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"What's taking so long?" Sarah groans

"Pope, come on." JJ mutters

"Hey, hey." Sarah whispers hitting his shoulder. The teens look over as Pope comes up the ladder of a train a few tracks across from them. He turns to them and shines his light.

"That's it. We're green." Kie says. As they stand, they hear metal clanking, "What's happening?"

"You hear that?" JJ says. Moments later, the train Pope was on begins to move, "Train's moving. Train's moving."

"Shit, shit." Estrella mumbles as they climb down. Sarah gets down first and makes her way over to Topper.

"Hey, Sarah."

"Do you have jumper cables?" She asks opening the back door of his truck

"Here I am involved in illegal activities."

"Not that illegal."

"I'm not even close to being okay with this."

"Okay." Sarah says finding the jumper cables and closing the door

"Jumper cables. What are we doing?" He says

"Topper, if you don't wanna go, it's fine. We'll take the truck." Sarah nods

"The truck?"

"Yeah." Sarah nods again as she walks over to the others and hands the cables to JJ

"Hey, I just wanna make sure everyone here is okay with ending up in federal prison."

"Uh, if it gets to that, yeah, I'll do it for Pope." JJ says as Estrella nods agreeing with him

Topper sighs as JJ and Estrella hop on his bike while Charlotte, Kie, and Sarah get in the truck. JJ starts his bike and revs it before driving off.

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"This should be far enough." JJ says as they jump off of the bike

"All right." Estrella says following him. As JJ runs towards the tracks, he trips over his own feet. Before Estrella could stop herself, she giggles, "You good?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." He says jumping up, "All right. Oh God, you can hear it coming. Let's fry this sucker."

"All right." Estrella breathes as he gets down and connects the cables to the light by the tracks, "Okay, now, all you have to do..."

"Do your trick."

"...is change the current." He says, "Let's go."

"Don't get electrocuted, please."

"Yeah, no promises with that." He says getting down and placing both cables on one side, "Three, two, one and red."

"Moment of truth." She says as they look up at the light. Estrella frowns as it continues to blink green.

"Come on, man. Come on. Come on." JJ mumbles, "Okay. That's what he would do. That's literally what my-" He rambles as he stands, "So then it'd change red... Oh my God."

Estrella looks down at the cables as JJ continues to ramble, "Think, think, think. Okay, what if I blockaded the track? That's what I could do. Maybe put a tree?"

She unclips one of the cables, "Uh, hey. The train touches both sides of the track."

JJ watches her clip the cable onto the other side of the track. They both look up at the light, "Come on. Come on." She says as the train's horn blares in the distance, "Please, we don't have a plan B."

Estrella gasps as the light turns red, "Yes. Yes. Yes."

"That's what I'm talking about!" JJ says giving her a high five, "You're a genius. I was gonna do that."

"Science. No, it's all you." She says

"And now we wait." JJ pants as they walk over and hide behind the trees by his bike, "It's gonna work. It's gonna work."

As the train starts to come into view, it slows down tremendously. Estrella smiles as JJ turns to her, "She's slowing down."

"We got brakes, dude." She says. Their excitement is short lived as a city truck pulls up.

"Star. Back up. Back up." JJ whispers pushing her back

"Shh!" She whispers

"Shit."

"No, no, no. That's not part of the plan." She says. The two watch as two men shine their lights down on the tracks. They seem to notice the cables for a second before unhooking them. The light then turns green, "They've had enough time, right?"

•••

"Who the hell are we right now, Sarah?" Topper complains, "This is ridiculous."

"Right here." Sarah says. The brakes screech as he stops beside the car Pope and Cleo were in. Sarah, Kie, and Charlotte hop out, "How's it looking?"

"Still searching." Cleo says. Pope comes around and helps the girls in.

Topper pulls forward and Pope stops him, "That's good. That's good right there."

"You see it?" Kie asks

"Hey." Charlotte says

"What?"

"This one says Cameron. It might be this one."

Pope shines his light on it, "Cameron Development. This is it. This is the cross. This is it!"

"Hey, what are we doing here?" Topper says rounding the truck

"We're gonna put this in your truck bed."

"No, no, no. That's gonna scratch the paint."

"You'll be able to get a thousand paint jobs after we do this."

"This thing right here?"

"Just help us spot it." Sarah says as Topper reluctantly opens the trunk

"I got you." Cleo says as they start to push the box onto the truck

"All right." Kie says

"Topper, help me!" Sarah says, "Help me with the door."

"Just push it this way." He says, "My dad's gonna kill me."

"Guide it." Cleo says. The teens heads snap up as the train horn blares

"Shit." Charlotte says

"That can't be good." Pope says as they start to push faster

"Quick!" Cleo says

"Hurry up, let's go!" Pope grunts

"What is in here?" Topper asks as it lands in the truck, "It's stuck. Go back."

"Don't mess up the cross!" Pope says

"Don't mess up the truck!"

•••

"The train's starting." JJ says

"We gotta go get them."

"There goes the plan. We gotta help them." JJ says as they head toward his bike, "Come on. Come on." He says. He looks over toward the train, "Shit. All right."

As he hops onto the bike, something falls from his pocket. Estrella bends down and grabs it, "Hey, you dropped your-" She stops noticing an MC stitched into it. She frowns as she turns it over in her hands, "Why do you have this?"

JJ sighs, "If I'm gonna be accused of being a thief, might as well get something out of it."

"So, then what Kie told me was true?" She says. JJ turns away from her, "You spent that entire time being grilled by them for being a thief and you go and steal Mr. Carrera's wallet? You're just giving them ammunition.'

"Ammunition for what, Estrella?" He exclaims turning back toward her, "They're already against me. So who cares?"

"They didn't have a reason. You're giving them a reason."

"Know what?" He scoffs, "We don't have time for this. Get on."

•••

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." Pope says

"Careful, guy! Oh, stop!" Cleo yells

"Which way you want it to go?" Topper asks

"Stop!" They hear. They turn noticing an officer coming toward them, "Hey, stop!"

"We gotta go." Kie says

"Hold it right there."

"Cops. Come on." Cleo says as they rush into the truck

"The cops are coming. Let's go." Topper yells

Pope hits the top of the car from the trunk, "Punch it, Chewie!"

"Go!" Charlotte says as she, Pope, and Cleo hold onto the cross

"How the hell can you live like this? You come from a good family." Topper says

"Just drive!" Kie and Sarah yell. Topper honks at the officer as he gets closer. The man eventually jumps out of the way as Topper drives off.

•••

"Get on the bike, Estrella." JJ says firmly. The two turn upon hearing sirens. They see a truck drive by, "That's Top. And that's the cross. Get on!"

JJ revs the engine as Estrella hops on. She wraps her arms around his waist right before he drives off.

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