Ch. 2 His Blood, My Blood
I was alive. I could breathe. I could see. I could feel. Eric was alive, but going to die. Eric was burning up. I could see him. I could feel his pain. I had to save him.
Eric. Eric. Eric. Eric.
It's all I could hear in my head. All I could think about. I could see the dawn starting to burn him alive. I had to get to him! I didn't even stop to talk to the other gods around me. They were yelling at me to come back but I somehow created a portal and jumped through it. I was falling through the sky with my wings open. It was like I had forgotten how to use them.
"Come on, come on, come on," I whispered harshly to myself and something in me got my wings to work again. I soared like a bat out of hell towards Eric who was burning alive.
When I got to him I couldn't exactly stop myself except I was able to wrap my wings around him as we plummeted inside the building. We were a huge boulder taking out anything coming into our path until we stopped again a wall. Thankfully there was no sun to shine on Eric but I held my wings tight around us like a cocoon.
"Ugh," I sighed and leaned back while I held Eric's burnt body in my arms. The smell was disgusting but I held the urge to puke in.
"Why am I alive?" Eric whimpered. I guess he didn't realize I was the one to save him.
"Because I told you to be strong."
This got my love's attention because he looked up at me with his burnt face and started to cry blood. "This is a trick! You can't be real!"
"Oh I'm real alright. You saved me. Now drink," I ordered and thrust my wrist to his mouth.
The urge to survive and my blood overpowered any will he had left in him and he sunk his fangs into the vein on my wrist. My ancient blood line flooded into his mouth and instantly he was returning to his normal beautifully manly self. His clothes looked pretty torched and torn but when I looked into his eyes as he drank from me I wanted to cry.
You were committing suicide. Why didn't you do what I say?
When Eric had enough I was feeling a little dizzy but shook it off the best I could. He placed some of his blood on hit bite marks and it healed instantly.
"Thanks." I smiled lightly at him and stood the both of us up.
"H-how are you alive? You were dead, and then- I heard- but still-"
"Violet!"
Eric spun around fast and growled.
"Eric hold on!" I urged and saw that it was Max.
"You're alive!" Max laughed at me in disbelief and ran to me. Instantly I was in his arms and looking into the eyes of my friend.
"That I am," I agreed and could feel Eric becoming territorial so I let go of Max and grabbed Eric's hand.
"We need to get you to Olympus! You're mother and grandfather are practically crying ! Come!" Max held out his hand and I took it with my empty one.
With a blink of any eye we were in the main hall of Olympus. White pillars, gods and goddesses, and big iron bowls of fire littered the walls for light.
"Oh Violet!" my mother cheered happily and wrapped her arms around me.
"Mom!" the smell of her was intoxicating and her hugs were full of love. I couldn't get enough.
"You're hogging her Athena." I instantly recognized the voice of my grandfather, Zeus.
He looked the same from when I last saw him: dark hair with some great, well built, manly looking.
"Hi grandpa," I smiled and he hugged me just as hard as my mom did while the crowd 'awed' at us.
When I pulled away I again reached for Eric's hand. Even though he was fully healed, he was highly emotionally unstable. Then again his almost wife/soul mate just came back from the dead and saved his ass, sooooo….. Couldn't really blame him. Shit I was surprised I was holding up as well as I was!
"You need to stay up here in Olympus! It is where you belong!" my grandfather voiced loudly.
"Why are you yelling at me?" I asked and he instantly looked a little ashamed.
"I- um, sorry. But you need to stay here. Now that you are alive again, but the dead one cannot stay."
I was absolutely shocked at his proposal and soon all the gods, including Maximus were chiming in. "HOLD IT!" I screamed and everyone went silent.
"But-"Poseidon started but I told him to shut it.
I gripped Eric's hand long and hard as I made my stance on what the hell I was going to do with my life. "Listen up because I'm only going to explain this once to you all." I looked around the room to make sure they got that I was serious. "For starters I love you all-"
"Even me? I'm touched," Hades laughed.
"Bite me Hades," I snapped and my temper started to rise but when Eric stroked my hand I calmed back down before continuing. "I'm not going to live here. The only reason I am alive again is because of the blood that Eric shed over my dead body sunk into my skin. It took a long time, but it brought me back. I'm not sure how that was even possible or how I even know, but I just do. Furthermore Eric and I will be returning back to Earth and will live out our lives as normal as possible. Also if you want to visit, please send a letter or a heads up or something because I want my life back to being normal now that Eris is dead and everything was saved. There is no negotiation on this, so don't even start."
When I was they all looked worried but obliged to my demands and Max opened up a portal for us to we could go back to Earth.
It was a good thing it was night when we got back so Eric wouldn't have to worry about the sun torching his ass. He seemed more like himself now and I was thankful while he flew us to a nice vampire hotel by Shreveport. When we got to the lobby every vampire including the girl at the head desk froze.
"Sh-sherriff Northman!" the desk girl shrieked. "I'll have your sweet I just in just a second!"
I smiled warmly at the young vampire and took the key when she handed it over. What really got me though was when she bowed to not just Eric but me as we began walking to the elevator. After I pressed the button Eric and I walked in and remained silent. All he did was just look at me from the time we came in till we got to our hotel room. It was very vampire-like. The walls were black velvet and the bed through the door to the right was a blood red color.
Typical, I laughed privately to myself.
"You should really get out of those clothes," I urged calmly and went to go sit on the bed but Eric snatched my hand. When I turned to look at him I saw there was fear in his eyes.
"Please don't leave me alone."
I remember tears streaming down your face
When I said, "I'll never let you go"
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said, "Don't leave me here alone"
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight
"I'm not going anywhere," I smiled. "I'm just going to sit on the bed. See?" I pulled Eric with me and we both sat on the bed slowly. I could feel his nerves and tried to calm him with my emotions. It began to work and I placed my hands on his beautiful white face.
"I killed you," Eric stated remourselfully.
"Shhhh. No you didn't. Just close your eyes," I instructed and he did.
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
Piece by piece I removed Eric's torn and tattered clothes until he was bare then brought him to the luxurious bathroom. Careful to hold on to at least one of his hands, I used my other to turn on the shower. Steam rolled out of the head while the water beat down on the fair tiles.
"Come on."
Don't you dare look out your window darling
Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold on to this lullaby
Even when the music's gone
Gone
It seemed like Eric was trying to say how sorry he was for killing me but I would tell him to stop and to just not worry, I was alive now after all.
"No more Eric Northman. You don't have to say anything. Just be with me." I sighed softly when he nodded his head and I took the complimentary soaps to wash him. He just stood there the whole time like I instructed without another word, but a few purrs did sound.
Just close your eyes Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
La La (La La)
La La (La La)
Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh
La La (La La)
When the shower was done and over I dried the both of us off and pulled him to the bed, undid the covers, tucked him in with me and looked down at his face while his head rested on my right arm. I asked him to close his eyes and kissed his forehead after he did. After a few more strokes on his face his body was still warm enough that I drifted off to sleep in less than an hour.
Just close your eyes Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh oh oh.
You'll be alright
Come morning light,
You and I'll be safe and sound...