009 — spy games

season one —
episode four

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THERE'S A MOMENT IN every kid's life when you feel like anything's possible, when you feel like you've got the total mojo.

You could, I don't know, free-climb El Capitan, land on Mars, or, uh... get elected president.

The whole world's there for the taking if you've got the sack to go for it.

And then, when you least expect it, some Kook shows up and tells you there's no eternal mystery.

And then all that talk about free-climbing and Mars and the president—bullshit, magic gets cancer and dies

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TATUM, KIARA, JOHN B and Pope all stand crowned around the monitor noticing nothing inside the destroyed Royal Merchant ship at the bottom of the ocean.

"It's not there" John B sighs defeated, "Look, just—just pull the drone up" John B states while thunder rumbles in the sky around them.

"Shit" John B mutters frustration in his tone walking away from the monitor.

"Look, we can do another pass. recharge the battery, we can—we can go back down" Pope suggests trying to remain positive for John B's sake.

"Guys, we've been through it three times, there's nothing there" JJ shouts from the cabin on the boat still remaining control over the steering.

"Shut up!" Kiara exclaims, "What? It's true!" JJ responds with a shrug.

"The gold could be buried, we don't know" Kiara suggests, "If it was there, it would've been found on the metal detector, okay? Somebody beat us to it" John B shouts.

Tatum sighs walking back into the cabin area taking a seat beside JJ while he begins the sad journey back towards the shore.

"Or it was never there" JJ mutters feeling Tatum wrap her arms around his waist with a tired sigh.

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ONCE GETTING BACK INTO KILDARE, the pogues decide to split up for a while needing their own down time.

Tatum sighs sitting on the shoreline in her favourite spot oblivious to the dirty blonde kook walking over to her.

"Hey" Rafe greets taking a seat beside the brunette, "Hello" Tatum responds quite flatly.

"You okay?" Rafe questions sensing the sadness radiating off her, "Mhm, just had a bad morning" Tatum explains.

"Same here but I won't bore you with the details, I just came to sit here for a while" Rafe admits knowing Tatum wouldn't mind sharing this quiet place with him since this is where they use to spend most of their time together during their relationship.

"I miss you" Rafe voices all of the sudden shocking Tatum, "Rafe, you know this can't work" Tatum warns hearing the male sigh.

"Yeah, I just miss you Tate" Rafe mumbles feeling like he can be himself around the Brooks female.

"I miss you too Rafe, but not in the way you want me too" Tatum sighs facing the male who nods biting his lip.

"Did you know your grandfather asked me to take you to Midsummers?" Rafe questions making eye contact with the stunned girl.

"He spoke to you?" Tatum exclaims shocked, "Yeah, so what do you say? Will you be my date?" Rafe quizzes smiling at the brunette who nods.

"If it'll stop my grandfather from coming to see me then yes, I'll be your date to Midsummers" Tatum states looking around frowning at the time.

"Oh shit! I have to be at Kiara's!" Tatum mutters with a sigh, "I'll drop you off, come on" Rafe says standing up and offering the brunette his hand to take her to the Carrera's house.

After a five minute drive to Kiara's, Tatum climbs out of Rafe's truck smiling at the smile and walking towards Kiara's front door.

"Oh you're here! Thank goodness—is that Rafe?" Kiara shrieks seeing Rafe's truck driving away.

"Yeah, he dropped me off—before you say anything, I know—but I couldn't say no" Tatum explains following Kiara into her bedroom sitting on said girls bed.

"Did something else happen?" Kiara frowns seeing Tatum's nervousness.

"I may be Rafe Cameron's date to Midsummers, guess I have my stuck up grandfather for that" Tatum groans throwing herself back onto Kiara's bed annoyed.

Kiara chuckles and lays back with her, "Oh you're screwed!" Kiara responds with a smirk.

"Stop smirking at me!" Tatum responds pointing at the curly haired brunette who raises her brows continuing to smirk at her.

"I'm indeed screwed" Tatum mumbles after a while of silence looking at Kiara's bedroom roof.

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AFTER SPENDING THE DAY AT the Carrera's household, Tatum and Kiara walk beside JJ and Pope into the outdoor cinema carrying their chairs.

"So glad that they're still doing this, keep calm, carry on, back to OBX life, you know? Aren't you glad Tate and I made you come?" Kiara questions with a smile.

"Ecstatic" Pope responds annoyed, JJ clears his throat looking at Tatum's outfit of choice for tonight's movie, "My couch was pretty comfy, I'll be honest" JJ responds.

Kiara and Tatum place their chairs together while Pope and JJ mumble about god knows what to one another.

"I'm gonna go get us some drinks" Tatum says receiving nods from the boys and Kiara smiling at her deciding to walk beside her to the drink stand.

"Hey, uh—can I get two Pepsi's and a lemonade please?" Tatum asks politely smiling at the male serving them.

"Hey, Tae" a voice greets walking towards Tatum and Kiara.

Kiara scoffs hearing the males voice, "Sure, I'm just invisible, asshole" Kiara mutters walking away back towards JJ and Pope receiving a laugh from Tatum.

"Hey, what's up? Your grandfather wants us to have dinner at his soon, together" Rafe states.

"Does Graham know that we're no longer together?" Tatum wonders with a tilted head facing the male who purses his lips.

"Thanks" Tatum smiles taking the drinks from the worker and handing off some cash paying for the items.

"Tell your boy that we know what he did" Rafe snaps suddenly shocking the brunette.

"Sorry, what boy are you talking about?" Tatum quizzes, "Uh, he'll know" Rafe responds.

Tatum rolls her eyes and chuckles under her breath turning around to walk away suddenly feeling a hand roughly grab her arm.

"Just come to the dinner and your precious boyfriend won't get hurt" Rafe snarls in a warning.

"I make my own decisions, you prick!" Tatum states thrusting herself out of his hold and walking away from the Cameron male.

"Bye" Rafe exclaims, "Don't talk to me, douche" Tatum responds flipping him off.

Tatum sighs arriving back at their spot for the movie handing Kiara and the boys their drinks.

"Just saw Rafe, and he said, and I quote, 'tell your boy that we know what he did', what did you do?" Tatum questions looking directly at JJ.

"Um—where is he?" JJ asks, "Right there" Tatum responds motioning to Rafe, Topper and Kelce standing behind them.

Rafe raises his cup in the air and winks at Tatum, said girl scoffs facing the screen with a scowl on her face.

"Great, the whole death squad" Pope mumbles nervously after Topper smiles at him mockingly.

"Don't stare, bro" JJ warns quickly snapping Pope's head back to the front.

"Just warning you, bro, if they corner me, I'm coming out swinging, okay? Slice and dicing, I'm on edge right now" JJ rambles confusing Kiara and Tatum even more than they already were.

"Yeah, yeah" Pope nods, "If that doesn't work, I got this right here" JJ explains holding his bag in the air.

Tatum looks at Kiara in disbelief now knowing that JJ brought the gun to a family event.

"Yeah, yeah, so, we just gotta stay in the group, they can't get us in the group" Pope mumbles.

"Like a school of fish" JJ states opening the can of Pepsi Tatum bought him.

"Stay in the school, can't leave the school" Pope responds, "I'm sorry, JJ—please tell me that you did not bring a gun here" Kiara mutters.

"Jay, there are kids!" Tatum utters, "No! Princess, Kie, I didn't bring the gun, everything's fine, okay?" JJ responds avoiding eye contact with Tatum since she knows when his lying.

"Wow, thank you, that's really convincing, I love that, Jay!" Tatum responds in a snarling voice.

"Founding principle, you guys, no secrets amongst Pogues" Kiara states, "What is Rafe talking about?" Tatum questions looking at the two boys.

"Tate, Kie, it might go down tonight" Pope responds, "What does that mean? 'might go down tonight', what did y'all do?" Tatum quizzes frustrated.

"Deny, deny, deny" JJ whispers looking at Pope who nods anxiously, Tatum scoffs alongside Kiara.

"Okay you know what? I could go and ask Rafe myself and figure it all out!" Tatum snaps going to stand up, "Sit down Tatum!" JJ demands in a warning voice.

"Like I told douchebag over there, I make my own decisions!" Tatum snaps looking at the monitor seeing the movie starting to play making Tatum sigh and relax for a little while.

Thirty minutes into the movie Kiara and Tatum share snacks amongst one another while JJ and Pope nervously look around their surroundings.

"JJ?" Pope whispers leaning closer to the blonde, "What?" JJ asks looking at Tatum smiling at something in the film.

"Gotta take a piss" Pope mutters, "Hold it" JJ suggests, "I can't hold it, I drank too much soda" Pope responds.

"It's too exposed, they'll totally see us" JJ responds, "I gotta go" Pope states firmly.

JJ and Pope look around seeing the kook trio behind them guarding the bathrooms.

"They're blocking the bathrooms" Pope says in realisation, "Alright, come here, I know where" JJ responds getting up alongside Pope walking off away from the two girls.

"Hey, where y'all going?" Tatum asks lowly, "We gotta wring it out" JJ responds with a shrug.

"What are you gonna hold it for each other?" Kiara questions making Tatum giggle lowly moving her head watching the film for a little bit.

"Oh crap" Tatum mutters confusing Kiara, "Rafe, Topper and Kelce are gone" Tatum explains gesturing to the kook trio's empty chairs.

"Can't have one night of just relaxation" Kiara voices with a grunt running off behind Tatum to where JJ and Pope rushed off to minutes prior.

Tatum and Kiara run behind the film's monitor seeing the kooks hitting JJ and Pope.

"I've got Rafe, you stop Topper" Tatum suggests receiving a nod off Kiara.

Tatum runs into the fight jumping on Rafe's back, said male eventually gets the brunette off his back easily due to being taller than her and picks her up carrying her away from the punches.

"Stay out of this, Tate!" Rafe demands loudly shoving her into the dirt with a grunt.

"Kie! You okay?" Pope shouts seeing Topper doing the same thing Rafe did to Tatum who's crawling over to JJ's backpack opening it and sorting out the items seeing the gun and grabbing it with shaky hands.

Kiara watches as Tatum's hand tighten around the gun hearing JJ and Pope's groaning and choking behind them.

"I have to save him, I'm sorry" Tatum whispers standing up holding onto the gun tightly.

"Let them go! Now!" Tatum exclaims taking the safety off the weapon and aiming it directly towards Rafe who's punching JJ's stomach.

"Come on pretty girl, you're not gonna shoot me" Rafe chuckles seeing how shaky the brunette is holding the weapon.

"Oh really?" Tatum taunts aiming the gun into the sky and looking around firing the said weapon with an echoing gunshot.

"Try me bitch!" Tatum snarls aiming the gun back at Rafe who looks at her shocked.

Kiara lights the sheet on fire behind them stopping the chaos happening around them.

The crowd gasps and clamours running away from the fire, "Guys! Fire!" Rafe exclaims while Tatum drops the gun safely back into the backpack shaking due to the adrenaline and fear running through her.

"Get off of him!" Kiara demands shoving Topper away from Pope coughing and wheezing on the ground.

"Kelce, let go of JJ!" Tatum orders rushing towards the coughing boy catching his breath.

"That's it baby, breathe, in and out" Tatum says gently holding JJ up from falling due to the lack of air.

"Thanks princess" JJ weakly says while Tatum up wraps his arm from around her neck glaring at Rafe's smirking figure.

"Holy shit, you almost killed him, man!" Rafe says with a laugh before facing Tatum.

"See you in two days Tae" Rafe taunts, "Get fucked Rafe!" Tatum seethes shoving him suddenly hearing Topper sigh walking off with Kelce and the eldest Cameron.

"You good? We're okay" Kiara softly says helping Pope stand while Tatum returns to JJ grabbing his backpack.

"You're a freakin' idiot, both of you" Pope chuckles looking from both girls.

"I saved your ass and Tatum saved JJ's, come on" Kiara says grabbing their chairs and walking towards her vehicle dropping Tatum and JJ off at Tatum's cottage for night.

JJ winces while Tatum cleans the wounds on his face and knuckles, "What?" Tatum asks seeing the proud expression on the boys face.

"You shot the gun" JJ chuckles, "Never again!" Tatum responds firmly with a smile.

"God, you scared me Jay!" Tatum says suddenly wrapping her arms around his torso carefully due to the tender spots on his bare stomach.

"I know, I'm sorry, but hey, Rafe was actually scared of you" JJ says with a breathy laugh.

"Good maybe he'll start listening to me instead of ordering me to do shit, now Jay—baby, I have to be honest with you" Tatum responds looking up at him and making eye contact with the curious male.

"I'm going to Midsummers with Rafe—I don't want to believe me but my grandfather is demanding it" Tatum explains seeing the way JJ's jaw clenches at the news of her attending the event with the kook prince himself.

"I understand" JJ responds after a while of silence pursuing his lips at the thought.

"I'm gonna hate every moment of it" Tatum groans annoyed smiling at the blonde male who finally chuckles.

"I bet because I'm not there" JJ responds winking at her, "Oh hell yeah, my troublemaker isn't there with me" Tatum says smirking at him.

"Alright, shower so I can dress those wounds properly" Tatum demands walking out of the bathroom leaving JJ in there to shower off to dirt and grass from his body.

Tatum walks downstairs grabbing some snacks and bottles of sodas or herself and JJ to have.

"Ooh yum!" JJ exclaims taking one of the carrot pieces from the platter on Tatum's bed since she's now back in her bedroom with the breeze coming through the balcony doors.

"Help yourself to all these goodies, I'm gonna shower and then dress those bad boys" Tatum smiles motioning to his bruised face and bruising face, "Okay" JJ says.

After her shower, Tatum returns into her bedroom in her silky pyjamas and medical kit sitting on her bed and taking out some of the wet wipes and gently dressing the wounds on JJ's torso and face.

Oblivious to the way JJ's watching her every move suddenly feeling the tension in the room.

"Thanks, princess" JJ whispers making eye contact with the girl who smiles.

"Anytime" Tatum blushes feeling hot and bothered under his stare before clearing her throat and lying on her spot of the bed allowing JJ to snuggle into her spooning her and luring themselves to sleep.

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THE NEXT DAY, TATUM AND JJ walk into Heyward's shop greeting the man who happily embraces Tatum and sends a dirty glare towards JJ who raises his hand in surrender.

Meeting Kiara and Pope inside to stack the shelves together and discuss what happened last night.

"Don't let it get in your head, three of them and two of us, that's typical Kook shit right there" JJ voices.

"Hell, yeah" Kiara says, "What was your thought process, using your head?" JJ questions.

"I don't know, man, I just kind of acted off instinct, I was a cornered animal" Pope explains.

"Hey, Pope, someone here to see you" Heyward states motioning towards Shoupe walking into the shop while the radio chatter on his walkie-talkie goes off.

"Evening, Officer" Pope greets politely, "I have an arrest warrant for felony destruction of property" Shoupe firmly states walking closer to the Heyward boy.

"What?" Heyward exclaims stunned, "Hands where I can see 'em" Shoupe orders walking past Kiara and Tatum.

"Young ladies, out of my way" said male orders making Tatum and Kiara step out of the way shocked.

"Whoa, Shoupe, what'd he do?" Heyward questions, "Take a look at the warrant, Heyward" Shoupe mutters in response.

"You're arresting him? You're just arresting my boy?" Heyward asks confused.

"Be careful!" Kiara and Tatum exclaim seeing the deputy being rough with the boy.

"Shoupe, are you listening?" Heyward voices annoyed, "Anything you say can and will be held against you in the court of law, you have the right to an attorney" Shoupe explains the laws of an arrest while leading Pope outside the police car.

"How much did they pay you, man?" JJ exclaims frustrated, Tatum looks at JJ noticing the wheels turning in his head taking a step towards him.

"It wasn't him!" JJ shouts alerting everyone around, Tatum looks at the blonde shaking her head in disbelief and tearing up at the sight knowing if JJ gets arrested his father will be the one to bail him out and won't go easy on him.

"It was me, he tried to talk me out of it, but I was mad because he'd just been beaten up, I was so sick of those assholes from Figure Eight that I lost my shit, I can't let you take the blame for somethin' I did, you've got too much to lose" JJ states.

"JJ, what are you doing?" Pope asks seeing how much of a mess Tatum is beside Kiara.

"I'm tellin' the truth, for once in my goddamn life, I'm gonna tell the truth, I took his old man's boat, too" JJ utters gesturing to Heyward standing beside them.

"What the hell?" Heyward questions noticing Tatum shaking her head emotionally, "JJ, come on" Pope says.

"Just shut up, Pope! Just shut up, he's a good kid, you know where I'm from" JJ voices hearing Tatum sob behind him.

JJ continues looking at Pope and Shoupe avoiding eye contact with the girl knowing if his sees her broken expression he'll lose it himself, "Yeah" Shoupe responds lowly.

Tatum sucks in a breath hearing someone of the law agree that JJ's not a good kid because of his upbringing.

"This was all me" JJ explains making Shoupe sigh and face Pope, "That's the whole truth?" said male questions.

"Whole truth, swear to god" JJ confirms, "I know what you think, damn it, I'm asking Pope here" Shoupe mutters in response.

JJ continues to stare at Pope silently discussing with one another with a look, "Yeah, that about covers it" Pope says lowly.

Shoupe takes the handcuffs from Pope's wrist placing them on JJ's grunting when a sudden force of wind nearly knocks him over.

Tatum launches herself into JJ not caring if he doesn't wanna touch her right now, "Come on kids, enough" Shoupe states.

"Let them have a moment, dammit!" Heyward mutters seeing the tears flowing down Tatum's cheeks.

"I love you, princess" JJ whispers pecking her forehead before being shoved harshly into the back of the car.

Kiara rushes towards the heartbroken girl and embraces her holding her from falling down to the ground.

Shoupe drives away with JJ in the back towards the police station, "Pope" Heyward voices.

"Shit!" Pope exclaims throwing his hat into the ground and walking towards Tatum who's sobbing in Kiara's arms.

"I'm so sorry Tate" Pope says joining the hug letting the heartbroken Brooks girl cry for a little while.

"I didn't get to say it back" Tatum cries breaking away from the embrace.

"He knows Tate, he knows" Kiara says firmly which Pope agrees nodding with the curly brunette.

"Trust us Tate, he knows" Pope mumbles with a soft smile.

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