True Blood

Radioactive

When I finally arrive back with no Eric in sight I go to the other world and see Warlow smiling at me as he holds vines 

"There she is. Come on." he says as I watch him play with flowers i look at the ornament 

"It's beautiful." I whisper 

"With 5,500 years to prepare, I should hope so. You know, even in ancient times, the Maypole ceremony was reserved only for fae who had found their soul mates. And that was rare even then. If light shone from their touch. It's quite simple-- when night falls, you take this and I will take this. We wrap ourselves around the Maypole. Once we're fully entwined, we use both our lights to render this one closed circle into two, and they become our wedding rings." Warlow says explaining the ornament to me and I shake my head feeling overwhelmed I was only 22. Marriage hadn't even crossed my mind yet 

"Warlow?" I whisper and he turns to smile at me 

"Meghan?" he asks 

"You know, I wasn't lying when I said I keep my promises.  But a lot's changed since I last saw you." I whisper and he sighs 

"You've been gone four hours." he says rolling his eyes 

"It's not the amount of time. It's that I just watched my friend get buried and I watched as someone I thought I loved just up and vanished." I whisper 

"Oh, Megs do you know how many loved ones I've seen buried in my lifetime?" he whispers and I sigh feeling frustrated 

"Please, just... let me say this. All right. There's no denying I have feelings for you. You've awakened something in me. But what has changed is that my friends are safe and you're no longer in danger. So there's no ticking clock." I whisper 

"So, in other words, I've held up my end of the bargain." he says folding his arms frustrated 

"You have, but... I'm thinking that a life of eternity together should be based on more than a bargain." I whisper 

"Okay, so what do you suggest?" he asks 

"I'm asking if you'll date me." I state seeing anger form in his eyes 

"Date you? As in drive-in movies and bowling?" he asks 

"Not really, no. As in, we spend time together off this plane, in the real world, see how we fit." I whisper but he just growls 

"We made a deal, megs" he whispers 

"I know we did, but we don't need a closed circle to be together. You could be part of this community. They'll accept you  my friends, my family  They still need me and I'm not ready to leave them behind." I whisper but then I watch as he sighs and slaps me across the face and i fall to the ground dazed 

"Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?" he growls picking me up by the throat I watch as he ties me up and I realise I can no longer use my powers 

"Do you think I've waited 5,500 years to become a part of your community? To share you with your friends of low birth in fucking Bon Temps?" he growls 

"You actually buy into all that royalty crap?" I ask scoffing 

"You don't fucking get it, do you? I was never meant to be a vampire, Meghan. My life was blessed. My people, they had a capacity for joy unmatched by any tribe to ever walk the earth. That's what Lilith took from me. It's what I took from them. I need to get back to the start. Do you see that?" he asks moving closer towards me 

"I can't give you back what you lost, even if I wanted to." I cry and I watch as he growls before he grabs my neck 

"You will fill this hole... whether you like it or not." he cries and I scream as I feel the energy form into a ball in my hands and even though i'm tied up I can still use my wrists he laughs stepping back 

"Oh, come on. We both know you're not gonna use that on me." he says smirking 

"No, but I will take this stupid ball of light and throw it away. So help me God, I'll do it. And then where will you be? Because you don't want a vampire bride. You want a faerie vampire bride." i cry but I watch as he quickly grabs my hands and places them above my head so that I cant move them at all 

"You really are a danger whore, aren't you? You know, you risk everything on the hope that you are special, that you'll be saved... by some unique love the vampires have for you. But you should've trusted your first instinct. You knew me better than I knew myself, because it turns out that I do just want to fuck you and own you and use you for your blood." he hisses kissing my neck 

"Monster." I growl and he smiles "What the fuck are you smiling at? Your intended just called you a fucking monster." I hiss and he runs his hands on my face 

"Good news. Night has fallen." he cries before he bites into my neck sucking my blood but I hear someone inside my head 

Megs are you there? Are you okay? the voice of a woman comes through 

Please, I don't wanna be a vampire. I cry back and i realise she must have been a fairy or something as it's the only way I can think that something would be able to get inside my brain and when I look up I see Bill, Jason and a few other people but I'm too weak to move as I watch Bill hit Warlow and he disappear before anything else can happen and that's when I pass out. When I finally wake up I hear racket from downstairs 

Get up Meghan, Hide the voices whisper and I do exactly that 

"Oh, Meghan, Meghan, Meghan" Warlows voice comes through in a singsong voice and I hear him enter my room  "In 1,000, 2,000 years, you'll learn to love me." he hisses but he grabs me from my hiding space "I know you've been hurt, but don't push me away." he whispers 

"I am not your damaged pet." i cry 

"We'll heal each other." he whispers pressing his lips against mine but I shake him off 

"I do not complete you." i cry but before anything else can happen I see someone grab Warlow from the portal 

"Get your hands off her!" Grandpas voice says from the portal and I scream I touch Warlow and he explodes 

6 months later 

I was watching TV "As new cases of the virus now known as hepatitis V continue to be diagnosed every day and the Center for Disease Control scrambles to understand its strange mutation pattern, one voice has risen above the rest in dispelling the many fallacies surrounding the virus's origins. "And God Bled" has spent seven weeks at the top of the "New York Times" Bestseller List. Joining me now is the book's author, William Compton." The Tv reporter states and I see Bill on the TV

"Thanks for being here, Bill." The tv man says 

"Thank you for having me." Bill replies 

"Okay, so, you're a god." the man says and Bill laughs 

"I was a god." Bill replies 

"Are you insane?  Because I read your book and it reads like fiction." the man says and Bill laughs again 

"Well, that's what makes it such a good read." Bill replies 

"So it's entirely true that you walked into the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and you ripped Truman Burrell's head off? So you realize that what this book is, then, is a 350-page irrevocable confession. Aren't you worried that you're gonna have to stand trial for what you've done?" the man says and Bill smiles 

"And what jury would convict me? Hepatitis V did not exist until this man dreamed it up. He used taxpayers' money to hire scientists to create a deadly virus that has spread, though it's hard to say with any real certainty but according to reports, into 1/8th..." the man on Tv says and I watch as Alcide steps into the room 

"What you watching?" he asks and I smile 

"Oh, just Bill on TV." I whisper 

"Again?" he says rolling his eyes 

"Are you mad 'cause I'm watching?" I ask smirking 

"No, 'cause you ain't watching anymore.' Sookie wants us to eat dinner together as a family" Alcide says laughing and I smile before getting up and following my sisters boyfriend into the kitchen. The next day Alcide and I head to church while Sookie stays at home and when we exited the parking lot I was stopped by Bill 

"Leaving so soon?" Bill asks and I hear Alcide growl beside me 

"I saw you on TV last night. You-- you were good." I say giving him a smile 

"May I have a moment alone with megs?" Bill asks and I look up at Alcide who shakes his head 

"Anything Bill has to say to you, he can say to me, too." Alcide growls and I nod 

"You heard the man." I respond and Bill sighs 

"You meet anyone tonight?" Bill asks and I tilt my head 

"If you're asking if I made any arrangements with any vampires, Bill, no, I did not. But I did meet some lovely people." I say and he shakes his head 

"You need a vampire in your life, Megs More so than anyone else here. You need protection." Bill says and Alcide growls 

"She's got me." Alcide states 

"You're not good enough." Bill responds without taking his eyes off me and I watch as Alcide steps up growling and I grab his arm 

"You can growl all you want, bright eyes, but it doesn't change the truth.
I'm offering you my protection." Bill says and I shake my head 

"And I appreciate that, but I'm gonna take my chances all the same." I whisper 

"I've changed, Megs. I can be trusted again." Bill says and I sigh 

"That's the thing, though. Even at your best... I could never really trust you." I whisper but then I smell something that smells like sickness and I watch as Bill and Alcide look around 

"Somebody mind telling me what the hell's going on?" I cry