Hey! I'm back and happy! I gave my friends their gifts last night and they loved them! And I loved the gifts they got me, too! A bobble-head of Deadpool, my favorite mercenary ever (he kind of inspired this story, thanks Wade!) and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D -shirt! So yeah, my favorite mercenary in figurine form and a new Zelda shirt, yay! But anyway, onward to this next chapter! I can't say much since it would give it away, but it's both a good and bad chapter. Thank you everyone for reviewing and supporting this story! It's close to the end now, hope you all will stick around for that! Oh and Kames all the way and Shani, thank you for asking if I was okay; I'm doing better now so no worries, but still thank you! Thank you everyone, hope you enjoy this chapter! Well, can try since I had mixed feelings for this one! Disclaimer: I don't own Big Time Rush! I am the proud owner of posters of them and of a new Deadpool figurine and Zelda t-shirt, but nothing else! I only own the plot of this story! Again, enjoy!
"At least one of you knows how to do the job, and do it right!" Griffin barked with a smirk, clapping his hands in sick applause.
Jett, holding up a trembling Dak (he went through with Kendall's plan after all), Lucy and Camille were stock-stiff with wide, shocked eyes.
Did...did James really kill Kendall?
'James, y-you couldn't have...right?' Jett thought, hoping and praying his best friend/brother did not do the unforgivable.
The group's answer didn't take too much time to show up.
James soon climbed up onto the roof from the side of the building, mask on with...the still body of Kendall Knight over one shoulder. He let out a sniff as he slowly lowered the shorter boy down to the ground, masked eye narrowed; Kendall wasn't moving, and blood had heavily soaked into his clothes.
His chest was still, and skin pale and cold.
'J-Jay, no...' Camille thought, unable to stop the gasp from leaving her lips.
Griffin chuckled and approached James, putting a hand to his left shoulder. "You did good, boy. It looks like you can useful to me still, after all." He turned from the silent brunette to the other mercenaries, smirking as he began walking over to them with clenched fists; his teeth were gritted under his lips.
"As for you three and the Devon brat, I-"
"You'll do nothing!" Griffin barely had time to turn around when James' foot met his lower stomach.
The older man choked on air while James began to lash out in a fury of attacks; he pulled out his twin handguns from their holsters and reloaded them, nailing Griffin in both heels. He then dropped his guns to the floor and threw out a punch to his jaw and another to his stomach again.
Griffin was sent flying, landing hard on his back and coughing up blood as James loomed over him.
"W-what the hell are you doing?! Y-you insolent little bastard!" James scoffed at the insult, pulling off his mask; everyone could see his eyes weren't pitch black and cold, but boiling and their natural, hazel-green.
'H-his eyes!' Lucy thought, feeling a smile pulling at her lips; Jett, Camille and Dak felt the same, the same sweeping sensation that James...could be back to his old self again.
"B-but you killed him, you killed Knight!"
"I don't think so, Griffin." Said man's eyes went dinner-plate wide as Kendall's bright green eyes flew open and he slowly sat up, smirking a smirk identical to James'.
"I-impossible."
"Not really; my fiancee is quite the actor, he's way better than me when dealing with stress situations like this. All of this brilliance was his idea. You didn't really think I'd kill the love of my life now, did you?" James mocked, pulling out his shotgun.
Griffin looked terrified now, like a child; he curled up against the door that led down from the roof but couldn't reach it. James had nailed him in each heel, he wouldn't be able to stand up long from the pain.
"Now Griffin, it is time for you to pay us back. It is time to see if you like having your own creations turned against you. Lucy, Camille, Jett!" The three went to James' side and saluted him as if in the Army, Kendall taking care of Dak.
"Yes sir?" Jett said, his mask off and he grinning like mad.
James cleared his throat, though his smirk was still in place. "I say, we should teach little Griffin here a lesson, what do you guys think?"
"Oh, that idea sounds wonderful!" Lucy exclaimed sadistically, mask also off.
"Yes, it does. One catch though: we don't kill him, we're not murderers. The only sick monster here is him, so beat him up but too much. Deal?" Lucy looked slightly saddened at this but Camille playfully punched her and took off her own mask, smiling deviously.
"Deal sir, we won't kill him...but that doesn't stop us from beating the crap out of him, right?"
"Oh no, it does not! Have fun! Wait, sweetie? Dak, be a dear and cover my beloved's eyes for me? I do not wish for him to see this, it will be...too brutal."
"Oh come on!" Kendall protested but Dak smiled and covered his eyes all the same, James turning back to the terrified Griffin.
"Okay, on my mark: one...two...GO!"
"Y-you can't do this to m-me! I-I-I'm your father!"
"Oh really? Well then, enjoy the party...father."
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It wasn't long before Griffin was a bloody, beaten tangle of limbs on the floor. Let's just say, Jett and Camille and Lucy didn't really hold back.
"Nice work, team." James said, a proud smile with his hands at his hips.
Griffin looked positively dreadful: one of his eyes was so swollen he couldn't open it, and most of his teeth were missing. He had blood trickling down his nose and the corner of his mouth; thick, heavy blood stains were everywhere on his suit, holes in the heels of his shoes from where James shot at him twice. He was twisted like a pretzel, with several bruised ribs, a broken nose and hip, and sprained ankle.
But like James ordered them to, Lucy and Camille and Jett left him alive; his chest rose and fell with faint breaths.
"Tell me again why we couldn't kill him?" Lucy asked again, her arms wrapped around Camille's waist; Camille rolled her eyes at her girlfriend's question, leaning into her though with a smile as James began to answer.
Jett went back to Dak, leaving James to cup Kendall's face gently between his hands. Said dirty blonde opened his eyes and smiled, looking deep into James' own hazel-green ones. "Because Lu, we're not murderers. We may...have done things we will regret for the rest of our lives, and we have killed before but not willingly. If we kill Griffin willingly, then we truly become murderers; we'd be no better than him, do you understand?"
"No, but you're the leader." Everyone laughed at this, Jett moving his gaze to James.
"So, it's...finally over."
"Yes, it is. It is finally over."
"I-I'm glad to have you back, Jamie." Kendall whispered, tears in his eyes now; James smiled softly and kissed him gently, holding him tight when they broke apart.
"Me too, beloved. Me too..."
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Everyone soon began to head for the door to leave the roof, after making sure Griffin was knocked out cold; they would call the police to explain everything and have him arrested, but first Lucy, James and Jett wanted to get their loved ones off the scene.
'T-this isn't over!'
"YOU'LL PAY!" Everyone gasped and turned to see...Griffin standing! He was standing, and holding a gun of his own, one he must have hid on his person.
"What the hell, doesn't this prick give up?!" Lucy said though her voice was high-pitched. Her suit, and James' and Jett's, were mostly torn so they were open for attack. So was Camille and Dak and Kendall didn't have anything on to withstand bullet shock.
"You'll pay, you bastard!" And he shot, the gun aimed at Kendall.
"NO!"
BANG!
"JAMES!"
Said brunette coughed up blood as...the bullet pierced his stomach, he cupping the area where blood was pouring out of him like a river with both hands as he collapsed to his knees.
"NO!" Kendall screamed, running over to him while Camille lost her temper and screamed, sprinting towards Griffin with James' twin handguns in her hands, eyes flashing as bullets flew.
Griffin fell to the floor, now dead while Camille fought back tears, dropping the guns.
"CAMILLE!"
"NO GO TO JAMES, HE NEEDS HELP!"
"J-James, hold on! You're going to be okay, j-just hold on!" Kendall choked out, tear tracks on his face as he ripped off a piece of his shirt; he pressed it to the brunette's stomach, trying to stop the flow of blood while James looked up at him with glossy hazel-green eyes.
"B-beloved...Kendall."
"You're going to be okay, J-Jett's getting help! Just hold on, J-James!" The dirty blonde repeated over and over, whole body shaking violently.
No, this can't be happening! They were back together, their relationship couldn't end like this! After fighting for so long, after everything this can't be the end!
'N-no, Jamie can't die! Please God, don't take him away from me!'
"K-Kendall." James placed his hands over Kendall's, trying to breathe through all the pain; the younger boy met his eyes, his heart breaking at seeing how dull James' eyes were becoming so quickly.
He was...dying.
"Kendall, m-my Emerald...I...I am sorry." Then James went limp, breathing slowing down.
"NO JAMES, NO! JETT, HURRY UP! HURRY UP, DAMN IT, JAMES IS DYING!"