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His childe was tied to a table, small hisses and whimpers escaping him as the scent of burning flesh filled their senses. The reverend, Steve Newlin, ranting on about a sacrifice and destroying the world of all evil. The blonde telepath was in the arms of the followers, crying out at them furiously while his nest threatened to take them down. They both sighed.

"This reminds me when we had that village after us with fire and pitch forks, saying they wanted to run us back to hell. It is pathetic really, how little has changed in the time that has passed" Luna stated as she watched the scene in front of her, the reverend running on about tying the blonde girl to the vampire who had dared try and insult her previously.

"It is" he agreed before brushing his lips against her temple in an affectionate manner as Steve Newlin continued to speak about them not being from this world. When he had been complementing death he had believed it to, but his Luna like always had made him see reason and it seemed she still had the ability to do so.

It was when an obvious relation of the blonde human started to fire what looked to be paint balls at Newlin that Luna couldn't help but raise a brow, her eyes roaming over both him and the vampire who had barged in the room who was clearly the one who had a claim on the girl as he started ranting about killing everyone. She shook her head at the pathetic display; this was a severe waste of her time.

"Oh for the love of" she sighed as she took note of this Eric being freed and slamming into the reverend, before what looked to be Godric's nest mates bursting in creating an apparently dramatic entrance for the humans.

"Kill them, all of them" Stan demanded before they spread out, grabbing the humans who were closest and baring their necks ready to sink their fangs into the humans flesh. Luna could see that this was not how Godric wanted it to end, he had kept her grounded when she had lost herself and she knew unneeded slaughter affected him greatly since reuniting with him.

"Go to them" she smiled reassuringly, Godric looking at her before nodding. His lips pressed against hers in a loving manner, his hand cupping her cheek before he pulled away with a whisper that he would get this dealt with quickly.

Quickly speeding to where they could all see him his voice rang around across the hall, the vampires from his nest freezing with the command but not releasing the fearful humans in there grasps with the hope of vengeance.

"Enough" he called out to his nest mates, "You came for me I assume" he continued, ignoring the way Luna's eyes narrowed before she disappeared into the shadows causing him to have to mask a frown. "Underling" he called to Stan, stopping the cowboy-like vampire from sinking his fangs into the young male he had a tight grasp on.

"Yes sheriff" Stan replied reluctantly, knowing that the last thing Godric would want was for the room to rain blood like he had wanted.

"These people have not harmed me, you see we can co-exist. Mr Newlin, I do not wish to create bloodshed with on this cold floor. Help me set an example, if we leave you in peace, will you do the same?" he asked calmly, the room perfectly silent for a few moments until the reverend spoke.

"I will not negotiate with sub-humans" he sneered as he pulled himself together, his head aching from the green paintball which had been shot directly between his eyes on his forehead. "Kill me, do it" he suddenly asked of Eric as he got on his knees "Jesus will protect me" he continued as he bared his neck to the furious Viking.

"I am actually older than your Jesus, I wish I could have known him but I missed it" Godric stated before he was behind the reverend, holding him by the scruff of his neck as he pulled the panicked human to his feet.

Luna continued to watch from the side lines, not knowing why such a pure hearted vampire would see in a cold person such as herself. He had a dark, a powerful and vicious side much like herself, but it bothered him to see bloodshed when she felt nothing.

"Good people, who is willing to die for this man's madness?" Godric asked, his face void of all emotion as he looked among the shocked but quiet crowd. "That's what I thought, stand down everyone" he stated, the vampires reluctantly doing so as they knew they could not disobey their sheriff. "People, go home, it's over now"

"Oh thank god, Bill" Sookie breathed as she pressed herself against her vampire, but even doing so she couldn't help but picture what Eric had looked like on the table and she soon found herself shivering at the thought.

"It's alright, you're safe now" Bill comforted her, pleased and relieved that she was alright, safe and sound.

Godric's eyes ran around the hall, expecting to see Luna only to come up short. His panic increased but he hid it well, throwing Newlin to the floor before speaking in an emotionless tone before directing the vampires in his area.

"Come" he stated as he walked towards the exit where the humans had begun to fled, his eyes scanning his surroundings as he tried to pick up on Luna's position. It was Stan who stopped him, the fact he was only walking at human speed a habit he had picked up from Luna long ago.

"But sir, after what these humans have done to you" Stan asked, hoping that their sheriff would change his mind but knowing it was a pointless effort. He was right.

"I said come" Godric stated calmly, but it left no room for argument as he quickened his pace while he heard his childe asking if his human interest was alright. He blanked it out though, the only thing on his mind being that he hoped Luna had not disappeared and left him without her, he couldn't bare it.

It was back at the nest that Eric knew something was wrong with his maker, the young looking appearance of his sire hiding the amount of power which he was capable of. He sat on his expensive looking white chair as his area vampires knelt as a sign of respect to welcome him back, Eric not having the guts to speak up about the vampire who had earlier that day had him pinned to the wall with no effort on her part.

"You need to drink Godric, we have a number of available donors" he stated, his maker looked pale even for a vampire. He had spoken to Isabel, apparently his maker had started to become more and more distant and reserved as time grew on and he couldn't help but worry for the vampire who had saved him and given him a second chance at life.

"I am not hungry, Childe" Godric stated, feeling dread fill him when he could not find Luna in the church. He knew she would be back, she had told him she would be and he knew never to judge or second guess her word. She followed it through, but saying she would be back didn't mean he knew when.

"I am worried for you Godric, Isabel-"

"Isabel has her own opinions, I need little blood nowadays" he waved off Eric's concern, his eyes taking a distant quality as he continued to vaguely pay attention to the people who approached him, his eyes narrowing slightly when the blonde human who his childe had sent to his rescue mention his sire.

It was after he had dismissed Hugo that there was a scene between a vampire dressed in red and the blonde he knew to be called Sookie. He sighed, closing his eyes briefly as he watched his childe look more than intrigued with what was happening.

"You like her" he stated causing Eric to snap his head towards his maker, finding himself suddenly lost for words.

"She is Compton's human, a valuable asset" he replied as he looked away, hating to admit it out loud that Sookie wasn't his.

"There was genuine fear in her eyes when she took the silver off you" Godric stated, letting the comment run on its own before it fully sunk in.

"You watched" he frowned, the fact his maker had watched him being tied with silver and yet not acting making his mood sour instantly.

"I was...distracted" Godric sighed out as his eyes remained locked on the scene in front of him, though his eyes took a another distant look as he remembered speaking to Luna as if it was old times. It was shocking but pleasing at how quickly they returned to enjoying each other's presence, his lips on hers as he held her against him bringing forward the happiest times he had had as a vampire.

"The female vampire you were with in the basement-" Eric started only to be cut off when Godric sent him a withering look. Even on his boyish features it struck warning and fear through him, he may have looked taller and more powerful but he was fully aware of how easily Godric could throw him around as if he was a child. He had been on the receiving end in his early years as a vampire, multiple times and he did not wish for a repeat.

"I would change your train of thought childe; trust me you do not want to go there!" Godric warned as his previously uncaring and relaxed mood turned tense, his hands flexing with the restraint it was taking him not to pounce on his childe. Eric immediately sensed this and left the topic alone, though he couldn't help his curiosity. He had never seen his maker act like this, though he had to admit it was better than the depressive state he had heard about from both Stan and Isabel.

Godric watched as the brunette vampire he heard was called Lorena fight with Sookie, the arguing getting on his nerves due to the fact he had enough on his mind without having people add to it. He was anxious and slightly worried about Luna, hoping it wouldn't be too long until she made a reappearance.

It was when the vampire made a move to attack the foolish girl that he had her by the throat, did the girl have a death wish by making such a claim when they didn't have the power to back it up?

"Retract. Your. Fangs, now" Godric stated calmly and slowly, watching as the wide eyed vampire quickly clicked her fangs back into place as they quickly ascended. Lowering her down he kept eye contact with her, not in the mood for such trivial things. "I neither know, nor care who you are. But in this area, and certainly in this nest I am the authority. Do you understand?"

"Yes sheriff" he waited for her to speak, his calm façade never changing as he released his grip on her throat.

"This woman has proven herself to be courageous, a loyal friend to our kind" he stated as he looked towards the foolish girl, her actions may have been unnecessary and naïve but it was clear she had good intentions when his childe had sent her to rescue him from a situation he had literally walked into. "And yet you treat her like a child does a dragonfly, pulling off wings for sport. No wonder they hate us"

"She provoked me" Lorena stated, her form shaking slightly due to the amount of power he was extruding.

"And you provoke me. You disrupted the peace in my own home, I could snap you like a twig but I haven't, now why is that?" he asked calmly, not being able to help but think of how differently his own maker would have acted in such a situation like this.

"It's your choice" she stuttered out, the fact he was so calm making her have to fight the urge to flee.

"Indeed it is. You're an old vampire, I can tell. You've had hundreds of years to better yourself but you haven't, you're still a savage, and I fear for all of us, humans and vampires if this behaviour persists" he stated before looking towards the vampire who stood protectively near Sookie. "You, you seem to know her"

"Yes sheriff"

"Escort her from the nest" he stated before his attention returned to the trembling vampire. "I wish you out of my area by dawn" he stated before he watched them leave, returning to his seat as the room slowly returned back to what it was before all the tension arose.

He couldn't help but find it tedious, how savage they could be. Luna he knew was different, she was born in a time of war and blood, it was ingrained into her yet she didn't kill for sport, she didn't kill for fun she always had a reason. Few would take note of that fact he thought, but she was not a monster.

He was interrupted from his thoughts when there was suddenly a commotion at the entrance of the room, everyone's eyes immediately locking onto the human.

"Excuse me everyone, if I could have your attention. My name is Luke McDonald and I am a member of the Fellowship of the Sun, and I have a message for you all from Reverend Steve Newlin" was what he got out before he unzipped his jacket to reveal a bomb made of silver, panic erupting in the room as Godric's eyes widened as he took note of the situation. The vampires and humans close to him fearing for their lives, knowing they were too close to escape the explosion as soon as he set it off. It seemed that everyone had the exact same thought running through their head as the seconds seemed to feel like eternity, 'oh shit!'