Part 2

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"Guys. Guys. Is everybody good?" Kie asks us
I turn to see JJ's eyes our closed
"JJ!" I yell as he opens his eyes back
"JJ! Wake up man. We gotta get out" Pope says
"We gotta get out of here" John B says getting the door open
"We gotta get out before it sinks" JJ tells us
"Oh no. They don't look friendly" John B says looking at the people on the beach
"No they look very unfriendly" Pope says
"We gotta go. Come on. Star lets go." John b says
"I'm coming. Go!" I yell
Kie and I are the last ones in the plane
"Kie Ella get out before it sinks!" JJ yells
We both climb into the cockpit and grab Portis.
"Portis. Come on. Portis wake up" I tell him.
"Wake up!" Kie yells
We finally get him out of the plane as it starts to sink.
We swim to the shore holding him up. Once we get there two people come help Portis.
"Why is it us that always have to be the good person?" I ask her catching my breath
Portis starts to cough as he looks at us
"Thank you." He says
"You lied to us. Who are you?" I ask him
I hear people making there way over to us
"Oh God. You should get out of here." Portis tells us
"Shit shit shit"  I mumble getting up

Kie and I take off running hearing people not to far behind us.

"Kie get back to the crew" I tell her
"No! I'm not leaving you" she tells me
"Kie please. You go right I'll draw them to the left. Get to the crew and get out of here I'll be fine" I tell her as I start running to the left. I turn around to luckily see she ran to the right

"Hey!" I yell making sure the people follow my voice and not hers. I hide behind some boats as I hear the talking
"Search all over the area." A man says
A man bends down and sees me. He grabs my arm as I yell and kick him.
"She's over here!" The man yells
I try to get free from his grip as more people run over
"Get off!" I yell
"Get a hold of her." A man says
"Let me go!" I yell
Two men throw me into a back of a truck.
"We lost the others. We'll keep searching." A guy says as I see Portis stop in front of me.
"I saved your life" I tell him.
"I know. I know. I'm sorry. I gonna try to help you okay? I swear I didn't know it was gonna be like this. Look if you don't fight if you just do what they say these guys prob... probably won't hurt you." He tells me
"What did Ward promise you?" I ask him
"Who? Hey just take my advice do what they say. Good luck." He tells me and walks away without another word.
"All right let's go." The guy says getting in the truck

After a long drive we pull into the heavily guarded house.
"Take her upstairs. The Orinoco Room." A man says
"This way." A guard says grabbing me by the arm.
"Why am I here? Who are you working for?" I ask him as he forces me up the stairs
"Dinner at eight. I'd clean up." He tells me
"Just tell me what they want!" I yell as he closes the door locking it behind him
"Why am I always getting locked in a room" I groan to myself

I look in the closet to see a bunch of the same dresses just in different sizes. I knew i didn't have a choice so I changed into one
"He's ready."  A maid saying opening my room

She leads me into a room where I see a man standing
"Uh excuse me?" I say as the guy turns around
And it was effing rafe
"No no no I knew you and Dad were behind this shit." I say
"What are you talking about? You trying to weasel in on my deal? Is that what's going on?" Rafe asks me
"I wondered if your little reunion would cause sparks you know." A man speaks up
"Who are you?" Rafe asks him
"Me? My name is Carlos Singh. It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Cameron. And you Ms. Cameron I do apologize for the rough tactics in bringing you here. But please come. Sit down." He tells us but none of us move
"Come now I don't bite." He says walking into another room as rafe and I follow

"Rough tactics. What about me?" Rafe asks him
"Yes Mr. Cameron false pretenses. But the ends justify the means, I'm afraid. Sit down. We have a lot to talk about." He says
"Why are we here?" I ask him
"Well Ms. Cameron Mr. Cameron we share certain interests you know. Objectives." He says
"Is this not about the cross?" Rafe asks him
"It is. Tangentially it is about the cross but it's also about something much much bigger than the cross. By orders of magnitude...The completion of a grand quest. You see the story goes that 450 years ago a Spanish soldier came out of the Orinoco Basin with a few gold beads. And when they asked the Spanish soldier, Where the beads came from the Spanish soldier replied he got them from a peaceful Indigenous tribe who lived in a city of gold. El Dorado. And for the next 450 years people tried to find that gold you know. They tried." Singh says picking up an old knife. "Conquistadors knights captains of ships tribes entire nations. All fighting each other in a race for the end of the rainbow. Thousands of lives laid on the pyre of gold fever. And it falls to me you know. It falls to me to complete the task. To bring full circle a quest that has gone on for almost 500 years. Perhaps... perhaps the greatest quest in the history of the western hemisphere you know.
And you two... You two are going to play a part in that. What about you Ms. Cameron? Are you interested in history?" He asks me after his whole speech
"To some extent but I'm more of a future person" I answer
"I didn't listen to a word you said okay? How much you gonna keep philosophizing?" Rafe groans
"You are direct aren't you Mr. Cameron?" He says
"What do you need from me?" I ask him
"I've come to believe that you and your friends are in possession of something that can help me get what I want" Singh says
"Which is?" I ask him
"An old manuscript. A diary actually" Singh tells me.
Effing shit.
"I have no idea what you're talking about" Rafe tells him
"This is ridiculous. I don't know anything about a diary" I tell him
"But how else could you have learned that the cross was on the Royal Merchant?" Singh asks me
"Look I want to help you but I can't" I tell him
"I was hoping you wouldn't say that you know. Because unfortunately I don't believe you. You and your brother here couldn't have found the cross without it." He tells me
"Look this is ridiculous. Okay? I'm out. I don't know anything about a diary okay? So-" rafe says trying to leave but one of the guards stops him
"Do I look like a fool to you Mr. Cameron? Do I look like a fool to you? You have the cross. She and she friends had the cross at one point. So one of you has the diary. And if you really don't know then I suggest you convince your friend to tell me.
Once I have the diary... you'll be free to leave." He tells us then leads Rafe and I into a bedroom.
"Enjoy the grounds during your stay. I must warn you, though. I'm not a man of infinite patience. You have one day. Go to the window for a little demonstration. I think you'll enjoy it you know." He tells us then closes the door
"Hey! Hey! You're just done talking?" He yells banging on the door trying to open in
"Hey!" He yells
"It's locked" I tell him

I hear a car pull up outside as I get up and look out the window. I see Portis is being dragged by a guard.
"Who the hell is that guy?" Rafe asks me
"I know him. It's Jimmy Portis. He was trying to help me." I say keeping my eyes on Portis
Singh is quick to follow after Portis.
He stops looks up at us. Then he pulls out a gun
"Whoa whoa whoa" Rafe says
I let out a yelp as he pulls the trigger
"This diary. Hey no bullshit. Don't bullshit me. Okay? Do you have it?" Rafe asks me but I don't answer him.
"Stella?" He asks as I look up at him
"No." I breathe out

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