OUTER BANKS
episode 3: THE FORBIDDEN ZONE
part 1
"oh my god," she says
they saw kiara reach for something,
"what is it?" ren asked
she passed the thing through the hole, it was a letter, that read 'for bird'
"that's not gold," pope said in disappointment
"holy shit," john b spoke lightly.
"this is from my dad,"
jj heard a vehicle in the distance and said, "code red. code red. square groupers! square groupers!" he grabbed ren's hand and pulled her behind a wall and to the ground,
"lights!" kie yelled
"lights ren!" pope yelled to her
"it won't turn off!" she snapped back, before throwing it on the ground and stomping on it until it turned off,
"well that's one way to do it," jj said
"homies got a gun," jj peered around the corner
"screw this," ren got up and ran, everybody following.
they ran to the gate as quickly as possible, john b, kie and jj got over easily, but ren and pope didn't.
"jj catch me!" she jumped into jj's arms as she looked back at pope who was stuck on the fence,
"come on pope!" she yelled
"guys, guys i'm stuck, guys i'm stuck,"
jj pulled the gun out of his waistband, "pope don't move okay?"
"oh yeah kill the boy that'll do it!" ren ripped the gun off him before helping kie pull pope down,
"your gonna rip me!" he shouted. and of course popes shorts ripped, revealing pope's boxers.
"nice! come on dude!" jj pulled him into the van,
"it's a little tootsie roll,"
kie and ren couldn't stop laughing,
"oh my god this is hilarious!"
they got in the van and closed the door behind them, john b driving off with ren next to him, jj,pope and kie in the back.
they were back at the chateau. ren and jj were in the kitchen, ren was sitting on the counter watching jj practically poison himself,
"that bread had mold on it like what a week ago?" she asked pope
" only three days ago but a week, three days, same thing," he said sarcastically,
"your gonna be so sick," she kissed his cheek jumping down,
"your not gonna kiss me for another month!" she walked away,
"well i'll just pull off the bad parts, plus mold is good for you. it's just a natural organism
"jj come on man," kie said
"yup! i'm coming," he said
"hot damn! let's do it!" he took a bite of the bread before spitting it back out into his hands and running to the trash can,
"ohhh! gross dude!" ren gagged at the boy,
john b opened the letter and inside of it was a map that had an x on it,
"oh! x marks the spot!" pope said pointing at it,
"longitude, latitude," he reached into the envelope and pulled out a tape recorder,
"what is that?" jj asked
"it's a tape recorder, dumbass," kie pointed out.
john b started the tape as ren shushed everyone,
dear bird,
"who's bird?" jj asked
"that's what my dad called me," john b said
"i remember he used to call me bee," ren smiled at the memory but quickly shushed herself.
i hate to say, "i told you so," but i told you so. and you doubted your old man.
i suspect at this moment, you're filed with guilt and self-loathing, over our last fight, but don't jill yourself just yet, kid.
i didn't expect to find the merchant either,
ren's face lit up at that part, but once she looked over to john b and saw how sad he was, she looked down,
you were probably right to call me out. wasn't exactly father of the decade. what can i say kid? i could smell the barn.
and hopefully, we're listening to this, in our brand new sugar-shack down in costa rica, livin' off passive investments and pulling on permits. if not, and you find this for less than optimal reasons. well that's what the map is for, there she is, the wreck of the merchant.
if something happens to me, finish what i started.
go for the gold, kid.
i love you bird. even if i didn't always act like it.
i'll see you on the other side.
then static could be heard, it was the end of the tape, the last thing john b heard his father say,and it was over a tape recorder.
john b got up and walked to the corner of the room, and sadly started crying,
"holy shit! he did it! big john! he - he found the merchant!" jj started, trying to lighten the mood
"can you... can you please?" kie asked him.
ren walked up to john b and hugged him tightly, he didn't hug back at first but when he did, he felt very comforted by her, he loved her so much, she was his bestfriend, but he was too sad to think about anything else,
kiara walked over and joined in the hug leaving jj and pope where they were standing.
ren left john b and kiara to themselves and wiped her eyes, big john was like a father to her, been as her father was a drunk, he would always take care of her.
"hey." jj sighed and hugged ren kissing the top of her head.
they decided to sit outside after john b had calmed down a little. and kiara was playing her ukulele.
"how much was it again," jj asked braiding ren's hair,
"four hundred mil." she answered.
"all right let's talk the split, now before we say evenly may i remind you that not only do i have a women and need to provide for our kids, i need to remind you that i am the only one who can properly defend us from those groupers who were after us? protection? not cheap okay? kids? also not cheap," ren smiled at the thought off jj thinking about kids
"you've had zero training," pope pointed out.
"youtube bro," jj stated, "that's at least a five percent bump right there," he said
"any objections? i didn't think so,"he said ignoring the fact that both ren and kie's hands were in the air
"what are you gonna do with your eighty mil pope?" kiara asked,
pope thought about it for a second, "pay for collage in advance. and also, textbooks. those are expensive," he answered
"what about you kie?" jj asked
"yeah what does a socialist do when she's rich?"pope sarcastically asked
kie let out a light chuckle before answering, "just wanna make a double album. about obx, the pogues, you know the way catch a fire is about kingston," she started, "record it at marley studio, peter tosh producing,"
"peter tosh is dead," pope started
"peter tosh is dead i know, the spirit of peter tosh will never die," she answered
"i know what i'm gonna do, i'm gonna get a big ass house on figure eight and go full kook, with my little kiddo's running around, my beautiful wife and i as a gigantic marble statue in the middle of the house," jj laughed,
"i'm never visiting," kie said
"what about you ren? besides jj's idea?" pope asked her,
"um, probably get a big house, travel the world before i have kids, then come back here and raise them the right way, not the way their parents were raised and who they were raised by," she looks at jj who smiles at her,
"john?" she asked him,
"to going full kook!" he raised his beer into the air, the rest of the pogues doing the same,
"to going full kook!" they all yelled
they decided to go back to the chateau and go to bed,
jj and ren went to the spare room and sat down on the bed,
"so, you think about our future?" she asked him,
"uh, yeah, i do, and i love it," he answered
"well i love it too, how much kids are we gonna have?" ren asks getting on top of him, straddling him,
"well let's see, we're gonna have two kids, one girl and one boy, i figured i'd name the girl and you could name the boy," he said
"we'd get a house on figure eight that's really close to the beach, and our kids could run out on the beach with us and we could teach them how to surf," he said
"would we um. would be be married through all of this?" ren asks
"well actually, we wait until the youngest, the girl until she turns at least five, cause that's the number of how many pogues there are, and she could be a flower girl, kiara could be your maid of honour, john b my best man," jj said
"what about pope?" she ran her hands through his hair,
"well he'd be the kids' godfather, and of course in the wedding the ring bearer," he smiled which made ren smile,
"i love you ren, a lot," he kissed her, "and you don't have to say it back but i-" she interrupted him by kissing him,
"i love you too, jj, to infinity and beyond,"
they kissed once again but this time things got really heated and i think you know what happens next.
the next day the pogues were on the boat and jj and ren couldn't let eachother from each other's grasp for one second.
another boat drove by, a black one making jj whistle,
"you guys see that? that's the malibu 24-MXZ, the worlds finest wakesetter, number one in luxury, quality and performance. 200k, easy." jj said
"we picked the wrong parents," pope said
"well it may be a nice boat but the people on it aren't, it's sarah and topper," ren pointed out putting jj's sunglasses on herself.
sarah looked over to them making ren throw her a middle finger, but jj quickly pushing it down. saran put her sunglasses back on and acted as if we were never there.
flashback....
"jeez watch where your going!" ren yelled
"me? it was like you were invisible, like you never existed," sarah said to her,
end of flashback....
"you don't have to act like you don't see us bitch." kiara said.
we decided to go to where jj works on figure eight, ren wasn't really listening , so she didn't know why,
"keep a look out, we're behind enemy lines," he pulled out the gun,
"jj," john b said sternly,
"leave the gun, j," ren kissed him on the cheek,
"you can never be too careful,"he replied
"hey, i predict that bringing a weapon to a four-star hotel will likely cause more problems than they solve." pope said
"i swear to god, i'm gonna throw that thing in the ocean jj!" kiara said from the back.
ren snatched the gun from jj and gave it to john b,
"you can't grab a gun like that, princess," he said
"i do what i want," she replied
"cant forget my badge, professional bus boy," he grabbed the badge and got out of the van.
"so where are we going now?" pope asked
"we're getting on the internet because only rich people have electricity right now," jj answered while walking in, "this way!"
"andrew!" he yelled at the chef
"what's up bro," he said to another
"mama L, good to see you!" jj said taking something off the plate,
"hey, no!" she yelled slapping his hand away,
"hey mama L!" ren said to her, taking the thing jj wanted
"ren!" she yelled after the girl who is walking away,
"here ya go babe," ren gave the thing jj wanted to him,
"thank you!" he side hugged her,
"see, they got the backup generators going? kooks don't miss a beat," he said
he walked into the room making sure nobody was in there before letting everybody else in and closing the doors.
"sweet lord, the internet!" pope ran in, "i've missed you!"
"let me get in there, gotta check out my insta models," ren scoffed and crossed her arms at the boy,
"oh?" she asked kinda mad,
"but i have my very own model looking girlfriend right here!" he motioned to her before kissing her lips.
"good, cause we don't have time!" kiara said looking at what pope was doing.
"i got the map," john b passed it to pope,
"coordinates, please?" pope asked him,
"34° 57' 30 north," pope typed them in, "75° 55' 42 west" and pope typed them in.
the screen zoomed into the location they typed in,
"boom, continental shelf right there," ren said
"well, if it's off the deep end, it's not gonna be much of a treasure hunt, is it?" pope pointed out making john b sigh.
there were voices outside making jj and ren look back at the doors, but turn around once nobody was there.
"shit, it's on the high side. it's only nine hundred feet," john b said matter of factly, making pope give him a 'what's wrong with you' face.
"that's not too deep" jj said
"is that doable or something?" kiara asked
"yeah totally doable," jj said
"okay, will we be taking your personal submarine?" pope asked sarcastically
"how do you know this, mr. dive master?" john b asked,
"the salvage yard! come on you know ren!" he said,
"he's right, they got a drone that can drop one thousand," she started
"and it has a 360 camera and everything!" jj finished for her, "it's for like deep dives and stuff. it's exactly what we need!" jj said
"and can your dad get his grammy little hands on that?" john b asked
"well, my dads grimy little hands got his ass fired, i guess the salvage captain frowns on showing up shit faced, turns out, ren what about your dad?" he asked her
"jj my father never worked there, i always used to sneak in there with you, dumbass," ren said
"well, the drones there. it's in the impound yard out back," he said
"how much did you say was on the royal merchant again?" kiara asked,
"four hundred mil," ren and pope said at the same time making them fist pump.
pope quickly ran to block the doors, he knew what was coming,
"no, absolutely not. no!" pope denied,
"pope! move!" kiara yelled but pope wouldn't budge,
ren walked up to pope and shoved him out of the way walking out the doors before calling back, "sorry pope! love ya man!"
"cant we do anything legal for money?" he asked john b,
"go!" was all john b replied before leaving the building,
A//N
hey! sorry this took so long to update i was feeling sick so i couldn't really finish it! see you next time!
— Aaliyah