Eric Northman

2x09 I Will Rise Up

[Bill goes into Godric's bombed house to find Sookie, who's lying pinned under Eric]

SOOKIE: Bill?

ERIC: I covered her. She's only stunned. Get the humans.

[Bill runs out]

SOOKIE: [pushes Eric up] I can't breathe. You weigh a ton. Jason! Jason! [Jason emerges and gives the thumbs-up; Eric groans] Uh-oh.

ERIC: Had to shield you.

SOOKIE: Well, hurry up and heal yourself. What are you waiting for?

ERIC: Can't... silver.

SOOKIE: I'll go get Godric.

ERIC: No time. Suck it out.

SOOKIE: Eric, I can't. It's too gross, and it's... you.

ERIC: I'm... dying.

SOOKIE: Oh, son of a mother... [sucks out the first bullet and spits it out] Got it.

ERIC: Another one.

SOOKIE: You're kidding me! Ugh...

[Eric lifts up his head as she sucks out the second bullet, then leans back and grins]

BILL: What are you doing?

SOOKIE: [spits out bullet] I sucked silver out of Eric's chest and saved his life, even though I really didn't want to.

ERIC: She was superb.

BILL: Eric was in no danger.

SOOKIE: He... what?

ERIC: A tiny falsehood.

BILL: He was already healing. The bullets would have pushed themselves out. This way he's forced you to drink his blood.

SOOKIE: No! No! No!

BILL: You're connected. He'll be able to sense your emotions.

SOOKIE: You big, lying a-hole!

ERIC: Bill, you're right. I believe I can sense her emotions. [Sookie slams her fist onto Eric's stomach and goes to Bill] Sweet.

SOOKIE: I'll never do anything for you again. Monster!

BILL: It's not your fault.

ERIC: I think I'm gonna cry.

ERIC: Finish your sentence.

SOOKIE: What was I saying?

ERIC: You were telling me why you'd be a terrible vampire, and I was disagreeing.

SOOKIE: Well, I don't feel right without a tan. [Eric laughs] It's true! And I'd rather be alive than undead. And then y'all are always killing.

ERIC: You've killed a man.

SOOKIE: That was for self-defense, not for lunch.

ERIC: You'd adapt, like we all do. Trade the sun for moon and stars.

SOOKIE: Uh-uh, not me. I want 'em all.

ERIC: Oh, greedy.

SOOKIE: Yeah, I am.

ERIC: I love it. You have the right temperament for a vampire.

SOOKIE: Why? I'm high maintenance, blood-thirsty, and... old as dirt?

ERIC: Blood-thirsty, yeah.

SOOKIE: I am not!

ERIC: Everybody thinks you're a darling, don't they?

SOOKIE: I am a darling.

ERIC: Yeah, but you're ruthless when it comes to the people you love. You'd do anything for them. Your brother... your friends... me.

LORENA: Bill?

SOOKIE: Bill? [sits up] Where's Bill?

LORENA: What do you care? You've already abandoned him.

SOOKIE: I have not. I love Bill.

ERIC: [pulls Sookie back down to him] I used to think you had no sense of humor.

SOOKIE: I used to think you were made of cold, hard stone, and empty inside.

ERIC: And now?

SOOKIE: You're a big faker. You're deep. You feel. There's love in you.

ERIC: Only for Sookie.

[They kiss]

LORENA: You don't want Bill. He means nothing to you.

SOOKIE: [sits up] No.

ERIC: [pulls her back and moves over her] This is the beginning.

[They kiss passionately until Sookie wakes up beside Bill]

NAN: Do you have any fucking idea the PR mess you've made? And who has to fucking clean that shit up? Me. Not you. Me. I should drain every one of you bastards.

ERIC: Stan went after the church on his own. None of us knew anything about it. [notices Sookie staring at him; she looks away]

NAN: Oh, really? Because everyone who met Stan in the last three hundred years knew that he had a kink about slaughtering humans. But you, his nest-mates, his sheriff, had no clue.

ISABEL: And how were we supposed to know that this time he meant it?

NAN: Not my problem. Yours.

ERIC: Don't talk to him that way.

NAN: Don't talk to me that way. Let's get to the point. How did they manage to abduct you?

GODRIC: They would've taken one of us sooner or later. I offered myself.

NAN: Why?

GODRIC: Why not?

NAN: They wanted you to meet the sun, and you were willing?

GODRIC: What do you think?

NAN: I think you're out of your mind. And then I hear about a traitor?

GODRIC: Irrelevant. Only a rumor. I'll take full responsibility.

NAN: You bet you will.

ERIC: You cold bitch.

NAN: Listen, this is a national vampire disaster, and nobody at the top has any sympathy for any of you. Sheriff, you fucked up. You're fired.

GODRIC: I agree. Of course. Isabel should take over. She had no part in my disgrace.

ISABEL: Godric, fight back.

ERIC: What are you saying? She's just a bureaucrat! You don't have to take shit from her.

NAN: You wanna lose your area, Viking?

ERIC: You don't have that kind of power.

NAN: Hey, I'm on TV. Try me.

ISABEL: I'm to blame. I should have contained Stan the second Godric went missing.

GODRIC: Isabel. [to Nan] I remove myself from all positions of authority.

NAN: Works for me.

[Sookie starts to speak]

BILL: Sookie, Sookie...

SOOKIE: I owe him. Ms Flanagan, Godric rescued me from a really large rapist who probably would have killed me, too.

NAN: That's nice. Moving on.

SOOKIE: No, listen! And then he rescued humans in that church, plus a whole lot of vampires. You think it's a PR mess now? It coulda been a hundred - a million times worse. You should thank him.

NAN: For getting kidnapped? For attracting a suicide bomber? For piss-poor judgment? I think not.

[Eric jumps up, and Isabel and Bill stop him]

ISABEL: Don't.

GODRIC: Eric. It doesn't matter.

NAN: Tell me about the bombing, please. Every single detail.

GODRIC: A boy walked in the lair. I thought he was someone's human companion.

[scene continues later]

NAN: What a fucking fiasco. You're lucky I don't send you all to the magister. [Bill angrily notices that Sookie is looking at Eric] Godric, come to my suite and fill out the forms.

GODRIC: Soon. First I have something to say. I'm sorry. I apologize for all the harm I have caused, for all our lost ones, human and vampire. I will make amends. I swear it.

NAN: Take it easy. It's just a few signatures. [leaves with her people]

ERIC: [goes to Godric] No.

GODRIC: Look in my heart.

ERIC: You have to listen to me.

GODRIC: There's nothing to say.

ERIC: There is.

GODRIC: On the roof. [leaves]

BILL: We have a score to settle.

ERIC: Not now.

BILL: Yes, now. [punches Eric] Have I made my point?

ERIC: It's done. I'm part of her now. Get out of the way. [leaves]

GODRIC: Two thousand years is enough.

ERIC: I can't accept this. It's insanity!

GODRIC: Our existence is insanity. We don't belong here.

ERIC: But we are here!

GODRIC: It's not right. We're not right.

ERIC: You taught me there is no right or wrong, only survival or death.

GODRIC: I told a lie, as it turns out.

ERIC: I will keep you alive by force.

GODRIC: Even if you could, why would you be so cruel?

ERIC: [cries] Godric, gör det inte. (Godric, don't do it.)

GODRIC: Vi har haft århundraden av kärlek och tillit till varandra. (There are centuries of faith and love between us.)

ERIC: [sobs] å snälla, snälla. (Please. Please.) [kneels] Snäll, snälla, Godric. (Please, Godric.)

GODRIC: Fader, Broder, Son. (Father, brother, son.) Let me go.

ERIC: I won't let you die alone.

GODRIC: Yes, you will. [Eric sobs] As your maker, I command you.

[Eric stands and walks away]

SOOKIE: [takes Eric's hand] I'll stay with him as long as it takes.

[Eric leaves the rooftop]