(A/N): I'm totally delaying studying for my exam on Friday to do this. And working on homework that's due on Tuesday. But I really wanted to get another chapter up today cause I can't tomorrow due to an event for my group that I organized that will take up the entire day. Anyways, thank you to Dreamer1992 (Katrina's spin on it is a little crazy), BTRFan (You'll like this one then. And there's a reason why I made it Jamina and not Lorina even though a lot of people want Lorina. For the way I've got the plotline designed, it has to be Jamina right now. In the future, maybe there will be Lorina, but I'm not saying it for sure) and Milkamoo97 (Yeah, at times, Jamina is really cute, but they've got conflicting personalities…) for your reviews! I don't own Big Time Rush nor do I own the episode Big Time Sparks which is used in this chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 46: Falling Out Of Luck
James scanned the ground of the park nearby the wishing well on his hands and knees, trying to find a four-leaf clover. Katrina was looking around too, but couldn't get as close to the ground as James could. She would occasionally glance over to make sure he hadn't found one yet. Tyler was dancing nearby in his leprechaun costume.
"I need more luck than he does," Katrina whispered under her breath. "He broke a small handheld mirror. I broke a roomful."
"Did you find something Katrina?" James spoke up, "Cause I heard you say something."
"Nothing yet," Katrina called out. James frantically went back to his searching.
"How long do I have to keep doing this?" Tyler asked.
"Seven years," James and Katrina responded, no joking in their voices. Tyler stopped dancing and stared in shock.
"Look," James began, "We need to counter our mirror-breaking bad luck with good luck."
"And since we can't seem to find any four-leaf clovers, you're the closest we have," Katrina added.
"Now keep dancing and help us find a four-leaf clover," James finished. He and Katrina went back to their searching.
Suddenly, Tyler gasped and pointed, "Look there's one!"
"IT'S MINE!" Katrina insisted as she ran over to look at where Tyler had pointed. James just looked. "Wait a second. There's no four-leaf clover here!" She and James looked back to find that Tyler was gone. "Damn it."
"SNEAKY LEPRECHAUN!" James yelled. He then went back to tearing apart the grass, trying to find a four-leaf clover.
Katrina sighed as she sat down on the grass, "It's no use. We're never going to find a four-leaf clover, let alone two."
"We HAVE to find one!" James replied. "If we don't, I'll end up like you!"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means I don't want to be in a cast!"
"Good point."
"Now, help me find one!"
"And what about me?"
"I mean find more than one!"
"Sure you meant that." However, Katrina did get up and start searching again. She stopped when she saw something. "Oh my God."
"DID YOU FIND ONE?" James called out.
"No," Katrina answered, picking a feather off the ground. "I found a feather! That's good luck too!"
"You never mentioned that!"
"Do you know how rare it is to find a feather?"
"We could just pluck one off a bird!"
"That hurts them!" Katrina exclaimed. She put her face in her hand. "What am I doing?"
"What?" James looked at her confused.
"All we seem to be doing is arguing!" Katrina explained. "Why are we trying out dating when that's all we do?"
"Hey! You can't break up with me," James insisted. "I've still got one last strike!"
"You're right," Katrina admitted. "And I've got a lucky feather! Which means my bad luck should be gone! Good luck!" With that, Katrina skipped away from James, suddenly in a good mood.
As Katrina skipped away, James mumbled under his breath, "I'll never get hormonal girls." Before he went back to his frantic searching.
Katrina stopped when she heard her phone buzz, indicating that she had a text. She quickly pulled her phone out of her pocket and noticed that it was a text from Jo.
'Does Kendall still like me?' Katrina read the text. She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, wondering what she had missed to get this text. Quickly, she sent back, 'Of course he does! He's crazy about you! Why wouldn't he be?' As soon as she sent that text, she looked up and saw Jordin heading for the well. Her eyes went wide as she remembered Gustavo's orders. She backed away slowly before she burst into a run. She didn't seem to be checking where she was going because she ran straight into Carlos and Logan.
Logan and Carlos were able to grab hold of Katrina without any of them falling. She had her eyes scrunched together and her body stiff, bracing herself for a fall. When it didn't happen, she slowly opened one of her eyes. As soon as she realized she was safe, she let out the breath she was holding and seemed to relax a bit.
"IT WORKED!" Katrina cheered.
"What worked?" Logan and Carlos asked.
Katrina held up the feather, "My good luck charm!"
"Then you can be on the good luck patrol with us!" Carlos exclaimed.
"Is that why you two are wearing suits?" Katrina finally got a good look at the two boys. "Wait, what's the good luck patrol?"
"We're following Jordin to make sure she doesn't find any bad luck," Logan explained.
Katrina stared at them blankly for a second before she replied, "I want no part of this."
"That's what Kendall said before we accidently threw that black cat onto Jordin's head!" Carlos blabbed.
"YOU DID WHAT?" Katrina screeched.
Logan hit Carlos, "Nice going. You weren't supposed to tell her that."
"Why are you so mean to animals?" Katrina exclaimed. She put her hand to her forehead before she went on, "You do remember what Gustavo said, right?" They nodded their heads. "Then you realize that he's going to kill you."
"We have to protect Jordin!" Carlos insisted.
Katrina shook her head at the thought, "Then I better stay close to you to protect her from you."
"Yay! You're on the good luck patrol!" Carlos cheered. "Now, we just need to give you a codename." Katrina stared at them blankly again. "OOH! How about Talisman?" Katrina continued to stare. "Okay, so, Logan's Lucky Charm, I'm Rabbit's Foot and you're Talisman!"
"And here's a walkie talkie watch for you," Logan handed Katrina a watch. "Now, you just need to change into this so we can match." He held up an outfit similar to his and Carlos's only it had a skirt instead of pants.
"What the?" Katrina looked around, trying to find an explanation as to how Logan had found it. "Where did that come from?"
"I know people," Carlos shrugged like it explained everything. Katrina stared at him with a twitch to her eyebrow.
"But that," Katrina groaned. "You know what? Nevermind. I'm not wearing that."
"But what will you wear?" Carlos asked.
"What I'm wearing now," Katrina stated as if it was obvious.
"But-" Carlos began.
"That's fine," Logan interrupted Carlos. "Let's go keep an eye on Jordin." Carlos nodded and the two boys snuck over to the bushes. Katrina stayed in her spot, staring at where the boys had disappeared, shaking her head.
Suddenly, she heard Carlos's voice come through the walkie talkie watch, "Talisman, get in the bushes! You're going to give us away!" Katrina rolled her eyes before she joined the boys in the bushes.
"So, Katrina," Logan turned to her, "About that song you sang at the dance."
Katrina stiffened before she looked at him, "Yeah?"
"I was wondering," Logan started.
"No time!" Carlos insisted, "We have to watch Jordin!" The three of them popped up to watch Jordin at the wishing well. Carlos brought his watch up to his mouth, "Target is safe. No bad luck in sight."
Logan responded into his own watch, "Wishing wells are nothing but good luck."
Katrina shook her head right as her phone buzzed. She took a look to find that Jo had texted her back.
'No reason. I'm meeting up with him for a date in the park. TTYL!' The text from Jo stated. Katrina looked down at it in confusion. It was at that moment that there was a loud, metallic clanging noise. She, Logan and Carlos looked over to find Kendall hammering down on a metal pole to set up a game of horseshoes.
"What kind of date involves horseshoes?" Katrina asked.
"Apparently Kendall's," Logan replied. They watched as James, who was still looking for four-leaf clovers, crawled closer to Kendall. "So, what about you and James?"
"We haven't been on one unless you count the dance," Katrina answered. Logan seemed happier after this. The trio watched as Kendall and James started fighting over a horseshoe. "Seriously? A horseshoe?"
Suddenly, the horseshoe was turned upside-down.
The boys of the good luck patrol went into action, Logan stating into his watch, "Upside-down horseshoe!"
"That's bad luck!" Carlos exclaimed into his own watch.
"Move out!" The two boys quickly ran over to where James and Kendall were fighting. Katrina rolled her eyes as she followed them at a slower pace. She got there as they yelled to their friends, "SIR! DROP THE HORSESHOE!" And then joined in the fight.
"Guys!" Katrina called out to them, trying to get their attention. "If you don't stop, it's gonna-"
Suddenly, all four of the guys let go of the horseshoe and it went flying through the air. The five teens watched the horseshoe in terror as it flew, only to hit Jordin in the back and knock her down the well. The group gasped in horror and shock.
"Maybe we are bad luck," Kendall realized as Logan hit Carlos, trying to find some blame somewhere.
James and Katrina nodded their heads, "Yeah."
The five teens quickly rushed over to the well.
"We knocked Jordin Sparks down a well?" Kendall exclaimed.
"Correction!" Katrina started, "You guys did."
"You were nearby; you're a part of this now!" James insisted.
"Nobody panic!" Carlos told them, "I'm sure that Jordin is fine!" He pulled out a penny. "I wish that Jordin is okay." He threw the penny down the well.
Suddenly, they heard an echoing, "Ow!" And they cheered, knowing that Jordin was fine.
"She's okay," Carlos stated.
"Guys, is that you?" Jordin asked from the well.
"Uh," Kendall began, getting closer to the well, "Don't worry Jordin! You can count on us! How you doing? You good?" Katrina shook her head.
"I'm in a well!" Jordin responded, sounding annoyed.
"Right," Kendall replied as he backed up to rejoin his friends.
"We have to call the fire department," Logan reasoned.
"We can't call anyone!" Kendall reminded them, "Or Gustavo will find out and kill us!"
"And think we're bad luck!" Carlos added.
"We are!" James exclaimed.
"Yeah, you guys are," Katrina commented. "But not me anymore, cause I've got a feather!" She waved the feather in front of their faces, showing it off. James tried to snatch it away from her, but she pulled it back before he could.
Carlos went up to the well, "Jordin! Everything's fine! We got a plan!" He went back to the group. "Guys, what's the plan?"
"We're going to rescue her," Kendall stated the obvious. "Now, which one of the good luck patrol's going down the hole?"
Logan and Carlos looked at each other before they told Kendall, "Katrina."
"Wait, WHAT?" Katrina spoke up, "There's no way you're getting me to go down that well. I've still got a broken arm!"
"Oh right," Carlos and Logan looked away sheepishly.
"Then who's going down the well?" Kendall asked again. Logan and Carlos exchanged looks again before they looked to Kendall, smirking.
Kendall was hanging over the edge of the well, his body tied in a rope that Carlos, Logan and James were holding. Katrina was watching from the side. Kendall looked at his friends angrily.
"Good luck Kendall," Logan and Carlos told him.
"Yeah, just lower me down," Kendall responded. "I'll put the rope around Jordin and then you pull us both up."
"Hey!" James exclaimed suddenly, "A four-leaf clover!" As he bent down to get it, he let go of the rope which flew through Carlos's and Logan's hands as Kendall fell down the well. Logan, Carlos and Katrina rushed forward to watch Kendall's fall while James, hearing Kendall's scream, looked up from the ground with wide eyes.
James got up and joined the group looking down the well. Katrina glared at him, "Did you at least get your good luck charm?"
"Uh," James replied, "Actually, it turned out to be a three-leaf clover." Katrina facepalmed.
The two joined Logan and Carlos looking down when they heard Jordin yell out, "I'm in a well!"
Suddenly, they heard someone from behind them say, "Hey guys!" They turned quickly to find Jo heading towards them. "Hey Katrina! Has anyone seen Kendall?"
"Who's Kendall?" James asked.
"Haven't seen him," Logan replied, laughing nervously.
"You just missed him!" Katrina insisted, planting a guilty smile on her face.
"He's not in the well!" Carlos exclaimed. He immediately looked guilty after he said it while James, Logan and Katrina stared at him disbelievingly. Jo looked at the group, confused, before she looked down the well.
"Kendall?" Jo exclaimed. "Is that you? AND JORDIN?" Katrina winced at Jo's fury.
"IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!" Kendall and Jordin called out from the well. Jo stomped away.
"Okay, what's the plan?" Katrina asked as she, James and Carlos looked to Logan.
"I guess I could put together a pulley system," Logan suggested.
"Yes, I knew the brains would come through!" James replied.
"Okay, I'm going to need a tape measure first so I can measure the diameter of the well," Logan started.
"Like this?" Carlos held out a tape measure.
"I'm not even going to wonder how you got that," Katrina noted as Logan took the tape measure. The three of them stepped back and watched as Logan started to measure out the diameter of the well. As he started to climb up so he could get a better reach, Katrina called out, "Don't slip!"
"I'm not gonna slip!" Logan laughed. Right as he finished, he slipped and fell into the well. Carlos, James and Katrina hurried over to the edge and looked down.
"It's alright!" Carlos called out to them, "We've still got Katrina!" He turned to look at the model. "What do we do?"
"I don't know!" Katrina shrugged. "I'm no good at physics!"
"Who said anything about physics?" James asked. "Just get them out of the well!"
"You don't-" Katrina started. "Gah! Nevermind." Katrina leaned up against the side of the well and ran her fingers through her hair as she thought about what she could do. As she concentrated on it, James came up beside her. He smiled at her, but she was too distracted on figuring out how to get Logan, Kendall and Jordin out of the well to pay attention. James frowned when he realized this. Then he got an idea to get her attention. He yawned and stretched his arms up before lowering one to wrap around Katrina. Unfortunately for him, he misjudged the distance and accidently hit her.
Katrina screamed as she fell backwards, into the well. Carlos quickly rushed over to stand next to James who was wide-eyed, realizing that he had just knocked his girlfriend down a well.
Kendall, Logan and Jordin backed up against the wall as Katrina hit the bottom. They stared down at her in shock.
"Stupid feather stopped working," Katrina groaned as she got up off the ground.
She dusted herself off as they heard Carlos call down to them, "Don't worry Jordin! James and I are on the case!"
"You can count on us!" James added.
Kendall, Logan and Katrina looked at each other before they told Jordin, "We're gonna be here a while." Jordin hung her head.
"Now," they heard James start, "We throw some yeast and flour into the hole and bake it at 400 degrees until everybody rises."
"NO!" Logan, Kendall, Katrina and Jordin yelled up at him.
"Or," Carlos tried, "We could toss down some pool noodles, fill the hole with water and they'll float to the top!"
"Wait," Logan realized, causing Kendall, Katrina and Jordin to look at him. "Did you just come up with an ingenious water displacement plan?"
"Uh," Carlos sounded unsure at first, but then gained confidence, "Yeah!"
"Go! Go!" James insisted as Carlos ran over to get the hose for the plan.
"So Carlos could figure something out, but I couldn't?" Katrina looked confused. "Whoever is the teacher at the Palm Woods School must be amazing."
Suddenly, they heard screaming and they looked up to watch James fall down and hit the bottom of the well with the hose. James groaned as he raised himself up to a sitting position. That's when he noticed the pennies on the ground.
"Millions of lucky pennies!" James exclaimed, "I'm saved! Haha!" He threw some of the pennies into the air. Then, he looked over to find a pissed off Katrina. His smile dropped. "I bet you're mad that I knocked you down here."
"You know what?" Katrina started, "I'm happy you're down here. Cause that means I can tell you this without screaming. Strike three."
"And you're out!" Kendall commented, seeming really happy all of a sudden. James sighed in defeat as he got up to stand next to the others.
Suddenly, they heard another scream and watched as Carlos came down the well and hit the ground. He stood up quickly and in a happy mood.
"What'd you do that for?" Kendall, Logan, James and Katrina asked Carlos.
"I was lonely!" Carlos explained.
"Well, it looks like you may not make your recording session," Logan told Jordin.
All of them began to sit down as Jordin responded, "It's okay. I couldn't figure out the song anyway."
"Well," James started, "I didn't think the song was bad. How did it go again?" He grabbed one of the pieces of paper with the song lyrics on it. "One two three four to the five."
"Oh, yeah yeah," Logan agreed, "And add some layers to it. Try it again."
James sang it again while Logan sang, "Ooh yeah yeah."
"And harmonies!" Kendall and Carlos suggested.
All of the boys started singing the chorus as Jordin looked at the sheet in her hands like she just had an epiphany.
"And if you put some snaps on the second and fourth beats instead of just the drum beat like the sheet says, it'll have an older feel to it, thus appealing to a larger crowd," Katrina noted, pointing at the sheet in Jordin's hand to indicate what she meant. "Sing it again." They did and Katrina added in the snaps as an example. Jordin smiled as she realized what was missing from her song. She joined in singing at the end.
"Guys!" Jordin exclaimed, "You just helped me figure out the song! Now you gotta get me outta here."
"Well," Kendall responded, "There's only one guy I know that can pull six people out of a well."
"Freight Train!" Logan, James, Carlos and Katrina replied right as Kendall got his cell phone out. Jordin just looked on, confused.
"Who's Freight Train?" Jordin asked.
"You'll see," Katrina assured her.
"Shh," Kendall told her, "It's ringing!" He had his phone up to his ear, waiting for Freight Train to answer. "Hey Freight Train! We accidently knocked Jordin Sparks down a well and need you to get us out. It's the wishing well in Palm Woods Park. Okay, thanks bye." He hung up. "Yeah, Gustavo knows."
"We're dead," Carlos, James, Logan and Katrina noted.
"So, Katrina, anything broken this time?" Kendall asked.
Katrina furrowed her eyebrows as she checked, moving her legs and good arm around. She also felt around her stomach area, checking just in case there was any blood coming out of her. When she seemed satisfied, she responded, "No."
"You sound surprised," Jordin noticed, "Is getting hurt a regular thing for you?"
"Yes," Kendall, Carlos, Logan and James responded for Katrina.
"Okay then," Jordin remarked.
"Maybe the feather did work," Katrina noted.
"Wait, feather?" Jordin looked confused.
"Feathers are good luck charms," Katrina explained. "I've been having a lot of bad luck lately and the feather helped with everything, except falling down the well."
"And I'm really sorry about that!" James insisted.
"And I forgive you, but that doesn't mean I'm taking you back," Katrina told him.
"Darn it!" James smacked his leg. "Stupid lucky pennies don't work." Katrina shook her head while the group waited for Freight Train to show up.
"Hey!" The group in the well heard a deep voice call down to them. They looked up and found Freight Train looking down at them. "Did someone need a lift?" The group cheered as he threw down one end of a rope. They quickly tied it around themselves and held on to each other, preparing to be pulled up the well.
"Okay, we're ready!" Kendall called up to him. Freight Train got a good grip on the rope and pulled. The group in the well yelped as they were pulled up off the ground. Freight Train kept pulling until the teens spilled over top of the well and fell to the ground.
"Thanks Freight Train!" Kendall and James smiled at the large man.
Suddenly, Mr. Bitters showed up out of nowhere and stood next to Freight Train, holding a camera, "Ah ha! Jordin Sparks pulled out of a well tied to four losers and a washed out model? I'll be rich!" He brought his camera up to his face to take the picture.
"NO NO NO NO!" The group on the ground insisted.
Freight Train reached over, grabbed the camera from Mr. Bitters and crushed it with his bare hands. The group on the ground smiled as they watched.
"Hey!" Mr. Bitters started, but then caught Freight Train's glare, backed down and quickly ran off.
"Hey guys," Freight Train got the teens' attentions. "Gustavo isn't happy. He knows about the well and he has a skunk in his studio that he can't get rid of."
"Gustavo can't get rid of a skunk?" Kendall, Carlos, Logan, James and Katrina exclaimed.
The boys looked to Katrina, "You're surprised too?"
"You'd be surprised at how many people called Penny's Pet Care instead of animal control," Katrina responded. "I've gotten pretty good at catching stray animals, raccoons, opossums and, yes, skunks. And you?"
"Catching stuff in Minnesota," Logan told her.
"Guess it's time to go save Gustavo," Kendall decided, "Wanna help Cuz?"
Katrina shrugged, "I'm not sure about how much help I can be with my broken arm, but we can get the stuff we need from Penny's Pet Care."
"Let's go!" James called out as the group got up and headed out.
The skunk was advancing on Gustavo and Kelly who were pressed up against a wall of Rocque Records.
"Why doesn't he just spray us and get it over with?" Kelly asked.
Suddenly, they heard Carlos scream as the plan went into action. He tumbled into view, holding a can of Sexy Dog dog food. Quickly, he opened it and slid it across the floor until it stopped a good spot away from where Kelly and Gustavo were. The skunk began to make his way towards the food.
That was when Kendall came into view, swinging a rope that had a box attached to it. He threw it and the box flew over a pipe on the ceiling so it would hang over top of the dog food. He held onto the rope until the skunk had made his way underneath the box. Then, Kendall let go of the rope and the box dropped on the skunk, trapping him inside.
James came in to the room wearing goggles and gloves and holding a long sheet of paper. He slid the paper underneath the box as Logan and Katrina entered the room. Katrina tossed one of the tape guns she had to Logan and they both went to work taping the paper to the box so the skunk couldn't get out of the bottom. As soon as they were done, they pulled the rope out of the box, leaving a breathing hole. James picked up the box as the group made their way over to Gustavo and Kelly.
"Here's your skunk," James and Logan told them as James handed Gustavo the box.
Gustavo and Kelly looked at each other in shock before Gustavo yelled, "HOW DID YOU DO THAT?"
"We catch stuff all the time in Minnesota," Kendall explained.
"And I'm part of an animal business," Katrina added.
"Yeah, what did you use as bait?" Carlos asked, "A lady skunk puppet?" The teens laughed at the thought.
Gustavo and Kelly fake laughed, "What? No."
"Next time you have this trouble," Katrina spoke up, "Just call upstairs! We have plenty of experience."
"This doesn't mean I have forgotten about Jordin," Gustavo reminded them. The teens' faces fell.
"To the practice room?" Carlos assumed. Gustavo nodded. The teens hung their heads before they marched to their doom in the practice room.
(A/N): Well, this episode is close to being done. And now, Jamina is over… That didn't take too long, did it? Does this mean that Logan's going to dump Camille and go for Katrina or will he stay with Camille? And how does Katrina feel about this? Is James going to figure out a way to convince her to try again or will he continue to fail? Will the boys find Evan soon or will they fail at figuring out the clues? Will Katrina find out about it or stay in the dark? Is Katrina's bad luck officially over or does she have another injury around the corner? What about that cast of hers? When will it come off and what will happen when it does? You'll have to wait to find out! Till then, review and happy reading!