Part 4

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I was out early on the boat trying to somewhat sleep but it didn't work, one because of my stupid nightmares, and two bc I heard someone walking out of the boat I open my eyes to see John B there

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I was out early on the boat trying to somewhat sleep but it didn't work, one because of my stupid nightmares, and two bc I heard someone walking out of the boat
I open my eyes to see John B there.
"Uhhh what are you doing?" I ask him
"Umm totally not stealing your dad's tanks?" He says
"Mmkay sure. Welp I'm coming with, where we going?" I ask him getting up
"I'll explain on the boat" he smiles as he helps me in


"This is empty. You took empty tanks?" Kie asks him
"I... you didn't tell me they were empty." John b tells me
"Excuse me? How would I know I haven't used them in forever" I tell him
"Ok this one's a quarter full. It's enough for one of us." Kie tells us
"Love it when a plan comes together" Pope says
"Does anybody know how to dive?" Kie asks
"It's kind of a Kook sport" JJ says
Everyone looked at me
I let out a big sigh
"Ugh fine I'll do it" I tell them

"Ok so if you come up too fast, nitrogen gets into your blood, and you get the bends" Pope starts to explain.
JJ arches his back.
"Bends like bend over and..." JJ starts to say
"The bends kill you idiot" I tell him
"Right." He says standing up
"Let me do some calculations real quick" Pope says picking up a pencil and starts to write it down
"That boat's about 30 feet down. So it'll take 25 minutes at that depth. Which means you need to make your safety stop at about.... ten feet. All right? For two minutes" he tells me
"Ok ten feet two minutes got it" I smile
Kie takes her shirt off and jumps into the water "uhh what was that?" John b asks
"I don't know but I liked it, a lot" JJ says
"Y'all are weird" I tell them 
"Hey! I tied my T-shirt to the anchor chain about ten feet down. It's where you need to do your safety stop." Kie says coming up from the water
"Perfect thanks" I smile
"Keep an eye on this. You need to make sure you have enough air to decompress." Pope tells me
"Yep got it, how much do I need?" I ask
"Unclear. Breathe as little as possible" Pope warns me
"Oh cool how nice" I say sarcastically
"Hey if we get caught in the marsh we're basically screwed, so... better get a move on" pope tells us
"Copy that" I say
"Diver down?" John b says
"Diver down" I repeat
I put my mask on and jump in
"Diver down." Pope sighs
"See ya" JJ says as I swim down

I make my way down looking for anything. I get a door open and see a duffle bag, I grab it and make my way back up.
I make it to kie's shirt and look at my watch waiting for the right time.
I was about to go up when I see another boat pull up.

I hold my breath as long as possible waiting for them to leave. I take one last breath as my air runs out.
"That's it I'm dead" I said to myself

The boat finally pulls away and I quickly try to swim back up. Gasping for air as I break through the water

"Oh my God thank goodness" kie says
"There she is!" JJ says
I cough some more just sitting in the water for a second
"You ran outta air didn't you?" Pope asks
"Most definitely" I say
"Find anything?" JJ asks
I don't answer instead I just show them the bag.
"Yes!!" They all cheer
John b helps me back into the boat
"You ok?" He asks me
"Oh yeah just peachy" I say still catching my breath some

"Cops showed up" pope tells me
"Yeah ya missed the show" kie laughs
"I think I had a show of my own" I laugh
"Hey guys? Guys bogey two o'clock" John b says
"What?" I say turning around
"Do you recognize that boat?" Pope asks me
"No, never seen it." I tell him
"What are they doing back here? The marsh is closed" Kie says
"I don't know. Let's not stick around and find out" JJ tells us
"JJ get the bowline" John B tells him
"Yeah" JJ says getting the rope.
"Should we wait on 'em?" Pope asks
"No we're not gonna wait on em. Go get the stern. Go!" John B says
"Are you joking?" Kie asks
"Hurry up JJ" I tell him
"Guys don't wait for me. Go" JJ tells us
"Pull out the stern" Pope says
"I don't like this." John b says
"Are they coming for us?" JJ asks
"Maybe they're fishing" Pope suggests
"Who cares just go!" I yell
"Go into the marsh" Pope says
"Let's go!" Kie yells
"I'm going. Act natural" John B tells us
"Hey guys they're following us" Kie tells us
"This can't be good" Pope says
"Shit" John B mumbles
"Dude you gotta go faster!" JJ yells at John b
"I'm going!" John B yells
"Gun it John b!" I yell
Then a bullet comes flying by hitting the boat
"What the..." Pope says trailing off
"Holy shit!" Kie yells
"What the hell!! John B get down!" I yell
Then another shot is fired
"We're gonna die!" Pope yells
I was down next to kie when I saw the net
"Kie the net" I tell her
She looked the net then at me
"You're a crazy son of a bitch" she tells me as we stand up making our way to the net
"Shit! Pope move." She says
Another shot was fired.
"Get down guys" John b tells
Kie and I throw the net into the water and as they drive over it the net gets caught in their engine causing the boat to stop
"Oh my God! Whoo!" Kie yells
"Booyeah! Pogue god man! See you guys!" JJ yells
"That was insane!" I yell.
We make it back to John b's place and get the bag out
"What do you guys think it is?" Kie asks
"Gotta be money or something right?" John B suggests
"That or a couple of keys with street value to the low- to mid-mils!" JJ suggests as well
"Can we please just open the bag?" Pope says
"Woah" I mumble
"Wow Pope. That's a rare outburst of emotion from you" John B laughs
"Okay. You guys are literally killing me with anticipation. Open the bag" Pope says
"We almost died over this" Pope reminded us
"That's fair" I shrug
John b gets the bag opened and pulls out a compass.
He didn't say anything or even move
"Oh wow. Yup. That's about right. Good job everybody. We found a compass" Pope says
Sense John b still was staring at it JJ says
"Dude what? It's not worth anything" JJ tells him
"John B what is it?" I ask
"This was my father's" he says not taking his eyes off of it

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