A few hours had passed since the beginning of Raven's confinement and she still wasn't comfortable being anywhere near Godric or looking at him. He terrified her to no end yet at the same time demanded respect and radiated kindness. She didn't know what to make of it so she stayed wary.

In the next few minutes the door was opened to reveal the same man who threw Raven in there holding a tray filled with food and a bottle. Looking closer she began to recognize the bottle as the drink Bill would always have. That TruBlood stuff. Glancing over to Godric she wondered yet again how these humans managed to catch him and keep him at bay without the use of silver.

"Alright kiddies, time for lunch."

Lunch!? Had she already been there that long? She continued to ponder this as the man handed her the tray. Picking up a slice of bread she decided it didn't really matter. After all, Sookie and Bill would come and save her, right?

"I'm not taking it back."

Turning her head Raven looked over at the source of the shout. The hulk was trying to give the TruBlood to Godric who was not accepting it.

"I told you something like me does not deserve to eat."

"If you keep this up you'll look like we beat you and didn't let you eat which will make people think badly of us. You don't want that now do ya?"

Godric merely gazed at the man, calm as always. "Gabe, I'm not eating."

Heaving a sigh Gave just backed up and placed the bottle down on the floor, "I'll just leave this here in case ya change yer mind."

As Gabe left Raven sat on her portion of the floor setting her tray on the chair near her, the one Godric sat there, and continued nibbling on her food. Switching her gaze over to the vampire in the corner and the bottle sitting on the floor she wondered just what made him think he didn't deserve to eat.

Finishing up her food she went to sit a little closer to Godric before asking, "Why won't you eat?"

"…I don't deserve to."

"Why not?"

At this he finally turned to look at her but he had a faraway look in his eyes. It was almost like he wasn't even looking at Raven but rather someone from long ago.

"People who have committed sins equivalent to my own should not be allowed to live."

"But you couldn't have done anything that bad."

Letting out a low chuckle he shook his head at her child's logic, "I'm a vampire. We kill people."

"Yeah, but it's only to survive." She glared at his calm expression. "It's not your fault you have to drink blood to survive. So why punish yourself for surviving!"

A hint of what appeared to be shock passed along his calm mask before reverting back to normal. "Even so, that does not excuse the millions of innocent people I have murdered."

"So you just want to kill yourself!?" By now Raven was standing up with tears welling up in her eyes and her hands clenched in fists at her sides. "Don't you see something wrong with that? If you want to repent then drink TruBlood and work towards bringing peace between humans and vampires! Just giving up like this is cowardly!"

Godric couldn't help but be in awe at the girl before him. How could someone so young appear to know so much and argue morality?

Without a single word he reached forward and grabbed the bottle of TruBlood and opened it. "Alright, I'll have this one bottle." Raven's whole stature visibly relaxed as she sank back down to her seat on the floor. It's not like this one bottle would change what was going to happen this Sunday morning.

*~*~*

The atmosphere in the spacious room was tense. Bill had just got done explaining the events of the past day to the two vampires seated on the couch opposite of him and Sookie and was now awaiting their reaction.

The first to speak was a Hispanic woman dressed in a white business outfit designed for woman with her hair tied in an elegant ponytail who went by Isabel, "There is no doubt then. The people who kidnapped the child are the same ones who holding out sheriff captive." Her voice held within its depths the accent of a language spoken centuries ago. She must be very old.

Speaking up for the first time since the meeting began Sookie spoke the question on everyone's mind, "So…what'll we do about it?"

Giving a grunt the vampire seated next to Isabel decided to give his opinion, "I say we go in there and kill 'em all."

"Stan!" Turning towards Bill and Sookie the Hispanic vampire gave them an apologetic look, "Please forgive him, he seems to have forgotten his manners." Isabel's eyes narrowed into a glare directed to the male next to her.

Waving her hand Sookie told her it was okay.

"Ignoring Stan's ridiculous notion I think we should work on a plan to get our Sheriff and your child back." Isabel said looking towards Bill and Sookie to see if they had any ideas.

Neither one seemed to have anything so the next few minutes were spent in silent concentration to come up with a plan.

"I think the only way to successfully get them both is to send someone in to find out where they are then come back later and sneak them out." Bill said giving his suggestion.

Isabel seemed to think about this idea before giving her two cents, "Yes, that sounds like a wonderful idea."

"Then can we kill them?" Stan asked 'innocently.' All he got in return was a glare from Isabel.

"Then who do we send in and when?" Sookie questioned.

"It would be best for you to go in during the day to not rouse suspicion."

The room seemed to get a few degrees cooler in the few seconds after Isabel uttered those words. Bill wasn't happy about the idea of sending Sookie into that church, alone.

"No." His grip around her shoulders strengthened ever so slightly.

"Bill, there's no other way." Sookie placed her hand on his leg in an attempt to calm him down.

"If it would help make the decision any easier we wouldn't send her in alone. One of our human friends would accompany her." Isabel tried reasoning with the possessive vampire.

Ever so slowly Bill loosened his grip on Sookie's shoulders as he began to see reason. There was no getting out of it. She would have to go in if there was any hope to save Raven and the Sheriff.

"Alright, I guess there's no other way."

Sookie pat his leg in reward for his efforts to comply with these vampires.

Giving a clap of her hands Isabel looked towards the couple before her with a certain gleam in her eyes, "Alright then, now that we have that settled why don't I introduce you to the human who will be accompanying Ms. Stackhouse. You may come in now Dietrich."

Everyone's head turned towards the door as it was eased open by a young man who could give even Eric a run for his money in the looks department. He had golden blonde hair that was swiped across his forehead in a lazy fashion. The liquid emerald of his eyes almost glittered when he gave a smile that showed off his pearly whites. The skin stretched across his angled jaw was a deep brown seen among people who spent their whole life outside doing manual labor. "Greetings, I am Dietrich." Even his voice sounded like that of a god's.

'Wow.' Was all Sookie could think.

The look on her face must have matched her thoughts because Isabel gave a small laugh saying, "We get that reaction to Dietrich a lot."

Turning her head from embarrassment Bill gave the gorgeous man a glare. He did not like the idea of anyone that Sookie showed interest in.

"Dietrich here will go with Sookie into the church as a newly married couple looking for a new church to join." Isabel said motioning to Dietrich.

Bill was liking this idea less and less.

"So--" Before she could continue there was a loud noise from the hallway outside the next room. Before anyone could react the door was slammed open to reveal...Eric.

"ERIC!?" Sookie exclaimed in outrage.

"Sookie, dear! So nice to see you." Eric replied in a carefree tone, like he hadn't made them come all this way to do his work when here he was.

"What are you doing here?" She was growing angrier and angrier with his attitude.

Drifting over to her he placed his hands on both Bill and her shoulders. "Oh, I just couldn't stay away from my favorite couple for too long."

'What is he playing at?' Sookie began to wonder. Eric never acted like this.

"Cut the act Eric." This time it was Stan who spoke up. "There's no need for the act."

Nodding his head Eric took a seat in one of the armchairs provided by the hotel, "Alright then, time to get serious. I hear everything and think it's a splendid idea."

"Okay...then we will do this tomorrow, no?" Isabel asked looking to each vampire in turn.

Before Sookie or Bill could even open their mouths to reply Eric had already done the deal and agreed with her. Excusing themselves the Dallas vampires and human left the hotel room and shortly after Eric left as well informing the couple he would be just across the hall should they need him.

The next morning Sookie spent alone getting ready for her afternoon church tour with Dietrich. As she got her hair in a perfect bun and the makeup applied without a single smear she began to think on the Dallas vampires and how different they were from the ones in Louisiana. Placing her earrings in she decided Isabel was someone she could grow to like while Stan gave her a bad vibe, a very bad vibe. Getting up and checking appearance once more in the mirror she decided it was as good as it would get and went out into the main room to call Dietrich to tell him she was ready whenever he was. Time to get this show on the road.