Ch. 38 And the walls come down
I couldn't really register that I was standing in a very nice hotel lobby. Just a second ago I was in a stadium and I just threw a sword at a counsel man, and now…
"Why hello there!" A very girly, but nice voice called out.
I turned around and saw a young woman in a expensive looking white beach dress behind what looked like a reception desk. It looked carefree but at the same time professional and complimented her features quite well. Her hair was long and dark blonde, her eyes were a shocking dark purple, and her skin was fair, and she was at least five foot eight. All in all she looked like the next Miss U.S.A. compared to my ripped clothes, messed up hair, and the new dirt/blood foundation I just acquired from the fights.
"Uh hi. Where am I?" I asked and looked around.
From what I could tell I was in a lobby. Everything looked beachy and was white with aqua accents here and there.
"Oh I can not believe I haven't said anything yet! How rude of me!" The beautiful blonde woman said and walked over to me from behind her desk. "You're in the Bahamas!"
"I'm in the Bahamas!" How in the hell did I manage to get my ass here?
Blondie came and wrapped her arm around my shoulders. "Now you're probably wondering how the hell you got here?" She laughed.
No shit.
"Well you see, were you wishing to be anywhere but where you last were? Like really bad?" I nodded and she snapped her fingers. "Bingo kiddo!"
"So I made myself come here." Blondie nodded and went to back behind her desk. "So what exactly do I do now? Oh and what's your name?"
"My name is Annabell. You can call me Anna or Bell or whatever, as long as it's not rude or else I'll get pissed." I nodded and went over to the front desk and leaned on it.
"So, what do I do now?" I asked again and she got out a pen and took out a key.
"Ok basically you were sent here because you need help or a place to stay and recover. So now that you are here I will just need your name."
"Violet Knight." Annabell dropped her pen and looked at me with her mouth practically on the floor and her eyes were as wide as saucers.
"How did I not see it before? I just watched you! Oh my stars it really is you!"
Annabell was jumping up and down like a kid in a candy store. "Uh you were just watching me? How?" I asked. How was she watching me? Was she at the fights?
"I was watching you on the network for the fights. They televised the whole thing! Oh my gosh I thought I was nervous when you were fighting Maximus, but when you started to fight Ca-"
I raised my hands for her to stop. "Whoa! Televised? Shit! How? There's a network?"
Annabell looked confused. "You didn't know?"
"No!" I yelled and ran my hands through my dirty ass hair. I really needed a bath now.
"Well couldn't you see the orbs in the air? They were the recording devices. Actually they were made a long time ago as communicators for fairies and other magical creatures to see each other and talk. Kind of like webcams, but evil beings and creatures can't see what happened on the network or in the stadium." Annabell explained and I felt a little better because what if Eris saw that I had my new power?
"Only creatures of good can see what they show?" Annabell nodded.
"Yep! Also if they were bad creatures and were at the fights they wouldn't even be able to see you live. The magic from the orbs would blind them. Pretty nifty if you ask me." I nodded and walked over to the window at my right. All I could see was a dark ocean and a beach.
"So can bad creatures come here?" I asked nervous.
Annabell laughed. "Oh no! This is a sanctuary hotel. Only those who are in desperate need of healing and are good can come here. That's basically gods, fairies, witches, wizards, we even get the occasional mermaid." Mermaid? Wow!
"If you don't mind me asking, what are you?"
The receptionist smiled and answered, "I'm a fairy. But I'm a different kind of fairy from this astral plain. Of course if you ask that ass of a Price named Niall, he'll tell you we aren't part of the 'true' fae because we're not from his dimension. God, he can't accept there are more of us out there than he thinks, but he sealed off all the portals. Oh well."
"Oh well indeed. Do you think I can get a room to sleep in?" I asked and shrugged my shoulders a little bit.
"It is already taken care of. I'll walk you there myself goddess." Annabell grabbed a old looking skeleton key that had a blue ribbon attached to the end and stopped before we made our way to the elevator a few yards ahead. She turned to me. "I know what is coming, and I know this war will be catastrophic, especially if Eris has the upper hand, but I want you to know I and my people are on your side. We are ready to stand beside you and fight to the death."
Eric's P.O.V.
I was still trying to wrap my head around this whole Athena being Violet's mom situation.
"You are Violet's mom?" I asked the ancient (although she looked not a day over thirty) goddess of Wisdom and War.
We (Pam, Athena, Max, and myself) were in Violet's and mine's room that we were staying in while discussing the war, Violet, and Eris.
Out of annoyance Athena responded, "Yes I am her mother. Violet is my daughter. What part of that don't you understand Viking?"
I cocked my eyebrow at her and stood up. "It's a lot to take in. Not to mention that would mean her grandfather is Zeus and also she would be related to Eris correct?"
Athena clenched her jaw while Pam and Max held their breaths for her answer. "Yes that is true. I don't know if Eris being related to Violet will make a difference, but we need to focus on finding my daughter and stopping or winning this war."
She was right. The important thing at the moment was trying to locate Violet. Although we had no idea where she was and none of us put together could sense her ware bouts so far.
"So what do we know about this war so far?" Pam asked and zipped to my side.
Max decided to answer and went to stand next to Athena who was staring at me. Usually I never feel intimidated being stared at, but she scared the shit out of me. "We know that the dark forces are siding with Eric and that she is planning on sucking the world into hell. The problem with that is she can only do it through opening some sort of portal or door to hell itself. Another problem with that is there are a few doors which she can only access. Another problem with that is-"
"Alright we get it! There are fucking problems!" Pam snapped and I shushed her. My child glared at me and I told Max to continue.
Max glared right back at Pam while Athena finally turned leaving my wits to calm down and looked as if she were thinking really hard about something. "As I was saying, we don't know which one she will go for. Or if she goes for all of them."
Athena turned around sharply while rubbing her temple. "She would want one close. Especially since she is starting to gather forces in Louisiana. The one door even in the proximity would be-"
But Athena stopped because in walked Caine, smug and all. "Would be just a few hours from Bon Temps in an abandoned church built by god fearing monks."
"Well that makes sense," Pam retorted.
"What are you doing here Caine?" Athena lashed causing Caine to glare at her.
"I have come to contribute."
"You hold allegiance to no one. Now I won't ask again. What are you doing here? Choose your words wisely, for they may be your last." Athena warned and even I could see Caine was taking heed to her warning. He stepped more into the room and closed the door behind him.
"This ought to be good." My child snickered and went to go lean against the wall next to Max while Athena stood firm and I took a seat.
Caine looked around at all of us before choosing his words wisely. "I may have lived a long time for my kind, and have been asleep for a few centuries, but I was woken for a reason. The night the bond between Eric Northman and Violet Knight became permanent shook the whole planet. It was so strong it woke me out of my dead slumber. Not one supernatural being here or in the heavens doesn't know about those two." Caine paused and looked Athena in the eyes before continuing. "I may be a lot of things, but I am not one who wants to see this world fade. Hence then I am on your side, whether I like it or not."
They were convincing words but still I didn't fully trust him. Maybe is was the way he kept looking at me. Maybe it was the way he automatically knew what we were talking about. Though something deep down in me for some reason told me that he wanted Violet as well. Call me the jealous boyfriend type or whatever humans say these days, but Caine had a hidden agenda, and I was going to be on guard around him at all times.
"So what do you say?" The ancient vampire asked while clapping his hands together.
The goddess took a step towards him and with lighting speed clasped her hands around Caine's throat and had him pinned against the wall in seconds. Pam and Max jumped back and stood by my side while I got up. "If I find out for one second that you have betrayed us or are thinking of doing so, I will personally deliver you to Hades after I have gotten done and have become bored of torturing you in ways not even you can imagine." Athena's voice was calm while delivering her threat and it made it even more terrifying. I've done some pretty bad shit to the world, but I didn't even want to imagine what she was thinking of.
Violet's P.O.V.
After a long nights sleep I took yet another shower and put on a long sleeve black v-neck shirt, white jeans, and a pair of simple black leather flip flops with a pink flower on each (compliments of Annabell because my clothes were ripped and bloody to the max). I decided after getting dressed and drying my hair that I wanted to look around this hotel.
What harm can it do? Maybe I'll run into a mermaid! Would they have their tails or legs?
As I made my way through the lobby it was much more crowded that I expected. From what I could tell, or assume, there were a couple of witches holding spell books and fussing over some herbs, a few fairies (I thought they were anyway because they had pointed ears and were absolutely gorgeous), and a couple other creatures I didn't quite recognize or had any idea of what they could be.
"Oh sunshine there you are!" I recognized the voice as Annabell's and smiled when she rushed up to me in her pink sun dress and matching heals. She embraced me in a hug and said, "How are your wounds Violet? You all healed up?" I was about to answer before the room got very quiet and everyone besides Annabell was on one knee and bowing.
"What's going on?" I whispered into Annabell's ear.
She smiled at me. "They know who you are. They are showing you respect."
In that moment I felt powerful. So powerful that it was like my mind was switching to a whole new personality and mindset. The personality and mindset of a goddess, and that is exactly what I was. Sure I wasn't a full goddess, but I was powerful, strong, and strangely I was feeling very sexually frustrated. It was time to get back to Miami and show just how much of a goddess I was.
Max's P.O.V.
The conversation from earlier didn't get much interesting after Athena set Caine down. He looked a little ticked but just left the room after we were done talking. It was now close to eleven p.m. and Pam and I were in the huge library hoping we could find something on this door that could suck the world into hell.
I pulled out another book off the shelf called Satan's Helpers and sighed as I put it back. "Have you found anything?" I asked Pam.
She looked up at me from the book she was skimming and tossed it behind her like it was cushion. "No. I don't think the answer is in here. I-"
Finally I sensed Violet. "I know where Violet is!" I yelled cutting Pam off.
"Where is she? Spit it out! We have to go tell Eric!"
"She's at some club I think. It's on the corner of Straight and Green."
Athena teleported Eric, Pam, and myself to Violet's location. It turned out that I was right. Violet was inside a club called Club E.N.D.
"Well that's original." Pam said with a snicker and we made our way in as soon as the bouncer saw Eric.
"I'm guessing he knows you?" I asked the Viking.
Eric just smiled and said, "Exactly."
Eric's P.O.V.
I led the way inside the club with Pam, Athena, and Max following behind me. It was like a rave in this building. The smell of sex, blood, and alcohol wafted through my senses and I was finding it very difficult to keep my fangs up.
"Hey wanna dance?" A tan, long dark haired woman who was barely wearing anything but a pink plaid school girl skirt, a black bra, and heals asked me. I looked down at her as she placed her hand on my crotch.
"Leave," I said bored and sensed for my lover. She was here somewhere, her presence was strong.
I looked around some more as the lights got lower and soon a strobe light started to flicker. It were times like these when being a vampire was definitely beneficial. Fucking fantastic eyesight.
Athena grabbed my arm. "She's here."
"Yeah, but where?" Pam asked while coming to stand on my other side.
"Oh I think I know." Max stated and gulped. He lifted his hand and pointed straight ahead while his moth fell open.
Violet's P.O.V.
I felt incredible! Let it Rock by Kevin Rudolf came on and I let the flames flicker across my whole body. It looked pretty badass actually with the strobe lights. As far as my clothing was concerned I decided to wear a Grecian type dress. It was white and only had the one strap across the shoulder and was cut short just above my knees with a metal belt around my waist. Plus the white strappy heals put the whole outfit together.
I see your dirty face high behind your collar
What is done in vain truth is hard to swallow
So you pray to God to justify the way you live a lie
Live a lie live a lie
And you take your time
And you do your crime
Well you made your bed
I made mine!
While dancing I sensed Eric which made my mood all the more devious. He was always the predator for a thousand years and tonight it was his turn to be a little nervous for once.
Because when I arrive I-I'll bring the fire
Make you come alive I can take you higher
What this is forgot? I must now remind you
Let it rock let it rock let it rock
I spotted Eric looking at me. Max stood besides him with his mouth open. Pam was looking curious and there was another woman next to them who I didn't recognize.
Who are you?
Now the son's disgraced he who knew his father
When he cursed his name turned and chased the dollar
But it broke his heart so he stuck his middle finger to the world
To the world to the world
And you take your time
And you stand in line
Where you'll get what's yours
I got mine!
Because when I arrive I-I'll bring the fire
Make you come alive I can take you higher
What this is forgot? I must now remind you
Let it rock let it rock let it rock
I let Eric's feelings flow through me. He wanted me. That was just what I wanted, and to make matters worse for him I grabbed the nearest man (who was rightfully attractive) and pulled him close to me. The man stared at me at first with shock due to all the flames licking my skin but then smiled and brought his body close to mine. He knew I obviously wasn't totally human and I could sense he was a vampire.
As the song went on Eric grabbed me by my arm and tossed the poor little vampire across the room. Some people screamed while others just kept on grinding against each other. The laser lights clicked on and everyone cheered.
"Hello Eric. Something wrong?" I asked darkly.
My vampire's chest was heaving and I couldn't help but grin. "Something wrong? Violet are you fucking kidding me? Where have you been? And why the hell were dancing with that peace of filth?"
I gripped Eric's hand and removed it from my arm. He winced at my strength. "Touchy, touchy." His anger flared at my amusement of his emotions and I heard I'm a slave For You by Brittney Spears come on.
I couldn't help but repeat the lyrics to the first part of the song to Eric before disappearing back into the crowd of dancers, "I know I may be young, but I've got feelings too. And I need to do what I feel like doing. So let me go and just listen. All you people look at me like I'm a little girl. Well did you ever think it be okay for me to step into this world."
Always saying little girl don't step into the club. Well I'm just tryin' to find out why cause dancing's what I love. Get it get it, get it get it (WHOOOA) Get it get it, get it get it (WHOOOOOA)(Do you like it) Get it get it, get it get it (OOOHHHH)(This feels good) I know I may come off quiet, I may come off shy. But I feel like talking, feel like dancing when I see this guy. What's practical is logical. What the hell, who cares? All I know is I'm so happy when you're dancing there. I'm a slave for you. I cannot hold it; I cannot control it. I'm a slave for you. I won't deny it; I'm not trying to hide it. Baby, don't you wanna, dance upon me, (I just wanna dance next to you) To another time and place. Baby, don't you wanna, dance upon me, (Are you ready) Leaving behind my name, my age. (Lets go) (Like that) (You like it) (Now watch me)
It was like my presence was contagious to everyone around me. All our minds were connected and before I knew it we were all doing the same dance in exact formation like a dance group.
Max's P.O.V.
One second I was pointing out were Violet was and the next thing she's dancing and everyone around her is like under some sort of spell. They were all dancing in formation with her and the people who weren't looked like they were close to having sex. It was getting way too out of control. Eric needed to stop her.
"She reminds me of when I was young." Athena admitted to me and I looked at her with shock. "There is a lot you don't know about me Maximus, but I didn't do that." Athena revealed while looking at Violet. I was just as shocked when I looked her way to seeing Violet walk up to Eric and run her hand all the way down his front.
Oh dear…
Violet's P.O.V.
I felt like I was on fire. Every single cell in me was on a turbo electric charge just waiting to burst. So what does a sexually demigod do? Seduce and drive her vampire soul mate crazy as much as he she can.
As the song ended I went back up to Eric again grabbed the collar of his leather jacket and pulled his lips down to mine. He growled low and dangerous in his chest before I let him go and gave him a little shove.
"It is not wise to tease me Violet." Eric warned and I laughed good and hard.
"What are you going to do? Huh?"
Eric didn't get the chance to answer as I went to the bar to get a drink.
"What will you be having demigod?" The bartender who I could tell was a fairy by his pointy ears and this light glow around his body asked.
"Surprise me."
"What are you doing Violet?" A low voice asked me from my right. I turned to look up into Caine's face. He was wearing a white button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up from what I could see and a pair of dark jeans.
"Anything I want."
Caine tilted his head at me and then leaned down to whisper in my ear. "Then come with me."
I shoved him back enough to whisper this time in his ear. "I don't go with people I don't trust." And with that I chugged down my drink. It tasted like strawberries and the fairy bartender told me it was on the house.
"Honestly, you don't even deserve Eric Northman." Quickly I turned around to see a beautiful dark haired, light skinned female vampire. She was wearing a sparkly silver sequined dress and matching heals. Really a killer outfit. Got to give her props on style.
"Excuse me? What did you say?" I asked with venom dripping from my lips.
"You heard me. For someone like you to be The Great Eric Northman's soul mate is a waste." Did this vamp honestly know who she is talking to?
"If you say that one more time I will set you on fire." I warned with my eyes narrow.
Of course she didn't take me seriously. You think she would since I, myself was covered in beautiful lethal flames. So my temper, and the goddess personality took over more and I placed my hand on her and allowed the flames to consume her whole body. The stench of her burning flesh and her shrieks echoed throughout the whole club and soon she was nothing but a pile of dust. Everyone stood still for a moment as I looked at them all daring to make a comment or come at me. The only one who did though was of course Eric.
"What the hell do you think you are doing?" He raged at me and I looked as serious as ever.
"When someone says I am a waste to be your soul mate, I make an example out of them. You're mine Viking, and don't you forget it."
Eric stared at me hard and then zipped up out of the club and into the night sky air. That's when I got my brilliant idea. No doubt he was flying us back to the huge house of the King of Florida but I willed us with all my might to the hotel back in the Bahamas.
With a little 'pop' sound we were in a hotel room. Eric let go of me and went straight to a window. He peeked his head outside and then came back over to me.
"Where are we?" Eric asked and I walked over to the comfy white bed and looked up at the light blue glass chandelier.
"We're in the Bahamas."
"How did we get here?"
"I wanted us here, so we're here. Now let me ask you something Eric." By now he was studying me intensely and I let my flames go out.
"What would that be?" His desire for me had in fact not died but grew even more. It was getting a little hard to not jump him there and then but I held firm.
"I need you to be a killer for this war. I need you to be the vicious Viking you once were. To kill without mercy, and to fight-" I was surprised that without finishing my sentence Eric had me by the throat and against the wall.
"You don't know what you're asking." My vicious Viking was both sexually frustrated and wanting to kill so I decided to push him just a little bit more.
"Yes I do. What if something happens to me? What if I turn evil. Will you be able to stop me? Hmm? Will you be able to kill me if you have to?" I kept my eyes locked on his while his grip tightened around my throat. Playing time was over.
I punched Eric in the face knocking him back to the far wall where he crashed into a mirror. It shattered in pieces and Eric stood up in a flash angry. He lunged him self at me and slammed me into the wall. It was like we couldn't control ourselves. While breathing hard I dodged his fist and it went straight into the wall. Eric tried to pin me so I would stay still but I grabbed him and flung him back into the shattered mirror's frame.
"Can you do it Eric? I need to know if something happens to me or not that you are willing to unleash all that you have! I need to-" For the tenth time it seemed Eric silenced me and this time with his lips.
I moaned into his mouth and his fangs clicked down. They scraped at my tongue causing it to bleed while he lifted me up and wrapped my legs around his waist. We twisted and turned and slammed into walls causing each other enough pain so we could feel something other than anger and put our egos aside. It was almost masochistic.
Finally Eric pinned me to the bed and growled, "You're mine."
"And you're mine." I breathed while he stripped himself of his clothes and ripped off mine.
I arched my back as he entered me causing me to ketch my breath. He didn't let me stop for a second and without warning but I knew it was going to happen, Eric sunk his fangs deep into my throat. I could hear my blood rushing down his throat and into his veins…pumping away…again and again for what seemed like hours…
I woke up feeling sore as a mother fu-
"My love."
I turned my head around and winced but looked wide eyed at Eric who was purring while kissing my shoulder.
"H-h-hi…Hi. Hi. Hi honey." I gripped Eric's muscular arm that was around my waist and sat up a little to look around the room- or what was left of it.
Mirrors were broken, walls were practically coming down, the T.V. was on the floor, glass was EVERYWHERE, and the bed looked like it was going to break in half.
"O-O-O-OH MY GOD!"
"Do you remember last night?" Eric asked me and I looked at him with horror on my face while he smirked.
"Annabell is so going to kill me!"