Enemy in Our Midst

Chapter 3

A/N Sorry this chappie is short. Almost to the end. As always I do not own anything.

Sookie felt his cool tongue snake out and lick her pulse point where his fangs would sink in and take her from this world forever. As Sookie lay on the cold cement floor her mind wander else where to a time when things weren't so chaotic and hopeless. A time when she might have had a chance at future a future with a vampire. A vampire who aside from his rough and mean exterior had a heart of gold and for her was a caring and attentive lover.

It was her fault how this all turned out. If she could have just seen the light and been more honest and upfront with not only herself but Eric as well things would be different. So very different.

She was crying and shaking so bad that she didn't feel him go rigid over her. She didn't feel his muscles stiffen and his tendons cord up. Eric ran his nose up her chest and to her neck again, he seemed to savouring the scent. Sookie felt his lips caress the skin below her ear and then his fangs scrapped near her pulse but then she heard the sweetest voice whisper "Sookie?".

Sookie stopped bawling and tried to calm down. She took several deep breathes. Again came the question.

"Sookie?" whispered so quietly so reverently. Sookie thought she was dreaming. No, she could feel the cold cement underneath.

"Eric?" Sookie asked with hope in her heart.

"Yes, lover it's me. Gods, you're here alive. I thought you were dead. Sssh lover, it's alright I could never hurt you, my heart wouldn't let me. It would rip my soul apart." Eric said as he placed a kiss on her lips. He felt weak and was trembling with need yet he would not strike. Sookie was the only light in his life and he would not extinguish it.

"Well, this sucks" Colin says as he enters the room. Eric tries to get up and finally stands on wobbly legs. He crouches in protective stance. Although he cannot see his other senses worked excellent.

Sookie looked in awe at the vampire before her. He was magnificent even in the state he was and he would not back down or give up when it came to her safety. Sookie got it now, she really got it. Sookie could see Colin by the door and he looked awful pissed. He seemed to be radiating pure hatred from his pores.

"Please" Colin says with a roll of his eyes as he takes in the vampire before him.

" Either he drains you my dear or I kill him right now. I have wooden bullets in this gun and I can't miss" Colin says as he levels a gun on Eric and a red beam marks his heart.

"I won't do it" Eric hisses out as he straightens to his full height.

"Sookie my patience is running thin" Colin yells. To prove his point the red beam of light moves a little and he fires. Sookie watches in horror as Eric collapses in a heap. She's up instinctively and runs over to her vampire. Sookie checks him over and finds he is only shot in the shoulder. Eric is groaning and Sookie takes her chances and cuts her wrist with his fangs and lets some blood drop into his mouth.

"No" Eric moans out as he seals her cut with his tongue and turns his head.

Just then there's a flash of light and Bill, Amelia and Pam appear.

"Leave her alone you monster" Bill yells out as he advances on Colin, fangs drawn and looking mightily pissed.

"Bill no" Sookie cries out but it's to late. Colin shoots Bill right through the heart and he explodes into a pile of goo and shattered bone. Pam roars and makes a run for Colin but Amelia whispers some words and Pam is immobile.

"We are here to observe Pam" Amelia says as she watches the action unfold. She was there as insurance. If things went to hell she would step in but for now she could not fuck with destiny.

"NOOOO" Sookie screams and runs at him but Eric snakes out his good arm and holds her back. He can feel himself starting to mend but the blood wasn't enough. He squashes his hunger and holds on to his love.

"Bite her now Eric" Colin orders as he levels the gun on him once again.

Eric sits up and turns to where the voice is coming from and spits. The fucker won't get what he wants. Eric would rather die first. Think fast, get Sookie out alive.

For Sookie everything seems to slow down. There's no way out. Either they both die or only she dies and frankly she can't imagine a world without Eric in it. Her mind made up she falls to her knees beside Eric and winces. She reaches out and touches Eric's face and then grabs a shard of Bill's bone and rams it into her neck.

Eric hears Sookie gurgle and he knows she has done something stupid.

"Sookie, no" Eric shouts as he crawls over to her. He can smell her blood, a lot of it. He touches her chest and then her neck where he finds the bone. He can feel the blood as it starts to flow out around the bone.

"Drink Eric, please. It's my destiny. I can't stand the thought of you gone. You must live. Live for me" Sookie whispers as she pulls out the bone.

"I can't" Eric replies as his world shatters around him.

"You must. I love you Eric forever" Sookie says as her eyes close. Eric has to make a decision. He won't let her sacrifice be in vain. He must honour her wishes and maybe he might be strong enough to kill Colin.

"I love you Sookie forever and always" Eric whispers as he bends his head and sinks in his fangs. He stops just before her heartbeat stops. He looks at his beloved in horror.

"What have I done?" he whispers as he gathers her into his arms and holds her close. Blood red tears falling from his eyes onto Sookie's pale face, painting her cheeks and lips red.

"You have made it possible for me to ascend, thank yo.." As Colin says his little speech sparks begin to fall around Eric and Sookie. Eric is startled as Sookie begins to glow white and rise off the floor. At first he is being pulled with her but then an energy wave bursts through the room and sends Eric flying against the wall.

"What the hell?" Colin shouts as he advances towards Sookie.

"Be still" Amelia says and Colin is cemented to the floor.

Sookie slowly stops glowing and her body lowers to the floor. She is still, a pale princess waiting for a kiss from her one true love a kiss that won't make a difference since Sookie is dead. Eric shakes his head and comes to his senses. When his vision clears he realizes that he is completely healed. Well must of him anyway. His heart even though dead would never heal, he gives one last look at Sookie before he looks over at Colin and he growls. He's on his feet in flash and kneeling in front of Colin, teeth bared.

"You evil bastard you took the one woman that I ever really loved and you killed her. You took away my sunshine, my sweet. Now, now I take your light" Eric says as he reaches forward and wraps his hands around Colin's neck.

"Your wrong. You killed her now get your hands off me. I'm going to be the prince of heee" Colin starts to say but is cut off when Eric snaps his vertebrae and then rips his head off for good measure. After he tosses the head aside he turns back to his lover, his girl. His pretty pale princess.

"Take Pam back Amelia. Pam get the paperwork done for Compton. Order him a new headstone and have it read A Good Friend. Sookie would have wanted it that way. I will bring her back with me. No one touches her I will make her arrangements" Eric says as he lifts Sookie into his arms. Cradling her head against his chest.

"Very well" Pam says and bows her head.

"I'm sorry Eric, I really am. Sookie died a hero though, she saved the world. She saved you. Her destiny is fulfilled" Amelia says to Eric's retreating back.

"I know and I was the one that killed her. That fact will never change. I don't want to be in a world where there is no Sookie" Eric says his voice full of sorrow.

"What? No Master, no" Pam begs as she runs towards him but his held out hand stops her and she falls to her knees and cries.

"Eric, Sookie gave her life for you don't make that gesture in vein" Amelia tries to convince the sad vampire. Eric spins around, rage all over his face.

"Do not tell me what she wanted. I killed her, do you understand, I killed her. I' am no better than anyone who has tried to do so before me. I do not deserve to live, I don't want to live.. I don't want to be alone anymore. I want my sweet southern belle with her feisty spirit and smart mouth. I love her, don't you get it? I love her" Eric said his voice cracking as red tears streamed down his face. Then he was up in the air and gone and all Pam could do was stare through a red haze. She had lost her friend and now she would lose her maker.

"It will be ok Pam, trust me" Amelia says as she wraps her arms around the vampire and they both vanish.

Tbc