𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍 ᯓ outer banks

chapter seventy-five

season two ; episode nine { Trapped }
chapter seventy-five

KIARA EVENTUALLY PICKED THEM UP FROM THE SWAMP AND BROOKLYN HAD NEVER BEEN MORE GRATEFUL TO SEE HER. She fell into the front seat with Pope in the back and she wanted to hug Kiara so bad but she was covered in mud and blood so she stayed back.

Kiara handed her a couple of tissues to wipe away the blood from her nose. "Kiara, I think I've said this already but I love you! Thank you!"

"Brooklyn, what the hell happened?"

"Rafe tried to kill me but I negotiated with him and he didn't kill me," she says, throwing the bloody tissue out the window. "I don't know why he didn't just shoot me but he didn't and he had a fight with and Pope beforehand."

"He also has the cross," Pope says. "So we tried to go and get it from him."

"Right..." Kiara looked over at Brooklyn who was still holding a tissue to her nose. "Guys, when all of this is over, and I go home, my parents are probably gonna send me away. I just wanna make sure that we're straight. You know, I might not see you guys for a really long time, and after all that's happened... if I... if I hurt either of your feelings..."

"You didn't," Pope says. "It's good."

"Yeah. It's all okay, Kie," Brooklyn says.

"Are you sure? Because I... I feel like I did."

"Kie. Kie. I promise you it's okay." Pope told her. "We're friends, and that's first, right, Brooklyn?"

"Yeah, always."

"Good. I'm glad," Kiara says, smiling. "Can one of you find out where the boys are?"

"Yeah."

Pope takes Kiara's phone and begins to search for where they are. "Why the heck are they there?" he asked, showing the phone to Brooklyn who began to read out the directions in which they needed to go.

They ended up at at this place where a giant ship called Coastal Venture was. It must be the boat where the cross will be and the boat the Cameron's are using to get away. "Ok... Wait! There's the Twinkie," Brooklyn says, pointing over to the van.

Kiara pulled up behind it and the three of them climbed out. "Where are they?"

"Uh..." She continued to follow the directions of her phone and that's when she spotted them right up ahead. "There!"

Brooklyn stepped up to JJ and tapped his shoulder a few times. "Hey!"

"Whoa!" He turned around so quickly it scared her. "I was about to stab your eyes out."

"You look scared as shit," she laughed, stepping over to him to wrap her arms around him. "Hi."

"Hi, you okay? What the hell happened?" he asked, looking down when she pulled her face back. "And how did you guys even find us?"

"Geo-located your phone."

"Smart."

"You guys okay? What happened?" John B asked, placing a hand on Pope's shoulder.

"Rafe, round three," Pope says.

"You freaking kidding me? Again?" He took both of Brooklyn's cheeks in her hands and examined her face. "Shit. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, babe. It was a tie anyway, right?"

"Yeah."

Pope looked out to see a wooden box being loaded onto the ship. "That the cross?"

"Yep."

"They're holding Sarah hostage," John B says.

"We have to get on that boat."

"First we gotta get past the goon squad."

"Okay, let's move. Come on," John B was stepping forward only to find Pope not following him. "Pope, what're your doing?"

"I have an idea. Just trust me."

"No, hey, stop running! We gotta go, dude."

"Trust me, man. Go. I'll meet up with you guys. Go." Pope runs off in a certain direction. Nobody knows what his plan is or whether they should trust him but they let him go.

John B looks over at his sister who is still in JJ's arms. "You good, Brooke?"

"Yeah."

She was about to step over to him and hug him but a loud explosion sounds from behind her. She soon sees Pope running towards them through all the fog and flames. What the hell was that?

"It's working," Kiara says upon seeing the workers rush to the scene.

"Pope, what was that? Huh?"

"Look. That container's going on the ship. We can get in that way," Pope says, pointing to a very large metal container. "Are you with me?"

"You're a genius." John B slips his hand in Pope's. "Let's go. Hey, this way. Come on. Come on."

They all run to the container and check if the coast is clear. Pope climbs up into the container. "Did you think this through?"

"Yes. This is the plan."

"That's a trap right there. We can't get out once we get in," JJ says.

"You guys don't have to come. Right?" John B says, grabbing both of JJ's shoulders.

"Right. This is our fight."

"No, I'm coming," Brooklyn says. "I'm not letting you get killed on your own."

"Well, I'm not letting you get killed at all," John B argues.

"Well—"

"Guys, stop," JJ puts a hand on Brooklyn's shoulder. "Nothing to lose?" he says to Kiara.

"Nothing to lose."

Pope pulls up JJ, JJ pulls up Brooklyn and Brooklyn pulls up Kiara. "Guess this is better than boarding school."

They make their way into the canister and hide themselves at the far end where they won't be seen when it gets closed. They hide behind the boxes that are blocking the door. John B shushes them all so they don't get caught immediately.

It wasn't long before a couple of guys came back to shut the container. When they hear the doors being shut, John B shares a fist bump with JJ.

They're safe. They made it.

They stay silent and wait while they get driven off towards the dock. "We gotta be on the dock now," JJ whispers but John B shushes him instantly.

They hear the metal of the canister clang with something else and then they are being lifted up into the air. Brooklyn falls back into JJ and John B but manages to pull herself back up. Kiara falls towards Pope but catches herself thankfully.

"Jesus Christ!"

They continue to hold on as the metal canister rocks from side to side before beings to be lowered onto the ship. They all yell when it clangs against the floor but that means they are on the ship. Safely.

"We made it," JJ says as the others stay silent.

John B looks through the small crack in the canister but quickly ducks when a hand grabs ahold of it. They all stay quiet and hope that the guy on the other side disappears and doesn't say a word.

And when the boat finally began to move, they knew that nothing more could happen. It was okay.