Chapter Seven – Big Time Halloween in Vegas

WayneWayne half screamed/half howled with pain as he gripped his lower back and jumped in place, waiting for the stinging pain to go away. Beside him, Patrick, Noah, and Sydney were laughing hysterically, holding onto whatever was near them so they didn't fall over as the bus rocked back at forth. Each of them was clutching their stomachs, tears falling down their faces as they held tightly onto hardback books.

"Ow!" WayneWayne turned around and looked at Patrick, although he was still laughing. "Ok, that one hurt, but it didn't hurt as bad as the last one." He stated through gritted teeth.

"Yeah right," Sydney finally managed to breathe. "Dude, you jumped a mile in your shoes." He stated gleefully. He twirled the book that he was holding and glanced at the cover. "War and Peace" he read out loud before making a snorting sound. "Very ironic."

"My turn," Patrick handed his book over to WayneWayne and moved to stand in front of his brothers. "Give me your best shot."

"Alright," Noah shrugged and shook out his arms. "Don't say I didn't warn ya." He lifted up his leg like a baseball player and pulled his arms back to get the full swing of the book that he was holding. "One…Two….Th-"

"What are you doing?" Logan asked as he walked over to the four boys with a raised eyebrow. He pointed over his shoulder. "We're all watching TV and I heard you guys' screams, but Landy said that I shouldn't even bother coming down here because you were doing something stupid."

"She's right." Noah remarked as his lips twitched.

"We were bored," Patrick replied and turned around to face him, cracking his fingers nervously. "So we decided to play the game that we used to play when we were on tour."

Logan made a face, looking as if he was wincing. It was obvious that he was afraid to ask what it was, but because he was a curious person, he knew that he wouldn't be able to hold out much longer. Finally, he sighed heavily and rolled his eyes, as if he was asking himself why he was doing this. "Which was?" he asked meekly.

Noah smiled softly. "Smack each other on the back with hardback books to see who can wistand the most pain." He explained with a nod. He raised and lowered one shoulder. "I was completely against the idea at first but-"

"But Katie's blatant avoidance of him was getting on his nerves so he came down here to have some sort of fun." Sydney jumped in, causing Noah to frown and glare at his younger brother. Sydney sensed it and slowly turned his head to smile innocently at his brother. "That completely came out wrong."

Five days ago was the Homecoming dance and while it was really fun for everyone it wasn't that great for Noah. He had been taking a break from dancing and performing with his brothers and sisters, as they were fulfilling a contest promise by performing for a homecoming dance at an Oregon high school. So he was taking a break and taking pictures with fans when a girl sneak-attacked him and gave him a kiss. Unfortunately he didn't really do anything to stop her because he was in shock and Katie had seen the whole thing and fled in tears. He chased after her, trying to get her to talk to him, but she ran to the limo and sat in there, refusing to open the door until it was time for everyone to leave. Since then she had been avoiding him to the best of her abilities. Even so to the point that she would try to make sure that she was either with Kendall or one of the girls so she wasn't completely alone so he couldn't talk to her by himself.

Now it was Halloween and they were on their way to Las Vegas, Nevada. After playing a quick show in Washington and Idaho they drove two straight days to get to Nevada. The adults were looking forward to being able to gamble and have a bit of fun without the teenagers around, and the teenagers were just happy with being able to go to a big city for Halloween. Logan personally thought that they were all a little bit too old to go trick or treating, but he also didn't want to be left out from everyone's fun.

"Right, because what I really needed was a reminder that she hates my guts." Noah commented sharply. He noticed the saddened expression on Sydney's face and gave a half-smile. "I'm not blaming you, Little Man." He stated and Sydney instantly snapped to a smile again. "It kind of is my fault that I didn't exactly tell the girl that I had a girlfriend."

"Is Katie your girlfriend?" WayneWayne asked curiously as he continued to rub his lower back. Logan glanced at the spot and winced when he saw how red the mark was. He almost burst out laughing when he saw that it was in the perfect shape of a book.

"Not anymore." Patrick remarked and then looked exasperated as Noah glared at him. "What?" he threw his hands into the air. "I was trying to make you laugh. You know, to see the funny side of the whole thing."

"Yeah, nice try." Sydney remarked. He looked down at the book that was in his hand and darted forward, smacking Patrick on the lower back when he wasn't paying attention. Noah and WayneWayne laughed as Patrick screamed with pain and dropped to his knees. He turned and grabbed onto Logan's arm. "C'mon Logan, let's get some lunch. I'm hungry."

"Don't you think that you should apologize to your brother?" Logan asked, although he was laughing at Patrick's reaction. He was lying on the ground and rolling back and forth as WayneWayne and Noah stood over him, laughing hard.

"No," Sydney replied simply and continued to drag Logan back up the stairs of the bus. "He knows that it's just in the fun of the game."

Logan laughed again and continued to allow himself to be dragged into the small kitchen area. It wasn't really a kitchen; there were only a few cabinets that held a few things, a small mini fridge, and a small microwave. So far there were only a few loaves of bread and a few half empty boxes of cereal in the cupboards as well as some fruit and milk in the refrigerator. There were a few other things that had people's names on them and Logan and Sydney definitely knew not to eat or drink them because everyone was very territorial about their food.

He had learned that the hard way after he had accidentally eaten some of James' food.

"So, buddy, what would you like?" Logan asked as Sydney moved over to the small table that was by the window. "We don't have much that you can choose from." He stated as he looked into the refrigerator. "Which, logically, makes sense because all anyone wants to do is eat at rest-"

"Do you ever have a conversation without the use of big words and realistic thinking?" Sydney interrupted, holding his chin in his hands and looking bored. Logan looked over at him and made a face before going back to looking through the cupboards. "I mean, even I take a break every once in a while."

"I get your point, Syd," Logan commented. "Now can it." He gave a warm smile as he turned around and motioned to the peanut butter, banana, and sandwich bread in his arms. "How do you feel about a peanut butter banana sandwich?"

"As long as the bread isn't moldy." Sydney commented.

He remembered that all too well. Carlos was hungry and had eaten a few slices of moldy bread. Next thing anyone knew, they were all staying as far away from the bathroom as they possibly could because Carlos was puking his guts out. That was almost impossible to do as they were on a tour bus, but there wasn't much that you could do. Sure the windows were rolled down because it was late Halloween and it was still warm, but the smell just seemed to follow them everywhere.

"I checked just in case," Logan stated and slid the supplies to the little boy before grabbing a knife from the cutlery drawer and carefully handing it to him. He slid into the seat across from Sydney and smiled as he eagerly grabbed his banana and started to peel it.

"Are we going to be in Minnesota for Thanksgiving?" Sydney questioned, trying to change the conversation. Logan thought about it and then replied that he wasn't sure, it really depended on where they were going to be around that time. "I bet you guys can't wait to get back home," Sydney stated, licking peanut butter off of his fingers as he constructed his sandwich. He smiled. "You guys are going to love the surprise that we have set up for you."

"Oh yeah, what's that?" Logan questioned, watching to make sure that Sydney didn't cut himself as he cut his peanut butter and banana sandwich in half. Sydney just smiled.

"You'll find out." He replied mysteriously.

"I hate surprise." Logan remarked, slightly annoyed.

"So does Rhu-Rhu," Sydney lifted his head and smiled at Logan as if he was hiding a secret. His hair rested on his eyelashes and it caused him to look younger than he already was. "But you don't seem to care about that." He didn't give Logan a chance to answer as he slid out of his chair and ran over to his dad, who was talking to Mrs. Knight towards the front of the bus.

"I don't know what to do because they're going to want to see him." Mrs. Knight was saying as Sydney hurried over to the two of them. Ronan gave her a look and she stopped talking before he turned to his son, who looked worried.

"Was I interrupting something important?" he questioned.

"Just talking about music stuff," Ronan replied quickly. "What's up Little Man?" he questioned as calmly as possible.

Sydney made a face, as if he didn't believe his father, but didn't call him out on it. He learned from his brothers and sisters that there was a time to talk someone into telling you what was wrong, and there was a time where you should wait and have them talk to you. He knew that this was definitely one of those times.

"How much longer until we're in Vegas?" he questioned quietly.

"About another hour or so," Ronan replied looking at his watch. "Why don't you all go back and watch some TV? And tell Patrick and Noah to stop beating up WayneWayne, I don't want to have to pay for his medical bill if they go too far." He added.

"Sure thing, daddy." Sydney replied and scampered away.

Ronan waited until he and Logan were out of sight before turning back to Mrs. Knight, who looked depressed, to say the least. She was leaning back against the side of the couch that the two were sitting on and she looked really tired, as if she hadn't gotten a lot of sleep lately. Ronan knew that that was true as she had been falling asleep in random places. Even when she would usually be sitting in the audience at the shows, she would be backstage, sleeping as much as she could.

"Ok, let me see if I still get this," Ronan stated as he gently ran his hands over his face. "Your ex-husband is trying to come back into yours and your son's and daughter's life." Mrs. Knight nodded. "And he says that he wants to make things different and that he's sorry that he had run out on you guys." She nodded again. "If I'm correct in assuming, the only reason that you're such a wreck about this is because you don't know what to do when it comes to telling Kendall and Katie and how they're going to react."

"You know, even though you haven't been a father for long, you're really intuitive." Mrs. Knight commented, trying to change the subject.

"Nice try," Ronan gave a wry smile. "But I can even see through Rhuben's attempts to fool me." He gave a humorless chuckle and rested his cheek on his palm. "So are you asking for my advice or are you just telling me this so someone else knows?"

"Oh," Mrs. Knight flushed a little. "I'm getting all of your guys' advice; I think that it would be good. I'm going to tell Gustavo and Kelly and I was wondering whether or not I should tell Julius and Brittany." She stated, causing Ronan to look thoughtful.

"I know that Julius and Brittany are both old enough to have good ideas and opinions when it comes to something like this," Ronan stated slowly. "But I also think that they should focus on their wedding, since they haven't even chosen a date or anything yet." He rubbed his eyebrow and Mrs. Knight smiled a little. "But here's my advice to you." Ronan leaned forward so Mrs. Knight could tell that he was serious. "If you're going to have him come back into Kendall's and Katie's lives, make sure you either keep an eye on him or talk about it with them for a long time to make sure it's the right thing to do."

"How do you know what's the right thing to do?" Mrs. Knight turned her head and looked at him warily. She wasn't being mean, she was just curious. "You don't date much and I don't feel that you're actually interested in dating. Plus you recently adopted six kids who are almost as much as a handful as Kendall and the boys are."

"I don't like to date," Ronan replied simply. "I'm very busy as it is so dating is really hard for me." He shrugged. "Besides, I haven't dated since I was a teenager and even though I've had offers, I don't really know what to do on a date." He made a face. "And I don't like feeling like a fool."

"Well, you should think about it." Mrs. Knight commented. She sighed and turned and looked out the window at the passing trees. "Just do me a favor and make sure that it's something that you know inside and out just in case you get married."

"Trust me," Ronan stated after a second of studying her face. "I've thought about that for a while."

"Hey guys, we're in LAS VEGAS!" Patrick shouted as he looked out the dark window, emphasizing the last words to get their attention. The others crowded around him and pressed their faces against the window and looked at all of the bright lights of attractions that flashed by.

"Guys get your faces off the windows." Julius laughed when he and Brittany walked into the longue, holding their arms out against the sides of the bus to make sure that they didn't fall over. "I don't want people to think that we're a bunch of deranged people."

"Too late," Jo commented as they all sat back down on the couch. "My first thought when I met these guys was that they were deranged." She commented as she looked at Big Time Rush. "I mean, I don't think I've ever seen anyone get in so much trouble before."

"If they've ever seen out backstage videos it's way too late for that." Rhuben commented with a smile as she turned to face the two of them. "But you guys can't not be excited to be in Las Vegas." She waved her arm towards the window. "I mean the lights and everything."

The bus lurched to the side and Brittany started to fall over, but he grabbed her around her waist and quickly pulled her upright. "Careful, I don't want my fiancée to get injured." He smiled lovingly at her.

"So why don't you two get married here in Vegas?" Camille asked with an eager smile. "We could be your witnesses, and it would be so romantic." She held her hands up in the shape of a square and squinted one eye shut. "I think I can see your guys' wedding colors as peach and black and white."

Julius made a face at the thought of peach being one f the wedding colors. "That idea is fine," he stated as he pointed to Camille. "But being married in a place where there's about twenty Elvis impersonators on every street corner?" he shook his head. "I don't think so."

"But it would save on all of the wedding stuff that you would have to get." Katie pointed out. "I mean, I don't know a lot about wedding, buts I do know that they can get pretty expensive."

"Have you ever thought about how expensive it will be to have a 'walk-in' wedding?" Brittany asked using air quotes around the words. She laughed and wrapped her arms around Julius' arm. "Anyway, Ronan sent us up here to tell you guys that we're going to be at the hotel soon and that we should get everything together."

"You have the rest of tonight off," Julius added, speaking to the two bands more than anyone else. "So you guys can go trick-or-treating or whatever it is you want to do to have fun tonight." He cleared his throat. "Just make sure that Syd is with one of you guys at all times and that you get a good night's sleep because you're going to be rehearsing all tomorrow and then have the concert tomorrow night."

"Got it!" was the unanimous reply.

Julius smiled and he and Brittany turned and went back down the stairs, probably to the main floor to get all of their stuff.

"I can't believe that we're in Las Vegas," Stephanie stated as she leaned against Carlos' side, absentmindedly twirling a strand of hair around her finger. She tilted her head back and smiled up at her boyfriend. "What do you want to do first?"

"Anything involving Candy." Carlos replied, sounding weird. Stephanie frowned when she saw the faraway look on his face. She had an idea what was wrong, but knew that he wasn't going to come right out and say it.

Patrick looked at Carlos and then and Kendall, James, and Logan. He knew that something was going on with all of them but wasn't sure what it was exactly. They were acting different, just ever so subtly that you could only notice if you were very perceptive. He looked over at Noah, then Sydney, Riley, and Rhuben; they looked back at him out of the corner of their eyes and slightly nodded.

All of them had noticed too.

Carlos shifted and then turned to his friends, a smile blooming on his face. "Which reminds me, guys; when we get to the hotel," he clasped his hands together. "Let's get our costumes on."

"So we can blend in with everyone else that is dressed up," WayneWayne agreed with a nod, although he sounded sarcastic. "Good idea." He looked over at Camille, who snorted. "What?"

"Most of the people here probably aren't wearing costumes." She pointed out and stood up at the bus slowed. "Finally, I really need to stretch my legs. This long bus rides can get really tedious at times." She cried out in shock as Riley pushed by her. "What's your rush?" she cried.

"I really have to go to the bathroom." She replied as she hopped from foot to foot.

"Why didn't you just go then?" Kendall laughed at his girlfriend as he pointed to the floor. "It's just down there." He looked at her as if she was crazy. "Not that far away if you haven't noticed."

"Yeah, but I don't like going to the bathroom in there after Carlos is, he messes everything up." Riley replied and started to squirm faster. "And I don't mean that he messes with the medicine cabinet." She turned and ran down the small strip of the bus and then disappeared down the stairs as he friends laughed at her.

Katie giggled as she watched her friends. Sometimes it was weird being one of the youngest ones there, but it was also entertaining at the same time. She got up and started to gather some of her stuff together, trying to avoid Noah's gaze. She knew that he was sorry for what happened; Patrick and Sydney had explained everything as soon as they got the chance, but she was madder at herself than she was at Noah. She was mad that she had gotten so jealous when she usually would just go and get the facts straight. But because she liked Noah so much and she saw him get kissed by someone else, it just hurt and it hurt so much that she did the only thing that any girl would do. She ran.

Now things were awkward and she didn't know what to do about it. She was always too stubborn to admit when she was wrong about something.

Sydney, not being able to get around everyone that was taller than him, jumped up onto the couch and then leapt onto Noah's back, holding tightly onto his shoulders. "Let's go!" he cried, lightly hitting Noah in the sides with his feet.

"What am I?" Noah struggled to keep his balance as he moved towards the stairs so he could go down and get his suitcase before they left the bus. "A horse?" Noah asked, bending down a little so Sydney didn't hit his head on the bus ceiling.

"No, but you look like the rear end of one" Patrick cracked and burst out laughing. He stopped laughing as Noah glared at him and quickly ran off the bus, Noah chasing after him, shouting at the top of his lungs. Sydney held onto Noah as tightly as he could, trying not to get thrown off.

Everyone gathered their stuff and got off of the bus, wheeling their bags behind them. Gustavo's and Kelly's bus pulled up behind them and they got off the bus as well. Gustavo was yelling something about how people on the road don't know how to drive when there is a big tour bus on the roads, and everyone tried to pretend that they didn't know who he was. He seemed to embarrass them wherever they went, and wasn't happy with anything that anyone did for him. (He would probably be unhappy with his room as well.)

Everyone got checked into the hotel rooms and was running back and forth, shouting with excitement when they saw the views that they had and what each room looked this.

"Wow, this is probably the best hotel we've ever stayed in!" Sydney declared as Logan and Camille walked into the big hotel room that the Jacksons were sharing. Logan caught Sydney as he leapt off of the bed and set him on the floor.

"You're going to break something, and I don't want to pay for the broken beds" he teased. Sydney stuck his tongue out at him and giggled happily. "Come on, everyone is waiting in our room." He ushered the Jacksons out of their suite as they called to Julius that they would be back later (Ronan, Mrs. Knight, Kelly, and Gustavo had gone to get some coffee) and they went to the guys' suite, where they were getting into their costumes. Katie, Jo, Camille, Stephanie, and WayneWayne were already in their costumes.

WayneWayne stayed true to his word and was in his costume that he wore when he was pretending to be the bad boy, Jo was dressed up like Little Red Riding Hood complete with a basket, Katie was dressed as a mobster girl, Camille was dressed as Alice in Wonderland, and Stephanie was dressed as a girl version of the Mad Hatter.

"Nice costumes." Noah smiled appreciatively, his gaze resting on Katie a bit longer. She flushed and looked away, still not sure what to say to him. "I really like the Mad Hatter costume, Steph." He added.

"Thanks," Stephanie beamed as she moved her hat to the side. "I wanted to make sure that I could get it before they sold out."

"Aren't you guys going to get dressed?" Katie asked as she raised her eyebrows. "I figured that you would have a group costume or something." She added as Stephanie took out her video camera and started to film everyone.

"Oh we're going to get dressed later," Rhuben replied as she waved her hand. "We just wanted to make sure that Julius and Brittany were gone before we changed." She made a face. "They're cute and all for being newly engaged, but it gets disgusting sometimes."

"Just wait until you and Logan get engaged then you'll know what it feels like." Jo replied with a teasing smile. She laughed as Rhuben rolled her eyes, blushing a little bit. "Oh come on, you know that you two would be a cute married couple."

"I haven't thought about it." Rhuben denied as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Thought about what?" James asked as he and Kendall, Logan, and Carlos walked out of their rooms in their costumes. Kendall was a werewolf, Logan was a zombie, Carlos was Frankenstein, and James was a vampire.

"That you don't sparkle." WayneWayne replied as he made a face at James' costume. "You don't, do you?"

"No," James replied, looking offended. "I'm just a hot vampire with, AWESOME ABS!" He lifted up the bottom of his shirt and started to do a series of body rolls. Jo raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. She forced a smile as Camille and Stephanie elbowed her in the side, giggling.

"Yeah, please put your shirt down before you get arrested for indecent exposure." Sydney commented as he planted his hands on his hips.

"Hey, how about a photo before we go to explore the rest of the hotel?" Riley suggested as she handed Rhuben her digital camera.

"Great idea" Rhuben smiled and fiddled with the camera to put on a timer before putting the camera on the dresser that was sitting near the door. She hurried over to her friends, to get into the picture on time, and leaned into Logan's side, making a goofy face. After the flash went off, she went back to her camera and examined the back of it before laughing out loud. "This is definitely going as my laptop background when we get back home."

"So, hotel, let's check it out!" Riley declared as she pointed to the door.

"Aren't you guys going to get into your costumes?" Carlos asked as he scratched his neck, being careful of not messing up his makeup for his costume.

"Yeah, we're going to get into them later." Patrick replied with a wave of his hand. "No worries, let's just go check out the hotel." He sounded impatient.

Riley looked over at him with a cocked eyebrow and he rose one himself before nodding at his friends and then widening his eyes. Riley nodded back and waited until they had left the guys' hotel room and were going towards the elevators before grabbing the back of Patrick's shirt and dragging him backwards.

"What's up with you?" she questioned.

"I know I'm not the only one that noticed that something is going on with the guys," he replied, speaking of Big Time Rush. Riley looked at their backs before nodding back. "I want to figure out what it is; I think that we should help them, because they helped us so much with everything that was bothering us."

"Good point." Riley agreed and ran a hand through her hair. "I know that we all notice it, later let's try and see what's going on, I think Rhu and I can get it out of Logie. We're going to have to be sneaky after that."

"It's what we do best." Patrick replied with a smug smile and hip-checked his sister before hurrying after his friends.

When everyone stepped out of the elevator and into the lobby, ringing bells caught their attention. Pulling his video camera out of his case, Sydney was the first to go over towards the noise. He turned on his video camera and got a few seconds of people trying and failing to win the jackpot. But he stayed a respectable distance away.

"Hey, it's a slot machine!" WayneWayne cried as he pointed to the colorful machines. He looked over at Camille, realizing that he didn't sound tough and manly and coughed, deepening his voice. "I mean, yo, a slot machine."

"Thanks for pointing out the obvious" Jo stated as she shook her head. "It's not going to matter to us; we're not old enough to gamble." She rolled her eyes. "Unless, you know, you want to get arrested."

"Apparently these people don't care about that rule" Katie pointed out as he watched two teenage girls, who weren't much older than her brother go and play a slot machine. She raised her eyebrows when she realized that costumes they were wearing. "Then again, with what they're wearing, I bet no one would think twice to ask how old they are."

"Come on, I want to try at least once" WayneWayne stated and grinned at Camille, who raised an eyebrow. "I want to buy you something nice."

"If you want to buy her something nice, get her some diamond earrings, but seeing as that's not going to happen, you might as well forget it." Stephanie replied and gave a small smile. Carlos laughed loudly as he pointed at his friend, laughing at his misfortune. But his laugh seemed louder than usual.

"Come on WayneWayne," Kendall spoke up. "We all know that no one is going to believe you're over 21." He rolled his eyes when WayneWayne pouted. "Why do you want to do this so badly?" he questioned.

WayneWayne ignored the question and got down on his knees, holding his hands together in a prayer position as the others looked down at him."Come on, just one." He stated and gave a half smile. One? No one has to know. Please, please, please"

Noah's lips curled into a smile as he looked over at his brothers and sisters. "C-C-C-Come home with me now" Noah sang and the others burst out laughing.

"Please, please, please" Riley, Rhuben, and Sydney sang.

"M-M-M-Must be a dreamer," Noah sang as he danced around his friends in a circle.

"Please, please, please" Patrick and Sydney sang in unison.

"I wanna get with you!" Noah declared as he pointed at his friends.

"Please, please, Lindsay, please!" Riley, Rhuben, Patrick, Noah, and Sydney sang and laughed as WayneWayne stood up, crossing his arms over his chest.

"New song?" Logan questioned.

"Cover." Riley replied simply and he nodded.

"You guys suck!" WayneWayne complained and kicked at an imaginary rock on the ground.

"Fine, just on" Camille said and rolled her eyes, muttering something about 'whining five year olds' under her breath as WayneWayne raced over to the slot machine.

"Ugh, WayneWayne, are you done yet?" Sydney asked as he looked over at the older boy. The others shook their heads and glared as WayneWayne lost the slot machine, again, and pushed another quarter in. Sydney growled. "I'm going to get my camera and watch the people come in to see what costumes they have." He got down from the stool he was sitting on and looked around for his camera case. "Hey, where'd my camera go?" he walked over to Noah and tugged on his pants leg, looking upset. "Help me find my camera."

"Gladly" Noah sighed and he, Patrick, and Katie turned from WayneWayne and followed Sydney back across the casino, looking for Sydney's camera. They searched back the way they came, looking around people's bags and under slot machines.

"There it is!" Patrick declared when they walked into the lobby. The case was sitting on the floor by a potted plant. He shook his head as Sydney hurried over to retrieve it. "Nice job leaving it there." He commented.

"I could have sworn I just had it with me" Sydney muttered to himself as he picked it up. "This isn't my camera" he commented after a second of looking it over. "The case is the same, but the weight is different." He unzipped it as Katie, Patrick, and Noah moved over and looked inside, his eyes growing wide.

"Whoa" Katie breathed as she and Noah and Patrick looked at the diamond that was sitting in the case. It was huge. She shook her head as she looked at it. "That is definitely not from here."

"Duh" Patrick gave her a stupid look. "It says 'Property of the Smithsonian on the back. Obviously it's not from here." Katie glared at him and he smiled sweetly.

"And that means its stolen idiot" Sydney shot back as he closed the case. He started to walk towards his sisters and their friends. "Come on, maybe they'll know what to-"

"HEY!"

Katie, Patrick, Noah, and Sydney turned around and their eyes grew about three times wider as five men ran towards them across the lobby. They were all dressed in black and grey and looked mad when they saw the case in Sydney's hands.

"Those must be the guys that stole the diamond" Patrick gasped as he took a step back.

"Ya think?" Noah asked in reply.

"Let's get out of here!" Sydney declared and threw the case over his shoulders and the four of them ran back to their friends as fast as they could.

Katie grabbed on Kendall's arm, trying to catch her breath as she tried to warn them. "Guys!" She finally got her breath and started to point frantically. "We have to go!"

"What did you do?" Riley and Rhuben asked their brothers unison, narrowing their eyes in suspicion.

"We didn't do anything" Patrick denied, his voice cracking. "They did" he said and pointed to the five men that were running towards them.

"Why are they running towards us with pissed looks on their faces?" Carlos asked in worry as he took a step back. Stephanie grabbed onto his arm and started to lightly tug it, although she still had her own video camera up to her face.

"Because they stole this diamond thing" Sydney shook the bag in their faces for emphasis. "And they got the cases mixed up with my camera case, and so we have the diamond and now they're going to kill us!" Sydney replied breathlessly.

"Let's get out of here!" James said and grabbed Jo's hand and started to run, everyone following after him.

"WayneWayne, come on" Rhuben stated eagerly and shook WayneWayne's shoulder.

"No way, I'm close to winning this thing" WayneWayne said as he lost again, he only had a few dollars left. His eyes were glued onto the slot machine screen. "I'm not going to stop until I win." He stated in annoyance.

"Or until you're dead" Riley pointed out, grabbing his head and turning his head towards the five men that were still running towards them.

"Game over" WayneWayne declared and let go of the machine.

Big Time Rush, DarkElements, WayneWayne, Camille, Jo, Stephanie, and Carlos ran as fast as they could, trying to keep the men far behind them. Sydney purposely bent down and ran under the tables of slot machines, pushing people out of his way so he would stay in front of the men that were chasing them. Patrick and Noah vaulted over many tables as well as knocking people's bags in the way to make sure that they didn't get caught.

They skidded to a stop at the exit on the other side of the casino and looked around to see if the guys were still following them and if there was another way out. It was then that Kendall noticed that Logan wasn't around them.

"Where'd Logie go?" He asked, barely out of breath.

"I'm right here!" Logan said suddenly, causing everybody to scream as he walked up behind them.

"Don't do that!" Rhuben hissed slapping his arm and then giving him a hug.

"Sorry," Logan smiled a little as he gave her a hug in return. "I just wanted to get out of there as fast as possible, because we didn't know what these guys were capable of." He gestured behind them. "I found a place that we could go-"

"Don't just stand there, come on!" Katie cried as she looked over her shoulder and saw the five men burst through the doors they just came through.

They started to run again, but Patrick and Noah stayed at the back, looking around for something that could keep the robbers back a little bit. Patrick spotted a kid sitting on a bench, a bag of jelly beans in his hands. He looked over at Noah, who nodded back at him, telling him that he saw the kid too.

"Can I borrow this?" Noah asked politely when he ran over to the kid.

Wordlessly, the boy nodded and Noah grabbed the bag of jelly beans. He dumped them on the floor and raced after his siblings and friends, looking over his shoulder and laughing as they slipped and fell over the jelly beans.

They ran down dark hallways and up staircases that turned and spiraled all over the place. Logan was leading them and didn't really know where he was going but knew they couldn't stop running because the men weren't too far behind them. Seeing a door that was open, James quickly ushered everybody inside and shut the door, so it was pitch black. Holding their breath, they waited for the men to run and their footsteps to fade on the stairs before making any sound.

"Anybody have some source of light?" Sydney asked curiously. He stared when all of a sudden numerous cell phones were shoved into his face. "Thank you." He unzipped the case and turned it towards his friends. "This is why we're running."

"Whoa, no wonder these people are chasing us!" Carlos said loudly and the others shushed him. He flinched at the harsh tones of his friends. "Sorry, what is that?"

"It's a very valuable diamond from the Smithsonian." Sydney whispered, his blue eyes glowing in the light of the fire. "And since they stole it, I think that-"

"No one move, and no one gets hurt!" a voice cried as the door burst open. Everyone turned and saw the five men crowding into the room; they all looked at the teenagers menacingly. "Now, give us the diamond" one of the taller men said.

"Why, just so you can pawn it off and get lots of money?" Patrick asked curiously and then looked even more confused when everybody slapped their foreheads.

"Ignore him, he was dropped on his head when he was a baby" Riley commented. In the light of the cell phones, she saw that Rhuben was inching her way towards the door, a metal pipe in her hands, so she tried to keep them talking so they wouldn't notice her. "How did you guys steal this thing?" she asked. Kendall shot her a look and she ignored him.

"Why does it matter?" the shortest one asked, Rhuben was right by him but he didn't even notice. Before anyone could say anything else, Rhuben swung the metals pipe, hitting the nearest one to her on the back of the head; she hit the tallest one in the back of the legs, and smashed the pipe into the ribs and the backs of the other three.

"Let's go" she said in monotone as she tossed the pipe to the ground.

"Logan, remind me to never get your girlfriend mad" James said with a hint of fear in his voice.

"I was thinking the exact same thing." Logan admitted eyes wide.

"Don't just stand there," Riley said and grabbed the metal pipe, holding it like a baseball bat. "Let's get out of here. I think I know where we are." She squeezed by the crumpled forms on the ground and climbed out of the supply closet.

"Where's that?" Katie questioned as Kendall helped her out of the supply closet and she started to run behind her friends.

"You'll see" Riley muttered in reply as the others followed her up numerous flights of stairs and onto a cat walk, orange light glowing from below them.

"Do you guys hear that music?" Stephanie asked as they walked along slowly.

"Yes, Steph we can all hear it!" WayneWayne snapped at her and Rhuben pushed him on the arm, causing him to cry out in fear and hold onto the railing in a death grip. "Are you trying to kill me? We almost went over!"

"That's it!" Sydney cried excitedly, hopping up and down.

"What's it?" Noah asked and looked at him.

"Oh no, we're jumping" WayneWayne said and closed his eyes in fear as he looked down.

"Guys, we're above the stage that those show girl people perform on." Sydney explained, still bouncing up at down.

"I get it." Patrick nodded. "Those performers down there, the ones in all of the feathers and stuff they'll block the men from getting to us so we can get to a security guard."

"If we could have gone to a security guard, how come you didn't think of that in the first place?" Jo asked out loud. Rhuben looked dumbfound and then shook her head, turning to Riley, who was at the end of the line.

"Why didn't we think of it?" Rhuben asked her twin. Riley shrugged in reply after a second of silence, just as dumbfounded as her sister. They all let our cries of shock when the cat walk dipped and bounced. Riley looked over her shoulder and narrowed her eyes. "We have company guys, get down there."

"You want us to jump?" Carlos asked his friend in fear.

"No, I want you to do the Macarena" Riley replied sarcastically, rolling her eyes. "Yes, jump. I can almost guarantee that you won't get hurt." She pointed. "There are mats down there." Big Time Rush leaned against the side of the catwalk and noticed that there were actually numerous mats down on the stage. "I'm not asking." She stated when no one moved.

Carlos grabbed onto the railing, hesitated, and screamed loudly as he jumped over the side of the catwalk, dropping down on the matt below. When everyone else saw that he was ok, they went ahead and jumped as well. Logan was the last one to go, hesitating as the men got closer and closer to them. He looked back and forth between the two options before growling in annoyance and squeezing his eyes shut.

"I've got to get new friends." He stated before jumping over the side as well.

He felt a few feet, the wind whistling in his ears before he landed on the soft matt. He opened his eyes and got to his feet, ignoring the audience that had watched them all drop from out of nowhere and tilted his head to the side when he saw that Carlos was on the stage doing the can-can with the performers, who looked as bewildered as the audience.

"What are you doing?" He demanded.

"What does it look like?" Carlos shouted back, smiling happily. "I'm trying to blend in!"

"In those clothes you won't!" Katie snapped back and then turned around, sighing as a group of security guards jogged over to the stage. "Thank god that's over." She stated, sitting down on the end of the stage.

"I know," Noah agreed. "I didn't think I was going to be able to run anymore." Katie looked over at him and then down at her hands and then over at him again. "What?" he noticed her out of the corner of his eyes.

"I'm sorry for overreacting." She replied sincerely. "I don't know," she rubbed her neck. "I guess I was jealous by the attention that you give you fans." She realized that she was speaking the truth as she said the words. She just didn't notice it before.

"It's my own fault," Noah replied as quietly as ever. "I didn't push her away when I'm kind of already dating you." He blushed and looked at his feet. "I'm always so shy around girls, so I don't really know how to say 'no' when it comes to their offers and stuff."

"Well, I'm going to have to worry about that now," Katie replied with a smug smile. "Because they're going to have to go through me."

Noah lifted his head and shyly smiled at her, laughing a little at the thought.

"How can we thank you kids?" one of the security guards asked them once they were close enough. "You stopped these crooks from getting away with lots of money worth of the diamond and police officers all over the US have been trying to catch them." Everyone smiled at each other proudly, now that they knew that they were going to stop being chased. "So what can we do to repay you?"

"WHAT DID YOU DOGS DO?" Gustavo's voice rang out from the back of the hall.

"Oh no." Kendall moaned as Gustavo, Kelly, Mrs. Knight, and Ronan hurried over, looking confused and concerned at the same time. "IF IT'S NOT ONE THING IT'S ANOTHER! I CAN'T TURN MY BACKS ON YOU FOR ONE SECOND WITHOUY YOU GETTING INTO ANY TROUBLE!"

"I have an idea" Rhuben said, looking scared. "Get us away from him.

A/N: The angst in this chapter was with Ronan and Mrs. Knight, I want you guys to read that part carefully. I wanted to show how everyone got along and what their friendship was like, so I made this chapter that emphasized it, although I know that I didn't give everyone enough speaking parts. (I also held back on the relationships in this chapter.) I hope that you also like that I have finally explained what is going on with Mrs. Knight and with Kendall. The only thing is that Mrs. Knight doesn't know that her son knows.

Next chapter still has the angst/drama as well as funny and light hearted points. It will show more of the sistership between Riley and Rhuben but mostly focus on the adults (Mrs. Knight, Kelly, Ronan, Gustavo, Julius, and Brittany). I hope you guys really enjoyed this chapter; I tried to make it as enjoyable as possible.

I don't know when the next time I'll update will be, I'm doing exams soon and I have to start getting ready for those.

Cheers,

-Riley