When John B said we know it when we see it. I was expecting to see it straight away. There was a package in there. Kie took it and passed it through to the boys. "That's not gold." Pope said as he passed it back. That's when Kie and I started to clamber out.

"Holy shit. This is from my dad." John B said to us. He looked around at all of us as well. That's when we heard a vehicle approaching.

"Code red. Code red. Square groupers! Square groupers!" JJ said, we had to run.

"Go." Kie and I said. Whoever this was, they knew to look here.

"It's the guys who robbed your house." JJ said to us and we started to hide.

"Light!" Kie shouted at guys.

"Light." Pope said and that's when he turned his light out. "Turn your light off, man!" Pope said to JJ and that's when he turned his light off for him.

"John B? Your light!" Kie said and that's when all of our lights were off. Leaving us in darkness.

"I see something!" The guy asked that got out of the vehicle.

"Do you think it's them?" Kie asked and I looked at her.

"It has to be." I said to her.

"Homie's got a gun." JJ said to us. If we were found. We were dead.

"Screw this." Kie said and that's when we turned our lights on and started running.

"Right here!" One of them shouted and that's when we started climbing over the gate.

"Hurry up!" JJ shouted at Pope.

"Go!" Kie shouted and we could hear the men shouting behind us.

"Guys, I'm stuck." Pope said to us and he was.

"Pope, come on man!" JJ said to him and we couldn't leave Pope here.

"All right, guys..." John B said and that's when he headed over to him.

"I'm coming." I said to him.

"I got you." Kie said to him. I was hoping we wouldn't have to hurt Pope to get him free.

"No. Pope, don't move, okay?" JJ said and I looked back and he'd cocked the gun. Pointing it at Pope.

"Christ, JJ." I said as I looked at him. That's when John B went over to get the gun away.

"You're gonna rip me. Wait. You're gonna rip me!" Pope shouted and that's when I heard a rip.

"You're fine. Come on." Kie shouted as Pope shorts ripped off.

"Pope, come on!" John B shouted at him.

"Nice! Come on, dude. It's a little Tootsie Roll." JJ said making Kie and I start laughing.

"Come on!" She shouted as we got to the Twinkie.

"Get in!" JJ said to us.

"Stupid!" Kie said to him while laughing.

"Let's go." I said as Kie closed the door.

"Come on." Kie said and that's when we headed off into the darkness. Leaving whoever it was behind. That's when we headed back to John B's. I was staying here the night.

"That bread had mold on it three days ago." Pope said to JJ who was currently in the kitchen.

"I'll just pull off the bad parts. Plus, mold is good for you. It's just a natural organism." JJ said and I looked at him.

"Not that much mold." I said to him while shaking my head.

"JJ!" Kie shouted and that's when he started coming over to us.

"Yup, yup, yup! Hot damn! Let's do it." JJ said and that's when John B tore open the envelope.

"Mmm..." JJ got out before he gagged. He then walked away to put his moldy sandwich mouthful in the trash. When he's come back. John B had gotten the content of the envelope out. There was some kind of map.

"Holy shit." John B got out. I had no idea what this meant.

"Oh. X marks the spot." Pope said and he pointed to the X on the map.

"Longitude, latitude. Wait, there's somethin' else in there." John B said and he pulled on the other thing. A tape recorder.

"What's that?" JJ asked us and I gave him a confused look.

"It's a tape recorder, dumbass." Kie said and that's when John B pressed it to play.

"Der Bird." We heard John B's dad say.

"Who's Bird?" JJ asked and I looked at him.

"That's what my dad called me." John B said to us.

"I hate to say, 'I told you so,' but I told you so. And you doubted your old man. I suspect at this moment, 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." He said and we could hear clattering on the recorder. "You were probably right to call me out. Wasn't exactly Father of the Decade. What can I say, kid? I could smell the barn. And hopefully, we're listenin' to this in our brand new sugar-shack down in Costa Rica, livin' off passive investments and pulling on permits. If not, and you 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, kid. I love you, Bird, even if I didn't always act like it. I'll see you on the other side." John B's dad said on the tape and that was it. That's when he got up walked to the door frame.

"Holy shit, he did it! Big John- -He found the Merchant- -" JJ said and I know he was excited but John B was hurting.

"Can you...can you please?" Kie said and I looked at him.

"It's not the time. Although I know you mean well." I said to him and he looked at me and Kie.

"Sorry." JJ said to us as John B was sobbing. Kie went over to him and hugged him. Later on that night. We went outside and started the lanterns up to sit around. Kie was strumming on her ukulele.

"How much was it again?" JJ asked us.

"Five hundred mil." Pope said and that's when JJ signed.

'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. Protection? Not cheap, okay?" JJ said and I guess this wasn't going to be an even split at all.

"You haven't trained. You've done zero training." Pope said to him and that's when JJ looked at him.

"YouTube, bro! That's at least a five perfect bump right there." JJ said and that wasn't training at all.

"You haven't- -" Pope started and there was no arguing with JJ.

"Any objections? Didn't think so." JJ said and Kie and I put our hands up.

"Yeah." Pope said to him.

"I don't hear any, so..." JJ said and Kie and I looked at each other.

"What are you gonna so with your 100 mil, Pope?" Kie asked him and Pope looked at us.

"Pay for college in advance. And also, textbooks. Those are expensive." Pope said to us and that's when Kie looked at me.

"Y/n, what are you gonna do?" She asked me and I looked at her.

"I plan on using it on moving out. Find someplace out to stay. A nice big farm in the middle of nowhere sounds good to me. But still near a beach so that I can surf." I said with a smile on my face.

"What about you, Kie?" JJ asked her.

"Yeah, what does a socialist do when she's rich?" Pope asked her and she chuckled.

"Just wanna make a double album. About OBX, the Pogues." Kie said making us laugh a little. "You know, the watch Catch a Fire is about Kingston. Record it at Marley Studio, Peter Tosh producing." Kie said and that's when Pope looked at her.

"Peter Tosh is dead." Pope said to her.

"Peter Tosh is dead. I know. Spirit of Peter Tosh will never die." Kie said and she held her beer.

"And cheers to that." I said to her and we clinked cans.

"I know what I'll do. I'm gonna get a big ass house on Figure Eight and go full Kook." JJ said to us and I couldn't see him in that lifestyle.

"You're gonna go full Kook?" Pope asked him and I wanted to see that.

"Yup. Gonna get a marble statue of myself, and then I'm gonna get a koi pond. Put a bunch of those fish- -" JJ started and that's when Kie looked at him.

"I'm never visiting." Kie said to him.

"And I won't be either." I said to him.

"What are you gonna do, JB?" Pope asked him and it was silent for a minute.

"To going full Kook." He said to us all.

"To going full Kook!" We all said and clicked cans. When the next day came around we went out on the boat.

"You guys see that? That's the Malibu 24-MXZ, the worlds finest wakesetter. Number one in luxury, quality, and performance. 200K, easy." JJ said to us as we saw it coming towards us.

"We picked the wrong parents." Pope said to us and I looked at him.

"You can say that again." I said to him.

"I hate to break it to you guys, but that's Topper and his girlfriend." Kie said and it really was Topper and Sarah Cameron. "You don't have to act like you don't see us, bitch." Kie said as we went past. I wonder what they were going to be getting up to. At the same time. I didn't really care. After our little outing we then went to the Twinkie. We had some hunting to do.

"All right, keep a look out. We're behind enemy lines." JJ said and he got his gun out the glovebox.

"Yo, come on, man. Just put it back." JB said to him.

"What?" JJ asked him.

"JJ." John B said to him.

"You can never be too careful." JJ said ans that was true but we didn't need a gun.

"Hey, I predict that bringing a weapon to a four-star hotel will likely cause more problems than they solve." Pope said and that was true.

"Thank you, Pope." John B said to him but I knew that JJ wouldn't listen.

"I swear to god, I'm gonna throw that thing in the ocean, JJ. Put it back." Kie said to him and that's when I looked at him.

"Not everything needs a gun involved I said to him and that's when I headed outside.

"There you go." Pope said to him.

"You can't grab a gun like that. Can't forget my badge." JJ said as he got out the Twinkie. "Professional busboy." JJ said move he was out.

"So, where are we going now?" Pope asked him.

"We're getting on the internet because only rich people have electricity right now. This way!" JJ said as we headed inside the club. "Andrew!" JJ shouted as we went through the kitchen.

"All right?" Andrew asked him.

"What's up, bro?" Someone asked him.

"Mama L, good yo see you!" JJ said to her as he tried to take some food.

"Hey, no! JJ!" She said as she slapped his hand.

"Mm-hm. See, they got the backup generators going? Kooks don't miss a beat." JJ said as we went through the clubhouse. That's when he took us into a room with a desktop.

"Sweet Lord, the internet!" Pope said and he ran towards the desktop.

"John B." Kie said to him and he came in. JJ then closed the door.

"I've missed you." Pope said to the machine.

"Let me get in there. Gotta check out my Insta models." JJ said and I shook my head.

"You can do that another time." I said to him.

"We don't have time for that." Kie said to him and we didn't. We had better things to be looking at.

"Hey. Hey! Hey! I got the map!" John B said and he got the map out.

"Coordinates, please?" Pope asked.

"34° 57' 30'' north. 75° 55' 42'' west." John B read out and Pope typed it in. That's when it showed us the location. "Boom, continental shelf right there." John B said to us.

"Well, if it's off the deep end, it's not gonna be much of a treasure hunt, is it?" Pope asked us.

"Come in, baby. Come on." JJ said as the map was zoomed in even more.

"Shit, it's on the high side. It's only 900 feet." John B said and that was doable I guess.

"That's not too deep." JJ said to us.

"Is that doable or something?" Kie asked and I looked at her.

"Kind of." I said to her.

"Yeah, totally doable." JJ said to her and that's when Pope looked at him.

"Will we be taking your personal submarine?" Pope asked him and we must be.

"How do you know this, Mr. Dive Master?" John B asked JJ and I looked at him as well.

"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." JJ said to us and we could use something like that.

"Can your dad get his grimy little hands on that?" John B asked and hopefully he could.

"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." JJ said to us. We just needed to retrieve it.

"How much did you say was on the Royal Merchant again?" Kie asked us all.

"500 million." John B said to her.

"500 mil." JJ said to her. That was a lot of money.

"500 million dollars?" Kie asked them. Making sure she heard right.

"Yep." JJ said to her.

"No. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. No!" Pope said and he stood by the door.

"Pope! Move. Guys, that's too- -" Pope started and I went over to him.

"Pope, please." I said to him. We needed that camera.

"Come on." Kie said and that's when Pope got out the way. We all started to set off.

"Can't we do anything legal for money?" Pope asked us and it might help if we had the money to do that.

"Go." John B said and that's when we started off to the salvage yard. Once we left we went to the Twinkie. "Pope, we're not stealing the drone. We're borrowing it." John B said to us. Maybe we'd give it back. Maybe we wouldn't.

"'Humans are the only animal that can't tell fantasy from reality.'" Pope said to us and that sounded like a quote to me. I saw that JJ was rolling up a blunt.

"Did you come up with that?" John B asked him.

"Albert Bernstein came up with it, but it applies to this whole treasure-hunting thing." Pope said to us and it went silent.

"Oh." John B and I both got out.

"So, which is it? Fantasy or reality?" Pope asked us and I looked at him confusedly.

"Why are you so weird, Pope?" JJ asked and I looked at him.

"I guess it's reality until it becomes fantasy." I said to him and that's when Kie looked at me.

"It's fantasy, but possible reality." Kie said to us and we had opposite views. Interesting.

"Reality." John B said to us and it went silent for a second.

"Virtual reality." JJ said as he went to light his blunt. But Pope took it from him.

"Keep the signal clear." Pope said and that's when we stopped.

"You know what your problem is?" JJ asked Pope.

"You?" Pope answered.

"No! It's that you need to relax, man. You're always so tense!" JJ said to Pope and I just put my head in my hands.

"I'm not too tense." Pope said to us and I looked at him.

"You're a bit tense." I said to him and he looked at me.

"I'm not." He said to me and that's when JJ and I shared a look.

"Hey, don't worry. You got this." John B said to Kie.

"It's not me that I'm worried about." Kie said and I knew what she meant.

"Got it. Let's hope this works." John B said and that's when the four of us went to watch it all unfold.

"How's it going with Kiara?" JJ asked him. I wondered as well.

"It's not awkward, weird, or anything." John B said and clearly it was.

"Sure it isn't." I said to him.

"Yeah. Honestly, I did not think you were gonna actually listen to me." JJ said to him and I didn't either.

"What?" John B asked him.

"I was 100 percent sure she was into you. Pope and Y/n would agree." JJ said and I looked forwards.

"Ehh..." Pope and I got out.

"So, like, Kie, she, like, definitely gave you the Heisman?" JJ asked him.

"Oh, no question. Yup." John B said to us.

"Gotcha." JJ said and he let out a chuckle.

"Maybe she's just into somebody else." Pope said and I looked at them.

"Why does it even matter who she's seeing." I said to them and they looked at me and went silent.

"Go! Go, go, go, go." JJ said when our cue was there. That's when we ran inside of the salvage yard. Time to find that drone. JJ scrambled the code to the padlock in but it wasn't right.

"Do you have the right numbers?" Pope asked him and JJ looked at the post-it.

"All right, so I might have the wrong numbers." JJ said to us and I put my hands on my head. That was it.

"Ah, damn it!" Pope shouted and I looked at them.

"Right, goodbye Merchant." I said to them all and that's when a dog came over to us.

"Oh! Hey!" JJ shouted as it ran to us.

'That's a cougar. Never mind." John B said and he ran off. I couldn't believe that.

"Hi! No, stay there! Good boy. No, you're okay!" JJ said and he ran. Pulling me with him.

"What about Pope?" I asked and Pope was still there.

"Pope, run!" JJ shouted at him but Pope didn't move.

"Back off! Back off! Back off!" Pope shouted whilst waving a stick around but it wasn't working.

"I got a toy, boy! Wait, no. I was just kidding. Shit! Okay, sit!" JJ shouted as the dog started chasing me and him.

"I didn't want to run today." I said as we were running. That's when JJ took my hand so we wouldn't be separated. Although we now had no idea where John B or Pope where.

"Don't let go of my hand." JJ said as we kept running.

"Wait, there!" I shouted as I saw a ladder leading up to a ship.

"You go up first." JJ said and I climbed the ladder as quick as I could. JJ behind. We then had to stay hidden.

"Whoever's up there better come on out! I mean it! Don't make me go up there and get your ass!" The guy shouted and we were so screwed.

"Wait, Bobby! Don't shoot. It's me, JJ. Luke's kid? I've got my girl with me as well." JJ said as he stood up hands up. That's when I stood up as well. Hands up.

"What are you doin'?" Bobby asked us and I looked at JJ.

"I swear, okay? We didn't want to, okay?" JJ said to him and I was hoping he had a girl reason.

"Tebow, quiet!" Bobby said to the dog.

"My dad made us." He said to him.

"Don't you lie." Bobby said to him.

"He told me Captain kept his cutting torch. You know, after he got fired. He said if I didn't get it for him, he was gonna...he was gonna bit me again." JJ said and it was sounding believable.

"Son of a bitch!" Bobby said to him.

"I'm sorry." JJ said and he started to sob.

"It's okay baby." I said to him and I hugged him. He hugged me back.

"Come on down." Bobby said to us both and we started on our way down. "I almost killed you!" Bobby said to us both.

"I know." JJ said as he climbed down the ladder.

"Here! Come on. Come on." Bobby said to Tebow. That's when I started climbing down the ladder.

"I'll just come up with somethin'. Tell him I couldn't find it." JJ said and that's when I got down to the bottom.

"Mm-hm. All right." Bobby said to him.

"Sorry." JJ said to him and I looked at him.

"So sorry." I said to him and JJ and I walked off. When we were out of earshot I looked at him. "Your girl? That's what you came up with." I said to him and he looked at me.

"Don't act like I haven't been trying to call you that officially for years." He said to me and I looked at him.

"Maybanks, maybe one day." I said to him and he looked at me.

"Oh, I know it'll happen one day." He said to me with a smirk. And I knew it would as well. Maybe one the rules got less strict. When night came we got back in the Twinkie.

"Stealing drones makes you hungry." Kie said to us all as we started to get out.

"What I would do to a beer and shrimp and grits right now." JJ said as he got out.

"Don't even tempt." I said to him as I got out.

"It would not be pretty." Pope said and that's when we went into Kie's family restaurant.

"Hey, Dad." Kie said to him as we went in.

"Hey." Mr. C said to her.

"How'd we do?" Kie asked him.

"Didn't turn it over once." He said to her.

"It's probably just bad luck because of the storm." Kie said and we went to Stan's outside. I saw Mr. C look at us.

"I'm so hungry." John B said as we looked around the place.

"It just smells so good." I said to them. I was hoping we'd get fed.

"Sit down!" Kie said to us after a minute. We were in luck.

"Oh!" John B got out happily. That's when we took a seat at a table.

"Oh, yes!" JJ said and that's when got given our food.

"This is heaven." I said with a smile as I started eating. Kie was serving us. That's when everyone had left she was dancing with John B.

"Y/n, may I have this dance with you?" JJ asked and I looked at him.

"I'm always down for a dance." I said to him and the two of us got up and started dancing. Smiling and laughing the whole time. Later that night JJ walked me home.

"Want me to stay?" He asked as I climbed in through my window. I then looked at him. I could hear my parents shouting and throwing things around.

"Please." I said to him and he looked at me and nodded.

"Of course. I'll stay." He said to me and he got in. He held me barricade my door more. No one was coming in. I changed into sleep wear before getting into bed. JJ's was on the floor. I looked at him.

"You can get in my bed." I said to him and he looked at me.

"You see, I think the floor is comfortable." He said to me trying to be a gentleman.

"Bullshit." I said to him and he got into my bed.

"You got me." He said with a smile and that's when I laid on my side. Looking at him. He did the same. That's when I kissed him.

"Thank you for protecting me." I said to him and that's when he kissed me.

"I always will." He said to me and he looked at me. "Can I call you my girl yet?" He asked me and I looked at him with a smile.

"I guess you can." I said to him and that's when he kissed me. More passionately this time. It was long until he was on top of me. "JJ we can't. If my parents find out, they'll kill you." I said to him and he looked at me.

"I'm already dead to them. Why not add more fuel to the fire." He said to me and I looked at him.

"That's very true." I said to him and we kissed again. Going all the way. When I woke up in the morning my head was on JJ's chest. I then looked up at him. "Good morning." I said to him and he kissed me.

"Good morning yo you too." He said to me and I looked at the time.

"We've got to go." I said to him and the two of us got dressed before heading to John B's. We had to get the drone down today.

"What's this right here?" JJ asked and he looked at something on the drone box.

"Don't touch that. I'm trying to work out this thing." Pope said to us. Both Kie and John B were under the water.

"This is all too complicated." I said and I looked around on the screen.

"God bless geeks, Pope. Truly, man. What would we do without you to control the drones?" JJ  asked and that's when JB and Kie resurfaced.

"It's not a drone. It's an ROV." Pope said to us and wasn't that practically the same thing.

"Shut up. Shut up. It's too early for that right now." JJ said to him and it really was.

"Hey, once we get footage of the wreck, we'll bring it to a lawyer in town and file a formal claim." JB said to us and as if the they'd allow us to have the money.

"It's bullshit. Why do we have to do that?" JJ asked and I looked at them all.

"It's not like they'd let us have the money." I said to them. We were Pogues. They'd want the Kook's to get the money.

"Well, there is maritime salvage law. You can't just go to the ocean floor and scoop a bunch of stuff up." Pope said and I knew that. I think we all did.

"I know. I know. It's just lawyers aren't cheap, bro." JJ said and we'd lose half the money just funding one.

"As soon as they see the footage, they'll work for a comp." John B said and I highly doubt that as well.

"How do you know all of that?" Kie asked him and I wanted to know as well.

"'Cause my dad said it, like, a million times." John B said that was fair to say the least.

"Yeah, that's fair." Kie said to him.

"This tether is, like, really long. In the wrong weather, it could get pushed around." Pope said to us and hopefully the weather wouldn't change.

"Then we'll go at dead calm." John B said to us and Kie and him started coming out the water. That's when we heard thunder rumble.

"Looks, like this is going to have to wait." I said to them all.

"At slack tide?" Kie asked and that sounded right.

"So now, we just gotta wait around for the right weather. And today is not that day." Pope said as the thunder started to roll in. That's when I went home. My parents would be working at this time so the coast would be clear. I ate food from the fridge and then washed up. I then headed out to The Wreck. When I got there I saw Mr. C.

"Oh, hey, Y/n. Are you looking for Kiara?" He asked me and I looked at him.

"No, I was looking for you actually." I said to him and he looked at me confused.

"Oh. Is it everything okay?" He asked me I looked at him.

"I was wondering if you had any work for me. Waitressing or out in the kitchen. I'll do anything." I said to him and he looked at me with a smile.

"I have a waitressing job that I need someone to fill in. It's yours if you want it." He said to me with a smile and I looked at him with one.

"Really. Thank you. I can start tomorrow." I said to him with a smile and he looked at me. He held his hand out for me to shake it.

"I'll see you tomorrow." He said to me and I shook it. That's when I went back to my house to get my surfboard. It was the perfect time to go out. I saw Pope and JJ on the sand.

"Y/n, care to join." JJ said to me and I looked at him.

"Of course." I said to him. That's when Pope looked at me. He had wounds on his face.

"Are you okay?" I asked and he looked at me and nodded.

"I'm fine." He said to me. I hope that he was.

"Hey, save some waves for us." JJ shouted at John B and Kie as we took off into the water.

"Hey, where you been?" Kie asked us and that's when we started to ride the waves. All of us just having fun. Later that night we headed back to John B's. Laying on the hammocks. JJ and I shared on together.

"You really think it's out there? Like, no bullshit?" Pope asked us and I think it was. I was hoping to prove it as well.

"My father thought it was." John B said to us.

"But do you?" Pope asked and there was a rumble of thunder.

"After hearing his voice on that tape...I think I do." John B said to him and I saw that JJ had a blunt out.

"Can I get some of that?" I asked him and he looked at me.

"There you go." He said and he passed it to me allowing me to take a hit of it. I then gave it back to him.

"Thanks." I said to him with a smile.

"Look, we're gonna find it, you know? Even JJ and Y/n believe." Kie said to them and I looked at them.

"Well, it's gotta be out there. We've got to be the ones to find it." I said with a smile on my face.

"Oh, my God, JJ, do you really believe?" John B asked him and I knew he was shocked that I believed as well.

"Totally. Wait. Are we talking five mil?" JJ asked us.

"Five hundred mil." Kie and Pope said at the same time.

"Jinx." Kie said to Pope.

"I'm gonna dream about shipwrecks. Good night, Bird!" JJ said as he led back.

"Good night, bird shit!" John B said making him chuckle. That's where we all slept. During the night JJ ended cuddling but still no one knew in the group that we were together. The morning sun rose. We went back out on the water. Slack tide. Perfect for the camera to go down. "All right, JJ. Pin it here." John B said to him.

"Roger that! X marks the spot." JJ said and that's when we got the boat into position.

"All right, ladies and gentlemen. To going full Kook." John B said and he put the camera in. I was watching how my length we had left. "All right, JJ, we're right over it. Ten seconds northwest." John B shouted to him.

"Got it! Ten seconds northwest." JJ said to us all.

"100 hundred feet." Kie said and I looked at her.

"Already?" I asked.

"What? What, what, what, what?" John B asked and I looked over at him. What happened.

"It's nothing." Pope said and I looked at him.

"Really?" I asked him. That's when John B groaned.

"Sorry, I thought- -" Pope got out.

"Don't do that to me, man. Come on, bro!" JJ said to him.

"My bad. I just thought I saw..." Pope started and I looked at how much line we had left. "And to quote The Hobbit, 'down, down, to Goblin Town. Down, down, you go, my lad.'" Pope said and I'd never watched it or read it.

"400 hundred feet!" Kie shouted and she had it marked down. "The tides turning!" She shouted at us.

"We need to move again." I said to them. We wouldn't be anywhere near it now.

"Hey, JJ?" John B asked to get his attention.

"Yup?" JJ said to him.

"Ten seconds easy. South-southeast." John B said to him.

"Copy that!" JJ shouted at he moved the boat.

"JJ, 20 seconds mid-speed, all right? South." John B said to him and I went to go and stand by JJ.

"Copy that! Aye, aye. Come on. Keep the tether out of the prop!" JJ shouted. That was going to be hard.

"I'm trying!" Kie shouted and this wasn't going to be good.

"JJ, keep going!" John B shouted at him.

"You got this." I said to JJ. 

"John B, is that good?" JJ asked him. I was hoping it was.

"We're good! We're good!" John B shouted and I was hoping we could get a vision of the ship soon.

"Good job." I said to him with a smile and I headed back out to Kie. "How far?" I asked her.

"Okay, 700 feet!" She said. We could hear thunder crashing. We had to work quicker.

"JJ hold it steady!" John B shouted.

"Okay, 900!" Kie shouted we were so close.
"JJ, we'll turtle in this storm." John B said to him and we would.

"920!" Kie shouted and this storm was picking up.

"Crank it north by northwest! Ten seconds!" John B said and I went to see JJ again.

"Stay in here. Be my lucky charm." He said to me and I went over and placed my hand on his.

"I won't leave you alone in here." I said y to him with a nod.

"There's too much current! We're gonna lose it!" Kie shouted and there was another crash of thunder.

"South, southwest, JJ! Hard!" John B shouted at him. I was just looking ahead. "Half speed. Steady at this bearing, JJ!" JB shouted. I couldn't hear what was happening outside now. "Steady here, JJ! Steady here. Quarter speed, all right?" JB said to him and that's when I headed back outside. I looked at the screen.

"Is that what I think it is?" I asked with a smile.

"Oh, good god." Pope said when he saw it.

"See anything?" JJ asked us and we sure did.

"It's the Royal merchant." John B said as he was on the camera.

"We found it." I said with a smile. I couldn't believe that we'd found it. Now we needed to find its secrets.