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Title : In Dark Blue Lousiana
Genre : Drama, Romance.
Disclaimer : I don't own the characters unfortunately. They are the property of HBO and Charlaine Harris ! I own my OC, Ava Cole.
Chapter 36 :
" Ava ? "
Sookie's voice interrupted Ava's thoughts. Eric Northman haunted her and she hated that. She really needed to stop thinking about him and concentrate on Bill. It was more important than anything else.
Ava made her way towards the living room and was surprised to find Sookie alone. Where was Pam ? Ava hadn't heard her leaving. Anyway, Pam's absence didn't bother her, not at all. Pam was great but Ava didn't felt very comfortable with her…
" We need to go and see Jessica. Eric can call Pam when he wants to see her, so I think that Bill can do the same with Jessica. "
" Excellent idea Sookie. What are we waiting for ?"
The two women made their way towards Sookie's car and got into the car. There was an awkward silence during the little journey. Ava was sure that Sookie was trying to read her mind, but she did her best to block her friend. She knew it was working.
To tell the truth, she really wanted to tell Sookie about what had happened in Fangtasia but she didn't want to annoy her. It was her problem and Sookie didn't need to be worried for her. However, Ava also knew that Sookie was curious and that she would want to know everything. It was just a awful situation.
When they arrived in front of Bill's house, Sookie quickly got out of the care without waiting for Ava. The young woman decided to stay where she was, it wasn't like she could help Sookie right now. She should try to calm herself and concentrate. She strangely knew that tonight she would have a vision concerning Bill. She was sure about that, she had this little feeling inside of her.
Soon, Ava was joined by Sookie and Jessica and they left. Apparently, Jessica had felt something last night, she had felt a place and now they were trying to find this very place. Ava found it extremely strange. Vampires were fascinating.
" I know you probably don't want to talk about it, but I'm trying. What happened tonight with Eric ? "
" We should focus on Bill, Sookie. "
Sookie sighed.
" I know that Bill's in danger and right now, we're on our way to do some research but I want to know what happened. I want to act like a friend to you and to tell the truth it will distract me and I won't think about Bill. "
A distraction, it was a little distraction for Sookie. She needed to keep her mind busy and she was sure that Ava wanted to tell her what Eric had done tonight.
" Alright. "
Ava took a deep breath, she didn't know where to start. Actually, she was sure that she shouldn't talk about Sophie Ann, it would only make the telepath worried.
" Well, Eric was himself. He played with me, he teased me… "
She paused, she was starting to feel low again. She remembered every words he said and it hurt.
" It seemed that he loved hurting me.. The worst thing was when he told me he wanted to forget me with this woman.. Can you believe it ?"
Ava laughed a little, when she thought about that, she realized that this situation was ironic in the end. She also told herself that she needed to stay strong and not let all those things touch her.
" Is that all ? "
" No, of course not. He kept telling me that he cared about me and that he would do anything to keep me safe. He also kissed me. "
Ava heard Jessica chuckled. The young woman had nearly forgotten about the young vampire.
However, Jessica had been listening to this conversation and was fascinated. When Ava was in Fangtasia, the young vampire could see that there was some game between Ava and Eric but she couldn't have imagined that they could really have something going on between them. She wondered what kind of relationship they had. Anyway, she needed to stay concentrate. She knew that they were close to find something about Bill. She was getting the same feeling she had last night.
" After that, I told him to stay away from me if he really cared about me. He let me go, so I guess that he will leave me alone. "
Ava watched Sookie's face. She wished she could read her mind right now.
The telepath smiled, she was happy. Actually, Sookie was rather relieved. She knew that now Eric Northman wouldn't hurt her friend anymore, or at least that Ava knew who Eric really was. She wasn't going to fall in his trap again, she wasn't going to fall for him. Sookie knew that it was probably hard now for Ava, but it was worth it. She deserved better than Eric Northman, much better.
Soon, Sookie's attention fell on something, it was Bill's car.
" Stop ! It's Bill's car. "
Jessica stopped the car and in a flash Sookie was out of it. Ava followed her. The telepath was now on her knees, apparently there was a dead body in the car. Jessica got the body out of the car with her vampire strength.
That was when Ava knew she had to do something. She knew that she could find information about Bill's kidnapping by touching this man.
" Let me do something, Sookie. I'm sure that if I touch him, I'll get a vision about Bill. "
Sookie nodded. Ava took one of the man's hand in her own and closed her eyes. She felt a vision coming.
She saw Bill in the woods, he seemed alright. That was good at least. However, soon she saw him surrounded by werewolves. She couldn't believe it, werewolves really ? Were they linked to Ian ? No, why would Ian want Bill, it wasn't possible. Anyway, Ava needed to focus on what she was seeing. It was strange for her to watch Bill in the woods like that. She was only a witness and she hated that, she wished she could help him.
Ava then saw Bill fighting with the werewolves. He was doing well, the werewolves couldn't do anything against the vampire. Bill was frightening, he had blood all over his face and was holding a wolf's ear in his mouth. It was just disgusting.
Ava looked at the werewolves. Three of them were in human form, and only one was still in his wolf form. He was ready to attack Bill, but Ava wasn't worried. She knew that Bill would be safe. Just when the wolf was about to attack, someone stopped him. Ava couldn't really see who this person was because he was on a horse. Then, everything changed and she only saw one single thing : a road sign with Jackson written on it. Bill was somewhere in Jackson.
That was when her vision stopped, she was back with Sookie and Jessica. They were looking at Ava, waiting for her to tell what she had seen.
" Ava, what did you see ? "
Ava was a little bit shocked, she needed to recover quickly. She thought about her vision, at least she could tell Sookie that Bill wasn't hurt. She was also going to tell her about werewolves even if she was sure that Sookie would be more than surprised. However, there was one thing she didn't want to tell Sookie. It was the fact that Bill was in Jackson. She couldn't tell the telepath about that because she knew that Sookie would run to Jackson and put herself in danger, she couldn't allow it. That was when she got an idea. She could call Alcide and ask him about other werewolves in Jackson, he probably knew about them. Alcide was the only one who could help right now.
" Bill's okay, well at least he is in my vision. "
" Oh my God, do you know where he is ? "
Ava needed to block her mind right now, she knew that Sookie could try to read her mind.
" No, but he's okay. However, how can I tell you about that.. "
" You're scaring me Ava… Is there something wrong ? "
Nothing's wrong. She was just going to tell her about werewolves and telling her about werewolves meant that Ava would need to tell Sookie about the fact that Ian was a werewolf too. It was fantastic, wasn't it ?
" Bill has been kidnapped by werewolves. "
" Werewolves ? Are you kidding me Ava ? They don't exist. "
Ava was just about to answer but Jessica was faster.
" I think that they are real, Sookie. Look at this. "
Jessica handed her phone to Sookie, she was showing her some strange symbol, the dead man had the same one on his neck and it was meant for « Operation Werewolves ».
" What the hell. "
Sookie looked at Ava, who was nervous. She knew what was coming next.
" How do you know about werewolves existence Ava ? "
Ava ran her fingers trough her hair.
" Ian is a werewolf. I didn't tell you about that because it was enough for you. And, well I may now a werewolf too."
" Why did you lie to me ? "
Sookie was disappointed, why did she have lie about Ian ? Ava had promised to tell the truth and once again she had lied.
" Technically, I didn't lie to you Sookie. I just forgot to tell you about that. Anyway, I should call Alcide and ask him about that. "
" Alcide ? "
" A nice werewolf ? " Jessica asked.
Ava nearly laughed at Jessica's comment. Yes, Alcide was a nice werewolf, you could say that. Ava took her phone and called him. However, he didn't pick up so the young woman let him a message;
" What are we going to do now ? "
Sookie seemed completely heartbroken. She knew she should be happy to know that Bill was alive and more or less safe but she couldn't help but think that everything was over now. Plus, discovering that werewolves existed was too much. She was hopeless.
" It's okay Sookie, we're going to find him. We even had a trail. "
Jessica was trying to comfort Sookie while Ava was deep in her thoughts. She only knew one person who may know about this « operation werewolves » it was Eric Northman. They needed to go to Fangtasia and ask him some questions. Ava hated that, she wanted to avoid Eric and now she knew that they needed to see him. She was going to go back to Fangtasia for the second time in only one night and especially just after she had told him that she wanted him to stay away from her. He was going to tease her about that. However, Ava needed to do this for Sookie.
" We must go to Fangastia. "
Sookie looked at Ava, shocked.
" Thank you Ava but are you sure that Eric can help us ? "
Ava sighed.
" Yes, I'm sure. Eric will know something about that, after all it's not the first time he has to deal with werewolves, I met Alcide because of him. "
" Okay. Do you want us to drop you at my house, you may not want to see him again ? "
Sookie's concern made Ava smile. She was just so nice.
" It's okay, I don't mind being in Fangtasia, now let's go. We don't need to waste our time. "
Ava listened to Eric and Sookie's conversation. She couldn't talk, she was just here, looking at the tall blond vampire and thinking. When she entered Fangtasia, she had taken a deep breath and hoped that everything would be alright. She had expected a little comment from Eric but strangely he didn't say anything. Not even a word, he had only looked at her.
She couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking now and especially why he didn't say anything to her. Was he really trying to do what she had asked him to do, leaving her alone ? It seemed so. She was happy about that but she also felt some pain. He seemed to really care about her and she was pushing him away.
What was she thinking ? It wasn't like he hadn't hurt her, she shouldn't start to feel guilty. Eric had played with her and he was probably still doing so. He probably knew that ignoring her would make her feel that way.
" It stands for Operation Werewolf,some kind of secretNazi commando forcefrom World War II. We know that werewolves kidnapped Bill, Ava saw it. Now we only need you to tell us more about them. "
" You found this brandedon a dead man's neck? "
" We did. "
Ava looked at Eric. There was something in his eyes, it was like he had already seen this mark.
" Never seen it . "
He was lying, Ava was sure about that. She could see it, and it was like she could feel it. Eric knew this mark.
" Bullshit, Eric. I'm sure that you know something. "
Eric's gaze fell on Ava and quickly turned to Pam. He said something to her in a foreign language.
- " Let's go to the ladies' roomand stare at ourselvesin the mirror, Jessica. "
The two female vampires left, leaving Sookie, Eric and Ava alone. There was an awkward silence for a brief moment, but soon Eric started to talk.
" I already told you what I know about werewolves Ava, there's nothing more to say about that. Werewolves are territorial, vicious, pathologically secretive. You should know that Ava."
" Alcide is not like that and you know it. "
During a brief instant, Eric's face showed anger but soon his expression was emotionless again.
" Sookie is so blinded by herobsession with Bill Compton,she's likely to runthrough the streetsscreaming "werewolf bait,"alerting whoever has Billthat we're onto themor getting herself killed. And you, Ava you are going to follow her and put yourself in danger. "
Ava hated to be treated like that, she knew that she didn't need to fear anything with Sookie. Plus, she wasn't a child anymore. Eric couldn't control her.
" I'm not stupid Eric, and Sookie and I can take care of ourselves if you don't want to help us with that. I already called Alcide, I'm sure that he.. "
" Enough. Sookie's life and yours are too valuable to throw away. "
Sookie and Ava both had a gift, and that was the only thing Eric cared about. Why couldn't he be nice for once ?
" Bill's out there somewherein danger.I can't just go on with lifelike that's not know that,maybe better than Godric went miss.. "
Sookie was right, she had helped Eric and it would only be fair it he helped her.
" Bill Compton is no Godric. "
" But he's everything to me. "
Sookie stared to cry, Ava's heart broke at this sight. She approached Sookie and hugged her, it was the only thing she could do right now. No, it wasn't the only thing she could do, she could convince Eric to help the telepath.
" Please, Eric. Help her, you can't stay here and act like it's nothing. Sookie needs your help, she risked her life for Godric, you could at least try to find some information about these werewolves. "
She paused. The young woman knew that Eric was hiding something but she knew that when Eric wanted to keep something secret, it was pointless to try to make him talk.
" If you don't want to do this for Sookie, then do it for me. You owe me this, I think. "
Eric's gaze was hard when Ava looked at him.
" I owe you this Ava ? Are you serious ? "
" Of course, I am Eric. "
Sookie left Ava's arms and looked between the vampire and her friend. She was thankful for what Ava was trying to do, but she couldn't help but feel worried for Ava.
" Come with me, Ava. I think that we need to talk. In private. " Eric ordered her and showed her the way towards his office.
This was going to be a wonderful talk.
I hope you liked this chapter.. I know it's not a very good chapter but here it is and I can already tell you that you will like the next chapter. The next one is really better... I won't say anything else because I want it to be a surprise.
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