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Chapter Eleven||Where Have You Gone?

Chapter Eleven
Where Have You Gone?

The Pogues brought the boat out to, hopefully, the right coordinates. It was supposed to be nice out so they all decided that the should look for the Royal Merchant.

"All right, JJ. Pin it here," John B called out to his blonde friend.

"Roger that! X marks the spot," JJ called back as Stella laughed and stood from her seat.

"All right, ladies and gentlemen," John B announced as he pulled out the camera. "To going full kook," he said and put the camera in the water.

Pope and Stella immediately ran over to the computer to see if the camera was working.
"It's working!" Stella called out in excitement as Pope moved the controller.

"All right, JJ, we're right over it. Ten seconds northwest," John B said as he stared at the iPad in concentration.

"Got it! Ten seconds northwest," Stella was so nervous she felt like throwing up but willed herself to keep it down.

"One hundred feet," Kiara called out and Stella sucked in a harsh breath.

Pope and Stella stared at the camera and jumped back in shock when a fish swam past very closely. John B looked at them and ran to the camera, "what, what, what, what?"

Pope smiled sheepishly, "it's nothing," John B groaned and Pope frowned as Stella rubbed his back in comfort. "Sorry, I thought-"

"Don't do that to me man!" JJ called to Pope.

Stella looked at the sky and frowned. "Uh, guys," they all looked at the sky and frowned. "We need to do this as fast as possible."

Pope shook his shoulders, "and to quote The Hobbit, "Down, down, to Goblin Town. Down, down, you go, my lad,"" Pope said in his best voice and Stella couldn't help but laugh.

"Four hundred feet," Kiara said as she marked it on the Sid wolf the boat. "Tides turning," she yelled as thundering rumbled in the distance.

"Hey, JJ," John B said. "Ten seconds easy on your right south-southeast."

JJ looked back at him and nodded, "copy that!"

He turned the boat and John B looked at the iPad before shaking his head. "JJ, twenty seconds mid-speed, all right? South," John B told him as JJ nodded.

The boat started rocking and Stella could see big dark clouds coming their way.

"Keep the tether out of the prop!" Pope yelled.

"I'm trying!" Kie yelled back and Stella moved to help the girl who have her a thankful look.

"JJ, keep going!" John B yelled as more thunder rumbled.

Stella sighed and looked at the sky again. "I don't mean to rush but we need to speed this up!" She yelled as thunder boomed again.

Kiara nodded, "700 feet!"

"JJ, hold it steady!"

"You guys, I'm serious! This is not looking good!" Stella yelled, the girl despised storms and being in the middle of one was only making her fear worse.

"900!"

"JJ, we're gonna turtle in this storm!" John B yelled at the boy in concern.

"920!"

"Crank it note by northwest! Ten seconds!"

Stella shook her head and moved to be next to Pope. He noticed her nerves and immediately grabbed her hand, giving her a comforting look that she greatly appreciated.

"Pope, how we doing?"

"Almost there."

"There's too much current!" Kiara yelled and Stella rushed over to hold on to the cable with her. "We're gonna lose it!"

"South, southwest, JJ! Hard!"

"Half speed. Steady at this bearing, JJ!" John B yelled and looked at his iPad before looking at Pope. "What do you got, Pope?" The boy didn't answer and it made John B antsy. "Come on, man. What do you see?"

"Nothing. A whole lot of nothing," Pope said angrily.

John B floofed his hair and stared at the camera. "You should be right above it, brother."

Pope shook his head and stood up. "Stella, Kiara."

"980!" They called in unison.

The boys stared at the camera and then Pope hit John B in the chest excitedly. "Im at the bottom! I'm at the bottom!"

"Okay, steady here, JJ!" John B called out frantically. "Steady here. Quarter speed, all right?" JJ listened to John B and held the boat still. "You should be seeing something, man."

"I know, I know! Wait, wait," Pope said as Kiara and Stella joined the two. "Oh, good god."

"See anything?" JJ called back and it made Stella laugh in amazement.

"It's the royal merchant," John B whispered in shock.

"Zoom out, Pope!" Stella said in excitement.

Pope did as she said and zoomed out. It was gorgeous, the ship was beautiful but it made Stella furrow her brows. There was no gold.

"It's not there," John B sighed out. "Look, just- just pull the drone up," he said in defeat.

Pope looked at his friend sadly. "Look, we can do another pass, recharge the battery," John B just walked away from the boy. "We can- we can go back down!"

"Guys, we've been through it three times! There's nothing there!" JJ yelled to his friends.

"Shut up," Kiara and Stella yelled back.

JJ shook his head and held up his hands. "What? It's true!"

"The gold could be buried. We don't know," Kiara said as she tried to think of any reason why it wasn't there.

Stella nodded, "she's right, JB. It's a big possibility."

John B just shook his head, "if it was there it would've been found on the metal detector, okay? Somebody beat us to it."

Stella sighed and sat down in defeat. This sucked ass.

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Stella being the over protective mother the Pogues needed.