Author's note-I wanted to do this a little different, make a couple parts with a few chapters each. Please read and review! Thank you!
Chapter 1-Stuck
There had been little doubt where they were going to wind up when it was obvious they were headed towards an airport. "Taking us to headquarters…the smaller one in New Orleans isn't enough, they want to make this as grand as possible." a simmering Eric said to the women in the light tight van with him, all restrained securely, all useless to help each other free the other. "We're going on a plane…..most likely to the heart of operations in Stockholm."
"And me with nothing to wear….nothing fashionable anyway." Pam sighed as she winced in pain, the silver net over her, coupled with the hand and leg cuffs causing her great discomfort. And yet she could still be her smart ass self. a lot like her maker, Sookie thought to herself as she too was feeling groggy and painful thanks to the iron chains on her.
"If it comes down to me giving the company to them in exchange for you freedom…..both of your freedom-I will do it. Though I suspect it isn't going to be cut and dry. They want blood…one of yours in return for me killing the group that came after you that last night before our…parting." he said, looking at Sookie who looked away in shame. He hadn't meant to shame her and was quick to apologize."
"This is all my fault…." Pam interrupted. "If I had been paying closer attention, those guys wouldn't have gotten as far into the bar as they did….they blended in…so damn sneaky! Then they wouldn't have gotten to you and sent me to bring her into this mess."
"Sooner or later, something would have happened….I have expected this for some time now though I thought it would have been sooner than a few years. The night I killed their predecessors, I knew it was inevitable that they would retaliate."
Remembering how he had told her how he had killed a group of Yakuza who had tried to kill her the night she had bade a goodbye to him, Sookie winced. "You had no choice, they would have killed me….the question is, why did they wait so long to get even?"
"A moot point that doesn't really matter but what does matter is that we get out of their clutches. I have a bad feeling things are gonna get worse long before they get better." Pam replied with a frown. And then, they stopped, the vehicle they were in parked somewhere as the engine was turned off. There was the sound of opening and closing of doors before the rear doors were thrown open and there was a spray of various darts sent at the two camps and Sookie, no doubt filled with what would further weaken them as they were about to be boarded upon a airplane
Chapter 2-Painful Reminder
She angrily admitted to herself how well prepared the Yakuza were, with their deadly darts and the rest of their materials used to subdue the three beings who, when free, were some of the more formidable people they could ever dream of facing. Dazed and trying in vain to summon even a glimmer of her magic, Sookie was wondering just how these men knew of what she was. And once they were in the cargo hold, wrapped and secured, well guarded by a couple of the men, Sookie's questions were answered by the ringleader of the group who wished to be referred to only as Kai.
"You aren't the only one with vamp friends and it so happens some of them have born witness to your little light show, coupled with the fact that they have smelled you and know you to be valuable to the big blonde Viking….so we knew getting you involved was important and we can certainly make use of you…..perhaps do to you what was done to Sarah Newlin, who I am not sorry to hear of her punishment, to be honest. I should thank you two for getting her put away, actually." Kai said to a angry Looking Pam and Eric whose fangs were both bared and try as they might, were helpless against the silver restraining them. Turing back to Sookie, Kai grinned. "You are far more valuable than Sarah could ever be."
She didn't like the sound of that but was unable to put together any coherent thoughts, her mind foggy from the iron wrapped around her, giving her the appearance of some kind of odd looking mummy. But even still, she had some fight left in her. "You guys really think you are going to blackmail him….I mean, time and time again, he has come out on top, surely you know the track record Eric has."
"We know he is very impressive yet we also know of his most prized people in his life. And we don't necessarily need you walking and walking, Sookie to get what we want, if push comes to shove. We would prefer to keep the blood flowing, so to speak. Still, we plan to have some fun with this when we get to the office." /Kai laughed as he left to enjoy a more plush, a more luxurious ride, leaving the three prisoners in his wake.
"You guys okay?" Sookie asked as she tried time and time again to all upon her light….or even the little bit of vamp power she had recently attained. But the iron must have been top of the like stuff because she couldn't get even a glimmer going. And judging how her friends were as similarly incapacitated, she knew they were sitting ducks,
"Peachy….never better, the smell of my skin burning is just….wonderful." Pam replied snarkily.
"I've been in worse predicaments…but I have already decided to give them what they want and I will not let the same thing happen….not again."
"Are you talking about Sylvie? I mean, I get it, I do….but they seem to want to keep us all alive….but what they have in mind is another question. Especially with Sookie. Kai seemed to think he could get what he wanted even with Sookie dead."
"He said walking and talking…..maybe he means getting me in some kind of coma…." Sookie shuddered at the thought of being used as a blood supply for something nefarious. That she may share the fate that Sarah Newlin was currently living in…..it was a dark future, to be sure. Not to mention what these men had in mind for the vamps with her. "Look, we will get away from these guys and get things set right…..we've certainly seen worse."
"You weren't there on that night I had to choose and if that fate does in fact befall me…I was willing to be killed myself to spare Sylvie and Pam….but that choice….this time will lead to something different. And likely something worse than death. That night was one of the worst in my life….the only other time someone truly loved me for me. Not what I was, or what I could do….she truly adored me. The first of two times that I ever felt that love in return and I couldn't do anything to stop those thugs from killing her in front of me."
Pam said nothing as Sylvie had thoroughly annoyed her those many years ago, yet she had felt badly for the events of that night and certainly hadn't wished the frightened French girl to die that night. Finally, she found her words. "if you had chosen her, how long do you think it would have lasted? She had even said to you she didn't want to be turned? And maybe if not for losing her, if not for the choices made that night, you never would have crossed paths with the fairy princess here."
"Fate can be funny….." mused Sookie as she yawned and fell asleep, far too weak to keep her heavy eye lids open and she sensed the others would not be far behind in getting some rest. What else could they do?
Chapter 3-A Grand Plan
They felt the plane touching down on the runway and it seemed that there was impatience in the air, what with the three of them being thrown about like luggage, sealed into the fiberglass caskets used for vamps when traveling in the daylight. Sookie had glanced at them quickly and saw they were lined with silver and one was lined with what she knew had to be iron. Coupled with the bindings they were already tangled in, there was no way they were getting anywhere soon. At least, anywhere they wanted to get to.
"I always hoped to show you where I am from….pity it is like this." Eric managed to quip as they were thrown unceremoniously into the three travel coffins, Sookie feeling nothing more like luggage and she got a taste of what it was often like for vamps to travel. Better than burning up, she supposed. Trapped in darkness, she felt the coffin she was in moving, the jostling and bumps annoying her quickly. She heard muffled discussion from outside but even her hearing couldn't discern what was being said and she chalked it up to her powers being all but nullified by the iron.
"I'd love to do some sightseeing once we get out of this mess." Sookie said, firmly believing that somehow, they would escape. And surely, there would be blood spilled. Of that there was no doubt.
They could carry on a conversation even though the walls of the coffins, only because of all of their enhanced hearing abilities. But the conversation came to a dead halt as one by one were opened and they found themselves in a large office with no windows and several more yakuza members and vamps standing in stiff poses, all looking ready for a fight if need be. The three prisoners were pulled up and out of the coffins and forced into large chairs that were flanked by several of the sentries that had been positioned elsewhere around the room. Sookie counted ten, 4 vamps the rest the members of the Yakuza. Kai settled himself at the desk opposite them and Pam glanced at Eric, having been in a similar position once before when they had met Mr. Gus. As they felt themselves moving, hoisted by Kai's henchmen, they heard the sounds of screaming and fighting, the muscle Kai had brought along clearly being more than the security detail could fight against and soon, there were no more screams.
Feeling their coffins being placed down somewhere, the three heard the hinges of the coffins come apart and they were all placed in high backed chairs, yakuza members with silver katanas guarding the two vamps while another stood by Sookie, a deadly blade of his own positioned close to her jugular. Even a faerie couldn't overcome a attack to the jugular should he strike hard enough.
"So." Kai said as he sat down at the desk before the three prisoners. "We have business to discuss and I am willing to negotiate to a point. Sorry for the commotion back there, my men and I had to…..dispatch of the security who tried to kick us from the premises. With a little bloodshed and glamouring, we have, unfortunately left the lobby a little messy. But the building has been put into lockdown, every last human in the building kicked out. As for the vamps, well, it is daylight and they are in their rest….or, they were, but my men staked each and every last one of them so we are insured not to be disturbed"
Pam shared a grim look with her maker before facing Kai. "So can we get this deal done, or what….what exactly do you want?"
"What is due to me. You two betrayed Gus and took New Blood for yourself. It belonged to him and as his brother, well, I think I an the right heir to the empire, so to speak."
"Brother? Gus had a brother?" Pam said with a arched eyebrow.
"Why else do you think I was so meticulous in waiting this long to get to you three. Especially you and Eric. You stole what should have been partly mine. Gus promised me a cut of the deal and instead, I was left with nothing. I decided I want to move the company in a new direction, with a new and better New Blood and I think it would be justice that it came from the one who stole my fortune from me to begin with.
"He wants to make another version of New Blood….with his blood….and possibly yours." Pam had put two and two together and realized that would lead to a eternity of enslavement for Eric and Sookie, whose life span had been greatly increased thanks to her grandfather's magic strengthening her own. He had told her that she too, could live to be thousands of years old.
"You are smarter than you look.." Kai said to Pam as he started pacing behind the desk. "But I would settle for you blood as well Pam, as you come from such a respected and feared bloodline and so I ask this of you Eric, which one of them will you allow to leave here today? Either way, you will never see her again as you will come to serve a purpose at reinventing New Blood. Imagine, new synthetic blood mixed with the blood of the most powerful vampire to walk the earth? Choose, or I will see to it that they both be tortured to the brink of death over and over again." he looked at the guard by Sookie. "Remove some of the iron so she can use her powers, to see into my mind that I have only ever spoken the truth." obeying, Sookie could soon feel her telepathy sparking back to life and sure enough, she se deep into the mind of Kai, his past and present. He had never once told a lie, not even a little white one. "I have always believed in honesty. Even I am not without honor, something I know for a fact you, Eric prize highly. Now. Choose!"
He looked pained as he was forced to make a choice, looking from his favorite progeny to his girlfriend. For a moment, he felt something buzzing in his brain and remembered the ceremony he had partaken in that would put some fairy powers within him so he could travel to Faery and not fear being burned to death. He heard her voice begging him, urging him to make the choice and hearing the last part of her pleas, he hesitantly made the choice he hoped he would not regret. "Send Pam home. Now."
Before she could put up a fight or protest, Pam was packed back up into the coffin, screaming and shouting the whole time, trying to move enough to cause even a little damage to the yakuza who had restrained her and put her back into the coffin. Her vice muffled by the closing coffin, Kai nodded smugly. "It seems a shame for her to have been brought all this way only to be sent home…..but you should feel good that she won't suffer at my hands, am I correct?" Kai looked inquisitively at Eric. "Or won't she?"
"You lied….you never planned to send anyone back to safety." Sookie said with a grim realization. "I….saw into your mind, you have never once lied-"
"Except for the one time that I did…..and now we will be able to create a product better than New Blood…blood from the strongest and best of his kind…..and the money we will make. New Blood Redux, we will call it. Gentlemen, find these two somewhere…..cozy….and separate. I believe we have some cells in the basement that should work? I toured this whole operation and there are some impenetrable cells down in the basement, am I correct? Cells you yourself had installed should any employee find themselves unworthy of working here and needing punishment….or reeducation. Not that you have seen this are used much, you've spent almost all the past years at the New Orleans offices. The irony, you being imprisoned in your own prison….." Kai laughed as the two were taken away "Don't worry, Pam will be down there too and you three can be together for eternity. Oh, the fun we will all have….." he laughed again, a cold laugh that echoed after the two prisoners as they were hauled away, bindings and all that kept them from even attempting an escape. But Sookie had a plan in mind, a plan she had sent into a surprised Eric's mind. But it was a plan that required them to be close to each other and with them to be separated, it was unclear just how they could make it work for he had designed the prison cells in the basement himself and knew that even he couldn't break out of them at full strength. And with Sookie's power limited…..they were to be trapped like rats. And most likely treated like, lab rats in order to create the New Blood Redux Kai sought to bring into fruition.
To Be Continued