(A/N): The voting contest is officially OVER! Check out the bottom notes to see which OC won! Thank you to all of you who voted! And thank you to yg, Kayla, Milkamoo97 and kitcool for your reviews of the last chapter! I still don't own Big Time Rush and that means that I didn't write the episode Big Time Blogger which I have used in this chapter. Hope you enjoy it!
Chapter 26: The Internet Can Cause Mayhem
Katrina and Brandon were in Penny's Pet Care headquarters, almost done with the second room's floors when they heard something coming from outside. Looking out the window, they saw a crowd of people with signs and it looked like they were protesting something.
"What are they doing?" Brandon asked as they stared.
"I'm not sure," Katrina replied, "I'm trying to read the signs. I think I see that one of them says 'Rocque' on it, but I'm not sure what else." She sighed. "We should probably go find out what happened."
"We don't have to," Brandon mentioned.
"I know," Katrina led the way to the elevator, Brandon following her, "But they might need my help." Brandon smiled at her once they were in the elevator. Katrina noticed this, "What?"
"They've changed you," Brandon observed, "You want to help people. That hasn't happened since the accident." He pressed the button in the elevator for Rocque Records.
"I'm starting to feel better, happier overall," Katrina commented, "It's nice." The doors closed.
"I still think you should tell them," Brandon suggested. "They're not leaving you. And Logan has proven that they won't die if you trust them."
Katrina sighed, "I know you want me to tell them." The doors opened and Katrina went on, "And I will."
"When you feel like it," Brandon assumed as they walked out of the elevator, heading for Gustavo's office.
"Tomorrow," Katrina corrected causing Brandon to stop in shock.
"What? You're going to tell them tomorrow? On the two year anniversary?" Brandon shook his head, "I don't think that's a good idea."
"Do you want me to tell them or not?" Katrina defended her answer, "I'm going to tell them tomorrow because it's the two year anniversary. I need them to know everything."
"Are you sure? I don't want you to do this because I'm asking you to."
"I'm sure. Now, let's see what's going on." Both of them walk into Gustavo's office where he's got four laptops and five cell phones in front of him. Katrina and Brandon tilt their heads at this.
Gustavo looks up, "CAT! GOAT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
Brandon turned to Katrina, "Did he just call me a goat?"
"Get used to it," Katrina told him before turning to Gustavo, "We're here because-"
"The dogs aren't here!" Gustavo told her before going back to his electronics.
"I know that. It's just-" Katrina tried again.
"Eh, eh, eh," Gustavo interrupted her again. "I don't need your attitude today. I'm in the middle of getting the boys big on the web." Katrina and Brandon raise their eyebrows at the same time Kelly walks in. "I love the web. Web web web. Right now, the boys are winning over Deke and thanks to Scuttlebutter," He pressed a button on a laptop and there was a whooshing sound, "I'm getting the big time word out all over the world."
Katrina sighed, rolling her eyes as Brandon went around to look at the computers. "You got the guys Scuttlebutter accounts! That's awesome!" Kelly and Katrina shook their heads at this.
Suddenly, Kelly noticed something, "Why are you on TV?" Gustavo's, Katrina's and Brandon's heads turned quickly to look at the TV as Kelly turned on the volume.
"Gustavo Rocque is back in the news for sparking outrage in Belgium," the newscaster spoke, "After posting on Scuttlebutter that he hates Brussels, Belgian Americans in LA's Little Antwerp are burning his records and boycotting his latest project, Big Time Rush."
"NO!" Gustavo screeched.
"That's what I was trying to tell you!" Katrina told him, "But you wouldn't listen! They're outside the building too!"
"Oh no," Kelly led the other three out of the room, heading for the nearest window. They all looked outside to see the protesters.
"And this is why old people shouldn't go on social websites," Katrina whispered to Brandon.
"I HEARD THAT!" Gustavo yelled at her before he turned to Kelly, "Get rid of them."
"Okay," Kelly seemed scared as she fumbled with her phone, "Just let me make a phone call." She walked off and Katrina and Brandon followed Gustavo back into his office.
Kelly came back into Gustavo's office, the two business people from earlier trailing behind her. Katrina and Brandon had settled on the couch while the adults watched the news.
"Ted Garcia," the man on the TV began, "Outside of Rocque Records where Belgian protesters, numbering in the double digits, are striking back against anti-Belgainism."
"IT WAS A TYPO!" Gustavo yelled at the TV.
"You do realize that he can't hear you, right?" Katrina mentioned. The adults glared at her. "Sorry. Just stating the fact."
"Don't worry," the business woman told Gustavo. "Belgians tend to get tired quickly, then go home and make waffles."
"They're a peace-loving and gentle people," the business man added.
Gustavo didn't seem to care because the reporter began talking again, "Now joining the protest is very buff and violent Hollywood action star, Jean-Luc Varn Darn."
"Except for that guy," both business people mentioned.
"GUSTAVO!" Jean-Luc yelled from the TV, "I AM COMING FOR YOU!" Gustavo's face fell. All of them jumped as Jean-Luc punched a poster with Gustavo's face on it.
"That guy was in one of my dad's movies," Brandon told them.
"Please tell me this is all an act," Kelly spoke to him.
Brandon seemed to consider this, but then said, "Yeah, it's not. Gustavo's dead."
Gustavo picked up his phone and began typing what he screamed, "AHHHHHHH!" He stopped typing and pressed a button as he added, "Send."
Katrina shook her head, "Okay, that is not helping. If the guys were here, what would they do?"
"Be useless!" Gustavo exclaimed, "And be ruining the day with Deke because they wouldn't be there!"
Katrina sighed, "No! They'd be figuring out a solution to this!"
"Katrina's right!" Kelly got their attention, "We've got to come up with a plan!"
"Gustavo got them mad by posting something bad about their country," Brandon reminded them.
"So, if he posts something good about their country, then they'll like him again," Katrina offered.
"Like waffles!" the business people suggested. "We'll get right on it!" They ran out of the room.
"FINALLY they listen to me!" Katrina mentioned. Gustavo stared at the teen girl. Her eyes darted back and forth as though trying to see why he was staring. "What?"
"Maybe I was wrong about you," Gustavo considered. "Maybe you're not like a cat." Katrina glared at him. "Or maybe I was right." She continued her glaring. "STOP STARING AT ME!" She rolled her eyes and looked away, right as the business people come back into the room with a plate full of waffles.
"Come on," the woman gestured for them to leave. Everyone goes into the hallway and gets Gustavo set up. The other five stare at Gustavo, holding a plate of waffles in one hand and a single waffle in the other.
"Now," the man begins, "Once they see a photo of you enjoying Belgian waffles-"
"They'll forget everything and you'll be a national hero," the woman finished.
"Uh, I don't think it would go that far," Katrina mentioned. "I mean it's just waffles."
"Waffles are very important in Belgium," the woman told her.
"Wait," Kelly caught something, "Aren't Belgian waffles supposed to be, you know, really thick?"
"Yeah," the woman shrugged before turning to the man as they spoke together, "And so are Belgians!" They laughed. Katrina and Brandon shared a look, both their eyebrows raised. The woman took a picture of Gustavo.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Brandon whispered to Katrina.
"Me too," Katrina replied.
As if on cue, the group felt the place shake as the protesters made their way down the hall towards them. Everyone hid behind Gustavo.
"I've decided I hate the web," Gustavo told them.
"Gustavo Rocque," Jean-Luc addressed him, "You have insulted Belgium for the last time."
Suddenly, Mr. Fong jumped in front of Gustavo with his bowl of biscuits. Katrina's head darted back and forth in shock as though trying to figure out where he came from.
"Wait!" Mr. Fong announced, "I'll hold them off!" With that, he threw a biscuit at Jean-Luc. It just bounced off his chest and he looked at the group, even madder than before. Mr. Fong threw his bowl of biscuits and sprinted out of sight.
"RUN!" Kelly screeched and the six of them ran off, being pelted by the waffles thrown by the mad Belgian Americans.
Kendall, Logan, James and Carlos walked through the hallways of Rocque Records, looking at the mess in confusion. Posters were upturned and broken, chairs flipped over and there were waffles everywhere.
"Well," Kendall began sarcastically, "Looks like Gustavo had a good day too."
Gustavo, Kelly, Katrina and Brandon walked in, covered in waffles. The boys looked at them, now curious as well as confused.
"Boys," Gustavo told them, "I have a feeling your album's not going to sell very well in Belgium." Kelly winced and Katrina and Brandon shook their heads disappointingly. When the boys all tried talking at once, Katrina's eyes went wide.
"Oh no," she whispered so only Brandon could hear. He looked at her strangely.
Suddenly, both Gustavo and Kelly realized something, "YOUR DAY WITH DEKE!" They ran into Gustavo's office with the boys right behind them and Katrina and Brandon trailing the boys.
"Gustavo, before you read the blog-" Kendall tried.
"SHH!" Gustavo and Kelly hushed him and then turned their attention to the blog.
"'The Big Time Truth'," Gustavo began reading. "'After lies about snowboarding, corporate-written soundbites and being locked in a supply closet,'" Katrina's and Brandon's eyes went wide at this and Katrina covered her mouth in shock. "'I knew within my first five minutes that Big Time Rush phonies.'" He paused for a second.
Suddenly, he jumped out of his seat and screamed, "YOU LOCKED HIM IN A SUPPLY CLOSET?"
"Yep," the boys nodded. Gustavo started climbing over his desk to reach the boys and kill them.
"WHOA! BUT! HEY!" Kelly held him back, "'The rest of my day was literally a Big Time Rush.'" The boys leaned forward, grabbed the laptop and turned it around. Gustavo, Kelly, Katrina and Brandon gathered around them.
"'And not just because of the twenty foot high heating duct slides, garbage can rides and sparkling water delivered upon request,'" Logan read.
"'But,'" Carlos continued, "'In discovering that Big Time Rush are four dedicated, smart and fun-loving guys who share a passion for music and life.'"
"'My day with Big Time Rush is one I'll never forget,'" James went on.
"'And I'm looking forward to hearing their new album,'" Kendall finished.
They pause for a second and then suddenly, all six of them cheer. James, Carlos and Kelly begin jumping up and down while Logan pulls Katrina in for a hug. Brandon gives her a thumbs up from behind Logan's back and Katrina rolls her eyes but smiles when she and Logan break apart.
"Okay, okay," Gustavo stops the cheering, "Now that my dogs have crushed phase two of our big-time-web-attack, let's go back to phase one and make some web videos for the Big Time Rush website."
"And this time," Kelly handed a camera to James, "Try not to break the cameras."
"Got it," the boys told her.
"Cat!" Gustavo turned to Katrina, "Watch them."
"Okay," Katrina shrugged. Everyone stared at her. "What?
"You're not fighting it," Kelly looked confused.
"Eh," Katrina responded, "I figured out that I'll get roped in either way. Brandon, can you finish up the floor we were working on before you leave?"
"Uh, sure," Brandon replied and ran off.
"Katrina," Carlos grabbed her arm, "We want to show you something!" That said, he pulled her out of the room with his friends following.
"Okay, where are you taking me?" Katrina asked the boys when the group made it back to the Palm Woods.
"Right here," James opened a door revealing a supply closet.
Katrina's eyebrows raised, "Okay. Am I missing something?"
"Take a good look inside," Logan instructed her.
"All I see out of place is an open ladder leading up to the air duct," Katrina told them simply. It took a second before she realized. "NO! There is NO WAY I'm climbing around in an air duct with you guys!" She started to walk away, but Kendall and Carlos blocked her way.
"Oh, come on Katrina," Carlos spoke, "Live a little."
"Besides," Kendall added, "If you don't, we'll just make you." He and Carlos cracked their knuckles. Katrina went wide-eyed as she stared at them. Suddenly, she turned and tried to run, but was stopped by both Logan and James who had each grabbed an arm.
"Katrina, you'll have fun," James assured.
"We promise," Logan told her. Kendall and Carlos each grabbed a leg and the boys carried the girl into the supply closet, shutting the door behind them.
"Ready guys?" Kendall asked the others.
"NO!" Katrina insisted. She was being pushed ahead by James.
"Turn on the camera!" Logan, Carlos and James insisted. Kendall did as they said.
"Hey what's up guys?" Kendall spoke into the camera as they moved down the air duct. "Big Time Rush here with our friend, Katrina Wolff!"
"Yeah," Carlos started.
"For the record, I'm being forced to do this against my will!" Katrina told the camera.
"And this is what it's like sliding down the Palm Woods air duct!" Carlos went on as if Katrina hadn't said anything.
"Check it!" James and Logan called out.
Suddenly, all of them fell down, Katrina being pulled along, as they screamed. Once they hit the bottom, there was silence for a second before the guys cheered. They stopped though when they realized that Katrina wasn't cheering with them. They looked over to find her holding her upper arm, pain evident on her face even though she wasn't screaming.
"How bad does it hurt on a scale of one to ten?" Logan asked her.
"I'd say a three, maybe a four," Katrina told him, "But it's a broken bone." She winced. "I've had worse though."
They looked confused, but didn't ask. "We should get her to the hospital," Kendall suggested. The others agreed.
"If anyone cares," Carlos piped up, "The camera's broken too." He held up the camera that was broken in half, but was still holding on by a wire. Although, when Carlos swung it, the bottom half fell off and hit the floor. James smacked Carlos on the arm.
(A/N): Uh oh. Katrina has a broken arm. What's going to happen when they go to the hospital? Will Katrina still tell the guys about the Wolff Family Tragedy even though they caused her to break her arm? And how will the guys feel about it? Find out next time! I don't know if it'll be tomorrow because I'm getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow. So, there might be a delay in the next chapter. But, I've already got it partly written, so I might be able to post it.
BUT! Now, it's time for the results of the OC voting contest! After nineteen chapters' worth of time to vote, the winner is the stray animal! And I'm going to give special credit to oOo KitKat oOo for your idea for the stray animal. A TALKING PARROT! I love the idea, so I'm going to use it and give you a virtual cookie!
HOWEVER! I'M MAKING A TWIST! Because there was so much interest in another OC and the voting was so close, I've decided to add in a boyfriend for Brandon as well! SO, you get not one, but TWO new OC's when the second season comes in… Which means after the concert episode… Which means it will be a while… Which means you have to wait… BUT you still get chapters up often! Maybe I can get there in a good amount of time… How many episodes have I been through now? Um… seven… Which means six more episodes until Welcome Back Big Time where the new OC's will be introduced… Crap, that's a lot of chapters… Maybe I'll add in one of the OC's early to be nice? What do you think? Review with your thoughts! Cause I just came up with the PERFECT way to introduce the new boyfriend for Brandon! …Seriously. I came up with it as I wrote that. BUT I'M NOT TELLING! … You know what? I've decided that I'll add him in there, just to make even crazier plot twists! MUHAHAHAHA! ….Reviews are still welcome and I do know that I'm crazy… I take it as a compliment. The best artists always are… I'm going to stop typing now so I can post this! ….REVIEW!