"Okay, you're telling me Denmark Tanny decided to hide the cross here?" JJ asked in disbelief as they entered the old, abandoned church.

"Everybody, just spread out." Kie encouraged.

"Okay, well, if I was a cross and wanted to be hidden in an old church, where would I hide?" John B spoke out loud in questioning.

"If I was a cross, i'd be the most sexy cross ever." Rio said said she looked under the benches some.

"Probably the super shiny kind." Pope agreed with her.

"Are you sure that Denmark hid the cross here, Pope?" JJ spoke up in questioning, "Like, are we at the right church?"

"It's gotta be here somewhere, guys." Pope shook his head, standing at the alter.

"What if we have to push a secret button or, like, okay, like a..a certain chord, and then all of a sudden, the ground beneath us reveals the catacombs or something on which we stand?" JJ spoke up as he looked down at the ground, standing near the piano.

"It's not an escape room." Kie rolled her eyes.

"It's gotta be in here!" Pope snapped suddenly.

"Sorry. I'm sorry." JJ rose his hands in defense.

"We'll find it." Rio reassured Pope.

"I can't see where they'd hide a giant cross here." John B said, taking note of the lack of hiding spots around them. Rio smacked him in the arm.

"No, no. There's no way he would set us up on a freaking goose chase that would lead us to a church that has nothing." Pope stressed as he threw his arms around, eyes wide.

"Yes, I get it. I don't know what to tell you, man." John B shook his head.

"The clues led us here. The cross is in this church." Pope repeated.

"Pope, it'll be all right." John B stated as Pope threw himself onto one of the benches, "We've had setbacks in the past, and we figured it out."

"When i'm feeling unsexy, which is rare, I have to shut my eyes a second." Rio nodded as she waved her hands for everyone to do so. "Now, picture the hottest version of yourself, and remind yourself that they are who you will be all the time. In this case, we're going with the most intelligent versions of ourselves. Let's all picture it."

A few moments passed before JJ spoke up. "I already feel smarter."

"That's the spirit." Rio agreed.

"We've just gotta think about this logically, all right?" John B went along with Rio calming state, "Where else would you hide a seven-foot-tall cross made of gold?"

Pope lowered the eyeglass, staring up at the ceiling.

"What?" JJ asked as Pope stood up.

They followed his gaze to, what appeared to just be part of the wood built on the ceiling. With a harder look, it had been clear it was shaped like crosses.

"Oh my god. Look at that." Kie gapped.

"Knew the smartest versions our ourselves would pay off." Rio smiled before Pope began to climb the wall. "No! Not the Spider-Man versions of ourselves!"

"Hey, no!" JJ shouted at him.

"Now Pope's climbing the wall." John B voiced.

"Yo! This church's got to be at least two hundred years old." JJ called as Pope crawled to the top.

"He's right, Pope. It's too dangerous." John B added in.

"Pope!" Kie yelled out.

"Pope, don't be a hero, man!" Rio called up to him. "Isn't that what you say?"

"All right, this ones solid wood." Pope said as he hit one of the ceiling posts, "I'm gonna try the other beam."

"Pope, that's rotten as shit right there, okay?" JJ spoke up.

Pope knocked on the next post.

"Pope, I hate to break it to you, but that's wood." JJ scratched the back of his neck.

"It has to be here. I know it." Pope spoke as he rose to his feet on the beam.  He walked around the post in the middle.

"Pope, you are the only one that can pull off looking good while crouched like a frog." Rio nodded. "Aside myself."

"Don't encourage him." Kie gapped at her.

"Bro, just watch out for that giant wasp nest right above your head," JJ called out to him, taking notice.

"Just move slow, all right? Nice and easy." John B added in.

Pope stumbled, the girls gasped on sync.

"Woah, hey!" JJ hollered out.

"Pope!" Rio called in a panic. "Nope, nope, nope, back down. Let's go!"

"God!" Sarah huffed.

"Look, i'm fine." Pope gasped as he looked at the post, "It's hallow. Go get me a crowbar!"

"What are you gonna do, Pope?" JJ asked as Sarah hurried toward the twinkie, "I don't want this entire church to collapse on top of us."

"Yeah, that would be extremely unhygienic." Rio inhaled deeply as she held JJ's hand, starting to worry too much for Pope.

"Hey. Pope." Sarah called as she walked back in with it.

"Throw it." he encouraged.

"Everybody watch your head." John B said as they all back up. JJ pulled Rio to the side as she smooshed together, Sarah threw it up as he caught it.

"Pope, there's the wasp nest right up there, okay?" John B pointed by Pope's head, "Just move slow, all right?"

Pope began hitting the wood with the crowbar, wood falling down toward them.

"What is that?" Sarah questioned as they noticed something was inside of the wood. "It's here!"

"You did it, bubby." JJ grinned up at him.

"Oh my god!" Rio yelled as she threw her hands up. "The sexy cross!"

"What is that?" Sarah laughed.

"Holy shit!" Kie cheered with a laugh of her own.

"We did it!" JJ yelled as he wrapped his arms around John B.

Pope yelled in shock and excitement.

"You did it!" Rio yelled to him.

"We did it! We did it!" Pope called down to them with a huge smile across his face, "Okay, they're stringing now. Ow!"

The crowbar came down, slapping at the wasp stings on his neck. Pope suddenly lost his balance, falling over the side and holding onto the wood for dear life.

"Oh shit." Rio gripped onto JJ. "Pope, try to pull your leg around!"

"Hold on, Pope!" Kie yelled in fear.

"Cushions!" Sarah yelled as they all spread out, moving things and grabbing all the cushions.

"I can't hold on!" Pope called.

"Yes, you can!" Rio tried to encourage. "Now's the time to picture your Spider-Man self!"

"I'm slipping!" Pope hollered as they stacked the cushions under him, his hand letting go as he plummeted down onto the cushions.

"Pope, are you okay?" Kie asked as they all hurried to help him up.

Pope's eyes went wide as he stared directly above him, rolling over quickly as they all backed up. The golden cross fell down, hitting the cushions suddenly as they all barely got out of the way. Rio held him to her chest with a deep inhale. JJ leaned down and put his arms around her.

"Pope, are you okay?" Kie repeated as she looked at the trio.

"Yeah, I'm good. Just give me, like, one second to, like, catch my breath." Pope breathed heavily in Rios arms, she began to fan him.

"You did it, Pope." John B gushed as they all looked mesmerized by the cross.

"Pope, she's beautiful." JJ gasped as he looked over it.

"I've never seen anything like it." Sarah laughed.

"Well, here's why Limbrey wanted that key so bad." John B said as he looked at the keyhole.

"Think there's actually magic?" Rio exhaled as Pope got out of her arms.

"Oh, sure." Kie agreed with a snort.

"How much you think she's worth? Like, if we melted her old bones down, dude, I'm talking like high billions." JJ spoke quickly as his excitement got the very best of him.

"No, this belongs in a museum." John B stopped him.

"So no one sees her?" JJ asked John B in disbelief.

"In a museum where everybody sees it." John B shook his head.

"Are you kidding?" JJ asked.

"Hey! It's my ancestors' cross." Pope cut them both short.

"Right, okay. All right, all right." JJ nodded.

"This is bigger than money, and the worlds gotta know the truth." Pope breathed heavily as he gripped the base of the bench.

"Like, hire a writer and make the entire story known in a form of Denmarks POV." Rio nodded her head. "I know a publisher, big deal."

"Yes. And if we don't get this shit out of here before Limbrey gets here, nobody's gonna know. So saddle up." John B announced. "Publisher later."

"Yup, publisher later." Rio for one her side. "Which we can pay with our super sexy cross."

"Super sexy cross." JJ agreed.

They all grabbed different sides of the cross, "John B, you're gonna pull, all right? Pull down."

"I'm gonna pull down. You guys pull up. Ready? One, two, three." John B spoke as the six all attempted to move the cross, lifting and pulling as hard as they could.

"No one looks hot doing this." Rio winced as she lifted as hard as she could.

"Who's not lifting right now?" JJ spoke up as they all carried a heavyweight, moving it a few feet forward.

"Okay, guys. I can't, I can't." Pope said quickly as he began to lower.

"No, no, no, no!"

"Pope! Hang in there! No, no, no."

They all dropped it when Pope let his side go, the cross falling back on the floor. Kie and Rio nearly collapsed on the other.

"Damn it, yo! You almost dropped it on my foot!" JJ shouted at Sarah suddenly.

"Cause I'm the only one lifting it!" Sarah defended herself.

"Okay, okay, okay! Listen, we'll make like a sling, like a little-" John B began trying to reason.

"Yeah, and then we put it on the tail hitch." JJ nodded alongside him.

"Guys! I'm not okay. I'm not okay." Pope announced as he clutched his chest.

Pope sat down, looking up with swollen eyes and cheeks.

"Woah, hey." Rio leaned down on his level and grabbed his face. "Guys, he's actually started to swell up really bad."

"Allergic reaction." the Cameron girl gapped.

"You don't look too good bro." JJ said as they crowded him in a panic.

"I can't-" Pope began gasping for air.

"He can't breath." Rio panicked.

Pope suddenly collapsed.

"It's okay, it's okay." Rio reassured him quickly as she got his arms. "John B, get his feet!"

"JJ, try and hide it." John B said, referring to the cross as they all lifted Pope off the ground.

"JJ! We gotta go!" Kie called out as JJ ran out of the church.

"Pope, what do you need, buddy?" JJ called out to him in a panic. Pope began hitting his arm. Rio held onto him, getting his feet elevation onto the seat.

"A shot." Kie said in confirmation.

"Where's the first hospital?" Rio panic as she held onto Pope.

"I know where to go! Give me the keys!" JJ yelled toward the back

"They're in the ignition!" Kie answered as JJ jumped in.

"Hang on, Pope! We're going!" JJ called as he stepped on the gas.

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happy pride!