All Hell Breaks Loose

Chapter 48: Voodoo Child

Sookie tried to ignore the chill from the night air as she ran after her boss. She knew it would seem like she wanted to get involved with anything that included elements and creatures of the supernatural but Sookie just wanted to help and Sam would do the same for her if the circumstances were reverse and she felt like she owed Sam for all the times he had given her several days off to assist in her vampire friends affairs.

"Sookie stop," Sam said and turned to face her. "This doesn't concern you."

"It concerns my friends," Sookie said as she thought of Arlene and Terry. "And their families."

"You are not even involved in this and you shouldn't be."

"Too late I already am." She placed her hands on her hips. "I read Patrick's mind. I was there with Arlene when she put the magic spell denominator in his beer. I helped her think of some excuses to keep Terry from going with Patrick to that private party. I am already involved and I want to help in any way possible."

"What about your customers?" Sam asked as he pointed back to the restaurant.

"Two people at one table," Sookie said. "I'm sure Arlene or Jessica can cover."

"What if more comes in? What if it gets crowded?"

Sookie gave him a look. "Sam when has it ever gotten seriously crowded on the day after Thanksgiving at night?"

"Go back inside."

"No I'm coming with you."

"You didn't let me finish," Sam said. "Go back inside and grab your coat. It's cold out here and I don't want you to get hypothermia while risking your neck."

"I'll be right back," Sookie said with a smile before she ran back inside.

Jason panted as he continued to thrust his hips. He could not believe how much he was enjoying the sensation.

"Oh God," Steve moan out as he continued to ride on Jason's hips. "Don't stop."

"I'm gonna cum," Jason gasped. His arms were firmly around Steve's chest. Vampires don't sweat but Jason certainly did and he was covered in a glistening coat. "Oh Steve, oh oh oh." He gave one last thrust as he felt himself release into the former reverend before he collapsed back down onto his bed.

Steve sighed as he rolled over onto his side. "Now I understand."

"Understand?" Jason asked between deep breaths.

"What Sarah was talking about." He smiled as he cuffed Jason's head. "You took me to Heaven."

"I'm not that good," Jason said as he stroked Steve's chin.

"Yes you are. Maybe that is one of your fairy abilities."

"Super sex," Jason chuckled. "Some power."

"I think there is more to that. You ever wonder why you are such an excellent shot?"

"Magic sex and magic shooting powers?" Jason had to think about it. He didn't have too much training when he learned how use a gun or a crossbow and no matter what he was always able to be on target. "If that is true then I wonder if Robin Hood was part fairy." He pursed his lips. "Wait he wasn't real."

"There was a Robin Hood. The legends and stories were based on a real man and now that you mention it I won't be surprised if he did have fair blood. You certainly made this man merry."

"I'm happy to satisfy," Jason said as he looked around his bedroom. They both had agreed to move to someplace more private so Sookie and Jessica walked in on them."

"How did that feel?"

"Great."

"I can't remember the last time I was this happy. I'm actually glad I became a vampire."

"Wow," Jason said. "That is quite the compliment."

"I'd understand if you never want to do this again."

"No. I reckon I am going to wan to have sex with you again." He kissed him. "And kiss you and let you feed of me."

"Oh," Steve said as he fangs popped out. "Hey you two, not now." He tapped at his teeth.

"I wouldn't mind if you want to drink me now. I trust you not to take too much."

Steve went in for another kiss, lasting for a full minute to Jason's delight and trailed down the side of Jason's face, giving him little kisses until he reached his neck.

Jason widened his eyes when he felt Steve's fangs pierce his neck and closed his eyes at the sensual way his new lover drank from him.

Sookie's thoughts were running a mile a minute as she road with Sam. She had no idea of where they were exactly heading.

"Thank you for coming with me," Sam said after several minutes.

"You know you couldn't keep me away," Sookie answered.

"I can't believe I told you to stay."

"Where are we going exactly?" Sookie asked.

"This tree. It's a type of oak tree and it's huge. Some of the branches grew so long and so low that they have hit the ground, then up and then down in these arches." He smiled. "Emma called it the Whomping Willow even though it's an oak tree."

"Isn't she a little young for those books?"

Sam shrugged. "Luna showed her the first two movies. When Emma gets a little older she will let her read the first few books and let her watch a few more movies."

They were quiet for a few more minutes. Sookie stared out the window and wondered how they were going to organize anything. She knew they would be able to get many vampires and werewolves on their side and Sam will bring it up at the next Shifter meeting and she would talk to Holly about the witches but she still had no idea how she was going to pull it off and convince everyone.

"There is the tree," Sam said and pulled the car along the side. "C'mon."

Sookie followed behind and kept her mind open for anything that might come from Luna or anyone that might be after her if she is in trouble.

Sam held up his hand, telling her to pause while he sniffed the air and then ran straight for the tree.

"Luna," he whispered.

The meow of a cat answered him and a brown tabby jumped down from the branches. She rubbed up against Sam before she walked over to a mound of dirt and dug.

"Is that Luna?" Sookie asked and wondered why the other shifter couldn't wait until she was human before having to go to the bathroom.

"It is," Sam said as Luna unearthed an old army jacket. "She's trying to get out the clothes."

"Did she drive here or did she turn into a larger animal and carried them."

"We'll wait for her to tell us," Sam said as he turned around.

Sookie also waited to turn around out of respect for Luna and heard her change and grab the clothes.

"The address was at this sports bar," Luna explained. "But Patrick led me to this place that was in the woods behind it. There was this old shack and there were several soldiers just sitting on these old rotten benches. You can turn around."

Sookie spun around the same time as Sam and could see Luna dressed in clothes that were a little large for her hanging from her frame.

"What were they all doing?" Sookie asked.

"Just sitting there all staring straight ahead," Luna explained. "And then this frail little old woman comes walking up to me. She had her head wrapped in a bright red scarf and wore so many necklaces."

"What did she say to you?" Sam asked as they walked back to the car.

"She stopped smiling when she looked into my eye and accused me of stealing the warrior's skin." Luna shook her head. "She was right in a way. I was taking another's identity but I did not take his skin."

"Then what happened?" Sam asked.

"She demanded the whereabouts of the real Terry. I told her she wasn't getting her claws on me and she came at me with a small knife. I ran away from her. Then all the men and women stood up and chased after me. I turned into a bat and flew away."

"I need to call Holly," Sookie said now that they had some information on the spell caster.

"I flew back a few hours later, my borrowed clothes were still there. I quickly got dressed ran to the sports bar, called you, Sam. Then when I was far enough away I turned into a horse and carried these clothes to the tree."

"Hello, Holly?" Sookie greeted when she reached the Wiccan. "We got some information on the witch responsible." She wasn't sure if she should call the woman a witch or a sorceress.

"Oh good," Holly answered.

Sookie relayed the information to her, including Luna's description of the soldiers behavior and the way the woman was able to identify Luna's true nature.

"Ask if her if the necklaces contained beads and natural elements," Holly said in a concerned voice.

"Luna were the necklaces on the witch made of beads and objects from nature?" Sookie asked as she got into Sam's car.

"Yes they were," Luna said. "There were some striped stones, bones and feathers."

"Bones, feathers and striped stones."

"Okay," Holly answered and Sookie could hear her take a deep breath. "She wasn't trying to stab Luna. She was trying to infect her. This woman sounds like a Mambo and she has turned Patrick and the others into zombies."

"Zombies?" Sookie gasped.

"Zombies?" Sam and Luna repeated.

"You have to warn Arlene," Sookie said. "Patrick wants to eat Terry's brains, or is it flesh?" She wasn't sure the movies were different.

"First of all as much as I love George Romero's movies he has ruined zombie lore for everyone," Holly said. "Real zombies don't eat human flesh. Now ghouls on the other hand do, but they prefer dead flesh. Zombies are slaves of their master in this case this Mambo that tried to stab Luna. They get infected by a powder that contains the tetrodotoxin from puffer fish. The victim's heartbeat slows down and they seem like they are dead and when they wake up again they are zombie slaves."

"How do we stop them?" Sam asked.

"How do we stop this woman?" Sookie asked. "And can we save Patrick and the others?"

"One way she is continuing controlling them is by giving them a weaker form of the powder every few days," Holly explained. "Cut off the powder and they should be fine."

"We'll think of something," Sookie said. "We just got to warn Arlene first."

A/N: Fun little fact. Romero didn't want to call his undead creatures zombies. He wanted to call them ghouls and thought zombies were more of a Caribbean creature.