"Come on guys, we gotta move forward."

They take about two small steps.

"Guys, I can't. I can't." Pope says as he starts to lower his part back to the ground.

"No, no, no!"

"No! Pope! Hang in there!"

"No! Come on!"

Pope drops it in pain as he falls back onto the pew.

Kie drops her part next causing Jo to drop hers.

She lets out a yelp as she looks at her fingers.

"Fuck! I just broke a nail!"

Jo puts her finger in her mouth.

"Damn it! You almost dropped it on my foot!" JJ shouts angrily to Sarah.

"Because I'm the only one lifting it!" Sarah yells right back.

John B gets between them.

"Alright, hey listen, we'll make like a sling, like a little-"

"Yea! Yea, and then put it on the tail hitch."

JJ and John B try to think of another plan.

Jo quickly notices that Pope is not okay and rushes to him.

"Guys!" she shouts.

"Pope's not okay!"

Jo notices that his breathing is getting worse and his eye is swelling up badly.

"What's happening?"

"Dude, your eye, looks all puffy." JJ comments.

"He's having an allergic reaction." Jo tells them.

"How many times did he get stung?" Sarah asks.

Pope starts to seize.

"Guys! We need to turn him on his side!"

"What about the cross?"

"He needs help now!"

John B and Kie help him stand.

"He needs a shot! Get him to the hospital now! I'll stay and try to hide this." Jo tells them.

JJ turns to her in concern.

"I'm not leaving you here!" he denies.

Jo grabs his face.

"Go with them. Make sure Pope is okay. I will hide the cross the best that I can. But you have to go now." she tells him calmly.

"I will be right back." he assures her.

She nods her head.

"Go!" she shouts at him.

She watches him run out the door.

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Jo quickly pushes a pew over top of the cross and throws a blanket over the top of it.

She is breathing heavily when she hears the door open.

She rolls her eyes.

"JJ I told you to go with them!"

She turns around and stops when she sees Renfield and Rafe.

"Shit." she mumbles.

"Well, well, well. Look who we have here." Renfield smirks and steps closer to her.

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