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Chapter 12

Better Off Dead

Sookie stirred from her sleep, not yet opening her eyes, she moved her hand and felt Eric's arm still drapped across her, but there was something else there as well, she opened her eyes and found herself face to face with a sleeping Godric, one of his arms placed around her also. She smiled, it was like a litter of kittens snuggled together. She smiled harder at the disgust both vampires would have felt at being compared to kittens.

Godric's eyes snapped open and she inhaled sharply in surprise. He moved his arm from around her and moved his finger to her lips, indicating she should remain quiet, he moved his face close towards her and pressed his lips gently to hers. She let him kiss her and gently kissed him back.

He drew himself away from her and placed his arm back around her and closed his eyes again. Sookie gazed at him for a moment, confused about what had just happened, then she felt Eric's arm move slightly, Sookie twisted her neck to look at their arms and was shocked too see they had taken each others hands.

What the hell was going on here?

She however found herself still to tired to care or really comprehend what had happened, perhaps she was simply dreaming, though usually she was embarrassed to admit her dreams were a lot dirtier and they didn't involve Godric.

She closed her eyes and nestled down, feeling strangely warm between her two icy cold vampire companions.

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Sookie woke again later and found herself no longer in her litter, but she could hear Pam speaking so she chose to keep her eyes closed and listened carefully.

"I can not believe you let a human sleep where you rest." Pam snapped. They were above the secret room so it must be night Sookie thought, she opened her eyes and looked around quickly to see if Eric or Godric were in the room but they weren't so she sat up so she could hear the conversation above her better.

"Sookie is different, you know this Pam." Godric had responded.

"All this business about Sookie Stackhouse being special and different is really starting to grate on me." Pam replied dryly.

"I am fairly certain that Eric is in love with her, so it would be wise for you to respect Sookie, I doubt you want to experience what its like to be on your makers bad side." Godric said. Sookie swallowed hard feeling anxious. It was safe to say Eric was not there.

"Love?" Pam spat the word out in disgust, "Eric does not love humans. And Eric's bad side, is his best side."

"You know what I mean Pam." Godric sighed. "Eric wants us to keep Sookie safe."

"She's a human, I don't see why she needs to be kept safe during the day." Pam drawled.

"It is not your decision and your opinion on the situation is not needed or appreciated." Godric snarled, which surprised Sookie. He always seemed so calm, so in control, to hear him lash out startled her. "Now go. Leave. Go to Fangtasia, perhaps Eric has some use for you there, there is no reason for you being here. I will stay with Sookie."

"Fine." Pam snapped, and Sookie heard her high heels clicking across the floor, and then the front door open and shut. A split second later Godric dropped into the hole and looked down at Sookie.

"Eavesdropping on vampires is a nasty habit." He told her, but he was not angry, he sat down in front of her, legs crossed and back straight.

"How can you think Eric is in love with me?" Sookie asked him, a small laugh in her voice.

"Don't be naive." Godric snapped. Sookie fell quiet. She felt ashamed to have Godric snap at her, almost a little embarrassed. "When I found Eric he was a viking. A bloodthirsty, ruthless warrior. Raping, killing, those things were in his nature. He was... magnificent."

"Rape?" The word spun around in Sookie's head. For some reason she just always pictured vampires to be without sin before they were turned. That becoming a vampire was the thing that gave them the desire to do evil things, it had never crossed her mind that they could have commited evil as a human. That was extremely foolish of her she thought now, as vampires were the ones in charge of creating more vampires, what would they want with a weak little do-gooder.

"Yes. Do you know what I caught him trying to do last week before your kidnapping?" Godric questioned her. Sookie wasn't sure she wanted to know. She was starting to care for Eric and she didn't like to hear about the evil side of him she rarely witnessed. Sure she witnessed his selfishness, his manipulative behaviour, but not real evil. Finding Lafayette chained up had already exceeded her threshold for evil, she wasn't sure she could bare to hear anything else.

"I suppose you're going to tell me whether or not I want to know." Sookie responded.

"I caught him attempting to drink a bottle of true blood." Godric informed her.

Sookie burst out laughing at this, "What? That's it. Man, I was preparing myself for the worst."

"Obviously, you do not understand what I am trying to explain to you." Godric responded. "Obviously the notion that, if he was ever to have some sort of chance with you Sookie he would no longer be able to feed on various gorgeous fangbangers, he would not be able to kill. The notion of devoting himself completely to you has obviously crossed his mind, at least in some way."

"Oh..." Sookie peeped. She was quiet for a moment. "If y'all think he could...possibly...somewhere inside...love me. Why do you kiss me? Why do you look at me like you do sometimes?"

"Eric and I share a deep bond. Everything within him is linked to me, I can feel it. In someway, perhaps that is what first drew my attention to you. However, you talked me out of suicide, you care for me, despite the fact I'm sure you can imagine all the terrible things I have done in my 2000 years. I am very fond of you." Godric explained.

"I'm very fond of you too." Sookie replied, moving her face in and kissing him gently on the lips. She wrapped her arms around him tightly and pulled him into her and he did not resist, but pulled her towards him in return, kissing her deeper.

She dragged her hand through his short hair and down his back, letting out a soft moan, she felt his fangs slide down and it made her pause for a moment, she pulled back and looked down at them, shiny, white and perfect.

"Are you afraid?" He asked her softly, lifting his top lip a little to bare his teeth more.

"I trust you." She replied, she moved forward to kiss him again, but there was a sudden crash upstairs from the front door being swung open with immense force, Godric was immediate on his feet and a figure dropped down lightning fast into the secret room.

Sookie had expected Eric to appear, full of jealousy and rage, at least then she'd have known for sure how he felt about her, but to her complete terror she found it was Aleiki.

"How kind of you to bring Miss Stackhouse to your nest Godric. It made finding you a breeze. All I had to do was follow the stench of fairy from Eric's bar. How foolish can you be? How many self respecting fairies would associate with vampires. None that's how many. Just one foolish whore of a fairy." Aleiki snarled, his fangs beared, his eyes darting between Sookie and Godric.

Sookie was amazed that Aleiki's senses were so keen he could simply find her by her scent alone, but it also terrified her.

"Do not harm the girl, this is between you and I." Godric responded calmly, and he retracted his fangs, returning to his usual expressionless self.

"I hear you are, very fond of Miss Stackhouse." Aleiki said in a deathly whisper. "Come on Miss Stackhouse, stand up, it's rude to remain seated when you have guests."

Sookie grabbed onto one of the shelves of the bookcase and used it to pull herself up, her eyes fell upon a sharp wooden bookmark, though Sookie doubted that is what Eric's intent for it had really been. He had built this secret nest out of paranoia after all.

She turned around to face Aleiki, feeling petrified, but also desperately trying to form some kind of plan...or all sorts of plans for all the possible situations she could imagine this meeting leading.

"I'd say to relax Miss Stackhouse, but I'm afraid your fear is very suitable for this situation. I thought about what you said, about how Julietta would have wanted me to live after she was gone, and yes she would have wanted me to be happy. However, I don't think I'll be able to move on and be happy until I have revenge on your ...companion Godric." Aleiki explained to Sookie who swallowed hard. "Now, I could turn you, and force you as your maker to leave him, to leave Eric, and to come and live with me, but...to be honest I don't wish to spend an eternity with someone who could possible care one inch for this disgusting creature I see before me." Aleiki snarled, looking at Godric with disgust.

"You're the creature, look how you're acting! You oughta be ashamed of yourself!" Sookie snapped, Godric shot her a stern look and she fell silent. She had to stop opening her big trap without thinking, especially to Aleiki who would snap her in less then a second.

"I have always been a kind vampire. I have killed very minimally in my thousands of years, I have kept to myself. Godric has changed all that for me. Made me vicious. Made me hatefilled. It ends now." Aleiki whispered softly.

He launched himself at Godric, slamming them against the wall, he had Godric's jaw in one of his hands his fangs out, his fingernails digging deep into Godric's face, causing small trails of blood to slide slowly down Aleiki's fingers and Godric's neck.

"Stop!" Sookie exclaimed desperately, not knowing what to do. Where on Earth was Eric, surely he could feel what was going on, or at least feel how petrified she was.

Godric was looking steadily back at Aleiki, he did not have his fangs out, he was not fighting back, he was expressionless. Except for a single tear falling gently from his right eye. Aleiki let out a gruesome roar and then tore fiercely into Godric's throat with his mouth.

Sookie let out a terrified scream and without thinking she grabbed the bookmark off the shelf and ran forwards, plunging it deep into Aleiki's back and through to his heart. He let out a horrifying roar, then it was as if his skin was melting. He crumpled to the floor in a wet, bloody mess, his clothes mixed into the gunk.

Sookie stood holding the bookmark, staring at it in absolute horror. It and half her arm was completely covered in blood, and she could feel her hair moist from Aleiki's juices as well.

At that moment Eric dropped into the hole, his eyes widening at the scene in front of him.

"What has happened?" He asked, his eyes falling on Godric, who was holding his throat, which was almost entirely healed already.

"Aleiki." Godric said, looking down at the mess in front of him, and covered him as well. "You should have let him kill me."

"I should have done no such thing." Sookie snapped, finally able to form words again.

"Vampires will show no mercy to a human who has killed a vampire, and you have killed one of the most ancient and powerful vampires in existance." Godric told Sookie. "You have doomed yourself."

"But, he was killing you! And you are also one of the most ancient and powerful vampires in existance! Was I meant to just stand by and watch?" Sookie couldn't believe what she was hearing, how ungrateful could you be.

"Humans have no place in vampire disputes. You should have stayed out of it. Now, it's not just Aleiki who wants to harm you, but when word gets out about this, which it always does, every vampire will wish to harm you." Godric explained, he was looking at her, unblinking.

"There is one way that we can ensure no harm comes to her..." Eric said slowly.

"No Eric. That is the very thing I wish to avoid. The very reason I wished she had just let him kill me." Godric said, looking stonily at Eric.

"Do you think I would have been able to go on living if I had witnessed your brutal murder? I've seen way too many deadbodies,and lost way to many people that I love to be able to take losing anyone else!" Sookie exclaimed, feeling tears rising up in her eyes. Only a couple of moments ago she had been kissing Godric, which was foolish, but it had definitely been a lot less stressful then watching him almost die and then murdering a vampire herself.

"It's the only way." Eric replied to Godric.

"She's better off dead." Godric told Eric who snarled.

"I will not be better off if she is dead." Eric hissed.

Godric looked at Eric in silence for a moment. "I will have no part in this."