Chapter 28

Disclaimer: Well kiddies this is the last chapter. PLEASE READ THE AUTHORS NOTES IN THE EPILOGE if you want to know what the name of my next story is going to be okay? I am pretty satisfied with this ending so I hope you all are too.

The back of my head was throbbing. I reached back to touched it and felt a large lump had already formed. I looked at my hand to see if I was bleeding but saw nothing.

I was no longer at the convention that was damn sure. I was in some sort of warehouse.

"Casey?" A voice came from behind me I immediately turned around to see Eric and Bill were chained together they looked like they were in pain, while Sookie was A little further away chained to a support pillar. The movement had made me even more dizzy.

A foul odor of something burning invaded my nostrils and made me feel sick.

I tried to stand but was too lightheaded. I decided to crawl immediately over to Sookie. "Are you okay? What happened?" I slurred. She seemed unharmed.

"Yes." Sookie said. "Right before you and Eric left, two vampires came up to Bill and me and told us if we didn't do exactly what they said they would kill us all. Bill tried to fight them off,,, I did too but there was nothing we could do." She said with a ragged cry

"Shit!" I whispered. "Its okay Sook. Ill think of something. Do you know where we are?" I asked.

Sookies tried to wiped away a tear with her shoulder. "Yes. We're in a warehouse. Not too far from the convention."

"Where are they?" I asked.

Sookie shrugged. "They left about ten minutes ago."

My mind raced I looked around to see if anyone else was around. It appeared to be no one here but us chickens…or captives for that matter.

Where's the silver? I shot quickly.

She looked down. In my bra.

I managed to get to my feet and immediately reached into Sookies bra and extracted the vial. Working quickly, I poured half of it out and rubbed it on her neck.

Bill cried out in pain. I knew I had to help them but I wasn't leaving Sookies side until I protected her as much as possible.

"CASEY!" I heard Eric grit through clenched teeth.

"Give me a fucking second!" I whispered.

"Do you have yours?" She asked as I proceeded to put the rest of the dust on her arms and face. I ignored her. I didn't have time to tell her why I didn't have the vial nor why I intentionally threw it away. It didn't matter at this point.

I reached around Sookies back and grabbed the chains. With all my might I pulled but they didn't break. I stepped back took a few calming breaths and tried again but they still didn't budge.

"Casey!" Eric cried out in pain. "Hurry the fuck on!"

Anger, fear and frustration bubbled inside my gut. I grasped the chains one more time and pulled. My muscles were screaming in pain. Suddenly I fell to the floor with the chains in my hands.

Thank you GOD!

I immediately ran over to Eric and Bill I then discovered that the smell was coming from them. There was blood pooling on the floor. They chains were silver. They had to have been. I tried to get a grip on the chains but couldn't because of all the blood. The more I tried to grip them the easier my hands slipped through.

"I can't get a grip on them." I cried.

"For fucks sake Casey!" Eric said through clenched teeth "Go. Get help!" Sookie was already running for the door obeying Eric's order when the garage door suddenly opened.

"Going somewhere?" Xander chuckled and slapped Sookie to the ground. He then let out a muffled curse as he held his hand. I ran over Sookie who was now lying unconscious on the floor.

I looked up just in tip to see Xanders hand was smoking.

There's still hope. I thought to myself.

"You bitch!" He roared.

It took him a few seconds so compose himself but when his eyes finally met mine I saw daggers in his eyes that had my name written all over it.

As he entered three, familiar, other men followed. Two of them were humans, I could tell by the way they looked at me, the other three were vampires. I could sense it.

Why aren't they glowing? I asked myself I damn sure knew they wanted to kill me but I didn't see the glowing green light I had always grown accustomed to when danger was near.

"Clever Casey." Xander growled still clutching his hand. "Ill give you that much."

"Damnit it, Dermot….Xander….whoever the fuck you are why are you doing this?" Eric roared.

I saw Sookie beginning to stir on the floor.

Xander let out a low chuckle. "An alias I use when I travel and it's a simple answer Eric my friend…power. I want it all." He smiled. "I dream of a world filled with vampires. Where we are the rulers instead of a fairy tale or the freak show everyone has made us out to be." He then turned to me. "Twenty one years ago I went to your father with an offer. Submit to me and he, nor anyone in your family, would parish. Unfortunately…he said no…" His grin widened. "And I don't do 'no'."

I quickly removed my heels.

Xander saw my movement and laughed.

That's it asshole keep laughing.

"If I didn't know any better I'd say you were getting ready fight. My, my aren't you just full of surprises?" He asked. With a snap of his fingers one of the men, human, began moving towards Sookie. He was in all black and was about my twice my size in girth

"Get the hell away form her!" Eric growled anger laced in his pain.

The man ignored Bill and continued on a path towards Sookie.

"I wouldn't do that." I growled hardly recognizing my own voice.

The man paused for a split second and then continued.

Sookie let out a small groan. The man was now mere feet away from Sookie. My next movements came in slow motion. I sprinted over to him, jumped on his back and grabbed a hold of his head and didn't let of. It wasn't until I heard his neck snap that I had realized what I had just done.

Eric and Bill stared at me. Even though they were in pain, they couldn't help but stare at me in shock.

I then turned to see that Xander and his flunkies had the same look of horror on their face.

My body was shaking. I had just killed someone.

No you protected Sookie. Stay focused!

My gaze never left Xanders. Irritation assaulted his face. "Jonathan." He simply said and an even bigger man approached me. He pulled a knife from his pocket and we squared up. I was terrified.

"You're dead bitch." He growled.

As he lunged towards me I easily side stepped him. And pushed him out of my way. He went tumbling to the ground with huge crash.

"Hey you might want to watch out…there's a floor over there." I said trying to psych him out.

He got back up and charged towards me once again. I quickly slapped the knife away from his hand and threw my right fist at him with all my might. I felt the blood splatter on my face as he went flying in the opposite direction.

What can I say…I don't like being called a bitch.

Without warning a vampires came charging towards me.

"Fuck!" I hollered. I tried to get away. I was fast but I wasn't fast enough. A strong hand grabbed me by the hair and yanked me to the ground.

Xander slowly began walking towards me. "Stand her up!" He hollered.

"I have to hand it to him…that was a clever spell your father put on you. I was all but pleased when I found out that you weren't where you said you'd be that night at the club but then, through word of mouth, I discovered that there was a half fairy half witch breed that could read the minds of vampires."

"Who told you?" I demanded as I began struggling against the other vampires grasp.

"Eric's informant….who just so happened to be my informant as well. When I discovered she was playing both sides of the fence for money, needless to say, I was a little less than please and decided to…have some fun and used your bathroom as my playground"

I shot a look at Eric. Reliable my ass!

My eyes shot back to Xander just as he was pulling out a dagger. "You do remember this Casey, don't you?"

It was the same knife.

"I'm sure you're mother remembers…that is…she would if she were still alive."

"You fucking piece of shi--"

His fist made contact with my stomach and I couldn't breathe I doubled over and squeezed my eyes shut in pain.

"Xander you bastard!!" Eric growled.

"Poetic justice…wouldn't you say Casey?" He chuckled. "I am going to finish what I started oh so long ago and I am going to do it with the same knife I used to gut your father and fillet your mother with."

Still hunched over I began to shake violently...It started where it always did…in the pit of my stomach and began so spread like wildfire all over my body. I didn't mind the burning sensation this time. It let me know that I was still alive. Octavia told me that the change would happen and it couldn't have happened at a better time.

Everything happened in a blur. My fist made contact with Xanders chest and I saw him go flying though the hair and into a pile of industrial barrels. I gripped the hands that were around me and felt then crack. The vampire screamed in pain as I turned around grabbed his head and ripped it clean off his body. I didn't shield myself from the blood smatter. I welcomed it.

I looked over at Eric and Bill. At some point Sookie had regained consciousness and was over by the two. I raced over to them in lightening speed and gripped the chains once again it felt as if I were splitting a hair. Eric and Bill doubled over in pain.

"Casey!" Sookie hollered.

The moment I turned around I saw a barrel being hurtled towards me. I was flying through the air what felt like in slow motion. Just in the nick of time I prepared my body for the inevitable impact. I side struck the brick wall first and I shielded the side of my head with my arm. Pain sliced through my body and it hurt to breathe.

One large hand gripped me by the neck, pulled me up, and slammed me one more time against the brick wall. Blood was streaming down Xanders face which, at the moment, was maniacal.

"I'm going to enjoy this bitch!" He growled as his fangs sank into my neck.

I waited a few seconds and concentrated. Not as much as I am. I mentally shot him.

His body tensed.

Six hours earlier

I walked into the living room to see two damn dine looking vampires. Bill was wearing a black suit and black shirt and a blood red tie.

Eric…Jesus Christ Eric. He was in a charcoal grey suit with an even darker smoky grey shirt and no tie. He even had the audacity to not button the first two buttons of his damn shirt.

When his eyes met me I immediately became very aware of how much of my skin was showing and if I didn't before Eric eye made no mistake about that.

Suddenly I had gotten an idea. As I saw Eric and Bill making their way further into the room I turned around and immediately ran back into my room.

I stared in the mirror.

"You can do this." I told myself.

I took the vial of silver dust and opened it cautiously popped off the lid. After taking a few deep breathes. I put it to my mouth a tossed my head back.

Holding the silver dust in my mouth I bent over and drank it down with some water from the fawsette.

It burned as it went down my throat and I began to breathe raggedly. I felt my throat tighten and I quickly covered my mouth to silence the sequence of brutal coughs After a few minutes of nothing I was relived to see that I was still alive.

I got to my feet and tossed the vial in the trash can.

Let's just hope this works.

"CASEY!" I heard Eric call.

"Oh snap." I sighed. I quickly reapplied some of my lipstick and lip gloss and came into the living room.

Xanders lips immediately left my neck and stared at me. He face was tense with pain.

"You…your…" Was all he could manage as he doubled over in pain.

"Me…my…" I said with a ragged chuckle and nodded.

Xander let out a wail of agony.

Sookie then screamed.

I was already in suck agonizing pain that the dagger going into my stomach hardly registered.

Eric and Bill were still lying on the floor unable to move.

Smoke began to come form Xanders entire body. His skin began to boil as he started coughing up blood.

He fell to his knees clutching his chest.

"Hey!" I bit out.

Blood was streaming form his eyes as they met mine.

I began to breathe more shallowly. I then cracked a wide painful smile. "Poetic justice…wouldn't you say?" I mimicked his previous words. With my last bit of strength I ripped the dagger from my stomach and stabbed it into Xanders chest.

And just like that…Xander was dead, everyone was safe, and I had lived up to my word.

My previous statement echoed in my head.

If I was going to die…I might as well go out of this world doing something…the way I see it…it takes a lot of courage to die...hell, anyone can live

My eyes immediately met Sookie's, Bill and Eric's.

"Hey…I don't think….clapping….is going to bring me back from this." I said shallowly.

I gave them all one last faint smile and collapsed.

**READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AUTHORS NOTES**

That is the last chapter you guys. My epilogue will have the name of the next chapter in it

So please read the Authors notes okay? I haven't written my epilogue but I already know what I want it to consist of. Thank you all so much for sticking with me. I hope you liked the ending. And if you cried I did my job. haha