┏━━━━━━༻❁༺━━━━━━┓
❝ you use my iphone all the time! ❞
┗━━━━━━༻❁༺━━━━━━┛

𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘖𝘝

"Yo, he's texting! He's texting!" JJ announces and we all perk up in interest.

"What's he saying? What's he saying?" John B questions impatiently.

"It's doing the little bubble thing" JJ informs him.

"So, he's typing?" I offer and JJ nods, pointing at me.

"Oh" John B mumbles.

"'Send me your location. I'll meet you'" JJ reads from the phone.

"He wants to know our location?" Pope questions suspiciously.

"Yeah, that's exactly what we wanted! Here, check it. Boom!" JJ says cheerily, throwing the phone over to John B who catches it with ease.

"And say what?" Sarah asks the blonde boy.

"Well..." JJ drawls off, not actually knowing what to say.

"We can't give Singh our location. Just give him some random place" Cleo suggests.

"All right. Where do we want to send him to?" JJ wonders aloud.

"I'd like to send him to hell" I mutter bitterly and Sarah pats my back with a nod of agreement.

"What about the horse tracks? I saw them yesterday" Pope explains "It's wide open. We can do surveillance"

"Yeah! Now we're working. Now we're jelling! I like it" JJ jumps up excitedly "And if we have to make a getaway, we'll hop on some horses. Guns a-blazing!"

"No. We're not horse-backing with guns" John B scoffs.

"I don't know, it sounds like fun" I point out and John B shoots me a glare that pleads with me not to encourage the blonde boy "Okay, maybe it's a little unrealistic"

"Scratch the horses" JJ compromises.

"John B, we can really plan this out" Pope stresses to the brunette "What are you thinking?"

"Just got another text" JJ speaks up, looking down at the phone but no one replies.

"Maybe sneak from behind and use JJ as bait. Just put him in the middle of the field" Pope suggests and I don't think he's joking.

"Uh, little announcement" JJ declares, gaining our undivided attention as he reads us the message "'Never mind. I just tracked your location. And I'm sending my men. They'll be there in ten minutes to pick you up'" 

We all fall into an awkward silence as the weight of JJ's stupidity renders us speechless and I share a look of disbelief with Sarah.

"Wait a minute. Did you turn off your location?" John B breaks the silence.

"So..." JJ sighs out.

"You didn't turn the location off?!" Pope yells, launching forward at JJ and grabbing his shirt.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" JJ retorts, taking a step back.

"Turn the location off!" John B demands, snatching the phone from the blonde.

"I have a Samsung!" JJ shouts in defence.

"I have a Samsung too!" John B counters.

"You use my iPhone all the time!" I argue with the blonde in utter confusion.

"I can help!" Cleo assures us, taking the phone from John B.

"This right here is why you need a plan!" Pope declares.

"Then make a plan!" I shriek.

"Everybody relax for a second! Let's just think about this!" John B demands.

"What are we gonna do?" Pope questions.

"It's done, okay? We just gotta figure something out" John B breathes out and as our emotions simmer down I watch the guilt fill JJ's face.

"And hope he doesn't kill us?" Pope scoffs.

"Guys, we're running out of time" Cleo warns us.

"We are so fucked right now" I groan out, running my fingers through my tangled blonde waves.

"What're we gonna do?" Pope repeats himself in worry.

"I don't know. I'm thinking" John B rushes out.

"Well, y'all, I know you guys might not wanna hear it. But we got home-field advantage. We can turn this around" JJ speaks up, putting a stupid hat on his head "We're gonna booby-trap this shit"

"Do you think that'll work?" I ask curiously and he nods at me in confirmation.

"We're not running from this dude. This is our best chance to get Kiara back" JJ assures me and it eases my anxiety a little "It's gonna work. We got ten minutes. Come on!"

✯¸.•'*¨'*•༻❁༺•*'¨*'•.¸✯

"Oh shit!" JJ jumps away from the window and grabs my arm, tugging me to the stairs.

"Is that them already?" I question worriedly and he nods.

"Yeah, they're here" He confirms.

"Portis! Are you in here?" A guard yells out from the level below us.

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

We race from the stairs down the hallway and I make a sharp left, yanking JJ around the corner with me. Our backs hit the deteriorating wall and I let out a shaky breath as JJ grips my hand tightly.

"Where you at, mate?" The guard questions "Portis?"

"Yeah, yeah! Take a left at the hallway. The stairway's right on your right" JJ calls back breathily and I get momentarily distracted, my eyes drawn to the boy's lips.

His tongue darts out to lick his pink lips and his ocean blue eyes turn to meet my dark pair, immediately noticing the way I'm looking at him.

"Not the time, angel" He groans almost painfully and starts dragging me up the stairs.

"Sorry" I smile sheepishly and he grins back at me, shaking his head.

We finally reach where Pope and Cleo are hiding, JJ tugging me away from a sink hole and saving me from a nasty fall.

"He's coming. Y'all ready?" JJ warns them.

"Yeah" Pope nods.

"Okay" JJ breathes out.

"Okay" Pope repeats as I'm once again tugged away by JJ.

I hear Cleo and Pope bickering as we leave them behind, making me smile in amusement and JJ shakes his head, giving me a knowing look that I return.

"Portis!" The guard shouts right when we get to the top of the stairs.

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

"Yeah!" The guard hesitantly replies.

"Okay!" JJ chirps and we race down the hallway, straight into the big room.

I close the door behind us and give a smiley thumbs up to the duo that are tied up in front of us. Sarah and John B smile at us in response and we duck into hiding.

"Portis?" The guard calls out from the hallway.

"Oh yeah! No, I'm still here. You just gotta come right in here!" JJ calls back.

"All right, Portis" The guard agrees.

"Come on in!" JJ greets him inside.

"I'm coming in!" The guard declares before pushing the door open.

"Please untie us" John B says to him.

"Help" Sarah pleads.

"All right. Keep your hands still" The guard sighs out, walking towards the couple.

Unknowingly the man walks straight towards a sinkhole and the wood completely cracks beneath his weight, his body tumbling down through the hole.

"Holy shit" I gasp out.

"Oh shit, oh shit" John B rushes out as they quickly untie themselves and I jump out from hiding, JJ following behind me.

"Hey!" Cleo screams from below and I glance down the hole to see her hit the gun out of the man's hand with a metal pole.

A bullet ricochets from the barrel and JJ tackles me down in surprise, a scream escaping my lips in fright.

"Oh shit" JJ pants heavily.

We both scramble to our feet and sprint straight to the stairs, getting to Pope and Cleo as fast as we can.

"Okay, We're coming! This time... Oh" JJ stops his sentence when we hurry into the room to see another guard pointing a gun at us.

"Don't move! Hold it!" The second guard demands.

"Okay" JJ breathes out and we hold our hands up.

I glance at Pope and Cleo, the former looks straight at JJ and nods down at the ground where I find a gun laying.

"Don't even think about it" The second guard warns JJ.

John B abruptly leaps down the sinkhole, right on top of the guards and he tackles the gun away from the second guard. JJ grabs the gun from the floor and darts towards the guards, pointing it to them.

"Hey, now! Hey, now! Easy!" JJ demands with a spine chilling authority in his voice "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I would take it nice and slow now. It's time for y'all to freeze"

The two guards look up at us in disbelief and I smile smugly, slipping the loop of rope off from around my body.

"Tie them up" JJ orders Pope and I pass the Heyward boy the rope.