We'll Meet Again in Death
Chapter 12: The Sun will Rise
I awoke in the morning and rolled over to face the Viking laying next to me. He was clearly in a deep vampire sleep so I got up careful not to wake him.
I did really like his house being light tight. I wasn't use to being able to wake up next to him or anyone for that matter.
I snuck down the hall and peeking in Hunter's room to see that he too was still fast asleep. I continued downstairs and cleaned up the dishes that had piled up over the past few days. I decided to explore the house a little more since I hadn't really had the chance yet.
I started by going downstairs into the basement. I walked past the pool to a door I hadn't walked seen before. It led to another small hallway.
It held two more rooms both equipped with two coffins each and one little mini fridge fully stocked with true bloods.
I shook my head. I should have known that of course Eric had to assume he would some day have undead visitors that wouldn't exactly be comfortable sleeping in a real bed but it was still somehow creepy.
I walked back upstairs and continued to peer into doorways. I found two more bedrooms that consisted of a bed and dresser set. There was one bathroom shared between them.
I walked up to the second floor where Eric, Hunter and I all slept and peeked into the last three doors down the hallway. One had a single coffin and was definitely decorated Eric style. I knew that had to be his day room for when I wasn't around.
It had blood red walls and black carpet. The walls had various posters of old time movies some of them silent films I had never heard of before. In the corner was a love sac big enough for a whole family to sit in. A table sat next to it with a laptop sitting unused.
I walked over to the laptop and noticed it was powered on in sleep mode. I hit enter and woke it up. The screen lit up and I examined the webpage that was pulled up. It was a webpage that the Fellowship had apparently set up.
It had everything you needed to know about vampires, weres and shifters. It also had an area for anyone that wanted to apply to join their ranks. I sighed in disbelief and then shut the laptop lid.
I didn't get to explore the last room. It had been locked and unfortunately I couldn't think of where Eric would have put the key or why he would need to lock that room nor did I want to know.
I went back downstairs and relaxed into the sofa. I wasn't sure what was on the agenda for the day but knew I would probably be in for a surprise.
I flipped on the television and channel surfed. Before I knew it I had fallen back to sleep.
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I awoke to being shaken by Hunter.
"Wake up! I think something is wrong." Hunter continued to shake me until I opened my eyes and acknowledged him.
"Hunter what's wrong? Where is Eric? What are you shivering?" Hunter was standing in front of my shivering from head to toe and his eyes were blood shot red.
"I can't find Eric anywhere and I hear people around the house." I completely tore down my guard and opened up my mind. I could sense six humans outside the house and two vampires.
I tuned into a few of the humans heads. They were from the Fellowship of the Sun and they were definitely out to kill tonight.
I could pick up that the Fellowship had decided not to wait any longer. Their numbers were higher than ever and they wanted to strike while they felt they were ahead. They were rising up all over the country taking out as many vampires, weres, and shifters as possible.
The six that were here were terrified. Apparently they had started out as ten but had already lost four of their members. Their target was Fangtasia and Eric.
I grabbed Hunter and pulled him close to me.
"Shhh everything will be alright sweetheart. I know Eric is out there I can sense him. He will take care of us. No one will hurt us." Hunter cried in my arms and I let myself soak up his fear and sadness. I had never tried it before but I did my best to guard us both from the thoughts of the Fellowship outside.
"What about Eric? Do you think they will hurt him?" Hunter sniffled into my shoulder but was starting to calm.
"Eric is a very strong man. He can stand up against more than just six humans." I lied as I was just as worried as Hunter.
We both buried our heads into each and closed our eyes. I could sense a battle between the vampires and the humans going on outside. I hummed a lullaby to Hunter in an attempt to calm him and shield him from the violence.
I could feel waves of emotion coming from Eric. He was getting closer and I knew he was a sending me a message. He was sending me waves of bravery.
I pulled Hunter into my arms and got up quickly. I knew what I needed to do. I had a feeling that the locked room was where we needed to go. I ran up the stairs and to the door. I put Hunter down and took a deep breath.
I didn't have much strength in me. This I have always known but I did my best to channel all of it into one fierce kick. Sure enough somehow I brought the door down after two tries. I ran inside and looked around. As I had thought weapons upon weapons had been stockpiled here.
I got down and put my hands on Hunter's shoulders and looked him straight in the eye.
"Honey how brave can you be for me?" Hunter looked up into my eyes and straightened himself.
"Mommy I will be the best soldier ever." He gave me a solute and I smiled at him.
I felt horrible handing my little boy a sword but I trusted him to be able to use it wisely. I grabbed a small rifle for myself even though I had rarely ever fired a gun I knew it was the only way I could protect myself and Hunter.
I looked down at Hunter holding the sword at his side. He was only five years old and was being forced to fight for his life. It made me sick to my stomach to think about it.
"Baby you be extra careful okay." Hunter shook his head. I could see in his mind that he was ready to be a brave soldier.
I took his hand and we walked down to the basement. I was hoping it would prove to be the safest part in the house. We hid in the farthest corner from the stairs and crouched down like tigers getting prepared to fight.
"Sweetheart whatever happens…Just know that I love you and I always will." I kissed his forehead and he wrapped his arms around me.
I concentrated on the humans left standing. I could still sense that both vampires were still there but only four humans remained. Two were in the back trying to break their way in one was battling with Eric and another was in the front slithering in the door. The other vampire was sneaking up on the two in the back.
I knew we would at least have one to deal with. The one that had made it in the front door was now searching the first floor. He slowly made his way upstairs and then started heading straight for us.
I quickly scanned to find that Eric had defeated the human he had been fighting and was now in the back helping the other vampire. I took a deep breath and turned to Hunter.
"Stay right here okay. I don't want you to have to use that sword unless you absolutely have to." Hunter shook his head and I slithered away across the wall hiding in the darkness.
I saw the man creep down the first step and take a look around. He started walking away from me and I took my chance.
Of course since I really hadn't shot a gun much so I missed on the first shot. It gave him enough time to whirl around and take a shot at me with his crossbow.
The arrow grazed against my shoulder and tore some skin. I sucked it up and took another shot at him as he reloaded his bow.
He darted to the left and the bullet barely skinned his leg. He fell to the floor for only a second before scrambling back up and taking a shot at me. This time it hit me directly in my other shoulder.
The pain hit quickly but I bit my bottom lip and shot right at his head. I got lucky and hit him in the chest. He fell to the ground and attempted to drag himself into a sitting position.
I heard Hunter stir from behind me as I realized I hadn't thought of grabbing any extra bullets. I screamed as Hunter ran by my towards the man that was getting ready to shoot me again.
"HUNTER NO!" He was holding his sword securely in front of him.
The man pointed his crossbow at Hunter as he realized what the boy was doing. Before he could shot Hunter was on him and had knocked the bow aside.
I wanted to close my eyes and I wanted it all to stop but I couldn't. I let myself fall to the ground as I felt myself getting weaker from the lose of blood. I dragged myself closer as fast as I could but before I knew it Hunter had brought the sword down on the man's neck and decapitated him.
I gasped as the gruesome scene I had just witnessed. I knew it had been like the incident with the vampire that Hunter had been dreaming about.
Hunter dropped his sword and stood over the man for a few seconds before he turned to me.
"Mommy are you alright? That man tried to kill you." Hunter ran towards me.
"I'll be fine but are you okay?" I blinked as I watched his eyes turn from bright red back to their normal color of green. He shook his head and grabbed my arm.
He helped me to my feet and I took a moment to do another quick scan. Eric and the other vampire had taken care of the rest of the humans and were on the way to us now.
Eric flew down the stairs and had me in his arms before I knew it. The other vampire that had been with him was Felipe de Castro himself.
"My lover you are hurt." He immediately ripped open his wrist and offered it to me. I drank from it desperately until I could feel the pain slipping away. Eric carefully pulled the arrow out of my shoulder as I screamed in pain.
Eric let me drink more of his blood until the wound had closed itself up. I had tears running down my face and he wiped them away.
"Never again will I let that happen to you." He frowned and kissed me gently on the lips. "I have to go with Castro for a while and help the other vampires against the Fellowship. Some vampires had to go into hiding as soon as they had heard what happened. We have to strike back before they exterminate all of us."
I let more tears roll down my face as I realized what he was saying. When he said he had to leave it was never sure how long he would be gone and if he would come back unharmed.
"I promise you that both of you will be safe here. I am leaving you with some weres and Sam has been alerted as well. He is closing down his bar until further notice and stay with you and the others in a safe hideout."
He held me for a few minutes and then leaned down to look at Hunter. He didn't say anything but Hunter knew. Hunter wrapped his little arms around Erics neck and Eric kissed him on the cheek.
"There will be a car here soon to pick the both of you up and take you somewhere that the Fellowship cannot find you. They do not know about Hunter so he can still go to school but you must be safe." Eric leaned in one more time to kiss me on the cheek and then they were both flying back up the stairs.
I had never known happiness to last long though. I had really been getting use to being tossed around from place to place lately. I gathered up some clothes that Eric had bought for us and packed enough for about a week.
We sat in the living room in silence both of us drained from the events we had just experienced. We waited until we heard the soft purring of a car outside. I checked to make sure that the driver was not Fellowship and was assured when I met the mind of a shifter.
We walked out to the car and threw our things in the trunk. Hunter had hopped into the back seat and I climbed in to join him. I was extremely surprised to see a familiar face that I hadn't seen in over a year behind the steering wheel Luna Garza from Dallas.
A/N: I really hope you enjoyed that chapter as much as I did. Make sure to leave a review and let me know what you thought. Motivation is the key to success and only you can make that possible.
