ꨄ𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄
－𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘯！✫⁂𖦹
𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗺✲

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𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔．．.

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julia was the first one of the two to wake up. she got in the shower and played her sad girl playlist. once she got out and dressed into her outfit, she walked into her room to see olivia up and gathering some clothes.

when olivia woke up, she heard the shower running so she knew julia was getting ready. she stretched and hopped out of bed, gathering her clothes that she was going to wear.

"morning!" julia smiled as she walked over to made her bed

"morning." olivia yawned, walking into the bathroom.

the two girls got julia's mother to drop them both off to the wreck where they'd be meeting kiara and jj.

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olivia sits in the front seat, her fingers thrummed against the steering wheel while julia looked out the window stared into space.

the girls sat in kiara's parents car waiting for jj and kie to leave the restaurant with the food supplies for john b and sarah.

when they eventually came out, kie's parents show up and olivia slightly slumped down in her chair.

"where you been?" her mom questions while approaching her.

"uh—I'm fine. I slept here."

"well, we were up half the night, scared to death, lookin' for you. were you even gonna tell us?"

"well, I'm telling you right now."

"all right, what the hell are you four up to?" her mom looks over at the car then at jj who replies to her.

"I'm sorry, Miss Anna, we gotta go."

"sorry." olivia mumbles out the window.

"no. I'm sorry. absolutely not." Her mother retaliates. "have you heard what's going on?"

"mom, I'll explain later." kiara says while getting into the backseat.

"have you seen the storm coming in? It's not safe."

"I'm sorry, mom. I have to go!"

"these cops are armed, kiara. You'll get shot."

"I have to go!" kie speaks calmy, while olivia starts the car once jj gets in the passenger seat.

"I am not letting you do this!"

"mom, john b needs us!"

"You need to stay here."

"I understand. I'll be careful."

"Open this door!"

"sorry. Liv drive." Olivia starts driving and she can't help but feel bad once she sees the tears in kie's mom's eyes.

julia pulled an awkward face and melted down, becoming one with the seat she sat it.

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olivia arrived at jj's house, parking in front of it. once the car is in park she looked over at jj who looked out the window.

"home sweet home."

olivia waited a second before she speaks, "do you want me to come? 'cause i'll come."

"no. this will only take a second." he got out the car.

olivia watched as jj got out the car and closer to his home. she looks in the back seat and sees julia giving her a 'i see you' type of look, and olivia flips her off.

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jj came back out looking upset, once he's in the car olivia spoke softly.

"how'd it go?"

jj held the necklace with the keys up and olivia smiled, rubbing his arm comfortingly before driving to the shed where jj's dads boat is.

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as olivia is driving down the road, looking slightly anxious jj broke the silence.

"it'll be fine. it'll be fine with the Phamtom. she'll get out quick." sirens are heard coming from the opposite road and coming towards them. "whoa, whoa, whoa." and him, julia and kie duck down in their seats hiding from the cops as they pass.

"they're still looking. It's a good sign."

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jj opened the shed door where the phantom boat sat untouched. "there she be. hey, girl. a 1983 formula 402 SR1. the phantom." he uncovered some of the front that was covered by a cloth.

"very beautiful." julia nodded, analysing the boat before her.

"the first boat to make the run to bermuda in under 16 hours, julia. forty years old! forty." he placed his hand on the boat. "and still the fastest thing that kildare's ever seen."

"its kind of a junker." olivia shrugged, hurting the boys feelings.

"really? she's right there, olivia. she can hear you. lets just put it this way. you would not be smoking weed right now if she never existed, okay?"

"i just hope it runs."

"oh, no, she'll run all right. she's faster than any cutters the boys in blue got."

julia heard motorcycles approach the shed, she had thought it was pope (having heard he stole jj's motorcycle earlier.) "pope. finally." she called out, running towards the other end of the boat.

"hey, there. what's going on? jj? olivia? kie?" rafe sniffled as he revealed himself. "how you guys doing?" he jumped onto the boat.

olivia backed away, getting closer to jj when suddenly barry whistled, appearing behind the two.

julia stood next to kie, holding her hand carefully as the two looked at barry. rafe moved closer, still being on the edge of the boat but standing directly behind julia. he junped off and placed his hand on the small of her back, casuing her to flinch slightly.

"well, well..." barry laughed before pointing the gun in jj's face. jj put his hands in the air as barry spoke again "see, dont think i forgot about me and you on the side of the road. im here because i want my motherfuckin' money."

barry put jj on the floor and olivia tried to see if he was okay. "jj! jj!" she called out but rafe picked her up and took her away from the two boys.

"julia," he looked over to her "where's john b?"

"i dont know.." she whispered

rafe walked over to julia and placed his hands on the side of her face "dont lie to me, where is your brother?" he repeated.

"i dont know!" julia said louder as she shoved him off her.

"i really wish you didn't do that." he stepped closer to her, slapping her forcefully across her face. julia stumbled back, holding her face as tears silently left her eyes.

olivia ran over to her, making sure she was okay. the blonde comforted her best friend, seeing the red mark on her cheek.

"i know what you did." kie called out

"what? what did i do?" rafe laughed

"you murdered peterkin."

barry stood over jj "stay down, boy. phew!" he chuckled.

obviously, jj didnt listen and got up. barry grabbed him and started to throw punches at his face, as if he were a punching bag. "where is my money? huh?" barry threw jj on the floor and yelled "stay down, boy!"

julia and olivia saw pope run from around the boat with a metal pole in his hand, running towards rafe. pope quickly hit him in the back. rafe let go of kiaras throat and fell to the ground. "dont touch her!"

pope continued hitting him until eventually the pole was knocked from his hand. the two threw punches at each other, pope more than rafe. barry tried to pull oht his gun but jj tripped him up from the floor. suddenly, those two broke out into a fight while olivia, julia and kie didnt know what exactly to do.

"pope. pope, your gonna kill him! please!" julia called out, standing up.

"pope, as much as he deserves it, stop!" olivia agreed which caught jj's attention, he ran over and tried to talk him out of it.

pope started to strangle rafe with a leather belt. julia started to pray silently whilst olivia and kie kept telling him to stop. jj went behind him and tried pulling the boy away.

"look at me!" kie yelled and that's exactly what pope did. once he looked at her, rafe dropped to the floor, gasping for air. "we gotta go. we gotta go."

everyone ran to the car but julia. she stayed, kneeling next to rafe on the floor. "sit up." she said coldly.

he sat up, still coughing and breathing heavily. "i... im sorry." rafe placed his hand on the mark he made.

"dont touch me. dont speak to me." julia's eyes started to water again. rafe took her hand in his and kissed it. julia felt the warmth and stickyness of the blood on her hand. she got up and walked away, not wiping it at all.

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julia was sat in the back of the car, looking at the stained blood on her hand. tears rolled down ger cheeks as she thought about what rafe did. he hit her..

julia knew he didn't mean to, she knew it was wrong. so why did she still feel for him? why? she was about to start sobbing when she heard sirens.

she looked out the window to see john b get out. julia had never opened a door so fast. she immediately jumped onto his back, her arms around his neck

"god, you're alive." she smiled, clinging onto his back

"no effing way." pope said slowly

"im sorry?" kie questionsd as if her eyes were deceiving her.

"you've gotta be kidding me." jj got off the boat

"shoupe let me take it for a spin." john b said sarcastically as he held his sisters legs, keeping her on his back.

"it wasn't easy, bro, but i got the phantom for you, and she runs like she was made yesterday." jj threw john b the keys "you ready to go?"

"where's sarah?" john b's voice went soft and julia took that as a sign to get off his back.

"she's not with you?" olivia spoke with worry

"no, we got separated in the swamps. she said she'd meet me here."

"no, we havent seen her." pope shook his head

"okay, well, im not leaving without her."

"john b, look at me. i know you feel bad for leaving, but there's no time, man. you've got plenty of gas, plenty of food. once you get around that point, it's a straight shot across the sound to dismal swamp, okay? once you get there, lay low, all right? hang out for a couple of weeks and then go overland, cross the border at brownsville, you got that? brownsville. you— hey! you got that?" jj placed his hands on john b's head

"yeah, yeah. brownsville." john b looked down before climbing onto the boat. "hey. im sorry for basically... throwing us off a cliff with this whe treasure hunt thing."

olivia looked to julia to see tears leaving her eyes. she knew that julia never ever cried infront of anyone. the blonde girl holds her hand and squeezed it gently, reassuring julia that she could cry.

"atleast we did it together, right? pogue style." jj placed his arms around olivia and pope. olivia placed her arm around julia and pope placed his around kie as they all let out a small sad laugh.

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after john b left, julia dropped down onto the edge of the dock and stared down at the blood that is still stained on the back of her hand. she let's the silent tears fall from her eyes but she wiped them before anyone could see.

pope and kiara stood in the middle of the dock. and talked to each other about just being friends, but the fact they are both stood so close together doesn't help his nor her case in the argument. and the conversation about just being friends, ended up with them kissing.

olivia and jj stood by the car. olivia still slightly upset after she watched her brother nearly die and sarah leaving. jj's eyes still blood shot from crying. before he turned to her and they spoke.

sirens stopped the two from talking and jj immediately recognises the sound of sirens. he stand behind pope and kiara letting them finish before speaking. julia turned her head in the direction before getting up.

"hey, guys, I'm sorry to ruin the party, but, uh, we gotta go right now. come on!"

as they started to move the cop cars surround them, blocking them in. Shoupe gets out the black SUV slamming the door behind him.

"pope." kie mumbled as pope continues to walk.

"move. hands up! hands up!" a man with a gun shouted

"pope, hands." kie spoke to him again.

"we're too late. he's gone. god damn it! bratcher, have you guys stand down. let me talk to these kids. all right, where the hell is he?" Shoupe got closer, and olivia instinctively backs up slightly moving behind jj. "where the hell is he? jj? i see you're livin' up to your name. pope, how about you? this ain't a fucking game! you can do the right thing now! where'd he go?"

the man with the gun speaks into his radio, "suspect has just left station 26 in a small boat. need marine patrol to respond.

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they were escorted to a white tent, that was set up and surrounded by cops. "follow plumb to that tent." shoupe told the teens as they got out of the car.

julia was stood behind olivia as they all followed plumb, in a single file, into the tent. the routledge girl started to pick the skin around her fingers as she began to grow anxious.

"sit down. dont move. we got a lot to talk about." shoupe told the before turning to a cop "keep an eye on these kids."

"blockade is up at the marsh and masonboro and all other inlets from shem creek to breach inlet." one officer spoke.

julia sat slumped in her seat as she looked at the tall officer that was made to keep an eye on them. her leg started to bounce up and down, all she wanted was to go home.

she looked over to her friends and she watched pope take kiaras hand whilst jj took olivias.

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the teens were told to stay seated as the adults talk into a radio to Sarah and John B from the boat. The cops and Ward all sounded urgent trying to get the two teens to turn back around and come home or the storm would kill them, but they were adamant on not coming home. all the kids sat next to each other, whispering to each other once every few minutes reassuringly.

julia hadnt moved an inch since she had first sat down. she started to trace the blood stain with her fingers, she felt empty. tears threatened to escape her eyes, but she wouldn't let it happen. she needed to stay strong.

shoupe came in with plumb and thomas, the three of them wearing high vis jackets.

julia stayed sat in her seat, not wanting to see or speak to anyone. she watched her friends get up and stand infront of shoupe and his crew.

"did you find them?" pope asks as he stands up.

"no." shoupe looked down

"so, they got away?" kiara also asked, turning to look at jj for a second

the thunder crashes before shoupe speaks up again, looking down at the ground. "we, uh... we lost them. im sorry."

julias head snapped up when she heard shoupes words. "you lost them?" her voice was shaky. "what do you mean you lost them? like, they're gone? like, could be dead?"

"they took an open boat i to a tropical depression, julia." shoupe looked over to her "but we dont know if they're dead."

"you drove them straight through the storm!" olivia started to cry

"are you kidding me? come here!" jj yelled as he grabbed shoupe's shirt "im gonna kill you! im gonna kill you, you bastard! you killed him!" officer thomas had to pick jj up.

julia watched the scene unfold and everyone started talking over each other, arguing with one another. she let herself go and she flooded into tears.

Kiara's parents walk into the tent dropping their hoods and loving over at their daughter. And as soon as Kie's eyes's land on her parents the tears fall even more and she meets them half way and immediately hugging them sobbing into their shoulders.

Pope's mom comes up to him, "Pope. Pope." She speaks throwing her arms around her upset son, their hug being joined by his father in a matter of a few seconds. "I'm sorry..I'm sorry." Pope mumbles too his dad before its cut off by his dad's arms.

Julia's mom comes rushing in and doesn't think about anything other than finding and getting to her daughter. As soon as she gets to her, she wraps her arms around her holding her close. Julia lets the tears fall as she clutches onto the front of her mom's shirt. Her mom doesn't care about the wetness that is soaking through her top right now, too busy focusing on comforting her daughter. She runs her hands up and down her back and slightly running them through the ends of her hair. Julia hangs onto her mom, not planning to ever let go.

Olivia looks around for her dad, knowing he's here but she can't find him. Anywhere. She then looks for JJ but finds him already in a hug with the Hayward family. Kiara is with her family and Julia with her mom.

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riri's thoughts:

lexi and her shakespeare. lextvftv