PART FOUR

Chapter 8

Another light had appeared and he heard, even in his semi conscious state, there was a great commotion as he was being dragged downward into the deeper parts of this nefarious complex. There was a bright flash of light as several of his captors were mowed down and ht was only when he felt hands removing the net of silver wrapped around him he felt safe. And that he was coming to his senses. Maybe it was the slight hit he took from the light flying past him but he was starting to have pieces of his stolen memories returning to her. Then again, even when he had seen her there, prone and vulnerable, he had felt something other than disinterest. Something had returned at that moment and now it was all he wanted to do, finish the job, get back what he now knew was his, even though there were still many missing pieces. On his feet again, he came face to face to his no longer captive protégées.

"Hey, are you ok?" Pam asked as she watched for the faerie to catch up to her and Willa. "Little spitfire….she busted out and blasted us with her magic. Broke the spell on us and if you let her do you-"

"Do it."

"Ah, well, some of the magic may have been broken but unfortunately the magic is stronger on him because of his strength mentally and physically." a voice came on over a intercom. Milton was clearly watching them from somewhere, and all they knew now was they were lost in a tangle of halls and rooms far removed from the place where the girl was trapped in that bed. "Have fu finding your way out….oh and by the time you do manage to get back to where you want to be….well, just you wait and see. This is not going to be the quick in and out trip and I made certain that it wouldn't end well for anyone who tried to ruin my plans. True, you've killed most of my loyal employees….but the fun has just began."

A annoyed and thoroughly pissed off Pam took it upon herself to leap up and tear one of the security cameras from one of the corners. One by one, she took them out, smashing them to bits. "I feel like were stuck in some crappy horror movie. I just want to get this done and get the girl out of her and get things back to normal. Pissed off that our heads are back to knowing what the hell is going and you-" she gestured to Eric who was watching her with a funny look on his face, as if he were very close to realizing something but it was still out of reach. "Even for a dead guy, this new attack on your mind can't be a good thing."

"At least you all remember me again…I was worried I would be stuck in this place for…well….a long time. And apparently they were talking about doing to me what they are doing to her."

They made their way closer to where they had been driven from in the madness of the escaped Adilyn and the two vampires. Coupled with the smoke screen and carnage that came about by whatever Milton had planned, the truth was clear to them as on the floor amongst the dead, were the remains of some of the voodoo dolls used, mangled and torn but recognizable enough to the quartet to see that yes, it was true that the spells upon the female vampires was broken. For good measure, Pam took the remaining pieces of the dolls and tore them asunder even more.

"He would keep the most valuable one close at hand…." muttered Willa. "But you….you look funny." she addressed her maker and he had to admit, he was feeling off, even after being temporarily incapacitated.

"I feel things…returning and not jut memories. feelings….emotions….that were not present earlier."

"But he still has the doll linked to you….this….its not possible unless…..the connection that you and she share…its possible it is stronger than even this voodoo magic. perhaps it can be broken completely without us even having to touch the doll."

"Oh, hell no. that doll and that bastard wielding need to be destroyed. I for one am not a fan of this crap over and over. one form of magic or another has messed up my maker's head and it stops tonight." Pam snapped as they went on getting ever closer to the place where they had left the blonde behind in the bedroom. "Do you want us coming with you?" she knew this time was different, she felt it and it was only her maker who had truly grasped what the plans had been for Sookie and to a lesser extent Adilyn. "These people are sick for keeping her secured like that but…"

"I want you getting the girl out of here and I want all of you back to Bon Temps and I am willing to guess the girl-Sookie-would want you back where it was safer too. but if you happen across any others who are friends of this Frederic and Milton, feel free to waste them for me. I want both of them dead by my own hands."

Pam looked reluctant to leave. "What if they have some more magic? what if-"

"At least leave the building, return to the car. if I am not out in a hour, come after me. but with any luck I can have this ended before then." and nodding, Pam led Willa and Adilyn from the building, casting a worried glance back at her maker before vanishing from sight.

Chapter 9

The room she had been in was empty, the bed gone. the smell of blood and new life hung in the air and as the gravity, the truth was hitting him, so were the memories stolen from him somehow returning, albeit slowly. there was a slow burning anger he was feeling at the realization of her being so horribly violated hit him. but he was not fooled by the apparent abandonment of this place. deciding to take to the vents with the hope his massive frame could actually fit, he was relieved that there was, in fact, plenty of room for him to hover silently through the ducts, finally finding a hidden room where another wolf was preparing to….well, it was very apparent what was about to go down and it was so soon after she had just….the situation before him as he peered through the slits of the vent was enough to make him want to be sick…if he actually could be sick…and it was at this time the was feeling something else, a very real connection, though still faint. a blood bond, the strongest he had ever felt. and it was then that she looked up, amidst her tears and screams of terror and pain that she met his gaze even through the vents. everything snapped into place as he felt the coils of the voodoo magic and he saw Milton, standing with the doll in hand, yelp in pain as the doll burst into flame, destroyed. and smashing through the vent with a fist, the enraged Viking had only one mission for the moment and one by one, he made short order of those in the room. first, he lifted the one unshifted were from atop Sookie and with a unceremonious motion, tore the head from the rest of his body, throwing it hard across the room. and grabbing both Milton and Frederic in each hand, he lifted them off the ground with ease.

"What….this…impossible…..you're supposed to not give a crap about the girl…that you were supposed to let me get her blood, to use her-"

"As nothing more than a blood bank, a breeding machine…..I get the plan and you truly thought you would get away with it? you underestimate the both of us, what we share and now, I would like to offer you both something on the behalf of both of us." Eric was looking more murderous than she had ever seen him and that was saying something. one by one, he tore their heads from their bodies and not satisfied with that, he proceeded to take their arms and legs….amongst other body parts-from their bodies and the room was awash with red.

even in such a agitated state, he was gently at removing the bonds that kept her to the bed and from healing as fast as she could. there was a open set of cabinets and there within it was vials and vials of blood. "My blood regenerates rapidly, apparently. but even someone like me…..well, I went through the ringer." Sookie was trying to put on the brave act but after she watched her husband destroy the stolen blood, she broke down and he was right there to take her up into his arms. she looked exhausted, horrible. knowing what was done to her, what she was forced to endure….

"Where are they….how many were there?" he had to ask, knowing she couldn't just leave behind beings that hadn't asked to be born, let alone conceived.

"There's three….Milton got what he wanted. I could smell it in them all. mix of wolf and faerie and vampire. the trifecta….." Sookie yawned as she tried not to cry again. and as they entered the second room, there was a flash of light as Aurora and Blaze appeared.

"Finally broke through, tough barriers….put…up…" Aurora's smile faded as she took in the scene before her. her fiancé Blaze was at her side, he too looking stunned at the blood, the gore and the three infants in the makeshift nursery. "I am thinking there is some kind of story to he had here?" she said, a horrified look on her face.

"Needless to say, I think that we are going to postpone your big day for several reasons. some obvious and some…well…..lets get home and talk." replied her father. "The others await us."

Chapter 10

Having cleaned her up and put her straight to bed after giving her a decent dose of his blood, Eric returned upstairs where his family was gathered and he proceeded to tell them what had happened, the plans that had been somewhat successful. that there were three little ones that would forever be a reminder of the fact Sookie had been so…..violated.

"I don't know what she wants to do….I don't know what I want to do. surely we will not put them out but….this whole incident….." he got up from his seat on the couch and started pacing, grabbing a nearby vase and went to start doing some damage, to which Aurora grabbed his arm and stopped him from starting to trash the room.

"That isn't going to do anyone any good, especially mom. I was thinking….maybe…maybe send them to Faery. they could be raised and trained for something good, rather than become something wicked like those creeps intended…." Aurora said as she looked at the bassinette where the three little ones were sleeping. "I think they will take some time to grow, too much mixed blood for them to grow as rapidly as I did….but they will age faster than the average human, I can safely say that. And as for the wedding…..I saw the outside in back…it looks amazing…but can we put things off for the time being? It would stand to reason-"

"All the faces of those who rented us the tents and other stuff….I saw at that complex. So safe to say its all ours for as long as we need it." Pam said with a wicked smile, which soon faded as they turned the subject back to the three innocents brought into the world so brutally, against the wished of the tortured and tormented Sookie. "She would want them somewhere safe and she can not raise them now. No way can she handle that now or possibly even ever. They should go with you….perhaps sooner rather than later."

Blaze looked at his fiancée and seemed rife with concern. "Would the Sisters be willing to….care for them while we try to help repair things here….or would you and I…perhaps….adopt them for our own?" he wasn't sure how to be delicate about this strange, tragic situation. But what they all knew was that the little ones could not remain here, not when things were in such disarray. "I don't mean to sound callous…this is something I never would wish on anyone. But….the sisters-"

"Who.. The Hell. Are these Sisters?" Pam asked, her impatience starting to boil over.

"A group of faerie healers who have also started up a home for faeries who have not family. Orphans and those dealing with tough times. Humans are not exclusive to those things and they happen to have moved out a set of children and adopted them out. So there is certainly room for more. They would love raising three little ones and couldn't care less of their unique blood." Blaze explained. "And certainly we would keep tabs on them." he made sure to point to himself and Aurora. "They are related, after all."

Pondering this option, the patriarch of the family nodded towards the three innocents, still sleeping. "Take them. I want to be here. Alone…please….I-" there had been few times when he had appeared this vulnerable and yet the anger still coming from him after what had happened to her….it was testament to how much she had changed him. And yet he needed to be solitary again. And they knew he wasn't pushing them away, but that this was different from anything else they had faced.

Aurora went over and embraced Eric, who gingerly and then strongly returned the gesture. "Know you are not alone in this…..whatever you need you have only to ask…. And since the passage is opened again, all you need to do is call…or come over and we will be here….but we know you need time and we can at least try to give these kids a new start, considering how they came into this world, that they were conceived so….." she couldn't finish and after several more words of encouragement from his kin, they all left, Aurora and Blaze taking the babies with them to Faery, leaving him alone/ alone to return to the side of the one person he had failed to protect in the worst way.

TO BE CONTINUED