lost at sea - act one 

season one; episode three (part one)

As the group of four waited on baited breath Kiara's hand reached out of the hole and passed John B a FedEx envelope with 'For Bird and Bug' written across the top in black sharpie. "That's not gold." Pope says in a disappointed tone as he looked at the envelope in John B's hand. Julianna separates herself from JJ who had decided that this was the best time to smoke and made her way over to her brother as Kiara found her way out of the tomb by herself.

"Holy shit." John B says in shock and Julianna took one look at the box and her heart dropped into the pit of her stomach, "This is from our dad."

Their moment was cut short when the sound of a vehicle approaching filled the air of the surrounding areas. JJ blew a cloud of smoke up into the air and quickly retreated back to the group, "Code red. Code red. Square groupers! Square groupers!" He fussed and everyone was now on high alert. Julianna looked at the blonde and found that his eyes were already locked on her as they started towards the side of the tomb. "Go, go, go!" Kiara urged as they turned the corner and JJ placed one of his hands on the small of Julianna's back as if to protect her, "It's the guys who robbed your house."

They quickly settled against the tomb with ragged breaths and their hearts beating out of their chests not knowing what to do. Julianna waved her hand at the rest of the group to get their attention, "Kill the lights!" She fussed and everyone tried their best to get their lights shut off some were easier than others, her brother was the one struggling the most.

"John B? Your light!" Kiara fussed and the Routledge boy shoved the lantern under his shirt because he couldn't turn it off as easy as a flashlight could. "I see something!" A man called out and the group all grew rigid as Kiara leaned forward to try and see who it was, "Do you think it's them?"

JJ looked at the girl and nodded, "Homie's got a gun."

"Screw this." Julianna said in a rushed tone, rising from her spot next to the blonde, before she started off in a sprint to safety with Kiara and the boys following after her towards the brick wall mere feet away from them. The group of men in search of the five teenagers shouts filled the air behind them as they sprinted towards the wall in their great escape.

Kiara and Julianna were the first two to get over with the help of JJ and John B before all three boys started over the same way except Pope who thought it would be smart to scale the metal gate instead of the wall. "Hurry up, Pope!" Julianna fussed but the Heyward boy wasn't moving from his spot on the gate, "Guys! Guys!"

Julianna stopped in her tracks and looked at the boy who was struggling. "Shit." She exclaims as she stopped the rest of the group and motioned towards their friend in distress as he called out to them, "Guys, I'm stuck."

JJ shook his head not know wheter to leave him to fend for himself and start the Twinkie or aid his friend and risk the hammer of the fate that was to come. "Pope, come on!" He fussed as he chose his friends instead of fleeing, all gathering around the gate to try and help Pope escape.

"All right, guys..." John B said in a calm voice as he watched the beams from the flashlights get closer to them. "We got you, Pope..." Julianna said sweetly as she watched JJ start pulling at the Heyward boy trying to get him free, "You're gonna rip me. Wait, guys.You're gonna rip me!"

Despite his pleas the group pulled and pulled at Pope until the sound of material ripping filled the air and Pope came off the gate- while his pants stayed exactly where they had been on the metal. "Shit!" Pope fussed as the group laid eyes on his white underwear he was wearing, probably feeling embarrassed about it when most everyone in this group had seen each other in the same state.

"It's okay... Let's just go! We can get you pants back at the Chateau!" Julianna reassured as the five started running towards the Twinkie that was waiting for them right on the tree line leading to the road. "Nice! Come on, dude." JJ said in remark to Pope's underwear choices and John B made some sort of comment about Pope's junk that Julianna tried her best to block out as best as she could.

Laughter from Kiara filled the air as she slid open the side door and ushered everyone in, "Come on! Get in! We don't have time to waste!" She says with a smile as she watched Julianna lead the group followed by JJ and Pope while John B got situated in the driver's seat.

"You guys all good back there?" John B asked as he turned the ignition and everyone nodded breathlessly as he revved the ancient engine and began to speed off from the scene. "That was a close one..." Julianna says with a smile as she laid into JJ's side and he wrapped his arms around her, "Sure was..."

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The group had made it back to the Chateau and everything was calmer; Julianna and John B sat at their small circular dining table staring at the envelope not saying a word, JJ found himself in the kitchen making a snack to curb his after smoke cravings, Kiara was lighting candles so that they had a source of light seeing that power had not yet been restored, and Pope borrowed a pair of khaki shorts from John B and had gotten dressed so he wasn't half naked anymore.

"That bread had mold on it three days ago." Pope said is disgust as he watched JJ assemble his peanut butter sandwich with the very few materials they had left to do so and the blonde just shrugged his shoulders, not caring about Pope's disdain, "I'll just pull off the bad parts. Plus, mold is good for you... It's just a natural organism."

Julianna turned towards the kitchen and rolled her eyes at the comments being made by the blonde. "JJ!" She called out and within seconds the blonde came out of the kitchen with his mold infested sandwich in his hands and a smile on his face as if he were a dog responding excitedly to their owners call. "Yes ma'am! Let's do it." He says as he takes his place behind where the brunette was sitting, placing his free hand on the back of her chair waiting for John B to open the envelope

He took a bite of the sandwich in his other hand and instantly gagged once the bread was in his mouth, moving for a moment to spit the bit off piece into his hand and throw it in the garabage where it should've went in the first place. He quickly found himself back behind Julianna as John B pulled a folded up piece of paper out of the envelope and began unfolding it.

As he did so Julianna's eyes grew wide, catching glimpses of what was on the large sheet of paper as her brother laid it down on the table, straightening it out as he did so. "Holy shit." The two said in unison with a shocked deameanor to their voices as they stared at the map, not knowing what to think in that moment.

"Oh. X marks the spot." Pope says as he points at the large X jotted down in black pen and Julianna nodded as she let her finger graze the paper. "Longitude, latitude." She says, letting her thumb go over the map in the spot where the envelope was still under it, feeling something hard still in the envelope, "Wait, there's somethin' else in there." She says as she reaches for the envelope and pulls out a small gray piece of electronics.

JJ leaned in closer to the girl to examine what was in her hand, "What's that?"

"It's a tape recorder, dumbass." Kiara says looking at the blonde from her spot next to John B across the table right as Julianna pressed the play button on the side of the recorder, not expecting what came next. As if it were magic, Big John Routledge's voice filled the Chateau as if he were still with them and they travelled back in time, "Dear Bird and Bug..."

"Who's Bird and Bug?" JJ asked yet another question and Julianna turned slightly to look at the blonde with her eyes already becoming glossy at the sound of her father's voice, "That's what our dad called us..."

Hearing those nicknames again felt as if an ice pick had went straight through Julianna's heart as she reached for her brother's hand with her free one, squeezing it tightly once she got ahold of it as if he were going to end up going away from her in this moment. "I hate to say, "I told you so," but I told you so. And you two doubted your old man. I suspect at this moment Bird, you're filled with guilt and self-loathing over our last fight, but don't kill yourself just yet, kid. I didn't expect to find the Merchant either."

Julianna's heart was in her throat as she felt JJ's hand fall delicately on her shoulder as a sign of support, she turned her head slightly to look at him and he was looking at her with empathetic eyes and a small soft smile which was just what she needed in that moment as clattering filled the air from the other side of the tape. "And you two were probably right to call me out. Wasn't exactly Father of the Decade to either of you." He says with a sigh before continuing, "What can I say, kiddos? I could smell the barn."

Julianna took in a shaky breath as she rested her cheek against the knuckles belonging to JJ, hoping to find comfort in that little bit of contact between the two of them. "Hopefully, we're all three listenin' to this in our brand new sugar-shack down in Costa Rica, livin' off passive investments and pulling on permits." He sighs, "If not, and you two find this for less than optimal reasons, well, that's what the map is for. There she is, the wreck of the Merchant. If somethin' happens to me, finish what I started. Go for the gold, kiddos."

JJ felt the tears from Julianna's cheek roll onto his skin and it made his chest grow tighter, all he wanted to do in this moment was scoop the girl up into his arms and comfort her until she was okay again. Big John's voice grew softer as he spoke now, as if he knew this would be the last thing his children would hear him say, "I love you, both, even if I didn't always act like it. And Bug, please for the love of God keep your brother in line, he need you to be the strong one. You're my favorite girl, forever and ever..."

Her father's light hearted comment made a chuckle escape Julianna's lips as the sound of a vehicle approaching within the recording filled the room. " I'll see you both on the other side." That was it, that was his final goodbye, the closer that neither Julianna or John B had been given on the haunting day nine months ago, the moment that Julianna wished for for such a long time and now that it's here she didn't want.

The tape recorder clicks off and leaves the house in an eerie silence, one that only occurs after someone passes away and you are left in that grief. Julianna took in a shaky breath as her body began to feel numb, to the point where she didn't know whether to scream or to cry.

She turned to look at her brother but John B shot up from his seat and started towards the entryway leading into the living room, finding himself unable to hold it together any longer and melting into the beam like a small child. "Johnny..." She says, her voice breaking as she spoke, but her brother didn't say a word, just let sobs escape his lips.

"Holy shit, he did it! Big John... He found the Merchant..." JJ said excitedly, not being able to read the room, which caused Julianna to look at him with her already bloodshot eyes and semi tear stained face, "JJ... Can you... can you please?" She asked in a saddened tone and instantly the blonde's mood changed and he dropped down to the girl's level.

"Oh Jules, I am so sorry... What can I do?" He asked and the brunette just shrugged, not saying a word before she dropped the tape recorder and melted into his arms, falling from the chair, not caring about any rule about PDA; all she wanted was to be held by JJ while she cried for her father that was now officially gone.

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All Julianna wanted to do was drink tequila until her emotions were gone and the numb feeling she felt now was turned into one of pure bliss brought on by alcohol instead of pure heartache. She sat with the cheap bottle between her knees as she laid into JJ's chest as they all sat on the dock; Kiara was plucking out a song on her ukulele, John B was staring off into the darkness, and Pope was sitting with this arms resting on his knees- no one knew what to do with the grief they held.

"How much was it again?" JJ asked and Julianna sighed before taking another swig from the bottle, "Four hundred mil." She said easing into him a little bit more, growing more comfortable with the contact. "All right, let's talk the split. Now, before we say "evenly," may I remind you that I am the only one that can properly defend us from those groupers who were after us." He says pulling the handgun from the motel out of his pocket with ease, "Protection? Not cheap, okay?"

Julianna chuckled as she leaned her head up to look at the blonde, "You haven't trained. You've done zero training." She says trying so hard not to laugh even more at him and JJ just shrugged at the girl's comments. "YouTube, babe! That's at least a five percent bump right there." He says and Julianna just rolled her eyes playfully, feeling a blush start across her cheeks again at the use of the word 'babe' for the second time that day.

"I'm with Julie, you haven't..." Pope started but was soon cut off by the blonde, "Any objections? Didn't think so."

Both Pope and Julianna raise their hands in objection, "Yeah."

"I don't hear any, so..." JJ says with a shrug, taking the bottle of tequila from the brunette and taking a swig of it. "What are you gonna do with your 80 mil, Pope?" Kiara asked as Julianna tried to fight the bottle away from the blonde and Pope nodded, "Pay for college in advance. And also, textbooks. Those are expensive."

"I like that idea... way to be smart Pope!" Julianna said with a smile as JJ pointed at the Carrera girl, "What about you, Kie?" He asked and Pope nodded, looking at the girl with furrowed brows. "Yeah, what does a socialist do when she's rich?" He asked and Julianna watched as Kiara's face lit up, "Just wanna make a double album. About OBX, the Pogues. You know, the way Catch a Fire is about Kingston. Record it at Marley Studio, Peter Tosh producing."

Julianna raised her hand slightly in confusion, "Wait, Peter Tosh is dead."

"Yes, Peter Tosh is dead. I know. Spirit of Peter Tosh will never die." Kiara says with a small smile and the Routledge girl clapped her hands together softly, supporting her best friend's idea and her love for music that runs so deep. "That sounds like a dream Kiara... a perfect island dream." Julianna said from her spot cuddled up next to JJ and the Carrera girl nodded, "I thought so... What about you? What are you going to do?" She asked and Julianna couldn't help but smile as she thought of what her plans were with her eighty million that she would get.

"I would travel around the world to help kids like us... the ones who are looked down on and pushed aside, the ones that they deem don't have a chance. I would help them become someone and make sure they know they have someone in their corner, and while I'm doing that I also want to take advantage of the areas and surf... Spend hours on the beaches surfing and connecting with the ocean." She explains, feeling a kiss be pressed into the top of her head from JJ who couldn't be more proud of the plan she had made.

"Thats a tough act to follow Routledge..." JJ says and Julianna smiled, "Let's hear your plans Maybank... What would you do?"

"I'm gonna get a big ass house on Figure Eight and go full Kook." JJ explained and Julianna turned to look at him with surprised eyes, "You're gonna go full Kook?"

JJ nodded, "Yup. Gonna get a marble statue of myself, and then I'm gonna get a koi pond. Put a bunch of those fish..." He explains and Julianna shakes her head in disbelief as she takes another swig of the tequila. "Want you to know that I'm never visiting." She says with a cheeky grin and JJ just pulls her in closer to him which led to her giggling at the sudden movement.

Everyone then found themselves looking at the group's fearless leader, awaiting his answer to this 80 million dollar question. "What are you gonna do, JB?" Pope asks and John B turned towards the rest of the group with a small smirk creeping its way onto his face, "To going full Kook."

"To going full Kook!" The rest of the group cheered in response, holding their drinks up as if it were a toast sealing their newfound dream hoping to make it their reality.

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The bright sunrise filtered through Julianna's light yellow curtains she had covering her window was morning fell on Kildare Island bringing a sense of newfound adventurealong with it, especially for the Pogues after the night they had. A groan escaped Julianna's lips as she turned over onto her side, regretting the fact that she decided to spend all of the night before drinking free range from a very large tequila bottle, "Fuck! I'm never drinking again..."

A sleep riddled chuckle filled the air as weight shifted the mattress from her right side. "You say that now but I know you will have at least three beers before lunch on the boat today." The brunette's eyes slowly fluttered open to reveal the face she has gotten used to seeing in the mornings sharing a bed with her; his messy blonde hair splayed to different sides and the tiredness painted across his face, to Julianna Routledge JJ Maybank was a work of art.

"Shut up!" She says trying her best to hide a smile and JJ just shakes his head, "I'm just telling it like it is..." He says this as his arm comes out from its place underneath his pillow and makes it way to her waist, pulling her into him so that their faces were mere inches apart, the tension between them burning.

Julianna let a bright smile fill her face as she brings one of her hands up to her face to rub the tiredness from her eyes, "Hi..." Her voice was so soft and so child-like as she looked at the blonde, taking in every small detail of his face as he did the same to her. "Hi back..." He says as an effortless smile appears on his face.

The two stayed silent for a moment, just looking at one another with soft smiles on their face, not wanting to say anything or do anything else. JJ moved his hand from Julianna's waist to her cheek, letting his thumb graze it as he used one of his fingers to move a strand of hair out of her face. "You know I think i could get used to this..." He says sweetly and Julianna just feels the heat raising onto the surface of her cheeks, "You say that now but one day you are going to get sick of just sleeping in this bed with me."

JJ adjusted his body slightly bringing himself up on the elbow on his free arm so that he had a little bit more of a height advantage in that moment before shaking his head as he looked down at the girl, "Don't worry Jules, our time will come when we do more than just sleep in this bed... Just you wait. Until then, I am okay with waking up next to you fully clothed from the night before; for however long it takes."

He watched as the girl grew hot and bothered by his comment, pushing him away from her playfully, "You're too much sometimes!" She squealed and JJ just smiled at her as he nodded. "Yeah but when it comes to you nothing is too much..."

Julianna groans as she falls into JJ's chest, "You are going to be the death of me, Maybank."

Before the blonde could respond the wrapping of knuckles against her bedroom door filled the air of the small room. "Let's get this show on the road sleepyheads!" Pope's voice called out from the hallway and JJ let out a groan, "I don't wanna..."

Julianna couldn't help but laugh at the Maybank boy's reaction as she pulls herself out of his hold and out of her bed, "Come on bub, we have a boat to find..."

"But your bed is so comfortable..." He says in a whine as he watches Julianna make her way over to her closet to grab a thrifted linen button-up off of one of the hangers before grabbing a white bikini out of her basket of bathing suits and then her favorite pair of jean shorts off the floor. "I know but you can't stay there forever."

The blonde furrowed his brows, "Now who said I can't?"

"The breakfast I am going to make for the group after I get ready may have something to say about it." She says and the mention of food caused JJ to sit up almost instantly; all the sleepiness was gone and he was now wide awake, "Wait you're making breakfast?!"

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After working with what they had that didn't need electricity Julianna was able to make the group a half-assed breakfast of fruit salad which no one had any complaints about; other than JJ who was a little weary about eating fruit as if he were a little kid saying, "you know the only green i ingest in my body is weed right?" which earned laughs from a majority of the group including Julianna who just shook her head at him and told him to eat the fruit anyway.

During their breakfast John B mentioned wanting to go check out the marina to see how post hurricane clean up was doing and everyone thought that was a good idea; mostly because it gave them a reason to be out on open water and it the HMS Pogue which they love to do.

With John B capataining the vessel the group of five make their way down the channel towards the series of docks, taking time to really examine their surroundings. "There is still so much to get done around here..." Julianna said from her spot sitting next to Kiara and the Carrera girl nodded, "I feel bad for not helping out more."

Out of the five teens; Julianna and Kiara are the most selfless of them, never wanting people to have to struggle more than they have to without help. "We should really try and make a point to come back and help where we can..." Julianna said as a boat that took all of the boys' attention started towards them.

JJ whistles in disbelief as he points at the boat, "You guys see that? That's the Malibu 24-MXZ, the world's finest wakesetter. Number one in luxury, quality, and performance. 200K, easy."

Julianna turned to look at Kiara and both of them just rolled their eyes playfully, knowing that none of them had heard what they were talking about beforehand. "We picked the wrong parents." Pope says in shock and that was when Julianna realised who was on the two hundred thousand dollar boat- paid for with mommy and daddy's money.

"I hate to break it to you guys, but that's Topper and his girlfriend." Julianna said pointing at the boat as it got closer to the group. As the Malibu slowly crept passed the Pogues, Sarah Cameron took her sunglasses off and stared at the group before looking them up and down with a sense of attitude before turning back her attention to the water in front of her and Topper.

A scoff escaped Kiara's lips as she rolled her eyes, "You don't have to act like you don't see us, bitch."

"Yeah, we're humans too." Julianna said, nonchalantly flipping the couple off with both of her middle fingers.

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Later that afternoon JJ had concocted a plan that would get the group one step closer to finding the Royal Merchant so no matter how janky it sounded, they were going to do it no questions asked. That is why they were parked in front of the Kildare Country Club looking completely out of place.

"All right, keep a lookout. We're behind enemy lines." JJ says, opening the glove box in front of his seat to grab the hand gun as John B puts the Twinkie into park. "Yo, come on, man. Just put it back." John B fussed and the blonde just looked at him as he held the gun in his hands, "What?"

Julianna popped in the space between the two front seats and turned to look at the blonde. "Is this a good choice that you're making right now?" She asked and the blonde nodded, checking if the clip was still loaded, "Yep... You can never be too careful."

He looked over at the girl with a grin on his face and the girl knew she wasn't going to get through to him. "Whatever you say, bub..." She says, giving in to his madness as she follows Pope's lead and exits the vehicle from the side door.

"Hey, I predict that bringing a weapon to a four-star hotel will likely cause more problems than they solve." Pope explains as he leans against the passenger side window and both Julianna and John B nod at the Heyward boy's comment, "Thank you, Pope."

Kiara popped into the same spot Julianna was in previously and scoffed, "I swear to God, I'm gonna throw that thing in the ocean, JJ. Put it back." As she hops out of the van John B takes the gun by the muzzle out of his hand and shoves it back into the glove box with no fight from the blonde. 

"There you go, was that so hard?" Julianna asks as she watched JJ unbuckle his seatbelt and he just shrugged as he reached for the door handle, "You can't grab a gun like that, JB..."

He looked at the blonde as they both started to exit the van, "Well it got it out of your hands didn't it?"

"Good point..." JJ says as he goes to close the door but stops because he needed to grab his work issued badge from the club for access. Can't forget my badge." He says in a silly upbeat tone before shaking it in Julianna's face playfully, "Professional busboy."

The Routledge girl couldn't help but smile, "ooo hot."

"You would think it's hot..." JJ says with a chuckle lacing his voice as he throws one of his arms around Julianna's shoulders as the two now lead the group towards the back of the building where the service door to the kitchen is; the main entry source.

"So, where are we going now?" Pope asked in a confused tone and JJ points at the building, "Well, Pope. We're getting on the internet because only rich people have electricity right now. This way!" He says as they arrive at the door and he scans his keycard so that it unlocked and the five of them entered into the buzzing kitchen filled with the team prepping for the afternoon rush of golfers and housewives who don't care that the island was just hit with a massive hurricane.

JJ's arm has now moved from draped across Julianna's shoulders back to his side with his fingers interlocked with hers so that he could guide her through the large and overwhelming groups of people filling the small room. "Andrew! What's up, bro?" He calls out, greeting one of his work friends as they turned the corner, finding a short woman wearing a chef's hat and jacket working on some sort of seafood dish.

"Mama L, good to see you!" He says picking off a piece of food from the plate and bringing it to the brunette, "Here try this!" Without any hesitation the blonde shoved the piece of food into Julianna's mouth as the woman smacked his other hand softly with a wooden spoon. "Hey, no! JJ!" She fussed and the blonde looked at the girl he had just fed, "Is it good?"

The girl nodded as the group made their way out of the kitchen and into the actual country club that was almost buzzing as much as the kitchen. "See, they got the backup generators going? Kooks don't miss a beat." He says as he leads the group into the room that houses several computers that are able to be used by the members of the club- which they are far from so they need to keep this lowkey.

"Sweet Lord, the internet! I've missed you." Pope says as he rushes towards the computer in front of him with the group following close behind him, other than John B who was still hesitantly standing in the doorway. "Johnny, come on!" Julianna fussed and the Routledge boy nodded, quickly making his way into the room letting the door shut behind him closing them in for the time being.

"Let me get in there. Gotta check out my Insta models." JJ says as he makes his way over to the computer and Julianna just looked at him and shook her head, "We don't have time."

JJ sighed as he look at Julianna, "Really?"

"Yes, really!" She says as Pope settles into one of the chairs in front of the monitor and John B puts the backpack he had brought down on the desk and begins rifling through it to grab the map that their father had left for them in the envelope. "Hey. Hey! Hey! I got the map!" He says, unfolding it slightly before laying it down on the hard surface and Pope nodded, "Coordinates, please?"

John B let his finger drag over the paper and read the numbers aloud, "34° 57' 30 " north. 75° 55' 42" west." He says as Pope types out the numbers into the search engine before hitting enter. All of the group is now crowded into a clump behind the Heyward teen as the screen changed and it began to zoom into the map, finding the pin point where the coordinates took them.

"Wait, that's the continental shelf right there, right?" Julianna asked pointing at the screen and Pope turned to look at her with a nod, "If it's off the deep end, it's not gonna be much of a treasure hunt, though... Come on, baby." He says to Julianna and the girl nodded, eagerly watching the screen as it kept getting closer and closer to the point.

The sound of voices outside made the hair on the back of Julianna's neck stand straight up as the screen changed ever so slightly every couple seconds. She knew that if they were caught in her that there would be consequences that would land her and John B into social services and they would be shipped off without moments notice.

"Shit, it's on the high side. It's only 900 feet." John B said in a confident tone and JJ nodded, "Yeah, that's not too deep." The two sounded as if they were aware of something the rest of the group was not and Julianna looked at her brother and his best friend with confused eyes. "You guys are talking about this like it's something you can do in your sleep." She says and JJ nodded, "Because it's totally doable."

Pope quickly turned to look at the blonde with furrowed brows, "Will we be taking your personal submarine?" He asked in a shocked tone and Kiara just stared blankly at the boy not knowing how to react. "How do you know this, Mr. Dive Master?" She asks and a shrug from JJ is the only response she got, "The salvage yard. They got a drone that can drop 1,000. It has a 360 camera and everything. It's for, like, deep dives and stuff. It's exactly what we need."

Julianna looked at him with hope in her eyes, "Can your dad get his grimy little hands on that?"

JJ's response was one the group wasn't expecting, he looked at the girl and shook his head, "Well, my dad's grimy little hands got his ass fired. I guess the salvage captain frowns on showing up shitfaced, turns out. But the drone's there. It's in the impound yard out back."

"How much did you say was on the Royal Merchant again?" Kiara asked as she looked at the Routledge twins and in unison the brother and sister responded, "400 million."

Kiara's eyes went wide as she began to push out her rolling chair, "400 million dollars?"

As if he knew she was starting towards the door Pope shot up from his chair and became a barrier in front of the large wooden doors. "No. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. No!" He fussed and Kiara began to try and find a way around him, "Pope! Move."

JJ was watching the door intently and Julianna knew how badly he wanted to go for the money so she decided to try and keep him grounded in the situation. "I'm not going to do anything crazy, Jules... I promise." He says as he notices that the woman had started to block his path towards the door and she just looked at him with raised eyebrows, "You promise?"

"Cross my heart..." He says drawing an X across his chest with his finger and the brunette let a sigh escape her lips, "Okay."

The two turned back towards the door and found that Kiara was still trying to find a way out with Pope fighting for his life to stop his friends from doing something stupid. "Guys, that's too..." Pope starts but Kiara shoves him out of the way and opens the door, being the first one to exit the room, "Come on."

Pope lets out a sigh as he watches John B follow after Kiara leaving him in the room with JJ and Julianna looking at them with a subtle eye roll, "Can't we do anything legal for money?"

"I ask myself that question every day, Pope..." Julianna said as she starts towards him with JJ following behind, "Come on..."