Author's Note: Hello everyone. I'm trying my hand in a fandom, I'm not a particular fan of but find it as pretty good pointless humor, so I'm writing this from a non-fan perspective and for those fans of my other stories who may not be familiar with the series.

Big Time Revolution: Kings Fall
By OneHorseShay

Disclaimer: Don't Own, Don't Sue. For God sakes, don't sue.

Pairing(s): Victorious mentioned character (Stand-In OC according to the TV Tropes definition) Dusty Hale/Heather Fox, Logan/Camille, One-sided James/Lucy

Rating: T for Violence, Adult Situations/Themes, and Language.

Summary: Parallel Story to my Victorious story 'We Love Each Other'. Griffin told Jade West and Tori Vega that he would make sure it was a mistake for them signing to other record companies after the Platinum Music Awards, but he didn't count on Katie Knight and one wayward son.

Timeline Note: Takes place parallel to the Big Time Rush episode 'Big Time Returns'.

Prologue

Gustavo Rocqué's Office
Rocqué Records
Los Angeles, CA
Friday, June 8, 2012

Being the president of a major record company was a fulltime job in every sense of the phrase and Gustavo Rocqué loved every moment of it even if his doctors hated it due to the stress and blood pressure problem it caused. After just completing a world tour with his 'dogs' he affectionately (and sometimes used not so affectionately) referred to the world wide successful boy-band Big Time Rush, he was already picking the new single off their second album to keep his band in the public eye as much as possible and keep pushing record sales.

However, his upbeat mood was quickly dashed when his boss, the CEO of Rocqué's parent company RCMCBT Global Net Sanyoid Corporation, Arthur Griffin walked into his office with his steadfast bodyguard and assistant, Obdul. The CEO was a gentleman in his late-fifties/early-sixties with graying hair and blue eyes and his assistant/bodyguard was a tall African-American gentleman with a thin goatee, dressed in an equally immaculate suit as his boss.

The older gentleman with gray hair wore a bright smile, which Gustavo realized was a bad sign because it usually meant he was going to be tortured in some manner.

The CEO laced his fingers in front him and cheerfully began, "Gustavo, I'm thrilled to have you back from your World Tour and making me a great deal of money."

The glasses wearing record president raised a beefy hand and countered, "Ah Griffin, they keep most of the money, remember?"

He slightly frowned for the briefest of moments then put his knowing smile back on his face. He retorted with a surprisingly cheerful voice, "I know, that is why it is important that we release BTR's next single for record sales and get my cut. We're going to premiere it on JoJo's radio show tomorrow. I've picked 'Love Me, Love Me'."

Gustavo frowned and countered, "No, it should be 'Elevate'."

The gray haired gentleman slightly shook his head and firmly answered, "No, BTR's next single will be 'Love Me, Love Me' because it connects with today's twelve to twenty-one year olds that have the most disposable cash thus buying more Big Time Rush merchandise and making me more money."

The larger gentleman crossed his arms over his chest, relaxed back in his chair and sharply retorted, "No, 'Elevate'!"

Griffin took a step forward while bringing his arms behind his back. "'Love Me, Love Me'."

Gustavo got out of his seat and snapped, "'Elevate'!"

Gustavo's assistant, Kelly, a lovely young African-American woman in her late twenties slipped into the office with business notebook in hand and huffed out an annoyed breath and raised her hands to catch their attention. "Look, you do this every time a single needs to be released: argue in circles. Why not let say… Carlos decide? He's the most honest person and would make a fair assessment."

The arguing pair looked between one another then Griffin slightly frowned and answered with a raised hand, "Fine, we're not going to agree, so let Carlos to decide. Kelly's right: the fairest thing we can do is to leave it to one of them."

Gustavo grinned and eagerly agreed, knowing in an instant he'd convince Carlos into picking the right song.

Griffin put on a smug expression as he came to the same conclusion. The record owner continued, "Now with that business settled, I wanted to talk to you about a more pressing matter—"

The glasses wearing producer sharply interrupted, "More important than BTR's next single?"

Griffin smugly smiled and answered, "Yes. While you were gone, we had the Platinum Music Awards—"

He rolled his eyes as he interrupted his boss, "I saw the tape delay and it was BORING, except…" He nervously laughed out, "Those girls for the opening act were fantastic. Thronesmith pulled off a pretty good PR campaign before the show that actually paid off."

"Yes they certainly were and that's what I want to talk to you about."

Gustavo's smile faded as he quickly assumed that his nemesis boss would want him to take on one or even both girls and all the trouble it could cause. The last thing he wanted was a repeat of that short rivalry for his attention as what happened the previous year between his dogs and the female group 'Kat's Crew'. His doctor already stressed enough that he should avoid stress. He hesitantly asked, "So you've signed them up while we were gone and want me to manage them?"

Griffin continued to wear his grin, but Gustavo could clearly see he wasn't wearing a happy expression. This was immediately confirmed with his false happy tone, "No, they completely shot me down. Tori Vega signed with Mason while Jade West signed with Shawn Quincy of RPX Records instead of me, so they're competition. That means they affect my bottom line especially with such world wide exposure they had, so I must utterly destroy them. I don't even want them to be one hit wonders because even that will take money out of my pocket."

The songwriter gave him a curious expression joined by Kelly narrowing her eyes to the CEO.

He clasped his hands together and called out, "What I mean is that I need you to start writing a new fantastic album that will crush them as soon as they are ready to release their album."

Gustavo nervously laughed out as he motioned about with his hands, "But we just finished the second album and a world tour. We all need a break and it takes time. We don't even have demos to start picking out."

The white haired CEO laughed, "I know, but I need something at the ready to release before either can finish their debut album, so you better get started." He turned and headed out of the office with Obdul throwing a slightly threatening expression to Gustavo, but flirtatious smile to Kelly.

Kelly walked to the front of his desk and blinked at her boss. She threw up her hands and asked in a completely disbelieving tone, "Is he serious?"

Gustavo shrugged his shoulders and answered in an equally disbelieving tone, "Apparently so."

"He can't do that."

"I know. We weren't going to have a new album out until next year for next year's summer tour… maybe by the holidays at the earliest."

As he was speaking, Kelly was bringing up a webpage on her smart phone then commented, "No! I mean this." She held her phone up to show him the headline from one of the gossip sites: 'RPX's Newest Musical Sensation Jade West's Miracle Recovery'.

Gustavo frowned and squinted his eyes then looked back to her with a perplexed expression. "'Miracle Recovery'?"

Kelly blew out a tired breath then quickly explained, "She and Tori Vega were contestants on some new game show. I guess the producer thought having them as his first contestants on the show would bring him guaranteed viewers and hook an audience for future shows, but the game was insane. They would do crazy things to the contestants when they'd get an answer wrong."

"Like?"

She threw up her hands as she finished, "Throwing unknown goo and dropping things on them. They dropped a car battery on Jade's head and it nearly killed her. The thought she was quadriplegic while she was in her coma and if she ever woke up, she'd have permanent brain damage, but now she's absolutely fine. It's being called a miracle as she woke up and she's now absolutely fine."

Gustavo snorted out a laugh and waved her off, "Now Quincy's getting into the PR act to try to one up Mason. Recovering from a car battery dropping on her head? Really?"

Kelly closed her eyes and lolled her head back to stare up at the ceiling for a moment. She looked back at her boss and patiently explained to him, "It wasn't a PR stunt. The Catholic Church is investigating it as a miracle and the producer is going to plead guilty to attempted murder. He's going to be in prison for the next ten years at least."

He laugh ceased and wore a guarded expression. He asked with a hint of disbelief, "Really?"

She nodded her head and answered, "Yes, really."

He put on a sour face as he turned his attention down to his desk.

"She was already getting a worldwide following from the PMAs, but now this? He wants us to purposely go head-to-head with her and Tori Vega?"

The music producer bowed his head and pinched the bridge of his nose. "I know, but if Griffin wants a new album, we have to give him a new album."

"The boys are not going to like that; they just got back."

He let his own frustration slip into his voice as he shouted, "I don't care! Just get the dogs in here now! And I got to have Carlos pick 'Elevate' so I can salvage something out of this day."

The royal blue blouse wearing young lady shook her head then turned to head out of the office.

Author's Note: Not much for me to say for a prologue, but I hope you'll stick around to see what I have in store. Will Griffin be able to destroy Jade and Tori without them realizing that they are in his cross-hairs? I guess we'll see.