Okay guys, I'm back on the fanfic wagon so I hope you're ready for more chapters cos they're coming right up!

Helaina OUT!


The limo was already waiting in the hanger when the jet from Anubis Air arrived, and the door slowly opened when it had come to a complete stop/ Sookie, on unsteady feet, carefully made her way out of the jet one small step at a time. When she saw a man in a suit holding up a sign reading 'COMPTON PARTY', she smiled. "Yoo hoo!"

The driver gave a small nervous smile in return, which was the first thin Freyja caught as she followed Sookie out.

"That's us!" Sookie said, jumping down the last steps of the plane and walking over to the car. "I've always loved these! They're like booze for dolls!" She paused and looked over to Freyja. "She gave me ten!"

Freyja wasn't listening to the driver's response, she was watching him. Something was off and she couldn't quite put her finger on it... He was watching the portable coffins nervously, which was understandable. Most people are nervous when it comes to vampires, there was no reason this man shouldn't be. Sookie, however, seemed completely oblivious to anything wrong; but Freyja guessed that's why Eric invited her along...

She looked at the driver once more... just as he went to grab Sookie. She screamed something Freyja didn't quite catch, and before Bill had even jumped out of his coffin, Freyja had grabbed the man by the throat and held him up off of the ground. "Nice try..." She muttered, looking over to Bill. "Dude, you're getting old! What kind of reaction time do you call that?"

Bill was prepared to respond but the sound of Jessica struggling with the coffin made them pause.

"Oh my God, Bill, where in the hell did you find this girl!"

o~o~o

Freyja left the booking to the happy couple, and the hypnotised kidnapper to the teenage vampire. She headed off to the bar! She was long overdue a drink... Sure, she had a drink on the plane, but most of them had gone to Sookie.

She chose an empty seat right by the bar and ordered a bourbon, downing it in one and ordering another. She wished she didn't have to be here... She hadn't been to Dallas in a long while, the last time when she visited Godric a couple of years ago.

"Why so glum?"

Freyja looked to Eric, who had taken a seat right beside her, and sighed. "You know very well why I'm 'glum' as you put it."

They remained silent for a moment.

"He's going to be okay isn't he?" She asked.

Eric nodded. "He is old, and wise; no harm will come to him, I am sure of it."

Freyja wanted to agree, but she knew a part of her would always be worried. It would be put to rest until Godric was before her and smiling. "Bill and Sookie are in their room, you should go brief them. They don't even know fully why they're here yet."

Eric nodded. "I will meet you here, so stay put."

Freyja nodded and downed her drink again, beckoning for another. Eric stood and turned to leave, but not before planting a soft kiss on top of her head. "It will all be fine." With that he left, leaving Freyja to wait for his return.

o~o~o

"I admire you, Bill. It takes a real vampire to admit he cannot protect his human..."

They had all moved to the comfier sofa area, with Bill and Eric either side of each other and Freyja lounging in from of them.

"And it takes a true monster to not care about anyone or anything other than himself." Bill retorted.

Eric shot Freyja a quick look. "I care about others."

"You may care about Freyja in some way, but you also care about Godric. You have no obligations to Dallas or Texas, this is personal for you, why?"

Eric ignored that comment, as did Freyja, they merely watched as a waitress put a bottle of true blood on the table between them. "I hope you enjoy that bottle of blood substitute, which is costing me forty-five dollars..."

"Oh I have no intention of drinking it, I just want you to pay for it."

Freyja snorted. "You are so mature..."

"Answer the question." He snapped, looking to her and then Eric. "Why this allegiance to Godric?"

The two Northmans glanced at each other, but it was Freyja who was first to speak. "He is much beloved by his subjects."

"Kings and queens have subjects, not sheriffs.."

"Godric could have been king of Texas had he wanted, he could have been king of any vampire territory anywhere. He is twice as old as I am, and very powerful. There are none above him in the new world."

"If he's so powerful, how could they abduct him?"

"That's what worries me." Freyja spoke up. "If someone like him could be taken by humans... Then none of you are safe."

Bill pondered this. "What could I give you to release Sookie from her agreement?"

"Nothing." He said quickly. "And since you like humans so much, I'd think you'd like to protect them. The vampire here are like cowboys. If they don't get Godric back, they'll want justice, they'll start attacking people."

"Open aggression against humans? That's insane!"

Freyja laughed. "Welcome to Texas!"

Bill eyed them both with distaste before standing and leaving the room. Freyja's eyes followed him until he had completely left the room, then she turned to Eric. "I don't understand why you won't just let me kill him."

"Because I need his telepath, she is of use."

Freyja frowned. "How? You have me, why on earth would you want her?"

"Because she is replaceable." He snapped. "You are not."

Freyja's features softened as she went to sit next to him, taking his hand in her. "You know me." She smiled. "I'm stronger than you really think I am."

"Oh I doubt that very much." He said, turning to her. "I know how powerful you are."

Freyja's smile widened. "Then why do you need the telepath?"

Eric didn't answer right away, he just wrapped his free hand on top of hers. "I never thought it was possible for Godric to be defeated. Obviously I was wrong... I can't risk-."

Eric couldn't finish the sentence. Freyja didn't expect him to.

"It's dawn soon. Why don't we go to our rooms, and we can continue looking for Godric in the morning." She stood up and pulled at Eric's hand, willing him to rest for the night. He was quick to relent, and followed her into the elevators and then took them to their room. "Wait a second. We're sharing a room?"

"Of course." Eric said simply. "If I can help it, I'm not letting you out of my site for the duration of the trip. You made a few enemies last time you were here if I remember correctly."

Freyja smirked. "That dude was an ass. I saw it my duty to point it out to him. And when I see him, and I'm sure I will at some point, I'm going to tell him again!"

Eric smirked. "I am sure he will love that." He walked over to her and kissed her on the head. "Now come, let us get some sleep."

o~o~o

"Eric..."

Eric looked over his bed, seeing Freyja standing nervously in the doorway wearing her two-piece pyjama set. "What is it, Freyja?"

She hesitated for a moment before walking fully into the room and closing the door behind her. "Can I sleep with you tonight?"

Eric frowned. "Why? What is wrong with your bed?"

"Nothing." She said. "It's just... I'm worried about Godric; and I don't really want to be alone right now."

Eric stared at her, standing at the end of the bed, then lifted up the covers and motioned for her to get in. "Come here." Freyja quickly laid down beside him, lying on her side and draping an arm over his chest, letting him wrap his arm around her shoulders. "He's going to be okay, little one."

Freyja nodded. "I hope so. If he isn't... Either way, I'm going to everyone who had any part in this. They're not going to get away with it..."

Eric smiled, kissing her forehead. "My thoughts exactly."


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