Sunlight and Ambrosia

Chapter 21 – Season 3 – Vampnapped

Anne and Luka picked up Sookie from the restaurant where Sookie was being questioned by a female police officer. Anne thanked the woman- who just looked annoyed- and piled a sobbing Sookie into the back seat of her bus, making short work of introducing Luka and Sookie as she drove. The first stop was Bill's house, Sookie barging in on Jessica and yelling for Bill like a mad woman.

Luka glared at her fellow blonde, not at all impressed with the blubbering mess. It seemed to Luka that maybe the Council were being too hard on Andromeda. Not only had half fairy beings disappearing like dead bodies around hungry ogres, but it appeared that every half fairy had disappeared as of recently. Luka also felt sorry for Andromeda because of the blonde she was looking after. Maybe the problem wasn't Andromeda's skills but the problems that her half fairy charge got herself into. It didn't seem that Sookie was all that careful or knowledgeable about the creatures she surrounded herself with, mainly vampires.

Once Bill's home had been cleared, Sookie was sure that Eric had something to do with it. She didn't listen to anything Anne had to tell her about the situation. Anne tried to convince Sookie that it wasn't Eric- because he wasn't that dumb- and that Sookie should get some rest. Anne told her that she and Luka would go to the restaurant to try to see if Anne could sense anything. However, Sookie wouldn't go home until she talked to Eric. The only reason Anne finally agreed to go see Eric was that Eric was the Sheriff of Area 5 and if Bill had gone missing and it wasn't Eric who had done it, it was Eric who would help Sookie find him.

Sookie, Anne and Luka walked into Fangtasia about twenty minutes later, Sookie's eyes scanning the place before a familiar voice spoke up behind them. "Well, hello sweetie. What's your name?"

Sookie, Anne and Luka turned to find Pam in a full black leather dress, eyeing Luka. Pam seemed to find Luka very appealing, raising her eyebrows suggestively at the ogress and flicking her tongue out over her lips. It would seem that Pam had a thing for blondes, regardless of their height or musculature, her eyes moving over Luka's body and resting on her large breasts. It didn't help that Luka was wearing a very small shirt.

"I'm in no mood for lesbian weirdness tonight, Pam," Sookie interrupted Pam's observation of the ogress. "Where's Bill?"

"I have no idea,"

"Then where's Eric?"

"He's…" Pam smiled suggestively. "Indisposed at the moment,"

"Indisposed? Doing what?"

"I think doing who would be the better question,"

"Does this one have a brain defect?" Luka murmured in Anne's ear.

Pam laughed, smiling at Luka. "And she's funny too,"

Sookie quickly pushed past Pam and made her way down into the dungeon, screaming about how she was sure that Bill was done there. Pam, Luka and Anne rolled their eyes at each other and followed her, Luka sneezing as the smell of sex wafted up to meet her. Anne ducked her head when she came to the bottom of the stairs to stand beside Sookie, embarrassed at what she saw. Eric was currently butt naked, having sex with a tied up woman who seemed to be thoroughly enjoying herself along with being very tired and very sweaty.

"Holy S," Sookie gasped.

"Sookie," Eric greeted, pulling away from the woman to look at who had come down into his dungeon. "See anything you like?"

"I do," Pam grinned, looking over Luka's shoulder to get a good look at the weak woman Eric was having his way with.

"And I take it Anne and Sookie couldn't be stopped?"

"What can I say? They overpowered me,"

"Off you go, Pam,"

Pam sighed, frowning at Luka. "Fine… but I'll be seeing you later, sweetie,"

Luka ignored the vampire, stepping closer to Anne as Pam disappeared up the stairs.

"Anne, Sookie, meet my new dancer, Yvetta from Estonia," Eric introduced, completely ignoring Luka. "Yvetta, meet Anne and Sookie… from here,"

"Здравствуйте," (Hello.) Yvetta greeted from where she was hanging.

"Привет, Иветта," (Hi, Yvetta.) Anne greeted Yvetta in Russian without looking at her, eyes on a crack in the cement, making Eric chuckle at her. "Неудобно с вами познакомиться," (It's awkward to meet you.)

"Приятно встретиться с вами, Иветта. Я люблю вашу стойку," (A pleasure to meet you, Yvetta. I love your rack.) Luka smiled, not at all abashed as she looked the woman up and down in a similar way as Pam had done.

Yvetta smiled tiredly up at her. "Спасибо," (Thank you.)

"Никуда не уходи," (Don't go anywhere.) Eric told Yvetta before walking up to the three women, not bothering to cover up. "So, what brings you two to Fangtasia on this balmy summer night?"

"Bill's been kidnapped and I think you did it,"

"I didn't," Eric told Sookie simply, making her glare. "Any other theories?"

"I'm still on this one, thank you very much. Where were you tonight around eleven o'clock?"

"Here, with Yvetta,"

"Doing this?" Sookie asked, shocked. "For the last six hours?"

"You seem surprised. Is Bill's stamina not up to snuff?"

Sookie ignored him. "Anne. Sense him and see if he's telling the truth,"

Anne stared at the small blonde in shock before ducking her head again with an annoyed frown, her nose scrunching in disgust. "No, thank you. I would rather not see exactly what he has been doing for the last six hours,"

"Afraid you'll like it?" Eric smirked.

Anne snorted at him, meeting his eyes for the first time. "I have had you, if you remember, which is why I know I do not want any more of it,"

Luka gave her a dark look while Sookie gave her a stunned expression.

"Eric did not kidnap Bill," Anne continued to Sookie without taking her eyes from the steely-blue ones of the man standing before her. "However, he did send a man named Rubin to kidnap him. Unfortunately for both him and us, his man did not get there in time. I do not know why he was having his man kidnap Bill but I do not want to know,"

Eric, Luka and Sookie stared at her in shock. "How did you…?"

"You know why. I try not to pry but you leave yourself open to me,"

Sookie made an impatient sound and interrupted them. "Then where can I find Lorena? If you don't have him, she does,"

"Solid theory," Eric told her, his eyes turning away from Anne's. "But given the tenor of your last run-in with Miss Krasiki, I think it's better if I dealt with her,"

"How do I know you will?" Sookie challenged.

"Because if Bill was in fact kidnapped, by human or vampire, I am duty-bound as sheriff of the area in which he resides to find him-"

"Told you," Anne murmured a bit smugly to the blonde.

"-even if I want a few things that are his,"

The smugness immediately dropped from her face as her eyes flashed up to find Eric looking at her. The change in her expression was so sudden that it was almost as if Eric had slapped her with his words, grabbing her attention as their eyes met. In his eyes she could see a glimpse of the emotions that danced behind the seemingly impenetrable steel and it made her uncomfortably hopeful. She wasn't supposed to be feeling anything for the vampire and yet she felt warmth growing in her chest. This was something she couldn't allow herself to feel.

"I am not Bill's, Eric," Anne told him when she felt Luka stiffen at her side. "Sookie is,"

"Then why aren't you mine?"

Luka growled threateningly at Eric, a more animal sound than anything remotely human. It surprised everyone in the basement except the two Fae, Anne putting her hand out, touching it to Luka's stomach to stop her from moving forward. Eric's and Luka's eyes were on each other, two predators facing each other down.

"Luka. Hush," Anne whispered, trying to release the tension in the room. "Eric,"

The two didn't take their eyes off each other but their bodies relaxed a bit, Luka wrapping an arm around Anne's waist. The staring contest between the predators ended when Eric's eyes dropped to Luka's arm, looking greatly annoyed and a little hurt. He wasn't pleased to find that Anne was now someone else's, even if it was some lesbian Fae that shouldn't have stood a chance against him.

"Please, Eric," Anne breathed, bringing his eyes up to hers again. "Find Bill,"

The three girls left Eric in his basement and left for Anne's car. They'd only just gotten in when Anne turned to find Sookie with tears coming down her face in the seat beside her. "Anne? Remember that thing you did in Dallas, when we were down in the basement of the Fellowship of the Sun church? You knew where Bill was, through our bond?"

Anne glanced over at Luka, who didn't seem all that happy with her. But Anne just sighed, nodding at Sookie dejectedly. "Yes?"

"Could you do that? Now?"

Anne nodded again, closing her eyes as she pressed her palm against Sookie's exposed chest and focused. Quickly, she sifting through and looking past Sookie's self until she delved into the blood bond between her and Bill. Anne's eyebrows drew together as she tried to see what was going on but was failing because Bill felt so weak and drained for some reason, too much for it to be only silver.

"I can see him. Someone has taken him and silvered him,"

"Well, where is he?!"

Anne's eyebrows furrowed in concentration, silence descending on the group. "I… I can't see it clearly… He is weak… He is still in a car… "

"Oh, my God," Sookie murmured before her eyes grew cold and determined. "We need to find him… Is there any way you can follow him?"

"Maybe," Anne sighed, removing her hand. "But it will be much harder if he continues traveling at the speed he is…" They drove around for nearly two hours before Anne finally felt something familiar. "We are getting close, I think-"

"Stop!"

Luka's head hit the back of Sookie's seat as the car suddenly slammed to a stop in the middle of the road.

"That's Bill's car!"

They all got out, Sookie, Anne and Luka going down to where Bill's flipped and totaled car sat down in the ravine off to the side of the road. Luka kept a hold of Anne's arm as they climbed down towards the car, keeping her from falling against the rocks. Sookie fell twice.

Sookie crouched down by the car, peering inside. "There's a body in here, but it's not Bill give me a ha-" Before she could finish, Luka flipped the car back over with little more than a grunt. Once flipped and settled, Luka pulled the body out with one hand, letting it flop to the ground at Sookie's feet. Sookie stared at her in shock, looking to Anne for help.

Anne just rolled her eyes. "Show off,"

Luka just grinned and started going through the dead man's body. "No wallet. No phone. No nothing that could be helpful. Andromeda?"

Anne placed her hands on the car sensing that there had been five people inside of it recently, four werewolves and one vampire. While Anne was doing this, Jessica arrived, kneeling down beside Luka as she spotted something on the man's neck. Curious, she pushed down his shirt so that she and Luka could see three lines and a slash through it burned into his neck.

"What is that?"

"Let me see," Anne spoke up, coming to kneel beside the body.

Anne put one hand on his forehead like she was taking his temperature and placing the other hand over his heart. Though the man had been dead for a while, there was still a bit of information that Anne could see as she concentrated. After a long moment Anne opened her eyes and looked between Sookie, Jessica and Luka.

"This man is a werewolf,"

"Werewolf?" Sookie asked, looking a little worried.

"There were four werewolves in that car with Bill, and they were all drinking his blood," Anne informed them, pulling away from the man. "They were all addicted to V. They were hired to kidnap Bill for someone in Mississippi but I do not know who except… I think it is a vampire," Anne murmured in surprise before she focused again. "The sign means Operation Werewolf and I think Eric might be able to tells us about it,"

"How do you know?"

Luka frowned. "Don't question it, babe. You learn to just go with it,"

"Then let's go. Let's talk to him,"

"No, Sookie. We all need to go home and get some rest,"

"What?! We have a lead! We can't just leave it hanging,"

"We won't but we can't do anything about it now. The sun will be coming up and I doubt that Jessica would enjoy the sun tan, nor do I believe Eric would be willing to stay up to give us answers. Let us sleep for now and we will go to him tonight,"

Anne could tell Sookie hated it but the logic was working on regardless.

"Fine," the blonde sighed.

Luka frowned. "You might as well put that one out of her misery,"