MERCEDES, jj maybank

73.

BIRDCALL

Trinity jogged over to the back of the truck which was locked with a padlock and the only place where they key would be, would be with Rafe.

She curses inside her head and then jumps when Sarah comes up behind her. "Jesus, Sarah," She puts her hand on her chest and breathes heavily.

"Okay, newsflash, me and John B are back together, and what's going on here?" Sarah says toying at the padlock.

Trinity slaps her hand away after making to much rattling noises. "The key is with Rafe, it's got to be."

"You can get it off him," Sarah says pointing back at Trinity.

Trinity's eyes widen, "No, no I can't."

But Sarah just nods, "You have powers over Rafe, just convince him - or distract him and I'll get the key."

"It's not going to work, Sarah," Trinity rubs her forehead trying to think of something else.

Trinity steps around the truck and looks at the boys, "We need the key," She whispered.

They all gesture for her to come back, Sarah goes over and whispers something in her ear and they both nod.

"We're going inside," Sarah whispers, taking Trinity's hand.

"No," The boys all whisper.

"Do not go inside - damn it!"

"Do the bird call!" Pope tells John B and he makes a very bad impression of what sounded like a chicken.

Trinity gently closes the door behind them and they stand by the stair case, "I'll look upstairs, you look downstairs," Sarah whispers, placing her hand on the railing.

Trinity nods and goes off deeper through the hallways, and hears a handle click somewhere behind her.

"Shit." She whispers and runs away into a small room.

After waiting a minute or two she opens the door again to carry on looking but she sees Rafe standing at the end of the corridor. She gasps, making him turn around.

She had no where to back up, so she began to run but he had caught up to her, and grabbed her. Clasping his hand over her mouth tightly. "Don't make a sound," He whispers. "What are you doing here?"

He carries Trinity, who was kicking as hard as she could and dropped her into the winery, shutting the door behind him.

"Why are you here?"

"Let me out Rafe,"

Rafe shakes his head, "You're not alone, are you?"

Although this was bad for Trinity, at least it was a distraction for Sarah, like she wanted.

Rafe goes for the door handle to go and search the house. "No wait!" He stops and watches as Trinity asks him to stay. "I came to find you..."

"Really?" He asks, not buying it.

She nods, "I just haven't seen you in a while and I wanted to make sure you've been okay,"

Rafe scoffs, "So that's why you're snooping around and tiptoeing through my house?"

"Rafe, I don't know what you want me to say."

He folds his arms, "You're not coming out until you tell me the truth."

And Trinity knew that he meant it. So she tried to squeeze past him but Rafe quickly one arm wrapped around her waist and the other around her thigh, lifting her up and taking her back into the winery as she kicked and struggled to wriggle out of his grip, "Trinity, nothing will happen, please just relax."

Trinity reaches forward and knocks a few wine bottles down causing them to splash and shatter , "Let me go!"

He shakes his head, "I can't if you're gonna cause trouble like that."

"I won't!"

"So if I put you down, you won't try to run off?" He asks her.

She stops wriggling around, and Rafe puts her down on her feet but still has her gripped tightly until he gets an answer.

"No...I won't, what if you try to kill me too,"

Rafe's jaw clenches as he squeezes his fists around her biceps as if they were stress balls, "Ow, Rafe, stop," She winces. "Please," Trinity squeezes her eyes shut and endures the pain.

But he doesn't stop, "You need to learn to watch your mouth Trin," He pushes her behind him so she falls back into the shelves, and leaves the room. Locking her in there.

Luckily, Sarah had found the key and was opening the drivers door of the truck but she could only wonder where Trinity had went.

Sarah had loads of time to find the key, with the help of Wheezie and whatever distraction Trinity done for Rafe. Little did Sarah know, Trinity was trying to avoid Rafe at all costs.

But Rafe knew that Trinity wouldn't be alone, so after going out to look for whoever it could be he saw Sarah, looking into the back of the truck and hyperventilating after seeing Renfield's body. He grabbed her.

"I really wish you didn't do that," He says and clasps a hand over her mouth, dragging her back inside and giving her to Rose who was upstairs.

"I found her Rose," Rafe says as Sarah was trying to get out his grip and run off. "You wanted Sarah. Now we can go on our trip."

"I'm not going anywhere!"

"Okay, sweetie, come on - Rafe let her go."

Rafe didn't listen and kept holding onto her because he didn't trust that she wouldn't make a run for it. "Not until she calms down, Rose."

"I've got her," Rose says taking Sarah out of Rafe's arms. "I've got her, I'll calm her down and explain everything to here."