AS THEY get closer to the road leading to the tree, John B slows down, "oh shit, the tide's coming in." The driver tells them. "Hey, wait a second. They already came through here. Those have to be Limbrey's tire tracks. Guys, we gotta go." Pope tells JJ and John B, kneeling between them at the front. "What do you think, chief?" JJ asks, looking at John B.
"I'm thinking it's looking a little dicey." The Routledge boy says as Jake leans to the side, looking at the road ahead of them. "Yeah, I'm gonna have to agree with that statement." JJ says as John B nods. "Yeah." The curly haired boy replied. "Okay, clearly, they made it. No?" Kie asked the boys.
"In a two-wheel drive? I don't know about that." JJ says. "Why are ya'll acting like you're not gonna do it anyways?" Sarah says suddenly, glancing from JJ to John B. "Like when have ya'll ever done the safe thing?" She adds, smiling widely as John B turns to the Maybank in the passenger side seat.
"She's got a point."
"Alright. Speed is your friend here, okay?"
Jake looks at Kie who immediately grabs his hand and he braced himself, grabbing onto the side window. "So, put her down in second and hammer down, brother." JJ tells John B as Pope turned around. "And stick to the high ground in the middle." He pointed.
"Alright. Ready? Here we go." John B began driving again. "Come on, bro, punch it. Speed is your friend. Speed is your friend. You're not going fast enough." JJ tells him. "I'm in second." The Routledge says. "It's gonna slide." Kie exclaims, now holding onto Jake's arm tightly. "You're fishtailing already." JJ exclaims. "Yeah, I know!" John B replied.
"Not to put any more pressure on you, but if you don't make it through, we'll be stuck here forever." Jake spoke up. "Just be positive, Jake, okay?" Their driver merely exclaims. And finally, they reached the other side where there was no longer water or mud, so the group of six all cheer. "We're alive." Kie says, turning to Jake. "I told you we'd make it."
"Alright, right here. That's good." JJ said as John B parks the van now. "Angel Oak's right through here." JJ says, now hopping out. "Alright, so word to the wise," he opens the back door, "definitely know that gators nest back here, so keep your eyes peeled, okay?" He tells the group who all hop out of the van. "You don't wanna step on a mama gator. That's the last thing you wanna have happen." He adds as Kie looks around, making a face.
"They have nests?" Kie asks and JJ merely nods. "Seems like a good place to park." Sarah says sarcastically as JJ picks up a random stick from the ground. "Alright. You don't wanna be a Pat Womack." The Maybank says and Jake looks at him. "Is she the one that had her calf chewed off by a gator?" He asked and JJ turns to him, nodding. "That's actually not true." Kie merely told the two boys.
"Pat Womack was injured in a car accident, but I hear you." The Carrera now says, shrugging. "Okay, just live in ignorance. Can you believe her?" The Maybank boy now asked the Lennox who just rolls his eyes, looking around. "But, like, she had her calf chewed off by a mama gator. I know that for a fact. So does Jake." The blond boy now tells Kiara.
"They like the brackish water. Wait, hold on. I see something." He stopped and kneeled down. "What are you doing?" Kie asked the boy who then smacked the stick into the water. "Right. Wake them up. That's smart." Sarah says and JJ turns to the other five teens. "I was just making sure it wasn't a gator. That's all, alright?" He turns back around, continuing to follow behind Pope who's ahead of them.
"Hey," Pope whispered to them, shushing them as he finally reached the tree. "Hey." JJ whispered next and shushed them, standing by the Heyward boy as the other four approached the two boys. They all stand in a line together, watching Limbrey, her employee and Rafe, there were also workers digging for them. "Wait! Stop! Stop! Did you hear it? Hey, get in there, boys. Do it by hand." Limbrey demanded the workers, standing up and walking over.
As the three, Limbrey, her minion and Rafe all stand by, watching as the men lift up the casket from inside the whole. "They got the corss? What do we do? What do we do?" JJ asked as he turned to John B on his left. "What can we do?" The Routledge merely says. Rafe and Renfield now get the casket open. "Don't touch anything inside! Don't touch anything inside!" The woman tells the two.
They get it open as she kneeled down, looking inside the coffin. "It's just a corpse. Sorry, Carla." Limbrey's employee says and she grunts, slowly getting up. "We must have missed something." She walked away. "Of course. Of course, yeah. Of course it's just a dead body. Jesus!" Rafe exclaimed. "We just got the wrong place. We'll go back to the island room. We're going back! We're going back! It's not over!" Limbrey now shouted at Rafe and the other men. As all of them pack up and head out, the group of six teens watch as Rafe is the last to drive away.
Pope pushes through the bushes, "Pope. Pope, wait. Wait! Shit." JJ rushed after him, followed by the others as Pope was now running towards the coffin where he stopped and stared at it. He slowly approached the coffin as the others all stand together, watching him. "Cecilia Tanny, Denmark's wife."
He looked up at the tree, standing up. "He wasn't talking about the cross. He buried her at the foot of the angel." Pope says, staring up at the tree. "The true treasure." Jake says quietly, looking at the open coffin. "His wife." John B says next. Pope turns around, walking over and kneeling down, sniffling as they all walk over, kneeling on all sides of the coffin.
"Denmark was hung for burying his wife, and now they defiled her grave." He says as Kie reached over, gently rubbing his arm and Jake was on the other side of the Heyward, softly rubbing his back. Pope then reached over, wiping away the dust off a pin he then picks up. It said Cecilia on it. Sarah had picked up a ring from inside. "This must have been from Denmark." She smiles softly.
"Her wedding ring." She said quietly then looked over at John B who looks up at her. Pope set the pin back inside the coffin and then looked up at John B and JJ across him, at the other end of the coffin. "We can't leave her like this." He says. "We won't." John B promised the boy as Jake nods softly, before he and JJ lifted the lid of the coffin, setting it on top. Next, they then hammered down the nails into the coffin and Pope brought over some flowers, setting it on top of the casket.
authors note
personally i think if pope was the main character the show would be better 💪
+ six more chapters until part 2 is over. 😖
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