THE NEXT MORNING, Everyone was outside at the surf shack, the two Maybank brothers was waxing their surfboards while Pope was looking over at them, while Kie was playing her ukulele. "That's a lot of wax on your boards. Put too much wax, it's gonna be slippery." the Heyward boy told them.

"Are you telling us how to wax our boards?" JJ looks up over at Pope.

"Just saying that's a lot of wax." Pope said, again.

Kiara looked up from her ukulele and over at Nate who was still waxing his board while JJ was arguing with Pope.

"Guys, really?" Nate looked up at his brother and Pope, a car honking caught their attention.

"Did you hear that?" JJ asked, making everyone look over to see John B pull up with the Twinkie.

"Are you serious?" Kiara exclaimed, standing up and setting down her ukulele.

"Hold on, am I dreaming?" JJ asked them.

"What the fuck," Nate chuckled, as he smiled over at John B.

"No!" Pope says.

"Guess who's out the clink, boy!" John B shouted as everyone approached him.

"Bro! Our boy's out the can!" JJ laughed, as they all embraced John B.

"Welcome back!" Kie says to him.

"We missed you, bro." Nate said as he ruffled John B's hair.

"I missed you guys too." John B says with a smile, as they all stepped back from the hug.

"How'd you do it? You bust out?" Nate asked beside JJ.

"Uh, they dropped the charges." John B says, glancing around at them.

"They dropped the charges." Pope says, looking at the two brothers.

"Dude, that's phenomenal!" Kie says, smiling widely.

JJ looked over at John B. "So you're telling me we did all that work for nothing?"

"Oh, the most elaborate escape plan of all time?" Pope teased the Maybanks brothers.

"Oh, foolproof." Kie chimed in.

"Yeah, it was, actually." Nate spoke up, as he slides his hands into his pockets.

John B looked around, "Wait, where's Sarah?" He asked them. Kie, Nate, JJ and Pope all look at each other, "No, no, no. Where... where--where's Sarah?" John B turned his head towards the Carrera girl.

"She went to go meet Wheezie last night." Kiara tells him. "She didn't come back." while John B had a look of concern on his face.

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LATER ON at the dock, "So, Sarah just digs and doesn't call?" John B asked, as he looked over at his best friends.

"Yeah, man. She just left her bag. Didn't tell anybody." Pope answered, looking over at the John B.

"Okay, dude. I--I--I really think Ward got to her." John B says as he looked towards Kie and Nate who was sat next to his brother. "I mean, the dude tried to have me killed in jail."

"Wait what?" Nate turned his head towards John B.

"Yeah. He sent somebody to the prison who yoked me up and almost killed me." John B tells them.

"You serious?" Kie asked him, looking worried.

"Yes."

"Do we know who this dude was?" JJ now asked.

"No, I have no idea. Dude, I just swear to God, one day I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch." John B says, hopping onto the boat and sitting down.

"It's okay." Kie says, as she gave him a reassuring smile.

"No, Kie, it's not okay. We gotta find Sarah." John B tells her.

"No, literally, it's okay. She's right there." Kie said as she pointed over at Sarah.

They turned around to see Toppers boat pulling up to the dock, "John B?" Sarah stood up. "John B!"

Nate furrowed his brows, "Why is she with Topper?" he questioned.

Sarah rushed to the front of the boat, smiling widely and tossing over the rope when the boat stopped. "Hi!" John B says, smiled as Sarah climbed aboard on the HMS. "Hey!" She laughed, embracing him.

"Oh my God, I'm so glad you're okay. Hi." John B hugged Sarah tightly.

"I didn't know if I'd see you again. What happened?" Sarah asked, as she pulled away from the hug.

"Uh, they dropped all the charges." John B says as Sarah smiled.

"What?"

"Yeah, no, yeah, I'm a free man. Yeah." John B says, smiling.

Sarah grabbed onto his face, and pulled him into a hug, "That's amazing."

"Yeah, I know, it's great, but..." the couple pulled away from the hug, "But listen, Sarah, they're coming after Rafe." John B told her.

"Good. He's completely unhinged. He jumped me last night." Sarah told them.

"What?" Kie exclaims.

"And that's why I didn't come back." Sarah explained.

"Yeah, man. Rafe has lost his mind. Literally almost drowned his own sister. Thankfully, I got there..." Topper spoke up as Sarah turned to him. "Just in time,"

"Yeah, he did." Sarah says, as she turned back to John B.

"Uh, well, I guess I owe you one, Topper, don't I?" John B says as he turns to look over at Topper.

Topper scoffs, "It's all good. I mean, somebody had to rescue your girlfriend, right?" He said.

"Uh, that's funny because she's not actually my girlfriend, right?" John B said, looking back at Sarah now.

"Uh..." Topper chuckles, "What is she then?" He asked, making Nate look between Sarah and John B then back over at Topper.

"Tell him." John B told her as she looked at him, then over at Topper.

"I'm--I'm with him." Sarah says as still looked over at the Thornton boy.

"Gotcha. You're with him. Okay, yeah. I just, like, needed a little clarity there. You guys clear on that?" Topper looked over at the Maybank and Pope.

"I think it's clear you gotta go now." Nate spoke up.

"Yeah, I think I'll head out. It's about that time." Topper agreed as he looks at Nate.

"Topper. Thank you." Sarah says, as she went over to him, and embraced him.

"Yeah, of course. I'm just glad you're okay." Topper tells her, rubbing her back to see John B looking at the two.

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Nate and JJ were sat together as the older maybank opened up a can of beer, "You want one bro?"

"Nah I'm good." Nate shook his head, as he looked over at Sarah and John B.

Kiara got up from the chair and walked over to him, "Hey, can we talk?" she asked him.

"No, I have nothing to say to you." Nate says, as he glanced away from her.

"Why not? I need to know why you broke up with me Nate, you gave me no explanation why?" Kie says, as she stepped closer to him, with her eyes brimming with tears.

"It doesn't matter," Nate finally looked at Kie, and stood up and walked away while Kie followed him.

Nate walked into the chateau, with Kie following behind him she grabs onto his arm but he yanks it away from her. "Why are you acting like this?"

"Acting like what Kiara?" Nate asked her as he turned to her, with his arms crossed.

Kiara looked at him, with a hurt expression. "Acting like you were...before we were together.." making Nate turn away from her.

"Just...just leave me alone..." Nate sat on the couch, and put his hands on top of his head as he stared at the ground.

"Nate..." Kiara stepped closer towards him, "Please talk to me..." Her voice cracked, as tears brimmed in her eyes.

Nate looked up at her but before he could speak up, his brother came running into the Château. "Hey, we need to go. Heyward's been attacked." He told them before glancing between his brother and Kiara whose eyes were still fixated on Nate before they turned their attention to JJ and followed behind him into the Twinkie.

Once the pogues arrived at Heyward's, Sarah was beside him as she was attending to his wound, "Let me know if I'm hurting you." Sarah tells him as she attached the bandaid to his wound.

"You're doing just fine." Heyward says, groaning. "Thank you, darling."

"Pop, what happened?" Pope asked, worriedly.

"Oh, I should've known better. He came in just as I was about to lock up. Caught me by surprise. Once he had me down, he put his knee in my chest, and he asked me about that--that key from that... that drawing you showed me." Heyward explained, "And in case you were wondering, I ain't tell him nothing." He added.

Heyward glanced around at the pogues, before looking at Pope. "Now, did you track it down?" He then questioned him.

Pope placed his hand into his pocket and pulled out a key. "I found it in Mee-maw's old apartment above the pharmacy just like you said." Pope told his father.

Heyward glanced down at the key in his son's hand, "Shit, boy, you should've gave this to me. I wouldn't have had to take a beating." He told him, "What's the big deal? It ain't worth anything. Why they want it so bad?" He then questioned.

"I don't know. First, I get this letter telling me that I need to go to Charleston. And then I meet a rich lady who wants me to give her a key that I didn't even know was in my family." Pope explained to his father.

"None of it makes any sense." Kiara spoke up, as she looked at the key.

"Well, don't ya'll just sit here whining about it. Figure it out!" Heyward told the group.

"No. I'm just gonna give the key to that lady. It's not worth--"

"No, no, no. Did I raise you to back down from a fight, boy?" Heyward cuts in.

"No, sir." Pope says, looking at his father.

"Alright. Now, I--I didn't think about it before. I admit that. But now..." Heyward pointed at his head where his wound was, "Now?" He glanced around, "I'm interested." He then turned his head towards his son, again. "Well, did they say why they want it?"

"Something about an old cross. I think it might be some kind of lost treasure." Pope explained to him.

"You know who you should talk to?" Heyward says, looking at his son, "Your great-grandmother, Mee-maw."

IT WAS the next day and all of the pogues were now in the twinkie, heading over to Pope's great-grandmother's caring home, "Guys, the thing that Limbrey said, I don't think she meant to let it slip." Pope told them, as he looked down at the key, "She said the key leads to the Cross of Santo Domingo."

Nate held out his hand, "Wait. Can I see that?" He questioned, with Kiara looking over at him while Pope passed him the key.

"Are we supposed to know what that is?" Sarah spoke up from beside Kiara.

"I'm guessing it's some sort of historical artifact of great importance." Pope explained as Nate passed the key over to his brother.

"Well, according to the interwebs, it was a gift from New Spain to the Spanish king." Kiara informed them, as she glanced down at her phone.

"New Spain? Is there an Old Spain?" JJ says, as John B passed the key back to Pope.

"Shit, talk about over-gifting. Look at that thing." Kiara says, showing her phone to the group. "Looks like a person standing next to it."

"So it's a giant ass cross." JJ says, looking at John B.

"It was widely considered at the time to be the most extravagant tribute ever from the provinces. It was lost off the coast of Bermuda in 1829." Kiara explained, further.

"Did you just say Bermuda?" JJ asked, looking over at her. Nate stayed quiet, as he kept twisting his ring.

"Oh, no, not the triangle." John B told him, before turning his head back on to look at the road.

"It always leads back to the triangle, dude. Like every single time something's weird, it's Bermuda." JJ says, smacking John B on his shoulder then looking at his brother.

"But why does a key being found in your great-grandmother's pharmacy have to do with any of this?" Nate questioned as he looked at Pope.

"Yeah," Sarah and Kiara say, simultaneously.

"Where do we come in?"

"I don't know. That's a good question." Pope says, looking between his friends.

Once they arrived at Shady Acres, Nate got up and went to open the van door, but got stopped by Pope. ""Hey, actually, I think I'm gonna do this one by myself." He told him.

"You sure dude?" Nate placed his hand on his shoulder.

Pope gave him a nod, "Yeah, I can handle it."

"Hey, man. Pick you up in a bit." John B called out, as Pope headed towards the entrance of the care home.

Now at the Kildare Surf Shop, Nate, JJ and John B were in the twinkie, while the girls were in the Surf Shop, "Remember when life was simple?" JJ asked them.

"Yeah, like seven days ago." John B says. "I mean, guys, think about it. Ward's still out there, and he's got the gold." He continued.

"We know. We know." Nate spoke up, looking at his brother and John B.

"And he killed my dad." John B continued.

"John B, we know, and we won't let that go," JJ says, looking at his brother who nodded in agreement.

"Listen dude, we're worried about you, man. It feels like it's either you or him," Nate says, "And you know who else I'm worried about? Sarah." He added, looking over at Kiara and Sarah who had walked out of the Surf Shop. "I mean, bro, like it's her dad. You see what I'm saying?"

John B nodded his head, as he looked over at his girlfriend, "She knows what he did." He then turned his head to his best friends, "So what's the deal with this Limbrey chick? Pope said she has evidence on tape that could put Ward away, right?"

The Maybank brothers nodded their heads, "Mm-hmm. On the other hand though she did try and kidnap Pope, and–"

"But think about it, all right? If we can get that evidence, it's done." John B tells them, "We could put Ward away for good and finally get justice for my dad. This can all be over in one shot, guys. I get it. It's dangerous."

"Good thing your best friend's are JJ and Nate Maybank," JJ said, with a smile. "Cause we already got a plan." He says, looking at his brother.

John B sighed, "Hopefully it's better than springing me out of jail."

"Nah, this is our best yet. Listen." JJ and Nate began to talk about the plan.

"Of course I thanked Topper. He saved my life, and I'd put him through so much already. And you'd think that that is the crime of the century." Sarah explained to Kiara.

"Tell me about it. All of the crazy shit is happening, and Nate won't explain why he broke up with me...." Kiara told her, making the Cameron girl look at her. "He won't even talk to me.."

"I'm sure you guys will work out, you both are my best friends," Sarah gave her a reassuring smile.

"I hope so," Kiara gave her a sad smile, before the two got into the Twinkie.

Sarah and Kiara got situated into their seats, as Kiara looked over at Nate, "N?" The blonde turned his head to look at her, "I got you this, thought you might be thirsty," She gave him a smile as she handed him a drink.

Nate took it from her, "Uh...thanks," he gave her a small tipped smile.

THE group then headed back to the Shady Acres, "There he is," JJ says, as Pope was walking towards the Twinkie.

Nate opened the van door, and sat back down. The Heyward boy got into the van and sat beside Nate, as he let out a breath. "So, how'd it go?" John B questioned.

"Shit just got way more personal." Pope told them.

The GROUP were now outside of Geechie's, Pope had filled them into details from what his Mee-Maw had told him back at Shady Acres, "I still can't believe that you're related to Denmark Tanny." John B says, walking over to the boys.

Nate and JJ smiled as they nodded in agreement, "Uh-Huh."

John B glanced between them, "Are we in the presence of a royal?"

Nate walked over to Pope, "A king? We shall crown him. All hail the lord of Tannyhill!" He says, in a British accent, making everyone bow down to him.

"Alright, everybody, relax. Can we relax, please?" Pope tells them, looking around.

"Relocate to Cat's Ass, question mark?" Sarah says.

"I'm with that." Nate says, as he slung his arm around his brother and Pope with John B in the middle.

"How soon can we move in?" Kiara asked, glancing around.

"Cause me and N don't have a place to stay," JJ says, looking over at his brother.

"Me either. Bunk beds?" Kiara says, looking over at Nate then back at JJ.

"Bunk beds. Cheers to that. Okay with that N?" JJ says, as he hit his beer can against hers before looking over at his brother before nudging him, making Nate nod at him.

"I just keep thinking about the letter, the one that Limbrey sent. It had the wheat symbol on it. That must mean it has something to do with the Royal Merchant.

"Yeah. Something seems fishy." Nate agreed, as he stood beside his brother.

"But if we find that cross, we can split it like we were gonna split the gold." Pope says, looking between his friends.

"Yeah. I'm with that." JJ says.

"And live happily ever after?" The Pogues turned their heads to see Limbrey approaching them.

Nate quickly stood in front of Kiara, even though they had broken up, he still cared about her.

"You assaulted my father." Pope says, stepping towards the woman, the male who was with her pushed him back slightly.

"I didn't assault anybody." Limbrey told him.

"He can identify the psycho from a mile away." Kiara spoke up, making Limbrey look over at her.

"Why would my employee a...a...assault your father?" Limbrey stammered as she looked at the male beside her. "That's absurd." The woman laughed as she stepped forward, "Listen, we can keep negotiating, but the fact is that I want the key."

Pope stepped forward, before the male stepped in front again and pushed him back towards where Nate and JJ were. "Hey!" Kiara says.

"Easy."

"And I won't stop until I have it. I don't have a choice. Which means you don't either." Limbrey told him.

"It's Limbrey, right?" John B spoke up, holding up a key. "Is that right?" He questioned.

Limbrey turned her head towards him, "Yes, it is."

"Is this what you're looking for?" John B asked her.

"Yes, it is." Limbrey turns her full attention to the Routledge boy.

"Looking at the tide right now, I'd say it's about 20 feet deep out there. So, if I just threw it in the channel," John B says, as Pope discreetly took out the original key from his pocket before Kiara and Sarah looked over at him. "the probability of you finding it again is slim to none. You wanna give it a shot? Let's see what happens right?" John B says, as he walks over to the edge.

"No! Hey!" Limbrey exclaimed, as John B pretended to throw it. "Please don't do that."

John B pointed over to the male who was next to Pope. "Get him to back the hell up." He told her.

"Of course," Limbrey turned her head to the male, "Back up." She tells him.

The male had backed away from Pope, Limbrey had stepped towards the Heyward boy, "As I have told you from the beginning, I am willing to be reasonable."

Pope glanced at John B. "Okay." Before looking at Limbrey, again.

"Okay?"

"I'll give you the key, but I want the tape." Pope tells her.

"Of course. Of course." Limbrey says.

John B stepped forward, "Pope. Hey, hey, hey, hey. You don't have to do this, okay?" he told him.

"No, it's okay." Pope tells him.

"No, dude this is your family." John B says.

"Hey, it's fine. It's okay." Pope told him, again. "It's about your dad. That's way more important." Pope says, as he holds his hand.

John B placed the key into his hand, "Oh, you're a good friend." Limbrey tells him.

"The tape." Pope says, looking at the woman in front of him.

"Yes, give him the tape." Limbrey tells the male, who takes the tape from his jacket and hands it over to the Heyward boy.

Limbrey sighs, as she holds the key in her hand, "You know, I wish that you'd come to this decision earlier. We could have avoided all this unpleasantness." She says, before turning around and walking away.

"Nice to meet you," John B says, as the male turns as he put the umbrella up.

"See you around, Pope." He says, with a smug grin on his face.

"Just go," Kiara tells him, as the male walks away.

"How long do you think we have until she realizes she has your father's old key?" JJ says, looking at John B.

"Ten minutes." John B answered.

Pope turns around. "Whose idea was the fake key?"

"Shockingly, not mine." Kiara says.

John B put an arm around JJ and Nate, "Hmm, I don't know. Should we tell him?" He glanced between the brothers with a smile.

"Wow. I'm impressed." Kiara says, with a smile looking over at Nate.

"Did hell freeze over?" Pope says, walking over to the brothers and putting his arm around Nate.

"Even a blind pig can find an acorn at times." Nate says, with a grin, before he met Kiara's gaze. "I actually don't know what the saying means, but I saw it on Reddit." He continued.

"We gotta take this tape to Shoupe." John B told them, before he started to walk away.

"Yes, sir. Ward Cameron, we're coming for you, big boy." JJ says, following behind John B with his arms still around his brother.

"He's going all the way down." Pope said.

"It's Ward's turn now!"

After the Pogues had delivered the tape to Shoupe, they were back at the Château, the guys were inside while Kiara and Sarah were outside, "Ladies and Gentlemen, Ward Cameron, king of Kooks, is going to jail!" JJ says, making the boys all cheer.

"Goodbye! Goodbye!"

"Adios! He was out of there! Adios!"

The boys continued to cheer and celebrate that Ward was going to be arrested. "Do you regret it?" Kiara questioned the Cameron girl.

"No. He deserves all of it, and I know that." Sarah replied.

"He's your dad, I get it. I'm sure it sucks to be in the middle." Kiara says, as Sarah's phone began to ring.

Sarah picks it up and sees that Topper is calling her, "Sorry," She said, as she got up from the chair.

"Yeah," Kiara nodded at her as she watched Sarah walked away.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Sarah. Hey, sorry to be the, uh, bearer of bad news here, but they're...they're coming for your dad. Grandpa just signed the warrant. And, um, if you have anything you want to say to him, I would do it now. Just wanted you to know." Topper informed her.

"Thanks,"

"I'll be here if you need anything, okay?" Topper tells her.

When Sarah told the group that Ward had a warrant for his arrest, they all jumped into the Twinkie and followed behind the police. "Shit," Kiara said as she looked at how many police vehicles there were.

"Oh, my god. Can you please hurry? I need to be there for Wheezie," Sarah asked John B.

"You think I wanna miss this?" John B says, as they both glanced at each other.

When they arrived John B had parked the Twinkie and they all got out of it, "Holy Shit,"

They all looked over the wall to see Shoupe, Plum, and Thomas running towards Ward's boat, "Guys, I can't see," JJ says, as he approached his brother and Pope then pulled the Heyward boy back.

"Okay, well now I can't see," Pope tells the older Maybank.

"Screw it. I'm going over," John B says, as he hopped up on the wall and went over the wall.

"Right behind you," JJ says, as he patted Nate on his shoulder.

Nate turned his back to the wall to see Kiara was behind him, "I'll help you over," He told her, as he placed his hands together. "Come on,"

Kiara looks at him, before stepping on his hands, "Thanks," She says, as she jumps over.

Nate then does the same for Sarah, helping her over then jumping over himself with his brother and Pope, they headed towards the entrance of the house to see Rose standing in the front with his sister, "Wheeze. Wheezie." Sarah rushed over to her, embracing her.

"What's going on? Why are the police here again?" Wheezie asks her older sister.

"Go inside. Don't come out." Sarah tells her, as she watches Wheezie turn around and head back inside with Rose.

The group then headed towards the dock, "Dad!" Sarah called out.

"Hey, hey. You gotta let us through." John B told the police in front of them.

"That's Sarah Cameron. Let her through!" Shoupe shouted.

"What are you doing here, Sarah?" Ward shouted.

"Dad! What are you doing?" Sarah shouted back to her father.

"Vic, you gotta get her out of here! She can't be here right now!" Ward tells Shoupe.

"Just come on in, and you--you can talk to her!" Shoupe shouted.

"Sarah, I'm so sorry, baby. I can't!"

"What are you doing? Dad, no, no!" Sarah shouted out, as she watched her father bring up the anchor.

"Ward, this ain't gonna end the way you want it to!" Shoupe shouted out, as police in boats were approaching the boat. "You don't want her seeing this."

"No, dad, don't leave! Where are you going?" Sarah shouted.

"I love you!" Ward shouted out.

"Hey! Damn it, Ward!" Shoupe shouted.

"Dad, no!" Sarah cried out.

"Turn it around and get back here!" Shoupe shouted.

"Please don't leave!" Sarah shouted out, as tears brimmed in her eyes.

The police on the boats got closer and closer to the boat, that is until the boat exploded. Sarah gasped as she watched, tears running down her face as the pogues stood there, in shock. "No. No." Sarah cried out. "Dad. Dad!" John B stared out at the boat, not noticing that Topper Thornton was running towards them, Nate looked at his brother and at Kiara who looked back at him, Sarah looked to her boyfriend, for comfort but John B continued to stare out at the boat, she dropped to hear knees, as Topper comforted her. 

(A/N: Sorry for the long wait for the chapter, but I'm finally back!)