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Sitting in the boat over top of the sunken boat, the sun begins to slowly go down as the five teens decide who dives down. "does anybody know how to dive?" Kiara asks, no one answers her. Blue however has gone diving once before, "I have once, I can do it." She volunteers standing up to put the gear on. "No Blue, you're not. I'll do it, how hard can it be?" John B says taking the gear out of her hands. They all shake their heads, "If you come up too fast, nitrogen gets into your blood, and you get the bends." Pope explains his arms crossed, but Blue already knew that, the one time she visited her father he took her diving, but that was years ago and no ones going to let her do it. "Bends like, bend over and-" JJ jokes as he leans forward and sticks his bum out, "No JJ, the bends kill you." Blue says seriously. "It's fine, I'll dive." John B says getting the gear on.
Pope begins to calculate the depth of the boat and the amount of oxygen will be needed. The numbers aren't looking grand. "Okay so, you'll have to make your safety stop at ten feet for two minutes." Pope explains looking at john B, just as Kiara takes off her shirt and jumps in splashing Blue. "uhh, what was that all about?" John B asks. They all look over to where Kiara jumped in, "I don't know, but i liked it. A lot." JJ shrugs, Blue did not like that response at all. "God JJ you're such a dog." She says rolling her at him, "Oh come on Blue, you know you're the only one for me." He says in a horrible accent, Blue doesn't even know what accent he was trying to do. Blue sits back and listens to the boys talk about what to do when John B gets down there. Kiaras head pops up from the water, "I tied my shirt to the anchor chain about ten feet down." She says climbing back into the boat, Blue helps her up.
Blue lays down across the back of the boat and closes her eyes, and slowly falls asleep. JJ lifts her legs as he sits then lets Blue's legs rest on his lap, and puts his hat over her face. He traces circles with his fingers on her calf. The crew just sits there anxiously waiting for John B to come back up, besides Blue who knows he'll be fine. John B and JJ are like cockroaches, hard to get rid no matter how hard you try, and she tried everything to get rid of them as kids. Then she learned to love them.
Blue wakes to being shaken, slowly lifting the hat off her face she squints at JJ who is shaking her. "What happened? Is John B okay?" she asks jolting up from where she lay. "We don't know, but cops are coming our way." Shit. Blue sits casually against the chair.
"Evening, officers." Pope says nodding at the police boat. Blue watches carefully as Pope ties off the boats together, she looks over her shoulder to where John B should be getting up any minute. "How you kids doing? You know the marsh is closed?" Officer shoupe questions, "I didn't know that. Why is it closed?" JJ asks trying not to look suspicious. Shoupe looks around at each of them, "Well, we're conducting a search out here. Boat went down." He explains, "seen anything?" Blue notices that Kiara is staring into the water where John be should be resting right now and lightly taps her arm, the boys deny everything. "Uh, where's your friend you always hang with? He here?" Shoupe asks as if it's an interrogation. "No, he's working." Kiara answers, wow we all suck at lying Blue thinks to herself. "Mind if i check your little boat out?" He asks hopping over to the HMS POGUE. "Yeah, go ahead." Blue nods just as each of the pogues agree. The officer asks about life jackets and then stands over the bow of the boat and looking into the water. Blue feels like her chest is caving in. Officer Shoupe just stands there looking down. "Alright." He says finally turning around and hoping back into his boat. "Let us know if you find anything on your way out." He says, "yes we will, we'll be gone soon sir." Pope smiles. "Yes you will." He says before the two officers drive away. Everyone let's out a big sigh of relief once they leave.
Blue and Kiara stand over the edge looking down into nothing but blue water. "Should we go down?" Blue asks, "Well he's definitely out of air." Pope states just as John B's head pops out of the water. Blue grins, "Don't scare us like that!" She shouts laughing. "How'd it go down there?" JJ asks, John B tosses up a black duffel bag as he climbs up the ladder. "There we go! That's my boy." JJ smiles, grabbing the bag.
They all cheer for John B, he did it, he got something. Blue hugs him tightly and his wet skin feels cold against her warm body. She lets go of the embrace and holds his face in both hands and looks into his deep brown eyes, "You did it, JB." She says grinning.
"Hey, guys? Guys, bogey, two o'clock." Kiara says, knocking Blue and John B out of their gaze. A white boat races towards them, not slowing down as it gets closer. "Do you recognize that boat?" Pope asks, no one has. The boat still not slowing down, "What are they even doing out here? The marsh is closed." Blue wonders. "Let's not stick around and find out." JJ says shaking his. JJ pulls the bowline up, but the unknown boat continues to get closer. "Guys, don't wait for me. Go!" He shouts panicked. John B at the wheel starts driving the boat. "JB they're gaining on us!" Blue shouts looking back. Everyone yells at John B to go faster, but the boat isn't fast enough. Blue stares at the boat chasing them, trying to figure out if she recognizes them. "Shit guys he's got a gu-" A loud bang cuts Blue off and she falls to the ground. "A gun and bad aim apparently." she finishes her sentence. "Shit, Blue your arm." Kiara says her eyes wide as she looks at the blood dripping from her friends arm. "Blue, you good?" John B and Jj ask at the same time both turning their heads to the bleeding mess. "JB, just concentrate on getting out of here!" Blue shouts back groaning in pain.
She's never felt this type of pain before, it's a burning sensation as if someone used a red hot knife to slice her upper arm. She grips the wound tightly as she lays on her back on the floor of the boat. Everyone's yelling things as she groans in pain. Blue feels someone lift her and place her onto their lap. "Fuck, I'm so sorry Blue." She looks up eyes squinting and sees JJ with puffy eyes. "You're sorry because those dickheads shot me?" She asks giggling. "Hospital, JB. Now!" Kiara shouts looking at Blue laying in JJ's lap. "No, no hospital. No one can find out, besides it's just a graze." Blue argues, shrugging which makes her flinch in pain. "Okay, um, we need ice and clean bandages and we need to clean the wound." Pope rambles on about medical stuff and how none of them are actual doctors.
John B docks the boat and they all jump out leaving Blue and JJ. Blue has tears rolling down her cheeks from the pain as JJ picks her up and carries her off the boat. "Let's get her home." John B instructs. "No, we open the bag and then you take me to your house. I can't go home with a gunshot wound." Blue declared, still being held like a baby by JJ.
John B kneels down and opens the bag as they all stand around him. "What do you think it is?" Kiara gushes giggling. "Gotta be cash." John B murmurs opening the bag. "That or a couple of keys with street value to the low-to-mid mils." JJ adds. John pulls out a silver tin container as he unscrews the lid everyone leans over in excitement. An old compass falls out into his hand. "Oh, wow. Yup. That's about right. Good job, everybody. We found a compass." Pope sighs with distaste. John B stares at the compass in his hand. "Dude, it's not worth anything. We gotta get Blue cleaned up, come on." JJ sighs, turning to walk up to the chateau. "This was my father's." John B smiles.
Blue flinches with every step JJ takes, any movement of her arm feels like a hot iron being pressed against it. She feels like she's being a wimp about it, but it hurts. "Blue, I know this is going to hurt real bad and i'm sorry." Kiara says as she pours the salty ocean water on Blue's wound. She cries in agony, tears stream down her cheeks as she crushes JJ's hand with her good hand. "Kie, I think that's enough." JJ snaps at her, looking at how much pain Blue is in. "Okay, bandages and ice pack now." Kiara grabs a large square of gauze and wraps it up, as she does this JJ cracks the ice pack and waits for Kiara to be done to place it on the covered wound. Pope runs up from the boat grinning. "Look what I found!" He shouts holding a small piece of metal. "Pope seriously? If that's the bullet that Blue was hit with, I swear i'm going to kill you." Kiara rolls her eyes. "Look it's even got her blood on it." He ignores Kiara's threat and shows Blue.
"Sick, can I keep it?"
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And that's the end of the first episode! I love hearing your guys' feedback! Comment some predictions or things you want to happen and maybe i'll make them come true! So each episode will be a 'part' so the first five chapters were part 1 (ep 1) and so on. Love you all 🥰
