Chapter 27

Logan Mitchell felt surrounded by darkness. He felt some sort of black liquid come and surround him. He didn't remember anything that had happened before he got trapped in this place of nothingness. He vaguely remembered his friends telling him that… someonehad left. Shane, that was the name. Then, he'd freaked out. And now, he was here. In the middle of nowhere.

"Hello?" Logan called out. Eerie echoes answered him silently. He felt the liquid engulfing him, and he let it take over his life. From what he remembered from before this moment, he didn't really want to be awake right now. He didn't want to think about what had happened before. He didn't want the memories to come rushing back into him all of sudden.

It was only as Logan started becoming unconscious did he remember that if he fell asleep, he could very possibly never wake up again. But it was too late to slip back into his world of frustration, stress, and pain.

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"Carlos! Get the phone!" Kendall called over to his best friend. He was too busy focusing on a hockey computer game, and James was too busy doing his hair..

"Aww. Why can't you?" Carlos whined pitifully. Kendall sighed. He could never resist Carlos's sweet voice begging him to do something.

"Fine." He huffed, pausing his computer screen. This call better be worth it, because now he couldn't beat his high score in time. "You're so lazy." He mumbled, trying to avoid the fact that he was the one to completely give in.

"Hello?" Kendall said.

"Is this Logan Mitchell's residence?" A male voice spoke into the phone. Kendall could hear some noise in the background, some shouting and crashing.

"Yes? What's wrong with Logan?" By this time, Carlos was standing by Kendall's side like a little lost puppy, trying to listen in on what was happening. So far, he could only hear Kendall's side of the conversation.

"We're sorry, but we think Logan is dying. If you would like, you can come and say your last goodbyes." The voice sounded sad, full of grief. Kendall had no idea how the doctor could sound so sad every time he delivered the news. He'd probably told that to millions of people, yet he managed to still sound so sympathetic. But Kendall didn't' think about that. All he knew for a few seconds were that Logan, hisbestfriendLogan, was dying. And there was nothing he could do to stop it. Kendall felt his knees buckle beneath him, and he fell to the ground.

"Sir? Are you still there?" The voice called into the phone. Carlos jumped in surprise and picked up the phone.

"Yeah." Carlos said, trying to mimic Kendall's deeper voice.

"We'll meet you in Logan's room, alright?" Carlos didn't know what had happened.

"Okay…" Carlos said. Before he could say any more, the doctor hung up. Carlos kneeled down to where Kendall was. Kendall had his eyes close, and he didn't seem like he was awake. Did Kendall just faint? Carlos hoped it was because something good had happened to Logan. He hoped so. He really, really, hoped so.

"Kendall? What's wrong, Kendall?" Carlos cried, holding on to Kendall's shoulders and shaking him. Kendall stirred after a couple more shakes. He suddenly opened his eyes wide, as if he'd just remembered something really important.

"Get James1 We're going to the hospital!" Kendall said. Carlos didn't hear the sadness and pain in his voice, so he ran quickly to get James. James hurried out, his hair as perfect as ever, and they three quickly got their jackets on and walked out of their apartment.

"What's wrong, Kendall? What's wrong with Logan?" James asked. Kendall shook his head in disbelief. It had to be a joke. It just had to be. This couldn't be true. But doctors didn't lie.

"Logan. Logan, he'sdying." Kendall whispered, his voice cracking so bad that Carlos was worried that he'd start crying.

"What? That… that can't be true." James said quietly, also shaking his head like Kendall. Carlos didn't know what to think. Why were they visiting Logan if he was already dead? Carlos didn't want to think of Logan as "dead' yet, until he saw it with his own two eyes.

"I'll explain w-when we g-get there." Kendall mumbled, getting onto the car and starting the engine. James and Carlos sat in the back, still trying to process what Kendall just told them. Logan was dying. Logan was dying.

Then suddenly found themselves facing the door leading to Logan. None of them dared open it. They didn't' want to face what would happen to Logan when they opened the door. They didn't want to see him dead. None of them thought they could handle it. They looked at each other, and together, they three used one of their hands to push open the wooden door.

They found Logan in the hospital room, his eyes close. There was nothing on him, not even the tubes that used to keep him breathing. "NO!" Kendall cried, collapsing onto the ground. James and Carlos quickly fell to floor after they finally saw for themselves that Logan was dead. There wasn't even anything helping him breath anymore. Logan. Was. Dead.

"Logan! Why? Why did you do this to us?" James sobbed loudly. He didn't care about anything right now, except for Logan. He needed Logan back. He was mean, and now Logan was dead. DEAD!

"Logan! Don't leave us!" Kendall sobbed violently, his shoulders shaking.

Carlos stared at Logan's body, his eyes not really focusing on anything. Logan couldn't be dead. He promised him that he wouldn't die. He promised him! And now here he was, dying on Carlos like he didn't mean anything. Logan didn't keep his promise, and that hurt Carlos worst of all. "Logan, please wake up." Carlos begged.

All of them begged Logan to wake up, not noticing anything happening around them. But they knew all their begging was useless, because Logan Mitchell, their best friend since 3rd grade, was dying. He was leaving them. He was already gone forever.

"Logan…. How could you do this to us? Logan, please let this be a sick, sick joke. I wouldn't even be mad at you if it was." James whispered with false hope in his voice. There was no getting Logan back after he died. There was nothing left for him or any of his friends to hope for.

Suddenly, Carlos whipped out his phone and did something through his blurred eyes. Kendall and James watched him with lifeless eyes. What was Carlos doing?

"What are you doing?" Kendall asked quietly. His voice sounded haunted, lifeless.

"Logan's not dead yet." Carlos said. "The doctor said he wasdying." Carlos said.

James sighed. "Carlos, stop being so optimistic! Logan's dead,and he's not coming back!" He hated to break his friend's heart, but surprisingly, Carlos didn't cry. He just sighed and looked down at his phone. His eyes lit up, and suddenly, he believed in miracles.

"Logan's not gonna die." Carlos said firmly, holding his phone up in the air in victory. The one thing that could give Logan hope was coming. Kendall, James, and Carlos had been jerks to Logan the past few days. Well, maybe not Carlos, but Carlos knew that Logan was only stressed and sad because of one thing. And getting the one thing that Logan had ever wanted the past few weeks was going to help him survive. Logan was going to live. Carlos would make sure of it.

"Carlos, you're just in denial right now. Please don't make this harder than it already is." Kendall whispered, not even ashamed of the tears flowing freely down his face. He didn't care about his pride or his reputation anymore. Logan was dead, and that was that. Nothing mattered to him anymore, other than Katie and his mom and his friends. He didn't care about anything anymore. Nothing mattered anymore.

"Just wait, okay? Please just wait for a few more minutes." Carlos begged quietly. He stared up at them for a few more seconds, his chocolate brown eyes shining with some emotion that Kendall and James didn't really see deep enough. They were too worried, too grief-stricken.

"Okay, Carlos. A few more minutes." James whispered. If Carlos was going to hope for something, he and Kendall were, too. And whatever Carlos had told them about was probably nothing special. But it didn't hurt to hopelessly hope sometimes, did it?

A/N- Logan… died? But what is Carlos talking about? Could Logan really be… not dead? All (and more) will be revealed next chapter!

And I'm really sorry to say, but the story's ending. I mean, probably just a few more chapters, and then Bitten will finally come to an end… But I promise I'll start another story soon! I've got a lot of them in mind… I let ya vote on my profile page soon!

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