The night before...
James POV
I was standing in the kitchen, finishing up a grilled cheese for Logan as he sat in the living room, watching Netflix on the TV.
Everyone was home and we were finished for the day.
Now we could do something we haven't been able to have in a very long time.
A day off. I knew we needed to have a lot more days like this, I didn't realize how much rest we desperately needed until Carlos and I slept around for about 12 hours yesterday night.
I walked over with the grill cheese on a plate. Sitting on the couch next to my husband, handing him his plate.
"Thank you.", he smiled, immediately taking a bite.
We got comfortable as we watched the show.
"We need to have days like this more often. I missed all of this. I missed you.", Carlos smiled.
"I know, we should try and get more days off for everyone at least.", I agreed.
"Like Willow and Leah? How do you think they're doing?", he asked
At Willow's house, Willow and Leah hungrily kissed each other, walking into Willow's bed room. Each moan coming out of their mouth as they caressed each other eagerly. Leah laid back on the bed, letting Willow take over. They moved down to Leah's neck, she moaning sweetly. They both had been craving each other from the moment the met up on their first date.
Leah was stunned by the restaurant they went to. Their date full of bliss and laughter. The romantic moments were absolutely beautiful and they both fell in love.
Leah wanted this night to never end. She wanted them around for the rest of her life.
"Don't know, but I'm sure it'll end well.", he said.
"I can't believe you ended up getting them together.", Carlos said. "Thank you..", he said.
"Anything to make you happy babe.", I said, kissing him sweetly.
He fell back. "You know.. we could have a little of our own alone time..", he smirked.
I bit my lip with a smile.
He giggled, placing the plate down and kissing my hungrily.
I don't think Willow was the only one getting some tonight.
I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing loudly. I reached for it, answering the phone without looking at the screen.
"Hello?", I groaned out.
"He took him. He took Logan.", I heard Kendall say out of breath.
I sat up quickly. "What?", I said.
"Meet me at the bistro now.", he said, ending the phone call.
"Shit.", I said to myself, I turned towards a sleeping Carlos. "Babe, get up.", I said, he groaned, sitting up.
"Babe? What happened?", he said.
"They took Logan.", I said.
Carlos' face dropped. "What?", he said, quickly getting out of bed.
"Kendall is at the bistro, we have to meet him there.", I said, quickly changing my pants and putting on shoes. He doing the same and we quickly ran out of the house.
Kendall POV
I sat impatiently, my leg shaking.
"Kendall!", I looked up to see James and Carlos running towards me.
"What happened?", Carlos asked.
"He went to the bathroom and hour ago, I went to check after 5 mins and he was gone.", I shouted out.
"Fuck.", James said.
We all stopped to hear my phone ring. I answered it quickly.
"Hello?", I said.
"Hey big bro. Been too long.."
My heart stopped. He sounded so different, deeper than his voice was all those years ago.
"Where is he David?..", I spoke out.
"Hmh..", he said, the phone was silent for a second. "Say hello to Kendall, Logan..", he said.
I heard Logan's quick breaths. "Kendall?", he cooed.
"Baby.", I said.
"Stanford. We're in Stanfor-", a ear blistering scream came out of Kendall's mouth.
"Don't fucking hurt him David, this is between me and you!", I gritted.
"It was, until you started bringing your people into it. You know where to find me..", he said, hanging up the phone quickly.
"What did he say?", James asked.
"He's hurting Logan, but Logan said something, he said Stanford.", I mentioned.
"Stanford? What's in Stanford?", James asked.
"Wait- didn't we have our first factory in Stanford County? It was abandoned after we moved to where we are now..", Carlos mentioned.
"Call everyone.", I said.
James and Carlos quickly picked up their phone and started calling, we walked towards our cars.
We're gonna get my husband back.
All of our team was suited up, sitting quietly in the back of the van.
The air was dense but I didn't care.
All I could think about was Logan.
"Two minutes away sir.", Willow said.
My leg shook vigorously. I didn't know if he was okay, it's been 6 hours, he could be dead for all we know.
I just wanted to hold him again.
"Hey.". I looked over at James. "We'll get him back, this plan is gonna work.", he said.
"It better..", I said.
We arrived and everyone stepped out of the van immediately. Keeping a sharp eye, we looked up at the decay building. Nothing like we remembered it.
"Phase one everyone, let's go.", I said.
Everyone moved swiftly around the building, I moving to the front door along with Carlos, James and Willow. I looked back, giving the okay signal and the the doors opening quickly. David's guards show up, our bullets started flaring, hitting each guard until they were all down.
"Phase two. Go.", I whispered.
We all spreading out, we checked for anymore guards and swept up the stairs.
"Kendall?! KENDALL!", Logan screamed
He's alive.
"Kendall don't.", James said. "Remember the plan.", he said.
All of us ran up the stairs, knocking out every guard in our way, soon the stairs began to pile up with bodies but more would come. Outside a metal door stood guards, guns in their hands.
"Kendall find a way behind, we'll keep you covered.", Logan said.
I nodded. It was a heat of cross fire, one by one a guard dropped.
Willow yelled, catching a right hook from a guard.
"Willow!", Carlos shouted.
"Go! I'll be fine!", they grunted, having their head caught in the guards arms, they head budded him, making him fall back.
James and Carlos continued on, Kendall getting closer to the doors. There were too many, they began to pile in quickly, grabbing mine, Carlos and James' gun, we were stuck in the guards grasp. The door opened slowly, showing David, a smile on his face. And there sat Logan his shirt off with shock burns on his left side of his waist, a guard pointing a gun at his head.
"No.", I struggled out of their grip but they wouldn't budge.
"You look the exact as you did all those years ago.", he smiled. "Take all of them away, I would like to have a chat with my brother.", David said.
The guards take James and Carlos away. Leaving me and walking me up towards the room, the doors closed behind him.
I was forcefully let go, stumbling a bit before standing firmly. I stared at my brother, his face showed a side of him I've never seen. His face was slightly the same and he grew muscle. He was still a bit shorter than me but he all the same was unrecognizable.
"David. What are you doing?", I asked.
"Doing what I wanted to do to you for almost 11 years.", he gritted.
"Why? I never did anything to you!", I asked.
"You did Kendall. After you left for college, mom and dad were--different.", he started. "They became mean and strict and we're always comparing me to you.", he said. "How much better you were than me and how you did better in school, sports, everything.", he huffed.
"No, they, they wouldn't do that..", I shook my head.
"But they did. They believed you were the perfect child. Even after I told them over and over again about you smoking in high school and creating this little business of yours, they still found every way to make me feel less than. A liar.", I could see his eye start to draw tears. "And then I saw how perfect your life was after all this time. I had prayed that you would crumble and be a fucking loser but yet again you proved me wrong.", he chuckled. " I couldn't stand it. So I decided I would help karma move a bit quicker. I tried to tear you apart outside in, but of course you found it out with your friends. How is James by the way? He still whipped on that leash if yours?", he asked.
"Cut it out.", I spit at him.
"I'm not the same person you knew before you left, I'm not scared of you anymore Kendall. I just decided to be better than you in everything.", he said.
"I'm sorry mom and dad treated you like shit, but how was I supposed to know? You never talked to me about it.", I asked.
"Why would want to talk to you? You were the reason I couldn't say anything! So I come to you, just so you'd end up feeling better about yourself!?", he shouted.
"I could've stopped them! I would've said something if you just told me!", I shouted back.
"I don't need your fucking pity Kendall. I didn't need you then and I don't need it now.", he said, I heard the gun cock near Logan.
"No, no please. Keep this between you and me, keep him out of it.", I begged.
"Maybe this'll help you feel just a fraction of what I went through. Losing people one by one. You don't deserve this life..", he chuckled.
I looked past his head, watching as Willow slowly crept behind, I looked back at my brother. A disturbing smile on his face.
"Look, I'll tell them, okay? I'll tell them everything was true and that you were right. I'll call them for doing that shit to you..", I staled, watching Willow continue circling towards the the guard by Logan.
Logan stayed still, his face calm but tears rolled down his cheeks.
"That's not going to change the last couple of years in my life, Kendall and you know that..", he gritted.
"But it's a start. You'll feel better when the truth is told and I pay the consequences I should have all those years ago.", I said.
"Stop talking to me like I'm some fucking kid! I'm not him anymore.", he said angrily. "I don't give second chances.", he said.
A gun sound went off. We turned our head, watching the guard fall to the floor with Willow standing behind him. "Put your hands up David.", they said.
He smiled, pulling out a pocket knife and went for my neck.
"You put the gun down or I kill your boss.", he said viciously.
I elbowed his side, making him groan out and loose, turning around I kicked him backwards making him fall on the floor.
"Get Logan out of here.", I said.
Willow nodded, putting their gun away and pulling out a knife, cutting off the ropes.
David got back up, grunting before drumming full speed towards me, I grabbed him but before I knew it he slammed me to the ground, feeling my back bruise from the concrete. David punched me a few times before I got up, giving him a left hook back.
The fighting was intense. I remember fighting with him when we were younger. It was okay fighting but sometimes we would go a little too far and get in trouble. But this was different. I was fighting my brother to the near death.
He began to get weak, I used all my left over strength, swinging left and right and pushing him back, he pulled out his pocket knife again charging towards me. I twisted his arm, making him shout and drop it. I picked it up.
"Please, David. Stop. I don't want to fight you.", I said, a few bruises beginning to form on my face. He grew angry, running towards me. I swung quickly at him, not realizing after I felt the puncture threw his skin, making him lean down in my arm.
The room was quiet. I let out heavy sighs, David stopped, falling to the ground and rolling over, me going down with him. His pocket knife in my hand was covered in blood, I looked down to see I had punctured his upper stomach.
"No. No no no no no.", I scrambled.
David only chuckled.
"I guess they were right. You always did find a way out of your mess.", he whispered.
"No, I'm not letting you die here.", I cried.
He chuckled again. I heard the doors open, looking back to see James, Carlos, Willow and Logan all a little beaten up.
"W-we have to help him.", I say.
"Kendall..", Logan said.
"No! He's my brother I can't let him die.", I looked back at David, his eyes closing slower and slower. I held him close on my lap.
He weakly smiled. "It worked.", he whispered. "I wanted to take the one thing you cared about the most, now look at you... it's pathetic.", he chuckled, hissing softly.
"No come on man. James! James come help me.", I said, trying to hold his wounded.
"No.", he said. "I finally have something that I haven't had in so long. Peace.", he smiled.
"Please David.", I cried again.
He just smiled before closing his eyes and falling into his eternal sleep.
My heart stopped racing. The room sat in pure silence but I wanted to scream. I wanted to beg him to come back and give him enough so he doesn't have to suffer another night.
"Kendall.", he turned around to see his husband.
"Baby..", I said, placing David down and walking up to him and hugging him lightly.
"You're alive.", I said. I could hear James and Willow walk over to David.
"It's okay babe. It's okay.", Logan said, I could feel my eyes sting again, tears falling down my face again. I couldn't hold the sobs much longer, one after the other I cried out in his shoulder.
My little brother was gone.