One Mistake & No Survivors
Please See Author's Note at end of chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything or anyone from Big Time Rush. The girls belong to their creators. I only own the plot.
Chapter Twenty Four
Is Silence Golden?
Kameryn's POV
I always hated hospitals. I find them to be dingy and dark. I always felt like everywhere you turned, the Grim Reaper was just waiting to snatch up some poor soul. This hospital though…it feels safe. Either Elena, Amanda, or Erika were always by my side, and doctors were constantly checking up on me. Apparently, my injuries were so severe that the doctors almost put me in a medically induced coma so I could recover more easily.
My swollen eye that closed up has reopened, so I could see the world with two eyes now. One of my left ribs is broken, and my body is cut up badly. My collar bone is fractured, so my whole right arm is in a sling. A strip of gaze is wrapped around my head because apparently I had a serious cut up there. My left leg is broken in several places, and part of the muscle in my calf tore, so I go into surgery tomorrow to get it fixed. I'm going to require physical therapy, but with what I have gone through the past week, I'm going to need a lot more than just therapy.
Elena, Amanda, and Erika don't pressure me into talking about my ordeal, and I'm thankful for that. I'm not ready to talk about it yet. I wake up in the middle of night from nightmares, and I'm jumpy at every little thing. I suffer from flashbacks that cause Elena, Amanda, and Erika to pull me from them, and afterwards I just cry into their arms. I've been in this hospital for three days, and I have cried more than I have ever in my whole life.
"God, the television here sucks!" Amanda groans. She is sitting in a chair next to my bed, her feet up on my sheets. I'm attempting to read a book, but Amanda is much more entertaining. "Why don't you try reading like me?" I suggest. Amanda looks at me like I'm crazy. "And miss my soap opera?" Amanda questions. "Have you lost your mind?"
"Possibly." I joke. Amanda's eyes grow wide and I laugh. "I'm just joking." I say.
"You haven't made a joke since this whole thing has started." Amanda points out. "You just caught me a little off guard, that's all." I open my mouth to say something, but Amanda turns her head back towards the television.
"Knock, knock." A voice says from the doorway. Kendall, James, and Carlos walked into the room. "Would it kill you to knock?" Amanda asks as James bends down to give her a kiss.
"We did!" Carlos protests. "Did you not hear me go knock, knock? That counts as knocking. Anyways, we come with gifts!"
Kendall places a vase of flowers on my bedside table. Carlos ties balloons to the top of my bed, and James places a bag of McDonalds on my lap. "I figured you were tired of all this hospital food." He winks. I let out a sigh of relief "I am." I say, opening the bag.
"Wait!" Carlos shouts. We all freeze as he rips the bag of food out of my hands He reaches in and pulls out the toy. "Sorry, but I really like this one." He says. We all laugh as he gives me back the bag.
"Oh, Elena and Erika are on their way up." Kendall says as he pulls a chair up next to Amanda. "They were getting some coffee from the cafeteria." Kendall rips the remote out of Amanda hands and changes the channel to some hockey game.
"Kendall, you better give that back." Amanda threatens. "My show is on in two minutes."
"No." Kendall teases, holding the remote over his head. "And you can't attack me here unless you want to get thrown out."
"James." Amanda whines, putting on her best puppy eyes. "Can you please tell Kendall to give it back?"
"Kendall…" James begins, but Kendall groans and gives the remote back to Amanda, who smiles as she changes the channel to her soap opera. All three boys let out a groan as Elena and Erika enter the room. Elena hands Amanda a cup and Kendall looks at her.
"You didn't ask." Elena says.
"I thought since I'm your boyfriend and all…" Kendall trails off. Elena rolls her eyes and gives Kendall her coffee. I laugh and go back to my book.
Soon, everybody in settle down in various parts of the room. Elena is perched in Kendall's lap, and the two are looking at something on Kendall's phone. Erika and Carlos are in the corner of the room playing chess. Amanda and James are sitting side by side, watching the television. I'm sitting in my bed still, flipping through the pages of my book.
"Oh, hi." I hear Kendall say. I look up to see Logan standing in the doorway, and I feel my heart skip a beat. Last time I saw him was when I was falling off the roof. His panic filled eyes were the last sight as I saw as I went over the ledge.
"Hi." Logan replies softly. His eyes land on me, and I hear him take in a sharp breathe. I lower my head, but look up through the hair that is covering my eyes. "Kendall, I have to get something out of my car." Elena says, standing up. "Want to help?"
Kendall nods his head and the two run out of the room like a bomb is about to explode. "Amanda, I think I saw something outside…we should check it out." James says. He and Amanda rush out of the room. "This is awkward." Carlos comments. "We'll leave too."
Carlos and Erika walk out of the room, leaving Logan in the doorway and me in my bed. He slowly walks over to my side and stands beside me. I look up at him, and feel tears welling up in my eyes.
"I'm sorry." I whisper. "Logan, I'm so sorry." I drop my head against his chest, and I feel his fingers slowly run through my hair.
"Never leave me again." Logan whispers into my ear. "I wanted to die this week without you Kameryn. No more fighting, no more fake relationship. I want a real one with you, and I don't want it to ever end. Do you hear me?"
"You don't even have to say anything." I say back. Tears run down my face, staining Logan's shirt. I pull my head away from his chest, and he gently kisses me on the lips. We pull away slowly, and my eyes flutter open to see he's still there. A tear slides down my cheek as I mutter, "You're real. You're still here."
"Why would I leave?" Logan asks. "Kameryn…are you okay?"
I shake my head. I feel the memories coming up. I start breathing heavier as Logan lies me back down against the sheet. I shut my eyes, and feel Logan's hand slip into mine.
10 Days Ago
Samantha is dead. There is a knife in her chest, and she's dead. Astoria is on top of Amanda, punching her. Blood is spattering all over the place.
"Get the boys Vivian!" Ciri screams. "You too Janessa!"
Vivian and Janessa run out of the room. Erika chases after them, and I can hear the door to our apartment break down, and shouts are heard. Ciri runs out of the hall, and Elena follows her. Astoria gets up off Amanda as I chase after her. Amanda look to be unconscious, but I can't take the time to make sure she is okay. The boys are in danger, and Amanda would want me to make sure they were okay before her.
As I enter the room, I see Astoria shoving James out onto the fire escape. Janessa, Vivian, Logan, and Carlos are no where to be found. I jump onto the fire escape, running down after Astoria. She looks up and sees me, shoving James forward. We reach the bottom and Astoria, holding James's arm, drags him off towards the pool. I begin to follow when a panicked voice calls out my name.
I spin around to see Carlos gripping the doorway of the abandoned building across the street. Janessa is trying to pull him into the building, but Carlos is fighting back. "Kameryn, help!" Carlos cries out as he is yanked into the building. I look back down the street where Astoria is guiding James into the pool. Carlos's screams echo, pleading for me to help him. In the window next to me, a blur looking like Amanda flies by. I take off down the street and round into the open door of the building. I fly up staircase after staircase, running down empty hallway after empty hallway. I reach the top floor, and slowly make my way down the dim hallway. At the end of the hall, the staircase leading to the roof is open. I slowly walk to the staircase, and with a deep breathe head up the stairs.
The night air greets me. My blue eyes quickly survey the scene and I take in a sharp breathe, which makes my presence know. Logan is on the ledge of the roof, shaking in fear at the gun which Janessa is pointing at him. Vivian and Carlos are about five feet away from them, and Vivian has a knife to Carlos's neck.
"How nice you to join us." Janessa sneers. "Ready to watch little Logan here die?"
"But if you kill him, then won't be West be angry?" I ask as I take baby steps across the roof. I can feel my fear of heights kicking in. The feeling that I'm going to fall through the roof and plumpt to my death kicks in, and the knots in my stomach begin to tie themselves. But Logan is what keeps my feet moving. Vivian won't kill Carlos. I'm only three feet away from Janessa and Logan when Janessa suddenly turns and points the gun at me.
"You're right." Janessa says. "Mr. West will be angry. But you and your idiot friend are making me angry. So Logan lives, and I'm finally going to get you out of my hair." The gun switches back to being pointed at Logan. "Get down. Your little girlfriend is going to take your place."
"No!" Logan cries out. He goes to say something else, but Janessa has already thrown him to the ground. She points keeps the gun pointed at Logan, but looks at me. "Get up on the ledge, or Logan gets a bullet put through his brain."
"You wouldn't dare." I say. "You don't have the guts."
Janessa raises an eyebrow and walks over to Logan. She puts the gun to his head and cocks it. "I used to think he was cute, but all you two annoying little pests that need to just disappear. I'm done with all this stuff. As you and your friends like to say 'It's over.' Get up on the ledge Kameryn, or Logan is going down."
I look at Logan, and slowly I step up onto the ledge. My fear kicks in, and I feel my chest tighten. I close my eyes and let out a deep breathe. When I open then, Janessa drops Logan to the floor and stands in front of me, gun pointed at me. "I can't tell you how much I have wanted to do this."
"Let her go!" I hear a voice shout. I look to see Amanda standing by the fire escape, and for a moment I think that she could actually save us. Then I see the barrel of Janessa's gun and the thought leaves as quickly as it came. Janessa and I make eye contact, and her face tells me she knows I'm scared about the position I am in.
"You killed Samantha!" Janessa shouts back. "Now you are going to learn what it is like to lose one of your own!"
"It was an accident." Amanda says. "Somehow in the struggle Samantha accidently stabbed herself in the chest. If it was up to me, I would go back and change it, but I can't. Do the right thing here Janessa and let Kameryn ago. And Vivian, let Carlos go. Don't you remember your childhood with him? Do you remember the crush you had on him?"
"Don't listen to her Vivian!" Janessa yells. "She's nothing but a liar."
"Do you remember all those times you two played at the playground?" Amanda asks, setting she places her gun on the ground. Vivian is focused on Amanda, I see the grip on her knife lessen just a little. Amanda must see this, as she continues on. "What about the time you two made that gingerbread house for your first grade teacher? If you kill Carlos, then you will be killing on those memories. And if you kill Carlos, then he can never tell you how he really feels."
"Don't listen Vivian!" Janessa screams. I look at Janessa, and her eyes are wide. She knows she losing. She knows she is losing control.
"What are you talking about?" Vivian asks, clearly ignoring Janessa.
"Carlos, tell Vivian how you really feel about her." Amanda says, and I can feel her lying. "Tell Vivian everything."
"I always loved you Vivian." Carlos says, going along with Amanda. "I never loved Stephanie or Erika, it was always you. It always has been, always will be."
"See Vivian?" Amanda shouts. "If you kill Carlos, then you two can never be together."
Vivian looks down at Carlos, and lets him go. He falls forward to the ground. Vivian looms over him. "I'm sorry." I hear her say. Then she raises her knife, and next thing I know, Amanda has her gun in her hands and a bullet is through Vivian's chest. Vivian falls forward onto her knees, lets out a cough, and then drops forward, dead.
"No!" Janessa roars. She looks at Vivian, then at Amanda. "You're going to pay for this!"
"It's over Janessa." Amanda screams. "Stop this before anybody else dies!"
"It's not over to you pay!" Janessa screams. Then she looks at me. She lunges forward, and I feel her hands against my chest. Then I feel my footing slipping and then my mind finally processes what is happening. Janessa is pushing me to my death. The ledge is gone from under me and I see Logan's eyes. And then he's gone.
I'm falling. I don't scream. I swing my arms around, trying to grab something. And I do. I ended up grabbing a broken gutter, but I'm still at least fifteen feet off the ground. I could land on my feet, but I was bound to break something. I couldn't hang onto this gutter forever. I'm light, but the gutter wasn't strong enough to even my body weight and I don't have upper body strength to hold forever. Eventually, the gutter was going to break or I was going to have to let go. "I'll kill you!" I hear Amanda scream from the rooftop. She will be down here soon. So I opt to hold on for as long as I could. I take one of my arms off the gutter, letting it rest by my side. If I am going to hold on as long I as I could, I need at least one good arm so I can keep switching out.
A pain suddenly ripped through my collarbone. I look to see blood sleeping through my shirt, and then pain rocketed up my arm. I let go of the gutter, and before I knew it, my feet had hit the ground and I could feel the bone snap in my left leg in several places. I open my mouth to let out an agonizing scream, but something covers my mouth. I try to throw my arm back to hit whoever has begun to drag me off into the drag of the ally, but I'm in too much pain to move my arm. I let myself get drag off, and I can see Amanda making her way down the ally, looking for me. But I can't scream. I can only watch and pray she will see me before it is too late.
She never does.
My eyes shoot open, and I gasp for air. The flashbacks…they are so painful. I sit up and pain rocks through me. I feel Logan pull me close into his body and I begin to cry. I can't take this pain anymore.
"Get me everyone." I say, pulling away from Logan. I look up at him, tears still streaming down my face. "I need to tell them what happened this past week. Please…just get me everyone."
I have the rest of the story planned out. For the epilogue (which will be Chapter Thirty (or chapter thirty one in the table or contents), I will be needing help from the creators of the OCs who are alive. But that is later on, and I will directly PM the creators when I post chapter twenty eight. So don't worry about that now.