A/N: I just wanted to let you guys know that I will be moving out of state in December, so I will probably most likely be without wifi for a little while, so my updates may be a little delayed. However, I will try my best to update by the end of this month, if not, then please be patient! I'm hoping I will have wifi soon.
The next morning was surprisingly quiet and relaxing. The sun was out bright in the sky and Sookie sat quietly in the kitchen while eating a bowl of strawberry oatmeal. Hadley had been upstairs taking a shower that morning and Sookie was dressed in a Halloween pumpkin onesie pajama that Hadley let her borrow during her stay. She pulled her hair up that morning into a high messy bun and her mind kept going back to the previous night when she had sworn she killed Eric once and for all. A part of her was shocked that she found the courage to even pull the trigger, but another part of her was hoping to be rid of him for good. However, what confused her most was his reaction afterward. He had no expression on his face at all, he was just happy to know she was alive and well, but why? She literally almost killed him, and he didn't freak out, not once, it's like he knew she didn't have the guts. Knowing that angered her and she groaned.
It was weird how the fairy world and the real world worked with time. It didn't make any sense how a whole year passed in the real world when she could've sworn she had only been in the fairy world for just a few hours. But still, even if it had been a year in his world, it still felt like only a few hours ago that he literally broke her heart into a billion pieces. She gave her heart to him and all he did in return was stomp all over it. She couldn't bear it anymore. But even through all of that, she found herself wondering where Godric was and what he had been up to. Since it apparently had been a year later in the real world, she wondered if Eric was still plotting against Godric.
Sighing, Sookie grabbed the tv remote that was in front of her and switched the tv on that was in the kitchen on the top right corner of the wall. The news channel was already on and for that moment, she started to forget about her reality. The news reporter spokeswoman was mentioning something about a disease that has been spreading among vampires, something about a disease called Hepatitis D and Hepatitis V. Apparently many humans around the world have been getting tested if they carried the disease and Sookie suddenly found herself becoming worried.
All of this happened over night? She wondered, confused. Oh right… it's a whole year later in the real world.
Hepatitis D is apparently harmless to humans, but it will weaken vampires for a few months, but will not kill them. Hepatitis V, however, is also apparently harmless to humans, but considered very fatal towards vampires. If a vampire catches Hepatitis V, it would only be a matter of time until they officially die from the disease. Each disease involved similar symptoms such as loss of strength and speed, and will cause vampires to feel extremely hot, however with Hepatitis V, the virus can be visibly seen with black veins visible on the body and will eventually result into the True Death.
A look of horror flashed through Sookie's eyes. What if she could catch that disease? Or worse… what if Eric caught that disease? Shaking her head, she tried to force Eric out of her thoughts. Why was she even thinking about him because of some disease she had just learned?
The news reporter brought her attention back to the tv when she mentioned that every vampire should be very careful with who they feed from, and they should all be assigned with one human who is not carrying the disease to keep them healthy. In exchange, that vampire must also protect that human from whom they feed from.
Licking her lips, Sookie frowned as she thought of how much the world had changed in just a day.
Maybe becoming a half vampire wasn't exactly a good idea after all.
Before night was about to fall later that day, Hadley had stepped out to buy Sookie some tru bloods to keep her hunger at bay. She had also offered to be Sookie's "human" to feed from, but Sookie decided it was best not to since she was a fairy. Hadley's scent smelled incredibly great, which reminded her a lot of her grandmother's famous sweet potato pie, but since Hadley is her cousin, she refused to harm her no matter how much she yearned for her blood. In her heart, she feared she couldn't control herself and since she is not any regular vampire, she feared that she would accidentally kill her cousin and she didn't want for that to happen at all. However, after being around Hadley for a little while, she now understood why Eric and other vampires were very fond of her own blood when she was just a fairy. Since she is now a fairy vampire, she wondered if her fairy scent remained on her or if it went away.
Sookie stared at the foggy mirror before her. Earlier that morning, she went out to shop for a box of blonde hair dye. After leaving Eric, she felt it was time for her to get rid of the pink and blue color that was at the ends of her hair. Since she finally felt free from Eric, she felt it was time for her to go back to her original hair color and her original look. When she wiped the foggy mirror with the rim of her bath robe, she still noticed the tattoo of a heart on her right cheek, and a tattoo under her eye with the word "Rotten." She now narrowed her eyes at her wet hair, seeing that the blonde hair dye completely covered her whole hair and got rid of the pink and blue.
She tried so hard to impress Eric and tried so hard to prove to him that she loved him. She even changed her whole appearance for him, but why couldn't he see that? Why couldn't he see how much she loved him?
Sookie tore her eyes off the mirror and walked into the guest room her cousin let her stay in. The walls were gray, and the queen-sized bed had pink and gray comforters. On one corner of the room stood a large vanity mirror and a desk. She took a seat in front of the desk and began combing her wet hair. The entire time she combed her hair, all she kept thinking about was Eric.
However, her train of thoughts vanished when she heard a knocking at her window. Her head whipped towards the other side of the room, her eyes locked on that window. Since the blinds were already opened, she saw that it was Godric and she gasped in surprised. Confused, she placed her hairbrush down on the desk and walked over to the window. She raised the blinds up and opened the window for him to come in, also taking notice that he was flying. The sight reminded her too much of Peter Pan.
"Godric? What are you doing here?" She asked.
"It's very pleasing to see that you are okay after such a long time."
It really hasn't been that long… oh wait, I forgot yet again. Sookie shook her head. That whole year passing by thing is something she really needed to get used to.
"Trust me, I know it seemed long for you guys, but I swear, it had only felt like I was away for a few hours." She assured him.
"May I come in?" He asked.
"Um, my cousin is actually out right now. She's actually the owner of this house, so you have to ask her to invite you in… how about I meet you outside?"
"Sure,"
A few minutes later, Sookie stood in the front porch with Godric.
She adjusted her bath robe tightly around her waist so that she was completely covered. "So, what has been happening since I've been gone? Is Eric still plotting against you?"
Godric shrugged, looking out at the road. "He actually stopped about four months ago."
A look of shock fell on Sookie's face. "Really? Why?"
"I don't know… I guess he got bored of trying to kill me." He assured her. "He had spent most of his life trying to kill me Sookie, it doesn't exactly surprise me that he suddenly decided to stop. I knew he would eventually stop at some point and hopefully live the rest of his immortal life the right way."
"That's weird… most of the time I've spent with him, all he kept talking about is how much he wanted to get rid of you." She remembered. "It was actually starting to annoy the crap out of me most of the time because most of his plans never worked."
Godric laughed at that.
"So… did you hear of the virus that has been going around?"
"About Hep D and Hep V?" Godric asked. Sookie nodded. He eyed her, placing his hands on the inside of his pockets. "I'm not really concerned too much about Hep D, but I am concerned about Hep V. I have seen the symptoms of the effects on Hep V and it is a very horrible thing a vampire could experience."
"Have you been assigned a healthy human?"
Godric nodded. "Yes,"
"How about Eric?"
"I'm not exactly sure… he has been experimenting with quite a few women at Fangtasia, so I don't think he actually got assigned one. But Eric is smart, I'm sure he would make sure each woman he experiments with is not carrying the virus" He recalled.
Suddenly a very worried look appeared on her face.
"I have to go," she said.
Sookie threw on a light purple t-shirt and some shorts with some white low-top converse. She pulled her hair up into a high messy bun and immediately left to Fangtasia using her vampire speed. If she were in the right state of mind, she would have told herself: "Fuck Eric, he deserves to die," but another state of mind told her: "I have to make sure he's okay." She hated the fact that she still cared after all she's been through with him. She literally almost killed him the previous night, but now after learning about this virus, and understanding that he may not have an assigned human, she knew that Eric would most likely catch the Hep V virus and might actually die, and just knowing that she wasn't pleased.
When she stepped inside of Fangtasia, she was surprised to see that there were more vampire strippers performing at the club. The place was crowded and filled with vampires and humans, and it looked extremely busy as well. The music was blasting loudly throughout the room, and she recognized the song as 'Luxurious' by Gwen Stefani. Her eyes hardened the area as she scanned the room, hoping to find Eric, but he was nowhere to be seen.
"Now I don't remember telling you lavender was my favorite color," a female voice behind her cooed. Sookie instantly recognized the voice as Pam and turned around to face her. Pam was looking rather exotic as always, her eyes covered in dark eyeshadow. She was wearing a black blouse with leather pants and red heels. She had her hand resting on her hip.
"I'm in no mood for no lesbian weirdness tonight Pam. Where's Eric?"
"He's um… indisposed at the moment." She said as she made a face that signified that he may have been up to something.
"Indisposed doing what?" Sookie demanded, her voice sounding a little harsh.
Pam just smiled at her.
Impatient, Sookie brushed passed Pam and walked towards the basement at the far end of Fangtasia, slamming the door open.
"Sookie, stop." Pam called, following after her.
Sookie began to run down the steps.
"Don't, come back!" Pam called again, trying to get her to leave the basement.
Sookie continued to run down the steps. "I know he's in here. Eric!"
Once she reached the last step, her eyes widened slightly when she saw a sight that she thought she would never see. Eric had a woman with her hands tied to the ceiling while he fucked her at an incredibly fast pace. The both of them were bare naked and Eric's bare back and ass was facing Sookie as she watched him fuck a random woman. All she can hear in the air was a lot of clapping with each time he thrusted into her, and the woman moaning incredibly loud.
"Holy, shit." Sookie said in shock.
After hearing her voice, Eric stopped immediately, a smile forming on his face. "Sookie," he said, his back still facing her. The woman he had been fucking took a breath of air, gasping and whimpering.
He could also hear the steps of clanking down the steps, now looking back to see Sookie and Pam. He smirked. "See anything you like?"
"Well it's nothing I haven't seen before," Sookie recalled.
He turned to face them and looked at Pam. "I take it Sookie couldn't be stopped."
"What can I say? She overpowered me." Pam grinned.
"Off you go Pam," he told her, a serious look evident on his face.
"Fine," she groaned, but she took a moment to stare at Eric's naked body again, admiring it before she left up the stairs and left them alone.
"Sookie, meet my new dancer, Yvetta, from Estonia." He smiled. He looked at the woman. "Yvetta, meet Sookie…" he looked back at Sookie. "From here."
The woman named Yvetta spoke in a weird foreign language.
Sookie just gave her a weird look. "Hi,"
Eric spoke to the woman in a weird foreign language and told her to not go anywhere. He slowly walked over to Sookie bare naked and placed each of his hands on his hips. He quickly took notice of her hair color, seeing that it was completely blonde again. "You changed your hair," he noticed.
"Yeah," she said.
"It looks nice… reminds me of how you had it back when I got to know you at the Asylum." He recalled.
She glared at him.
"So… what brings you to Fangtasia on this balmy summer night?"
She took a moment to stare at his body to see if he had any signs of Hepatitis V, but he was clear.
"Why did you stop plotting to kill Godric?" She demanded.
"Well… none of my plans seemed to work, so I stopped."
"That doesn't sound like you. You never stop when you want something." She recalled.
"That's true… but I got sick of losing, so I simply decided to quit."
Sookie chuckled. "It's sad that it had to take for me to be out of your life for a short period for you to realize you would never get him killed."
"Hmm it seemed like you supported most of my ideas though, have you forgotten?" He smirked.
"That was only because I was blindly in love with you." She recalled.
"Are you implying that you aren't anymore?" He raised his eyebrow.
Not wanting to answer that question, she quickly changed the subject, an irritated look now playing on her face. "Is Yvetta your assigned human?"
He raised his eyebrow at that.
"I know about the virus that has been going on, and I need to know if you have an assigned human that's healthy." She told him. "Most of all, I need to know if she, and whoever else you have been fucking have been carrying the virus?"
Eric looked at her in surprise. "I'm sorry, but must I recall, that last night you literally tried to kill me. I wouldn't think you would care if I catch the virus or not."
"Hep V, Eric. It's no joke." She said rather seriously.
"I know." He said lowly. "Sookie, who do you think I am? You really think I'm that careless about who I decide to engage into sexual activity with?"
"Yes," she glared at him.
He sighed. "All the women I have fucked been tested, they're all clear. I also make sure of it by glamouring them. There's no need to worry Sookie." He assured her.
She stared at him for a long moment before deciding that probably he was telling the truth. She sighed. "Well you better assign yourself a human soon." She began to turn on her heel and began to retreat back up the steps.
"Dr. Stackhouse," he called.
Sookie whipped her head at him.
"Since you came all this way, do you mind working as my main dancer again?" He grinned.
Sookie rolled her eyes and chuckled, "In your dreams" and then she left.
After getting a surprise visit from Sookie, Eric returned to his previous activity he had been engaging in before Sookie arrived. He had spent at least six hours after Sookie left fucking Yvetta nonstop, trying to release himself from loads of sexual tension. After fucking her for approximately six hours, Eric had ventured off to the bathroom he had built in his office.
His mind was beginning to cloud with all the thoughts that were roaming through his head. She literally caught him while he was engaging into sexual activity with one of his dancers and demanded to know why he stopped plotting against Godric and if he had an assigned human. From his understanding, he could tell she obviously still cared deeply for him or else she wouldn't have showed up. However, just by knowing that, he knew he couldn't tell her truth to either of those questions and he didn't want for her to ruin any of his plans if she got her emotions involved.
Eric stared at the mirror in front of him and looked down at his chest.
The reason he stopped plotting against Godric is because he simply wants Godric to kill him, and the reason he hadn't been assigned a human is because he doesn't want to be assigned one. He told Sookie that every woman he had sex with was clear from having the virus, but he lied about Yvetta. Yvetta was infected, and he knew that, but he didn't care. He actually wanted to die, and he wanted a reason that would help encourage Godric to actually kill him. He knew that if Godric would kill him, that Godric would no longer be this "good vampire" he always claimed to be. Eric wanted to win, and the only way he felt he would win is if Godric gives into the dark side and kill his own progeny.
Eric stared at his chest for a long moment, noticing a small black vein in the shape of a tiny tree forming right in the middle of his chest. He took a deep breath, now seeing the beginning of the end forming right in front of his eyes.
He had officially been infected with Hepatitis V.
A/N: Well… there you have it. Eric now wants for Godric to kill him and he believes the best way for that is if he has the fatal virus that is Hep V.