A/N: I love this story so much and I've got so many good things planned for this. I don't have much else to say besides that, so, enjoy this chapter! :D
Carlos woke up with a smile on his face. He's been doing that a lot recently, more-so on the weekends more than anything. He was excited because he gets to see Kendall again. He wondered what Kendall was going to bring today or what they were going to do. When the lights in the facility came on, Carlos was paying more attention, waiting to see someone.
When the door opened, Carlos jumped out of his bed but gasped when he saw that it was General Griffin. The General had a smile on his face as two men walked in behind him. Carlos knew what was going to happen and he remembered how he felt the last time. As the door to his room opened, Carlos moved closer to the opposite side of the room.
"Carlos, we just need to take another sample." General Griffin told him.
"I-I-Sh-She said th-that I can't." Carlos said, as he backed into the corner.
"Carlos, don't make us have to hold you down."
"Y-You don't have to do that." Carlos said as he sniffled, walking over to the General.
"Glad, you made the smart choice." The General said as the two guys pulled out their equipment. Carlos could see that they had their regular equipment but also had some other things.
"Wh-What is that?" Carlos asked, pointing to the machines.
"Don't worry about it." General Griffin told the boy and Carlos nodded as a tear fell onto his cheek. One of the men looked at the General and he gestured for them to continue. As one of the men grabbed the needle, he held Carlos' arm. Carlos let out a shaky breath and the man looked at him.
"I'm going to need for you to stay still."
"Hurry up!" General Griffin yelled and Carlos jumped at the loud deep voice.
"Okay, I know you're scared but this will go smoothly if you just stay still for a second."
"I-I-Okay." Carlos said, holding his breath as more tears fell. Carlos let out a small sob as the needle approached his arm before the lights in the room cut off. The only light was coming from the control room and Carlos didn't know what to do as a voice sounded over the intercom.
"General Griffin, leave Carlos' room and take those two men with you." Dr. Wainwright told the man.
"I am not taking any chances, so we need another blood sample." General Griffin said, folding his arms.
"That equipment is not for just a blood sample."
"Dr. Wainwright I-"
"General Griffin, order your men to move away from Carlos or I will be forced to remove you and them from the facility immediately." General Griffin didn't move for a second before he gestured for his men to follow him.
He opened the door and Carlos scooted back to the headboard of his bed as the men exited his room. The lights were turned back on and Carlos covered his eyes at the sudden brightness. Once the men were completely out of sight, Carlos looked towards the control room to see what was going on but quickly gave up when he remembered that he wouldn't be able to hear them. As General Griffin walked back into the control room, Dr. Wainwright moved in her chair to look at the General.
"What happened to our code of ethics?"
"Dr. Wainwright, those code of ethics were gone the second we found an abnormality in his blood." General Griffin told the Doctor as the last man closed the door.
"Something that he doesn't need to be aware of." Dr. Wainwright reminded him.
"You keep playing house but one day that boy in there is going to turn into something you've only seen in movies. And you know what always happens to the Doctor who's been watching them." General Griffin said before he turned to the door. "They die."
Dr. Wainwright shook her head at the General as he left. She couldn't' believe that the man was starting to lose his mind. She's fully aware of what Carlos is, she's fully aware of what's going on inside of Carlos, but she's just doesn't know what exactly that is. Dr. Wainwright stood up from her chair and walked into where Carlos was. When she walked into his room, Carlos wrapped his arms around her and she held him while she sat on the bed. Dr. Wainwright rubbed Carlos back and could tell that the boy was crying.
"Everything's going to be okay." Dr. Wainwright told him. For a moment she wondered if she was speaking more to herself than she was to Carlos.
Kendall sat on his bed, looking around his room. Ever since he woke up, he wondered what he could introduce Carlos into. He had no idea what he could actually teach the boy that Dr. Wainwright would approve of. Kendall heard the sound of a horn and knew that it was James. He grabbed his bag and put his laptop in it before he grabbed a few different DVDs.
"Hey, James." Kendall said, getting into the car. Once he made it to the facility, Kendall made his way to Carlos as his phone rang. Kendall was surprised to see that it was Jett calling him. His boyfriend usually doesn't call him until later during the day.
"Hey babe." Kendall said, answering the phone.
"Hey, Kendall."
"What's up?"
"Can we go on a date?"
"Sure, when?"
"Now."
"I can't do now. I have work, you know that."
"You can call off."
"Considering I'm already in the building, I doubt that is an option." Kendall said, frowning at his boyfriend's sigh as he stepped out of the elevator.
"What about tomorrow?"
"I can see if I can take off tomorrow."
"Okay, let me know."
"Alright."
"Bye."
"Bye." Kendall said before he hung up and walked into where Carlos was. When Kendall walked in, he could tell there was a change in the atmosphere. Dr. Wainwright wasn't looking at him and despite him standing there for a while, she had yet to turn to him.
"Good afternoon, Dr. Wainwright."
"Good afternoon, Kendall." The Doctor said, not turning Kendall's way.
"Is it okay if I show Carlos some movies today?"
"That's perfectly fine." Kendall wanted to ask what was wrong but he just decided to let it go. He opened the door and stepped in, walking over to Carlos' room. He could see through the clear walls that Carlos was sitting curled up with his controller in his hand. When Kendall walked in, Carlos jumped and managed to drop his controller off the bed.
"I'll get it." Kendall said before he went over and picked up the controller. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."
"It's okay." Carlos said, taking the controller from Kendall. Kendall sat down on the bed next to Carlos and watched the boy play the game. He was doing kind of bad during each match and barely won. Kendall noticed this when there were several times that Carlos could've capitalized on the situation. Carlos sighed when he lost a game and Kendall took off his book bag.
"Hey, Carlos, I brought some movies."
"Movies? What kind?" Carlos said perking up a little. Kendall smiled as he reached into his bad and brought out all of the DVDs he brought.
"Most of them are Marvel movies but some of them are movies that I think you might like." Kendall said as he spread the movies out, separating the Marvel movies from the rest of them.
"What's this one about?" Carlos said, pointing to Ironman.
"Well, this one is about a millionaire who becomes a super hero. I can't really tell you much about it without spoiling it."
"Spoiling it?"
"It's when you tell someone about the movie before they see it."
"Oh."
"This is one of the first Marvel movies, do you want to watch it?"
"Sure." Carlos said and Kendall put the rest of the movies back in his bag before putting the movie in Carlos' Playstation.
As the movie started, Carlos and Kendall both laid parallel to each other while on their stomachs. As they watched the movie, Kendall was pretty excited to see Carlos' reactions to the things going on in the film. By the end of the movie, Carlos was sitting on the edge of his bed in shock. When the credits started to roll, Carlos turned to Kendall but the blond held up his hand and pointed to the Tv.
"One rule of a Marvel movie is that there's always more after the credits." Kendall said before the ending scene started. Once it was done, Carlos turned to Kendall confused.
"What's the Avengers Initiative?"
"Ironman is a part of the Avengers which is a group of superheroes."
"Wait, are these comics?" Carlos asked and Kendall nodded.
"Oh, yeah. I remember Kelly asked me about which one I wanted, I think the options were Marvel or D.C and I picked D.C."
"That explains why you have Injustice but didn't know what Marvel movies were."
"So there are comics with these characters?"
"Yeah but there's so many, I don't even know where to start. One of my friends is obsessed with them but I just stick with the movies."
"Oh, so is there more?" Carlos asked in excitement.
"Of course, there's at least ten other movies. Most of them just lead up to the first Avengers movie and then there's some that come between the first Avengers movie and the second Avengers movie." Kendall said, smiling as Carlos practically beamed at him.
"What's the next movie?" Carlos asked Kendall in excitement.
"Ironman 2." Kendall told him.
"Does it talk more about the Avengers?"
"Uh, not really so much. Yeah, Marvel didn't seem like they were sure about everything back then."
"Really?"
"Yeah, or at least that's what it seemed like to me." Kendall said before he put the next movie in and settled back on Carlos' bed.
Kendall knows that he has many moments that he could say he was proud of but, teaching Carlos about the Marvel movies has to be the top of his list. Every day that he would spend with Carlos, he would spend it with the boy either watching Marvel movies or talking about it. Kendall found it nice that Carlos was willing to wait until the next time that Kendall came over before he would watch Avengers 2. Kendall didn't want to keep the boy waiting so when he woke up, he quickly got dressed and called James. What he wasn't expecting was for Jett to show up at his house when he was waiting for James.
"Why do you look so shocked to see me?" Jett said when Kendall opened the door.
"Well, you know I have work."
"Again? You can't call out sick, you've been going so much."
"Jett, it's a job. I have to go when I'm scheduled." Kendall said, laughing a little.
"Not if you suddenly got sick."
"Can't. I already called James."
"Well, call him back and tell him not to come."
"Jett, I-"
"Fine. Fine, but still call him. I'll take you."
"Well, usually James takes me an-"
"Is me taking you a problem?" Jett asked, slightly upset.
"No, of course not but James is already o-" Kendall stopped talking when Jett took his phone and called James.
"James, you don't have to take Kendall to work." Jett said and Kendall just knew that his best friend was going to be upset with him. Jett went back and forth with James on the phone and Kendall just sat there and watched, knowing that if he stopped his boyfriend things would be made worse. When Jett hung up with James, he smiled at Kendall before turning on his heels.
"Come on, let's get you to work."
"On a scale of one to ten, how mad is he?"
"I don't know, I hung up before he could yell more." Jett said, pulling open the front door and walking out. Kendall let out a small sigh and thought of ways that he could repay James after this. Hopefully Jett didn't mess up his rides to work, otherwise, the brunette would be taking him to work from now on. Once they got into Jett's car, Kendall got a little nervous. Jett had never been to his job before and he's never been inside the science facility. He was bound to be curious as to what's inside.
"So, what exactly do you do at work?"
"Well, I basically do anything they have me do for the day so it pretty much depends on what needs to be done." Kendall told him before directing him closer to the building. When they reached the security guard, Kendall leaned over and smiled at the guy. He seemed annoyed as he opened the gate.
"Wait, if this is a science facility, why is there a guard?"
"There are people who aren't allowed on the premises, so he's there for that." Kendall was actually surprised at how cool he was acting about this situation considering he was practically shitting himself.
"Thank you." Kendall said quickly the second Jett pulled to a stop.
Kendall was inside the building before Jett could say anything else. The second the elevator opened on Carlos' floor, Kendall could tell something was off. He made his way to Carlos' quarters and when he opened the door, the feeling that something was off increased tremendously. Kendall closed the door behind him and when he did, Kelly jumped up from where she was and was aiming a gun at him.
"Whoa, it's just me." Kendall said, raising his hands. Kendall noticed that Kelly was shaking and had tears in her eyes.
"What happened? What's wrong?" Kendall asked as Kelly lowered the gun.
Kendall took a few steps until he could see Carlos. The boy didn't look like himself at all. When Kendall looked over at Kelly, she gestured to the monitor before she rewound the tape. Kendall saw a flurry of things and people before it was just Carlos and him. Kelly fast forward until Carlos hugged Dr. Wainwright before handing her his empty dinner plate.
Carlos started reading the back of the DVDs that Kendall had left him before the lights flickered and Carlos jumped out of bed. A few men walked into the room and Carlos held his hands up to them. They grabbed him and held him down. A few more men walked in with a lot of equipment that Kendall had never seen before. When the men let Carlos go, General Griffin walked in and he was saying something to Carlos that made his heart race faster, according to the machine. Kelly stopped the video and Kendall realized that Carlos' heart racing was happening now. Kelly stood up quickly and Kendall placed a hand on her arm.
"I'll go."
"No, I-"
"Kelly, you have a gun in your hand and you're still crying."
"Fine. Go." She told him and he nodded before walking over to the door. He opened it and Carlos was moving around in his bed but he wasn't sitting up.
Kendall jogged the small distance to Carlos' room door and opened it. He could now see that Carlos was sleep but he must've been having some sort of nightmare. Kendall shook the boy slightly and Carlos jolted up, almost crashing their heads together if Kendall didn't react quickly enough.
"Carlos, calm down. It's me." Kendall said as he watched the panic and confusion leave Carlos' eyes.
"Kendall." Carlos said as tears came to his eyes before he wrapped his arms around the blonde. Kendall eased himself onto the bed while continuing to hold the boy in his arms.
"Don't worry, I'm here." Kendall said as he rubbed Carlos' back. Kendall had never even touched Carlos really but now that he was hugging him, General Griffin's words came to mind before being overshadowed by Dr. Wainwright's words about Carlos being normal. Just as quickly as Carlos had hugged the blonde, he was letting go.
"I'm sorry." He said, wrapping his arms around himself. "I should've ask-"
"No, you don't have to." Kendall said, taking Carlos' hands and wrapping them around him again. Carlos' body shook with his sobbing and Kendall just held him rubbing his back. Kendall didn't need to see what happened to know that it was bad. They sat there until Kendall started to feel uncomfortable from staying in the same position for so long. He knew that Carlos was starting to feel that way when the boy moved away from him. Carlos laid back down and Kendall couldn't help but feel bad for the boy.
"Kendall, can you come here?" Kelly asked over the speakers. Kendall patted Carlos' shoulder before he left the room. Once he entered the room with Kelly, he saw that the woman was more composed than she was before.
"Things are getting bad." She told the boy and he nodded, not exactly knowing what to say.
"General Griffin is overstepping and I think he's going to get worse."
"Worse? What exactly did they do before?"
"They're taking large amounts of blood samples from Carlos and that's part of the reason why he's been sleeping this entire time."
"What are we going to do?"
"For right now, we can't do anything. I have to go but I'll be back, take this." Kelly said, out stretching the gun.
"W-What am I supposed to do with that."
"Keep it with you and if they come back-"
"Kelly, do you hear yourself?"
"Look, I know what I'm doing. I am trusting you to stay here."
"Where are you going?"
"I have to go."
"Look, Kelly if you're trusting me to stay here, the least you can do is tell me where you're going?"
"My mom isn't feeling well and I need to go check on her."
"Dr. Wainwright? What happened?"
"She's old Kendall, what do you expect?"
"She seemed perfectly fine the other day."
"Well, she's not fine now. So, just stay here while I go check on her. I'm going to hide the gun and if you have to use it, you'll know where it is." She told Kendall before she taped the gun underneath the table and exiting the room.
Kendall sat down in the chair in front of the monitor, watching the boy as he slept.
A/N: Things are getting intense you guys. Dr. Wainwright is sick, Kelly is ready to shoot someone, Carlos is going through so much, and Kendall is just trying to keep everyone together. I can't wait for you guys to find out what happens next. Thank you for reading and reviews are much appreciated! :D