When Wrong becomes Right

Chapter 18

"Hey come here." John B said as we got closer to the house. "So here's the plan, we need to look for wheat near the water like it said in Denmark's letter."

"Okay, like, what kind of water? Like, pond water?" Pope asked.

"Bongwater?" JJ asked, making us all give him a look.

"No, it just said look for water." John B informed us. "That's the shittiest secret message ever," Kie said, before walking off. "You wanna complain a little more Kie? No one said it was gonna be easy." John B said as the two walked away from us.

"I'll search the northeast quadrant, you two search the northwest quadrant," Pope said, before also walking off. "The decapitation quadrant!" JJ said clearly unhappy. "Come on," I said, grabbing his arm and walking off. We looked around, both of us jumping at everything, but not seeing any water. "This gives me the creeps I wanna get the fuck out of here," I said to JJ. "Me fuckin too," JJ said, as we walked around some more.

We walked in the direction of the group when John B quietly said. "Hey! Psst, Hey come on it's the only place we haven't looked." John B said, opening a small door that led under the house. "Oh shit," JJ mumbled, as he jumped through grass getting startled by something. "Dumbass," I said under my breath, laughing quietly.

We all followed John B inside and started looking around with our flashlights.

"Down came Mrs. Crain and chopped off all our heads. Up came the sun and dried up all the blood-" JJ sang before getting cut off by Pope. "Can you stop?" I laughed, following the boys.

We looked around at all the creepy stuff down here. "See any water?" Kie asked.

"Fucking mosquitos," I said, hitting one off my leg.

"Another dead end?" Kie asked, aggravated at John B. "There's not even water on the pipes," JJ added, running his hand across them. "There's no water here," Pope stated. "Not a dropamino." I said, turning and looking at the others.

"Know why we didn't find it?" Kie started. "Bad karma." She said, turning and facing JB. "Oh god, here we go" He quietly muttered. "You know we had a good thing going, and then YOU decided to rope in barbie, and now the trails gone dry. Coincidence? Probably not." She said to him.

"This is exactly why I didn't want to tell you about Sarah." John B retaliated.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah. What the hell's the deal? What's going on with you two?"

"Nothing." She replied angrily.

"Nothing? Is it because I kissed you? Is that the problem?" He asked.

She slapped him square in the face. "Oh shit." All 3 of us said, surprised at her action. "That echoed dude," JJ said to me, making me have to hold in a laugh.

"Stop treating me like some girl that's obsessed with you, instead of your best friend who's trying to look out for you."

"Did you uh hit me?" John B asked.

"Skeeter." She said, holding her hand up to him, with probably a dead mosquito on it, but we couldn't see.

"Skeeter? Oh here." He said slapping her back. "Oh shit, okay guys," I said trying to get between them, but JJ holding onto me. "Where's your proof?" She asked him, as he held his hand up. "Skeeter."

She hit him in the chest saying something, as we all walked towards the door.

Pope was hitting mosquitos off of himself, as I hit one off of JJ's arm. He hit me back, and soon we were in a war, like the other two. We stopped after a minute though.

"Why are there so many mosquitos in a basement?" Pope asked. "Dude. I know, seriously. Tiny vampire bats, leave me alone." JJ said, hitting more off of himself. I walked away from JJ, looking at something, but quickly moving back towards him.

"Alright, can we leave already? I'm itchin... to leave. Ha, punny." he said quietly. I laughed at the big blonde dork and looked around for a second. "I just found Mrs. Crain's voodoo doll guys," JJ said picking up a doll and chasing me with it. "JJ get that nasty ass thing the hell away from me!" I said, running from the boy.

All of a sudden Pope started ripping these boards away. "Dude shh!" We all said, not wanting the ax murderer to find us. "Help me." He said to us, as we all moved the wood out of the way. We were all shushing each other as we did it. Once all the wood was gone, we looked down.

"Well well well," Pope said. "Good dad joke." John B replied as we all stared down into the well. "They built this part of the house right over it," Kie commented. "This is where she hid the bodies." JJ said before I slapped him in the shoulder. "dude." I said, "I'm dead serious." He said, looking dead at me. "She probably doesn't even know it's here," Kie said. "Yeah," I said, agreeing with her.

"We're gonna need a really big rope." John B said, making us all smile.

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''No effing way." Kie said, pacing back and forth on the porch. "you brought her here? So what? She's in on this now?" Kie asked John B. 

He looked at JJ, Pope, and I, wanting us to say something. "Look all I care about, is her cut comes out of your share," JJ said

"You know I don't remember taking a vote," Kie said, moving on from what JJ said. "This is our thing, a pogue thing."

"I gotta say, I'm a tad bit uncomfortable with all of this," Pope said. "When are you not uncomfortable?"

"I dunno, I rode here on the back of JJ's bike pretty comfortably," Pope argued. "It's true, most relaxed I've ever seen him," Blondie added, almost making me laugh. 

I was at home, checking on Lily of course.

"That's cute guys." John B said to the 2 guys.

I tuned out the rest of the argument until Sarah looked at me. "What do you want, you haven't said anything." 

I felt everyone looking at me so I said, "I mean, Kie's like my best friend, and I'm always gonna take her side, but you have been taking care of my sister better then I can so I have to give you that," 

After a few more words I wasn't listening to, Kie stormed off.

"I'd just like to say, you handled that beautifully," JJ said after Sarah had left too.

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JJ, JB, and I all sat in the kitchen waiting for Pope. "That was a real show there JB," I said to him. "You weren't even listening, plus what kinda middle-sided answer did you give?" He asked me. "I wasn't lying, I mean like I said, Kie is my best friend, and I love her to death, but Sarah's always kinda been the sister I couldn't be," I replied, making us all stay quiet.

"What'd she say?" John B asked, throwing Pope a water bottle as he walked in. "That you're an idiot." He answered. "Solid." I quietly said.

"It's a no-brainer your picking Kie," JJ said, opening the fridge. "Look I can't make a decision." John B argued. 

"So what? We're just dead in the water because your pussy whipped? We can't do this without Kie and you know it." I said before taking a sip of water. 

"And I can't do it without Sarah. Okay? They both have to be in on it." JB said. 

"Good luck with that," Pope said, getting up. "You know what? I know this is my fault, but this is our problem. I have a plan, and you 3 shitheads are gonna help me out." John B stated.