The Visions Chapter 53

The four vampires landed on the roof of Eric's condo hiding themselves between the roof top a/c units.

Kara had explained in detail to Eric the location of all the audio bugs as well as a complex miniature video camera that had been installed in the smoke detector near the front door. Annoyingly, Kara's vision had shown the condo being bugged by the Authority on Nora's orders.

"Why would Nora bug your apartment?" Pam asked.

"Obviously she does not trust us" Eric replied.

"I believe she is threatened knowing that I am with Eric" Godric added.

"Sookie told her she thinks there is something different about me" Kara said.

"What!" Eric bellowed.

"I saw Sookie calling the Queen and telling her that she should be worried about me since she couldn't read my mind" Kara replied calmly.

Eric fumed with rage. Not only had Sookie wronged his child but she had put them all in danger and there was not anything he could do about it now that she was under the Queen's protection. He vowed to himself that he would find a way to make her pay for her betrayal.

"Eric" Kara said softly putting a hand on his chest to soften the loud growl that he didn't even realize he was uttering. "It's OK. No one knows what I can do right now".

"Eric's home has been bugged because of that backwater bitch" Pam snarled.

"But we can get around it" Kara said calmly. "Godric can teleport us all in so they don't see anyone coming in through the door. Then I can show you where all the bugs are."

Eric calmed and chided himself that his newborn was able to formulate an easy way for them to stay safe.

"Wait, if we destroy the bugs will they hear feedback?" Kara asked.

"We will not destroy them. Godric will teleport them to the empty unit two floors below mine" Eric answered with a grin.

"After we take care of the condo I'll evoke a vision and let you know where the bugs are at the club" Kara offered.

Eric nodded at Kara before beginning to give instructions. "Godric will teleport us into the master bath where there is only one bug. He will bring Pam first, then Kara and then myself". Eric did not want Kara left alone either in the condo or on the roof.

"Once we are all in the bathroom Kara will lead us to all the bugs room by room. I do not need to tell any of you that you must move as quietly as possible" Eric stressed.

He waited for the vampires before him to nod in agreement before continuing. "We will place the collected bugs carefully in a pillow and when we have them all Godric will teleport to the vacant unit".

"Can you do that Godric without seeing the apartment?" Kara asked his maker.

"If the layout is identical to Eric's unit than yes, it will not be a problem" Godric confirmed.

With everyone clear on the plan, Godric began teleporting them quickly to the bathroom. In less than 3 minutes they were all standing noiselessly in the large master bath.

Kara moved very cautiously, hyper aware of her new vampire speed, and pointed to the underside of the sconce to the right of the large mirror over the vanity. Eric carefully removed the small bug and wrapped it in a towel. The foursome moved as one into the bedroom. Pam and Godric stood still as statues while Kara pointed out three more devices in the large room. Eric was relieved to see Kara taking extra precautions with her movements and that she was doing a very good job of not making a sound. Eric grabbed a large king sized pillow to muffle the bugs during the extraction.

They moved carefully and slowly, room by room, through the condo being extremely cautious to not be seen by the camera in the entry. Thankfully none of the bugs were placed there.

Eric's office was the hardest to de-bug as there were over a dozen bugs in that room alone. Kara froze near his desk and pointed wordlessly at his computer and shook her head. Eric frowned knowing that she wasn't seeing a bug but tracking software. Thankfully he had the hard drive backed up in his safe and there could be no way that anyone had found his safe. In the unlikely even that they did the pass code required his retinal scan, his finger print and a 30 digit code that he changed regularly.

When Kara was confident that they had cleared the condo of all the bugs she nodded to Godric who disappeared with the pillow filled with the over 200 bugs.

Eric waited silently with his girls until Godric reappeared. Kara slipped herself quickly into a trance and Eric instinctively knew she was double checking to be sure she didn't miss any. He held up his hand to stop Pam or Godric from speaking until she was done. Kara quickly came back to them and immediately spoke, "we're good".

Eric quickly moved to his safe and was relieved to see no evidence that that the large antique armoire in front of it had been moved. His opened the safe and was happy to find that the back up hard drive with another computer was where it should have been along with other miscellaneous possessions that he valued.

"Eric" he heard Kara's voice call from the doorway. "We are going to have to go through the same thing at Fangtasia including your computer".

"Do not worry Kara. I have been through this before".

Eric turned and walked towards his lovely child. He pulled her into an embrace and whispered in her hair "thank you for your assistance, this would have been much more difficult without you".

"I don't like all of this Eric" Kara said quietly. "I feel like we're being hunted".

"Because of your gift we will always be one step ahead".

"I'm not used to this Eric" she said as he felt her fear seeping through their bond.

"I will protect you with my life" he said seriously. "I have been alive over a thousand years. Godric has walked the earth for two thousand. We know how to keep ourselves and our off springs alive".

Eric sent comfort and reassurance through the bond and he could feel Kara relax.

"But what do we do now?" she asked.