The evening fell swift as I came to my sense and realized that I had been sleeping all day. I hated when I did that; it was unhealthy and I couldn't get over that part. I climbed out of the over-sized bed that I had been resting upon as I heard voices coming from below. My heart sank when I didn't hear Bill's loving voice emerging from the depths of the house. I got dressed quickly, finding my Merlotte uniform on the floor with my black Converse. I pulled my long blonde messy hair up into a tight half-up bun as I walked down the stairs silently.

As I glanced down the railing of the grand-staircase, I spotted a tall dark shadowy figure that seemed to stand out more than the three others who were downstairs. There were two females and two males talking softly, almost in a whispery tone. One of the voices I recognized out of all of them; Sookie. She was here; if only she knew what I had done and that I even liked it.

Sex was always questionable with me; one because I was so young and somewhat naïve about such things, but also that Sookie had never wanted me to do such a thing without talking to her about it first. But nevertheless I hadn't really told her about me and Bill yet, so that was going to be a new conversation to bring up one night at dinner.

Anyways, they were all talking to Sookie and I was the only one not really listening carefully to what the conversation was about, only that it was very secretive and that is why they were almost whispering. But now I was curious, as I heard Sookie's voice crack in fear and that's when I began to grow in curiosity. How many days I had been asleep, or if it had only been a couple of hours? Where was Bill in all this confusion and why was Sookie here with all of these people? I had to know.

The shadows moved towards the kitchen as I slowly crept down the stairs. The voices seemed to get softer as I continued to creep towards them. Suddenly they fell to complete silence. Had they left or had I disturbed them? Either way I still kept moving as I finally reached the bottom of the stairs. Silence of this old house made me feel uneasy and as if eyes were watching my every move. I entered the living room, still lightly lit and unrecognizable. I found myself alone and scared of my own shadow at this point.

Then I tripped over something in the darkness. I could smell the rusty stench of blood as I felt the sting of pain coming from my leg. I began to faint as a voice called out to me and pulled me up from the floor. My eyes began to spin and my mind faded to a world of confusion as I tried to keep my consciousness. As I began to loose my sight I saw shadows over powering me while whispers surrounded me.

They were angry as their voices got louder and louder. I tried to say something, something to stop them, but I couldn't understand what they were saying. Their voices were jumbled and merged together as they spoke all at once. Then a loud voice I recognized over took them; Sookie.

"Leave her alone!" she screamed as I felt myself being pulled.

Suddenly I was dropped and my head began to throb. Ugh, I had a knot on my head; thanks to whoever dropped me on my head and my ass. That's when my sight was regained and I could see the shadows clearly. They stepped away from me as Sookie pulled me to my feet. They were startled by her presence and they stood motionless as they stared at me. I recognized one of them; a tall blonde haired man and sad blue eyes. I couldn't read him very well, but I could tell that he possessed great power and that he was from an old family or something like that. I could feel Sookie's anger towards him and that there was something being hidden from me.

"Are you okay, Kelly?"

"Yea, I'm fine with the exception of my head and my leg. What happened?" I asked grabbing the top of my head, feeling for the knot. Sookie couldn't tell me in front of them, but she tried to telepathically explain what has just occurred.

"You fell on the table and cut your leg on the broken glass…"

Oh great, me being clumsy again.

"…also that one of them tried to feed on you; that's when I grabbed you."

"What do you mean by one of them?" I said aloud.

"I apologize for companions; they can sometimes be very uncivilized and rude to other humans. But, I promise that never again will they harm you." The tall blonde man spoke. He was a vampire; I sense that earlier when I stared into his eyes. His thoughts were more random and sporadic that I could barely place each one; most of them were apologetic thoughts regarding the attack on me by his companions and the others were more softly spoken that I couldn't make them out.

"Thank you, but may I ask who you are and also where is Bill?" I sighed, trying to seem humble as I accepted the apology but my main focus was finding answers to questions that need answers.

"I deeply sorry for not introducing myself, I thought with your gifts that you were able to decipher who I was. But by all means, my name is Eric Northman. And I am at your service, only if you can help me with one small favor."

I turned to Sookie for guidance and answers, but none lurked in her confused eyes as we both listened to Eric speak.

"I know you, Ms. Smith have been very close with my dear friend Bill Compton and that you would do anything to save, correct?"

"Yes, but are you going to answer my question?"

"Ms. Smith, I am sorry to disappoint you, but Bill Compton has gone missing. And it is my job to find him and I'm going to need your assistance, along with Ms. Stackhouse's. I know that you care for him, but we must find him, or all hell is going to break loose."

My heart fell into my chest as I looked into Sookie's eyes and saw fear and hate towards Eric. She didn't like this plan at all, but she now knew how much I cared for Bill as I opened my thoughts to her. All my passions, lust and love for Bill flowed from my mind like a river as she read each thought and held me in arms. Tears ran down both our faces as emotions were exchanged and thoughts of hope were given.

"Well, are you two willing to help us?"

"Yes." Sookie exclaimed, drying her tears.

"Who took him?" I cried as I looked deep into Eric's eyes and found the truth and fear behind his face.

"Another Vampire Clan."

Just what I wanted to hear…more vampires. I felt like I was surrounded by them, or maybe I was just drawn to them. But here I was talking to (yet again) Eric, a vampire about trying to save Bill (my vampire lover/Boyfriend) from his kidnappers who were vampires. How could this get any worse?