All Hell Breaks Loose

Chapter 56: Mambo Number 5

Sookie would have let out a scream if it weren't for the fact that a large, calloused hand had been clamped over her mouth. She kicked back and felt her heel strike against the knees of her captor but they did not flinch. As she struggled to get free she felt the heat from her fairy light build in her hands and she grabbed one of her captors, even burning him did not cause him to let go. She felt more firm hands grab onto her arms and pin them to the sides before she was dragged inside the church.

"Sookie," Terry gasped when he caught sight of her.

There were several more soldiers, men and women who were lying down at the sides of the church who stood up and fifteen more walked out of the hiding area behind the pulpit.

"Very sneaky," Mambo Ivy said as she pointed at Sookie and then turned to Patrick. "And very naughty, Patrick."

"I'm free from your mind control crap," Patrick said as he and Terry both grabbed onto the rifles that were on their backs and aimed them at Ivy. "Let her go."

"Drop your weapons," Ivy said as Sookie felt the cold blunt end of a gun against her temple. "Or she dies."

"You don't know how good of a shot we might be," Terry said. "You'd be dead before the command can be given."

"Oh?" Ivy asked. "Gentlemen and good soldiers if I should die this evening then shoot the girl."

"Shit," Terry said as he and Patrick set down their guns. "Sorry, Sookie."

"Not your fault," Sookie said or tried to say through the hand. They still had Sam. He could at least escape and get help.

"Now where is your little friend?" Ivy asked as she walked around. "There was a fourth member in your group." She paused and her grin grew even larger. "A ha." With a quick swipe of her hand she snatched up a mouse and Sookie was certain it was Sam. "Now reveal your true self." She said something else, something that Sookie didn't under stand before she dropped the mouse.

Sam changed back mid-fall and stared up at Ivy while more of the zombies surrounded him.

"A shape shifter I could use," Ivy said.

"You aint turning us into zombies," Terry said angrily. "You have no right to use us as your slaves."

"I got no right?" Ivy asked as she walked up to him. "Your ancestors had no right to take my people and make them slaves."

"This is what it's about?" Patrick asked in disbelief. "Well you got Henry, Jacob and Stacey and other soldiers who are black." He pointed at an Asian soldier. "Wayne is Korean and Carlos, Tony, Erica and several others are Hispanic."

"This isn't about the past," Ivy said. "This is about now and the future."

"Are you trying to take over the world?" Sam asked in an are-you-serious tone of voice?

"No, but the vampires are. I foresaw it in a vision. A great and powerful vampire shall rise in power and take on the world before the year has ended." She shuddered. "I do not wish to be a slave to a vampire and I know how to protect myself."

"By using all these people as cannon fodder?" Sookie asked as soon as she pulled the hand away. "You are just using these people to shield yourself."

"I need to protect myself," Ivy said. "And I need strong people to protect me." She pointed at Sookie. "It is a pity you are not strong. You are not a soldier or a shape shifter."

"What are you going to do with Sookie?" Patrick asked.

"She has seen too much. She will have to die."

"Hell no," Terry said as he wrenched himself from the zombies holding him. "You said she wont die if we don't kill you."

"You don't kill me and she won't die," Ivy said. "But I am in charge here. I am in control and I have no use for her."

"She's part fairy," Patrick blurted. His outburst had caused the Mambo to pause. "She can read minds."

"What do I need a mind reader for?" Ivy asked and placed her hands on her hips. "You can't read vampires brains. All they think about is blood."

"That's not true," Sookie said. "They care. They have their own problems. They think about their families that they left behind. They can fall in love, run their own businesses. They enjoy classic movies, play games, play video games, they like to cook and do anything and everything that we do."

"You bore me," Ivy said.

"Maybe you should listen," Sam said.

"And maybe you need to keep your mouth silent," Ivy said. "I have no use for a vampire loving fairy girl."

"You don't get it," Sookie said. "The vampires I know are enemy to this vampire that you saw in a vision. They are forming their own army against his. It's not just vampires either. My friends are recruiting humans, werewolves, werepanthers, shape shifters, witches, succubae and incubi, nephilim, and other faries."

"You do not know when to be silent," Ivy said as she walked up to her.

"And you do not know when to listen," Bill Compton's voice was heard before he bolted into the room and grabbed Ivy by the neck.

There were several more blurs that rushed in, grab the vampires that were holding Sookie and her friends.

Rifles being cocked were heard before Jason and Andy walked into the church and aim their guns at few other zombies. A pink a demon like creature with black claws and bat wings pinned another zombie to the walls. Lawrence pointed a gun at another zombie and Cassidy had her sword pointed at another.

Ivy would not stop screaming until Bill placed his hand over her mouth.

"Andy?" Terry asked as soon as he saw his cousin.

"How did they know?" Sam asked and looked at Sookie. "Did you call them?"

"No I didn't," Sookie said and realized who could have called the others. "I did tell Tara were we are going."

"She did call us," Eric said from where he stood behind her.

"Hey uh I appreciate this," Patrick said. "But these guys are not thinking on their own."

"He's right," the demon creature said with Hailey's voice. "They have this glazed look in their eyes. Hard to see unless you know where to look."

"What should we do?" Bill asked. He wasn't looking at Eric or Sookie. He was staring at Ismene.

"Find the source of the powder," Ismene said. "Find out where it is and get rid of it. They are all going to need showers after and then it will be a few days before it is completely out of their system."

"Try their shoes," Patrick suggested before he turned to Ivy. "You looked me up. Got me under your spell and then used me to find where all the others are."

"I brought you back," Ivy said. "You would be dead and rotting in the dirt if weren't for me. I am the reason you are alive today. You owe me."

"Will killing her cause everyone else to die?" Bill asked.

"Those under her spell will still live," Eric said. "I've come across zombies before."

"What about Patrick?" Terry asked. "He actually died."

"It doesn't matter," Patrick said. "I was meant to die eighteen years ago. I received these extra years."

"Don't say that," Sookie said.

"After what she had done to us I don't care," Patrick said. "Kill her."

"If you insist," Bill said.

"No," Sookie's cry was echoed by Terry but it was too late. Bill had snapped the neck of Mambo Ivy.

Nearly all the zombies tried to point their guns at Sookie or tried to go after her but they were all held back and had their weapons confiscated by the others. They were still struggling even with the vampires trying to glamour them.

Patrick blinked but he did not fall over dead. He held out his arms and took a deep breath and released it.

"Looks like he lives," Eric said.

"Not sure what my body is supposed to do," Patrick said. "Am I just supposed to fall over and die, or my body turn to stone and then dust, or is it supposed to rot."

"I believe you are just supposed to be," Ismene told him. "Live free and be free."

"What are we going to do with all these guys?" Jason asked.

"Do for them what Andy did for Patrick," Terry said. "We cure them."

"We will glamour them," Eric said once he had finished glamouring a different zombie. "Take them back to the mansion and have them wait it out in the cells."

Sookie felt herself drop to her knees. She watched as Jessica hand Sam's clothes back while covering her eyes and the rest of the vampires continuing to glamour the rest of the soldiers.

She looked up when she felt hands pick her up. "Eric."

"No it isn't," Bill said when she turned around to face him.

"Don't touch me," Sookie said and stepped away from him.

"Sookie I'm sorry if I hurt you," Bill said.

"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to." She glanced at Patrick.

"He didn't mind."

"Still you could have waited."

"Great, great , great granddad," Terry said and approached them. "I still have great respect for you, but I'm a little pissed with you. You could have gotten Patrick and Sookie killed."

"I don't think he knew about Ivy's last command," Sookie said.

"He still shouldn't have killed her," Terry said.

"She wanted to kill Sookie and enslave you," Bill said.

"You could of killed Patrick."

"He was willing to take that risk," Bill said as his voice rose.

"Don't you ever think ahead?" Sookie asked. "Don't you even care?"

"Of course I care," Bill said as he placed his hands on her shoulders and was instantly pulled off by Eric. "What are you doing?"

"She does not need or want your protection," Eric said. "She clearly has made her choice. Leave her alone and help us with the rest of the zombies."

Bill glared at Eric before he walked towards the nearest zombie and put his glamour on him.

Sookie leaned back against Eric and felt somewhat relieved. She had helped with one threat and she was looking forward to the carnival, even if it means that she won't be with Eric.

A/N: The Trailer for season 5 is up and I can't wait.