A Little Game Called Cat and Mouse

Disclaimer: I do not own anything or anyone from Big Time Rush. The girls belong to their creators. I only own the plot.

Chapter Six

This Is How We Do It

Erika's POV

The movie had ended several about twenty three minutes ago and we were still at the guys' hotel room. Amanda and James were in the kitchen talking. Kendall and Elena were in Kendall's bedroom talking too. Logan and Kameryn were out on the balcony…well I'm not really sure if they were talking. It was really clear that Kameryn is not here to make conversation. I was sitting leaning against the bottom of the couch, playing a twenty questions with Carlos.

Even though we had removed all the bugs from the apartment.

"Nickname?" Carlos asked.

"People call me Eri. What about you?"

"My friends sometimes call me Carlitos, but if you want you can call me Captain Carlos."

I laugh and give Carlos a little push. For a few moments tonight, I completely forgot I was a spy with a mission. For once in my life, I have actually felt like a normal kid. And it took one boy to do that.

"Where do you to school."

"St. Morris's For the Gifted and Talented. And you?"

"I go to school right at the apartment complex I live at."

"And where do you live?" I ask, even though I already know the answer.

"The Palm Woods."

Several knocks come at the door. Carlos goes to get it. When he gets up, I almost grab his wrist to tell him not to go. But I control myself.

I lean forward to see who's at the door. It's the cleaning ladies, but the problem is I know them. And they go to school with me. Elena and Kendall come out from his bedroom to see how is at the door. James and Amanda leave the kitchen too. Logan and Kameryn remain on the balcony.

"We have to clean the room now." One of the girls with dyed dark blue hair says. I recognize her as Astoria Greenbaum from my gym class.

"Why don't you clean our room first?" Elena says out of the blue. Amanda and I look at her, but follow along with whatever she is planning. "I mean, since we are going to be in here for a bit longer and may make more of a mess, they might as well clean our room first so they can just deal with the mess at once."

"Yeah, that's a good idea." Amanda says, backing her up. "Why don't we show you our room? Erika, you want to come?"

I nod my head and Elena, Amanda, and I leave the room. In the hall, I identify the five 'cleaning ladies'; Astoria Greenbaum, Vivian Gold, Ciri Russo, Samantha Tyler, and Janessa Manning, my roommate.

"What are you five doing here?" I ask.

"Why are you three here?" Janessa snaps. "You are supposed to be in Italy."

"And you're supposed to be at school. Curfew is eight at and its nine thirty."

"We have a job to do." Samantha says.

"And what exactly would that job be?" Elena asks, crossing her arms over her chest.

"None of your business." Vivian says with a glare.

"Go back to the school." Amanda says. "Or we will make you go back there."

"And what are you going to do about it, shorty?" Ciri says. Amanda gets up in her face. "Do you really want to find out?" Amanda says. Ciri shoots her arm out to grab Amanda's, but Amanda is faster. Amanda grabs Ciri and flips her onto the ground. Quickly counteracting, Ciri grabs Amanda and throws her backwards.

I don't have to see what happens next, because next thing I know, Astoria and Janessa are charging at me. Janessa throws her fist at me, but I grab it. Astoria comes up on my side, swinging a broom at my leg. I jump in time and throw Janessa at Astoria. The two crash and fall to the floor.

Elena is battling Samantha and Vivian. Amanda and Ciri are still fighting, now with knives. I grab a mop and swing it at Samantha, hitting her in the stomach. The blonde flies backwards and to the floor. This distracts Vivian for a moment, giving Elena a moment to slam her into the cleaning cart.

"Forget them!" Ciri yells. "Janessa, Vivian, get the boys!"

"Janessa and Vivian quickly get up off the floor and rush into the room. I scramble to go after them, but I'm pulled back by Samantha. She pins me to the floor and I fight against her grip.

"Not so tuff now, are you?" Samantha says, smirking.

"At least I'm not stupid." I response. Confusion crosses her face as I kick her in the stomach. We go back and forth like that, rolling off down the hall.

Kameryn's POV

The outside air is quiet. I stare up at the stars, but something in the pit of my stomach tells me something is wrong. I look over my shoulder and see James and Kendall struggling against two girls, who aren't Elena, Amanda, or Erika.

"Stay here." I instruct Logan. Pulling my knife out of my boot, I rush back into the apartment.

Inside I recognize the two girls as Janessa and Vivian, two girls from my school. I rush forward, tackling Vivian. James rolls off to the side, panting. I throw Vivian across the room. She hits a wall, the hits the floor, unconscious.

Kendall is still battling Janessa. I pull Janessa off Kendall. Janessa punches me in the jaw, knocking me to the floor. She begins to limp back towards Kendall, but I throw myself forward and hold her leg. She tries to shake me off, but I pull her down. Her head hitting against the hard floor makes a horrible noise, but it renders her unconscious.

I'm bleeding badly. Janessa or Vivian somehow cut my arm. I pant and look at Kendall and James, who are visible shaken. Looking to my right, I see Carlos sitting in a corner, staring at me wide eyed. Logan, against my wishes, entered to the apartment. But instead of staring at me, he rushes to my side. He grabs a towel and wraps it around my arm. I can feel the blood flow begin to lessen. I look Logan in the eye, taking in how beautiful his brown ones are. And his eyes remind me of what I can never have because of this spy business.

Then the clapping begins. I look up to see the worst thing I could ever see.

Charles West entering the room.