Lightbringer | Kai Parker Fanfic

Fourteen

The door opens and I walk passed Damon into the boarding house.

"By all means," he says, "do come in."

He frowns when Luke follows behind me and we both stop on top of the couple steps that lead to the living room. The younger Parker and I talked last night, and he explained to me the deal Kai offered Tyler when he got to town: if they agreed to locate and bring him the knife loaded with Jo's magic, he would do the merge with her, as it all was supposed to be in the first place, and then Lucas and Olivia wouldn't have to do it; they could live.

Luke was actually against it, at first, but Liv and Tyler talked him into this and he reluctantly agreed, knowing this was his only chance at saving his twin. He seems to be more lucid about the outcome of a Jo slash Kai merge now, and since he knows damn well that the first thing his brother would do as a leader would be to kill the entire coven for revenge – or fun –, he's probably changed his mind about it, but I prefer to let him cool before asking.

Jo, Rick, and Liv are also there. The room is messy; broken vases and lamps are scattered all over the floor. We both take in the scene and Luke asks, "What is this?"

Jo and Liv share a glance but don't utter a word, so Rick is the one to stand up and explain, "Liv has been training Jo for the merge." Luke snorts with despair and shoots an angry look at his twin sister. I keep from doing the same but I agree with him: it's a lost battle.

"What about you?" Jo asks with caution. "What are you two doing here?"

"Exactly my question," I say, turning to Damon.

"Long story short: our little magic sucker kidnapped my girlfriend in order to practice spells on her."

"What? No," I object, "Kai has been spending most part of the night at the high school."

"So you knew where they were and you didn't go get her?" he snaps at me.

"I'm sorry, am I supposed to know he took Elena? I'm not here to track vampires' every moves, Damon."

"What are you here for, then?"

"She's here for us." We turn our heads to Liv, realizing we've been stepping closer to each other, readying for a fight. I also notice how Luke stepped closer to me, ready to defend me, and I'm pretty sure that sends a clear message to them all: we're da team.

"What are you talking about, little witch?"

"She's a witch hunter," Liv adds, glaring at me. "She's a witch hunter who's been posing as my friend for over a year." The blow lands. Here we go.

"Liv–" Lucas tries but she cuts him off.

"You know what, I spent hours wondering how you could do this to me. Work together with a witch hunter behind my back... I mean, what did you have in mind?"

"We were trying to protect you–" he tries, but this time Damon cuts him off.

"Protect her? In what kind of a world does a witch hunter protect witches?" Lucas and I share a glance while Jo and Rick look to the ground. "I feel like I'm missing something," Damon continues, "and that really annoys me."

"Andy didn't pick up a knife one day and decided she would go around killing witches, isn't that right, Andy?" Liv says and I cock my head with suspicion. "She's a specific kind of witch hunter, with a code, just like Jeremy is a specific kind of vampire hunter. She's a Lightbringer."

"Liv," her twin warns.

"How do you know that?"

"I had a little chat with my dad over the phone this morning. Turns out he wasn't really surprised to hear you were here–"