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CHAPTER 3
"JJ you stay out here and watch for bogeys 'kay?" They got out of the Twinkie and examined the old lighthouse. "Hold on why me?" JJ scoffed. "Because, there are some very valuabl-"
"Stop! Juls, you stay and guard with JJ while Suzy, Pope, Kie and I explore the lighthouse."
"I guess." Juls said sarcastically in a disappointed tone. "Oh come on. You know you wanna be with me." He put his arm around her shoulders, ruffling her hair.
"JJ I just straightened this!" She attempted to fix her hair again as he laughed lightly.
"You know," JJ broke the silence. "When all of this is over, we should hang. Just us."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah."
She smiled. "I think I miss when we had nothing going on."
"Yeah well thats cause you're a kook."
Juls punched him in the shoulder playfully, making them both laugh at themselves.
. . .
"Remind me what we're looking for again?" Kiara asked John B while looking up the flights of stairs. "I really would've been with JJ and Juls right now if I didn't need to thirdwheel." Suzy sighed as she marched up the stairs with Pope on her right.
When they finally reached the top, John B knocked on the steel door, making an awfully loud noise. He shrugged "Nobody home I guess."
The door opened. Revealing an old man with glasses and beard.
Kiara cleared her throat. "Uh, we're here for the lighthouse?"
"The lighthouse is closed." He shut the door on them. "Actually, we aren't here about the lighthouse. We're here about the Royal Merchant."
He opened the door slowly. "Then you came to the right place. I've been working here for 30 years. The view never changed. Until 2 days ago." He pointed towards the mountains. "The Point's almost gone. One more storm like that, it'll take the lighthouse. I'll go with her." Suzy glanced at Kiara, feeling a little bad.
"Now the trick to knowing where the Merchant is knowing wether she's on the north end or the south end of the eye of the storm. Now most experts believe she was on the south end. Now she's on the south end, the bands from the hurricane would've pushed her back out to sea, but I don't believe that. I think she was on the north end of the eye." He looked straight into John B's eyes.
"Now, by my calculations, the Royal Merchant is about ten miles that way." He pointed straight ahead.
"Look. I know this might sound weird, but do you know anything about this?" John B brought out the compass. The guy's eyes widened before he started climbing up the ladder.
"I know this is weird but maybe you would know something about this, alright?" They followed him up.
"Wanda, I got four kids on drugs up here at the lighthouse, call the police."
"John B we have to go!" Suzy grabbed John B's hand before speeding towards the stairs.
"Shit seriously?" Pope cursed as the Twinkie drove off.
"This way."
. . .
"This place is scary."
Suzy shivered. "Yeah. John B what are we doing?" He shushed them. "You know how you're trying to remember a song but can't remember who sings it?"
"Yeah."
"So, Redfield. This whole time, I thought it was a place, right? But it's not a place." He looked up at the wall. "It's a person."
"This door is like seven hundred pounds it's not gonna budge!" They heard hissing coming from a crack in the wall. "Juls get back here!" She gasped loudly when she saw the snake before JJ wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her towards him.
"Everyone shut up! Look, we're not gonna get through the door alright! It's too heavy. We should probably just go." Pope slightly whispered to John B.
"I can get through." Suzy pointed her flashlight to the hole in the wall. "Look this is about your dad, and honestly? I really don't believe in it but, you deserve to know the truth." She gulped. "Remind me what we're looking for again?"
"You'll know it when you see it." She licked her lips and stood up on JJ's thighs to get up.
She turned her flashlight on and looked around. "I need some more light!"
"Yeah I got you." John B stuck his hand with the lantern inside.
"Holy shit." She grabbed the envelope and gave it to John B.
