Hello all
First off please let me apologise that I have left my stories unfinished since you were kind enough to take the time to actually read them thus far , I don't take that lightly and all the lovely feedback and reviews have not gone unappreciated . The simple truth is I have sort of fallen out of love with the SVM and TB works, I felt very disappointed by how both turned out and it took the wind out of my Sales, it was the authors and creators provocative to end them when and how they did so can't fault them that it's just not what I was expecting or wanted, I think I am not alone on that front.
I still read some TB and SVM fanfic and recently while trawling through my old favourites I reread Drop dead Gorgeous by Citrox , if you have not read this I whole heartily recommend it , has to be one of the best works I have read on the Fanfic site or anywhere else for that matter , she has sadly abandoned it now it seems as there has been no update for a long time and I guess maybe she has come to the same crossroads as me of she may just have bigger things in her life going on , it's a shame as the talent really shows in the work but it was it is . Anyway after completing the last chapter and it ends on a cliffy by the way I was stuck thinking about it all day wishing I knew how she was going to end it and then thinking even a brief synapsis would have made me happy , so got me thinking is this how my readers felt ? . I don't have it in me to complete Handle with Care or Brave new world , the plots I have in my head would both run for over 30 chapters and I just don't have that in me , if I forced it the result would be substandard and lack luster and most probably a big disappointment to the reader . So what I am doing for both this stories is a farewell break down , I know it will most probably be a let-down for some and again if really sorry but maybe a few would have just liked to know so for them I have updated .
I would like to thank all who have encouraged me and I am happy I could entertain even just a little with my writing, it was fun while it lasted and a great creative outlet, I enjoyed every minute of it.
Doubt I will be posting again so let me take this opportunity to wish you good health and happiness to you and your family's, take care out there.
Regards
Carl Marx
(Michael)
BRAVE NEW WORLD
Upon waking Sookie finds Eric sitting in the room quietly waiting for her , initially she is terrified and attempts to secret the steak knife from her dinner behind her , Eric calmly informs her he is aware she has the knife and it would do her little good , with more chance of her injuring herself than doing any damage to him . He explains the situation they both have now found themselves in , he is aware she is afraid but attempts to assure he means her no harm and has no plans to brutalise her , This Eric is a pragmatic Vampire he needs sookie for blood but is aware that treating her harshly will in the long run most likely cause her to die or attempt to end her own life , he offers a bargain , he will provide for and protect her in exchange for her Blood , both for himself and for Pam his child , he even offers to do this vie a blood transfusion kit to minimise the ordeal , and also as Pam is still relatively young and has not fed for some weeks , it would be dangerous for sookie , he himself being older can withstand the hunger a little better , although he informs Sookie she smells very good and extremely tempting .
At first Sookie begs to be released but Eric points out that she has no place to go , if she returns home she will most likely be picked up again by the Vampire scouting parties , returned to the stock yard and sold again , maybe this time to a Vampire who will rape and mistreat her . Eventually Sookie accepts begrudgingly she has no choice but flat out tells Eric she will never trust one of his kind after what she has seen, Eric accepts this and says hopefully in time she will view this deal for the blessing that it is.
For the next few weeks Eric holds to his side of the bargain , Three times a week Sookie uses the blood donors kit to provide a set amount of blood that will provide for Eric and Pam but without endangering her Health , she is allowed full access to the underground safe house with use of the Library , Cinema and bizarrely she notes a Bowling alley , she minimises contact with Eric and Pam as much as possible but is grateful they do not push her for more than what was agreed , although Pam flatly states she would very much like to have Sex with Sookie and if she ever feels the need to release some tension she is happy to oblige , Sookie balks at this and also Pam's request that if she prefers Men to let her Watch Sookie have sex with Eric . Pam in this story is very similar to Eric not mushy but not brutal she knows like Eric that they need Sookie happy as they can make her and Healthy as there are so few humans left, without Sookie she and Eric will starve and without them Sookie would most likely be killed, she calls the Vampires still killing and brutalising the humans that are still left beyond stupid, staying stuck in the past.
As time goes on Sookie begins to except the Vampires more , she stops calling them ''it '' as she can now see their personalities a bit better , Pam although slightly cold is interesting to speak with and brutally honest , a trait Sookie appreciates , Eric while imposing is undeniably attractive and also obviously very wise , surprising Sookie with his knowledge of the Arts and music as well as his general philosophy on eternal life , when Sookie eventually out of shear curiosity ask why he has never tried to exploit her sexually as he could very easily , he reveals a glimpse into his own past and how both he and Pam have in their human and Vampire lives experienced sexual violence and that it is not something that interests him at all , he is a Vampire not a monster.
A full year passes with Sookie knowing little of what's going on in the outside world, she is only allowed out for brief periods at night in the company of Eric or Pam and only in the house grounds, the risk of infection is still present as is her scent being picked up by now starving roving Vampires.
One night Eric comes to Sookie to advise the Vampire hierarchy has managed to cobble together a loose new regime with the monarchs of the old system now holding a council based power structure , he as an elder respected Vampire is expected to make an appearance at a summit with other Vampires to discuss and plan how they are going to move forward , he needs also to attend to forge and renew old alliances as no one can now stand alone , he can't risk leaving Sookie unprotected as Pam also is going to have to come to provide him back up should the worse happen . Sookie is most unhappy as although she now has a certain amount of trust for Eric and Pam she will never forget what she saw in the Stock yards, with little choice they make arrangements to Travel to the summit in Washington.
They leave Louisiana vie private Jet that Pam can pilot and arrive in Washington a month later, Eric schools Sookie on Vampire etiquette and how she must act around other Vampires, he informs her that as a young healthy as well as physically attractive human she is now worth twice her weight in gold and will inevitably draw attention from others of his kind, Sookie is fearful and dreads being surrounded by Vampires with only another Vampire she is not completely trusting of for protection.
The Summit is a ridiculous grand affair , Vampire monarchs seem almost semi desperate to cling to a sense of grandeur and to Sookie are almost in denial about what is happening in the world around them , most Vampires have forcefully taken humans as pets in a similar arrangement that she herself has with Eric and Pam but can see she has it better than most , being allowed to wear a simple sun dress rather than skimpy bathing suits with leash and collars , the monarchs with visual pleasing Pets take pleasure in showing off what they have and as Eric warned she is encroached upon by many Vampires with Eric being offered great wealth and other boons to share or sell her , in one disturbing incident the Vampire King of New York offers to trade his human , a twelve year old boy in exchange for sookie , she nearly has an outburst at the savagery of this but is quickly removed from the room by Eric .
Teetering on hysteria Sookie is pushed over it by discovering that the Vampires have been feeding their healing blood to infected humans to make semi Renfield slaves, they fulfil the domestic needs of the vampires as barely human anymore slaves, little more than shuffling zombies but kept separate from the Pets to rule out infection, the sight of lines of hunched naked and sometimes rotting former people carrying out tasks behind plexi glass windows causes her to have a small break down.
Back in their provided accommodations and in private Sookie rants and raves and even physically attacks Eric , raging at the injustice his kind are heaping on an already suffering humanity , Eric allows her to hit and abuse him until she collapses in tears .
The next day Sookie spends her time contemplating her own and the other humans fate, from the window of her secure room she watches the zombie humans carrying out their duties like worker ants, with no discernible personalities left, the feeling of no control and hopelessness is over powering, although she has also now excepted that blaming Eric for the actions of all Vampires is unfair and as wrong as blaming her for all the deeds of man.
That night Sookie joins Eric in his room as he is dressing for evening and disrobes in front of him, clearly confused after her actions last night he begins to ask her what she is doing, before he can speak he allows her to push him back onto the bed and tells him that if he says another word she will stop and leave. Shedding him of his cloths Sookie takes control of the encounter and after arousing Eric proceeds to have sex with him, culminating with Eric biting her for the first time.
After with Sookie still lying on top of Eric she finally allows him to speak and ask why she did that, she explains that she needed to feel in control of something and to feel something other than fear and anxiety, understanding her motives he jokingly lets her know that her can understand and most certainly approves of her method of doing that, although Sookie points out not to expect to much more in the future.
After dressing in silence Pam bursts into the room panicked and tells them they all must leave , outside they can all now hear sounds of commotion and fear , rushing to escape they encounter a vampire vomiting blood and clearly showing signs of sickness , Pam shoots him with a pistol she has secreted on herself to stop him coming to close .
Back at the private airfield Eric is refuelling the jet and Pam making pre-flight preparations when Sookie is shocked to have the young boy from the summit fling himself into her arms , he is quickly followed by the King of New York who demands the boy back , Sookie afraid as she maybe is unable to bring herself to hand him over , angered the King advances on them deciding to take them both , before he can reach them Eric having heard the encounter beheads the king with a propeller blade he has found , he unhappily berates Sookie for being foolish but she is unrepentant and says she will fight him every step of the way unless he allows her to bring the boy with them , exasperated he agrees so they can leave as quickly as possible.
The final chapter is set three years later , after landing safely on a small island off the Swedish Coast they have settled into a safe house Eric owns on a sheep farm , safe and provided for they are working on creating what passes for a new life for themselves , the small Boys names is revealed to be Hunter and while he rarely speaks due to his traumatic experiences he has forged a parental bond with Sookie and she with him , giving her something to concentrate her efforts on and bring some small piece of mind , even Pam has begrudgingly become fond of the child although she refuses to admit it out loud . Eric and Sookie continue their physical relationship on and off again and both are honest that nether loves the other but comfort is now a hard thing to come by and simple pleasures should be seized upon when possible .
What happened to the Vampires at the summit is revealed to be the product of their own actions and hubris, by feeding their blood to infected humans to make them slaves they unknowingly introduced Gundown to vampire physiology, the humans were kept alive by the blood and eventually Gundwon mutated to allow it to infect Vampires as well as humans, now the disease is capable of wiping out both species and is ravaging their numbers as well.
The Story ends with Sookie walking on the beach at dawn watching the sun rise over the ocean as Hunter plays in the surf , she muses that this new world is not exactly perfect but it's what they have and it's up to them to make it one worth living in .
