SURGE

Twenty Nine

SURGE
Chapter Twenty Nine
"I should've dropped it on your foot!"
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LILY

We all rushed over to pope who's stuck in a weird position on the cushions.

"You did not tuck and roll." I say leaning over him, "That's for sure." JJ agrees while shaking his head slowly.

We all wait for his reply, his eyes widen and he rolls over to me, JJ and JohnB. We hop back as we seen the huge Cross drop in a second.

"What the fuck." I say after JJ flew me to the ground, seconds after the Cross already dropped.

"Didn't want you to get hit." he says holding out his hand to help me up. I grab his hand and stand up fully.

"Are you okay?" JohnB asks, "Let me catch my breath." Pope responds, giving loud deep breaths.

"It's beautiful." I say touching the Cross, the feeling of cold, heavy, detailed all in one. "I've never seen anything like it." Kie says walking over to us.

"Very detailed." JB says moving his hands all around the Cross.

Moments later JohnB and JJ start arguing because my brother wants to burn it for some reason and JB wants to put it in a museum.

"It's my ancestors cross!" Pope yells making them both stop talking in an instant. "This is bigger than money, the world has to know the truth."

"Okay let's get it out of the floor then." I say and they all agree. Me, Sarah, and Kie pull up while the boys pull down to get it unstuck.

"Move forward." Kie says trying to keep balance. We only moved a couple feet before Pope gave up and dropped it.

"You almost dropped it on my foot!" JJ yells looking at me. "I should've dropped it on your foot!" I yell back with a smile.

"Guys! i'm not okay!" Pope yells repeatedly, we all walk towards him and look at his face. I make a disgusted look because his eye looks puffy and weirdly shaped.

"You don't look good bro." JJ says patting Pope on the shoulder. A literal second later his breathing starts to get raspy and he falls off the chair.

"We have to go! JJ go hide the cross." JohnB says as we all try to lift Pope up but his full body weight is making him heavy.

JJ drives because he knows where to get the nearest shot, Sarah sits in passenger seat, Kie and Pope both sit in the backseat, and me and JB hop in the back of the truck.

"Hurry up! Go!" Kie yells. "I am!" JJ yells as he takes off making me lose balance and fall towards JohnB.

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We arrive at Ricky's house and all rush off. Me and JJ bang on the door and he looks at us from the inside and shakes his head. Ricky then closes the door on our face. "What the fuck! Let us in!" I say running over to the nearest window and start banging on there. He finally gives up and opens the door seeing Pope in a horrible condition.

Sarah finds the closest table and shoves everything off of it while JohnB and Kie put Pope on the table.

"What happened to him?"

"Wasps."

"Wasps?"

"Yes."

"Is he allergic to wasps?"

"Clearly!"

"Wasps don't even sound like a real word anymore." I mumble to myself.

"Hang on, I have to get my kit." Ricky says running into the next room over. "What does it look like?" JJ asks.

"A duffle bag." Ricky says panicked running room to room. "Wait, okay I got it." He says coming back with and black big kit.

Moments later after arguing and needles, we all have to wait for Pope to wake up. "You killed him." Kie says, "I didn't do shit." He says in a calm voice. "What did you do?" she yells.

"I did exactly what you asked me to do."

Everyone starts to get anxious and the yelling comes back again of them screaming Popes name and trying to wake up him. Pope gasps of air and starts coughing.

"I knew you could do it." I say with a huge smile. "That's my boy right there!" JJ says hitting me in the arm. "Reflex, sorry."

"It's really hot guys." Pope says taking his jacket off and walks outside with us following him. All of a sudden he starts jumping in the air and screaming. "He's going to have a rocket up his ass for a hour and a half, after that he will be fine."

It gotten dark and for some reason we let Pope drive because he said if not, "he would rip our ears off" which scared us because the state of his condition. We were not on the side of the road with and truck that completely crashed. I had ignored all of Rafes calls only because I needed to stay focused.

We all stay on the side of the road to keep Pope calm about getting his Cross, Sarah was trying to get the glass out of my face because of course I had to sit in the middle of the front.

I look from far distance of the truck driving real slow and see Rafe, "Fuck." I whisper. We make direct eye contact until he winks and looks away.

"No, we got to go back to the church." JJ yells, we all start running down the long road until we finally reach the Church. We walk inside and see no sign of a Cross. "Damn it." JJ yells kicking the chair. We all stay quiet while JJ is the only one talking.

"Denmark would've stood right here, preaching to everyone he set free. A slave, the sole survivor of the Royal Merchant, he got the gold and the cross, and he brought them both to shore and used it to free every person who walked through those doors. He made a church, a family, a congregation, a home. And the Limbreys took everything from him. They soccer dogs on his wife and kids, when he tried to get her remains, they hung him. Well, I'm done. I'm tired of that shit. That is not how this is going to end. We need to freakin win guys. I'm going to get my family's cross. You guys coming?"

"Well if you think about it that way?" JJ says sarcastic, "Pros and cons?" JohnB asks with a smile on his face. "Hell yeah we're coming Pope!"

We ended up getting stopped because the truck that Pope crashed earlier, the cops found and took Kiara home. We ended up stopped by at the Cameron's house to just look to see if Rafe had the Cross.

We peaked over the wall and see Rafe slowly pulling in with the truck, he gets off and walks inside. "Only one way to find out." Sarah says walking towards the entrance before she could get any further JohnB grabs her arm and whispers to her.

"Okay wrap it up." I say walking behind them before the kissing could take a while. "Also i'm going, I will help with distraction because I had to talk to Rafe anyways." I smile as JJ trys to grab my arm but fails.

We walk towards the truck and look inside but seen no sign of keys. "Ignore the boys. I will go up to Rafe while you search the keys." I say and she nods.

We walk up to his room and I whisper shout at Sarah and point towards the keys sitting at the dresser. The door unlocks and Sarah runs out while I pretend like i'm walking in.