Celestial ~ JJ Maybank

010.

John B sighed, "It's not there. Look just... just pull the drone up" he stood up again and sighed disappointedly, "shit"

"Look we can do another pass. Recharge the battery. We can go back down" Pope tried to be optimistic.

"Guys we've been through it three times There's nothing there" JJ spoke up.

Kie shouted over the boy, "shut up!"

"What? It's true" he defended himself. Celeste touched his arm, making him glance down at her.

"I know J, just maybe not while it's fresh--"

"The gold could be buried. We don't know!" Kiara suggested in a harsh tone.

"If it was there, it would've been found on the metal detector, okay?" John B spoke up, running his hands through his messy hair frustratedly, "somebody beat us to it"

JJ walked back over to the wheel, with Celeste staying with him as a sort of comfort to the obvious anger and frustration amongst the group.

JJ grabbed hold of the wheel, feeling defeated, "or it was never there"

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JJ was in his backyard practicing his aim with his gun as Celeste laid on the dead grass behind him. Every time a shot rang out, Celeste couldn't help but to flinch a little at the loud noise. She watched as the blonde aimed for a teddy bear, shooting it – pretty accurately into its body and face. Celeste couldn't help but feel a small amount of sadness for the teddy that was now decorated with dark holes in its fur. What did the teddy ever do him?

Soon, Pope ran into the backyard calling out their names, causing Celeste to stand up immediately. Something was wrong. Rarely was Pope this flustered.

"JJ! Cel!"

"What was that?" JJ mumbled to himself as he sent another shot into the teddy bear's head.

"JJ" Celeste also called, despite knowing he probably wouldn't hear due to the noise-cancellation headphones over his ears.

"That's what I thought man!"

Pope and Celeste looked at each other before turning to the blonde, shouting his name simultaneously.

"JJ!"

The boy turned his head, quickly taking off the headphones as Pope spoke up.

"They know"

"What?"

"You don't mean what happened--" Celeste questioned before Pope looked to her, repeating what he said before.

"They know"

JJ wasn't concerned unlike the others, "Alright chill bro. Alright? They don't know shit"

"Topper knows I sank his boat" Pope told them as Celeste furrowed her brows. Sure, Pope did sink the Kook's boat. But how would Topper know that? This could just be him trying to find someone to blame and Pope was sadly the chosen one. What if they don't know that, but are trying to upset or anger him for another reason? A Kook reason.

JJ voiced her thoughts, "How do you know they know?"

"Because Rafe and Topper posted outside of Heyward's and mad dogged me!"

"Shit Pope, they didn't hurt you again, did they?" she asked, receiving a small shake of the head. She let out a small sigh of relief.

"Will you calm down and get a grip man? They don't know shit" JJ denied but they all knew that by the look on Pope's face, it was more than likely true.