A/N:

Woo hoo! Another chapter! There's no school today so I'm updating early! Btw, thanks for the reviews/favorites/follows!

Kendall: Just get on to the story!

Me: Alright Mr. Impatient!

Katie: Yeah Ken-doll, stop being impatient!

Me: Okay now, here's the story and well, I do not own BTR!

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Chapter 9 – Not Now.

"CLARY!" Katie yelled when she saw her sister lose consciousness. Luckily, Kendall caught her on time so that she didn't hit the ground. Kendall carried Clary towards the couch and laid her there while Katie and the rest of the guys crowded them.

"Kendall! What happened?" Katie asked frantically when she saw Clary up close. "I don't know! She just, she fell when she saw him. Wait a minute!" Kendall replied before standing up from the floor and looking towards the door. The man had gone away.

"Clary! Wake up!" Katie yelled, shaking her sister. "Clary!"

Slowly, Clary's eyes fluttered open. "Wha-what happened?" she asked, looking around. "You fainted." Katie said. Clary slowly sat up, trying to register everything. Her eyes widened when she remembered everything. Opening the door, seeing the man, blacking out. She immediately got up from the couch and searched for her brother. When she saw him, she ran into him and hugged him. She didn't care about anything right now. She needed the comfort. Kendall hugged her back and rubbed circles around her back.

"Clary, are you okay?" he asked. Clary shook her head and buried her face in his chest. "No." she said, her voice muffled by his shirt.

"Come on." Kendall said, trying to get Clary to let go of him, but she wouldn't, so he just walked towards her and Katie's room, slowly. He gave the others a look which says, 'Stay here. I'll have a talk with her.'. The others just nodded while Katie looked at James, who wrapped an arm around her shoulder, not in a flirting manner, but for comfort.

Kendall and Clary went into the room and sat down. Clary finally let go of his shirt, but didn't look up. She looked as if she was going to cry again.

"Clary, can you tell me what happened? Why did you black out when you saw that man? Who is he?" Kendall asked. Clary just looked at him and shook her head.

"It's okay, you can tell me. I'm your brother." Kendall said, gently. Clary shook her head again.

"Clary, please. Tell me what's wrong. Are you… afraid of him? Did he do anything to you?"

This time, Clary opened her mouth but closed them again and let a few tears stream down her face. Kendall hugged her tightly once before letting go and saying, "You know you can tell me anything. I'm your brother. If you don't want anyone else to know, I can keep it to myself. But please tell me, what's bothering you?"

Clary sniffed and wiped her face before saying, "He-he's m-my uncle, my mom's b-brother."

"But why are you scared of him?"

"Because, he… he, tried to, to k-kill my p-parents."

Kendall's eyes widened. Why would he do that?

"Because, h-he, he w-wants their money." Clary said, as if reading his thoughts, "Now that my p-parents a-are dead, h-he's g-going t-to go a-after me. I-I'm s-scared Kendall. He-he's going to k-kill me." She was sobbing and stuttering at the same time.

"I'm not gonna let that happen. I won't let him lay a hand on you."

"No, Kendall, please, you-you'll hurt yourself, you don't know what he can do."

"Is that all why you're afraid of him?" Clary nodded, although Kendall feels like she's hiding something else.

"We can call the police." He suggested.

"No. We can't. He hadn't done anything yet. H-he just got out of prison and just came to visit me, he didn't do anything, yet." Clary stated.

Kendall absentmindedly balled his hands into fists. He's going to hurt her and there's nothing we can do about it. When he realized what he was doing, he relaxed his hands a bit.

"Kendall."

He looked at Clary to see her face and when he caught her eye, he could see the fear in her eyes.

"He, he was stalking me since I got here." She said, starting to tear up again.

"What?" Kendall asked in disbelief.

"He was stalking me, Kendall. I saw him when me and Katie got out of the elevator to go to the park this morning, and also when we were going to the pool. It thought I was imagining him, but when he, when he came here, I knew it was true."

"Look, even if he's here, I won't let him hurt you. I promise." Kendall said, trying to comfort his little sister. Clary nodded.

"Thank you, Kendall. But, I need some time alone now."

Kendall nodded and left the room. When he closed the door, he looked back to see James, Logan and Carlos standing near the doorway. He sighed.

"You guys heard everything didn't you?"

They all nodded.

"So what are we gonna do? I mean, we really need to keep her safe." Logan said. "Yeah," James agreed, "we can't let that money-obsessed phsycho get near her."

"I think I have a plan."

They popped their heads to see Katie standing their. They didn't know she was there the first place. The guys left her on the couch and she followed them there.

"What is it?" Carlos asked.

"Well," she started, "if we want to keep her safe, then, of course, we can't let her be alone. We have to stay with her."

"That's your plan?" Kendall asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Nope." She said, "this is." She and the guys closed up to form a circle while she explained the plan. This will definitely work out… right?

….

It had been four days since Clary met her uncle, she was nervous, but she didn't see him anymore, so she relaxed… a bit. Katie's plan was canceled since her uncle didn't show up anymore. Mrs. Knight didn't know anything about Clary's uncle because Clary didn't want her to know. Right now, Mrs. Knight was in Minnesota for business. Everyone thought everything was okay, that they didn't have to worry about anything anymore. They were wrong.

Clary had met almost everyone the guys knew by now. She met Camille, Stephanie, Guitar Dude, Buddha Bob, Kyle, Tyler, Lightning, and a few kids her age. Camille happened to star in 'Girls Rule!' as Maddison Wright, and Kyle stared as Chloe's best friend, Jake.

Now, Clary was taking a shoot in the movie. It was actually a comedy-drama kind of movie.

"And… action!"

"I know! Maddie is so self-centered and she scares most of her boyfriends away!" Clary, or in this case, Chloe, said.

"How?" Kyle, as in, Jake, asked.

"She's super clingy and sticks to them! Like…"

"Paper and glue?"

"Exactly! Her boyfriend's the paper, and she's the glue! Sticky and disgusting!"

Just then, Maddison came storming into the house, yelling, "I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!"

"Speak of the devil!" Chloe whispered to Jake, who laughed.

Maddison glared at Chloe and said, "Michael broke up with me!"

Chloe laughed and said, "I don't care!"

"Cut! Clary! You were supposed to wave your hands in the air while saying those lines!" the producer said.

"Sorry. I forgot." Clary apologized. The producer sighed and said, "Okay, that's all for today people! Actors! Don't forget to memorize!"

"You know, you're a pretty good actress." Camille said. Clary smiled, "Thanks."

Then the two went their separate ways. Clary took her phone from her pocket and called Kendall.

"Hello?"

"Hey big bro, it's me, I'm gonna go out for awhile, just finished the shoot."

"Where are you headin'?"

"The ice-cream shop."

"Alright, buy me a caramel sundae!"

"Sure thing. Bye!"

She hung up and started walking. The ice-cream shop was only a few blocks away and she went there twice already.

As she was walking, her mind filled with thoughts and horrible memories she had been trying to forget. While thinking about them, she absentmindedly touched the scar on her shoulder. It didn't hurt anymore, but it hurt to think about it.

She was on her own world with her own thoughts when she bumped into someone.

"Sorry sir, I wasn't paying attention-" she said but froze when she recognized the man. "No." she whispered. She wanted to run away, but she was frozen. The man smirked and came closer to her. She tried to run but her legs won't move. The man was about to grab her when she finally managed to run. She ran as quickly as possible, trying to get away. She heard running footsteps behind her, but she refused to look back. She just kept running. She ran and ran and ran until she was out of breath. She didn't hear any footsteps anymore, so she stopped. She put her hands on her knees and gasped for air. When she finally managed to breathe normally, she stood straight and looked around.

Oh no. she thought. I'm lost. She walked a few steps and stopped. It was true. She was lost. Then, she remembered her phone. She took it out and dialed her brother, again.

"Hello?"

"Kendall? It's me, I-I'm lost and I-I'm very scared Kendall, I don't know where I am. I-"

"Clary, calm down, tell me what happened."

"Well, I-"

She was cut off when someone grabbed her and she dropped her phone. She struggle but it was no use. The man who grabbed picked her up and threw her to the ground. She whimpered.

"Get up!" the man said.

"No, please! Please don't hurt me anymore! Please!" Clary cried out. She was terrified, beyond terrified. She heard Kendall calling for her from the phone but it was a few feet away.

"I said get up!"

"No! Uncle Derek! Please!"

Derek was getting impatient. He just grabbed her and forced her to stand up, but he held her arm so tightly she was sure it would leave a bruise.

"Uncle please! You're hurting me-" she was cut off when Derek threw a slap on her face, causing her lips to bleed.

"Shut the hell up! Now you're going to do as I say or I will practically kill you and everyone you know with my bare hands! Understand?"

Clary nodded. She was scared. She wanted to get away so badly, but she knew that if she did, everything would be a disaster.

"Good girl. Now come on!" Derek said, dragging her all the way to his black van. He threw her into the back and locked the door before hopping onto the driver's seat and drove away.

Clary said on the floor of the van, curling up into a ball and crying silently. It was really happening. She laid down on the hard, cold floor, still curled into a ball and soon fell asleep with one thought in her mind.

Not again.

….

"CLARY? CLARY!" Kendall yelled into the phone. She didn't answer him. He could hear struggling and then silence. "DAMN IT!" he cursed, throwing his phone to the floor, but if fell onto the couch instead.

"Kendall! What's going on?" James asked. Logan was out with Camille while Katie and Carlos were at the pool.

"James, I can't explain right now, but Clary's in trouble, and we need to find her. James nodded and followed Kendall out the door.

….

"CLARY! CLARY WHERE ARE YOU? IT'S ME! KENDALL, AND JAMES!" Kendall yelled out. No answer. He and James had been searching for Clary for half an hour but didn't find her.

"Kendall, I think I got something." James said, looking at an item on the ground. Kendall walked over to him and his eyes widened when he saw what was there. Clary's star bracelet was there with some blood on it. He picked it up and took a closer look on it. "It's Clary's bracelet." He whispered. James looked at the small item before something else caught his eye. "Look!" he said, pointing towards another item on the ground. He and Kendall walked towards it and James picked it up. "It's Clary's phone." He said.

Kendall looked at it and then at the bracelet before looking at James. "What if…" Kendall's eyes widened at James words. He just realized something.

"Oh no."

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Kendall's right! OH NO! Clary's taken by her psychotic uncle! Long and angsty, right? Well, someone asked me to get Clary kidnapped, so I did. It's gonna get better, I promise. So… you know. R&R please!

James: Wow. I like it.

Me: Okay, so-

Logan: How old is Clary right now?

Me: Still 12. By the way, I'm getting tired, so, bye. And please review!