walking over to where Kai was lying she sat in a ball near his shoulder, wrapping herself in a blanket before sitting and pulled her bag over grabbing her notebook and pen, doodling to try and distract herself and kill time. When she hit him with a pic-axe the first time she tried to kill him he wasn't out for more than a couple of hours, the same with when she had to stitch herself up in the hospital. She was hoping this would be the same, but the warning and ultimatum Joshua Parker gave her left a dreadful shiver up her spine to the back of her neck making her hairs stand on end.

Bonnie glanced down at Kai's face, her heart twinging in pain at the irony of how peaceful he looks; no dark circles, no worry lines. She reached out and hovered over his forehead, not too eager to get shocked again. She slowly pressed her index finger down, sighing in relief when nothing happened. She scooted closer to his head, grabbing the two small pillows nearby and sticking one under his head before leaning against the stone behind her and situating her own. She wrote scattered thoughts and sketches of anything that popped into her head for what seemed like ever, glancing down to see if he'd woken up more times than she'd like to admit.

"Come on!" Bonnie slammed her notebook down next to her, checking his watch and seeing it had been four hours with no change. She tried to think logically and calm her impatient mind as her frantic thoughts pushed worst case scenarios front and center.

What if he completed the spell? What if he succeeded in killing him this time? What if he never wakes up?

Standing up to pace around the cave, her vision cloudy from the sudden onset of panic that racked her body. She tried to think of the bright side of finally being able to go home but her dark thoughts kept her planted in her overwrought mind.

The wind picked up as the sun started to set overhead and dragged herself back over to where he was and wrapped herself back up in the blanket, grabbing the other one and tossed it halfheartedly on him before plopping down where she sat last.

"Let's go," Bonnie nudged his shoulder with her foot. "Wake up."

An hour and most of the snacks later, she found herself in the same position.

"Wake up wake up wake up," she murmured as she tapped her foot against his ribs repeatedly.

Bonnie had tried shaking him, splashing some water on his face, and got to the point of yelling directly in his ear but nothing was happening. Placing the back of her hand against his forehead she felt a breath of relief taking note of how warm he still felt. After another twenty minutes she could feel her entire body shaking with nerves, her feet tapping anxiously from impatience and immobility.

Going across the cave to light the lantern Bonnie walked out the door to get some fresh air. The cold chill hit her bare skin instantly, knowing she should go back for her blanket but the shiver sent an awareness through her that was awakening her senses and paced around the entrance for a while before staring up at the moon, arms crossed lost in a daydream.

"You know you could get sick in this weather," she heard behind her as Kai's arms and a blanket curled around her.

Bonnie spun around and felt her face light up as she was hit with a flood of emotions knowing his father didn't succeed in killing him and felt her lips on his before she had a conscious thought of what she was doing; her gratitude of not being alone in this Hell surprising the both of them. After an initial moment of shock he reached up to the back of her neck, turning his head to deepen the kiss.

Her stomach flipped as she reached for his hair, the blanket around his shoulders seeming to encase them both and warming her all the way down to her toes. His other arm snaked around her waist pulling her flush against him and she felt her body pushing harder, trying to get closer. Kai lifted her with the arm around her waist and turned to walk back into the cave, finding the closest wall and pressing her up against it. Bonnie could hear all of her moral thoughts clashing with her new outlook and the contradictory tones sounded like a devil and angel on her shoulders. Unzipping his sweatshirt she pushed it and the blanket off of his shoulders, his shirt following after as she trailed her nails down his back.

Groaning low in his chest Kai's body surged into hers on instinct, her breath catching at the hard movement and leaned back to pull her shirt over her head before he was back on her. His hands trailed behind her back unhooking her bra and continued across her body leaving tingles everywhere he went; Bonnie's control rapidly getting pushed to the back of the line as adrenaline and pleasure took over.

"Touch me," she whispered as his tongue glided up the side of her neck.

"I am touching you," he murmured, his hands roaming from her sides to around her thighs and back.

Clenching her legs around his and pushing into him farther, her body got the point across where words fail her and Kai let out a harsh breath as his fingertips dug into her hips. Dropping her quickly and ripping down her bottoms in the same movement he picked her back up and leaned over her trailing his hand down her spine and around her butt, drifting lower until his fingers grazed her from behind. Jerking at the sudden intense feeling Bonnie pushed into his touch giving him easier access and the weather outside picked up as the wind roared against the entrance of the cave, leaves falling through the opening overhead.

Bonnie groaned as his hand fluttered across her; gentle at first then hitting her so deep she cried out. Kai's hips rolled into her nakedness and could feel him pressing firmly against her through the thin fabric, mimicking his movement and the feel of the cotton mixed with his expert fingers had her biting above his collarbone to try and stifle a moan. The hold on her tightened as he moved his hand back around in between them and pushed a finger inside her, then two, giving her no time to adjust.

Gasping out a hoarse sound as her thighs clenched, Bonnie's grip locked in his hair so tight she could move him with one slight nudge. There was no leisureliness as Kai's fingers hit her deep inside at a relentless pace; noises spilling out of the both of them and echoing off the walls. She saw her vision blur from the intensity as she closed her eyes; listening to his heavy breathing over her own panting, his deep noises stirring up something animal-like inside.

"So much like my dream" Bonnie murmured against his lips, his groan being the only inkling that he heard her as her hands roamed restlessly across his body; digging in deep on his back every time he hit the right spot and getting rewarded with a rumble in his chest as he pushed into her harder. Her body buzzed with adrenaline and still had the need for more. "The rock,"

Breaking the kiss momentarily to see where the closest rock was Kai lied her down on it, one foot still on the ground as his other knee was on her opposite side. Pushing his fingers back into her Bonnie's breath left her in a gasp, the cool rock against her backside sending shivers coursing underneath her skin and heard a loud crack and thud outside as a large tree branch fell, the wind a constant buzz with the rustling of leaves. Dragging her nails down his chest to his sweatpants she slipped a hand underneath and into his boxers, the noise that came out of his throat somewhere between pained and pleasure, his body shaking on contact.

"Bonnie." grated out so low it vibrated through her, her hand gripping him tighter and pulling slowly up to the tip.

"Stop, or I'll fuck you right here."

Smiling slyly at him her pulse quickening at the thought of feeling what was so long and hard in her palm filling her completely; consuming her. Bonnie was hit with an overwhelming need to touch him, feel him lose control; bring him to the point of insanity where he's left her on account of the last few weeks. Flashes of her sex dream played out in front of her as she reached back down to the base, gripping him harder as she pulled up and feeling his fingers curve. This new sense of power she had over him with the sheer magnitude of what was a fabric of clothing away was almost too much to resist.

"Not yet," she panted. "But I want to feel you."

Kai leaned down and pressed his lips to hers; everything intensifying as his gentle kiss contrasted against his rough touch and grazed his tongue over the roof of her mouth tightening her core  around his fingers as he pushed in farther. Moaned through a flush of heat as sweat misted her body Bonnie's limbs started to stretch and move tirelessly as she felt her orgasm building. Pumping him harder she mimicked his pace but was stopped abruptly by his hand encircling her wrist and moving them over her head.

"Ladies first," he grinned, pecking her quick before kissing his way down her chest and stomach until he was kneeling before her.

Bonnie picked her head up the moment Kai was dropping his and the look he gave her almost had her lose it on the spot. Pushing his arms under her thighs he yanked her closer and pressed his lips to her forcing a guttural noise out of her mouth - husky with need. A burst of leaves gusted through the entrance almost knocking the lantern off the rock, the wind roaring so loud that the trees swayed against one another.

Running her hands through his hair and pulling at the roots Bonnie dragged her nails across his skull as he licked and sucked with ferocity leaving her so dizzy she was positive the room was spinning. Every neuron was firing as his tongue stroked over her clit and her back arched off the rock, legs shaking as her hand pushed his head away from the intense pleasure.

One of his hands loosened his grip on her thigh and reached for hers, holding onto it and pulling it back down to her hip and laced their fingers  as her movements became more frantic; her body taking control and grinding into him until she cried out at the unexpected orgasm shattering the lantern on impact. Kai gripped her hand tighter as she rode out the waves, her body feeling an electric charge sizzling under her skin and out her extremities.

Glancing around the now blackened cave Bonnie tried to catch her breath as her heart beat a mile a minute, Kai's lips trailing back up her body leaving kisses all over and pressed his chest against hers as he sucked from under her chin to the side of her neck. Her senses were still alive with energy as power radiated off of her and leaned forward nibbling at the back of his jaw and ear, sighing as her hands trailed down his stomach into his pants; tugging at both his boxers and sweatpants but he thrust up into her.

"That's a dangerous idea."

Chewing on the inside of her cheek Bonnie contemplated her choices before loosening the strings to give her more room and pushed his boxers down as far as her arms went. Kai laid heavily against her and his entire body tensed when she wrapped her hand around his shaft, his breath leaving him in pants against her neck. He was so hard he curved up past his bellybutton and she hummed as she tightened her grip, pumping fast.

Lifting his head and resting it against her forehead Kai made gruff rasps as he grabbed a fistful of hair driving his hips into her fist and rubbing against her through the fabric, the carnal noises that were spilling out of his lips becoming one of her new favorite sounds. Licked her lips Bonnie moved her knees up pressing them into his hips to bring him closer; his movements starting to lose their steady rhythm as his body was firmly against hers. Gritting his teeth at her moans his body curled around her and felt his grip getting tighter with each shiver that racked his frame, pulling his lips down to her and biting down gently on the tip of his tongue causing his hips to move erratically before holding her in place and thrusting roughly a few times.

Bonnie could feel his heart vibrating through her chest from it thudding so loudly - a clear sign he is definitely alive- and his ragged breaths were huffed out against her neck as his head rested against her shoulder. Her hands trailed out of his pants and around his back drawling swirls to relax his trembling form. She felt like she had enough energy for the both of them and more; the magic radiating out of her fingertips onto his skin.

"Hmm," Kai hummed, his lips gliding along her collar to her neck still managing to give her goosebumps and lifted his head to look her in the eyes, her vision adjusting to the dark by now and landed back on his dark gaze. "That has to be one of the best it's good to see you's I've ever gotten."

Bonnie looked over his head, shaking hers and smiling. "Great."

"Definitely top three," he said cheerfully, looking up to his teeth shining back at her.

"Oh I'm glad I could make the list," she teased back.

Kai smiled and lean in to kiss her starting at a peck but growing deeper with each roll of his tongue; when he leaned back she felt breathless.

"What happened to the lantern?"

"I think the wind knocked it over."

"So was it just me or did I die the second I was finally getting out of here?"

"Yep, that actually happened – I guess your dad wasn't sugar coating it when he said we couldn't try to leave."

"And then he tried to kill me in his good old fashioned ways and he didn't succeed. I told you; I'm a survivor."

Bonnie couldn't help but grin back at his surge of confidence that his father hasn't beaten him but something still didn't sit right with her. "I kind of... worried for a minute. You were out all day, I wasn't sure..."

"Gee, I never could have guessed."

Smacking at the back of his shoulder at his nonchalance and boldness she could feel his chest moving against hers from laughter.

"I'm not going anywhere Bon, don't worry." His hand fluttered down her side from armpit to hip leaving a charge underneath her skin. "How can I, when we're having so much fun?"

Curled around him Kai dropped his forehead back on her shoulder, his hand still gliding across her side with shock waves. Bonnie has seen personally what Joshua Parker is capable of doing to his son, and what he would go through with to ensure he never made it back to present day and would have had to assume she would try to leave with his son and have a backup plan; not interfering with his initial plan. Kai would survive this and live another May 10th but his father's clear intentions were that he needed to be put down permanently. What if this wasn't his attempt to kill him, but a distraction?