A/N: This chapter was something that I've been thinking about the moment I visualized this chapter. I am so happy to be able to share this with all of you now. Enjoy! :D

While Kendall was at school, he couldn't really focus on anything. His mind just kept drifting off about Carlos and the boy's safety. The last time he was with the boy, he had to hold him and make sure that he was okay. Kendall knew that right now, since Dr. Wainwright was sick, Kelly was watching over Carlos and he knew that Kelly wouldn't be able to hold it together, especially the second time Carlos woke up from another nightmare. Kendall was walking down the hallway, heading to his last class of the day when his boyfriend stepped in the way.

"Kendall, are you even listening to me right now?"

"I'm sorry."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just have a lot on my mind right now."

"Well, you know you can talk to me about anything."

"I know."

"So, tell me what's bothering you."

"I can't. I know that's confusing but I can't think of how I would be able to explain things to you." Kendall said, rubbing the back of his head.

"…Okay, well, are you going to come watch me practice? I can give you a ride home and we can take…the scenic route."

"Uh, I can't."

"Why not?" Jett said, pouting.

"Jett, we have to get to class."

"Why are you avoiding me?"

"I'm not-"

"Don't sit here and tell this lie, Kendall."

"Jett, I-"

"I thought you loved me."

"Don't. Don't do that."

"I just-"

"I can't believe you just did that."

"Kendall, you have been avoiding me and I'm starting to feel like-"

"Feel like what?" Kendall asked, glaring at his boyfriend.

"Kendall, you can't be the one getting upset. I'm the one that's allowed to be upset."

"And why is that?"

"Because my boyfriend is neglecting me and going off and doing who knows what."

"I go to work."

"That is the oldest excuse in the book!"

"I am going to work! What? Do you think-" Kendall stop talking the second he realized where this conversation is going.

"I can't believe you." Kendall said before he stepped around his boyfriend and headed to class, ignoring the calls for him to come back. The entire class, Kendall was seething from the accusations that were thrown his way. Once class was over, he found James and Logan and exited the building.

"James, can you take me to work?"

"You have to work after school?"

"It's more of me going to check up on a few things."

"Alright, do you need me to come pick you up?"

"No, I'll be fine." Kendall said as he sat back.

"If you say so." James said before he turned out of the parking lot.

When they pulled up to the parking lot, Kendall had half a mind to respond to the abundant of texts that Jett had sent him in the last ten minutes. Instead, Kendall reached into his pocket and texted his mother that he'd be staying over James' house for the night. She replied to him almost immediately, wishing him a great time before James pulled to a stop in front of the building.

"Thanks, man."

"No, problem. Call me if you need anything." James said and Logan nodded along with him.

"Alright." Kendall said as he made his way to the building.

Once he got inside, he made his way to the elevator and typed in the combination once the people here for the exhibit moved. He got this uneasy feeling again as the elevator descended. When the doors opened, the hallways were filled with a bunch of furniture. Kendall stopped walking when he saw his DVDs on a table. He ran his fingers over them and turned to see that Carlos' bed was leaning up against the wall. His eyes widened when he heard banging and he ran towards where Carlos was and when he got to the door, Kelly was standing there banging on it.

"GENERAL GRIFFIN, OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR! WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS-"

"Kelly, what is going on?" Kelly turned quickly and when Kendall saw the look on her face, he knew something was horribly wrong. Her face looked as if she hadn't slept for days as she stared at him for a moment. Kendall almost gasped when the woman jumped toward him, covering his mouth.

"Kendall you need to get out of here." She said, pushing him towards the elevator. Kendall stumbled as he moved before he removed the woman's hand from his mouth.

"What is going on?"

"Things have gone horribly wrong and I need you to leave the building. Go somewhere and when I call you, come back. Right now, things aren't safe."

"Kelly, just tell me what's going on?"

"Now is not the time." She said, pushing Kendall into the elevator once the doors were opened. She reached into her pockets and handed Kendall a set of car keys.

"Kelly-"

"Grey Ford Explorer." She said before the elevator doors closed.

As Kendall rode the elevator back up, he stood there stumped as to what was going on but he knew that going back down wouldn't be the best idea. When the doors opened, Kendall made his way to Kelly's car as instructed. When he unlocked it, he climbed in the driver's seat and sat there, waiting. He reached into his pocket and turned his phone back on for when Kelly called.

Minutes turned into hours and by the time it was dark, Kendall had fallen asleep. He jumped up when his phone started ringing. When he saw that it was Jett calling he sighed before answering. "I'm sorry." Jett said, almost immediately.

"Jett-"

"No, Kendall, let me speak, please. I want to apologize for what I said in the hallway. I know that you've been completely faithful to me and I just jumped to those conclusions because…well because I got caught up in the gossip with my cheer squad and…" Jett's voice faded when Kendall removed the phone from his ear when he felt it vibrating. It was an unknown number and he knew it had to be Kelly.

"Jett, I accept your apology but I have to go."

"What? Why?"

"Because Kelly is calling and I have to answer."

"Ken-"

"Love you, bye." Kendall said before he answered the other call.

"Kendall?"

"Yeah?"

"Did you see General Griffin leave?"

"General Griffin? No."

"Do you see a white Escalade?" Kelly asked and Kendall's eyes scanned the few cars that were in the parking lot.

"No, I don't see one."

"He must've left then. I need you to come down here now. Hurry." Kelly told him and Kendall immediately jumped out of the car, locking it on his way back to the building. He gasped and hid in a nearby bush when a few military men were walking towards the doors. He didn't know who exactly he could trust, so he hid there just to be sure that no one saw him. Just by the way Kelly was whispering on the phone told him that something was up.

When the men walked passed the bushes, Kendall followed their movement with his eyes until they were out of his sight. He waited a moment longer before he went inside the building. The people who had been there for the exhibit were long gone and the place was eerily quiet. Kendall typed in the combination to the elevator again and as he descended for the second time, he, once again, couldn't shake the uneasy feeling. When the elevator doors opened, Kendall moved pass all of Carlos' things and made his way to the boy's room. When he got there, door was already open and when he stepped in, he turned to see Kelly holding a gun, pointed at him.

"Oh, thank god." She said, lowering the gun.

"What's going on?"

"Those bastards locked me out. I knew I shouldn't have left. I knew I should've just stayed here." Kelly said, talking to herself as she emptied out a book bag. She groaned before dumping everything out on the desk. She scrambled to pick up something and Kendall moved closer to see that it was a USB.

"Kelly, what are yo-"

"Kendall, I am going to ask a lot from you in the next few minutes and I need you to listen." Kendall nodded at the woman's words as she typed some things out on the computer.

"What General Griffin did was completely unethical and he-" Kelly stopped talking when she heard a gasp. She looked up to see Kendall looking inside where Carlos was contained. He immediately ran to the door and before he could open it, Kelly stopped him.

"KELLY WE HAVE TO-"

"NO!" She said, pushing him away from the door.

"If you open that door a silent alarm will go off and General Griffin will be here in seconds."

"Then what are we going to do?" Kendall said, looking at Carlos as he huddled in the corner of his now empty room. The boy was soaking wet and shivering as he looked down at the floor.

"We're getting him out of here." Kelly said before she took the USB out of the computer, throwing it in the book bag along with a bunch of files.

"We're doing what?"

"We're getting him out of here. Did you hear me?"

"But what about your mother?"

"She died." At those two words, Kendall's heart dropped. He actually felt a sharp pain in his chest.

"How?"

"My mother was sick, Kendall, and she wasn't getting better. Not to mention she's been on this Earth for a long time. But she knew what General Griffin was going to do the second he found out she was going to pass. She told me before she died that she wanted me to get Carlos away from this facility and I'm going to honor her dying wish." Kelly said as she put on the book bag and grabbed the gun. When she reached for the door to where Carlos was, Kendall put his hand on hers.

"We aren't going to get far before we get caught if you do it this way."

"Kendall, I-"

"I doubt Carlos will be in the condition to run and you can't carry him. I can. By the time you get to the car and drive up to the curb out front, I will be there with Carlos." Kelly looked at Kendall for a moment before she nodded.

"Send the elevator back down when you go." Kendall told her as he handed her the keys. They both let out a deep sigh before Kelly darted out of the room and Kendall pulled open the door. Kendall was half expecting some loud noise but he remembered that Kelly said it was silent. He ran over to Carlos' room and when he stepped into the room, he immediately stepped into a puddle. The sound made Carlos look up at him wide-eyed.

"Don't worry, everything is going to fine." Kendall said as he approached the soaking wet boy.

"K-Kendall."

"Yeah, I'm here." Kendall said as he picked the boy up bridal style. Carlos wasn't expecting to be picked up by Kendall so abruptly and clung to him immediately out of fear of being dropped. When Carlos realized that Kendall was walking towards the door, he stiffened.

"K-Kendall, what are you doing?"

"We're leaving." Kendall said as he walked out of the door.

Carlos clung to Kendall even harder once they left the barrier of his room and stepped back into the main room. Carlos didn't know what to do, so, he just held onto Kendall as the blonde walked out into the hallway. After all of the years being inside, Carlos had never wondered what it would feel like to leave. Kendall leaned over and pressed the elevator button and the doors immediately opened. He stepped in and pressed the button for the ground floor. Carlos turned from looking over Kendall's shoulder to out in front of him.

"My stuff." Carlos whispered, barely loud enough for Kendall to here.

"Don't worry Carlos, everything's going to be fine." Kendall told him as the elevator doors closed. There was a silence between them and Carlos turned to look at Kendall, studying the boy's features. Kendall could feel himself blushing from Carlos' staring before the elevator doors opened. Carlos' eyes snapped forward and he gasped at all of the things that were around him. All of the planes and other artifacts he had never seen before was all around him one second and gone in the next as Kendall ran out the front doors. Kendall couldn't help but smirk a little when Kelly was right where she was supposed to be. She got out and opened the back door for him.

Carlos was too busy looking all around him to realize that they were trying to get him into the car. Kendall could see the boy was mesmerized so he just climbed into the back while holding him. Kelly closed the door behind them and Kendall sat Carlos down as Kelly put the car in drive and sped off. As they were pulling out of the parking lot, Kendall was thinking about where they would be going next. As they turned out onto the main road, Kendall thought about how bad a car chase would be for Carlos to experience as Kelly sped down the road. Carlos was too busy oohing and awing at everything to notice their speed.

"Kelly, where are we going?"

"I don't know yet. General Griffin is bound to find us if we don't get far from here." Hearing the man's name got Carlos' attention and his eyes widened.

"Wait, no, that won't work." Kendall told her.

"Why won't it?"

"Because he knows everything about you. He knows where you live and everything. We also can't drive far away from here because I'm sure he's going to use his military power to get you pulled over."

"So, what do you suggest?" Kelly asked, looking at Kendall in the rear-view mirror.

Kelly pulled the car over and Kendall climbed out and walked around the truck. He opened the passenger door, taking the book bag and eyeing the gun before looking up at Kelly. The woman was looking right at him before she reached over and took the gun, placing it in her lap.

"Kendall, I want you to promise me that you will take care of him."

"You know I will. I promise." Kendall said and she nodded before he closed the passenger door.

"Carlos, Kendall is going to take care of you now, okay."

"Wait, what's going on?"

"We're protecting you and we're going to make sure that General Griffin won't hurt you anymore. So, I want you to stick with Kendall."

"What about you?"

"I'm going to be okay, don't worry about me."

"I love you." Carlos said, sitting up and giving Kelly a hug.

"I love you too." She said returning the hug and kissing him on his forehead. Kendall helped Carlos out of the car and had the boy step into his shoes before he closed the door.

"Is your friend on the way?" Kelly asked Kendall.

"Yeah and remember that you should probably avoid going home since that'll be the first place he'll come looking." Kendall told her and she nodded.

"Bye Carlos." She said, waving at the boy who was practically her brother.

"Bye Kelly." Carlos said, feeling Kendall wrap his arm around his shoulders. As Kelly drove off, Carlos continued waving until he couldn't see her anymore. Kendall pulled out his phone and sighed as he typed out the number he knew like the back of his hand.

"Hello, James?"

"Yeah."

"You remember you said to call if I needed anything."

"Yeah…"

"Well, this is me calling. I need you to pick me up."

"Oh okay."

"Oh and I'm not exactly at the science facility anymore."

"What? Then where are you?"

"On the side of the road." Kendall said, wincing.

A/N: I just love that ending because you can just imagine James' face when Kendall tells him that. I think this chapter came out better than I could ever imagine. I also love how Kelly is really trusting Kendall to take care of Carlos and protect him. Thanks for reading and reviews are much appreciated! :D