*AN* The character "Katie Knight- does not exist in any of my stories (at least for the time being.) Any mention of "Katie" is an OC based off me.
Just a heads up, I will be changing the titles of some of my stories soon. As I mentioned in a past AN I was trying to make a series and then use only one word to describe the story as a whole and that word would also be used as a revelation or opening/closing line. I got a little bored with this one and it was getting hard to come up with clever names.
This is going to be longer than I thought, only because the plot is starting to come together and I want to try my luck at throwing in some clues/twists/turns/cliff hangers. Bear with me as I take a slow stroll through this story. *
James' heart was pounding as he ran towards Kendall, time seemed to slow down. The moment their hands connected gave instant relief and James pulled Kendall to his feet and swung him around so he could run. James stumbled backwards but picked himself up, with the help of Kendall and they both ran for their lives. The animal was spooked at the sudden display and backed off a few feet down the alley before peaking around the corner and seeing them run off; it stood watching for a moment before following them. As it came out the alley, its long tail knocked against James bike and made it crash to the ground; the animal turned to investigate. It sniffed it and pawed at it before picking it up in its mouth and walked slowly down the now empty street.
James and Kendall ran until they reached a short but steep hill. On the other side lay Kendall's neighbor hood. They were to tired to run up the hill and stopped at the foot, looking around for the beast but it was no where to be found. They rested for a moment, hunched over as they caught their breath, once they felt safe.
"Dude, no way am I going home by myself. I can crash with you right?" James asked
"Sure, no problem." Kendall replied. "I guess you were right about letting it be, I was just curious."
"No harm done. As scary as that was, it didn't seem like it was trying to hurt us." James observed
"You're right. It wasn't being aggressive, just cautious." Kendall agreed
"Whatever the case, I don't want to have to go through that again. I think we got enough excitement for one night, don't you think?" James asked
"Yeah. Let's go. It's getting late." Kendall said
"Crap I left my bike in the alley!" James said
"You're not going to go back for it now are you?" Kendall asked
"If I wait until morning, it'll be gone!" James argued
"But that animal is probably still lurking around. We lucked out this one time, who knows how it will react to us being in its territory again." Kendall defended
"I guess you're right…that was my favorite bike too." James sighed
"Come on, let's get home." Kendall said as he started up the hill.
Kendall and James both slept in quite late, Mrs. Knight made sure things stayed quiet while they slept. She was curious what went on last night, and why they cam home so late. She didn't really question James sleeping on her couch, the other members of the band were always welcomed any time but it did appear to be a last minute thing; James had no bags or other personal belongings. She kept herself busy in the kitchen and did light housework before checking on the boys one last time and heading out to work herself.
It was noon by the time Kendall finally woke up. He was groggy and still tired but the bright LED numbers on his clock, screamed at him to get up. He stumbled to the bathroom and got dressed before making his way to the living room where he saw James still asleep. He was tempted to wake him but decided to let him sleep. Kendall was starving and he raided his cabinets for food when he heard a buzzing sound. It was James' phone vibrating on the table. Kendall let it go a few times before calling out to James who was sound asleep so Kendall answered it for him.
"Hello?" he whispered.
"Hi, is this James Diamond?" the voice on the other end said.
"No, Kendall Knight. James is sleeping."
"Oh. This is Jake at the gate house. I was just calling to let him know that I found his bike laying on the ground just outside stage 3 and he can come pick it up at his earliest convenience." Jake said.
"Ok. I'll let him know, thanks." Kendall replied
"No problem. Have a nice day." Jake said before hanging up
"James, wake up." Kendall called to him. James groaned but didn't move. "James!"
"Ughn…what?…" He said sternly.
"Someone found your bike and brought it to the studio. It's at the gate house for you to pick up." Kendall explained.
"Ok…I'll get it later, I'm too tired." James replied sleepily
"Ok." Kendall replied before heading back to his room with his breakfast.
"Kendall!" James called out.
"I'm in here." Kendall replied. He was sitting at his desk, working on a few things on his computer when he heard his friend call him. He heard James walking towards his room.
"I want to get my bike and head home. Would you drive me to the studio?" James asked
"Seriously?" Kendall replied
"I don't want to run into that beast again!" James said
"It only comes out at night, I doubt it's still roaming the streets now that everyone is bustling about." Kendall assured
"I still don't want to chance it. Please?" James begged
"Alright." Kendall said as he grabbed his keys off his side table, and followed James out the front door. "I'm surprised someone returned your bike."
"Me too actually. I would have thought it would have been scrapped" James replied
"I guess there is still a small amount of good Samaritans out there." Kendall finished.
Kendall pulled into the studio lot to let James out and waited as James collected his bike. He thanked the security officer and walked it out the gate as Kendall turned his car around and sat at the entrance to talk with James. After a quick chat and some goodbyes, they shook hands and went their separate ways until they would meet up again in a few weeks.
James hopped on his bike and headed toward his condo, he followed Kendall for quite a bit since they lived in the same direction, but lost him as Kendall went up the hill. James lived in a gated community type complex so it was on a different street. He checked in at the gatehouse and glided on his bike down the long road to the 3rd to the last road. Each house in this section was quite private; they had long driveways, numerous trees and had the option to have a fence, which James' house did. He felt his way in his pocket for his remote key to unlock the electronic gate and walked inside, making his way up the driveway.
He made his way around the slight bend and wasn't really paying attention until he happened to look up. He stopped dead when he was face to face with the beast from last night. It was staring at him, eyes narrow as it just lay on his front yard. His heart started racing as his mind began to whirl at what he should do. All he could do was stare at the beast in shock; why was it here? And what did it want?
After a long staring contest the beast got to its feet and to James' horror began to walk towards him. Not knowing exactly what to do he just tried to imitate what he saw on TV. He put his bike down gently and slowly and started to back away. The beast stopped and watched intriguingly as James moved with caution around the yard.
Its ears perked and it raised its tail in a playful motion and began to jump and rear; however due to its size, kept banging into the trees and broke off several large branches. It had gotten even bigger since last night and was now about 10 feet at the shoulder. James was scared for his life and all he could think was to get away as fast as he could. When the beast turned it's attention to an itch, James took the opportunity to run away as fast as he could and he did so quietly. He looked back when he heard rustling and saw the beast coming after him. He turned forward to late to see a large branch and tripped over it, face first into the dirt. He scrambled to get up and was on his feet in 2 seconds but as soon as he took his first step, he collapsed in pain. A shooting pain ran up his leg, something was wrong and he couldn't run away. He turned over to see the beast slowly walking to him. It's head was down, the shoulder blades clearly visible as it moved, it gave a low growl as it got closer and inspected the air around it and James.
James's eyes were wide, heart beating a mile a minute, short shallow breaths barely escaping his lips as he saw his doom leering over him. He began to feel light headed and dizzy and soon his vision became blurry. He tried to shake the feeling but it seemed to make it worse, he put a hand to his head, still trying to focus on the beast. Each time he blinked, the animal was much closer than before. He saw its glowing golden eyes before everything went black.