Lets Blow This Popstand!

Kai was sat, piloting a plane, Jerome sat behind him trying and failing to whistle. Bonnie was slumped against a wall of the cockpit, unconscious still.


"Ugh how much longer?"


"Not long. Not gonna appreciate my flying skills? I taught myself you know?"


"Where we goin again?"


"Portland, Oregon. Back to my family home. My annoying twin sister hid her magic in a knife, it should still be there. We get that, steal some of Bon-Bon's blood, go home. Easy." Kai responded without looking away from what he was doing.


"Yeah, sure. I'm gonna grab some things before we leave, necessities. Ya know, clothes, guns, knives. There any towns near your house?" Jerome asked whilst tapping multiple buttons on the console, causing Kai to smack his hands away.


"Unless you want us to crash, I suggest you stop touching things. And yeah, I guess, couple miles away. We'll be landing any moment now." Kai smiled, looking at the approaching landing strip.


Once they were on the ground, Kai lugged Bonnie over his shoulder and made his way to a row of cars, Jerome skipping behind him. Kai hotwired a black car, roughly placing Bonnie in the boot, before turning to Jerome who was staring at a black motorbike. Jumping on, Jerome giggled before starting the engine and turning to Kai.


"I'll meet you at your family home when I'm done. See ya!" Before Kai could say anything, Jerome has sped off, finding his way into town.


"Bye." Kai muttered before getting into the car and driving to his childhood home.










"Wakey wakey. Come here." Kai laughed, pulling a now awake Bonnie out of the trunk.


"How did I-"


"Get so lucky to arrive here in a private flight piloted by yours truly? Oh you would have been super impressed by my flying skills but I already knocked you out." Kai stated as he threw the bag onto the ground in front of Bonnie, whose hands were tied.


"Where are we?" Bonnie asked dazed.


"Portland, Oregon. Stomping grounds of Courtney Love, Tonya Harding and tons of other awesome people." Kai shrugged, opening a pocket knife.


"You could've brought me anywhere in the world, and you took me to Portland?" Bonnie asked, empathising Portland.


"This is where I grew up." Kai stated as he cut the ropes tying Bonnie's hands together.


"Ow!" Bonnie hissed as he nicked her with the knife.


"I've been counting eclipses since I was imprisoned on this empty planet. According to my running tally, I've been here for 6771 supernaturally repeating days. So, in the real world, which we'll never get back to because you sent your magic away in a teddy bear, today is my favourite day of the year." Kai sighed dramatically.


"And what day is that?"


"Thanksgiving. I'm cooking you dinner." Kai slammed the trunk shut, pointing the knife at Bonnie, biting his lip smiling before turning and walking to the massive house.


Bonnie looked around at her surrounding before her eyebrows came together, confused.


"Wait. Where's Jerome?!"


Turning around, continuing walking, Kai answered "He wanted to go shopping. Don't worry, he'll be back soon."


"Great." Bonnie sighed sarcastically before following Kai, rubbing her sore wrists.


"Oh, memories." Kai sighed as he walked up to his house, putting away his knife.


Toys littered the massive white houses porch, pink child bikes and a small blue toy trolley. Clearly home to multiple young children. Kai skipped up the stairs, kicking a toy truck out of his way.


"Pitter patter of little siblings feet. Witchy woo chanting in the air. Mom and Dad calling me an abomination."


"Why did you want to come back here?"


"Because I can finally show it to someone. My coven goes out of their way to make sure no one finds us but since they aren't here to be paranoid freak shows, mi casa es su casa. Come on." Kai grinned gesturing to the house before turning and walking through the front door.










Meanwhile, Jerome had found the town and was collecting supplies for when they got back. He laughed as he stuffed a shotgun into a black backpack alongside two revolvers and a multitude of knives. Smashing a store window, he jumped in and looked through the old fashion clothing. He figured he would look more dramatic if he wore clothing that would stand out. Entering the shop, he danced through the rows as a Madonna song played through the intercom. After a good ten minutes of looking, he grew bored and started to leave the shop when something caught his eye making him stop and turn around. Jumping up onto a stand where clothing was being modelled by plastic mannequins, he eyed a unique suit. The pants were grey checkered, the waist coat a matching pattern, the shirt a bright yellow with a tie that completed the strange look. He grabbed that and a nearby grey trench coat before stuffing it into the backpack with a pair of white gloves he found lying around. The suit was strange, stood out, but that's exactly what he wanted. He wanted to stand out, grab everyone's attention, let them all know Jerome Valeska was back in town.










Blood coated the walls as Kai walked past, wine bottle in hand, heading to the kitchen where Bonnie sat nervously.


"It smells great. Not exactly a turkey dinner, but it's what my family had in the fridge on May 10th, 1994." Kai began as he finished to preparing their food.


"Don't touch that." He commented as Bonnie picked up his pager and started inspecting it.


Bonnie laughed before asking, "Your pager? Why?"


"Because it's brand new, looks cool, and I don't want you to bust it." Kai winked at her before taking it off her and clipping it onto his jeans.


"Listen Kai, my magic's gone which means we will be stuck here forever. Why don't we just divide the world in half and go our separate ways?"


"I get it. I knocked you out, kidnapped you against your will. Can't you see I'm trying to apologise?"


"I will never trust you, or like you or enjoy your company for so much as one second, so just quit trying. Just let me leave here, unharmed."


"Fine. Can we at least have one last dinner conversation before you leave me alone with Jerome?" Kai accepted as he started to plate the food.


"So you agree? One last dinner, and then we peacefully go our separate ways?"


"In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I'll even let you take my car."


"How can I help?" Bonnie asked enthusiastically whilst grabbing the wine bottle with a smile on her face.


"Mmm mm mmm." Kai moaned as he savoured the taste of the food he made.


"Really? You've been eating that same piece for 45 minutes."


"Is it a crime to want to savour out last meal together?" Kai asked confused.


"I had Thanksgiving dinner with you. Now, you keep up your end of the deal and give me your car keys." Bonnie stuck her hand out, wanting to get out of there.


"I should probably teach you how the clutch works, it's finicky."


"Quit stalling and give me your keys."


"Fine, I'm stalling. But, don't you wanna hear how my story ends?" He asked, downing the rest of his wine.


"I've read the newspaper, you murdered your siblings and your coven sent you to live in this prison world."


"My family," Kai stressed, "sent me to this prison world. My father...the great coven leader, treated me like crap for 22 years and then locked me here. It's like his kids didn't even matter. Coven always came first, no matter what."


"Parents suck, am I right?" Jerome asked from his spot leaning on the doorframe. Bonnie jumped at the sudden appearance as Kai smirked at him.








"So, Jo agreed to the merge?" Bonnie asked, they were outside walking towards the old tree stump as Kai finished telling his story.


"Didn't see that coming." Jerome snickered, backpack over his shoulder, the weight pulling on his strained muscles.


"Well, we needed a celestial event. So, the plan was to use the power of the eclipse happening the next day. She even gathered our coven to help. They tricked me good." Kai said as he told of how his coven trapped him.


"Ouch." Jerome cringed as he leaned against the tree stump.


"Instead of using the power of the eclipse for the merge, my dad used it to send me here. And where did Jo's magic go? It made zero sense. Magic doesn't just, like, disappear. But then, you made yours disappear when you hid it in Miss Cuddles and it hit me. My sneaky little twin sister hid her magic..." Kai trailed off, digging around in the leaves in the tree stump, pulling out a sharp hunting knife, blowing the dirt of it.


"In this."


"Hmm. Still there." Bonnie noted nervously.


"Still here, and still full of magic." He started to move closer to Bonnie who shuffled away from him slowly.


"Well it was. I just sucked it out." Kai said as he siphoned the power, levitating the knife in the air.


"You have magic again. Good for you."


"I also have the ascendant."


"It doesn't matter because you need a Bennett witch to do the spell."


"About that, I've watched you do the spell twice now. I don't think I need a Bennett witch to do the spell. I think all I actually need is Bennett blood." Kai twisted the knife smirking.


Bonnie stepped back, trying to get away, but Jerome grabbed her arms from behind, pinning her to his chest and stopping her from moving. Darting forward, Kai stabbed the knife into her stomach, over the old wound, causing her to groan and fall limp into Jerome's arms. Letting go of her, he watched as she fell to ground and chuckled. Kai bending down and grabbing a syringe out of his pocket, collecting her blood before standing and smirking at Jerome.


They were finally getting out of there.














Kai and Jerome were sat in the backseat of a cab, Kai having had to put a cloaking spell over Jerome as his scars and red hair made him extremely recognisable.


"You ever worn skinny jeans? Ah it seems wrong. I'm all bunched up. Also, why are jeans so tight when phones are so big?" Kai asked, shifting uncomfortably in his seat as he glanced down at the offending item.


"I don't know what to tell you, pal." The driver sighed annoyed, Jerome having to stop himself laughing as Kai only had enough stolen power left to cloak him, the driver could still hear him if he made a noise.


"Oh, god. I'm that guy, right? That guy that won't shut up. Ugh, I hate that guy. I just sat next to that guy on the plane. He was the worst." Kai complained about Jerome, causing him to glare at Kai and stomp on his foot as hard as he could, Kai letting out a quiet groan of pain.


"Hey, speaking of planes, have you flown recently? What's with the whole liquid situation? And the stripping before you go through security thing? It's weird." Kai wondered as he leant forward and rested against the driver seat.


"They're worried about terrorists."


"Okay, well, I'm sorry but the real terrorists are some of them people taking of their shoes. I know, I'm chatty. Sorry. I've just been in prison for a while. Well, not like a regular prison, more like a-"


"All right, we're here." The driver huffed, pulling into a parking space.


"Special kind of-" Kai mumbled.


"That'll be 30." Jerome snickered at the drivers annoyance.


"What was that?!" The driver turned around alarmed at the sound, the laugh somehow familiar, Jerome was famous in and around Mystic Falls.


"What was what?" Kai asked as he shot Jerome a look, returning to digging through his jeans pocket.


"Here take this," He handed the driver a ten dollar bill," Hang on. I got it, I got it. Oh hey gum! Nice." Kai popped the gum into his mouth, throwing the wrapper out the window.


"Come on, buddy, I don't have all day. Let's go."


"I got it. Hold on."


Growing angry at the drivers tone, Jerome spotted a pair of discarded headphones on the floor and picked them up. Kai seeing what he was doing, dropped the cloaking spell and sighed.


"That'll do."


"Wha- Oh my god!" The driver exclaimed seeing Jerome's smirking, scared face in the mirror.


"You were dead!" Before he could say anything else or shout for help, Jerome rushed forward and wrapped the cord around his neck, suffocating him.


Lifting the collar of his trench coat and ducking his head down, Jerome stepped out of the car as Kai placed the headphones in the dead guys ears, making it look like he was just asleep, before following after Jerome. Jerome had changed into the suit he took so he hurried to the building before he was noticed, he didn't want to be noticed before his big reveal.


"Thank you!" Kai hit the top of the taxi in thanks before following after him, running to catch up, prompting a laugh from Jerome.



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