Chapter 6
Misery
Eric POV
I nearly crushed the phone in my hands as I left yet another message on Scarlet's phone. She had yet to respond to me and it was getting quite...irritating. She was my human and I deserved to know where she was at all times. She had power yet she was still as fragile as all humans were. Scarlet, however, seemed to think that she was invincible. I would show her just how wrong she was when I found out where she was. I quickly dialed Pam's number and waited not even one full ring before she answer.
"Eric. How's the trip?" Pam's sarcastic tone voiced through the phone.
"I need you to find Blaze Stackhouse. She is Sookie's sister and my new human." I said, cutting right to the chase.
"Oh, how sweet." Pam sighed. I growled at her.
"Do it. Call me back when you have located her." I said and ended the call.
I knew Pam would find her quickly. Now all I had to do was wait.
Pam POV
I easily found Sookie Stackhouse's residence seeing as I had been here before to check on Sookie for Eric in the past. I assumed it was a safe assumption that this Blaze would live with Sookie. Unfortunately, the human's scent was stale and it appeared that only Sookie live in this house. I sighed in slight frustration. Why Eric sent me out to find humans was beyond me. Though I had to admit that if Blaze was half as beautiful as her sister I could find some amusement on this little chase.
I decided that I would have to go to that god awful little shack that Sookie worked at. I planned on glamouring a few of the patrons of the little hick bar to find where this girl lived. Upon entering the bar, I saw there was some sort of party going on and it was in full swing, which would work well for me seeing as I didn't feel like hiding my glamouring tonight. I found the first person and grabbed the stupid human roughly.
"Do you know who Blaze Stackhouse is?" I purred glamouring the drunkard.
"Yes." He answered.
"Where can I find her?" I asked, sweetly.
"Right there." He said, pointing to a little dirty blonde beauty standing on the bar. I smirked and released the human from my glamour.
I swiftly left the bar and called Eric all the while watching the girl. She looked like Sookie but, had a more childish look to her. For a moment I pictured her in a little school girl's outfit.
"Have you found her?" Eric's voice cut through my newest fantasy.
"Why yes I have. I have to say Eric, you have great taste." I smirked, watching as she began to dance with a few other girls on top of the bar.
"What is she doing?" Eric asked.
"Turning me on." I replied with a smirk.
"Pam." Eric growled, warningly.
"She's drunk and dancing around on the bar." I sighed. The girl then was pulled off the bar by a dark hair man. He was saying something to her and she laughed before crushing her lips into his. I cocked an eyebrow.
"It seems you have some competition Eric. She is now being groped and kissed by another human male." I said.
"Get her out of there. Now." Eric spat in barely controlled rage. I quirked an eyebrow at his tone but didn't question him. I watched as another man grabbed her by the arm and roughly pulled her away from the crowd. He seemed to be yelling at her about something but, she continued to laugh in his face. I wondered if Eric knew she had a boyfriend.
"I'll do my best." I said and closed the phone.
The man that had pulled Blaze away from the crowd was now leading her towards the door; I sniffed the air and caught the man's scent. He was a shifter. Wonderful.
"Shifter." I called as he and a drunken Blaze stumbled out of the bar. He turned and glared at me with pushing Blaze behind him. How cute. He thought that he could protect the human.
"Who are you?" he barked.
"I'm a friend of Eric's and it seems you are about to take something that belongs to him." I said, walking over to him.
"I'm taking Blaze home. You ain't touching her!" He said. I sighed, annoyed with his disgusting smell.
"I'll take her from here. Hand her over." I said.
"So you can drain her dry? I don't think so." the man growled.
"I'm not here for a snack, shifter. I'm here on orders from Eric. Now run along before I get even more annoyed." I spat back.
"Eric?" The girl said, finally coming into the conversation. "I know Eric. Do you know Eric?" she slurred, grinning at me.
"Yes. Now come with me." I said. The shifter tried to stop her but, she laughed, waving him off and followed me to her car.
"So how do you know Eric?" she huffed, snuggling into the car seat.
"He is my master." I answered.
"Sounds kinky. He can be my master any night." she giggled and I smirked.
"I'm sure that Eric will be pleased to hear that." I answered with a smirk.
"I...want.. Eric." Blaze yawned, falling asleep in the car. I sighed, bored with the human now that she was asleep and realizing I didn't know where exactly to bring her.
"Eric." I said, when he answered his phone.
"Do you have her?" he asked.
"Yes. I had a bit of trouble with a shifter but, I have her now. What do you want me to do with her?" I asked.
I was instructed to take her to an apartment building a few miles away. I was also instructed to leave her in her car and do not let her out under any circumstances. I sighed, agreeing to the ridiculous request and stayed with the human until nearly dawn, making sure that she didn't leave her vehicle. Humans. I didn't understand why Eric bothered with them anymore.
Blaze POV
I woke up in an uncomfortably cramped position with my head and eyes feeling like they were being burned out. I groaned painfully, stretching my sore arms out only to collide with the hard metal hood of my car. I moaned again, trying to remember how I manage to be sleeping in my car in front of my apartment and giving up after a few minutes. As long as I wasn't dead or arrested, I was happy. I sighed, rubbing my face and gathered myself to prepare to walk inside my apartment to get a proper rest.
Hours later, I finally woke up and was able to get to Merlotte's at a somewhat reasonable time. I woke as a bartender for Sam and as a waitress when I was needed. Sam was pretty easy going when it came to me coming in whenever the hell I felt like it but, today he was furious.
"Blaze, where the fuck have you been? You're a half an hour later for work!" Sam exploded the minute that I came through the door. I stared at him, a bit dazed for a second and rubbed my forehead. No loud noises for the extremely hung over Blaze.
"I was at home trying to sleep off this massive headache. You just brought it back. Congrats." I growled sarcastically.
"What happened to you last night, Blaze? You left with that blonde vampire chick and I thought you were dead!" Sam spat back.
"Sam, what in the hell are you talking about? What blonde vampire chick?" I groaned in confusion. Great, now I was possibly date raped via lesbian vampire.
"I don't know. She said she was a friend of Eric's and-" Sam started before I cut him off.
"Eric." I growled, flipping my phone open and looking at all the texts that I had missed last night.
Sure enough there were several texts from Eric and the finally one was really what confirmed my theory. It simply read 'Sweet Dreams' at around four in the morning. That controlling bastard had sent one of his vampire friends to pick me up when I didn't answer him. A very small part of me thought it was kind of sweet but, the majority of me was so pissed that I couldn't even see straight. That or my brain had just exploded because of too much use while being hung over. I quickly texted him that he'd regret ever thinking about sending someone to pick her up and sent it without a second thought. That was mainly because it was 3 in the afternoon and Eric wouldn't be up for another three hours.
As the slow night wore on I knew to answer my phone when it started ringing in my back pocket as I was wiping down the bar. I rushed into the bathroom and quickly answered the phone, feeling slightly uneasy. I knew I was going to get hell from Eric but, if he didn't expect me to yell at him too he had another thing coming.
With that resolve I answered the phone with a confident "Hello."
"Scarlet." Eric growled into the phone. I quietly gulped. I was definitely in for it. "I see you have finally decided to answer my calls." He continued.
"Guess I did." I breathed coolly.
"Listen to me, Scarlet. I do not appreciate being ignored nor do I appreciate for my child to have to come find you in some bar, drunk. You. Are. Mine. When I call, you answer. No exceptions. If you think for one second that you could make invisible threats to me only because I am miles away from you, you are sorely mistaken. I can have you sent to my room by dawn. You are possession of mine. Remember that next time you choice to ignore me." Eric's voice never rose higher than his normal tone, but they didn't have to. Each word was like a slap the face and had the power to leave my knee shaking, quivering with fright in the bathroom. I swallowed hard, trying to steady my voice, before answering him.
"I-I'm sorry." I said, cursing myself for letting my voice crack.
"Oh, you will be when I return." his voice turned to a seductive timbre, making my head spin at the change.
I blushed in spite of myself. "I-I have to get back to work, Eric." I stuttered, kicking myself at how stupid I sounded.
"No, I don't think you do." Eric said, his tone making no room for agruements.
"Eric, it's going to look pretty weird that I've been sitting in the bathroom when I should be doing my job." I said.
"I could care less. You're staying on the phone with me until I tell you to." Eric said. I could just hear the smirk in his voice.
"Really, Eric? Well, what if I just hung up right now?" I challenged.
"I don't think you're in much of a position to disobey me right now, Scarlet." Eric replied with an icily edge in his voice. I huffed in defeat.
"Why do you even want me on the phone?" I sighed, rubbing my forehead.
"I'm waiting for you to start following my previous instructions and beg for my forgiveness. I respond well to sexual favors." Eric grinned.
"You are completely insufferable. There is no way I'm begging for you to forgive me and there sure as hell is no way that I'm promising you anything." I spat.
"You aren't doing yourself any favors, min lilla älskare. The more you resist, the more punishment awaits you." Eric purred.
"I- you- er I- wait! What did you call me?" I sputtered out.
"Min lilla älskare, I believe." Eric answered, calmly.
"What the hell does that mean?" I asked, irritably.
"My little lover." Eric said with an obvious smirk.
"How many times do I have to tell you, Eric? I. Am. Not. Yours." I responded, irritably.
"You can tell as many times as you like. I find it adorably amusing." Eric answered.
"I find you horribly asinine." I spat back. Eric chuckled and then growled lightly. It wasn't like his usual sexy growl, it was more of an annoyed sound. I wondered briefly if I was irritating him.
"I must go, min älskare. Last chance to start begging." Eric grinned.
"No fucking way." I answered, with a small smile.
"You are only getting yourself into more trouble, lilla älskare. Behave tonight, Scarlet." Eric said.
"I'll do what I want, Northman. Good bye." I huffed, angry that he was treating me like such a child.
I heard Eric chuckling as I slammed the phone shut. I opened the bathroom door muttering to myself about how stupid and controlling Eric was as I made my way to the front. Sam had taken my position at the bar serving the few other customers that had come in since I had left. He looked up and grinned a bit, gesturing for me to take back my spot at the bar.
"I thought that you had taken off on me." Sam chuckled lightly, trying to ease the bit of tension that had rose up around us. I was still a bit miffed that he yelled at me about something I didn't even remember. I guess I couldn't blame him. He was just being protective as per usual.
"Sorry. I just had to talk to yell at Eric, which ended up him yelling at me. Then he got on one of his controlling power trips because he thinks he owns me, which he doesn't, no matter what he keeps saying. Then he started being all disgustingly sexy so I got pissed. So, all and all, I hate him." I ranted to Sam with a huff. Sam stared at me questioningly and I realized he had no idea who I was talking about.
"Eric's this big boss man vampire that owns Fangtasia." I said, answering his unspoken question.
"He's what? And you're talking to him? Blaze, are you completely insane? Jesus Christ!" Sam yelled, grabbing him hair in frustration.
"Calm down. I handle Eric." I soothed.
"You can handle him? You can handle him? He could drain you dry in seconds!" Sam yelled.
"Chill out. He won't bite me. Well, he might but, not like that. Actually, never mind. He probably would bite me like that. I can deal with Eric Northman, though. Plus, if it helps, I put him into a wall the first time we met, so I think he knows not to mess with me." I grinned slightly at the memory.
"God, another fucking vampire." Sam hissed, shaking his head.
"Here. Drink. Chill." I said, pouring Sam a shot of tequila.
He drank it quickly and eagerly asks for another. After his third shot I decided that I would join Sam in taking shots. Soon we were going shot for shot until neither of us could pour without missing the glasses.
"I think...we are very drunk." I mumbled with a laugh.
"Yup. I gotta lock up." Sam chuckled, stumbling over to the door.
I grinned walking over to the pool table and promptly falling, face first, onto the felt. I burst into giggles and flipped myself over so I was lying on top of the table. I motioned for Sam to come join me by the table and he nodded drunkenly, staggering over.
"Sam," I murmured, pulling him closer to me. He stumbled and fell on top of my body, gulping when he saw how close our mouths were.
"Blaze, I..." He trailed off with a blissful sigh as I trailed my hands down his chest, popping the buttons as I went.
"Shh. Just let me do all the work." I purred, pulling Sam to me.