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Nova squinted her eyes at the sun that was being to rise in the morning sky. She quickly parked her bike and hopped off, not paying attention to the girl leaned up against the wall, flipping a knife, nor the two men watching her near a car. She headed into the hotel, going outside to where Sarah and John B were supposed to be. Nova furrowed her brows in confusion, not seeing Sarah and John B anywhere. John B's bag was there but there was so sign of them anywhere.

"Sarah? John B?" Nova looked around, a sigh leaving her mouth as she caught sight of the Cameron's house, figuring they must've went there.

"Sarah didn't mention you," an unrecognizable voice spoke. Nova raised a brow as she turned around slowly, recognizing the girl to be the one who was residing outside with a knife. "And you are?"

"You should probably come with me," Cleo suggested.

Nova simply chuckled, immediately going to shove past her but Cleo held a knife to her throat, stopping Nova in her tracks. "If I cut you, you're face would look worse than it already does," the mystery girl stated. Nova simply frowned in offense and shoved Cleo's arm back, gabbing her own pocket knife from her bra. "Alright, I ain't got a comeback for that. So, if I said you were ugly, I'd be lying."

The comment caught Cleo off guard, not sure what to think of that. Nova took the distraction to sweep Cleo's legs and climb on top of her, taking Cleo's knife and holding it to her throat. "You should've thought this little plan through, baby. You underestimated me, cause I've been fighting my whole life."

"She did think it through." Nova groaned hearing a man's voice. She looked up, only to see two men, and one of them held onto Sarah as the other held a gun to Sarah's head.

"Get off her or I shoot your little friend," the older man said.

Nova clenched her jaw and slowly climbed off of Cleo. "Drop the knife and hand her the gun in your bag," he instructed. Nova dropped the knife and Cleo picked it up as she got to her feet, hating that she got taken down by the older girl. Nova pulled the gun out of her bag, annoyed that he knew she had one, and handed it to an annoyed Cleo. "There, now lower yours from her head," Nova said, seeing how scared Sarah was.

The older man lowered his gun and the other male, shoved Sarah over to Nova. Sarah held onto Nova with a sigh of relief, "Do you know where John B went?" Sarah asked lowly. "I'm pretty sure you got the idea," Nova confirmed.

Cleo held Nova's gun to Nova's back, "Go," she ordered.

"You know, if I knew I was gonna get kidnapped, I wouldn't have agreed to this shit," Nova muttered.

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Alora quickly parked her bike, taking notice of Nova's bike, empty and no sign of Nova anywhere. She sighed and grabbed her phone, attempting to call her again but it went to voicemail immediately. "Alora?!" John B shouted, jogging over to her, neither of them paying attention to the girl sitting on the pillar, flipping a pocket knife. "Have you seen, Cece? She's not answering her phone," Alora asked, gesturing to the empty bike.

"No, not since last night. They're probably on the rooftop, let's go," John B said. They both walked towards the entrance as a girl spoke, "You're a leg short, bro." John B and Alora both glanced at her, deciding to not give her any acknowledgement until she spoke again, "You lookin' for Sarah? She gone." Cleo stated, flipping her knife.

Alora glared at the girl and Cleo smirked, assuming Alora was the girl Nova kept talking about with Sarah. "You must be the little girlfriend. Yeah, Nova's gone too," Cleo added.

"Am I speaking English? They're not in there. Okay," Cleo said but they chose to ignore her and head up to the rooftop anyways.

John B and Alora both ran up to the rooftop, not seeing any sign of Novalie or Sarah. Alora picked up Nova's keys that lied on the ground as John B ran over to grab his backpack. They both ran back outside and John B ran up to the girl, "Where are they? You know what-" he couldn't even get another word in as she held the handle of her knife against his stomach.

"Take your hands off. I'll cut you," Cleo threatened slowly.

Alora grabbed John B's wrist and pulled him back. "You better not have hurt her," John B said. "She's with the boss, man. He's been looking all over town for you. But, I can't say the say for the other girl," Cleo said, inspecting Alora subtly. She didn't know what Nova even seen in her. She wasn't all that. At least in her eyes. Not that she was saying she even cared who Nova was interested in.

"Tell me where there are, or I'll-" John B grunted as Cleo effortlessly shoved him back by his jaw. "Okay. You know what? I'm gonna-" Alora stepped up to Cleo only to get a knife held against her throat, "Ah, ah, ah. Come on, man. Both too pretty to cut," she said.

"Come along. Nice and easy. We're gonna go for a little ride," Cleo said, escorting them to her jeep that was parked next to Nova's bike. "Car only fits two, so you follow behind me. You do anything stupid and your girlfriend dies," Cleo stated towards Alora.

Alora rolled her eyes at the girl, "Aye, take her bike too. She won't stop whining about it," Cleo added. Alora shook her head in annoyance as she and John B both lifted Nova's bike into the trunk of Cleo's jeep.

"Just do what she says. I'm not losing my girl cause you can't follow orders," Alora said to John B as she climbed onto her own bike.

"Relax, the last thing I would do is put Nova or Sarah in danger."

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"Boss, he's here." Nova looks up hearing Cleo's voice and sees John B walk in slowly. "Hey, found your boyfriend." Cleo says towards Sarah. Alora then walked in, a bit warily. Her eyes meet Nova's and she sighed in relief, running into her arms. "Lora," Nova smiles as she embraced Alora. Cleo watched the interaction with squinted eyes, wondering what their relationship was considering Nova denied Alora being her girlfriend.

Meanwhile when John B tried to talk to Sarah, she shoved him away harshly. John B turned his head and Stubbs wrapped a hand around his throat, choking him. "I wouldn't provoke him. It tends not to go so well," Terrance, the man who had previously given Sarah and John B a lift to Nassau, added. "You can run but you can't hide John B." Stubbs let's go of John B and pats his face with a smile, shoving him forward onto a chair. 

Alora sat on Nova's lap, laying her chin on Nova's head, still completely confused about the situation. "Took you long enough," Terrance said towards Cleo. "Next time, get him yourself," she shot back. "After all our hospitality, you left without saying goodbye." John B rubs his neck with a sigh.

"Let us go," Sarah says, walking forward.

"I got 50,000 reasons why that ain't gonna happen," the captain replies.

"He didn't do anything," Sarah defends, knowing they wanted to turn John B in for the reward money. Nova looks on, wondering why John B managed to make so many enemies. "Maybe he did. Maybe he didn't. I don't care. We let the courts decides." Nova rolls her eyes seeing Cleo smile and twirl her knife. "Bring him to the proper authorities."

"What are you talking about?" John B says but Stubbs pulls him up by his backpack and shoves him back. "Hey, no, no. Listen, listen. I can pay. I can pay you!" John B reasons.

"You got 50k in your back pocket? If not, bye-bye.

John B slowly pulled off his backpack and Stubbs took it from him to open it until Sarah went and grabbed it, clearly irritated. "Easy girlie. Slowly." Sarah slowly opened the front pocket and pulled out the melt slab of gold. Nova's eyes widened at it, "Oh shit." Cleo slowly stood up in realization.

"What is that?" Terrance asks, needing extra reassurance that it was what he thought it was. "Gold. What the fuck does it look like?" Alora inputs with an incredulous look and Cleo shoots her a small glare.

"Give it to me," Terrance orders and Stubbs barks the order more strictly. Sarah hands it to him and he raises it to his lips, biting it to check if it was real. "One hundred and forty-three thousand reasons to let us go. More than the bounty." Terrance hands the gold to Cleo who then taps it with her blade. "I'll tell you what. That is your rescue fee. But I want my bounty too."

"No, no, no, no! No! Terrance! Terrance! Terrance!" John B shouts as Stubbs pulls him away. "No. That wasn't the deal!" Sarah pleads. Nova stands up only for Cleo to grab her and hold the knife to her neck again, "Not a step," she warns Alora. "Just one! That's just one! Hey! There's more!" Stubbs stops pulling him away to let him explain.

"Look, I went to Paradise Island," John B looks to Sarah who held a very upset look, "to her family's house." Stubbs let's him go as he walks closer to explain. "There is hundreds of millions of dollar's worth of that gold there." Terrance shoots Cleo a look and she let Nova go, pushing her towards Alora. Nova clenched her jaw, clearly frustrated with being pushed around just because she was outnumbered and out-weaponed.

"It is an empty, undefended house. She has the entry codes." The captain looks to Sarah, "Girlie, is this true?"

"It's my family's house. The gold's there. And I can get you to it."

They all develop a plan and head towards the truck, though on the way to the truck, Nova pulls Cleo aside. She cleared her throat, "Can I get my gun back now?" Nova holds her hand out as Cleo raises a brow at her and hums, rubbing her chin in thought. "Hmm. I don't know. You gonna ask nicely?" Nova huffs, Alora took her hand to calm her down.

"May I please have my gun back? The knife too." Nova plastered on a fake sweet smile. Cleo hums, "Okay. Here you go." Cleo hands Nova the gun and a knife. Nova looks at the knife in confusion, "Uh, this ain't mine?"

Cleo walks away, twirling Nova's knife that had her initials engraved onto the handle. "Nope. But I like this one. It compliments me better," Cleo smiles, climbing into the back of the truck. Nova held her tongue, knowing it wasn't smart to argue at this moment. "When this is over I think I might kill her," Nova muttered to Alora.

Alora chuckles, "Calm down, Cece. When this is over we're gonna leave to the bay and you're going to take me to one of those nice fancy seafood places." Nova smiles, throwing an arm around Alora, "I think I can get around that."

Nova climbs into the back next to Cleo and held out her hand to help Alora up. "I'm totally getting fired," Alora mumbles, leaning her head on Nova's shoulder as John B drove off towards the  house with Sarah in the passenger's seat. "It's cool. We're moving away anyways," Nova excuses.

"Home sweet home. Take us to your mansion, Miss Fancy-pants." Nova hears Terrance say to Sarah as they came close towards the place. "Alright, this is it." They all pull the green tarp over them. Nova tenses feeling Cleo and Alora both pressed up against her, feeling incredibly awkward.

John B manages to get in through the gates by pretending to be their gardener, as planned. Stubbs climbed out first, pulling down the truck to let them out. Terrance climbed out, then Nova did, helping Alora out next and offering her hand to Cleo. Alora fixed her bandana, as Cleo took Nova's hand, letting her help her jump out. "Gotta be pretty rich to have a waterfall in your front yard. You're full of surprises, ain't you, Miss Rich?"

"Nova, help me find a seashell," Sarah said, gesturing her over. Nova walked over and knelt down, looking in the plants, she found a big shell. "Aye, princess, here," Nova tosses it to Sarah. She shook out the keys and gave Nova a thankful nod. Sarah opens the door with a sigh, "Get in. We don't have all night. Go."

Nova pulls out her gun for precaution and enters first, making sure it was clear and safe. "It's all clear, let's go!" Nova whisper-shouts, gesturing them inside. Sarah walks in, heading towards the safe and they all follow. She locates the safe and kneels down next to it, "Okay, let's see here."

"Showtime, girlie. You best remember that combo." Sarah tries two combinations which don't work. "I knew I should have never listened to you." Nova rolls her eyes, "Quiet man. Let her focus."

"Usually, he uses his birthday. Maybe I entered it wrong." Sarah tries again only for it to decline. "Chop-chop. Let's go," Terrance pushes. "I'm trying." Nova leans down next to Sarah, "let me try." Sarah moves aside for Nova to attempt. She attempts Rose's birthday but it declined. "I tell you what, you don't get it open, I get my 50k consolation, all right?" Alora glares at him, "Give her some damn time." Then she attempts Rafe's, which declined. "Try Sarah's," John B adds.

Nova adds in Sarah's birthday and it turns the handle, it opens. Sarah sighs and pulls it open as Nova backs up. "Bingo. Nice job, girlie." He bends down and takes a piece of gold, examining it with a grin. "I'll be damned." Nova smirks at the gold, "I can finally get my bike fixed."

"I need shades," Cleo voices with a grin.

"Go get the bags, Stubbs. Go get the goddamn duffle bags!" Terrance orders. He snaps out of his daze and runs to get the bags. "Guys," Stubbs says, catching their attention. They notice the lights. "Security's here!"

"Let's get outta here. Should've never let you talk me into this." Terrance takes off with Stubbs following. "Rent-a-cops, incoming," Cleo adds. Whilst everyone's distracted, Nova slides a piece of gold into her pocket and helps John B close the door. "Let's go! Come on!" Alora exclaims.

They all run towards the door until Terrance suddenly shuts it, locking them it. "You motherfucker!" Nova slams her hand on the door in frustration as John B asks what he was doing. "You're the bait that's gonna slow 'em down. See you later."

"Yo, JB, they're coming!" Nova warns them. She grabs Alora's hand and pulls her down behind the couch, JB and Sarah doing the same. "What do we do?" Sarah asks.

"I'll go upstairs and distract them," John B says. "No, no. You'll get caught," Sarah protests. Nova shakes her head and gets in the middle of them. "Okay, my plan now. JB distracts them whilst Sarah will go and find a boat. And I will get the truck, get our bikes back and maybe try to get the slab of gold back for y'all too. Now, anyone wanna argue?" Nova explains, looking in between them, they shake their heads no.

"That could work. We have a boat here, in the cove behind the property. I'll get the keys. Meet me there as soon as you can, okay?" Sarah said, peeking her head above the couch. "Okay now." John B hands Nova the keys to the truck and they both stay low. Sarah goes through the back as JB runs upstairs, making his presence known the security.

Once they way is clear, Nova grabs Alora's hand and pulls her along. They run through the front and climb into the car. Nova locks the doors and starts it up, looking behind her anxiously. She didn't wanna leave them behind. "You think they made it to the boat?" Alora asks, tapping her foot nervously.

"Stay here. Imma go take a look." Nova grabbed the gun, turning the safety off, she climbed out despite Alora's pleads. She walked towards the commotion she heard, seeing Sarah try to reason with the security. "Let's go!" Nova shouts. Sarah sprays the men with bug spray and grabs John B. "JB drive!" Nova orders.

He hops into the front, waiting till both girls climbed into the back to start driving. A security ran, catching up with the car, he grabs Sarah's leg, trying to pull her off. Sarah shreiks in fear, holding onto Nova's waist tightly. "Let her go you motherfucker!" Nova raises the gun and shoots him in the arm, getting him to tumble back. "Oh shit! Did you kill him, Cece?!" Alora shouts from the front.

"He'll be fine. I just nicked him," Nova said. Sarah breathes heavily, laying her head on Nova's chest, finding comfort in the older girl. "I got you. I got you," Nova pressed a kiss to her head, both of them ignoring JB's question. "I'll always protect you, okay? I promised your crazy brother. No breakup is gonna change that." Sarah nods, closing her eyes and just focusing on Nova's steady heartbeat.

"Pull over right here," Alora tells John B and he does as told, pulling up at the food truck. Alora climbs out with John B. Immediately did Sarah climb out and shove him, both of them arguing back and forth. Nova purses her lips, climbing out and walking towards Alora. "We'll let them figure their shit out. I'm hungry." Alora pulls out some cash from Nova's bag that she seen in the truck.

"I could eat." Nova smiles and they go up and order some tacos and a drink before climbing into the back of the truck. John B and Sarah both climbed back into the truck and JB began to drive. "Okay, I'm in charge now," Sarah says, turning to look at the two girls who munched on their food. Nova raised a brow, "No offense, but it seems like I'm the only one who's actually gotten shit taken care of so far?"

Sarah sighs, "Fine. We're both in charge. I'm thinking, we go back tomorrow, sneak in and attempt to steal the gold back successfully."

Nova shook her head almost immediately. "Nah, we can't do this by ourselves. We need people who know people. We need muscle. We need smarts." Alora nods in agreement. "So what are you thinking?" Sarah asked. "Your daddy is gonna show up to transfer the gold somewhere else immediately, as it was just almost stolen. So, when they're transferring it, we take it."

"Okay. And do you have any friends or something who can help?" John B questions from the front.

Nova tilts her head, "Well I do have three specific people in mind." She gives Sarah a knowing look. Sarah blinks, "Honestly. That's a pretty good idea." JB furrows his brows, completely in disagreement with this plan.

"Thank you. But seriously, I need my fuckin' bike back. And that bitch has my knife." Sarah chuckles and Nova, shaking her head in amusement. Alora offers Sarah some of her tacos in which she gladly accepts.

Nova and Alora raised their glass soda bottles, "To the heist."

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a/n: nova and cleo's interactions 🤞 >>

y'all i think im obsessed with making the love interest steal the mc's knife (iykyk)😍

how do we like alora so far?? she's my baby 🤭

AND NOVA BEING A TOTAL BADASS AND ONLY CLEO BEING ABLE TO PUT HER IN CHECK 😭

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