Bahama Drama ||Outer Banks

Chapter fifteen.

~~~Shipwreck, the next morning~~~

"Alright, JJ, pin it here." John B says.

"Roger that! X marks the spot." JJ says.

"Alright ladies and gentlemen." John B says playing with the tether to the drone. "To going full Kook." I help Kie feed the tether into the ocean.

"Alright, JJ, we're right over it. Ten seconds northwest." John B says.

"Got it. Ten seconds northwest." JJ says. He starts moving the boat.

"One hundred feet." Kie says. Pope gasps.

"What?" John B asks repeatedly.

"It was nothing." Pope says. John B groans. "Sorry, I thought."

"Don't do that to me, man." JJ says.

"Come on, bro." John B says.

"My bad. I just thought I saw.." Pope says.

"Boys, leave Pope alone. It was a mistake. We're gonna find it, B." I say.

"Yeah." John B says.

"And to quote The Hobbit "Down, down, to Goblin Town. Down, down, you go my lad."" Pope says.

"Four hundred feet." Kie says. I hear some thunder. "The tides turning."

"Hey, JJ." John B calls.

"Yup." JJ says.

"Ten seconds easy. South-southeast." John B says.

"Copy that." JJ says. He moves the boat again.

"JJ, 20 seconds mid-speed, alright? South." John B says.

"Copy that. Aye, aye." JJ says. Ky starts helping me and Kie.

"We'll do this. We'll do it for Dad." I say.

"Dad did this for us." John B says.

"Keep the tether out of the prop." JJ says.

"We're trying." Kie says.

"JJ, keep going." John B says.

"So much for better weather." Ky says.

"John B, is that good?" JJ asks.

"We're good." John B says.

"Okay, 700 feet." Kie says and the thunder starts getting louder. The storm alert on the boat gets really crazy.

"JJ, hold steady." John B says.

"900." Kie calls.

"JJ, we'll turtle in this storm, man." John B says.

"920." Kie says.

"Crank it north by northwest. Ten seconds." John B yells to JJ.

"John B, there's too much current. We're gonna lose it." Kie says still feeding it into the ocean. The thunder gets really hard.