Title: Dead Lost
Summery: Eric left a year ago, but now Sookie's being pulled back into his life. The initial mystery Sookie is asked to solved is over come simply, but now Eric wants to start over with Sookie, will they be able to get it together, or will the year apart and the changes that came with it drive them apart for good?
Rated: M.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the words I write. The characters, themes and products most likely belong to someone else, except for any names/persons not mentioned in True Blood or the Sookie Stackhouse novels.
AN: After I finish this I'll be redoing some stories that I had posted and or never finished like Co-Star's, Sookie in Wonderland, and a possible newer version of Wanted. I'm also going to be redoing a few others of my random one shots, like the Pam on Lopez thing I did. Mostly because she keeps popping up in every show I've seen.
Now with that out of the way, enjoy.
SPOV
"They've surrounded us." I whisper to nobody in particular, "get down!" I scream as the first explosion rocks the building, the ceiling crumbles and a hard, warm body slams into mine, we hit the floor in a crumpled heap.
The second and third explosion rocked the ground and made my ears ring; everything starts to sound like I'm listening through a cup, the body on top of me suddenly disappeared, and a fourth explosion had me watching the roof coming down at me.
Distantly I heard a male voice roaring my name, two distinct pairs of strong hands pulled me up, and Eric pressed me to his chest before running off with me behind a guy with dark hair.
Here they come I'm going to rip that blonde shits head off. How could such a sweet voice say something as horrible as that? I paused to wonder for a second.
"No. She's waiting. Stop." Eric stops instantly, grabbing the guy in front of him and pulling him back, "put me down." Eric obliged and set me on my feet, the world spun for a moment, "do you have any weapons?" Eric shakes his head no.
"You have me." Vera supplies helpfully materializing beside me, Pam at her side, "Alexsandra already blasted her way through everyone else. Come on, where's that frickin' fairy when you need him?" she was being utterly sarcastic.
Vera glanced around her eyes landing on Mikhail, "come 'ere demon boy." She set her hand on his shoulder, after a few seconds he slumped slightly and Pam came to support him while Vera stepped in front of us.
I watched as the glow around her grew darker, the bit of her eye I could see went completely black and she just radiated power, she looked really creepy.
"What is she doing?" I asked in a quiet voice, feeling rather tired. I leaned against Eric, his strong arm circling around my waist to hold me up. Vera stepped outside I heard a few cries and then everything was a blur and I was in the back of the car beside a weary Mikhail, Vera slid in beside me, slamming the door and screaming for Eric to drive, with a rather colorful bit of vocabulary.
Her eyes were black still and there was a shimmering glow, black with streaks of pure white breaking through it, surrounding her as she watched out the window, I saw her lips moving but couldn't make out the words, and then the building behind us exploded completely.
A few people followed us, but when they got to the edge of the property they seemed to be trapped there, terrified looks on their faces as the building behind them blew up, like a vampire was kept out of a house, they were trapped inside the property. It was really cool.
"It won't last long, so move your ass. We're going to Sookie's. I'm sorry we're invading, but your house is safest and Alexsandra is already beefing up the spell. This isn't up for discussion Sookie."
Vera's words are jumbled together and hardly make much sense to me because I'm suddenly hit with a wave of nausea and blinding pain when I start to turn, so I just nod, adjusting and letting out a shaky breath. My ribs were aching, my shoulder and head throbbed and my leg was burning, and the pit of my stomach was throbbing.
We got to my house quickly and once we drove through the property line I felt the magic, literally, wash over me. I smiled contently and slumped down in the backseat, every part of me aching, throbbing or doing some other word that describes pain.
It's painful for me to get out of the car, but I manage to do it with minimal pain to every part of me that was hurt, Eric comes around to help me stand, I lean on him heavily, cursing Linda in my head for the pain that was shooting through my body.
People were sitting outside my house there was some weird light globe thing floating overhead, and people were tending to wounds, "we'll all be staying outside so you'll still have your privacy, so don't worry about it." Vera says after I'm out of the car and Eric is helping me toward the door.
"Alright." I grumble, I see Dermot pulling the door to the house open, Eric helps me into my room and cleans up a few cuts I guess I had, and then he let me sleep, which I did gladly, curling up in my bed around my pillow and passing out.
When I woke up I was sore and my head was pounding, when I went to roll over pain shot through my rib cage, I cried out and winced, slowly pushed myself up and swung my feet off the edge of the bed, sending pain jolting up my back and once more through my ribs.
The ground was cold through my socks; I quickly pulled my feet back up and then glanced toward the mirror. I was in the clothes from yesterday, which were covered in rubble dust and a little bit of blood; my hair was wrecked as well, and dirt covered my face except for a few clean patches around cuts Eric had cleaned up.
I looked at the clock, it was noon.
A shower was most definitely on my to-do list, right after getting the strength to walk there. I set my hand over my rib cage and focused hard, willing the pain away. It eased a bit, so I guess broken ribs don't count as 'minor wounds'.
Pushing off of my bed I shuffled into the bathroom, closed and locked the door, and stripped down, turning on the water and carefully getting in. The hot water helped ease the aching to a dull throb and it made me relax a lot more as I watched the dirty water circle down the drain until it turned clear.
I toweled my hair off and stepped out, wrapping the towel around me, before crossing into my room and pulling on a clean pair of shorts and a shirt, I yanked my hair into a ponytail and then went to my kitchen where Vera was sitting with Dermot.
"I thought everyone was staying outside." I commented as I poured myself a glass of orange juice, putting the orange juice container away before I turned to face Vera.
Vera chuckled, "okay, everyone but me. I needed to talk to Dermot. I'm staying in tent number 5 outside, incase you need to find me at some point. Anyways, good morning Sookie. How are you feeling?"
"Like a building fell on me, how are you feeling?" I ask, taking a gulp of my orange juice and leaning against the counter.
"Like I blew up a building, stole energy from a fire demon, and set some demi-bitch on fire." She replied, "so in other words, pretty frickin' fantastic. Anyways, gotta go check on everyone outside since Captain Eric and First Mate Pam went to ground. Care to come with?"
"Sure why not." I finish off the glass and follow Vera outside where it looks like some type of camping ground, there were at least 12 tents and deeper in the woods I could see a few more.
"Tent number 5 is over there, on the edge of the woods. Pam and Eric are over there." Vera says in a soft voice right beside my head, and then she tugs me off toward a crowded area where a bunch of people are sitting around discussing something with a deadly look on their faces.
I notice Mikhail is sitting at the base of a tree staring up at the sun, Vera notices my staring and we go sit right beside him, he glances at us with his now green eyes and then looks back toward the sun.
"You did the right thing you know." Vera says offhand, "I've betrayed my people too, and I know how much it sucks, but sometimes your people are worth it, you learn to make new friends. New people. New family."
"I understand that, but it still just doesn't feel good. I know its right." He says, turning to look at me, "you look just like her, your voices are different though. She has more of a bell sound to her voice."
"A bell sound?" Vera butts in, "what are you talking about? They sound exactly alike."
I say, "no we don't." and the same time Mikhail says, "They sound nothing alike."
Mikhail continues, "You can't hear it because you're a witch, you're not like the rest of us, no offense, but you have to be supernatural, naturally to hear her voice. They sound different, hers is like bells while Sookie's is more, smooth, soft. I'm not sure how to describe it really."
He sighs and pushes away from the tree, getting unsteadily to his feet; he stands with his eyes closed for a moment and then offers me his hand, "Will you come with me, Sookie?"
"Sure." I ignore his hand and get to my feet, saying goodbye to Vera before following him through the woods, walking doesn't feel good but sitting on the ground was a pain as well, "why did you want me to come with you?" I ask when the property line is in my sight.
"I didn't want to walk alone. And I was curious about how much you know about what's going on with Linda." He answers, brushing his hand across a tree.
"Nothing, why? Should I know something?" I ask, stopping dead and looking up at him, he's looking down at me with an unidentifiable emotion in his green eyes. I wonder if I tried if I could read him.
My head pounded painfully, as if telling me not to even bother. Not that I was going to anyways.
"She was meeting with your cousin Claude to get his help in the matter. If the vampires were gone he would be a lot better off too. He has joined them with some of the other Fae he has found." Mikhail says, "Whether you want to believe it or not is up to you."
"No, I believe you. I truly do. Do you know where his kids are?" was it possible Claude would put them in danger like that? He was as protective over them as a lioness would be her cubs, but they taught their young to fight.
My stomach dropped at the thought of Claude allowing them to start their life in this kind of supernatural bullcrap.
"He sent them to be with their mother, or so I heard." Mikhail answers, his eyes on something at the property line, "let's get back. I've got to get some sleep before the vampires wake."
We walked back in the same silence we walked out in, I went straight into the house to find Dermot, I found him in the living room, "did you know about this?" I ask, when I find him, "did you know about Claude?"
"No. and No. I only knew he was meeting with her. I didn't know why until Mikhail told us, I didn't think it was relevant." Dermot replies, "He's on one side, we're on the other."
"What if they kill him? Or us?" I ask, "What will happen to the kids? They don't really like their mother. Did he even think about this?"
"Would you think twice about something that would ensure your children's safety for the rest of their lives?" Dermot counters, "it's a stupid thing to do, but a) Linda is a persuasive little bitch and b) he'd do anything for his kids. She used his hate for vampires and his kids against him. You can't hold him responsible."
I slump down onto the couch, "what if I just want to leave? What if I don't want to be apart of this? I don't want anything to do with these wars. This stuff, all of it. I just want it to go away and leave me alone." I whisper words I hadn't thought before spilled from my mouth, what was I saying? "I know I said hated boring, but I hate death even more. I hate destruction. I hate the thought that I could loose everyone I love."
"Then leave." Dermot said it like it was the simplest thing in the world, how could I just leave? Did I really want to? Or was I just saying that? I pulled my knees up into my chest and looked outside.
Everyone looked on edge, nervous and furious. They were ready to attack everyone; this was their war, not mine, right? I had nothing to do with this, it wasn't what I wanted, I wanted to be free, to do what I wanted, not to fight wars.
I didn't want anymore death. I wanted to get away from this. As soon as I thought it everything around me was gone, I found myself standing by a lake, it was pure blue and I could see every fish swimming through it.
The sun was high in the sky, heating up the world around me and wrapping me in a comfortable warm blanket; I closed my eyes and tilted my head back, basking in the warmth.
"You could have this you know." My head snapped around, Claudine was standing a few feet away from me, "freedom, be away from everything, but trouble will always find you Sookie. You cannot run away."
"Why not?" I snapped.
"You don't want to, for starters. Someone got into your head; you let your guard down. Those weren't your thoughts. Do you really want to run away?"
"Yes." I reply automatically, wait? Why would I run away? Run away from Eric, Dermot, Pam, Vera, my family? My friends?, "no, I don't want to run away. How did they do that?"
"Linda is very skilled. She's had a life time to practice her skills; you have not had as much practice. But keep your guard up or she will get in. There is so much you need to know Sookie, so much I can teach you. It wasn't by chance that Claude and Dermot were trapped outside, fate wanted you to change."
"What?"
"Sookie, your powers are far greater than those you know about. Come sit with me, and I will tell you about them." She pointed to a chair and sat down in another.
"How are you even here?" I whisper, still staring at her, it's really her. Claudine is really here.
"I might be dead Sookie, but I used the last of my power for something good. Now hush we don't have enough time to discuss how we're talking right now. Your powers need to be discussed. So sit down and be quiet." She said sweetly, smiling at me, I nodded and kept my mouth shut while she began to talk.
When I woke up I almost screamed, one second I was with Claudine by a lake the next I was staring at Eric's dirty and confused face, I jumped when I saw him and sat up, pushing him away, "why are you so close?"
I looked around, I was lying on my living room floor, Eric stood over me, Pam was watching curiously from across the room and Dermot was sitting in the same place he was when I came in to talk to him.
"What happened? Are you okay?" Eric asked, pulling me to my feet.
"I'm fine Eric." I reply, and I was being honest. I felt better then fine, refreshed even, energetic. And apparently more like a fairy then I wanted. I quickly stumbled away from Eric and pointed at the door, "outside with you two, now."
Both were gone in a matter of seconds, I stood leaning against the door frame taking everything in, Claudine had told me so much more than I could have ever hoped to learn from Claude and Dermot, who both would only share if I asked the right questions. And way more then I could learn from the book, well there was some more I needed to learn from the book.
Like things about Dion.
"You knew that Claudine did that, didn't you?" I asked, not in an accusing tone, just out of pure curiosity.
"I knew. Yes. Was it enlightening?"
"Oh yes, very." I replied, "I'll be in my room." I told him as I walked out, I made sure my door was locked, the curtains were drawn and nobody was in here before I pulled out the two books from the place I'd hidden them, in a tiny hidden space in my floor boards under my bed. I laid the books down on my bed and flipped the book about the Fae open, scanning for any reference to Dion.
Even though the paragraph said there was nothing to be found about him I figured it wouldn't hurt to double check. While I did I read a little more about Linda, not much was really written about her. And the things I'd learned about her from Claudine were enough to make me keep my guard up.
And I'd have to do something so people would be able to tell us apart, I know Mikhail had said that our voices were different to some people, but it couldn't be possible for everyone to tell us apart.
I sighed and re-hid the books, threw on some new clothes and sprayed some perfume on, to half-assedly cover up the Fae scent that was lingering. Then I went out front to find Vera, who was sitting helpfully with her sister, Eric and Pam.
"So, what do we do if people get Linda and I mixed up? If someone accidentally kills the wrong one." I ask, sitting beside Vera and glancing over at Eric, he's staring at me with confusion.
"Well, wearing something that you would think she never would, kinda like a name tag would work. Wear a dress or something, 'cause she's a jeans kinda girl." Mikhail suggested.
"Okay, well that's all I really wanted to ask. So, yeah. What are you guys talking about?" I inquire, looking around at all faces, and they all looked grim.
"Murder," Pam offered, "War. The good stuff." She grinned. I fought the grimace making its way to my face and looked down at my feet.
"They're building up supplies and we're stuck here. There is no way for us to get supplies." Mikhail said, obviously picking up a conversation they had been having.
Eric ran his hand through his hair, "yes and of course they have their magic abilities and whatever else you demons can do. What supplies to we really need? I know you guys need food, but I'm sure we can get Bill to do that."
"Yeah, because they won't notice him coming, they're surrounding the perimeter. He won't get in and we need food." Mikhail snaps, "Just because you guys can eat anyone here."
"Well, I can do it." I offer, they all turn their eyes to me bewildered, "I can teleport to a store, get some food and bottled blood and come back. And anything else you guys need. Claudine taught me how to."
"Claudine? Your dead fairy god mother?" Pam asks, looking at me like I've lost my mind.
"Yes, that one, remember how I was unconscious and when I came back I smelled good enough to eat?" I snapped, "well, I was talking to her, she did something so that when I really needed her help she could teacher me what I needed to know."
"Like that you can teleport?" Pam asks slowly, "Can you take someone with you?"
"Yes, like that I can teleport. And yes I can take someone with me." I answer, narrowing me eyes at her "so, do you want my help?"
"Yes, we would like your help." Vera cuts in before Pam has a chance to say anything, "who wants to go with her?"
"I'll go," Pam offers, "Eric is needed here and she needs someone who has money to go with her and can carry all those bags."
The look in her eye tells me that was not the real reason she wanted to go but I didn't feel like arguing, "Fine, anything specific you guys want?" Mikhail rattled off a few things, then we asked the pack leaders and I tugged Pam into my room.
"You know Sookie; if you wanted to get me alone you could have just asked." Pam purred, stepping over to me, "I'm sure Eric would protest but I mean, who cares."
"He slept with you, so it'd only be fair." I replied, snatching her hand up and tugging her closer to me, I closed my eyes and pictured the back alley of a grocery store and felt a weird tug.
Pam let out a weird sound and I heard a pop, the foul odor of dumpsters filled my nose, "Oh that smells disgusting." I grumbled.
"What do you smell? Because what I smell is pretty delectable." She purred, I dropped her hand and stepped away from her, "sorry." She amended.
"It's okay Pam. Come on lets get this over with." I started to walk away and my legs felt like jelly. Pam's arm wrapped around me and held me up, "I think I'm okay now." I say a few minutes later, she lets me go and we walk toward the store.
Once the shopping was done we returned to the back alley, I grabbed her hand and pictured my kitchen, I felt the tug again and then heard another pop. We were now standing in my kitchen with Dermot.
"Well, I see Claudine taught you a few things. Do you need a cooler? I found one in the attic." He offers, seeing all the food and the small cooler we picked up.
"Yeah, that'd be great, where is it?"
"In my room."
"I'll go get it." Pam says she's gone before either of us can protest; a few minutes later she walks back into the room, "let's get this food outside."
She grabs the bags and promptly walks outside; I grab the cooler and follow her out. Everyone is sitting around outside, a few of the vampires look up when I walk by them, I drop the cooler beside Eric and grab Vera and Alexsandra, "can you two come with me, please." I demand rather than ask, I couldn't handle all the hungry vampires looking at me like I was dinner.
"Is there a spell one of you can do that will mask my scent? Because they're all looking at me like I'm dinner and I'm not up for being eaten." I ask once we're safely in my house, away from everyone else.
"Yeah, I can. Just let me go find my bag outside." Alexsandra answers slipping out the front door again.
Vera leans against the wall and stares at me, "what?" she just shrugs and glances toward the kitchen for a split second before looking back at me, "what?"
"I'm going to go find you something wear for the rest of the time, because honestly, you look like her way to freakin' much." She said and walked right past me into my room. She was so strange.
I followed her, entering the room a few minutes after her to find her going through my clothes forcefully shoving the hangers around, "are you okay?" she turns around and gives a brief nod and then digs through my clothes.
"Ready?" Alexsandra asks pushing the bedroom door shut, "Sit over there. Vera, chair." The spell was quick and simple, the only thing that really happened was Alexsandra's eyes flashed white and Vera slumped down in her chair a little bit.
"So did it work?" both girls shrug and call Eric in, her confirms that it worked and I grin happily.