TrueBloods: A race against Time

Chapter 5

Jeremy is still out there- and he knows about my baby. He knows about me and Desmond- that wasn't the last time that we'll see him but at least it's over for now. I'm just happy that we're going back home. We decided to extend the trip just a little to go and travel to different countries. We first traveled to Scotland and then Italy, now we're on our way to New Zealand right now. I look out the plane window staring at the water as we approach the country. Majika is doing much better, her color is back to normal and she has chosen to take on the form of Lauren instead of me- good choice. 

"How are you doing?" Ama asks. I drop my magazine on my lap, and think about how I'm really feeling.

"I'm doing well. I can't help thinking about how things could have turned out if I didn't stop Cerina-" 

"We probably would have died, but because of your quick thinking- we're both alive." I look at my Mom and smile then drawing back to my magazine. Could that really have happened?  Could we all have died if I didn't come out with my Grenade; I of course acted out of anger. I could have talked to her more but she would have done anything Jeremy told her to. I don't really consider 'killing' her because she was already dead- I mean, she was going to kill Desmond. Speaking of Desmond he is sitting with Gabe, I'm sure they're talking about something they always find a way to talk. 

"So you and gabe huh?" I say while looking at the magazine. 

"What? I don't follow." I look at her with my 'come one' face. 

"You know exactly what I'm talking about Mom. Aren't you like 600 years older than him?" 

"We've been an unspoken thing before he trapped me in that prison. But somethings changed between him and I, there is more- as he would call it- chemistry."

"I like it, you deserve someone like that." She nods her head while biting the inside of her mouth- she's pondering about saying something. 

"We'll be landing in New Zealand in about 15 minutes- please put your seats in upright position and close your trays- the attendants will come around with trash bags for any last minute trash. Thank you for flying with Delta enjoy your stay!" The lady puts the phone back on it's holder while smiling- I'm pretty sure she hates her job. 

I grab my tray and place it against the chair while locking it. At least I know why I got so nauseous on the flight to Michigan. Man, that seems so long ago. 

I get out of my seat to grab my over head bag but Desmond reaches over and grabs it for me, I smile and whisper 'thank you'. Everyone is literally treating me like I'm pregnant- I have a tiny bump, lifting a small bag isn't a giant deal- but I take it for granted because in two months I'll be having this kid cut out of me quite possibly looking at my Death date. But I don't want to think about that- not right now. Desmond walks in front of me and Ama behind me, Majika is with her brother probably already feasting at the food court. Once we leave the plane Desmond grabs a hold of my hand, he still makes me feel giddy even if he knocked me up- I giggle to that. 

Desmond and I find Majika and Gabe eating at one of the tables with less food than we expected. I let go of Desmond's hand and sit down, setting my bags on the floor.

"How can you eat that stuff?" I ask. Just looking at it makes me nauseous. 

"It's simple really, you just open your mouth and...chew." Gabe states. I punch his arm slightly,

"Jerk." I smile. I look around trying to spot Ama, but I don't see her anywhere- Desmond doing the same. She probably just had to use the bathroo- I don't even finish that thought, vampires don't need to use the bathroom. I wonder what she is doing. I rest my hand on my head and close my eyes- I'm really tired from everything. It's been so long since I've felt human, even eating human food last month didn't make me feel human. 

"You hungry?" Desmond asks. I shake my head no, but my baby has a different answer. 

"But the little one is." I retort. I get up, grabbing my bag and walk with Desmond. We really don't have to stay here- this is our destination- I really just want to go and take a hot bath. I look down at my watch- check-in isn't even for another two hours. 

"So where are we going to eat?" I ask. This one is dying to get some food- blood I mean. 

"I know a place- I just want to get away from all of this food, and find Ama. I have a feeling she's hiding something Alannah. I don't mean to speculate but she's been really quite since she got to Michigan. Ama was in Michigan before Gabe and Majika, she wouldn't give me an exact answer but she knew you were in trouble. I've been watching her closely and now she's disappeared, coincidence? I think not." I look down at the pendant she gave- well, gave Desmond. I'm pretty sure this pendant is covered in magic but I'm not sure for what. As we keep walking I looked to the left and see Mom talking with a staff member- near the bathrooms. I slap Desmond arm to get his attention to look over at her. I try and concentrate on her conversation but I can't. Desmond looks, then he presses against my back to get me to walk forward. 

"But- Desmond, she's right there, why are we leaving?" 

"It's none of our business Come on we're gonna get us something to eat." He grabs my hand, tighter than before. I don't know what they have between them but my Mom doesn't like Desmond and Desmond is worried my Mom isn't trustworthy. 

Desmond called Gabe and told him we're going to head out for a bit, I'm assuming we're heading to this place doesn't was talking about. 

Being a pregnant vampire comes with it's perks- like drinking more blood than normal because your feeding two people and being able to out run other vampires- Desmond doesn't think so but he isn't pregnant. We decided to Race to this location- and I of course won. It's gorgeous here, bright green leaves hanging from the trees, the trees themselves are huge! The dirt on the ground- moist, you can here it sticking to my shoes, the air smells fresh- clean. The sun shines through the green leaves, the birds are singing and chirping.  It's absolutely beautiful out here, it reminds me of the forest in London- where we met Raj and Tetra. 

Desmond Grabs my hand and walks me further into the forest. This is a pretty cute place, I love how much color there is here- especially the purple flowers. Desmond stops and turns to his right, I notice that we have become surrounded by other vampires- great, exactly what we needed. Desmond grabs a hold of my arm and slices it with a knife-

"Ow!" What was that for? 

"look."  The vampires stop where they are, bowing down-surrendering. I am so lost, I have no idea what is going on. 

"Desmond, so good to see you!" Someone chuckles from behind us. We both turn around to my surprise it was a man dressed in one cloth wrapped around his waist- Imagine Tarzan's outfit and that's what he's wearing. He approaches me but Desmond steps in front of him- that boy is always looking for trouble. The guy looks at me and then the blood that had dripped onto the ground. He takes in a deep breath through his nose- his reaction afterwards was crazy. He began laughing and clapping- I don't get it. 

"A true blood princess pregnant with the next line of the Allen family. Your looking for blood aren't you?" Desmond looks at him, serious and all. I'm not dying, s**t, I'm not even hungry. He looks at Desmond, his hand asking permission to touch my belly. 

"Go ahead." Desmond turns to me and looks at me, holding my back to support me, 

"He's a foreseer, but his techniques are little different than most." Desmond explains, this guy places his hand on my stomach and I began to groan in agony- I can feel my baby inside, moving around. The man touching my stomach was laughing but has grown silent. When he removes his hand I drop, Desmond already prepared picks me up in his arms. When I take one last look at the man, I see a tear strolling down his face. Why do I have a feeling that this beautiful love story turns tragic? The man outstretches his hand and welcomes Desmond. He begins to walk towards a tree and when he reaches the tree a blue light ripples from it, engulfing us in a liquid that actual feels better than a hot bath. When I open my eyes I'm introduced to a whole new world.

"Whoa." This place is... Magical. I look down and see the transparent glass we're floating on. 

"Looks like you've done some renovating Ben, looks nice." How is Desmond not jumping up and down with this magnificent sight? This place is lit up with golden lights and  there different magical creatures, I feel like I'm in some kind of movie with really good makeup artists that makes everything look really real. After about 5 minutes we're taken into a hospital-like building. It's brown with the words 'Benplaza' written on it- interesting name for a hospital. The floating glass stops, stair case emits from it and Desmond walks down it and into the hospital. I am put in a chair- Desmond sits next to me and his hand rests on my stomach, it's so hard to read his facial expressions most of the time- I can't tell if he knows what going to happen or scared to admit it. We are brought a tray each filled with 4 cups filled with blood. 

"Why did we come here?"

"This place only allows two types of vampires, True bloods and really old vampires. They provide and endless supply of blood- so you don't have to kill anyone and you can get full, I brought you here because you need as much blood as you can get-" I had already made a conclusion just by that sentence alone. I wasn't happy about it either, Desmond suggested this trip to find this place hasn't he? I drink the first cup quickly- the baby was happy about it- I'm not going to lie the blood here taste really rich. 

"So you're going to leave me here?" I say taking another cup. he was surprised I caught on that quickly.

"No I-" He stands up, he comes over to kiss me, I kiss him back- even though I'm mad. 

"You and I are going to say here for a few days- just to get your strength back- it's hidden and protected." I look into his eyes, searching,

"There is something you're not telling me Desmond- what is it?"  Desmond shakes his head, he then looks at me,his head still shaking. He can't tell me can he? I finish the rest of the cups, just when I thought I was done they bring in more. Desmond kisses my forehead and then walks out of the building, probably to find 'Ben'. I sigh, I thought we were going to go back to London? I drink the rest of the cups- hoping that would be the last of it, but it isn't. I robot keeps bringing in the blood- I've already had 16 cups when I start to feel angry.

"ENOUGH!" I yell throwing the last cup at it. I then look at it, feeling sad that I through that cup at something that's just doing it's Job. I place my hand on my head expressing my disappointment in my sudden outburst just now. I get up from the chair, I feel much better. I grab a rag from the tray and wipe the blood off the robot,

"Sorry." I say, I know it doesn't have feeling but I do. I walk around the hospital to see what kind of place this is exactly. I follow the signs to 'rehabilitation center' I'm curious. I open the door and see things like flying with a broken wing, robots being trained and humans being healed of certain ailments. It places a smile on my face, this place is weird but the fact it's taken sick humans under their wing is making me feel much better.  

I ended up walking aimlessly around this 'city'  lost in thought. That Ben guy knows what's going to happen to my baby- to me. If only I listened to my Mom I could spend more time with Desmond, I could be happy in times like these but I'm sad. I'm sad that I'm going to have a baby and I shouldn't. I place my hands on the rails looking over the traffic of the people walking around. I can fake being happy, putting a smile on my face and changing the pitch of my voice- I mean I've had great things happen to me. Like Jeremy running away, but I'm sad he thinks he has to do this blood red moon and I'm sad that everyone has to change there life to accommodate to my needs, majika could have died because of me, because she was me. 

"Lady Macquoid?" A woman dressed in a maids outfit is bowing to me as I turn around. I hurry and help her up,

"My name is Alannah- call me Alannah." 

"A-Alannah, ma'am, sorry to interrupt but Mr. Allen has requested you to your quarters." She smiles, I roll my eyes. he could have just come and got me himself... I nod my head, allowing her to show me to 'my' quarters. 

She opens the big golden double doors revealing an entire building I haven't seen- a castle. She walks up the stairs and I continue to follow. She ends up walking all the way down the hall and to the left, knocking three times on the door. 

"Come in." She walks away, I open the door to Desmond trying to put on his tie. I walk over to him in silence helping him out with his tie. 

"Where are you going?" I ask. 

"We are going to dinner with Ben and his wife." I finish and look at Desmond, he then points to a dress on the bed- a purple shiny dress with a sateen bottom, gorgeous. 

Desmond helps me into the dress because the zipper goes past my bum. He wraps his arms around my waist.

"Are you okay?" he whispers. He then turns me around stealing a kiss. 

"Somethings not right. I just feel- alone." I give Desmond a look, and he is taken aback by my words. 

"What do you mean Alannah? I'm here with you." I shake my head, he doesn't get what I mean. I feel alone, I didn't say I am Alone. I feel sad and a lot of other things but I just can't seem to shake this feeling. I feel absolutely beautiful in this dress and I feel like the luckiest woman to be in a world full of these amazing creatures and be pregnant and be with Desmond but I also feel lonely.

"Desmond, I want to go home." Desmond shakes his head and brushes my hair with his fingers, kissing my forehead once more.

"We can't." He brings me in for a hug, I can hear my tears dropping on the marble floor. 

...**...

Every morning Desmond and I walk to the hospital  for 8 cups of rich blood- we talk a lot. I've gotten bigger in the last four days, I can't believe I'm going to  have a baby.

"So since we know the Gender what do you think we'll name the baby?" Desmond asks me. I nearly choke on the blood I was swallowing, he totally caught me off guard. I haven't really thought about any names, I mean, I don't know. I guess it would be something we need to think about, together. I take another cup and sip it. I can feel the baby growing stronger with every ounce I drink, and I can feel that same strength grow in me. I take a few moments and really think about it, I want it to start with M, M is what brought Desmond and I together, but I want it to be Greek, as far as I know we don't have any Greek ties so why not start there?

"I was thinking Μά-" 

"DESMOND" Desmond just about hops out of his chair when Ben comes running in the room,

"We have a problem" Ben walks Desmond out of the building and I follow, they walk really fast. Ben walks across the bridge. Ben has curly hair brown hair and chocolate skin and a mustache that could look like it's a wig. I forgot to mention that he is a "Sequoiadendron liver" he lives in trees big enough to make a home out of, or a city. But his wife is part witch so they created a realm only certain people can get into, because this place is much bigger than the trunk of a giant tree. Ben walks into a small room that looks like a janitors closet, he closes the door behind us. 

"What is it Ben?" He walks over to a desk grabbing a gun,

"Whoa, Ben, what are you doing?" Desmond steps in front of me, Ben is shaking. 

"I've seen that child's future Desmond, if you knew you'd want to kill it!" He yells. I hear nothing after that, kill my baby? I rest my hand on my bump- he wanted to kill my baby? 

"Ben, what did you see?" Desmond asks cautiously. 

"Chaos, turmoil, sadness. and Death."  I look up, Death? Desmond seems pretty shocked as well, but I can't hear Desmond- we're caught in a corner, we can't leave but we can't stay. 

*BAM* 

I see blood, red blood splattered on the wall,

"DESMOND!" I screamed. I look at Ben, he shot him. He shot Desmond. I was about to rip of his head when Desmond stops me.

"Alannah stop, I'm okay." Desmond gets up from the ground, I am pissed. 

"You think that threw them off?" Desmond says removing a blood bag from his shirt. Ben unloads the gun...powder.  I look at the both of them, I'm confused again. 

"For now, come one we have to go." Desmond grabs my hand and pulls me through the door, he turns around waiting for Ben. Ben closes the door behind us and tells us to go. When we reach the bottom his wife is waiting with a lantern lighting up the bottom of the stairs but I stop, ripping my hand from Desmond's. 

"Will someone please tell me what is going on! I just saw you shoot Desmond and now your leaving with us?"

"Someone is after your child no? I had to make you believe that I was going to shoot the baby so whoever is after us doesn't know what's going on. We have to get out before they realize that nothing happened." Ben begins to run, Desmond lifts me onto his back and runs with Ben. Who are we running from? We're led down a narrow path when I see a small hole being lit up by the sun. I pass out on Desmond's back when I see everything zooming by so quickly. 

...**...

*crackling* 

I shutter my eyes open, I look around and see that I'm surrounded by trees, a fire is in front of me. I don't remember much of what happened but I-

"Desmond!" I yell, ouch. I hold my stomach, I shouldn't have moved that quick, I look down to my left and see Desmond sleeping like a log, I think.I try and get up without making a sound. As soon as I moved my right foot forward I stepped on a tree branch.

"Where are you going Alannah?" Desmond asks. He gets up brushing off the leaves from the ground.

"I don't know, I just needed to get up-" I cross my hands against my chest, because of the cold. 

"Where are we?" I look around,

"And where is Ben?" I heard leaves crunching behind me,

"We're here." 

"We still in New Zealand, but we're about 20 miles from the airport-" 20 miles! Where is Majika and Gabe? and my Mom? 

"Alannah," I turn around to Ben, he throws me two blood bags- I catch them. 

"You're going to need these, I have more if you need it." I open the bag and drink it, I look at Desmond who is looking away. I drink half of it and give it to Desmond. Desmond drinks it, then brings me in for a kiss. Desmond parts my lips and feeds me the blood I just gave him (he didn't swallow it). 

"You need it more than me Alannah. Ben, Now that she's awake, who's after us?"

"...Jeremy." My heart stops, he isn't after us, I look down at my belly. He's after my Baby.