I hope you love this chapter. I realized that I've been working on this story for almost five months. Wow.
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Carlos was mad. Really mad. "Mad" was probably not a word that was accurate enough to describe the rage boiling in his body.
Gavin raped Kendall. Carlos can't ever forgive him for that.
Carlos angrily stared at the wall. Kendall's head lay in his lap.
"C-Carlos?" Kendall finally said. Carlos flinched after hearing his friend sound like a lost child. "What's wrong?"
What's wrong? WHAT'S WRONG? This whole situation, that's what's wrong!Carlos ran his fingers through Kendall's hair, seeing as how that's the only piece of comfort he could provide right now. "Nothing," Carlos finally answered. He looked into Kendall's frightened green eyes. "They're gonna find us. I just know it."
"Why'd you come?" Kendall asked. He didn't mean to sound rude. It was just that the thought of Carlos being in the same place as a sadistic killer really scared him.
"Cuz you're worth it, Kendall," Carlos responded sincerely. "Gavin said to meet him or...or bad things will happen to you," he said, not wanting anything about Kendall dying to come to his mind. "I took a chance because you're my brother."
"He'll hurt you too," Kendall warned.
Carlos shrugged. "You think I care? I missed you so I'm glad to be with you right now, no matter the costs."
A ghost of a smile appeared on Kendall's face. "Th-thanks, Carlos."
"No problem, K-Dog," Carlos said, trying to hide the worry from his eyes. Kendall needed medical help and soon. It didn't take having Logan's brain to figure that out.
"Wh-where'd Martin go?" Kendall asked after noticing that there was a person missing.
"He left after you dozed off," Carlos answered. "It's getting late. He needs sleep too, ya know." Carlos checked his watch. 2:38AM. Please be here soon.
Suddenly, he felt Kendall's body convulse.
"Kendall," Carlos said as his eyes widened. Panic began building up inside of him, almost replacing the anger he felt moments before. "Kendall. What's wrong?"
I..I don't-" Before Kendall could finish that sentence, he turned his head away from Carlos and began vomiting. It wasn't much, due to the fact that he hadn't eaten anything in over four days. Kendall's face showed nothing but embarrassment. "S-sorry," he said when he was finally done.
"It's okay, Kendall," Carlos said. He moved Kendall's blonde bangs from his sweaty face. "Are you...do you feel a little better?"
Kendall nodded wordlessly, too tired to form words as he felt his eyes forcing themselves closed.
Carlos saw Kendall struggling to stay awake. "Go to sleep, Kendall. It's okay if you're tired."
"B-but I don't want you to be alone," Kendall insisted as his words slurred together.
"I'll be fine," Carlos said. "Please sleep. Okay?"
Kendall nodded as his eyes slowly fell closed, knowing that he could no longer ignore the sleep calling for him.
After a series of weird dreams featuring Carlos, ducks, and amusement parks, James woke up. He noticed two things. The first being that Logan was peacefully asleep, which was a good thing. Out of all the boys, Logan had been sleeping less since Kendall's kidnapping. The second thing James noticed was that Carlos' bed was empty.
James chuckled. I told him not to drink three liters of lemonade before going to bed, he thought to himself.
He headed to the kitchen, feeling suddenly thirsty himself. Seeing Sylvia Garcia and Jennifer Knight awake in the living room made him jump.
Mr. Garcia was nowhere to be seen.
"Mrs. Ga-Garcia. Is everything alright?" James asked as his heart began to return to its normal rate.
Sylvia and Jennifer shared worried glances at each other.
"James," Sylvia said as she sighed. "There's something we need to tell you guys."
Gavin knew trouble when he saw it. When he looked out the window and saw a blue Crown Victoria pull up to his haven, he knew something was going on. When he saw more vehicles with flashing blue and red lights, he was absolutely certain that went wrong.
Carlos jumped when he heard the door opening.
"Adorable," Gavin's voice filled the room as he turned on the light. "Now get up," he commanded. He crossed his arms over his chest, awaiting Carlos to obey his command.
Carlos glared at him for a while before finally deciding that he should listen. He slowly and gently lifted Kendall's head off his lap. Carlos froze when he saw Kendall stir, but sighed in relief when Kendall went back to his peaceful sleep. He slowly stood up. "What?" he spat. It took all his strength to not attack Gavin then and there.
Gavin slammed Carlos against the wall, holding the boy's collar. "You're gonna tell me a little story. Start with why there are cops outside my house."
If Carlos could, he would jump up and down in joy. It worked! But he had to keep his emotions in check. If Gavin sensed that Carlos knew anything, he'd kill the two teenagers for sure. Carlos acted dumb. "What do you mean?"
"I bring you here," Gavin began to say. "And suddenly cops show up. What did you do?"
Carlos winced when he looked over to Kendall and saw him stir again. His attention was brought back to Gavin when Gavin once again slammed Carlos' body to the wall. "I don't know what you're talking about!" He prayed that Gavin didn't figure anything out before the cops barged their way into the house and arrested the sick creep. "Give it up, Gavin. You've been caught. Let's just end this!" Carlos pleaded.
"Not until that pathetic piece of filth is dead," he said as he motioned over to Kendall. Gavin stopped suddenly, and a weird look formed on his face.
Carlos wasn't dumb, contrary to Gavin's belief. He saw the look on Gavin's face. The look in his eyes. He wanted Kendall dead. Now. "Don't you dare touch him," Carlos said as he pushed Gavin away before he could do anything. Carlos made his way back to Kendall and held his friend close.
Kendall began waking up.
"Help's here, buddy," Carlos whispered to his friend. "They found us."
Kendall's eyes widened. Not because of what he heard, but because of what he saw. Gavin had snuck up behind Carlos. Before Kendall could warn him, Gavin delivered a swift kick to Carlos' head.
Carlos fought the daze as he felt his helmet fly off his head. He heard Kendall weakly call out his name as he landed on the ground and watched as his helmet rolled away.
"You know what I think about your stupid helmet?" Gavin asked as he made his way over to the black plastic.
Carlos' heart began beating ten times faster as he watched Gavin pick up the helmet.
Gavin was about to say what was on his mind, but he froze. Carlos cursed under his breath. Gavin saw it.
"They tracked you?" he asked when he saw the blinking light in the helmet.
Carlos gave a devilish smile before getting off the floor. "You caught me, Gavin." The police are here. Carlos could hear the commotion from around the house. The cops were inside. The cops were one step closer to finding them. It'll will be over soon.
Gavin stormed over to Carlos before smacking the poor boy with his own black helmet. Carlos landed on the ground again, this time resulting in Gavin straddling on top Carlos, continuing to beat him with his helmet. Gavin could hear Kendall begging him to stop, but pure fury made him continue. Carlos put up a hard fight, but in the end, Gavin overpowered him. When Gavin felt Carlos weakening, he slowly got off, and inched his way toward Kendall.
Kendall grew afraid as he saw Gavin approach him, but anger overpowered that fear, seeing as how he just watched Gavin beat Carlos senseless, and there wasn't a thing he could do about it.
"Now it's your turn," Gavin whispered as he knelt down and dropped the helmet. He wrapped his fingers around Kendall's neck, feeling a sick satisfaction when he saw the blonde boy struggle out of his grasp.
Darkness threatened Kendall's vision as he felt Gavin's cold hand crushing his windpipe. Kendall could swear that he could hear his heartbeat. He choked on the nonexistent air and his lungs were burning, and Kendall could feel himself letting go. Darkness swept over him.
The next sound heard was a door slamming open, and angry shouts filling the room.
Remember the episode BTBreak Up? When Kelly and Logan tried to steal Carlos' helmet, they found out that he placed a tracker in it. :) That's where this chapter's idea came from.
So shout out to EverlastingRusher for leaving a review that about Carlos' going with a tracker ;)
Anyway, the itty-bitty scene that took place at the boys' apartment will get more air time in the next chapter.
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