All Hell Breaks Loose

Chapter 19: Dangerous

"Jason?" Sookie called out as soon as she grabbed the front door knob to her brother's house. The lock wasn't broken and neither were any of the windows but she still had a bad feeling when she leapt from her car. Her fears were confirmed when she looked inside and saw furniture over turned.

"Jason!" She shouted as she looked around. Her heart stopped when she saw the legs of someone on the ground. After lifting up the overturned table she could see that it wasn't anyone that she knew and there were two other dead bodies. One had a gunshot wound in the head and the other two had their heads turned in such odd angles it meant that their necks were snapped.

"Jessica," Sookie called out and looked through the house. "Jason." She searched through out every inch found not a single trace of her brother or Jessica. "Oh God no." She was shaking and her tears were building in her eyes.

She looked up when she heard the sound of a car driving up. Hoping that it was Alcide, she ran outside and stopped when she saw that it was car she had never seen before.

Steve Newlin stepped out of the car, dressed in a simple cotton shirt and blue jeans. There was not a speck of hair gel in his hair and his bangs hung over his forehead. He was grinning as he approached her.

"Don't you dare take another step closer," Sookie warned. She was ready to blast him back.

"What's wrong?" Newlin asked. He was clearly taken aback by her anger.

"You don't know?" Sookie asked.

"Seeing as how I just got here of course I don't know." He placed his hands on his hips. "What happened and where is Jason?"

"I don't know," she answered and immediately broke down crying. In an instant she felt arms holding her and she was crying into Newlin's chest. "Don't touch me." She pushed him away.

"Sorry," Newlin said. "Could you tell me what had happened?"

"Sookie!" Alcide shouted as he drove up. As soon as he had parked the car he ran over to her. "I told you to wait for me." He looked over to Newlin and then back at Sookie. "What is going on and why is he here?"

"Jason invited me over," Newlin answered. "But she says he isn't here and I have no idea what is going on."

"Jason did invite him over," Sookie answered. "Jason and Jessica are gone and there are three dead bodies inside."

"Son of a bitch," Alcide gasped and ran inside. Sookie followed him after and watched as he walked around, sniffing the air and examining the dead bodies. "These are Russell's wolves all right. There were several more in here."

"He can smell them?" Steve asked from the doorway. He looked like he wanted to step inside but couldn't.

"He's a werewolf," Sookie explained. "There are a lot more out there besides vampires."

"I know about werewolves," Steve said. "My enemies explained them to me while they were teaching me the ways of being a vampire. I wasn't sure if they could still track by scent in human form."

"We can," Alcide said as he unbuttoned his shirt. "But we track better in wolf form."

Sookie made sure she had turned around while Alcide was taking off his clothes. She found her self looking at Steve who seemed to be interested in watching the werewolf.

"I've never seen one cha—wow that was fast," Steve said.

"What was your church's stance on werewolves?" Sookie asked.

"None. We knew about vampires but not werewolves. It came up in the question about what if they exist and I wasn't sure. There are so many stories about them and most is they can't change at will and are not in control of their actions as wolves, but this one seems like a nice fellow."

"I bet if the revealed themselves when the vampires did you would have wanted to hunt them down as well."

"I-I don't really know," the reverend shrugged. "I'm not that person anymore obviously."

"You are still motivated by revenge, still think I'm a whore." She could no longer hear his thoughts but the last ones she heard from him were still ingrained in her mind.

"Do you want me to say I regret saying those things?" Steve blinked. "I do. Humans that are friendly with vampires are not traitors to our race—their race. I don't see you as an enemy. I see you as the sister of someone I care about."

"Until you found out we were related."

"There was that and that was true but Jason and I talked and we agreed to start anew. Your brother is giving me a second chance."

"How do I know you are not responsible for this?" Sookie asked.

He sighed. "I would never hurt Jason."

"Why do you expect me to believe that?"

"Because I care about him." He closed his eyes. "I have feelings for him."

"He wasn't involved in this," Alcide said from behind. He had put on his clothes. "His scent never left the foyer. There was a vampire here besides Jessica but not him. Everyone else was a werewolf."

"What happened to Jason?" Sookie asked. "And Jessica?"

"I went out back and around and found tire marks belong to a van," Alcide answered. "They took them somewhere."

"Why would they want Jason?" Steve asked.

"They wanted me," Sookie said and stared at her hands. "They set fire to my house and hoped they would snatch me up when I ran out. That is why I'm living here." This was her fault. She should of thought of seeking out the enemy and instead they went looking for her.

"We are going to find them," Alcide said and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I don't know what to do first."

"I do." He shifted back into wolf form and ran outside and onto the street where she sniffed the ground and then ran up the road. After he ran back into the house he shifted back into his human form. "Come on." He slipped his clothes on.

"I'm coming too," Steve said. "I can fight these wolves."

"No," Sookie said. She didn't want to be in the same vehicles as the reverend.

"I want to help Jason."

"I don't wa-"

"Sookie stop," Alcide grabbed her by her shoulders. "We need all the help we can get right now. I know you have issues with this vampire but he can help and he said he was in love with your brother."

"I did not say that," Steve protested.

"You do have a crush on him?" Alcide asked and closed his eyes. "Never mind that is not important."

"Fine." She was ready to follow after the men when a thought hit her. "Steve when was the last time you ate?"

"Just before I left Shreveport," Steve said.

"Wait." Sookie ran into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of Tru Blood. "You are going to need all of your strength." She knew younger vampires needed more and she did not want Steve to think either she or Alcide would be worth snacking on the way.

Sookie wasn't sure if she would get any answers from the people she was calling but she had to at least try. She called Andy first.

"Hello?" Andy greeted her. He sounded bored or tired.

"Andy Jason's been kidnapped," Sookie said.

"Kidnapped? What makes you think that?"

"Because my brother and Jessica are not at home," Sookie explained. "That furniture has been tossed around and the three dead bodies on the ground."

"Dead bodies?" Andy sounded more alert. "Why didn't you say that in the first place?"

Because my brother being missing is my main concern. Sookie grit her teeth. "It's those gang members from before."

"Hold on let me put my pants back on." That was a little too much information for Sookie. "Now you stay put I'll be there to investigate."

"I won't be there. We are already on the road trying to find them."

"What? What? Now look Miss Stackhouse this isn't something you need to be stepping foot in. This is police business."

"I know but he is my brother."

"I know and I know you aint gonna listen to me but I have to say this anyway."

"I need you to ask if anyone has seen any strange vans around."

"Vans?" Andy asked.

"There were track marks that belong to a truck or a van and I was thinking a van cause it could hold a lot of people."

"I'll ask a—stop telling me how to do my job."

"Please call me when you find out anything," Sookie said and hung up. She wasn't sure how fast Alcide was driving, but it was certainly faster than she had ever driven.

"Still can smell them?" Steve asked. He sat in the back and was nursing on his bottle.

"Pretty much," Alcide answered. He had kept the windows open. "It is faint though. I'll have to stop and shift into a wolf again in case I lose the scent."

"Can't you shift into a wolf now?" Steve asked. "We pull over for a minute and I'll drive or Sookie can drive and you just keep sniffing."

"Damn," Alcide said after a few minutes. "Why didn't I think of that?" He slowed the car and pulled over to the side. "Can you handle this truck, vampire?"

Steve responded with a grin. "I can be a stereotypical Texan." As soon as he and Alcide had switched seats Steve started the truck and punched it.

Sookie sucked in her breath. "I am going to be honest with you." She heard Alcide remove his clothes in the back. "Jason is straight. He is very straight."

"I figured as much," Steve said softly.

"He'll be nice about it. You are not the first guy who had a crush on him." She remembered when Lafayette had his sight set on Jason and remembered how her brother had gently let him down.

"I'll be happy being friends with him."

"I think we can build something," Sookie said. "Forgive and forget. Trying a fresh start."

"Almost like being reborn," Steve said and chuckled. "I guess in a way I am. I don't know how strong I am against this one vampire but am I stronger than werewolves?"

"Generally vampires are stronger than weres, but this pack in particular are V addicts and the blood makes them even stronger."

"If I gave Alcide some of my blood would that help?"

"It might?" Sookie looked over at Alcide. "Would you be willing to drink a little of Steve's blood."

Alcide nodded his head.

"We'll be fighting fire with fire," Steve said and after a second his eyes widened. "Fighting fire with fire."

"You okay?" Sookie asked him.

"I'm better than okay. I'm great."

The drive was almost quiet for the next twenty minutes. Andy called back with information that some of the closest neighbors did see a suspicious van peel out about four minutes before Sookie arrived and they heard gunshot but thought it was Jason shooting at rabbits again. Andy gave her the make, model and color of the van.

"Now we know what to look for," Steve sad.

Several barks came from the backseat. "Pull over." Alcide shouted. "We have to pull over now."

Steve stopped the truck and Alcide jumped out, shifted back into a wolf and sniffed around.

"What is it?" Sookie asked.

"The van stopped," Alcide explained once he was in human mode again. "There was another van, but now there are two new directions. They separated your brother and the girl."

A/N: I have no idea why but writing the Andy and Sookie phonecall was a lot of fun.

I had this chapter ready to be posted yesterday but was pretty tired after going to the Renfair.

Replies: The LadyKT and Desireecarbnell: Sookie is self sacrificing, but I would to if it was my brother, or my husband or daughter, especially my daughter.

Ncmiss12, Thank you.

Audraleeony. The weres want Sookie because Russell wants Sookie.

Ashmoo2000. Yeah Coot was a dumbass.