(Hotel Carmilla Bill and Sookie's room Episode 5 Scene 6)
Tossing and turning Sookie's golden locks stuck to her face as a sheen of sweat covered her brow. Her dreams were terrible, horrible yet so real. Morpheus voice was ringing in her skull as if to narrate her nightmare pointing out every mistake she ever made and mistakes he declared she was making. Stubborn to last she rallied calling him a lair, and to leave her alone that it wasn't real it couldn't be. She loved Bill trusted him he would never.
Morpheus then let his voice take over her mind. "My dear sweet child if I am lying why not ask Mr Compton himself who he works for and if he has ever met your cousin Hadley. If he is not forth coming I am sure the Viking can answer your questions or even his Maker whom you must find." Confusion rattled within her he could see it. "Find Godric save him, yourself and the Viking little one. I will watch and protect you."
A small smile played over his lips as left her dreams but stayed in the back of her mind like a hitchhiking passenger. Sookie sat up in bed breathing heavily distraught as she looked at her lover laying next to her. "It is just a bad dream it has to be!" She gasped reaching over to touch Bill gently as he slept beside dead to the world. Taking a few deep breaths she got up and got ready for her day.
(Hotel Carmilla Lounge)
He watched through Sookie's eyes as she spoke to the Bell Boy, it was amusing to see how cheery she was yet disheartening. She had ignored his warnings and took them as nothing more one of his brothers trumped up nightmares. He continued to watch as she tried to show the boy to shield himself from those around her. A wave guilt washed over him. She did not do this very well herself it was like the blind leading the blind and it was because she had no one to learn from either. He felt like an absentee father and he hated feeling that way.
He contemplated the young man for a long time. He was related to someone in the family this young man's telepathy was proof in and of itself. It took him several minutes before finding who and how diluted it was. The boy was of no concern to him, the game or his progeny. Morpheus' body moved to the scrying chamber while his mind focused on Sookie. He sat at the edge of the pool waiting for his mother and siblings to join him as Sookie made her way back to her room. He smiled, she was deviating from the course already by asking questions.
(Sookie's POV)
I returned to my room my conversation with Barry having left me frustrated and hurt. Sighing I looked at Bill and my stomach flipped and not in a good way. My dreams flashed before like a bad movie and made me swallow. "I dreamed you were gone." Bill said as sat I on the edge of the the bed. His comment made my head spin. So I decided to ease my mind a bit.
"I dreamed too. About my cousin Hadley she ran away. I told you about her. I dreamed she was New Orlean's. I know you go there a lot Bill did you ever maybe see her before?" Bill's head snapped up fast as he looked at me intently.
"No I have never met your cousin Sookie, it was just a dream." A small tear trailed down my cheek at his reaction, it wasn't right and his voice was stern like he was scolding me again. I sniffled and sat on the bed hugging my knees.
"I miss her." I whispered softly, I knew he could hear me and I was feeling quite miserable.
"She left you Sookie, you never got to say goodbye and she left as I remember correctly on quite disagreeable terms." He sounded like a monotone commercial for soap not like he was trying to console me. I continued to sit as he got off the bed to shower and dress. I stayed there pondering what Bill had said and how he said it. I loved him, I wanted to trust him, but the nightmares were so real. I sniffled a bit then stood up. I was no miserable pearl. I stood and decided to ask Eric, he would know.
I fixed my make-up and straightened out my clothes while I waited for Bill and tried to figure how to word my questions. I knew Eric would want something in return he always did but I was hoping I could work around it if I worded them right. Then while standing there looking in the mirror the voice from dreams resounded in my head like a gong. "The Viking will answer." It sounded angry and frightened the hell out of me causing me to fall back away from the mirror that was hung over dresser and fall on my butt.
"Sookie what are you doing?" Bill admonished covered in nothing but a towel scowling at me.
"I fell what do you think happened!" I huffed, he was being mean and I wasn't in the mood because my dreams were now flooding my reality. I hated doubting him but he wasn't behaving normally.
"Sookie you shouldn't behave so childishly. Eric is strangely intense about all this. It's not like him. I don't trust it or the Dallas vampires." At the mention of Eric's name my cheeks flushed red. The dreams I had of him last night were so passionate and intense.
"Don't you worry about Eric. We'll do the job and go home. A deal's a deal." I humphed as I stood up and brushed the wrinkles out of my skirt.
"Sookie, you know what he's like. What's it take him to break a contract with a girl?" Bill was now speaking to me with that condescending tone I hated more then anything. My eyes narrowed as I sassed him back working up a good mad.
"A woman. He needs me. He won't want to make me mad." I watched as Bill sighed and looked away from me.
"I can't lose you Sookie." His voice was firm not longing and it brought my hackles up even more. I sounded more like a possession he had to keep under his thumb. The dream of him speaking with the stange woman Queen Sophie Ann filtered through my mind. I nearly had to stifle a sob.
"It is hard for me to get lost Bill I know exactly where I am." I blew off his comment and swallowed my fear burrying it in the anger that had been eating at me. He didn't speak to me again as he got dressed and headed down to the car. We reached a fairly nice house in a suburban neighborhood. It was large and so normal I didn't think vampires could possibly live here.
"Sookie you need to speak only when spoken to and do what ever I tell you too." Bill admonished me and I glared at him.
"Bill I need to speak Eric alone first and I am not a trained dog you can order around." I snapped at him as I walked to the door and knocked. Bill grabbed my arm roughly almost making me wince. I yanked it from his grasp just as the door opened and a fairly average looking man with glasses answered, he seemed familiar. "I am Miss Stackhouse, Mr. Northman is expecting me."
Bill glowered behind me at the poor man causing him to stammer. "I will get him in just a moment." Then shut the door in my face.
"Sookie you are not to be alone with Eric! I forbid it." I clenched my teeth and glowered at Bill my mad having up to a full blown hissy fit.
"Bill Compton if you think for a minute I can't handle myself and need you to chaperone me everywhere like a sixteen year old girl traveling with her father you are out of your ever lovin mind. I do not need you telling me who I can and cannot speak to do you understand me?" The door opened and Eric's intense blue eyes focused on the two of his, his lips turning into a satisfied smirk as he watched us argue.
"Sorry for interrupt your little lovers quarrel but we do have work to do this evening." I turned from Bill I was so angry almost forgot I wanted to talk Eric alone. Bill's angry expression and his arm reaching to grab me again caused me to step forward and bump right into Eric.
"I am ready to work when you are Eric but I would like to talk to you alone for a few minutes first if you don't mind to terribly." I didn't look into his face as I spoke trying to disentangle myself from him.
"Sookie!" I could hear the stern tone in Bill's voice as well as his anger. I ignored it as Eric looked down at me raising one eyebrow heavenward.
"I would gladly speak with you alone Miss Stackhouse, though I doubt the topic I wish to engage in is one you are willing to broach." My eyes now narrowed at Eric my anger focusing on him.
"Look you will talk to me like a lady you arrogant pig or I will take me and my telepathic behind back to the hotel and you can get your maker on your own!" I knew I fucked up the instant Eric's face went totally blank and grabbed me and whisked away me faster I could think or Bill could react into an empty bedroom and shut the door.
"What has Compton told you?" His voice was cold, and hard as his undead body, but his hands on my arms were gentle and firm. I was suddenly very frightened.
"He told me not to talk to you alone ever..." My mad was suddenly gone as his intense blue eyes focused on mine, I could feel him pushing at me trying to glamour me again. I stomped down on his oversized foot and glared at him. "Knock it off Eric, you can't glamour me so you might well stop before you really make me angry. I needed to talk to you about Bill... and ...Sophie Ann."
I stammered I was nervous, Eric suddenly let go of me and paced back and forth then stopped completely as if he was in down time. I watched him for several minutes before he spoke.
"What has Bill told you." His voice was soft yet demanding as I wrapped my arms around myself and rocked back and forth on the balls of my feet.
"Nothing really, I just needed to know, is my cousin Hadley living with her?" The dark pupils in Eric's eyes seemed to widen as I asked this. "Please Eric I need you to be honest with me it is important. I also need to know if Bill worked for Sophie before coming to Bon Temps. Can you please tell me?"
"There is a Hadley in the Queens court I have seen her on a few occasions, Bill did live in New Orlean's before coming to my area. Are you going somewhere with this line of questioning Sookie?" His voice was confused. A tear trailed down my cheek as Eric answered me. Bill had lied.
"Is Hadley okay? I mean did she seem okay to you when you saw her?" My voice wavered as I asked. I missed Hadley even if she was a pain in mine and Gran's backside most of the time she was still a part of my family.
"She is well cared for the Queen favors her. Sookie why are you asking?" I sucked on my lower lip a moment before answering.
"She is my cousin. I miss her. Did Bill know her?" A light seemed to flicker in Eric's eyes as I asked this.
"Yes it is hard for one to live in New Orleans and work in the Queen's court and not know her pets. If you like I can call Pam and have her check on your cousin for you." Eric being nice caused me to nearly break out into gut wrenching sobs.
"Can you have her call the one guy I not sure if he is your friend or not Raz.. something I can't remember he works for Sophie Ann, ask him what Bill was sent to acquire. Please I will owe you a favor." I saw Eric flip out his cell phone quickly and dial what I assumed Pam, he spoke in that language I couldn't understand while going into the bathroom and bringing out a box of tissues. He hung up abruptly and looked at me with a soft and concerned expression.
"Sookie we have to go out there I have to find Godric, and I need your help. I will find out what you want but you have to help me do you understand?" I sniffled into a Kleenex and nodded.
"I would have done it anyway if you had just asked and told me who he was Eric." I walked past him still cleaning the moisture from my face and put my purse on the counter of the bathroom. I had to fix my make up before we went out.
"How did you know Godric was my Maker Sookie?" His voice was still soft as he watched me intently.
"You care about him like you do Pam, but he is older then you, I just assumed..." my voice trailed off as he watched in the mirror.
"Sookie I can tell you are hiding something from me and I do not like it. You have asked me to let your friend go after one of my vampires showed up dead and said friend was known for selling said missing vampires blood. I should have killed him and you know it. I saved your life by calling a supe doctor to heal your wounds from a deadly poison, Now I am looking into your so called boyfriend and you have information either Bill had to have given or you gleaned from some one else. I have only asked one favor in return you owe me two still. You do not have to tell me now but before this evening is over we will speak again." I could tell by the tone of his voice it was a command not a request.
All I could do was nod at him through the mirror. He had given me more information in that one moment then Bill had ever given me the entire time I had known him. I had no idea the vampire that Laafayette knew was dead. It explained a lot. I still couldn't forgive Eric for the way he treated my friend but I could at least understand him. Eric's words also rang in mind and I suddenly widen my eyes as I watched him through the mirror. "Eric I swear I can't read your mind or any other vampire."
I saw his his eyes close as he took an unnecessary breathe before he spoke again. "Miss Stackhouse we will speak of this again for now we must go." He turned around and left the bathroom returning to the bedroom and waiting by the door for me.
"Thank you Eric." He looked down at me and I blushed slightly I wasn't used to him being so damned nice it was unnerving.
"Do not worry Miss, Stackhouse I will collect my debt." He smiled and winked before opening the door and walking out into the main room filled with vampires.
A tall man in a black cowboy outfit and hat was yelling at small hispanic looking woman with long brown hair. "You should have told me Eric hired a fucking human, Isabel."
I was getting mad again. "Now you wait just a gosh darn minute!"
Bill walked in at that moment and growled as I stood next Eric. "Excuse me Stan I believe this human is more useful then you at this point in time." Eric's voice sounded smug as his lips turned into his arrogant smirk.
"Thank you." I smiled up at Eric as Bill glared.
"I couldn't tell you, Stan. You've been off on your own for days." The small Hispanic woman huffed.
Eric was getting impatient and glared down at the two of them. "Are you certain Godric was abducted by the FotS?"
Stan bellowed a "Yes"
Isabel resounded a "No" at exactly the same time. The two of them were starting to really get on my nerves so I doubted Eric was any happier with them.
"They're the only ones with the organization and manpower." Stan declaired.
"But they're amateurs. It doesn't make any sense. This is Godric we're talking about, he is over 2000 years old." Isabel said in a subdued tone.
"Old don't make you smart!" Quipped Stan. That was it I could feel Eric ready to rip some ones throat out.
"Besides, there's no proof." Isabel stated confidently.
"If they've got him, I'll hear it. That's my job." I said before Eric did something we all regretted.
"There's no reason to wait. We need to take these fanatics down. Full-out attack. Exterminate them like the vermin they are, leave no trace." Stan was ignoring my very existence as well as everyone else he seemed intent on Armageddon and arguing with Isabel and she seemed intent on arguing back.
"Hmmm," she tapped her finger on her chin before giving Stand an glare "vampire-hating church annihilated. Wonder who did it? Fucking brilliant."
I watched them go back and forth then Bill chimed in. "I doubt the King of Texas would approve the destruction of our international political agenda."
Stan's whole posture changed as his eyes became extremely aggressive. "Fuck that. The great revelation is the biggest mistake we ever made!" His voice was loud and booming it made my head hurt.
"Don't use Godric to make your own little power play." Isabel said before crossing her arms and glaring down at Stan giving the meanest stink eye I had ever seen.
"You're completely incompetent! What's happened to Godric is that he surrounds himself with clowns." Eric's voice was furious it caused me to look up at him as his jaw clenched and unclenched his fists tense at sides.
"We invited you as a courtesy. This is not your territory. You have no voice here." Isabel was dismissing Eric like he was a dogs chew toy and even I knew better then to do that. Then I saw something that scared me, Stan and Isabel stopped arguing and focused all their frustration on Eric.
"Yeah, sheriff. Why don't you run on back down to Louisiana. We don't need you or your puppets." Eric's eyes narrowed as he stepped forward daring them to say anything else.
"Oh I am not going anywhere." He looked dangerous and frightening and just as mad as I was only for different reasons.
I stepped up beside him and glared at them both. "And I am nobody's puppet!" This was almost fun if it wasn't so damned scary.
Bill's voice seemed to carry a note of calm as he spoke. "We need a plan."
Stan glowered at Bill. "I have a plan."
Then Isabel chirped. "It's not a plan it is a fucking movie."
Stan sulked a moment then glowered down at her again. "It's not a movie it is war!"
Eric shook his head and muttered. "Idiots!" I couldn't agree more!
"We take them all out at once. Pre-emptive strike." Stan was still trying to act like the head honcho.
"Of course, so the federal government can bombs us back to the Middle Ages." Isabel was mean but at least she was reasonable.
"Things were better then." I wanted to yell at Stan and ask if the plague killing off his food supply is what quantified as better.
"Then go to Romania and live on a cave, you ranchero poser." Isabel sneered at Stan and it was all I could do to keep from chuckling, her comment was funny but the situation certainly was not. Eric was getting impatient and colder by the minute and he was already a walking corpse so he was near arctic temperatures.
"Godric has protected you, made you rich, and you stand here spitting and scratching like infants." His voice was stern, and filled with disgust.
Bill didn't want to be here at all and was ready to get this all over with. "Don't any of you care that there's a traitor in your midst?"
"No." I was starting to hate me a vampire cowboy as Stan replied to Bill.
"Impossible." Isabel seemed insulted at the comment.
I crossed my arms over my chest and looked at them both. "Somebody tried to kidnap me from the airport."
Bill became very condescending when he chimed in. "You were the only ones that knew she was coming."
Suddenly Eric's eyes were burrowing holes into my head. "Explain."
His head jerked to Stan and Isabel as they glared at each and spoke at exactly the same time accusing each other. "Unless it was you!"
I returned his intense gaze for a moment before giving every a brief glance. "Look, if y'all argue any more, I'll either fall asleep or start screaming, so this is what we're gonna do: I will infiltrate the Fellowship of the Sun." then Bill gave me a look that could have froze me where I stood if I wasn't already so damned pissed off at a bunch of old vampires acting like two year olds.
"Absolutely not."
Eric glared at Bill. "Let her speak!" His voice commanding as he towered over everyone.
"Since Bill glamoured the kidnapper, no one knows who I am. I'll pretend to join the church, and check out their thoughts." I thought this was a good idea and Bill was not gaining any points with me today.
"No. During the day, none of us can help you" I was beginning to think he thought of me as nothing more then a oversized child, when in reality the older adults in the room couldn't seem to string a single plan together to save their lives.
"It'll only take a little while. Really, Bill. It's simple." I was trying to calm him down and make him see reason. I had to share room with him later and I couldn't have him being aggressive and demanding. That and once he went to sleep for the day he wouldn't be able to stop me anyway.
"Wast of time, when we could drink them all. I want no part of this." Stan left the room without another word leaving the rest of us.
"There's no easier way to find out if they're involved." Isabel's voice became reasonable and thoughtful as she pondered alternatives and came up with none.
"If it leads us to Godric, we'll do it. The decision is made." Eric had gone frosty again.
I sighed as Bill walked up to Eric his fists balled at his side. "A few words."
He almost growled as Eric nodded and they walked off leaving me with Isabel. "So tell me, how goes your human-vampire relationship?" she asked. Oh boy I so did not want talk about this right now.