CHAPTER TEN
"So is that everything?" Mrs. Tracy questioned Gustavo for the last time.
Gustavo glumly nodded his head, he couldn't meet her eyes, lying to the cops was bad, but she was an FBI agent. The real deal.
"You must be very upset about losing your band"
"They are more than just a band, okay?"
"Then what are they?"
"I guess they're like… family. I don't know. I'm not really good with emotions. The point is I care about them and I want them back, unharmed."
But Gustavo knew they weren't "unharmed" they were being beaten before his very eyes in videos he can't tell her about.
"I understand." Mrs. Tracy stated softly, trying to comfort the large man.
"No, you don't understand. With all due respect, you don't know these boys like I do. You don't spend 8-10hrs with them daily. You don't know how they act; you will never hear one of their annoying jokes or hear them bicker because they are bored. You don't know that they all need a cup of warm tea before they perform to calm their nerves because they are still wonderstruck that they are now a famous boyband. You don't know that they play hockey in my lobby because they secretly miss home. You don't know anything." Gustavo confessed.
"I understand that, but I promise I will do everything in my power to bring them back so I CAN watch them do these things and grow into men. I'm not lying to you when I say I will find them. It may take some time, I may not find them today or tomorrow or the day after, but they will come home, okay?"
Gustavo simply nodded.
"Good, now that that's settled, since you care for them so much, tell me the truth."
"What?" he looked up shocked.
"You genuinely care about those boys. Now, tell me what really happened to them. I'm only trying to help."
"I can't tell you." Gustavo admitted.
"The man behind this doesn't have to find out."
"But he will, I can't risk my dogs getting hurt."
"Okay, we'll compromise, is there any evidence that I can "find?"
Gustavo looked away, questioning if he should really spill to the police about the videos. I mean, he's basically already told her, miners well let her in.
"The top left hand drawer in my desk, there's multiple flash drives, get them." He ordered quietly but firmly.
Mrs. Tracy did as she was told; glad she could open him up. Kelly and Mrs. Knight refused to spill anything when she interviewed them but Gustavo cracked and she couldn't be happier.
Once grabbing the flash drives she looked at Gustavo for further instruction. He nodded his head at the computer and she did as so.
"Hello, whoever is watching this; hopefully it is you Gustavo…"
She watched every video they received, listening curtly. Making sure she caught everything the boys said. Body movement. Eye contact. The kidnappers affect and presence. She was profiling. There wasn't much to go on but she could tell as each video progressed, fear grew in the boys' eyes. As if they were going to be punished if something went wrong.
But something in the last video did go wrong; James and Kendall were both missing from it. Logan was staring at something and didn't really look at the camera as Carlos read, something was happening off camera. She was sure Kendall wasn't even in the room with the amount of threats he was shouting and how far away he was.
"And this is everything Hawk has ever sent to you?"
"Yes, if anything else happens it will be my fault. Everything I do affects their future, I have to be careful."
She nodded in agreement, "This is a unique situation. I think you are handling it fine if I do say so myself."
He scoffed, "Kendall was separated from them. He is there leader. This may sound bad but without Kendall those three are done for. They rely on him so much, as cute as it sounds, it's a terrible weakness. Same goes for Kendall, if he is alone to long he over thinks everything. Then becomes very angry, an angry Kendall is someone to be scared of. He's so protective it's ridiculous."
"Don't think of it as a weakness they have, but a strength they posses."
Gustavo simply shrugged his shoulders, "The point is, if we don't act fast, we may lose them to Hawk… And he hates them, he hates me; always has, always will. But we can't tell the authorities or they'll die."
She raised her eyebrows because she was the authorities but then again she did con her way to find out. "This is what is going to happen, I won't tell LAPD but in order for me to help, I need to bring my team out here. Now before you freak out, my team is one of the best out there and so there isn't a nationwide panic AND so that Hawk doesn't find out, we'll have a closed investigation. But in order for this to work, I need you to trust me, okay? I need you and your families trust and cooperation more than anything for this to be pulled off."
Gustavo simply nodded.
"Okay, let's go rally everyone involved, that is close, of course." She helped Gustavo stand and opened the door for him, "We have some calls to make"
Once everyone was called, they gathered in Rocque Records conference room. Everyone was there; Griffin, Abdul, Gustavo, Kelly, Mrs. Knight, Jo, Camille, Katie, Jett, Lucy and her mother.
"Alright everyone, we have a lot to go over before we get started. It's almost 5:30 and we don't have much time. AS you all know, James, Logan, Carlos and Kendall have been intentionally kid napped, by whom? Steven Hawk.
Everything that is said in this room, stays in this room, understand?"
Everyone nodded there heads.
" This is not something to joke about, what is about to be said will not be repeated or talk of with anyone outside of anyone in here. For everything to happen efficiently, I need all of your cooperation and trust or the boys of BTR will fall between our fingertips like a drop of a hat. Everything we do from this point forward WILL affect the future of our boys. Ready to get started? Good."
Mrs. Tracy Looked around the room at everyone's faces, some were hard to read such as Griffin and Jett but others were clearly visible.
Taking a breath, she turned to her presentation behind her and started.
"Alright, it is obvious Hawk and Gustavo have rough waters. But Hawk going to jail has pushed him over the edge, wanting, craving to ruin Gustavo's life. Hawk was unable to do this beforehand because Gustavo had nothing to lose, nothing to care for. Like it or not, Gustavo, you care about those boys and Hawk knows this, hence, the perfect supplement. Now Hawk realizing Gustavo was doing better than him all around was his trigger.
"He most likely spent his entire term in jail planning everything out into detail which is why everything is going according to plan, well not for long. Now this may be hard to hear but he has found some of the most deadly accomplices one could find. "
She pulled up the next slide and a picture of Benjamin O'Neil appeared.
"American, Caucasian, Benjamin O'Neil. He was convicted in 2009 for breaking an entering, stealing multiple soft ware's and killing four people within the store. He was known as a computer genius and was a nerd growing up, picked on and bullied for being a gamer. The only reason I can think of him being involved with Hawk is to provide everything we are receiving. The videos, everything technological. And the possibility of them being filmed or streamed to a private site."
"What do you mean videos?" Camille asked
"I will get to those later" Tracy replied calmly glancing at Gustavo and Kelly who looked away. She clicked the next slide.
"African American, Isaiah Raquon. He was convicted in '07 for multiple charges. Such as robbing a bank with accomplice, beating his victims to a pulp and man slaughter of five people, two cops and three victims within the bank. It says in his report that he was troubled as a kid with a mental disorder, schizophrenia, where he hears voices in his head. The prison said he took his medication and dealt with his therapist well and was released on good behavior. In Hawk's operation he is probably the muscle, the intimidation. Also, he could also possibly be someone who inflicts the pain, needless to say, he is there to scare our boys.
She glanced at everyone, checking on them then continued to change the slide.
"Asian, Lee Telik. Who was convicted in '03 for several counts of rape to multiple men and woman. Released information say he was released on time a week after Hawk. He was to serve 10 years and he did. Most of his victims did not survive, out of the eleven he was tried for, only two lived. They were beaten, starved and tortured. They were found near death with one living with paralysis from the waist down. His victims were found near death with multiple lacerations to various parts to the body. Mostly in places where major pressure points and tendons connect which is extremely painful. Most families couldn't recognize their own child until blood tests were shown. The only two surviving victims suffered major trauma, needing many years of therapy, medical attention and permanent damage in one case. Hawk probably uses Telik to actually produce the harming. Telik's job is probably to actually break down our boys. As terrible as it sounds, Hawk has him to make sure our boys become broken, emotionally and physically."
"Will he… ya know... do those things to them?" Kelly asked
She looked around the room and even Griffin has signs of emotion. "Honestly, there is a high possibility… But we must remain optimistic that Hawk does not permit those actions."
"How do you mean?"
"Well, Hawk is the leader of this operation. If one of his accomplices doesn't follow his orders, I'm sure Hawk wouldn't take a second thought it turning them back in. So I can only assume they will listen to everything Hawk says."
"Do you honestly think you can save them without them being harmed?" Griffin questioned.
"No, they will be harmed least to say. It's just to what degree. They could be fine with a couple of scratches and bruises because Hawk just wants to ruin Gustavo's life. He is using BTR as leverage to harm Gustavo, if anything, if Hawk doesn't want them hurt, they won't be."
"And if they are?"
"Let's not think that way."
"How do we even know if they're alive?" Jett lied through his teeth.
Tracy looked around the room, "Videos have been sent to certain people in this room about the boys."
There were several gasps throughout the room and whispers.
"Calm down, be calm. I won't say who but they were given specific instructions to share this noone or they would be killed-"
"Then why are you telling us!?" Camille cried
"They won't know that we know. As long as noone tells anyone on the outside."
"Not even LAPD?" Abdul spoke up.
"No, because then it will cause a nationwide panic and then Hawk will find out that it was leaked and we'll lose track of the boys."
"What exactly was on these videos?" Griffin asked
"I'm about to show you. But let me warn you, some things may disturb you."
Agent Tracy played the first video and Carlos appeared on the screen and read the demand until Kendall shouted out. Once the man became closer, Carlos got tense and continued to read until it ended.
"Those demands weren't even demands. Why did he want to the public to know?" Jo asked
"I honestly haven't figured it out yet. My analysis will figure it out when my teams arrives in the morning. But here is video two."
This time, all the boys were on camera, tied up and gagged aside Logan, who read the demands this time. Camille put a hand to her mouth. Logan had a bruise on his cheek, someone struck him. HER Logan was hurting. She saw the pain in his eyes as he read.
Kelly looked away, unable to watch the video again and stared at the wall.
Katie watched intently. Observing everything she saw. How her brother had fire in his eyes, that was pure hatred and she rarely saw that look. She saw James give this sad demeanor as if he was a kicked puppy and Carlos wasn't Carlos. Her brothers were tied up and gagged. The sight made her sick. But what questioned her was how they were able to overpower all four of them, especially a pissed Kendall.
She then became more interested when Logan spoke her name. Why was Hawk so… interested in her? She felt Jo embrace her from the side, but she continued to listen, if there were any hints within the message.
The video ended making the watchers feel stupid, "It's not that difficult"
Katie became furious; Hawk is the one who strained her relationship with her mother. They had to LIE to her, because he thought it was funny?
"You knew!?" she shouted, standing abruptly towards her mother. "You let him strain us? You LET him do everything! What? Do you want him to win! Since when did you enjoy letting your daughter be lost and confused!? You gave him what he wanted!? How could you!?"
"Honey, I tried to protect you-"
"Protect me? ALL you did was HURT me!"
Jo tried to embrace Katie in another hug to calm her down but she pushed her away, "Did you NOT hear the warning bells when Logan said 'precious'? Hello? Open your ears! Wait a minute…" she fell silent.
Everyone was genuinely surprised at Katie's outburst, which left them speechless.
"You.. you guys knew too. That's why I sat in that room for two hours…" she pointed to Gustavo and Kelly. "You were watching these videos, weren't you?... Weren't you.."
Katie has never felt more useless than she has right now. Mrs. Knight touched her shoulder but was jerked away… "Don't…"
Mrs. Knight was hurt did back away, her daughter needed space, she was just like Kendall, always the temper.
Katie sat back down next to Jo quietly and didn't speak.
Everyone internally felt terrible on the exchange they just saw… Hawk won this time, Katie doesn't trust her mother now. Someone she should need the most.
"Are there any more videos?" Jett wondered even though he knew the answer.
"Yes, one." Agent Tracy answered as she hit play for the last video.
Everyone was silent watching the last video.
Logan looked 10x worse than the last time he was shown. He was black and blue, literally. But the bruises were faded. His voice was hoarse, as if he had been yelling beforehand.
Camille couldn't help but begin to cry softly, he looked so bad she cried for him.
Carlos wasn't looking at the camera; he was looking beyond it at something, probably someone. But his face was sullen, and he was silently crying.
James wasn't even in the video, which wasn't a good sign.
But what shocked everyone was when Kendall was shouting in the background, shouting profuse threats at Hawk.
Kendall was defiantly separated but was he being hurt while the video was shot or was he just angry he was separated? They couldn't answer.
What shattered everyone's heart was Kendall now sounding desperate to let them go and Logan getting choked up the last few words then saying goodbye.
"Goodbye?"
"This was supposed to be what was said at the press conference today but was ignored." Agent Tracy stated.
"We didn't get to Jennifer in time… I'm so sorry" Kelly cried.
"Wait, the press conference was televised nationwide, of they saw it, and we didn't follow their directions, what will happen to…" Jo drifted off.
"All we can do now is wait for another video."
"A video where one of them is beaten more than they are!?" Camille blasted.
"If that's what needs to happen to help them, then yes." Agent Tracy answered honestly but sadly.
"So what now mother?" Lucy stated coldly. She stayed silent through the whole ordeal. Not seeing James well and okay bothered very much. She needed leverage. Her thoughts from earlier haunted her mind, what if he was gone? Carlos was crying and staring at something off camera, what if it was James? James must've been hurt then for Carlos, sweet Carlos to cry.
"First thing is first, my team gets here."
"Then what?" Griffin asked as he stood. "Those boys are hurting, being beaten and we are sitting here doing nothing. WE know who has done it, why aren't we doing anything?" spoke aloud, showing his first sign of emotion for the band he has tried to break up opn numerous occasions.
"Griffin, is it? If we tell LAPD about this, Hawk will know everything has been shared and they could be gone forever. We need to beat Hawk at his own game."
"What about Officers Collar and Anderson?" Katie asked in small vpice looking at the wall.
"Who?"
"They are officers who believe us. They said everyone else doesn't think Hawk has done it but they believe us, we have to tell them." Jo continued.
"Are they apart of LAPD?"
"Yes, but we can trust them. I know we can."
"Alright, I will invite them tomorrow when my team arrives tomorrow morning."
"Well what do we do until your team arrives?" Mrs. Knight spoke up.
"You all need a good night sleep" she observed, "But you all need to relax, we will find them. We, I will do everything I can to bring them back home. You all need to trust each other. You all will need each other from here on out, even when we find the boys, we don't know what condition they will be in. You guys are each other's shoulders to cry on, hear me? I don't want to see you guys fall apart because of this one man. Understand?"
Everyone nodded, even Griffin.
"Pretend this meeting never happened, go upon your day, associate with the officers and help them all you can as if you didn't know the information I just gave you. Everything is smooth sailing from here starting tomorrow morning, but seriously, go get a good night's rest and have a decent meal."
Everyone stood up and dispersed. Griffin, Abdul, Gustavo and Kelly going through one door and everyone else through another. Lucy stayed behind.
"Mom?"
"Yes, cherry bomb?" her mother responded using her daughters childhood nickname while cleaning up.
Lucy pulled her into a hug, interrupting her cleaning, "I'm really glad you're here, thank you." She whispered.
Tracy was surprised at her daughter's sign of affection. Lucy was never one for hugs and kisses but fist bumps and high fives. She raised her arms and stroked her daughters hair, accepting the unexpected hug.
"I'm glad I'm here too. I promise I'll find them."
"I know you will."
"Are you okay? They are your friends."
Lucy nodded, "I never thought I'd say this but… I miss one"
"One?"
"Yeah, well I miss all of them but…James… he's been chasing me since I've gotten here and…"
"Now that he's gone you've realized you actually want him don't you?"
"I don't know."
"Cherry bomb, I promise I'll bring James and everyone back home and you can figure that out for yourself okay?"
Lucy nodded again and released from the hug.
"Go, your friends need you."
She nodded and left the room.
"Katie please-"
"Not right now, mom. I need to be alone." Katie answered as she continued to walk ahead of the others as they made their way back to 2J.
Jennifer was trying to gain her daughters trust by explaining but she didn't want to hear it, and that broke her heart.
Jo, Lucy and Camille walked side by side silently. Their minds were elsewhere, particularly their boyfriends… or significant others… and hoping they weren't in any more pain.
Camille couldn't even fathom how anyone could hurt sweet and innocent Logan. He was just too bubbly to tamper with, not that Carlos wasn't but Logan was hers and she didn't understand.
Kendall wasn't even in the last two videos and that worried Jo to death. In the last video, Kendall was pleading to be released. Her strong, protective boyfriend was PLEADING. He couldn't be broken, not yet, oh please not yet. She has never seen Kendall cry or show any signs of weakness unless it came to her and their feelings.
Lucy's mind was blank. She was thinking so much she couldn't think at all. Believe it or not, Lucy was scared. Scared for James' and everyone's lives.
Everyone was brought out of their thoughts by Jett, "Let's all go get some ice cream or something. To get our minds off of everything, for a minute."
No one minded getting ice cream, it was something to do. After walking to the shop, everyone ordered and sat in silence. No one was in the mood for talking. And noone cared, they all needed to think for themselves. Katie ordered a milkshake but had no motivation to drink it.
She absentmindedly twisted her straw around in her cup. Growing bored she stood, walked out of the shop and sat on the curb out front. Noone came out after her and she didn't care. After putting her elbows on her knees she stared out into space.
Everything was happening so quickly it was overwhelming. She wasn't sure if she could keep up with everything.
The cops, the videos, the criminals, the emotions. Oh the emotions were taking a toll on her. She just couldn't wait to go home and sleep. Sleep would be a huge stress reliever.
"Katie?"
She jumped at the sudden voice, "Oh Jett, it's only you" she sighed.
Jett knitted his eyebrows, 'it's only Jett?'
"How are you holding up?"
"As much as a teenager would be able to, I guess."
"I figured you were tired so I asked to walk you home so you could get there first and all."
"That would be great actually, thank you."
He held out his hand for her to take, she did as she stood up, "Thanks"
He nodded in acknowledgment.
They walked in silence on the way back to the Palm Woods.
"Katie?"
"Yeah?"
"What would you do if you were in a bad situation with some bad people?"
"How do you mean?"
"I'm really sorry."
"What are you-"
Katie was cut off by a man covering her mouth with a chloroformed cloth over her mouth making her lose consciousness as her defenses slowed.
"Way to go Stetson" Eagle Praised.
"Yeah, whatever. Let's get out of here before someone sees us."
"I'm going to go check on Katie and Jett.." Jo whispered as she stood. Noone commented and either watched her exit or continued to eat their dessert.
"Katie?" Jo questioned as she pushed the door open, "Jett?"
That's odd… "Jett? Katie? This isn't funny… I know you're upset but this doesn't give you the excuse to leave…"
She looked up and down the street for any signs of either of them. Suddenly thinking the worst she ran back into to Shoppe.
"Guys! Katie and Jett are gone!"
"What!?" Mrs. Knight jumped out of her chair, running towards the exit.
"Jo, what happened? What do you mean, they're gone?" Camille whispered as she approached her friend.
" I-I don't know. I walked out and she just… wasn't there! And Jett wasn't around either! I-I hope they were being stupid and walked home without our consent!" Jo panicked.
Before Camille could respond, Mrs. Knight reentered the Shoppe, horrified.
"She's right, they aren't out there."
"I'm sure Katie got tired and Jett walked her to 2J, they might have a head start on us." Camille stated softly, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Mom? Come to the ice cream Shoppe on 4th, now. We have another problem" Lucy spoke into her phone, already a step ahead.
"Miners well… yeah, I think so… it's Katie and Jett… they're not here… I don't really know, just hurry okay?... Okay, bye"
"Your mom?"
Lucy nodded, " She's on her way, just to be safe. Maybe Camille is right; maybe they started walking home without us. That's sounds like something Katie would do."
" I don't know… I have a feeling-"
"Stop Momma K, don't think like that, remember what Tracy said, think positive." Lucy comforted
"How can I think positive when my boys are kidnapped by deranged criminals!" she cried, throwing her hands in the air, falling to the curb.
Camille let go of Jo and dropped down next to her and embraced Mrs. Knight now.
"Gustavo, calm down." Kelly whispered.
"Calm down? You want to calm down? I'm fine, I'm perfectly fine, I'm calm. I'm SO calm."
"Gustavo, I know you're worried, I'm worried too. But we have to calm down." Kelly put a hand on Gustavo's shoulder.
"Kelly's right, Gustavo. Now, first order of business, someone hand me a phone." Griffin spoke up.
"A phone? Why?"
" I'm calling the station."
"What?!" Gustavo bellowed, he approached Griffin and took the phone out of his hands, " You Are NOT calling the cops. Did you NOT hear what the lady said!?"
"I heard her, I heard her loud and clear. But I'm calling." Griffin argued while reaching for the phone.
"No, you can't! We may never see the boys again!" Kelly joined the tiff, reaching for the phone.
"Freight Train!" Gustavo announced as the sound of a train was heard with the great man himself coming through the door, and grabbing the phone.
"Abdul!" Griffin countered.
Abdul looked at his boss, then at Freight Train. Swiftly he stood behind Gustavo, "Gustavo is right Griffin, we must wait."
Griffin looked taken aback, Abdul was always on his side. "Abdul, grab that phone."
He simply shook his head, "I like those boys, I don't want to see them hurt than they already are. I'm sorry Griffin." He shook his head.
Contemplating his options, with a heavy sigh Griffin complied, "Alright, we'll listen the red heads mother."
"So, what do we do in the mean time? Like it or not, we have to do something." Freight Train announced.
They all knew they had to do something, without making Hawk suspicious or the police involved, but what?
Kelly snapped her fingers, "I got it."
"And?"
" I don't know why I didn't think of this before!" she exclaimed, going to her desk, down the hall.
"Think of what?" Gustavo followed.
"Tracking the boys' phones!"
"Of course! How could we not have thought of that?" Griffin added.
"C'mon Kelly!"
"I'm typing as fast as I can!"
"Type faster!"
"GOT IT!"
They all peered to look at the screen.
"I couldn't get a trace on Logans or Carlos' phones, like they're dead. James' phone is at the Palm Woods, hence Katie answering the phone yesterday. But Kendall's phone is on. Hawk is probably using his phone to make the videos then transferring them onto a flash drive then somehow having them delivered to Rocque Records."
"Where are they?"
"I… don't know. Definitely not in LA, let me google search the address."
"Hurry"
"I am!"
"They… are barely in California. They're right on the line of California and Arizona. They are about an hour away from I-10 highway… and possibly 3-4 hours away from Palm Springs, but maybe a good hour away from Phoenix. Like, they are right there on the borderline. The signal is weak, they must be away from a town or something"
"Really? They are all the way out there?"
"According to Kendall's phone, yeah. They are a good few hours away."
"So, are we going to get them or?"
"Griffin, are you crazy? We can't just randomly leave for a rescue mission. WE don't even know how dangerous Hawk has gotten.!"
"We have Abdul, and Freight Train. I'm sure we can take a guy or two, Gustavo" Griffin reasoned.
"I don't know, Griffin. Maybe we should tell Mrs. Tracy first" Freight Train spoke up.
Griffin sighed in annoyance, "I am the number one CEO in America now. And I can get whoever I want to do whatever I want. Are we getting the boys or not?"
AS tempting as that sounded, everyone mentally agreed not to.
"Instead of getting ourselves killed, let's just call."
"Call Kendall's phone?"
"What do we have to lose?"
"Uhm, THE DOGS?!" Gustavo yelled
"SHH, I'm calling!" Kelly whispered.
Gustavo kept his hands by his mouth, biting his nails nervously as everyone stood, patiently.
"C'mon Hawk… answer the damn phone" Kelly cursed under her breath.
"This is Kendall Knight's phone, sorry he can't come to the phone right now, can he take a message?" Kelly heard Hawk as he acted as if he was an assistant.
"Hawk, I know you took the boys." Kelly spoke sternly.
"Ahhh, Kelly, so good to hear from you, How are you?"
"Cut the shit Hawk, let me talk to Kendall"
"Tsk Tsk, Kelly. What a temper. Sorry but he can't come to phone right now."
"What did you do to him!?"
"He's a… little tied up at the moment." Kelly could hear the smirk in Hawks voice.
" Well, untie him!' Kelly tried to snap back.
" Sorry, no can do, we are in the middle of taking care of some business right now."
"What kind of business?" Kelly asked softly, partially knowing Kendall was in the middle of a beating.
"Let me show you."
"Show me?" Kelly glanced at Gustavo who shrugged. Not a moment later, her phone beeped. Pulling the phone away from her ear, it was a picture message from Kendall.
She cautiously opened the message to find Kendall tied to a chair, his arms and legs bound to the arms and legs of the chair with his mouth gagged by a bandana with very nasty bruises flooding his face. Kendall was looking at the camera this time, his green eyes as bright as ever, clearly furious. But at the same time, sad and hurt. Kelly's heart instantly broke.
"You let him go right now" Kelly spoke, teary eyed.
"I'm sorry, what'd you say?"
Kelly was about to respond, thinking he was talking to her until she heard a grunt. "If you just hit him I swear I'll.."
"You'll what?" Hawk spat as she heard another thud and grunt… probably made by Kendall.
"I'll come get him."
"Oh really? And how do you propose to do that?"
"I know where you are Hawk."
"You're lying" Hawk spoke as she heard another thud and grunt.
"Try me" Kelly regained her composure, now sounding threatening.
Once again, she heard rapid thud and grunts.
"STOP IT!" Kelly cried, "Stop hurting him.."
Gustavo wanted nothing more than to take the phone and yell at Hawk and make sure his lead dog was okay. He was being beaten, hurt.
"I'm tracing this call as we speak Hawk! I know your location! You're right on the borderline of Arizona and California right off of I-10, a few hours away from Palm Springs and an hour away from Phoenix!" Kelly released.
She slowed her breathing as if trying to hear what was going on and Hawk was at loss for words.
"…Kelly"
"Kendall! Are you okay?!"
"Don't come for us…"
Kendall did not sound good, his voice was hoarse and breaking.
"Kendall, honey, I'm coming for you okay? Try and tough it out okay? I'm coming, Gustavo's coming too." She softened
"No… you can't…" Kelly swore she heard Kendall choke a sob, which h made her want to cry, " Kelly… listen to me, don't come, okay?"
"I don't care what Hawk does to me, I'm coming for you baby."
Silence…
"Kendall?"
"Big mistake" Hawk bellowed lowly.
"Hawk, it's over!"
Then she heard a high pitched scream and shouting in the distance. She looked at Gustavo, Griffin, Abdul and Freight Train who were just as concerned as she was, listening in to the conversation.
"Kendall? What's going on?"
"I TOLD YOU TO NOT LET THEM SEE HER!" she heard Hawk yell. Who was "her?"
"…KATIE" she swore she heard Logan, James and Carlos.
"GUYS!?"
"You son of a bitch!" Kendal screamed, "KATIE!?"
"…Oh my god they have Katie" Kelly repeated as the men began to pace and squirm in anger, "Someone call !" she whispered as Freight Train left to do so.
"Kendall, honey, talk to me."
All she heard was constant yelling, the phone being rattled.
Then a gun shot.
And the line went dead.
Hellooo lovelies! I've missed y'all! Well, here's chapter 10! I really liked how I wrote the end of this chapter! There has been a lot of announcements on BTR lately and I can't wait! I wasn't able to see Heffron Drive L BUT they did tweet at me! I was sooo happy!
Anyways, next time I
I'll show you the other end of the phone call with Kendall and the rest of the guys' POV I promise.! Majority of the next chapter WILL BE in the guys' POV and how they've been… aka not good. LOL
Many of your questions should be answered but please to review and ask away!
Until next time,
Alethea 13