Insanity

Own personal Hell

"...and of course I broke into the Oval Office and took a picture of myself at the window, looking all JFK. But then I was like, wait, how am I gonna get these photos developed?" Kai chuckled.

Jerome was finally not bored. Kai was entertaining, funny, plus he was annoying Damon, a bonus for him. Jerome just snickered as Damon pinched the bridge of his nose, sighing.

"Oh, my God. Just answer the damn question. How are we gonna get out of this Twilight Zone?"

"I got a question for you first." Kai was lounging in the seat, still restrained, but comfy.

"Why do you think we are stuck on a repeating loop of May 10th 1994, doomed to relive a solar eclipse forever and ever and ever?"

"How the hell should I know?" Damon raised his hand in question, taking a gulp of his bourbon.

Jerome chuckled, "You're lying. You know exactly what he is talking about, Damon. Your poker face is terrible."

"Well, I heard you tell Bonnie this place was your own personal hell. I'm kinda curious why?"

"I found everything you asked for." Bonnie walked into the room, hands full, clearly sensing the tense atmosphere.

"Can opener, shower drain, grinding wheel, jam, pocket knife, volume O of the encyclopaedia, a nail and a black marker." She dumped said items onto the table, glancing at Jerome then Kai.

Kai leant forward, clearly pleased with what she brought him.

"Now what?"

"Can't show you with my hands taped." Bonnie and Damon glanced at each other but Jerome beat them to it. He jumped out of the chair, striding to the small table and grabbing the silver pocket knife. He flicked the blade open and grinned seeing his reflection before he cut the tape on Kai's hands, pocketing the knife before Damon could stop him.

"JEROME!"

"Thank you." Kai glanced up at Jerome who smirked and winked before sitting down again.

"Okay, fine." Bonnie sighed, glancing at Damon again.

"How's this pile of crap gonna get us outta here?" Damon asked, pointing to the junk of the table.

"I'll explain as soon as you tell me what you did on May 10th 1994." Kai shifted his body as he spoke.

"What difference does it make?" Damon exclaimed putting his arms out to the side.

"Ooo now I'm curious." Jerome sang leaning forwards, smirking, placing his chin on his knuckles.

"Put it this way: Bonnies magic is one part of the equation. My as-yet undisclosed knowledge is the other. Which means you would be hitching a ride home for free. I just wanna know if you deserve to come along." Kai asked innocently.

"What about ginger over there?"

"Oh. Yeah, he's a lot of fun. Would not want to get bored."

Damon walked forward, snatching the pocket knife from his pocket, which he originally took from Jerome, and grabbing Kai by his t-shirt.

"Or, I could just torture you until you say something useful?"

"Torture?" Jerome's eyes light up with blatant excitement.

"If you torture me, I'll get mad and then I wont want to help you. What kind of person needs to have that explained to them?" Kai asked as if he was talking to a child, then sent a questioning look to Jerome who just laughed, clearly enjoying the show. Bonnie gently took the knife away from Damon and he dropped him to the ground, annoyed, causing Kai to chuckle.

"Play nice." Bonnie hissed at Damon as Kai took a seat next to Jerome.

"Stop trying to impress the new guy."

"Why dont you just tell him your story?"

"Maybe because I don't wanna talk about the worst thing I've ever did, Bonnie." Damon hissed back, turning to see Jerome and Kai sat next to each other.

"Ooh, now I'm listening." Kai said, sticking his hand in the jam and eating it with his fingers.

"Come on D, cant be worse than what I've done, and Elena still loves me. For some reason. Hey, do you guys know why that is? It's really annoying! I kill our parents, I almost kill her, I burn a bus of her cheerleading friends alive. She still loves me. Why is that? Hmm emotions are so weird." Jerome trailed of deep in thought while Damon and Bonnie looked at him horrified as Kai looked at him shocked and impressed.

"Because you're still her brother. No matter what you do." Bonnie whispered but everyone heard her.

Jerome rolled his eyes and turned towards an awed Kai, "You got any siblings? They are soooo whiny and annoying, you know?"

Kai grinned sadistically and began to say something but Damon cut him off.

"OKAY OKAY SHUT UP! I'll tell my story, if only to make Jerome shut up." Damon sighed, giving in.