𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲

ninety-one: Field Player.

    

     THE TRUCK that the container was loaded up on begins driving and Kai looks at the others. The truck slows down, "we gotta be on the dock by now." JJ whispers and then John B hushes him quietly. The crew outside make a couple of nosies then the container was lifted, making them get thrown around.

"Jesus Christ!" Pope exclaimed and Kai grabs onto JJ, "I'm scared of heights!" He says and JJ just puts his arm around him. "Pretend like we're on the ground or something. Relax, baby, relax..." He said but then a man shouts, "stop swinging it around!" Kai's breathing becomes heavy as he looks around.

"I don't like this." He says and John B shushes him. "Kai, relax. Just pretend it's a... carnival ride?" He says then the container stopped moving. "That's it!" A man outside shouts. "We made it." JJ says, looking at Kai. "Quiet, JJ!" Kie says as the boys shush him.

"I hated that." Kai mumbled, pursing his lips together and John B climbs up to look out the ventilation but then something scares him, making him go down. "What? What was it?" JJ whispers and they all grow quiet.

The group eventually realized they weren't gonna find a way out so they just sat around, doing nothing. "Nice work, John B. You know these things lock from the outside, right?" JJ looks at  him. "Okay, I was just trying to get us on the boat, JJ. I wasn't thinking that far ahead." John B says, his eyes closed, annoyed. "Now we're stuck in here like rats."

"It's hot." Kie says, taking off her jacket. "In this death cage!" JJ exclaims. "Okay, JJ. You're not helping." Pope looks at him. "You don't have a whole lot of room to talk right now." JJ says, sitting down beside Kai who's leaning against something, fidgeting slightly.

"You said you had a plan, but what happened to thinking ahead?" JJ says as Kai looks at them. "I find your lack of self-knowledge disturbing." He said and JJ laughs, standing up. "Last I checked, you literally shot an oil container with the gat." He says and Kai sighs. "Oh, my God, shut up! Shut up!" Kie says, her leg up between them. "Pull it together." She says and the two boys sigh as Kai takes off his jacket.

"Let's try to find a way out of here."

In the container, they were still trying to find a way out when JJ spoke up, "hey, Pope, how do you kill a snake?" He asked and Kai looks to them. "You go for the head." Pope says quietly. "Exactly. But the head, in this instance, is the bridge. To take the bridge, we need maximum firepower. And I happen to know there's an armory on this ship in case of pirate attacks." JJ says and Kai furrows his brows.

"Pirate attacks?"

"So, if we take that-- and I'm not just talking pistols." JJ says as Kie stood up and walked past him. "You lost me." She says but JJ carries on. "I'm talking knives." He says and Kai sighs. "Killing everybody here is not a plan, J." Kai said making JJ look at him right away.

"Ah, we lost them." JJ said, meaning Kai and Kie as he looks at Pope and John B. "If we get to the armory, I'm talking AKs, pistols, knives, double-barrels." He lists them on his fingers, "JJ!" John B stood up, grabbing him.

"What?"

Kai notices Kie and walked over to her as she lifts something and put it out of the way. "Kiara Carrera, you're so smart..." Kai says when he realized what was behind it. "Guys? Guys!" Kie shouted to the arguing trio and nodded her head. "She's got something."

They walk up to the girl and boy, "can we fit through that, yeah?" Kie says. "Hell yeah. Nice one, Kie." John B says and JJ holds up his pocket knife. "What was that about a Swiss Army knife not coming in handy?"

"Just stop it." John B says as Kai rolls his eyes. "Just go." He tells his boyfriend who climbs up to the opening in the container. He uses the knife to get it open up. As he gets the last screw on it, "okay, we raid the armory, get weapons, roll back here, and plot the next move." JJ looks back at them. "The armory is on the third deck, near the laundry room. Let's roll." He says then turns back to the crate to open it up.

"JJ, hold up. I don't think we should all go out there. It's too risky." Pope stops him. "Why?" JJ whispers. "Yeah, I gotta be honest, I think you should stay here." John B says and Kai furrows his brows. "What?" JJ said right away. "I have Sarah that I'm gonna go after. And Pope has..." John B says, "the cross." Pope finished. "Yeah. Let's go get it." JJ nodded.

"And also, if you go out there, there's 100% probability that you're gonna do something stupid." John B added afterwards. "Okay, first of all, I think the correct terminology is ballsy. That is--" "Okay, okay, get down here." John B grabs his arm. "No. Get off!" JJ pulls his arm away. "Dude, I'm a field player." He argued. "Shh, shh. If we go out there, and we get in a bind, we need somebody to look out for us. That's what we need." John B explains

"I get it. I get it. I get it. I'll be on the B team." JJ pats his chest. "I never said B team." John B sounds slightly confused. "Sorry, are you calling Kai and I B team?" Kie said with her face scrunched up. "Didn't mean to offend you. Especially you, cutie." JJ squeezed Kai's face making his boyfriend slap his hand. "Did B team not just find your way out, or am I totally tripping?" Kie looks at John B.

"Look, just hang back. Hold down the fort."

"Great. Looking forward to it. Mm-hmm..."

"I'll babysit." Kie says and Kai rolls his eyes. "You guys have fun. It's your funeral, your game. I'll be in here, on the bench..." JJ said as he walks off. "Hey," Kie grabs the boys' shoulders. She's unsure what to say when they look at him. "Don't get shot." Is all she can even say. "That's all I got." She added afterwards.

"Yeah, guys, don't get shot." Kai whispers. "That's disheartening and scary." Pope looks at them. "Positive affirmations, Kie." John B got up and Kai looks to where JJ had went off to. He walks off as Kie helps them get out so she can close the crate right after.

AUTHORS NOTE
jj being petty over not being able to go with pope and john b 😭 he cares so much and loves being in the fight lmao
+ double update again