One with the Pogues [jj x reader]

26. Negotiating

He starts to lead them upstairs.

The guard walks past my hiding spot.

I hear him fall through the hole. I'm about to walk out when another guard runs by me.

I follow him carefully.

"Freeze! Put it down." He says to Cleo. JJ runs in.

I look around as quietly as I can. I see a metal stick. I grab it and hit him in the leg. He falls but points his gun at me.

"Oh, you're done." He says to me. I put my hands up.

John B falls on him.
"I think it's time for y'all to freeze." JJ says holding up the gun.

Pope and Cleo tie them up.

JJ takes a photo of them and sends it to Singh.
"Time for stage three. Hostage swap." JJ says.

He calls Singh.
"Mr. Portis. Do you have Ms. Carrera's friends?" He asks. JJ doesn't respond. John B takes the phone.
"Yeah, we found them. Listen, my name is John Booker Routledge. We have your men tied up, and they're in for a really, really, really harsh time if you don't give us Kiara back right now." John B says.
"Kill them." He says.
"What?"
"Kill them, John Booker Routledge. It doesn't matter to me, you know. Just know that if you do, the hotel is surrounded. All of you inside will die."

I look out and see all the men start to walk in.
"We gotta go." I say.

We all start running.

We check the balcony.
"Bad, so bad." John B says. We continue running.

"Go back to the main entrance!" JJ yells.
"Hold this." Pope says handing me the gun. He starts to close the gate.

We look down the elevator.
"There's gotta be a better option, right." John B mutters.
"Shit." I mutter looking down.
"I'm not doing this."
"We need to think about this." Pope says.

Cleo jumps and grabs onto the rope.
"Oh shit." JJ mutters while I hand him the gun.

Sarah and I look at eachother and nod. We start running.
"No!" They yell.

We grab the ropes and start climbing down. JJ and Pope follow.

We get to the ground and yell for them to hurry.

John B starts climbing down. He gets shot at and falls bringing the boys down with him.
"You good?" I ask. JJ nods.
"We gotta go."

We start running.

We get out and see a guard.

John B tells us to wait as he walks off. The guard follows what he dropped as we run.

We follow Cleo to a stable.
"She know where she's going?"
"No clue."

We catch our breath.
"They coming?"
"I don't see anything."
"What's the plan now? We just kicked the hornets nest. We gotta think of something quick." JJ says panicking.
"JJ, calm down." I say grabbing his arm.
"We did something to their guys, they're gonna do something to Kiara." He says.
"We'll figure something out." I say. He nods thinking. "Just relax."

We decide to get some rest.

I lay my head on JJ's shoulder before falling asleep.

"Guys." He says shaking me. I wake up.
"What?"
"I got something. Meet me at the pin at 6:15. P4L." JJ reads.
"That's gotta be Kie." I say. 
"I don't know. This could all be a trap." Pope says.
"You guys can be so stupid. You get beat so bad you flinch even when someone's trying to help. P4L. It's Kiara, man! No way she sent that as bait. They'd have to kill her. We gotta help her. Come on, man." Cleo says.
"It could still be a trap."
"It's the only option we got." I say.

We get up and follow Cleo.

We get there and look around.
"The white boat is the pin." Cleo says.
"Come on." I say grabbing JJ and standing up.

We walk over. I see Kiara.

I run to her and hug her. She starts crying as everyone joins the hug.
"I thought I was never gonna see you again." She says.
"You're okay." I say hugging her tighter.

"We thought you were dead." Pope says.

"What's this?" We ask laughing at the boat.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you, come on." She says.

We get in.

"What did they want?" I ask.
"They didn't hurt you did they?"
"No. You're not gonna guess what Singh wanted from me. Denmarks Diary."
"What?" I laugh.
"Why?" JJ asks.
"Dunno. He said it leads to a treasure that's a lot bigger than the merchant."
"You're saying there's a bigger treasure?"
"Sign me up." JJ says. I laugh.

"We gotta go guys!" Cleo yells.

I see John B staring out into the distance.
"Hey JB, you good?" I ask.
"The bells." He mutters.
"What about them?"
"Dad used to call me home with them." He says.
"You think it's him?"
"It's just too much a coincidence." He says.
"It's not him." Sarah says.
"How do you know?"
"You know why."

"That's exactly how he used to do it." John B says.
"Okay." She says.
"What?"
"Go look."
"You sure?"
"You need to." I say.

"Hurry." Sarah says handing him a phone.

"If it is him, bring him back. I wanna meet my real dad." I say. He nods.
"I will."
"I'm serious, hurry." Sarah says.
"I love you." John B says and I walk away.

I walk over to JJ and rest my head on his shoulder.

"I can't believe he just took off." Pope says.
"He had to." I say.

"Guys incoming!" Kie yells. I look over and see the guards coming.
"Shit." I mutter.
"Where's John B?" Pope yells.
"I don't know. He said he'd be back by now."
"Well he's not. What do we do?"

"We gotta make a stand." JJ says.
"What?"
"We can't split up again!"
"You didn't see what I saw! He killed Portis! We can't stay!" Kie yells.
"We're not leaving John B!" JJ yells.
"No Pogue left behind."
"Guys they're getting closer." I say.
"We're not splitting up again!"
"Guys!" Cleo yells.

Sarah starts moving the boat.

"No! We need to get John B!" JJ yells.
"We'll find him later!" Kie yells.

JJ and Pope start arguing.

The guards are about to shoot.
"Get down!" I yell. They don't. I grab JJ's arm and pull him towards me.

They start shooting at us. I cover my head.

They stop and we all slowly stand back up.

"We can't leave him." JJ mutters.
"I don't want to either. We have no choice." I say hugging him.

We stop when we get far.

"So we're just gonna forget about John B? We should have never left him. We're turning back." JJ says.
"No! We're all gonna get caught. What type of plan is that?" Cleo yells.
"It's a plan to stick together, Cleo!"
"Then we all dead together!"
"She's right. We had to leave, or we'd all be zip-tied in the back of a pickup." Kie says.

The phone starts ringing.
"Who's that?"
"It's Portis." Kie says.
"It's John B."

"Yo! Dude! Is this you?"
"Speaker."
"What do you need us to turn around." JJ asks. "Say that again."

John B is cutting out.
"We do not copy."
"Let me talk to him." Sarah says taking the phone.

"Are you okay?"
"Yes." He says the rest is distorted.
"He's fine." I sigh.

It's staticky except for a few words.
"Kildare? When?" It cuts off.

"You think he found him?" I ask.
"He's been missing for almost a year."
"Sarah, what do you think? Should we go back?"
"We need to make a decision!"
"He said go." She says.
"Listen."
"Go."

We start driving away.

(A.n: if you've read this far you should go see my other story stowaways about jj