Broken - Kai Parker - The Vampire Diaries

Chapter Fourteen - Protection

The taxi pulled up infront of the Salvatore Boarding House and Kai stepped out, helping Emily climb out of her seat. When they entered the house it was quiet. She looked around but none of her friends were there.

'They all went over to the girls dorm for a bit. They said they'd be back later on." He muttered, noticing she was confused by the lack of people in the house.
She shrugged off her jacket and threw it on the stair bannister. "Of course..." She mumbled. Clearly this was some sort of ruse to get her and Kai to talk. But she still didn't feel ready to do that.

"I found something while you were out" He said, guiding her into the sitting room. There were books everywhere. She walked over and sat down on the sofa after grabbing a glass of bourbon from Damons drinks trolley. Kai grabbed one for himself and sat on the sofa beside her leaving plenty of space between the two of them.

'What did you find?" she asked as she turned to him.
"I think I know what you are."
"Well, I'm a heretic aren't I? A witch and a vampire?"
"Sure, but your powers... They're not normal witch powers. They're something else. Something special."
"Oh?" she looked at him in confusion. A few days ago she was just a normal human being, now she was some crazy special witch who also happened to be a vampire.

"I think you're something called an Empath Witch. They can produce magic just from their emotions. Different emotions give off different reactions. Such as when you've been angry and..."
"Things explode... " she laughed. It kind of made sense now.
"It pretty cool really. There are only records of a small handfil of other Empath Witches, and you seem to be the only one that is a Siphon. You're pretty unique!" He looked at her and smiled. She glanced away. Still unsure of how she should be acting around him.

He gently put a hand on her wrist.
"Emily. I really am sorry. You know I wouldn't have hurt your eariler. My emotions got the best of me and I over reacted."
"When people over react they throw something or slam a door Kai. They don't try to end someones life."

"I guess I've never really learnt how to control my emotions... The only thing I recall ever feeling is anger, and none of my family ever helped me figure out how to deal with that." He looked down at the floor. She shifted slightly closer to him and he continued. "My Dad, wasn't the most caring person. The coven always came first. Even before family. And I... I was just a freak in his eyes. He turned my entire family against me. I wasn't even allowed to touch anyone. No hugs... nothing. I know it's no excuse and worse things happen to people and they don't flip out and murder their family like I did." He let out a nervous laugh. Emily continued to listen to him intently. "My Mum, she was the only one who ever really tried to understand me. But she died when I was in my teens and all I had left was a family who despised me. No birthdays. I was excluded from everything. I spent most of my time in my room, getting more and more angry. Then one day, I finally flipped and it happened." Emily put her hand on top of Kais. He glanced up at her. Slightly confused by the fact that someone would willingly touch him.

"Thankyou for telling me your story Kai. It really means a lot." She smiled at him and he smiled back.
"So anyway, we now know what you are. Now we need to figure out WHO you are." he said. She didn't understand what he meant by that statement.

"What do you mean?" She asked.
"We need to find out who your coven is. If we can find them, we can get more answers for you."
She sat silent for a few seconds. Her coven. Her family. The family she had never met...

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The next morning, Emily was stood in the kitchen with Kai. Damon and Stefan were there and the girls were all there two. There was a huge amount of tension in the air after Emily and Kai had explained what Kai had discovered last night, and then Kai dropped the bombshell that they would be taking a road trip together to Portland to try and get more information from the Gemini coven. That didn't go down very well with Damon to say the least.

"So you're telling me you want to traipse all the way across the country with a self proclaimed sociopath who only hours ago tried to kill you... to meet his likely equally crazy family...."
"Coven..." Kai interjected. Damon raised his hand in Kai's face.
"COVEN.... to try and figure out where you came from? Possibly find the family who gave you up when you were a baby who may not want ANYTHING to do with you?" Damon ranted, not taking his eyes off Emily the whole time. "And you're all perfectly fine with this ridiculous situation??" He asked, pointing at the others standing around them.
"Damon. She's proven time and again she's more than capable of looking after herself. She's a vampire and what's already been shown to be a powerful witch, despite her not having full control of her powers yet. I very much doubt she want put herself in a situation she wasn't fully comfortable with" Bonnie said to Damon.

Emily wasn't sure whether she was comfortable with the idea of spending several days with just Kai for company, but she needed to do this and he was the only one who could get her the answers she needed.
"Fine. But you come back within the week. If you're not back within that time I will personally come and hunt you down and rip your heart out. Got it?" He was right in Kai's face now, pointing at him. Kai just stood staring back, not flinching once at the tirade Damon had just laid upon him. How was he so chilled out all the time?!

"Got it." He replied nonchalantly, rolling his eyes at the same time. With that, Damon grabbed the collar of his shirt and shoved him up against the wall.
"You don't ever lay a hand on her or I swear to go...."
Kai was looking slightly less chill now. He held his hands up in submission. "I swear I will not harm a hair on her head Damon. I've got no reason to. All I want to do is help her find out where she comes from. There's really nothing even in it for me." He replied. Damon let go of him and his feet hit the floor.
"That's what I'm worried about. You always have a reason for doing something. ALWAYS." Damon left the room and Kai straightened his shirt up and turned to Emily.

"You ready to hit the road then partner?" He winked at her.
"I'm not your partner.... and yes, I'm ready." She grabbed her hold-all from the floor and gave each of her friends a hug goodbye.
"Stay safe Em" Elena said, hugging her friend tightly. "Any problems, you let us know straight away, okay?" Caroline said, pushing into the hug so there were now three of them squished together.

Bonnie squeezed her way in and whispered in Emily's ear. "Wear this bracelet. It's been charmed so we can see where you are at all times. The only person who can remove it is me..." she placed a small gold bracelet on Emily's wrist and gave her a small peck on the cheek.

She walked over to Stefan and smiled at him.
"Any problems, you have my number. Damon and I will be there in a shot okay?"
"Got it, thanks Stefan." She gave him a quick hug and walked out of the room.

"Geez... you'd think you were off to face your imminent death of something." He chuckled.
She sighed and rolled her eyes, wondering if it was really so far from the truth.