A/N: No, I'm not dead, just extremely busy. I honestly feel bad that I haven't updated in a while. Don't worry though, things are still going and I'm still typing chapters. They're just progressing rather slowly for some stories. Not to mention, college is beating the crap out of me. Well, enough about me. Here's the 4th chapter of Not From Here. Enjoy! :D
"How was the science facility?" Jett asked as he stepped into Kendall's house.
"It was actually fun." Kendall said before he kissed his boyfriend.
"Ew, get a room." Katie said from the couch.
"Shut up Katie." Kendall said, nudging his little sister's head. She swatted his hand away before going back to her show.
"Hey, Katie." Jett said, waving to the girl.
"Hey." Katie said nonchalantly. Kendall rolled his eyes at his little sister's rudeness and grabbed Jett's hand, pulling him up the stairs. When they got to Kendall's room, the blonde wanted to tell his boyfriend about what he saw but he wasn't exactly sure what he saw. Dr. Wainwright hadn't explained anything to him but told him to come back tomorrow. Kendall laid out on his bed, pulling Jett with him.
"So how was practice?" Kendall asked Jett and he groaned in response. Kendall couldn't help but smile at his boyfriend's over dramatic reaction. Jett laid his head on Kendall's chest as he continued to groan.
"I'm guessing it was bad." Kendall said, chuckling.
"Can you make it better?" Jett said, leaning in for a kiss.
"Of course." Kendall said, reaching down to squeeze Jett's ass.
"Kenda- Ew, mom said help her with the groceries." Katie said from the door. Jett rolled off of Kendall and stood up. Kendall laid there for a minute before he sighed, throwing his legs over the edge of the bed and standing up. Both boys headed downstairs to see Mrs. Knight in the kitchen.
"Oh, hey Jett."
"Hey, Mrs. Knight."
"Am I invisible?" Kendall said, out stretching his arms.
"Of course not, hello honey. How was your day?" Mrs. Knight said, giving her son a kiss on the cheek.
"It was actually eventful despite it being a science facility."
"Oh, that was this Saturday?"
"Yes, mom." Kendall said, rolling his eyes.
"Well, can you help me with the groceries?"
"Sure." Both boys helped Mrs. Knight with her groceries before they headed back up to Kendall's room. Kendall laid out on the bed and Jett straddled him.
"Kendall?"
"Yes."
"Do you love me?"
"Why do you ask?" Kendall asked, raising an eyebrow and Jett frowned.
"That means you don't. Your answer was supposed to be immediate."
"No, I was asking you because you obviously have some doubt that I don't love you, so you want some type of confirmation."
"So you do love me?"
"Of course, you love me too right?"
"Yes…but I was thinking about something."
"What?" Kendall asked as his boyfriend blushed.
"We've always had sex at my house but never here."
"Because someone's always here and you aren't exactly quiet."
"I can try."
"We tried that and your Dad almost caught us."
"He wouldn't have done anything."
"So you're telling me he would just be completely fine with someone being balls deep in their son, who they don't even know is gay."
"I'm pretty sure he knows. I mean, I'm a cheerleader and I told my mom. I'd like to think she relayed the message."
"Have you had a talk about me or anything?"
"No, but I told him that you were my boyfriend."
"Yeah, after we almost got caught."
"That's not the point."
"Then what is the point?"
"We never have sex here and I want to get fucked in your bed." Jett said, grinding his hips on his boyfriend.
"Fine but I will cover your mouth if I have to so don't bite me." Kendall said, rolling the two of them over so that Jett was up under him.
"I'll try." Jett said, smirking before connecting their lips.
Kendall didn't think about how he was going to get to the science facility or what time to show up, so he asked James to take him around eleven o'clock just to be on the safe side. James never really asked questions when it came to weird requests from his best friend but when the blonde asked, the first thing James said to him was a question.
"Why?"
"Because, I have a job interview." Kendall said, happy that he rehearsed everything before he dialed James' number. When James pulled up to the science facility, he watched as Kendall told the man his name before driving to the front of the building. Looking around, James grew slightly nervous since he only saw a few cars in the parking lot.
"Kendall, are you sure this is the right time?"
"Of course. She told me to get here by eleven."
"Okay…when do you want me to pick you up?"
"I honestly don't know but I'll call you when I figure it out."
"Okay." Kendall got out of the car and headed inside of the building.
Walking in, Kendall was a little creeped out by the silence of the building. He walked over to the hidden elevator and typed in the passcode and waited. The doors opened and he pressed the button, watching the doors close soon after. As the elevator went down, Kendall couldn't help think about the things that happened the last time he was here. He couldn't believe that he almost got shot just for sneaking in there. He had so many questions. When the doors opened, Kendall stepped out and walked the same path that he did when he followed Kelly. He didn't know the passcode so he just knocked on the door. The door slid open and Doctor Wainwright smiled at Kendall.
"You're early."
"Well, you didn't exactly give me a time to be here."
"I could've sworn I did."
"It's fine, really."
"Well, okay, Kelly was supposed to explain to you what we're going to do but since you're here early, I'll just explain." Doctor Wainwright said as she gestured for Kendall to step into the room. Kendall looked though one of the windows to see Carlos working on something. "Um, you have to forgive me if I'm a little nervous. The only other person I've ever had to explain this to is my daughter when she was young so obviously this is different. Well, okay, Carlos isn't human. Almost eighteen years ago, Carlos crashed here from some other planet. He's been under government protection since then. The only other person outside of the military personnel that knows about Carlos is my daughter, Kelly and now you."
"Whoa, I don't know if that's scary or cool."
"It's a little bit of both but you have to know that this is a top secret thing and I cannot express how important it is for you to keep this to yourself."
"Oh, I completely understand. I had to tell my best friend that this was a job interview."
"That's good, we can work with that. I can get you an I.D. and everything. Great thinking."
"Thanks." Kendall said, smiling before he turned to see Carlos looking confused at the paper. Doctor Wainwright gestured for Kendall to follow her out of the room. Kendall followed her down the hall across from Carlos' room and into another room where two men are examining an egg looking thing.
"Carlos arrived in this pod which we have yet to figure out the origin. All we know is that he has or at least had a family. He showed up with a necklace with his name on it and a picture of his parents holding him." Dr. Wainwright said before she turned back around and exited the room.
"Now, you're probably wondering why we didn't turn you in to the police for trespassing."
"Yeah, sorry about that. I was just curious."
"Well you got me thinking about how Carlos sees the world. He doesn't know much besides what I've allowed Kelly to share with him and what Kelly told him without my permission. I've brought you here to show him more things since Kelly is busy with other things."
"That sounds cool."
"Are you in any extracurricular activities at school that might interfere with your time here?"
"Well, I'm the captain of the football team."
"Wow, really?"
"Yeah."
"How did you end up at a science facility on a Saturday?"
"My best friend, Logan, wanted to go and he dragged me and his boyfriend, James along."
"Oh, so guilt or persuasion?"
"A little bit of both, actually."
"Good, you seem like a nice enough boy. Do you want to officially meet Carlos?"
"Of course."
"I'll be observing you two today but I won't be here every day." Dr. Wainwright said as she typed in the passcode.
"I'll also give you a complete list of access codes that you'll need to know for when I'm not here."
"Alright." Kendall said as he walked into the room after Dr. Wainwright. Being in an all-white room was a little weird for Kendall and he looked around to see that there wasn't much to look at besides the windows. He couldn't imagine how he could live here for years. When Kendall actually looked in front of him, he saw Dr. Wainwright open the clear door before the two of them entered Carlos' room. Carlos sat on his bed, staring at Kendall.
"Carlos, this is Kendall, he's going to be hanging out with you. Is that okay?"
"Is he going to play games with me and stuff?"
"Yeah, I mean, if you want." Kendall said and Carlos smiled. Dr. Wainwright nodded at the two of them before she walked to the door. Kendall smiled awkwardly before Carlos climbed off of the bed and went over to his Tv. He changed the channel to the game channel while Kendall was mesmerized by the size of the flat screen.
"Are you good at games?" Carlos asked.
"Of course. I might be a little rusty since I haven't played in a while but I'm good once I get back to it. Can I sit here?" Kendall asked, gesturing to the gaming chair Carlos had. Carlos nodded and handed Kendall a controller.
"Have you ever played the game Injustice: Gods among us?"
"Only a million times."
"Really? Who's your favorite character?"
"Nightwing. Yours?"
"I really like Catwoman."
"Really?"
"Yeah, she's pretty awesome."
"Indeed, she is."
Once the game started and they both picked their favorite characters and began fighting. Kendall was actually impressed with how good Carlos was playing. Normally, people would complain about how Kendall was moving too fast with Nightwing but Carlos was basically doing the same thing with Catwoman. Kendall did notice a few things that Carlos did that he could've capitalized on and beat him but he figured that he should take it easy.
When Kendall made his character jump in the air, Carlos used Catwoman's whip to hit him while he was mid-air, winning the match. Kendall applauded Carlos for his gaming skills and Carlos tried to hide his smile as he blushed. After so many matches, both boys lost count at how many matches that they played. Things didn't stop until Carlos defeated Kendall again and he sat the controller down.
"No one has ever played with me for this long. Normally, my friend, Kelly, would give up after a few games."
"I love games. Do you have any other games?"
"I don't have many because Kelly says that they're too violent. She only got me Injustice because I read about the heroes in comic books. Do you have any games?"
"I have a lot but I don't know if I can bring them here." Kendall said before he looked over at one of the windows. Dr. Wainwright looked up at him and shrugged before looking back down at whatever she was doing.
"I have some board games too, if you like those." Carlos mentioned and before Kendall could respond Carlos was already off of the bed, reaching underneath bringing out several board games. Kendall was surprised at how many board games Carlos actually owned once he stopped pulling them out.
"Do you have a favorite?" Kendall asked as he stood up, looking at all of the different games.
"I like…um, Scrabble because Kelly teaches me new words sometimes."
"We can play that."
"Awesome." Carlos said and as he set up the game Kendall couldn't see how Carlos was different from anyone else besides where he came from. To Kendall, Carlos seemed like an everyday ordinary person.
"I guess that would be the work of Dr. Wainwright." Kendall thought to himself. As they played, Kendall used basic words that he made work while Carlos was creating words that Kendall wasn't sure was even a word.
"Jam." Kendall said as he placed the letters down. Carlos thought for a moment as he looked down at his letters.
"Enjambment."
"Oh, come on. That's not a word."
"Mhm, yes it is." Carlos said before Kendall folded his arm, looking down at the board. Carlos got up and went over to his bookshelf, pulling out a dictionary. He opened it to the word and pointed it out to Kendall.
"How are you so good at this?"
"Kelly and I play all of the time and I like to read some parts of the dictionary to learn new words." Kendall didn't know what to say. Carlos literally has so much time that he has read parts of the dictionary.
"You don't read parts of the dictionary?"
"No, I have other things to do."
"What if you don't know a word?"
"I just use a different one or look it up on my phone."
"Your phone?" Carlos asked, looking up at Kendall. Kendall was about to continue but he noticed Carlos look pass him. Kendall turned around to see some guy standing behind Dr. Wainwright.
"I don't like him." Carlos whispered under his breath and Kendall had to struggle to actually hear what Carlos had said.
"Who is he?" Kendall asked.
"General Griffin." When the man looked up at the two of them, his eyes widened in shock before he seemed to yell at Dr. Wainwright. Kendall climbed off the bed and Carlos wanted to stop him but he knew that it's rude to touch people without asking them for permission.
"Boy, get out here, now!" General Griffin yelled over the intercom, scaring both boys in the room. Kendall opened the door to the room, turning to look at Carlos, who looked terrified, before closing the door behind him. Kendall walked over to the security door before it was pushed open and he was dragged out by the front of his shirt.
"Have you lost your mind, boy?"
"No-"
"Then wh-"
"General Griffin, let the boy go!" General Griffin looked from Kendall to Dr. Wainwright before he let go of Kendall's shirt.
"Dr. Wainwright, I've been trying to be lenient with you but this is just out right-"
"You said that Carlos is changing. After you took that unauthorized dosage, I took it upon myself to continue studying Carlos' actions with a new test subject. So far, Carlos hasn't shown any sign of changing."
"You're taking a risk that you can't afford to take."
"It's already been taken. You can't change that now." General Griffin looked really pissed about that and when he turned to Kendall, the boy took a few steps back.
"I won't tell anyone. I promise." He said, while doing so.
"Good because if you do, you're not going to live longer to tell a second person."
"General Griffin, you're not allowed to threaten him."
"I'm allowed to do whatever the hell I want to do."
"Not when it comes to Carlos and if you ever do something that I didn't authorize, I will have you banned from this facility."
"You can't ban me from-"
"Try me." Dr. Wainwright told him. General Griffin huffed out several breaths before he walked up to Dr. Wainwright and got in her face.
"Carlos is not human and if you want to put a child's life in danger then go right ahead but when Carlos kills him, don't come crying to me." Dr. Wainwright glared at the General as he left the room. Kendall sat there in slight shock from his seat he'd taken after he spoke. He didn't know what to make up of the situation that just happened, mainly what General Griffin had said.
"That man is driving me insane."
"Was he…right?" Kendall asked the woman.
"Mr. Knight, you've been in the same room as Carlos, you know that he faces no immediate threat to you. In fact, I think the two of you are becoming fast friends. Please don't listen to anything General Griffin has to say about Carlos. He's just trying to overthrow my position so he can do more advanced testing on Carlos."
"Oh." Kendall said before his stomach growled and there was knock on the clear wall from where Carlos was located. Both Kendall and Dr. Wainwright looked through the window to see Carlos standing there with a frown on his face.
"I'm hungry." Carlos said and it was heard in the room where Dr. Wainwright and Kendall stood.
"Okay, Kendall is going to go get you and him something to eat." Dr. Wainwright told Carlos after she pressed the intercom button.
"Do you know how to drive?"
"Yes." Kendall said, proudly.
"Good, can you go out and get something for you and Carlos to eat?"
"What can he eat?"
"He hasn't had much besides the cafeteria food and McDonalds. I think today is special so you can decide what to get him, just make sure it isn't so unhealthy."
"I'm on it." Kendall said before he was given the keys to Dr. Wainwright's car. He was a little too eager to get something to eat but then again, he was getting food for him and Carlos, who's an alien.
As he exited the room, he saw General Griffin talking to someone who nodded their head and walked away from the glaring man. Kendall ignored his glare and stepped passed him and onto the elevator. He rode it up and exited the building, quickly finding Dr. Wainwright's car. He sat there for a moment trying to decide what he should introduce Carlos to. There were so many fast food options in town that he's sure Carlos would love.
In the end, he decided to go with the classic lunch of pizza. He used his phone to order the pizza before he pulled out of the parking lot. The security guard gave him an odd look but didn't say anything.
A/N: What I love about this chapter is how Dr. Wainwright is slowly letting Carlos get a look at the outside world ever since she let Kendall join their little group, despite the disapproval of General Griffin. Anyways, until next time (really really soon)! Reviews are much appreciated and thank you for reading. :D