Chapter 14: When the Hunter Meets the Pray

A/N: Hay you guys, I told you all that I had nothing better to do so I will update the story. I would love to thank each and every one of you guys that reviewed, favorite, alerted, and most importantly read this story…to tell you all the truth even though this is my first story, reading your responses really help me write more. I was also looking through my story and noticed that the words in the chapters get longer…whoops ha-ha. But I make them long so that the reader won't have to wait FOREVER if I ever forget to update the story. I am on the works on another story, but I am still not so sure about the whole plot…but I did promise that I would keep the O/C characters in my future stories….well I feel like I took up your time reading this long author's note…I am so sorry…

Disclaimer: Have you seen the weather in Los Angeles…I might have to postpone my plans on flying there…I do not own Big Time Rush…blah blah blah…I hate writing that…

Fear is only in our minds, Taking over all the time, Fear is only in our minds, But it's taking over all the time, You poor, sweet, innocent thing, dry your eyes and testify, And oh, you love to hate me, don't you honey? I'm your sacrifice

[I dream in the darkness, I sleep to die, Raise the silence, Erase my life, Our burning ashes, Blacken the day, A world of nothingness, Blow me away]

Sweet Sacrifice-Evanescence

Snow's POV:

I can't believe that he found us….how did he…when did he….it was a matter of time that Logan and I would run out of breath from running and dragging Carlos.

I felt horrible just dragging Carlos, but there wasn't an immediate plan, Logan and I just grabbed him out of panic.

"Um….guys" I heard Carlos either getting annoyed that we were dragging him or he was about to scream his lungs off.

"Carlos, you have to start running on your own….we can't just keep dragging you like this, we'll run out of speed." Logan read my mind, I was actually grateful that Logan used up some of his strength rather than let me speak.

"It's not that….." in that instant I fell to the ground I heard Logan yell, but I didn't think of it as anything severe.

"What was that for?" I turned to see Carlos on top of both of us.

I was about to yell at him, but when I turned to the left I saw the axe that Simon had right next the tree, which was not that far from my side of where I was dragging Carlos.

I felt scared that instant…Simon was aiming for me or for Carlos….I didn't know what to do, I thought that he would spare me, but it looked like Simon had other plans.

My thoughts said to grab the axe for defense purposes, but my body said another thing, I guess Carlos' weight on me made my body numb.

"Carlos, please we have to move on…." Carlos got off of both Logan and I then I saw him walk up to the axe which was supposed to have hit one of us.

The sound of the axe being pulled away from the tree was heard…the bad thing was that the circus was really empty; my guess was that the circus was already closed.

"We can fight him Snow." I shivered at the response; I knew Simon was the master when it came to tricks.

I was shocked that he threw the only item in his possession; he must have had a plan if he knew that it would probably miss.

Carlos was holding the axe with both hands; he was in a kind of protective mode in front of Logan and I.

From the distance I heard Simon let out a laughter that could be heard from afar.

"You, honestly think just because you have a weapon in your grasp, that you can hurt me with it, silly child." Simon bowed his head; from afar you could not see his face just the tip of the hat.

He reached for something from inside his cloth. I felt an intent bad feeling in my gut and before I knew it I grabbed both Logan and Carlos and headed back to from where we were running.

"Wait…Snow…I can take him…just let me take…a swing at him!" I turned my head sideways because I had to keep an eye on where I was going I didn't want to bump into a tree or a booth that was in the way.

I saw that the road in front of me was clear and I could turn my head to see if Simon was still chasing us.

I turned and nothing was there from behind us anymore.

I finally seized my pace from running, I felt tired, but I could not pause for a break for too long just to catch my breath.

I turned to face Carlos and his facial expression gave away a "What were you thinking" look.

"I'm sorry, but you can't take him Carlos, trust me I would know who you were dealing with." I turned to Logan, I hadn't even question if he was ok from Carlos tipping us over.

"You ok Logan?" Logan was still shaking, my guess running into Simon like that made it worse for him.

"Yeah, I'm fine Snow….." Logan turned back trying to see if he spotted Simon from a distance.

It was clear.

I yanked Carlos' wrist and saw the time on his red watch, "10:15 p.m." I read the time out loud so that they both heard me.

"We have to get a move on, fast…it's a matter of time before Simon catches up to us." I stared from Carlos to Logan.

"So, which way to the House of Mirrors then?" Carlos was still holding the axe just for protection.

"Were on the right path, but I fear that if we keep on running into Simon, we might lead him straight to the rest of your friends." It sounded really bad from the way I said it, but it was true.

At this rate we had to find a way out of this place.

"The House of Mirrors is maybe like a block away, Carlos try calling Kendall again." Carlos searched for his pocket; he patted his sides then the back.

His face read panic; he kept on searching…yet nothing.

"I must have dropped my phone while running." Carlos was now scared where his phone was but we had much bigger things to worry about.

"Logan, try calling Kendall, Carlos don't worry about your phone right now we just have to reunite you two with the rest of your friends and get you guys out of here.

I feared that this day was just going to get worse by the minute.

James POV:

"Wow, I do not look that fat Amz!" I was in shock from the reflection in the mirror, I knew it wasn't how I normally look like in the mirror, but I decided to play along with Amz while we were here.

"Jeez, James you have to start watching on what you eat." Amy let out a chuckle and I just smiled back.

It had been a while since Kendall had received a phone call from Carlos earlier, but we decided that Carlos would call us instead.

I turned to Kendall and Megan and they were staring at another mirror, I got close to Kendall, "Hay Amz, guess who looks up to me?" I chuckled and both Megan and Amy laughed at my remark.

"Ha-ha-ha, James very funny." The reflection showed us both short, and from the tone of Kendall's voice he sounded worried.

"Hay Amz, do you think you can take Megan with you, I feel like I should find out what Kendall's thinking so hard about." Amy nodded and smiled, she tippy toed and planted a smooch on my cheek, and I felt hot all of a sudden.

"Sure James." She turned and went straight to Megan.

"Hay, Meg I think I see a mirror that compliments how thin I am!" I chuckled at Amy's remark and so did Megan and Kendall.

Amy grabbed Megan and led her to the mirror she was talking about.

Kendall was still looking at the reflection; I got closer and grabbed his shoulder.

"You know, you just being worried is going to end up killing the moment for Megan, she's different than Jo….I think you should take fond that she wants to be around you." I tried to get Kendall to lighten up.

Kendall's voice was sort of dried up when he spoke up, "James, what if there is a crazed lunatic roaming around and by any chance Carlos and Logan bump into him?"

"We haven't heard of anything since the last time Carlos had called." I let out a sigh, "I know Kendall, but Carlos is a hyper one, the lunatic would run out of breath before he tried to keep up with the amount of stamina Carlos has, and Logan is the fastest from the four of us and not to mention smart. I feel like they both would tire him out not to mention trick him."

Kendall's head moved from the mirror he was staring at straight to me. "Maybe, but what if this guy ran track or something, or if he's smart enough to do anything to Logan?"

I rolled my eyes; Kendall was not making it any easier for me than it already was.

I felt Kendall jump out of nowhere and I felt the vibration of his phone go up to his shoulder from where my hand was placed.

Kendall grabbed the phone in no time, "Hello?" Kendall was still worried from his tone of voice.

"LOGAN! Where are you guys? Are you two ok?" Kendall was storming off questions.

As Kendall was asking things to Logan, Amy and Megan ran towards where Kendall and I were at.

"Are you two….sorry are you three ok now?" I was confused three? Who else was with Logan and Carlos…the fact was that they were not alone and that this other person was with them.

"Logan, Logan, relax we are inside the House of Mirrors, well be outside in a bit so we can meet up." I wanted to hear Logan talk about what had just happened to get Kendall to tell Logan to relax.

"Ok, Logie just make sure you stick with Carlos and Snow ok and don't worry about us it's four against one, I'm pretty sure James and I can take him…." Take him? Who's him?

"Ok, like I said Logie don't worry about us we can handle him, and trust me you have not seen Megan in action yet." Kendall let out laughter and Megan just chuckled in response.

"All right buddy, call me when you're here and hurry." At that Kendall closed his phone and placed it in his pocket.

"Well?" Megan was now in anticipation to hear on how Logan and Carlos, and apparently how Snow where doing.

Kendall looked up at the three of us and stared his explanation, "Logan said that they were recently attacked." Kendall sounded scared for the first time.

"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! What! What do you mean Logan and Carlos got attacked recently?" I was in shock how could this have happened?

Kendall placed his hands to signal that he wasn't finished, "They said they met some guy named Simon while we were all separated and he had saved them from an elephant attack."

Kendall was staring seeing our facial response, "Logan said he wanted to go inside a tent, but he said that when they tried to take a picture the monkeys went out of control. They hid worried that they would get caught and while trying to hide Logan wasn't fully aware that he was too close to the tiger cage and then the tiger started sniffing him."

I was still in shock that they went through so much just after we separated. Kendall had stopped to gain his breath from the explanation.

"Carlos threw a rock to scare the tiger and didn't realize that he made so much noise, that's when they bumped into Snow; she helped Logan and Carlos sneak out of the tent. When they snuck out Snow had explained how she was there to…." Kendall just paused for a moment.

I felt anticipated to know what was going on with my best friends. "Well?" I couldn't help it I had to say it even though Kendall was still facing the ground.

"She was there to kill…Big Time Rush…" at that I just backed up a bit, how did we end up in such a bad situation, in fact who would try to get rid of us?

Kendall looked up and I guess saw my expression, I turned to see Megan's and Amy's and they were horrified.

"But" I felt like he wasn't even half finished yet…I felt a knot in my stomach, I felt like worst was yet to come.

"Unbeknownst to her, she didn't know that she was supposed to annihilate who she thought she was supposed to annihilate, Logan said that she showed Logan and Carlos four files, and they contained our names, but no photos."

"Logan said that she thought all she had to do was scare the victims out of town, but it turned out it wasn't as she thought." Kendall was now staring back at the ground.

"He said that Snow was doing all this for money…something to help her parents back in Florida." I wasn't quite sure what was going to happen after Kendall explained a lot, but he ended up continuing.

"As….as…they were discussing this, they called me that instant but it wasn't till after I hung up with him that Simon, the guy they had met up with earlier, was behind them…..carrying and axe…" Kendall sounded like he had lost his words he didn't want to continue.

"That's….that's insane…" I didn't know what to think. Kendall finally found some strength to continue.

"He said that Carlos froze in fear and Snow and Logan had to drag Carlos to safety, but while they were doing this, Simon threw his axe, he ended up missing them…but by an inch." Kendall was now facing us again.

"Then he finally said that they lost him, and Carlos is now holding the axe for defense purposes, and that Carlos lost his phone during the chase." Megan rushed to Kendall and hugged him for comfort.

I was still lost, I hadn't noticed that my hands had curled up into a fist; I opened my hands and saw that there were white lines from the pressure I had placed on them.

I didn't know what to do; I wanted to run out of here and try to find Logan, Carlos and Snow on my own, but I didn't want to abandon Amy or Kendall and Megan here.

"We can't just sit here and wait to see if our best friends will make it out alive, we have to go and find them ourselves." I was now placing my hands on my hair, I think I messed some of it up, but I was worried about Logan, Carlos and Snow to even notice.

Mrs. Knight's POV:

I was on the verge of losing my patience and my faith…Kendall hasn't called me back, I was glad that the girls were here to keep Katie busy, but after seeing the news I didn't want to think negative thoughts.

I heard Katie and Camille yell at Stephanie for trouncing on them trying to get some ball, "Stephanie that's not fair you won like seven times already!" Katie was on the couch.

I heard Camille yell out in success on winning, I had a headache and I wanted them to lower their voices, but I didn't want them to worry one bit.

I had told Katie that Kendall was with Carlos, James, and Logan and that they would be home as soon as they called me, it wasn't a lie but it sure felt like it.

I was just staring at the wall, I wasn't too sure on whether to call Kendall, or to just let him call me once he met up with everyone.

The phone was heard and I turned to it as soon as it rang.

"Hello?" I didn't want to just say "Kendall" because, what if it wasn't him.

"Hay, mom…" I was filled with relief I was more than happy to hear my son call again.

"Kendall, sweetie, did you boys get a hold of one another?" I needed to know they were together so that way I knew that they would be better off together than separated.

"Yeah mom, but…we haven't met up with Carlos or Logan; it's just Me, Megan, James, and Amy….but the bright side is that Carlos and Logan are fine they called just recently and they said that they were on their way to where we are at." I felt like my son was not telling me the whole story.

But for now I will have to buy it, for the mean time.

"Ok, Sweetie, but make sure you call me again once you boys all meet up ok?" Kendall paused for a moment and finally responded, "Ok, mom got to go bye."

With that it got quiet on the other side of the phone line.

I just closed the phone and turned to face Camille and Stephanie.

"So, how are they?" Camille was now serious after cheering that she had won.

"He said, they all met up minus Logan and Carlos." Camille grabbed her jacket.

"Where are you going Camille?" Camille turned to look at me.

"Mrs. Knight, do you think you can drive us to the circus?" I froze from her sudden question.

Stephanie just turned and stared at Camille in question.

"Camille, you can't be serious, your dad and my mom will get mad if we leave the Palm Woods this late at night." Stephanie finally got up and walked straight to Camille.

"I don't care I can't just stay here and worry if Logan is safe or not Stephanie, I don't know about how you feel about Carlos being lost, but I care if Logan is!" I felt that an argument was about to go on and I just walked next to both girls.

"Ok, ok, ok, no need to start something, you girls we can't just go this late." I knew as a mother's instinct I would have to give my son the Benefit of the Doubt.

But at the same time I felt like I had to go and find my child or at least try to get them to reunite so I would know that they were safe.

The four of us stared at one another and realized we just had to give them the Benefit of the Doubt.

Simon's POV:

I was afraid that my assistant would turn on me; I was actually quite surprised how brave she was to run with the bait.

So I knew that without a doubt I had to get rid of her and my prey.

I had always had a hunch that Snow was to soft sometimes, I had to be the one to kill the teenagers that we were sent to kill.

She just walked out and said she was going to "go out" I knew she would stomach seeing me get rid of the people I had to get rid of.

No one was at the park anymore it was just me and my prey all I had to do was find them and kill every last one of them.

Throwing the axe to Snow wasn't the brightest plan, but I knew that I would miss and that's why I ended up throwing it, I love a challenge and this was my kind of game.

I had other useful tools to play with rather than a simple axe.

I just couldn't help myself that Carlos wanted to take me on.

It was a shame, Snow was very alert, she knew what I was about to bring out and that's why she ran off into the night with the boys.

It's just too bad that I did not get to use my tool.

I had to admit these three were fast, but eventually I would catch up to them and things would be much worse than they already were.

A thought was rolling in my mind, I had heard Carlos talking to someone on the phone…and I had forgotten that they weren't the only three at the park, I wasn't sure on what I was going to do but I figured it was worth a shot.

Logan's POV:

This night couldn't get any more badly than it already was; we were being chased by a lunatic, which we didn't know his intentions on trying to KILL us.

Our whole night Carlos and I spent running up and down trying to ward off Simon.

Once I hung up with Kendall we started to walk straight forward.

I felt like I was dragging my feet on the ground, I wanted this day to end as much as the rest of us.

"How much farther Snow?" I can tell Carlos was a bit frustrated because we have been walking for what seemed like an hour since we were chased.

"Not too far Carlos, in fact there it is." Both Carlos and I looked up and saw in bright letters "The House of Mirrors"

A part of me was happy and glad we arrived, but another part of me was still scared to go into the house, I was glad that Carlos knew about my phobia, but I was about to meet up with Kendall, Megan, James, and Amy….finally.

Carlos ran towards the entrance to "The House of Mirrors" and yelled out so loud that he almost lost his voice from trying to get Kendall and the others to notice our presence.

Kendall's POV:

"YOU GUYS! KENDALL! JAMES! MEGAN! AMY! IT'S US WE FINALLY GOT HERE!" I heard someone yelling from outside.

He sounded like Carlos, I was relieved to finally get to hear that at least he was ok, I wasn't so sure about Logan or the girl Logan had mentioned, Snow.

James and I raced outside and saw Carlos fall to the floor I tried to grab him, but he insisted we let him catch his breath.

"Oh, my gosh, you don't know how bad Logan, Snow and I had to run, I am so tired." Carlos finally got up and hugged James and I.

I knew that Carlos was going to hug us but not this tight.

I could hardly breathe, and apparently neither did James as we both tried to push off Carlos.

From a distance we saw Logan, he looked really beat out of him and Carlos, and then I saw a girl walk behind Logan, she had a piercing on her nose and she had the whole tan thing going on just like Amy.

It looks like she was wearing an Abercrombie shirt with denim jeans and she was wearing converse.

"Logan! Boy am I glad to know you three are alive!" I knew that sounded horrible but it was true I was hoping that I wouldn't have to explain to my mom on what had happened to Logan or Carlos.

"Yeah….barely…" Logan sounded scared I was about to go and give him a hug, but then I heard screaming from inside "The House of Mirrors".

James, Carlos and I ran inside the building to see what had happened.

As we got closer, we heard someone yell, it sounded like Amy…

The closer we got we heard more yelling, we heard Megan this time, "Let go of her!"

Our pacing couldn't have been faster, once we got there we saw Megan holding on to Amy…Amy was being dragged by this man with a magician hat, he was wearing a black cape and had a cane…which he was using to hit Megan with.

The site of this person hitting Megan with his cane got my blood flowing and I was pretty sure that James was feeling the same as well.

Carlos on the other hand freaked out; he then started to repeat something.

I had to stay a little still to hear Carlos, "This isn't happening, this isn't happening!" why was Carlos freaking out….I finally placed two and two together and I intently yelled out.

"Simon, put her down!" I felt like a moron trying to convince a killer to put down a victim.

James just turned towards me and then at Carlos, at that instant I heard an unfamiliar voice, my guess was Snow.

"Simon, don't!" I knew that we were in more trouble now, now that the killer that wanted to destroy us was facing us face to face.

I hadn't forgotten about Amy and Megan; I was trying to figure on what to do.

James, on the other hand looked at all of us weird, "This is the maniac that was chasing you guys?"

I saw Snow move her head up and down the same time Logan's did.

Simon's laughter caught us off guard and James sprinted past me and tried to grab on to Amy.

"Give it up kid!" James froze from his distance and cursed out.

Simon was holding a Kunai Knife on Amy's throat.

"You try to be a hero, and I'll slaughter her throat." My eyes turned wide, I couldn't believe that Simon was actually going to kill Amy.

Amy was breathing hard in and out she was as much frightened just like the rest of us, but we weren't the ones in her place.

Snow's response scared even me, not because she caught us off guard but because we were all waiting for something to happen.

"Simon, please! Don't do this!" Simon laughed, this time louder than ever and turned back to us all.

Snow was tenser than all of us; we all had to do something.

Simon spoke again, "We'll if I don't get what I want then I guess I'll just have to settle with this little girl then." Simon's hand that was holding the kunai knife moved and in an instant it was all a blur.

"AMY!" James, Megan, Logan, Carlos, Snow and I yelled at the response of the flow of the kunai knife, this could be the end.

A/N: I know I left you guys in a cliff hanger, but this is as much as this chapter will go, also I loved all of your reviews once again, and thanks a billion for the people whose O/C made this possible. There's more to come you guys review and tell me what you all think of the story.