Hello everyone! Once again I apologize for all the update emails. I deleted mostly everything and re wrote it all. If you go back and reread this story you will understand. Anywho here is another one, I am certainly on a roll!

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ff13: Thank you so much! I have so many darn ideas and I love being able to play around with them on ! I haven't really decided what is going to happen to Bill yet.. I feel like I may need him later on! As for Godric, I do have some interesting ideas.I was so proud of that last chapter.. I set it up for many different things to come. I hope you stick with me.

Chapter 31:

My day had been painfully exhausting. What with the lack of blood and the whack on the head. But even after Bill healed me I felt the tiredness all over. Sookie had finally fallen asleep and I was up and awake by myself. Unlike Sookie and Godric I had a feeling that all this bull shit hadn't ended yet.

That must have been it. There was no other excuse for standing around with my shot gun loaded as I waited around in the darkness for my feeling to pan out.

I closed my eyes as I stuck my head out the window. The cold crisp air filled my lungs as I inhaled deeply. This was one of those moments you were meant to hold onto, the quiet, peaceful ones. I hadn't come by them all the often lately.

My eyes shot open as I heard the bushed rustle off to the right of my driveway.

When I saw the wolf finally bound out of my woods it was already far to late for escape. My friends and I would be trapped and possibly caught off guard. I backed away from the window and ran up the stairs towards Godric. And it hurt a bit.. I didn't even think about it.

I pulled open his door, backing up against it.

"Werewolves! There are-" I stopped myself as I saw Sookie and Godric laying together on my best white linens. They weren't getting it on or anything. No this was worse.. Or better?

They were just cuddling. They both sat up, Godric reaching under his bed for something. "Can you hold the door long?" He asked me.

"Ermm.. Maybe?" I stuttered a bit still trying to figure out how I had missed this? Sure I would get a scary doomed feeling... But this was truly shocking.

"Debbie is out there." Sookie said, watching out the open window.. "I killed her boyfriend. How did I not think that she would come back for me?"

"Theres three already inside." I added as I pressed my ear against the door. There was a loud crashing sound followed by growling as the house shook a bit.

"Fuck." I cursed, pulling back. "Bill's here."

"What? No he isn't. I asked him to leave us alone." Sookie told me.

"Yeah well Sookie, he is here." I pulled the door open and stuck my head out.

"Ah ha! There you are." Debbie laughed, a crazed look on her face as she stomped towards us. Instead of hiding us away I swung the door open to reveal my friends. "Here little piggy." She taunted.

"I don't wanna have to kill you, but I will." Sookie yelled, joining my in the doorway.

"You took it all." Debbie spat.

"You brought it on yourself." I spat back, placing a hand on Sookie to push her behind me.

"Take another step towards Oliver, and I will shoot you." Sookie said, avoiding my attempts at protecting her.

"Why don't you just shoot me right now? You can't can you?" She crossed her arms over her chest.

"There are still people who love you for reasons I don't understand."

"Wow." Debbie laughed, a tear falling down her cheek. "Talkin to me about love. How noble and shit.. Bitch please. I see right through you, you fuck vampires and wolves because your own kind rejects you. Your nothing but ah-" Sookie jumped towards her, "FREAK!"

I sighed, making eye contact with Godric. Reaching up I brought my palm down hard against the wolves face, the slap sound echoing around us.

"Oliver!" Sookie cried as Debbie's fist met with my face in return. "You're bleeding!"

There was a loud scream over all the racket we were making that turned all our heads, including Debbie's.

"He's here." She laughed, turning and bolting out of the room.

Following her down the stairs, Sookie, Godric and I filed out the doorway.

Russell stood on the lawn, his arm around a pretty blond ladies neck. One I did not recognize. What I did recognize was the smallest hint of Fairy in her.

"HADLEY!" Sookie cried running towards Russell. "YOU LET HER GO!"

"Since no one was hospitable enough to incvite me in.." He taunted Sookie, drawing his fangs. "I had to wait until you came out.. I take it this is yours?" He asked my friend.

"Your a bully! Let my cousin go!" She demanded, her gun raised on Russell.

"What do you think Gus?" He asked a wolf standing off to his side. "Should I let her go?" The wolf bared it's teeth and barked loudly, not setting Hadley up for a happy ending..

"Oh.. Well yes. I take it that is a no?" He shook his head, "I tell you what though. I'll trade you this one for that one." He said smiling as he pointed at me.

Without thinking I stepped forward. "Let her go and I will come with you." I told him honestly.

"NO! Oliver you will not go with that thing. Use you pow-" Sookie was cut off by Godric's hand wrapping around her mouth to silence her.

"How about we just settle this as men." Bill asked him finally joining in.

"Awe. How sexist of you Bill. Now I think I have always been an equal opportunist." He said, pulling back and sinking his teeth into Sookie's cousin. Her scream was piercing as Sookie's patience was destroyed. Her hand glowed as she started walking towards him.

"Hahaha, this is possibly the best night in a while!" He laughed. His laugh stopped abruptly as he looked back towards me, "I am not leaving without you."

"Sookie stop. I said I want to go with him. Take Hadley into my house and clean her up. I will be fine." I said, taking her hand, stopping her.

'This is what I need. You promised.' I nodded to her.

"Your nothing but a coward! Hiding behind wolves." Bill continued.

"Eric Northman was right about you wasn't he?" Russell asked him, "You are a waste of the blood." He dropped Hadley lighting quick as he went for Bill, bringing him to the dirt. His foot jammed into Bill's face as smoke rose from them. "Silver spurs. You like?" He taunted. I am sad to say the rest of us stood back taking it all in.

Russell pulled his foot back, kicking Bill as hard as a 3000 year old vampire could. In that moment a feeling came over me, taking me over, filling me. Vengeance. Satisfaction..

"NOOO!" Russell yelled, moving away from Bill. He looked up into the sky, "Talbot." He choked out, disappearing. Leaving Bill laying on the driveway.

"What the hell was that?" I asked, confused. I put my hands out in front of myself, trying to figure out why I was getting super emotional. I wanted to cry? What the fuck was happening?

"Talbot. That was Russell's husband." Sookie murmured.

"Eric." Godric said.

"Eric." I whispered, looking back to Godric. Eric had killed Talbot. One down one two go. I had been feeling sad that I hadn't seen my brother after my incident. I had no disillusions though. I could feel his life force within me but I had no idea if he was in a safe place. Maybe he would die as soon as Russell made it back?

"You need to pack up you things, take Hadley." I said, turning away from them and heading back up the stairs to my house. "It isn't safe here now."

Eric POV:

To say I was feel proud of myself was an understatement. I had killed Russell's lover and it felt good.

I pushed the doors to my office open, walking in on Pam. "Shit! Eric!" She said, pulling on a clean shirt.

"We need to leave here, now." I told her, pacing the office.

"What did you do? ERIC?" She asked me, panicked. But she was along for the ride as always.

"I staked the lover of Russell Edgington."

"Are you insane?" She asked me, judging.

"UGHHH!" I yelled, "CAN WE JUST GO!" I roared. This wasn't something we could afford to stand around and talk about! I had to get Pam and I somewhere safe. Then I could kill him. I could stay and send Pam..

"You never panic! Should I be panicking?" My child stuttered.

"Ginger dear." I called out as the tiny crazy blond woman stumbled inside my office. "Where do you live?"

"We need you're house." Pam threw in.

"Does this have something to do with that vampire drug authority?" She asked confused.

"Ginger.. Are there guests?" I asked her. I was always baffled by the women's stupidity, it knew no bounds.

"Yeah, they been waiting on you since you came back." She told me.

"Get dressed, We need to greet them." I told my child, pushing the blond woman back out the doors.

ERIC POV:

"Nan." I said, shaking her hand. She looked uptight and pissed off. As usual. "Is there something I can do for you? I really must apologize, but my bar is closed."

"Thank you, I already ate.. Tru blood only of course." I could feel Pam roll her eyes behind me. "Can't stay out of trouble can you? The VRA is two days away from ratification. I should be kissing asses in Oregon. Not cleaning up after you in FUCKING Louisiana."

"Oh I promise. There is nothing amiss in my area." I assured her.

"Oh shut up. Your making my head hurt. Officers!" She called to the armed vampires behind me. I needed a plan.. "Silver him."

"AGHHH!"

"ERIC!" Pam cried out.

"AGHH!" I cried, grabbing my head as the familiar searing pain met me in the door way. Something was wrong.

"OLIVER! Shit!" Godric swooped in, grabbing me. He was always holding me upright it seemed.

"Somethings wrong Godric.." I said, holding my eyes shut tightly. "We need to go to Fangtasia. We need to find Eric." It had to be Russell. I didn't want to wait anymore and I was now one hundred percent sure I was ready to die. The pain wasn't even what had really worried me. The fear had taken over as I passed over the threshold to my home taking me down with it.

It sure as hell wasn't me feeling it. Eric. I had been feeling him more and more lately after we had shared blood. It could only mean a bond had been formed.

"What is going on?" Sookie asked panicked, still not having left like I had asked her to. Hadley sobbed, clinging to my friend like a lost puppy.

"I need to get to Eric!" I moaned, leaning on Godric.

"I do not think it wise Oliver. You cannot help Eric if you are feeling everything he is." Godric told me.

"I am going with her." Sookie said, "Bill I need you to get Hadley to saftey."

"If you are going to put yourself in danger once again then I am going with you!" He argued, stepping away from the sobbing human.

"This would help me. Take her home, if you really need to join us after that then I certainly will not stop you. Oliver could use all of us."

"No. This is my fight. I won't have you risking your life for me." I told them, shaking my head. Pushing Godric away I stood on my own two feet. "Go home."

'You think we are just going to leave you to die? I owe you and I am not taking no for an answer!' Sookie looked at me, that stubborn look on her face that I had grown to hate.

"We took you out of that hospital before you were discharged. I used you to help me get Bill. I put you in danger and you almost died." She said out loud. "You are my family Oliver and I won't sit by and watch you commit suicide."

I sighed, grabbing my bag from the doorway. "Fine. But I am in charge. No one does anything without my say so.. I won't let you ruin this for me." I ground out angrily. The one thing I needed from them was to be left the hell alone. Stubborn...

We drove silently towards Fangtasia. We were all pretty unsure of what we would find once we got there. Hopefully not a dead Pam and Eric.

I pulled into the parking lot and parked the car in the back of the lot, locking it up tight.

"Okay. I'll go in first. If I am not back in ten minutes then I give you permission to send Sookie in." I said to Bill and Godric as I peeling off my jacket and handed it to them. "Sookie only." I warned.

"No! You are not goin in there alone!" She said angrily, throwing my jacket onto the car roughly. "There ain't no choice here Olive."

"FUCK, SOOKIE HONESTLY?" I yelled loudly. I was sure every vampire within a ten mile radius could hear me. "I ask you to wait here and you will wait here." I said pointing a the dirt parking lot. "We may be friends but I will not hesitate to keep you here by force if I have to."

"Alright. Fine." She said stubbornly.

"Good. Great." I snapped back at her as I left them in my dust. I didn't wait and listen in like I should have. Instead I walked right through the door, bypassing the locks with my light. It popped open and I slipped inside.

Pam stood back against the wall near the bar watching me as I entered the room. Eric sat in a chair and was staring at an older blond lady who was pacing. She hadn't even noticed me. She looked to pissed off. But I knew he had seen me. He had probably smelled me to be honest.

"Downstairs is clean.." She said finally, stopping and running her eyes over me and back to Eric.

"Well, I told you there was nothing." He replied calmly.

"It's been wiped clean." She snapped, sitting down in a chair across from him.

"Well I'm a Virgo. I like to be neat." He said, his eyes traveling from her to Pam.

"Your screeching fang cushion of a bar maid, whose been glamored so many times she can't even remember her own last name does know that no one ever goes down there with more then a mop and a promise.." She eyed him wearily. "Suddenly it's as sterile as an operating room."

"It doesn't prove anything." He shook his head and looked at the floor. His eyes held that sadness again that broke my damn heart. I may have been considering introducing this woman to her true death, but I held back.

"If only we had a magister to decide that." The woman continued, "Oh relax." She laughed at him, "It's not like you killed someone.. Just need your official statement."

I came out from the doorway and hopped up onto the bar. I pulled out a beer from behind the counter and cracked it open, crossing my legs and staring at her. I tipped the cool liquid down my throat as I kept my eye on her.

I thought she would say something to me but instead she looked back to Eric and shoved a small device into her ear. "You can tell it to the authority." She told him, motioning to her men as they twisted a camera to face Eric. A screen lit up, flickering to life as her face appeared on it. "Can you hear me okay?" She asked it.

"Very good. This is Eric Northman's account on the matter of the disappearance of our Magister.. Last known whereabouts, this dump in Shreveport." She looked back to him, "Alright Mr. Northman. Sheriff of Area 5.. Smile for the camera." She said coldly as a grin played on her lips.

Eric rambled on and on to the camera as my ten minutes came and went. But I could hear Sookie outside and let her know we were fine. So she waited there for me. Finally after everything I didn't care about he began to speak of Russell.

"There's a pattern. The Turks told folktales of shape shifting jackals at the fall of Constantinople. The Aztec's were decimated by disease from the conquistadors warthogs. Each time there's been wolves fueled by vampire blood... I nearly found him in Augsburg in nineteen forty five." He told them. But I clung to those words. I had no idea just how long my brother had chased Russell. "But he disappeared after the war and I.. I thought he had finally met the true death. Now he's returned.."