Chapter 15: The Elements
Logan: You are *checks clipboard* 2 days late.
Me: I know! But with co-authoring "BTR Questions & Answers" with 4evrablackrose, studing for my learners permit, working at a summer daycare (from baby ages 'til 17 or 18), reading my homework book and preparing for band camp on thursday, I'm freakin BUSY!
Carlos: Wow. It's summer. I thought that meant no work.
Me: Yea, when you're eight! Even you guys work during the summer, right?
Kendall: *still no shirt on* Yea, that's true.
Me: Kendall...where's your t-shirt? I gave it back to you.
Kendall: Idk. It dissapeared this morning.
Me: And you didn't think to borrow one of your friends or ask someone to buy you another one.
Kendall:...Nope.
James: Kendall, stop running around shirtless. This is a trendsetter that might not catch on.
Me: And you're just saying that because of your crush on him. =D
James: *blushes* n-no I'm not.
Kendall: *blushing* I'm gonna go find a shirt. *leaves*
Logan: Flameheart2013 does not own anything reconizable in this plot. All she owns is her OC's and the plot. Also, most of the story in flashback.
Flashback: March 12, 2003
Apopka Elementary School
Lunch Time (4th grade)
"Hey guys! I got a free box of Skittles!" Hailey yelled, holding a box of Skittles.
"Really? How?" Autumn asked, eating her sandwich.
"It's pretty amazing what a movie manager will do if you complain about popcorn poisoning." The blond smiled.
"Popcorn poisoning! Why didn't I think of that?" Sam asked herself.
"Guys! It's free! Hey...where's Jazzy?" Hailey asked.
"Late...again." Sam sighed.
"S-Sorry guys. I w-woke up late because my a-alarm clock broke yesterday." Jazzmine walked into the cafeteria.
"It's ok and you know that." Autumn hugged the brunette and gave her a sandwich.
"Look, I got free Skittles at the movies yesterday. So, I saved it to share." The girls each picked their favorite colors.
Hailey: Green (Lime)
Sam: Blue (Blue-Raspberry)
Jazzy: Red (Strawberry)
Autumn: White (Coconut)
But, later that week. (March 16) The girls found out that certain Skittles were recalled due to strange toxics.
"Man, I've been sick for 2 weeks. My mom thinks I'm literally as light as air." Hailey complained, video-chatting her friends.
"You're not the only one. I think my fever went up to 108.1 this morning." Jazzy yawned.
"I feel...cold and wet. Like snow." Sam sneezed.
"I think my legs are numb 'cause can't really move them. Plus, my mom says I smell like a meadow." Autumn muttered.
Hailey bit into a sandwich. "Plus, these highlights are really weird. They just showed up last night. Mine's are a dark snow white."
Autumn raised an eyebrow. "Really? Cause I just found out that black hair and green highlights looks pretty cool."
Jazzmine poured the cup of cold water over herself. "I feel so hot that my skin feels like it should be burning off. Plus, I got red highlights."
Sam wrapped herself in another blanket. "Blue highlights. And my hair looks really wet, if you guys can't tell already."
About 2 weeks later, (March 30) the girls were better and back in school.
"No, I swear it. I saw my kitty, Dallas, eat a snake. I have it on my flip camera." Jazzy explained, taking out the small magenta & white camera.
"Wow. That's kinda gross, but really cool!" Hailey said, watching the video.
The camera was snatched out of the small brunette's hands. "Aww, a little present for me. Thanks."
"Give it back, Kevin! It's mine!" Jazzy growled.
"Ok. If you want it so bad, come and grab it from me." The tall 5th grade boy smirked, holding the camera out if her reach.
"Just give her the camera back." Sam crossed her arms at the bully.
"Yea, right!" Kevin pushed Sam down, but Hailey and Autumn caught her.
Angry, Jazzmine pushed Kevin down to the ground. It seemed normal…except for the fact that his shirt had mysteriously caught on fire.
"FIRE! GET IT OFF OF ME!" He yelled, abandoning the stolen camera on the sidewalk floor and running in circles.
"Wow. That was so cool! But, how'd his shirt get on fire?" The brunette asked, heading for her camera.
"JAZZMINE! DON'T PICK UP YOUR CAMERA!" Jazzy turned around and looked at her friends.
"Why not? It's my camera…right?" Sam pointed at Jazzy's hands.
"Dude, don't panic. But your hand is on FIRE!" Jazzy looked at her hands, both covered in red & orange flames.
Jazzmine stared at her hands. She snapped her fingers and the flames disappeared. "Cool!"
"Maybe that's why the Skittles were recalled. All she ate were the red skittles." Autumn said, picking up Jazzy's camera.
(April 1)
"How can an earthquake be in FLORIDA?" Sam yelled, throwing paper balls at the TV.
"Sam, throwing paper balls at the TV won't hit the actual news reporters." Autumn said to the angry brunette.
"Might not, but it's a lot of fun!" Jazzy set a paper ball on fire and aimed at the TV.
"No! Jazz, let's not set anything on fire!" Hailey took the flaming paper ball and stomped it out.
"Are you sure this isn't just another prank, Sam. You did fool Autumn with your "world's gonna end" thing this morning." Hailey suggested.
"No. If it was, I- The ground started to shake rapidly. Glass plates and cups began to fall and break on the floor.
"Crap! Does anyone else see that crack in the house?" Jazzy pointed at the moving crack, splitting the house in half.
"THE HOUSE IS GONNA COLLAPSE! WE GOTTA GET OUT!" Autumn ran out with Sam, Jazzy and Hailey behind her.
Hailey tripped on a piece of the fallen roof and screamed. "MY ANKLE! I BROKE IT!"
"Fudge! No one can move with a broken ankle, and it's too dangerous to go in there!" Jazzy growled to the other girls who were outside the home. "She'll die and I don't want her to!"
Autumn's hands glowed a color that was a mix of light green and dark brown.
Wait...how do I know what to do?
The red-haired girl spread her hands apart at full length, and then clapped her hands together.
The crack had closed and the earthquake had stopped.
Sam and Jazzmine stared at Autumn in shock and amazement.
"Whoa! Autumn…you control earth. YES! We can save Hail!" Sam jumped like a toddler in a candy store on free candy day.
Jazzy grabbed Sam's hand and headed into the house, Autumn behind them both.
"Dude, stop jumping! You'll knock the place down and kill us!" Jazzmine growled.
Sam calmed down and pointed to where the staircase slightly stood. "There! Hail's over there!"
Running over, the girls checked on their blond friend. "You ok?" Hailey glared at Jazzy. "Right, stupid question."
Jazzmine moved the piece of board while Sam and Autumn picked up Hailey and took her outside.
"So, that was a quick earthquake. Thank fudge!" Autumn gave Hailey a "w-t-f" look.
"I almost forgot! Autumn can control earth. She stopped the earthquake." Jazzy told Hailey.
"Well then, thank you Autumn for saving my life…literally." Autumn smiled and patted the blond on her back.
"No prob, sis." Hailey smiled, calling the paramedics.
"Well, Autumn did eat the green skittles, and green represents earth. Kinda makes sense, don't you think, Jazz?" Sam sighed when she saw Jazzy playing with her fire ability.
Jazzy looked at her friend. "What? You told me to practice and that's what I'm doing." Sam rolled her eyes.
(April 8)
The clean-up for the short earthquake only took almost a week since the crack "mysteriously" disappeared.
"Come on, guys! This pool is really warm!" Jazzy yelled to her friends, swimming in the pool.
The community pool was usually closed at night, but the girls always snuck in since Hailey's father owned the community.
"TRIPLE CANNONBALL!" The three best friends jumped in the 7ft deep pool at the same time.
Sam swam above the air for a breath. "That was refreshing." Hailey nodded, agreeing.
Autumn tackled Jazzy by surprise, starting a splash war. Sam jumped out the pool and sat on the lounge chair, picking up her favorite book. "Catching Fire."
"Well, who are these very pretty girls?"
Sam looked up to see a tall man. He had jet black hair and purple eyes. He was wearing an overcoat and carrying a duffle bag.
"Hi! I'm Jazzy and this is-mmph!" Autumn covered the brunette's mouth quickly.
"What are you young ladies doing out here this late?" Sam rolled her eyes. "Swimming, duh. And I'm reading a book."
He glared at Samantha, sending shivers down her spine. "I don't like your tone with me, Samantha."
Her heart froze as she put her book down. "H-How do you know my name?"
He chuckled. "I know everything about you. Your past, your phobias and your little friends." She glanced at her friends, who were basically telling her to "get the hell away from him."
Sam threw her book at his head and began to run. Then, she felt her arms being pulled back.
"HELP!" The other three girls jumped out the pool when he pulled out a knife and stabbed it through her back."
She screamed in pain and her friends froze in terror. "Move again, and it'll be her neck." He stabbed her back again, sliced her neck and threw her into the pool.
"You…you…" Jazzy snapped both her fingers and threw two fireballs at the mysterious man, setting him into flames and burning him alive before he could reach the pool.
Hailey sighed and looked into the now blue and pink pool, tears falling from her eyes. "Guys, Sammy's gone."
Jazzy cried non-stop while Autumn comforted her, quietly tearing up herself. Then, something strange happened.
The pink disappeared from the pool and Sam swam back up to the surface. Confusion was written on her face. "Did Dallas die?" She asked, mentioning Jazzy's cat.
They were all shocked. "SAMMY!" They tackled her back into the pool with bear hugs.
"But…HOW! Your throat was sliced and everything!" Jazzy asked, wiping her tears.
"Water's my element. It healed me only a minute after I was thrown in. Too many blueberry skittles over here!" Sam smiled as she was re-hugged.
"I don't care! It saved you from certain death!" Hailey and Autumn said together.
(April 10)
It was a windy spring day when the four girls was sitting outside, watching the wind and enjoying the nice weather.
"I love spring. It's so calm." Hailey whispered, watching the clouds.
"Yea, spring's your season, Hailey. I think mine is summer." Jazzy told the blond.
"Maybe. Spring might be my season too, since I'm water." Sam smiled.
"Sam, since your rain, I think you're every season. Hello! Rain never stops." Autumn laughed.
"…I'm hungry. Wanna go to the store?" Everyone agreed, stood up and headed to the convenience store.
(About 15 minutes later)
"This was supposed to be a five minute walk. Why's it take 15?" Hailey asked, walking into the store.
Jazzy rolled her eyes. "Because Autumn decided to look at her reflection in the mirror store for two minutes. It took me eight minutes to get her OUT."
Autumn blushed. "Sorry. You guys know I always have to look good." The other girls rolled their eyes.
"Let's get something to eat. Sub or snacks?" Sam asked, looking at her friends for an answer.
"Both? We each brought $10, so that's enough for both and a drink!" Jazzy answered, heading for the small deli.
Hailey: Roast beef and cheese sub, extra mayo and lettuce. Pepsi and Lays chips.
Autumn: Ham and cheese sub, extra honey mustard and lettuce. Sierra Mist and Lays BBQ chips.
Samantha: Roast beef with bacon, extra mayo. Sprite and Pizza Pringle Chips.
Jazzmine: Ham sub with bacon, extra honey mustard. Coke and Pringle Chips.
"That comes out to…$28.50 please." The door was broken open.
"FREEZE! HANDS UP, MONEY OUT!" Two men wearing nothing but black yelled, waving their guns around.
"Well, lookie here. Four little girls. Greg, take the brunette and red-head." The man called Greg grabbed Jazzmine and Autumn, hand-cuffing their hands together. (back to back.) "All done, Mason."
Mason growled at the cashier. "Give us your money. For every two minutes we're left waiting, these two girls will get closer to death."
Hailey gulped quietly and looked at Sam. She shivered when she saw the broken window.
Her hands glowed a bright white color. "Hey! What's up with her hands?" Greg asked, causing Mason to look straight at Hailey.
"That's strike one." He growled. A shot rang through the store, followed quickly by a loud scream.
Autumn looked in terror as Jazzy's leg slowly, yet quickly poured out blood from the bullet wound. Tears filled Jazzy's eyes as she looked at all her friends, hoping they would all make it home.
If Jazz uses her fire, she'll burn Autumn's hands off. If Autumn uses her earth, she'll send both of them underground. And there's no water close to here for Sam to use. Hailey thought to herself.
Hailey closed her eyes and concentrated on the air. When she opened them, she saw two balls of air floating over her hands. Cool! Now, a little revenge.
"It's been two minutes and I've still got NO MONEY!" Greg aimed at Autumn and fired, but the bullet turned around and flew into Greg's chest.
The man fell to the ground. "Aw, shit! How the (censored) does a (censored)ing bullet turn the (censored) around!"
Angry, Mason aimed his gun at Jazzy's head. "Say goodnight, little girl." The gun was fired, and there was a scream.
Jazzy slowly opened an eye to see Mason on the ground, screaming and cussing in pain.
The bullet that would have killed her was killing him!
Soon, the police came and arrested the two men. They unlocked the hand-cuffs and tried to take Jazzmine to the hospital.
A gust of wind blew them out before they could help her. The two formerly hand-cuffed girls looked at Sam and Hailey, confusion written on their faces.
"I can cure that near the lake behind here. Yeah, and little Hailey here can control the wind!" Sam yelled.
"And you said that and I quote "eating all those white Skittles will make you as white as a ghost vampire." Hailey said to Sam.
"Yea, I'm glad you found your power and kinda saved our lives, but can we leave BEFORE I bleed to death here?" Jazzy snapped, gaining the girls attention.
"Sorry!" They said, picking up Jazzy and taking her to the lake.
(5 minutes later)
"I did not know that water could climb up my leg and heal me. But, that's nice to know." Jazzmine smiled, laying on the grass near Lake Darter.
"So. What do we do now?" Sam asked, bouncing a small ball of water between her hands.
Jazzmine raised an eyebrow. "Eat, then go home?"
Autumn looked away from her grass-made mirror. "No, Jazz. Now that we know what all our elements are. Should we really stay in Apopka?"
Hailey smiled. "I think we should stay. Learn more about our powers and see what else we can do with them."
A small ball of fire burnt out Autumn's grass made mirror. She glared at Jazzmine.
"I swear if it was legal, you would marry your reflection, Fallie." Jazzy half-smiled, using Autumn's strange nickname.
"I might…I just might. But don't BURN anything else I own!" Autumn growled.
"Ok. Ok. I won't…for this year, anyway." Jazzy smirked.
Back to the present day of November 23, 2011
"That's pretty much how we ended up as the four elements. But we came up with the band name in 6th grade." Kendall raised an eyebrow.
"So...you're not mutated. It was just a Skittles recall?" Hailey nodded.
"Yea, but we were lucky. All the other kids who didn't know about the recall died from eating the Skittles."
"But, then...how come you didn't die?" Carlos asked, confusion written on his face.
Sam thought for a moment. "Probably because we seperated the colors and only ate our favorites that day. The other kids ate all the flavors, mixing the elements and killing them."
"How you put toxic waste in candy I still don't understand." Jazzy muttered to herself.
"Well, let's see your elements then." Logan challenged them.
Jazzy, Autumn, Hailey and Sam all snapped their fingers one time. A ball of fire, earth, air and water appeared over their hands.
"That's so COOL!" Carlos yelled.
Jazzmine smirked. "Hey Logan. Can you snap your fingers real quick?"
Logan rolled his eyes and snapped his fingers. "Ok, but I don't r-WHY IS THERE A BALL OF WATER IN MY HAND?"
The other members of Big Time Rush looked at Logan in shock and awe. "Dude, you never told us you could do that." James half-yelled.
"I didn't even know." Logan explained while Carlos tried to poke the floating waterball. "But Jazzy, how'd you know if you didn't remember me?"
"It dawned on me in the hospital. If one twin gets something like...super speed, the other twin gets the opposite, like time freezing. Since I have a fire element, you have a water element." She explained.
Sam sighed "Didn't you ever get a really bad cold and it felt like you were dropped in a pool? Cold, wet and sneezing?"
Logan nodded. "Yea, when I was 10."
"I'm going to sleep. Jazz, please please don't set anything on fire." Hailey begged the brunette.
Jazzy snapped the flames away. "Darn it! There goes my prank."
"Goodnight boys." The girls set up on the couch and drifted off to sleep.
"Night gals." The boys headed to their respective bedrooms. Logan watched his minute-younger sister sleep before closing his bedroom door.
I'm so glad she remembers us. This time, I'll protect her even better than before.
Peter's POV
I swam up from the bottom of the pool, gasping for air.
I shouldn't go back in there. I need sleep and those girls have freaky powers or something.
Pulling myself out of the water, I dried off and walked to a nearby hotel.
I snuck into an empty room and continued my experiment.
"If Jazzmine won't kill Logan, maybe I can get Carlos to help me kill herself." I growled, finishing the experiment.
I placed the green drink in a can, marked it, and put it in the fridge.
Until tomorrow, my little princess.
Me: I hope you enjoyed the story.
Carlos: *pours his Skittles down a sewage drain*
Me: Dude...why are you wasting the Skittles?
Carlos: I wanna be safe after reading that chapter. And what's Peter gonna do to me?
Me: You're safe from the Skittles because they check them now. *whispers in ear*
Carlos: O_O
James: What's you tell him?
Me: You'll find out later this week.
Kendall: *is back wearing a blue plaid t-shirt* I'm back.
Logan: Try not to be late next time, k Flameheart?
Me: *slaps Logan* You just deserved that.
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