Eric entered the Library gala with Pam looking stunning on his arm. He saw the man looking at her and held back his smirk.

"Of all the horrible things I've seen over the last 100 years, this could be the most disturbing" Pam muttered with a fake smile and he chuckled.

"Oh, come on, it's fun because we're together" he commented.

"No it isn't" she replied, keeping her forced smile.

"What do mommy and daddy look like again?" Pam asked and he showed her the picture again.

"Eric" she said and he followed where she nodded to and saw a large man, laughing boisterously in a crowd of other men.

"Someone's having a good time" Pam muttered.

"Do you think daddy would be enjoying himself this much if Sarah got to him first?" she asked.

"I'll get him alone. You mingle. Find the mother" he muttered to Pam.

"How? All these bitches look the same" he heard Pam comment as he began to walk away and grinned to himself.

"Paul" he said and the man turned around and Eric instantly looked him under his glamour.

"I need to ask you some questions about your daughter. Has she come to see you?" he asked, moving closer to the man. Before the man could answer he heard gunshots. He looked at Pam and she nodded to the fire exit doors and he nodded and began to move. He turned a corner and came face-to-face with Sarah Newlin. He grabbed her by the throat and lifted her into the air as she gasped for air. He saw the three men enter the corridor with weapons, dropped her and ran to kill them. He pulled off the last man's jaw and felt the pain take over and bent slightly. He then carried on walking and sighed when more men began to run at him, looking blurred. He fought them back then heard more coming.

"Really?" he commented and began fighting again. He paused when he heard Pam scream his name and paused, turning around and seeing her with silver around her neck and wrists with two swords pointed at her. He looked at her then dropped the men and put up his hands and groaned when silver looped around his neck.

Keely entered Bill's house and paused when she saw Jessica had changed but was sitting in the living room, crying.

"Jess" she gasped and raced over, kneeling down in front of her.

"Jess, honey, what happened?" she asked.

"Bill…he's….he's Hep-V positive" she blurted and Keely froze.

"No, not Bill too" she whispered.

"I heard him telling someone on the phone. Keely, what are we gonna do?" she asked.

"Ok, ok, first we need to find out where he got it from and then we can work from there" she said and Jessica nodded.

Eric looked at the doors when they opened and a group of men walk in; one wearing a white cowboy outfit with a black hat and shirt.

"Now then, Mr. Northman, Miss de Beaufort" he said and they looked at him.

"My name is Kazuo Ryuichi but my friends call me 'Mr. Gus Junior" he introduced.

"Now I'm the North American president of the Yakonomo Corporation, an honour bestowed on me by my father, Mr. Gus Senior, President of the Yakonomo Corporation. Our signature product, as I'm sure you're aware, was Tru Blood. But now Yakonomo Corporation is bankrupt and I am the North American president of president of…well…shit. Shit blood. Now this is a deep dishonor. Now I acquire your assistance, a small step to rectify the situation" he said and then he said something and a picture was put down on the table.

"Do you know this woman? Sarah Newlin?" he asked.

"Yeah, I know of her" Eric said.

"You know where she is?" he asked

"No" Eric replied.

"Do you have any information that could lead us to Sarah Newlin?" the man asked.

"No" Eric said.

"Now that is unfortunate because the sun will rise in the east in 3 minutes and you'll be frying like eggs on Texas asphalt. So I will ask again; Where is Sarah Newlin?" Mr. Gus asked.

"I have no idea" Eric said and felt Pam look at him.

"Eric…" Pam began.

"Shut up Pam" Eric cut her off.

"Miss de Beaufort, do you have any information that could lead us to the whereabouts of Sarah Newlin?" he asked.

"Pam" Eric said softly.

"Why don't you take these chains off and we'll talk?" Pam replied and he paused when a man draw a machete behind Pam.

"Don't you think the machete is overkill?" Pam asked, calmly.

"Two minutes" Mr. Gus said calmly.

"Don't do it" Eric said and she looked at him.

"He's gonna take the information and kill us anyway" Eric said.

"Give us your word" Pam said.

"If your fucking honour is so important to you, give us your word. On your honour that you won't kill us if we tell you what you wonna know" Pam said and Mr. Gun leaned forwards.

"You have my word" he said.

"One more condition" Eric said.

"I will be the one to kill Sarah Newlin" he said.

"No, none negotiable" he said and stood, picking up his hat.

"Who cares who deals the death blow? Dead is dead" Pam cried.

"Sarah Newlin destroyed my company. My product, she will reap my retribution" Mr. Gus snapped.

"Sarah Newlin killed my sister and when I find her, I'm gonna wrap my hands around her neck and snap her little blonde, bobble head right off" Eric hissed.

"Eric, stand the fuck down" Pam said as she began to burn.

"And you, shut the fuck up about your stupid corporation. Sarah Newlin's gonna be having the last laugh; shopping at Barneys and having her Manicures, if you two can't stop measuring your dicks and make a fucking deal" she exclaimed and he and Mr. Gus looked at her.

"I kill her" Eric groaned.

"You can have the body" Eric said.

"Deal" the man said and he sighed, relieved as the blinds came down and he felt the burns instantly start to heal.

"Sarah Newlin has a vampire sister who lives here in Dallas. With their mommy and daddy dead, Sarah will have no place else to run" Pam said.

"And the address?" Mr. Gus asked.

"When night falls we'll go together" Eric said and Mr. Gus looked at them and then put on his hat.

"Unchain them" he said and they were unchained and then taken to the basement where they were able to sleep.

Keely sat with Jessica as Jessica called Jason.

"Yeah?" he greeted.

"Jason" Jessica said.

"Hey, you ok?" he asked.

"No, I'm not really that ok" Jessica asked and Keely held her hand.

"Hold on" Jason said and they heard him moving around.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"If it's about last night…" he said and Keely raised an eyebrow which Jessica ignored.

"No. no, no. It's not about that…um… I need you to go get Sookie" she said.

"I need you to bring her over here, right now" Jessica said.

"Why?" he asked.

"I can't really say over the phone. I think it's got to be in person" Jessica said.

"And you can't say what?" Jason asked.

"Please, just go and get her?" Jessica asked.

"Can you just do that for me, please? It's really important" Jessica begged.

"Ok" he agreed.

"Be there as soon as I can" he said and hung up and Keely nodded.

"Now, we can try and work out what happened" she said and Jessica nodded and they began to wait for Jason and Sookie, hiding in the light-tight living room. They heard the front door open.

"Jess? Keely?" Jason called.

"Yeah, come in. Just close the door behind you, please" Jessica said and they heard the door close.

"Doors closed" Jason said and Keely opened the living room door.

"Hey" she said and let them move into the room and they looked at each other.

"Thank you for coming" Jessica said.

"Ok. What's going on?" Jason frowned.

"It's…um…it's Bill" Keely said and they looked at her and she glanced at Jessica.

"What about Bill?" Sookie asked.

"I overheard him tell someone that he was Hep-V-positive" Jessica said and they gaped.

"What?" Sookie asked.

"No, that can't be. We saw him last night. He was fine" Jason frowned.

"I know but that's what he said" Jessica said.

"What did you hear exactly?" Sookie asked.

"He was on the phone. He was talking to a lawyer's office or something. And he was saying that needed to come in and make arrangements for his estate and will because he was Hep-V-positive and he didn't know how much time he had" Jessica explained, sitting down and Keely sat down next to her, comfortingly taking her hand.

"Maybe he just wanted to get his will and stuff done because of all the crazy shit going on in the world" Jason suggested.

"Yeah but he said that he was sick. He said that he was Hep-V-positive" Jessica said.

"Ok, ok. Let's just…ahem. Let's say for a minute that he is sick. Bill Compton is one touch motherfucker. He's gonna beat this thing" Jason said.

"I mean, hell, he was a bona fide vampire god about 6 months ago" Jason said.

"Eric's tough too and he's much older than Bill and look what it did to him" Keely pointed out, softly and sadly.

"We ain't giving up hope yet. We don't even know if he's got it for sure" Jason said and she sighed.

"Jason?" Sookie asked.

"Yeah?" he said.

"I need you to take me to the clinic" she said.

"What?" Jason asked and Keely and Jessica frowned.

"I've been exposed" she said.

"It ain't you, Sook" Jason said.

"You were negative just last week" Jessica said.

"That night in the woods. You cut your arm and the infected vampires exploded on you" Keely realized and Sookie nodded.

"I need to get tested again. Can you just take me now, please?" Sookie said.

"Will you two be ok for a while?" Jason asked.

"Patrick's on his way" Keely said and he nodded.

"Come on, Sook" he said and they went to leave the room.

"Will you call me with the results?" Jessica asked.

"Yeah" Jason nodded and they left. Keely looked at Jessica and they just hugged tightly. Both of their makers had caught the deadly virus. Just after Patrick left for work, they were sitting in Bill's office, impatiently waiting when they heard the door open.

"Jessica?" Sookie called.

"You can come in" Jessica said as they rushed to the office door and opened it and saw Sookie's teary eyes.

"It was positive?" Jessica asked.

"I did this to him" Sookie whimpered and Keely shut down.

"Keely, don't…Keely!" Jessica shouted but she'd already run out of the house, headed to Fangtasia. She entered the bar and instantly set about cleaning, without using her supernatural speed.

Eric got into the cars and the driver took them to the address of the Fellowship of the Sun, the place where Mr. Gus had found Sarah Newlin. He paced and then scented the woman and raced for her.

"Eric!" Pam screamed when he slammed Sarah Newlin into a metal pole, holding her off her feet. "Don't do this" Pam begged.

"Please kill me" Sarah Newlin said.

"You want to die?" Eric hissed.

"No but I must" she replied and he heard the guns load.

"No!" Pam cried.

"Let her go or I'll pull the trigger" she warned and Eric looked at her, horrified when he saw the gun pointed at her chest.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"Pamela!" he roared and she looked at him.

"If you die, I die" she warned and he looked at her then Sarah who was still ranting on about faith and religion.

"…Princess of Peace, as the Messiah" Sarah said.

"Well I have seen your future Messiah, and it's not very bright" Eric warned Sarah and she paled. He lowered her, sank his fangs into her neck and then tossed her to the ground, feeling the strength rush through him. It was almost as good as an orgasm. He began to laugh, happily as he saw the veins fading he saw Pam smiling. He looked up at the sky and yelled out, victoriously.

Keely walked into Fangtasia and paused when she saw the Japanese men inside.

"Who the fuck are you?" she demanded and they turned and pointed guns at her.

"I am Kazuo Ryuichi, but my friends call me Mr. Gus, Jr. I am the North American president of the Yakonomo Corporation" he said and she frowned.

"And that means what to me?" she asked.

"Who are you?" he asked and she looked at him.

"I am Keely Northman, my maker owns this bar and since I have no idea where he is, I own it now" she said and he smiled.

"Vackra" she heard Eric's voice say and spun around and smiled.

"Eric" she gasped and raced across the room to hug him. She pulled back and then gasped when she noticed his veins were gone.

"How?" she whispered and he smiled.

"Secret. I'm cured" he said and she smiled.

"Oh Eric" she said and hugged him tightly, feeling him kiss her hair.

"Lower your weapons. She is my progeny and my fiancée" Eric warned and she heard the accelerated heart beats of the Japanese men.

"She is very lovely" Mr. Gus said and she looked at him.

"She is very confused" she said and Eric chuckled.

"Come, I will explain" he said and followed him to the office.

"What the hell is going on? How are you cured? Who are those guys?" she asked and he smiled and kissed her.

"Hello Vackra" he said and she smiled.

"Hello" she said and kissed him before she sat down on his lap in his chair.

"Those men work for the company that created Tru Blood. Now that it's shit blood, they're after a new one and come with me" he said and she followed him and went downstairs and paused when she saw the woman.

"Sarah Newlin?" she gasped and he looked at her and nodded.

"She's the cure. She drank the Antidote to Hep-V. I drank from her and I'm cured. Mr. Gus is going to use her blood to make a new drink that will heal vampire's" he said and she smiled.

"Finally, she's useful" she said and he smirked.

"So now we don't have to rush the wedding" she said and he smirked.

"Oh we're still getting married" he said and she smiled.

"Good but now at least I can have an actual wedding and not just us and a terrified minister" she said and he nodded.

"Whatever you want, Askling" he said and they kissed before she went back to the main bar and smiled, hugging Pam.

"I'm actually happy to see you" Pam commented and she smirked.

"Hi to you too Pam" she said and they shared a smile and then joined Eric and Mr. Gus at a table.

"The R&D's gonna take longer than originally anticipated" Mr. Gus said.

"How long?" Eric asked.

"Could be months, could be a year" he shrugged.

"Aren't these the same scientists who invented Tru Blood?" she asked and Mr. Gus looked at her.

"How is synthesizing Sarah's blood any harder than that was?" she frowned.

"Her blood is synthesized" he said and she blinked

"Pardon?" Pam asked.

"Within a few hours of collecting the sample, we had it perfect" he said.

"Then why the fuck, aren't we already printing money?" Pam asked.

"Because, Miss De Beaufort, we don't want it perfect" he said and Eric and Pam blinked and she smiled.

"May I?" she asked and he smiled.

"Miss Addams" he said and she let the use of her father's last name, go.

"The people who make Gillette razors, they could create a razor that would last a lifetime. But they don't. And Energizer, they can build a battery that keep going and going and going but they don't either. Now, the point is, when the New Blood, goes to market, you don't want it to work too well. We want it to be a healthy habit. Not a cure, following?" she asked and Eric gave her a proud smile as Pam just nodded.

"The shorter the half-life, the greater the profit" he said and she and Mr. Gus nodded.

"You are a smart woman, Miss Addams" he said and she smiled.

"Half way through a Business degree" she said and he gave her an impressed look.

"Which is why our little trade secret has gotta stay just that for the foreseeable future. Nobody can know about it. Are we clear?" he asked.

"We're clear" Eric agreed.

"Clear as a bell" Pam said.

"Crystal" Keely finished and he winked at her then downed another shot of scotch. She glanced at Eric when she felt his annoyance and held in her grin. That day, they were discussing appearance and marketing of the product and Keely noticed just how much Mr. Gus was listening to her over Pam and Eric. She tuned out the Japanese conversation until she heard a familiar name; Sookie Stackhouse. She glanced at Eric and he looked back at her.

"Let's meet this Sookie Stackhouse, shall we?" Mr. Gus said and stood up and she sighed as Sookie was escorted in and looked at them.

"I don't mean to bother ya'll I was just hoping for a minute alone with Eric" Sookie said.

"Tell me, how do you two know each other?" Mr. Gus asked Eric.

"Fangbanger" Keely replied and felt the strange pleasure from finally calling Sookie out for what she was.

"She's just another Fangbanger" Eric confirmed.

"I fucked her once before I was with Keely, and now I can't get rid of her" Eric said and Keely grinned.

"She keeps coming back for more" Eric asked.

"Well if that's true, what a very lucky man you are; engaged to the stunning Miss Addams and having another woman follow you around for more" Mr. Gus said and then said something Japanese and she saw the guns come out, pointed at Sookie.

"Hey" Sookie protested.

"Mr. Gus, you don't wonna do that" Eric commented.

"If all this girl is to you is just another Fangbanger, why are you protecting her?" Mr. Gus asked.

"I'm not protecting her" Eric replied.

"But this particular Fangbanger's brother happens to be with the sheriff's department. And if she were to go missing, he'd come looking for her. He's done that in the past" Eric explained.

"Let me take care of this. I'll glamour her. That'll leave us less vulnerable" Eric said and she and Pam shared a look. Mr. Gus said something in Japanese and she listened to Eric pretend to glamour Sookie. She smirked as he told her how pathetic it was for her to keep coming back. She saw Pam smirk and grinned back.