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╔═══━━━─── • ───━━━═══╗
— THE FORBIDDEN ZONE —
season one, episode three, part two

╔═══━━━─── • ───━━━═══╗— THE FORBIDDEN ZONE —season one, episode three, part two

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❝𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬.❞

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"Pope, we're not stealing the drone," John B tried to reason once they were on the road again. "We're borrowing it."

After leaving the hotel, the Pogues decided to make their way to the impound yard. Even though the Heyward boy still wasn't on board, he knew he wouldn't be able to convince his friends to turn back when there was four-hundred million dollars on the line.

"Yeah, stealing is a bit harsh," Nick agreed with a nod. "It's more like a temporary relocation, if anything."

"Humans are the only animal that can't tell fantasy from reality," Pope quoted, staring out of the window. Nick turned to look at him, raising his eyebrows, before his eyes landed on JJ, who was rolling a joint on the carpeted floor of the Twinkie, seemingly disconnected from the whole conversation.

"Did you just come up with that?" John B questioned the boy over his shoulder as he drove.

"Albert Bernstein came up with it, but it applies to this whole treasure-hunting thing," Pope explained, matter-of-fact. "So, which is it? Fantasy or reality?"

"Why are you so weird, Pope?" JJ countered, sealing the blunt he had been rolling.

"It's fantasy, but possible reality," Kiara answered.

"Fantasy," the Warren twins responded in unison, both of them with a mischievous look in their eyes.

John B thought for a moment, looking away from the wheel, "Reality."

Shaking his head, JJ put the blunt between his lips and got his lighter out. "Virtual reality," he mumbled as he flicked the lighter open and went to light the blunt.

Before he got the chance, Pope had reached across and taken it right from his lips, flicking it across the vehicle. When JJ looked over at him, throwing his hands up, Pope smirked, "Keep the signal clear."

JJ shut the lighter with a frown. It shouldn't have mattered considering that they had arrived at the impound lot, but JJ decided to make a comment anyway.

"You know what your problem is?"

"You?" Pope suggested, causing Nick to laugh.

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