It was good to be Nan Flanagan. Riding along in her customized chauffer driven Hummer, with her next meal lounging next to her, on her way to mete out the final death to that idiot Compton and that pain in her ass Viking. Per council orders of course.
And she had the back up of the troops in the Hummer behind her. Nothing could go wrong.
"Mistress, you look famished, would like a taste before your meeting?" the almost naked redhead literally slithered up her leg, her pale skin and AB+ calling out to Nan.
Nan grabbed her neck gently and pulled her into a passionate kiss, before trailing kisses down her neck with her soft lips. The girl, Nan couldn't recall her name, moaned and bent her head aside, offering herself. Nan gently bit in and was instantly enthralled, her eyes glazing over.
The redhead let her drink for sometime before pushing Nan away, leaving a trail of purplish blood running down her neck.
"Nan, can you hear me?"
Nan slowly turned to look into the girl's eyes, in a heavy stupor, much like a victim of a vampire's glamour. "Yes, I can hear you."
"Good. Now you have been a very naughty vampire and have been interfering with what is mine. I will not have that do you understand?"
"I understand. I am sorry. What do I do to correct it?" Nan asked.
"First have you told anyone about what you have seen regarding that fey hybrid Sookie?" the girl asked.
"No I am planning on taking her and using her later with the council."
"Good. Now here is what I wish you to do. Before you get to the King's mansion, you are to dismiss the other car of troops. Then go in alone and tell Compton you want him and the Viking to join you in overthrowing the Authority. Do you understand?"
"Yes of course. I do have supporters who wish this. It would be easy to do."
"Good, good. Be sure and give the list of your supporters to the Viking. And tell him that you have not informed anyone of the fey. Then contact the Authority on the King's computer and inform them that you intend a coup with or without the King's and the Viking's involvement, and they did not plot this with you, and then cut off communication. Can you do this for me Nan?" the girl's commands swirled deeply within the vampire's mind overriding all other thoughts.
Nan looked at her with a lazy smile and replied, "It will be extremely easy to do."
While Nan looked forward, still smiling at what was to come as the girl vanished in a swirl of purple mist.
Eric landed with a soft thump at the king's front door, immediately dropping fang and daring his guards to stop his entrance. They, of course, backed off by several feet having already been taught to not impede the progress of the ancient vampire. He loved fighting with them just a little too much. He strode into the mansion as if he owned it and before he reached the king's office he heard Bill call out "come on in Eric, you know you will anyway."
Eric chuckled to himself. He knew that he held a détente with Bill and they both needed each other for various reasons. He threw open the office doors and made a very lavish bow to the king.
"And how are you this fine night my liege?" he asked the seated king.
"Quit your posturing Eric, we both know what you think of me. I have some video of a strange parcel of land I wish for you to look at."
"Land? Really Bill, is your life so boring? Maybe you should get out once in awhile," Eric smirked at the younger vampire.
"Eric I am quite serious. Each time the land is viewed, it is seen as something different. Even while I stand to watch it, it changes before my very eyes. The images are fleeting though, seconds at most. It seems to revert to wilderness most of the time although you can catch glimpses of various houses or states of building. There is NO scent or feel of magic about the place. I thought perhaps you might have some knowledge of how such a thing occurs," Bill said obviously stressed over the subject.
Just then Eric's phone beeped indicating he had a text message. He looked at it to see a message from an unknown source saying that Nan was on the way, and she was planning to try and implicate them in a taking over the Authority. He should be sure the recording devices were turned on in the King's offices.
Eric's eyebrows shot up his forehead. Who the hell sent him this and why? Turning on the cameras wouldn't implicate them in anything, so it wouldn't hurt them, but why help them?
"Bill, you should see this," he said as he showed the text to the other vampire just as a lone vehicle pulled up outside.
Bill quickly turned on all recording equipment in the office and the vestibule, just as Nan was walking in, alone. Something the Queen Bitch of PR never did.
"Where are your gay storm troopers tonight Nan?" Eric asked taunting her just as always, so that she wouldn't suspect anything.
"Shut the fuck up Viking. I have some important things to tell you and the puppet king here. And if you don't go along with me, well, you are disposable after all. I have plans, big plans. I have the means and right now is the time to overtake the Authority. And as a token of faith on my part to show you how serious I am," she says handing a flash drive to Eric, "this contains the names of all my contacts who would follow me in a takeover."
Neither Eric nor Bill could hide their surprise in her actions. To give up such valuable information for nothing in return wasn't like the normally cunning Nan. And then she surprised them even more.
"And just to see that you truly trust me, you my word that I have not spoken to anyone of that little fey pet you two keep pissing over. You can keep have her. We can decide what to use her for later on."
As Bill and Eric stared at each other, Nan calmly walked over to desk and linked up to the Authority on the computer. As soon as the link was established, Nan launched into a seemingly prepared speech.
"Nan here, I just wanted to let you know that I am now going to take control of the authority and I have many followers rising up. I am tired of your petty machinations. Sick of you pandering to the humans. I am hoping that Louisiana will follow me, but he has yet to agree. Be ready to meet your true deaths," she finished with a crazy cackling..
Before she cut off Roman demanded the King give her the true death and Eric moved with such speed that Roman witnessed her head coming off even before Nan could finish her wild laughter.
"That will leave a stain," Roman said looking at Eric through the video feed, "Any idea what brought that on?"
"No none at all Roman," Eric replied smoothly, "she simply walked in alone and told us we could join her or die. She would overtake the Authority either way."
"Louisiana, is this true?" Roman asked Bill.
"Yes sir. It was very surreal indeed. I have no idea what she expected. Eric was here on local business when she came unannounced and then just contacted you without any dialogue from us at all."
"I see. I assume you will both be willing to swear on this? On the true death?" Roman countered.
Both vampires replied yes.
Roman said he would be in contact in a few days and disconnected the link.
"Bill, let me check into the information on this flash drive with my contacts. It will be much more discreet than you trying to do it. Tell no one about it. I am still not sure what Nan was up to. I find it strange Roman was not shocked at her presence here," Eric said.
Bill nodded mutely as he wondered how the hell Roman seemed to know Eric so well.
Eric decided that something had moved into Area 5 that he needed to find out about while Bill called for his cleaning services.
On his way back to Shreveport, Eric decided to drop in on the strange parcel of land Bill had mentioned. He couldn't imagine anything like it. Nothing had shown up on the video after all, much to the irritation of the king.
Eric dropped down very softly on the dirt road in front of the property. Rather than being a wilderness, or a changing view every few seconds, he saw a garden of great beauty, with mountains in the distance. Nearer were many varieties of flowers and lush broad trees giving shade in the bright sun. Eric shook his head. Sun? It was four in the morning. Still pitch black all around him.
He could see a dirt path that connected to the road he was standing on. Although he felt a pull, and could smell all the vegetation from the greenery before him, something told him to wait. It was not yet his time to visit.
He couldn't smell the magic, or feel it in a normal way as with witch magic, but he felt it touching his blood all the same. What he didn't understand is why no one else had felt this.
The vision blinked out of existence. Nothing but dark wilderness was before him now.
He went to his day death wondering what the fuck was going on.
The next day Bridgette decided she needed to tone down her outfit for work. She wanted the attention to get tips and to keep Eric's eyes on her. He really was quite handsome, even for a vamp.
"You need to stop thinking like that," Angus called out to her.
"You leave me be. It's not your place after all," Bridgette called back.
"I could chomp him if you like," Angus laughed, "of course he would never know it was me."
"Angus! This is going to be hard enough without you causing your normal trouble. I know it is hard for your kind to NOT cause trouble but please try to control yourself alright?" Bridgette asked of the hulking man.
"I will, but I cannot speak for my brother when he gets here. And the Viking will really take an instant dislike to him. And you know why as well."
"I know. It is hard being here. I find the Viking very intriguing. I may postpone some of my plans for a bit just to get to know him better…"
"Shit here we go again," said an exasperated Angus.