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The pogues continued on the journey to their destination, driving in the dark now that the sun had completely set below the horizon.

JJ was now in the back of the van, having swapped with Kie somewhere along the way.

"You mind if I just relax on this one?" JJ questioned, causing everyone to look over at him. "It's been a long day, and a lot of weird stuff has gone down," he continued, waving a spliff in the air. "I'm just gonna lay low- oh did you want a hit of this?" he suddenly questioned as he gestured towards Pope.

Pope immediately leaned back with his hand raised to block JJ. "I keep the signal clear," the boy stated.

"Dude, okay," the blonde spoke, ready to go on a rant. "Do you understand that your problem is that you don't get creative? If you got creative-"

"Look, I-I know I was wrong about the lighthouse, alright?" John B suddenly cut off, momentarily turning around to look at the trio in the back. "And wrong about everything else going on, but I was right about one thing. My dad is trying to tell me something."

Eli glanced between JJ and Pope, confused by the sudden outburst.

Not too long later John B pulled outside a graveyard, with Eli grimacing as she stepped out of the vehicle.

"I did not sign up for this," Eli stated as she stared into the barely lit grounds, anxiously looking around with her arms crossed in front of her.

"You can stay in the van if you want," John B suggested as he began to walk towards the graveyard followed by Kie and Pope.

"Fuck, I'm not staying here by myself," she hissed, instinctively stepping towards JJ who was the closest person to her.

"Aww, is baby Eli scared," JJ cooed with a stupid smirk that Eli wanted to punch off his face. "Do you want me to hold your hand?" he questioned as he wiggled his eyebrows at her.

"Yes, actually," she said with a huff, "I'm scared as fuck."

JJ let out a laugh and held out his hand, which Eli took immediately before they began to follow the others. The girl couldn't help but jump whenever something made a noise as they walked, tightening her grip on JJ's hand whenever she was startled.

"This place is scary," Kie breathed out as they got further inside, the only light available being the few flashlights and single large lamp that they shared between them. "John B, what are we doing?"

"So, you know how you're trying to remember a song and you can't remember who sings it?" John B questioned randomly.

"Yeah."

"So, Redfield. This whole time, I thought it was a place, right? But it's not a place." John B suddenly stopped walking in front of a tomb, holding up his lamp towards the entrance. "It's a person."

"Voi-effing-là." JJ breathed out, clearly impressed.

"See, my great-great-grandmother Olivia Redfield. Redfield, that was her maiden name."

Eli nervously looked over her shoulder before looking back at John B. "So what, are we tomb-raiding or something?"

The group eyed the tomb in uncertainty, eyeing the several years worth of branches covering the walls and door.

"Help me with the door. Come on," John B suggested, beginning to pull apart the branches.

Pope stepped forward and braced his hands agasint the door with John B.

"Okay. One, two, three."

On three, the two boys pushed, grunting as they attempted to slide the door open.

"Here, I got it," JJ spoke as he let go of Eli's hand and moved towards the doors and joined in.

"This door is like seven hundred pounds," Pope grunted, already out of breath. "It's not gonna budge."

"We didn't come this far, to get this far, all right?" JJ exclaimed, equally as out of breath.

Eli and Kie watched with expressions of uncertainty, eyeing the very small gap the three boys had managed to make despite their best efforts.

The blue-haired girl shrieked as a snake came out of the crack, causing the boys to jump back in shock and fear as they watched it slither down the wall and onto the floor. Eli trembled as she held onto Kie, her shoulders shaking. "Fuck, I should've stayed in the van," she mumbled to herself.

"That's a moccasin, all right," JJ revealed as he pointed at the snake. "Ye olde Dr. Cottonmouth. Death in tall grass." The blonde suddenly leaned forward and started barking aggressively.

"JJ, shut up!" Kie exclaimed. "Shut up!"

"You're gonna wake the friggin' dead, man," Pope complained as he hit JJ in the shoulder.

"What!" JJ defended, "they're afraid of dogs, everyone knows that, man."

"You guys might as well dig another grave here, cause I think I'm gonna die from a heart attack," Eli nervously rambled, a hand over her heart to try and calm herself down.

"Wait, hold on," JJ called out as John B tried to walk back to the door.

"What?"

"If there's one, there's probably dozens."

"Can you stop, JJ," Eli requested, hugging her arms around herself.

"You're scaring us, JJ," Kie added, causing the blonde to start barking again.

"Stop barking at the snakes!"

"Just making sure it's clear."

"Look, John B," Pope called out as the other boy tried to open the door again. "We're not gonna get in there, all right? It's not budging. We should probably just go."

"I can get through," Kie announced.

Eli threw the other girl a horrified expression. "Wait, I think I misheard you just now, Kie."

"No, no, no, no," John B disagreed. "You think you're gonna fit through the hole? That hole?"

"Look, this is about your dad," the girl shrugged, causing everyone to stare at her in disbelief. "And honestly, I really don't believe in it, but you deserve to know the truth."

"Wait, Kie.." Eli trailed off, but Kie simply shook her head in response.

"Don't say anything in case I change my mind."

Eli nodded, nervously biting into her lower lip as she watched the girl ready herself to climb inside.

"I'm gonna boost you," JJ added as Pope and John B worked to clear the rest of the branches. "I've seen it in the movies."

Eli watched as JJ crouched down with his hands clasped, a focused expression on his face.

"Remind me what we're looking for?"

John B took a deep breath, before turning to look at the girl. "You'll know when you see it."

Kie sighed as she handed the flashlight to Eli, before readying herself.

"Alright, so put your hands right there," JJ instructed.

"Yep."

"Your foot. Okay so on three-" Kie stepped up without warning, cutting off the blonde boy. "Okay, never mind. Just forget about three."

The teens held their breaths as they watched Kiara climb through the small hole, landing on the other side with a small thud.

"Okay, flashlight?"

Eli reached up to hand the flashlight over, before stepping away from the door again.

"You alive?" John B questioned nervously after a few moments of silence. "You got, like a heartbeat and everything?"

"I don't think I have a heartbeat right now," Eli muttered to herself as she moved closer to the boys out of fear.

"So far," Kie answered, voice eerily echoing through the room.

"That's good. That's good," John B breathed out.

"Uh, I need more light," the girl requested, to which John B responded by shoving his larger lamp through the gap to light up the room.

"Wait, somebody lift me onto their shoulders," Eli suggested as she turned to the three boys. "I'll be able to look through."

"Yeah, yeah," JJ replied as he crouched down to the floor. "I gotchu."

Eli carefully climbed onto the blonde's shoulders, with the help of Pope who held her hand. JJ securely wrapped his arms around Eli's thighs, before carefully moving to stand up straight. Eli held her breath as they moved closer to the door, finally being able to look through.

The room was just as eerie as Eli expected it to be, full of dust and cobwebs. She watched as Kie slowly walked around, before stopping at one place in particular with wide eyes.

"Do you see something?" The blue-haired girl questioned, causing the boys to look up in interest.

"Oh my god," Kie let out. The girl pulled out what looked like an envelope, and stared at it in shock. She quickly walked over to the entrance and handed the package to Eli, who immediately passed it onto John B.

"That's... not gold," Pope trailed off in disappointment.

"I mean to be fair, Pope," Eli began as JJ gently lowered himself to the floor, allowing her to get off. "I don't think anyone was gonna hide 400 million dollars worth of gold in here."

"Holy shit," John B breathed out as he eyed the writing on the package, glancing towards the other teens who were helping Kie get back out. "This was from my dad."

"Code red." JJ suddenly warned, directing their attention to a pair of headlights in the distance. "Code red. Square groupers! Square groupers!"

"Go! Go! Go!" They all exclaimed as they began to run in the opposite direction towards the twinkie, weaving between all the branches and gravestones.

"It's the guys that robbed your house," JJ stated as they hid behind a small tomb, scrambling to turn off their flashlights.

"John B, your light!" Kie hissed as the boy attempted to shove the lamp under his shirt, which did absolutely nothing to dim the light.

"Wow, you're a genius, JB," Eli whispered sarcastically.

JJ and Pope peeked their heads around the corner, only to immediately pull them back. "Homie's got a gun," the blonde revealed.

"Screw this," Kie suddenly said as she began to run, with everyone else following her lead without a moment of hesitation.

John B and JJ successfully helped Eli and Kie climb over the walls before climbing over themselves, but Pope, however, unfortunately tried to go over the gates and got himself stuck.

JJ immediately pulled out his gun which Eli and John B immediately blocked, whilst Kie rushed over to help Pope.

"You're gonna rip me, you're gonna rip me!" Pope exclaimed as Kie tried to pull him down. The sound of cloth ripping filled the air as Kie successfully pulled him down, causing JJ to begin to laugh as they continued to run towards the twinkie, with Pope wearing one less article of clothing.

"Nice! Come on, dude," JJ teased. "It's a little Tootsie Roll."

The teens, minus Pope, burst out laughing as they clambered in and shut the doors behind them, with John B immediately switching on the engine to immediately get them out of there.

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ahead of my writing schedule therefore an update ahead of schedule <3

Nova x