Chapter two
When the boys were all fast asleep, a black ops team recruited by Griffin snuck into the apartment and silently grabbed the boys. None of them woke up at any time. The four boys were carried out of the safety of their apartment and were being brought on board of a helicopter. Griffin was already sitting in front.
"Let's get going," he said.
The helicopter brought the still sleeping boys to a deserted island somewhere far from their home. It landed on the shore and the boys sleeping forms were unloaded from the helicopter and placed down in the sand.
"Let the fun begin," Griffin said laughing evilly. "Let the cameras roll."
Logan shivered in his sleep. He desperately wanted to feel warm again and searched for the warmth and comfort of his comforter, but failed at finding it miserably. He groaned in his sleep. Suddenly he felt as if a bug of some sort was crawling on his back. He tried to get rid of the feeling, but it didn't work at all. It almost felt as if there were more bugs crawling all over his body. Logan started to panic in his sleep and slowly woke up. He immediately noticed he was not in his bed and in a totally strange environment. He scrambled up and looked around frantically. Where was he? He noticed his friends all sleeping peacefully next to him. Logan rubbed his tired eyes and looked around. They were on the shore of what seemed to be some kind of deserted island. The island consisted of the shore they were currently on and what seemed like the wilderness elsewhere. Chills were running down Logan's spine already. How in God's name did they end up in this place? Logan's mind went in overdrive. He tried to remember what happened the night before. All he could remember was hanging out with the boys and their girlfriends and having a wonderful time. But still he found no explanation what so ever for why they weren't at the Palm Woods anymore.
The uncomfortable feeling of bugs on his body snapped him out of his thinking. He looked down at his arms and that's when he noticed the leeches. All air seemed to have escaped his throat. He wanted to yell so badly, but his throat was too dry. He didn't even want to think about where exactly on his body the other leeches could be. His breathing became erratic and he was close to hyperventilating.
"Guys … Guys … Wake up. Please … Guys." His voice was hardly above a whisper.
"Loges, just go back to sleep will you," Kendall answered groggily.
"Can't." Logan sounded almost completely out of breath by now.
Kendall woke up brutally when he heard his friend gasping for air. He immediately noticed the strange environment they were in, but decided to take care of his scared friend at first and deal with the rest of it later.
"Logie, calm down," he said. "What's wrong?"
"Leeches. They … they're … everywhere." Logan managed to whisper.
"It's okay. I'll get them off of you," Kendall said.
He started removing the leeches he saw from his best friend's arms and legs. Logan looked as if he was about to pass out.
"Stay with me, okay, Logie," Kendall said. "Come on. You need to breathe. Look at me! Breathe in and out. In and out. You can do it, Logan."
Logan was trying to control his breathing just like Kendall told him, when James and Carlos started to wake up too. The two boys tiredly rubbed their eyes and immediately noticed that something was wrong with their best friend. They sat up straight away and watched the scene in front of them. Kendall had his hand firmly on Logan's shoulders and showed him how to breathe, while Logan was doing his utmost best to gain control once again. It seemed to take forever, but finally Logan managed to breathe properly all over again.
Meanwhile James and Carlos had also noticed they were no longer at the Palm Woods. Their eyes were scanning the deserted island.
"What happened? Where are we?" James asked Kendall.
"I dunno," he responded. "I remember falling asleep in my bed last night after our night out with the girls and I woke up here when Logan was having trouble breathing."
"What is this place? It looks really cool" Carlos said cheerfully.
"Are you insane?" Logan exclaimed. "There is nothing cool about this place. There's probably nothing there but the sand and the wilderness, not to mention the bugs that will eat us alive." He shuddered remembering the leeches on his body minutes ago.
"Stop panicking, Logan. We'll get out of here together. I'm sure of that," Kendall said although he had no idea how they were supposed to get back home.
"Do you even know where we are?" Logan bit back.
"Not a clue what so ever for the moment," Kendall replied. "But hey, you're the genius."
"Yeah, right," Logan said sarcastically. "All I know is that we are on the beach right now and the rest of the island seems to be a complete wilderness. I don't even want to imagine the dangers of that."
"Well, we can't sit here and do nothing," James said. "I already miss my Cuda Hair care products. How am I supposed to live without them?"
"Is that all you can think about?" Logan yelled.
"Hey, I want no I need to look good at all times," James answered him. "Maybe you should start to work on that too."
"Well, all I want to do is go back home in one piece and stay alive," Logan yelled at him again.
"Guys, would you stop fighting," Kendall said angrily. "We need to figure out how to survive in this place until we find a way to get out of here. So, James stop complaining, Carlos stop cheering and Logan stop whining. Okay!"
"So, what do we do know?" Carlos asked.
"I guess we need to go into this so called wilderness," Kendall said. "If we are stuck here, we need to find shelter and food in order to stay alive."
"But .. It could be dangerous," Logan said.
"Do you have a better idea?" Kendall shot back at him.
Logan nervously nodded his head.
"Don't worry, Logie," Carlos said softly. "We'll go first and we'll protect you. Okay?"
The group got up. Kendall sighed deeply. How where they ever going to get out of this mess? They were hardly dressed for their surroundings. They wore nothing but their boxer shorts for the night and a t-shirt. They had no proper clothing nor did they wear shoes. They were supposed to walk throughout the jungle in their pj's and on their bare feet. And to top it all off they still had no clue as where they were? Kendall looked up at the sky. It was a bright sunny day and it was starting to get hot already.
"Let's get this show on the road," he said to the others. "As it is hot already, we need to make sure we don't get dehydrated. Okay, Logan, since you're the smart one. What do we do?"
"I can't think straight," he said. "There's too much pressure."
"Logan, do you wanna live or do you wanna die?" Kendall said harshly.
"Live," Logan said softly.
"Then think," Kendall replied.
Logan desperately looked around. All of a sudden he noticed a chest of some sort half hidden in the sand. He informed the others and they decided to have a look. The chest could easily be opened and inside of the chest they found four empty water bottles and a piece of paper.
"Got it," Logan exclaimed.
"What does the note say?" Carlos asked him getting curious.
Logan took the note and started reading out loud.
Hello guys,
I bet Logan found this chest and this note and will be reading it to you. As you have noticed by now, you are on a deserted island and you are all alone on this island. Well, maybe that's not entirely true! You have been kidnapped and brought to this island by black ops and we have hidden heaps of cameras all over this island to follow your every move. You guys will be a total hit on national TV! Extreme survival with Big Time Rush! Sound exciting, right?
You will need to survive on this island for 10 days without food and shelter available to you. So I suggest you start searching for food and start building a shelter after you have finished reading. And remember … We are watching you! Now, I should tell you about the possible dangers. This is the wilderness! There are some dangerous and venomous snakes in these surroundings and some of the plants are also poisonous when you eat them. So be careful!
On the last day, you will need to swim downstream until you come across a boat. If you reach that boat, we'll safely take you guys back to the Palm Woods. But be careful! There are alligators and crocodiles in the water and I'm sure they would like to get a piece of you.
I must say I'm enjoying this adventure already! Aren't you guys excited too?
Well, have fun and try to stay in one piece.
Arthur Griffin
