Part 18

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Pope and I get John b to the top of the van seeing the nasty bite on his calf "Careful

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Pope and I get John b to the top of the van seeing the nasty bite on his calf
"Careful. I'm pretty sure that'll get infected"
Pope tells him
"Yeah" I say trying to move his leg as he lets out a groan
"Yeah you're lucky. It didn't cut into muscle too much." I tell him
"Lucky. I got bit by an alligator and my car is underwater" John B says groaning through the pain
"Do you have something to wrap it with stop the bleeding? It can-" I start to say but stop when John b pulls out the bandana giving it to me
"At least you don't have a bullet in you" I say trying to change the subject
"Oh and speak of the fricking devil" Pope says as we see JJ Sarah and Kie pulling in
"Look who it is the tortoise and the tortoise and the tortoise. Just a couple hours late." Pope says
"Where the hell were you guys?" I ask them once they were out of the truck
"Paternal complications" Kie says
"Luke was at the Chateau" JJ tells us
"Oh great! While you were having family time with your pops John B got bit by a gator" Pope says
"Like for real?" JJ asks him
"Does it look like we're joking?" I ask him
"Okay what the hell happened?" Sarah asks us
"What happened? I got bit by a gator!" John B yells
"He got bit by a gator!" Pope yells at the same time
"I don't know why I'm being yelled at because I put my ass on the line" Kie says
"You're being yelled at because it was 20 minutes" Pope says
"Okay well we got here as fast as we could" Kie tells him.
Everyone starts to argue back and forth before JJ tells
"Shut up!" JJ yells and everyone stops talking
"Seriously guys I can't take it anymore, all right? Everyone just cut it out for a second. Look I just helped my dad leave this island for good. Like he's not ever coming back. He's straight up like the Spanish. Just Bon voyage.'' He says
"That's not the right language" I mumble
"All we got... And I know for a fact all I got is you guys okay? You're it. And I've come too close to losing you all of you. I mean shit like you almost drowned. Sarah you were almost killed by a car. Pope you were kidnapped. Ella you've been shot. John B you were almost dinner for a freaking gator bro. So this blaming each other is some Kook-ass bullshit all right? We don't do that. Okay? We're Pogues. Sorry that was a lot right now. I didn't mean to- " JJ says as we all start to clap
"Yeah. All right." JJ says
"Well-done" Pope says
"I gotta be honest. That was the best freaking speech you have ever given. Also you should think about like a Rosetta Stone because your Spanish and French are flip-flopped." John b tells him
"You know what I think? I think we should bon voyage out of here" I say
"All right let's get this damn Twinkie out of here" JJ says
I start to help JJ get the truck hooked up to the Twinkie.
"Hey JJ" I say
"Yeah?" He asks
"I'm proud of you. You've been through a lot of shit but some how you're still standing and getting our ass's back in shape" I smile
"Yeah well what can I say it's my job" he smiles back at me

"Keep it coming. Keep her coming. She's almost out. Keep it going. Easy! Easy! Easy! Stella to the right. Straighten out" JJ says
"I got ya!" I yell
And finally the Twinkie was free
"Whoo! The Twinkie lives!" JJ yells
"Whoo!" I cheer with everyone
"The Twinkie lives! Let's go boy!" JJ cheers


"Okay you're telling me Denmark Tanny decided to hide the cross here?" JJ asks him
"Mm-hmm." Pope nods
"Everybody just spread out" Kie says
"Okay well if I was a cross and wanted to be hidden in an old church where would I hide?" John B asks himself
"Are you sure that Denmark hid the cross here, Pope? Like are we at the right church?" JJ asks pope
"It's gotta be here somewhere guys." Pope says
"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 tells him
"It's not an escape room" Kie says
"It's gotta be in here. Come on." Pope mumbles
"Look I can't see where they'd hide a giant cross in here" John B tells 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 tells us
"Yes I get it. I don't know what to tell you man" John B tells him
"The clues led us here. The cross is in this church" Pope says sitting down
"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 tells him
"He's right" Kie says
"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 asks.

I take a step back and look at the beams.
"Uhh hey guys" I say as they all look at me but I keep my eyes on the beams
"Oh my God! Look at that" Kie says
"Shut the freaking door" I say
Pope stand up and starts to climb up the wall.
"Pope" Sarah says
"Uhhh" I mumble watching him
"Hey no!" JJ tells
"Now Pope's climbing the wall" John B says.
"Wait. Pope wait. This is crazy" Sarah tells him
"Pope this church is old" Kie tells him
"I'm just gonna-" JJ starts to say
"Like really old. This isn't safe" Kie tells him
"Yo pope! This church has got to be at least 200 years old" I tell him
"She's right. It's too dangerous" John B tells him
"Yo let me just be real. You're not the most coordinated person on planet Earth" JJ says
"Can't argue with that one" I agree with JJ
"Pope? Pope!" Kie yells
"You hear me? What are you doing?" JJ asks him as he starts to knock on the wood
"All right this one's solid wood. I'm gonna try the other beam." He tells us
"Pope that's rotten as shit right there okay?" JJ tells him. Pope knocks on the other one
"Hey easy!" Kie says
"Pope I hate to break it to you but that's wood" JJ says
"No no. It has to be here. I know it." Pope says
"Bro just look out for that giant wasp nest right above your head" JJ tells him
"Yeah" Sarah nods agreeing with JJ
"Hey just... just move slow all right? Nice and easy all right?" John B says as pope starts to move across slowly but he knocks off piece of wood.
"Whoa hey! Yo!" JJ yells as pope knocks again
"Look! It's hollow. Go get me a crowbar!" Pope yells
I rush outside and grab a crowbar. I stop for a split second looking around having the feeling that someone was watching me. But when I don't see anyone I shrug it off and walk back inside
"El" Pope says
"Hey. Pope" I say
"Throw it" Pope says
"Okay" I nod
"Oh for real?" Kie asks him
"Watch your heads" John B says
I throw the crowbar up Pope catches it.
"Got it!" He says as I cheer
"Not bad" Kie says
"Hey Pope Pope there's the wasp nest right up there okay? Just move slow all right?" John b tells him
"Got it" Pope nods
Pope starts to hit the wood breaking it apart
"What is that?" Sarah asks
"Do you guys see that?" John B asks us
"Shit" Kie says as pope breaks the beam showing us the cross
"No. Effing. Way" I say
"Holy shit" Kie says
"It's here. Oh my God" Sarah cheers
"You did it buddy" JJ cheers
"Holy shit!" Kie cheers with us
"Oh my God! We did it!" I say laughing
"We did it!" JJ yells
"We did it!" John B yells as well
"Ah! Yeah!" Pope cheers
"We actually did it" I say
"Oh my God!" John B yells
Pope takes off the last piece of wood showing us the whole cross
"Holy shit!" I yell
"I thought you were crazy" Kie says
"We did it! We did it! Okay they're stinging now. Ow!" Pope yells and drops the crowbar.
"Just take it easy!" JJ says
I let out a gasp as Pope loses his footing. He falls but grabs into the beam holding himself up
"Hold on Pope!" Kie yells
"Wait!" Sarah yells
"Cushions" John B says
"Move the pews! Move these!" Kie tells us
We start to quickly move the pews out of the way
"Pope hold on!" I tell him
"I can't hold!" Pope yells
"Hold on!" John B says
"Pope!" Kie yells
"Hold on Pope!" I yell again
"Hang on!" Sarah tells him
"I'm slipping guys" Pope says
"Hang on! Hang on!" JJ yells as we pile up cushions
We all out out a yell when pope falls landing on a makeshift bed
"Pope are you okay?" Kie asks him as we all run over to him
"Are you good?" Sarah asks
"Are you okay?" I ask him
"Anything broken?" JJ says
"Do you feel good?" Kie asks again
"You okay?" John B asks him
"You did not tuck and roll for sure" JJ tells him

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