Chapter 4:
Compel
The last time I saw Eric Northman was when asked me to help protect Sookie with a protection spell. Asking is probably not the right word to use. It was more like force. He really likes to force people.
He dragged me off the street in Athens, Louisiana to do it.
"Boy, what a day. Jimmy wouldn't stop looking at you."
"More like he couldn't stop looking at my boobs. I'll see you tomorrow, Jen," Rebecca said while taking a left of the street corner.
It was well past midnight, when she was trying to get home. The moon was red and that means trouble.
"Rebecca," she heard from behind her.
She turned to look at saw Eric standing under the street lamp.
Her breath caught in her throat, "I thought I told you I never wanted to see you again," she turned to walk away from him.
Eric grabbed her elbow to turn her around to face him again, "Get off of me, you son a bitch!" she screamed at him.
He let go.
He still hasn't spoken a word.
"I did what you asked. You said it was the last time. The protection spell worked as promised. Your precious girlfriend was safe," she said with tear almost in her eyes.
"Rebecca, I'm sorry…"
"Shut up! I don't want to hear it because I know you are not sorry for what you did to me. You promised me it was the last time I would do any kind of magic," she said.
"Sookie is gone. She has disappeared. I can't find her," he said.
"Did you think that she found out about you, the kind of monster you truly are?" she spat in his face.
Eric pushed her against the building hard; his fangs were out, ready for an attack.
Tears were gone at this point and she said in a monotone, "What can you possible do to me at this point, what can be any worse than what you already did? You took me body and soul; I have nothing left to take."
He retracted his fangs and leaned his forehead against hers.
He looked directly into her eyes, "Forget," he whispered.
Rebecca looked at him for what she thought was the first time tonight, "Eric?" she said.
He put her feet down on the ground, "I need your help. Sookie is missing," he said.
"Eric," she all most sighed.
"Please."
"I'm only doing what you asked me to; to stay away from you. I'm sorry I couldn't help Godric. I thought you understood that," she said stepping away from him.
He kissed her temple and whispered, "I'm so sorry for what I did to you."
Rebecca looked up at his face and saw bloody tears in his eyes, "Eric," she looked guilty at him, "If she means that much to you, I'll help."
"I promise this will be the last time, and you'll never have to see me again."
They started to walk toward his car parked on the side of the street. When Rebecca stopped and looked around her confused.
"Can you tell me how I got here?"
He didn't answer.
XXX
Rebecca was now at the Compton house with Eric.
"When was the last time you saw Sookie, Bill?" she asked.
"Is this necessary, Eric? Bring in a witch and why this witch," Bill asked.
"Rebecca is good. She'll find Sookie," Eric said leaning against the wall.
"Oh, like she found Godric."
Eric glared at him.
"Godric wasn't missing. He wasn't taken. He went willingly. That's why I couldn't find him. If Sookie was taken, this spell will be able to find her. When was the last time you saw her?" she asked again.
"At her house. We had gotten into an argument," he smirked before looking at Eric, "Ask him. He was there when it happened," Bill said.
"I know. We were already at her house. She wasn't taken there. It had to have happened after you two left her," she laughed.
"What's so funny?" Bill asked.
"A human who not only has one vampire who loves her but two vampires. And I can't even get one to love me," she said looking over her shoulder at Eric.
He looked away.
It was Bill's turn to smirk, "Vampire loving a human isn't all what it is cracked up to be. You should know that," he said.
Before she could ask what he meant, "He doesn't know anything. We are wasting our time. Let's check the cemetery," Eric said.
"The cemetery?"
"She likes to hang out there sometimes," Bill answered.
XXX
"I did every locator spell I know. The trail ends here in the cemetery. I don't think she was taken, Eric. I'm sorry. She had gone willingly," Rebecca said the next night.
Eric sat on a tombstone.
"I did everything," she continued.
"I know you did, Rebecca. I police don't know anything, my contacts don't know anything, or my once trusted witch doesn't know anything," he said.
"You never owned me," she said sitting next him on another tombstone.
"That doesn't mean that I tried," he looked at her.
She smiled at him and he almost smiled back with one of his famous half smiles he always gave her.
He leaned over at kissed her gently on the lips.
She stopped him, "What are you doing?" she whispered.
He cupped her face with one hand, "Trying to make up for something," he whispered.
She kissed him back, "Not here."
He agreed and the next thing she knew they were in her motel room she was staying in while in town.
He took her shirt off, "This should have been how our second time went," he said.
"What?" she asked not really paying attention.
"Nothing," he whispered while moving her to the bed.
XXX
Rebecca woke up groggy and confused. She looked to her left and saw Eric beside her naked.
"I thought I was going to leave while you were sleeping before the sun rises," he said leaning in to kiss her.
She pulled away and he looked confused.
"You compelled me didn't you," it wasn't a question.
"I compelled you so you would help me find Sookie," he said sitting up.
She laughed, "Or was it to get me in bed again. Last time wasn't enough. You had to compel me this time," she yelled getting up with the cover to find her clothes.
"It wasn't like that…"
"Oh, like Hell its not! I wasn't going to help you willingly to find Sookie. So you took that choice away by force. You seemed to very good at that," she found her clothes and stormed in the bathroom to change but not before saying, "By the time I get done. You better me gone or there will be Hell fire to pay. And you know I can do it."
Few minutes later she got out of the bathroom to find Eric still there but this time with clothes on, "Did you not hear the Hell fire part?"
"I know you are upset, but don't you dare threaten me. I think you forget who you are talking to," he said.
"Why did you do it?" she asked calmly.
"I wanted you to forget that night. It never should have happened. And I'm sorry for what I did. I was upset about Godric. I didn't think about what I was doing."
"I only screamed at you to 'stop' like a hundred times," she whispered with tears in her eyes again.
"Godric was my maker and he left me."
Silence.
No one spoke for a few minutes.
"You better get out of here. The sun is going to rise in a few," she said to him, "I'm going to go home."
She went to grab her suitcase. He stopped her, "Please, just stay."
She looked at him, "If I ever see you again, and I'm serious this time, I will kill you…It's not a threat, it's a promise. What happened in the past…what happened tonight should never had taken place. I understand that now. I made the mistake of falling in love with you. If I hadn't, we wouldn't be in this mess right now."
Rebecca stood alone in the motel room with the door wide open.