unforgivably: (and to that I drink)

[personal profile] unforgivably 2026-02-21 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
( Damon and Bonnie make their way inside until Bonnie gets a good sense of where they should be reaching out from. He calls out loud first to him, to try him get him there the easy way. Turning to Bonnie, he hopes out loud she doesn't have to kill him, but if she does, just close her eyes and think of Stefan. She tells him she's not killing him today. Jury's out on his brother.

She closes her eyes and reaches out, trying to get to Cade, who first brings her to a different destination in her mind.

Inside a coffee shop.

She frowns, looking around, before she realizes Cade is sitting across from her.

They banter about what she's doing and what she thinks she's going to get out of this. She explains that she's the negotiator. He can have Stefan, but Damon has terms. Cade makes it clear Stefan has nothing he wants, but Damon's contract isn't done. He does miss the brother-factor. He loves the poetry of siblings.

She says come back with her. He knows where she is.

Damon, in the cave, snaps a few times in front of her face before Cade's voice speaks from behind him. Is she okay?

She is. He wanted to speak alone. He doesn't negotiate with terrorists. Which, he laughs, thinking it's a wonderful line. Terrorism is everywhere and he waxes on about the broad definition.

But he is there in person when Liv wants to signal.
)
unforgivably: (here for planning with muscle)

[personal profile] unforgivably 2026-02-21 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
( Cade's speech is interrupted by the clangs of the bell and he doubles over in pain, skin, clothing and body solidifying and becoming corporeal.

Bonnie's able to move again, coming to, blinking back to the present as she takes in the sight. Damon, she says. He knows.
)

Now!
unforgivably: (katherine ✗ what are you doing)

[personal profile] unforgivably 2026-02-21 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
( Damon zooms to catch Liv, Bonnie shields her eyes. The ash rises leaving nothing behind. )

A little anticlimactic, but I'm not going to complain. You okay?
unforgivably: (and to that I drink)

[personal profile] unforgivably 2026-02-21 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Lighter, maybe?

( Maybe? He doesn't know. )

I feel great. Liv? ( currently in his arms. )
unforgivably: (elena ✗ escort)

[personal profile] unforgivably 2026-02-21 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
( Damon eyes Bonnie who steels herself, taking a breath. There is nowhere else to go. She's avoided enough. Damon does end up dropping her off back at home on the way. He can confirm Stefan has his humanity, but that's the extent of what she can handle. He's alive. And himself.

And Enzo is dead.

Damon takes everyone else back to the station. It's over.

(Not.)

The other shoe drops a few days later, when Kelly Donovan shows back up. But, that's a story for another time. For now, the devil is dead.
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Edited 2026-02-21 16:53 (UTC)