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Maker, Child and Destiny Makes Four

Chapter 10

Scene – The Northman Suite at the Silent Shores Hotel Dallas

Eric's POV

I'm glad I am in the habit of booking rooms with balconies. I have flown straight from the FOTS Headquarters to our Suite at the Silent Shores. Sookie is sitting in the crook of my arm, her own arm draping over my back and her feint breath tickles my ear drums sending shivers up and down my spine. The poor Doctor however is unceremoniously tucked under my other arm clinging desperately to her Gladstone bag.

"Put me down you big blonde gorilla!" the Doctor yells as she starts kicking her legs trying to achieve her freedom. "If you don't put me down this instant…" Before she finishes her sentence I gently place the tiny woman on her not so tiny feet. "Just what do you think your up too Northman?"

"I'm sorry Doctor but we were just given information stating that Newlin has planted bombs throughout the building. Godric thought you could take better care of Sookie here in the quiet of our suite. There was not time to discuss the nature of the urgency to get out of there immediately and I did not want to start a stampede by being overheard either." While I'd been talking to Dr Ludwig I had been carrying Sookie to the bedroom.

"Looks like a bomb has already gone off in here Viking." Ludwig mentions as she takes in the state of the suite. Someone has been in and cleaned up the mess but the holes in the walls give clear evidence of my earlier temper tantrum. I just harrumph at her and fuss over Sookie.

"Niall will not be pleased the little girl has been injured so badly again and so soon." I had nothing to say to her. I was not pleased either. "Call down to the Concierge desk and have them send up some steps." Ludwig ordered as she climbed on to the large bed next to my Sookie who was still unconscious. "Pass my bag and make it snappy and when the Were arrives that was driving the Supe ambulance have him bring up my intravenous and monitoring equipment stat." I didn't want to move there seemed to be so much blood, my place was right here next to Sookie. "Move it Northman or watch her die. Take your pick."

By the time I had called the front desk and retrieved the Doctors bag for the balcony the tiny woman had removed what was left of Sookie's clothes ready to examine her and there were Weres entering the suite. I left Ludwig to do her job and went out to see which of my retinue was returning.

"Mr Northman, where would you like us to put this?" It was Tray and Alcide carrying the large bin Godric had them remove from the basement before we left. Before I could answer Alcide however, my attention was captured by a doe eyed woman lingering in the doorway. Alcide followed my line of sight to see what had caught my eye.

"Oh! Sorry Mr Northman." He put down his end of the large drum and padded to the woman. "You haven't been formally introduced yet but this little lady is the one that left you the message pin pointing Sookie's whereabouts. Fawn… this here is Mr Eric Northman, Sookies' Vampire and the Sheriff of Area five Louisiana." The female shifter stepped forward.

"Mr Northman, it's good to meet you. I feel like I already know you after getting to know Sookie on the flight yesterday morning. Is she OK... Uhm, Sookie… Miss Stackhouse is she OK?" Alcide moved closer to the shifter placing his arm around her small shoulders to give her his support and a friendly squeeze.

"Miss…?" I raise my eyebrows waiting for her to fill in her name.

"Williams… Fawn Williams, Sir." At least she has manners.

"I can't thank you enough for the help you have given us today…"

"And you don't even know the half of it Mr Northman." Tray says and begins to tell me about how the small woman in front of me - dressed in a Bambi night-T - helped them get away from the FOTS property. I start to hope that Sookie would like to keep her around. She seems very capable and would be a good protector for Sookie.

Another Were comes through the door carrying medical paraphernalia. Yes I recognize him as one of the Longtooth Pack from my area. He looks to me and I show him were to find the Doctor. I walk through the door first impeding his view of the bed.

"Good! Good!" Ludwig said acknowledging the delivery but not lifting her head from what she was doing. "Just place that stuff down where you are and go get me the monitor now… and hurry up!" The Were left and I heard him asking Tray to go with him to bring up more equipment. I heard them go and then someone turned the TV onto a live news feed from the FOTS building.

"Give me a hand here Northman. Bring that IV stand and the cooler here." Ludwig was positioned between Sookie's legs that were being held open by a stick with straps on either end which were tied around my Angel's motionless thighs. With her feet placed flat on the bed Sookies modesty seemed to be the last thought on her healers mind. The doctor had some kind of instrument inserted into Sookies' vagina and she was now using a bright light to see where all the blood was coming from. I could see it still oozing onto the bed.

"She has been torn inside." My first reaction was that she had been raped and inhumanely violated by someone in the FOTS basement. But I didn't remember smelling sperm on or around her when I carried her. "She was not sexually penetrated and by that I mean the damage was not done by rough sex. She was torn by something… some kind of implement." I was shaking with anger.

"Will she be alright?" I wanted to throw something.

I heard the Weres return and placed myself in their view determined they were not getting an eyeful of my woman. They just placed the machines down and left the room.

"I think so. Did I hear a female out in the other room?" She asks finally lifting her head and looking at me.

"Yes." I felt like I was going to explode with the pent up anger I was feeling.

"Send her in will you? I need another pair of hands." I was about to insist that I should be the one to help when the entire building began shaking, like we were experiencing an earthquake. Not long after the shaking started from the TV in the other room came an almighty BOOM!

"Mr Northman!" Alcide and Fawn yelled in unison from the next room. I fell heavily to my knees in agony. My back was on fire, I was sure of it and as my head hit the floor I saw the TV through the broken wall and on the TV screen was a close-up of the charred body of a Vampire.

I realize straight away what I am seeing and slowly I pull myself back to reality and struggle to my feet. It was not my back that was horrendously burnt but Godrics.

"Fawn, help the Doctor. The rest of you stand guard out there. No one is to enter this room without my authority! Do you hear? Find something to cover the holes in the walls." I was still trying to catch my breath but I had to get to my Maker.

"Yes Sir!" All the Were's stood to attention. I staggered out to the balcony rolling over the railing. I didn't have it in me to leap over it. Once I am weightless in the air it's easier and I pick up speed, all the time reaching out to Godric. I cannot feel him but I will console myself with knowing that I cannot feel the pain I know will rip me apart if I lost him to his final death.

Eric's POV

Scene – The sidewalk on the other side of the Highway from the now demolished FOTS Headquarters.

I can see even as I am descending none of the humans are sure about helping my maker. Even though it hurts that he is not being helped, there is a very real chance if he awakens, of him killing everyone in sight. If he awakens and succumbs to the need to heal and feed it could get very nasty indeed. I need to get him out of here and back to my suite where I can give him some of my blood and arrange for some blood from donors or the Blood Bank.

I see a female vampire moving in to help him now. What was that? Stan has raced in and knocked the female right over to the other side of the road. I speed up and land straight away, keeping my back to Godric so I can see any more threats.

"What was that Your Majesty?" I ask Stan as quietly as I can without being overheard by the humans crowded around.

"Lorena." I let out an audible growl and the humans start to back back. You would have thought that they would have done that before now seeing as how mad I must have looked but what can you expect from cattle.

"What is she doing here anyway?" I growl again as I see the vampire in question regain her feet.

"She arrived at my Court with her Child, William Compton at first dark and insisted on accompanying Nan and I here tonight. We must watch her closely, she was just about to stake your Maker." I growl again, louder this time. "How are you? Can you manage to get him out of here?" I know Stan is very loyal to my Maker. Even though Stan is King he has always been able to turn to Godric. As with Isabella, Godric is Stans' adopted Maker and Godric is happy to be there for him and Isabella both.

"I will take him back to the Silent Shores, to my suite there. Meet me there when you are through here. Do… not… bring… Lorena." Stan nods his ascent and I swoop up my unconscious Maker and fly faster than I have ever flown before back to the Hotel.