When I did turn around I saw Russell, and Coot, and Bill. I gasped and ran to the other side of the room. "Ella, they have Sookie." Bill told me calmly. "I fucking know that, you trader." I hissed at him as he inched closer to me. "You do, do you Miss. Stackhouse? How do you know, is it that little power of yours?" Russell asked me with curiosity in his eyes. "Don't want to tell me now?" He asked, and winked at me. "In good time, Miss. Stackhouse." Then he stepped away. "Get her you imbecile." He said to Coot.
Coot came after me while Bill just stood back. "Come here little girl." He chuckled. I glared at him and backed away further. He laughed louder as he came closer to me. His hands were on me when I put my hand up. The feeling of electrifying light flowed through me. It hit him with a harder force than it had with Marryann.
Russell laughed with pure glee from across the room. Then he was there in front of me. "Splendid." He said as he caught me by my arms.
We rode in a limo, Bill sat across from me. He looked emotionless, I had never seen this side of him. It frightened me.
When we arrived at the mansion of Russell Edgington he pulled me out of the car. He gave me to another vampire. Sookie was standing next to Eric. I stared at them, I didn't know how to react. "Sookie!" I called. She shook her head at me.
"Take our newest guest to the library Mr. Northman." Russell said, Eric smiled at him. I had no clue what the hell was going on. With a speed to fast for me to catch Bill staked the vampire that was next to him and he was on Russell's shoulders. But Russell threw him off, laughing.
In the commotion Eric grabbed me by my arm quickly and walked with me towards the library. "Sook, we're going to get out of here." I whispered to her before Eric pulled me into the hall with a jerk. "What the hell are you doing Eric?" I asked him, he just kept his eyes forward. "Eric! We have to get out of here!" I hissed at him. "Shut up." He said, I had to take a second to register it. Shut up? What the hell? "You shut up!" Was my response as he sat me on the antique looking couch.
"Eric what are you doing?" I asked him again when we were alone. "I've been waiting a very long time for this, and I won't allow you to get in my way." He said as he paced in front of me. "I thought-" I stopped myself, he couldn't have. "What?" He questioned stopping in front of me. "I thought you cared about me." I said looking at him. "You mean nothing to me!" He hissed in my face. The true rage and hate in his face confirmed it. Something inside me sizzled, a flame lit. "I fucking hate you." I growled in his face as he was still there. He moved then, flashing to the other side of the room.
Russell walked in. "Mr. Northman, leave us." He said quickly. "Miss. Stackhouse, good evening." He said with a pleasant smile sitting in front of me. "Mr. Edgington, I disagree." I said quietly, there was enough hate in my heart to make me brave. "You're more outspoken than your cousin, I must say." He smiled. "You're powers are much stronger than hers as well, I hear." He said crossing his legs. "And just who did you hear that from?" I asked, and as if I didn't have to ask at all he smiled and said. "Mr. Northman of course."
After a few seconds he sighed. "Now what is it that makes the light shoot out of your hands?" He asked. "Your cousin Sookie, did the same thing to one my wolves when we brought her in. I must know, Ella." He smiled over at me. "I don't know." He left it at that.
Russell didn't grill me to long, it seemed Eric had told him a lot about me. Russell handed me over to one of his vampire lackeys. Whom took me to the room that Sookie was in and left me there.
"Oh god Ella, are you alright?" She cried hugging me with all her might. It was weird, I was so angry that I couldn't see her memories. I blocked them out completely. "I'm fine, just fucking mad. Eric is a bitch." I grunted. She let me go and looked at me.
"Are you okay, did they hurt you?" I asked her brushing the burning hate away for a moment. "No, but Lorena tried." She said huffing at the fact. "Bill's maker?" I asked her, Lorena was just a flash in Sookie's memories when I first came home, I wasn't sure. "Yes, she's the one that arranged this whole thing." Sookie scowled at the wall.
While Sookie told me of her misadventures we sat on the bed. It was like a weirdly forced sleepover. After about an hour Sookie stopped talking. "Tara?" She asked the air, I could tell she was hearing her thoughts. "Tara's here?" I asked. "Yes, and she says that she'll get us out of here, soon." Sookie said. But nothing happened for a long while.
When Sookie heard something she grabbed a small statue from the dresser. I picked up a vase. We hid behind the door. Tara walked in holding a bowl of almonds. "Great, you've fallen asleep and let them get away." She said. "No I didn't." A man walked in. Sookie went up behind him and hit him in the back. Tara smacked him in the head with the bowl. He grabbed Tara and threw her against the wall. Sookie hit him again. I ran up and kicked his legs which knocked him to his knees. Then I smashed the vase over his head.
We ran out the room and down the stairs. "We have to get Bill from the slave quarters." Sookie said. Tara stared daggers at her. "Fuck that." She said. "Tara I'm not leaving here without him." Sookie pleaded. "He left me for dead." Tara spat. "You're an idiot." She added. "Go find a way out." Sookie demanded and ran to find Bill. I ran with Sookie, I worked so hard to find her, I wasn't letting her out of my sight anytime soon. She opened the door to what looked like a tool shed.
Bill was laid out in a pool of his own blood. His body had been cut up. He looked dead. "Oh my god." Sookie breathed and ran to him. "Bill say something!" She cried as she cradled his head. I didn't hear him say anything but I saw a woman, no a vampire. She ran up and threw Sookie against the wall. She bit into Sookie's neck. I ran to them as Sookie screamed. I grabbed for her and she punched me in the face. I fell on my back, my lip was busted. "Bitch." I spat out blood.
"What's that?" The vampire that I took to be Lorena turned to me with Sookie's blood on her mouth. Bill started to move. Lorena stalked towards me, Sookie ran up and held her hands up to Lorena's back. The light engulfed Lorena's body. It was weirder to see than to actually do. "Wow." I breathed. Lorena fell onto Bill who put his silver chain around her neck.
"Do it." Bill struggled to say. Sookie grabbed a broken wooden handle from a nearby wall and stood over Lorena. "Do it." Bill repeated. Then Lorena held out her arms. "I love you Bill." She whispered. "You wouldn't know love if it kicked you in the face!" Sookie shrieked with pure hate as she plunged the makeshift stake into Lorena's heart. Lorena turned into blood and guts within seconds.
Sookie kneeled beside Bill and started to pick through the remains of Lorena. I was to damn shocked to ask why. Tara and Alcide ran in. Oh Alcide! I ran to him and hugged his tall frame. "Oh am I glad to see you." I whispered as I let him go. This was no time for hugs, later Ella. "Is he dead?" Tara asked. Sookie shook her head in tears. "He looks dead." Tara said. "Stop saying that!" She cried while she picked through the guts. When she pulled out a key I realized it wasn't just her losing her mind.
She asked Tara to help her roll Bill up in the carpet. While they did that I looked up at Alcide. "What happened?" He asked reaching to wipe the blood from my lips. "We don't have time to explain, we have to get the fuck out of here." I finished saying as the door swung open. It was Debbie, she looked strung out. She was clutching a revolver. "You shouldn't have, a vampire burrito for me?" She cackled.
My heart jumped when she aimed the gun at Alcide. "Debbie, put the gun down." Alcide said calmly. "No fuck you!" She yelled. "Debbie, you don't have to do this." Alcide said extending his hands out in front of him. "Yes I do, this is who I am now." She said patting her brand. "No, no Debbie, that's just a scar, we all have scars." He said. "It's all your fault you know!" She yelped at Alcide. "You wouldn't even give me a baby!" She cried, I could see hurt in her eyes. Then for the first time I felt like I could understand Debbie.
"You didn't want to bring another one of our kind into the world!" She was breaking down, getting careless. I wasn't the only one who noticed. Tara ran full speed and knocked her into a bale of hay. Alcide sprang for the gun. That was when Coot came in. Alcide shot him in the chest, he fell to his knees. Coot's eyes gleamed with rage before Alcide shot him in the forehead. Debbie screamed as if she had been shot.
I helped Tara carry Bill outside. We loaded him into Alcide's truck. Sookie jumped into the back and before I could ask her what she was doing she slammed the door shut.