✯ North Star ✯

Part 7

"There's like 1,000 trains here" Kie tells us
"Well we know it's car 750X on the track to Raleigh" Pope says
"Yeah so now we just gotta find it" JJ says
"But the problem is. We're not getting out of here unnoticed with a giant cross" I tell them
"We won't have to. We can nab it somewhere further in the country. Just gotta figure out how to stop the train." Pope says
"Right" Kie says
"Leave that to me" JJ says
"How you gonna do that?" Cleo asks him
"I got an uncle up in New Bern right? When he got tipsy he'd just throw an old chain across the tracks just for shits and giggles. And that old little chain would stop all the train traffic in coastal Carolina." JJ tells us
"A chain?" Kie asks
"He's actually right. There's a low-voltage current that runs across all rail tracks. Throw a chain on it, you close that circuit. It would read as another train. Crossing lights come down. Science is actually pretty sound." Pope tells us
"Science. I knew my science." JJ smiles
"I'm glad you know your science JJ but we don't have a chain" Kie says
"No but I bet Topper's dad has jumper cables in the truck. Would that work?" I ask him
"Yeah" Pope says

"What's going on?" Topper yells.
"Are we doing this?" He asks
"All right you all wait here. Me and Pope will go look for it and send a signal once we find it." Cleo tells us
"Do we actually have a plan right now?" Kie asks
"Think we do." JJ smiles
"That's impressive" Sarah says
"I'm proud of us guys" I says
"Let's not jinx it. Come on." Pope tells us
"Nobody ever listens to me" Cleo says

We all wait for the signal from cleo and pope. We see a light shine
"That's it. We're green." Kie says but I hear a train horn go off
"What's happening?" I ask
"You hear that? Train's moving. Train's moving." JJ says
"Shit. Shit." Sarah mumbles

I climb down from the train
"Hey Stella" Topper says when he sees us all
"Do you have jumper cables in there?" I ask him
"Here I am involved in illegal activities-" topper starts to say
"It's not that illegal." I tell him
"I'm not even close to being okay with this"
Topper says
"Okay" I say as I grab jumper cables
"Jumper cables. What are we doing?" Toppers asks me
"Topper if you don't wanna go it's fine. We'll take the truck." I tell him
"The truck?" Topper asks me
"Yeah." I say giving the jumper cables to sarah
"Hey I just wanna make sure everyone here is okay with ending up in federal prison" Topper says
"Uh if it gets to that yeah I'll do it for Pope" JJ says

JJ and kie go off on JJ's bike. While Sarah, Topper, and I stay in the truck.
"Who the hell are we right now Stella? This is ridiculous." Topper tells me

I see Cleo and Pope next to some open train doors
"Right here" I tell Topper
I get out of the truck and run over to them
"How's it looking?" I ask
"Still searching" Cleo answers

Sarah and I jump onto the train
"That's good. That's good right there. You see it?" Pope asks
"What?" I ask him
"This one says Cameron. It might be this one." Cleo tells me
"Cameron Development. This is it. This is the cross. This is it!" Pope says