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"Portis!" A guard yells, "Are you in here?"

"Yo, I got them up here! There's two of them!" JJ yells

"Where you at, mate? Portis?"

"Yeah, yeah! Take a left at the hallway. The stairway's right on your right." JJ says before coming up the stairs, "He's coming. Y'all ready?"

"Yeah." Charlotte, Cleo, and Pope nod

"Okay." JJ nods before continuing up the stairs

"Okay." Pope says and then turns to the girls, "Hey, remember, you hit him in the legs. I'm gonna go for the gun."

"No, you're too slow." Cleo says, "I go for the gun. You go for the legs."

"No. I'm gonna go for the gun."

"You guys-" Charlotte tries

"Why do you have to argue everything?" Cleo says

"Portis!"

"Shh. He's coming." Charlotte says quickly shutting them up before they run the other way

"Up here! One more flight of stairs now!" JJ says, "You're almost there! You're coming, right?"

"Yeah!"

"Okay!"

"Portis?"

"Oh yeah! No, I'm still here. You just gotta come right in here!" JJ shouts from another room

"All right, Portis."

"Come on in!" JJ says before he hides

"I'm coming in!" The guard says. Seconds later, the door flies open revealing John B and Sarah tied together.

"Please untie us." John B says

"Help." Sarah breathes

"All right. Keep your hands still." The guard says. As soon as he steps forward, he falls through the sinkhole. Hitting his head on the way down before hitting the ground on the next floor.

He stands up holding his gun out giving Charlotte and Cleo the cue to run out, "Hey!"

Charlotte hits the gun out of his hand as soon as he fires it sending the bullet flying. Pope then comes out and hits the back of his legs sending him to the ground. As soon as Cleo lifts her arm up, another guard comes out.

"Stop! Freeze!" He yells pointing his gun at them, "Put it down."

Pope steps in front of the girls as all three of them drop their weapons.

"Okay, I'm coming!" JJ yells rounding the corner, "This time... Oh."

"Don't move! Hold it!"

"Okay." JJ pants. He looks toward Pope who nods to the ground. JJ looks down noticing the other guards gun in front of him.

"Don't even think about it." The guard says. Just then, John B jumps down from the sinkhole onto the guard. Making him drop his gun and allowing JJ to grab the other.

"Hey, now! Hey, now! Easy!" JJ says pointing the gun at the two guards, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I would take it nice and slow now. It's time for y'all to freeze." JJ then holds the string out to Pope, "Tie them up."

Pope quickly ties the two men up. Putting them back to back before stepping away. Just as Sarah comes down from the floor above them, JJ holds the camera up, "All right, y'all, let me see those mugs. This is going to your boss. Smile. For the record, they thought this plan wasn't going to work." The men grunt as he takes the picture, "All right, just send that to your boss."

"Time for stage three. Hostage swap." He says, "We're gonna give your boss a little ring-a-ling, so hang tight."

"Mr. Portis. Do you have Ms. Carrera's friends?" Singh says

The others stare back at JJ as the boy goes silent. Charlotte frowns as John B steps up to him, "Jay?" When he stays quiet, John B takes the phone from him, "Yeah. Yeah, we- we found them. Listen, my name is John Booker Routledge."

"We have your men tied up, and they're in for a really..." He says. Cleo punches down on her hand, "really, really harsh time if you don't give us Estrella and Kiara back right now. Like right now. And I mean that."

Singhs laughs, "Kill them."

John B's head snaps up, "What?

"Kill them. Go ahead and kill them, John Booker Routledge. It doesn't matter to me, you know. Just know that if you do, the hotel is surrounded, you know. All of you inside will die."

Charlotte and Sarah approach the edge. Now noticing the guards approaching the building, "We gotta go right now."

"Yeah." JJ says

The teens run out of the room leaving the men tied up. They follow John B out and around the corner, "Go, go!"

"Balcony. Uh, balcony." John B says as he stops, "Bad, so bad."

The teens turn and run back, "Go, go, go!"

"Go back to the main entrance!" JJ says

"Hold this." Pope says

"What are you thinking, Pope?" JJ asks, but helps Pope open a gate

"Gotta be a better option, right?" John B says

"Uh... that's a drop." Pope says. Charlotte looks over and her eyes widen at the elevator chute.

"This is like the Hawk's Nest part two. I'm not doing this."

"I think we need to think about this from a risk-reward perspective."

"How about you go first and cushion my fall?" JJ says

"How about no?"

"Yeah, whatever. Forget this shit!" Cleo says before jumping and grabbing the wiring

"Okay." Pope breathes

"No, no, no! Sarah!" John B tries, but Sarah jumps onto the other wire

"You go first, all right?" JJ says

"What? No. You go." Pope counters. Charlotte takes a deep breath before jumping onto the wiring Cleo grabbed. All three girls climbed down while the boys watched.

"Shit!" John B pants running his hands through his hair

"Yeah. Same time." JJ and Pope say and jump onto the wiring before they can think twice about it.

Cleo and Sarah grunt as they make it to the bottom. Cleo looks up, "Come on, guys!"

"Where's John B?" Sarah yells as Charlotte steps off

"John B, hurry up, man!" JJ yells

"John B! John B!"

"Come on, hurry!"

Seconds later, the girls hear gunshots. John B loses his grip on the rope and falls into JJ. The girls jump out of the way as the boys land at the bottom.

"Shit." Charlotte breathes

"You okay, John B? We gotta go!" Cleo says as Pope lands at the bottom

"John B! Come on!" Sarah says holding her hand out to John B. Charlotte grunts while pulling JJ up.

"We gotta go!" Pope yells

"Come on, let's go." John B says

"Go, go, go!" Pope says as another gunshot rings out

"Oh my God. Run!" Sarah yells

"Okay, go."

The teens run as JJ shoots back up at the guards. He falls against the wall before standing up and running to the entrance with the others.

"Come on." Cleo says, "Shit!"

"Okay." Pope says

As soon as they make it to the stairs, Cleo turns back with wide eyes, "Stop, stop, stop!"

"Whoa!"

"One second. Hold on." John B whispers before rushing back in the direction they ran from. They watch as the guard walks off before they make their way down the stairs.

"Let's go, come on."

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"Just get away from me!" Kie yells

"I'm tired of this shit." Rafe says, "I'm gonna kill you, Kie!"

"Help!" Estrella screams out

"Hey, you three!" The guard says, "What'd you do?"

Seconds later, the door opens. Estrella pants as the guard walks in, "Please help. He just went crazy."

The guard turns toward the bathroom noticing Kiara's leg hanging out of the tub. He walks into the bathroom, "What be this?"

He grunts as the door is slammed on him. Rafe then opens it and punches him twice before he falls to the ground. Rafe punches him again before slamming a lamp on him, "Stay down! Stay down, you understand?"

Estrella shuts the room door as Kie runs out of the bathroom with a gun in her hand. Immediately pointing it at the guard, "Don't move!"

"Huge mistake." He says, "You'll regret this."

"Hey, gimme the phone." Rafe says snatching the phone from his pocket

Estrella pants as she snatches the curtain from the window, "Here, tie him up."

Rafe takes the curtain from her, "Don't move."

"Okay. Okay, okay." Kie says as Rafe tightens it around his wrists

"Don't make a sound, all right?" He says to the guard before standing, "Good?"

Kie opens the door leading the other two out. Rafe shuts and locks the door behind them, "This way. Come on."

The three make quick steps down the stairs. Estrella pants, "Okay. Hey. Hey. Hey, Rafe. Rafe. Rafe, Rafe, Rafe."

"What?"

"Hey, hey, let me see the phone." She whispers gently taking the gun from Kie

"Why?"

"Just give it to me." She says

"Okay. Give me the gun." He says. The two switch and Rafe places the gun in the back of his waistband, "You ready?"

As they open the door, they notice a guard standing outside of the front door, "Shit. Okay, this way, this way, this way."

Kie and Rafe walk off while Estrella enters another room. She stops and takes a picture of a painting on the wall that she noticed earlier while being questioned.

"Estrella, what are you doing?" Kie says

"Let's go! Come on!" Rafe whispers harshly

"Hold on!" She says before typing in her phone number and sending the picture to herself

"Estrella, come on!" The girl turns and quickly walks over to the other two shutting the door behind her.

The teens finally make it outside hearing some men talking outside. Kie looks over the gate. Rafe keeps his eyes on the men, "Can you see?"

When the truck starts moving, Kiara turns, "I got an idea. Come on, come on!"

The two quickly run after her. Pushing a gate open as the truck comes down the driveway, "Come on, come on!"

The teens run alongside the truck. A row of bushes being the only thing keeping them separated.

"They're slowing down. Come on, come on!" Kie says. They eventually make it to the end and climb over a fence.

"Go, go, go, go, go." Rafe rushes

"Let's go!" Kie says as the two girls grab onto the small gate on the back of the truck. They grunt as they climb on. Estrella immediately notices another man sitting in the trunk.

"No. No, no!" The man says as Rafe climbs on. The boy stands and shoves the man back before punching him.

"Rafe!" Kie yells. The two men then fall back in front of the girls. Both girls scoot away as Rafe kicks the man in the face.

"No! Please, don't!" The man says as Rafe grabs his collar

"No!" Estrella says just as Rafe tosses the man over. She breathes heavily before staring at Rafe wide eyed.

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