Eric raced frantically to Sookie's house. He had just hung up and he could feel the fear radiating through the bond. Why hadn't Sookie told him about her new friend? She should have known that it would be dangerous to Missy with vampires around. After what happened to most of Sookie's friends, Eric was afraid that this would just be another way for enemies to use and hurt Sookie. His job was to protect her from both physical and emotional damage. His bonded was keeping him busy even when he was trying to avoid her. She was obviously in turmoil ever since her great grandfather, Niall, had decided to close the portal and he wanted to give her some space. That didn't mean that he wasn't going to keep an eye on her. He had sent a seemingly harmless vamp named Bubba. Sookie liked Bubba and Eric knew that Bubba wouldn't intentionally hurt Sookie, but Sookie's new friend was another matter entirely.

Eric looked down over the woods that surrounded Sookie's home. Bubba couldn't have gone far. If he moved fast enough Eric might be able to save Missy from a slow and painful death from exsanguination. His ears perked up and he stopped in his tracks to listen to the faint cries of who he assumed must be Missy. They were a mile away, but Eric managed to get there within a minute. In a small clearing a large figure was hunched over his victim. She had left fresh scratch marks on Bubba's pale skin. He didn't seem to care.

Eric took the straight forward approach and bellowed. "Bubba, put her down. I'll get you another. Whatever type you want, but that is Sookie's friend and you will upset her if you kill Missy"

Bubba was slowly processing this information, but he held onto his prey by the throat with a possessive glint in his eyes. "I don't want to hurt Miss Sookie's feelings none master . I found her and I was going to take her when she snuck into Miss Sookie's house. I've been looking for her and I found her now. She is mine".

Eric found it a bit amusing that Bubba was claiming ownership over Missy. However he could see that Bubba was dead set on draining her. Eric went on the offensive and in a set of movements that couldn't be seen he backed Bubba into a tree and held him by the throat. If this were a mere human Bubba would be choking or dead from strangulation by now, but since Bubba was a vampire and had no need to breathe he struggled wildly against Eric's firm grip. While one hand was at his throat his other reached carefully for the hand that was grasping Missy. She was lucky that Bubba hadn't broken her neck yet. Eric quickly peeled back Bubba's index finger and thumb from Missy's throat. She slowly slipped free of Bubba's grip and fell, unconscious, on the ground. The damsel was saved. Now to calm down Bubba and remove him from the vicinity. Eric grabbed hold of Bubba under his arms and levitated him off the ground floating higher and higher with the vamp still bucking frantically to get out of Eric's grasp and back to his meal. Eric wouldn't be able to leave her alone so he needed to find a method to get rid of Bubba without leaving. The answer popped into his head and sent a message to Pam through his mind. She was there within minutes and by this time Bubba had relaxed in Eric's arms.

Pam approached the scene cautiously. Her master was still in midair holding onto Bubba, while in the shadows she caught a glimpse of Missy and started cracking up. Eric did not seem amused at all and she straightened back up. She took hold of Bubba as she was instructed and was about to head back to Shreveport with him, when she turned to Eric and smirked devilishly. She would never let him live this down.

Eric Northman, Sheriff of Area 5 had rescued Missy, the newly adopted kitten of his bonded. "Ah, the things we do for love"

"Shut up Pam", he muttered, but she was already gone. He knew how ridiculous it was that he had flown to the rescue of a cat, but it was certainly better than giving Sookie another being to mourn for. Missy was still breathing and he couldn't feel any broken bones through her soft white fur. She had lost a little bit of blood that spattered her coat and oddly reminded Eric of his favorite dress on Sookie.

Within minutes he was in front of Sookie's house cradling the warm ball of fur in his large Viking hands. He entered through the door to find Sookie looking blankly at the fireplace, her face streamed with fresh tears. As she saw the bundle in Eric's hands her eyes went wide and she smiled her beautiful, genuine smile. "Eric, you did it! You saved her!" She ran to hug Eric and kissed him thoroughly. Missy woke up and popped her head between the two slowly licking the tears from Sookie's face as she and Eric continued their passionate embrace. When they stopped Eric walked Sookie over to the sofa in front of the fireplace and set Missy on her lap. "Eric don't you want to pet her? She's so soft". She paused to consider his expression. "What's the matter are you not a cat person?"

He looked her straight in the eyes, still running on the lust from his adrenaline rush and replied in his low sexy voice, "There's only one pussy I want to pet tonight"

The End

A/N: I like interacting with my readers and rewarding them for responding so if, along with your review, you can tell me what famous embrace their kiss is based off of, I will write you your own fic. Thanks for reading.