Sawyer sat in the booth at Merlotte's and looked at the keys to her home. True to his words, Eric had gotten his people to fix their home and when she had stepped into it earlier it had almost felt like home again. Almost wasn't good enough though because she didn't feel safe in that house anymore. All she could think about was the message her mother had left above the bed she shared with Eric. She knew her mother wouldn't stop; especially not now since her precious son Finn was gone. Sawyer sighed and closed her eyes resting her head on her arms. She felt the twins moving inside of her and knew that running off and trying to go after her mother now was unthinkable. She could barely make it from the car to the house on her own; fighting was out of the question.
She opened her eyes when someone sat across from her. She smiled when she saw it was Sam. She sat back and saw him looking at her concerned. He had banned her from working anymore shifts and had even called Eric to ensure that she would listen. She let Sam reach out and take her hand.
"Want to tell me why you are sitting here when you should be at home resting?" he asked softly.
"Because I enjoy your company," Sawyer answered softly.
"I know a lie when I hear one. What's going on, Sawyer?"
Sam watched as Sawyer placed her hand on her stomach. He knew that she was scared for her babies and he would do anything to protect her and them. Everyone was willing to risk everything for her because she was their friend. In Sam's case though, she had become more; she had become family. He squeezed her hand and watched as she looked at him tears in her eyes.
"I am scared to be at home alone," she said softly.
"Sweetie, I am sure-," Sam started.
"I know. Eric has done everything from arranging for a guard dog to be delivered to hiring men to guard me," Sawyer pointed to the SUV sitting outside in the parking lot, "but I still cannot stand to be in that house anymore. My mother was ripped away that sense of peace and home that I use to feel there."
"Have you told Eric?"
"No, and I don't plan to."
"Sawyer-."
"No, Sam you don't understand. This is everything that Eric has ever wanted but thought had been taken from him. He has a partner, children on the way, a beautiful home. I just can't take that away from him with my stupid fears."
"He is going to know how you are feeling. He knows everything about you, Sawyer. And I don't think now is the time to start hiding things. You need to let him know how you feel so that he can help you."
Sawyer shook her head, "I'm protecting him."
"Just like he protected you from him keeping your brother in the basement of Fangtasia?"
"That was different."
"No, it's not. You two are just lying to each other when you get down to it. My question is, why do you even bother when you know how much pain it is going to cause in the end?"
Sawyer looked at Sam as he climbed out of the booth. He kissed her on the head and walked away. She sat there and realized that he was right. She looked down at her keys again and sighed. She grabbed them and slowly got out of the booth. She was going to go home and try one more time to stay in the home that she and Eric had built. Hopefully, this time she wouldn't be so scared and unnerved.
Eric pulled on his leather jacket and stopped. He turned around slowly and growled when he saw the lowly vampire standing there with a message in her hand. She looked him up and down and he wanted to rip her limb from limb. He didn't of course because he knew she was a minion of the Queen of Louisiana. He reached out and grabbed the envelope and looked at the vampire. She blew a bubble of bubble gum and he watched as the pink bubble broke and gum went all over her face.
"Is it true?" she asked smiling at him.
"Is what true?" Eric demanded sitting in his office chair trying to fight the urge to pick up the phone and call Sawyer right away. He missed waking up to her beside him and he needed to ensure she was alright.
"That you have fallen in love with a human?"
Eric growled. He watched as Pam walked into the office and yanked the young vampire out. He tossed the envelope aside deciding not to deal with it at the moment. He turned when Pam walked back in the room and slammed the door behind her. She looked at him and he knew that look; something bad had happened.
"Pam?" he asked waiting.
"They lost Sawyer," she said wishing she hadn't lost the bet to be the one to tell Eric the news. She knew that the said guards who had lost Eric's love were currently at the moment driving or flying as far away as they could to get away from Eric's anger and wrath. She wondered why she hadn't joined them; she then remembered that she liked Sawyer. She sighed and waited for her maker's response.
"Excuse me?" Eric looked at her confused, "Did you just say that they lost Sawyer?"
"Eric, you need to understand they were not-."
"I gave them one job and that was to follow a six month pregnant woman and they couldn't even do that?"
"Eric, it is Sawyer."
"And your point is?"
Pam sighed and waited for Eric's anger to past. She watched as he grabbed his computer screen and tossed it against the wall. That was the third one that month. She watched as he stood there looking around his office. His eyes stopped when he saw the picture of Sawyer and him. Sookie had taken it and for once Eric was smiling. Pam loved the picture as well seeing a part of her maker she had not seen before. Eric looked up and met her eyes.
"What happened?" he asked sounding calm.
"Sawyer went home then drove to Merlotte's. She stayed a few hours and then after she drove back home. Once she was home the men went to do a patrol around the grounds like they had promised you they would. They came back and the front door was wide open the Jeep still in the driveway but Sawyer was gone."
"Did they check Sookie or Bill's? She may have gone there."
"They check both places Eric but she is gone."
Eric stood there trying to wrap his mind around that. Sawyer was gone and no one could find her. He started to pace and tried to tell himself not to imagine the worst. He was sure that she was fine and had just gone for something. He turned and looked at Pam and knew by look on his child's face that that was not true. Sawyer had been taken and Eric knew who had her; Eve.
"Call Alcide. I will need his help with this," Eric said walking towards the door.
"Eric, what are you going to do?" Pam demanded.
"Get her back."
Pam watched as Eric left the room. She grabbed the phone and dialled Alcide's number. She knew that whatever had happened to Sawyer and whoever had her were about to pay dearly for it. Eric would find them and Pam knew that it was going to end in more bloodshed.
Sawyer blinked her eyes and winced when she felt a burning in her arm and pain across her back and stomach. She blinked her eyes and tried to see where she was but the room was so dark and dim she couldn't make much out except that she was lying on a mattress on the floor and her arms were chained to the wall behind her. She turned and looked at her right arm where the burning was coming from and she saw an IV in her arm and the stand holding the bag beside her. She yanked on the chains but she couldn't pull it out. She screamed as a sharp pain cut across her stomach. It felt like someone was cutting her open with a knife. She looked up when she heard a door open in the darkness. She saw a faint light that looked like a candle come towards her. She yelled at the person for help. She stopped yelling when the person came closer and she saw their face in the candlelight.
"What did you do to me?" Sawyer demanded as she saw her mother's face. She yanked on the chains again but she couldn't reach out and tear her mother apart. Eve kneeled beside her and placed a hand on her stomach. Sawyer wished that she could tear herself away from her mother's touch.
"I made sure that those babies are going to be saved," she said smiling at Sawyer.
"What?"
"You took my son from me, now I am going to take your children."
Sawyer looked at the IV and thought about the pain across her stomach and suddenly it made sense. Her mother had given her drugs to start her labour. Sawyer screamed and tried to lash out at her mother but the chains held her back. Sawyer felt tears come to her eyes as Eve patted her stomach then got up and walked away taking the candle with her. Sawyer sat in the dark and tried to remember how her mother had been able to grab her and take her away from her home without anyone noticing. Nothing was coming her mind and she just remembered a sharp pain in the back of her head and then nothing. She winced as another ache went thru her. She thought about her two babies. She was barely past six months and she knew that they weren't even close to being ready to be born. They would be so small and their lungs weren't developed yet.
She yanked on the chains harder and harder. She cried as they stayed embedded in the wall. She then looked around the room forcing her eyes to try and make out shapes in the dark. She hoped to find something that she could use to get herself out of the dark drearily room. She didn't see anything though and it seemed like the only thing in the room was her. She leaned back and rested her head on the wall behind her.
"Eric, you need to find me," she whispered letting more tears fall. She remembered Eric telling her that by drinking his blood she was connected to him; he could feel everything she felt and if she was scared he would feel it and find her. She was currently terrified; not for herself though. She was scared for her twins and what would happen if they were born now. "Eric, find me please," she whimpered placing a hand on her stomach. Her children depended on Eric finding them in time.
Eric stopped and stood by the house. He closed his eyes and felt a jolt pass thru him. He clenched his hands in fists when he realized that it was Sawyer. She was scared. He opened his eyes and saw Jessica, Hoyt and Alcide looking at him. They were his search team. Hopefully they would find Sawyer before morning but if they didn't Hoyt and Alcide would keep on the trail during the day. Eric hoped it didn't come to that. He wanted to be the one to find Sawyer and make sure she was alright. He also wanted to be the one to make Eve pay for taking his love away from him.
"So, what's the plan?" Hoyt asked nervous but willing to help Sawyer. He knew that Sookie and Bill would have been there but Tara had finally woken up at the hospital and Hoyt guessed that Bill would be the last person Eric would call for help.
"Alcide will follow Sawyer's scent and we will follow him," Eric said firmly.
"That will take forever on foot," Jessica whined.
"Hence why I am not going on only two feet," Alcide said winking. He started pulling off his clothes and then he changed into a wolf. He took off running.
Eric and Jessica followed him using their vampire speed while Hoyt jumped in his truck and followed the vampires as fast as he could. He knew that Sawyer needed them. He just hoped they got there in time.