𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 - J.M

17, they're gone

"Hey, what's going on here?" I heard that one most annoying voice. "JJ? How are you?" he continued, and Kie and I stood next to each other.

Unfortunately, it didn't help us because we were surrounded. Rafe and Barry surrounded us, preventing us from escaping. I looked at JJ in fear as Barry was pointing the gun at him. Then I got even more scared.

JJ raised his hands in defence. "I haven't forgotten about our meeting. I'm here because I want my fucking money back." Said the brunet, putting the gun to the blonde's chest, and after a while he started beating him.

"JJ!" I panicked and without thinking much I ran to the boy, which also caused me to get hit. Rafe pulled Kie away and started asking about John bi getting punched in the face by a girl.

JJ was lying on the ground and I was sitting next to him. My lip was split from being hit in the face by a gun. I looked at Barry, asking him to stop with his friend.

"You killed Peterkin!" I heard Kiara screaming and Rafe starting to choke her. I didn't know who to save, I was helpless and I was begging for Pope to come here.

"Leave her Rafe!" I exclaimed, still sitting next to JJ. However, when the blonde decided to get up, Barry started beating him again. "Barry, leave him." I started begging him, tears streaming down my cheeks.

Rafe continued shouting alternately with Kie, and when they stopped, I noticed the blonde lying on the ground. Pope hit him in the back with a crowbar. They started fighting, Barry tried to get closer, but JJ and I grabbed his legs and he fell over.

Maybank continued to fight Barry, and Pope punched Rafe in the face. Me and Kiara started telling the dark-skinned man to stop, but he didn't listen to us. He wrapped some garden hose around the blonde's neck and started choking him. JJ intervened and pulled Pope away from Rafe. He finally left him lying on the ground with a bloody face.

"Let's go!" Kiara shouted and I got into the car with her. We fled again, this time with a boat for our friends who needed help.

"Where is he?" Kie asked as she helped JJ with the boat.

"He'll be fine." Pope said, and moments later we heard police sirens and then a sheriff's car parking. I panicked a bit, which made me step back.

John b came out of the police car and we all looked at him with shock on our faces.

"I don't believe it, John b?" JJ asked to be sure, who got out of the boat to greet his friend.

"This must be some kind of joke." I said, coming out from behind Kiara, which made John b happy. He and Sarah didn't know what happened to me after seeing the agent.

"Shoupe let me ride." The boy joked, putting a backpack on his back. He probably had the most necessary things there to survive this escape.

"Okay, I believe you." Kiara said, hugging the boy hello. John and I talked for a while before he got into the boat. He started asking about Sarah, saying he didn't want to go without her.

Luckily, JJ convinced him by putting himself between me and Kie. We were saying goodbye to John, and tears were spontaneously flowing down everyone's cheeks. We helped the boy push the boat away from the shore and stood again, watching him sail away.

Then I noticed JJ wrapping his arms around my waist with one arm. I didn't expect this from my own sister, I thought that today's meeting would bring something, but it didn't. I moved aside, leaving JJ with me. I couldn't look at him, so I looked anywhere but at him.

In front of us stood Kie and Pope, who were talking about something and then hugged each other. It probably had something to do with what I saw last night on the Cameron estate. After a while, however, I saw my sister kissing a boy. I glanced at JJ, who was as surprised as I was, but also looked jealous.

This moment was interrupted by the police who were furious when they saw that John b had escaped. Shoupe started belittling JJ by saying he would be like Luke, which upset me, but I didn't say anything and looked at the SBI agent who had also arrived.

It was getting darker and there was a huge storm outside. There was going to be a hurricane about which we knew nothing, I was afraid that John would do something to himself. The police took us to a tent where they started interrogating us. There was also an agent there.

"You heard my version." I said to the man with tears in my eyes, fear eating me from the inside. The agent, however, beat me to it and was standing with some large binoculars, looking for a boat in the ocean. He looked like he saw something, but he wasn't happy.

The lights throughout the Outer Banks began to return, along with the beacon, which revealed the boat that Sarah and John b were on. The police immediately sent boats to follow the phantom. Shoupe didn't let us leave the tent, so I couldn't see anything. I was afraid that the storm would sweep them away.

Suddenly Ward came into the tent, I didn't like it. But I believed in John b and that he would tell about everything Ward did. The SBI had to know who really killed Sheriff Peterkin.

"You killed my father and framed me for a murder I didn't commit." I heard on the radio Ward was talking on. "You took everything from me!"

I could see on the agent's face that he wasn't sure about Ward's statement. I panicked when I heard they lost the phantom signal. This wasn't a good sign. I started shaking with fear, and JJ noticed. I looked at him and he hugged me, trying to calm me down. My worst suspicions became true.

Shoupe entered the tent and we jumped out of our seats. Pope was the first to speak. "Did you find them?"

"No." At this point I cried even more, but JJ still held me close. He was shaking as much as I was, but he didn't want anyone to know that.

"So they escaped?" Kie asked, still having some hope.

"We lost them." I wasn't even looking at the police at that point. "We're sorry."

"What do you mean, lost them?" asked Pope, who was also hopeful.

"They took the boat into Hurricane Pope." Shoupe killed any hope we had left.

"Are they dead?"I asked, my voice trembling.

"We don't know." That wasn't the answer I wanted.

JJ, in order not to cry, started calling names and fighting with Shoup. The policeman pulled him away and I ran to him, trying to calm him down. Our parents, except JJ's father, ran into the tent. I glanced at my parents and hugged JJ. We were all in despair, no one knew what happened to John b and Sarah. Two of my friends may just be dead.

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END OF SEASON 1!!