It was still crazy to me that we found the compass that belonged to John B's dad. That night I managed to sneak into home via my bedroom window. No one was going to be able to enter my room. I'd barricaded it. Which made sense as to why I could always leave my window open with no problems. In the morning I woke up to a knock on my window. "Hey, Y/n. Get up." I heard a voice say.

"It's too early." I said and that's when I heard them sigh.

"Whens it ever too early for you. Don't make me come in there." I heard the voice say again.

"JJ, I'm getting up now. You happy?" I asked him as I sat up in bed. Standing up and he started climbing in through the window.

"We gotta wake John B up come on." He said and I looked at him as he sat on my bed.

"Look away." I said to him and he turned away.

"Looking away." He said to me and that's when I got changed into some random clothes.

"Im ready. Let's go." I said to him and he looked at me with a smile.

"That fast and I usually thought girls took a long time." He said to me as we started walking to the window.

"No, that's just you." I said to him as I started climbing out the the window.

"Ouch! That hurt a little." He said to me holding his heart. I looked back at him.

"You'll get over it." I said to him and that's when we started heading to John B's place. JJ had come up with a plan on the way. I was not going to be involved. JJ banged on the front door before shouting.

"DCS! I know you're on there!" JJ shouted before he leapt over to the window and banged on it. "Gotcha, slick. You should have seen your face. Your face was like..." JJ said whilst laughing at John B through the window.

"It was his idea!" I shouted from the door. Move John B was up we then got in the Twinkie to go on todays adventure.

"I'm just saying, I don't understand why you don't at least try with Kiara. She clearly likes you. She's like 'Oh, John B.'" JJ said and I just shook my head in the back. She was only doing that as a concerned friend.

"Is that what she does?" John B asked and it wasn't at all.

"Not at all." I said putting my input in.

"She's sketching about you diving, then she kissed you bro." JJ said and he was making this out to be something it wasn't.

'She kissed me on the cheek. It's not like we were makin' out or something." John B said and wasn't that true. I wouldn't want to see that if that was happening.

"Low-hanging fruit, bro. Don't pretend you don't notice. I see it in your eyes. You're like, 'I kinda like that', and you start blushing and shit." JJ said and I needed Kiara now. I couldn't be with these boys any longer.

"I blush?" John B asked him.

"Yeah." JJ answered and it was only a slight blush.

"Really?" John B asked wanting to know if it was the truth.

"Yeah." JJ said and I saw him pick the compass off up from the dash. Causing John B to try and take it back.

"Hey, don't- -" He said as he tried to take it of JJ.

"I was just looking at it. I gotta admit, your fathers compass in Scooter's boat, that's freaky." JJ said and I looked at him.

"I wonder what the whole explanation is." I said I was hoping that the truth would come out at some point.

"Yeah. That's why we're going to talk to Ms. Lana, figure this whole thing out." John B said to us, only if she was willing to talk.

"I'm sure she would just love to talk to us. It's not like her husband just drowned or anything." JJ said and I looked at him.

"Nothing like having a group of teens interrogating you over your late husband." I said and that's when we kept going until we made it to the house. It was nice.

"Know what this house looks like? Whoever lives here smokes too much weed." JJ said and I looked at him with a smile.

"Hopefully they'll be some lying around somewhere." I said to him with a smile. We could all do with that. That's when we heard glass shattering before a bunch of banging.

"Bullshit!" A guy shouted from the inside.

"Maybe we should come back. It's a little too soon." JJ said to us and I couldn't agree more.

"Yeah, now's not the best time." I said and I was already to go.

"No, no, shut up. Shut up, JJ and Y/n." John B said to us and we went silent. This wasn't a good sign.

"Or i'll fuck your up. I'll sink you in the fucking- -" The guy said and that's when we heard crashing followed by a scream. We then ducked down and I grabbed JJ's arm. This sounded just like home.

"You're hurting me!" Lana shouted and we stood back up again. I was still holding onto JJ.

"I- -" JJ started and we needed to go.

"Shut up. Come on. Come on." John B said and that's when we started to walk closer to the house.

"Where the fuck is it, you bitch?" The man shouted at Lana.

"I don't know!" She shouted whilst sobbing. She needed help.

"Is it here in this house?" He asked her and that's when we heard more crashing. "Is it somewhere else?" He asked and she was still sobbing.

"Please! I- -I didn't- -" She said and that's when John B got closer to the window. We picked up the pace and pulled him down. If this guy was to look out the window we'd be done. I should've just stayed in the Twinkie.

"You- -" JJ said to him in a whisper.

"Shut up." John B said and put his finger to his lips.

"Still think we should stay?" JJ asked and we shouldn't be here. We then heard more thumping around from inside.

"The compass wasn't in the boat! Where is it, Lana?" He asked her again but she didn't know. Because we had it.

"I don't know!" She shouted at him. We then heard glass smashing and I hated every second of this.

"Don't listen." John B said and I was just getting reminded of my big brother trying to look after me. Every time our parents would fight like this.

"Is that paint?" JJ asked as flakes of something fell onto us.

"I think so." I said as I looked at the bit in my hand.

"Yes, it's paint." John B said and that's when I heard Lana wailing.

"Let's get the hell outta here, man." The guy said and that's when we heard them starting to leave.

"We should just go. He's got smuggler..." JJ said and I looked at him.

"I agree we need to go now..." I started and I knew nothing we would say could change John B's mind.

"Shut up." John B said to the two of us.

"...smuggler written all over him." JJ said and that's when we stopped walking again. John B stopped us.

"Shut up. Shut up." John B said and we peeked around the corner. There were two guys leaving the house. Lana was crying. We then watched the guys get into their boat.

"Dude, those were the guys that shot at us. That's." JJ started and that meant we were on their radar. How long would it take for them come after us.

"Go back." John B said and we went back. Watching this boat leave. We then started to make our way the entrance of the house. It had been ransacked.

"Shit." Me and JJ got out as we looked inside.

"Ms. Lana?" John B asked as we walked in. No response. "Ms. Lana?" He asked again and we then saw her in the bathroom. "Hey, are you okay? It's okay." John B asked her and she looked concerned.

"You're safe now." I said and I sat beside her.

"Dude, she's tweaking." JJ said to us probably because she was terrified.

"Do you need a doctor?" John B asked and Lana couldn't stop crying. "Let's call the sheriff's department." He said to us and they needed to be involved.

"No cops, please." She said to us and that wasn't a good sign. This was serious.

"Mm. That's not good. Come on, dude. Let's just go." JJ said to us and Lana looked at us. She had a face full of fear.

"You shouldn't be here." She said to us and this wasn't good. JJ helped me to stand up. This was our warning.

"That enough for me. Come on." JJ said but I guess we wouldn't leave without an answer.

"Wait, wait. What do you know about these guys?" John B asked her and this was something we shouldn't venture down.

"They were looking for something." She said to us and that's when John B got the compass out of his pocket.

"Does it have anything to do with this?" He asked he and she looked at it. Examining it. "Do you know anything about this? This is my father's, and Scooter had it. Why?" He asked her and she looked at him.

"Scooter didn't have it, okay? Don't tell anyone you have it." She said to us and that was all we need.

"We should go." I said to JJ and John B. Who knew if those guys would come back.

"Come on." JJ said to John B but he wasn't going to move.

"Why?" John B asked her.

"They can't know! That you have that!" She shouted at him. We really needed to go. "You've gotta get out of here!" She shouted and I wanted to.

"What do you know about the compass?" John B asked her and she wasn't going to answer anymore questions.

"Go! Get out!" She shouted and that's when we started to drag John B.

"We gotta go. Let's go." JJ said and I looked at him.

"We need to go before those guys get back or who knows what will happen." I said as we headed back to the Twinkie. Driving away as soon as we got in. Soon we met up with the others and JJ was telling Pope and Kiara about what happened.

"And we were right outside like this. And all we hear is just, 'Bam! Bam! Bam!' Knocking paint off the wall, G! From the inside. All right? And I'm just looking at them, like- -wait, first off, look at this shit. Look at it." JJ said and he started getting flakes off his hair.

"The house." Pope said and Kie looked at him.

"That's dandruff, disgusting." Kie said and it probably was. It's just hard to tell.

"Okay, thank you." Pope said and that's when JJ started standing back up again.

"Look at that. All right? That's paint. At that point, I was just, like...I'm waiting for death." JJ said but he was wanting to go. There was none of this waiting for death.

"Oh, okay, so you saw the guys that shot at us, right?" Pope asked and we did. We saw all of them.

"Yeah." JJ and I said to him.

"Did you get a good description of them? What did they look like?" Pope asked and now I looked over to JJ. Hoping he could say.

"Anything." Kie said to him and I knew JJ had forgotten.

"Anything we can bring to, like, a police report maybe?" Pope asked and that's when I saw JJ look off for the distance.

"Yeah." Kie said to him.

"Burly." JJ said. Was that it?

"Burly?" Pope asked him. Hoping to get more.

"Yeah. You know, like- -" JJ started and this was not helping us at all.

"That's not very helpful." Kie said and she could say that again.

"Okay, well, no, like the type of guy at my dad's garage. I mean, you guys know he made cargo hides for drug smugglers." JJ said to us and we all knew that.

"Yeah. Yes. No, we know." Kie said to him.

"We remember." I said to him and he looked at us.

"I can tell you with full confidence, these boys, these killers...they're square groupers." JJ said and that was one thing to call them. JJ then went to smoking his cigarette. Not expanding more into what he was saying.

"They're square groupers, like narco square grouper? Like Pablo Escobar square grouper?" Pope asked and that had to be it.

"Yeah, man." JJ said and this was really their thoughts.

"You guys, not everything is a kingpin movie." Kie said and that was true.

"Not I completely agree with that." I said to them all as I sat beside Kie.

"What does this square grouper look like? Specifically?" Pope asked JJ and I was hoping they wouldn't argue.

"You weren't there." JJ shouted at him.

"You don't know what to look for." Pope said to him and this wasn't going too well.

"Dude! I wasn't taking little mental Polaroids the entire time. I was under duress, okay? But I can tell you...I can tell you by the way that Ms. Lana was screaming...that these guys are serious, serious hombres, man. It's a heavy vibe right now, okay? I'm not liking this very much." JJ said and that made two of us. I didn't like it either.

"Why do they want the compass?" Kiara asked us and there had to be a deeper meaning.

"It's a piece of shit. You couldn't pawn it off for five bucks if you wanted to. No offense. I know it's in your family- -" Pope said to us and that was definitely true. So what made it important.

"The office." John B said and we all looked at him.

"What?" Pope and I asked him at the same time.

"My dad. My dad's office. He always kept the office locked because he was worried about his competitors stealing his Royal Merchant research. We used to laugh at him like he was gonna find it. But now that he's gone, I've just kinda...I just left it as he kept it." John B said and we all started following him to his Dad's office.

"Yeah, for when he gets back." Kiara said because he would be back.

"Yeah." John an said and he took the padlock off. We then entered into the office.

"I've slept over here like 600 times, and I've never seen this door opened." Pope said and that was the same for me. This was basically my second home. Being inside the office was like a new environment.

"Mm." Kie and I got out.

"It's weird." I said with a smile. I then looked around this new room.

"Here, look. This is the original owner, right here." John B said and we looked at the pinboard.

"Okay. Robert Q. Routledge, 1880 to 1920. There's the lucky compass, right there." Kie said and she pointed it out on the picture.

"Actually, um...he was shot after he bought it." John B said and I looked at the picture.

"Definitely not lucky." I said to them all and that's when I looked back up to John B.

"Then the compass was shipped back to Henry. Henry was killed in a crop-dusting accident when he had the compass. After he died, the compass was given to Stephen. Stephen had the compass with him when he died in Vietnam." John B said and I was just hearing a lot of death with the compass. It seemed like a bad totem.

"Let me guess, he died in action, right?" JJ asked and that's when I looked up at John B.

"Sort of. Uh, a-actually, he was killed by a banana truck. In- -in country. Anyways, after that, Stephen passed the compass down to him, my dad." John B said and he pointed to the picture. I was still getting over the death from a banana truck.

"Mm. Sounds like there's a reoccurring theme here." JJ said and I'm glad I wasn't the only one that picked up on it.

"Yeah, you have a death compass." Pope said and at least he said it not me.

"I do not." John B said and he really did. He was just in denial.

"You have a death compass." Pope said again to him.

"He's right, it's a bad omen." I said to him and John B turned his back to us briefly.

"Get rid of it. It's cursed, and it's made it's way back to you." JJ said and that meant that we were all cursed now. Who knew what could happen.

"Look, my dad used to talk about this compartment in here. Soldiers used to hide secret notes." John B said as he opened the back of the compass. I was hoping to see if there was a secret in there.

"What's that?" Kiara asked him and that's when I looked at it. There was a engraving in it.

"That wasn't there before. This is my dad's handwriting." John B said to us and I didn't know how he knew that.

"How can you know that?" Pope asked him.

"Because he does these weird Rs with the- -See it?" John B said to us and that's when I looked at it. There was a weird R.

"Can I see it?" JJ asked and that's when he looked at it. "Red- -Rout- - no, I think it's an A." JJ said to us and I couldn't even read it.

"It says Redfield." Kie said and I looked at her.

"Of course." I said with a smile. I was definitely going to say that.

"Right." JJ said to her.

"Okay, well, what's Redfield?" Kie asked and I had no idea.

"The most common name in the county." Pope said to us all, that was true.

"Oh, maybe- -maybe it's a clue. Maybe it's a clue to where he's hiding." John B said to us but maybe it wasn't.

"Okay...a clue? Come on, that's- -but if it is a clue, maybe it's an anagram?" Pope asked and who knows maybe it was.

"Yes. Perfect. Anagram. You need paper. Okay. Here you go." John B said to Pope as he got him so paper and a pen.

"How can you concentrate with that thing crowing at you?" Pope asked meaning the rooster outside.

"JJ loves the rooster." John B said to him.

"I love the rooster." Kie said to him. It was a good rooster.

"Let me think." Pope said to us all.

"Seriously, think." Kie said to him and he was trying.

"Dedfiel. Colors- -that's stupid." Pope said and it kind of was.

"What about Ritalin?" JJ asked us and I looked at him.

"Why would it be that?" I asked him and he looked at me and shrugged.

"Um...Dreidel? Fiddler?" Kie said thinking of some things it could be.

"Let's stick with what we're...defile. Does that mean anything to you?" Pope asked and I shook my head. Absolutely nothing.

"Guys." I heard John B say.

"You're missing a letter." Kie said and I looked at him.

"Yeah, there's no 'R'." I said to him and hopefully we could think of something else.

"Guys! Somebody's here." John B said and that's when we headed to the window. We saw a group of men near the Twinkie.

"Guys, guys, is that them?" Kie asked us and I looked at her.

"I don't know." I said to her. That's when I felt JJ take my hand.

"No." JJ said and I didn't like this at all. We were sitting ducks.

"Is that them?" Kie asked again.

"This is suboptimal." Pope said to us and that's when JJ let go of my hand and walked back. I looked at him.

"John B, I told you. Why does it always- -" JJ said to us and I believed him.

"JJ! Hey, look at me. Where's the gun?" John B asked as he pushed JJ up against the wall.

"Gun? I, uh, I can't- -" JJ said and I looked at him. Where was it?

"Now you don't have the gun, the one time we need the gun?" Kie asked him and I looked at her.

"It's going to be okay." I said to her and I wrapped an arm around her.

"It was in my backpack, and then I- -" JJ started and I looked outside the window again. The guys were only getting closer.

"Backpack- -on the porch." John B said and we we're screwed.

"It's on the porch. It's- -" JJ said and that's when he took off.

"Go, go." John B said and that's when JJ went to the porch.

"John Routledge!" One of the guys shouted.

"They're here." I said quietly. I needed JJ to get back here.

"Guys!" Kie got out and I looked at the door.

"Come on out now! Fuck- -where's the compass?" One of them shouted and JJ came back closing the door behind him.

"Where's the gun?" John B asked him and I then saw he was empty handed.

"They're on the front porch, guys." JJ said to us and this wasn't good at all.

"Get out here!" The second guy shouted.

"Routledge! Where you at, boy?" The first one shouted and we had get out of here.

"We gotta leave!" Kie shouted and the only way out was the window. "Guys, window. Window." She said and that's when Pope and John B started to try and open the window.

"Guys, faster." I said to them as I heard glass breaking. They were getting closer.

"Hurry." Kie said to the,

"Sack this place!" One of the guys shouted.

"What- -what's happening? Why is it taking so long?" Kie asked them. That's when JJ looked back at her.

"It's painted shut, okay?" JJ asked and I looked around.

"You've got to be joking." I said with my hand on my head.

"I'll check the kitchen." I heard one of them say. John B had moved to the door to keep us barricaded in.

"Okay, guys. Guys. Here, I got it." Kie said and she handed the boys something.

"Where the hell's that compass?" I heard one of them shout from outside.

"Hey, check the back room." One of them said. They were coming. They'd be here soon.

"Come on." JJ got out.

"I'm going as fast as I can." Kie said as I went back one to the window.

"Shh..." Pope got out.

"Be quiet." John B said and that's when I heard the door handle going.

"You better not be in there!" One of the guys shouted and that's when whoever was out there started kicking the door. That's when Pope and John B fled from the door. That's when there was a gun shot. They were shooting the door in. But we were already outside. Who knew what they were doing in that room. We managed to get to the chicken coop. We watched as the two men carried crates out.

"Do something, Pope. Shut him up." JJ said to Pope as the rooster was doing what they do.

"What do you want me to do?" Pope asked him.

"Pet it, or talk to it. I don't know." Kie said and I looked at her. She was crying.

"It's going to be okay. We're safe here." I said to her and that's when the hens started clucking louder. We had to hide out of view. I was led down completely. JJ holding my hand.

"You do sometimes." Pope said and that's when JJ let go of my hand and went after the chicken. He killed it so it would be silent. That's when Kie started to cry more. I could feel the tears in my eyes but I didn't let them fall.

"Ratter! What the hell are you doin'? Let's go." The guy shouted at Ratter. I watched at they got to their truck and drive off. It was just us now. And the dead chicken. Once the coast was clear. We headed to the Twinkie.

"I mean, it's obvious, right? A family heirloom. What better place to hide a message? He had to know it was gonna get back to me, right?" John B asked potentially. I mean, who knew for sure.

"Yeah. It's possible." Kie said to him.

"It could also be possible that you're concocting wild theories to help, you know, deal with your sad feels." Pope said and that could also be it.

"Pope? Bro, you know how I profess my sad feels. Dank nugs and the stickiest of ickies, that's how I do it." JJ said to us.

"I'm not concocting, okay? My dad's trying to give me a message." John B said to us and I believed whatever he did.

"If it helps you believe, John B." Kie said and that's when JJ and I gave each other a look.

"Look, I-I don't need a therapy session, okay? Look, I'm not trippin' out." He said to us and I knew nothing we could say would help.

"It's okay to trip, bro, but- -" JJ started and that's when he was cut off.

"Look, my- -my dad is missing, okay? Missing. You don't know what it's like to have the person closest to you vanish and then have no idea what happened. Just wake up every morning wondering." John B said to us and I didn't know how it felt. Neither did I want to.

"It's been almost a year." Kie said to us and when she put it that way. It felt longer.

"Hey, he could have been kidnapped. That's definitely a possibility." JJ said and that was and hopefully it wasn't the outcome.

"Yeah, could be in a Soviet sub getting interrogated by the KGB somewhere." Pope said to him. They were just throwing things out.

"Absolutely. Uh...or Atlantis." JJ said and I gave him a look.

"I think you're going a bit far." I said to him and I shook my head.

"JJ. Look, what do you think the message is?" Kie asked John B and I wanted to know as well.

"Redfield. Redfield Lighthouse. That's my dad's favorite place." He said to us and that's when we headed towards the closed lighthouse. Once we got there, we all started piling out. We just looked at it. "Here what's going to happen. Right. You're two gonna post up and look out for bogeys, okay?" John B asked and he looked at me and JJ.

"You got it." I said to him with a nod.

"Wait...why us?" JJ asked and that's when we all looked at him.

"Because you're not coming." Pope said to him. I didn't care that I'd be keeping watch.

"Why?" JJ asked him.

"There are independent and dependent variables. You're independent. We don't know what you'll do." Pope said to him and I take it. I'd be looking after JJ.

"Shut up!" JJ said to him.

"Listen to me for a second. Pope, you Stan's look out with JJ and Y/n. Okay? I'd we better split up, we meet back at JJ's house." John B said to and now it was going to be awkward.

"Great." Kie said and her and John B started walking away.

"I'm gonna work on my merit scholarship essay, and I'm trying to keep felonies down to a minimum." Pope said and I was hating this so much.

"All right, would you just shut up already?" JJ asked as he was kicking his ball around.

"God, I hate this already." I said to them all. That's when JJ looked at me.

"Do you want me to stay over tonight?" He asked me and I looked at him with a smile.

"If I decide to go home? Please. I can't be there alone." I said to him. Soon everything was calm between him and Pope. We were all playing catch together. That was until we heard sirens.

"Oh, shit." Pope said and we started running to the Twinkie.

"We've gotta go." I said to them as we got inside. That's when JJ started driving us to his place. When Kie and John B didn't come. I knew something must've happened.

"I guess that their not coming." JJ said and he looked at me and Pope.

"Well I guess I'll go off home." Pope said to me and I looked at JJ.

"Walk me home?" I asked him as I stood up. He nodded.

"Yeah, of course." He said to me. He dropped me off home and the headed back. He'd be back later. I managed to sort a few things out before I saw the Twinkie pull up outside.

"I'm coming." I said as I climbed out my window and headed over there. Next we were heading to Figure 8 to pick up Kie.

"She says she's not coming." Pope said to us and I wonder why.

"Why not? What'd you do to her, John B?" JJ asked him and I looked at him.

"What happened when we weren't there?" I asked him and he looked like was going to avoid the question.

"Shit. Hang on. I'll deal with it." He said and he left me and JJ.

"I think I know what it is now." I said to JJ and he looked at me.

"Tell me." He said to me and I looked at him.

"I think the two of them kissed or something." I said to him and he looked at me.

"Wait like a kiss kiss?" He asked me and I looked at him and nodded.

"What else." I said to him. That's when Kie came out and we started driving away.

"You mine if I just relax on this one? It's been a long day, and a lot of weird stuff's gone down. I'm just gonna lay low. Oh, did you want a hit of this?" JJ asked and he passed his blunt to Pope.

"I keep the signal clear." Pope said and I would take it if Pope didn't want it.

"Dude, okay. Do you understand that your problem is that you don't get creative? If you got creative, then- -" JJ said and that's when I looked at him.

"Give it here." I said to him and that's when JJ passed me the blunt and I took a hit of it.

"Look, I- -I know I was wrong about the lighthouse, all right? And wrong about everything else going on. But I- -I was right about one thing. Okay? My dad is trying to tell me something." John B said and that's when we finally got to our location. "Come on, hey. Hey, come on." John B said and I looked at him.

"I'll stay behind." I said to them all. "Actually, I've changed my mind." I said and I started following them.

"I'm coming. This place is scary. John B, what are we doing?" Kie asked him and I wanted to know as well.

"Shut up. You know how you're trying to remember a song and can't remember who sings it?" John B said and I was confused at what he was getting out.

"Yeah." Kie said to him.

"So, Redfield. This whole time, I thought was a place, right? But it's not a place. It's a person." John B said to us and we arrived at a crypt.

"Voi-effing-là." JJ said to us all as we looked at the name.

"See, my great-great-grandmother Olivia Redfield. That was her maiden name. Help me with the door. Come on." John B said to Pope and that's when Pope walked forward.

"All right." Pope said to him.

"One, two, three..." Pope and John B said and that's when they started pushing.

"Go." Kie said to him.

"Are you pushing?" Pope asked him.

"Yeah, I'm pushing." John ab said and that's when JJ started to join in.

"Come on." Pope said to them.

"Hold on. I got it." JJ said and me and Kie just looked at them.

"This door is like 700 pounds. It's not gonna budge." Pope said and we needed something stronger.

"We didn't come this far to get this far, all right?" JJ said and that's when I looked at them.

"We got this." John B said to us all.

"Whoa!" Pope shouted and that's when I saw the snake.

"A snake." JJ shouted and the boys backed away.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Pope said as he backed away.

"That's a moccasin, all right. Ye olde Dr. Cottonmouth. Death in tall grass." JJ said and he started backing at the dog.

"JJ, shut up. Shut up!" Kie said to him and pushed him back.

"You're gonna wake the dead, man." Pope said to him and JJ needed to chill.

"They're afraid of dogs. Everyone knows that, man. Wait, hold on." JJ said and he went back to the crypt.

"What?" John B, Kie and I asked.

"If there's one, there's probably dozens." JJ said to us and he had a point.

"What?" Pope asked.

"All around." JJ added and that was not needed.

"Stop. You're scaring me." Kie said and that's when JJ started backing again.

"JJ quit it. Please." I said to him. I knew he wouldn't.

"Stop barking at the snakes." John B said to JJ. And he stopped.

"Look, John- -" Pope started and that's when JJ cut him off.

"Just making sure it's clear." JJ said and that's when Pope looked at him.

"Shut up. John, look." Pope said and that's when JJ looked at me.

"It's a snake." JJ said and I looked at him.

"I know it is." I said to him.

"We're not gonna get in there, all right? It's not budging. We should probably just go." Pope said and that's when I spotted something. I could see that Kie noticed it as well.

"We can get through." Kie said and she looked at me.

"Only us." I said to them.

"What?" John B asked us. "No, no, no, no. You think you're both gonna fit through the hole? That hole?" John B asked us and I looked at him and nodded.

"Look, this is about your dad. And honestly, I really don't believe in it, but you deserve to know the truth. We'll do it." Kie said and I looked at him.

"We'll be your truth finders." I said to him and that's when Kie and I went to the hole.

"Come on." Kie said and I looked at the hole.

"I'll get those- -" JJ started and I looked at them.

"Can you help us with that?" Kie asked as me and her started to move a branch out of the way.

"Ready? Come on." I said to them.

"Nearly ready." Pope said to us.

"Come on. I got it." John B said as he moved the branch.

"You got it?" Kie asked the boys.

"Yeah." Pope and John B said at the same time.

"Yeah, we got it." JJ said to us.

"Give them a boost." John B said and that's when he looked at me and Kie.

"I'm gonna boost you both, all right. I've seen it in the movies several times. Ready?" JJ said and he got ready to boost me up first.

"Remind me what we're looking for." Kie said to John B. Hopefully he knew.

"You'll know when you see it." He said to us. Well that was vague.

"Hold my flashlight." Kie said to John B and he took it. That's when JJ looked at me.

"All right, so put your hands right there." JJ said to me and I then looked at him.

"Yep. Foot..." I said to him and I looked at his hand.

"Your foot. All right, on three." He said to me and I looked at him and nodded.

"Okay then, this is happening." I said to him and that's when I got lifted up and went inside. Then it was Kie's turn.

"Okay, flashlight." She said and that's when I was hoping someone would pass it through.

"Yeah, here." Pope said and that's when we had the gift of light again.

"I guess we should start looking." I said to her. We were working with one flashlight.

"You alive? You got, like, a- -a heartbeat and everything?" John B asked us and we were alive. As far as I knew.

"So far." Kie Said to them.

"Hopefully it stays this way." I said to them all. I didn't not want to die in someone's crypt.

"That's good. That's good." John B said to us and he was all panicky for no reason.

"Yep. Uh...we need some more light." Kie said, it was still dark as anything in here.

"Yeah, yeah, here. Yeah, I gotcha." John B said and he put a lantern in.

"Is that it?" I asked Kie and we started walking closer to it.

"I think so." She said to me.

"Did you find something? Is there gold?" JJ asked us and me and Kie just looked at it.

"Oh, my god." Kie and I said at the same time this was going to be the start of everything. I could tell.