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𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗜𝗫𝗧𝗬 𝗢𝗡𝗘
𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏

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After leaving Rafe and Tara, Kyla had used Fenton's phone to text the Pogues where to meet since they had Portis's phone. She added 'P4L' on the end of the text to let them know it was them, so hopefully they would come.

Kiara docked the boat as they waited for their friends to come, praying that they wouldn't take too long and Singh's men, or Rafe and Tara, would find them.

They stayed on the bottom of the boat just in case for that exact reason, either waiting for a text back from their friends or to hear their voices on the dock.

But, with how long it was taking, the two sisters were beginning to grow impatient. Especially Kyla since she just wanted to see JJ again. He had made her feel safe and she was far from feeling that feeling right about now.

"I can't take this any longer, I'm gonna go take a look," Kyla said to her sister, beginning to walk up the steps of the boat to take a peek.

"Okay, I'll follow you," Kiara replied and Kyla nodded, slowly making her way up the steps.

As she walked up, she noticed a guy wearing something really similar to what JJ had been wearing the last time she had seen him. He had been wearing a hat, though, with a gun shoved in the top of his pants.

The man turned around just as Kyla fully walked up the steps and she realized that it had been the man she was longing to see this whole time. "JJ?" Kyla called out, her eyes widening at the sight of her boyfriend. JJ stared at her longingly as slowly he took off his hat, processing her presence in front of him. "JJ. J," she whispered before she made her way off the boat, running towards him.

As soon as she made it to him, she wrapped her arms around his body and began to cry out of joy and relief. Kiara quickly followed her happily, watching the two embrace with a happy smile.

"I'm so glad you're safe," he told her breathlessly, shutting his eyes as he took in the fact that she really was okay and he wasn't just making the whole thing up. "I'm so glad you're safe," he repeated even quieter than before, squeezing her even tighter.

Kyla then slowly pulled away even though she didn't want to, getting a good look at his face. "I didn't think I was ever gonna see you again," she told him, placing her hands on his face gently. "I thought...I thought..." she trailed off, not wanting to speak anything bad into existence.

"Yeah, but I'm here now, okay? It's all right, it's all right," he assured her, pulling her back into another hug since he felt that it was more meaningful than a kiss right now. "I got you, I got you."

The rest of the Pogues all ran over to them, giving Kyla and Kiara giant hugs once the couple was done embracing. "We thought you guys were dead," Pope said as they all enveloped each other in a Pogue group hug.

They then pulled away and JJ looked at the huge boat they had come off of. "Are you kidding me? Guys...Is this you?"

"Wait — What is..." Sarah spluttered in shock, pointing at the boat behind the girls.

"You wouldn't believe it if we told you. Come on," Kiara said, leading them towards the boat as they all spoke excitedly.

The Pogues then got started on undocking the boat so they could get going, not wanting to stay there any longer so Singh's men could track them down.

"Yeah, so I have just a couple of questions," JJ said to Kyla as he undid a knot on the dock.

"Hit me," Kyla replied as she watched him do his thing, unable to get the huge smile on her face off since she had been reunited with her friends and her boyfriend.

"A Lagoon 620 with twin 150 Volvos. You understand we can go anywhere with this thing, right?" JJ voiced enthusiastically and Kyla shrugged sheepishly. She hadn't told JJ about her encounter with Rafe and Tara just yet, not wanting to make him crazy until they were on the boat and safe. "Way to be discreet, by the way. What did they want anyway? They didn't hurt you, did they?" he questioned, the tone in his voice changing to a more serious one.

"No. Kie and I are fine," she assured him and he nodded, thankful for that. "But you're not gonna guess what Singh wanted from us. Denmark's diary."

JJ blinked in confusion. "Why?"

"We don't know. He just said it's leads to a treasure that's a lot bigger than the Merchant," she told him.

"You're saying there's a bigger treasure?" JJ asked as he got back on the boat and she just gave him a knowing grin. "Then, sign me up," he joked, leaning down and pressing a quick kiss on her lips. Kyla chuckled into the kiss before they walked further onto the boat.

"You happy to be back?" Kyla voiced to her sister as she met back up with her, leaving JJ to tend more to the boat.

"Very," Kiara breathed out, letting out a soft, relieved laugh.

"Especially for a certain someone," Kyla teased, wiggling her eyebrows as she referred to Cleo since Kiara had told her sister about the crush that had formed on her while being cooped up together on the island.

Kiara smacked her arm. "Would you stop with that? I told you, it's never gonna gonna happen between us," she said, shaking her head.

"How do you know?" Kyla replied, tilting her head to the side.

"Because it never does," she said, her eyes traveling over to Sarah, who was having a conversation with John B, above them. "I'm used to it," she shrugged and Kyla frowned sadly. "But anyway, change of subject. You tell JJ about Crazy and Crazier yet?" she questioned, referring to Rafe and Tara.

"Not yet. I don't want him to go all protective mode. I'd rather just leave first before telling him," Kyla told her.

"Good idea. I just want to get off this damn island and go back home," Kiara admitted, releasing a sigh.

"I thought you liked living on the island away from Mom and Dad," Kyla pointed out.

"I did. I do. I just don't know how many more coconuts I can eat," Kiara jested, making both of them laugh.

"Hey! John B! What are you doing?!" they heard Pope call out, making them look over to see John B running off of the boat.

"I'll be right back!" John B told them.

"What are—"

"I'll be right back!"

"What?!" Pope exclaimed.

"I love you, Sarah!" John B pointed at the Cameron girl before he disappeared around the corner, leaving them all on the boat.

"What the hell is he doing?" Kiara questioned, her eyebrows furrowing.

"I don't know, but he better be back soon," Kyla spoke, just wanting to leave the place already.

However, that time didn't come soon since the Pogues had just been waiting on the boat as the sun began to set. "I can't believe he just took off," Pope said as they all waited anxiously for their friend.

"Guys, incoming!" Kiara warned, making Kyla look over to see Singh's men coming for them in cars and on ATV's.

"Shit!" Kyla cursed, inhaling in fear since she really didn't want to be kidnapped again.

"That's Singh's men!" Cleo stated the obvious worriedly.

"Where's John B?" Pope asked Sarah quickly.

"I don't know, he said he'd back back by now," Sarah said to all of them.

"Okay, well, he's not!" Pope said before he turned to JJ. "JJ, what are we gonna do?"

"We gotta make a stand. That's what we gotta do. That's the only option," JJ responded as he pulled out his gun, turning the safety off.

"What?!" Kiara exclaimed as Kyla just stared at him with wide eyes.

"Kiara, we're not splitting up again! Not what after happened last time," JJ argued, glancing over at his girlfriend protectively. This is exactly why I didn't want to tell him about Rafe and Tara, Kyla thought even though she didn't have time to think about that.

"Guys, y'all didn't see what we saw! He killed Portis! We can't stay here!" Kiara shouted seriously.

"Okay, but we're not leaving John B!" JJ shouted back.

"No Pogue left behind!" Pope joined in.

They all started yelling at each other as Singh's men came closer, not knowing what to do since if they stayed, they would either be killed and kidnapped but if they didn't, they would be leaving John B to fend for himself.

Kyla then watched as Sarah split off from the group, which seemed to go unnoticed by everyone else since they were all fighting. "Sarah, what are you doing?" Kyla questioned, but didn't Sarah didn't respond as she made her way over to the wheel. "Sarah?!"

"We need to leave!" Sarah told her before she started the boat, trying to leave before Singh's men could get them. Kyla released a shaky breath before she realized what Sarah was doing was their only option if they wanted to get out of their alive.

"John B! We need to get John B!" JJ screamed as Pope pushed him back, trying to let Sarah steer the boat away from the dock since he had realized the same thing Kyla had.

"We'll find John B later, JJ, okay?! These guys aren't messing around, we can't stay!" Kyla told her boyfriend, going over to him and grabbing his hand. JJ dropped her hand, earning a surprised look from the girl, and ran his hands through his hair stressfully.

"We can't just leave him like that!" JJ yelled and Kyla looked away from him to see Singh's men pull out their guns an aim at them.

"Get down!" she and her sister screamed, dropping down to ground as she tried to pull everyone down with her.

They all screamed fearfully as gunshots hit into the boat, only missing them by a few inches. "Hold your fire!" they heard one of Singh's men say and they all stopped screaming, seeing that no more shots were being fired.

They were able to escape with their lives...but without John B.

JJ slammed his fist down on the ground angrily as Kiara cursed, "Shit. Shit!"

"I'm sorry, John B," Sarah whispered as she continued to steer the boat further into the open water, leaving John B behind.

As Sarah continued to drive the boat out, none of them seemed happy with the last minute decision made, particularly JJ. "So this is what we're doing, huh? We're just sailing out. We're just gonna forget about John B? We should've never left him. We're turning back right back around."

"No! We're all gonna get caught. What type of plan is that?" Cleo stood up to JJ.

"It's a plan to stick together, Cleo," JJ spoke sternly.

"Then we are dead together," Cleo stated as JJ turned away from her, shaking his head angrily.

"She's right. We had to leave, or we'd all be zip-tied in the back of a pickup," Kiara spoke up, defending Cleo. "We did the right thing."

"The right thing? John B could be dead right now," JJ argued.

"We could all be dead right now, JJ. And if we were dead, we wouldn't be able to help John B anyway," Kyla told her boyfriend, agreeing with the others even though she knew what JJ was trying to say.

"No Pogue left behind" was a motto they followed and stuck to. And they just broke it. She understood why he had been so angry, but if they stayed, they could have all been shot dead.

JJ just stared at her, not knowing what to say before phone the sisters stole began to ring. JJ looked away from Kyla and over at Kiara since she had been holding the phone. "Who's that?" he asked.

"It's Portis," Kiara answered.

"Portis? That's John B. That's definitely John B. Hold on," JJ said as he grabbed the phone from her, answering it and putting it up to his ear. "Yo, yo! Dude! Is this you?"

"Speaker!" they all urged.

"Yeah — What — What — Do you need us to turn around?" JJ questioned quickly before he out the phone on speaker like they were saying. "Yo, say that again, say that again."

"I said, don't worry about me, okay? Look, it's way too...all right? You guys gotta get....Go back..." John B's voice came through distortedly.

"We do not copy. Can you—"

"Let me talk to him," Sarah cut JJ odd, grabbing the phone. "John B?"

"Sarah."

"Are you okay?"

"Yes. No, I'm fine. Everything's good. Listen," John B replied without his voice being distorted.

"He's fine. Thank God. What happened?" she pressed urgently and Kyla released a sigh of relief, thankful that John B hadn't been kidnapped.

"I...my dad...Alive," her boyfriend's voice came through broken once again.

"Wait, what'd you say? John B?" she asked since she wanted to make sure she had been hearing him correctly.

"S-Sarah?"

"I-I can't hear you. John B?"

"Look...out of there. I'll meet you...Kildare, okay?"

"Kildare?" Sarah was able to make out. "Kildare, when? Kildare, when?" she asked before the line cut off. "John B. No, no, no. John B! Kildare? What the hell?"

"You guys think he found his father?" Cleo queried.

"He's been missing for almost a year," Pope told the girl.

"Sarah, what do you think? Should we go back?" Kiara asked her since she was his girlfriend after all.

"Sarah — We're sitting ducks right now so we need to make a decision. Are we turning back around, or are we gonna keep doing?" JJ urged impatiently.

"JJ, give her time to think," Kyla cut in since she could tell Sarah was stressing out.

"We can't just wait all day!" JJ contended before he looked back at the blonde, making Kyla purse her lips at him. "Sarah, come on! Sarah, we need to make a decision!"

"He said go!" Sarah blurted out, getting tired of JJ's harrowing words.

"Hold on, lis—"

"Go."

"Sarah—"

"Go!" Sarah said again, walking away. JJ stared after her before he sighed, driving the boat further out into the open sea.