A/N HERE IT IS ALL FROM APOV. THIS IS BETA'D BY THE WONDERFUL CAROLINAGIRL96 I AM SORRY THIS TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN I WANTED TO. LOT'S OF INFORMATION IN THIS ONE. ALL THE MAIN CHARACTERS BELONG TO MRS HARRIS AND MR. BALL. ALL MISTAKES ARE MY OWN THANKS FOR READING PLEASE ENJOY. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK! Word count 11036 revised word count11749

YOU WANT A FIGHT

YOU GOT ONE

APOV

Eric can be a funny ass motherfucker without even trying sometimes. I swear for someone as old as he is you would think he's been living under a rock for his entire existence.

I get him being clueless about babies. I mean hell who would normally trust a vampire with their babies. He has done more research on babies and family life since we found out we were pregnant that I thought he would be an expert on the subject by now.

Just goes to prove you can't learn every damn thing on the internet. He looked like he was handling grenades when he first picked up Tori Lee.

I knew right then and there that this was an opportunity to not miss. Who wouldn't want to knock his arrogant ass down a few thousand pegs.

I thought it would be funny as hell to give him the wrong diaper. I honestly thought he would catch it and rag on me. It was fucking blue for fucks sake.

But when he didn't, I could barely contain myself at the fun I could expend at my mates discomfort. Hell even Godric joined in on the fun.

I freaked the fuck out when Bas bit my god damn finger. I wasn't really all that shocked that they had fangs. I mean look who one of their daddies are. Just took me by surprise is all.

I nearly fell off the damn bed though when Eric decided to breast feed Tori Lee. I know it was accidental but funny none the less.

Hell even the good Doctor thought it was well worth the risk, at ribbing the cranky ass vampire about his parenting skills. His threats are empty though.

I know he'll never get me back. I'm way to smart too be caught in anything he can think up for revenge. Although I need to think up a way to get back at his ass for giving me human blood.

Hell I'm a fucking werewolf for fucks sake. I either drink that synthetic shit to help me heal or animal blood, not human's and he knows that shit. His ass will pay for that shit.

My Tinker bug was so exhausted. She might have been a moody hormonal bitch towards us during her contractions. I know deep down nothing she said she really meant.

But just one look at what we produced makes everything we've gone through all worth it. For me at least, I know my little angel sleeping deserves a fucking medal for what her body went through.

I've seen other women who had just gave birth and I never understood just why they were always so damn tired. I owe several apologies.

Shit I know now that if birthing were left up to us men to do, there damn sure wouldn't be any babies shooting out of me, fucking ever.

My guess would be that no man would be willing to go through that torture ever. The powers that be gave that job to the right sex that's for damn sure.

I glance at her as I lay down Jo. She looks so peaceful, but her body has rebounded back to the way she looked before she got pregnant. Thank fuck for that

It was her biggest fear that she would remain stretched out, be all fat and disgusting. That we wouldn't want anything to do with her.

It was the farthest thing from the damn truth. What she never understood much less could we convince her of, was that no matter what she looked like she was ours and she was, is and will always be the most sexy, beautiful, loving, caring woman that we will worship until the end of time.

When Sook woke up I relived all the funny moments with her at Eric's expense of course. At least she thought it was just as funny as I did.

After we helped her to pump and brought her up to speed on whats been happening, she settled in and watched the news coverage. You could read the pain in her eyes, she felt for all those lost.

She couldn't hide her emotions fast enough from us. I saw the pain and hurt she felt at the fact that there are people willing to kill just because someones different.

Her heart is still the biggest and most forgiving I've ever known. I just hope like hell it doesn't come back to bite us in the ass.

We can never seem to catch a damn break or to have time to fucking recover from any damn thing till we have something else to deal with.

I guess it's the price we have to fucking pay for being the leaders of the supernatural race. It sucks way more now with our babies being here.

I would much rather be here playing paddy cake with my kids and holding them while they sleep than dealing with whatever fucking bullshit Newlin's stirring up.

I knew we were in for a shit storm when Godric came in and we learned of the bombings and the missing vamps.

Humans aren't going to sit around waiting to see what happens next. No they're gonna want answers like yesterday and most likely they will want to blame the vamps for everything.

It's easier to lay the blame on something you know very little about in the heat of the moment than to find out all the facts first.

The same could be said that we should have taken care of Newlin when he first started being a nuisance instead of waiting till he was a dangerous enemy to us all.

Hind sight being 20/20 and all we really screwed up in that respect. No matter what we may or may not have done to Newlin we didn't make him do anything that he's done.

I was pissed when Quinn came in and told me about Reeves, Tarkington and Williams. They are some of the laziest pack masters I have known.

When he showed me all the reports he had, most of the trackers seemed to think the vamps were taken strictly by humans. It doesn't make sense though. How'd they know who and where to take them?

That could be Newlin but why would he take them if he could just stake em right then and not have to worry about transporting them and housing them.

When the rest of the family comes in we discuss several different scenarios. Sook made a lot of sense when she suggested that we gather the information ourselves.

You can't go to war if you don't know who your enemies are, much less hold the wrong party responsible when another hatred is to blame.

Having all the information will mean all the difference in who and how much we inform the humans as to what threats we all face, and finally Eric proved exactly why he was the king.

He quickly comes up with a plan to find out as much as possible with as little exposure as possible for leaks. Someone might be watching / listening in.

I give my sister a hug and then kiss Sook and my kids bye, no matter how much I don't want to leave them I know they'll be safe with Godric.

Still not fucking used to being a Dad. I walk over to Quinn and forcing calm into my voice I say,

" Look I need you to get hold of as many Pack masters as you can and get a picture of where they are right now or will be for the next few hours alright?

Text all the info to my phone with only pictures and their last names, so I can pop in and get the info in person.

Let each Pack master know not to say where they are over the phone but to just text you the picture and let them know to make sure there are not any humans around till they see me.

We still don't want to have any one know what we can do until it's absolutely fucking necessary. The less they know about us the better chance we have at surprising them. After all no matter what they think they know about us, they don't know everything yet.

I'm gonna go pay a visit to those three ass wipes first, and give them the proper encouragement to comply with each of our orders. Let me know if anyone else gives you a problem.

Any of them at the sites the vampers were taken from, have them remain till I can get there and I'll do some sniffing around too. See if can I smell any familiar scents between the sites.

Remember to use my private cell to text me the pictures but don't send why you sent it. I don't want to take a chance of the information being magically intercepted.

Watch out for my family while I'm gone Quinn. I'll talk with you when I get back. I'll call if I need anything else from you."

With the nod of his head he disappears through the door and I see Jason and Aley pop out of here and Eric talking quietly with Ames.

I grab Sam's arm and pop us to the repair shop that I know Reeves owns and lives behind in Oklahoma. I snicker at the way Reeves jumps up nearly taking his head off on an open file drawer behind him, when we both materialize in front of him.

Sam looks at Reeves five foot skinny frame and starts laughing and holding his stomach. He looks more like a weasel than a wolf.

I push the desk out from between us with no effort earning another snicker from Sam as Reeves eyes bulge and he swallows hard.

I watch him glance at the heavy solid wood desk then back at me as I bow up on him. Reeves tries to act as though he isn't scared shitless of me as I tower over him.

I cross my arms over my chest flexing my arm muscles when I step directly in front of him invading his personal space.

Flashing my eyes at this sniveling prick. I just stare down at him while he tries to look anywhere but at my face or chest.

If I wasn't so pissed at him it would be quite funny. Sook always said I should be a thug for hire I'm that good at intimidation.

I hear the patter and giggles of little ones behind me so I know that I can't say what I really think of this sorry excuse of a were.

He is nothing more than a good for nothing low life white trash ass hole who takes his Pack master duties as a way to get others to kiss his ass and get as much tail as he can.

I roll my eyes at his sigh of relief at the intrusion of the children coming to his rescue. Such a pussy he'd even hide behind kids. I can hear Sam still fucking snickering.

He finally either realizes why I am here or gets a fucking clue that I'm not going to speak to him with little ears around, when I never move of change my stance.

He quickly sidesteps me to usher all eleven kids back outside. I never once let him out of my eyesight. He's the type that would run if given ½ the chance.

Once all the kids are back outside and well out of ear shot I continue to just stare at him until he finally greets me properly as his Alpha.

Going down on one knee and looking at the ground as he offers me his neck in submission. He finally speaks, trying to cover the fear laced in his voice.

" Lunar Regent Hereaux I am honored to finally meet you in the flesh. What brings you out to my neck of the woods?"

I stare down at him a few more minutes. He knows damn good and well why I'm fucking here. He moves like he is going to stand up and I let out a warning growl and flash my eyes again.

He wisely chooses to remain down on his knee. Fuck me running he does have a keen sense of self preservation. Looks like he's about to shit his pants though.

I hate that this ass wipe wouldn't follow the simple directives that Quinn gave him. I get his reasons but you don't endanger the rest of the pack much less all supernaturals you're told to protect cause you're a fucking wuss.

Keeping my stance towering over him, and letting my anger at him show on my face and in my voice as I growl out at him.

" You know goddamn well why I'm all the way out here. You blatantly refused to assist the area vampires in searching for missing vamps and even told Quinn that when the shit hits the fan you and your family will do what's necessary to survive and stay hidden from the humans.

I got a fucking news flash for you. They already know about us, and those that don't will know soon. If you would have been paying attention to the fucking emails I've sent your lazy ass you'd know that little tidbit already.

You'd know already that Newlin has weres and shifters alike helping him. Hell he even has the sorcerer Orrian using dark magic to take and we suspect control humans, as well as vamps.

Now with the bombings of the true blood factories and the kidnapping of the baby vamps. Our enemies have us right where they want us.

The humans are only worried right now how long do you think that'll last if a bunch of starving baby vamps are set loose on the public.

How long do you expect to stay hidden when they come here and drain someone. All that blood will have you changing whether you want to or fucking don't.

We need to find them vamps they're hiding and probably starving and torturing before they get turned loose on the humans. They go on a killing spree and we are all as good as dead.

The time has come for us supes to all watch each other's backs. Look I get it you got family, pack and friends to protect.

The humans though aren't going to stop and check to see if we are a danger to them. They are going to want to protect themselves against us all.

You know how it'll go down Reeves. Just because we are different than them we must be a danger to them too.

You know that they'll hunt each and every fucking one of us down, killing each supernatural they find even those that they aren't sure of. All just to feel safe in their own homes.

Hell is gonna break loose if we can't get this shit under control now. We're getting hit from all sides thanks to Newlin and the renouncers of our kind. So it's time to wolf the fuck up.

From this point forward you will assist in any and all supernatural problems that I or Quinn deems needs your help. In return the vampires will be watching over you as you rest.

The witches will be casting wards and protection spells while the trolls and Daemons will watch your backs while you search for the missing vamps.

The sprites and demons will protect the young ones while you are gone. You have no excuse left not to comply."

He acts as though he's going to argue. Aw hell no. I push him back with my boot to his shoulder so he's now flat on his back.

Looking straight up at me when I flash my eyes I don't allow them to change back this time. Keeping my boot firmly planted on his chest I growl out giving him his only warning.

" If we want to survive this and not start a fucking war that will kill us all. You will fucking do what you were fucking told to do by Quinn and send him updates every six hours.

Don't make me come back out here. You won't survive it if I do. If I have to discuss it any more I 'll just replace you and oh yea you'll still die. NOW! GO!"

He stared at me for a few seconds before he scrambled away from us. I turned to look at Sam as he quirks his eyebrow at me. I relax my stance some and he snickers out.

" Scary ass. I'm going to go to the shifter community alone now. You go in there talking to them like that and they'll just shift into a elephant or a hippo and sit on your ass."

We walk outside and out of ear shot as I laugh at the mental picture. That would be just what old man Merlotte would do to any were who tries to tell him what to do.

Weres are mean and tough, but shifters are stubborn with quick tempers and they all act like they have ADHD. I crack a smile as I ask,

" What? Was it too much?"

Rolling his eyes. He looks back at the garage we just left. Shaking his head no he chuckles out,

" Naw, he's an ass, he deserved it. Just remember what Gran always said ' You get more flies with honey than vinegar though.'

So I suggest that you're next encounter you might be a little more tactful. We can get a lot more done if I handle the shifters and you pop around to the different weres.

I'm gonna help them get organized with everything from here. I'll even call some of the smaller communities and put them on alert. I'll call you when I'm ready to come home. "

He starts to take his shirt off to shift. I roll my eyes and smirk saying.

" Come on I'll drop you off at Conner's Dinner and then pop to Tarkington and Williams place. They aren't as stupid as this prick just lazy with large families."

It takes me no time to get both Tarkington and Williams settled and in contact with the vamps in his area. I pop to several of the locations that Quinn had already sent me.

I have sniffed and took more fucking pictures of stupid shit than I care to remember. Some of these vamps are so new they still hadn't gotten rid of their human possessions.

Shit some of them are so fresh that they still had untouched human food left in their houses. It's so fucked up to see just how many taken are newbies.

Since the great reveal a lot of baby vamps that had just disappeared in recent years have since reunited with their families they were forced to leave behind.

Unfortunately it didn't always go great for some of them. You can tell the ones who don't have a maker or a family to return to.

After this shits over with, Eric and I are going to need to approach this subject. No matter what it was like in the past for fledglings this shit has to change.

With them out in the open now things are very different and the old rules don't always apply. I feel sorry for some of these poor vamps.

I've seen more college age kids rooms than I want to remember. But one stands out still as I try and wait for Quinn to pick up his phone.

I remember the last room I searched for anything smells or otherwise familiar to all the other ones that would link them all together.

It looks like the typical freshman dorm room. Pictures of friends and family everywhere along with stuffed animals and class paraphernalia all over.

What I can't shake was the family portrait that was hanging over the bed. It was of last Christmas according to the date. She looked to be maybe eighteen red hair cute face beautiful tan.

She had to be the oldest of five kids, all smiling at the camera. There's presents wrapped on her desk with an empty box labeled to send the presents home I would guess.

The note laying on the desk tells me that her parents disowned her for being a vamp and she still loves them enough to want to reach out to them on their first Christmas apart.

She can't even be one year old vampire yet, and she's already alone. I can't find any sign of a maker anywhere. There aren't any other vampire smells in her room.

There isn't anything disturbed anywhere in the room other than yesterdays clothes on the floor, the unmade bed and missing comforter.

All of which means she never knew she had been taken since baby vamps die just before sunrise. Fuck.

Quinn picks up on the sixth ring bringing me out of my spiraling mood answering.

'Quinn.'

' Hey I need some more places to go and I still need info on Thomasson. You should have...'

' Alc dude I'm not at the house.'

I hear a bang then what sounds like gunshots in the distance. Mad I grumble out

' What the hell Quinn. You watching T.V.?'

' No. we're being...'

I hear a crashing and a bang and more gunfire as I scream into the phone panicking now.

' QUINN WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON? ANSWER ME GOD DAMMIT! WHERE THE FUCK IS SOOKIE AND MY KIDS? QUINN ANSWER ME!'

I hear scraping and shuffling then someone picks up and Quinn says

' Sorry Alc. We were attacked at the house, but we all escaped unharmed. Everybody is fine. The kids and Sookie are in the car with Godric in front of us.

We have a minor problem with a truck following us. But CC is trying to run them of the road. We're heading to the new house now.

I already called them to let them know we're coming. So they have time to set up the nursery. I know you and Eric wanted to do it but we don't have that kinda time.'

'Fine I'll meet you all there'

I hung up quickly and pull out a disposable phone pressing send I heard Godric pick up. I didn't even let him speak before I started in.

' How is my family? Do we know who the fuck it was? Is Sook where I can speak to her?'

' You're family is just fine. I told you all I designed that house to withstand anything. I simply removed them all because I felt it was the safest thing to do, since most of the guards are at the new house. When I set up the house I didn't take into effect the infants being born there. It was simply designed to house and protect you while you were transforming. It was never meant to be a long term home.'

' Do what?'

" I designed the house to be a fortress to protect you all. But it was never intended to be a permanent place to live. I knew that it would be discovered and that no matter how much protection we had it would never be completely safe once others knew of its whereabouts.

There was not enough cool fresh air coming in to sustain human life for an extended amount of time, and I did not want to take chances with the children being so young.

I am sorry for that oversight. Right now however is really not a good time to speak to her she is currently calming the children down.

We will meet you at the new house soon. I will call Eric and let him know what is going on. I am sorry to ruin your surprise for Sookie. But it cannot be helped. I must go.'

He hung up on me. He fucking hung up on me! I watch as I crush the phone in my hands. I heat my hand till the pieces become an indistinguishable glob of melted plastic.

Fucking hell, I nearly rip the door of its hinges walking back inside the house. I storm back through the rooms I am at and I grab the first were I see and bark at him.

"You get your pack master to contact every pack master he knows of and tell them I said that the war with the humans and vampires has started.

We need to protect each other as supernaturals against any attack. Have him tell them to contact any one they need to get the protection they need.

Do not kill any humans that may attack you. But subdue them and hold them until you hear from me Quinn or the local vampire sheriff. Do you understand?"

With a nod I let him go and I take a deep breath inhaling the scents deeply. I can smell only two scents that are familiar to one of the other places I have been today.

There is also a strong lingering scent of magic. It almost smells of Fae but I know that can't be right. I shake my head and take a deeper sniff and I memorize the scents.

I turn towards the door and give the small were guarding the door his final instructions,

" Do not let anyone pass into this room per the orders of King Eric Herveaux-Northman and Regent Alcide Hereaux-Northman. Is that understood.

Until you here otherwise from either one of us, you and your vampire counterpart are not to let any one enter this room.

Yours and their lives will be forfeit if I smell even one different scent present in the room. Failure is not an option, son."

He nods his head in assent and goes down on one knee and offers his neck in submission. I growl and turn and quickly walk out of the house.

I take in a few deep breaths of fresh air. I can't quite figure out what a Fae would be doing helping out in kidnapping vamps.

It makes no damn sense. They would have to know that either Eric or I would sniff it out. After all we live with a Fae and we both know the scent well.

I clear my head and store my thoughts and questions for later. I look around for humans and then I pop to the front of our new house that I remember from my dream.

When I pop I am right in front of Shaun, one of our new were guards. Shit. I thought Dad had told them all that we could pop.

He nearly drops my wife when I startled him. Not fucking cool. Hell he better get used to it and quickly. I address him coolly.

" I think I can handle it from here, Shaun. Thank you for seeing to my wife."

Taking Sook into my arms I finally feel like I can breathe knowing she is safe. She however is in a very flirty mood as she says,

" Hey there tall dark and handsome how'd you know where I was?'

I don't want her to know I freaked out when I found out so I kiss her sweetly on her lips and reply easily.

" I called Quinn's cell to see if he was able to get a hold of Thomasson. He told me what was going on with y'all. Then Godric called and said y'all was on your way over here, I thought I would pop over here and surprise you."

Godric gives me a look. I know I called him but I don't want Sook to know that I was scared and worried about them.

I should know by now to be able to trust them all to take care of them. Doesn't mean I still don't fucking worry. Instead I continue to redirect Sook's attention and tell her about the house.

I glance at the SUV's and whistle out. They both look like they crossed through enemy territories instead of across town. Trying to change the subject yet again, I probe for more answers to what happened.

Godric's the one to answer me. With the simple raise of his brow I know he isn't going to correct me in front of Sookie but we will discuss this later. Well hell.

It never ceases to amaze me how alert and watchful our babies are. Not even a day old and they seem as though they know exactly what is going on around them.

As Sookie describes everything that the humans were thinking in the trucks that chased them, I keep going back to the Fae scent it smells fucking familiar to me but I can't pinpoint from where or whom it belongs to.

To cover that I wasn't completely listening I change the subject again. Kissing her temple I say.

" Well how about I show you around and then if Eric still hasn't come back when we're through then I'll pop to him and see what's keeping him?"

Of course Sook picks this moment to remind me of who's missing. Shit I never intended to pop home without him.

I knew she'd only worry about him not being safe. He's a grown ass shifter for fuck's sake. I nod to Shaun to open the front doors hoping that the house will distract her from her question.

Apparently she wants an answer before we go in the house since I can't move so I tell her where I left him and that I am going to get him once he calls me.

I ask my own question about her brother and that seems to do the trick. Once she releases me I follow everyone inside stealing a kiss as we cross the thresh hold.

I whisper to her, mine and Eric's wish at seeing her face as she sees the house for the first time. She quickly whips out a phone from somewhere and snaps a picture of the beautiful smile covering her gorgeous face.

I hear Pam and Godric arguing and I turn just in time to see a very irate Godric bowing up on a very scared Pam and Quinn. Apparently she forgot Godric still has the maker's command over her.

Not smart to piss off an ancient who is only trying to keep you and you newborns safe with petty jealousy and sibling rivalry.

Hell even I know better that to piss off Dad with stupid shit when he was stressed. That's like just asking for it.

I hear a scream and little feet running this way as JC comes to a screeching halt in front of Janice crying about Eric, Jason, and Aley being in trouble.

Shit. Sook looks to me to confirm what she heard, I just nod yes as Godric and Pam are on the ground in agony in a blink.

Not a fucking good sign that everything's hunky dory. That's for damn sure. When I try to listen closely to what JC s saying I am suddenly flooded with images from his head.

Poor kid to see that shit. He's gonna have night terrors for a long fucking time. I can't stand watching the images any longer playing on a loop in my mind.

I try to block them out of my mind and concentrate on what we need to do. With a plan in mind. I bark out orders to everyone close by.

Sookie is holding on to me tightly. She tries to put on a brave face for me as I make her promise me to run if I don't return.

The look on her face nearly breaks my heart in two at the shear pain in her eyes at being left alone. She takes one look at our children and returns to stare into my eyes.

I prepare myself to fight her and even stoop so low as to use the safety of our children to get her to comply. I am surprised and relieved when she agrees to do as I say.

I know in my heart that I will do whatever I fucking have to do including killing every mother fucking creature in the world if it means we will be safe. I will return to them with Eric.

I kiss her with every ounce of love I have flowing through my lips into hers. I hand her off to Shaun she tries to smile at me.

It's such a sad smile that I can see the pain and fear of loss etched in her beautiful face and the tears in her eyes that she refuses to shed.

I see a pink bubble encompass the entire group of them and a blue bubble encompass the vamps as I pop away.

Homing in on Jason I pop in just in time to feel a bullet pierce my right shoulder. I whirl around from the pain to only feel three more pierce my upper chest.

Then a fire ball hits me square in the back. While the bullets hurt like a mother fucker they're already healing. But the fire, it hurts like a bitch.

Picturing the flames on my back where it hurts the most. I push all the liquid in my body towards the burning sensation and snuff out the flames quickly.

No matter how many times Aley got me when we were learning our powers she never used her full power on any of us no matter how hard we tried to goad her.

Now I fucking know why. She is a strong ass fucking vamp fairy bitch. Damn that shit still hurts like hell. I freeze the humans when Jason lets down his blue and silver shield.

I pull the silver net off of him quickly. He must of switched sides if he's protecting the humans from Aley's fire balls. I see at least a half dozen dead. All but one was burned.

I turn around and duck when I hear the familiar crackling sound. Just barely missing a fire ball to the face this time. I hear a scream and down goes another human. Shit I forgot to throw up a shield over the humans. Seven down now. Fuck.

I hold Aley still and she starts growling and thrashing about. Trying with all her might to break free of my hold over her. I look behind me and check on Jason.

He's healing but slowly. I'd say it's due to the shear amount of blood pooled around him. His eyes are closed but I can tell he's still fully conscious, just in a lot of pain.

I throw up a shield around him and I watch the silver shield fade from sight again as he lets out a deep groan. I levitate the silver net tossing it over the humans, Jason whispers.

"Thanks man. Give me a few."

I look at the humans who all resemble statues right now. They are definitely all human. I pluck a bullet out of the air close to my head, examining it and then tossing it to the ground.

A solid silver bullet, they were looking for any supernatural to kill. Ass holes I should just let Aley finish them all off.

I hear her grunts and growls as she is still fighting me. There's a ring of fire all around her now where she's still trying to throw fire balls only they just drop to the ground.

She has a crazy look in her eyes and she doesn't look like the Aley I know. She looks almost like an empty shell. Like the lights are on but no one's home. Well fuck.

I look around for anything that I can put the fire out with since I don't want the place to burn down while I'm popping Aley to her cell.

It looks just like an ordinary bed room which means there is not a fucking thing in here to put out a magical fire. Shit. Shit. Shit.

I look back a Jason to see him watching me when I glance over to the humans he seems to get my mental thoughts.

I conjure up a fire extinguisher from home. When I feel its weight I grab the hose and quickly douse the fire at her feet.

I snatch her up quickly before she's able to drop any more fire balls and then pop us both directly in to a cell. She is still struggling against my hold as if she's got a chance in hell of breaking free. I can hear the twins chanting as they ward the cells.

Standing her in the center of the cell I back away and turn towards the front of the cell. I make it almost to the door when I hear a loud whoosh and I look behind me and she's fucking gone.

Shit. She didn't rush past me and I never let my hold slip on her. So who the fuck has her and what the hell do they want with her.

With no time to waste thinking about any longer. I pop back to Jason who's sitting up now. He's as pale as a vampire. But he's healed enough that he held my freeze on the humans when I popped out of here with Aley.

I grab two of the humans with the guns just at the door and pop them to Fangtasia tossing them in the cell with the others.

I grab all nine of the rest using the net to secure them and pop them back to Fangtasia. I holler for Greg and Chris to chain them up since the cells are full.

I pop back one last time to find Jason with a were held to the ceiling. I blur over to him as Jason lowers him.

I quickly have my hand securely wrapped around his neck and his body is still frozen stiff. I am in no mood to play games and he had better fucking talk like his life depended on it. The way I feel right now it does. Flashing my eyes I growl out

" What the fuck are you doing here?"

I shake him a little and loosen my grip a tiny bit so he can answer. But instead Jason asks him another question.

" What do you mean you were frozen outside the door and couldn't move until a minute ago when you came charging in here?"

I shake him again. I need fucking answers now. I don't have time to fucking waste on this pansy ass. He stutters out,

" RRRRR Regent. Sir. apologize. I I I 'm..."

Jason growls out as he stands up slowly. I look back at him and say.

" I don't have time to wait for him to find his balls and talk to us. Aley's missing under magical influence, Eric's warring with the witches most likely under a magical influence too.

I've got Pam, Godric, CC and all our vamp guards in warded cells to keep them from going nuts like Eric and Aley. Can you pop you and this guy to the new house? "

" Yea I think so. Why the new house I thought it wasn't finished yet ?"

" Some ass wipes found the house we were at and bombed it after we left. They all had to flee. But everyone's safe and healthy."

" Yea release him and hand him ta me. I'm still weak but I'm fine enough ta pop his nuts ta Africa with out him if he gives me any shit.

You go ta Eric and I'll pop us both back ta the house once I feel a little stronger. I'll see ya at the house in a bit."

I focus in on Eric and pop right in behind him. I throw a shield up between them and surround Eric in a bubble that prevents him from being further assaulted by the witches.

I can almost see the relief as he sags his shoulders. For the first time I look around and I can see that the witches were throwing everything they had at him.

I can see at least 4 witches dead. Fuck not good. Amelia is out cold, her body is oozing blood from every damn where.

I walk out from behind Eric and they stop firing immediately. You can see the relief written on all their faces. I walk over to where Ames is.

What the hell happened here that Ames felt she needed to fight off Eric? Kneeling down I check Ames out. She's alive but totally unresponsive.

An elderly witch is checking on the injured. I get up from checking on Ames and go over to the old witch. She eyes me cautiously as I approach her.

Hell I don't much trust witches but she has proven herself in helping us in the past. I hope like hell she'll still be willing to help us now. I ask as politely as I can.

" You are Octavia right?"

" Yes."

" My name is Regent Alcide Herveaux Northman. Can you tell me what was going on here that had you fighting with Eric?"

"Ah yes Regent. Some very powerful dark magic was or should I say is controlling him."

I look over at where Eric is still being held captive, and I can see the strain visible on his face as he tries to not fight to break out of my bubble.

I need to get him back to that cell before he disappears like Aley did. Fuck where the hell did she go? I look back at the witch as she continues.

"We were discussing doing safety wards and ecto plamsic reconstructions, even magical searches for the missing vampires.

I was informing his Magisty that I would be happy to visit all the local covens closest to where they had been taken from and assist them in these tasks.

Amelia and I were going over a list of the covens when he told us to all get out. When I looked up into his eyes I could see and smell dark magic descend upon him.

When we tried to escape he blocked the doors then commanded that we try to incapacitate him. Amelia was trying to throw a stasis spell around him and it bounced off him and she took a direct hit.

Carol went to aid her and he shot a lightening bolt from his hand at Amelia but Carol got in the way and it struck her going straight through her.

The whole time this was going on he was barking out orders at us to protect ourselves from him that he wasn't in complete control of himself.

No one here wanted to but after the third one of us that was struck by his lightening we started throwing up shields and energy balls back at him.

He of course started firing at what we were doing rather than at us after that. You could see the strain of trying not to aim his bolts and to purposefully aim at the walls was very trying for him. I could tell it was taking every bit of his concentration not to kill us all.

The ones who died were the ones who tried to flee. No matter what we tried to do to subdue him or stop him, just simply wouldn't work or he just pushed right through it."

Shit. Orrian started this shit, and I'm gonna fucking finish it. He has fucked with us for the last god damn time. I look over at the old witch and ask.

" Can you by chance do a location spell on Orrian?"

" No I can't I am just not powerful enough. Most sorcerers like Orian keep themselves cloaked so that they are magically undetectable."

Shit. Not the answer I wanted. I glance back at Eric again and I can see the toll it's taking on him to not fight through my protection bubble.

He is almost completely healed now and once he's back at full strength I don't know how long I can hold him off by myself. Fuck I need a god damn miracle right about now. Right then a young girl no more than eighteen maybe, comes up to us and says.

" Miss Octavia we can't get out. The doors are still sealed shut but no longer electrically charged. We have tried all the release spells we know of and none have worked."

Octavia looks to me and asks,

" Regent, if you don't mind could you reverse his magic so that my girls can leave if they so wish? I have not been able to overpower his magic since this started."

I look at her then back at the doors and her again. I sigh as someone else tries the doors and they still won't open. Octavia says.

"You must concentrate on his magic that is keeping it closed and will it to open. You are every bit as powerful as he is I can sense it.

Every shield or protection spell we had that we tried was useless against him. You alone have kept him from doing further harm.

Since this doesn't seem to be affecting you, then we have to assume that it is because he is a vampire that the magic was able to infect him.

Someone is controlling his body but it is not necromancy. In necromancy they have no control over their mind as well as their body.

They almost appear to be zombie like in their bodily functions. No the only one that I know of powerful enough to wield this kind of magic are Sorcerers.

I have put a call into several that I know personally, to try and help break his Majesty out of the spell he is under. If they are successful then I will ask that they do a locator spell.

I wish that we could do a power binding spell. But as long as he has his powers then he can continue to hide and protect himself through magic.

Even with your magical help I do not think it would be enough to render him powerless. I will look in my books and see what I can find."

I concentrate on releasing the doors and within moments I hear squeals as the doors pop open. I think about the cells at home that are magically warded against outside magical influence and even binds their powers while they are within the walls of the cell.

I look over and I can tell Eric's having a hard time controlling himself. The bubble lights up every few seconds as he tries to blast his way free. I look back at the witch and say.

" I must get him into a warded cell soon. I need to release him in order to pop him away. I need everyone to leave here so that there are no more casualties.

Once I have him secured I will return and get Ames. I really would like to pick your brain if you would be willing to meet with me.

I have some ideas that I think we need to explore. In the mean time I will ask that you see that everyone is out of the building, and far enough away that he cannot sense you..

Once I release him I will freeze him, but he can pop and he's fast. I don't want to take a chance on him trying to pop to one of you."

" I understand. Give us five minutes and we will be gone. We won't return for ten more minutes. I will then look through my books and contact everyone that I can for help and meet you back here in say one hour. Hopefully with some answers."

I nod my head at her in acceptance and go over and kneel down and check on Ames once more. Whatever he hit her with still has her out cold.

I don't know how much resistance he's going to put up, when I free him. I'll need both my hands to hold onto him to pop us home.

Picking up Ames I quickly take her over and lay her down on the cot over in the corner hopefully out of his sight and firing range.

I take another look around the room. I really am surprised that it doesn't look worse than it does. Shit you can see where all the fire balls, and lighting strikes had hit leaving charred marks on every available surface.

There's blood all over the floor with complete chunks of the concrete missing where it was blasted away. There's holes in the ceiling from more blasts.

From about eye level to say a foot above the ground the back wall where the witches were is completely unscathed.

Hell he really was trying to not hurt anyone. My eyes look up and Shit, I shudder at what I see. Just above where their heads were or well would have been, is a huge black hole where he sent the majority of his bolts and balls.

Turning back I look at Eric and I can see that he is trying hard to remain in control. The witches leaving seems to have calmed him some.

I go to raise my hand and release him from my bubble, and he starts shaking his head no vehemently. I can see that he is fighting the control so much that he has started bleeding out.

I need to get him the fuck out of here before he gets too tired to control himself. I can hear the pain and struggle in his voice as he says,

" No! Leave... me here. I can't... be... trusted to... not... try and kill... everyone... at the... house. You must... go... and get... them... away... from any and... all the vampires.

Take our... family... and... get the hell... out... of... here. You swore to me... to protect... our family... So do it. Take them all and run! "

I step closer to him and he takes a reluctant step back. I know he's only trying to protect us. He needs to fucking let us help him for a change. I counter

" No Eric. Everyone's safe at home I promise. I had everyone of the fanged persuasion locked up in cells that are magically warded to prevent any harm befalling us.

I need to get you out of here and into your own cell. Eric, you are a danger to anyone who happens upon you, not just your family.

Placing you in the warded cell will keep you from harming another and stripping you of your strength to break free.

You and everyone else will be safe until we can figure out what the hell has control of your body and break the spell you are currently under."

I step up next to him and freeze him as I release the bubble. The second he's frozen I grab him in my arms and pop us both to the cell.

I nearly jump out of my skin when I hear a tiny pop and Mel is floating at face level looking at us. She smiles at us with her fangs showing and blasts her Far with a bright yellow light, ripping him out of my arms and tossing him into the farthest wall.

I grab her up and pop out of the cell slamming the door closed behind me quickly. I chance a look to see if he's still there or if hes gone.

Thank fuck he's still in there, just out cold where he landed. Her tiny fangs are peeking out of her mouth pressing down on her lower lip.

Her eyes are closed and it feels like she's sound asleep. Shit what the hell just happened. I cradle her close to me and pop just outside the nursery where I can hear Sookie screaming all while Quinn, Fran and Janice try to calm her down. I look down in my arms and say.

" You little girl are in so much trouble. You shouldn't scare Mommy like that. But thank you for helping Daddy with Far."

I wave at both Shaun and Jeremy as I approach them, but something's off. Neither have responded to my popping in front of them or my wife screaming her head off on the other side of the door behind them.

I walk past the seemingly frozen weres. I smack Shaun in the gut and he doesn't even flinch. Shaking my head I open the door and Sookie launches herself at me.

I have only a moment to shift Mel and catch Sookie. She's crying and mumbling incoherently. I suspect it all has to do with Mel.

She is just like her Mother stubborn and head strong. I look down at the sleeping infant. She looks like such an angel also just like her mother.

I look to Quinn who finally notices Mel and comes toward me only to have Sookie throw him back into a wall holding him there.

Okay then apparently Sook must have noticed she was missing Mel. Surely she's not this upset at just Mel's little disappearing act.

I look at Mel who is now being clung to by Sookie with one arm and me with the other. At this rate they will graduate college before she lets them out of her sight again.

I watch everyone else watch us like were on display at the zoo. Look but use extreme caution when approaching. Jason walks in carrying a baby. He stops dead in his tracks saying.

" Whoa sis. Chill out. Looks like Alc found her and she's safe and sound. Don't take your aggression out on our family.

Let Quinn go sis. He didn't do nothin ta ya. Every one's okay now. You need ta breath sis. Your startin ta scare the babies."

It's then I notice that Quinn still hasn't gotten up. Fran and Tara are more or less hiding behind Janice and the babies. Fuck how long was Mel missing for?

Jason sets down little AJ, then comes and takes Mel, prying Sook's arm away and lays her down too. Lala helps a very disoriented Quinn up.

While I start rubbing her back instinctively trying to calm down her growing hysteria. Jason goes over to Tori Lee, Bas, Jo, JJ, and Cathy saying.

" Okay little ones un freeze your guards now. Y'alls caused enough trouble. Ya can't just take it upon yourselves ta do things without our approval.

Your sister Mel had your momma worried sick now. We have a lot going on right now so y'all need ta be good for us, and I promise if we need y'alls help we'll ask for it. Alright.

{turns back looking at us }Now as for you Sis, you need ta climb off ya man there and let him do what needs ta be done.

Everybody's safe, now relax sis please. When you're tense so are the babies. The babies need you ta feed them and Alc and I will go and get everybody back. In the meantime, just stay in here and try not to assault anybody while we're gone alright."

She looks at him and glares. He just gets glared at, and if I would have said that shit to her I'd be in traction right now.

I look over and Lala comes over hesitantly and wraps her in a hug like she's radioactive. What the hell she been doing to everybody?

I go over and check on my babies giving them each a kiss, when I feel her hands wrap around my waist. She whimpers and says in a tiny voice,

" I'm sorry Bear. When I checked on them and Mel was missing I... I just freaked out. The more people tried to calm me down the more I wanted to find her.

I couldn't feel her and it scared the crap out of me. When I saw you with her I wanted to scream in relief when you walked in with her, and cry in frustration that she went looking for you to feel safe. It's just..."

I pull her around to my side hugging her tightly. I can't let her think they don't feel safe with her. When Mel gets older she's in so much trouble for this little stunt. I pull her chin up to look directly in to her eyes saying.

" Tinker bug, she didn't come looking for me to feel safe. I had just popped Eric into the cell down stairs when she appeared in front of us.

Before either of us could react she blasted Eric into the far wall and I grabbed her and popped us out of the cell and up here.

Now love like Jason said, I need you to relax they can feel your worry and tension. I need to go get Ames and I'll be right back in a moment.

Dr. Ludwig will you hang around? You will need to check out Ames. She was apparently caught in the crossfire."

Kissing her temple I focus on Ames and pop to her. Picking her up I take one last look around. Shit Newlin, Orrion who the fuck ever it is will pay for fucking with my family.

I pop back to the nursery laying her down. She is still out cold. Doctor Ludwig climbs up on the bed with her and starts looking over her.

Sookie and the others go to see what has happened to Ames. I walk over to where Jason is and say quietly.

" I need to go back to talk to the witches in a little while. Are you feeling better?"

" Yea. I'm fully healed I dropped off the were at Fangtasia before I popped here. Getting kinda crowded in that dungeon. Eric needs ta look into expanding.

I told his pack master that I would bring him back when we have time ta verify his story. He said them humans come in but he couldn't move ta stop them. "

Fuck he had to be close by then. I don't like that he seems to know where the fuck our vamps are. I only hope that the wards that the twins put up will keep him from taking Eric. That is not something I want to repeat again. Looking Jason over I say,

" Shit Jason you looked like you shoulda been dead. What the fuck happened to you?"

" Hell if I know. We was looking around the room she was sniffing and I was trying ta see if I felt anything ya know about the vamp.

The next thing I know Aley screams like she's possessed. Then the humans come in and they're firing silver bullets at us.

I threw a shield up around me an Aley and went ta freeze them but more of em kept coming. At the same time Aley starts throwing fire balls at them.

I finally had ta shield them before she killed them all. They was still firing at the both of us, when she starts throwing them fire balls at me.

I fucking got hit by them bullets and several fire balls at the same time and I went down, that's when the silver chain fell on me. It was taking all my concentration on keepin them shields up that I couldn't heal quick enough.

They finally stopped shooting them bullets at me but kept shooting at her. She took a lot of hits. She doing alright now?"

" Shit she ain't here. I popped us back here in the cell and started to walk away from her and whoosh she was gone just like those humans at our coronation.

Whoever was controlling her has got her now. I put Eric in a cell and he was focusing so hard not to attack me that he had started to bleed from his ears, eyes,and nose.

I'm not sure who was controlling him but I think Mel blew it right out of him. She popped right next to us and blasted him, throwing him against the wall.

He is out cold for now. I want you to come with me when I leave to meet with the witches in a few minutes. There's some things I want to go over with them. I'm hoping that they'll have some fucking ideas or hell even some answers for us."

" Yea I'll go with ya. What happened to Ames?"

" Best I can tell she tried to stop Eric with a stasis spell and he deflected it back onto her. She's been like that since I first got there."

" You better go tell Sook bye cause if she looks up and your gone again..."

" Yea yea I know."

I walk up behind her wrapping my arms around her. She sighs leaning into me as we watch our babies sleep. I lean down and whisper in her ear,

" Love, Eric's downstairs. Please do not go down there until I get back. Jason and I are going to go and meet with the witches and finish what Eric started. I still have my cell.

Call me if you need me. Do not let Aley any where near you or the babies for now. Whatever or whomever spelled Eric has her and she wasn't strong enough to fight it off.

So for now you treat her like a threat. I love you my Tinker bug. Thank you for not fighting me earlier. Same as before though if I don't come back you take the babies and run."

" Hey I promised that I will listen to whatever you tell me to do and I meant it. I will try not to fight you on every little thing I learned my lesson. Go I'll let the guards know about Aley. "

Giving her a squeeze I nod at Jason and pop back to the witches' storeroom. I hear a gasp from a witch then I hear Jason say.

" Damn dude. Looks like world war three took place in here. Eric needs ta get in some serious target practice in. His aim sucks balls."

I roll my eyes at his assessment of the room. I walk over to where the witch Octavia is studying something in a bowl. Without looking up at me she responds.

" His aim was spot on child. He was trying to not kill us. The viking is very old and has more control than most vampires twice his age. Now..."

I cringe as Jason gets huffy interrupting Octavia. Fucking hell maybe it wasn't such a good idea to bring him after all.

" Now look Lady I'm not a fucking child..."

Octavia replies with a clear edge to her voice and fire in her eyes. Fuck at least she didn't turn him into a cat.

" To me you are. I have known the viking for centuries. Because of him and his maker alone no real witches died during the Salem witch trials.

He never does anything without knowing just what the consequences will be. Now I have contacted several sorcerers. As you know Orrian is quite old there for very powerful.

The one that is closest to his age is making his way here as we speak. He alone will place a locator spell on Orrian.

He informed me that if it was permissible he would be willing to help find the missing vampires and possibly put a stasis spell on the younger ones.

Since he is almost as powerful as Orrian he would be able to deflect his magic. But be warned one as old as he are dangerous beings that you don't want to anger."

She stared straight at Jason when she said that. Shit how old is this fucker. Octavia looks to be in her 50s and I know for a fact she's over 500 years old.

I listen to what she and Eric had discussed earlier and I want more information. I only hope she's in the mood to share with us.

I remember Ames saying that when she's in a foul mood everyone around her suffers. Right now Jason is a walking talking liability. He pisses people off without even trying.

I ask her about my idea of warded cells and if there is a way to know what threat is causing what. We discussed what she learned in her looking glass bowl .

I was pissed as hell to find out Sophie Anne was still alive or rather undead. She wasn't sure how she fits in to everything but her, Orrian, Newlin and her maker Marcus are all determined to start a war between the supe and humans.

She couldn't tell who had done what. But she hoped to be able to once the sorcerer arrived. But my idiot brother in law proves that both of his feet fit nicely in his mouth when he asks our hostess.

" If this dudes as old an so powerful like ya say then why do we need ya? I mean hell we can get him ta just..."

I snicker when his voice suddenly goes silent but his big ass mouth is still moving. I laugh like hell when Jason tries to mime giving him his voice back. But when she looks up at him stares at him then with a straight face saying.

" What ? What were you saying? You'll need to speak up son, I can't hear you."

I snort loudly as he appears to be trying to scream and I offer Octavia a high five that she returns smirking. Our laughing at Jason's missing vocal chords are interrupted by the sound of a mans deep voice as he says,

" Now , now Tav, you need to answer the questions of children how else are they to learn? I believe the young ones to be what we have all been hoping for.

I would say that Orrian is throwing a major monkey wrench in all of our futures. Apparently he hasn't learned from history what havoc magic causes when wielded for a profit.

I am only going to be able to assist with his magic though reverse it when I am able to. I do not want to upset the balance too much. We do not know what would happen then.

Regent Herveaux- Northman, it is a pleasure to serve you and your mates. This quiet young man must be the Prince, Jason Stackhouse Brigant.

I am Sir Thomas Malory. Yes I was a Knight. No not in king Arthur's court, and unlike Merlin I am quite real. I assure you I will help you in any way I can."

Well fuck me running a god damn Knight. Sooks gonna be in hog heaven. He waves his hand and Jason blurts out.

"Holy fucking hell. How old are you? A real fucking Knight. Sooks gonna shit. Sorry Mam, Sook's my baby sister and his mate/ wife mother of..."

I reach up and smack the back of his head. Hard. Shit we aren't supposed to say anything about the babies yet.

Even with both damn feet in his mouth he still manages to have verbal diarrhea. Why the hell did I bring him again? Ignoring Jason, I see Octavia shake her head as the Knight informs.

"So sorry for misjudging your proper call milady. He is better silent. To answer your questions I am close to 700 years old give or take.

I do not really remember. Yes I am a knight as I said before. It was not uncommon to have sorcerers as knights to aid in protecting soldiers during wars and kingdom take overs. Your sister and her mates have been spoken of for centuries.

All of our hopes of being able to live in a world that is free of hate and bias have spent multiple lifetimes waiting for your union. The babies will be the most magical beings that the world has ever known.

I dare say that the magic your mate wields is much more powerful than mine. She just needs to learn to unleash it and of course control it. The Gods wouldn't have brought you all together if you couldn't succeed.

I can feel the power you both have and while yours, Jason is stronger than Alcide's. I suspect it has to do with your birth rite.

Now I did a simple replay spell on my way here. Magic is heavy in the air. Orrian was most definitely close by. Just like me he needs to be close to cast his magic but he doesn't need to be around to control the vampire the magic does it.

I looked into my seeing bowl..."

Shit Shit Shit! Why her, now here of all places. Fuck I knew she was a witch, I wonder if Eric saw her earlier. Hell I wonder if he even recognized her.

Shit she was the closest I got to finding someone to spend my life with. Sookie won't be a happy camper at fucking all. They hated each other.

Aw hell. Here she comes. Shit. I wonder if I can get the vamps to glamor Jason before we see Sookie so she won't read his mind. Don't we have enough to deal with God?

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