Play With Fire (Kai Parker)

Chapter 32

"He is going with us." I state.

"Let me make this perfectly clear: the psychopath is not going with us Quinn." Damon is now on his feet and walking to where Bonnie is standing.

"Sociopath." Kai corrects him which makes a Damon roll his eyes. He walks over and places himself right next to me.

"Let me make this perfectly clear," I step forward to meet Damon, "he is going with us. If he doesn't come with us then I'm staying here with him and you two can go back."

"Quinn.." Bonnie chimes in.

"No. I'm not leaving him here all alone." My eyes dart between the two of them. "Now what's it going to be Damon? Are we all going or just you and Bonnie?"

He squints his eyes at me looking annoyed and then he lets out a sigh. "Fine! He can come but if he kills anyone in the real world, the blood is on your hands Quinn."

"Great! Now that we wasted our time on that, we need to find the spot for the spell." Kai claps his hands together.

"The spot?" I look up at him.

"You have to use the ascendant to find the center of the eclipse. I can do it, if you'd like." He looks to Bonnie.

"I don't think so." She shakes her head.

"Bonnie we don't have time for this! Give him the ascendant." I throw my hands in the air.

She sighs and hands him the tool we need to get out of here. He takes it and walks out of the compound to the empty streets of New Orleans. He brings the ascendant up to his eye and almost looks through it.

"We actually aren't far from the spot." He says as he continues to walk.

We all follow in suit behind him wondering where he is going to take us. He walks a couple more feet before stopping in the middle of Bourbon Street.

"This way." He ushers.

We continue to follow him for what feels like forever when we reach the cemetery I took Kai to. He walks through the metal gate and then stops.

"This is it." He turns to us, handing the ascendant to Bonnie. "Now this spell is a hard one. You might need two people to do it. I mean my father had a whole coven to back him up."

"Quinn can help me, right?" She turns to me.

Before I could answer Kai speaks. "She doesn't know the spell but I do."

He turns his body completely so now it is facing me.

"Mind if I steal some magic?" He asks quietly.

I nod my head letting him know it's okay. He takes my hands in his, shutting his eyes pulling my magic out of me. My grip tightens at the feeling of the energy being sucked out of me.

"What are you doing?" Damon questions.

"He can't do magic on his own." I say while Kai detaches our hands. "So he has to siphon it."

Kai turns to Bonnie and asks if she is ready. She nods her head and pricks her finger with the sharp part of the ascendant. She carefully drips the blood into the center of the object making it open.

"Quinn come hold onto my arm. Damon, hold onto Bonnie. You need to be touching us in order for you to be pulled out." Kai instructs.

I lace my arm around Kai's and Damon places his hand on Bonnies shoulder. Kai holds onto Bonnies wrist as we wait for the solar eclipse. As soon as the moons hides the sun they start chanting. The spell is long and repetitive but it doesn't take long for a bright white light to illuminate the cemetery.

It reminds me of the light that showed up before I got sent to this place. The wind picks up slightly as it gets harder to see. The light is blinding so I shield me eyes with my free hand.

The next couple events happen so fast. We are all being pulled together into a void where everything goes dark for a brief moment. When we come to I notice we are standing in the center of the Salvatore living room.

"It actually worked." I look around the room when I hear the front door open.

Caroline and Elena are walking into the foyer when they pause at the sight of me. Caroline's hands go up to her mouth in shock and Elena runs down to me. She throws her arms around my shoulders and hugs me tight.

I have been waiting for this moment for the past couple months. I feel another pair of arms wrap around me and when I open my eyes I see that it is Caroline. We stay like this for a little but eventually break.

"I can't believe you're here!" Elena squeals but then her face drops at Kai who is standing behind me. "Who's this?"

"Oh I'm Kai." He gives a small wave.

"I thought you weren't bringing him back with you..." Elena looks to Damon.

"We weren't going to but Quinn insisted he come." He drops down onto the couch. Her and Caroline look at me with a confused expression.

"I hate to cut this reunion short but I have places to be." Kai speaks up before he heads to the door. He pauses at the top step and turns to look at me. "You coming?"

"I can't just leave." I walk over to him." I just got back, I'd like to spend time with my friends."

"We could come back after I- you know." He hides what he is going to say because he doesn't want to say it in front of everyone.

I stare up watching him nod his head as he sucks in his bottoms lip. I know he doesn't want to go off on his own by himself. His plan to kill his father has been at the front of his mind the entire time he was locked up. He is eager to carry out his plan but I can't go with him right now. I can't leave my friends now that I just got them back. I give him a look that says I'm sorry without actually having to say the words.

"Okay." His eyes are on the floor. He takes a step towards the wooden door to leave when it opens.

Standing there is the face I never thought I'd see again. The face that I fell in love with all those years ago. My eyes go wide as nerves take over my body at the sight of him.

"Stefan.." I whisper.

He stops in his place staring at me, taking me in to make sure he is seeing me correctly. Confusion spreads across his face as his eyes move from mine to everyone else's. They land back on me still having the same expression on his face.

"Quinn?"

Ohhhhh shit 😳