IT COMES AND GOES IN WAVES (OUTER BANKS FAN FICTION)

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IT COMES AND GOES IN WAVES

(LANA, REDFIELD AND ROOSTER)

"But there is a light"

NO ONE'S POV:

Kie was the first to wake up and she went into the kitchen grabbing a beer before heading outside and then walking straight over when she saw SJ on the hammock. "SJ? Where is John B?" she asked, "Well he was here. But I'm guessing he dropped the kit off earlier. I heard his boat come back but he went inside. I couldn't be bothered to move." SJ told her and she nodded then she went inside and headed into JJ's room to see if those two were awake, they weren't, she pouted at the cuteness before going to walk out when she heard, "Kie?" it was MJ. "Oh I didn't mean to wake you." The girl said, "It's okay. Is anyone else awake?" "No..." "Okayyyyy?" Kie left the door open and went into the other room and saw Pope and Milly, "Aww this is all way to cute." She said, "Wakey, wakey. You suckers!" she yelled. That woke up the 2 and she walked out the room looking back into JJ's room to see him now on top of MJ, "No. Wake up. JJ. Wake--. Up." MJ hit his back from underneath him. The girl chuckled taking a sip from her beer before going back to the lounge. Pope and Milly were the first out of the room and then JJ and MJ were next. Walking outside they saw SJ coming towards them, "Oh look they even put a SUMMONS NOTICE up." She laughed. JJ banged three times on the door, "DCS! I KNOW YOU ARE IN THERE!" before running around to the window followed by MJ and they saw the look on his face. Both of them began to laugh, "We got you slick." They laughed even more. "You should have seen the look on your face." JJ laughed, "It was like....." they pulled a face, laughing even more. "You guys I'm going to Lana's JJ get John B, she may know something about the compass." Milly walked around and JJ nodded motioning through the window that John B should come.

They got into the car and drove to Lana's house the 2 boys in the front and Milly in the back. "I'm just saying, I don't understand why you don't at least try with Sadie." JJ said to his friend, "Why don't you try with Max?" John B shot back. "That's not what I said. She clearly like you. She's like 'Oh John B'" "Is that what she does? She's sketching about you diving, then she kissed you." "She kissed me on the cheek. It's not like we were making out. And I saw you and MJ on the boat, you were lying on her. Literally." "I was protecting her. Low hanging fruit bro. Don't pretend you didn't notice. I see it in your eyes, You're like 'I kinda like that' then you start blushing and shit." "I blush? Hey, you had your eyes all over MJ when she undressed." "Yes you blush and how couldn't you look at her, even the deputy was." "Is that why she has your top?" "Why does SJ have your top?" Milly reached for the compass and John B slapped her hand away, "I was just going to look at it. I gotta admit, your father's compass, in Scooter's boat. That's freaky. Also stop talking about my best friends like that." Milly said, "Oh yeah, I forgot you were there." John B joked. "Ha-ha very funny." Milly stuck out her tongue. "Are you sure this is a good idea, her husband did just drown." JJ said, "It's fine." They arrived and stopped the car getting out, "Milly wait in the car." They said when they heard shouting, she nodded and got in the car, she watched as the 2 hid round the wall and then walked inside. Around 2 minutes later they ran out and started the car before driving back.

"And then we were right outside like this. And then all we hear is just. Bam! Bam! Bam! Knocking paint off the wall G! From the inside. Alright and I'm just looking at him, like—wait first off, look at this shit." JJ shook his head. "That's dandruff." Kie said disgusted, "Okay thank you." Pope pushed him away. "Look at all that. That's paint." JJ said, "just let him believe it." MJ whispered to them. "No MJ. At that point I was just like... I'm waiting for death." He looked at her. "Oh okay so you saw the guys that shot us right? Milly you were there?" Kie looked at the girl, "I stayed in the car but I did here a lot of banging and saw the dudes yes." She nodded. "JJ did you get a good description of them?" "What did they look like?" "Yeah anything." "Anything we can bring to a police report?" they asked the blonde, "Burly." JJ said, "Burly?" Pope asked, "Yeah. You know like—" "That's not helpful" SJ sighed leaning on John B. "Okay, well no, like the type of guy at my dad's garage. I mean you guys know he made cargo hides for drug smugglers." JJ said, MJ took his hand knowing everything that his dad did. "I can tell you with full confidence, these boys, these killers, they are square groupers." JJ told them. "They're square groupers, like narco square grouper? Like Pablo Escobar square grouper?" People questioned. "Yeah." "You guys not everything is a kingpin movie." Kie told them. "What does this square grouper look like? Specifically?" Pope asked, "You weren't there!" "You don't know what to look for." "Dude! I wasn't taking little mental Polaroids the entire time. I was under duress okay? But I can tell you by the way that Ms. Lana was screaming... that these guys are serious, serious, hombres, man. It's a heavy vibe right now okay? I'm not liking this very much." JJ said, "Okay but why would they want the compass?" MJ asked, "It's a piece of shit. You could pawn it for five bucks if you wanted to. No offence. I know it's in your family—" "The office." John B said, "You mean the room know body has gone into. Like. Ever." MJ asked, "My dad. My dad's office. He always kept the office locked because he was worried about his competitors stealing his Royal Merchant research. We used to laugh at him like he was gonna find it. But now that he has gone. I've kinda. I just left it as he kept it." John B unlocked it. "Yeah for when he gets back." SJ placed a hand on his shoulder. Opening the door, they walked in, "We have lived here for over 7 years and not once have I been in here." MJ said to her sister who nodded. "Here look. This is the original owner, right there." John B pointed to the picture, "Okay, Robert Q. Routledge. 1880 to 1920." Kie read the writing, "There is the lucky compass. There." Milly pointed it out. "Actually, he was shot after he bought it. Then the compass was shipped back to Henry. He was killed in a crop-dusting accident when he had the compass. After he died, the compass was given to Stephen. Stephen had the compass with him when he died in Vietnam." John B told them. "Let me guess he died in action tight?" JJ asked. "Sort of. Uh actually, he was killed by a banana truck. In – country. Anyways after that Stephen passed, the compass down to him. My dad." John B pointed to the picture. "Hm. Sounds like there is a reoccurring theme here." JJ nodded. "Yeah you have a death compass." Pope said, "I do not." "You have a death compass." MJ agreed, "Get rid of it." Mil said, "It's cursed, and it made it's way back to you." JJ told him. "Didn't your dad used to talk about a compartment in there." SJ pointed to it. "Holy crap. Yeah. Soldiers used to hide secret notes." John B unscrewed the back to see some letters carved into the metal. "What is that?" Kie asked, "That was never there before. This is my dad's handwriting." "How do you even know?" "Because he does these weird Rs with the—see it." John B held it up, "Can I see it?" JJ asked, "Red—Rout. No I think that's an A." JJ tried to figure it out. "It says Redfield." Kie said, MJ snickered and slapped the back of JJ's head, "duh" "Okay well what's Redfield?" Milly asked, "Beside the most common name in the country, babe." They all looked to Pope widened eyed, "umm... please explain when this whole 'babe' thing came into context?" SJ asked, "I don't even know myself." Milly said flustered, "Okay enough of this lovey dovey stuff. Now Redfield?" MJ stopped the tension, but it was still clear in the air. "Maybe this is a clue. Maybe it's a clue to where he is hiding." John B suggested, "A clue? Come on that's—" Mil slapped Pope and glared at him, he got the message, "But if it's a clue, maybe it's an anagram?" Pope played, "Yes. Perfect. Anagram. You need paper." John B passed the boy some paper, as Mil looked out the window her heart still racing from the previous event. "How can you concentrate with that thing crowing at you?" Pope meant the rooster, JJ went and stood right beside Pope, "JJ loves the rooster." John B said. "I love the rooster." Kie said, the twins were looking around the room for anything else, well SJ was but MJ thought it was the slightest bit stupid. They were coming up with lots of different things and then Mil stopped their brain storming, "Guys. Guys! Somebody's here." They all looked out the window. "oh god." MJ muttered. "Guys is that them?" Kie asked, "No." JJ groaned. "Is that them?" SJ stressed, "This is suboptimal." Pope also stressed. They all were stressing. "John B I told you. Why does it always—" "JJ! Hey look at me. Where's the gun?" John B pushed JJ against the wall, "Gun? I, uh, I can't--" "Now you don't have the gun, the one time we need the gun?" Kie covered her face, "It was in my backpack and then I—" "Backpack— On the porch." John B told him. "It's on the porch." JJ said running out then straight back in, "They are on the porch." He quietly shut the door. The men began to shout and break things. "We have to get out of here." Milly whispered, "Window. Go." SJ pointed to it. Pope and JJ tried to open the window as John B held the door shut. "What—what's happening?" MJ asked, "Why is it taking so long?" Kie asked, "It's painted shut okay?" JJ turned to MJ, SJ looked around for something sharp when she randomly found a knife. She began to cut at the paint, "come on" they all rushed her, "I'm going as fast as I can." She whispered, "Go faster." Her twin told her. Pope held the door shut with John B when the heard the doorknob shake, "You better not be in there!" a voice came from the other side. Soon enough the guy was trying to break the door down. The guys moved away, and they slid open the window before climbing out and running into the rooter pen. They were all watching as the guys bought some crates out, filled with all of John's dad's research. The roosters were being really loud and were getting really close to MJ, "Fuck it just pecked me!" she whisper shouter. "Do something Pope. Shut him up." JJ said keeping the rooster away from MJ, "What do I do?" "Pet it, talk to it. I don't know." Kie panicked. The rooster was now being really loud, and this caught one of the guys attention, he began to walk closer to the pen, all of them sat back and were silent. SJ felt a hand slip into hers, she looked us to see John B with his eyes shut. Milly had her head in Pope's shoulder, trying not to have a panic attack. "It did it again. Why the fuck is it biting me? Ow. Shit." MJ whispered holding her legs as far from the rooster as possible. JJ heard the pain in her voice, and he grabbed onto the roosters' neck and broke it. Making the rooter shut up. The guy coming closer stopped, MJ began to cry from the pain and JJ grabbed her hand and then the other guy yelled, "Ratter! What the hell are you doing? Let's go." He got into the car and they drove off.