A/N: I like this chapter for many reasons but for the sake of spoiling, I'll say it at the end. Enjoy the chapter! :D


Kelly smiled as she turned into the parking lot of McDonalds. She knew Carlos loved their chicken nuggets. She decided to get different sauces this time. When she arrived to the building, she showed her I.D. to the security guard before he lifted the gate, allowing her to drive through.

"Hey, Billy." Kelly said as the man nodded her way while she pulled into the parking lot.

After finding a parking spot, Kelly walked into the building, showing her I.D. again. She walked to the secret door and typed in the password before taking the elevator down to where Carlos was held. The elevator doors opened and she walked down the hallway, turning to where Carlos' room was. She typed in the password to his room and when she walked in she didn't see her mother. She figured she went to go do some work things so she decided to just go give Carlos his food. She typed in the password to the room and smiled when Carlos gasped and jumped out of bed. She walked over to the glass case and opened the door.

"Yay, thank you so much Kelly."

"You know I never disappoint." Kelly said, handing him the bag and his drink.

"I also got you some different sauces." Carlos smiled and pulled the napkins out of the bag, laying them down before pulling out the chicken nuggets and fries. Kelly smiled as Carlos reacted to each different sauce.

"I don't like this one." Carlos said, putting the buffalo sauce back in the bag.

"Why not?"

"It makes my tongue burn."

"Oh, I should've told you."

"Do people actually like that?"

"Yes, actually."

"Why?"

"People actually like the burn."

"That's weird."

"It's not weird. People like their mouths to burn."

"Why?"

"Carlos, I don't know."

"Oh, I like that one." He said, trying the sweet and sour sauce.

"Me too." Kelly said, smiling. The intercom in Carlos' room beeped on and Kelly turned to the window to see her mother standing there.

"Kelly, can you come here for a moment?"

"Sure." Kelly said before she got up, telling Carlos she'll be right back. When Kelly got out of Carlos' room and into the research room, Dr. Wainwright hugged her.

"Mom, is everything okay?"

"Yes, sorry."

"You're lying." Kelly said, looking at her mother's face.

"It's just, they found something in Carlos' blood."

"What do you mean?"

"They don't know what it is and everyone's starting to panic."

"But he seems just fine." Kelly said before she looked at the boy through the window as he ate his food and played his video game.

"They think he might start resisting."

"Resisting what?"

"That's what I said."

"Well, what else did you tell them?"

"I told them that nothing is changing unless I agree to it. Carlos is mine, so they had no other choice but to agree with me."

"Good."

"But Kelly, I'm scared. What if when I die, they decide to take matters into their own hands?"

"Mom, you can't think like that."

"I have to Kelly. We're the only family he has."

"What about his parents in the picture?"

"They could be dead for as far as we know. General Griffin wasn't able to get much out of what Carlos came in. All we know is it's made out of some unknown material."

"So, what are we going to do?"

"I'm going to resist them trying to find out more about Carlos for now and that's all I can do."

"Do you have any idea what could be happening to him?"

"All I know is they want to do a lot of different tests on Carlos that could possibly hurt him."


"James, hurry up."

"Logan, I am moving as fast as I can." James said as Logan pulled him down the hallway to the bus.

"If I miss this bus-"

"You aren't going to miss the bus."

"You don't know that."

"Logan, it's right there!" James said as Logan pushed open the door to the front of the school. Everyone turned to look at them as they waited to load the bus. "I told you." James said, disconnecting their hands.

"Well, I didn't want to take that chance." James followed Logan as he joined the line of people.

"Where's Kendall?" Logan asked James and he shrugged before texting their friend.

"Where are you?" James sent before he yawned. The fact that they had to get here before school started was ridiculous.

"I'm almost there." Kendall responded and James relayed the message to his worried boyfriend.

"He better not ditch us." Logan said, folding his arms.

"Now, why on Earth would I do that?" Kendall said, walking up to them before he yawned.

"I'm glad you're here."

"I'm tired." Kendall responded to Logan's happiness.

When they got on the bus, James said next to the window while Logan bounced up and down in the seat next to him. Kendall flopped down into his seat and laid his head on the window, trying to recover some type of sleep that he lost while waking up this early. The bus ride to the building was a little longer than expected but Logan was so excited he didn't even notice. Kendall slept half of the way, glancing over at James, who managed to sleep the whole way there. When they finally arrived, Kendall noticed how much security that was around.

"Logan, isn't this a science center?"

"Yeah." He said, smiling before he nudged his boyfriend to wake up.

"So why does it have all of this security?"

"Kendall, this is why I'm so excited. This place just opened as an exhibit but at first it was strictly off limits under military control. Who knows what's in here."

"That's kind of cool." Kendall said, making Logan even more excited.

When the bus pulled to a stop, Logan was one of the first people off the bus even though they were seated in the middle. James sluggishly caught up to his boyfriend while pulling his best friend along. Kendall just laughed at how tired James seemed as they walked up to the building.

"Okay people, we're a high school, which means, don't touch anything or you will be in serious consequences. This facility doesn't take kindly to visitors which is why it's so important that none of you mess this up. We're already banned from several different museums, let's not add this new museum to the list." Everyone nodded their heads and James just laid his head on Logan's shoulder. As they walked into the building, Logan was in the front, squeezing James' hand out of excitement.

"Hello everyone, my name is Dr. Wainwright. I'll be giving you guys the first ever tour of this museum." The woman said before Logan raised his hand. "Yes?"

"Is it true that this use to be a base of operations for a secret government association?"

"Oh, wow, I wasn't expecting that to be my first question of the day."

"I'm sorry, he's just really excited." James told the woman and his boyfriend looked up at him.

"That's fine. This is something really exciting. If you would follow me, I will show you the rest of the exhibit."

"But wait…you never answered my question."

"Maybe." Dr. Wainwright said before she turned and continued walking, smiling as a few people gasped. As they walked through the facility, Logan couldn't stop gasping at everything. James made a point of trying not to groan at everything and actually enjoy himself just because Logan is having a good time. Kendall was in between the two when it came to feelings. Some things he was intrigued while others he just walked pass. When it was time for lunch, all three boys ended up getting the same thing of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. As they ate, James and Kendall listened to how happy Logan was about each thing they were shown.

"I love the fact that they're showing things like old military devices. It's like we're getting to know some secret part of the government."

"I like that about this place too." Kendall said, smiling when his phone vibrated.

"Hey, babe, how are things?" Jett texted him.

"Things are going great. Logan is having a blast and James is clearly only happy because Logan is."

"What about you?"

"I'm actually having fun."

"That's good."

"What about you?"

"We're taking a break because one of the new girls threw up. It was really gross but she at least ran so it wouldn't get on everyone else."

"Is practice that rough?"

"No, she's just weak." Jett texted, making Kendall laugh.

"Lol. I thought you were supposed to be a team."

"We are, she's just weak and everyone's irritating me."

Kendall put his phone back in his pocket before he had to use the bathroom. He walked out of the cafeteria and followed the signs to the bathroom. After he was done using it, he saw that everyone was still having lunch and decided to take another look around. As he looked at one of the exhibits that he liked the most, he saw Dr. Wainwright walking a few artifacts down. Not knowing whether or not he was allowed to walk around made Kendall want to hide. While hiding, he saw that the woman looked concerned. Walking slowly behind her and hiding behind some objects, Kendall followed the woman until she stopped at an elevator. Kendall felt like he was some type of investigator as he watched her type on a key pad the six digit pen number.

"5-9-7-3-1-0." Kendall told himself before he took out his phone and typed the number into the device to save it. The elevator doors opened and Dr. Wainwright walked in and pressed a button. Kendall turned and hid behind the closest object he could find. When the doors closed, Kendall wondered if he should follow the woman before his phone vibrated.

"The rest of the tour is about to start. Where are you?" Logan texted him.

Kendall let out a sigh before he texted back, "On my way."


Kendall couldn't stop thinking about where Dr. Wainwright went because the second part of the tour was being led by some man who didn't provide as much information as Dr. Wainwright. Logan was even more intrigued on the second half than he was on the first half which James didn't think was possible. Kendall tried to separate himself from the tour but was caught and told to stick with the group. He raised his hand and asked to go to the bathroom. When he was told where it was, he promptly headed there before sneaking his way back to where Dr. Wainwright went. He was about to type in the elevator code when he heard some woman on her phone.

"I'm here now. I know, Mom. Don't worry."

Kendall ducked behind a display as he watched her type in the key code. The elevator doors opened and she stepped in. Kendall wanted to get in with her but he knew she was going to question him. Once the elevator doors closed, Kendall waited a few minutes before he walked over to the door and typed in the code on his phone. When the elevator doors opened, he walked in and looked at the floor section and saw a key card. He cursed to himself before he realized that it was still glowing green. When he pressed the only button on the panel, he took a step back as the doors closed.

As the elevator went down, his heart started beating rapidly. When the doors opened, the woman that was on her phone and Kendall hid before she saw him. Just before the doors closed again, he slid out and watched her turn the corner. Kendall knew he had to stay close to this woman in case there were any more passcodes to type in. He stayed low and followed her around the corner. The woman quickly typed in the password before doors slid open. Kendall didn't see the password so he quickly followed her into the room. She hung up the phone and Kendall hid behind the desk that was nearby, trying to cover his breathing.

"What's going on?" The woman asked someone.

"They took an unauthorized blood dosage from Carlos." An older woman said.

"What?"

"I came here to check on how he was doing and to see if he was hungry and he told me some lab guys showed up and told him he needed to give blood."

"I can't believe this."

"Kelly, where are you going?"

"To speak with General Griffin." The woman said, walking back to the door. Kendall slid further under the desk as he watched both women leave the room. Kendall looked up from the desk to see that no one was in the room. He turned to leave before he heard something hit the floor. He ducked again before he realized that the sound wasn't close enough for someone to see him. He walked from behind the desk and began looking around the circular room. There were computers with what looked like a heart monitor and blood pressure system. It also gave the air conditioning of the room. The screen changed and Kendall saw some guy laying in a bed. He looked over and saw that there were windows looking into another room. He walked over and when he looked in, he saw a boy, around his age, climbing back into a bed with a remote in his hand. He looked on the boy's arm to see he had Band-Aid on his arm.

'Was this the boy they were talking about?' Kendall thought to himself before he stood up more. They had the boy in a giant box. This had to be illegal and why was this in a science facility. Kendall remembered that Logan said that this place use to be a secret military base. Kendall kept looking at the boy, trying to find something wrong with him but came up with nothing. The doors to the room opened up again and Kendall ducked to the right of the machine, staying out of sight.

"Kelly, you can't just go off on him like that."

"He's studying Carlos and you told him not to."

"He's just doing his job?"

"What if he kills him?"

"Kelly, don't be ridiculous."

"Mom, you're being ridiculous!" Kendall peeked out from where he was hiding and saw that the woman was yelling at Dr. Wainwright.

"How about we just see how Carlos is?" Dr. Wainwright said before she typed some number in a keypad and opened the door. Kendall peeked into the window to see the woman walk over to the boy in the middle of the room. She opened the door that was there and the boy seemed to be happy to see her again. She sat on the bed and started talking to him.


Carlos watched as Dr. Wainwright walked closer to his room and opened the door. The woman looked mad and Carlos was quick to pick up on it. He paused the game and turned to her. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." The woman said, sitting down next to Carlos on his bed. Carlos went back to playing his game and once the mission was over, he turned to see someone was looking at him from the far room. He had never seen that boy before and he quickly climbed out of bed.

"Oh my goodness." Dr. Wainwright said before she climbed off of Carlos' bed. She could see her daughter reach for the emergency gun.


Kendall was watching as the older woman sat down on the bed with the boy. They talked about something before the boy just focused on the game he was playing. Kendall's eyes widened in shock when the boy looked directly at him and climbed out of bed. Kendall ducked down and prayed that no one else saw him. He heard the sound of a gun being cocked and his heart started pounding.

"Come out with your hands up." Kendall heard a woman say. He put his hands up before he stood up. When he turned to face the woman she glared at him.

"How did you get in here?" The woman asked.

"Kelly, what are you doing?" Dr. Wainwright said coming through the door. When the older woman turned to Kendall she let out a sigh.

"Kelly, lower the gun, this is a student from the tours we've been having." Kelly let out a sigh and lowered the gun.

"How the hell did you get back here?"

"I-I followed her." Kendall said, gesturing to Kelly.

"Kelly, how did you let him follow you?"

"I was worried about Carlos, okay."

"Well, now he's seen a government secret."

"I-I won't tell anyone, I promise." Kendall told them.

"Oh, you're damn right you won't be telling anyone." Kelly said before her mother took the gun from her and put it back in the case. They heard knocking and they all turned to see Carlos was knocking on the door. Kendall turned and looked at Carlos who was staring at him.

"Why is he in there?" Kendall asked them.

"That's none of your business." Kelly told him while Mrs. Wainwright began thinking. Kelly turned to look at her mother and at that moment, she knew exactly what her mother was thinking. "No, Mom."

"No, what?" Kendall asked.

"Be quiet."

"Kelly, he's going to be curious."

"No, Mom. We-"

"Kelly, they've both already seen each other. There's nothing we can do."

"We can tell this kid to leave and never come back."

"That won't solve anything and Carlos will still have questions."

"We can just tell him that it was nothing."

"Kelly, this is my decision, not yours." Kelly groaned and sat in a chair nearby while Kendall just looked back and forth between both women.

"What's going on?"

"What's your name, son?"

"Kendall, Kendall Knight." He told her and she nodded.

"Alright, Kendall. Can I trust you?"

"…Yes."

"Good, because if you tell anyone about this, no one is going to believe you and you'll be in serious trouble with the government." Dr. Wainwright told him, ignoring the groan from her daughter.

"I-I promise you, I won't tell anyone."

"Wasn't it you who said you want to keep him from the outside world?"

"You've already introduced him to McDonalds."

"So! I haven't introduced him to a whole person."

"Kelly, don't fight with me on this." Kendall's heart was racing because his brain wasn't making the connections between the women's conversation. "Kendall, you can't tell anyone what you've seen here today."

"I won't. I swear to you." Kendall said, placing his hand over his heart.

"Okay." The woman said before her phone started ringing. Kendall was eager to know what she was about to say before she was interrupted by her phone. Once the woman got off of her phone she sighed.

"Kendall, can you come back here tomorrow?" Dr. Wainwright asked him and before the last word came out of her mouth, Kendall was nodding his head. "Alright, well, we're going to head back to the group because I'm sure your friends are worried about you." Kendall was slightly disappointed that he had to go back to the group but was interested as to what was going to happen tomorrow. As he followed Dr. Wainwright to the elevator, he wanted to ask the woman a question and she seemed to get that sense.

"Kendall, everything you want to know will be answered tomorrow." She told him as they stepped onto the elevator.

"As for your evasive skills, you should look into the military."

Kendall couldn't help but laugh at her words before he spoke, "I actually find out the passcode to the elevator from following you when I went to the bathroom around lunch time."

"That's pretty sneaky of you. Now, in order for this to work, I need you to make sure no one sneaks in behind you and don't tell a soul about what you've seen."

"I won't but my friends are going to ask where I was."

"I was going to tell you to lie to them but don't worry, I have it covered." She told him and he nodded before the elevator doors opened. They stepped out and headed towards the cafeteria where Kendall saw James and Logan talking in the corner. Both boys spotted the blonde and Logan was the first one to reach him.

"Where were you?" Logan asked him, getting everyone else's attention, including the tour guide who was worried as well.

"Don't worry, Kendall bumped into me and I gave him a him a little tour and we talked about the things he liked." Everyone looked over at Kendall and he just awkwardly smiled before moving to join the rest of the group.


A/N: My favorite apart about this chapter is how both of their world slowly collide and how you can see that Kelly and Dr. Wainwright care about Carlos. I mean, you could kind of see it in the second chapter but I think Kelly's reaction to seeing Kendall was something completely unexpected. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and remember, reviews are much appreciated. :D