Everyone furrowed their brows and looked up when they heard a crack. Once they looked up, they watched as the wood snapped and the cross began to fall.
Everyone screamed and moved as quickly as they could. Thankfully, they all moved just in time. The cross hit the floor with a loud thud.
Everyone took a moment to catch their breath.
"Pope, are you okay?" Scarlett knelt next to her friend.
"Hey, you good?" JJ questioned.
"Yeah, I'm good. Just give me, like, one second to, like, catch my breath." He panted and everyone nodded and took a step back from him to allow him to breathe for a minute.
"You did it, Pope." JJ smiled when the cross gained his attention.
Everyone walked over to it and admired the beauty. There were these gorgeous gems and beautiful designs that were engraved into it.
"Pope, she's... she's beautiful." JJ breathed out.
"I've never seen anything like it." Scarlett smiled and ran her fingers over the gems.
"Well, here's why Limbrey wanted that key so bad." John B pointed to a little door with a keyhole in the middle of it.
"Whoa. Good find. How much do you think she's worth?" JJ questioned. "Like, if we melted her old bones down, dude, I'm talking like high billions."
"This belongs in a— no! This belongs in a museum." John B told JJ.
"What? So no one sees her?" The blonde boy argued with his best friend.
"In a museum where everyone sees it." John B rolled his eyes at his friend.
"Are you kidding me?" JJ yelled.
"Hey! It's my ancestors' cross!" Pope finally spoke up from the pew that he was sitting in.
"Right, okay. All right, all right. Well..."
"This is bigger than money, and the world's gotta know the truth." The dark-skinned boy told them and everyone nodded in agreement. Everyone except JJ.
"Yes. If we don't get this shit outta here before Limbrey gets here, nobody's gonna know. So saddle up." The brunette boy instructed all of his friends.
Everyone walked over to the cross and grabbed a section of it that they were going to lift.
"It's heavy like right here." JJ pointed to the middle of the cross. "Wait. Hold on. John B, you're gonna pull, all right? Pull down."
"All right. I'm gonna pull down. You guys pull up. Ready? One, two, three." On three, the six teenagers used all the power they had in them to attempt to lift the cross.
"Oh my God!" Sarah panted out.
"Shit! Okay!" Scarlett breathed when they finally began lifting the cross off of the ground.
"Okay. I got it." JJ grunted. "Who's... who's not lifting right now? Sarah, are you seriously—"
"I'm lifting!" Sarah argued with the blonde boy.
"Move forward," Kiara demanded.
"It doesn't feel like it!" JJ retorted back to his girlfriend's sister.
"I am!" Sarah yelled at him.
"Okay, guys. I can't. I can't." Pope began to give up.
"No! No, no, no!" The curly-haired girl yelled at the boy.
"No, no, Pope! Hang on there! No, no, no, no, no, no, no! No!" JJ yelled at the boy.
Pope finally dropped the cross and fell back onto a pew. Everyone began panting and trying to catch their breath.
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SHOOTING STARS ✰ jj maybank
Aventurashooting stars a beacon of hope - a shining light that guides the way. It's a symbol of positivity, happiness, or renewal. A star is a miracle. That's what JJ and Scarlett were for each other. They were each other's shooting stars. Best friends...
