"On a scale of one to ten, how high is your anxiety right now?" John B looked over at Joey with an eyebrow raise, the four drifting into the well house and Joey realized she forgot to pack mask.

"Like, fifteen." she admitted honestly.

"Holy crap, you know what this is? It just hit me." JJ spoke up, coming in after Pope. "Pope, look. This is C.H.U.D. Full C.H.U.D."

"What the fuck is C.H.U.D?" Joey looked over at the blonde oddly.

"What is he talking about?" John B looked toward Pope.

"Cannibalistic humanoid understand dwellers?" JJ looked around, Pope sighing as he moved past him. "Have you guys not seen that film?"

"No, can't say I have." John B shook his head.

"No." Pope shook his head.

"I'm not really a Cannibalistic humanoid understand dwellers type of gal." Joey shrugged, pulling on her pair of gloves as she approached the well.

"It's actually a good film. It's about cannibals that live in the sewers and under New York City-" JJ began to explain before he was cut short.

"Shut up. Shut up." John B spoke quickly. "All right. How deep do you think this is, Pope?"

He sighed. "I don't know."

"Okay, hook me on." John B took a deep breath as Pope and JJ began tying the rope to the post above them. Joey wrapped the other end around John B's waist, tying it tightly as he winced. Joey dug her hand underneath, the back of her palm digging into his lower abdomen as her fingers wrapped around the rope. With a pull, he stumbled forward some. "Ow."

She removed her hand. "You're all set."

"Hey, boys, lady, I have one request." John B spoke as Pope and JJ began to lower him down. "Don't drop me."

"It's tempting, but we won't." Joey shook her head.

"We? We?" JJ asked in disbelief at Joeys lack of pulling the rope.

"My gloves will split, JJ." Joey said in the same tone of disbelief he did, holding his hands up.

"God, the two of you sound so alike." Pope huffed, inching the rope down to lower John B.

"Keep goin'!" John B called as they continued on.

"Hang on, one sec. Let me get situated." JJ stopped, pulling his legs closer in with the rope behind his back.

"You good?" Pope asked. JJ collapsed, falling backwards as the rope began to fall.

"John B!" Joey yelled, hurrying forward the catch the front of the rope with Pope as John B yelled from below. "You dead?"

"I told you not to drop me!" John B called up to them.

"Are you good?" Joey looked back at JJ as he got up. "Oh my god, you have dust all over you!"

"Not the top priority right now, Joey." JJ looked at her insanely.

"You good, man?" Pope looked over the well.

"What the hell was that?" the brunette looked up at them.

"Little technical difficulties." Pope spoke, out of breath.

Joey looked back at JJ. "Weak."

He gapped at her. "At least i'm not mean like you."

"At least i'm not a dumbass like you." she argued.

"Guys, enough." John B called from below, making them shut up. "Keep going, slow."

"Okay, we're gonna start paying you out again, all right?" Pope called from above, looking down. The three slowly began to move, lowering John B down the well, slowly, like he asked.

"Okay, okay. Keep goin!" John B called shakily.

"How's the air?" Joey called. "Gross?"

"Disgusting." John B answers her.

"Hey. Hey, we got fifteen feet left." Pope spoke after, looking down the well. "Are you getting close to the bottom?"

"I can't tell." John B answered.

Joey inhaled. "I'm gonna toss you the plant light, do not let it fall."

"I'll try." John B called. Joey made sure Pope and JJ had a good hold, hurrying to take the neon light, going to the edge and dropping the light down to him. She expected to hear a flash. "Caught it!"

The three gave a minor cheer as Joey or back with the rope, seeing her gloves ripped at the palms now.

"Woah! Stop! I'm hovering over some sewage-water shit." John B spoke as they stopped. Joey gagged, shaking her head.

"Don't you puke." Pope looked as her.

Joey shook her head, keeping her mouth shut in fear of speaking.

"Keep goin, I guess." John B cringed.

Joey gagged again, shaking her head. "I'm never, ever, gonna hug John B ever again."

"Hard to believe." JJ spoke honestly from behind her.

"Okay, okay. I'm at bottom!" John B calls up toward them.

"How is it down there? Joey might puke to make matters worse." Pope looked down at the purple light.

"Wouldn't be the first time she puked on me." John B said honestly. "It's worse then I thought, down here. Jo, you wanna take a swim?"

Joey turned away with a green look in the face. "Shut the hell up, John B."

"Find any gold?" the blonde boy looked down.

"Not yet." John B shook his head. "Wait. I think I found something with my foot."

"You took your shoe off!?" Joey yelled down in disbelief.

A second passed before John B began to panic. "JJ! Hey, pull me up! Pull me up! Joey! Pull me up! Come on!"

"Hurry!" Joey yelled as they grabbed hold of the rope quickly. "Hang on, John B! Just hang on!"

"Wait, wait, wait, wait!" John B yelled from below, making them pause their movement a moment. "Hey, I think I found something."

"A parasite?" Joey asked in disbelief.

"Just give me a minute. Hold on." John B called to the three, the rope getting looser.

"John B, you okay?" JJ asked after a minute.

"Any dead bodies?" Pope added.

Joey waited. "You think he found the gold?"

Before anyone could answer, Sarah and Kie ran down the stairs, yelling in a panic. Joey looked in shock at their yelling. "Woah! Woah! Ladies! What's going on?"

"Mrs Crain! She's up there!" Sarah yelled, leaning over to catch her breath.

"She tried to kill us with a fire poker." Kie breathed out. "We gotta get the fuck out of here."

"We locked her in the parlor, but we gotta go!" Sarah yelled in fear, her blonde bun flying around as her head flew in different directions.

"Okay, no, that's code red, that's code red." JJ nodded quickly in panic.

"John B, get on!" Joey yelled, grabbing the rope again. "We're gonna get killed with a fire poker and it's gonna be your fault!"

"Three, two, one, pull." Pope spoke, the line giving out as they all fell backward and hit the ground.

"Where the hell is he." Pope huffed.

"John B!"

"Shh, guys, shh." Kie shhed them all quickly as they went silent a moment. A faint yell echoed off the well.

"He's drowning!" Joey yelled in fear.

"We gotta pull him out!" Kie was right next to her as they grabbed the rope again while Pope yelled for John B to get on the rope.

"Ready?"

"Ready?"

"I'm on!"

"He's on, he's on." Joey repeated, latching onto the rope tightly.

"Okay, lets go!" Pope said as the five began pulling him up together, going as far back before coming forward again. A gun shot when through the air, the bright light hitting the wall behind Kie. They all let go of the rope a seconds before Pope got it tied up to the wall, another shot came.

Sarah pulled Joey down with her when she fell to the ground. Joey looked to JJ and Pope behind a old pottery set while the girls hid closer toward the opening. Another shot went toward the girls.

"Go! Go!" Kie yelled as her and Sarah took off, Joey and the boys not too far behind as they charged through the over grown grass.

"Fuck, my feet." Joey panicked when she felt mud and grass flying across her skin. Jumping into the van was easy, JJ starting it in the front while the rest searched for John B. Another gun shot went off in the distance.

"John B!" Joey yelled as she hung out the door, seeing him coming their way.

"That's him!" Kie cheered as the taller boy jumped into the van while Pope speed off.

Joey let out a scream, falling backwards and tumbling over Sarah at the sight of John B. "Oh my god! Oh my god! Go away! No! Get away!"

"Joey, ow!" Sarah yelled as Joey managed to lodge herself as far away as John B as possible.

"Move, move, move." Joey was climbing over Kie now, kicking her in the jaw in the process.

"Jo, what the hell-" John B began, stopping as the van door was pulled open. "No! No! No!"

"You're disgusting!" she yelled, climbing to the ledge of the van and hanging on. "Do not come near me! Do not!"

"Are you insane!" Pope yelled at the sight of her.

"You mad woman!" Kie looked up at her in disbelief.

"I'm holding on!" Joey called back in, peaking her head inside at John B. "You're gonna get every single fucking disease! Drop me off as soon as you can, JJ! I'm serious!"

"Joey, Jo, look." John B looked out to her with a cheeky grin. "I think you're gonna like this."

"Are you okay? Are you shot?" JJ called back to John B, trying to keep his eyes on the road but looking back.

"No." John B called back.

"I think i'd know if so was shot, right?" Kie questioned as she held her hands to her chest.

"All-Time Pogue Hall of Fame, baby!" JJ cheered from the drivers seat.

"That bitch is possessed." Kie went on, holding Joeys ankle as she hung out the van.

"That bitch can't aim." Sarah added in."How does she move that fast?"

"She's possessed."

"She's blind!"

"You still wanna jump out of the van to get away from me?" John B smiled at Joey, holding up the chunk of gold.

Her face sunk. "Oh my god."

"What is that?" Kie asked as she saw the small block of gold in John B's hands.

"No, you didn't!" Sarah yelled in disbelief.

"John B! If you weren't covered in shit, i'd hug you right now!" Joey yelled with a wide smile, the wind hitting her hair as she gripped onto the outside of the van.

"We did it, baby!" John B yelled as he held the piece of gold up.

"We did it!"

"Oh, my god!"

"I did it!"

"Holy shit!"

"The gold!"

"Guys, we're gonna be rich."

"Like kook rich!"

"Full Kook! Full Kook! Full Kook!"

•

kylie speaks

y'all have all said that
she's gonna freak when she
seems him coming out of
the well so i was so excited
to get this part in lmao.

JO AND TOP NEXT CHAPTER!