Separation

Quentin walked back into the den with Terry just behind him, their elderly partner reluctantly looked over to the pair, doing his best to make his gun seemed aimed at the teenagers in front of him while actually keeping it off target. John didn't sign up to kill a group of kids, he came up here to drop the mines and go home. He wanted to repay the dishonesty of Leonard but this was all going too far, and for his poor son to get involved due to his hurt pride, that was unforgivable.

"Alright T, is going to be joining you here J while I go for a little march," Quentin easily stated before turning towards Bryan and Rachel, "You two, up, join your old uncle for a walk,"

"You're not our fucking uncle," Rachel spat back,

Quentin grinned at the blonde girl, "You always were a fussy one, Rachel," Quentin stepped forward and smacked Bryan across the face with his pistol grip, splitting his cheek,

"No!" Rachel exclaimed as Bryan's head snapped back, "Don't hurt him!" Bryan growled in pain as he sat forward, though Quentin merely leveled his gun at his head,

"Ah, ah, ah, you little shit, one move and...your poor father will have to scoop what he can into a jar for your funeral," Quentin warned before looking back to Rachel, "Now are you going to be a good girl and listen to me or do I need to convince you further?" Rachel pursed her lips and reluctantly nodded, "What's that darling? I need you to speak up,"

"I'll listen," Rachel hissed back,

"Good, now you and Bryan get up and put your boots on, we're going for a walk. Rest of you, listen to T and J, and everything will work out just fine," Quentin announced as he slowly led the White siblings out of the den.

John gulped as he watched Bryan walk, the teenager was more than definitely concussed, and now he was going to be alone with Quentin, it was all leaving a bad taste in his mouth. "Where is he taking them?" Nicole asked as soon as they left the room,

"Did I say you could talk? Shut your fucking mouth girl before I-" Terry began to threaten only for John to firmly grab his shoulder, "Get your fucking hand off me old man,"

"You need to take a deep breath, these are just kids," John argued,

Terry pushed John back towards the entrance of the den and led him into the hallway. Instantly the teens could hear a hushed, but hostile argument being shared between the two, but they knew this would be their only chance to talk. "Where do you think he's taking them?" Nicole quickly asked the group with worried eyes,

"The mines," Kenny murmured in response, "The night Zoey and I were trapped in the cave, we woke up to these weird tremors, now it makes sense. These guys are trying to screw Bryan's dad over by destroying the mines,"

"He's right, that same morning we saw some guys on snowmobiles from the fire watchtower," Eric added on while glancing to Anna who nodded in agreement, "But why would they-"

"To trap them inside," Kailyn instantly answered, "Destroyed mines are one thing, but them killing two teens would condemn them forever, not to mention destroying Leonard White all the more if anything were to happen to his kids,"

"Fuck, this is so fucked," JJ hissed under his breath, "We can't just sit here,"

"He's right we need a plan," Mindy agreed,

"I have one," Zoey interjected. "I called my dad. he was military, he is going to come up here and save us until then we just need to do what they say and wait this out," The redhead urged the others,

"That sounds like a good idea, Zoey's dad will surely have called the police too, we'll be okay," Anna agreed,

"Doesn't sound that good with Bryan and Rachel's lives hanging in the balance," Nicole frowned, "They don't have the luxury of waiting this out,"

"She's right," JJ nodded, "We need to handle this ourselves,

"Great, because I have an idea," Nicole said with a surprising amount of calm confidence in her voice.