The next night, she was sitting in the office with Pam and Eric when Mr. Gus walked in.

"Y'all get any sleep?" he asked.

"A couple hours. Thanks for asking" Pam replied.

"So I gotta hop on a flight to Dallas but I'll be back before sunrise" he said.

"Well, if you need anything, just let us know" Eric said.

"Don't do anything stupid while I'm gone, Mr. Northman" he said and they looked at him.

"That's what I need from you" he said.

"Rightee-o partner" Eric smiled and she wanted to laugh but held it in.

"Oh, and my men will keep you company till I'm back" he said and they nodded and he left. She, Eric and Pam then went down to the basement where they were keeping Sarah Newlin.

"What are we doing now?" Keely asked.

"We're doing something stupid, aren't we?" Pam asked.

"I gotta get some of Sarah's blood to Bill" he said and she gasped.

"Oh my god, Bill. I totally forgot" she said and he nodded.

"It's ok, Sookie told me" he said and she nodded.

"Sounds pretty stupid" Pam commented.

"He's sick Pam" she said and Pam looked away but didn't comment.

"He got it from Sookie, so he's progressing fast" Eric said.

"Of course it's happening fast. It's Sookie. Everything she wants, she has to have now" she commented, rolling her eyes. She looked up when the tunnel opened and Jessica walked in followed by Sookie and Bill.

"What part of 'I will come to you' did you not understand?" Eric asked as Keely hurried over to hug Jessica.

"Sorry I left, it's just with Eric being back and…" she began.

"I know it's ok" Jessica said and they shared a smile.

"Bill" she sighed when she saw how bad he was already.

"Oh, fuck" Pam commented.

"You look like shit" Pam added.

"Why, thank you, Pam" he replied, calmly and Keely saw Jessica looking at Sarah before she rushed and knelt beside the bitch.

"Remember me?" she asked and then pushed Sarah into Eric, making him grab the woman.

"I'm Jason's demon whore. I'm the girl that you tried to get James to rape" Jessica growled.

"Jess" she said and heard Jessica growl, furiously, drawing her fangs, making Sarah scream.

"Quiet, antidote" Eric said, lowly. Jessica shoved Sarah and then walked over to her, pacing slightly as Bill moved forwards.

"You look well" Bill commented.

"Well, I'm feeling pretty well" Eric said and winked at her and she saw Bill smile.

"You'll tell no one about this" Eric said.

"You know we won't" Sookie said.

"Go ahead" Eric said and stepped away from Sarah as Bill neared.

"Oh, thank God" Jessica whispered as Sarah whimpered.

"What the fuck are you waiting for? Drink the bitch and leave before we all die" Pam said.

"No" he said and she and Jessica gasped.

"I don't want the blood" he said.

"What the fuck do you mean, you don't want it?" Jessica asked.

"Jessica…" Bill began.

"Why, Bill?" she asked.

"You don't even know, do you?" Sookie asked, stepping forwards.

"I don't know how to explain myself other than to say that I have accepted my fate" he said.

"And that would be all well and good if you had to, but you don't, right?" Jessica said.

"All you've gotta do is drink this bitch's blood and this could all be over" Keely said and ignored Sarah's muffled objection.

"As much as I appreciate a compelling character drama, the Yakuza, are upstairs, so need I remind you to keep it the fuck down volume-wise" Pam cut in.

"Whatever this is, whatever you're doing, you don't get to hide behind the word 'fate'. The cure is right fucking there. Look at her. She's your fate. She is your destiny. If you don't drink her blood you're making a choice Bill. A choice you won't have to live with but we will, Jessica, Keely and me" Sookie said and Keely locked her fingers with Jessica's as they'd done when they were little girls hiding from either of their fathers'.

"You're right" he said.

"Thank God" Jessica said and Keely smiled, softly.

"I am making a choice. I'm choosing the true death" Bill said and she froze and felt Jessica do the same.

"Fuck you, Bill" Jessica said and Keely went after her to the door of the tunnel.

"Jessica" Bill said, softly and they both stopped. She heard a slap and turned and saw it was Sookie who'd slapped Bill.

"Don't you look at me like that. I'm with her. I want to know why" Sookie said.

"I can't" Bill said and she frowned then saw Sookie slap Bill again.

"Try!" Sookie yelled.

"There are no words" Bill said and Eric rushed forwards and grabbed Sookie's hand before she could slap him again.

"You should leave" Eric advised Bill.

"And not a word about Sarah to anyone" he added.

"I understand" Bill said.

"Bill" Jessica said and Keely walked after her, keeping their fingers locked.

"I want you to release me" Jessica said and she gasped.

"No, Jess, you don't know what you're asking for" she warned, ignoring Eric's look.

"Jessica…" Bill began, turning around.

"Do it" Jessica snapped. Keely stood beside her best friend, looking at Bill, begging him not to release Jessica. He walked towards them and Keely felt her eyes watering with bloody tears.

"Jessica Hamby as I know you know I never wanted to make you a vampire. When you and Keely were brought to that car lot, I was willing to do anything to spare your lives. Turning you was punishment for taking the life of one of our kind. I will be forever grateful that Eric turned Keely, allowing you to keep your sister, you link to humanity" he said and Keely blinked away tears when Bill put his hand on Jessica's check, affectionately.

"I am so proud of the vampire you've become, so proud of both of you" he said and Keely gave him a weak smile.

"And I know you will stand out there on your own two feet just beautifully when I am gone" he said and Keely lowered her hand when Jessica put both of hers around Bill's wrist.

"I renounce the ties of our blood and my dominion over you as my progeny" he said and Keely heard Jessica whimper and felt the sting of when Eric had released her.

"As your maker, Jessica, I release you" he said and began to walk away. Keely ignored Sookie as she clung to Eric when Jessica turned and looked at her. They just stood there for a moment before Jessica flew into her arms and they clung to each other, crying softly. Keely looked at her maker, feeling the sting in her back from when he'd released her after she'd begged him to.

"I love you" he mouthed.

"I love you too" she mouthed back, hugging Jessica tightly.

"I'm sorry Sookie" she heard Eric say softly. Keely didn't sleep much that day after Jessica left with Sookie. Instead she sat in the office, thinking about how far Bill had come since she met him 6 years ago.

"Hey" Eric's soft voice said and she looked up at him.

"I'm gonna go and talk to Bill, see if I can't get him to change his mind" he said and she nodded.

"Please Eric, I couldn't bear to see Jessica so unhappy" she said and he nodded and kissed her gently and left. She watched Pam dying Sarah's hair as she read her Cosmo magazine.

".…gago I need to remove-o" Pam said and she smirked as Pam gave in and glamoured Sarah to stay quiet.

"What's gonna happen to me?" Sarah asked.

"You remind me of Mary" Pam mused.

"Mary of Bethany?" Sarah asked.

"Of the whorehouse I used to run" Pam corrected.

"Whorehouse" she heard the Japanese men repeat and laughed.

"Yeah 'whorehouse' they understand. Of course" Pam said to her and she shrugged and smiled.

"Mary came to me when she was younger than you. I don't know, maybe 16 or 17. She was much prettier than I'm sure you ever were but here's where you're the same. She thought she was too good to be a whore. She couldn't see that she was born a hooker and a hooker was all she was ever gonna be. Now, doesn't that sound like you?" Pam mused sweetly and Keely smiled.

"You're gonna sell me?" Sarah asked.

"You bet your ass we're gonna sell you" Keely confirmed.

"But there will be New Blood. Why?" Sarah said.

"New Blood's not a permanent fix, Sarah. But you're the real deal. One drink from you and a vampire's good as new" she explained.

"You know, you play your cards right, you might just become the highest-paid trollop in history" Pam said and Keely smiled, rolling her eyes at her 'sisters' teasing and went back to her magazine.

Eric returned to Fangtasia, after dealing with Bill and Sookie, and saw a very petulant Ginger. He decided to just get it over with. He seduced her, got her onto the throne, took off her panties and then left her on the ground after she'd orgasmed and he hadn't laid a finger on her. He left her to sleep on the platform and went to look for Pam and Keely and frowned when he didn't find either of them.

"Pamela? Keely?" he called with a frown and then decided they were probably in the basement, tormenting Sarah. He slowed when he saw the guns pointed at him as Pam was chained up near Sarah and Keely was chained to a bed with silver chains. He looked above her and saw the large wooden stake, dangling over her chest.

"Eric" she whimpered softly and he walked closer to her, making sure to keep both her and Pam in his site at all times.

"Where were you tonight?" Mr. Gus asked, walking forwards towards Keely's head.

"I saw some friends" he said.

"Your Fangbanger from last night, Sookie Stackhouse?" he asked.

"No" he lied.

"Shame on you Mr. Northman. I offer you the world and in return all you offer me is lies" he said and Eric forced himself to stay calm when the man gently stroked Keely's long dark hair. He saw something in Japanese and Eric flinched, Keely whimpered and Pam gasped when one of the three robes was cut and the stake dropped closer to Keely.

"Does Sookie Stackhouse know about Sarah?" Mr. Gus asked and Eric looked at Keely on the table.

"Does she?" Mr. Gus repeated.

"If you hurt her, I am out. And you need me" Eric growled.

"The leverage you think you have is directly proportional to the patience I have left for you. And I'm running out of fucking patience, Mr. Northman" Mr. Gus roared and said something in Japanese and the second rope was cut and Keely let out a small scream. Eric saw the stake was only maybe a foot above Keely as she panted.

"One last rope" he said and Eric stilled and held back his temper, just, when Mr. Gus kissed Keely's forehead as he liked to do. Eric heard him whisper goodnight to Keely and looked at her, terrified. He said something in Japanese again and Keely screamed.

"Stop!" Eric yelled over her and the man who was just about to cut the rope, froze and he felt Keely's relief.

"She knows" Eric admitted.

"Finally. Some honesty. Where does Miss Stackhouse live?" Mr. Gus asked and he looked at Keely and then Mr. Gus.

Keely clung to Eric, still shaking after her experience on the bed with the hanging stake. He kissed her head, stroking her hair comfortingly.

"I'm so sorry Eric, they ambushed us" Pam apologized.

"Eric" Pam repeated.

"Unchain her" he said and Keely pulled away and looked at him.

"What?" they both asked.

"Unchain her, Pamela" he said.

"Are you just winging it or do you have a plan here?" she asked.

"I'm setting her free" he said.

"What?" they both asked again and he rolled his eyes.

"If you don't wonna to do it, I'll do it myself" he said and unchained Sarah.

"Thank you" Sarah said.

"Oh, don't get too excited, sweetheart. We're gonna catch up with you" he said and she let out a muffled scream when he lifted her by her neck and slammed her into the bed where Keely had been chained.

"In case you've forgotten Eric, the whole world's looking for her" Pam commented.

"If Gus doesn't know about the tunnel, why not just crawl out with her?" Pam added.

"Because, my two beautiful girls, we are going to kill Mr. Gus" he said and Keely grinned as Pam smirked.

"And we're gonna steal New Blood from him" he added.

"I've tried trusting, I've tried sharing" he said and put his hand on Sarah, keeping her on the bed.

"And it's just not fucking working for me" he said and Keely smiled at him.

"Now are you with me or not?" he asked.

"I am so fucking with you" Pam said and Keely smiled when Eric looked at her.

"Me too" she smirked and he smiled.

"I thought you might be" he said then caught Sarah in his glamour.

"I'm gonna remove your gag and you're not gonna make a peep, understood?" he asked and she nodded and he pulled away the cloth.

"Now Pam's gonna feed you some of her blood" he said and Keely saw Pam bite into her forearm and put it over Sarah's mouth.

"Now, with her blood inside you she can always find you, so long as you're frightened" he said and Pam pulled away her arm.

"Are you frightened?" Eric asked, suddenly, drawing his fangs and getting his face in front of hers. Sarah whimpered and nodded and he smirked.

"Good, you should be. Because wherever you go, whoever you talk tom whatever you do, everybody wants you dead. Which means that as much as Keely, Pamela and I hate you, we're the best friends you got. So talk to no one, find a safe place and wait for her to find you" he said and she nodded and he left her go. She and Pam shared a smirk and then stood in position.

"Mr. Gus!" Eric called.

"Help!" Pam shouted.

"Sarah escaped!" Eric called.

"Help us!" she shouted and waited for him and his men to run down to them, which they did.

"How'd she get out of here?" Mr. Gus asked.

"There's a tunnel" Eric said and she saw Mr. Gus look around then glare at them.

"You let her go" he said.

"We sure did" she said with a sweet smile. She heard him give the order to kill them and they leapt backwards, Keely and Eric snapping the necks of the two guards as they fired their machine guns.

"Let him go" Eric said as she and Pam went to get to the tunnel.

"I thought you were gonna kill him" Pam said and he left and returned with a petrol can and lighter.

"Humans are slow" he smirked and she smiled. She heard the explosion as she left with Eric to get the men who'd gone after Sookie and Pam left to find Sarah.