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𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘖𝘝

JJ pushes open the doors of Freedman's church and a small flock of birds flutter away in fright as we stand at the entrance, looking around the old decrepit looking building.

"Okay, you're telling me Denmark Tanny decided to hide the cross here?" JJ questions as we enter the church.

"Mmhm" Pope chirps.

"Everybody, just spread out" Kiara orders and we listen to the girl, heading off in our own ways.

"Okay, well, if I was a cross and wanted to be hidden in an old church, where would I hide?" John B asks, more so to himself than us.

"Personally I'd hide somewhere comfortable" I reply and the brunette flicks my nose, causing me to slap his hand away from me.

"Are you sure that Denmark hid the cross here, Pope? Like, are we at the right church?" JJ asks the Heyward boy curiously.

"It's gotta be here somewhere, guys" Pope assures us.

"What if we have to push a secret button or, like, play, like, a... a certain chord, and then, all of a sudden, the ground beneath us reveals the catacombs or something on which we stand?" JJ suggests.

"How about we try to find obvious clues?" John B counters.

"It's not an escape room" Kiara scoffs.

"Or the goonies" I add.

"It's gotta be in here" Pope mutters.

"Sorry. I'm sorry" JJ says softly, moving away from the piano.

"I can't see where they'd hide a giant cross here" John B points out.

"You're barely looking" I retort and he reaches out to grab me but I slip away from him with a yelp, hiding behind Sarah who glares at the boy.

John looks at me in disbelief and I grin, sticking my tongue out at him.

"No, no. There's no way he would set us up on a freaking goose chase that would lead us to a church that has nothing" Pope snaps defensively.

"Yes, I get it. I don't know what to tell you, man" John B replies, looking away from me to Pope.

"The clues led us here. The cross is in this church" Pope declares firmly, sitting down on one of the pews.

"Pope, it'll be all right. We've had setbacks in the past, and we figured it out. We're gonna find it" John B assures the boy.

"He's right" Kiara adds.

"We've just gotta think about this logically, all right? Where else would you hide a seven-foot-tall cross made of gold?" John B explains.

"What?" JJ asks when we notice Pope staring upwards in awe.

The Heyward boy gets up and slowly takes steps forwards while we all look up, trying to figure out what he's seeing other than rotting wooden beams.