𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧: 𝟖 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩

𝐂𝐎𝐁𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 sitting on the stairs that led into the private plane, waiting for pope to finish cleaning and rewrapping her burn. a few hours had gone by, all of them waiting for jj to come back with kie. turns out that mike and anna had sent to a wilderness camp, so now jj was on a rescue mission. hell, coby would be with him if he wasn't already on his way to get her. she winced as she felt pope gently cover her burn, finally feeling the pain for the first time all day. sarah was holding her other hand to try and bring her some sort of comfort.

"should i be worried about anything?" sarah questioned, a small grimace on her face as she watched pope wrap up coby's arm.

"well, i'm not a doctor. but, it doesn't look it's infected, which is good." pope answered, helping coby put her arm back into her sling.

"i'm glad. i would hate to have to get my arm cut off." coby mumbled, wincing again as pope tightened her sling.

"oh, god." sarah then mumbled, making coby and pope turn to look at her. they followed her gaze to a familiar jeep that was on the tarmac about a meter away from the plane. she got up as she muttered, "oh, god."

"hey, sarah." topper greeted as he got out of his jeep. coby clenched her jaw as she got up from the stairs of the plane, pope and cleo taking her and sarah's place. "what are you doing? you just seeing coby off or what?"

sarah didn't say anything for a few seconds, trying to find the right words. "i'm sorry i, uh, i didn't call. i meant to call you last night."

"oh, you meant to call me last night?" topper repeated, ignoring the glare that coby as sending him. "okay. no, it's all good. i was actually asking around myself and heard your dad's plane was here. and i was like, 'oh, that's - that's interesting.' yeah. so are you leaving with her?" sarah didn't respond, just looking at the taller boy. "are you leaving with her? yes or no, sarah."

the cameron girl reluctantly nodded.

topper scoffed, looking around for a second before his eyes landed back on sarah. "you're just - you're just a damn liar, sarah cameron. you've always been a liar. after everything we've been through? this - this is what you're gonna do to me? i'm done. okay? you literally just promised coby would go away, you'd stay here with me. i can't keep doing this to myself anymore, man."

"hey, top. you got a little something right here, man." coby heard pope say from being her. she looked over her shoulder to see that he as gesturing to his face. coby smiled as she looked at the thornton boy.

"why don't you shut up? how about that?" topper quizzed as he took a few steps forward. looks like someones feelings is hurt. his eyes then landed on coby. "and oh, buddy, coby. you better be glad i didn't swing back at you at the wreck cause i think you know what would've happened."

"if it was about two days ago, i would've taken the bait, top." coby told him, that smile still being on her face. "besides, remember that little brawl that happened at the pit? yeah, i took you down with you swinging back. i know what i can do."

"i, um, heard they're remodeling the château." topper then suddenly said, making coby's smile drop. this also gained everyone's attention, john b standing up from his spot under the plane's wing. "that's tough. how'd that happen?"

nobody had said anything about the château burning to anyone. they just left it, knowing that they'd be in trouble, someway, somehow. so for topper to even mention john b's home like that made sirens go off in everyone's head. and even though that wasn't her home, technically, that was her safe place. she'd go there whenever she needed to.

"what did you say?" she questioned, everyone hearing the way her tone had changed. sarah had quickly placed her hand onto coby's shoulder.

topper didn't say anything, a small smile on his face as he back away towards his jeep.

"no, topper, what did you just say?" john b urged.

"hey, you guys have a nice life, all right?" topper spat at coby and sarah, a bitter smile on his face as he climbed into his jeep.

"that's what you call a kook?" cleo asked from behind them, more so talking to pope.

"oh, yeah. big time." the heyward boy nodded.

they watched as topper pulled off, turning around so that he could exit back out where he came from.

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐓, the moon and stars making appearance. jj still hadn't made an appearance with kie yet, making the rest of the pogues restless. coby had taken some more tylenol, having been silently complaining about her arm hurting her. john b had been checking his phone to see if jj had texted him, but there was nothing. it was like he had gone completely MIA, which was very unusual for the boy. he was chaotic and all over the place, but he always showed up.

"has he called?" sarah asked john b, tearing her eyes away from coby and putting them onto the routledge boy.

"have you heard from him?" pope then questioned.

"no. nothing." john b replied, still looking down at his phone.

"we have to go. we don't have eight hours. and topper might've already called the police." sarah pointed out.

"we can't go without kie, though." coby chimed in.

"okay, okay. i'll call him." john b mumbled, going to dial jj's number.

"wait. that might be jj right there." cleo said just as the sound of an engine appeared.

everyone looked to see that it wasn't jj. it was actually rafe cameron with his father on the back. both john b and coby's guards went up once they had seen sarah's dad, not knowing how to exactly feel. they looked at one another before they turned back to the two cameron males. rafe stopped a few feet away from them. he turned the bike off, pushing the kickstand down to keep it up. rafe quickly took his helmet off, looking around at the pogues before his eyes fell onto his sister. before he could say something, ward slipped off the bike, a pained noise leaving his mouth. rafe was quick to go help him, trying to pick him up, but failing to do so. coby saw sarah slowly back away out of the corner of her eye, making her step towards her to bring some comfort.

rafe continued to attempt to pick his father up, telling him that he was okay. rafe then turned to look at sarah, seeing that she wasn't doing anything. "come on, help! help!"

coby's jaw clenched when she watched rafe pull off ward's helmet.

"don't just stand there. i need some help, please, come on." rafe begged.

sarah was hesitant to step forward, obviously having an internal battle with herself. rafe asked for help one more time, sarah shooting forward to help him pick ward up. the two of them helped ward onto the plane, sarah asking what happened. coby watched as the three camerons went towards the plane, the sawyer girl noticing the blood that was coming from his leg.

"a fisherman spotted him, all right? they know he's alive." rafe informed. now what the fuck did that have to do with them? "we gotta get him off the island right now."

coby watched as rafe practically dragged ward up the stairs and into the plane, an unreadable look on her face. sarah turned around as she brought her hands up to her head. she paced around for a few seconds, whispering a few words before she followed her brother and father onto the plane.

pope was quick to turn to coby. "no. hell, no. we can't. we're not getting on a plane with him. no way! hell no!"

coby's jaw clenched, knowing what pope was feeling. she was feeling the same way. i mean, this was the same man who killed her brother, almost killed john b's father, and took the royal merchant gold from the them. not only that, but he almost killed coby on that container ship. the scar that she had gotten from getting her head bashed in started to ache. she didn't say anything, adverting her eyes away from pope and to john b, who wasn't saying anything.

"are we still going?" cleo questioned, her eyes on the routledge boy as well.

coby crouched down when john b didn't answer, an unknown feeling appearing in her chest. this man had done so much stuff to coby and john b within the last few months. even worse, he had done so much stuff to the pogues too. she knew that john b was feeling the same thing she was.

"'don't worry, he's not coming'?" cleo's voice appeared again, making coby look up to see that sarah had came back out.

"he wasn't supposed to. i told you." the cameron girl panted. she then walked over to where coby was, crouching down in front of her so that they could be eye level. the two of them made eye contact, blue meeting brown. "he stays on this island, he gets arrested."

"sarah, i don't think you understand. we can't get on a plane with that guy. i can't get on a plane with that guy." coby told her.

"jake, i need you to listen to me. this is his plane. i can't stop him from leaving. but he will still give us a ride to orinoco, so if you don't wanna get on the plane, i get it. we'll find another way." sarah reasoned.

"there's no other way." john b chimed in, speaking up for the first time since rafe and ward had showed up. everybody looked at him, unreadable expressions on their faces. "let's go."

coby released a sigh, screwing her eyes shut for a few seconds. she then sucked in a breath as she turned back to the blonde in front of her, gently placing a hand onto sarah's cheek. "if you're going, i'm going. it's you and me." she then stood up, her and john b looking at one another. they nodded at one another before coby turned towards pope and cleo. "let's go. let's get on the plane."

when neither one of them had moved, john b chimed in. "come on, we're getting on the plane. we gotta go."

"with them?" pope asked, pointing a finger towards the plane.

"yes. we don't have any other choice." john b answered.

"just stick to the plan. come on." cleo chirped, knowing that there was a better chance pope would listen to her.

her and the heyward boy started to walk towards the plane, a cold glare in pope's eyes. it didn't help that rafe had decided to start coming down the stairs just as the two pogues were about to come up. the two males stopped, the both of them looking at one another. coby could practically see the daggers that pope's eyes were throwing at rafe. meanwhile, the cameron boy seemed to be unbothered by the glare he was receiving. he simply continued to walk down the stairs towards his sister. before he could go any further, pope placed a hand on his chest, stopping him.

"we're not done." pope told him.

rafe looked at him before he continued to walk. pope went to go follow him, but cleo had stopped him. coby was a little sad, wanting to see pope win a fight with rafe. sarah had started to walk towards the plan, stopping when she saw that her brother wasn't gonna move. rafe and coby made eye contact with one another, the latter sending the former a glare. rafe's eyes went to his sister.

"please take care of him." rafe begged, his voice soft as he looked at sarah.

the shorter girl didn't say anything, just walking around him and onto the plan. coby went to go do the same, but rafe stepped in front of her.

"you do anything to him, anything, i swear to god i'll find you." the older boy threatened.

"don't worry, rafe. he's in safe hands." coby said, rafe picking up on the cynical tone of her voice.

with that, she walked around him and onto the plane. rafe went to go say something, but she was already gone. he then turned to john b, going to say something. he stopped himself when he heard sirens in the distances. he dropped whatever he was gonna say, walking towards his bike while john b walked onto the plane. coby had went to the back of the plane, not wanting to be anywhere near ward. the cameron man then got up from his seat, going back outside to talk to his son.

he reappeared about a minute later, limping towards his seat. soon enough, they were slowly starting to move town the tarmac. eventually, they were up in the air, everyone staying far away from ward as they possibly could. well, everyone except sarah. she was actually cleaning the wound that was on his leg, an obvious tension in the air. i mean, no one wanted the man there with them. but coby also understood that ward was sarah's father. sarah continued to clean up ward's wound before she gently wrapped it up.

"thank you, baby." ward whispered, breaking the uncomfortable silence that had fallen over them. "thank you."

sarah didn't say anything, simply getting up before she walked over to where coby was sitting. ward turned around to look at her before his eyes landed on coby and john b.

"john, coby." ward called, making the two pogues look at him. well, it was more of coby's eyes shooting lasers at him while john b's eyes threw daggers at him. "thank you too. i know you won't believe it, but. . . you have nothing to worry about from me. not anymore. i'm just here to help you. all of you. i have a lot to make up for." he continued, looking around the plane at everyone else. his eyes then fell onto john b. "for what it's worth. . . i'm glad your father's alive."

coby had to stop herself from scoffing as she watched ward turn around. the man had never even apologized for what he did to big john and taylor. coby couldn't help but wonder if everything he had said would all go out the window when he actually sees big john. the sawyer girl was pulled out of her thoughts when she felt a hand slip into her own. she looked down to see that it was sarah's hand. she turned to look at the shorter girl, seeing that she was sending an apologetic look towards her. coby sent a small smile to sarah, bring their hands up to lips, kissing the back of sarah's knuckles.

this was gonna be an interesting trip.

daij speaks!
hiiii everyone. i thought i published this chapter but it turns out that i didn't. we're almost done with this season, i'm officially on episode 10. i'm actually excited to write for season four. mostly because i want to write carah being all cute and lovey. and for everyone asking, yes, sarah will get pregnant. and i can't wait to write coby's reaction to that. also, as messed up as it sounds, i also want to write the last episode for season 4. not so much jj's ending, but everything else. also, i'm gonna make coby do what no one else did. . . i'm gonna make coby put pressure on the wound.

SHOCKER!

anyways, i hope you guys enjoyed🫶🏼