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Cleo follows close behind Charlotte and Pope as they climb up the ladder.
"Hey. Put your hands behind your back." Cleo whispers before taking their hands in hers, "Follow my lead."
"Okay." Pope says as Cleo looks to Charlotte who nods.
"Trust me?" Cleo says and they nod to her, "Okay."
"Hey, Eberhimi, I got them." Cleo says as they walk into the room, "I got the stowaways."
"You picked the wrong boat." Eberhimi says. Charlotte looks down at the man's hand. Her breathing picks up at the knife he's holding, "I wanna talk about what you're doing here before I throw you overboard."
Charlotte and Pope feel Cleo's grip loosen as Eberhimi walks closer.
"Go." Cleo says as she lets them go
Pope grunts as he throws a punch at Eberhimi. Charlotte throws one of her own as Pope tackles the man to the ground. He continues to throw punches as Charlotte turns. She hears another set of footsteps coming up the ladder.
"The hell is going on?" The man says. Charlotte wastes no time in kneeing the man in his stomach as Cleo comes over with a dagger. She punches the man and places the dagger at his neck.
"Stop!"
"Come on. Let's tie them up." Pope says
"On the ground." Cleo says as she tosses the man next to Eberhimi
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"Attention, all passengers and crew. Report to the tween forward hull." Eberhimi grunts as Cleo hits his side
"It's an order." Order them." Pope says as he holds the intercom up to him
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"Attention, all passengers, all crew, report to the tween forward hull. That's an order. Repeat. All hands and all passengers report to the tween forward hull immediately."
"They took the bridge." John B says as Estrella smiles
"That's our boy." JJ says as he and John B take the grate off, "Once they're all in the hull, Kie, Estrella, and I will lock them inside."
"I'll find Sarah and get the lifeboat." John B says
"We'll meet you, load the cross and get outta here." Kie nods
"Okay. Let's roll." JJ says before poking his head out of the window. He then climbs with John B following right behind him. Kie turns and slides out after him. Estrella takes a deep breath before climbing out herself. All four of them watching their backs as they run around the container they were in.
Kie, Estrella, and JJ make their way into the forward hull while John B runs off to find Sarah. They hear the crew walking past to enter the room as they hide off to the side.
