CHAPTER SIX

Even Stranger

The next day proved to be anything but normal to the boys of Big Time Rush. It started normally, having a regular breakfast while Katie and Kendall argued over something that had no relevance to anything, James and Carlos seeing who could eat the most without getting sick, and Mrs. Knight and Logan ignoring it all by reading the LA times. Then it was time for the boys to go to the studio. That was normal too, as no matter how well they sang, Gustavo thought that it was crap and didn't hesitate to yell at them for it.

It was just another regular day…

Logan was enjoying an afternoon off, probably the only one that he would get in a while, but going to the park to be by himself. It was his favorite thing to do in LA, just go to the park, rest against a tree, and read. Today he had brought his favorite book, Norwegian Wood and was lying down on the grass, enjoying the breeze and sunshine.

He heard the sound of something go flying overhead, and instinctively ducked, as the sound of leaves and branches creaking filled his ears. Logan pushed himself up and saw a little girl, running over to him. She slowed to a walk when she saw Logan had her attention.

"Excuse me mister," she couldn't have been older than six. "But could you help me get my Frisbee?" she pointed up into the tree and Logan rolled over to see a light blue plastic disc sitting a few branches up. "My brother threw it too hard." She pouted.

Logan smiled as he stood up, brushing off his jeans. "Sure thing, just hold on a second." He turned around and rubbed his hands together before jumping up to grab the lowest tree branch possible. He easily climbed his way up the tree and grabbed onto the Frisbee easily. He tossed it to the ground and watched as the little girl caught it.

"Thank you, mister!" The girl called, waving up to him.

"You're welcome!" Logan called back and then swallowed thickly as he leaned back, clamping his hands onto the tree.

He shouldn't have looked down.

The girl scampered away to go back to her brother as Logan quickly thought of what to do. Holding tightly on the branch, he slowly shuffled along towards the trunk of the tree, and at the last second, he lost his balance and fell out of the tree. He crossed his arms over his chest, waiting for the pain to come, but he felt himself land on something soft and was gently lowered to the ground.

Opening his eyes, Logan moved his arms away from his face and did a double-take when he saw that his hands were glowing green. He looked down and saw that there was a pile of moss/grass that had caught him, creating a pillar that was gently rising and lowering. Logan dropped his arms to his side and gasped as the grass suddenly disappeared and he hit the ground, butt first. Scrambling to his feet, he grabbed his book and started his run all the way back to the Palm Woods. As he passed a random building, he stopped and looked at his reflection, his dark brown hair was now a really light brown and his eyes had turned green.

In shock, Logan grabbed onto his hair, and turned back and started running again.

Kendall was relaxing by the pool, listening to his IPod and watching his sister, as his mother was out. Katie was across the pool deck, hustling some people out of their money, and from where Kendall was sitting, he could see the big smile on her face. He couldn't help but smile himself, he always told his sister that she should be careful, that everything that she was doing would eventually turn her into a con-artist. (Of course he was joking.) And Katie would just smile and say that she wouldn't need a job after she was able to take over LA.

"Hey Kendall."

Kendall looked up and pulled his headphones out of his ears as Camille sat down in the seat next to him. "Hey Camille, how's it going?" he asked cheerfully. "How was your last audition?"

"Not bad," Camille replied with a slow nod. "They said that they liked my spunk, but that I can be a little over the top."

"You yelled in the director's face didn't you?" Kendall questioned as he rolled his head to look at her. Camille smiled sheepishly in reply and joined Kendall in his laughter. "What were you going for this time?"

"Well, it was a small part in-"Camille cut off her sentence with a loud shriek as water rose up out of the pool and cascaded over everybody that was standing nearby. Kendall spat water out of his mouth as he glanced over at his now ruined IPod with dismay. "What's happened?" she turned to him. "Kendall your hair!"

Kendall looked over at Camille, alarmed, and then raced over to the pool edge. He leaned down and saw that his hair was a darker brown and his eyes were a bright blue. Something glowing caught his eye and when he looked down he saw that his hands were glowing blue. He got to his feet and started to back away, shielding his face and hair from his everyone.

"Kendall?" Camille called.

"I'll see you later, Camille, I have to go." Kendall replied before turning and running away.

Carlos let out a loud yell as he slammed his hockey puck against a small rubber ball. He watched as it rocketed across the Palm Woods lobby and hit the small alarm on Bitters' desk, causing it to emit a loud ding.

"What?" Bitters snapped as he walked out of the back room, a hand shoved into a bag of chips. "Hello?' he called when he saw that no one was at the front desk. His head turned towards Carlos, who was laughing like a hyena and punching the air with triumph. "You! How many times have I told you and your friends that you can't play hockey in here?"

"Let's see," Carlos raised his right hand to start counting on it. "1, 2, 3-ahhhh!" He screamed when he saw that it was glowing red. He screamed again when he saw that his other hand, holding the hockey stick, was glowing too. And he continued to scream and couldn't stop when his hockey stick suddenly burst into flames as his hands turned into flames itself.

Bitters spat out his mouthful of food and ran to get a fire extinguisher. "Fire! Fire!" He grabbed the fire extinguisher and started to spray a few chairs and a few passersby's before getting the hockey stick.

Carlos waved his hands around, trying to get the flame to go out. It wasn't burning him at all, but it was still scaring him. He waved his arms even harder and finally the flames went away but his hands were still glowing. Screaming at the top of his lungs, he raced towards the elevators, crashing into Logan and Kendall at the same time.

When they saw what their friends looked like, they all started screaming and running all over again, trying to fight their way to their apartment.

James was doing what he always did when he was alone, stand in front of a mirror, shirtless and was watching himself from every angle. He styled his hair for about twenty minutes before starting to do poses in front of the mirror, all the while talking to himself.

He was running his fingers through his hair when there was a sudden gust of wind, causing him to be pushed back from the mirror a little bit. He raised his arms in front of his face, trying to keep his eyes from watering.

"Whoever turned up the AC, KNOCK IT OFF!" James shouted. "I'm trying to style my hair!"

Getting no answer, James lowered his arms and looked around, just as the wind dyed down. It was then that James realized that there was no sound in the apartment. No familiar hum that told him that the AC was on.

"Then where did that wind come from?" he asked himself as he looked around. He looked thoughtful for a second and then shrugged carelessly. As he turned back to the mirror, he screamed out loud. His hair had turned from brown to white and his hands were glowing white too. James let out a whimper as he moved closer to the mirror, trying to figure out if his eyes were playing tricks on him.

The door burst open behind him and he turned around to see Kendall, Logan, and Carlos gaping at him. They all paused as they looked at each other. Carlos' hair was the same, but his eyes had turned to a light orange-yellow color. The four looked at each other and simultaneously took a breath.

"WHAT HAPPENED?"

A/N: Sorry that this was a shorter chapter, there wasn't much that was supposed to happen anyway. Just a glimpse of what happens when the guys' powers start to grow, but they haven't fully 'awakened' yet. That will happen in the next chapter so be on the lookout for it.