ISSUES 2 II OUTERBANKS S3/S4

killer

"Ward?", I call for him as soon as I've arrived at the dock, "Ward, are you here?" "Sh, Isabella, come in and be quiet", Ward tells me opening the door for me, "Now one can know that I'm here." "I know, I'm sorry", I mumble, "But this is really important, Ward. Rafe has-" "No, Isabella. I don't care about Rafe at the moment. He's made a decision and it's been against the family. He-" "No, Ward. You don't understand. Rafe made someone-" 

I stop talking when I hear a loud noise next to me and when I look to the side, there's a stranger trying to strangle Ward. Okay, holy shit. I wanted to warn him, not end up right in between. I notice the knife close to Ward so I grab it knowing that the stranger is busy strangling him. "Here!", I call for Ward and give him the knife quickly so he can defend himself but instead the stranger takes control of Ward's arm and cuts Ward's leg with the knife. 

"Ah", Ward lets out painfully making me wince. I need to help him. What can I do.. what can I- "Hey, asshole!", I yell when he pushes Ward to the ground, "Why don't you chose me first?" Okay, well.. That's been a stupid idea. The stranger lets go of Ward and comes closer to me slowly. He's holding the knife into the air signalising me that it's my last hour. He lunges to hit me with the knife but he's being pushed off me right before he could seriosuly injure me.

I see Rafe approaching the guy who was just pushed to the ground by him but already stood up again. "Rafe, he's got a weapon!", Ward yells but Rafe doesn't take a step back. Instead, he steps closer to the stranger trying to push him while avoiding his attacks. When the man lays on the ground he quickly looks for something which turns out to be a surfboard and be used to push the stranger to the ground. 

He wouldn't be Rafe if he didn't approach the guy laying on the ground and push him hard into the face. "Rafe!" "Rafe!" "Rafe, stop it!", Ward and I yell. "Are you alright? Should I call the police?", someone from the outside of the cabin asks. "No, no. We don't need a police. Everything's fine." 

"Are you sure that-" "Everything's fine", Ward repeats without thinking twice. The man in the canoe gives him a shocked look. "Ward?! Ist that you? Ward Cameron? I can't believe it." "No, hey, no, everything's fine! Leave, come on!", Rafe shouts aggressively as I lean down to take a look at Ward's wound. 

"Okay, come on", Ward groans out of pain. "Come on, dad." Rafe and I support him when walking to the bike both of us holding Ward on one side. "What the hell happened here?", my dad asks shocked when he stands in front of us suddenly and notices the blood on Ward's leg, "Rafe, have you-" "Come on, Harvey. We need to leave. Rafe, I need a helmet. No one should see me", Ward orders as we grab one for him. Rafe and I both hop onto a bike with our dads behind us. I only know one place where he could go.

"Everything will be fine", Rafe mutters alarmed when Ward groans as we arrive at the airfield. Ward tries to get off the bike on his own but before he falls down, dad acts quickly and holds him. After a moment of hesitating, Sarah is the first one to react and help us get Ward back on his feet. "What happened?" Rafe sums up the story about the fisherman. 

"No way. We're not going onto the airplane with him", Pople immediately makes clear to John B and I, "We can't do this. What the hell." John B looks like he's thinking deeply. We've been away way too long. We were supposed to fly a lot earlier. Where even are JJ and Kie? "Are we still flying?", Cleo asks. 

"He wasn't supposed to join us", Sarah states approaching John B, "He can't stay here or he'll be arrested." "No, no, Sarah. I don't think that I can get on this airplane with that man", John B denies strictly. "Listen to me, this is his airplane. I can't make him leave but he'd fly us to South America and if you don't want to get on, I understand that. We'll find another way." "There's no other way." 

"John B, boy, I know what you think but Ward cannot stay here. By letting him starve here no one is feeling better, not even you", dad adds, "I promise you that he'll stay away from you and your plans. It's just about saving him not sabotaging you." "Okay, fine. We'll fly", John B nods turning to Sarah, "If you fly, I'm in. We're strong together. So we're getting onto the airplane now. Come on, we'll fly now." 

"With them?", Pope asks. "Yeah, we don't have a choice", John B argues. "Only with Ward. I'll take care of Rafe here", dad corrects them. "Let's hold onto the plan. Come with me", Cleo tells Pope and gets onto the airplane as Rafe walks out when they have a little interference with one another. "Please take care of him", Rafe tells Sarah and I halfway emotionally. Sarah ignores him but I gasp. How could he say that after what's just happened? This is no one else's but his fault! 

"If you hurt him, I swear to you that I'll find you", Rafe warns John B but is interrupted by a police siren ringing out. "How could you say words like these after today?", I ask him reproachfully and Rafe looks at me in many ways that I can't define. "Come on, Rafe, we've got some things to discuss", dad says and turns to me to just hug me tightly, "Get home soon, alright?" 

I nod heavily and stay here when Ward calls for Rafe coming back to the door of the airplane again. "I need to talk to you", Ward tells Rafe, "Come here quickly." "Dad, you need-" "Rafe!" I've got no idea what the hell is going on with Ward.. how quickly he claims to forgive Rafe as if he'd die any moment. He can't be serious. "Harvey, take care of him while I'm gone", Ward asks dad as dad nods and turns to me. 

"I don't want you to leave but I've probably not been a good role model so I say do your best, Isabella. And don't get hurt. I've tought you how to defend yourself." I nod. "I'll see you soon", I smile at dad encouraging and appreciate the tight hug. Then I turn to Ward and help him get up and into the airplane as the police sirens are getting louder and louder in the background.