Daydreams| Outer Banks ¹

{chapter fourteen} break the rules

The five pogues drove through town with one destination in mind- the salvage yard. In theory the plan seemed simple. Sneak in. Grab the drone. Get out. Simple, right?

For the majority of the journey Pope had been worrying and complaining about the plan, and was just about driving the rest of his friends crazy. 

"Pope. We're not stealing the drone, we're borrowing it." John B huffed. 

"Humans are the only animal who can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality," Pope quoted as he folded his arms over his chest like a child having a tantrum. 

"Did you just come up with that?" John B questioned. 

"Albert Bernstein came up with it, but it applies to this whole treasure-hunting thing," Pope answered before turning around to face the front of the van. "So, which is it? Fantasy or reality?"

"Why are you so weird, Pope?" JJ bluntly asked whilst rolling up a joint. Indi lightly kicked his leg in response to his rude comment. 

"It's fantasy, but possible reality," Kiara chimed in. Indi nodded her head in response, agreeing with her best friend.

"Reality," John B insisted with a smile on his face. 

"Virtual reality," JJ muttered with the joint between his lips. 

Just before he could light it up Pope snatched the poison and tossed it to the other side of the van. He didn't want any distractions or mishaps during their illegal mission. 

The Twinkie stopped a good distance away from the security post in front of the salvage yard so that the man in the box couldn't see them. 

Indi and Kiara exited the van as they were the distraction part of the plan- ask for help with a flat tyre. They hopped into the car, with Kiara driving and Indi in the passenger side, and drove a couple hundred feet until they stopped outside of the gates to the salvage yard. 

Kiara got out of the car and ran to the back of it so she could use her hair clip to puncture one of the tyres, leaving Indi to talk to the man, since she had been voted best liar out of the two.

"Hello?" She confidentially called out whilst waving her arm in the air. "Excuse me?"

The man set down the notebook he was writing in and exited his box to find out what the teenager wanted. 

"Can I help you?"

"Hi. My friend and I have a flat tyre and we were wondering if you could help us out?" Indi explained with a bright smile. She gestured back to Kiara who was waving at the man too, selling their act perfectly. 

The man stared at the two girls, through narrowed eyes, whilst he decided what to do. He assumed they were just some vacationers who didn't know the roads very well. What was the worst that could happen? 

"Yeah, sure." 

He turned back into the salvage yard whilst Indi walked back to Kiara nodding her head. 

"It's too easy," Indi remarked to her best friend as they watched the man reemerge with his kit. 

Kiara waved him over to the left side of the truck and pointed to the back tyre. "It's just this back one right here. I mean, it must have been a slow leak or something."

Indi turned her head over her shoulder to where the boys were hidden and sent them a sharp nod of her head, telling them to go now. 

They sprinted out of their hiding spot and darted towards the closing fence, making it through in just the nick of time.