Due to some unforeseen circumstances, Pope threatening all of us, he's the one driving the truck back to the church.
"Uh, Pope, you're driving pretty fast," Sarah tells him.
Pope howls like a wolf in response.
"Pope, last to judge, but I think you should slow down a little," JJ tells him.
"That would definitely delay our arrival to the cross. We gotta get there," Pope insists.
"Why did we let him drive again?" Kie asks.
"Because I said I'd rip your ears off," Pope reminds her.
"Because he said he'd rip our ears off," I state.
"You did," Kie admits.
"I was joking about that, by the way," Pope tells us.
"That's a really funny joke," Kie remarks.
"Hey, how ya feeling, buddy? How ya doing?" John B asks.
"Uh, fantastic. I don't know what JJ's cousin gave me, but I am moving," Pope tells him.
"We couldn't tell," Kie says sarcastically.
"Okay, well, um, you're going really fast right now," John B tells Pope.
Pope turns around and looks at him. "Yeah, really fast!"
We all shout as Pope swerves across the road.
"I don't know if you noticed, but there's these giant oak trees all along the road right now. They're like six inches off the road," John B says.
"Whoa, whoa!" JJ shouts.
Pope is attempting to pass the car in front of us while another car comes barreling towards us the other way.
"You don't need to pass. You don't need to pass," Kie tells him.
We all shout as Pope swerves back onto the right side of the road narrowly missing the other car.
"What an asshole, right?" Pope asks.
"Pope he's going the speed limit," Kie tells him.
"We're not gonna get to the cross if we're dead, Pope," John B tells him.
"We're not gonna die. It's our divine right to get that cross," Pope insists.
"Pope! Look at the road!" John B shouts.
I scream as Pope clips the back of the truck on a tree. We spin around as Pope tries to control the truck and wind up hitting another tree.
"Is everyone okay?" John B asks.
"I think so," Sarah says.
"Never better," JJ says. He groans as he opens the door. "That is the last time you drive, Pope."
I hop out of the truck and Rafe follows after me.
Kie gets out of the passenger's seat and looks at the wrecked truck. "My dad's truck! No!"
"Kie, one word. Totaled," JJ tells her.
"My parents are gonna kill me for real this time," Kie states.
"Yeah, well, weren't they already gonna do that anyway?" JJ says.
"Helpful. Thank you," Kie tells him.
"We're gonna have to walk the rest of the way," Pope states.
"Dude," I remark.
"What? Rafe asks.
"I'm going to get my cross," Pope insists.
John B tries to stop him. "Hey, just relax for a second."
"Get off of me," Pope tells him.
"No. I'm trying to help," John B insists.
"Move, I'm getting my cross," Pope says.
"We just crashed the car," John B reminds him. Pope tries to walk off. "I'm trying to watch out for you. Hey! No!
"Pope! Pope!" Kie shouts.
"There's a truck coming," John B warns.
"Get off of me!" Pope shouts.
"You're gonna get hit by a car," John B tells him.
As the truck drives past us I can see Renfield in the passenger's seat.
"We gotta get back to the church!" Pope shouts.
We take off running back in the direction of the church.
Pope opens the door to the church. Of course the cross isn't there.
"It's gone," Kie states.
JJ kicks one of the cushions. "Damn it! I knew I didn't hide it well enough! Damn it!" JJ grunts as he kicks another cushion. "Okay. What do we do? What do we do? What do we do? Okay, think, think, think, think. We need a plan. We need a plan. What's the plan?" He keeps pacing back and forth. "All right, here's what we do. We'll grab some kerosene tanks from the Chat, then we... we go to my dad's shop and grab some dynamite. And then we drive down to Charleston and tell this lady who she's messing with! Because this is some bullshit, y'all!"
"That's not gonna help," I tell him.
"Well, what is, Addie?" JJ asks.
"I'm thinking, okay?" John B tells him. "We can't just go blow shit up, JJ."
"Pope, I'm sorry," JJ tells him.
Pope stands up behind the lectern on the altar. "Denmark would've stood right here... preaching to everyone he set free. A slave, the sole survivor of the Royal Merchant, he got the gold and the cross, and he brought them both to shore and used it to free every person who walked through those doors. He made a church, a family, a congregation... a home. And the Limbreys took everything from him. They sicced dogs on his wife and his kids, and when he tried to get her remains, they hung him. Well, I'm done. I'm tired of that shit. That is not how this is gonna end. We need a freaking win, guys. I'm going to get my family's cross." Pope walks to the front door and stops to face us. "You guys coming?"
"Well, if you put it that way..." John B trials off.
"Maybe we should think about it, you know?" JJ teases.
"Pros and cons?" John B offers.
"Pros and cons list," JJ says. "Hell yeah, we're coming, Pope!"
We pile into the Twinkie. As we drive back towards where Pope crashed the truck, we can see police cars on the scene.
"Oh shit! They found the truck," Kie says.
"Chill, chill, chill, chill," Pope tells us.
"Of course," JJ says.
"All right, just relax. Just relax," John B tells us.
Shoupe and Plumb walk towards the van.
"Well, lookee here," Shoupe remarks.
"Good evening, Officer," John B greets.
"Sheriff. Yeah," Shoupe reminds him.
"Sheriff. Yeah, that's right. Speed kills, huh?" John B says.
"I pulled the tags, and I know whose truck that is." Shoupe shines the light in the back of the van. "Hey! Kie, you drop your weed pen back there?"
"Found it," Kie tells him.
"Sheriff, I just wanna say that this is all my fault. She had nothing to do with this. I take 100% responsibility," Pope tells Shoupe.
"Nothing to do with it?" Shoupe asks. "Uh-huh. You wanna try that again? Your parents reported the truck missing four hours ago, and the keys were missing from the house. I'm taking you home. Or I can pull you all in for leaving the scene of an accident."
"Okay," Kie agrees.
"Good. Plumb," Shoupe says.
Plumb opens the side door of the van.
Kie gets out of the van. "I gotta deal. Hit me up later and make sure I'm still alive."
We head to Tannyhill. It has to be where the cross is. We get out of the van and peak over the wall.
"He's got the truck," JJ says.
John B shushes him. "Stay low, stay low, stay low."
We watch the truck pull up in front of the house and Hunter gets out.
"How much do you wanna bet Hunter has the cross inside that truck right now?" Pope says.
Hunter heads into the house.
"There's only one way to find out," Sarah tells us.
She goes to walk away but John B stops her. "Hey, hey. Wait."
"What?" Sarah asks.
"Look, before you volunteer on this death mission, I need to know a couple things," John B says.
"'Death mission,' that sounds familiar," Sarah remarks.
"Okay, look, Sarah, I just have questions," John B tells her.
"About what?" Sarah asks.
"Us," John B tells her.
"Us?" Sarah questions.
"Yeah, Sarah, come on," John B says.
"You wanna talk about us right now?" Sarah asks.
"Yes. I... I... I'm sorry, okay?" John B tells her. "I'm... I'm sorry. And... and I should have said it sooner." John B pulls something out of his pocket. "I want you to have this back. Will you take it?"
Sarah looks at John B for a moment before pulling him in for a kiss. "Does that answer your question?"
"Yeah," John B tells her.
"And yeah, I want this back," Sarah says before walking off towards her house.
"Okay. Be safe," John B tells her.
Rafe turns to me. "I'm going with her."
I nod. "I know."
Sarah and Rafe walk over towards the truck. Sarah steps up to look in the truck. She shakes her head as she holds her hands out.
"Okay. Be safe," John B tells her.
"Hey! Do you want me to perform your vows while you're at it?" Pope teases.
"Did you say, "be safe"?" JJ taunts.
"Christ, could you take any longer?" I tease.
"I said "be safe."" John B tells us.
Sarah steps up to look in the truck.
"What's she doing?" Pope asks.
Sarah turns to use and holds her arms out. She doesn't seem to know what to do. "I don't know what to. I need the keys."
"Come back," John B tells her.
"I'm going inside. I'll be fine. I'll be fine," Sarah tells us before walking in the front door with Rafe following behind her.
"No. No. Don't go inside!" Pope says.
I turn to John B. "You said don't go in the house!"
"I told her!" John B assures.
"Do the birdcall!" John B tells him.
John B tries to imitate the birdcall, but it isn't very good.
"What? That's not what a bird sounds like," Pope tells him.
John B tries again.
"Was that a dying chicken?" JJ asks.
"It's not... It's a whistle," Pope tells John B.
"I'm going over," John B says.
As we get halfway over the wall a man in a golf cart drives towards us. "Uh, excuse me. Can I help ya?" He laughs as he cocks his gun. "I got double-aught bucks in this thing, so, uh, I can't miss. All right there, buddy, off the wall." We hop down off the wall and hold our hands up. "That's it. Yeah."
"Sir, it's not what it seems," JJ tells him.
"You four are on the wrong side of the island," the man tells us. We all get down on our knees, hands still in the air. "I think I'm gonna call the police."
"You don't have to do that, sir," JJ tells him.
"I'll decide for myself what I need to do," the man insists.
"Sir, can I just talk to you for a minute?" JJ asks. "Just to explain.
"Hey," John B whispers.
"No, I got this," JJ assures as he stands up. "Sir, I know you think we're just some derelict kids from the Cut, but we weren't that to Mr. Cameron."
"Sure weren't," John B agrees.
"We were his yard workers, sir." JJ takes his hat off. "We were just waiting for our yard associate... Jay..."
John B cutest him off, "To... Tommy."
"Tommy to get back from planting a row of flowers for Mr. Cameron's memorial," JJ tells the man.
"Keep talking," the man tells him.
JJ keeps spinning his story, "...the Knight of the Rhododendron lives on..." JJ covers his heart with his hand. "In here. That's why we planted those flowers."
"Sure. Yes," John B agrees.
"Yep. That's why," Pope insists.
I nod my head. "Exactly."
"You smell that, right?" JJ asks.
"What is that night-blooming jasmine?" the man asks.
"No, that's more like, um... like, uh... Sir, that's, um... natural Viagra. That's what it is," JJ tells him.
"Okay!" John B starts.
"Really?" the man asks.
"One sniff and bam! It's hammer time! You know what I'm saying?" JJ says.
"Our associate Tommy should be here any minute," Pope says.
"We'll be quiet, all right?" JJ assures the man. "And we'll finish up here. I'm sorry to bother you."
"See that you do," the man tells us.
"Yep," Pope says.
"I gotta get some of those flowers," the man says.
"Have a good night, sir," JJ and Pope say at the same time.
The man finally drives off leaving us alone.
"Let's go!" I tell them.
This time we manage to make it over the wall without interruptions. We see the front door open.
"Get down! Get down!" John B tells us.
"That's Hunter," Pope states.
John B tries to go towards him, and JJ stops him. "Get down! No, wait! Not yet!"
"Hey, stop!" Pope tells him.
"John B!" I call out.
"Okay then what do we do? What's the plan?" John B asks.
"Well, he might have the gun, so, uh, what's in our favor?" JJ asks. "The element of surprise, that's what's in our favor right now."
"What can we surprise him with?" John B asks.
"He's got my cross," Pope states.
"I'm working on it!" JJ tells him.
"Come on," John B says.
"What if we threw something in front?" JJ offers.
"Threw what, where? In the tree?" John B asks.
"Slingshot. Yeah," JJ tells him.
Suddenly Pope takes off running after the truck.
"Pope!" I shout.
He jumps onto the back of the truck before we can stop him.
"What was that shit?" John B asks. "We got the house right there."
"Well Hunter's gone. Now let's storm the fort," JJ tells us.
"Let's think," John B starts.
Rafe is the first one to come out the front door. I rush towards him.
"Addie," Rafe says.
"Where's Sarah?" John B asks.
Rafe shakes his head. "I don't know."
"What do you mean you don't know?" John B asks.
"You left here alone in there?" JJ asks.
"No. I don't... Sarah was getting the keys to the truck and Rose found me," Rafe tells them.
"Rose?" JJ asks.
"She was talking about us going on a trip. That we need to stay together as a family. That she would do anything to keep us together as a family," Rafe explains. "It was weird. And... and I ran."
"We've gotta go get Sarah," John B insists.
The front door opens again.
"Get down," Rafe tells us.
"Who's that?" John B asks.
"Sounds like Rose," JJ tells him. "Dude, they got Sarah."
I can see Rose and Wheezie with Sarah between them. It doesn't look like she's standing on her own.
"What'd they do to her?" John B asks.
"I don't know," I confess.
Rose and Wheezie get Sarah into the back of a car. As they take off, we chase after them. John B pounds on the window.
"Hey! Slow the car! Sarah!" John B shouts.
"Hey, Wheezie! Unlock the door!" JJ shouts.
"Wake up!" John B shouts as he pounds on the window.
"Wheezie! Unlock the door!" I shout.
John B trips and falls as the car takes off. Rafe, JJ, and I rush to help him up.
"Come on!" I shout.
"Let's get to the Twinkie, man. Come on!" JJ tells him as he helps John B to his feet.
"You good?" I ask.
"Yeah," John B tells me.
"Come on! You want me to drive?" JJ asks.
"No, I got it," John B assures.
We get in the van and follow after Rose's car.