Chapter 3
Kendall suddenly heard a horrible scream of agony. Logan. It was Logan. "Guys! Logan's in trouble!" He yelled as loudly as he could. James and Carlos stopped fighting over marshmallows and turned towards the cave. Without a second of hesitation, the three boys ran to where the scream came from. Katie quickly ran back to tell her mother that Logan was hurt.
"Logan! Where are you?" James cried, worried for Logan's life. Logan mumbled something, his voice full of pain. The boys ran and ran until finally, they arrived at Logan's trembling body. His arm was covered with blood, and it soaked through his white shirt. "Logan! Are you okay?" James shouted.
Logan looked up painfully and nodded. "Yeah, I think I got bitten by a bat." Logan explained, feeling burning agony from his right arm. That hurt a darn lot. Logan knew it was a bat, because of the eyes that had stared at him. That was surely a bat's eye.
"A-a bat?" Carlos squeaked, looking around the cave. What if the bats were still around them? What if they were going to bite them to death? Carlos grabbed onto Kendall's arm, not wanting to get attacked like Logan had.
"Yeah, it hurts a lot, but I'll be fine. It's just a bite." Logan informed them. Just then, Mrs. Knight came in with Logan's first aid kit. She wrapped him up with some white bandage, and Logan thanked her with a tiny smile.
"It's a good thing you brought this, Logan. First aid kits always come in handy." Mrs. Knight praised, just glad that Logan wasn't any more seriously hurt. Logan nodded, and gave her a knowing look.
"The guys almost stopped me from bringing it." He said jokingly. The boys looked down, ashamed, but happy that Logan wasn't too badly hurt.
"Bad boys." Katie scolded, faking anger. Everyone else laughed, Logan ignoring the pain in his arm. It was subsiding, but it still hurt like crazy.
After they stopped laughing, everyone fell into a silence. It wasn't awkward; it was just a thoughtful silence where everyone was thinking. Kendall thought about how he wasn't able to help Logan when he was in danger. James thought about how close they were to maybe losing Logan. Just one more bite, and it could've been critical. Carlos knew this was his fault. He dared Logan to go into the cave, and if he were any more hurt later on, he would blame himself.
Mrs. Knight thought about how lucky she was to have a "son" like Logan, and Katie knew she was lucky to have such a caring "older brother." Everyone, the boys, Katie, and Mrs. Knight, were like a family to each other. A big, caring family that wasn't a true, biological family. But a family all the same.
"C-can we go n-now?" Carlos asked quietly, not wanting to break the silence. But the darkness and the bat were starting to scare him, and he didn't want anything else to happen. Kendall nodded knowingly, and he led everyone out of the cave, into more darkness outside. The fire had gone out, and there was no moon. Just their luck. Complete darkness surrounded them.
James helped Logan walk, because Logan couldn't seem to do that all of a sudden. He didn't hurt his leg, but he was limping. Logan knew it was from the shock he just had. Mrs. Knight and Katie walked close together, and Carlos held on to Kendall's black polo shirt. Kendall wrapped an arm around Carlos, and they walked in front of the group.
Soon, they got into their tent, and lay awake, thinking about everything that had happened that day. Soon, Logan fell asleep, tired from all the pain. Soon, Kendall and James and Carlos fell asleep, too, not even saying goodnight.
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The next morning, everyone decided it would be best if they went home immediately, to prevent the accident from happening again. They hopped aboard the plane, and the ride back home seemed to go by faster than the ride there. The ride was still annoying, with Carlos asking when they would be back, and James checking on his hair every 10 minutes. Logan stared out the window and pointed out places they'd never heard about before, and Kendall complained about the horrible food the plane served.
Sooner than later, the 6 returned to the Palm Woods, and life was normal again. For a few days, the boys returned back to normal, pranking Bitters and annoying Gustavo to the point where his face was as red as an apple. Logan even had one to prove it.
A week later, the guys were chilling at the pool with nothing to do. Carlos did a cannonball into the pool, James flirted with a girl, and Kendall just sat on the edge of the pool, dangling his feet in. Jo was gone for the day, shooting scenes for the new New Town High episode.
Logan was about to join Carlos in the pool, but suddenly he felt... scared. Like the water was going to swallow him up whole. Logan suddenly pictured sharks and whales in that pool. And whale sharks. There were fish larger than Katie, and they were constantly eating the other smaller fish. There was seaweed ready to tangle him and drown him. The larger fish looked like they were looking for something to eat.
It looked so real, but somehow, Logan knew it wasn't.
Suddenly, one of the large sharks came up to Carlos's body and was about to take a bite of his spine or something. Logan screamed, causing unwanted attention.
"Carlos! It's eating you!" He yelled; fear in his voice and in his eyes. "Get out!" Carlos quickly climbed out of the pool, unsure of Logan's behavior.
"What's wrong, Logie?" He asked innocently. Logan quickly picked his younger friend up and ran back into the lobby. Logan got on the elevator and pressed the '2' button. He rushed into their apartment, and set Carlos down on the orange sofa, crying into his shirt. The shark bit him. Now he was going to die. He wasn't there to protect Carlos, and now he was going to die.
"What's wrong?" Carlos repeated, scared and confused at what had just happened. What was wrong with Logan? Why was he acting like this?
"Don't die, Carlos! I'm so sorry! Don't die!" Logan cried, his tears soaking Carlos's already wet shirt.
Carlos bit his lip and rubbed circles into Logan's back. "I'm not dead, Logie, and I'm not dying either. I'm not even hurt! There isn't even a scratch on me! I'm not kidding!' Carlos said worriedly. Logan's behavior was starting to scare him. He just wanted Kendall or James to come back and comfort Logan. He wasn't good at comforting people when they were sad.
Logan looked at and sighed. "Y-you're not dead?" He squeaked, not sure if Carlos was just lying or not. Carlos nodded, and Logan smiled. Carlos was all right. He was okay. He wasn't dying or dead. Logan hugged Carlos as tightly as he could. Carlos wasn't dead.
"I love you, Carlos." Logan whispered quietly, suddenly not knowing what he had just done. There wasn't a shark?
"Uh... love you too?" Carlos said, wondering about the sudden mood change. "Logan, what's up with you?" Carlos finally asked. Logan sighed and bit his lip.
"Can we forget about this? It was just... a panic attack. I was thinking about the time one of my cousins got bitten by a shark." Logan lied, hoping Carlos would buy it. That obviously wasn't true, but Logan didn't even know what had really happened.
"You've never told us about that." Carlos pointed out. Logan shrugged.
"Well, I don't like to talk about it." He replied smoothly. Carlos nodded.
"I'm sorry, I won't tell anyone, Logie." Carlos promised. Being the gullible and innocent guy that he was, Carlos completely believed Logan.
Logan sighed in relief. The two sat in silence, not knowing what to do next. Kendall and James finally came back, bombarding Logan with questions. Logan told them it was just them rehearsing for a play.
"Since when do you rehearse for plays?" James asked curiously.
Logan thought of something quickly. "I was just seeing how you idiots would react to me being an actor. How'd I do?" He asked, hoping that the guys would believe him. Thankfully, they did, and told him he did a great job, too.
"Ooh! Can we have corndogs today?" Carlos blurted out excitedly, bouncing up and down. Logan had to put a hand on his helmet to stop him from breaking the couch once again. He couldn't stop thinking about what had just happened. What was wrong with him? What had just happened? Logan hated questions with no answers. It just didn't seem fair.
Logan had no idea what had happened. He tried to persuade himself that it was just a panic attack, but he wasn't so sure.
"Sure." Kendall replied, smiling. Everything was working out perfectly.
A/N- Uh oh... What's wrong with Logie? Can anyone guess? Anyone?
Well, school's started, and it's horrible. They gave me homework THE FIRST DAY! Uhh! Stupid school... Who hates school? Who likes school? Not me.
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