"What now?" Sarah asks as they reach the top of a set of stairs. Rafe gives John B the scroll.
"I can't read this shit. Go for it." Rafe says. "Here. You need this." He takes the lens off.
"Okay, let's figure this out." Sarah says as John B rolls the map out on top of a rock.
"Look, follow the line, bring it to your eye." Rafe demonstrates before giving the lens to John B.
"That's where we are." He says.
"Yeah." Rafe nods. "Listen, it doesn't show anything else after that, okay?"
"Wait, hold on, hold on. There's some writing here." John B says. "Arabic, maybe?"
"You can't read it, can you?"
"What's it say?" Sarah asks.
"No one can. The map is bullshit." Rafe says.
"That's not helping." John B says.
"It is. It's bullshit. It's a dead end!" Rafe exclaims.
"Shut up!" Zack yells.
"What about the pictures from the boat?" Sarah asks, taking them out and they go through them.
"There's gotta be context. There's gotta be something." John B says. "We're here and that's there.
"Hold on. Look, look." Sarah puts a picture down. "This is a match."
"That's the same." John B says. "It's the same."
"That's the same writing right there." John B says.
"Rafe. Look at this." Sarah calls him over. "There's a translation on the back. It says, "At the dawn of the day, touch the earth to reach Heaven.""
"Did Groff figure this out?" John B asks.
"No, no. He didn't... figure that out before he tried to kill me, okay?" Rafe says. "He didn't tell me that. "Touch the earth." What does it want? So, what? It wants us to dig? Where? This place is massive."
"I don't..." Sarah mumbles. "I don't think that correlates with Heaven, though." She says.
Everybody but John B starts to brainstorm, though Rafe mostly just complains about the lack of details.
"Guys. Hey, guys. Look, look, look." John B calls, holding the map up.
"What?" Sarah asks, the group walking over to him.
"Look at this." John B says, staring at the shadow the map makes. "Heaven. The sun above us." The shadow appears to be some sort of animal.
"What the hell is that?" Rafe asks.
John B looks back, seeing the statue.
"See what I'm seeing?" He asks.
"Holy, shit." Rafe says.
"It's looking the same." John B says.
"Yeah. The crown has gotta be up there. Come on, let's go." Rafe tells them. "Hey." He calls. They turn to him before noticing the oncoming sandstorm.
"Okay, the universe really hates us." Finn mutters.
"We gotta move." John B says. "Let's roll."
The group make their way for the statue. They get further up, still having to go up another small hill to reach it.
"The crown must be inside it, yeah?" Rafe asks.
"Yeah." Erin nods.
"John B! Hey!" They turn as JJ and Brooklyn run up. "Do you see what's coming?" JJ asks.
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you're on your own, kid... obx
Fanfiction[ outer banks -- seasons 1-4 ] Brooklyn Cameron, Erin Stewart, & Zack Maybank Standalone: You're on Your Own, Kid I DO NOT own Outer Banks, any of the show's characters or storylines. I ONLY own my OCs and their storylines.
