Pam heard Keely let out a small sob and looked at her.
"Keely?" she asked and looked over the brunette and saw the wounds were gone and her skin was back to his former, pale, unblemished, scar-free loveliness.
"Eric?" Keely whimpered.
"He's coming Keely" she said softly.
"He called me Love Pam" Keely said and Pam smiled. She had a feeling the brunette would remember that.
"I know" she said and saw the brunette look at her.
"Do you think he means it or it was just a slip?" she asked and Pam thought back to the night before. Eric had looked so furious and she had seen the hurt and love in his eyes when he saw what she had gone through to protect him from something she had no clue of. Keely had even provided the best back-up escape they had and again, she had no idea what she had blamed Bill for.
"Yes, I think he meant it" she said and Keely smiled slightly.
"Are you ok? I can see if I can get Ginger" she said and Keely shook her head.
"No, I'm ok. I think some of Michael's got through. Remind me to get him something for that" she said and Pam nodded with a slight smile.
"You had me worried Keely. You have been out for a long time. Which is not even close to normal for a vampire" she said and Keely sighed.
"I tried Pam, but it just hurt so much" she said and Pam nodded.
"I know, normally with that kind of injuries, you would need to be buried but the Magister wouldn't let me" she said and Keely nodded.
"It's ok Pam, I understand" she said and Pam sighed and they sat there, talking about anything that would take their minds off their current predicament.
"...my tastes lay elsewhere" Eric said and Russell looked at him.
"Tell me of your Keely. Talbot tells me you are falling for the girl" he said and Eric paused to think of his two girls.
"Yes, I believe I am" Eric admitted and Russell smiled slightly.
"Well then we must save her and your other Progeny" he said and Eric nodded.
"You would very much like Keely, sir" Eric decided.
"Oh?" Russell asked and Eric nodded.
"She is very...fierce" Eric said and Russell smiled.
"Then I cannot wait to meet her" he said and Eric smiled as they drove towards Louisiana.
"Lorena thinks you killed one of my werewolves" Russell said.
"I killed a werewolf. I was not aware he belonged to you" Eric said, half lying.
"To save Sookie?" Russell asked.
"To save myself and Keely" Eric replied, sharply.
"I was at her house to question her about Bill when it attacked us" he said.
"Only a very young or a very foolish vampire could be killed by a werewolf and you are neither" Russell commented.
"Only a vampire with no self-respect would allow a werewolf who attacked them and remain alive" Eric replied.
"They are primitive creatures and I will freely admit that I despise them" Eric added.
"You're the first vampire I've meet that didn't feel the same way" he finished.
"Of course I do" Russell denied and Eric looked at him.
"They're more dog than man, stupider than Dogs actually but it seems beneficial for me to use them rather than destroy them" Russell explained.
"How exactly do you use them?" he asked.
"I give them my blood" Russell said calmly and Eric gaped at the man.
"Oh come now. I know you yourself have been dealing, so don't pretend to be a vampire fundamentalist. If all the supernaturals would stop squabbling among themselves and unite, we would conquer humans in a matter of days" Russell said.
"This is your plan?" Eric asked.
"I prefer to call it my dream" Russell answered.
"Well I like this dream" Eric agreed.
"Throughout history I have allied myself with people to destroy those humans in power, hoping to make a dent in man-kind's race to oblivion. What kind of creature actively destroys its own habitat?" Russell asked.
"Hey, you're preaching to the choir" Eric said.
"I mean do you remember how the air used to smell? How humans used to smell? How they used to taste?" Russell asked with a wistful smile.
"I remember everything" Eric said.
"Stupid little fool he was but Adolf was right about one thing. There is a master race, it's just not the human race" Russell commented and they began laughing.
"Shouldn't we have taken the L12 exit?" Eric asked, looking out of the windows.
"Oh we're not going to Shreveport" Russell said and Eric felt panic begin to set in. He had only 5 hours before the Magistar would kill either Keely or Pam, or both. Russell looked at him and smiled slightly.
"Aww don't worry. We'll deal with your Magister problem and save your darling ladies in time" Russell said and Eric tried to calm himself down. He just hoped that time, wasn't too late. Eric sighed when they arrived at the Queen of Louisiana's home.
"...go fuck yourself" Eric heard Sophie-Anne say and then suddenly had her on the ground, his hand around her throat, making her scream slightly.
"No sweetheart, you go fuck yourself" he said and chuckled when she bared her fangs at him.
"I am older and stronger than you. I only submitted to you in the past out of respect but you framed me. So I renounce any and all allegiance to you and so do my girls. I am his now and so are Pam...and Keely" he said, remembering her stolen kiss with his youngest.
"I refuse to grant you..." she began.
"I'll rip your head off and throw it in the pool and I will have fun, doing it" he threatened.
"Your call" he said and she hissed at him.
"Very well then" he said and was about to do as he threatened and she screamed.
"Eric" Russell said and he stopped and let her go, standing up. She sat up with a glare and Russell held out his hand to her. She ignored it and stood up herself.
"So, yes or no?" Russell grinned and she scowled.
"God Damn it" she said.
"Oh! Splendid. Mmm, sun will be up soon. We'll spend the day here, we'll stop by Fangtasia on our way back to Jackson" Russell said.
"As you wish. I hope I didn't over-step any boundaries just now?" Eric said and Russell looked at him.
"No, I er...I quiet enjoyed that. Thank you" he said and Sophie-Anne glared at them.
"It is my honour and my duty, My king" Eric said and ran a seductive hand over the man's leather jacket and then looked at a scowling Sophie-Anne.
"I'll make sure you're betrothed is properly restrained" he said and walked over to a suspicious redheaded queen. She squealed slightly as he picked her up, effortlessly.
"Hadley! I want my Hadley!" she shouted like a child as Eric carried her from the room and placed her into a silver cage. A while later, Eric entered the 'sun room' with Sophie-Anne's human, Hadley.
"Hadley" the woman said.
"Your majesty" the blonde whimpered slightly.
"I wish you didn't have to see me like this" the redhead said softly.
"The reason your human is trembling is because I've already let her in on my plan" he said.
"Which is?" she asked.
"Which is to sink my fangs into her and drink until you tell me what it is about Sookie Stackhouse that has so obviously peaked your interests" he said and she looked at him.
"Sookie Stackhouse? I have no interest in her" she said.
"And if I drink too much, well, so be it" he said.
"Fine, so be it" Sophie-Anne said and Hadley whimpered slightly.
"Really?" he asked, brushing at the blonde's hair.
"You've kept this one around a long time. Must be some reason for that" he said and she looked at him with a glare.
"Why do you care about Sookie?" she asked.
"Because you do and because my king does" he said and she scoffed.
"Your king? Russell Edgington is the most un-trustworthy Vampire in America, maybe the world. You honestly think you can trust him?" she asked.
"Like I can trust you?" he scoffed back.
"The only vampire a vampire can trust is the vampire he made, luckily I have two very trustworthy, beautiful girls" he taunted and she glared at him. He sighed and clicked out his fangs. Hadley began screaming when he sunk his fangs into her.
"Mmm, mmm, mmm. I give her three stars" he taunted and then went back to drinking from her as she screamed.
"What do you know about Sookie Stackhouse?" he asked.
"Nothing" she replied and he bite Hadley again, making her scream and Sophie-Anne stiffen. Eric groaned at the amazing blood as they went to their knees.
"Please, Stop" Hadley stuttered.
"I'll tell you" she whimpered.
"Hadley. Don't" Sophie-Anne snapped and Eric pulled away and looked at the human blonde.
"The Queen's confined in you?" he gasped.
"Sookie's my...my...cous...cous" she stuttered.
"Tell me" Eric said as he looked at her.
"Hadley" Sophie-Anne snapped again as Eric moved his head closer to the stuttering blonde.
"Tell me, tell me" Eric said gently.
"Sookie's my cousin" she whispered and he pulled back in shock and looked at Sophie-Anne.
"Well I certainly wasn't expecting that" he said and Sophie-Anne closed her eyes and he bite his wrist, feeding it to the human.