I stepped out of the shower to find a Hispanic vampire, whose name i believe was Isabel, waiting for me.
"Oh Brianna, my name is Isabel." Yep, I was right. "Godric asked me to bring you some clothes for the meeting. I also brought some beauty supplies since i assumed you wouldn't have any." She took a minute to study me and exclaimed, "You're so pretty! You must let me do your hair and make-up!" Isabel is the most human vampire i've ever met...
I nodded, slightly afraid of saying no.
She smiled and dragged me into the bathroom. Ten minutes later i was wearing a blue dress that reached mid-thigh and hugged me curves completely. It tied behind my neck an d had a V-neck. In other words, it was gorgeous.
Isabel had outlined my eyes in black eyeliner and added a hint of mascara. She added a hint of lip gloss to my lips and a hint of blush to my cheeks. She had brushed my hair and straightened it, curling it slightly at the ends. I smiled up at her, enjoying her work.
"Now go knock Godric off his feet." She told me causing me to laugh.
We walked into the foyer of the suite and Godric stood, his eyes darkening when he saw me. "Thank you Isabel, you did a fantastic job." He never took his eyes off me.
She smiled, "I had a good canvas." Then she was gone and Godric was standing in front of me, his eyes roving over me. He snaked his arm around my waist, pulling me against him. He leaned down and pressed a possessive kiss to my lips.
"I'm not sure i want to share the sight of you with the world." He whispered into my, causing me to shudder. He pulled away, much to my dismay, saying, "We need to get to Nan's." Then we were outside her door.
"There you two are, there's a limo downstairs, let's go." Nan had opened the door as soon as we appeared in front of it. We were in the limo the next second. The limo ride was short and soon enough they had Nan seated behind a desk and Steve and Sarah across the room. They had separate cameras for both of them so that the audience could watch both of them simultaneously.
Godric and i were out of sight, not letting the Newlin's know i was there just yet. I heard the spokeslady start talking. "We have a meeting between Steve and Sarah Newlin, representing the Fellowship of the Sun, and Nan Flanagan, representing the vampires. They are speaking of the kidnapping of a vampire and a bombing at the very same vampires home."
"He came to us, we didn't kidnap anyone." Steve said.
"Yes, because every vampire want's to be burned at the stake." Nan said sarcastically.
"You vampires cast the first stone by killing my father." Of course he managed to bring his father into it.
"That's an accusation, this is a fact. Your church armed a suicide bomber who killed vampires and humans alike. You used you tax-exempt religious status to form a vampire hating enclave." Nan responded.
"You monsters stole my daughter!" He yelled and i heard Sarah sob.
"We didn't steal anyone, she came with us of her own free will." Nan said, glancing at me so i would know that i could come in any time now.
"My daughter would never do any such thing!" Steve screamed, "You monsters glamoured her!"
I stepped up next to Nan, "Dad, I can't be glamoured. You know that."
There was silence as Sarah and Steve stared at me. I felt Godric's hand on my lower back and i sat next to Nan, Godric on my other side.
"Brianna?" Steve whispered, wondering if his eyes were decieving him. "What have these monsters done to you! Go ahead, tell the world what these monsters have done!"
"Nothing." I replied easily. "They haven't done anything to me."
"Baby? Did those monsters hurt you?" Sarah asked, concerned.
I rolled my eyes. "No they haven't hurt me, and they're not monsters!" I let my annoyance seep into my voice.
"What happened to you! You've always been a good, god-fearing girl!" Steve yelled.
"No, i haven't. I just always said what you wanted to hear because i didn't feel like dealing with your rants that were supposed to convince me that i was wrong."
I could see the vein in his head throbbing like it always did when he got mad. He was silent and i squeezed Godric's hand under the table.
"Brianna, these monsters have poisoned your mind!" Sarah wailed and i scoffed.
"Puh-lease Mom, I've never hated vampires. I'm not saying all vampires are good, but they aren't all evil either." I knew they wouldn't listen, but i was hoping to reach some of the audience.
"They've filled your mind with lies!" Steve hissed.
"You guys aren't listening to me. I disagreed with you before i'd ever met a vampire." I knew i wouldn't change their minds but i could at least try to get them to realize that i was here of my own free will.
"What have you abominations done with my real daughter! That isn't my daughter!"
I rolled my eyes but let Nan take over. "We didn't do anything to her. She offered to try to talk to you, but it's obvious you won't even listen to your own daughter." Nan said scathingly.
"That isn't my daughter." Steve replied adamantly.
Nan sighed, and i blocked out the rest of their conversation, dropping my shields. Steve and Sarah were completely focused on their fight with Nan, so i got nothing form them.
How much longer is this going to take? I want to get Brianna out of here... Godric's thoughts drifted across my subconscious. I pulled up my shields as the discussion wound down and the spokeslady started speaking again.
"Well, that was interesting, but that's all the time we have."
We all stood, Steve and Sarah leaving first. Godric released my hand and put his hand on the small of my back, guiding me through the crowd. When we got outside, Steve and Sarah were waiting.
"Brianna," Sarah whispered, stepping forward.
"That isn't our daughter, Sarah." Steve placed a hand on her shoulder, holding her back. "Our daughter would never ally herself with those... things."
sarah sobbed, but nodded, stepping back behind her husband. Steve moved so that he was face to face with Nan, "I want my real daughter back." He growled.
I could feel Godric's anger at them and placed my hand lightly on his arm. He leaned down and whispered in my ear, "Don't underestimate them. Please."
I knew not to underestimate them, i'd grown up with them, hadn't i? But i nodded anyway and decided to peek in their minds to be on the safe side. Once my shields were down i was greeted by a bombardment of thoughts.
I sifted through them, searching for Steve and Sarah's familiar minds.
She'll need to be exorcised, they have her completely under their thrall. Exorcise? That didn't sound good...
I'm sorry baby, but this will be for the best, you'll thank us when it's over... Sarah knew this was wrong and was trying to justify it to herself.
Well, that was bad. Steve was going to have us followed to find out where we were staying so that he could sneak in during the day.
I leaned against Godric, "They plan on exorcising me, they're going to have us followed so that they can sneak in during the day." I breathed, barely able to hear myself but knowing he could hear it.
He tensed and i saw Nan's shoulder stiffen, she'd heard me too. We started moving toward the limo, one of her bodyguards breaking off to deal with any followers. Godric called he Hotel Carmilla and alerted them of the possible threat.
When we arrived at the hotel, Godric sped us up to his room, placing me on the bed before he started pacing.
"Godric."
He ignored me so i stood, placing my hand on his arm. He glanced down at me, his expression softening. He leaned down and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and stood on my toes to kiss him harder. His hands went around my waist, pulling me closer.
Then someone knocked on the door.
"Someone really doesn't like us." Godric whispered, causing me to laugh.
I went to sit in the foyer of our suite as Godric opened the door. Isabel, Eric, Sookie, Bill, Jason, and a few other vampires i don't know filed in.
"We heard about the danger." Isabel stated, revealing the reason for their visit. Godric just nodded.
I zoned out as they made plans for dealing with the danger, i let my thoughts drift to Godric and pretty much sat there blissfully ignorant of my surrounding.
So, here's the next chapter. I'm not sure if i'm actually going to let Steve exorcise her... tell me what you think. I'm torn between having the hotel security work and stop the attempt or just have Steve get her but she gets rescued before the exorcism, or having her actually get exorcised... So the more reviews the faster the chapters, you know the drill. Push the pretty button.
-Spazz