A/N: Wow. I am so sorry. I can't believe how fast six months has gone by. I am so so so sorry that I haven't updated this story in half a year. I wouldn't blame you if you hated me. There is a short recap at the beginning of this chapter, but besides that, you might need to go back and reread. I am so sorry.
Anyways, enjoy:
Chapter X
Previously on Big Time Revenge: James woke up along with the rest of the crew in a mysterious room. Several henchhawks revealed themselves to be their closest friends, and Hawk verbally assaulted everyone. Soon after, an unknown man told Hawk he failed and shot him dead.
Now: The man finished wiping the floor clean, throwing the blood-soaked rag into the crackling fire by his desk. He then stood, dusting his pants, and sitting at his desk.
He chuckled lightly and mumbled, "Idiot." under his breath, then he resumed the writing he had been up to before he talked to Hawk.
"So, what's the plan?" James asked his fellow hostages.
"Well, I think I might have a knife in my pocket." Katie responded. Everyone looked at her with wide eyes, until she responded, "It's a pocket knife!"
"Alright, here, I'll help get it out." Kendall said, scooting close to Katie so his back was to her. Then, with his tied hands, he slowly pushed the pocket knife out of her pocket. He grabbed the knife of the floor and pulled the small blade out.
Slowly but surely he proceeded to cut the ropes binding his hands, then once his hands were free, he cut the ropes tying his feet and legs.
"Alright, who wants to be freed first?" he asked, then went person by person and began to free everyone from their ropes.
There was a knocking sound that echoed through the modest office.
"Come in." a gruff voice said.
The door slowly opened and a figure walked in, unidentifiable due to the dark lighting of the office.
"Y-You wanted to see me, s-sir?" the person squeaked fearfully.
"Yes, have a seat." the man responded.
The small figure took a seat in a chair opposite the man and his desk. They looked around fearfully, noticing a broken chair off to the side of the room and the gross smell in the room. The soft fire illuminated the frightened girl's face, just barely making her face distinguished from the dark of the room.
The man stopped his scribbling, and slowly set down his pen. Then, in a very hushed tone, he spoke. "I bet you're wondering why I called you here, aren't you?" he said.
"Um...k-kinda." the girl barely whispered.
"Well, you see, that little pest was getting on my nerves, so I shot him and now he's dead." the man spoke calmly. "And, well, I now need someone to take his place. A new underling to do my...dirty work." he explained.
"S-So why did you choose me?" she asked.
"Well, you're just so...unpredictable. You seem like a friend, but then you attack people."
"I-I don't know."
The room went silent.
The fire blew out, killing the only light in the room.
A faint growl could be heard from the man.
A chill went up the girl's spine.
The man slowly rose. "What did you just say to me?" he asked quiet but furious.
"I-I said, of course I'll do it!" the girl exclaimed.
The fire somehow relit itself and the room went back to normal.
"Good, good." the man said, chuckling darkly. "So here's the plan..."
"Ok, so, two of us should probably stay here, and then the other four of us should probably go searching." Logan spoke up once everyone was untied.
"No, it's important we stick together, so either all of us go or none of us go." Kendall replied, and no one questioned his authority.
So one by one they exited the room through a lone door in the left of the room. They came out into a long, dark hallway, which they began to walk down.
Soon they all heard a small noise, and as they continued to walk down the hallway, the noise turned into voices and they could almost completely hear the conversation.
"So why do you think he called her up there?" one voice said.
"I don't know...I hope it's not something bad. I mean, she's like my closest friend, I couldn't stand it if she got hurt." the second one said.
"Poor..." the first one started to say, but then they stopped. The group sat in silence for a few moments, looking around. There was no way they could all escape in time if they got caught.
"What is it?" the second voice asked, much quieter this time.
"I thought I heard...breathing." Everyone froze, waiting to get caught.
"Hey, what are you two doing out here? Get back to work! I've been promoted now, I'm in charge, so get back to work!" a new third voice said, and footsteps could be heard as their voices faded in the distance.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "That...that sounded like..." Logan started to say, but he cut off midsentence.
"I know, Logan. I'm sorry." Kendall said as he pat his back comfortingly. "But we can't think about that now. We have to keep moving."
The group silently began to walk again, and soon they reached the end of the hallway. In front of them was a large wall made out of only glass, acting as a window. Rain was slowly rolling down the glass and outside in the dark night they could just barely make out the lights of the city.
"So we're in a building outside of the city. And pretty high up, too.." James said, looking out the window.
They all sat in hushed silence for a few moments, until once again Kendall spoke up. "We should probably get going. The sooner that we get out of this place, the better."
"But, which way do we go?" Logan asked. There were hallways to both their left and their right.
"We should probably go left." Mama Knight said.
"What makes you say that?" Katie questioned.
"Well, those people we heard were to the left, right? And if all of the 'henchhawks' or whatever are there, then I'd say that's where our best bet for the exit would be. After all, they wouldn't leave it unattended."
"Wow, that's pretty smart, mom." Kendall said.
"Of course, where do you think you got your leadership skills from?" she replied coyly.
Kendall simply rolled his eyes and then the group silently began to move left.
When Carlos began to move, however, he felt an arm pulling him back. He looked behind him to see Logan holding him back with his finger to his lips.
When Carlos gave him a quizzical look, Logan began to pull Carlos down the hall to the left. Once they were out of hearing range of the others, Carlos asked, "Why did we go down a different hall?"
"Well, I just had a feeling that they might get into trouble. It wouldn't be good if all of us got caught up, would it. I figure that we could go and get help. I know, it seems like we are betraying them, but it might be the only chance they've got."
Carlos didn't question Logan's intentions, seeing how smart he was. So together, they wandered down the hall to the left until the finally reached its end.
In front of them they could just barely make out in the moonlight a large, industrial-like door.
So, they pushed it open with a large creak, and together, they wandered into the unknown.
Too bad they didn't notice the lone figure who had been following them, as he slowly dragged the door shut behind them and locked it.
"Suckers." He chuckled to himself, then wandered off.
"What, what is it now?" The man said as yet another knocking noise echoed through the office.
The door opened, and the girl walked in. "We have a bit of a situation, sir."
"What could possibly be wrong that you need to interrupt me in my work?" the man said irritably.
"Well…the thing is…we think they might have..um…escaped." The girl said fearfully.
"I knew that idiot Hawk would've screwed this up." The man sighed, not looking up from whatever writing he was doing on his desk.
"So what do we do?" the girl asked.
"That's not my problem."
"I don't know if I can handle it though."
The man shook his head and sighed, dropping his pen on the table. "You can handle it, trust me. You are my daughter, after all."
"Okay, I'll see what I can do." The girl whispered.
"Kay. Now get out." The man said.
"Yes, dad." The girl said, then exited the office.
"This is all such a mess. If she doesn't fix this problem, then I will. It better not come to that." The man grumbled to himself as he resumed his work.
The group that now consisted of Kendall, James, Katie, and Mama Knight continued down the right hall. As they walked they began to see the soft glow of a light coming through a door in the distance.
"This is it guys. We're going to be caught soon. Don't let them capture you though. Do whatever you have to to get out of this place." Kendall said.
"Wait a minute…where's Carlos?" James asked, looking around.
"Yeah, and Logan, too?" Katie asked.
"Oh crap we lost them." Kendall said frankly.
"Oh no…this is bad…what if they got caught? No no no no no no no!" James exclaimed.
"James quiet, do you want to be caught?" Katie said.
"Everyone stay calm and think rational." Mama Knight said. "We just need to go back and find them."
"I don't think that's gonna happen." a voice said from behind them.
Everyone turned around to see Camille standing there with her arms crossed. Behind her stood a few other traitors from before.
"Oh yeah, and what are you going to do about it?" James asked, stepping forward defensively.
"Is that a challenge?" Camille asked.
"Bring it on!" James said, and rushed towards Camille before anyone could stop him. Camille grabbed him and threw him onto the ground, then jumped down, slamming into his chest. James didn't hesitate though to throw her off and stand up, ducking down to avoid a punch. He quickly stood staright again and threw his fist into Camille's face. He was beyond caring whether this traitor was a girl or not. He wasn't going to let her get in their way.
Mean while, the other 'henchhawks' rushed the rest of the group. Tyler's mom bounded over to Mama Knight, Kelly ran towards Katie, and Jett went to Kendall.
Mama Knight stepped to the side and watched Tyler's mom run past her, then when she slid to a halt and turned around, Mama Knight smacked her across the face. While Tyler's mom was recovering from the shock, Mama Knight grabbed her by the hair and threw her to the ground, then watched her flail trying to get back up. "Maybe it's time to cut back on those cookies." Mama Knight said, then went to help the others. She could be mean if she had to.
As soon as Kelly reached Katie, Katie slid under her legs and pushed her from behind, causing her to stumble. Then when Kelly turned around Katie kicked her directly in the face, giving her a bloody nose. Kelly tried to recover, but Katie didn't give her the chance, pinching a spot on her neck and watching her collapse to the ground.
Jett on the other hand quickly had Kendall outmatched, punching him relentlessly. Soon Kendall was on the ground and being kicked in the ribs, crying out in pain. Just as he was about to blackout, though, the kicks stopped and Kendall glanced up to see his mom punching Jett in the face. "Nobody hurts my boy!" she said, punching him again. Then Katie came over and while Jett was distracted, did the same thing to him that she did to Kelly.
Eventually Tyler's mom got back up on the ground, but before she could make it to Mama Knight again, Katie tripped her and also pinched her neck. "And then there was one…" she said ominously.
They all went over to help James out with Camille. So far they were both avoiding each other's attacks fairly well.
That ended, though, when Mama Knight stepped in and grabbed Camille by the hair, saying, "Sorry about this, Camille," and throwing her into the wall. She slowly slid down, and Katie came towards her, ready to make her pas out too, but Camille was agile and she slowly slipped from beneath Katie and ran away quickly.
They let her go and rushed over to Kendall. "Are you okay?" Mama Knight asked.
Kendall only groaned in response.
"Don't worry big brother, everything will be okay soon."
Carlos and Logan slowly wandered into the large room they had stepped in, not even noticing when the door closed.
Immediately they could smell the rotting flesh, and they cringed.
"Ugh, what is that?" Carlos asked. He gagged, looking around.
"I don't know." Logan replied. "It smells like…death."
"Oh, here's a light switch." Carlos said, his eyes watering by now.
He clicked the lights on and they both saw it.
Logan timidly approached the body laying on the cold, concrete floor.
"Hawk is dead."
There was a knock on the door to the man's office for the third time.
"What!" he asked exasperated.
The door once again opened and his daughter once again walked in.
"They beat us." She said quietly, before he could even ask what she wanted. "I'm the only one that escaped."
The man jumped up, his chair flying back and crashing against the wall.
"DAMNIT!" he roared, rushing around the desk. "CAN I NOT TRUST ANYONE ANYMORE!"
He shoved past the girl, throwing her to the ground. He turned around, spitting out, "You are dead to me. Worthless."
He turned back around and continued out the door, mumbling, "I'll take care of this myself. I'll end it , once and for all."
A/N: And that's that. Please review. I wouldn't blame you if you didn't though. I'm such a horrible person for not updating this in so long.
There's one chapter left after this. You ready?
Hopefully it will be up soon because I'm now on summer break, so…*knocks on wood*
Thanks for reading!
BTL14.