"come on, he's headed downtown, let's go." john b starts running, as do we all.
—
as night fell, no sign of jj yet but we finally got downtown where the riot had fell.
it was funny at first but..
i take a look around at the smashed up stores and fires.
"holy shit. do yall see him?" i ask a little loud as the police swarm.
"where is he!?" i look around
"he might be in the park, it could be closed." john b, sarah, cleo and pope go to run off
but i over heard shoupes walkie talkie say something on the lines of "glass breaking at 43 carol lane."
that's one of dale zeasys real estate offices.
"guys! i got it, come on. follow me." i shout and they all follow me.
we get there at the same time as shoupe
they had men with guns.
i think thats when my stomach turned, the sirens and loud shouting, the fireworks.
i covered my ears for most of it until heard jj shout back to shoupe
"NO YOU LISTEN UP, SHOUPE! IM NOT JUST GONNA COME OUT THERE SO YOU CAN TAKE WHATS OURS AND LET THEM WIN AGAIN. IT WAS OURS, FAIR AND SQUARE. so i have a right to fight for what's mine." jj yells
"hey, jj!? can you hear me!?" i shout in
it was quiet
"vienna!?" i hear him shout back
"hey! hey.. just do what they say and.. and you won't get hurt! please!" i beg
"no.. no! i'm sick of letting them win- i.. i cant!" he shouts back
"shoupe, please.. please, he won't listen. tell them to lower the guns. he broke a window, shoupe! he's not bad! you can't shoot him!" i cry out.
something blows up in the house
the men point their guns
"n-no! no! don't! they're gonna shoot him.." i gasp
pope starts sneaking around
"hey- hey pope?! no! pope!"
pope tackles one of the officers
pope got arrested.
i felt sarah hold my hand and i think i gripped onto her hand for dear life
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THE NEXT MORNING
me, sarah and john b walk through town, maybe finding any sort of message from jj.
"this place is trashed." john b sighs
"tell me about it." i scoff
"we should leave, jj is long gone." john b states
"and go where? we have no home.. again." i groan
sarah lets out a strange noise
i look at her and she looks away
