I know, some of these are SHORT, but oh well.
Charlaine Harris owns the characters.
Snoogans
Of course Eric sped down the road. He thought it was funny when I asked him to slow down before we got pulled over. I didn't. He decided to try to get me to relax my reaching a hand over and rubbing my thigh. I figured I could persuade him to slow down if I asked really nice, and returned the thigh rubbing favor. I shouldn't have distracted him while he was driving.
A truck pulled out in front of us from a side road just as we were about to get to the highway. We would have avoided it except for I had my hand in Eric's lap, and was playing a little more than I should have been since he was driving. We both noticed it at the last second, and Eric swerved to avoid it, but it was to late. We hit the front of the truck, and from Eric trying to swerve out of it's way, we spun around a few times, then hit the ditch and the corvette flipped. I was glad just then for my seatbelt. I felt Eric take my hand when we started to flip over, and I was so happy when it finally stopped and we settled upside down, and I realized that I was still alive.
"Sookie, are you injured?" he asked. "I can smell your blood."
"I think I'm alright." I said. I didn't feel like I was to seriously hurt. I looked around. It was dark, but there was enough moonlight to tell that I had some cuts but they weren't to terrible. I wasn't concentrating then on keeping my guard up, and I felt that there were other vampires around, and they were getting closer very quickly. "Eric, we aren't alone. Vampires, six from what I can tell." I said and then they struck.
Eric started to get out of the car, but Victor was already there waiting for him and struck. He had a silver chain, and the threw it around Eric's neck. I heard Eric roar and then I saw him hit the ground. Victor had his foot on Eric's chest, and the chain was wrapped a few times around his neck.
"Get the girl." I heard Victor say, and then there was a vampire at my side of he car, and I was pulled out, and they weren't very nice about it, but I don't know why I expected them to be. The vampire who pulled me out stood me on my feet and held me up since I hadn't gained my senses completely back from the crash. "Get him up." I heard Victor say, and one of the other vampires came up behind Eric and pulled him to his feet. We both looked at each other. This was not how we planned for this to go down, that was for darn sure.
The vampire holding me took my by my hair and drug me around to the side of the car where Eric and Victor were. Eric was starting to fight back and lash out at Victor. Once I got close to Victor, he took hold of me, and the other vampires, except for the one holding on to the chain that was around Eric's neck, backed away.
"Calm down or I'll kill her now Northman. I wasn't going to make you watch, but if you don't stop fighting, I'll just do it now." Victor said. Eric looked at me, and kept his eyes on me as he ceased his battle to break free. Victor had me by my hair now, and turned my face to look at his. "How lovely to see you Sookie. Tell me, how have you been?"
"Better than you." I said, practically spitting in his face.
"Yes, I suppose that's true." he said, and laughed a little. "I decided not to drag this out any longer than it had been already. I know you've been waiting for me. I expected there to be a hunting party out for me from Felipe, but he's so incompetent I should have figured there wouldn't be." he said, and looked over to the vampire that was restraining Eric. "Secure him to that tree." Victor said, and we all followed as Eric was drug over to a massive tree just behind the tree line, and the chain was wrapped around it, and then locked to it. He was still standing, and I could see him trying to reach for the chain around his neck, but touching it to pull it away didn't do any good either since it just burned his hands, but God bless him for still trying. "Leave us." he said to the only vampire left of the five that had been with him when we crashed. It was now just the three of us.
"If you kill her, you had better kill me as well, because if you don't, I will find you Madden, and I will make sure you suffer for an eternity for this." Eric hissed. I could see he was in pain. His skin was burning under the chains.
"Oh, I'm planning on killing you both. I should have done it the night of the takeover. I wanted to. I should have." he said, and seemed to be thinking back on that night. "But, se la ve. Now I can make you watch. Although, I'm not sure who I want to kill first, and who I want to have watch." Victor said, and then looked back and forth between Eric and I as he decided. "I think I'll start with you Stackhouse." he said, and threw me to the ground.
I hit hard, and it knocked the wind out of me. I raised myself up on my hands and inhaled deep. I looked over at Eric, who was struggling harder than ever to get free, but it was no use. Victor came over to where I was on the ground and kicked me in the gut. I lost my breath again, and was struggling to breathe. I felt like I was going to vomit he kicked me so hard. I rolled over on my side, and as Victor hovered over me, I started to kick back. I wasn't going to just lie there and take it. He was probably going to kill me, but I wasn't going out without a fight. Victor just laughed at my futile attempt.
He picked me back up by my hair, and pulled me over to stand in front of Eric. Tears were running down my face. I mouthed "I love you." to him, and he closed his eyes. Victor slapped me hard then, and it would have knocked me to the ground, except his still had me by my hair.
"Open your eyes Northman. If you don't watch, I'll just draw this out and make it more painful for her." Victor said, and Eric's eyes shot open, and Victor slapped me again. He was hitting me hard. I could feel blood running down my cheek now, and I was sure my cheekbone was broken.
My beating went on for a good ten minutes. I was back on the ground, and Victor seemed to like kicking me in the ribs and gut. I was spitting up blood now, and it hurt to breathe. I could tell I had a few broken ribs. Victor seemed to be growing tired of me. I could tell he was getting ready to finish me. I had fought back the whole time. I never really did any damage, even though I tried. Eric fought the entire time to free himself from that tree, and now that he could tell it was getting close to the end, he was trying even harder. I heard the tree crack behind him, and I thought for a second he might completely pull it out of the ground trying to get to me.
Victor had been preoccupied with himself the entire time he beat me. He was rambling about all the things he should have done different. Accentuating particularly harsh things with swift hard kicks or punches or slaps. He picked me up by my hair again. I could barely stand on my own at this point.
"Has anyone ever told you you smell delicious?" he said to me, and then he bit my neck and started to drink. I screamed at the pain of it. I heard Eric scream too. Victor was going to drain me. I started to get light headed, and if Victor hadn't been supporting all of my weight before, he was now. My legs completely gave out, and I felt like I was losing consciousness. And then I felt Victor let go of my hair, and I felt him start to sink. I started to go down to, but someone caught me before I hit the ground, and then I heard skin ripping. I couldn't see straight, and I was struggling to keep my eyes open.
