"Talking"

'Thinking'

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Blood Mistress Misery: We'll see how that plays out soon!

Anonymouscsifan: Pam saw how Eric was about Russell finding Charlotte and offered Sookie to take the fall so he wouldn't worry.

grapejuice101: Thank you!

wabi-sabi1090: She's going to be in a lot more jam soon. Charlotte is putting their bond to a test, to see if he really does care or the bond is forcing him.

SomebodyWhoCares: I sure don't lol.

Lina Marie: That's what she is trying to see by taking out the bond, to see if he really does care about her for real.

lilacsandroses93: We'll have to see how his impact works, since I've yet to figure out if I want to keep that chapter or re-write it.

ff13: Thank you for noticing that part when Yvetta says the same thing Charlotte did before and how differently he acts upon those words. It does show that he is changing because of what he is feeling.

Ann4ever17: On the note of Charlotte being stronger than Sookie since she is half faery. You can be strong than someone, but not know how to harness the power or use it. Charlotte doesn't know what to do with it, or even how to control it. But there is something that is stopping the full power, you'll see soon.

VampireElf14: Thanks lol here's more!

Sillygabby: Eric does deserve it for all the things he's said and done.

rukoitalian65: Here's the update! Enjoy!

movielover121796: Thank you! Here it is!

Beauty422: You are correct on the feeling part! It's not completely breaking the bond, it's a way of putting it on pause as it's in the heart stone for later.

Ry PenDragon: Eric just needs to get the stick out of his ass first lol.

Bill rushed into Fangtasia. "Sookie! Charlotte! Eric!"

Pam stepped into view. "They're not here."

Bill narrowed his eyes at her. "The girls are. I feel their fear."

"They came here on their own." Pam told him plainly. "It's not our fault you weren't invited." She smirked. "Maybe they're afraid of you."

Bill paused. "Did they say that?"

"I don't think they want you anymore."

Bill growled. "If you try to keep them from me, I will kill you."

Pam rolled her eyes. "Get a clue, Bill. I'm not the enemy."

"I am older and stronger." Bill warned her. "You are no match for me."

"This is not just about your relationship, you infatuated tween." Pam mocked. "There's a bigger picture."

"Not for me."

They released their fangs and Bill threw Pam away from the door she was guarding.

"Sookie!" he jiggled the knob. "Charlotte!"

"Don't you want the key?" Pam reached in between her breasts and showed up right behind Bill when he turned around.

Bill screamed as she sprayed him with silver, it getting into his eyes.

"Colloidal silver, in stock and overpriced at your neighborhood health food store." Pam smirked as Bill continued to scream in pain.

Sookie was driving Charlotte up the wall with all the damn questions. "What was that light? And the stone? Why was Eric so mad?"

"SOOKIE!" Charlotte snapped. "Enough with the damn questions! I'll answer them when we're out of this shithole and safe!"

They stayed quiet as they heard crashes and grunts upstairs.

The door opened and the thoughts of a woman speaking angrily in another language filled their heads.

Charlotte and Sookie stood up as Yvette came down the stairs.

"Rush, quick. I help." Yvetta ran as fast as she could in those big heels she was wearing.

"I thought you were on Eric's team." Sookie asked her, shocked to see the woman helping them.

Yvetta scrunched her nose. "Him? Big, blonde stupid. I hate."

"Me too. He's a two faced snake, that son of a bitch!" Sookie agreed.

Yvetta unlocked Sookie's collar and started helping Charlotte with hers. "Bastard, like bitch Pam." She helped take Charlotte's collar off as Sookie ran to some hanging chains.

Sookie grabbed one as the other women followed her up the stairs.

They busted through the door to see Pam straddling Bill and spraying Bill with something that was making him scream in pain.

Sookie put the chain around Pam's neck and pulled her off Bill.

Charlotte used her powers to push Pam onto the stripper pole platform with her mind.

Sookie went to Bill. Yvetta ran to Pam to make sure she doesn't move, while Charlotte got a clean white rag and wet it at the bar sink.

"What did she do to you?" Sookie asked as she caressed Bill's face.

"Silver particles in water." Bill opened his eyes but they looked burned.

"Oh, my God. Can you see?" Sookie opened his eyes again.

"No, but I will heal."

"Not until we get it off you." Charlotte gave Sookie the rag. "Here, start cleaning it off while I have a chat with Pam."

Sookie nodded and started to wipe Bill's wounds.

"Secure Pam. So she doesn't call Eric." Bill told Yvetta.

Yvetta nodded. "I secure!"

Charlotte quickly made her way to Pam. "Why did Eric throw us down there?"

Pam just looked at her.

Charlotte looked around on the ground to spot the silver spray Pam used. She picked it up and aimed it at her. "Pam, I don't want to do this, but answer me or I WILL spray you."

Pam tensed her jaw. "Sookie was supposed to be a gift for Edgington, while you stayed out of Russell's sight. Now we're all gonna die thanks to one freaky human and you." she said through the pain of the chains.

"Good." Sookie hissed at Pam from behind Charlotte.

"We have to go. Eric may come back!" Bill called out to the women.

Charlotte stared at Pam before helping Sookie with Bill.

Eric tracked Russell down to the Jackson Art Museum.

Guards were dead everywhere.

As he turned the corner, he saw Russell standing in front of a painting with a dead guard behind him.

"Talbot adores this piece." Russell spoke softly as he felt Eric's presence. "Adored. I'm having trouble switching tenses, you understand." He stayed quiet for a moment. "Why did you do it? Talbot never harmed you."

"You loved him more than anyone. Your heart singer. So he had to die."

Russell turned slowly, holding a crystal jar in his arms with red goo, Talbot most likely. "I'm about to put an end to your insignificant existence. This is not the time to be obscure."

Eric slowly walked forward. "A thousand years ago, you brought your wolves among the Vikings to butcher a human family." Eric stepped over the dead guard. "My family. Apparently, you wanted my father's crown for your vast collection of meaningless shit."

Russell laughed. "My, my. To lose the one man I ever loved and my only heart singer, because you miss your mommy and daddy? Well that is a kick in the pants."

"There are consequences," Eric smirked. "Even for Russell Edgington."

"Life is absurd." Russell laughed. "Still, I'm excited to destroy you."

"My loved ones are dead, and now Talbot is dead." Eric said quickly.

"Don't beg for mercy. It's such a bore."

Eric took a few extra steps toward Russell. "I can't help but noticing your expanding ambitions. You're after the whole world now, aren't you?" Russell just smirked. "Well, I can help you get it."

"Eric, you are nothing more than a lump of muscle with a blood grudge. You got lucky. You couldn't possibly comprehend what I'm after." Russell placed the crystal jar on the floor. "We should begin." He went to grab Eric's neck when Eric leaned forward.

"I can offer you the sun."

Russell paused. "Oh, day-walking? Oh, the old myth. That was around when I turned. You're pathetic."

"It's not a myth, not at all. There have been recent advances. It's been done." Eric grabbed Russell's attention now.

Russell removed his hand from Eric's neck. "Go on. Spin your little fairy tale."

"I will show you how to do it." Eric grinned. "Now, tell me you don't tell me you don't want it."

"I never said I didn't want it." Russell answered quickly. "That's the ultimate vampire dream, is it?" he smirked. "No one could stand against me."

"You would be unstoppable." Eric saw the look of distrust on Russell's face. "And if I'm wrong… kill me tomorrow."

Russell went around Eric as he laughed. "Clever boy. To tempt me."

Eric's ringtone 'Ain't We Got Fun?' by Richard A. Whiting went off, meaning it was Pam.

Russell looked at Eric's pocket confused.

Eric dug into his pocket and pulled out his cell. "Not a good time."

"No shit! Bill, Sookie, and Charlotte escaped." Eric clenched the stone in his pocket when Pam told him Charlotte had escaped. But how? "Yvetta cleaned out the cash." She hung up.

Eric nearly crushed his cell.

Charlotte sat in the back of Sookie's car as she drove and Bill sat in the passenger seat.

"Why did you go to Eric?" Bill asked them.

"My fault." Charlotte sat forward so her head was in between them. "I needed to ask Eric a question."

"What question?" Bill stared Charlotte down until she looked away.

"It doesn't matter anymore." Charlotte leaned back into her seat again.

"Look at what he did to you both. He's betrayed you, used you, and drawn you into danger." Sookie gave Bill a look to say 'shut up, so have you'. He looked down. "Yes, I have made mistakes while trying to keep you safe, but I am nothing like Eric."

"Of course you're not." Sookie looked at Bill quickly. "I love you, Bill. But after this whole Mississippi mess, we would be crazy women to trust either of you."

Bill nodded and turned his head to Charlotte. "Do you still have feelings for him?"

"I-I guess." Charlotte blew a curl from her face. "You should have seen him on that rooftop with Godric. After that day, I saw a whole other side to him other than his normal side, and it was real." She put her head on the window, reliving that day.

"When this is over, let's start anew." Bill told Sookie. "We'll be new."

"Will we?" Sookie shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. I don't know if people change, even if they try."

"We can, if we want to." Bill said quietly. "Do you want to?"

"You know I do." Sookie grabbed Bill's hand, kissed his hand and placed it on her heart. "I'll tell you what, that dungeon this time did me in."

"Sorry for yelling at you by the way." Charlotte spoke up from the back.

"It's fine. You'll explain later though."

Charlotte nodded at her, happy she didn't take the yelling to heart.

"Well if you two had listened to me and stayed put…" Bill started.

"We know, but I was sitting there in the dark after getting the yell of my life from miss leprechaun back there," Sookie motioned her head to Charlotte in a playful voice. "I thought, 'I am so done with this shit!'"

"That's why we need a fresh start. We'll be free of it, I promise you." Bill promised Sookie.

"What would that be like? Who would we be if we were normal?" Sookie wondered.

Charlotte tried to think about it. "Its hard to picture it." She laughed. "We've been doing this for a while, its starting to seem normal."

"For real." Sookie agreed. "Would we live in Grans house or your house?" she asked Bill.

"Both, we'd be married, happily married." Bill answered.

"And I'm not a waitress anymore. I'm going to collage- no! I'm a real estate agent and I'm really rich." Sookie grinned.

Charlotte started to think. "I would be doing Broadway shows, singing my heart out. Or maybe teaching singing lessons."

Bill turned to Charlotte surprised. "I didn't know you sang."

Sookie snorted. "She sings almost all the time. During a shower, when she's cooking, and even sometimes she doesn't notice and just whisper sings. She's lucky she's damn good at it."

Charlotte rolled her eyes. "No I don't!"

Sookie nodded. "Oh, yes. You do."

Charlotte turned to Bill and leaned forward again. "What about you Bill?"

"I would teach third grade, and I love my job." Bill smiled at the thought.

"We would have a big flower garden." Sookie started.

"We grow vegetables." Bill added.

"Tara sometimes comes over for dinner. We double date with Arlene and Terry, and go watch Charlotte's shows." Sookie threw a smile Charlotte's way.

"And I go fishing with Jason." Bill's smile grew.

"And we don't even know Eric Northman." Charlotte sighed. "A peaceful life."

Suddenly Eric and Russell pop up in the way of the car.

Sookie and Charlotte scream as Sookie presses the breaks.

The car skids as it get closer to the two vampires.

Russell hits the hood, making it lift the back into the air.

Charlotte tried to hold on and slid, but she caught herself and held onto the dashboard so she wouldn't end up crashing through the window.

Russell let the hood go and the car started to go down.

Charlotte was lifted up for a second, hitting her head as they bounced. "Shit."

Eric drove them to Fangtasia, which was covered in graffiti.

Russell pulled the women out of the car while Bill was pulled out by Eric. "Everything, as far as your deficient human eyes can see, will be mine." Russell motioned around them.

"Pride goeth before a fall." Sookie answered him as Charlotte watched Eric drag Bill in front of them.

"Hit me." Eric whispered to Bill.

Russell only laughs, not hearing Eric as he paid attention to the women. "Don't you see, ladies? Your country is begging to be conquered."

"Hit me." Eric repeated.

"You don't know much about America." Sookie spat.

Bill suddenly hit Eric, and they start fighting.

Charlotte went to move towards them, to stop them, but Russell pulled her more into him.

"Graffiti is the desperate cry of your dying race. Your so-called society is disintegrating." Russell laughed. "Soon there will be anarchy, and then there will be me." Russell pushed the inside of the bar and closed the door.

Eric and Bill waited for the door to close to stop fighting and retract their fangs.

"I have a plan." Eric told him quickly.

"Will it save them?" Bill hoped.

"Faeries?" Russell laughed as he held onto the crystal jar. "You seriously expect me to believe she's faery? A species extinct for millennia? If they ever exist at all. Do you think I wouldn't notice if there were faeries bouncing around in the world?"

"I didn't say she was full fairy." Eric corrected Russell. "She's a human-fairy hybrid, which helped save her from detection. She may well be the last of her kind. Your only chance to walk in the sun." He looked Charlotte's way without Russell noticing.

Sookie looked towards Bill and Charlotte's way.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Russell went around placing the jar on the bar counter.

"Drink her blood. You'll see." Eric challenged.

As soon as Eric said that, Charlotte jumped up. "Wait!" Everyone looked toward her. Russell with confusion, Eric in anger, and Sookie in fear. She couldn't see Pam or Bill's expression, but she could tell it wasn't good.

"Yes, Miss. Griffin?" Russell looked at her.

"Sookie isn't the last of her kind. I'm part faery too." Charlotte spoke as Russell moved toward her, never taking her eyes from him to not see the heated looks from Eric.

"That would explain a lot. Take a seat." Russell pointed to the chair next to Sookie and in front of Eric.

Charlotte quickly made her way to the chair and held Sookie's hand tightly. She felt a hand on her chair squeeze the back of it so hard, the wood creaked.

"Nothing in our blood is a supernatural sunscreen for y'all. Why would you even think that?" Sookie asked Russell, more brave since she wasn't facing this alone anymore.

"Sookie, you're wrong." Bill spoke up, making the women turn their heads towards Bill. "What Eric says is true."

"No!" Sookie looked at Bill devastated.

Bill looked down. "I never told you."

"That's why you didn't burn?" Charlotte asked.

Bill nodded.

Eric spoke to Russell. "Bill's experience it for himself."

"Oh, well, that's reassuring. A testimonial from the mendacious Mr. Compton." Russell replied sarcastically.

"A new beginning?" Sookie yelled at Bill. "We'll start over?"

Bill didn't answer Sookie and instead spoke to Russell. "I can't force you to believe it. You'll have to see for yourself."

Charlotte looked at Bill with sad eyes. "Why are you doing this Bill?"

Bill gave her a tired look. "We've tried fighting him. We'll never win." He shook his head. Sookie started to cry. "If he develops a taste for your blood, he may let you live."

"Or he'll drain us dry!" Charlotte yelled at him.

"So?" Eric asked Russell.

Russell smiled. "I'm intrigued."

Eric smiled as well. "Excellent."

"I hate you!" Sookie told Bill. "I hate you all!"

"On one condition." Russell told Eric.

"Whatever you like."

"You go first." Russell gave a small smile to Eric.

Eric clenched his jaw before putting on a forced smile. "I'd love to."

Russell clapped his hands. "Now to wait for the Sun to rise." He stood up and walked away with the jar.

Charlotte felt a cold hand grab her wrist and pull her away from Sookie.

She was pulled through a door and set down on a chair. She looked up and saw a furious Eric.

"Why did you do that?" his fists were clenched hard.

Charlotte held her head high. "I am not letting you drain Sookie. Drain me instead."

Eric's fangs released and he was suddenly in front of her, bending down so they were eye to eye. His hands held down her hands on the arms of the chair.

"I will not let him touch you. You are mine." Eric growled. Charlotte moved her head away from him and bumped it against the wall, making her hiss in pain and move away from the wall. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just hit my head against the ceiling of Sook's car when the car dropped back down."

Eric let go of her arms and she got to rub her head softly as she stood up.

"Why did you do this?" Eric asked in a soft voice.

Charlotte looked up and saw he had the pink heart stone in his hand. She went to reach for it but he took it back. "I needed to know something. And I wanted to see if it was true if the bonding process was removed."

"Have you found your answer?"

Charlotte looked down at the ground, jaw tense. "… No."

"Put the bond back, now!" Eric raised his voice.

Charlotte glared at him, not scared. "No."

"Damnit, Charlotte. This isn't a game! Now the bond is gone, it doesn't feel the same!" Eric snapped as she looked away from him. "I want to destroy everything in sight with my bare hands, but I can't because it'll put you more in danger."

"I can put myself in danger by myself." Charlotte mumbled childishly.

Eric put the stone in his pocket and pressed his lips to hers in desperation.

His fangs scratched the inside on her lip, making blood come out slightly. He sucked on her lower lip as she pressed her hands against his chest.

His back tensed as she scratched at it through the shirt.

"Eric…" she sighed breathlessly.

Eric sighed, his cold breath hitting her face. "You have no idea what you do to me."

Charlotte looked at him in the eye, hoping for an answer. "Tell me."

Eric shook his head. "Not yet."

"Eric… I'm going to die today because I got drained."

"I won't let that happen." Eric promised. He stood up straight when there was a knock on the door. "Come in."

Pam came in. "I need to talk to you."

Charlotte got the hint and left the room to get back to Sookie who was sitting far away from Bill.

"Yes Pam?" Eric asked her once Charlotte was out the room.

"Don't do it. What if it doesn't work?" Pam spoke with some nervousness.

"It'll work." Eric looked to the door where he could hear Russell asking Charlotte and Sookie about secret faery powers. He looked back at Pam and saw she had blood tears in her eyes. "Come on, what's this?"

"Nothing." Pam wiped her eyes quickly. "It's the bleeds."

Eric knew she was lying. "You know I love you more when you're cold and heartless." he gave her a smile as she nodded and kissed her forehead. "I need you to help me with a plan."

Pam nodded.

Eric told her the plan quietly and she got the supplies for it, which thankfully was all in this room.

After the hole healed and the small bag was hidden on Pam's person, they walked out the office.

Eric walked right to Russell. "Shall we?" he asked with a smile.

"Do, let's!"

Bill stopped them. "One caveat, gentlemen. If you drain them completely, that's the last fairy blood you'll ever drink."

Eric played along. "Mm, good point."

"We are schooled!" Russell called out excitedly. "Onward to adventure!"

Sookie glared at Bill for the thousandth time. "If this is you trying to help me, thanks for nothing."

Eric quickly, yet gently, grabbed Charlotte by the back of the neck. She shook in fear, yet she kept her face hard.

His eyes scanned over her face, taking it all in. From her eyes, lips, to the small scar under her right eyebrow.

It seemed Eric was taking too long for Russell as he sighed annoyed and reached over to grab Sookie's arm.

Russell pulled Sookie's arm, making her slam down on the table in a scream.

Charlotte turned her head to look at her friend, and Eric used that moment to attack her neck.

Her sweet warm blood ran down his throat, making him moan in ecstasy. Her screams and cries filled his ears as she tried to push him off.

Eric caressed her hair as he started to drain her. He could feel her get weaker as her heart rate lessened and the crying lessen.

He pulled away and held her limp form in his arms. He looked over to Russell and saw he was talking to the jar.

Eric gave Charlotte a soft kiss and put her down gently. "I'm sorry." He gave her one last look before he walked to the bar door.

He replayed that small moment in his mind as he watched toward the door.

The way her hair was messy from all the activities today, her skin pale from blood loss, and her lips stained with her blood that was on Eric's lips.

She truly looked like Snow White, yet it was the prince that harmed her. Not the evil Queen.

Eric opened the door with closed eyes, readying himself in case it wouldn't work. Once outside, He shut it.

He heard birds singing and opened his eyes slowly. He walked forward as he looked around in amazement.

He haven't seen the Sun in over 1000 years…

Eric placed his hand out and nearly cried when he saw he was not burning. He could feel the warm sunshine touching his skin.

Eric walked forward to where he knew the cameras could see him. He spun around for them to see he was not burning before he waved at the camera to come, for Russell to follow him.

Eric turned back around when he felt the Sun starting to affect his skin a bit, giving him small wisps of smoke coming from his body.

"Låt dem inte se..." (Don't let them see…) Eric muttered to himself.

Minutes passed when Eric heard the door open and knew Russell had come out.

"It's glorious! It's sublime!" Russell yelled in amazement. He was next to Eric now, laughing.

Eric could feel his skin starting to blister now as he turned to him.

Russell took a look at Eric's face and went to run but Eric grabbed his arm.

Eric placed silver handcuffs on Russell's right wrist and then on his own left. "Silver." He hissed out through the pain.

"You traitor. Fucking madman!" Russell fell to the floor, becoming weak from the silver and the Sun, taking Eric down with him.

"Be brave. We'll die together."

Russell screamed at the top of his lungs.

How did you guys like it?

It was short, but I did say an episode a chapter and I added a bunch of stuff.