AFTER JAKE filled up the grave halfway, he sat down onto the ground next to Kie as JJ took over and did the remaining, the two splitting the job of burying the coffin. "I just don't get it. I mean, you guys saw the map. He hides his gold so no one finds it for 170 years. And then he sends a message to his son, Robert, to come here to his mother's grave, but the message never gets to him. And Denmark wanted him to find the cross. I know we're in the right spot. It just feels like--" "Like we missed something?" JJ cut off Pope, walking away from where he'd set down the shovel.
"Guys," he says and they all rush over to where he was, looking up at the tree. JJ climbs up the side of the van, "there he goes." John B says and Jake followed after the Maybank, climbing up to the roof of the van as well. "That looks like--" JJ pointed, turning to Jake now standing behind him, "the painting in the island room." The Lennox says, then the two boys look down at the other four who were just standing together in a row, looking up at them.
"It's worth a shot, right?" JJ says, looking at the hole in the tree. "Yeah." Kie nodded, watching the two on top of the van. "Go for it." The Maybank boy now says and Jake looks at him. "No way." He says right away. "You do it!" Kie tells JJ now. "Sorry, I went in the storm drain..." Jake gestured to himself.
"He did go in the storm drain." Pope agreed and Kie nodded, rolling her eyes. "Yeah, no, I'm gonna do it. It's just..." JJ took a moment. "He's scared." Jake whispers to the others. "I'm not scared, dude." The blond denied, giving him a look. "You seem scared." Jake shrugged as JJ now reached in, stepping closer to the tree. "There's something in here." He said then he chuckled softly, "wait."
He starts screaming, so Jake was quick to act, "JJ!" He says as the others rushed to the van, John B about to climb up. But then stopped when JJ started laughing, so Jake scoffed. "Oh, you asshole." Pope says with a glare as Kie rolled her eyes, stepping back. "Oh, man! I got all of you on that one." JJ says, turning around as Jake just squints his eyes in annoyance. "Yeah, real original." He retorts.
"Wait, but seriously, there's something in here." He said then started to take out something from the tree. "Let me see." Pope reached out and JJ quickly hands it over before jumping down. "HMS Royal Merchant." Pope read aloud. "Give it to the captain. Here we go. It's a spyglass." JJ said quickly, then extended it out, looking through it. "There's something on the ends." Jake pointed, jumping down.
John B had taken it from the Maybank now who stepped back. "An inscription right there. Look at that shit." The Routledge says. "Oh, what does it say?" JJ asked Pope. "You've come this far. Do not falter. The cross is on the Freedman's altar. Freedman's altar. The cross is at the church!" Pope says, turning around.
"What are we doing here, guys?"
"Come on! We got it!" Pope closed the spyglass. "Give me woogity." JJ said before the two now did it together, "woogity-woogity!" The group now pile into the van, John B quickly starting up the engine and driving off. "Ah, crap! The tide!" Pope exclaimed. "Oh, this doesn't look good." He then added on.
"How deep is that?" Kie asked, looking worried. "I dunno. The road's gone." John B answered as he came to a stop. "Tide rose faster than I thought it would." JJ tells them. "Just a little bit." Jake scrunched up his face. "Uh, John B, how high are the spark plugs?" He asked and John B nods. "They're good. We're fine." He asked as Jake scrunched up his face.
"How high are they?" JJ and Pope asked in sync. "Oh, um..." John B peaked out the window, looking at the back of the van. "Uh, just above the taillight." He says and Pope looks back at the girls and Jake, before looking back, "okay, so that's, what, three feet?" He asked and JJ nods. "That's three feet. Yeah."
"That water can't be three feet deep." Kie says. "So, then what's the problem?" John B asked and JJ shook his head. "Not a problem. No, we're good. We're good. She'll make it." He says as Pope agreed. "Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seat belts. Hold onto something. We're going into hyperdrive." John B says as Kie quickly turned to Jake who held onto the window and the seat, so she just put her arm around him and scooted a bit closer.
"I'm just gonna say a quick prayer."
"Three, two, one." John B pressed on the gas pedal and the group all just shouted over one another as they drove through the water. It was working, but then towards the end, he skid off to the side. "Ah! Shit! Oh!" Sarah exclaims. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no." John B says. "I think we miscalculated." Pope says.
"You think?" Jake says sarcastically, one of his arms now around Kie's waist. "I knew I should have driven." JJ says. The group of six now stand outside the van, in the water. "Okay, maybe we can walk from here." Pope suggests. "What? And leave the Twinkie? The--the tide's coming in." John B gestured.
"So then what are we supposed to do?" Sarah looked at them. "Not stay here." JJ says right away. "I can take my dad's truck." Kie offered so Jake looks at her right away. "Kie, are you sure?" John B asked her before Jake can say anything. "How much worse can it get, you know?" She asked the boy.
"We're gonna need something to pull her out with. There's the winch at the Chateau. That's, like, two miles." JJ said and Sarah nods. "Yeah, that's a good idea." She tells them. "Okay, if you're gonna do it, let's go, okay?" John B says. "Alright." Kie said and she looked at Jake. "Tide's coming in. Twinkie's going underwater." The Routledge says to them.
"Do you wanna come with us?" Kie asked Jake quietly now and Jake just glanced at the others then quickly looked back at her. "Sure," he says quietly before walking with her, towards JJ. "Double time, lovebirds. We gotta move." The Maybank boy tells the two.
authors note
at first i was like omg i should write jake being with the others and being bitten by the gator instead of john b but then i was like no he should be with kie instead
+ i forgot to update when i woke up so here's the new chapter lolz
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