Enemy in Our Midst
Chapter 2
A/N I do not own anything CH and AB do I just borrowed them for a bit.
The rest of the trip to Fangtasia was uneventful and quiet. As Sam pulled into the parking lot Sookie couldn't help but wonder where all the cars were and then a shiver of fear slid up her spine. Yeah it was a trap alright. As Sookie contemplates on what to do next Sam changes into a cute teacup yorkie. Sookie turns to look at Sam and smiles down at him as he barks.
"This could be it you know, the end of the line but I'm glad for one thing and that's you. Thank you for coming with me Sam" Sookie said as she picked Sam up and kissed the top of his little puppy head. Sam yipped and licked Sookie's cheek.
"Alright, let's get this over with" Sookie said to the dog as she opened her door and slid to the ground.
Dog in one arm and purse slung over the other Sookie made her way to the back door. She knocked and only had to wait a couple of minutes before Pam was opening the door and smirking down at her. Sookie plasters on her nervous Sookie smile.
"Sookie nice to see you. Don't you look good enough to eat and your dog too" Pam greeted as she held the door open.
"His name is Sam and he's very special and ew gross" Sookie said with an eyebrow raised.
"Oh, yes I bet he is" Pam nodded with a smirk and Sookie smiled to herself. Once Sookie was inside she followed Pam down the hall to Eric's office.
"Where is everyone?" Sookie asked Pam as she sat in the chair Pam gestured too.
"Oh, Fangtasia doesn't open until 10:00 tonight we have a special band being brought in and the new Queen is coming for a visit" Pam said as she sat behind Eric's desk and in his chair. This all felt wrong, so very wrong.
"You have a new Queen?" Sookie asks startled.
"Yes" is all Pam says and Sookie swallows back the bile that threatens to spew forth.
"What's the plan Pam?" Sookie asks as she crosses her legs and tries to relax a little in her chair.
"We ask the Queen for help. I see no other way around it. I have tried to find Eric, retrace my steps but to no avail. We need help" Pam said with great defeat and Sookie sighed in agreement.
Sookie studied Pam as she pet Sam to try and soothe him. Pam was healing quite nicely and as she had said she wore a patch over her bad eye to conceal the carnage underneath. Sookie wondered if Pam felt her emotions as Eric had? She guessed she would never know unless Pam told her.
"Well Sookie why don't you go out to the bar and have a drink, to relax you. It will be a bit before the Queen arrives" Pam suggested.
"Sure" Sookie agreed. Sookie got up, Sam in hand and headed to the door.
"One more thing, the new Queen does not know who you are as far as I know and I would like to keep it that way. You will be Eric's human and you must act as if you are desperate for his return, can you do that Sookie?" Pam asked, her perfect eyebrow raised in question.
Sookie stopped and turned to face Pam. "I will get him back Pam" was all she said as she headed out the door.
Sookie set Sam down on the bar in front of her and gestured to the new bartender for a drink. He placed a gin and tonic in front of her.
"How did you know?" Sookie asked.
"All us bartenders know who you are" he replied with an evil grin and then went back to stocking the bar.
Sookie soon was lost in thought about Eric. Why had she been so willing to cast him aside like he was a piece of trash? Did she not love him anymore? Sure she may say she doesn't but only she knows what lurks inside her mind. A tall blonde vampire for instance.
Eric was a man of beauty and sexuality. He was six and a half feet of pure man wrapped in a vampire shell. He had a heart, she had seen it on several occasions but could he really and truly love her. She was a barmaid, nothing special unless you count her "gift". Eric could have anyone and everyone why settle.
Lover, you really think that little of me?
Eric's voice whispered inside her head. Oh, god she thought give me strength. Sookie downed her drink and motioned for another. She pounded that one back and got another. After pounding that one back she ordered one more and just sipped it. Sookie was feeling quite good. Sam whined at her but Sookie just pet his head and wandered back into her thoughts.
This time they shifted to Colin. Obviously Pam was not with him which was good news at least she thought. Play your cards close Sookie, remember not to trust anyone. What was she going to do? What about this new Queen. If this Queen helps then she will tell her about Colin, if not then she might be on her own. She never felt so helpless like she did now.
Your not helpless my love. You are strong and smart lover and I believe in you
Oh, Eric I need you. Just hearing your voice even inside my head makes my heartache at the fact that your not here, with me. I need you.
Sookie shook her head to clear it and ordered another drink.
"Ok Sookie I think that's enough" Pam said as she walked to the front door to open Fangtasia.
"Don't t tell me whatt to do" Sookie slurred out but Pam was already gone.
"Dammit" Sookie grumbled as she sipped more of her drink. People started filing inside. The noise level picked up greatly.
"Sookeh?" came Bill's cool voice.
"Bill wats up?" Sookie hiccupped and then giggled.
"Are you inebriated? Come Sookeh I shall take you home" Bill says as he reaches for her arm.
"Sookie, are you drunk?" came a voice that she didn't want to hear. Sookie swung round and came face to face with Colin, then she hiccupped again.
"Wha at youu do here?" Sookie slurred out.
"Your friend Pam called me, said to come keep an eye on you. She said she got my number from your phone" Colin said as he watched Sookie carefully.
Sookie squirmed a little under his gaze. Was Pam on his side? Fuck, my head won't stop spinning. Calm down Sookie.
"I will be taking Sookeh home, now" Bill says icily.
"Wait a minute, who are you?" Colin asks sneer on his face.
Sookie's brain felt muddled. Colin came to say he was sorry? Oh, how sweet.
"Ohhh, Colin comme heeere" Sookie slurred as she opened her arms. Sam started growling. Bill looked at the dog. Colin enveloped Sookie in his arms and held her tight.
"Oh, Sookie. I love you darling. I'm so sorry for the way I acted, please forgive me" he crooned to her.
"Sookeh?" Bill asked again. Sookie ignored him.
"I love you to Eric" Sookie said clearly. Gods, she did love him.
Bill froze. Why the hell she say that?
Sookie felt Eric go rigid in her arms. She pulled back to smile at him but her face froze. He wasn't Eric. Sookie started to sober quickly.
"Who did you call me? You called me the name of the fucking cold bastard? What the hell? Oh, fuck it. I came here for you, you bitch. You will soon be mine" Colin hissed as he pulled out a small dagger and yanked Sookie to him.
Sam was barking now at full strength. He couldn't shift yet. He had to be sure first and he didn't want Sookie getting hurt. Bill will help her, he must.
"Let go of her you monster" Bill roared as he came closer.
Sam's barking brought Pam into the bar and her fangs descended with a loud snap as she took in the scene before her.
"What the hell is going on?" Pam barked out as she got closer.
"Stop where you are you cunt or I will take her eye" Colin yelled as he brought the dagger to Sookie's throat.
"Whhy, Colin?" Sookie asked her voice trembling and her body shaking. She was drunk sure but her thoughts were a bit clearer. She also realized that all the vampires were now watching. She shivered.
"Because I need you. To become what I'm destined to be I need your heart's blood. You are special my dear. Not only are you part fairy but you carry inside you the blood of an ancient one" Colin said as he drew the dagger lightly across her throat. Sookie knew when the vampires scented the blood like a school of hungry sharks.
"Whhat?" Sookie said.
"When you were born you had a visitor that no one knew about well except for me and one other. This visitor bestowed upon you a gift, a gift that lays dorment inside you. This gift has great power and this power is what I need to make the final transformation. The blood in your veins is not the blood I need. Once you are drained I must cut out your heart. Your heart holds the blood, the key to my ascension" Colin explains as he licks the knife clean of her blood, Sookie feels him shiver.
"Drained?" Sookie asks.
"Why do you think I keep that dick, why I have tortured and starved him for so long. He will be the one that takes your life and I will reap the benefits. I know, why not drain you myself. True I could but it will be sweet to see the look on Eric's face when he realizes that he killed you" Colin said with glee.
"You will never leave here alive" Pam hissed as she advanced.
"I will rip your head from your body" Bill says coldly as he advances.
"No?" Colin smirks and then they vanish."Fuck" Pam yells as she starts destroying the bar. Bill slams his fists down on the bar and it cracks down the middle. People start running and screaming.
"Get out you blood bags, get out of my fucking bar" Pam growls and people run for the exits. Once the humans are gone Pam continues with the destruction.
"Calm down girlfriend, help is here" Amelia says as she appears in front of Pam.
"Amelia?" Pam asks as she takes in the sight of her one time lover.
"Yes baby it's me. Well, the new and improved me that is. I've come to help" Amelia replies as she pulls Pam into a hug.
"How?" Pam asks confused and not like the feeling.
"Yes, how?" Bill questions as he nods to the witch. He can feel her power which has increased greatly.
"My mentor, Octavia was keeper of the scroll. The scroll is how Colin found out about Sookie. He's trying to become a demon god. See Colin is part demon and to become a god of demons he must ingest the blood hidden inside Sookie" Amelia explains as she sits down next to Pam. Bill drops into the chair opposite them. Amelia takes a deep breathe and continues.
"A demon named Bial visited Sookie after Castilades and instilled within her the blood that would allow his son to be reborn. The antichrist Baal will be reborn within Colin and then the world will be lost. It will become the dark days once again and demons and evil alike will rule the world. I must help to stop this" Amelia says and takes a drink of the water placed in front of her.
"What of Sookie?" Pam asks.
"There is a chance for her for all of us that will destroy the evil inside of her once and for all time. Love Pam. I know it sounds cliché but love will set us all free. Not any kind of love though it must be true love. There are only two beings that I know of that she could be truly in love with one is Bill. I can track Sookie and Colin and we only have till tomorrow night, the night of the lunar eclipse to pull this off" Amelia said with a smile and then vanished.
"Fucking Compton, it figures" Pam hisses as she heads back to the office. A few minutes later she hears the arrival of the Queen.
"What has happened here, Pamela?" The Queen of Louisiana says.
"We had a few issues this evening but nothing big your highness" Pam replies as she bows to her Queen.
"Very well, I will be at the house this evening and then I will return tomorrow see to it that everything is perfect. If you cannot comply to simple orders than I have no use for you, Eric's childe or not" the Queen retorts and walks back outside. What a bitch Pam thought to herself.
"What's really going on?" Bill asks as he enters the office.
"It seems our little waitress has some very big potential. Bad potential that is. She carries something evil within her and I need your help to get it out. Amelia says that only true love can save her. You maybe her true love and let me tell you that makes me want to gag" Pam says with a smirk.
"What do you mean I may be her one true love? I' am her one and only true love, who else could it be?" Bill asks incredulously.
"Duh, maybe my maker you ass" Pam hisses.
"Sookie's true love, Eric? Yeah right and I'm the King of Louisiana. I will help for Sookie's sake" Bill says getting all serious.
"You heard the witch Colin has her and he wants to cut out her heart and eat it so he can become the antichrist. Seriously where do people come up with this shit?" Pam questions.
"Right. Oh, your serious aren't you?" Bill asks still uncertain.
"Yes she is serious. If Colin succeeds we all end up dead and gone" Amelia says from the doorway.
"I have found their location. We should all stay here this evening so we can leave shortly after nightfall. The eclipse begins at 8:00pm we can not miss this opportunity" Amelia explains and both vampires nod in agreement.
Sookie slow woke up to find herself cuffed to a bed. What the hell was going on? Her memories slowly came back to her and she began to cry. There was no way out. Soon she would be drained by the one vampire who truly loved her and then he would have to watch her die. Oh, Eric.
"Rise and shine there darling tonight's your big night" Colin sing songed as he walked in the room. Sookie cringed away from him.
"Get away from me" Sookie yelled.
"Hush sweetheart it will all be over soon. Care to see your lover?" Colin batted his eyelashes and smiled evilly.
"Leave Eric alone he did nothing to you. Let him go" Sookie screamed as Colin undid her cuffs and hauled her to her feet.
"That would just ruin my plans, now let's get you reunited" Colin purred as he dragged an uncooperative Sookie behind him. Sookie tried to fight him but he was much stronger than she and she felt dread start to weigh her down. No way out. No hope.
Colin dragged her down a few hallways until they came to a steel door. Colin typed in a code and the door slid open. It was very dark inside and Colin threw Sookie in. She tumbled to her knees and cried out in pain. As she rubbed her knees and tried to get her bearings she heard a low growl come from the corner. Oh, god.
Sookie tried to stand but her leg hurt bad so she sat on her ass and began to tremble. She could hear and feel Eric circling her, circling his prey. He was going to kill her and she could do nothing.
"Eric, honey it's me Sookie. Please don't hurt me" Sookie sobbed out as tears streamed down her cheeks. She felt a cold presence behind her and then she was flat on her back. Sookie screamed out in fright. She lay still on the ground as a cold hard body slid over top of her and cold strong fingers wrapped round her throat but did not squeeze.
The lights suddenly came on to reveal a grotesque vampire. Eric looke emaciated. His eyes were sunk into his skull and she doubted he could see. He had several open wounds all over his body. His hair was missing in patches.
"Eric, please. I love you" Sookie cried but he didn't hear her. He was far to gone in his hunger to hear her. He would rape and drain her like Bill almost had in the trunk of that car not so long ago.
Sookie could feel his hands roaming her body pulling her dress up as they went. Please, please Eric it's me, Sookie pleaded in her head but he could not hear her. She felt him place his nose at her chest and sniff up to her neck where her pulse jumped under the skin. She could feel how hard he was, how aroused at the thought of finally getting the blood he needs, at sating all his hungers.
She heard his fangs click into place and the low growl that came from deep within him. Sookie began to prey. Please God if this is the end watch out for Eric. Let him forgive himself.
Tbc