A/N: Surprise, surprise, I know an update so soon from me is rare these days but I had this chapter done sooner than I thought I would. I have to say this chapter changes things and I'll just leave that and let you guys read. Enjoy! :D

As Carlos was outside playing with a ball Kendall had found in his closet, the blonde sat by his back door watching him play with it, kicking it up against the back fence. Kendall was nervous because he chose to tell his mother about Carlos when he woke up but upon awakening, he found out that his mother wasn't home. He called her cell phone but it rang until the voicemail came up. So, while sitting outside with Carlos, he had his phone in his hand.

"Kendall, can you play with me?" Carlos asked suddenly in front of Kendall holding the ball under his arm.

"Sure." Kendall said, sitting up. He got up and followed the boy to the middle of the yard and they took turns kicking the ball back and forth. When Kendall's phone rang, he reached into his pocket to see a restricted number was calling him. He contemplated answering but just slid his thumb across the screen, ignoring the call before kicking the ball back over in Carlos' direction. A second later, the call was coming through again, Kendall sighed and answered it, expecting some automated voice or some creep breathing.

"Kendall."

"Kelly?" Kendall whispered harshly. He held up his hand to signal Carlos not to kick the ball.

"Where's Carlos?"

"He's fine, he's here with me. Where are you? Are you okay? Are you safe?"

"Yes, I've been in hiding but today is my mother's funeral. I wanted Carlos to say goodbye to my mother before everyone else got here."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Kendall asked and there was a moment of silence before Kelly's voice came back.

"Yes, I'm sure. I know General Griffin is going to make an appearance and I know my mother would want Carlos to get a chance to say goodbye."

"Kelly, I, uh, didn't get a chance to tell him the news." Kendall whispered to her as Carlos gave him a confused look.

"Oh god. I don't know how he's going to take it but Kendall I need you to tell him right now and come here before everyone starts arriving."

"Okay, we're on our way." Kendall said, walking to the house. He gestured for Carlos to follow him before he went on his phone to call James. He stopped when he remembered that James and Logan were currently on a date. He sighed and called anyway. When it went straight to voicemail he wanted to curse but Carlos was currently standing in front of him. He opened the door and gestured for Carlos to go inside as he thought of another plan. He stepped inside and closed the door behind them, locking it, before he got an idea.

"Kendall, what's going on?" Carlos asked him which prompted Katie to sit up from the couch.

"I, uh, I'll tell you in a second." Kendall stuttered as he downloaded the Uber app. An Uber couldn't be that expensive. His phone vibrated and it was a text from a weird number. It had an address on it and Kendall did a quick google search to see that it was a church not that far away from his house. Once the app was finished downloading, he copied the address and went to the app. He grabbed his wallet to set up the account before he stopped dead in his tracks. He went to his bank app and when he signed in he could swear that he had a mini heart attack.

"Kendall." Katie said from the couch. "You're acting weirder than normal."

"Uh, uh, nothing. Mind your business." Kendall said before going to his room with Carlos right behind him. Kendall stared at the screen and blinked as he stared down at the four figure, almost, five-figure amount in his bank account.

"Kendall."

Kendall looked up from his phone to see Carlos looking at him from his doorway. Kendall cleared his throat and closed the bank app before going back to the Uber app. He put in his information and signed up before he put in the address. When he saw the estimate, he put his phone on hold and sat down on his bed.

"Carlos, I need to tell you something." Carlos nodded and walked over and sat down on the bed. Kendall had a mental battle with himself trying to figure out the best way to tell someone that someone is dead. Someone who has been like a mother to them is no longer here. "Um, you know how this works, right? How, um, life works right?" Kendall asked, trying not to get nervous.

"Yeah." Carlos said with a slow nod.

"So, you know that at some point life will be, um, over." Kendall said, his palms starting to sweat.

"You die." Carlos said and Kendall nodded his head.

"Right, you die. So, um, I was on the phone with Kelly and-" Kendall made the mistake of looking up at Carlos to see the boy's face brighten at those words. "Shit. Sorry." Kendall mumbled covering his face with his hands.

"What did she say?" Carlos said after a moment of silence.

"She said that…that Dr. Wainwright, she uh, she-"

"Died?" Carlos asked and Kendall couldn't face the boy as he nodded. There was another moment of silence between the two and when Kendall turned to Carlos, the boy blinked, a tear falling from his eyes. Carlos sniffed and let out a shaky breath before he turned to Kendall.

"I, uh, so w-what happens n-now?" Carlos asked and Kendall pulled the boy in for a hug. He rubbed the boy's back and a second later Carlos was sobbing on his shoulder. Kendall knew that he was going to take this hard but the look of absolute confusion on the boy's face hurt more than anything. Carlos was able to pick up on everything but this. Kendall knew that he had to get them dressed but he didn't know what to put on. He sighed and reluctantly broke their hug before he stood up. He went over to his closet and reached into the back to pull out two pairs of slacks and two button up shirts. He looked through his collection of shoes and found a pair of shoes he wore to his Grandfather's funeral and another pair he knew for a fact were too small. He grabbed both pairs and laid out the clothes on the bed.

"Now, we go to what's called a funeral. It's a way of paying your respects to the person and a chance to get to say goodbye." Kendall said as he knelt in front of Carlos, who just nodded in response to his words.

As the two of them got dressed, Kendall used his phone to request the Uber. By the time they were fully dressed, the Uber driver called to say that he was outside. Kendall adjusted Carlos' tie and gave the boy a slight smile before they headed for the door. Kendall made sure he had his phone, keys, and wallet before he stepped outside the house, ignoring Katie's questions.

"We'll be back." Kendall said before he closed the door.

The Uber ride was a silent one, the Uber driving finally giving up on making conversation and offering snacks. Kendall kept rubbing Carlos' back as the boy stared down at his hands, wiping them when a tear landed on them. Once they got to the church, Kendall saw Kelly's car as well as a few others. He got out and offered a hand to Carlos to help him out of the car as the Uber driver thanked them. Kendall nodded and closed the door before wrapping an arm around Carlos' shoulders.

When they walked into the church a woman approached them and with a warm smile, she handed them a program and gestured for them to walk through the other double doors. Kendall has always hated this kind of thing but he knew Carlos had to see the woman who raised him one more time. Kendall held the boy's hand as they walked through the doors and Carlos squeezed his hand when he saw Dr. Wainwright.

As they walked down, Kendall spotted Kelly and he could tell Carlos did when he heard the intake of breath. Kelly smiled at the two of them before enveloping Carlos in a tight hug. Kendall let go of his hand in order for him to properly hug Kelly. The two of them started crying together and Kendall took that moment to walk up to Dr. Wainwright. The woman laid there in a pretty purple dress with white and pink flowers all around her, looking peaceful. Kendall's hand trembled as he laid a hand on the edge of the casket. He remembers the first time seeing her and how she cared so much for Carlos and then for him. She took a chance on him to help Carlos and Kendall knew that he had to continue to do his best to protect Carlos and make sure he is treated with the kindness he deserves. That's something he knew she would've wanted for him. Kendall turned to see Kelly and Carlos walk up to where he was. Carlos' lip trembled upon seeing Dr. Wainwright and he turned away.

"Carlos." Kelly said, holding onto the boy's hand. "You have to be strong, okay. I need you to be strong." Carlos nodded at her words before he turned back around. Kendall moved to the other side of Carlos and held his other hand, taking the program that he held.

"Mom, Carlos is here. I know you probably wouldn't have wanted him to see you this way but I think it's something that he needs. Kendall is going to protect our Carlos and I just ask that you look out for them too." Kelly said, leaning down and kissing her mother. Voices came from the entrance of the church and they turned to see woman standing there.

"It's my mom's friends." Kelly explained before she walked over to them. Kendall turned to see Carlos staring down at Dr. Wainwright.

"Mom." Carlos mumbled. "I-I know you told me that you aren't my real mother b-but…for a while I didn't have anyone but you and I learned that I don't have to be from you for you to be my mother. I learned that from a Tv show. I've learned so much since I left my room. Kendall has shown me so much and I wish I could've shown you all of it. I wish I, we, could've spent some time outside together. I think that would've been, just, amazing. I know why we didn't though. It was to protect me. I, um, I don't know what else to say but I love you. Kendall said that I'm supposed to goodbye to you but I don't think of it as that. I-I know one day, when I d-die, I'll get to see you again. Just like you said in that place where people go…um, heaven, that's it. I'll see you in heaven. So, I don't want to say goodbye because that's not what this is. So, I'll see you later, in heaven." Carlos said before he let out a shaky breath and leaned down to kiss the woman's cheek.

"I love you so much." Kendall wiped his tears before he turned to see that Kelly was standing next to him with a hand over her heart. She pulled Carlos in for another hug.

"It's going to be okay, Kelly." Carlos told her and she let out a small laugh as she nodded.

"I know it is, Carlos."

"We'll see her again in heaven, where everything is beautiful and stuff just like she said."

"Oh, Carlos. I love you so much." Kelly said, hugging Carlos again.

"I love you too."

"I see everything seems to be going okay with Kendall."

"Yeah, everything is great. He has a backyard and everything is so green. Oh, last night his Mom made us these things. They were like chicken nuggets but longer."

"Chicken tenders." Kendall explained and Carlos nodded.

"We even had the vegetables that, uh, the ones you don't like."

"You guys had corn?" Kelly asked with a disgusted face that made Carlos smile.

"Yeah, it tasted different but it was good different."

"I'm glad you're being fed well. I see you've got a little tanner." Kelly said as she ran her hands down Carlos' face.

"Yeah, Kendall took me to watch him in football practice. You know he can run really fast." Kendall couldn't help but smile at how excited Carlos was to tell Kelly about everything they had done so far. Some guy got Kelly's attention and motioned to the door or more so outside the doors and Kelly nodded before turning back to the two of them.

"Carlos, that's great. I'm really happy that you're having fun."

"What's wrong?" Carlos asked her and she shook her head. "Nothing, it's just-"

"Kelly." Kendall said, knowing that she was about to lie to him.

"General Griffin is outside." The woman said and Carlos gasped, taking a step back. Kendall grabbed onto Carlos' hand and gave him a reassuring squeeze. "He has to only be here to see if you two will show up."

"So what do we do?" Kendall asked.

"Um, there's a room in the back that the pastor comes through. Go through there and go down the hall. It should loop around to the front but don't go out the door you came in. There should be an exit at the other end of that hallway. It's to their parking lot."

"Okay." Kendall said as he requested another Uber.

"Kelly-"

"Carlos, I love you and I'll see you soon, okay?" Carlos nodded at her words before she kissed him on his cheek after another hug. She pulled Kendall in for another hug.

"Keep doing what you're doing." Kelly told him and that reminded Kendall about the money.

"Kelly, what's with the money?"

"I've set up an account to deposit money to you for taking care of him. Now go." Kelly said before she nudged them in the direction of the door. Carlos stopped to look at Dr. Wainwright for another moment and Kendall reached for one of the white roses that were in the flower wreath. He handed it to Carlos before he pulled the boy into the back room. There was a moment of confusion as Kendall looked for the other door.

When he spotted it, he turned to see General Griffin approaching Kelly. Both boys quickly ran as Kendall pulled out his phone to see that the Uber was pulling into the parking lot. He and Carlos found their way into the hallway and they both stopped in their tracks when they saw Military men in uniforms at the end of the hallway. Kendall gasped and pulled Carlos back to the corner.

"Kelly said go out the other way." Carlos whispered.

"Right." Kendall said before he peaked pass the corner. Carlos gasped and when Kendall looked down at the boy, he was staring straight ahead, grip tightening on the flower in his hand. Kendall followed his line of sight to see an usher staring at them.

"What are you two doing?" She asked, placing her hands on her hips.

"Uh, N-Nothing. We were just leaving." Kendall said, giving her a nervous smile before he bolted for the door, pulling Carlos with him.

"Hey, you can't- ah forget it." She said, throwing her hands at them and turning to go the other way.

When they went through the door, Kendall covered his eyes to the blinding light from going from inside to out instantly. He looked over at Carlos and the boy hadn't shielded his eyes but his eyes seemed to glimmer under the sunlight. When he blinked again, it was gone as he looked over at Kendall. Kendall's phone started ringing and he picked it up to hear that it was the Uber driver. Kendall told him their location and the man sighed over the phone before the car was being driven around to them. They both climbed in and this Uber driver was far less considerate and conversational than the last one. It was nothing but a silence the whole drive back to Kendall's house. The only thing that helped Kendall keep his sanity was watching Carlos twirl the white rose in his hand.

"We're here." The driver said and Kendall smiled at the man before getting out of the car. As they walked up to the front of his house, Kendall saw that his mother was home. He knew he had a missed call from her and a few messages but he chose not to address them until he got home. The second the door was open, Kendall's mother walked over to stand in front of the two of them as they entered the house.

"Kendall, what in the world- you're going to tell me what is going on, right now."

"Okay."

"No, you are going to tell me. Don't fight me on th- wait, did you say okay?" Mrs. Knight said, looking quite stunned. She had rehearsed every scenario in her head of all of the excuses that Kendall could give her and even came up with a few witty responses to them. She did not expect him to give in so easily.

"I just, can I change, please?" Kendall asked her and she nodded, watching as her son grabbed Carlos' hand and walked back into his bedroom. Mrs. Knight turned to Katie who was equally stunned from her position on the couch.

"He usually fights me on everything? What happened before I left?" Mrs. Knight asked her daughter and only received a shrug in response. Mrs. Knight took a seat at the end of her dining room table and waited for her son to return.

When he did, he was dressed in his usual sweatpants and t-shirt combo with Carlos dressed similarly but different colors. The boy held a white rose in his hand and Kendall held a book bag she hadn't seen before. Kendall opened the back door and said a few words to Carlos before the boy stepped outside after giving Kendall a hug. Kendall sat adjacent to his mother and brought the book bag onto the table. Mrs. Knight fought off her motherly instincts to tell him to take it off of the table. Mrs. Knight didn't know who was going to speak first so she took the honor.

"Kendall, I just want to know what's going on. I can tell that something is bothering you and I just want to know the truth. The real truth." Mrs. Knight said and her son nodded before he reached into the book bag as he spoke.

"So, you remember the job that I got a few weeks ago."

Kendall sat there, trying to gauge his mother's reaction but her face was emotionless. Kendall had shown her everything he had on file. There was a USB of everything but Kendall knew that the documents and pictures were enough for her to get the idea. As he twirled the USB in his hand, he looked up at his little sister as she sat in the chair across from him, staring at the pictures all laid out in order. He told everything that had happened from the moment he stepped into that science facility to when he ran out with Carlos in his arms. The silence was really starting to get to Kendall as his mother turned another page.

"Mom, you've read over all of this twice already." Kendall said but he knew it fell to deaf ears as his mother turned the page again. A lot of what the pages were seemed to be blood tests. There was an abundance of behavioral tests signed by Dr. Wainwright. At the notice of the woman's signature, Kendall looked at the back door.

"I'll go check on Carlos." Kendall said, getting up from the table. When he stepped outside, Carlos turned to him from his position the ground, cross legged with the flower in his hand. He had been looking up into the sky. Kendall walked over to the boy and crouched down to him, not fully trying to sit on the ground.

"Do you think she can see me?" Carlos asked before he looked back up at the sky.

"I'm sure she's watching over you as we speak." Kendall said smiling. Carlos smiled at that as a tear rolled down his cheek. Kendall wiped the tear and Carlos turned to face him. "Did you, um-"

"Yes." Kendall said, already knowing what he was going to ask. "They haven't responded yet. They just keep looking over everything." Carlos gave a slight nod before he looked back down at the flower.

"But don't worry." Kendall said, upon seeing the boy's reaction. "I'm sure they'll be as cool with it as James and Logan."

Carlos felt himself smile at the mentioning of the couple's names. Kendall stood up when he couldn't squat for any longer and smiled down to Carlos, offering him a hand. The boy took it and allowed himself to be picked up off the ground. He wiped his pants as Kendall walked to the back door of his home. Carlos followed after and walked through the door as Kendall opened it for him. Kendall took his place next to his mother and gestured for Carlos to sit next to him. Once he did, Katie looked up from the pictures. Kendall took that moment to speak.

"Katie, please say something. Anything."

"I, uh, I believe you. I mean, obviously." She said, gesturing down to the pictures. "And…I don't care. Carlos seems pretty cool and he's like you said, perfectly normal." Kendall smiled so hard it was frightening as he rounded the table and picked his sister up in a hug. She gasped but let him twirl her around once before being sat down. Kendall turned to see Mrs. Knight staring at Carlos, who blushed under her gaze.

"Mom." Kendall said, sitting down again. Kendall reached out and touched her hand and she looked at him.

"Kendall…I-I don't know what to say."

"Anything of encouragement, Mom. I'm begging you to just…accept this. Accept him." Kendall pleaded as he held his mother's hand. The two of them remained silent as they stared at each other. The longer the silence, the more Kendall could feel tears welling up in his eyes as he stared at his mother, fearing the worse. "Kendall, I-"

"Mom, please. I promised to protect him and I need you to help me." Kendall said, as a tear fell from his eyes. His mother watched the tear slide down his cheek before it fell onto one of the documents. She closed her eyes and let out a sigh.

"I'm sorry." The woman said and Kendall felt all of his reserve crumbled in front of him.

"What?!" Katie exclaimed but stopped when Mrs. Knight held up her hand.

"Kendall, I am so sorry for what I've done to make you think that you couldn't trust me with something like this." Kendall looked up at his mother from his fallen position on the table. He felt his mother run her fingers through his hair.

"I-I don't know what that means."

"Why did you lie to me?"

"I had to protect him, Mom." Kendall said and the woman looked over at Carlos, who seemed frightened.

"Hello." The woman said, smiling at Carlos. Carlos returned the smile as his heart raced inside of his chest. "Who else knows?" Kendall looked stunned at the question as his brain seemed to have a short malfunction.

"I, uh, James and Logan."

"That explains the random sleep over." She mumbled, looking away for a short moment.

"Mom, does this mean you don't care where he's from?" Kendall asked and the woman nodded her head. Kendall reached for his mother and hugged her so tight that Katie was about to intervene when she saw her mother not properly breathing.

"But." The woman said once the hug broke. "I want you to know that this is severely illegal and I have no idea what's going to happen but I'm here for you. For the both of you."

"Does that make us criminals?" Katie asked and everyone turned to see a smile on the girl's face.

"No." Mrs. Knight said but seemed unsure. "We're protecting Carlos." Kendall smiled when his mother said that and he couldn't wait to tell James and Logan that they were right.

"Cool, oh, Carlos I want to show you something." Katie said, grabbing the boy's hand. Carlos got up and followed the girl down the hall. Kendall eyed the white rose on the table and not a moment later, Carlos came back into the room to grab the rose. Once he was gone, Mrs. Knight held her son's hand, getting his attention. "I am so proud of you for sticking up for something and someone you believe in."

"Thank you."

"What's the significance of the rose?" Mrs. Knight asked and Kendall let out a small sigh.

"Well, today we went to the funeral of a woman who was like a mother to him. She's the one who raised him ever since he landed here." Kendall told her and she held a hand over her heart. "He's taking it a lot better than I thought he would. You should've heard what he said to her. It was so heartwarming."

"Dr. Wainwright, right?" She asked, looking down at the documents and Kendall nodded. "So he only has…"

"Kelly." Kendall said, finishing her sentence.

"Okay, okay. So, is there anything else I should know?" Mrs. Knight asked and Kendall sat there, giving himself a moment to think before he face palmed. Mrs. Knight was actually a little shocked at her son's reaction before Kendall let out a dramatic sigh.

"I don't know how I forgot but uh, we took Carlos from the facility because the General, General Griffin, was starting to take a lot of blood from Carlos and doing stuff that he wasn't authorized to do. He's still looking for us."

"Oh…" Mrs. Knight said, trying not to panic. Kendall gave her a smile and she let the smile encourage her, not to panic, but to trust her son and help his friend. His friend who is an alien as in from another planet but seems perfectly normal and not E.T. looking. "So, um, how long do you plan on keeping him here with you?"

"I don't know." Kendall answered honestly.

"I haven't thought about it but probably long enough for Kelly to get away to some place safe." Mrs. Knight could see that Kendall was starting to get sad about the thought of that happening so she tried to change the subject.

"Okay, well, since he's going to be staying here, don't you think he should have clothes of his own?"

"Yeah, I was thinking about that too."

"We can go shopping later this week and we can get him a few things." Mrs. Knight said, momentarily thinking about her bank accounts.

"Oh, mom, one more thing." Kendall said, not missing the slight raise in her eyebrows. Kendall took out his phone and went to his bank account app and typing in his password. He slid the phone over to his mother and tried not to laugh when she gasped entirely too much almost putting herself into a coughing fit.

"Holy sh-"

"Mom."

"Sorry." She said, picking up his phone and staring at the digits.

Kendall smiled at his mother, feeling slightly guilty that he had ever doubted that she would be accepting of Carlos. He felt like a weight had been lifted off of his shoulders now that he had his mother on his side. Now, he just has to get through the impending hours of shopping his mother was probably going to make him endure to make sure Carlos has a proper wardrobe.

A/N: This chapter was really sad to write and I hope you all loved the beautiful words Carlos had for Mrs. Wainwright. Oh and Kendall told his Mom! And she's accepting of it all! I love how she pointed out the illegal-ness of the situation. What do you guys think? Thanks for reading and remember reviews are greatly appreciated! :D