1. Interrogation
The lights flashed on in the cold room. She sat in a chair with her hands on the lone table in front of her, she had no need to blink rapidly as the sudden light made no impact on her sight. She searched the room in front of her and found it empty. Suddenly a hand roughly grabbed the back of her head and violently smashed it onto the table in front of her.
"Where is she?" Demanded the rough voice.
She laughed as she slowly started to lift her head and shook it lightly. "Never start with the head." She said as she continued to laugh. "It makes the victim all fuzzy."
"Where is she?" Demanded the rough voice again, a little louder this time as he rounded the front of the table to face her. He slammed his fist down on top of her open hand and she laughed again in return. He stared down at her in anger and surprise as this would shatter a human's hand and they would be in incredible pain.
She looked at her hand and then up at him, the tall lean and blonde vampire that was leaning down on the table with his hands. He is glaring at her angrily and she smirks. "See?" She questions shaking her head again as she had no reaction to his fist pounding onto her hand. He lunged forward immediately and grabs her in a death grip pulling her across the table and to his face.
"Where… is… she?" He questioned slowly and with menace in his voice as he glared into her eyes with hatred.
"Who?" She asked with a laugh and her eyebrows scrunched together. He pulled her off the table and slammed her into the wall as she continued to laugh. Not only was he frustrated that he was getting nowhere so far with the questioning but he didn't understand how this woman could simply laugh through the brutality he was putting her through.
"You know who I am talking about." He said with a hiss as she slid to the floor and he stood over her. "Sookie. I know you have her."
She looked up at him with a sinister smile plastered on her face and Eric threw his fist down and connected it hard on her chin. Blood flew out of her mouth as her head swung to the side from the shear force of the blow. She laughed and Eric growled. "Tell me something…" She said holding her hand up to him and grabbing onto the bottom part of his shirt. He looked down upon her with distain and watched the trickle of blood drain from the corner of her mouth. "What is the date and time? I seem to have lost track after being locked in your basement for so long."
"What does that matter?" He asked with his voice coming out as a grumble.
"Well… because she could be in one place or in many…" She said with another laugh as Eric threw his fist into her face again, hitting her even harder this time. She fell to the floor lifeless for a moment before he heard the disgusting sound escape her, she was laughing again as she rolled over onto her side and looked up at him with a bloody smile. He leaned down and grabbed the collar of her shirt and lifted her up into a somewhat sitting position and was in her face.
"Tell me where she is." He demanded fiercely. He pulled his other hand back and balled it into a fist ready to strike her at any moment. She looked at his fist and then back to his eyes and smiled her gruesome bloody smile and laughed again holding a hand out in front of his face. He was just about to strike but her words stopped him.
"You have nothing to threaten me with." She laughed coughing up a little blood and he eased some of the tension on his closed fist. "Nothing to do with all of your strength." Now she wasn't laughing as she stared into his eyes steadily. She brushed his hand off of her shirt and quickly made her way to her feet. She straightened out her clothes and used the sleeve of her shirt to wipe her chin. He stood there watching her every movement and barely held himself back from tearing her apart. He knew she was the only way he would ever find Sookie, Bill is doing his best in the search but they haven't one clue as to her whereabouts. She glared up at him icily with her grey-blue eyes. "If you ever want to see her again then I guess you are going to have to play this little game by my rules."
"What do you want?" He asked coldly.
"You know what I want. Remember what I was in here for a month ago? You denied me and sent me on my way." She said with an arch of her brow as she turned away from him and walked back over to the chair. She sat down roughly on it and made a grimace as she rubbed her jaw gingerly. "You pack quite the punch Mr. Northman. Normally I imagine that would make most turn over anything to you."
"You aren't human are you? My strikes would have shattered your hand and jaw easily, but you laugh through it all."
She snapped her fingers and pointed at him. "Bingo. What do we have for him Johnny?" She said with a laugh. "I'm surprised you didn't figure that out when we met a month ago. I mean… does any human walk into your bar demanding anything from you? I would think that a foolish thing to do."
"What are you?" He said as he crossed his arms across his broad muscular chest and leaned against the wall.
"Whatever you want me to be sugar." She said with a coy smile barely making eye contact with him.
"I'm not in the mood for games woman. Where is Sookie?" He said with a very cold tone and a dead look in his eyes as he looked at her. He had no understanding of the woman sitting in the room with him. He didn't even know her name but he knew she wasn't human and that she can tolerate extreme amounts of pain with a smile on her face. She is beautiful and he would normally be attracted to her if he didn't hate her so much right now. She had taken Sookie a week ago and now knowing how physically strong she is, he is surprised she allowed herself to be captured. It dawned on him that moment… she wanted to be captured and she wanted to be brought into the depths of Fangtasia. She came in a month ago demanding a pendant she believes he has, which he does but he told her he had no idea what she was referring to. He should have noted it then, the way she walking into the club at it's busiest hour and walked straight up to him while he sat in his throne on the stage. Without any pleasantries she demanded the pendant to be returned to her, at the time he was so taken aback and astonished by the brunette's gall to approach him the way she did. When he gave her a dismissing answer she left with a cold hearted laugh and never saw or heard from her again. Then a week go, Bill informed him that Sookie had been kidnapped and that Sam Merlotte saw the whole ordeal. Sam described this very woman sitting here in this room and she was simply too easy to capture. He picked her up outside of a convenience store a couple of days ago and he kept her locked in the basement until now, hoping it would weaken her.
"You'll never see the pretty little blonde again if I don't get what I want. I know you have it." She said distantly and with a sigh.
"What is so important about this pendant that you believe I have?" He asked her with a glare. The pendant was given to him for safe keeping from the queen and she warned him that it is to fall into nobody else's hand but theirs.
"What is so important about the girl?" She asked as she slammed her hand down on the table. She was getting very frustrated with all of the go around, she just wants the damn pendant and didn't think it was too much to ask for something that was already hers. Eric didn't miss the indent her hand made on the metal table and really had to wonder at this point just what she is. He wished that the queen had told him more about this pendant. He is very aware that it must be something of great importance to go after it the way she is.
"I do not have the pendant you seek and I do not know why you came to me looking for it."
She let out a haughty laugh. "Then I have no idea where Sookie is." She stood up and headed for the door and he watched her make her way over and smirked at the idea of her trying to leave this room, they were sealed inside. She grabbed the handle and gave it a good yank and the room filled with the sound of metal bending and the door breaking off from its frame. She looked at him one last time in the open door way. "I imagine that wherever she is, she doesn't have much time." She said with a grin.
"Wait!" Eric called as she was about to walk out. She turned to look at him once again and let out a sigh.
"What?" She said with an annoyed tone.
"What is your name?" He said as he realized that he still had no idea about this woman, not her name or where she's from or what she is. He figured her name would be a good start.
"Border. Lindsey Border." She turned and walked away. She made her way outside of Fangtasia and into the night.
The name meant nothing to Eric as he sat in the chair and mulled it over. This woman is incredibly mysterious and he knows nothing about her, that bothers him more than he would like. The fact that he was somewhat powerless against this woman is a bother to him as well, that is something that never happens. He figured he was only powerless against her since he had no leverage over her. She wasn't a vampire, he would know it if she was one and plus she took Sookie when the sun was still out. He didn't understand her incredible amounts of strength, nothing he physically did to her seemed to bother her one bit… in fact she laughed through it. She ripped the steel sealed door off without even truly trying. Pam walked in at that moment breaking him away from his thoughts. She had the usual bored look on her face but handed him the portable phone and arched and eye brow.
"Bill is on the phone. He's wondering if you have an update on the situation with our captive." She said with a look to the broken down door and then back at her sire. Eric reached out for the phone and Pam placed it in his hand, she left immediately giving the door a once over before walking through the frame.
"Yes, Bill." Eric said with a uninterested tone as he really wasn't in the mood to deal with Bill and his out of control emotions, though he did understand his upset as his beloved was missing.
"Have you interrogated the woman yet?" Bill asked eagerly.
"Yes I have. Just finished as a matter of fact."
"And?" Bill had an excited and hopeful tone to his voice. "What happened Eric, did you get any information from her?"
"No. There is something deeper going on." Eric stated with caution.
"Have you done something that has put Sookie in further danger?"
"Not exactly." Said Eric with a tone of warning in his voice. "There's just more to the story than what you already know."
"Eric… what is going on?" Bill pleaded in his northern Louisiana drawl.
"Bill, considering that I am your sheriff there is information that I do not have to tell you." Eric said sternly. "But I understand your worry right now and I assure you I am working on a way to get Sookie back."
"What does that even mean Eric? Something happened with the woman… I want to know what." Bill stated bluntly.
"She has escaped." Eric said reluctantly. "She is after something that the queen has asked me to keep safe. She wont return Sookie until she gets what she wants and she has warned that Sookie doesn't have much time."
"What is she after?" Bill asked quietly. He knew that they couldn't disobey the queen and her orders to keep whatever she wanted kept a secret, a secret. But he has to find a way to get Sookie back somehow.
"I cannot tell you Bill. We will have to find another way to get Sookie and quickly. There is something different about this woman."
"How so? Is there something we can trick her with, like give her an identical copy of whatever she is after?" Bill asked hopefully and knew he was reaching.
"She isn't human and she's very strong. She took everything I had physically and laughed through it all and she told me I have nothing to threaten her with."
Bill's heart sank just a bit because he knew what that meant. It means that there is no bartering with this woman, she is after one thing and one thing only. If there is nothing to threaten her with then that means there is nothing else she cares about that can be held over her head. "What now Eric, what do we do now? Even she said Sookie doesn't have much time." Bill said with worry.
"That is just a threat Bill, she wants us to believe that Sookie is in trouble but she gave no inclination that Sookie was in real danger. She said it almost as an afterthought before she walked out the door. You keep digging around and follow any traces or leads you may find on her whereabouts, just keep looking for her. I have to find out exactly why she is after what she is after and then figure a way to deal with her. I have no idea how to even get in touch with her but I am sure she will be back. She thinks I have what she wants." Eric explained.
"Do you have what she wants? Do you have what she is after?" Bill questioned quickly.
"It is safe Bill, that is all I can tell you. I must go now." Eric hung up the phone and left the interrogation room and headed for his office, he had to make a call to the queen.
Lindsey made her way into the house and slammed the door shut behind her. To say she was pissed that she still didn't have the pendant was an understatement. She walked to the back of the house, down the short hallway and stopped in front of the door on the left. She leaned her forehead against it and took a deep breath. Pulling the key from her pocket she unlocked the door and slowly turned the knob, upon opening the door she found the buxom blonde hanging out casually on the bed watching TV. Sookie looked up at her and to Lindsey's surprise gave her a slight smile.
"Are you hungry? Need anything?" Lindsey asked curtly and ran a hand through her long wavy hair, she let out a sigh as Sookie looked her over.
"You've been gone for days. I have been locked in this room for days with nothing to eat, of course I am hungry. All I've had is tap water from the sink." Sookie said tersely and looked away from Lindsey in a huff of anger. "How long are you going to keep me here?" She asked with a bit of hopelessness in her voice
"Not sure but it's becoming useless having you around. If you make it out of this alive you can thank Sheriff Eric Northman for you being abandoned here alone without for days, he had me locked in his basement. I'll be back in fifteen with some food for you. You're not picky are you?" The cold tone in Lindsey's voice gave Sookie the chills but she didn't feel that she was in a lot of danger in her presence. Ever since Lindsey had taken her from Merlotte's she had treated her well for a hostage, being locked in a spacious master bedroom with it's own bathroom attached wasn't bad. The room had all of the amenities including satellite TV and the bed was very comfortable. Sookie was stocked with fresh clothes and was left to herself most of the time, Lindsey only came in to check on her once in a while and to bring her food and drinks. She was never questioned about anything and Lindsey never laid a hand on her besides taking her that afternoon. Sookie was no fool though, she could sense that there is a lot to fear with Lindsey.
"No… I'll eat anything at this point. Thank you." Sookie still had her manners and Lindsey shook her head at the gesture, she didn't understand this young woman. Aside from the few questions in the beginning Sookie never gave her any trouble and was painfully polite most of the time. Lindsey shut the door and locked it before heading back out of the house, once outside she hopped in the camaro she stole to get back here from Shreveport. She drove quickly to the nearest fast food joint and picked up a large combo of food for Sookie and headed back to the house they were squatting in. She unlocked the door and set the food down on the bed, Sookie immediately and cautiously started rummaging through the bag. Lindsey started to leave but stopped in the door way.
"Good enough?" She asked and wondered why she even cared, this woman meant nothing to her and was just leverage to get her pendant back.
"It tastes like Christmas." Sookie said with a mouthful of food and Lindsey chuckled to herself as she left the room and locked the door. She went to the spare bathroom and took a quick shower to clean herself up and changed into fresh clothes once out of the shower. She walked out of the house and hopped on her Harley… headed for Eric Northman.
The bike roared to life and she slipped her helmet on and smiled wickedly to herself. "Come on Eric… it's time to pay. You know you've got it coming." She murmured to herself as she headed for the highway towards Shreveport.
A/N: Thanks for reading! Yes, I'm obviously crazy enough to have three stories going at the same time but I couldn't ignore this idea any longer. The opening squence I kinda sorta stole bits and pieces of it from a movie I love, I'm not gonna say which because I don't want to spoil it. I just love that specific scene in the movie and wanted to put my own spin on it plus, it fits well with my story. Bonus points to you if you guess which movie.
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