"Rina!" Joe says in relief when he spots his sister as he speeds over to where she stood near Godric and Eric when they walk into Godric's nest.

"Hey Joe" she replies sheepishly at seeing her brother again, "before you hug me just know that my side hurts like a bitch at the moment" she says as he hugs her tenderly as she hugs him back.

God she's missed her brother.

"I'm never letting you do something that stupid again" he mumbles into her neck.

"Like I always tell you, there's only a thin line separating courage from stupidity" she grins up at him as she draws back from their embrace to smile at him.

"Thank you, sheriff" he says to Godric as he inclines his head toward him in respect.

"Of course" Godric nods, "Joseph, have a doctor attend to your sister. She was injured" he says.

"I'll do that" Joseph says as he gestures for Rina to follow him as they walk off. "I'm going to kill you myself" he mumbles to his sister.

"Can you do that AFTER my side have been inspected. I still taste blood in my mouth" she retorts as Godric watches them walk off.

"He is the vampire who has claimed her" Eric states.

"Yes" Godric replies.

"Father–"

"We will speak more after I've freshened up, my childe" he interjects firmly as Eric nods humbly at this as he watches his father disappear in the blink of an eye.

His father isn't keen on answering his questions at the moment and he would not pry – for now. More than anything he's curious about Marina.

He'd been confused with why a claimed human acted so informal with Godric but maybe her brother being a vampire in Godric's nest explained it.

Although he's curious as to what she had been doing at the Fellowship in the first place.

Tonight was a night of mysteries it seems.

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"What the fuck were you thinking?!" Joseph goes off on his sister as an on-call doctor tended to her bruises. Luckily she didn't have any broken ribs. "Do you have any idea how stressed I was?!" he asks her.

He had been ready to storm the Fellowship when she told him that she suspected that the Fellowship were onto her.

"Sorry" Marina replies.

"Sorry?! SORRY?!" he snaps as she sighs heavily at this.

"Well you're shouting at me so what the hell am I supposed to say?" she retorts with an annoyed scowl.

"They could have killed you" he says.

"But they didn't!" she points out.

"That was because of dumb luck so don't even pretend that it had anything to do with your brains" he says as she scowls at him. "After this I'm not letting you out of my sight again" he says.

"You're being overdramatic" Marina says to him.

"No, I'm not" he says, "you've shown that you have a death wish and I'll be damned if I let that happen" he says as she flinches a bit when the doctor wrapped up her side. "I'm going downstairs to clear my head" he says.

"Joe–" she doesn't even get to finish her sentence because he's gone in the blink of an eye.

"Is he always like that?" Dr. McKenzie asks her.

"Oh you have no idea" Marina retorts with a sigh. Her brother has always been protective of her ever since their parents disappeared.

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Marina made her way downstairs where a party was taking place in celebration of Godric's return.

"Where is the brown liqueur when I need it?" she grumbles with a pout as she searched around for a waiter with scotch or anything of the sort. She knows that she's still 20 but that isn't about to stop her from numbing her pain.

"Well, well, look what we have here" a familiar voice comments tauntingly as she turns to face the large Viking. "Looking for something?" he asks, holding a glass of scotch. Marina tries to grab it but he moves it out of her reach. "Ah, ah, ah" he clicks his tongue. "Not so fast, human" he says.

"What do you want, Viking?"

"What's your connection to Godric?" he asks her as he stared her down.

"What business is that of yours?" she asks dryly.

"Careful how you talk to me" he growls in warning.

"Right back at you" she retorts as they have a glare down.

Eric smirks at their miniature stand-off, highly amused by the human's nerves of steel as he hands her the glass.

"Enjoy" he says before walking off toward his father as Marina rolls her eyes as she watches him walk off.

"Weirdo" she says, knowing that he can hear her.

"Marina!" Sookie comments as she turns to face the blonde.

"Hey" Marina says with a small smile. She likes the blonde. She likes the energy Sookie brings with her. "You look nice" she says.

"Aww thanks, you too" Sookie says to her as Marina arches a brow at this as she eyes the casual clothing that she was wearing.

She has no idea whose clothing it is since it definitely can't be Isabel's considering she usually wore designer brands. Nevertheless, she's just grateful to have it.

"Thanks, I guess" Marina says.

"So...what were you doin' at the Fellowship? You don't seem the vampire hatin' type" Sookie says.

"I'm studying journalism. I was undercover" Marina admits to her. She can practically feel Eric glaring at her for telling Sookie but not telling him.

"Oh! That makes so much sense!" Sookie says. "Well I hope you expose everythin' about the Fellowship. They are just awful!" she says.

"I have a large bruise on my side that agrees with you entirely" Marina says as she downs all her scotch in one go.

"I'm really sorry you had to go through that" Sookie says sadly.

"It's cool" Marina says as she searches for another waitron with more scotch. Where the hell did Eric get it? "If anything it'll just prove for other people why we don't need an extremist group like the Fellowship of the Sun operating anywhere on United States soil, no actually scratch that, soil anywhere" she adds as Sookie agrees with a nod.

"You lookin' for something?" Sookie asks her.

"Brown liqueur" Marina admits, "I plan to numb my pain as much as possible" she adds.

Joe makes his way toward them with a glass filled to the brim with scotch.

"And that's why you're my favourite brother" she says to him as she accepts the glass from him.

"I'm your only brother" he retorts.

"Which makes you my favoutite, duh" she teases him as he rolls his eyes at her. "Excuse his poor manners Sookie, he's 'upset' with me" she says, using air quotations. "This is my brother" she introduces him.

"Oh we've already met" Sookie says. They met on the night that Bill and Eric brought her to the nest so that she'd meet Isabel and Stan. "Joseph, right?"

"Yeah" he replies.

"He's my twin" Marina reveals as she takes a large gulp of her liqueur.

"I can totally see it" Sookie giggles.

"Yes, I know. I took all the brains and left him the rest" Marina teases with a light laugh.

"I was born first, dumbass" he says with an eyeroll.

"Well then you took everything else and left me the brains" she adds. "Not that you took much at all" she adds in after thought, teasing him as she does.

"Why do I put up with you?" he asks with a sigh but Sookie can tell that he means it fondly.

"Because without me your life would crumble and become meaningless?" Marina retorts with a bright smile as he snorts at this.

"I'm all choked up at the prospect of not having you in my life" he says sarcastically.

"Shove it, Joe" Marina says as Sookie giggles at their bickering.

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Marina turns to face the door when it's kicked open and Isabel walks in dressed in all black, dragging a man by the scruff of his shirt. Marina arches a confused brow at this when she sees the glare on Joe's face. He was directing it at the human.

"Who is that, Joe?" She asks softly from her spot beside him.

"Isabel's human Hugo Ayres" he reveals as she looks up at her brother in shock.

Why would she be treating him like this if he's...wait a second. He looks familiar to her.

"He was at the Fellowship" Marina whispers when she takes a closer look at the guy.

"Yeah, he was" Joe says in anger on his Maker's behalf. Rina watches as Isabel kicks Hugo to the floor.

"Here is the man who betrayed us." she states angrily through gritted teeth.

"Hugo" Godric comments in recollection as he lifts his eyes from facing the human to face her. "He is your human, is he not?" He asks her.

"Yes he is" Isabel comments in a pain- filled voice. Rina can see tears of blood slowly start to stream down her face.

"Do you love him?" Godric asks her in front of all the guests. Rina felt her heart break for Isabel. She can't imagine anything worse than being betrayed by the one she loved.

"I..." Isabel hesitates at his question, "I thought I did" she says sadly. Rina sees her face scrunch up, as if she was trying to contain her tears.

"It appears you love him still" Godric comments.

"I do. I love him. I'm sorry" Isabel sniffles, "but you are my sheriff. Do with him as you please" she says as she takes a step back, giving Godric free rein to deal with Hugo even though she appeared pained by this.

Rina looks at her brother, hoping to see something on his face but his face was closed off, like a book that she couldn't read. He could sense how his Maker felt torn between her loyalty towards Godric and her love for Hugo.

"You're free to go" Godric says to him, shocking everyone there.

"Huh?" Hugo asks in shock as he lifts his head to face Godric.

"What?!" Stan growls at this.

"The human is free to go" Godric says as he turns to face his underling, daring Stan to challenge him. "And do not return. I fear it is not safe for you here" he directs to Hugo.

"This is a travesty" Stan comments.

"This is my verdict" Godric retorts. "Eric, escorts them out. Make sure he leaves unharmed" he says to his progeny.

"Yes Godric" Eric says as he grabs Hugo by the scruff of the neck.

"Thank you. Thank you, sheriff" Isabel says in deep gratitude as she walks off.

"Go to her" Marina says to her brother as he follows his Maker and Eric out the room.

Isabel told her that the bond between her and Joe was like a mother-son bond and when your mother's crying you have to go comfort her.

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"Hugo has been dispatched. I told him not to stop driving until he reaches the Mexican border" Eric reveals to his Maker as Godric nods at this. "I have arranged an AB negative human for you. Extremely rare" Eric says to his Maker as he approaches the spot where Godric sat.

"Thank you but I'm not hungry" Godric declines politely.

"You have to feed eventually. I doubt the Fellowship had anything to offer" Eric says with a jesting glint in his eyes. Godric continues to look on ahead of him, silent and deep in thought. He was watching Marina as she spoke with Sookie and her brother. "Why wouldn't you leave when I first came for you?" Eric asks him seriously, the humour vanished from his voice.

"They didn't treat me badly. You'd be shocked at how ordinary most of them are" Godric answers as he turns to face his progeny.

"They do nothing but fan the flames of hatred for us" Eric says trying to rein in his anger.

"Let's be honest. We are frightening" Godric says as he looks into his progeny's eyes. "After thousands of years we haven't evolved. We've only grown more brutal. More predatory. I don't see the danger in treating humans as equals. The Fellowship of the Sun arose because we never did so" he says. If Marina heard him say this she'd be really upset with him.

"Is that why you wouldn't fight when they took you?" Eric asks him.

"I could have killed every last one of them within minutes...and what would that have proven?" He asks his child.

"And Marina?" Eric asks his Maker as he lifts his head.

"What about her?" Godric asks in a tone that suggests to Eric that he doesn't wish to speak about it.

They sit in silence for a while.

"She isn't...bad for a human" Eric comments with a small smirk as Godric turns to face his son in surprise at this.

Eric is no fan of humans due to Godric's teachings so for him to say that is no small thing. Eric grins at his father as Godric offers him a tiny look of amusement in response.

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Joe had gone to speak with another of his nest mates. Marina and Sookie were standing together chatting rather animatedly about something when a redhead walks over to them.

"Hello there. I'm Lorena" she tells them, eyes focused intently on Sookie.

"Hi! I'm Sookie and this is my friend Marina" the blonde greets happily.

"Hm, yes, you're what all the fuss is for" Lorena says, in a thinly disgusted voice as she eyes Sookie up and down as if she's a parasite, leeching on her flesh.

"I'm sorry, who are you again?" Sookie asks confusedly.

"We have a mutual friend" she tells Sookie.

"Bill?" Marina asks curiously. Lorena nods at this.

"That's right. Funny he didn't mention me to you. I practically made him what he is today" she tells Sookie, giving her a hint.

"Lorena!" Bill exclaims angrily as he stomps over to them.

"Oh hello there darling" she says flirtatiously. "I was just getting to know your human. You always did like to prey on the innocent" she tells him.

"She's your Maker?" Sookie asks, a hint of anger hidden in her voice.

Things are starting to take a turn as Marina looks between the 3 of them awkwardly.

"She released me years ago. I no longer have any ties to her and she no longer has any hold over me" he tells Sookie, obviously sensing the anger in her voice.

"Oh I wouldn't say that" Lorena laughs. "We had two marvelous nights in your hotel room" she tells Sookie with a smirk on her face.

"Oh boy" Marina whispers awkwardly as she looks between both women.

"What?" Sookie asks, looking at Bill.

"Did you know your boyfriend hit me over the head with a fifty-two inch plasma television, earlier tonight?" She asks Sookie. "Everyone says they're so thin and light but let me tell you, when wielded properly it's quite a weapon" she says, touching the back of her head tenderly.

"Seems like he did the world a favour to me" Marina comments with a gulp of her scotch as Lorena glares at her.

If looks could kill then Rina would be lying in a pool of her own blood. But then again Lorena probably could kill in her a blink if an eye and not even bat an eyelash.

"I hope he doesn't pull the same shenanigans with you. There's no excuse for domestic violence" she says to Sookie, looking at Bill.

"What she has failed to mention is that she was holding me prisoner" Bill says, glaring at the redhead for causing unnecessary drama.

"Pshaw" Lorena says dismissively. "We were just catchin' up is all" she tells him. "You must have been worried sick? Wondering where he was" She says, facing Sookie with a cruel, smug expression on her face. The blonde has a glare marring her face now. "I admit, it did get a bit... heated, but you know how old lovers can get sometimes" she says, reaching to stroke Bill's cheek.

Sookie slaps her hand away.

"Do not. Touch him" she says to Lorena angrily.

"My. We're fiesty too" Lorena says, moving closer towards Sookie.

"This has gone on for long enough. You have to leave" Marina informs Lorena. The redhead laughs at this.

"You're both no more than blood bags. You cannot win this."

"Lady, listen Bill chose Sookie. She's already won so take a hint – you're embarrassing yourself" Marina says, earning a vicious glare from the redhead.

"Marina, stop" Joe says as he approaches his sister. The two women were glaring heatedly at each other.

"I'd listen to him if I were you. Run away little girl" she says dismissively as she walks away from Marina. "William and I love each other, isn't that right Bill?" She asks, going over to him.

"You've gone mad! Now get out of here!" he exclaims as he grabs her roughly.

"Maybe you do love him. Who am I to guess? But he clearly doesn't love you. He never really has. And. That. We. Both. Know!" Sookie tells her. Lorena hisses angrily as she speeds over to the blonde.

"Take those words back or they shall be your last!" She hisses, looking like she'll cry any moment from now.

"Take a hike, bitch, you've lost this one!" Sookie says with Bill seperating them from fighting.

Lorena pushes Bill away roughly as she grabs Sookie by the throat and roughly pushes her onto the table.

"Sookie!" Marina comments in concern for her as she moves to intervene only for Lorena to shove her back as Rina glares acidly at the vampire.

Godric intervenes before she rips savagely into Sookie's neck, with Eric by his side.

"Retract. Your. Fangs" he says, gripping Lorena by the throat as Bill helps Sookie up. "Now" he says looking over to Sookie and then back to Lorena. "I neither know, nor care who you are but in this area and certainly in this Nest. I am the authority" he says. Lorena was visibly shaking at this. "Do you understand?" he whispers calmly.

"Yes, sheriff" she wheezes out as she looks at the floor in shame.

"This human has proven herself to be a courageous and loyal friend to our kind and yet you treat her as a child does a dragonfly. Pulling off wings for sport. No wonder they hate us" he says in his calm sounding voice.

"She provoked me" Lorena says.

"And you. Provoked me. You have disrupted the peace in my home" he says, nearing his face to hers. "I could snap you like a twig" he informs her. Lorena shakes fearfully at this. "But I haven't. Why is that?" He asks her, giving her a slight smile. Nothing about it is warm though.

"It's...your choice" she says, bloody tears brimming her eyes.

"Indeed it is" he nods. "You're an old vampire. I can tell. You have had hundreds of years to better yourself and yet you haven't. You are still a savage, and I fear for all of us if this behaviour continues" he says as he releases her from his grasp. "You. You seem to know her" He says, facing Bill.

"Yes sheriff" Bill nods.

"Escort her from my Nest. I wish you out of my area before dawn" He says looking between them, hoping that each individual understands their task.

Bill nods as Lorena stands shakily and walks out the room, followed closely by Bill.

"Thank you" Sookie whispers to Godric as he nods at this as he walks off as Marina follows him.

Joe moves to follow his sister but freezes in his steps when he sees the look Eric gives him. He scowls at the older vampire as Eric smirks cheekily at this.