half return, obx

032. luke

The five pogues quietly make their way to the Carrera house, Mike's truck outside. JJ looks in the window of the truck.

"He's not in there. We're good." JJ whispers. They crouch next to the fence. "Are you sure you wanna do this? A little Dad/Uncle Theft Auto?" The others give him weird looks.

"No." Kie says.

"All right, here we go." JJ opens the gate. "Go, go, go, go, go." Kie quietly goes in, JJ shutting the gate again.

After a few minutes, Kie comes sneaking back out and JJ opens the gate.

"Hey." He whispers and Kie tosses him the keys which he catches. They stay slightly low as they all get in the truck, JJ driving, Kie in the passenger, and the three younger ones in the back.

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"This will only take a sec. I think it's in the surf shack." JJ says as he parks the truck. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's in the surf shack. I'll be right back. I got it." The three siblings get out, running for the surf shack. Halfway there, JJ falls flat on his face.

"Are you serious?" Izzy rolls her eyes.

"Dude." Randy gives him a look.

JJ gets up, resuming his run.

"I'm okay!" He calls back.

The three get to the surf shack and quickly start to get everything. Before they can get the winch, JJ is grabbed from behind, a hand clamped over his mouth. The twins look over, eyes widening at Luke.

"Let go of him!" Randy rushes over, trying to pry Luke's grip off of JJ.

"Let him go." Izzy sneers, hitting and pulling at her dad.

"J, J, J, it's me. It's your father. Stop fighting me." Luke harshly whispers. "I don't want anybody to know I'm here, all right? All right."

"Get off me!" JJ scurries to the opposite side of the shack, quickly grabbing the twins' arms and pulling them back with him. "How'd you get out?"

"Work release. Good behavior. Can you believe that?" Luke asks. The three easily notice Luke's bloody knuckles.

"Yeah." Luke shakes his hand out. "Yeah. Busted a window in a pharmacy. Busted that pharmacist too. Look, I gotta get out of here. That pharmacist can ID me."

"JJ! Twins!" Kie yells, honking the horn. She gets out and switches to the driver's seat. She honks the horn more times.

"I gotta get off this island. So you two gotta help me." Luke says. "And I'm done with Kildare. I'm taking Malcolm's boat, and I need to get to the other side of the island."

JJ grabs the winch as Kie continues to honk the horn. JJ eyes the bag that's between him and his dad. He gives his siblings a look, both understanding.

"J! J!" Luke quietly yells.

The three siblings try to run off, JJ grabbing the winch. Luke grabs onto Izzy, tightly gripping her jacket in his fist. Randy immediately tries to get her free. Luke grabs JJ's jacket in his free hand.

"Get off me!" JJ struggles.

"Listen to me." Luke sneers. "I should've had the Phantom, but I don't because of you three." He angrily says. JJ rips himself out of Luke's grip, attempting to get Izzy free. "I got your restitution hanging over me. And you?" He tightly grips Izzy's face making her whine. "I got your fines and your damn hospital bills."

"Hey. Hey!" JJ drops the winch, quickly prying his sister out of their father's grip, stepping up so his younger siblings are behind him.

"Look at me." Luke says, his voice going soft, and he holds onto JJ's jacket. JJ reluctantly looks at him. "You telling me you're not gonna help your own blood?" He quietly asks.