S1:E3 "The Forbidden Zone"

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Still shocked, Kal reached forward and grabbed the white object sticking out amongst the sea of grey. It was a white FedEx package with the words " For Bird" written across in black sharpie. Kal passed it through the hole to John B who took in in awe. 

"That's not gold," Pope commented once he saw it.

Kal placed her foot onto the lowest ledge she could find and boosted herself up. She crawled back through, ignoring the ivy scratching at her arms. Kal threw one leg over the stone door and allowed JJ to help her down.

"Holy shit," John B mumbled. "This is from my dad."

The group smiled at each other, feeling as if they had a breakthrough on something. However, the moment was cut short when the sound of a vehicle approaching became noticeable.

JJ clicked his lighter and took a hit from his blunt. He blew out the smoke as he saw the vehicle approaching. "Code red. Code red." He warned. "Square groupers! Square groupers!"

"Go, go, go!" Kal said as she sprang into action.

The lights from the vehicle slowly got brighter as it got closer.

"It's the guys who robbed your house," JJ told them as they all hid behind the far side of the mausoleum.

"Lights!" Kie said, turning her's off and motioning for the others to do so as well. Pope nodded as he quickly turned his off, Kal followed suit.

"JJ, you're light!" Kal warned. When he didn't react fast enough, Kal grabbed JJ's face, switching off the light on his headlamp as he pushed her against the wall to protect her.

"John B?" Kie asked incredulously when she noticed him sticking his lantern up his shirt hoping the fabric would mask the light. It didn't. "Your light!"

"Sorry." He whispered as he fumbled to remove it from his shirt and turn it off.

"Do you think it's them?" Kal asked as JJ and Pope slowly stuck their heads out around the side to get a peek at who was approaching them.

"Homie's got a gun," JJ said as he and Pope quickly darted their heads back behind the mausoleum.

"Screw this." Kal gathered her courage as the shouting of the men from the vehicle started to get louder. She suddenly stood up and started sprinting back to the Volkswagon. Everyone was quick to follow because none of them wanted to get caught by the square groupers. They soon came up to a metal gate and a concrete wall. Pope unlike the rest of them decided to climb up and over the metal gate instead of the wall. The other's scaled the wall and were over in no time but Pope had to maneuver through the intricate metal design of the gate.

"Hurry up!" JJ yelled for him.

"Go!" Kie added.

"Guys! Guys!" Pope shouted for help as he realized his shorts got stuck on one of the metal bars on the gate.

"Shit!" Kal cursed as she realized the square groupers were getting closer.

"Guys, I'm stuck," Pope yelled for them as he held himself up on the gate.

"Pope, come on man!" JJ shouted for him.

"All right, guys..." John B started to say.

"No, Pope, don't move, okay?" JJ said as he pulled out the gun from his pocket.

"JJ, are you kidding me?" Kal ran up to him and pushed the gun down. "What are you going to do? Shoot his shorts off?"

"Pope, we got you." John B said as he and Kie went over to help him.

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