Sookie had never seen Eric fear anything the way he feared the ancient vampire Ocella, she knew his fear wasn't for himself but more for what he could be made to do. She stood in the doorway and watched as Eric paced holes in her lawn, he had told Pam to leave and when she protested he snapped pinning her to her car and commanding her to stay away from him and Sookie's house.
She could see the red tears fall from Pam's eyes as she pulled out of the driveway and she understood why she was crying, Eric was so busy keeping everyone else safe yet he never made it clear to either of them if he would survive his plan to get rid of Ocella. When Sookie realized he was not going to talk to her or stop pacing she slammed the door shut and threw herself onto the couch.
She couldn't believe this was the only way, Eric wasn't even sure if Ocella could command him to do anything and he had already banished her into her house for who knows how long. There was nothing she could say or do to change his mind he made that clear when he threatened to leave if she didn't go along with what he said to do.
It was almost dawn when Sookie curled up and fell asleep on the couch; she had been watching Eric out the front window as he stood watch over her. There were so many questions left swirling around in her head she shouldn't have been surprised when they came out in her nightmares. Sookie closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep where her worst fears would come true.
She stood in her doorway and watched as Eric walked up the driveway, when he stopped short of the porch and called for her to come to him she knew things were wrong. He continued to call her name and she started to cry as Eric begged her to let him in, Eric promised everything was alright and they needed to be together but she could tell it was too good to be true.
She begged Eric to stop over and over when she saw Ocella approaching from the woods; he crept up behind Eric slowly smiling at her as he made his way closer and closer to him. Sookie screamed for Eric to run but he didn't respond he continued to beg her to invite him in it was like he couldn't hear her, she screamed louder and louder but he still couldn't hear her warning.
Ocella moved closer and closer and Eric didn't notice as he pleaded with Sookie, in a flash Ocella wrapped his hands around Eric's throat and squeezed cutting off his words. Eric gasped and fought against the ancient vampire's hands but his grip didn't fail as Ocella Taunted Sookie lifting Eric inches from the ground and shaking him like a rag doll while she stared into Eric's eyes willing him to fight harder.
Sookie shoved against the door as Ocella pulled Eric's head back exposing his throat and with a swift motion sank his teeth in biting down and tearing out his throat, she screamed and beat at the door as she watched his head roll to the ground. Sookie jumped from her sleep screaming and fighting the air around her "he couldn't" she screamed into the empty room. Sookie ran to the window hoping to see Eric still keeping watch but the sky was bright and all she could do was hope Eric was sleeping safely for the day.
There was no way for Sookie to relax after the nightmare, watching Eric care more about being with her than his own life was more than she could bear. She sat back on the sofa trying to calm herself but it was no use the images played over and over again in her mind, so she decided she would do what she usually did when she was stressed. Sookie walked into the kitchen and pulled out a bucket and filled it with soap and water before she started scrubbing.
The smell of pine filled the air and it made her think of her Gran she missed her so very much but part of her was thankful she hadn't lived to see everything she had been through in the last couple of months. Sookie looked out the window and watched the spring breeze sway the trees she remembered her Gran opening up the house every year in early spring, she made her way through the house keeping with grans tradition and opened every window and door.
Sookie was too distracted with scrubbing her fears away to notice the sun going down, while scrubbing the last of the kitchen floor when she heard footsteps on her porch. She had assumed it was Eric as she stood in the kitchen straightening her hair before she made her way to the door with a smile on her face. Ocella spoke and Sookie froze with the screen half open "good evening little fairy."
The smile on her face faded as she stood face to face with her nightmare, "can I help you?" she asked as she stepped back from the doorway; Ocella stood staring at her with a tense expression across his face, it wasn't until she felt the buzz of his brain tugging at hers that she realized he was trying to glamour her. Sookie smiled and shook her head at the ancient vampire causing him to break off his little starring contest, "so the things in Compton's file are true, that will make things so much more interesting."
There were still times when Sookie would feel guilty about what had happened to Bill but at this moment she wished she had been the one who pushed the steak through his chest. She didn't reply to Ocella comment instead she stared at the figure that circle in the air above them and she prayed that Eric would keep his distance.
Sookie was safe as long as she was inside the house but if Eric landed she would be living her nightmare and this time she wouldn't stand and watch him die. Ocella chuckled when he followed her line of sight "your little vampire boyfriend can't stop me" Sookie's moved from Eric to Ocella's face and she wished she had a stake nearby "stop you from what." Ocella adjusted himself and smiled a fangy smile that made her skin crawl "making you mine little fairy."
She felt a surge of anger boiling through her and Eric's bond and she knew they both were irritated by Ocella's comment, "I will never be yours I am Eric's" Sookie snapped back staring dead into his eyes. Ocella stepped forward yanking the screen off its hinges causing her to jump back, her heart faced when she saw Eric land in the front yard "I'll end your precious Eric and then what's his is mine."
Eric stood at the end of the porch his fist clenched as a growl broke from his chest, Ocella turned and leaped toward the younger vampire missing Eric by inches as he flew into the air. Sookie stood in the doorway watching the two Ocella leaping after Eric missing him and grasping the air where he was seconds before, it was around the fifth time when Eric leaped and Ocella caught his ankle pulling him to the ground.
Ocella hovered holding him down using only the foot he pressed against his throat, Eric fought and pushed against the ancient vampire's limb unable to remove it. Sookie moved toward the door ready to pounce on Ocella, she knew she wasn't capable of doing any damage to a vampire one on one but she hoped her distraction would free Eric. She stood one foot out the door when she saw something moving quickly through the woods, before she could take another step Alcide and his pack came running from the woods surrounding the two vampires.
There growls filled the air as the wolves circled Ocella nipping and clawing there warning to free Eric, Ocella lifted his foot and darted toward Sookie who hadn't realized she was still standing half out the door. The wolf she knew to be Alcide jumped through the air catching the vampire by the back of his neck just before he reached her, she stumbled back as watching the two of them destroy her porch as they fought over her.
Alcide's pack moved in their goal was to tear him to pieces after all that was what Eric hired them to do if he came near Sookie but Ocella had other plans. The pack lunged at Ocella and one by one they went flying he had managed to free himself of every one of them except Alcide who still had ahold of his neck. Suddenly there was a loud yelp and Alcide fell to the porch as Ocella ran into the night.
Sookie ran from the doorway to where Alcide's unconscious naked body lay on her porch whatever had happened had instantly changed him back to his human form, she ordered two pack members to carry him inside she followed covering him with a blanket as they laid him on the couch. She turned to Eric who stood in the door watching her fuss over the wolf and ran to his arms "we have to kill him during the day."
Eric stared at her he knew what she was thinking and he hated the thought of her hunting the vampire down during the day when he would be dead and useless. They stood looking at each other when Alcide let out a blood curdling scream before jumping up and attacking the member s of his pack, Eric watched from the porch as the wolf went mad wounding several of his pack before turning is sights to Sookie.
Alcide crouched in an attack position ready to pounce on her "Sookie invite me in" Eric said through clenched teeth but she was frozen watching Alcide snarl as he walked lazily toward her with a fire in his eyes. "Sookie invite me in now" Eric screamed at her as Alcide lunged through the air "come in come in" she screamed while throwing herself to the floor.
Eric jumped through the air crashing his body into the wolfs and they tumbled to the floor landing inches away from Sookie, Alcide was pinned under the weight of Eric's body his eyes still locked on her he continued to growl and snap in her direction. A few minutes later Alcide lost consciousness again this time Eric lifted him to the chair while Sookie ran to find some rope, they tied his hand and feet securing him to the chair before leaving the room.
They weren't sure what Ocella had done to Alcide that made him react the way he was but they hoped when he woke up again he would have some answers for them. They sat at the kitchen table in silence it had been a long day for Sookie and she wanted nothing more than to crawl into bed and end it but she knew the nightmares would come as long as Ocella was alive.
"Where is he staying?" Sookie said breaking the silence, Eric shook his head "I don't want you doing this" Sookie started to argue her point with him but realized a calm approach would work a little better "I want to end this Eric." He looked in her eyes and he knew he was as scared as she was but he would never let her see it, he wanted to tell her he had a plan but he didn't he needed to tell her things would be alright but he wasn't sure.
Eric couldn't blame her for wanting to take things into his own hands he wasn't doing such a great job at protecting her from Ocella. Eric opened his mouth to speak when they heard a groan come from the living room, Alcide was waking up and he needed to get whatever answers he could before Ocella showed back up.
They walked into the living room to find Alcide back to his normal self he was stared at the two of them for a minute before asking why he was tied up. They explained everything that happened from the front porch to his attack on Sookie and Alcide looked fully ashamed, "It was like acid his blood burned through my whole body and that's all I remember" Alcide bellowed at Eric.