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chapter forty seven, THE SHIPPING CONTAINER
Elaine stared up at the blonde teenager as he worked at pulling the vent from the wall of the container. She could feel one of John B's hands rooted at her waist and the other on her left shoulder. There was a light conversation but the girl drowned it out, simply watching as JJ worked on the way out.
"Okay, we raid the armory, get weapons, roll back here, and plot the next move. The armory is on the third deck, aft, near the laundry room. Let's roll" JJ lets out, turning at the end of his explanation to pull the vent from the wall.
Laney caught, in the corner of my eye, Pope taking a small step forward before voicing his own opinion. "Hold up, I don't think we should all go out there. It's too risky" JJ was fast to ask why.
John B squeezed his girlfriend's shoulder and she turned her head to look up at the brunette boy. He didn't hold eye contact long before looking over to JJ. "Okay, I gotta be honest, I think you should stay here," John B told JJ and he scoffed.
"What?"
"Well," He began. "There's Sarah to go after. It's not exactly safe, we have no idea what we're going into. Pope has-"
"the cross" Pope cut him off and John B nodded.
"And if you go out there," John B pointed at JJ. "there's a one hundred percent probability that you're going to do something stupid" John B added, looking back to JJ.
"Okay, first of all, I think the correct terminology is ballsy. That is it" JJ argued. Laney watched as Pope stepped forward again and grabbed onto JJ's shirt.
"Okay, get down here" He uttered as he tugged at the boy.
"no, get off! I'm a field player" JJ pulled himself away from Pope but still jumped down from the crates.
"the less people out there the better, now if that means we take a vote for who goes after Sarah then fine, but you're not included" John B and Pope were determined to keep the boy inside the container.
Kiara and Laney shared a look. "Okay so Pope and you, im most comfortable with that scenario" The latter announced, casting her vote.
"Personally I think we'd be better but fine, the two of you can go" Kiara shrugged after motioning at herself and Elaine.
"If we go out there and we get in a bind, we need somebody to look out for us. That's what we need" John B told JJ, now that everyone else was on board.
"I get it, I get it. I'll be on the B team"
"I never said B team" John B defended.
"I'm sorry, are you calling us B team?" Kiara scoffed.
"didn't mean to offend you" JJ mockingly put his hands in the air.
"Did the B team not just find our way out, or am I totally tripping?" Kiara scoffed.
