"What is she doing here, Sookie?" Bill hissed. He stared at me with a baleful glare.

"Nice to see you, too, Billy." I smirked. I ducked into the car. I poked my head out. "By the by, I'm here because she bribed me with food." I plopped into my seat.

"Is that really necessary?" Sookie sighed in exasperation.

"She's just as bad as Eric. Why did you want her to come along?" Bill muttered to my cousin.

"She was just gonna stay inside and forget to eat. I have to make sure she's okay." Sookie muttered. I tried to ignore the two in the back as I sat in front with a heavily glamoured driver. They continued to whisper to each other in a half-hearted argument.

The car stopped after a while of congested traffic. I looked up at the several stories of the lit up beacon that was the vampire hotel. "Ostentatious." I commented as we stepped out of the car. Sookie and Bill shared a suffering look.

We checked into the hotel, and learned that Eric would be here shortly.

"Generous of the guy to give me my own room." I muttered as I stuffed my hands in the pockets of my jacket. We had been waiting in the lobby for a while for this Eric guy to show up and take us to some place the village Vamps hung out.

"I'd say less generous, and more prudent." A new voice spoke up. We all turned to see an extremely tall blond guy with the bluest eyes. I cocked my head.

"Eric, you're finally here." Sookie grouched.

"What makes you say that?" I arched an eyebrow at the blond Vampire, ignoring my cousin.

"Sookie wouldn't be happy with me if I had you room with me, and Bill wouldn't be happy if I had you room with them. I really don't want to deal with complaints on this trip, so your own room it is." He also ignored Sookie to divulge this information.

"Eh. You wouldn't enjoy the first option anyway." I shrugged as I stood to leave with the rest of them.

"You're coming with us?" Bill sneered.

"No. I'm going to let my cousin be surrounded by a bunch of people who are potentially dangerous with only two other people I don't completely trust to protect her from said dangerous people." The sarcasm was thicker in my voice than my southern drawl.

"I like her. You plan on keeping her around?" Eric snorted as he held the lobby door open for us.

"I hope so. I live with her." I joked. Eric arched his brow at Sookie suggestively.

"She's my cousin!" She hissed at the tall blond. "I told you that already."

"Now that you mention it, that sounds familiar." Eric commented offhandedly, opening the car door for me as Bill opened the door for Sookie. I was in the front seat as Sookie and Bill were in the back seat. Eric was driving. I felt chills come over me, and shivered in my jacket and beanie.

"Cold?" Eric looked over to me and turned down the air.

"Nah, just had the image of what would happen if Nosferatu and Smeagol had a kid and it was't pretty." I lied. I looked back at my cousin, thankful that she couldn't read my mind. As we pulled up to a secluded giant house, I could feel my stomach turning. Eric and Bill opened Sookie's and my door. I made eye contact with Eric, and understanding dawned in his eyes about my present predicament. "How disrespectful would it be if I upchucked in the bushes over there?" I asked as nausea began to take over.

"Go." Eric muttered. "I'll deal with it." The others made their way to the front door as I ran to the furthest bush I could reach and spilled the bile from my stomach in painful retches. I could hear Eric speaking to someone at the door. "We have one other. They'll be in once they're done expelling their food in the bushes." I heaved again, with nothing to show for it but stomach cramps. I knelt there for a moment to catch my breath in hoarse pants. I pulled a travel bottle of mouthwash from my purse and swished it around to alleviate my nose from the stench of vomit. I spat it out quickly and moved to join my cousin indoors. As I entered the place, I noticed the female Vamp giving me a reassuring smile. The unfamiliar male was glaring at me with unrestrained disgust.

Immediately, I wanted to hurl again from the very low shrieky buzz that was coming from somewhere in the house. They were all in the middle of some argument over something or other. I realized quickly what the buzzing was. I quickly disrupted the signal it was giving off to think properly.

"I hope it has already come to everyone's attention there is a spying audio device in the house." I spoke up, trying to stop the ringing in my ear by shaking my head a little.

"And you know this, how?" The unfamiliar male growled.

"How do I know you were just talking to me?" I gave a deadpanned expression. "I can hear it. It gives off a really low, pitchy buzz." I began to look around, following the buzz to the kitchen with the others following me. I reached the counter and put my hand under it. "I hope I don't find chewed gum under here..." I muttered before I pulled out the listening device. "Now to scramble it." I sent a vibration through, so that it would sound like feedback indefinitely on the other end. "Did you know? Electronics give off miniscule vibrations when they're on or in some cases even plugged in." I tossed it to the sour male Vamp as I strolled back over to my cousin and her two 'bodyguards'. "Lesson for the day, kids. So, what did I miss?"

"It appears that the Fellowship of the Sun has taken Godric captive." Eric muttered stoicly.

"Okaay... How? He's a Vampire? In a test of strength or speed, he should win." I frowned. "When's the last time anyone saw him?"

"Why are we letting humans in on this?" The male snarled.

"Because these humans are useful? As I just showed by finding your little bug?" I stared at the idiot.

"They saw him last at a club. Apparently, he was last seen going into the restroom with a human man in a cowboy hat." Eric muttered to me with gritted teeth.

"Okay. That's half of the South." I ignored my cousin's red face upon hearing that tidbit a second time. "But you said you believed it's the Fellowship's dirty work? They're the single biggest anti-vampire group around here, right? Sounds like a safe bet."

"You're driven. Why are you so eager to help a Vampire you are so unconnected with?" The female tilted her head curiously.

"The faster we get this over with, the faster I can go home, and the faster Sookie fulfills the promise of food." I shrugged. "And now I kinda want to save this gay Vampire stranger. The quicker that happens, the less time for death to occur, right?" Everyone stared at me in confusion. "Am I speaking Cantonese, people? What's the battle plan?" I fought the urge to snap my fingers. Seriously! I'm the one with the inoperable brain tumor, and I'm the only one aside from Eric using our brain. For fucks sake.

"I'll infiltrate the Fellowship." Sookie blurted.

"Sookie!" Bill hissed.

"Okay." Eric agreed.

"Shut the fuck up." I glared at her. Everyone was silenced again. Oh, for the love of Christ, the guy hates on humans but is listening to me like a pawn in my little game of chess. "Sorry, sorry... You sure, Sook?"

"Yeah. We need to find out if he's there. So I'll go." She affirmed.

"You can bring my human, Hugo. It will be less conspicuous." The female smiled at us.

"Fine." I sighed. "But if I don't get a call or text by half past noon, I'm coming in after you." I crossed my arms.

"With what? You don't look like you weigh six stone soaking wet." The male snorted. "What kind of threat would you pose?"

"Excuse me! I weigh a least seven stone, dry, thank you very much. And as for being intimidating, I don't need to overpower them to get my point across." I glared at the male. "And if you're going to insult me, at least make it a point to learn my name."

"Samantha!" Sookie gasped as the male's fangs dropped.

"Go ahead." I shrugged. my heart stayed steady. "You'll be one useful human short on this little escapade of yours. And by the looks of it, you need me more than you can afford to lose me." I turned to Eric who had stiffened with his eyes on the male, fangs out. "I'll be waiting in the car. I know my part in this." Eric nodded tersely in acknowledgement as I traipsed back through the house and out to the car. I pushed the seat back down to lay back until they came out. My dizziness caused me to close my eyes and start to doze off...

"Sammy, can you move the seat up?" I was jostled out of my sleep by my cousin.

"Fucking hell!" I groused sleepily while jerking my seat up. But just as the temper flared, it dissipated quickly. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah. I met Isabelle's human, Hugo. He and I are going in there tomorrow." Sookie smiled.

"I stick by my statement." I said, exhaustion coloring my tone. I turned to the blond Vamp beside me as we made our way through traffic. "So why are you so accommodating to me?"

"It seems to benefit me at the moment." He smirked at nothing in particular.

"You're alright, Northman. And here, Sookie is always telling me how much of an asshole you are." I snorted to myself. Eric's smirk only grew as Sookie tried to reprimand me from the backseat.

"Get some rest, you two. You'll need it." He instructed as he stopped the car in front of the hotel.

"Sir, yes sir." I mock saluted in my usual smartass tone.

"I like her spirit." I heard Eric admit as I opened the door and made my way to the lobby.