"There are so many reasons why this is a really bad idea," Bonnie tried to explain to Damon, her patience worn thin. Tyring to talk Damon out of anything on a normal day was hard enough. But when he got it in his head that there was any way to save Elena, he was completely incapable of reason.

"This plan couldn't be any more perfect Bon Bon." Damon contradicted, his eyes widening in that maniacal way of his. "Don't you get it? We can use the Ascendant to off Kai before the coven sends him to the prison world. We'll undo anything that happened after, which means by the time we get back, Elena's up and you're not dead. There is no bad in this plan." He concluded, offering her a wide triumphant smile. Bonnie could only roll her eyes in exasperation before looking to Stefan for assistance.

He offered her a sympathetic smile before turning to his brother. "Bonnie raised some valid points. We need to weigh things carefully-"

"Brother, please, just for once take my side." Damon interrupted, his palms pressed together in a plea. "And you," he pointed to Bonnie. "Give me one good reason, just one."

Bonnie raised an elegantly arched eyebrow. "One, time travel is not always exact to location or period. Two, no guarantee we still have our powers, which we'll need to take down the entire coven. Three, it is purely hypothetical that killing Kai will end any future spell. Four-"

"God, Judgy, give it a break. I only asked for one." Damon grumbled, filling his glass with a bit more Bourbon.

She smiled widely at his back, "Are you sure, I can keep going. I've got about another, oh I don't know 100 reasons." She grabbed the tumbler from his hand as soon as he turned around. Damon squeezed his empty fingers into a fist as he growled at her in frustration.

"It's not something we can just wield whenever we feel like it Damon. Just like the Phoenix Stone, there's more about it we don't know than we do. All I'm saying is before we go using it willy nilly, let's just be sure we know what we're getting into before we start."

Damon eyed her curiously for a long moment. "You're not worried, you're scared." Bonnie's eyes widened at the accusation. Damon nodded in understanding. "You don't want to do it because you're scared. Bonnie Bennett, is actually afraid." He looked disgusted at the prospect.

"You're damn right I'm afraid." She shoved the glass into his chest, sloshing the contents on his shirt. "Something else goes wrong this time like we let out more prisoners. Or I annihilate an entire coven and I come back and Elena is dead rather just sleeping. "

Her gem green eyes were serious and sad. "I know you want Elena back, I do too. I'm just not convinced this is the best way to go about it. I'm not giving you the Ascendant."

Damon reeled back as if she'd struck him. The look on his face spoke volumes about the emotions churning in his gut.

"Damon-" she started.

"Get out Bonnie," he demanded, his voice cold and angry. It had been a long time since he had looked at her with hatred. Those icy blue eyes were burning with it now.

"Damon," Stefan sighed heavily, but Bonnie held up a hand to stop him. Don't piss him off, you need to stay and watch over him, she admonished Stefan mentally. He gave a small nod of understanding. She gave one last regretful look to Damon before gathering her things and leaving.

Her car was down the driveway as Damon started to chuckle to himself. Stefan looked at him with concern.

"Brother, are you alright?" He asked, worried as the chuckling turned into full blown laughter.

"Oh Saint Stefan, you were perfect," Damon wheezed, trying to get himself under control. "She fell for it, hook, line and sinker."

"Glad to be of help," Stefan replied dryly. "Mind telling me what she fell for?" He waited for Damon to pull a dry shirt over his head.

"My little witch is nothing if not predictable. I make a request there's no way she'll agree to, get mad about her shooting me down and kick her out. What do you think is her next move?" Stefan must have looked confused because Damon looked at him a bit sympathetically before he continued.

"She knows I won't give up. Bon Bon is on her way right now to move the Ascendant to what she thinks is a safer location. And when she does, I'll be right there. I just needed to get them both in the same place at the same time." He clapped his hands together gleefully as Stefan could only shake his head in consternation.

"So this was some stunt?" He asked, suddenly irritated beyond belief with his older brother. "You tricked her so that later on you can manipulate her into doing what you want."

Damon frowned. "It sounds awful the way you say it. I'm her friend, and I need her. Bonnie Bennett would not turn down a friend in need." He was out the door before Stefan could utter a word.