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Alison woke up alone the next night to the smell of coffee. She propped herself up, looking around for Johnny. She panicked for a moment until she heard the shower turn off. Glancing at the clock she saw it was nearly six o'clock. She looked back to the bathroom door to see Johnny standing, half naked, in the doorway.
"Did I wake you?"
"No. What's wrong?" His face was grim, and she could tell that he needed to tell her something.
"I'm afraid something may have happened to your brother."
She was up and out of the bed in seconds, standing and staring at him intently. "Why?"
"Well, you know about the pyramid of Gizeh bombing and whatnot, right?" She nodded. "Well, that was when your brother had first become a vampire and he wasn't happy about it, and well, he kind of assisted the fellowship in their plan to kill all the vamps." Alison stared blankly at him, all the color had drained from her face. "He came crawling back and they decided not too kill him, though I don't know why, and he was allowed to work in Sophie Anne's regime again. Now that she is dead, and he just happens to be one of the only survivors, I can only say that things don't look too good for dear old Jake. "
"Do you think the Louisiana guys might kill him?"
"I don't know, but it would probably be in his best interest to lay low for a little while."
"I have to go get him."
Johnny nodded, "Bring the cellphone, Victor should be calling you soon. I have to go meet up with Quinn, his girl dumped him." Alison couldn't imagine why anyone would dump Quinn. If nothing else he was loyal, and good looking to boot. Must have been one stupid girl. Johnny walked forward and kissed Alison on the cheek. "Be careful. Jake is involved with a very tangled group of people, call me if you need anything. My number is in your phone, so is Quinn's."
"Why Quinn's?"
"He knows I like you, so if you need any help, he would give it."
And Johnny left her alone in the hotel room. S
She hoped he paid for it because she left not long after him, as soon as the sun had gone down. She drove to Fangtasia, and finally arrived after getting lost a couple of times. The club looked open, though no one was there yet. It was still early, she imagined. The blonde vampire from the night before was leaning on the wall behind a red velvet rope, looking intensely bored. Looking at her, Alison suddenly realized that she wished with all of her heart she had worn something with a little more coverage. Her denim shorts were stained with a little blood from helping Jake, and she was suddenly very chilly in her orange tank top. She just sucked it up and approached the vampire with as much courage as should muster.
The blonde looked a little less bored when she approached.
"Hello again. Can I help you with something?" She said, her voice flat.
"I'm looking for my brother. Or Eric. Or someone I can talk to about my brother. Is he dead?" She realized that was a completely inappropriate question, but the blonde just laughed and unhooked the red rope.
"Your brother is inside."
"Thanks." She said, walking straight past the vampire and into Fangtasia. The lights were dimmed and she recognized the fangbangers from the vampires easily. They shot her dirty looks, just like work, she thought. She walked straight through and into the long hallway from the night before. She could hear Eric and another vampire conversing and was about to push the door open when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Turning around, she faced Jake.
"What are you doing?! You can't just walk into Eric's office, who do you think you are? Sookie Stackhouse?!" He said, franticly.
"I have no idea who that is, and I was looking for you."
"You shouldn't be. Get out of here."
"I have your car."
"Keep it. I won't need it when I'm dead."
"Dead?"
"There going to kill me, I can feel it."
"Listen, if your going to die, I will have a vision, and then I will tell you and we can stop it from happening."
"No! Alison, you can't just show up and expect to fix everything in my life. I made some terrible choice in the last year, and now I have to pay for them."
"Listen here, Jaco-"
"Alison, can you come in here." Said a voice from the other side of the door. Victor's voice. Shit. Jake was staring at her with eyes full of fear, and she pushed the door open, intending to be strong for her brother. Victor and Eric were the only two vampires in the room,and she walked in, leaving Jake outside and closing the door behind her. Eric was staring at her intently, and she didn't like it.
Victor was smiling, that bastard.
"Have a seat, Alison." Said Eric with a hint of an accent she couldn't detect, and he motioned to the chair opposite Victor. She followed his instructions. "I assume you have come here to fetch your brother and hopefully be done with vampire politics." She nodded halfheartedly. "I don't think that's going to happen."
Victor spoke next, and she couldn't hep but stare at him with disgust. "Your brother played quite a large role in the bombing of Rhodes, and it would be silly of the Louisiana vampires to ignore his betrayal now that their queen is dead. She was only fond of him because he was the child of Hadley." How Victor knew this, Alison didn't know. After all, she didn't know who Hadley was, but she assumed that was Jake's sire. "However, we are wiling to spare him if you work for us."
"So your saying you won't kill my brother as long as I am The king of Nevada's visions bitch?" Eric laughed slightly, and Victor nodded.
"Precisely."
"Deal."
Victor clapped his hands together. "Well, now that that is done, you may leave with your brother. I can smell that shifter all over you, I suppose he works for us now too, so why don't you just go off and play with him and we will call you if we need you." She sneered at him, and practically backed out of the room.
"Come on Jake."
"What the hell just happened?"
"I saved your life. Now come on!" She grabbed his arm, much to his dismay, but he went along with it. She knew that if he didn't want to move he could have just flung her off, or stayed put. A few of the Fangbangers glared at her once again after smiling at Jake. She dragged him outside, right past the blonde vampire, who was too busy with the guest who were lining up to say anything, she merely waved with a small chuckle. Alison dragged him all the way to the car on the far side of the parking lot, and then her cell phone rang.
She glanced down and saw that it was Felipe. Why the hell would he be calling her. She told Jake to shut up when he asked who was calling and answered the phone, forcing her voice to be as steady as possible. "Hello."
"Hello Alison. Things are well, I suppose?"
"Yes, Mr. Castro, things are fine."
"I understand you are an employee of mine now?"
"I suppose that is true, yes. As long as you leave my brother alone I will work for you."
"And you will be compensated for your trouble, of course. Keep this cell phone on you, arrangements have been made for you and the shifter at the same hotel you stayed at last night," How did he know she stayed at a hotel last night? Creeper. "Bring your brother there, and Victor will make sure he has a place to go when the sun comes up."
"Thankyou, Mr. Castro."
"You are very welcome, my dear."
And then the conversation ended. Jake looked on extremely confused, and he seemed to be piecing things together in his head, very slowly. "So, you work for the King of Las Vegas, now?"
"I guess so. I heard one of the vamps on the plane over her say that he has a thing for those with, higher abilities." Jake suddenly looked furious.
"Are you becoming some sort of Fangbanger on account of me? Because, the last thing I need is my sister fucking the king of Nevada just to prolong my miserable existence."
"Well, Jake, your so very welcome." She said, her voice reeking of sarcasm, she got in the car, rolling down the window on the other side. "Well, get in."
"Where are we going?"
"Back to the hotel, I guess. Maybe Johnny or Quinn will be there."
"How do you know Quinn?"
"How do you know Quinn?"
"I worked for him for a while, he's a nice guy. Johnny too. You like him?"
"Just get in the goddamn car, Jake!"
"Fine!" And he pulled the door open and slid inside. It was only a ten minute ride back to the small hotel she had left only an hour before. She had pretty much figured out the way back by getting lost so many time. Jake followed her down the long hallway to the door, she pulled out the small card and unlocked the door. Once safely inside, she checked to make sure they were alone, and then turned around, facing her brother expectantly. "What?"
"Why did you join the fellowship and try to kill all those people?" He stared her hard in the eyes, and she suddenly felt very sleepy. Her eyes drooped and she felt very relaxed, somewhere off in the distance Jake said, sit down, and she complied. She stared off into the distance for a couple more minutes, and then, was snapped to attention by the door opening and closing. Johnny was standing in front of her, staring down at her with a bleak expression.
"Were you here with a vampire?"
She felt herself snap out of her gaze, and glanced around the room franticly. "Where the hell did he go!"
"Who?"
"My brother. He glamoured me and took off. I have no idea how long I have been sitting here."
"Well, I came back here to tell you that your brother may be playing both sides of the field."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean he might still be working for the fellowship."
"Oh no."
"Oh yes. Alison, we gotta get out of town. There is no telling what your brother may be planning, we should call Castro and let him know."
"I don't care what my brother is doing, I won't rat him out. We should find him try and talk some sense into him! He can't honestly believe what he thinks he believes, they're playing him." She went to move past Johnny, but he grabbed her hand and pulled her back towards him.
"Alison, I'm sorry, but it's a lost cause. He's not your brother anymore, and I am sorry that you had to go through all this just to find that out."
What he said made a great deal of an impact on her, and she could feel tears begin to sting her cheeks. She sat down on the bed and stared at the wall, hopelessly. "Why couldn't I have a vision that told me this was going to happen? Why does my stupid 'power' only work to the advantage of other people."
Johnny sat down next to her, throwing an arm around her shoulders and turning her to face him. "Listen Kid, bad things happen, I don't know why, but you gotta just role with the punches and take it all as it comes. Take it from a guy who's been through a fair amount of bullshit."
She nodded. Sniffling slightly, she attempted to smile, but failed. Her heart just wasn't in it tonight. Johnny stared at her for a long moment, like he was contemplating something. And after a moment, she caught on. She may be fairly young, but she knew what that look on a man meant. At any other time, she probably would have said to wait, that she barely knew him. But as he leaned forward and enveloped his mouth over hers in a tender kiss the only thing she could think was...
Screw it.
She kissed him back with everything she had, and as soon as she responded she could hear him make a kind of inhuman growl. She had bedded only one shifter before him, though Alison was no stranger to the bedroom, she knew that it was different with animals. He practically ripped her tank top in two in his haste to remove it. He pulled his jacket off, and Alison helped him remove his shirt. He was thin and lean, and had a fair amount of scars crossing his otherwise immaculate chest. She took a moment to stare, then smirked and jumped right back into it. They were undressed in a matter of moment, down to their undergarments. Johnny motioned to the bed, and she pushed him down, climbing on top of him.
Alison glanced over to the table briefly before leaning down to kiss him to see that the cell phone that Victor had given her was vibrating.
She ignored it.