-storm of chaos
ᵖᵒᵖᵉ ʰᵃʸʷᵃʳᵈ, ʲʲ ᵐᵃʸᵇᵃⁿᵏ
"that girl is a storm of chaos"
-How Kie's friend from Charleston
provides them a place to stay, getting
pulled along into a world of murder
and gold.
(...o...
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"There it is, Angel Oak." Kie looked out the window of the twinkie, sitting across from Rio as she let her put bobby pins in her hair.
"Oh, shit. Tides coming in." John B spoke up as he looked at the water puddle down the dirt road.
"Wait a second, look." Pope pointed to the tire tracks, "They already came through here. Those have to be Limbrey's tire tracks. Guys, we gotta go."
"What do you think, chief?" JJ looked toward John B.
"I'm thinking it's looking a little dicey." the curly haired boy said back, "Rio? You gonna pay for the twinkie if this goes south?
"Mhm." she looked over from Popes side. "And look good doing it."
"Okay, clearly, they made it. No?" Kie suggested.
"In a two-wheel drive? I don't know about that." JJ shook his head, looking out the window.
"Why are y'all acting like you're not gonna do it anyways?" Sarah spoke up from the back, trying to hold back her smile, "Like, when have y'all ever done the safe thing?"
"She's got a point." John B nodded as him and JJ looked to each other.
"Speed is your friend here, okay?" JJ nodded, turning back in his seat.
Rios heat flew around, hitting Popes as they both yelled out in pain and rolled over.
"Cmon, bro, punch it. Speed is your friend." JJ encouraged. "You're throwing my people around back there."
"It's gonna slide." Kie spoke up, holding onto the side of the van with one arm. Rio held onto Pope tightly. his other hand attached to JJ's seat.
"Not to put any more pressure on you, but if you don't make it through, we'll be stuck here forever." Pope leaned up toward the pair in the front, pulling Rio with him.
The twinkie made it through the mud puddle, gliding easily on the dirt road again. The group sighed in relief, cheering slightly. Rio whooped. "To live another day!"
"All right, so word to the wise, definitely know that gators nest back here, so keep your eyes peeled, okay?" JJ spoke up, holding his hand out to help Rio out before doing the same to Pope.
"You don't want to be Pat Womack. She had her calf chewed off by a gator, right? You know that, right?" JJ continued on.
"That's actually not true." Kie commented back.
"Pat Womack was injured in a car accident, but I hear you." Sarah shrugged, pushing branches out of the way as they walked in a line after Pope.
"Okay, just living ignorance. But like, she had her calf chewed off by a mama gator. I know that for a fact." JJ hummed, turning to look back at them.
"I'd rather get my calf chewed off then my hand." Rio said honestly as she reached back for Popes hand, taking JJ's too as they were carful on a sloppy part of the path.
