Hurricane - JJ | Outer Banks

Chapter Six

"It's not there." John B sighed. "Just pull the drone up."

"Look, we can do another pass. Recharge the battery. We can go back down." Pope told the boy.

"Guys, we've been through it three times. There's nothing there." JJ shouted.

"Shut up!" Kiara shouted back.

"What? It's true."

"The gold could be buried. We don't know."

"If it was there, it would've been found on the metal detector, okay?" John B said as I walked up to JJ and sighed. "Somebody beat us to it."

"Or it was never there." JJ muttered.

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Me and John B made our way back home without saying a word to each other. Everyone was annoyed about not finding the gold but it had annoyed John B the most. "Hey, buddy." A woman sitting on the couch smiled as I followed John B into the chateau.

"You know, Cheryl, it's kind of a bad time for a check in." John B told her.

"I'll be in my room." I said as I turned to walked down the hall but a huge police officer stood, blocking my way.

"It's not a check in. We're here to take you."

"Today? Really?" John B asked.

"It's just for a few weeks until your hearing."

"No, no, no, no. Cheryl, look, I'm not going into foster care, okay?" John B told her. "I mean, Alissa's mom hasn't been back here in six months and she's still okay to live without a guardian." I turned around to look at the woman when I realised there was no way I was getting into my room.

"Alissa has a parent on the island. You however, don't." I could feel John B look at me before looking back at Cheryl.

"Then there must be a mistake or something. Her mom is in Afghanistan."

"John B, this is Deputy Thomas." Cheryl then told the boy as the man walked past me and over to John B. "He works with juveniles for the sheriff's department... Look, I know that Uncle T is down in Mississippi working at a casino. He hasn't been here in months."

"What?" John B laughed before he tried to run but the deputy stopped him. "No, see, that is nightmare, right there."

"Alissa, if I could ask you to leave." Cheryl said as she looked at me. John B then looked at me.

"I'll be fine." He claimed. I nodded and wrapped my arms around the boy's neck.

"Go along with it." I whispered in his ear. "Then when they least expect it, you run for it, okay?"

"Okay." John B whispered as I pulled back.

***

I made my way to the wreck where Kie was working. "I think he's got it covered. He'll be okay, right?" I asked the girl.

"This is John B we're talking about." Kiara said. "He'll find a way."

"I just need something to distract me from all of this." I then watched as a smile grew on Kie's face. "What?"

"I was thinking about going to the Summer Movie Series. You could come with me, we could invite JJ and Pope." The girl suggested.

"I don't know. It's right in the middle of Figure Eight."

"Come on, Ali. It'll be fun."

"Okay, okay. I'll go." I sighed.

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