Chapter Two
"Hey Jo," James skated over to the blonde girl, turning his skates to the side so he stopped before he crashed into her. "You look like you're thinking hard, what's up?"
"I'm just wondering whether or not I give my will to Kendall or my Dad," Jo replied as she continued tying her long blonde hair into a ponytail. "You know, considering I'm going to die."
James smiled and shook his head. "Jo, you're not going to die!" He said and then put an arm around her shoulders, pointing over to the other team as they skated around, practicing their shots on goal. "These guys work for Hawk, and with how many plans that we had ruined of his, they're not going to win."
"YOU'RE GOING DOWN, HAWK!" Gustav's voice suddenly
"Hm, apparently Gustavo agrees with your sentiment." Jo said and put on her helmet before heading out onto the ice to join her friends. "So, I think Gustavo wants us to win," she said sardonically, rolling her eyes.
"Really?" Kendall shot back, just as sarcastically as he took off his helmet, shaking out his hair. "What gives you that idea?"
"Two minutes left until game time, Kendall," Patrick commented as the others skated up to him, waiting to hear what he had to say. "What's the plan?"
Kendall stalled for a moment as he looked around the ice rink. Their friends from the Palm Woods all chanted and cheered loudly from their seats. Even his mom and sister Katie had come, Jo, Camille, and Stephanie's Dads were there as well. He could easily find Gustavo and Kelly, as Gustavo was yelling very loud and very rude comments to Hawk, who was sitting on the other side of the arena. Even the Jacksons-McGuire's father, Ronan McGuire had come along. He too, looked as embarrassed as Kelly, as they were sitting next to Gustavo too. It was the big day; Big Time Rush were playing the charity hockey game. The opposing team was the Haw's Hawks, and although Big Time Rush had a disadvantage due to their size as well as the fact that more than half of them couldn't skate very well, they were prepared to play a good game.
"Alright, guys, hands in." Kendall put his helmet back on his head and held his hand out as the others did the same. He looked each and every one of his friends in the eye before speaking. "So we may not have the best team here, since all of us don't skate well. Who cares if Hawk's team is obviously bigger than the rest of us? We have what they don't have and that's heart, and the love of the game."
"Ahem," Camille cleared her throat loudly.
"Ok, well, some of us have the love of the game." Kendall corrected himself quickly.
"Thank you."
"But we're all here to have fun with each other, and, of course, things will be better if we actually win, but who's counting?" Kendall continued, licking his lips. "So, let's get out there, play a good game, and have fun alright?"
"Right!" Came the unanimous reply.
"Ready to kick some ass?" Kendall shouted, like he did the day before. But this time, he had more feeling in his scream. The energy from the crowd waiting t osee the game was amping him up even more.
"YEAH!" the others cried, slamming their feet on the ice.
"I said... are we ready to kick some ass?" He screamed even louder.
"YEAH!"
"So tell me... who are we?"
"Big Time Rush!"
"WHO ARE WE?"
"BIG TIME RUSH!"
Riley, Rhuben, Patrick, Noah, and Sydney started to slam their hockey sticks on the ground in a rhythm as they continued to chant 'Big Time Rush' over and over again. Then Kendall, Logan, James, Jo, Camille, and Stephanie joined in as well. Soon, half of the crowd in the arena was chanting along with them as well.
"Let's go!" Carlos jabbed his hockey stick into the air and started to skate around the rink, screaming and cheering along with the crowd as he went. The crowd went wild after that, some people were slamming their hands on the glass that separated them from the ice, and others were still cheering 'Big Time Rush' as they whooped and hollered.
"Dude," Logan moved over to Kendall's side. "Even if we don't win, this is going to be awesome!"
"I was just thinking the same thing." Kendall grinned back. He waited until Carlos moved back to his side before speaking. "Alright, so me, Logan, James, Carlos, Jo, and Noah will start off on the ice. Carlos will be the goalie, me, James, and Logan will be the forwards, and Noah will be the defender. What we're going to try and do is focus mainly on our offensive, as that is our strong point. If there is any need for a substitute, we're going to switch out our defenders. Got it?"
"Got it!" Sydney replied with a firm nod.
The referee blew the whistle and motioned Kendall over to take the face off. Camille, Stephanie, Riley, Rhuben, Patrick, and Sydney hurried off the ice as the others took their places. Kendall moved to the center of the ice and crouched down to take the face off against Hawk's player. He smirked at the brunette in front of him and waited for the puck to drop.
As soon as it hit the ice, he knocked the opposing team member off of his feet and drove the puck towards the goal to get the first goal of the day. Kendall grinned and punched the air with his fists as James and Logan skated over to give him hugs in congratulations.
"Now, if we can get every point like that, we can't lose." Kendall declared.
But of course, the game couldn't always go the way you wanted it to.
Big Time Rush were trailing 3-2 with just five minutes left in the third period. Both teams had done multiple line changes, but Kendall, Logan, Carlos, and James were the only ones that hadn't gotten off the ice and the exhaustion was starting to take its toll on them.
James made a big hit and sent his check slamming an opposing team member into the boards. Luckily, it was a clean hit, so no penalties were drawn, or else, it would've definitely cost them the game. James grabbed the puck and held it for a face off. There were only 3 minutes and 48 seconds left in the game, and if Big Time Rush didn't get a tie soon, they were going to lose and Gustavo wouldn't let them hear the end of it.
Kendall, seeing the scoreboard, raised his hands for a time out. Seeing that the referee granted it for him, he waited until Logan, Carlos, James, Riley, and Rhuben moved over to him, breathing heavily and looking just as tired as he did. "Alright guys, we're playing fine, but we could play better." He took a deep breath and looked around once more. "Here's what I want you guys to do." In just less than 30 seconds, Kendall explained his plans thoroughly and the guys were back on for the final few minutes.
Kendall grabbed the puck from a Hawk offensive player as he drove towards the goal, and shot back towards the other end of the rink. He leads the rush. He went up center and passed the puck to James. James passed to Logan, who was waiting behind the net, to set up the play. Logan tried to pass it to Kendall, but he wasn't open. Riley skated around behind him, to help him out and Ruben moved up from the blue line. Logan goes around the net and passed to Rhuben. She took a quick shot, but it bounced off of the goalie's glove, Kendall swooped in from the side, shot it and got a goal.
It was a tie with less than three minutes left on the clock!
As the one minute mark came nearer, the pressure became greater, even the fans inside the arena were all tense. Sweat was dripping down from the players' face, hearts were pounding faster than ever; skating towards the center of the rink were two center men and a referee. Everyone took a look at the scoreboard and the time; just about a minute left. If nothing happened within that minute, then they'll go into four on four, sudden death overtime.
The fans started screaming, "We need a goal!"
Kendall took the face off. He knew in his mind what he had to do. This face off would either make it or break it, and he was determined. "I will win this." He whispered to himself.
And just as he finished his thought, the puck was dropped.
Kendall won the face off and he passed back to Carlos, who had switched with Logan from the goal; Carlos passed to James as Rhuben gets in front of the net to set up the screen play that Kendall had instructed them to do earlier that night. Kendall went behind the net and fed Rhuben the puck. A hard slap shot went wide to the net. The puck went around the end boards and Riley was able to hold it in the opponent's zone. She passed the puck back to Kendall and he scored!
Kendall let out a whoop and a scream of delight as the scoreboard hanging over the center of the ice let out a lout buzz, letting him know that the game was over. He scooped off his helmet and shoved his arms into the air. Seconds later, James, Carlos, and Logan crashed into his side in a hug as the rest of their teammates and friends hurried off of the bench or their position on the ice and hurried over, grabbing onto Kendall as well.
It was their first hockey game since they left Minnesota, and it ended the way they wanted it to.
A/N: So this is a two-shot, but I'd be happy to continue to make it a longer story if anyone wants. But it wouldn't be the best one that I've written, because of the fact that I'm not great when it comes to showing a hockey game. Thanks for reviewing guys, hope you liked it.
And to the anonymous reviewer 'hmmm' I forgot to change the author's note at the end. This story is a 'two-shot' and it DID say that in the summary outside of the story and the summary inside the story. So you either didn't see it or you just didn't read the summary all the way.
Like I said before, this two-shot/story is basically one of my complaints about the show, the guys don't play hockey anymore and they don't even use hockey terms anymore and that's what I thought was really good about the first season of the show. Maybe you agree, maybe you don't, but that's how I feel. I hope you guys enjoyed it!
Cheers,
-Riles