Hey guys. :) Sorry for taking so long to get this up. This chapter was pretty easy to write, so I could've had it up sooner, but I was trying to focus on a chapter for one of my other stories (which took me quite a while to write). Buuut, I finally got to finish this, so I hope you enjoy. :)

"So, will someone tell me what's going on?"

Carlos looked from his dad to Logan, his eyes full of fear. The three of them were now sitting in Carlos and James' bedroom, trying to be as quiet as possible so that they would not awaken the two boys in the living room.

"It's kind of a long story... Kendall and James don't know that you're here, and I'm afraid of how James will react once he finds out that I called you," Carlos said quietly.

"Why are you afraid of how he will react?" the older man asked with confusion.

Running a hand through his black tufts of hair, Carlos turned to Logan, who rolled his eyes and proceeded to explain what had happened since Kendall's dad had arrived.

"Kendall's dad got here two days ago, and we don't really know why he's here, but it doesn't seem to be for a good reason. Shortly after Kendall saw him in the lobby, he ran up here – he was terrified. I don't think I've ever seen him that afraid before. Not since... everything that happened."

"What happened after that?"

"Well, Kendall came into our room, and I couldn't get him to calm down. It was scary seeing him like that."

"And while that was going on, Kendall's dad came and knocked on the door. At the time, no one really knew what was going on, so James opened the door, not knowing it was Kendall's dad. He demanded to see Kendall, and I got mad and told him that he had no right to do that. He hurt him so much, papi..."

"I know, mijo," the older man said as he placed a hand on his son's shoulder, who appeared to be in the verge of tears. "Can you tell me what happened after that?"

Carlos nodded his head, biting on his bottom lip to fight back the tears. "We didn't really know what to do, so we made sure to keep Kendall safe. We were too afraid to go anywhere, and our main priority was keeping Kendall safe. But then... he called his cellphone."

"Kenneth called Kendall's number?"

Carlos nodded in confirmation. "We still don't know how he got his number."

"We thought somebody might've given him Kendall's number, so James and I decided to go out and try to find out what had happened. We were kind of hoping that if we did find out who it was that had given him his number, we'd be able to stop something like that from happening again, but... it wasn't our brightest idea."

"What do you mean?" Carlos' dad looked at Logan with worry, seeing the expression of fear reflect off the boy's chocolate brown eyes. "Did something happen because of that?"

"He found James, and he... he threatened him. He hurt him, and then threatened him by telling him that if he did call the police, he'd hurt Kendall... That's why we're afraid of how James will react once he finds out that you're here."

"Once I find out who's here?"

Logan and Carlos froze, looking back to see James standing in the doorway to the bedroom, his eyes wide open in surprise. "W-What are you doing here?" he asked, pointing a finger towards Carlos' dad, who was now standing and walking towards him.

"James, it's okay, I'm just here to help—"

"Help?! He's going to kill Kendall if he sees you! He can't find out that you're here!" The younger boy was now hyperventilating, trying to back away from the older man.

"What's going on— Papi?" Kendall stood behind James, who was now facing him, eyes blown wide in fear. "What is happening?"

"Kendall..."

"What's going on...?" The dirty blond repeated, diverting his eyes from James, to Carlos' dad, to the two boys behind him. When no one responded, he brushed past James and walked up to Antonio Garcia, knitting his eyebrows together in confusion at the man who had been there for him when his father hadn't. "Papi, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to help, mijo, with this whole situation."

Kendall shook his head. "Y-You can't do that. You don't know how dangerous he really is. You don't know what he's capable of... I don't want him to hurt you."

Placing both hands on the teen's shoulders, Antonio pushed him to sit on James' bed, and then knelt down in front of him. He then turned to James, nodding to the empty space beside Kendall. Hesitantly, the brunet walked towards it and took a seat, his gaze turning towards his lap.

"I want both of you to listen to me, alright?" When he received two small nods from the two boys, he continued. "I love you two as if you were my own children, and I will not allow anyone to hurt either one of you, or Logan or Carlos, regardless of whether that person is family or not. I know you're both worried and scared, but trust me when I say that you boys have nothing to worry about. Now that I'm here, I'll figure out what to do about him and get to the bottom of this. Now," he turned to James, letting his hand rest on his shoulder, "what did he do to you?"

"Me?" James asked, as if he hadn't heard him the first time. "It wasn't a big deal, I'm fine."

"James, it doesn't matter if it seems like a big deal to you or not. The more information I know, the better. Please just tell me what happened."

Sighing, James turned to Kendall, who was visibly shaking beside him, green eyes locked on the older boy. "Can you guys take Kendall outside?" he asked Carlos and Logan, who were staring at him as well.

Carlos opened his mouth to respond, but Kendall spoke before he could do so.

"No."

"What?" James asked, taken aback by surprise.

"I said, no. I'm not going anywhere."

"Kendall..."

"Unless there's something that you don't want me to hear."

The taller boy frowned, running his fingers through disheveled locks of brown hair. "Fine, stay. Just... know that what I'm about to say is not your fault, in any way."

"Okay..."

Hazel eyes turned to face the older man standing in front of them. "Logan and I went out, hoping we would find out how Kendall's dad got his number, because he called him the day in which he got an apartment here." He felt Kendall tense up at the memory, so he wrapped an arm around the boy's shoulders, pulling him close. "It's okay," he said softly, pressing his lips to the top of Kendall's head for a brief second. "So, we decided to split up. I walked around for a bit, asking a few of our friends if they knew anything, but no one did. Then I remembered Jett, an actor who lives here, who isn't very fond of Kendall, and I thought that he might know something, so I decided to go to his apartment, but..."

"But?"

"But when I got there, he appeared."

"Kenneth?" Antonio asked, wanting to be sure.

"Yeah, him."

"Alright. What happened when he got there?"

"He said he wanted to make amends, but I knew that's not why he was there. I didn't want to talk to him, but I was so mad. I started yelling at him, and I guess that's what set him off, because the next thing I knew, he was trying to choke me and had me pressed against the wall. I thought he was going to kill me... He hit me a couple of times and then left."

"Did he say anything else?"

"Well..." Not wanting to tell the truth in front of Kendall, but knowing that he had no other choice, James turned to the boy leaning against him, his heart breaking at the sight of the fear he found in his eyes. "Yeah... he kind of did."

"And that would be...?"

James closed his eyes, forcing himself not to cry. "He threatened me. He said that if... that if we called the police, he'd hurt Kendall o-or k-kill him."

Feeling Kendall shake even harder, James wrapped both of his arms around him, holding him as close as possible. "It's okay. He's not going to hurt you, I promise."

Antonio stood up, anger clear in his eyes. "I'll deal with this, okay? I'll get him out of here, it's all gonna be fine, trust me."

James looked up at him, smiling a little. "Thank you."

"That's what family's for," Antonio said to James before looking down at Kendall, who looked shaken up, to put it lightly. "It's gonna be okay, mijo," he said softly. "I promise you, you're all going to be okay. I won't let him hurt any of you."

If any of you are wondering where Katie and Mrs. Knight are, you'll find out soon enough. ;) I feel like I've had a lot of Kames bromance in the past few chapters, so I'll try to add Carlos and Logan more in the ones that are to come. Let me know what you thought, and if there's anything you'd like to see, let me know as well. Thank you for reading – I hope you liked it. :)

~ BigTimeRush-BTR :)