MERCEDES, jj maybank

39.

THE TARMAC

Trinity rushes over to Peterkin, "Hold still, hold still," She said, with eyes filling her tears. John B joined her and took off his bandana and the two presses on the bullet wound.

Trinity looked to her left to see Rafe still standing with the gun pointed. Sarah had also came and knelt down with two and cried with Trinity.

"Call." Peterkin gasped, "Call for help."

John B picket up the radio, instantly making Rafe alert. He held the gun to John B making Trinity get up in an instant.

"Hey!" Rafe shouts at John B. "Don't try it, asshole."

Both Ward and Trinity go over to Rafe and try and get his attention. Trinity stands directly in front of him, she puts one hand on the side of his face forcing him to look at her.

"Rafe, it's okay," She cries.

"John B, give me the radio," Ward instructs him.

"No," He refuses but Ward doesn't take no for an answer.

"Come on,"

Trinity makes attempts for Rafe to lower his gun but he's stronger and keeps his arm sturdy. "Rafe it's fine."

"Rafe, I've got it, calm down," Ward tells him after successfully taking the radio. "Listen to Trinity, please, put the gun down."

Rafe looks down at the girl in front of him and nods, putting one hand on her hip and taking sharp breaths, Trinity quickly figures out that he is very high and starts to question what it was he took to make him resort to doing this.

"Trin," John B's voice is low yet gentle, not to freak Rafe out and shoot him.

Trinity turns around and sees Peterkin telling John B to run. Trinity subtly points her head to Sarah and couldn't leave her, also because of Rafe. John B nods understandably and stands up straight.

"Where are you goin'? Huh?" Rafe bellows, pointing the gun upright.

Sarah gets up, "Run!"

John B leaves the van behind on the tarmac and runs off into the woods. All three, Ward, Trinity and Sarah use all their strength to hold Rafe back and stop him from running after him.

"Rafe no, please, please, please," Ward begs.

Sarah and Trinity go back to Peterkin and push down on the bandana again, "I'm so sorry," Trinity cries. Ever since dating Rafe, she would feel guilty on his behalf for his actions.

"It's not your fault sweetie,"

"I'm so sorry." She starts to sob, her hands shaking with all the blood covering them.

"Sarah," Ward steps over, "Sarah, I need you to—"

"No!"

"I need you to get - Trinity, sweetheart, you too," Ward tells the girls.

"She is dying," Sarah tells him while Trinity is unable to speak.

"Enough!" Ward shouts at her.

"What is wrong with you?" Sarah cries, disgusted with her Dad.

Ward steps over to Rafe and snaps his fingers to get his focus, "Take your sister home, and Trinity."

"What?"

"Get the girls home." Ward holds Rafe's face, "Take them home."

Rafe nods but Sarah still refuses. "We aren't going until the medics get here!"

"I am calling them," Ward shouts as he goes over to Sarah with the radio in his hand.

Rafe goes behind Trinity and puts his hands around her, gripping her waist, "Rafe no! She's dying! Please, Rafe!" She sobs and is able to say her last sorry to Sheriff Peterkin, "I am so sorry,"

Rafe hoists her up and at this point, Trinity doesn't fight back since she's too busy hyperventilating. He puts an arm under her legs and carries her bridal style, waiting for Ward to get Sarah. "Sh, nothings gonna happen to you," He whispers to her.

"No!" She screams as she's carried away. She continues to kick and wriggle around but Ward shoves her in the passenger seat and Rafe puts her on Sarah's lap, slamming the door and making sure they aren't going to escape.

"Trinity it's okay," Sarah tells her, she knew she felt guilty about what Rafe did, "Sh, it wasn't your fault,"

Rafe runs around and gets in on his side, wasting no time starting the car and driving off. Sarah had stopped crying and was rubbing Trinity's back as she continued to silently cry.

"She had the hammer back. You know that?" Rafe asks Sarah.

"No."

"She was gonna blow his head off."

"No! She was arresting him, Rafe!"

"I couldn't sit there and let it happen, okay? She was gonna kill him. Yeah, yeah she was gonna kill him. Anyway, Sarah, you need to focus. You understand?"

"Do you realise what you've done?"

"...I saved Dad. What was I supposed to do, sit there and hope for the best?" A few tears fall down his face, "Listen, I'm a proactive type of person. Hope is not a strategy, okay?"

Trinity says something for the first time, "Rafe! Car!" She slams her hands on the dashboard.

He looks at the road and quickly swerved the car into the correct lane, "I'm the problem solver in this family, okay?"

Sarah doesn't say anything and just puts her head on Trinity's shoulder. But Rafe grabs her arm and shouts as loud as he can, "Okay?!"

"Okay!" Sarah quickly replies.

Trinity jumps at the sound of his voice and begins to cry again. She puts her hands over her face, "What is happening? What is happening?" She mumbles to herself.

Rafe takes one of her arms and is gentle, "I'm sorry."

"Don't touch me." She shakes him off and holds Sarah's hand.