Ok – so after a RIDICULOUSLY long delay, I am finally updating this story! SORRY for such the long intermission. I have no real excuse. I had the outline, but I just couldn't find the time to put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard as it were. To make up for it, this chapter is by far the LONGEST chapter I have ever written. I reworked my outline and combined two chapters in one. I was just what I needed to reignite my fire. Well, that and last week's episode of Vampire Diaries, "Ghost World". What the hell happened to my Bremey! If I can't get a happy ending on the show, I guess I'll have to write my own.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS REVIEWED THIS STORY! You guy and gals are awesome!

So here is chapter 4! I hope you enjoy it! As always, please read and review!

Chapter 4

"How did you let this happen!" Elena angrily demanded as she grabbed Bonnie by the shoulders. She shook her slightly as she spoke.

"I am so sorry!" Bonnie sobbed as she fell back on the bed in her shoddy motel room.

"You're sorry!" Elena exploded. She threw her hands up in the air. "Bonnie, I don't know how much more I can take."

"It wasn't supposed to be like this." Bonnie blubbered. "Nobody was supposed to die!"

"Yet here we are." Damon said acidly from the darkened corner of the room where he sat. He stood and walked towards Bonnie. "I told you this wasn't a game. This is reality. People are dying. Your friends are dying and it's your fault." Damn declared.

"Don't you think I know that!" Bonnie screamed before she degenerated into incoherent sobs.

Damon's harden heart soften. He was angry, but he didn't mean to belittle her. He sat down on the bed. "Bonnie," he began reaching out to her. She recoiled from his touch. He sighed. "Bonnie, stop crying. It isn't going to solve anything."

"She knows that, Damon!" Elena snapped. "She's not crying because she thinks it will make things better. She's crying because we were awful to her." Elena sat on the bed next to Bonnie. "Are you Ok?"

"I'm fine." Bonnie said sitting up and pulling herself together. "But please Elena, don't apologize. You were right. I messed up. Big time."

"Why don't you tell us what happened?" Tim suggested. He'd been sitting in a chair in a corner of the room, quietly trying to digest everything that happened. He scooted closer to Bonnie, Elena and Damon on the bed. "It's been such a whirlwind since we arrived that we haven't hand a chance to get the details yet."

"Yeah, the last time I talked to Stefan he told me you were going on a date with Mason and that he and Ric were tagging along." Elena prompted her.

"That's right." Bonnie said drawing her knees to her chest as she spoke. "I met Mason in an antique store. We touched and I got a vision of him and the Lockwoods. So I knew there was a connection, but I didn't know what it was. Because of that, I agreed to go on a date with him when he asked me out. We had to figure out what was going on."

"So you flirting with me isn't the only thing that has the boy wonder upset." Damon smirked in reference to Jeremy.

"Damon." Elena admonished.

"Please go on." Tim stated.

"Well, I went on the date with Mason, and I had Ric and Stefan sitting a nearby table as back up." Bonnie continued. "Everything was going fine. I found out a little more about him at dinner, but nothing about his connection to Tyler. Then we decided to go for a walk after dinner. I let Stefan and Ric know and then we left. We were walking through the park when it happened." Bonnie said trailing off. She struggled to maintain her composure as the memories flooded her mind.

"What happened?" Tim prompted.

Bonnie's head slowly rose as she held his gaze. "Everything started to go wrong." She sounded so detached, so void of emotions, like she shut herself off to survive. Her head dropped again before she spoke. "We were attacked by vampires. I think there were 7 of them. Ric and Stefan were there with Mason and me by this time.

Despite being out numbered, we actually held our own. We were even winning the fight at one point. Between Stefan and Mason's enhanced strength, Ric's vampire hunting skill and gadgets and my powers, we were pretty bad assed."

"Wait – Mason's got super strength in human form?" Damon interrupted.

"Yes." Bonnie nodded her head. "He's a formidable fighter."

"The Lockwood's are just a pack of animals." Damon muttered.

"I wonder what they would say about the Salvatores if they knew what you and Stefan really are." Elena stated pointedly at Damon. He waived his hand to dismiss her. She turned back to Bonnie. "So you guys won the fight with the vampires?"

Bonnie shook her head again. "No. We were doing fine until the lead vampire joined in. He was so strong. We didn't stand a chance against him. Stefan and Ric both went down. Mason and I tried to fight back, but the vampires were so well coordinated. This wasn't their first time fighting together." Bonnie said as she had the realization. "I remember being knocked down on the ground and this vampire was going to kill me." A tear rolled down Bonnie's face and Elena hugged her closer. "Then next thing I know the vampire is beheaded. I didn't see it happen, but the body fell on top of me and the blood… There was so much blood. It got all over me. I remember coughing up blood that wasn't my own."

"Oh Bonnie!' Elena said.

"I gotta keep going." Bonnie said in the same detached voice. "It was Werewolf Tyler that decapitated the vampire. He came out of nowhere and took the head clean off. The other vamps tried to fight him, but he stood his ground. Then the lead vampire, Malachi I think, told them to leave and in unison they all disappeared."

"What happened next?" Damon asked.

"Tyler, he tried to attack your brother. I used my powers to move Stefan to safety. Then Tyler came after Mason and me. Mason tried to reach the human Tyler, but it was no good. He couldn't comprehend us. Mason got knocked out and it was just me." Bonnie said as the tears flowed more freely from her face. If she could feel them she didn't acknowledge them. Elena wiped them away.

"Tell us, Bonnie." Tim said. "We need to know what happened."

Bonnie nodded. "He knocked me down. I remember looking up and seeing his gaping mouth, drooling, ready to crush my skull…."

-START FLASHBACK-

Bonnie screamed in horror as Wolf Tyler leered over her. Instinctively, she lashed out with her powers. However instead of a telekinetic push, she created a bright flash of light that felt like it emanated from her very soul.

Wolf Tyler yelped in pain and leapt away. Bonnie quickly scrambled to her feet as the wolf recovered. The beast eyed her up and growled. He circled her warily. Bonnie mirrored his moves, walking in a circle as well, never letting Tyler get behind her.

'WhatthehellamIgoingtodo?' Bonnie thought as desperation began to sink in. Then, as she walked in the circle, she saw it. Salvation. A vile of holy water lay on the ground next to Ric. It must have fallen out of his pocket during his struggle with the vampire.

'Thisisgoingtobetricky.' Bonnie thought. She had to get the vial while simultaneously keeping wolf Tyler at bay. 'Nobodysaidthislifewaseasy.' Bonnie reflected with grim determination. She steeled herself before acting. Then at once she used her powers to push Tyler away and bring the vile to her.

The beast howled in surprised. Then he fought back against Bonnie and broke free of her hold. He began to charge at the frightened witch.

Bonnie looked on in horror. She'd had the vile and she struggled to get it open. She didn't think she would do it in time. Wolf Tyler was getting closer and closer and picking up speed as he ran. Suddenly the black plunger popped out of the cylinder container and the liquid was free. Instantaneously she used it to light the ground around her on fire. The blazed formed a circle around the witch. Bonnie willed the fire to grow until it formed a wall around her.

She could see through the flames that the beast was startled. Bonnie pushed one of her hands out and the flame leapt toward Wolf Tyler. He yelped and jumped backwards. He snapped viciously in the air where the flame had been. Bonnie lifted her other hand and more fire sprang toward the wolf. She kept hurling fire steams at the beast. Wolf Tyler kept backing up and trying to bite the flames.

Finally, she nailed him right in the face with a ball of fire. The beast wailed in a mixture of pain and surprise. Bonnie's heart broke. She really didn't want to hurt Tyler, but she didn't see any other choice. With a singed snout, the beast howled and retreated using its super speed.

Bonnie kept her fire wall burning for five more minutes, just in case Wolf Tyler returned. Then slowly, she dropped the wall. She let it die down, leaving just a small section no bigger than a quarter burning.

She fell to the ground exhausted. Using her powers so much had left her very weakened. Still, she managed the strength to drag herself to her feet to check on her friends.

Warily, she made it to Ric's side. She checked for a pulse. Thankfully, it was there and beating strongly. She ripped a strip of fabric off her new shirt and wrapped it around the wounds on Ric's neck.

"He Ok?" Mason asked behind her. He was limping his way towards her, obviously wounded from the blow Wolf Tyler dealt him.

"He's weak, but I think he'll be OK." Bonnie replied as she turned to face him. "What about you?"

"I got advanced healing. I'll be fine." Mason stated.

"Good. Can you check on Stefan?" Bonnie asked.

"The vampire you flung up into a tree?" Mason asked incredulously. "Get real!"

"He could be seriously hurt!" Bonnie objected.

"I hope he is!" Mason retorted. "He's a vampire. It's the least he deserves."

"Mason!" Bonnie pleaded.

"No way!" The werewolf stood his ground.

"I don't need his help anyway." Stefan yelled from the tree. He had woken up from the beating he'd taken from two vampires. With a spectacular display of power, he leapt down from the tree in one incredible bound.

"How's Ric?" Stefan asked as he made his way towards them.

"He has a pulse, but he's lost a lot of blood." Bonnie explained.

"Maybe I should…"Stefan trailed off. Bonnie knew what he meant. Maybe he should give Ric some of his blood. Its supernatural properties would heal Ric much faster than anything else.

"Go ahead." Bonnie agreed stepping back from Ric. Stefan raised his wrist to his mouth and pierced it to get the blood flowing.

"What are you doing?" Mason asked alarmed. He stepped in front of Stefan.

"He's helping and don't you interfere!" Bonnie yelled rising. She pushed Mason out of the way.

"What's wrong with you?" Mason demanded. "He's going to turn that guy into a vampire.

"No, he's not." Bonnie replied shaking her head. "He's healing him."

"But if he dies with vampire blood in his system-" Mason began.

"Then we'll have to make sure he doesn't die!" Bonnie interrupted.

"To that end, we should get out of here." Stefan said standing. He'd already given Ric his blood. "I don't want to run into those vampires again."

"Or Tyler." Bonnie said with got her a surprised look from Stefan. "I have a lot to catch you guys up on."

"What about him?" Stefan said in reference to Mason. He'd hoisted Ric onto his shoulders.

"You're coming with us, Mason." Bonnie said. "I have a lot of questions and you are the only one who can answer them."

"And if I refuse?" Mason asked defiantly.

Bonnie stared at him considering what to say. "It would be very," she paused before continuing. She wanted to make sure she chose just the right word. "It would be very unhealthy for you to refuse me anything right now."

Mason looked at Bonnie and saw a hardness that he hadn't noticed before. He did not want to test this woman.

"Fine. I'll go with you." Mason conceded.

"I thought you'd see it my way." Bonnie smirked.

XOXOXOXOXO

"I thought we agreed to meet at 9:30 PM tonight." Damon said as Michelle approached him. He sat on the same park bench where he originally met the witch.

Michelle looked at her watch. It was just after 10:00 PM. "So I am a few minutes late. Sue me." Michelle shrugged. She stood before Damon who didn't rise to greet her.

Damon's eyes narrowed in anger. He didn't like being kept waiting. "Are you ready to move forward with our deal?"

"I told you love spells are the most complicated spells out there. They take time and effort."

"You've had over a week." Damon complained.

"And I'll need at least another week to get ready for a spell of this magnitude." Michelle stated. She could see Damon's impatience rising. "You'll have to trust me just like I am trusting you'll help me get some items from Shelia Bennett's house once I complete the spell."

"You know, that's something I don't understand." Damon stated. "Are you telling me you got nothing up your witch's sleeve that will allow you to break into the house yourself?"

"No, I don't." Michelle stated plainly. "Shelia Bennett cast a spell over that house that prevents unwelcome witches from entering. Unlike the whole vampire curse that prevents you from entering a home uninvited, the witches curse carries on after death."

"So in the meantime we just wait?" Damon asked.

"No, I can start laying down some of the ground work now." Michelle stated. She sat down next to Damon. "Did you bring the picture of your lady love like I asked?"

"Yeah, got it right here." Damon said reaching into the back pocket of his jeans. He pulled out a candid photo of Bonnie taken during the prom pre-party at the Lockwood estate. Bonnie dazzled in the shimmering gold gown and her hair pulled up in a sophisticated twist. He hand the picture to Michelle.

She took it and surprise played across her face. She inhaled deeply and then looked up at Damon. "This is your girl?"

"Yeah." Damon answered suspiciously. "Why do you seem so surprised?"

"Well, it's common knowledge in supernatural circles in this town that you had it bad for Katherine Pierce first and then her doppelganger, Elena Gilbert. That's who I expected you to hand me a picture of. Not this girl here. She's beautiful. Who is she?"

"Her name is Bonnie Bennett."

"Bennett? She's not related to Shelia, is she?"

"Yeah, it's her granddaughter."

"You can't be serious!" Michelle yelled standing.

"What does that matter?" Damon asked confused.

"She's a witch Damon! She may know how to actively stop the spell! The plan is off! I will have to find another way to get what I want from that house!" She tossed Bonnie picture at him and began to walk away when Damon was suddenly in her face gripping her tightly by the arms.

"Oh no you don't." he growled. "We had a plan. You cast this spell and I get you what you want from that stupid house. You cross me and I'll kill you."

"But Damon, she could resist!" Michelle pleaded.

"Then compensate. You just get it done!" Damon ordered.

"This is a doomed plan, Damon." Michelle stated with resignation in her voice. "But hey, it's your loss because if this doesn't work I still want the stuff out of Shelia's house. Hand me the picture." Michelle held out her hand and Damon gave it to her. "Now place a drop of your blood on it." Michelle ordered. Damon bared his fangs and pricked his index finger. He squeezed blood onto the photograph.

Michelle took it and concentrated. She whispered a spell in Latin. Soon the blood covered the entire picture and it disappeared from her hand.

"What did you just do?" Damon asked.

"A spell that should lay the ground work and soften Bonnie's heart towards you." Michelle said. She was winded and sat down on the bench. "I hope you know what you are doing. Love spells are nothing to toy around with. If Bonnie finds out this could all backfire and she'll end up hating you."

"Let me worry about Bonnie, OK?" Damon said snidely. "You just make sure your love spell works."

xoxoxoxoxo

"You can have a seat." Bonnie said to Mason as they entered into her motel room.

"Are you sure you'll be alright?" Stefan asked. He stood outside of her door with Ric propped up against him.

"I'll be fine." Bonnie assured him as she leaned against the door. "You take Ric next door and get cleaned up. I'll do the same and then we can meet with our friend in there." Bonnie instructed Stefan. The friend she was referring to was Mason. He sat defiantly on the desk, waiting for them to make their next move.

"But if he tries anything-" Stefan objected.

"If he should be foolish enough to try anything I'll be gentle." Bonnie promised.

"Fine." Stefan agreed. "Mason," he called out to the werewolf. "Just know that I am right next door with my super hearing listening to everything you say and do. If Bonnie doesn't finish you off, I will."

"I'm shaking, vampire." Mason taunted him.

Bonnie shut the door and turned to face her guest. He smiled. "This has been some first date." Mason said flopping down the unoccupied bed.

"There won't be a second." Bonnie said dryly. "You have a lot of explaining to do."

"So do you." Mason quipped. "Somehow I don't think either of us are surprised that the other wasn't completely honest."

"I am going to go clean up before we get too deep into this." Bonnie said. She began riffling through her clothes to get something to wear after getting out of the shower. She settled on her pajamas which were simply a pair of boy shorts and a T-Shirt. She looked at Mason. "Will you stay here until we've had a chance to talk?"

He considered her words. "Yeah, I guess." Mason answered.

"Good." Bonnie said as she began to walk to the bathroom when there was a knock at the door. She sighed and went to answer it. It was Mr. Johnson, the motel manager.

"Good evening. Everything alright in here?" Mr. Johnson asked peering past Bonnie into her room.

"Everything is fine. Why do you ask?" Bonnie informed him while moving to block his view into her room.

"Is that blood all over your shirt?" he asked surprised. "And didn't I see you and that one guy carrying that other fella back to his room? He didn't look so good." He was referring to Stefan helping Ric back to their room.

"He just had too much to drink, tripped and fell. He hit his head, this is his blood." Bonnie lied. Good thing she thought quickly on her feet! "But don't worry about him. He'll be fine in the morning."

"Is that so?" the manager said, clearly not believing her 100%. "What about this fella in here with you?"

"What about him?" Bonnie said allowing some of her anger from the evening creep into her tone.

"You didn't pay for double occupancy of this room. You'll need to pay extra if he's staying the night."

"Don't worry; he's not staying the night!" Bonnie spoke before she thought.

"Look lady, I don't want any trouble. This ain't that kind of motel."

Bonnie wasn't sure what he meant at first and then it hit her – he thought she was a prostitute!

"I'm not that kind of girl!" Bonnie objected vehemently. "Look, everything is fine. I promise you there won't be any trouble. Now if you'll excuse me. " Bonnie said right before she shut the door in his face. She turned to see Mason trying to contain his laughter.

"It's not funny!" She stated angrily.

"It kind of is." Mason chuckled.

"He thought I was a hooker!"

"That'd make me your John. How do you think I feel?"

"Amused." Bonnie said. She grabbed her clothes off of the bed again. "I'm going to take a shower."

"You're not worried I am going to bolt?" Mason asked surprised.

"No." Bonnie said. No need to tell she cast a spell that put a barrier on her room. He may have entered, but he wasn't leaving without her say so. She reached the doorway to the bathroom when she heard him call out her name. She turned to face him.

"I just wanted to tell you that not everything I told you was a lie." Mason stated. Bonnie didn't respond and he kept talking. "For instance, when I told you were the most beautiful woman I had ever seen and I just had to know you – that was the truth."

Bonnie frowned, which wasn't the reaction Mason was hoping for. She shut the door behind her and started the shower.

It wasn't supposed to be the way, she thought. Mason wasn't supposed to be the hot, mysterious, surfer god who found her beautiful. She was supposed to come to Abingdon, find Tyler and bring him back to Mystic Falls. Nobody said anything about finding his sexy uncle too.

She happily began to peel the blood soaked clothes off of her aching body. She stepped in the shower with the water as hot as possible. She let it pour over her entire body. As the dirt and blood began to wash away she imagined she could see the stress of the day flowing off of her as well.

She could use a neck rub right now. Jeremy gave the best neck rubs, especially when they were in the shower together. Bonnie could almost feel his strong hands now, running up from the small of her back to her shoulders. She smiled as she imagined the heat of his body against hers. He would always whisper sensual things in her ear. She leaned back and opened her eyes, expecting to see his face, except it wasn't Jeremy's face she saw.

She screamed.

Instantly Mason was banging on the door.

"Bonnie!" he yelled.

"No! Don't come in here!" Bonnie called out, pulling herself together.

"What's going on?" Mason asked.

"Nothing. I'm fine." Bonnie said, though her voice betrayed her.

"I don't believe you. I'm coming in!" Mason announced as he began to push on the door with his shoulder, prepared to take it off of its hinges.

"No don't!" Bonnie said urgently. "I'm fine. Just let me finish my shower and I'll be right out."

"You got five minutes. Then I am coming in to see that you are fine with my own two eyes." Mason declared.

Bonnie sighed and quickly washed up. She believed Mason when he said he would barge in on her and she wanted to avoid that embarrassing encounter if at all possible. Especially after the vision she just had. She finished showering in record time and quickly dried off. She towel dried her hair and put it into a pony tail high on her head.

She exited the bathroom to find Mason as well as Stefan and Ric waiting for her.

"I heard you scream." Stefan explained when Bonnie looked at him expectantly. "Is everything alright?"

"I thought I saw someone in the shower with me." Bonnie said. "It's nothing." Bonnie said waiving her hand to dispel the concern that played across Stefan's face.

"Are you OK?" Ric asked.

"I'm just tried and my mind is playing tricks on me." Bonnie replied. "Besides I should be asking you that question."

"Nothing like having half the blood in your body sucked out of you to make grateful to be alive." Ric quipped.

"That's what hanging around vampires will do to you." Mason stated from his position on the desk. Everyone turned to look at him. "Was it something I said?" Mason asked sarcastically.

"Alright. I think our guest is getting impatient with us." Bonnie said. She took a seat on the bed and Stefan and Ric flanked her on either side. "So let's get to it."

"What's your connection to the Lockwood family?" Stefan asked.

"Go to hell vampire." Mason replied.

"He's Tyler's uncle." Bonnie supplied. Mason gave her a dirty look and she just stared at him.

"What?" Ric said.

"How do you know that?" Stefan asked.

Bonnie waited for Mason to answer. When he didn't Bonnie spoke.

"After you guys were knocked out by the lead vampire, Tyler appeared. Well, werewolf Tyler actually. He was huge. And dangerous. He uh," Bonnie looked down. "He saved my life." She looked up again. "He came out of nowhere and decapitated a vampire that was about to kill me. The other vampires were going to attack him but the lead vampire; I think he said his name was Malachi, ordered them to retreat. Tyler then turned on us. He went after you first Stefan. Instinctively he must have known you were a vampire. I used my powers and lifted you into a tree."

"I was curious about how I got up there." Stefan chimed in.

"Well once he couldn't get to you he turned on us. Mason tried to reach the human side of him by referring to himself as Uncle Mason."

"So your Tyler's uncle." Stefan said.

"Maybe, maybe not." Mason replied.

"Maybe not?" Ric asked confused. "Do you always refer to yourself as Uncle Mason to teenage boys who have been turned into werewolves? Cause if you do, that's kind of creepy."

"Maybe I am an old friend of the Lockwood family." Mason supplied.

"Maybe on a half-moon you turn into a giant ass." Ric snapped.

"We don't have time for this." Stefan said. "I'll just compel him." Stefan said as he stood.

Mason stood as well. "Try it." he threatened.

Bonnie grabbed Stefan by the arm. "We can't afford a fight in here. The manager is already suspicious. He saw us carrying Ric back earlier."

"It wouldn't be worth it anyway. Vampire compulsions don't work on werewolves." Mason said.

"From everything I researched he's right." Ric offered.

"So what are going to do now?" Mason asked. "Try to beat the information out of me?"

"Sounds like a plan to me." Stefan replied.

"No, there is a better way." Bonnie said. She turned to Mason. "I think I can cast a truth spell on you."

"You think?" Mason asked dubiously.

"The thing is, I've never done one. You see, for all my power I'm still pretty new to this whole being a witch thing." Bonnie stood and walked towards Mason. "I feel like I should warn you that all of my spells don't exactly turn out the way I want them to."

"I seem to recall a time when you tried to help Elena with her mid-terms by casting a spell to help her remember. You erased her short term memory for 3 weeks." Stefan lied.

"He's kidding, right?" Mason asked. Bonnie just shrugged and smiled sheepishly at him.

"So the way I see it, Mason, you have two options: A – tell us the truth about everything, or B – Bonnie casts her spell and hopes she doesn't turn your mind to mush." Ric summarized.

Mason just stared at the trio, trying to decide what to do. After a few moments, the decision was taking away from him.

"Option B it is." Bonnie said as she used her powers to hurl Mason across the room and pin him to the wall.

"What the hell are you doing!" Mason demanded as she struggled against Bonnie's control. It was useless. It felt like a vice held him up.

"What I have to do." Bonnie answered his question. It took tremendous strength for her not to show how much effort holding him took.

"You would seriously experiment on me, Bonnie?" Mason asked. Bonnie was surprised to hear the hurt in his voice. She was even more shocked to realize that it was tugging on a piece of her heart.

"I don't want to hurt you, Mason." Bonnie admitted. Her voice cracked as she spoke. "But I have to help Tyler. He is like he is because of me. I have to do everything I can to save him."

"But do the ends really justify the means. You don't seem like that kind of person to me." Mason stated. He knew he didn't know Bonnie very well, but he was certain she wasn't evil and he could see she took no joy out of what she was planning to do to him.

Bonnie stared at Mason and found herself going back to a conversation she'd had with Damon before. He told her they were more alike than she cared to admit, that there was darkness to her soul. She shuddered at the thought that he may be right.

With a wave of her hand she let Mason down off of the wall. She felt relieved instantly that she no longer had to maintain the effort of holding him up.

"Alright Mason. We are going to do this the right way." Bonnie said. "I believe we both want to help Tyler. It would be a better use of our time to work together instead of against each other. Do you agree?"

Mason considered her words and then answered. "I do. Despite the fact you're in cahoots with a vampire, I'll tell you what you want to know."

"Thank you." Bonnie said pleased. "Now, how do you know Tyler?"

"I am his uncle. His father, Richard, was my big brother."

"What are you doing in Abingdon?" Stefan asked.

"Same as you: searching for Tyler." Mason answered.

"How did you know he'd be here?" Ric asked.

"I didn't." Mason replied.

"Then why are you here?" Bonnie asked. "What in your search lead you to this town?"

"At Richard's funeral Carol told me Tyler had run away. She asked me to search for him and I agreed. While I've been looking she's been feeding me tips. She told me to come to this city."

"How did she know?" Stefan asked.

"I don't know. She didn't say." Mason said. "My turn to ask questions now. Who were those vampires that attacked us?"

They all looked at each other before Bonnie spoke. "We don't know."

"They said they were sent to kill you two." Mason pressed. "Do you know who might have sent them?"

"The only enemy Bonnie and I have in common is witch named Oliver." Stefan answered. "He is the person responsible for Tyler's condition."

"One more question for you, Bonnie. If you can't even do a truth spell, how are you going to fix my nephew?"

"Honestly, I don't know." Bonnie admitted. "I've been doing some research and the only for sure way to fix him is with the Moonstone."

"Which we aren't even sure exisit." Ric added.

"If you could get your hands on this stone, you could reverse the curse?" Mason inquired.

"Yeah. Without it I am going to have to try to improvise something." Bonnie said. A yawn escaped her mouth.

"You're exhausted." Mason stated. "Why don't we pick this up tomorrow?"

"You're calling the shots now?" Ric asked Mason.

"No, but I have compassion." Mason challenged. "Maybe you didn't hear what she said earlier, but she's so tired she is hallucinating. Nothing I am going to tell you tonight is so critical that it can't wait until the morning."

"Guys, I am sleepy." Bonnie interjected forestalling another argument. "Why don't we call it a night and start fresh in the morning?"

"That sounds fine to me." Mason agreed. "How about I meet you for breakfast?"

"How about you meet us for breakfast." Stefan corrected him. "There's a George Webb's a few blocks from here. Let' meet there at 8:30."

"Fine." Mason agreed. He began to make his way to the door followed by Stefan and Ric.

Bonnie closed her eyes and concentrated. She willed the barrier down before anyone ran into it. She opened her eyes and called up the men. "Uh guys," she said. Mason had just opened the door. He turned to look at her as did Ric and Stefan. "Let's make it 9." Bonnie said with a sheepish smile.

They all murmured their agreement and left her room. Bonnie grabbed her cell phone from the night stand. It was after 1:00 in the morning. She wanted to call Jeremy but she knew he had to work in the morning. She didn't want to wake him, but she needed to talk.

'Screw it,' she thought to herself and dialed his number. It rang several times before going to voicemail. She left a message.

"Hey Jeremy, it's me. I know it's late and I didn't really expect you to pick up. We just had an eventful night and I wanted to hear your voice before I went to bed. I will talk to you tomorrow. Love you."

Bonnie sat the phone on the night stand and flopped on her back on the bed. Her mind wondered back to the events in the shower. She was daydreaming about Jeremy, but it wasn't his face she saw.

But the face that she saw… Why oh why was HE in her dreams?

XOXOXOXOXOXO

"Come on guys." Mason said as dropped his fork to his plate. It made an annoying clatter and seemed to echo Mason's mood. "You've been drilling me for the past hour and half. There is nothing left to tell you." He sat at a table in the George's Webb's with Stefan on his left and Ric on his right. Bonnie said directly across from him.

"So what do we do now?" Ric asked.

"I say we stick with the original plan," said Bonnie. "Find Tyler, use the mystic chain to bind him and then I break the spell."

"But you aren't even sure you can break the spell." Mason objected.

"But I have to try." Bonnie argued. "You saw him, Mason. He's a wild animal and he isn't being discreet. We have to reverse this before the general population finds out about him and we have mass hysteria on our hands."

"I agree with Bonnie." Stefan added. Before anyone could say more two loud teenagers entered the restaurant. Well, the girl was loud. The boy just seemed to be listening. Bonnie recognized them from the restaurant last night. It was the waitress Tasha and her boyfriend Diego.

"Nuh-uh, Diego. You are not backing out on me." Tasha said as they entered George Webb's. This is the only day off I have while the fair is in town. We are having breakfast then you are taking me!"

"Fine, we'll go." Diego conceded. "But it is so hot out there. Don't be surprised if we melt."

Tasha rolled her eyes. "You do not have to worry about melting. You are not that cool!" Tasha joked.

"Why can't we go this evening, when the sun goes down?" Diego pleaded.

"Because it's supposed to rain tonight."

The door opened again and Carmen, Diego's younger sister entered the restaurant.

"'Bout time you got here, girl." Tasha stated. "We were getting ready to eat without you."

Carmen rolled her eyes. "Sorry Tasha. We can't all be like you, on time for everything. Besides, it's not like George Webb's stops serving breakfast."

"Whatever." Tasha said waiving her hand at Carmen. "Like I was just telling your brother this is my only day off and I want to enjoy it." Tasha stopped talking when she noticed Bonnie. She walked over to their table with Diego and Carmen in tow. "Hey girl!" she exclaimed. "It's Bonnie, right?"

"Yeah, it is." Bonnie confirmed. "How are you doing, Tasha?"

"We are doing fine, just arguing about the fair. Are you going?" Tasha asked.

"I didn't know anything about the fair." Bonnie replied.

"It's really fun." Tasha answered. "They come once a year and they have the usual – you know rides, games, clowns and roller coasters. I like it cause it gives us something different to do. You should go if you have time."

"Maybe we will." Bonnie replied, though the men at the table gave her dubious looks.

"Good. All of our friends you met yesterday will be there - Kevin, Ryan and Russ. It's going to be a good time. You can bring your friends." Tasha said gesturing around the table.

"I'm sorry, let me introduce my friends." Bonnie apologized. "You know Mason."

"He's your boyfriend, right?" Tasha asked.

Bonnie smiled awkwardly and kept on speaking. "This is Stefan and Ric. Guys, this is Tasha, her boyfriend Diego and his sister Carmen."

"Hey man, do you I know you?" Diego asked Mason. He'd been staring intently at Mason since he approached the table.

'No man, I don't think so." Mason answered. "You asked me that yesterday too."

"There is just something that is really familiar about you to me." Diego stated.

"I must have one of those faces." Mason replied.

"He would remember meeting you. Your face is unforgettable." Carmen said giving Mason a seductive glance. She'd just applied lip gloss and her lips were shinny. Bonnie arched her eyebrow at that statement.

"Back off Carmen!" Tasha ordered. "You know that is Bonnie's boyfriend. Ugh! You act like you ain't got no home training!"

"It's too early Tasha, don't start with me." Carmen snarked.

"Girls, if you are going to argue at lease do it at your own table." Diego said. "We'll see you guys around." Diego led the girls away to their own table. As they turned to leave Bonnie noticed the top to Carmen's lip gloss had fallen.

"Carmen!" Bonnie called out as she got up and retrieved the cap. Carmen turned to see what Bonnie wanted. Before Bonnie could speak, Carmen launched into a defensive speech.

"Look, I didn't mean anything with the comment to Mason." Carmen said. "He's hot and sometimes I speak before I think."

"It's alright." Bonnie said genuinely.

"It was just harmless flirting." Carmen explained.

"I know. Besides, I bet you have a guy in your life, right?" Bonnie said.

"How did you know?" Carmen asked amazed.

"You're a pretty girl. It wasn't hard to guess." Bonnie smiled. "I just wanted to tell you that you dropped this." Bonnie said handing the top to her.

"Thanks." Carmen said taking the cap.

Their hands met as Bonnie handed the cap to her. Suddenly, Bonnie became light headed and dizzy. She stumbled backwards and Carmen had to reach out and physically grab her.

Sights, sounds and feelings flooded through Bonnie. The increased physical contact with Carmen only made things worse.

"We're free from being hunted!" Bonnie cried out. "It's our time to own the night!"

"What are you talking about?" Carmen asked bewildered. She released Bonnie and let her stumble backwards. Stefan and Ric stood to go to Bonnie's aid, but Mason beat them to it. Instantly it seemed that he was at her side. Mason took Bonnie in his arms and turned her to face him.

"Bonnie! Are you alright?" he asked urgently.

"What's up with this chica?" Carmen asked bewildered.

"I'm fine." Bonnie replied weakly. She was leaning on Mason's broad chest for support. She couldn't stand on her own.

"I'm outta here!" Carmen said as she bolted to her table where Tasha and Diego were waiting.

Mason helped Bonnie back to the table where an alarmed Ric and Stefan were waiting. He helped her in the chair before sitting in his own.

"What happened over there?" Ric asked concerned. He passed a glass of water her way.

"It's hard to put into words." Bonnie answered. She took the glass and sipped tentatively from it.

"Did you have another vision?" Stefan asked intuitively.

Bonnie nodded. "It was more than a vision, though. I didn't just see something. It was like she connected with all of my sense. I could feel what Carmen was feeling, hear what she heard, see what she saw; it's as overwhelming." Bonnie explained.

"Take your time." Stefan advised compassionately.

"The whole experience was so animalistic. What Carmen felt was so primal and basic." Bonnie trailed off. She looked up at Stefan before speaking again. "I didn't know people could feel that way."

"It's ok, Bonnie." Stefan reiterated.

"Yeah, we are all right here for you." Mason agreed.

"It wasn't just what I felt." Bonnie struggled to explain. "I saw the world through her eyes."

"And what did she see?" Mason asked.

"Tyler." Bonnie answered. "She saw wolf Tyler. What's more, he saw her and he didn't attack her. The look he gave her…" Bonnie trailed off.

"What about it?" Mason prompted. He was anxious he hear any information about his nephew.

"It's hard to explain. I guess I would call it seductive." Bonnie said.

"You mean Tyler is trying to seduce that girl?" Ric asked doubtfully.

"I not so sure she is just a girl." Stefan said as she glanced at the table with Carmen, Tasha and Diego.

"I agree." Mason said looking at the table as well.

"Agree about what?" Ric asked.

"Carmen's a werewolf." Bonnie said filling in the plot for Ric. "That explains the vision I had. It wasn't the human Carmen eyes I was seeing though. I was her in her werewolf form."

"And that's when she had encounters with Tyler." Mason stated.

"You mean Tyler and Carmen have," Ric paused. "You know, mated?"

"Mated?" Mason asked, clearly offended. "You make them sound like animals."

"That's not what I meant!" Ric said defensively.

"Guys, calm down." Stefan interrupted. He looked at Bonnie. "There's something else. What is it, Bonnie?"

"The look that he gave her… Well if they mated or not, it still gave me hope. It was the first time since his transformation into a wolf that his eyes haven't been filed with anger and contempt and rage. We can save him. I can undo all of this bad…" Bonnie said overcome by emotion.

It was the first time since that fateful night in the woods that she really felt like they could get Tyler back. Mason reached over and wiped a tear from her face. He then placed his hand on top of hers on the table.

"We are going to make everything right, Bonnie." Mason promised her. Bonnie smiled slightly at his reassurance.

Ric gave Stefan a disapproving look. He didn't like the way Mason was getting so close to Bonnie nor that she seemed to be falling for his act. Ric wasn't sure if Bonnie was actually receptive to Mason's advances or if she was oblivious the fact that Mason was developing serious feelings for her. He'd known another beautiful woman who was completely naive to the affect she had on men: Isobel. That was one the biggest challenges he faced in his marriage.

"So what does all this mean?" Ric asked loudly, eager to break up the tender moment between Mason and Bonnie.

"I am not sure if that changes how we proceed at all." Stefan answered with it became clear Bonnie wasn't going to. He looked at Bonnie to see if he agreed with his assessment. Stefan could tell from the look on her face Bonnie was up to something. She was pensive and plotting. Stefan knew she was devising a plan.

"What's that look about?" Stefan asked her.

"I think we should go to the fair." Bonnie declared.

"What, you want you look for Tyler from the top of the Ferris wheel?" Ric joked.

Bonnie smiled at his attempted levity. "No, I want to run into Carmen again. If I touch her maybe I can get another vision or some other clue as to where Tyler is."

"Are you insane?" Ric asked. "You were barely able to stand the last time your touched her!"

"I wasn't prepared last time." Bonnie said dismissively. "I'm ready this time."

"How are you ready for the unexpected?" Ric challenged. "I hate this plan. It's too risky."

"Stefan?" Bonnie said looking for support.

Stefan shook his head. "I agree with Ric."

"There has to be a better way." Ric decided. "Besides, Jeremy would kill us if anything happened to you." Ric deliberately said her boyfriend's name to bring Jeremy to the front of Bonnie's mind.

"Do any of you have a better plan about how to find Tyler?" Bonnie asked knowing they didn't. "Then Carmen is the best option. Even if I don't touch her to try to get another vision we should at least speak to her to see what she knows."

"I think we should give Bonnie's idea a try." Mason stated. Ric sighed angrily and leaned back in his chair.

"Fine, we'll go to the fair." Stefan conceded.

"Good. I want to stop at our motel first. If we are going out in this heat I want to change clothes." Bonnie informed them. "Let's pay the bill and rock and roll."

"Stefan, it's your turn." Ric said handing the receipt to him.

"I'm going to the bathroom. Meet you guys up front." Bonnie said.

"Actually, I'll meet you guys right at the fair." Mason sated standing. "I want to stop at my hotel first too and change shoes."

"Cool. See you there." Bonnie said walking in the back towards the bathroom.

Mason took a $10.00 bill out of his wallet and tossed it towards Stefan. "I'll pay for my own food, vampire."

Stefan just shook his head and walked away leaving the money on the table.

Ric looked at them both before putting the money in his pocket. "This will get us on a ride or two at the fair." He joked. Mason turned to walk away when Ric called out his name.

"What do you want?" Mason demanded.

"I want you to know I am on to your little game." Ric answered.

"What game?" Mason asked.

"The one you are playing with Bonnie. You know the one where you pretend to give a damn about her. She's still young. She may fall for your act, but I see right through it."

"It's no act." Mason stated. "I really do like Bonnie."

"Well if you really care for her you would look out for her, and not just blindly agree to everything she says."

"That's not what I am doing." Mason said defensively. "I really do think going to fair is a good idea."

"Sure you do." Ric sarcastically stated.

"Why am I defending myself to you? I don't give a damn what you think." Mason retorted and then stormed out of the restaurant.

Bonnie returned to the table just as Stefan returned from paying the bill. "Ready?" she asked?

"Let's go." Ric answered.

XOXOXOXOXOXO

Jeremy turned down the path way that lead to the door of Grams house. It was a warm day and he was excited that he didn't have to work. He just had to take care of one little thing first.

He walked slower then he usually did. He wasn't looking forward to this. He was just there to return Tim's notebook that was left at the Grille, but given the way Tim stormed out last time Jeremy saw him, he wasn't sure what to expect.

Maybe he didn't have to see Tim at all. Maybe he could just put it in the mailbox and call it a day. No, that wouldn't work. Like it or not, Tim and Bonnie were pretty close. Jeremy could feel it through the connection he had with Bonnie. This man meant a great deal to her and for her sake, Jeremy was determined to get along with him.

He wasn't paying attention to where was walking a just tripped over an uneven concrete slab in the walk. Jeremy stumbled, but kept his balance. In the process however, the notebook fell from his grasp. As he picked it up, it blew open a loose page was caught in the breeze.

Jeremy swore quietly and chased after it. He reached it in bushes beneath the living window that was the front of the house. He ears perked up as he heard Tim's voice from inside the house. He was on his laptop video chatting with someone. Instinctively Jeremy ducked beneath the window and listened to conversation. He couldn't explain why he hiding, just that he felt that he should.

"Oh Lucy, you don't know how good it is to talk to another witch!" Time said. He plopped down on the couch which was right by the open window.

"What are you talking about? You get to talk to my cousin Bonnie all the time." Lucy replied.

"But she's gone now. Off to find that werewolf. And she hasn't even called to give me updates." Tim whined. "I'm forced to get up dates from her boyfriend."

"Jeremy?" Lucy questioned. "You said he was hot right? So it can't be all bad to talk to him."

'What!' Jeremy thought. 'TimsaidI'mhot?'

"He's a kid." Tim said waiving his hands. "Besides that, he's Bonnie's boyfriend and I am fairly certain he's not gay, so he does me no good. Add to all that to fact that they don't know I'm gay-"

"You still haven't told them!" Lucy interrupted. "Why the hell not!"

"Because I don't tell anybody I'm gay!" Tim stated.

"You told me," Lucy countered.

"No, I didn't. If you'll recall, you found out on your own. We were teenagers. It was one of times you were in Mystic Falls visiting Shelia you came to Club Oz looking for me. You busted in Jason and I making out. So I didn't really have to tell you I was gay. You saw it with your own eyes."

"I remember now!" Lucy said with humor in her voice. "You two making out, it was kind of hot!"

"At some point, you are going to have to get over your crush on me, Lucy." Tim said smiling. "I play for the other team."

"A girl can dream, can't she?" Lucy added with a chuckle. "But I'll take your advice to move on if you take mine: tell Bonnie and the others that you're gay. I don't think they'll care."

"And how is that conversation supposed to go?" Tim asked exasperated. "Oh hey little sis, there something I've been meaning to tell you. You remember that time I stumbled upon you and your guy getting your groove on and I was total dick to him? Well, don't worry – it's not because I don't like him. Just the opposite in fact. I was turned on by seeing him half naked!"

Lucy laughed at his over exaggerated scenario. "Exactly, except leave the part out about being turned on by her guy. She is the Millennial Witch. She could get mad and cast a spell on you. You could end up being straight!"

"Me, liking girl parts – EWW!" Tim joked and he and Lucy both laughed.

Meanwhile Jeremy was freaking out underneath the window. Did Tim really just admit that he had a crush on him? This was too surreal.

"There are worse fates then being heterosexual, you know." Lucy said.

"I can't think of any." Tim replied. "I like myself just the way I am."

"Then stop whining and tell your friends!" Lucy ordered. "That way you and Bonnie can go on a double date and you won't have to hide the fact that you're ogling her boyfriend."

"You're terrible!" Tim said smiling. "Besides, I don't really ogle Jeremy. He's cute, but not my type."

'Nothistype?Whatdoeshemeanbythat?' Jeremy thought indignantly. 'Waitaminute – whatthehellamIthinking!'

"It's been so long since I had a boyfriend that everybody is starting to look good to me." Tim continued.

"You're just hard up. Find the gay scene in Mystic Falls, get laid and you'll feel be better." Lucy ordered. "Listen, I gotta run. You want to video chat at the same time tomorrow?"

"You bet, Luce." Tim replied. "Love ya babe."

"You too, fancy pants. See ya tomorrow."

Jeremy heard Tim close the lap top and walk out of the living room. He stayed under the bush trying to process what he just learned. What the hell was he supposed to do with this knowledge?

XOXOXOXOXOXO

"Excuse me, mister," a little blond girl said to Stefan. She was close to crying. "Have you seen my mommy?"

They had been at the carnival for all of 10 minutes before the child approached him. Stefan knelt down to speak to the girl who couldn't have been more than 6. "Uh, who's your mommy?"

"She was right here and then she stopped he help Stevie with his shoe and I kept walking and now I can't find them!" Tear began to flow from the girls face as she broke down crying.

"It's OK." Stefan comforted the little girl. "We'll help you find your mother."

"You promise?" The little girl questioned.

"I promised." Stefan assured her. "First you have to stop crying and tell me what your mother looks like."

The little girl shrugged. "Everyone says she looks me."

Bonnie and Ric chuckled and Stefan gave them an exasperated look. "You could help instead of just laughing." Stefan admonished.

"You're right." Bonnie said still smiling. She knelt down beside Stefan and the girl. "What's your name, sweetheart?"

Before the child could answer a mother ran up with a toddler in her arms screaming "Cameron! Oh thank God! I was so worried!"

"Mommy!" Cameron cried racing into her mother's arms.

"Cammy, why did you run off like that! You scared me half to death!"

"I didn't mean to Mommy." Cammy explained.

"Well talk about it at home. Come on. It's time to go now." The mother stated standing up. She took Cameron by the hand.

"Hold on Mommy!" Cammy said pulling away. She ran over to Stefan and threw herself into hug on his legs.

"Hey, what's this for?" Stefan asked patting the little girl on the back.

"You promised to find my mommy and you did." Cammy replied.

The mother smiled at Stefan. "Thank you." She stated. "Now come on Cammy. It's time to go."

"Bye mister!" Cammy yelled happily running to take her mother hand.

Stefan shook his head and walked over to Bonnie and Ric. Bonnie promptly kissed him on the cheek and then used her thumb to wipe off excess lip gloss.

"You're a good guy, Stefan Salvatore." Bonnie explained the reason for the kiss.

"You're alright yourself." Stefan replied.

"See, isn't this more fun than you thought it would be?" Bonnie asked as they began to walk around the fair ground. She had a spool of blue cotton candy in one hand and a paper fan in another. "It's been a while since we had any fun."

"This isn't supposed to be fun." Ric replied. He was using the carnival booklet given to them when they entered the fairgrounds as a fan to cool him off. "We are here for a reason."

"Oh stop being such a grouch." Bonnie chided. She stopped waiving her fan long enough to pinch some of the sugary treat off of the stick and shove it in her mouth. "We're getting the job done. We are waiting for Carmen and the others to arrive. Nothing saying we can't have a little fun while we wait."

"You hear her, Stefan?" Ric asked. "The next thing you know she'll want to ride the roller coaster." Ric joked.

"I like roller coasters." Stefan replied plucking some of Bonnie's cotton candy off of the paper cone. Bonnie chuckled.

"Even Stefan agrees." Bonnie stated smiling. "Besides, it's not like they are going to be hard to spot. This place is practically empty. I wonder why that is." Bonnie said surveying the area. There couldn't have been more than 20 people on the fair grounds.

"No one is here because it is a billion degrees." Ric answered. He used the back of his hand to wipe his forehead. "I'm sweating my ass off here."

"It is really hot." Bonnie agreed. They sat on bench shaded the by the giant sign of one of the rides. Bonnie noticed Stefan wasn't nearly as affected by the heat as she and Ric were. "Do vampires sweat, Stefan?"

"Not really," he replied shaking his head. He sat down on the bench next to Bonnie. "It's one of the benefits of having a lower body temperature naturally. Extreme heat doesn't bother me too much."

"Hey look." Ric said getting their attention.

"What?" Bonnie asked standing. "You see Carmen?"

"No," Ric shook his head. "But it's someone else we know." He waived as Mr. Johnson, the motel Manager walked by. The manager didn't waive, but hurried away.

Bonnie frowned. "I wonder why he's here."

"I am going to go out on a limb and say to enjoy the fair." Ric answered.

"I guess." Bonnie stated sitting again. "I wouldn't have thought this was his scene."

"Oh yeah, and what would be his scene?" Ric asked curious as to why Bonnie had such feeling towards a man that to his knowledge, they barely knew.

"Someplace dark and dirty." Bonnie answered. "He's a creep. He thought I was a prostitute when he saw Mason in my room last night. "

"Really?" Ric asked with a smile.

"Yes really, and it's not funny!" Bonnie protested. "He's a jerk."

"It was an honest mistake." Ric said laughing.

"Honest mistake!" Bonnie said swatting him with her paper fan. "I am NOT a hooker!"

"Pretty young lady travelling with three guys – I could see how he could make the leap." Stefan teased Bonnie.

"You too, Stefan?" Bonnie said giving him a playful shove. He threw one arm around her shoulders and gave her an affectionate squeeze.

"We're just giving you a hard time." Stefan said smiling. "No sane person would actually mistake you for a hooker."

"Bingo!" Ric declared breaking up the banter. He stood up and pointed in the distance. "There's Tasha and Diego."

"That means Carmen should be around her somewhere." Stefan said looking around.

"Bonnie!" Mason cried from behind her. She turned and saw him jogging towards the group.

"You see what he wants. We are going to look around for Carmen." Stefan stated. He and Ric walked away from Bonnie. She waited while Mason caught up to her.

"Hey there." Bonnie said when Mason finally reached her. "I was wondering if you were ditching us today."

"No, nothing like that." Mason said. "I had to go back to my hotel to get something."

"You ready to get to work?" Bonnie asked. "We saw Tasha and Diego so we figure Carmen must be around here somewhere too." She began to walk towards Stefan and Ric, who had already engaged Tasha & Diego in conversation, when Mason gently grabbed her arm.

"Hold on a second, Bonnie." He released her as she turned to face him. "I have a couple of questions for you about Tyler."

"What do you want to know?" Bonnie asked curious about where this conversation was headed.

"Is using the Moonstone really the only way to cure him?"

"It's the only way we've found so far, yes." Bonnie stated.

"So without the Moonstone, Tyler is destined to stay an animal forever?"

"I have a friend who is also a witch that is doing more research on it. He hasn't turned up anything yet, but I've not given up hope, so don't you give up hope either."

"I haven't. I am actually more convinced now that we were fated to meet."

"What do you mean?" Bonnie asked confused.

"It wasn't a coincidence that we ran into each other. We both want to save Tyler and we need each other to complete the job."

"Mason, I don't understand what you are talking about."

"You're a witch with the power to reverse the spell on Tyler, right?" Mason stated. Bonnie nodded her head. "All you need is the Moonstone." He stated. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the smooth white stone. He held it up before Bonnie.

"Is that what I think it is?" Bonnie marveled.

"Yes, it's the Moonstone. It's been in Lockwood family possession for generations. When I was back in Mystic Falls for Richard's funeral, I took it." Mason lowered the stone and looked Bonnie directly in the eyes. "I wanted to tell you I had this earlier, but I didn't know if I could. This is one of our family's most valuable possessions. We guard it with our lives. I had to be sure I could trust you."

"I understand." Bonnie said. She thought of the many items of Grams that she couldn't share with anyone and immediately sympathized with Mason's hesitation to let her know about the Moonstone.

Mason took her hand in his and gave the Moonstone to her. "Bonnie, there is no doubt in my mind that I can trust you with this."

Bonnie felt a surge of energy go through her with the transference. "Wow. I can feel energy flowing through it." She looked down at the artifact. "It's beautiful." She held it up to the sun to get a better look. In that instant, all hell broke loose.

Bonnie felt all of her power drain from her body. The stone seem to be sucking her very essence from her. The blitzkrieg was so immediate that she didn't have a chance to cry out before falling to the ground exhausted.

Rays of pure white light poured from the stone. They acted on their own accord. One struck Mason with enough force to bring him down to his knees. Two other rays lights shot forward. One stuck Diego and another Carmen. The lights momentarily blinded everyone in the immediate area.

When their vision returned, Stefan and Ric found themselves facing two disorientated werewolves and a dazed Tasha.

"Oh shit." Ric whispered as the gravity of the situation set in on him.

Stefan reacted immediately. Using his super speed he snatched Tasha out of the way just as Diego was about to attack. With a spectacular leap, Stefan made it to the top of the nearby fun house and set Tasha down.

"You should be safe here." Stefan stated as he began to walk away.

"Safe!" Tasha exclaimed. "What the hell is going on? Where did those giant wolves come from and where are Diego and Carmen?"

"Later." Stefan said before he leapt down from the roof of the funhouse.

"Noo!" Tasha yelled fearful that Stefan would be hurt or killed by jumping from the building at this height. She ran to the edge of the building and was surprised to see that Stefan had landed safely and was heading towards the flock of screaming people. "How the hell did he do that?" Tasha marveled as she watched him go to work.

Prepared to defend himself and others, Ric took a switch blade out of his pocket. Sensing him as the biggest threat, Werewolf Carmen charged and tackled him knocking the knife from his hand. He had his forearm against her throat, trying desperately to keep her from biting his head off. With his other hand he struggled to reach the knife that seemed just beyond his grasp. Frantic, he brought his knee up into her underbelly with as much force as he could muster. The wolf grunted but didn't get off of him. It was enough. He had enough wiggle room to now grab the knife. As soon as she fingers wrapped around the he handle Ric brought his free arm around and jabbed the knife into Carmen's side.

The beast howled in pain and fell off of Ric. Hastily he stood and began to back away. His trouble wasn't over, however. Werewolf Diego, alert by his sister's pained cry, set his sights on Ric. The beast had chased away the hot dog vendor and was raiding his abandoned cart. He now had Ric as a target. Using his super speed he charged.

Ric turned and ran, but he knew he didn't stand a chance. He took a moment to glance behind him just to see Werewolf Diego leap in the air to bring him down. Ric shut his eyes and steeled himself for the inevitable contact.

It never happened.

Stefan came out of nowhere, sailing through the air met werewolf Diego in the air and slammed the beast to the ground. Diego quickly righted himself and began to attack Stefan. The two parried around each other. Then suddenly Diego struck forward. Stefan side stepped the attack smashed into Diego with a devastating blow to his head. The monster careened through the air and crashed into the side ticket booth. It hurtled through the wall, collapsing the building. Diego did not rise again.

"Wow." Ric stated impressed. "That was one hell of a punch."

Stefan didn't acknowledge his praise. "We gotta find Bonnie." Stefan replied. The duo turned and headed off in the area they last seen her. They didn't get very far before they heard a kid scream. They turned to see that were wolf Carmen had recovered from her blow from Ric. She had a family trapped on top of one of the booths.

Stefan peered closer. The kid that screamed – it was Cammy! He raced toward them.

"I'll distract the wolf! When I do, you guys run!" Stefan called out to the family as he approached. He let Carmen get sight of him. She growled the instant she saw him.

"That's right." Stefan taunted. "Take the bait."

Carmen lost interest in the family and began to come at Stefan. Ric had snuck around and was helping getting everyone off of the booth. The mom handed him the two kids first and then he helped her down.

"Run! Run!" Ric instructed them.

"But mom, we gotta help the nice mister." Cammy pleaded. She pulled away from her mother and headed towards Stefan.

"Cammy NO!" The mother cried.

Wolf Carmen heard all of the commotion and turned to see what was going on. Seeing the young child as easy prey, the beast headed towards her.

"NO!" Stefan cried chasing after them. "I'm the one you want!"

Ric reached the girl first and scooped her up in his arms and began to run. Stefan caught up with Carmen, lowered his shoulder and bowled right into her.

The two tumbled and fell. They rolled and ended up with Carmen on top of Stefan. Carmen snarled and leaned in to bite Stefan. He put his forearm up to protect his face and that is when Carmen teeth sunk into his undead flesh.

Stefan cried out in agony. Suddenly, there was ear splitting bang and Carmen howled and released Stefan's arm. The wolf had been shot! Using super speed, the wolf raced away.

Cradling his bitten arm, Stefan sat up to see what happened. He looked and saw Mason with Bonnie slung across one should and a smoking 9 mm gun in his other hand.

Ric, who had already deposited Cammy back safely into her mother's arms, went to help Stefan up.

"Let me help you." Ric commanded putting one of Stefan's arms around his shoulder. The two walked towards Mason. "Where'd you get the gun?"

"One of the carnies had it. He didn't know what to do with so I knocked him out and took it." Mason explained. He'd placed the gun in his waist band and was helping Ric with Stefan.

"What happened to Bonnie?" Ric asked.

"I don't know." Mason answered. He glanced at the wounded the vampire Ric was supporting. "Things just went from bad to worse."

XOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Bonnie eyes fluttered as consciousness slowly came to her. She raised her hand to her head and rubbed her temples. This was the worst headache she ever had.

"Did somebody get the license plate number of that bus?" Bonnie mumbled to herself in reference to how she felt as she sat up in her motel room. She looked around. Now one was there and the room was dark. She swung her feet over the side of the bed and tried to stand. A wave of nausea swept over her and she fell back on the bed.

"That didn't go well," she told herself. "What happened?" she wondered aloud. The last thing she remembered was being at the fair. Stefan and Ric were talking with Diego and Tasha and Carmen joined them. Mason gave her the Moonstone and she held it up to get a better look at in. Then the damn thing tried to suck the life out of her. From there, everything is a blank. She hoped she didn't ruin their chance to get info about Tyler out of Carmen!

Bonnie heard a noise coming from her bathroom and her head jerked in that direction. She could see light spilling from the crack at the door. Someone was in there. She heard the toilet flush and then the water running. Soon the door open, but who stepped out completely surprised her.

"Jeremy?"

"Thank God you're awake!" Jeremy stated rushing to her side. He pulled her into a crushing hug. "I was so worried about you!"

"I am so happy to see you!" Bonnie exclaimed hugging him with all of her strength. "But what are you doing here?"

Bonnie didn't get an answer to her question. Instead, Jeremy's mouth covered hers in a passionate kiss. In that instant, all rational thought flew from her mind. Being with Jeremy was the only thing that mattered.

"Wow." Bonnie whispered as Jeremy broke the kiss. He chuckled.

"Sorry." Jeremy said as he ran his fingers through her hair. "I didn't mean to cut you off. I have been waiting to do that every since I got here."

"Don't apologize." Bonnie said as she scooted over to make room for him on the bed. He laid next to her. "You have no idea how much I missed you."

"It can't be half as much as I missed you." Jeremy said pulling her close. She laid her head on his chest.

Bonnie smiled against his chest. "We'll have to call it even. Now, are you going to tell me what you are doing here? Not that I am complaining."

"I don't want to." Jeremy stated wrapping his arms around her. "If I do, it'll ruin the moment."

"Unfortunately, this moment can't last forever; no matter how much both of us want it to." Bonnie sat up in the bed. "Something's clearly going on and I should know about it."

"Alright, fine." Jeremy conceded. He reached over the clicked the lamp on the bedside cabinet. "Ric called us after what happened at the fair."

"Because I fainted?" Bonnie asked confused. "You didn't have to come across the state for that."

"No, what happened after that." Jeremy said shaking his head.

"What happened after that? I don't remember?" asked Bonnie.

"What's the last thing you do remember?" Jeremy queried. Bonnie filled him in on her memories. "A lot happened after that. Let me call the others and get them over here. It's probably best if you hear if straight from them and they wanted to know when you woke up anyway."

"The others?" Bonnie questioned with a confused look on her face.

"Elena, Damon, Ric, Tim." Jeremy explained. "The gang's all here."

XOXOXOXOXOXO

"Report." Malachi commanded. He was surrounded dozens of his sired vampires in his home just outside of Abingdon.

"Well, as best as I can tell, they are all in bad shape so they called reinforcements." Mr. Johnson spoke.

"What kind of reinforcements?" Malachi asked. After his initial encounter with Bonnie, Stefan, Ric and Mason in the park, Malachi had followed them back to their motel room. It was there he first encountered Mr. Johnson and compelled the hotel manager to keep tabs on the group. Thanks to the motel manger, Malachi knew every move the gang made.

The unwitting slave retrieved a small notepad from the front pocket of his shirt. "Uh, there names are Tim, Damon, Jeremy and Elena." Mr. Johnson stated. He hated being here, though he didn't know why. He loved Malachi and would serve him faithfully, but coming to his house made him uncomfortable.

"Of those two Tim and Damon are the only ones of concern and they don't mean much to me." Malachi stated. "What happened at the fair?"

Mr. Johnson filled Malachi in on all of the details he observed. The vampire seemed pleased with the way things turned out. "And their plan to capture the werewolf?"

"Remains the same as far as I know. The witch will enchant a chain to bind the werewolf and bring him under control."

Malachi approached Mr. Johnson and looked him directly in the eyes. "Go back to the hotel and watch them closely." Malachi compelled the man.

"Yes master." Mr. Johnson said and left the house.

Malachi picked up his phone and dialed a number. "Pearl, it's Malachi."

"You have news for me?" Pearl answered. "You've capture the Lockwood boy?"

"No, not yet." Malachi stated. "But it's only a matter of time."

Pearl swore. "Time is the one thing I don't have! The witch's spells that keep me alive are wearing off! What is the problem?"

"You forget yourself, Pearl." Malachi snapped. "I am not one of your minions to order about."

"No, of course not, Malachi." Pearl stated apologetically.

"I am in your debt and therefore honor bound to help you, but do not test me." The vampire continued. "You are already at death's door. It would be a shame if I were forced to push you over the threshold into the Grim Reaper's cold embrace."

"I apologize, Malachi. It shall not happen again."

"In any event, I do have some good news for you." Malachi stated. "Stefan Salvatore has been bitten by a werewolf. He will die shortly. The other Salvatore brother has arrived in Abingdon along with the witch you warned me about, Tim."

"This is fantastic news!" Pearl stated. "They don't know that by draining the blood of the werewolf that bit him is the cure for Stefan. He shall surely die!"

Malachi ignored her excited rant. He could care less about the petty squabbles between Pearl and the Salvatores. But there was something that did interest him. "Tell me more about this Moonstone. When it came in contact with the witch, it transformed the werewolves in broad daylight. I knew the Moonstone was powerful, buy I didn't know it could do that."

"The Moonstone is what curses our kind from not being able to walk freely in the sun and what limits the werewolves to being bound to the full moon."

"I know all of this." Malachi sated annoyed.

"Yes, of course." Pearl stated smoothly. "With a powerful enough witch, it is also the key to breaking that curse. We could be free to roam whenever we want to."

"Interesting." Malachi stated. "I have a plan to capture werewolf very soon. Hold out until then."

"Thank you, Malachi!" Pearl stated happily.

"You recognize that once I deliver the werewolf to you, my debt to you is paid in full."

"Yes, I do."

"Good. After that, I never expect to hear from you again."

"As you wish, Malachi." Pearl stated. He hung up the phone. A devious smile crept across his face. Pearl always did think small. It was by pure luck on her part that he ended up in her debt. Soon that debt would be repaid and Malachi would have a way to put every vampire on the face of the earth under his control. He just had to act quickly.

XOXOXOXOXOXO

"Oh my God! Stefan!" Bonnie exclaimed. The entire gang was the motel room he was sharing with Ric. Since Damon, Elena, Tim and Jeremy arrived there was a bit of shuffling of the rooms. Stefan now sharing with Elena and Ric and Tim had a room. Jeremy was bunking with Bonnie and Damon got his own room.

Jeremy called them all to Bonnie's room and everyone came but Stefan and Damon. Elena was glad to see her best friend and Tim happy to see his "little sister." Their joy was short lived as they told Bonnie what happened after she passed out. She couldn't believe Stefan was bitten by Werewolf Carmen. She insisted on seeing him and the entire party then moved from her room Stefan, which was right next door.

"How are you feeling?" Bonnie asked.

"I've been better." Stefan stated. He was lying in the bed and Elena sat of the head of it next to him. All of the rest were gather around his bed save Damon. He sat off in the corner by himself.

"I would probably feel a little better if you all weren't gathered around my bed like I am dying at this instant. Vampire death by werewolf bite is a slow process, apparently."

"You are not going to die!" Bonnie declared. "We'll find a way to save you. A spell or something…" She looked to Tim as she spoke.

"I've been researching this since Ric called us." Tim spoke up. "I found some spells that will slow the progress of the infection, but none that are a permanent fix. And slowing the process down doesn't stop the pain he'll be in. In fact, it may make it worse."

"Prolonging his agony?" Mason stated. "That doesn't sound very humane."

"Who asked you, asshole?" Damon stated, speaking for the first time. "Why are you even here? It's your fault he is even like this!" He got up from his chair and approached Mason as he spoke.

"Hey man, I was just giving my opinion. Clearly it's your brother's choice." Mason said trying to defuse the situation. But Damon would not be put off.

"We don't need your damn opinion!" Damon said shoving Mason. "As a matter of fact, we don't need you either!" Damon's eyes became bloodshot and he bared his fangs. He pushed Mason up against a wall. Everyone cried out for him to stop. Ric and Jeremy were trying to pull him off of Mason but he was far too strong.

"Let me go Dickhead!" Mason managed to sputter out. Damon had him by the throat so it very difficult for him to speak. He struggled vainly to get free.

"This seems fair to me." Damon began. "A werewolf bite is killing my brother so a vampire bite should kill you, werewolf!"

"Damon, no!" Bonnie cried. She tried to use her powers to stop him. Nothing happened and she nearly passed out. Bonnie slumped over and Elena caught her. "Bonnie!" she screamed.

Tim rushed to her side. "You're still too weak to use your powers. But allow me." Tim focused on Damon. The vampire soon released the werewolf as waves of pain assaulted him. Tim caused dozens of blood vessels to pop in Damon's head causing him a brutal amount of pain.

Ric and Jeremy hauled the almost unconscious Damon back to the other side of the room. Mason coughed as he greedily sucked in air.

"I'm going to stop, Damon. But if you make one wrong move I'll teleport your lungs to the outside of the body. I understand it's very painful for them to grow back." Tim threatened. He ended his assault and relief flooded through the vampire as his brain began to heal itself.

"You need to calm down, Damon." Stefan said from his bed. "I told you Mason saved my life back at the fair."

"Yeah, he's on our side." Ric agreed.

"Whatever." Damon said angrily.

"Bonnie, you don't look so good." Jeremy said going to be by her. "What happened?"

"I tried to use my powers and almost passed out." Bonnie explained. She looked to Tim. "What's going on?"

"It's the Moonstone. It sapped your strength." Tim stated.

"How?" Bonnie asked.

"It did what it was created to do: transform werewolves. When you held it up to the sun, you activated it and transformed the 3 werewolves in your vicinity. That takes a lot of power and you passed out. You haven't recovered from that experience yet."

"Is that all?" Bonnie said sarcastically.

"Be grateful you're the Millennial Witch. Were you anybody else the Stone pulling that much power would have killed you."

"Instead my brother is the one who is dying." Damon said angrily.

"Damon," Stefan said trying to sooth his brother's anger.

"Don't Damon me." he snapped.

"We don't need this right now." Bonnie stated. "We should be focusing on way to save Stefan."

"Don't you try to act like you're in charge and you know what you are doing!" Damon roared. "All of this is your fault! You concoct this hair brained scheme to go across the state to what – save Tyler Lockwood just to ease your guilty conscious? Look how well that turned out for you. You didn't save Tyler and now Stefan is dying too. Bang up job, Bonnie!"

"Back off Damon." Jeremy said rising to Bonnie's defense.

"Or what?" Damon challenged.

"Or you'll deal with me." Tim stated going to stand next to Bonnie and Tyler.

"You know, I've had just about enough of you, boy witch." Damon spat with contempt.

"Oh really? Well we are all more than a little tired of you!" Tim countered.

"All of you stop it!" Elena yelled crying. "None of this bickering is helping Stefan!"

"She's right." Ric said moving closer to Elena and Stefan. "Instead of fighting each other, we should be working together."

"I got a better idea." Damon announced. He then stalked out of the motel room into the dark night.

"Damon wait!" Bonnie called after him.

"Let him go." Mason said. "He's not adding anything to this mix but misery."

"We need him!" Bonnie said as she stood to follow him. Jeremy followed her out of the motel room. They ran to catch up with the fast walking Damon. When they got close Bonnie stopped and turned to Jeremy. "Hey, give me a second with him."

"Why?" Jeremy asked not trying to hide the annoyance in his voice.

"You two hate each. This will be easier without me having to overcome that. Trust me?" Bonnie asked.

"Love you." Jeremy responded. Bonnie smiled and pecked him on the lips. She than ran to catch Damon. "Damon! Wait up!"

"Go back to the others." Damon said not bothering to look back. Bonnie reached his side and matched his fast pace.

"So, I'm curious. You accused me of not knowing what I am doing. What's your plan to help Stefan?"

Damon finally looked at her and simply replied "Go away."

"No, I'm worried about you." Bonnie stated. Damon gave her a crazy look. "Besides, you really don't want me to go away. You wanted me to follow you."

"You think so?" Damon said sarcastically.

"I know so. If you didn't, you would have left the motel room using you super speed making it impossible for me to follow. Since you didn't, you really didn't want to go off on your own."

"You think you know everything, don't you." Damon sneered.

"Not everything, but I do know you." said Bonnie. "We have an understanding, remember?" She ran and got in front of him and placed her hand out with her palm against his chest. "So stop, and let's talk about this."

Damon finally stopped walking. "What's to talk about?" Damon asked. "Stefan is dying of a werewolf bite."

"And that scares you, doesn't it?" Bonnie said pointedly.

"Don't be ridiculous." Damon said quickly.

"It scares the hell out of me, and he's not my brother who I've known of over 150 years." Bonnie shot back at him. She placed her hand on his chest. "Damon, it's ok to feel something," she added compassionately. "I feel powerless to help him and it's driving me nuts. It's so frustrating. For someone like you who is so used to taking action to get what you want, this has to be agony. I'm sorry."

Damon stared at Bonnie. She seemed genuine in her compassion for him. And though he loathed admitting it, she did seem to understand him. He thought back to the spell Michelle casted in the park. She said it would soften Bonnie's heart towards him. Perhaps it was time to see just how soft her heart had become. He placed his hand on her shoulder. "I hate being helpless."

Bonnie smiled and nodded her head. "Don't we all? But the best way we can help Stefan is by working together. He's needs you right now, Damon. We all do."

"What about you, Bonnie?" Damon asked.

"What about me?" Bonnie asked confused. "You know I will do everything I can to help Stefan."

"That's not what I meant." Damon stated. "You seemed to think I needed you to chase after me tonight. But what about you? Do you need me?" he rand a finger down her face.

"Damon, this isn't the time for this." Bonnie stated taking a step back.

"I disagree. If there is one thing this whole ordeal with Stefan has taught me is that life is short. We shouldn't put off what we want." Damon stepped forward closing the gap between them. "So, what do you want, Bonnie?"

"I… I," Bonnie stammered. She was at a loss for words. Why was her mind foggy right now? There was just something so damn sensual about Damon!

"What's the matter?" Damon asked stepping even closer. They were mere inches apart now and she could smell his intoxicating scent. "You used to be so sure about what you wanted. Having second thoughts?"

Second thoughts? With Damon this close she wasn't have any thoughts!

"It isn't so easy being a seductress, is it?" Damon practically whispered in her ear. She shivered and he felt it. A Cheshire smile crept across his face. He loved that he could evoke such a carnal reaction from her.

"I'm not a seductress." Bonnie objected, trying to gain some perspective. "I haven't seduced anyone."

"Haven't you?" Damon challenged. He took her face in both his hands. She marveled that hands so violent could feel so gentle. "Tell me you don't want my touch. Tell me you don't want this." Damon stated as he moved in to kiss her.

"I want…" Bonnie began again. She trailed off, but for different reasons this time. She felt like someone gripped the insides of her stomach. Instantly she knew the source of the problem. "Jeremy!" she exclaimed jumping back from Damon.

"You want Jeremy?" Damon bit out angrily. He was this close! He could feel her softening towards him and bam! She shut him down.

"No!" Bonnie replied, and then contradicted herself. "I mean yes, I do want Jeremy, but that's not what I meant right now." Bonnie was speaking in a rushed tone. She began to move away from him. "Jeremy's in trouble! Come on. He needs our help!" Bonnie took off running.

Damon slowly followed. It might serve his purposes more to have the boy wonder out of the picture. However, if Bonnie suspected he didn't at least try to stop harm from coming to the boy, she would never forgive him.

Damon caught up to Bonnie who had stopped running. She was turning around in circles, frantically looking for Jeremy.

"Where did he go?" Bonnie asked desperately. "He was right here!"

"Calm down." Damon said. "He probably got upset watching you seduce me and went back to your room. You know how temperamental your lover boy can be."

"I wasn't seducing you Damon and I know he's in trouble. I can feel it!" Bonnie stated. "We have to find him!"

"You and your feelings." Damon said with annoyance in his voice. He clearly didn't believe her. "I bet you he's fine."

Before more could be said, they heard Elena frantically yelling their names.

"Do you still think he is fine?" Bonnie sneered while running back towards their motel room. They met Elena outside of Stefan's room. "What is it?" Bonnie asked breathlessly.

"It's Jeremy!" Elena said excitedly. "He's been taken!"

"What?" Bonnie cried. "What do you mean?"

"This note was attached to a brick that was thrown through the window." Elena said handing it to Bonnie. It simply read: We have Jeremy. Do nothing and await further instructions.

"Who took him?" Damon demanded.

"We don't know." Ric answered. "After the brick came through the window I looked around but I didn't see anyone."

"This can't be happening." Bonnie said in disbelief. How did things spiral so far out of control?

Tim then stepped out of Stefan's room and shut the door behind him. "Guys, I've cast a spell on Stefan to slow down the effect of the werewolf bite, but he needs to rest. Maybe we can take this to Bonnie's room next door?"

"I don't want to leave Stefan alone." Elena objected.

"I'll sit with him." Ric offered. Elena nodded and Ric entered the room.

"I'll look around for more clues." Mason stated and he began to his search.

Bonnie led the rest of the crew into her room. As soon as they were in the room Bonnie closed her eyes and started concentrating. The lights flickered and items began to shake.

"Bonnie, what are you doing?" Elena asked concerned. Bonnie's nose began to bleed from the effort. "Stop it!" she demanded. "You're not strong enough yet!

Bonnie opened her eyes to see the concerned face of Elena. "Nothing," she said as she wiped the blood from her nose.

"What?" Elena asked.

"I was trying sense Jeremy through our connection. Nothing! I can't feel him!"

"What does that mean?" Elena asked concerned.

"I don't know." Bonnie said trying to hold back tears.

-END FLASH BACK-

"And that's everything guys." Bonnie stated.

"So where does that leave us?" Tim asked.

"Right where we were before she began her little story." Damon said with frustration. "Jeremy is missing and Stefan is still dying."

Before they could continue Mason came back through the door. "I searched all around, but I couldn't find any clues as to who kidnapped Jeremy."

"Thanks for trying." Elena said.

"This is ridiculous." Damon said as he stood to leave.

"Where are you going?" Bonnie asked.

"Out," was his only reply.

"They are picking us off one by one." Bonnie stated. "We should stay together." Damon ignored her and stormed out of the room. "Damon!" Bonnie cried out. She moved to follow but Elena stopped her.

"Let him go." Elena advised. "He needs to blow off steam."

"I think we should all get some rest. It's been a long day." Tim said standing. Everybody else followed suit. "If anybody hears anything, be sure to get us all together so we can act as a team."

Elena gave Bonnie a quick hug. "I don't know how, Elena, but I will make this right." Bonnie promised. Elena gave her a small smile and then left the room with the rest of the crew save Mason.

"Did you need something, Mason?" Bonnie asked.

"I just wanted to make sure you are ok. This is the first chance we've had to speak since you passed out at the fair." Mason stated sitting down on the free bed. "I was very worried about you."

"It was sweet of you to be concerned, but you can see that I'm fine." She sat on the other bed in the room and began to take off shoes.

"That whole scene at the fair was crazy." Mason said rubbing his neck. "It was like the instant you held the Moonstone to the sunlight it went nuts."

"Sorry about that." Bonnie said ruefully. "If I'd known that would happen, I would have kept it in the shadows. Where is the Moonstone now?"

"My room. I picked it up after I made sure you were alright." Mason looked seriously. "You know, if you hadn't lifted the curse from the Lockwood line, I would have been transformed into my werewolf form at the fair too."

"I don't even want to think about how things would have turned out then." Bonnie said shaking her head. "I'm sorry I don't have better control over my powers."

He smiled. "You can stop apologizing, Bonnie. All of the evil in the world isn't your fault."

"No, but what's happening to your family is my fault." Bonnie stated.

"You didn't put the werewolf curse on us." Mason argued. "Besides, I should actually be thanking you."

"For what?"

"Well, last month for the first time in a long time, I was able to enjoy the full moon as a human. I usually dread the three days of the month, but not recently. Now, I am human, with only the good sides of being a werewolf. You made that possible."

"And yet, you gave me the moonstone – the means for undoing all of this. Why?"

"Because it unfair to Tyler to be saddled with this curse."

"It's that simple?" Bonnie asked.

"It's that simple." Mason confirmed. "It's kind of crazy to think about. I know we haven't known each other very long, but I care about you." Mason looked her dead in the eyes and then added. "A lot."

Bonnie squirmed uncomfortably on the bed. "Mason, I-" Bonnie began but he cut her off.

"I know you don't feel the same way I do, but after what happened at the fair, I couldn't not tell you how I feel."

"A lot has happened today." Bonnie stated changing the subject. She rose the bed paced the room.

"Yeah, a very little of it good." Mason agreed. "Speaking of which, whoever took Jeremy could come back for you." Mason asked. "Someone should be with you." He took a step closer. "I could stay, if you like. I already checked out of my hotel room and rented a room here, so it's not like it will be a big hassle in the morning or anything."

Bonnie's head was swimming. Why was he having such an effect on her!

"That won't be necessary!" Bonnie announced abruptly almost jumping away from Mason. "I'll be fine, really."

"Listen, if I made you uncomfortable-" Mason began.

"No, no, it wasn't you." Bonnie said hurriedly. She sighed again and let her arms flop to her sides. "As clichéd as this sounds, believe me when I say it's no you, but it's me. I am just really tried. In between the Moonstone sucking half the life out me, finding out about Stefan and then Jeremy's kidnapping, I am just drained."

"Oh yeah, I totally get it." Mason stated. "I'll get out of here and let you get some rest." Mason leaned in and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. "Good night, Bonnie. Stay safe."

"Good night Mason." Bonnie stated. She looked the door behind him and then collapsed into her bed.

'Whyisthishappeningtome?' Bonnie thought. 'IshouldbefocusedonJeremyandhowtogethimback,notflirtingwithMasonandcertainlynotalmostkissingDamon!' Bonnie admonished herself. 'HowwouldJeremyfeelifheknewwhatIwasdoingrightnow?Jeremy.Heismyeverything.Idon'tknowwhatIwoulddowithouthim.Heisprobablysoscaredrightnow.IpraytoGodthatheisalright!That'sit,girl!Enoughofthiscomplaining.Pullyourselftogether!Jeremyneedsyou!'

It was then that Bonnie decided to stop whining and do whatever was necessary to get Jeremy back - no matter the cost.

XOXOXOXOXO

Bonnie awoke to the sound of her cell phone ringing and vibrating on the night stand next to her bed. Groggily, she reached for it. From the noise it was making someone had sent her a text message. She looked at the time before reading the message. It was barely three hours since she'd fallen asleep.

She read the message and her heart stopped. It was from Jeremy's cell phone.

Come to Forest Hills. Alone. Bring the Moon Stone.

Bonnie gulped. She didn't know what to do. The Moonstone was in Mason's room. Should she tell him about the text? Then she resolved to get more details first. She texted back "When?"

She paced the floor in her motel room waiting for an answer. After a few seconds her phone dinged. She hurriedly looked at it. Now, the phone read.

'ShouldItelltheothers?' Bonnie thought to herself. 'No,StefanhurtbecauseofmeandJeremykidnapped.Bettertogocheckoutthesituationformyself,evenifIdon'thavetheMoonStone.'

Bonnie threw on her shoes, grabbed her phone and bolted out of the door. Thunder rumbled across the sky. Bonnie looked up concerned. Ominous clouds darkened the sky, threating to erupt at any moment. She quickly Google mapped the location of the forest. It wasn't close. She wished she'd forced Tim to show her his teleporting trick. Without it, she was stuck. Or maybe not. Was that Mason's truck in the parking lot? She walked over to the vehicle and used her powers to open the door. She slid in the driver's seat again used her gifts to start the engine.

XOXOXOXOXO

Mason woke with a start. He thought he heard his truck starting up. The loud engine on the older model Jeep Wrangler was unmistakable and a very familiar sound to him. In nothing but boxer shorts Mason rushed to the door of his motel and flung it open. He arrived just in time to see Bonnie pulling out of the parking lot in his car.

He bolted out of the door calling for her to stop, but he knew it was too late. Bonnie probably didn't even see him. He swore and then headed back to his room. After quickly dressing he headed to Ric & Tim's room. He would need the hunter and the witch to help with whatever Bonnie was going to do. He pounded on the door urgently.

"What!" Ric answered tearing open the door angrily. He couldn't fathom who would be banging on the door so insistently this late at night.

"It's Bonnie!" Mason replied. He looked pass Ric and could see Tim was sitting up in his bed as well. "We got a problem."

XOXOXOXOXOXO

Bonnie pulled close to the side of the road need the Forest Hills sign. She slowly exited Mason's truck realizing that she had no clue where she was headed. She pulled out her phone and texted a message to Jeremy's phone.

I'm here. Where do I go?

Bonnie walked cautiously into the forest as she awaited a reply. She didn't want to go too far in one direction only to discover she needed to be headed the opposite way. After a few moments the answer came to her phone.

Southwest entrance to the forest. There is a statue of Custer. Meet you there.

Using the compass app on her Driod cell phone, Bonnie hiked along the edge of the forest until she spotted the statue she assumed was Custer. She looked around, but she didn't see anyone. She waited over tens minutes.

Thunder clashed again in the darkening sky. She looked up. Black storm clouds fat with moisture hung over her, waiting to errupt. 'Justgreat.' Bonnie thought angrily. 'NotonlyisJeremy'skidnapperlate,butI'mgoingtogetrainedonaswell.Thisisperfect.'

Just when she was about to send another text to the kidnappers, she heard the sound of someone approaching. A fat man emerged from the trees. He was dressed in all black and he had a ski mask on. From what Bonnie could see, he was sweating profusely and she wasn't surprised. It was still very warm.

"Come with me." The rotund man said in a deep voice. The voice was clearly fake- the man was trying to talk with a lower voice that he really had. Bonnie tilted her head and just stared at him. There was something very familiar about him. She knew him from somewhere.

"Are you deaf?" The man asked loudly. "I said come with me." He began to head back into the forest. Bonnie followed.

'That'sit?' Bonnie thought. 'Justfollowme?' Something was wrong here."Where's Jeremy?" Bonnie asked.

"You'll see him soon enough." The man replied.

"How do I know he's ok?"

"He's a pain in the ass is what he is." The fat name retorted.

Bonnie smiled. She was glad Jeremy was giving him a hard time. "What do you with me from me?" she asked.

"You'll find out enough." he huffed. "Now shut up and follow me." He paused for a second and then added "Please."

'Please?HeknappedJeremybutheworriedaboutsayingpleaseandthankyou?' Bonnie wondered. 'Somethingdefinitelyisn'trighthere.'

XOXOXOXOXOXO

"Alright – this is the spot." Mason stated. "Look, there is my Jeep." he said pointing at his car. He was in the passenger seat of Ric car and Tim was in the back.

"I see it." Ric said maneuvering his car to pull up behind it. "It's a good think you have that tracker in your car."

"I spend enough of my free time out in the wild either spelunking or rock climbing. It's real easy to lose your car in places like that so I had the GPS tracker install so I could always find my way back to where I left it." Mason explained. "I never thought I be using the tracker like this." Ric had parked his car now and they all exited.

"Well she's not still in the car." Tim stated the obvious.

"Yes, but she couldn't have gotten very far." Ric stated. Ric looked around and then directly at Tim and Mason. "Oh shit."

"What?" Mason asked.

"I know this place." Ric stated. "This is where Stefan and I found Tyler's den. Whoever lured Bonnie here must know that; this can't be a coincidence. We have to find Bonnie now. She is in more danger than she knows."

"Do you think Tyler is here as well?" Tim asked.

"You better pray he isn't. We can't handle him alone." Ric responded. He went to the trunk of his car and pulled out a rifle and a chain. "But on the off chance he is, it's better to be safe than sorry."

"Is that the chain Bonnie enchanted?" Tim asked.

"Yep. Whoever is bound by this chain has their will stripped away. According to Bonnie, they are at the complete mercy of whoever is in control of the chain."

Tim looked around. "Which way?"

Mason's eyes yellowed and it became clear he was using his lupine senses. "I can smell her." he stated. "This way." He headed southwest with Tim and Ric following.

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"We are here." the fat man announced as they reached a clearing in the wood. There was a cave to which Bonnie could see light coming from inside, but she couldn't tell who or what was back there.

"What is this place?"

"Our home away from home a few nights of the week every month." The man stated. Bonnie didn't have a clue what he was talking about. "Feel privileged. You're the only human we've ever bought here before." The fat man stopped and then amended his statement. "Well, except your friend Jeremy that is." He turned to face her. "Stay here. I have to let the others know we are back." He instructed. He walked into the cave and Bonnie could see him pull off his ski mask. Even though he was walking away Bonnie recognized him.

It was Kevin – one of Diego's friends. She'd met him at the Italian restaurant while waiting for Mason. Now she also had a pretty good idea of who the others must be. She also thought that if Diego and Carmen are both werewolves, then it a good possibility that Kevin, Russ and Ryan were as well. They must be the pack of animals that Ric and Stefan suspected were hunting with Tyler. Was this there den? Is that with Kevin meant by their home away from home a few days every month?

Now that she knew who the kidnappers where, she was even less sure about their motive. Why take Jeremy?

Bonnie could see their shadows from inside the cave but she couldn't make out what they are saying. She moved closer to the entrance but still couldn't hear anything.

"Makes you wish you had enhanced senses, doesn't it?" Damon whispered sneaking up behind her. He nearly scared her witless caused her to jump. He anticipated that and had his hand clamped firmly on her mouth to prevent her from screaming. "Shhh!" he said smirking.

"Damon!" Bonnie whispered harshly. "What are you doing here?"

"I saw you steal Mason's car back at the motel." Mason whispered. "Since joyriding really isn't your thing I followed you thinking something must be up something. Apparently I was right."

"You can't be here!" Bonnie objected. "These are Jeremy's kidnappers. They texted me and told me to come alone. If I don't do as they say, they'll hurt Jeremy."

"How do you know they won't hurt him anyway? They're kidnappers! You can't trust them."

Bonnie sighed. She could tell Damon wasn't going anyway and although she objected, she felt better that he was there. "Fine, but if you're staying, there's something else you should know. I think these three are all werewolves too."

"Well isn't that just great!" Damon answered too loudly. Bonnie held a finger too her lips indicating that he should be quiet. Damon rolled his eyes.

"If you are going to be here, be useful!" Bonnie pointed in the cage. "What are they saying?"

Damon focused his super hearing. "They are arguing." he answered. "From what I can tell, they don't all agree on the plan. Wait a minute – it doesn't even sound like they have a plan." He paused and listened some more. "One of them thinks they should have asked you for help instead of kidnapping Jeremy to force your hand."

"Help with what?" Bonnie wondered.

"I don't know." Damon replied. He kept listening. "They seem very disorganized. I think we can take them."

"No!" Bonnie whispered forcefully. "I won't risk Jeremy like that."

Damon rolled his eyes again. He was annoyed at her single minded focus on Jeremy. He wondered if she could ever be as devoted to him. He turned his attention back to the cave and then abruptly to Bonnie.

"They're getting ready to come out – all of them. I am going to hide in the trees – to be your ace in the hole. See how much info you can get from them." He began to walk away and turned to add "It shouldn't be hard for a seductress like you."

Bonnie shook her head. He just couldn't leave without getting a dig in! She hated the way he was able to twist situations and rip ugly half truths from them to use against her. She turned her attention back to the cave as she could hear the guys getting closer. Soon, three men emerged, all with ski masks on their face.

"I told you she'd still be here." Kevin said to the others.

"Lucky you." Russ said. Through the small slits in the mask Bonnie could see his pale skin and red hair. "It would suck if she ruined our plan."

"And what a wonderful plan it is." Kevin stated with much sarcasm.

"Shut up." Russ snapped. "It's not like you had a better idea."

"I know who you are." Bonnie interrupted eager to end their pointless banter.

"What?" Russ challenged. He eyed Bonnie skeptically. "You're bluffing."

"No, Russ, I'm not." Bonnie stated using his name to drive her point home. Bonnie had to keep herself from smiling when she noticed his eyes widening in surprise. "So you, Kevin and Ryan can take off those stupid masks. They aren't hiding anything and they have to be hot."

The three men look at each other before removing their ski mask. Kevin wiped the sweat off his face and Ryan ran his fingers though his hair.

"I must have awful hat hair." He stated vainly try to give his hair some volume.

"You've looked better." Bonnie quipped. "Now why don't you tell me what's going on here?"

"Don't play dumb with us, witch. We know what you did." Russ accused her.

Bonnie managed to mask her own surprise at Russ calling her a witch. How could he possibly know? "What are you talking about?"

"We were on our way to meet Diego and Carmen at the carnival when you used the Moonstone to transform them into werewolves." Russ replied.

"How do you know about the Moonstone?" Bonnie asked failing to conceal her shock.

"You'll find me well versed on most areas of the arcane." Kevin responded proudly. Bonnie could almost see his chest swell with pride. She gave him a quizzical looked and he shrugged. "It's kind of a hobby." he stated answering her unasked question, deflated by her response.

"How did you know I was involved?" Bonnie inquired.

"Tasha told us what happened." Ryan explained. "She was quite confused. She doesn't even know werewolves exist, let alone that her boyfriend, his sister and all of his friends are part of the pack. She still isn't exactly sure what happened at the fair. All she knows is that a bright flash of light came from you and then Diego and Carmen were gone and in there place was two giant werewolves."

"From Tasha description, I was able to piece two and two together to deduce you're a witch and using the Moonstone is the only way to make a werewolf transform, outside of the full moon that is." Kevin added.

"You still haven't told me what you want from me." Bonnie said.

"It's really simple – we want you to change Diego and Carmen back to humans." Kevin answered.

"It's bad enough turning into an animal a few days out the month. We don't need you adding to our misery." Ryan lamented.

"And if you don't, we'll hurt your friend." Russ added.

Bonnie's temper flared with the threat to Jeremy. She wanted to use her powers and lash out at the three werewolves, but she thought better of it. Instead, she warned them in a low voice, "Don't threaten Jeremy."

"You're not the one in charge here, Witch." Russ retorted arrogantly. "You'll do what we want, or else."

"Or else what?" Damon demanded suddenly appearing behind the three werewolves.

"Vampire!" Kevin cried out tried to scurry away from Damon. Although all three werewolves jumped when Damon appeared, Russ was the first the respond. He clumsily swung at Damon. The vampire easily dodged the blow. Damon retaliated by grabbing Russ and Ryan by the head and smashing them together. Both men stumbled backwards dazed and collapsed a few feet from Damon.

Kevin tried to run away but Damon was having none of it. "Bonnie – stop him!" he ordered.

Bonnie sighed. She really didn't want things to end up like this. Still, she used her powers and sent a telekinetic wave in Kevin's direction. Surprised to be hit in the chest by the invisible force, Kevin stumbled backwards and tripped over the fallen Russ and Ryan.

"Ow!" Ryan whined as Kevin landed on top of him.

"Sorry!" Kevin apologized. He rolled over on to the ground. "Are you guys ok?"

"Better now that you got your bloated body off of me!" Russ said. "I thought you said she wasn't followed."

"I didn't think she was." Kevin defended himself. "It's not like I ever kidnapped anyone before."

"You probably couldn't get your fat mind off of food long enough to look around." Russ snapped.

"Leave him alone, Russ!" Ryan interrupted. "He was just following your stupid plan!"

"If he was following my plan, he would have noticed that Bonnie was followed!"

"Listen to you three! You're all pathetic!" Damon sneered. "You can't agree on anything. How did you think you could pull off a kidnapping?"

"We don't have to sit here and be insulted by the likes of you, vampire." Russ stated as she tried to stand.

"Yes, you do." Damon stated as she put his foot in Russ's chest and kicked him back to the ground.

"Damon." Bonnie admonished. She wanted him to back off so they could tell her where they had Jeremy stashed.

"Kiss my ass, vampire! You and that black cunt witch can both just go to hell!" Russ declared.

He didn't have a chance to same more. With lightning speed, Damon reached down and snatched Russ up by the throat. The werewolf struggled, but Damon held him fast. When he spoke, his voice was low and ominous. "I'm the one giving the orders now and here's how things are going to go. You are going to tell us where Jeremy is and then we are going to get him. And if one hair is harmed on his pretty little head, I will send you to a deep dark place and I will have fun doing it. And if you ever insult Bonnie like that again-" Damon stopped and chuckled. "I don't know if the words are invented for what I will do to you. I promise you that!"

Bonnie heard Damon issue many threats since she'd known him. This time was different however. There was something about his stance, the tone of his voice, his overall demeanor – Bonnie could feel that he was one second ripping Russ's throat out.

"Damon, please!" Bonnie pleaded. Damon looked at her and then threw the werewolf down. Russ landed roughly, coughing and sputtering for air. Kevin and Ryan went to his side to make certain he was Ok.

"You should thank the witch. She just saved your life." Damon went to stand besides Bonnie. "Now I am only going to ask this once: where is Jeremy?"

No one spoke for a moment. Ryan and Kevin looked at each other. Russ was still trying to recover from Damon's attack. Finally Ryan spoke.

"He's tied up inside the den."

"Ryan!" Russ gasped with what little voice he had left. Ryan just shrugged his shoulders at Russ.

"I'll go get him." Bonnie said and began he head off to the cave.

"You can't." Kevin called out.

"Be quiet for once!" Russ rasped.

"Shut up, Russ! Your plan isn't worth dying over!" Kevin stated. He turned to Bonnie. "It's a lot bigger in there than it looks and there are all kinds of traps. You'd never make it."

"Then you go get him." Damon ordered.

"I can't. It'll have to be Russ. He's locked in his part of the cave and he is the only one who knows the traps for that area."

"How do you guys navigate the traps when you are in your wolf form?" Bonnie asked.

Ryan shrugged. "I don't know. We just do."

"I've long suspected that we don't lose all of our human intellect during the transformation." Kevin sat up on the ground and tried to sound like the intelligent young man he really was. "I believe what actually happens is more akin to have split personalities. When we are in our wolf form, while our intellect is obviously diminished we can still access some of our basic human knowledge."

"Enough with the science lesson, Einstein." Damon snapped. He looked at Russ. "You have two minutes to go get Jeremy and bring him out here. If you aren't out by then, I'll kill one of your friends. Two minutes after that I'll kill another one. If you still aren't out after that, I'll bury you in that cave. Am I clear?"

Russ didn't say anything. He simply rose and walked into the cave. Bonnie took the opportunity to address two remaining werewolves.

"I didn't mean to transform your friends." Bonnie said. Kevin and Ryan looked at her. "It was an accident and I am very sorry." Bonnie reached out a hand to help them up, but Damon quickly grabbed her hand and put it back to her side. When she looked at him skeptically he just slowly shook his head no. Bonnie turned back to Ryan and Kevin. "Once Jeremy is free, I promise to change them back."

"Really?" Ryan asked hopefully.

"Really." Bonnie confirmed.

"Do you hear that?" Damon interrupted.

"Hear what?" Bonnie asked looking around.

"I know you're here." Damon called out. "I can hear you, so you might as well come out."

"Damon?" Ric asked as he approached the group. Tim and Mason followed him. "What are you doing here?"

"I could ask you all the same question." Bonnie said.

"We're following you!" Mason answered. "Why did you run off like that?"

"I got a text from Jeremy's kidnappers."

"And you decided to confront them on your own?" Ric asked incredulously. "Bonnie you don't know how incredibly stupid that is!"

"It's not like I'm helpless!" Bonnie defended herself.

"Yes, we know you're the Millennium Witch. It doesn't mean you're invincible!" Tim stated.

"You're the Millennium Witch?" Kevin asked in awe. "That is so awesome!" All eyes turned to face him.

"Who is this?" Mason asked.

"One of Jeremy's kidnappers." Damon answered. "And apparently the president of the Bonnie Bennett fan club. It's a long story."

"Summarize it for us." Tim requested. Bonnie gave the synopsis of what happened starting with the initial text from the werewolves.

"So where is Jeremy?" Ric asked.

"He's in the batcave over there." Damon answered gesturing towards the entrance. "One of the three stooges went to get him." He looked at his watch. "He should be out soon, if not I'll kill one his friends." Damon looked at the two werewolves. "Probably the fat one."

Suddenly Mason cried out in anguish and fell the ground. He covered his ears as he wailed in pain. Ryan and Kevin were also writhing in agony in the ground.

"Mason!" Bonnie cried, rushing to his side. "Are you alright?"

"You guys didn't hear that?" Mason asked as Bonnie helped him to his feet.

"I'm guessing it was werewolf specific as it affected Kevin and Russ as well." Tim stated.

"But what did it mean?" Ric asked.

"You'll soon find out." Russ announced. He was by the entrance of the cave.

"Russ, what did you do?" Ryan asked from the ground where he was recovering.

"Am I going to have to kick your ass again?" Damon asked.

"It's time your got your asked kick, vampire! And I know just how to do it."

"Where's Jeremy?" Bonnie demanded.

"Did you think I was just going to turn him over to you and your vampire friends, bitch?" Russ laughed. "Thank God you're pretty because you sure aren't smart!"

"Russ, tell me you didn't do what I think you did." Kevin pleaded as he sat up.

"I did what had to be done." Russ asserted.

"What's he talking about?" Damon asked.

""Carmen and Diego -they were in the cave." Kevin explained. "He must have freed them."

"What?" Damon questioned.

"It makes sense." Bonnie stated as the realization hit her. "How else could I use the Moonstone to change them back unless they are here?"

"I imagine they're made as a wet hen after being caged." Tim surmised.

"Yeah, being caged doesn't put us in the best of moods." Mason confirmed.

"Alright everyone, get ready for to deal with two pissed off werewolves." Ric stated as move cocked the barrel of his rifle.

"Damon, maybe you should take off," Bonnie suggested. "You're going to be in the most danger."

Damon stared at her for a second. That she cared about his welfare wasn't lost him. He smiled softly at her. "No way, Bon Bon. I'm in this for the long haul."

"We'll see if you feel the same way after Carmen and Diego rip your throat out." Russ chuckled.

"Ripping a throat out is a good idea. Let's start with yours!" Damon roared as he charged Russ. Damon leapt in the air to pounce on the red headed werewolf. Russ instinctively dropped to the ground to avoid his attacker. He needed have worried. Werewolf Diego hurtled out of the cave. He met Damon in the air, slamming into the vampire and knocked him to the ground. Wolf Diego was sent sprawling the opposite direction Damon.

Carmen was right on his heels. She rushed the downed vampire, with gaping jaws.

"Damon!" Bonnie cried out. She unleashed a telekinetic blast that prevented the voracious lupine from sinking her canine teeth into Damon legs.

Damon, for his part, recovered quickly. He was back on his feet in the blink of an eye. He gave Bonnie an appreciative nod for the save. He quickly turned his full attention back to the two werewolves. They had regrouped and were approaching the vampire. He was their sole focus. They didn't seem to notice the other were even there.

Russ righted himself and began to run away from the mayhem.

"Stop him!" Bonnie ordered pointing at the running Russ.

"On it!" Tim said and he disappeared. Bonnie assumed he teleported to intercept Russ. She then turned to Russ and Mason. "How do we help Damon?" She looked back at Damon. He had taken to the trees to avoid the werewolves, but they wouldn't be put off. They were at the base of the tree, taking running leaps trying to get at him.

Meanwhile Tim materialized right in front of Russ. The werewolf tried to stop but there wasn't enough time before he bowled into Tim. The two tumbled to the ground. Russ landed on top of Tim.

"Stupid witch!" Russ yelled as he punched Tim in the face. With his superior strength it was all Tim could do to maintain consciousness. Russ reared back to punch Tim again, but the witch disappeared right from underneath Russ.

The werewolf rose and looked around confused. Where did Tim go? Tim reappeared right behind the wolf. He used his powers to give Russ multiple brain aneurisms. Russ fell to the ground in agony. Tim then cast a spell that caused an invisible tether to bind Russ's hands together.

"Who's the stupid one now?" Tim asked as he left the bound wolf on the forest floor. Russ had been moving at super speed so he was pretty far from the group. His head was ringing from the punch so he couldn't teleport back. He began to walk back towards all the commotion.

Back on the other side of the forest, Bonnie and her crew were trying to decide the best way to help Damon.

"We have other problems to worry about." Kevin announced to Bonnie, Mason and Ric.

"Now what?" Mason demanded.

"Aren't you curious about that sound that incapacitated us?" Kevin asked. When Mason looked at him expectantly he continued. "It was an ultrasonic signal audible to only K-9s and wolves. Given that we can hear, on average, 40,000 hertz above that which a human can hear, I designed a signal that would be audible to us, but not normal humans."

"Enough with the geek speak!" Mason snapped. "What did that sound mean?"

"It's a homing signal." Ryan said. "We use it to summon-"

"Tyler." Mason finished the though.

"You mean Tyler's on his way here?" Ric stated. "Oh shit."

"How much time we got?" Ric asked.

"Given the speed he moves, my guess is that he'll be her at any moment." Kevin confirmed their worst case scenario.

"Hold on guys." Mason interrupted the group. He took a few tentative steps and looked around. "He's here." Mason turned and looked at the group. Lightning crashed above, the storm was still threatening to break. The illumination gave Mason a glimpse of a terrifying sight and his eyes widened in horror. Tyler was right behind them, trying to uses the trees to shield his approach.

"SCATTER!" Mason bellowed.

They all moved to comply as Wolf Tyler burst onto the scene. He knocked Kevin to the ground as he charged through, but the rest were able to leap out of the way in time.

Wolf Tyler kept moving until he was at the tree in which Damon using to keep Carmen and Diego at bay. Counting on his super speed and massive size, Wolf Tyler plowed into the tree. Damon was unprepared for the impact and lost his footing. He plummeted towards the three waiting werewolves.

"No!" Bonnie cried out even from the ground where she landing after leaping out of Wolf Tyler's path. She moved her had in a sweeping motion and caught Damon mid air, right before Wolf Tyler could get a hold of him. She flung Damon non-too gently into a bigger tree that was near by. So rough was the toss that his midsection crashed into a branch knocking the wind out of him. He began to slide off of the branch, but recovered quickly. He righted himself and leapt higher as all of the werewolves were now trying to reach him in this tree.

"That hurt!" Damon yelled at Bonnie.

"Sorry!" She called out as Mason helped her up. She hadn't meant to throw him so hard. She just reacted.

"You ok?" Mason asked her. She nodded. She looked around. Ric, Kevin and Ryan were walking her way. She could see Tim heading towards her was well. She looked at her would be kidnappers.

"You two go get Jeremy." Bonnie ordered. "We may have to leave quickly and I'm not going anywhere without him."

"But the traps!" Ryan objected.

"Figure it out!" Bonnie screamed. Kevin actually jumped in surprise and fright before he and Ryan ran off to comply with her orders.

"We gotta help the Damon." Ric said urgently.

"How?" Mason asked. "There is no way we are match for Tyler, let alone Carmen and Diego as well."

"We can't just leave him!" Ric yelled.

"I didn't say we should!" Mason hollered back. Bonnie stepped in between them.

"Guys! Not helping!" She yelled exasperated. She turned to look at the werewolves and Damon. She sighed. "It's a shame I don't have the Moonstone. I could use it to turn Diego and Carmen human. That way we'd only have to deal with Tyler."

"You may not have it, but I do." Mason said reaching into pocket and pulling out the mystical stone.

"Mason! I could kiss you!" Bonnie exclaimed taking the stone.

"I won't stop you." Mason said with a small smile.

"We don't have time for this." Ric interrupted.

"Now I just need Tim to tell me the spell." Bonnie said and she turned to see the witch getting closer.

"It's a fairly simply spell actually as the Moon Stone does all of the work." Tim explained as he walked towards Bonnie and the others. "We just have to focus on regulating the flow of energy." Suddenly the entire group was pointing in his direction and screaming warnings. Tim turned to see Russ barreling his way. Thought his hands were bound by Tim's spell, his legs were free to act. Using his super speed, lowered his shoulder and plowed into Tim's chest. The witch was knocked off his feet and slammed into a nearby tree. He slumped to the ground unconscious.

Russ looked at the group with a sadistic smile on his face. With Tim indisposed the spell the bound his hands was broken. "None of you are getting out of here alive." he declared. That was all he could say before one of Ric's tranquilizer darts stabbed into his neck.

"That's enough out of you, Crazy." Ric stated lowering his gun. He checked his ammo. "Only one tranquilizer left. Gotta make it count."

"Maybe you can shoot it into Carmen or Diego?" Mason suggested. "That'll get one of them out of our hair long enough for us to deal with Tyler."

"Doable." Ric stated as he aimed his gun at Wolf Diego.

"No!" Bonnie said as she pushed his gun down. He looked at her confused. "Shoot the dart into Tyler." Bonnie instructed.

"What? Why?" Ric questioned. "We don't even know that it will slow him down."

"It should be enough." Bonnie replied.

"Enough for what?" Ric asked.

"I am going to use the Moonstone to turn Carmen and Diego back into human form." Bonnie explained.

"But Tim's down. You don't know the spell." Mason objected.

"I can do this. I know I can." Bonnie said with so much confidence she surprised herself. There was something about what Tim said before Russ took him out: let the moonstone do all the work. Her focus would be controlling the energy flow so the Moonstone doesn't suck the life out of her. She took a couple of steps towards the three werewolves who were still holding Damon captive in the tree.

"You ready?" she asked Ric.

"Let's do this." Ric said. He aimed his rifle at Wolf Tyler. "Just say when."

Bonnie took a few more steps forward. She lifted the stone in the air. Sunlight triggered the first transformation so she was fairly certain Moonlight would reverse the spell. She looked the sky. It was still dark with pregnant thunder clouds.

"Come on!" She quietly urged the clouds to break and let the moonlight through. "I just need on ray of light!"

Then it happened. The clouds opened up just slightly. Bonnie wasn't sure if God was listening at the moment or if her powers somehow caused the clouds to move. She also didn't care; she was just grateful it happened.

"Now!" she yelled to Ric. Taking carful aim, he fired his last tranquilizer dart into the hind of Wolf Tyler. The beast yelped in pain. He turned and surveyed the situation. Sensing Ric as a credible threat, Tyler growled and charged at the history teacher. Only Mason's supernatural speed kept Ric from becoming a victim of Tyler's voracious jaws.

"Take cover! I'll try to distract him!" Mason ordered.

Meanwhile, Wolf Diego and Wolf Carmen maintained their interest in Damon. Their constant vigil prevented the vampire from descending from the tree.

Bonnie felt the moonlight hit the moonstone and the Stone came alive. She felt it fighting to take her life essence. She struggled to maintain her life. The effort dropped her to her knees. Bonnie focused. She refused to be weak again. Bonnie centered her powers within herself and concentrated on controlling the moonstone. She felt stone resisting her. She exerted more power and brought the stone under subjection. It felt like it took hours.

In reality it took less than 5 seconds.

Bonnie rose to her feet and walked towards Carmen and Diego. As if sensing her intentions, both werewolves turned to give Bonnie their undivided attention. They charged.

"Bonnie! Watch out!" Damon cried. The warning fell on deaf ears. Bonnie was too focused on maintaining control over the Moonstone. Damon descended the tree as fast as he could, rushing to Bonnie's aid.

Bonnie felt the Stone yearning to discharge its energies. It wanted to use her as a conduit to release all of the potential locked inside. Bonnie was determined to let it happen. However instead of a chaotic explosion like at the theme park, it would be measured and regulated under her control.

She had only a split second to react. Wolf Carmen and Diego were almost upon her. Trusting her instincts she released the energy at the two stampeding werewolves. Bolts of black energy shot from the stone. Bonnie cried out in pain. Now the energy was free, it was harder to moderate the flow and prevent the Stone from draining her dry. The energy hit the wolves just as they leapt in the air to tackle her. Diego slammed into her, knocking her to the ground as Carmen sailed over them.

The Moonstone flew from her hand, but she didn't care. She struggled frantically, trying to get the beast off of her before he could do serious harm. She shouldn't have been so concerned. Diego wasn't trying to bite her however. That would have been impossible as he was in the process of mutating back into a human. Bonnie had never seen the transformation process before and now she had the opportunity to see it up close and personal. It wasn't a pretty sight and seemed very painful.

Suddenly Damon was above her. He effortlessly tossed Diego aside and scooped her up in his arms.

"Bonnie! Are you already?" he exclaimed.

"I'm fine." Bonnie said, even as she clung to his chest. She continued to watch Diego and Carmen morph back into humans. "I'm fine." She repeated absently.

"What the hell were you thinking!" Damon yelled. "You could have been killed."

"But I wasn't." Bonnie replied. "Put me down, please." Damon complied, but kept his arms around her. "Look." Bonnie said, pointing at Diego and Carmen. "It worked!"

Diego and Carmen both lay on the ground, sweating, naked and human. Bonnie couldn't tell if they were unconsciousness or not.

"Come on." Bonnie said as she moved toward the siblings. "We have to help them."

Damon didn't walk with her. "I think you are forgetting about something, Bonnie." She turned to face him to see what he meant. He pointed in the distance at Wolf Tyler and Mason who were parrying with one another. "We still have the main event to deal with."

"Oh shit." Bonnie said. "Damon, help me find the moonstone. Maybe I can transform Tyler too." She began to look around for the fallen stone.

"Do you really think it will be that easy?" Damon asked.

"Less talk and more looking." Bonnie ordered.

Suddenly they heard Mason cry out. Wolf Tyler had knocked him to the ground and was standing over him. Ric ran up and use the butt of his gun club Tyler in the head. The wolf leapt forward, catching Ric by the pants leg. He shook his head viciously before tossing him aside.

"We don't have time for find the stone!" Damon announced. He spotted the enchanted chain, scooped it up and raced towards Wolf Tyler. Using it as a whip, he cracked it into Wolf Tyler's side drawing blood. The beast yelled in pain. Tyler snarled and then charged Damon.

"Bonnie!" Damon called out. He would need her help for what he was planning. Instead of running away, Damon ran at Tyler. He had to time this perfectly. While he was running, he formed a loop at the end of the chain.

"NOW!" he yelled to Bonnie. When he was 10 feet in front of Tyler, he leapt in the air and somersaulted over the werewolf. He let the loop hang low while he was in the air. Bonnie used her powers to guide the chain and it fastened securely around Tyler's neck.

Damon landed behind the wolf and Tyler bucked wildly, trying to get the chain off.

"What do I do?" Damon as he struggled to hold on to the chain.

"Assert your will!" Bonnie instructed him as she ran towards the pair. "Get him to do what you want him to do."

"Ok, sit!" Damon yelled at Tyler. The giant werewolf continued to thrash around trying to free himself. "Heel!" Damon yelled. Nothing happened. "It's not working!" Damon snapped at Bonnie.

"Try something simpler!" Bonnie ordered.

"Like what?" Damon asked.

"Like what you really what him to do." Bonnie said as she got what she deemed close enough. Ric and Mason were heading towards her. Ric was limping from the bite to his leg from Tyler. They were carrying Tim in between them.

"What I really want is for him to calm down!" Damon yelled. Instantly Tyler ceased all activity. The great beast stopped thrashing and simply looked Damon.

"I can't believe that actually worked." Mason stated in awe.

"Now what?" Damon asked. He looked at Wolf Tyler. Although he was being obedient, Damon knew the beast wanted nothing more then to render him limb from limb. "Lie down." Damon ordered the werewolf and Tyler complied.

"Let's get the others and hightail it back to Mystic Falls tonight." Ric answered. "We got what we came to Abingdon for."

"First we get Jeremy." Bonnie said as she began to walk towards the entrance of the cave. "Kevin and Ryan should have been back with him by now."

Mason shifted all of Tim's weight to Ric. "I'll help you look." He said as he followed Bonnie towards the cave. They didn't get too far before Mason stopped her by gently grabbing her shoulder.

"What's wrong?" Bonnie asked.

"I hear something." Mason explained. "Someone's coming out of the cave. They watched the entrance of the cave. Nothing happened at first and then Kevin appeared. He was bleeding slightly from his forehead. Seconds later Ryan appeared. He was carrying an unconscious Jeremy over his shoulder.

"What took you guys so long?" Bonnie asked as she ran to meet them at the mouth of the cave.

"I told you there were traps." Kevin answered. He raised his hand to wipe the blood that was trickling down his head. "Some of them were very dangerous and hard to avoid."

"Is Jeremy alright?" Bonnie asked. Ryan laid him down on the ground and Bonnie was kneeling next to him."

"He's fine." Ryan confirmed. "One of Russ's traps involved sleeping gas. Jeremy doesn't have our accelerated healing so he is knocked out from that."

"Sleeping gas?" Mason echoed. He looked further into the cave. "What the hell do you all have back there?"

"You don't wanna know." Kevin said quickly.

"Now that the gangs all here can we get going?" Ric asked as he approached the group with Tim in his arms. He struggled to walk on his hurt leg.

"Wait!" Kevin exclaimed. "Before you go I have so many questions. Like who are all of you? How did you subdue Tyler and why is he a werewolf all of the time? How long have you-"

"Whoa – slow down there!" Bonnie said standing to face Kevin. "We don't have time to answer all of your questions right now."

"You have less time than you think." A voice said from behind them. They all turned to find Malachi and several of his vampire minions.

"YOU!" Kevin stated as he backed into the cave.

"You remembered me - I'm flattered." Malachi stated with false nicety.

Bonnie, who is this ass hat?" Damon called from where he stood with Wolf Tyler still on the chain. The werewolf stood as well and was growling loudly. He was mirroring Damon's feelings.

Malachi turned to face Damon. "You must be Damon Salvatore. It's a pleasure to meet you." Instantly the vampire was at Damon side. Impossibly, he punched his hand through Damon's chest. Before the Salvatore could even cry out in pain, Malachi hurl his body at the others by the cave and latched on to the chain bound Tyler.

"Damon!" Bonnie cried as he landed in front of them. He was coughing up blood and gasping for air.

"Is he still alive?" Ric asked? He'd lain Tyler down and was at Damon's side with Bonnie.

"I think so." Bonnie said as Damon continued to sputter blood. "He missed his heart."

"It wasn't my intent to kill him." Malachi replied as though Bonnie insulted him. "I delegate grunt like that to my associates."

"What do you want?" Bonnie demanded.

"Oh Miss Bennett – you've already given me so much." Malachi replied. "I mean, you were kind enough to capture Tyler and hand him over. Not only that, but you gave me the Moonstone as well." The vampire stated holding up the arcane gem. "What more could I ask for?"

Mason turned to Bonnie. "How did he-"

"It was knocked out of my hand when I transformed the other two." Bonnie cut him off to explain. "I looked for it, but he must have found it first."

"Now that you have what came for, why don't you just get out of here?" Ryan demanded.

"He's not going anywhere with Tyler!" Mason announced. He started to advance toward, but Bonnie put out a restraining hand. She knew what Malachi was capable of, even if Mason seemed to have forgotten.

"Don't presume to command me, animal!" Malachi snapped. It was shocking. That was the first time the gang had ever seen him lose his cool.

"What's going on?" Russ asked and he rose from the ground. Ric's tranquilizer dart had worn off and he was waking up. His timing couldn't have been worse.

"Hello Russ." Malachi stated smiling at the dazed werewolf.

Russ blanched. Malachi was here! This can't be good.

"I'm so glad you've awoken. I've been looking for way to test Bonnie's handiwork. I know she is the millennial witch, but one can never be too cautious."

With that Malachi lurched forward with Tyler. At his command Tyler savagely attached Russ. The gang all cried out in horror. The wanted to help, but they all knew they would never make it past the 10 vampires to get to Russ in time for it to mean anything.

Tyler brutally ripped Russ apart. Malachi watched from closed range with sadistic glee in his eyes. One Tyler finished, he turned to face Bonnie with admiration.

"I must admit, you do nice work." he complimented her. "This chain is quite useful."

"Go to hell!" Bonnie bit out.

Malachi smiled. "Perhaps one day, but not today. I do have to leave however." Malachi said with fake regret in his voice. "I'm afraid this is goodbye." Malachi looked at the 10 other vampires he bought with him. "Kill them." he instructed simply. "If any of them survive the night your lives are forfeit."

He then turned to Tyler. "It's time for us to go. Do try and keep up." With blinding speed, Malachi left the area with Tyler.

'Thisisgoingtobeaslaughter!' Bonnie thought to herself. She and the rest of the crew began to back up as the Malachi's minions strategically approached them. Bonnie took a quick look at her companions. Damon was down and Ric wounded. Mason should be able to fight, but she didn't know about Ryan or Kevin. They both seem scared to death of Malachi and were now devastated at the loss of Russ.

A desperate thought hit her. Perhaps they didn't have to fight.

She sent a telekinetic waive the all of the vampires knocking them all back a few feet. "Everyone in the cave!" Bonnie ordered. Mason hefted Damon over his shoulder and ran into the cave while Kevin helped Ric get Tim inside. Ryan grabbed the still unconscious Jeremy while on his retreat further in the cave. Since they were already at the opening of the crevasse, it didn't take long for them to scurry in. Once they were through the door Bonnie cast a barrier spell.

One of the vampire tried to follow using his super speed. He bounced off of the invisible barrier, landing 10 feet away with a loud thud.

"What is this?" another of the vampires asked as he placed his hand on the barrier.

"It called magic, dummy!" Bonnie sneered from safely in the cave.

"You think this will stop us?" the vampire asked. With a nod to the other vampires they all appeared at his side and began to pound on the barrier.

Ric hobbled to Bonnie's side. "Can they break through?" he asked her quietly.

"No," Bonnie confirmed shaking her head. "They don't have enough power." Ric stumbled and lost his balance. He leaned on Bonnie for support. "You're leg is really hurt. You should get off of it." Bonnie advised.

"I'm fine." Ric dismissed her concern.

Bonnie didn't believe him, be decided to move on anyway. She looked at the others in the cave. Ryan and Kevin were leaning against the wall of the cave, not speaking. Bonnie suspected they were in some state of shock after the night's events. Jeremy was still out and Mason sat down next to a convalescing Damon. From where she stood at the mouth of the cave watching the vampires pound futilely on her barrier, she couldn't tell how her injured cohort was doing.

"How's Damon?" Bonnie called out.

"Well, he's alive." Mason answered. He moved to join Bonnie and Ric. "Barely, though. This was will be a painful recovery. I don't think me moving him didn't help matters." Mason added. He looked at the vampires pounding away. "What's our game plan?"

"I don't know." Ric answered. "Maybe there's another way out of this cave that one of them can tell us about." He pointed at Kevin and Ryan.

"I don't know. They said they have some crazy traps in here." Mason replied. "Bonnie, what do you think?"

"I think you both are over thinking this." Bonnie said. She walked closer to her barrier to address the vampires. They stopped long enough to hear her out. "You guys have lost and don't even know it." Bonnie began with a smirk on her face. "We don't have to fight you to win this battle. We just have to wait you out. Soon the sun will be up and you'll be force to leave here or be burned alive."

"Didn't your master say he was going to kill you all if just one of us survives?" Mason asked. "Just imagine how pissed he is going to be when he learns we all survived the night."

"Your only option is to get out of town." Ric added. "If I were you I'd get a head start by taking off right now."

"Do you think we scare that easily, meat?" a vampire asked. "We are not worried because you will not survive the night!"

"Well, you can't break down the barrier to come get us." Bonnie said resolutely.

"We don't have to." The vampire said sadistically. "You are going to come out to us."

"And why would we so something as stupid as that?" Ric asked.

"I'll show you why." The vampire replied. He bolted away quickly and returned just as fast. When he came back, however, he wasn't alone. He had the unconscious Carmen in his grasp.

"You'll come out or we'll snap kill this bitch." The vampire said holding Carmen by the neck.

Seeing that sight ignited a fire within Mason, Kevin and Russ. The three werewolves rushed the toward the barrier shouting obscenities.

"Let her go!" Mason growled. Bonnie threw herself in his path to prevent him from exiting the cave. He tossed her aside. She could see Kevin and Ryan approaching as well. She quickly focused on the barrier and changed the spell so that it wouldn't only keep vampires out, but keep werewolves in as well.

"What's wrong with you guys!" Bonnie yelled. As the three lupines bounced against the barrier.

"It's instinctive pack mentality." The vampire replied. "They see one of their own in trouble and they have to help. Especially if the trouble is caused by a vampire. They can't help really – they're animals driven by their primal desires."

Ric chuckled. "You're not the palest vampire on the block, are you? Right now, you just have Carmen. If we come out, you'll have us as well. What incentive do we have to come out there?"

"You may not care, Meat, but clearly the animal does." The vampire taunted. "Surely you are not just going to let us kill one of your own."

Mason wanted to rip his throat out. He again started to approach the barrier and Bonnie moved to stop him. She didn't want to have to explain that she cast a spell to prevent him from leaving. Mason was so enraged that he effortlessly Bonnie to the ground.

"Hey!" Ric yell as he hobbled to Bonnie side. He crashed on the ground next to her.

"I'm fine, but do you see you're acting crazy, Mason!" Bonnie yelled. "You have to calm down!"

"I'm sorry Bonnie." Mason apologized. "I'm getting away from these from these assholes." Mason stated. He walked away from the front of the cave with Kevin and Russ in tow.

"Are you ok, Ric?" Bonnie asked him. He was pale and sweating.

"I'm fine." Ric stated, but he couldn't stand on his own.

"No, you're not." Bonnie said wiping sweat from his forehead. "You've lost a lot of blood from the bite in your leg."

"Hey, look at the plus side. I'm not a vampire so at least it's not fatal to me."

"It will be if it gets infected. She took off her tank top and wrapped it around the bite in his leg.

"Put your shirt back on!" Ric ordered. "You're my student. I don't think it's appropriate for me to see you in your underwear." Ric stated. Bonnie gave him a quizzical look and wondered if he was delusional. Her reply was simple however.

"Shut up."

"You're pathetic!" the vampire yelled at Mason. He dropped Carmen carelessly let Carmen's unconscious body fall to the ground. He turned his back on the cave.

A desperate idea struck Bonnie. Carmen was so close! Just on the other side of the barrier! If she could grab her, maybe she could pull her in to safety. Cautiously, Bonnie reached out and grabbed Carmen's wrist. Once she had it she began to pull Carmen through the barrier. Suddenly the vampire had her by the wrist.

"Gotcha!" He yelled. In one fluid motion he threw her from the cave. Bonnie flew through the air and landed hard.

"Bonnie!" Ric yelled.

"No Ric!" Bonnie yelled. "Stay in there!"

"What's going on?" Mason stated as he got to back to the front of the cave. He saw Bonnie out there and went nuts. "Bonnie!" he yelled. He tried to exit the cave after her but bounced off of the barrier. "What the hell is this!" Mason questioned as he put his hands flat against the barrier.

"Both of you stay there!" Bonnie said standing. "I'll be back in there in a minute."

"You're not going anywhere." The vampire who threw her out of the cave informed her.

"Oh really?" Bonnie asked with a raised eyebrow. "Who's going to stop me?"

"We are." he stated. Bonnie was suddenly surrounded by all 10 vampires.

"Let's see what you got." Bonnie said. She envisioned a wave of telekinetic force pulsating from her body and tapped into her powers which caused that to happen. All 10 vampires were simultaneously thrown backwards.

"Damn." Mason whispered impressed at her powers.

Bonnie began to run furiously to the cave. Without warning one of the vampires was in front of her. Using her powers Bonnie tossed him aside.

"Behind you!" Mason cried urgently.

Bonnie turned and used her powers again to toss another vampire. The rushed her from all sides and Bonnie repelled each and every one of them. It was like watching bumper cars. They approached time and time again and in each instance Bonnie shot them away.

With a signal to the other they stopped charging Bonnie and surrounded her.

"I am impress, witch. You're more powerful than I thought."

"So you give up now?" Bonnie asked.

"Hardly. You see, it's still hours from sunrise. We can keep this up forever. Can you?"

"Forever it is then." Bonnie said with false bravado. The truth of the matter is she was tiring fast! She didn't know how many more attacks she could repel. The vampires charged again and again Bonnie pushed them away.

Then suddenly one got through. He punched Bonnie in the face, knocking her to the ground. With her defenses breached the other vampires attached in earnest. She felt one kick her in the back. Suddenly two vampires had her by the arms. Her feet were off of the ground.

The main vampire approach and slap her viciously across the face which caused her nose to bleed. He then licked the blood off of her face.

"Sweet." He said in reference to her blood.

Bonnie could hear Mason and the other crying out to her, begging her to drop the barrier. Her attention was brought back to the vampire when he roughly grabbed her by the face.

"You were a lot of trouble." He said. "I think I deserve a treat for all of my hard work." He bared his fangs to bite Bonnie. However, rather that bite her on the neck, he bit her left breast, right above where her bra ended.

"AHHH!" Bonnie cried out in pain. The vampire stopped and smiled.

"You really are delicious." He said. He used his finger to wipe up blood from the wound and shoved it in her mouth. "Taste it. It's the sweetest blood I've ever had." He looked at Bonnie. "What? No snappy comebacks anymore."

"Fuck you." Bonnie sputtered.

"Not a terrible idea," he said as he trailed his finger between her cleavage. "Maybe I should take you right to the mouth of the cave and have your friends watch as take you."

Thunder cracked overhead again getting everyone's attention. Bonnie used that distraction to free herself from the two vampires and dashed to the cave.

She was almost there and then the vampire was on her again. He had her by the neck and slammed her against the rocks.

Bonnie extended her hand. She was almost through the opening. If she could just get her hand inside, maybe the others could pull her free.

"You're so close." He taunted her. "And yet, not closed enough." He leaned in close . "Any last words?" He asked. He bit her ear just to mess with her.

Suddenly the heavens opened up and the storm that had been threatening to break arrived. It wasn't just a drizzle or a rain shower. This was a full thunderstorm, drenching them all in seconds.

"Yeah," Bonnie said breathlessly. "BURN!"

Using her powers, Bonnie turned the water on the vampire to fire. He let her go, and he floundered around in agony. The other vampires watched in shocked horror, the fire burned him alive in seconds.

Bonnie wasn't done there. She turned to face the rest of her attackers. Simultaneously the all started on fire. Some tried to run away.

"You don't get away that easy!" Bonnie declared. Before the rain could even hit the ground Bonnie was turning it to fire. Fire literally rained from the skies for a 5 mile radius. All for vampires were engulfed in the inferno. Bonnie ignored their chilling moans as they burned to death.

"Bonnie!" Mason cried out. "Stop it! They're all dead! You'll bring down the whole forest!"

Realizing he was right, Bonnie stopped her assault. Some trees and shrubs had already caught fire due to her magic. She hoped the rain would put it out. She looked at the cave and undid the barrier spell.

She walked in with her hand on her head, exhausted from the extreme use of her powers.

"Come on. Let's go home." She said before promptly passing out in Mason's arms.

END CHAPTER

So there you have the very long chapter 4! I hope you enjoyed it! Please write a review and let me know what you thought of it!

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