Lightbringer | Kai Parker Fanfic

Fifteen

"Jo, run!" I shout, lunging for her brother.

Jo is pale as a ghost and blood has been pouring from her nose. The cloaking spell she pulled off in order for her and Damon to come in and rescue Elena has taken quite the toll on her. She's not strong enough.

Kai gives me a wide smile as he blocks two of my punches in a row, holding on to my wrists with more strengths than I expected.

"That spell is called a Mirror Forces spell. Which means whatever strengths you fight me with..." he spreads my arms open so he can kick me in the chest and, as I am projected several feet away, my head and my back hit the floor, causing me to stop breathing for an instant, "...I fight you back with the exact same strengths."

He comes looming over me, grabbing a wooden broom and breaking it up with his knee.

"Now I told you," he says, kneeling down above me, "that I would kill you if you were to stand in my way again." His mild voice, no more bothered than if we were having a pleasant talk, adds even more tension to my body. Because even though my brain tries to rationalize it and tell me it's just one more ill-intentioned witch to take out, my flesh and bones know that this heartless, angel-shaped predator is a real danger.

I try to sit up but he places his hand on my forehead and carelessly shoves it until my skull hits the floor with an alarming crack. Pain blurs my vision and I can't make a move, or even draw a breath. When I start coming back to my senses, he is holding me down with his hand around my throat, his rings pressing into my skin, while his other hand is holding the wooden stick right above my heart. "Too bad," he says, faking a sad smile, "I definitely liked your death-angel vibe."

In a last attempt at survival, I use all the supernatural speed and strength I have left to roll us over and– Pain. Everything goes dark.

When I regain consciousness, I am lying on the Salvatores' couch. Luke is sitting next to me, concern written all over his face, and Liv is standing a few feet behind him, arms folded. Tyler is also standing next to her.

"What happened?" I ask as I reach a hand to my head with a difficult wince. This room needs to stop spinning.

"Craziest thing, actually," Luke says in a very uneasy voice. "Did I ever tell you of that one time when I showed up to help while you were about to die at the hands of my evil brother and... right when I was about to hit his head with a baseball bat, you used your supernatural powers to trade places and got the hit?"

"You hit me?"

"Not on purpose. I was trying to help."

From the corner of my eye, I can see Liv smirk and I roll my eyes, before wincing with pain – even that hurts.

"You did get us worried, though," Tyler says, glancing at Liv. "You were actually losing a lot of blood and vampire blood didn't seem to act on you."

"No, I heal on my own."

"We noticed," Lucas smiles. "But it took some time; we did worry." I smile back at him, taking the time for the news to sink in that I am fine; we all are. Then I frown.

"Where is he?" I ask, suddenly sitting up.

"It's alright," Luke stops me. "We've got him. Alaric and Jeremy showed up in time. They stopped him, drugged him and now he's catatonic in Jo's living room."

I arch my brow and sit up anyway.

"Take me there."

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