I thought of all the things that could happen on the way there. He could kill me. He could not kill me. Or he'd do something in between.
I didn't seem him as a very violent person. But I could always be wrong about a man that never shows his emotions.
Something hit the roof of the limo and made me jump. I looked up seeing the sunroof opening. It stayed open for a moment before anything came through.
Godric took a seat directly across from me. His face was expressionless and that's when he was the most dangerous.
I swallowed hard letting him make the first move.
He could break me in half, I thought. No witnesses in here.
"Are you afraid?" he asked quietly.
"Terrified," I answered keeping my eyes away from him.
"Did you know what was out there that night?" he asked calmly.
Why doesn't he boil over like all the other men I'm used to?
"Vampires, rapists, murderers," I started a list.
"And still… you decided to run home?" Godric asked.
"I had no choice," I whispered to myself.
I knew Godric heard me though. He could hear almost anything being a vampire.
"And why is that?" Godric asked curiously.
I was not going to answer that truthfully. If he really knew how Freddy and Andre treated me, what they said, and what Freddy did… I don't want to know what he would do.
"That's my little secret," I said looking up for a brief moment and smiling.
The limo went silent. We just… looked across the limo from at each other.
I was finally fed up with waiting, "Are you going to kill me?"
This took him by surprise. His eyebrows crashed together then quickly went back.
"You really think I'd do that to you?" Godric asked raising an eyebrow.
"I don't know your laws, and I think I know you as a person even less," I answered truthfully.
"I will not kill you," Godric finally answered me.
Next question, "Are you going to hurt me?"
"You really think I'd do that to you too?" Godric asked in a different tone that normal.
"Again, you're very hard to read," I shook my head.
"I will not hurt you," he answered.
I sigh of relief came over me.
The relief was replaced as I found Godric hovering over me within a second.
"But I want you to understand me when I say that if you disobey me again, I will drown you in my blood until I can pinpoint you exactly at any given time," Godric stated breathing on my neck.
I nodded in fight, "I understand."
He turned and sat next to me. I sat up a bit remembering how close I actually lived to Godric.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"No where. I just had the driver drive around a bit until we were done. If we went back home, our conversation with have been listened to," Godric answered.
He said home like it was mine too and not just his.
"How's your wrist?" Godric asked already examining it.
"The same. I had a rough practice today," I answered telling most of the truth.
I let Godric look over my hand. He seemed highly interested in how my skin changed color just because of bruising.
"Would you like to heal it now?" he asking giving my hand back.
I shook my head, "Absolutely not. It must heal on it's own."
"That could take weeks," Godric noted.
Or months in my case of Freddy keeps touching me, I thought.
"I know. But I have to do this," I said trying to make my smile believable.
The limo was struck. Godric and I almost flew across the small amount of space we had. The champagne glasses shattered in the air around us making me flinch.
"What's going on?" I asked rhetorically.
The limo kept moving in a cretin direction. I had trouble standing due to the sudden jerks. I then heard something loud break. It sounded like bricks.
I gasped, "We're on a bridge!"
The end of the limo Godric and I were on suddenly plunged down but not all the way.
"It's pushing us off!" I screamed trying to run to the other side.
The limo was facing the wrong way to see who our attacker was. Something powerful enough to move a large car without cracking the window glass. The limo was almost all the way over the edge and there was nothing I could do.
I lost sight of Godric and assumed he went to save himself.
And then it finally happened. It hung in mid-air for a few moments before the limo splashed into the river below. It took a moment for the water to reach me as I pushed against the nearest door finding it jammed.
I took one last breath and sadly took in mostly water. I desperately tried not to cough underwater. I needed all the time I had to find a way out.
I had my eyes closed due to all the glass floating around so everything had to be done with my hands. I swam to where I throught the other door was unable to find the handle without my eyes open. The limo was sinking and the water pressure was starting to hurt badly.
I was out of air now and could fell my lungs start to collapse. I died… for about five minutes.
I splurged up and waterfall of water. I then gasped for air and choked on it. I opened my eyes wide seeing everything a big black blur. Even the noises were slurred and mumbled together.
Someone was shaking my arm. Trying to talk to me but I couldn't see or hear them. I tried telling them that but I think my words were just as slurred as I heard.
My body was shaking. Shaking violently from either the cold or shock or both. A powerful hand pushed me back down. I could tell I was on either grass or mud. More than likely a mixture of the two since I remember being near a river.
"Lacey," was one word I got out of all the purring.
Someone knew my name. Which could be good or bad.
And then I was in the air. Moving very quickly. No new sounds or sights but I was moving.
And then I was warm. Holy shit it was good to be warm. Laying on a couch with a warm blanket next to a hot fire warm.
Then the noises turned to voices. People were arguing. Yelling. I kept hearing my name too. It was weird.
I must have passed out then. Everything went dark but I was really warm. So I felt safe… in the dark…
I rolled off the couch and fell onto the cold wood floor.
"Ow," I whimpered still half asleep.
My muscles were so soar! Everything ached when I moved. I managed to roll over on my back and open my eyes slowly.
The ceiling was white, which told me I was in Godric's house. It was comforting knowing I was with him and not Freddy.
The sun was setting outside. Which meant I'd better hurry up and leave before the game of twenty questions started. But then I vaguely remembered the conversation I had with Godric. Stay put!
"Oh, there's the fire," I noted seeing the fire place nice and lit.
I pulled myself back up to sit on the couch. I looked around seeing my vision return to normal; still half blind. Everything was as I remembered. I took in a deep breath feeling very at home with myself.
I pulled my feet up and laid the blanket on me. A few more hours of sleep wouldn't hurt. If I could manage to fall asleep. Too many things were swimming(no pun intended) through my head.
Godric. The limo. How I lived. If he made me drink his blood.
"Lacey?" a very gentle voice called to me.
I opened my eyes seeing Godric kneeling at my level.
"Hey," I greeted with a wiry smile.
"How are you feeling?" he asked still very softly.
"Drained," I answered. Why as I so tired?
"Do you remember anything?" he asked as I closed my eyes.
"Most of it," I answered shaking my head to wake up.
"If you're tired you should sleep. Your body went through a lot," Godric said almost laughing at the end.
"How long have I been sleeping?" I asked pushing the blanket off and sitting up.
"Not nearly as long as you should," Godric said placing his hands on my shoulder so I wouldn't stand.
I thought for a moment. I had nothing going on tomorrow that I knew of; unless I had the date wrong. Godric told me I was right on track.
"I think I should try walking," I said thinking about all the people that aren't as mobile after an accident.
"I don't think you should," Godric said shaking his head.
I glanced up at him with a crooked smile, "I'm fine."
"Do you even know what happened to you?" Godric asked removing his hands from my shoulders.
"Yeah," I answered with a full smile. "I almost drowned."
"Why is that funny?" Godric asked almost irritated now.
"Because I live to tell the tale thanks to you," I answered standing slowly. "I died and came back."
"It was very difficult to do when you were unconscious and unable to take my blood," Godric stated looking me dead in the eyes.
"I wouldn't have taken it anyways," I said standing on my legs without wobbling. "I can't take that much of your blood."