𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐲

XII. We Did It.

     

     THE NEXT day, the group of five had parked the boat on shore and slept there for the night, well, taking turns keeping watch throughout the whole night. The five watch the boat speeding by, Cleo spoke, "JJ, you were right. That's Singh and his men. But they're not looking for us." She watches the boat.

"Yeah, they're moving real quick. They're looking for John B and Sarah. They're gonna know where they're headed." The blond boy got up, "we gotta go." The other four follow, standing up as well. "They're gonna need us." JJ added before they got ready, JJ pushing the boat out before hopping on quickly. He starts the engine, driving away from the shore.

"Stay back. Don't get too close."

Another night passes, the sun is rising, "okay, guys, I think this is El Tesoro. The trailhead to the mountain is supposed to start here." Kie tells the other four. "Oh shit. That's one of Singh's guys. What are we gonna do?" JJ turns to both Pope and Jake. "What are we gonna do? We gotta get past them somehow." He says, looking between the two boys.

As the boys begin their plan, Kie peers out the little window of the shack on shore with Jake. "Is he buying it?" Pope asked them and Kie turns around, nodding her head. Pope lights another firecracker, throwing it over to where the men were. "Oh shit. Oh shit." Kie says when she saw the man pointing the gun their way. "Get down!" Jake grabs her, pulling her down to the ground with him, holding her close.

"Pope, return fire! Return fire!"

Pope lights another firecracker, throwing it as hard as he can towards where the men were. "There's too many of them!" One of the men shouted. "Let's get out of here! Go!" Another shouted before they got onto the boat and drove away. "Come on! Get them!" Pope says as JJ throws another firecracker.

"Bye-bye." The Heyward boy says to the boat driving off. "I think we're getting better at this." The Maybank boy tells him, smugly with a grin. "Oh, yeah." Pope says, nodding as they do their handshake. "Hey, hey. Ain't no time for celebrating. We didn't do nothing yet." Cleo says, exiting the shack as Kiara follows. "That's fair." She tells the two boys.

"Yeah, don't go jinxing us, guys." Jake pats Pope on the shoulder then JJ on his chest as the blond boy shrugs, turning to Pope. "I thought we did something." He tells the Heyward. "We did." Pope nodded instantly. "Well-done, soldier." He says, before the two of them follow after the two girls and Jake.

"Pope!" JJ called to the two ahead of them, the two parting as Jake just smiled softly, glancing at Kie who is also grinning faintly, looking down. "Hey. We couldn't find anything? You find something?" JJ comes to a stop and Pope pointed. "Yeah. The path leads this way." The Heyward tells them, looking at Cleo. "Alright." Kie nods, reaching out to grab Jake's hand. "We're coming." JJ tells them.

When the group finally arrived to John B, Sarah, and the others, as in their fathers, the five watch from afar, the scene unfold before them, Ward was holding a gun towards the other three, John B, Big John and Sarah. "Alright, so what are we gonna do?" Pope asked them. "Is this ride or die?" JJ asked. "P4L." Cleo replied, reaching for her machete.

"P4L." Pope took out his machete, as did Kie, "P4L." She said and Jake pats JJ on the back gently. "P4L, dude." He says and JJ softly shakes his head. "Fricking P4L." He smiles, reaching for his own machete. The five teenagers began making their way over before running and screaming. "Ward! Put it down!" JJ screamed as Ward pointed the gun towards the five now. "Stay back! Stop right now!" The man yelled at them. "Put it down!" Pope yelled, all of them yelling over one another. "Stand back, stand back!" Ward yells.

Pope and Cleo glance at one another. "Come on! You're outnumbered, Ward." Jake says, he stood directly in front of Kie as JJ was standing to his right, Pope on the other side as Cleo was on the other side of Pope. "What are you gonna do, shoot us all?" Pope asked the Cameron man. "If you gotta shoot somebody, Ward, shoot me." Big John spoke up.