Song: My Immortal by Evanescence

EPOV:

I'm so tired of being here

Suppressed by all my childish fears

And if you have to leave

I wish that you would just leave

Your presence still lingers here

And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal

This pain is just too real

There's just too much that time cannot erase

Eric stared blankly at the floor, the light flickering across his face, making the blood tear stains more prominent on his face. He barely registered Sookie coming in. The intriguing blonde was the last thing on his mind. Godric, his Maker, his father, brother and son, was gone. Gone. He was numb. He thought back to what Godric had said to him back on the roof:

GPOV:

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears

And I held your hand through all of these years

But you still have

All of me

"Godric, don't do it."

The words broke him. Watching his progeny beg and kneel before him tore at his un-beating heart. But the pleads fell upon deaf ears. He was not going to kill needlessly anymore, he wasn't going to continue this meaningless existence. It wasn't right. They weren't right. He was making it right in the only way he knew how.

EPOV:

You used to captivate me

By your resonating light

Now I'm bound by the life you left behind

Your face it haunts

My once pleasant dreams

Your voice it chased away

All the sanity in me

These wounds won't seem to heal

This pain is just too real

There's just too much that time cannot erase

Eric continued to ignore Sookie until the last moment. When she stopped in front of him, he spoke in a painfully heartbroken voice:

"Godric is gone."

The words sounded surreal to him. But it was a strange relief to say them. To share his pain, at least for the moment, with someone else. But it still didn't change the fact that he was alone. He wished he had gone with Godric.

GPOV:

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears

And I held your hand through all of these years

But you still have

All of me

"I won't let you die alone."

"Yes you will." He said simply. He would not subject his child to the pain of the sun. Watching Eric shed bloody tears continued to torment him. He had only seen Eric cry one other time in their life together. Godric had consoled him and comforted him. It was one of the few times he had showed affection for Eric.

EPOV:

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone

But though you're still with me

I've been alone all along

Sookie's voice broke his reminiscing:

"Yes. I'm so sorry, Eric."

Pity? He didn't need pity! He was Eric Fucking Northman for Freya's Sake! But at the moment he couldn't bring himself to retort at her. He was too numb.

GPOV:

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears

And I held your hand through all of these years

But you still have

All of me

His child's sobbing brought him out of his memories as he stared him in the eyes. "As your Maker, I command you." He said. As his child gave him one last look, he sighed and turned to face the dawn. After witnessing the human girl's compassionate words and tears, he turned and stepped up to the edge of the roof. As he became illuminated by sunlight and blue flames, he sent one last thought to his Child through their bond:

'Farewell, My Immortal.'

And then he knew no more.

EPOV:

'Farewell, My Immortal.'

Those were the last words that his Maker had shared with him through the bond before it had painfully dissolved into nothingness. Eric hung his head, his eyes closed. The words still ran through his head:

'Farewell, My Immortal.'