They get to the church and open the doors, observing the old and worn out building.
"Okay, you're telling me Denmark Tanny decided to hide the cross here?" JJ asks as they walk around.
"Mm-hmm." Pope answers.
"Everybody, just spread out." Kie says.
"Okay, well, if I was a cross and wanted to be hidden in an old church, where would I hide?" John B asks.
"Are you sure that Denmark hid the cross here, Pope?" JJ asks. "Like, are we at the right church?"
"It's gotta be here somewhere, guys." Pope says.
"What if we have to push like a secret button or, like, play, like, a... a certain chord, and then all of a sudden, the ground beneath us reveals the catacombs or something on which we stand?"
"What?" Rosie gives him a perplexed look.
"How about we try to find obvious clues?" John B suggests.
"Yeah, it's not an escape room." Kie says.
"It's gotta be in here." Pope insists.
"Look, I can't see where they would hide a giant cross here." John B says.
"No, no. There's no way he would set us up on a freaking goose chase--"
"I-I get it. I know. I know."
"--that would lead us to a church that has nothing."
"Yes, I get it. I don't know what to tell you, man." John B tells the Heyward boy.
"No. The clues led us here. The cross is in this church." Pope declares, sitting on one of the pews.
"Pope, it'll be all right. We've had setbacks in the past, and we figured it out. We're gonna find it." John B assures.
"He's right." Kie agrees.
"Look, we've just gotta think about this logically, all right?" John B says as Pope looks through the spyglass. "Where else would you hide a seven foot tall cross made of gold?"
Pope lowers the spyglass, looking up towards the ceiling.
"What?" JJ asks, seeing his friend's expression. They all follow his gaze to the wood posts... that are in the shape of slanted crosses.
"Oh, my God. Look at that." Kie mumbles.
Pope goes to a wall that has wooden shelves on it and starts climbing.
"I don't like that." Cora says.
"Pope." Sarah calls.
"Hey, no!" JJ calls.
"Now Pope's climbing the wall." John B mutters.
"Stop him." Rosie whines.
"How?" John B asks.
"Wait. Pope, wait. This is crazy." Sarah says.
"Pope, this church is old." Kie says.
"I'm just gonna--"
"Like really old. This isn't safe." Kie insists.
"Yo! This church has gots to be at least 200 years old." JJ says.
"He's right, Pope. It's too dangerous." John B says as Pope reaches the posts.
"Hey, yo! Let me just be real. You're not the most coordinated person on planet earth. You hear me?" JJ says.
"Even JJ disagrees." Cora whines.
"Pope? Pope!" Kie calls for him.
Pope knocks his arm against the wood.
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birds of a feather, obx
Fanfiction[ outer banks -- seasons 1-3 ] Rosie Routledge & Cora Maybank Stand Alone: Birds of a Feather I DO NOT own Outer Banks, any of the show's characters or storylines. I ONLY own my OCs and their storylines.
