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Chapter 35:
"Oliver! Oliver you open that door. You cannot do this!" Godric insisted, grabbing my shoulders and shaking me lightly. "You must let Russell inside."
"I can't Godric. I won't!" I pushed him away from me as I moved away from the door. "He will meet the true death, and he will feel every single second of it." I bit out. I still hadn't made eye contact with Eric or Pam, instead only looking at the TV screen as Russell banged on the metal door.
I walked to the bar and climbed up on my usually stool, watching. "Eric you must open this door. You must forgive." I heard Godric continue. I couldn't figure the man out. I had saved him, he had lived in my house. He knew what this meant to me. But none the less I could hear Eric comply.
The door flew off it's hinges as Russell's burnt, black body flew inside. The vampire's around me fled the light as Eric risked himself to put it back where it had been. As the door was placed back I was also placed back into the shackles from before. Pam sealed them tightly, pulling me out of the stool. "LET ME GO PAMELA!" I yelled as she held me away from Russell and Eric.
They ignored me, tying Russell up tightly on one of Eric's many stripper poles. Godric touched Eric's shoulder, whispering to him. I could see my brother turn and look at me a moment, then nodding and walking off towards the stair case once again.
"I have sent Eric to sleep for the day. You may release her Pamela. She will be fine with me." Godric said, nodding towards the stairs. "You will be fine Oliver." He said, digging the key into the lock, allowing my hands to become my own once again.
"I was never not fine!" I spat, pushing up from the stool. "That man is responsible for so many lives. He deserves to be judged!"
"That man has killed child, but so have I. You saved me, you helped me live again. Can you not find the goodness within yourself once again?" He was so kind, I had never looked at him as a killer.
"You make an effort to be good. This.. Thing has never made an effort. He wants to murder people and destroy lives." He ruined my own. If I hadn't been so afraid that night I might have escaped all the years I had lost in Fairy. I might have has more time with Eric.
"Russell forgets what it is to be human. Three thousand years can do that to a person. He will meet with the truth death soon enough. We do not have to be the ones responsible for that. We must not stoop to his level... I must go speak with Eric and Pamela. Will you be able to control yourself while I am gone?" He asked, raising his brow.
"I get it alright. I will wait here!" But I wouldn't enjoy it.
"I will come back and we can talk further." he said as he left me alone with Russell. I didn't look at him, instead I made my way over to Eric's throne, Slumping down into it and dangling my legs over the arms. Sitting around waiting for vampires to wake up would take forever.
"Miss Northman?" Russell called out. "That is you're name isn't it?" He drawled, trying to get me to look at him. "I'd like to propose a deal. If I may."
"This outta be good." I said, swinging my head to look at the back of his stupid head.
"I give my word that I will not harm you or anyone you love."
"You're full of shit. You already murdered people I care about." I shot back, shaking my head. "I don't think so. Anything else?"
"One million dollars.."
"Five." I said back.
"Two."
"Seven."
"Okay five." He grumbled.
"What else?" There was no way in hell I would give him a way out. I was eventually going to murder him.
"I will kill Eric Northman and his stupid little prodigy." The room was silent as I thought it over. I loved my brother, but he had just tied me up and tried to kill me so I figured I could make Russell think I wanted him dead. He clearly didn't understand the meaning of family. "And Bill Compton. All three." He turned his head to look at me, "Or none.. Which ever you wish."
"All three." I lied. "And you're house in Mississippi, repaired of course." I was done with vampire's. After tonight I was thinking maybe a vacation. Canada maybe? Maybe even a trip back home would do me some good. I could rent a place on the water. "I liked that house."
"Done."
"What do I have to do for you?" I asked him sweetly.
"RELEASE ME!" He yelled impatiently. It was one hundred percent clear what he had wanted. I was just messing around.
"No." I shot back quickly. No way was I letting him go.
"It may not be me. But someday some vampire is gonna rip you're throat out to get to that light inside you." He growled angrily, "There is no way around that."
"Shut up."
"You don't know what it is to drink you're blood.. It is. Paradise." He moaned as he spoke, "Arcadia, nirvana. Who even knows what you're blood could be capable of.. I am surprised that you're brother and this Mr. Compton have showed so much restraint. They are either truly good friends to you or very very smart."
"Smart?" I didn't think it was smart for the reasons he did. Bill knew what I could do to him. And Eric has loved me long before he was turned.
"By not draining you he can keep you around longer. Enjoy you longer.. Basic tantra. But others.. They'll drain you dry. Shame really. But the rose only blooms for so long." He grabbed the air near my now near head. "Before it dies."
"I am not going anywhere. That is enough out of you anyhow." I said, grabbing Pam's silver spray from the stage and spraying him twice in his face for good measure.
"You better hope to god I die. BECAUSE I WILL RIP YOU OPEN and feed you're entrails to you!" He cried out.
He yelled at me while I reached out, grabbing his little earn. "Why are you carrying this around?"
"He was the love of my life."
"This isn't him." I said shaking my head. This was an earn filled with vampire goob.
"IT WILL BE!" He yelled in my face.
"You think you can bring him back to life?" I laughed, grinning widely.
"Course not." He said rolling his eyes and looking away.
"Yes you do! Let me guess! It involves my blood yeah?" I started twisting the lid trying to think of a good way to make his stay a little worse. That's when it came to me, "Fuck you." I whispered to him before tightening my grip on the earn and heading for the garburator behind the bar.
"GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE CUNT! I WILL KILL ERIC AND YOU! I WILL KILL YOU ALL!" He began screaming in German as he watched me destroy what was left of his loved one. I even may have laughed loudly as I dumped the goob down the drain and flicked the switch. I would even go as far as saying I laughed so loudly that the neighbors could hear me. But to be fair Russell was screaming like a little girl. A girl had to be heard.
"What is goin on out here? Y'all are gonna wake up the dead!" Ginger cried as she slipping through the broken metal door. "What are you two doing here?"
My grin faded as I looked at Ginger. "Russell here is a prisoner. Eric and Pam went to ground and here I am sitting around waiting like an idiot." Not much was new.
"Oh. Well alright then." She said, dropping her bag down behind the bar and peeking into the sink. "I told them not to keep putting old blood down the drains. Now I gotta clean the pipes again."
"Oh shit. Yeah that was me. Sorry." I hopped up onto my usual seat and leaned on my elbow. "Well.. I am sorry you have to clean them but I am not sorry that I dumped this ones lover down there. It was really quite satisfying."
"There is a large man behind you!" Ginger said startled, backing away from me slowly. "I shouldn't have come in early. I just knew some shit was gonna be goin down. Why I gotta work for vamps is beyond me.."
"Calm down Ginger I ain't here to hurt you." Alcide growled from behind me, sliding in next to my stool. "Eric called me. Said you needed my help watching this thing. Said he would wipe my debt and my dad's debt clean."
"I didn't need the help but I am happy to see you." I sighed, touching his hand softly. "Did he tell you he restrained me? He tried to kill me Alcide." Maybe that was an over statement but I didn't much enjoy being handed over to the man who killed my parents. I gave him daylight, the one thing I knew all vampires craved. I would have rather had him go boom! Blood everywhere. That would have made me a very happy Fairy. "My own brother.."
"You still calling him that? It's a little weird if you ask me." He laughed deeply and hit the bar. "I'll take a beer Ginger. One for the lady to."
"No. No Ginger no thank you. Water please." I dropped my head into my hands. "You have no idea how badly I just want that thing dead so I can get the hell out of this town. I have had it."
"You would just leave here? Leave Eric behind? I doubt that." He rolled his eyes as Ginger slid a beer into his hand and a water into mine. "And since when were you a water drinker? You always pound the liquor into you. At least you did at the were bar."
"I just want water alright? Get off my back!" I snapped, slamming my glass down on the bar. The cool water sloshed onto my hands as I jumped off the chair and shook them. "I need to go. I have a feeling that when they get up I will not agree with whatever it is they are going to do with Russell. They have you here to watch him. I think I am gonna go home and get some rest." I honestly wanted to go home and seal myself inside. I was so pissed at Godric and Eric...
Godric had ruined everything.
"Maybe I will head to Sookie's for a bit. I don't know Alcide.. I just need a little time away from this shit." I exhaled as I shook my head, "It was nice of Eric to send you. You did a lot for Sook and I. Come visit me when this is all over."
"Alright. I'll let Eric know where you are. I am sure you will be hearing from him soon enough."
"No!" I threw my hand up, "No. Just.. Don't tell him where I went. For all you know I could be anywhere but Sookie's. Alright?" I pleaded with him. I needed time. Not hours. I just hoped the bond between us wouldn't lead him right to me. I should never have made it to begin with. He always clouded my mind. "I need this."
I knocked on Sookie's door, holding my bags over my shoulder. I had called her instantly after leaving the bar. I knew she wouldn't turn me away. Not after everything I had done for her. She owed me. Eric Northman was not invited into her house and I assumed never would be. It felt safe. I could get a break. I had even requested that she not allow Godric to visit while I stayed. I knew she wasn't to happy about that but she agreed to it, for me.
"Oliver." Bill nodded kindly to me as he saw me inside. "Sookie's up in the shower. She asked me to let you in."
"Right. Good to know." I tried not to make eye contact with him. His little show at Fangtasia had made me super uncomfortable. If Sookie had seen it I was sure he wouldn't still hold an invite into her home. "Please do not mention to Eric that I am here."
"As you wish. I have no intention of bringing him here anyways."
"Oliver!" Sookie came down the stairs as she dried her hair with a hand towel. "Thanks Bill. Oliver and I will be okay on our own for a while. You can go." She said, waving her hand to him. They were still not on the best terms with each other since Bill's little trip to Mississippi.
"Yes well, you two ladies enjoy you're night off." He bowed slightly and in an instant he was gone, the door shutting swiftly behind him.
"Tell me what happened." She demanded. Her arm slid over my shoulder as she lead me up the stairs to her bedroom.
"My brother tied me up and threw me to Russell. He let that thing that killed our parents feed from me. I get it in a way. His plan was good. But Godric ruined everything."
"Would killing Russell really take away the hurt he caused?" She asked me as we both lay down and faced each other.
"Not all of it. But it would have helped me sleep at night." I had missed my small sister growing up because of that man. I missed my wedding and my brother's wedding. I missed grandchildren! "He took my life right out from under me. If he hadn't have shown up who knew what would have happened. But I know I wouldn't have ended up in Fairy." I hated Fairy.
"We can't fix what happened Oliver. Killing him would have made you feel better for a moment. Once that moment is gone you're family will still be dead and you're life will still be what it is now."
"I don't even understand what it is now. Things are happening that I don't understand. Things that can't happen." I ran my fingers along my stomach. "You are my only connection to our people and together we don't know enough to tell me what the hell is happening to me."
"You have been acting a little off lately. I was concerned but so many things have been going on I figured we could wait. Have you seen a doctor? Can a doctor even figure out what is happening?"
"They called me last night." I sighed, "The only man I have ever been with is Eric. I swear it Sookie. You know me and how I am." It felt as if I was trying to convince myself that I hadn't strayed. But I knew I hadn't. Vampires couldn't have children, this was a fact. So either something happened to me that I am unaware of or somehow I did this. "I'm pregnant.. Or at least thats what they think. I really don't even know."
"What?" She shot back, her mouth hanging open. "Oliver what are you talking about?"
"I turned Godric into a human. I did that." I mumbled, "I give vampires daylight! I can do things that most Faeries can't do. Maybe I did this."
"We need to contact them. You need to contact them. Now." She looked so worried. "Who knows that happened to you! You could have been raped! But if this is Eric's child then we have no idea what will happen to you. Can you carry a vampire child? Will it be a vampire? Howe can we know!" She babbled on.
"Pam thinks I did this to him. She wants it to be that I strayed." I shook my head. "But Sookie, I know I haven't done anything like that. I have been aware of everything. The only time I blacked out was when I was with Eric or Godric. There is no way I was alone with anyone who could do this."
"Okay. So we look at the facts. You didn't sleep with anyone else. You are still unaware of what you are capable of. But we know what you have done and those things are very unbelievable right? So maybe you did do this, unintentionally of course." This was Eric's child.
"I don't know what I am going to do. I have no idea how to mother anything how can I raise a child? And Eric is awful with kids. When we watched Arlene's kids he was so weird around them. What if he tries to eat them? Or Pam?" She hates me.
"You know Eric would never hurt someone he loves. Not like that. Besides, isn't this what Russell stole from you two? Here you two are! This is what you two always wanted!" She started to get excited. But I wasn't.
"Who knows what would have happened. I didn't trust him then. We most likely would have ended up with other people." But in my heart I knew that wasn't true. Eric wanted me as his wife. He wanted me to have his children. From my eighteenth birthday he was pretty clear with me on what he had wanted.
"You would have said no until he moved on? No I don't believe that crap. You said yourself! You were bonding with him before you even knew what that was. You two were meant to be. Maybe this child was meant to be?"
"All I want to do is sleep Sookie. I am emotionally and physically exhausted."
"Then sleep. I won't go anywhere. And if he shows up I will tell him to go on his merry way. But think about it Olive. You love him and even though he did that to you earlier he still loves you. Pam can shove off." She helped me into bed and rubbed my back for me as I closed my eyes. "It will all work out. I promise."
