To Love A Sociopath

tainted tears

"Once we complete the binding spell, we need to work quickly. There's only a limited amount of time that I can hold magic before it burns out," Kai explained as he and Bonnie stood in the center of the Mystic Falls Cemetery. The wind was blowing a terrible chill and it was a shy past midnight. The others were a couple of miles away and Tyler should be on his way.

Bonnie held her hand out to Kai, waiting for him to cut both their palms. "Why did you have Elena's body?" He sliced his palm first, wincing as the string of blood slowly dripped down his hand.

"I uh...Damon trusted me to hide her, to let her sleep in peace." He kept his eyes on his hand.

"Why are you lying to me? What happened to your complete honesty truce?" Bonnie asked softly, Kai reaching to cut her own as well. Bonnie was too cold to even feel the slice and she kept her eyes trained on him. "You can't get any worse. "

Kai chuckled to himself, raising his eyebrows as if to say, On the contrary. "I..." Killed Elena, he wanted to say. To get the heavy pressure from his chest, to stop imagining the sunlight seep out her eyes when he admitted and have it over already. "... did something bad, Bonnie. And I don't want to tell you because...well it's not one of my finest moments." He conjoined their hands tightly, licking his lips for the phrase. "Alliges duplicia." Kai's eyes closed.

Bonnie's gaze dropped to their joined hands, taking in the fact that his warm hands were the warmest she had felt all day. She shook the tingling feeling off and closed her eyes as well. "Alliges duplicia."

The trees started to whistle, the dirt and leaves picking up and blowing into the sky. Kai and Bonnie continued to chant, their hairs roaring along with the wind. They said the final phrases before their eyes opened in sync. Bonnie took a deep breath and pulled her hands away. The wound had gotten darker and it was nearly identical to Kai's. He held out a bandage, wrapping his own with one.

She quickly took it, making their way to the cluster. They all stood in the mausoleum, Elena's body laying on the cold stone altar. Tyler was among them, his fingers twitching.

"Are we all clear on what we are meant to do?" Damon asked each of them, looking into their eyes.

"Yes, we try to find the trigger to change Elena's painful memories," Tyler answered clearly. "We all have to succeed and once it's all done, we'll wake up in our bodies and Elena will be back in hers as well."

Caroline nodded to herself, glaring at Kai. "You better not screw this up or I swear--"

"Don't worry, I'm on a leash." Kai held his hands up, grinning. Bonnie approached Elena's body, brushing her hand through the veiny and bony figure.

"Bring the twins in," Bonnie called out, taking a step back and collecting herself. "We're doing this."

Ric called in Jo, the girls silent as they entered the tomb. Valerie opened her book, holding her hand out as she began the spell. "Vincula mentis animae corporis et animae."

Jo bent down in front of the girls, smiling with warmth. "Remember what I told you? Close your eyes, repeat what Aunt Valerie is saying and when you see a bright light, both of you need to take the crown and place it on Aunt Elena's head, okay?"

Lizzie nodded and Josie frowned. "But mommy? What happened to Aunt Elena?"

Jo chuckled nervously and glanced at Ric before she answered. "She's in a beauty sleep."

"Like sleeping beauty?" Lizzie gasped in awe. "Is she a princess?"

"Not quite. You see that man over there?" Jo pointed at Damon who waved with a tight smile. "He wants to wake sleeping beauty. And he needs your help."

"Okay, mommy." Josie nodded and Jo led them to Valerie who was mid-spell. "Vincula mentis animae corporis et animae."

Lizzie followed right after and Jo took a step back, her breath shaky. The process was simple, the first supernatural would step up and touch the decayed body. Followed by the next and eventually, the human. Once they were all connected through physical touch, The Crown of Mortem would then get placed atop the head.

Tyler stepped up first, linking his hand with Elena's ankles. Caroline approached, holding the other ankle. Kai and Bonnie then held onto her left arm. And finally, Damon slipped his hand into Elena's grey one. He kissed her knuckles quickly before the twins approached. Stefan handed it to them and Lizzie held one edge and Josie held the other. They slowly approached the body.

"Daddy?" Lizzie called out.

Ric was instantly alert. "Yes, Lizzie?"

"It hurts," she muttered.

"What hurts, baby?" He took a step forward and Stefan held him back.

As if to answer, the fingers of the girls were leaking with blood, the pricks of the thorns piercing through their flesh. The blood dripped onto their dresses.

"Stop this right now," Jo ordered, turning to Valerie.

Valerie opened her eyes, still chanting the spell. Her eyes connected with Stefan's, clearly waiting for his signal. Stefan shook his head and held Ric back. "We can't afford to stop right now."

Jo reached for her girls but Stefan flitted in front of her. "What are you doing? It's hurting them."

Stefan hated what he was doing but he stood his ground. The girls finally reached the body and they sat the crown on Elena's head. By then, the girl's hands were drenched in their own blood and Josie was crying silently. In seconds, the thorns of the crown began to tear through Elena's flesh, the blood leaking down the ridges of her face like tainted tears. Valerie continued the spell, eyes closed once more.

The girls took a step back and ran to their parents. Ric had now forgotten Stefan and examined his daughter's hands. Jo did not look happy.

As Valerie finally uttered the last lines of the spell, Bonnie's vision grew dark. She felt Kai's presence next to her and they stood in front of Elena's family home. Bonnie examined it, remembering that it was burnt down months ago. Which could only mean that...they were in.

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"Because--I don't know. I wasn't good for her. I hurt her, you know? I hurt her all the time."

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