Coralina Routledge, twin sister of John Booker Routledge, needs a distraction from the chaos of her life. Her father, Big John, known throughout the North Carolina island of Kildaire as a crazy treasure hunter is always running off and leaving his...
"JJ, you got your army knife?" Coral questioned. "Never leave home without it," he replied, pulling it out of his pocket. Climbing up to the window he used the knife to work the bolts loose on the grate.
"Okay, we raid the armory, get weapons, roll back here, and plot the next move," JJ told them as he worked the bolts loose, "The armory is on the third deck," he said handing the last bolt down to Pope, "Aft, near the laundry room. Okay, let's roll."
"JJ, hold up," Pope stopped him from pulling the grate from the window, "I don't think all of us should go out there. It's to risky."
"Why?"
"Okay, I've gotta be honest with you I think you should stay here," John B said to the blonde.
"What?"
"I have Sarah that I'm gonna go after," John B replied, "And Pope has."
"The cross," Pope chimed in.
"Yeah, let's go get it," JJ responded, looking between the two.
"Also, if you go out there, there's one hundred percent probability that you're gonna do something stupid."
"Okay, first of all I think the correct terminology is ballsy," JJ retorted.
"Okay, get down," Pope said, pulling on JJ's arm.
"No. Get off," JJ told him, pushing him away as he jumped down, "You know I'm a field player," he told Pope and John B.
"Right, so if we go out there and get into a bind, we need somebody to look out for us," John B said, attempting to placate JJ, "That's what we need."
"Okay. I get it. I'm on the B team," JJ responded, rolling his eyes.
"I never said B team."
"I'm sorry. Are you calling me the B team?" Kie questioned.
"Sorry, didn't mean to offend you," JJ told her, sarcastically.
"Relax, Kie. I'm pretty sure the B team is the better team considering you found our way out and JJ had the necessary equipment to actually get us out," Coral spoke up glaring at both John B and Pope.
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"It's alright. I know when I'm benched," JJ said before turning and walking down the aisle towards the back of the shipping container.
"Are you serious?" Coral hissed looking at the other two boys, "Everything he does is for you and for us and you make him feel like total shit."
"Look, we didn't mean it like that," John B insisted.
"Well it came out like that. So go find your girlfriend and go find your cross and when you two get into trouble out there I'll send JJ out to save your asses," she responded before turning and following after where JJ had gone.
