Chapter 26…The plan, part 2
As I walked to her I saw that bill was on the television and smiled slightly because this was all part of the plan.
"And that hate is a powerful force, but hate never wins out, not in the long run. And we will never succumb to it. As Christ himself said…" Bill went on to say but Antonia switched the tv off.
"So that's it? A single vampire dies, four centuries ago, all vampires within twenty miles burned" Antonia said and paced around.
"Wait a minute. You made that vamp go into the daylight" Tara said and I rolled my eyes. "We did, Tara. We did…" Antonia continued on but I shut her out because all I was hearing was "Blah blah blah"
I was just picking up my book again when the phone rang and I knew who it was so I put the book back down and walked to Antonia.
I listened as Tara talked to bill and then she put the phone on speaker.
"Lady Antonia" Bill said and I saw Tara look at Marnie. "Vampire" Antonia said so formally that I wanted to burst out laughing but I held it in.
"On behalf of all vampires in Louisiana and throughout the world, I apologise for what was done to you. It was a crime of unspeakable magnitude for which there can be no forgiveness. But there can, I believe be peace between us" Bill explained to Antonia but I could see that he was agitating her.
"Peace? What peace…one of you came here to Marnie's place of worship, you molested her, you bit her like an animal" Antonia exclaimed. I heard Bill sigh "I know, I sent him…and it was a tragic mistake, one I deeply regret. It was a mistake borne out of arrogance and ignorance of who you were" Bill explained and as he did I stared long and hard at the phone.
He wasn't man enough to clean up the own mess in his area and as king he should have done it himself.
"It doesn't matter who I am, every soul is entitled to live freely. You are an affront to God when you deny that" Antonia said and crossed her arms as she looked at the phone.
"I can only tell you that there are many of us who believe as you do. And we wield considerable power among our kind" Bill said and Antonia started chuckling out loud at him. "Oh, the rulers of the vampires, they are my allies?" Antonia asked like she was offended.
"I understand your doubt. Let us meet. Just the two of us, in peace. Unarmed" Bill explained and I saw Antonia think it over.
"And let you bewitch me, like you did Marnie?" Antonia asked him. "I can only glamour humans, you are far beyond that. I know what I am asking, for you to trust in the possibility of peace" Bill said and Antonia looked at me and I nodded at her to say yes.
"Where?" Antonia asked "The cemetery in Bon Temps" Bill replied and I nodded again when Antonia looked at me.
"Midnight" Antonia said to Bill and I could imagine him smiling. "I am in your debt" Bill said and then Antonia motioned for Tara to hang up.
"You really are going alone to meet him?" The guy from Marnie's group named roy asked Antonia and Antonia laughed out. "Of course not, we will all go. Once the vampires think we have come to an agreement we will strike" Antonia said and everyone in the group cheered and started gathering stakes and silver spoons and chains, even silver platters.
I watched as everyone chose what to take and then Antonia turned to me "will you be ready tonight to stand by my side, as my right hand?" she asked me but before I could answer the guy from before stepped in.
"Why does she get to be by your side? She isn't even powerful, she is just some witch want to be" he said to me and I raised my eyebrow at him and then started chuckling. "Oh my…wow you have no idea" I said to him and he moved out of the way and pointed his hands.
"Then prove yourself…" he said and I looked back at Antonia and she looked at me sceptically. "Fine then…" I said and stepped back a few steps and watched as the entire group looked at me…waiting.
I took a deep breath and clenched my fists as I focused on Roy that thought he was funny. I watched as the fire started at his feet and made its way up until he was engulfed by it. I kept watching he screamed and dropped to the floor and everyone else was screaming except Antonia, she was looking at me with glee in her eyes.
Everyone was still screaming when I ended the fire and everyone rushed to him. "fucking relax, he's fine" I said and I saw that everyone was looking at him in shock. When Lafayette's boyfriend touched him he pulled back in shock and looked at me.
"It's not hot fire, its cold. He is fine, now can we move on…it's nearly midnight" I said and Antonia clapped her hands at me and the rest of the people helped him up and looked at me with fear.
"Hey Tara, you mind if I take one bullet out of your gun?" I asked her and when she handed it to me I took one out and handed it back.
"It is nearly time, we must go" Antonia said and everyone made their way outside ready for a fight of a lifetime, but I couldn't care less. I only had one goal tonight.
As we came to the cemetery Antonia casted a spell that would hide us from Bill's view until the time was right. We walked forward and stopped just short behind Antonia.
"Lady Antonia" Bill said as he came forward and then Antonia stepped forward.
"I am no lady. I am peasant and proud of it" Antonia said with pride but in her eyes you could tell she had a lot of distaste for Bill.
"I come in peace" Bill said as he smiled softly and held his hands up in defence, showing her he meant no harm but I knew otherwise. "Do you?" Antonia asked sceptically and then chuckled. "I know you are not alone" Antonia said and Bill looked over his shoulder and motioned for his followers to step forward and I watched as Eric, Sookie, Pam stepped forward and then Bill looked back at us. "Nor are you…" Bill said and Antonia lifted her arms that resulted in us being revealed.
"Tara?" Sookie asked but Tara just looked at sookie and then I realised Eric was staring at me and I stared back and nodded slightly to him, showing I was on their side.
"A sad testament to our inability to trust each other, but I still believe that we can achieve a peaceful resolution" Bill explained but Antonia wanted nothing to do with it.
"Describe this peaceful resolution to me" Antonia said sceptically. "We will never harm you again. Anyone who has done so has been commanded to desist or they will face the true death…In return I only ask that you remove the spells from my two subjects here" Bill asked her but I knew she was not happy.
"You say you are willing to execute those who have harmed me, but you bring them to me and you ask me to remove spells, I placed on them in self-defence. All for a promise that I'll never be harmed again" Antonia said in a snarky tone and folded her arms.
"Yes" bill said to her "I have your word for this" Antonia asked and I wondered if she was going to accept Bill's offer.
"I swear it…" Bill said and right then we all heard Sookie say to Bill that Antonia was doing a spell. "Demoness…" Antonia spit out at Sookie. "Now…" Bill said and about twenty of his guards stepped out with guns and a few vampires did as well.
"You may have dominion over us, but you do not over the living. Surrender now and no one will be hurt" Bill said calmly as all the guards pointed their guns at Antonia, more precisely at her chest.
Antonia just chuckled and in turn Eric rushed forward and ripped the throat out of one of Antonia's group and just chuckled as he held it out for everyone to see.
Antonia uttered a spell and then fog rolled in and we were surrounded by it. That's when the screaming and gun shots began.
I just walked around seeing both sides lose people but I didn't kill anyone because I only wanted one person so I had to wait for the perfect opportunity. I saw Eric vampire speed to a guy and tore into his throat as he drank deeply from him.
I walked a bit forward and then spotted sookie as someone tried to burn her and she yelled out as she threw the person back with light coming out of her hand. "Thank you…" she said as she looked down at her hand.
"No, thank you" I said and twirled the bullet in my hand and watched as it floated up into the air and with a wave of my hand I shot the bullet out and watched as it hit sookie in the stomach.
I saw her clutch her stomach in pain and then watched as she fell down, slowly dying.
I was about to walk to her when I saw alcide run to her and scoop her up. "Stupid dog" I said to myself and stalked towards them but a hand grabbed me and spun me around.
I felt a blinding pain in my stomach once, twice and then a third time. "I am Antonia's right hand man not you, I don't care how powerful witch you are but no one makes a fool of me" the guy said and I looked up and saw it was the one that I humiliated in the shop with the fire, it was Roy.
I saw him drop the gun that had the wooden bullets and then run off after Antonia. I breathed hard as I clutched my stomach and sent a fuck you to karma. I walked the way alcide went and saw sookie's house in the distance so I made my way there, she would probably have true blood for me.
"What the fuck happened to you?" alcide yelled as he came towards me, bill probably let him know that someone was coming.
"It's fine…I am fine, I will heal" I gasped out as more blood ran down my stomach. "Don't be stupid…" alcide said as he tried to lift me but I pushed him away. "I said I am fine!" I yelled out and decided against going into sookie's house and turned to walk the other way.
I needed to steal a car and get back to the house. I walked a few steps when I fell down and just laid there.
"Fuck…" I moaned out as I turned onto my back and looked up at the stars. "Hey, hey, hey stay with me okay?" alcide said as he kneeled over me and put pressure on the wounds.
"I…I'm supposed to heal, why am I not healing?" I mumbled out as alcide lifted me and started carrying me. I looked up at him as he looked down at me, worry deeply etched into his face, and then I blacked out from blood loss.
