Insanity

You Didn't Care

"I helped you with getting out. Now, you're gonna help me kidnap my sweet sister." Jerome looked at Kai as they strolled through the forest.

"I said I would. I could use someone to practice my magic on anyway, that spell was massive, magic is oozing out of me." Kai laughed as he did a locator spell to find Elena.

After several long, silent seconds, he spoke up, "She's at the Boarding house."

"What are we waiting for then?" Jerome grinned and started to skip towards the Salvatore residence, a trail of blood dried under his nose from where Damon knocked him out.

Cloaked with a invisibilty spell, Jerome stood behind Elena and watched as she knocked on the door. He grinned happily when Damon answered the door and looked straight through Elena. It was working.

"Mistletoe. Clever." She laughed, smile bright on her face.

"Hello? Anybody there?" Damon asked looking around at the empty space.

"Damon, what are you doing? Are you gonna let me in or-?" Elena trailed off with a questioning look as Damon shut the door.

"I may have put a cloaking spell on us. How genius is that?" Kai spoke from behind Jerome causing Elena to whip around.

"Hello little sister." Jerome grinned before smacking her across the face with a fire poker he found near the door, effectively knocking her out.

Picking Elena up and throwing her over his shoulder, Jerome turned and smirked at Kai, "Where now?"

Smirking back, Kai began in the direction of town, Jerome following after.

"We never went out to eat when I was a kid. I always had this fascination with chefs and fine dining. My dad actually loves to cook. He's old school of course. He taught me to measure by eye, season by taste, all that stuff. But, it's different now, in the restraunt world. I mean, everything is on timers. It's like, fries go in, you push a button, ding, you take them out. Literally no guess work." Kai complained.

They were sat in the Mystic Grill, Elena at the head of the table, Kai at the other end and Jerome in the middle with his feet up on the table.

Peeling her eyes open, sweat dripping down her forehead, arms bound with vervain, she spoke in a weak voice, "Why am I here?"

"Ah, well, I spent 18 years in abandoned restraunts and now I'm showing off the fruits of my labour." Kai stated as he took a bite of his food. Jerome was eating a blood red apple, denying the food Kai made, a glass of wine in his other hand.

"I don't mean the Mystic Grill." Elena sighed, her head clouded in dizziness.

"Oh you mean, like, 'here' here in Mystic Falls? Sorry, I'm nervous, um- You're like really pretty."

"Don't hit on my sister. It's disgusting." Jerome grimaced, throwing the half eaten apple at Kai's head, Kai barely ducking in time.

"Why am I here?" She groaned, voice shaky.

"Well, ya see, every since I killed mummy and daddy, there's been this thing nagging at my mind. I never killed you. It was so annoying. So, I'm gonna finish what I started. But, hey, why not torture you first? That's where he comes in." Jerome smiled maliciously, pointing to Kai.

"I took the spell that was keeping the supernatural out of Mystic Falls, and I like absorbed it. Like, ate it, I guess. It's cool huh? First I eat magic, and then eventually I lose it, but I mean a huge spell like that? I mean, come on, magic's oozing out of me. It's all over the place. You know, I didn't quite realise I was so out of control until I met the manager of the Grill a couple of hours ago. And he was all like, 'You can't come in here. We're closed. And you have an unconscious girl over your shoulder.' And I was like, 'Don't judge me.'" Kai said in a bad impression of the owner's voice.

"Then, he recognised me, and he started full on freaking out. It was so funny."Jerome cut in, laughing as he reminisced of the terrified owner.

"So, I gave him a heart attack. Or tried to. But all I did was make him vomit uncontrollably, so I was like, ugh, alright let's stop that. So, I tired again. I think I broke his spine? I-I'm not really sure. Then, the third time I tried the spell, he kinda exploded into blood." Kai finsihed, taking a drink of his red wine as if what he had just said was no big deal.

"And that was very messy and annoying so, I slit his throat. Then, he finally shut up." Jerome stated, looking proud of himself.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Elena asked disgusted, staring at her brother in disbelief.

"He just told you. He has too much magic. Duh. Pay attention Lena." Jerome chuckled as he stared at her.

"You know. It wasn't until my test run with the manager that I realised, if I start to merge with Jo and my gushing fountains of magic turn her into that guy, then I'm not gonna have a twin for the merge."

"That is why you are here. You're a guinea pig. Fun." Jerome leaned forward, grinning at her.

"I need to get my magic under control by practicing wiht you. Or rather, by practicing on you. Oh. Hey. P.s silver lining. After the manager stopped thrashing around, I finally managed a cloaking spell. Thank you. It's easy to do, and...undo." Kai smirked, speaking the spell. Jerome clapped his hands and chocked on his laughter as the body was uncloaked and Elena threw her chair backwards in shock, breathing heavy.

"Table for four. You had no idea." Kai laughed before he continued eating, ignoring the horror on her face.

"Why are you doing this? Why do you hate me so much?!" Elena asked once she had gotten over her shock, desperately looking at Jerome for answers.

"Why?" Jerome repeated, tilting his head, throwing the glass behind him and grinning as it smashed on the floor making Elena flinch.

"Do you remember my 9th birthday? Oh, you probably don't. Our 'loving' parents threw me a birthday party. I wasn't aloud to attend of course. They took you and Jeremy and Bonnie and everyone else to the circus. They knew, they knew that all I wanted was to go to the circus, they didn't care. So, you all went, had cotton candy and saw the shows. I was locked in my room. When they came back, you went to bed, you didn't even wish poor ole me a happy birthday. Ouch. Mommy and daddy played their favourite game. Boozing, boning, beating up Jerome. When they were finished, I remember you coming into my room. You came, saw me curled up on the floor bleeding and you just smiled. You were happy. You got a day out at the circus, you got sweets, you got all the gifts that people had sent for me. YOU DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ME! YOU NEVER DID! SO THAT IS WHY I HATE YOU. THAT IS WHY I'M DOING THIS! BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT!" Jerome snapped, stalking towards a now crying Elena and roughly stabbing a stake into her leg, twisting when she screamed before snapping her neck roughly.

Releasing a breathe, calming down, Jerome smiled before turning to a shocked Kai.

"There. You can practice on her. She doesn't have to be awake does she?"

"Not necesarily. Are you...ok?" Kai asked, confused as to why he cared.

"Me? Never been better." Jerome smiled before sitting back down as if nothing had happened.