A Rush of Dog Days Chapter 63: Something's Going Down At Rocktoberfest, a big time rush fanfic

(A/N): Woo! Another chapter! Only three days later! And we've reached over 300,000 words! DANG! This thing is LONG! Thank you to these people for your reviews: Cryss'BTRusher (You're amazing too! No Dusty in this chapter, but there is some slight Lorina and Emille! Not together of course. That would be AWKWARD! And Rocktoberfest is here! Something similar happens to what you guessed, but not exactly. As for the babies hint, what first comes to mind is probably NOT what you think! I have another hint in the ending notes!), Dreamer1992 (Camille's got her reasons for not telling… Just not revealed here.), Witch Demigoddess (Well, All Time Low is amazing! I love them too! And about the James/Camille kiss, BELIEVE me, I remember…) and nikkali44 (I'm definitely continuing, so don't worry. As for the mystery, something HUGE happens here!). I don't own Big Time Rush nor the episode Welcome Back, Big Time which is finished in this chapter. I also don't have any right on the songs Til I Forget About You by Big Time Rush, Don't Know How To Stop by Halestorm and We Are The In Crowd's version of Grenade by Bruno Mars. (If you listen to the songs while reading this, I recommend you use We Are The In Crowd's version rather than Bruno Mars because that's the arrangement that I imagined in this.) Now, onto the chapter!

Chapter 63: Something's Going Down At Rocktoberfest

Walking into 2J, Katrina was met by Gustavo and Kelly arranging homework onto a rolling table. Furrowing her eyebrows, Katrina noticed three nerds sitting at the counter, doing math so fast that their pencils threatened to burn holes in the paper. Logan was sitting at the dining table, papers and books spread everywhere. He looked up when Katrina walked in.

"As you can see, I've completely lost control of this situation," Logan told Katrina.

"Hurry up with that math, nerds!" Gustavo yelled.

"Miss Collins is so not going to accept any of this," Katrina mentioned, sitting down at the table with Logan. She picked up one of the pieces of paper. "Hey, I remember doing this."

Logan held out a pencil for her, "Then can you help us out?" Katrina stared at the pencil for a second before grabbing it. She and Logan exchanged smiles before both of them went into the work. "Don't worry. I'll do anything that involves physics." Katrina laughed as she remembered the time he had to help her study physics for her science class final.

"Probably for the best," Katrina admitted. "I'm still horrible at that."

The two of them went quiet as they continued working on the homework. Once the nerds at the counter finished the math, Kelly took it from them and placed it on the table with the rest of the homework completed by people who weren't Big Time Rush.

"Alright!" Gustavo jumped up from behind the posters on the table. Logan and Katrina looked over at him. "Three weeks of Palm Woods schoolwork ah-done." Kelly gestured to the work.

"Uh, one problem," Logan pointed out, "We didn't do it!"

"Yeah, well, do you see James, Carlos or Kendall anywhere?" Kelly mentioned.

"And how are we going to explain to Miss Collins we got three weeks of schoolwork done in two hours?" Logan asked as he and Katrina watched Kelly and Gustavo roll the table of fake work towards the door.

"We'll tell her it was a Rocktober miracle!" Gustavo suggested. Logan and Katrina stared at him in disbelief. "And she will believe me because she is stupid."

Kelly opened the apartment door to find Miss Collins on the other side. Gustavo's face fell. Logan and Katrina winced.

"He made me do it!" Kelly pointed at Gustavo, blaming him.

"Mr. Rocque," Miss Collins began, "I encourage students to help each other with difficult assignments, like Katrina's doing with Logan." Logan and Katrina exchanged confused looks, wondering how Miss Collins could know that Katrina was helping. "But I do not accept internet purchased science projects, rented book reports and how'd you get this math done so fast?"

Kelly sighed, "We hired some nerds from Cal Tech." She and Gustavo looked over to the counter where the nerds popped up from behind it.

"Perhaps two tickets to Rocktoberfest will change your mind," Gustavo pulled out said tickets and handed them to Miss Collins.

She grabbed them and looked at them, "They won't." Gustavo made one of his weird noises. "And if you want the boys to perform at Rocktoberfest, their work is due tomorrow!" She walked over to the door. "And must average a C plus!" She slammed the door as she left, making everyone wince at the noise.

"Logan and Katrina have to do the projects," Kelly pointed at the two of them. Gustavo joined in.

"What?" the two teens exclaimed.

"The other guys are awol!" Kelly reminded them. "And Miss Collins 'encourages' students to help each other! And Katrina's already done this work!"

"It's impossible!" Logan insisted.

"Yeah," Katrina agreed. "Some of this stuff took DAYS to complete!"

"Nine hundred years ago," Gustavo started, "The pilgrims came to this great land of ours in search of freedom. The freedom to ROCK!" Gustavo played the air guitar.

"The pilgrims came seeking religious freedom," Logan corrected.

"THESE WERE DIFFERENT PILGRIMS!" Gustavo yelled. "And today we celebrate the bravery of those headbanging pioneers for one month! Rocktober. Now, are you going to sit there and give up or are you gonna grab a number two pencil, strap on your thinking cap and save Rocktober?"

Logan got to his feet, "I'll need report covers, a gluestick, a protractor, green glitter number three and nineteen high energy sports drinks."

"And," Katrina stood up, "I'll need a dictionary, colored pencils, earbuds, a few wigs and a whole bunch of sugary candy."

"YES!" Gustavo and Kelly cheered. They ran out of the room to go get the stuff the teens needed.

"Wigs?" Logan turned to Katrina in confusion.

"James's science project," Katrina explained. Logan nodded in understanding. "Green glitter number three?"

"Makes the posters look better," Logan told her.

"Ah," It was Katrina's turn to nod. "Just so you know, I really have to go to that party tonight. Even if we're not done by then, I'm gonna get up and walk out."

"Well, we better get to work then," Logan decided. The two of them sat down, grabbed pencils and dove into their work.

Evan watched with his arms crossed from the other side of the pool as James and Carlos made Camille and Guitar Dude sit down beside the firepit. That was where Brandon found him.

"Hey, have you seen Katie?" Brandon asked.

"No," Evan responded, not keeping his eyes off of the others.

Brandon furrowed his eyebrows at his friend's sudden aggravated behavior, "Why are you here anyways? Isn't this around the time that Lil Lee Roth does his signature pool jump? I thought you hated that." Brandon looked over at the others. "Are they still trying to rule the pool?"

"Yep," Evan replied the same way as he did before.

"Dude," Brandon stared at Evan in concern, "What is going on with you?"

Evan didn't answer. He couldn't have even if he wanted to because it was at that moment that Lil Lee Roth decided to crank up his speakers. Brandon sighed, pulling out an umbrella as he knew what was going to happen next. As Lil Lee Roth jumped from the speakers into the pool, Brandon opened his umbrella to cover both himself and Evan from the splash.

"Thanks," Evan mumbled once Brandon removed the umbrella. He stayed in his position with his arms crossed.

"Okay, something is going on," Brandon insisted. "Come on, I'm your best friend! You can tell me! Wait, you're staring at them. Is James trying to date Kat again?"

"He better not," Evan actually spoke more than a one word response. When Brandon realized he wasn't getting anything else, he groaned and walked off. Evan barely noticed as he watched Carlos and James get to their feet and run off. Guitar Dude stood up and spoke to Camille for a second before he staggered off.

That was when Evan moved. He hurried over to sit down next to Camille. She raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"Wow, you're actually paying attention to me," Camille mentioned. "Aren't you worried people might talk?"

"I'm not," Evan smirked. "Are you?" Camille stared at him, her mouth twitching slightly.

Suddenly, Camille got to her feet, "Oh no. I'm not falling for that cute little smirk again. I'm with Logan and your sister hates me. Nothing is going to happen here." She stormed off, leaving Evan beside the firepit. Evan's smirk didn't leave his face.

"Let the chase begin," Evan rubbed his hands together as if he was plotting something, the smirk still on his face.

While Logan worked on some math work with Gustavo and Kelly assisting him, Katrina was on her own. However, this was by choice. Earlier, Gustavo had shadowed Logan while Kelly was with Katrina, but the teen girl convinced Kelly that she worked better alone.

Katrina popped a Skittle into her mouth as she worked on the Types of Hair project for James. It wasn't her best work, but she had to get it done fast. The earbuds that Gustavo and Kelly got her blasted some music in her ears as she tuned out the rest of the world, concentrating on the project in front of her. Once she finished it, she grabbed a history book and dived into a report on one of the presidents. She reached over to grab another Skittle, but didn't find any.

Pulling an earbud out of one of her ears, Katrina called out to the others, "I need more Skittles!" Gustavo rushed over with a bag which she took with a smile of thanks. As Gustavo headed back over to Logan and Kelly, Mrs. Knight came over to Katrina.

"What are you doing?" Mrs. Knight asked Katrina.

"Helping the guys with their homework," Katrina didn't look up from the paper she was writing on.

"Um, shouldn't the guys be doing their own work?" Mrs. Knight pointed out.

"Kendall, Carlos and James have disappeared," Katrina replied. "They need my help. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back in my zone." She put the loose earbud back in her ear, unable to hear anything but the music. Mrs. Knight stared at her niece for a second before moving to Logan who was reading a book held up by Kelly.

"Shouldn't the other guys be doing some of the work?" Mrs. Knight asked Logan.

"Oh ho," Logan replied. "Don't worry. They will. TURN!" Kelly turned the page as Mrs. Knight walked off in confusion.

Katrina got to her feet, announcing, "Done! And I gotta go!" Logan, Gustavo and Kelly turned their heads to watch Katrina race for the door.

"CAT!" Gustavo yelled. "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"

"I have a party to go to!" Katrina replied. "And I'm already running late!" She reached the door and looked over at them. "You can probably take care of the rest of this by yourselves." Before anyone could stop her, Katrina was out the door. She went over to apartment 2K, her brother's apartment, bursting inside. Evan and Brandon looked up from their couch to see her.

"Finally!" Evan exclaimed. "What took you so long?"

"Homework," Katrina admitted.

"Whatever, let's go," Brandon insisted, leading the other two out of the apartment.

As soon as they stepped out, they saw James, Kendall and Carlos heading down the hallway towards them.

"By now the noobs know about Bitters' no party rule," James spoke first.

"That never stopped Big Time Rush," Carlos added. "And that's why everyone's gonna come to our-" Carlos was interrupted as two people from Teen NCSI came out of apartment 2I where the party was at.

"Great!" The girl spoke first. "You got here fast! Hey everybody! Delivery guys are here!" Katrina, Evan and Brandon had to hold back their laughter at the sight of James's and Carlos's reactions. Two guys came out of the apartment and grabbed party bags from Carlos and James before heading back inside.

The boy, David, took off his glasses as he told the boy band members, "Looks like Rocktober came early this year. WOO!" He and the girl danced into the apartment. Suddenly, Lil Lee Roth jumped out from around the corner with a cheer. He danced over to James and Carlos, took their hats and went into the apartment. Carlos and James were left frozen in shock while Kendall just seemed sad, not really responding to anything.

Katrina, Evan and Brandon took this moment to step forward. They waved to the three guys before heading into 2I. Katrina turned around to face them in the doorway. She gave them a sweet smile.

"Who needs my help now?" Katrina asked.

"Woo! Wolff Pack's here!" Someone inside yelled out.

"Now this party's rocking!" Another exclaimed.

"Sorry, that's my cue," Katrina told the three boys staring inside the apartment. James was shocked that Katrina seemed to be part of the popular crowd, Carlos looked around excitedly at the decorations inside and Kendall glanced inside with mild interest. Before any of them could say something to Katrina, she disappeared into the crowd. Someone walked by and closed the door in their faces.

Soon, Katrina emerged from the crowd nearby the stage. Evan, who was already onstage, helped her up.

"Ready for our dress rehearsal?" Evan yelled above the crowd as he sat down at the drum set. Brandon got up onto the stage and grabbed the bass.

Katrina put the guitar strap around herself. After a couple strums to get a feel for the guitar, she turned to Evan, "Let's rock this place!" Evan raised his drumsticks into the air as he banged them together to count them off.

After the party, Katrina danced her way into apartment 2J, humming a song. As soon as she looked over at the couch area, she froze. All four guys had collapsed on the couch and were staring at the ceiling. A second later, as though from a delayed reaction to the door opening, they looked over at Katrina. Her mood went south quick.

"Okay, hold on," Katrina told them. "I've got something that will cheer three of you up!" She ran from the room leaving the guys confused. They looked at each other, wondering why it wasn't all four of them. It wasn't long before Katrina came back into the room with three wrapped presents in her arms. The guys watched as Katrina dropped a present in Logan's, James's and Carlos's laps.

"You got them presents, but not your own cousin?" Kendall complained.

"It's for their birthdays," Katrina explained. "I missed them since you guys were on tour. Yours is in November so I can give you a present then."

"Oh," Kendall responded. "That makes sense." Although he understood, he still sulked as he watched his friends open their presents.

"A mirror," James smiled at his reflection in the handheld mirror. "Nice." He pulled out a comb and began putting the mirror to good use.

"A book on medical terminology," Logan skimmed through the pages, a smile on his face. "This is awesome. Thanks Katrina." Katrina blushed a bit as she brushed strands of hair out of her face with her hand.

Carlos stared at his present for a second before he finally asked, "What is this?"

"A helmet cleaner," Katrina told him. "No offense, but that helmet is starting to smell." Kendall, James and Logan nodded, agreeing with Katrina.

"Oh, well, it's the thought that counts," Carlos replied, getting to his feet. He gave Katrina a quick hug to thank her before walking off.

Katrina turned to call out to him, "You're still gonna use that, right?" Carlos didn't respond. "Carlos?" The door shut after Carlos went into the hallway to the bedrooms. Katrina looked to the other three boys, "Make sure Carlos uses that helmet cleaner." The guys nodded as Logan and James got to their feet. The two boys each gave Katrina a hug before they left too, leaving Kendall and Katrina left.

"At least they're happier," Kendall mumbled. Katrina sighed, sitting down next to her cousin.

"Nothing is going on between Jo and Jett," Katrina assured Kendall. "If there was, I would have been the first to tell you. Family before friends, remember? Friends can come and go, but family you're stuck with for the rest of your life."

"Jo told me to forget about her," Kendall mentioned.

"Fight for her," Katrina advised. "If you care about her, you need to show her."

"Thanks," Kendall gave her a smile. The two of them got to their feet so Kendall could give Katrina a hug.

"Anytime," Katrina replied as they broke apart. "We should get to bed. Rocktoberfest is tomorrow!"

"So, you're going?" Kendall assumed as the cousins headed for their bedrooms.

"Believe me," Katrina responded. "I wouldn't miss this for the world."

Pacing in the lobby the next day, Katrina kept checking her phone for the time.

"Where are they?" Katrina mumbled. She was already wearing her performance outfit. Her black fitted t-shirt had the words 'Night Of The Wolf Chick' written on it in pink. She added more pink to her outfit with the pink jean shorts and the pink Converse that laced up almost all the way to her knees.

Finally, the elevator doors opened and Evan and Brandon came out. Katrina saw them and crossed her arms.

"Where have you been?" Katrina asked. "Katie's been calling me asking where we are! She's already at Rocktoberfest!"

"Sorry," Evan told her. "Brandon wanted to make sure his curls were perfect." Katrina turned her glare on Brandon.

Brandon didn't get a chance to defend himself because the sound of cheers came from around the corner. The three band members watched as a crowd of teens turned the corner, carrying Logan, Carlos and James on their shoulders.

"Oh, you know they just love us for our tickets!" Logan called over to James and Carlos.

"We're okay with that!" Carlos and James yelled back, giving each other fist-bumps. The crowd passed and Katrina, Evan and Brandon noticed that Kelly and Gustavo were at the back of it. They also noticed that Kendall had lingered behind. Kendall stopped in the lobby, talking on his phone.

"Come on," Katrina headed towards the exit. "We gotta go!" Evan and Brandon followed her out of the Palm Woods.

Onstage at Rocktoberfest, someone had started the event, asking the crowd, "Are you ready for Rocktober?" The crowd cheered. Backstage, Logan, James, Carlos and Kendall peeked out from behind the curtain at the crowd.

"Oh, it really is a Rocktober miracle!" Logan mentioned.

"The entire Palm Woods is here! Old and new!" James exclaimed. "Except." The guys suddenly seemed sad when they realized Jo wasn't in the crowd.

"Sorry buddy," Carlos told Kendall.

"I don't see Katrina," Logan realized there was someone else missing from the audience.

"She said she'd be here," Kendall stretched his neck, trying to find either his girlfriend or cousin. "And I can't find Evan or Brandon either. Weird."

"Okay," Gustavo got the boys' attentions. "We're gonna perform four songs. And we're gonna start with The City Is Ours."

"I wanna do the new one," Kendall declared.

"Really?" Kelly seemed surprised. "I don't think we've rehearsed that one enough."

"Just trust me," Kendall insisted.

"He's got this," James, Logan and Carlos added. Gustavo shrugged, giving in.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the backstage, Katrina, Evan and Brandon were talking about the poster with the names of the bands listed on it. Wolff Pack was right underneath Big Time Rush. There were smaller letters under Wolff Pack that said 'Unsigned Artist of the Day'.

"I'm surprised that none of the guys, Gustavo or Kelly realized that we're Wolff Pack," Katrina mentioned.

"Alright," Katie came up to Katrina, Evan and Brandon. "You're all signed in. They've put you after Big Time Rush. Something about the unsigned artist always going second. All that's left is for you to pick your songs. You've got four of them, so make them good." She walked off to watch as Big Time Rush went onstage.

Katrina frowned as she heard the music for the first Big Time Rush song, "I don't know this one." She, Evan and Brandon wandered over to watch the boys' performance alongside Katie. She watched them dance as Kendall began the lyrics.

Get a call on a random afternoon
I pick it up and I see that it's you
Like my heart you were breaking the news, you say
It's over, it's over, it's over
Heading out cause I'm out of my mind
All my friends are gonna see me tonight
I'm staying here till the sun starts to rise and I'm
I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna

"This is a break-up song," Katrina realized. "They never sing break-up songs." The four guys went into their chorus.

Dance hard, laugh more, turn the music up now
Party like a rockstar, can I get a what now
I swear I'll do anything that I have to
Till I forget about
Jump up, fall down, gotta play it loud now
Don't care, my head's spinning all around now
I swear I'll do anything that I have to
Till I forget about you
Till I forget about you

"I wanna do our song Unforgettable," Katrina insisted. Evan and Brandon suddenly turned to stare at Katrina.

"But that requires piano," Evan reminded her.

Katrina pulled out a CD and gave it to Katie, "Play track six on our fourth song. That's just the piano part." Katie nodded as Carlos took the next verse.

Bet you thought I'd be here on my own
Waiting for you to knock on my door
Since you left, I don't wait by the phone
I'm moving, I'm moving, I'm moving
I found a place where I can lose myself
And just leave your memory on the shelf
See I'm fine, no I don't need nobody else cause I'm
I'm going, I'm going, I'm going

"So, you want to do that last then," Brandon assumed.

"Yep," Katrina replied, her eyes focused on the boys singing. Evan raised his eyebrows, wondering why she would want the song last when the guys' equivalent went first. The boys started the chorus again.

Katrina's breathing hitched when the guys finally noticed her. Their eyebrows furrowed as they tried to figure out why she would be backstage. Logan sang his solo.

Spending money like it don't mean a thing
I'm going crazy now, don't even think
Losing my mind, it's all I can do
Till I forget about you

Narrowing her eyes, Katrina told the others, "Yes, we're definitely singing Unforgettable. And I know what to do for our first song." She noticed the guys pointing at something in the crowd and took a look from behind the curtain. That's when she saw Jo holding an 'I heart Kendall' sign. Katrina silently cheered for Kendall.

Katrina smiled slightly at the last part. Although Kendall, James and Carlos stared into the crowd at the end of the song, Logan stared at Katrina. She gave him a thumbs up before turning to her own bandmates, "Okay, let's figure out the rest of the songs on our setlist."

"We should do Bad Romance for our cover," Brandon suggested. The three of them heard Big Time Rush starting their second song. "We've done a really good job on making that one our own."

"Really?" Katrina seemed surprised. "I was thinking that Backstreet Boys song we were working on."

"You haven't finished the guitar solo," Evan reminded her. "And I want to do Camera Shy."

Katrina was even more shocked by that one, "But we haven't rehearsed that one yet."

"You've got the guitar part down, right?" Evan asked. Katrina nodded. "Then I don't see a problem."

"I actually get to sing in that one, so I'm good," Brandon agreed with Evan. "Now, what about the first song?"

"Don't Know How To Stop," Katrina decided. "Come on. We have to get over to the other side to get ready to go on." She led the other two through backstage to the other side. By the time they were there, they had decided on the order of the songs and the boys onstage were finishing up with their third song. Gustavo, Kelly and Griffin were watching the four guys onstage. They did a double take when they saw Katrina.

"Katrina?" the three adults yelled in shock. She waved to them. Big Time Rush started their fourth song as someone came up to Wolff Pack with a headset microphone for each of them. Kelly, Gustavo and Griffin watched them in confusion as the three band members got set up with their microphones. When someone else came over with a guitar and bass for Katrina and Brandon, the adults finally matched Wolff Pack with Katrina and Evan Wolff.

"Wait, you're Wolff Pack?" Kelly got it first. Katrina, Evan and Brandon nodded, Evan twirling drumsticks in his hands.

"I didn't approve of this!" Griffin argued. "You're still contracted to me!"

"Uh, no I'm not," Katrina reminded him. "You tore up my contract, remember?" Griffin winced as he remembered. The group heard Big Time Rush finish their last song. "Sorry, that's our cue." She, Evan and Brandon walked over to the stage entrance. They watched as the host of Rocktoberfest went onstage.

"Woo! Now, that's what I'm talking about!" The host spoke into the microphone. "Boys, can you help me welcome the next band onstage?"

"We'd be happy to," Kendall replied.

"This band, Wolff Pack, is a formally undiscovered band," the host announced. "But we've discovered them and we're here to help them find a record label."

"I'm sorry, did you say Wolff Pack?" Logan finally caught onto something.

"WOO! WOLFF PACK!" Someone from the crowd yelled. Katrina, Evan and Brandon had smiles form on their faces.

"Everyone please welcome the pop rock band, Wolff Pack!" the host pointed to them, indicating they should come out on stage. To cheers, Katrina, Evan and Brandon ran out onto the stage. Carlos, James, Kendall and Logan stared at the three of them with wide eyes and jaws dropped. The host, not realizing the boys had frozen, left them on the stage. While Evan raced over to the drum set, Brandon headed over to the other side of the stage. Katrina went up to the four guys not leaving the stage.

"Uh, guys?" Katrina tried talking to the four frozen boys. Her voice rang out due to the headset microphone she had. "You should probably get off stage. We're about to start." When they didn't move, Katrina shrugged. "Fine, stay there. But if you don't mind, we're just gonna play because I don't know how to stop. Hit it, Evan!"

Evan raised his drumsticks to count them in, "One! Two! Three! Four!" That was when the three of them started their first song together. The four boy band members jumped at the sudden noise. Katrina gave them a slight smirk before she turned to the crowd, opening her mouth to sing.

Head lights, red lights, got it in my sights
Nothing's in my way
No sound, hush now, push the pedal down
Got no time to waste
It's a long way home
You just crossed a borderline
You just crossed a borderline
When I say go
You know you better hold on tight
I don't know how to stop
I give it all I've got
It's like my brakes are shot
I gotta have too much
I don't know how to stop
Gets crazy but so what
You know it's what you want
So give it up and don't be scared of how good it feels

Katrina went back to the guys, standing in front of them as she continued to sing. It made it seem as if she was singing to them.

Mach speed, full speed, that is all I need
They can eat my dust
Hell yeah, rock on, will you come along
Do I have your trust
It's a long way down
If you're getting this high
If you're getting this high
When I say now
You had better hold on tight

Leaning in, Katrina practically screamed in their faces, "NOW!" She quickly went into the chorus again.

Katrina continued to sing right in front of the guys with Brandon singing backup.

You know you don't want me to (I don't know how to stop)
And now that I'm here with you (I don't know how to stop)
Here's what were gonna do (I don't know how to stop)
You know you don't want me to, (I don't know how to stop) yeah
How good it feels, tell me how good it feels
Don't be scared, scared, scared
Scared of how good it feels

Turning back to the crowd, Katrina sang the chorus again. She walked away from them to get to the edge of the stage. The guys turned their heads to watch her leave them.

I don't know how to stop
I give it all I've got
It's like my brakes are shot
I gotta have too much
I don't know how to stop
Gets crazy but so what
You know it's what you want
So give it up and don't be scared of how good it feels
I don't know how to stop how good it feels
I don't know how to stop how good it feels
I don't know how to stop how good it feels
I don't know how to stop

The boys watched in amazement as Katrina went into a guitar solo. Her hair seemed to be blowing in the wind as she worked her fingers on the guitar strings like a pro. She finished her solo and the song ended. Smiles spread across hers, Evan's and Brandon's faces. Cheers came from the crowd.

Katrina looked to the boys still on the stage, "You know, you should probably get off. Unless you wanted to do a duet or something." There was a sudden roaring from the crowd. "Oh, sounds like they like that idea. Evan, Brandon, what do you two think?"

"Sounds good to me," Brandon replied.

"We were going to do a cover anyways," Evan added.

"But we're not ready for a duet!" Logan broke the guys' silence first.

"Like Evan said, we're doing a cover," Katrina told them. "Although, we can't do Bad Romance now because that's not fit for a guy. How about our version of Bruno Mars's Grenade?"

"That uses piano, Kat!" Evan reminded her.

"Katie!" Katrina called out. "Wherever you are, play track three!"

"Katie knew about this?" Kendall exclaimed.

Katrina nodded, "Just follow my lead! You'll do fine!"

Suddenly, music played from the speakers. Evan joined before Katrina and Brandon did. After some playing from them, the three of them dropped off so Katrina could sing to the piano part.

Easy come, easy go, that's just how you live
Oh, take, take, take it all, but you never give
Should've known you was trouble from the first kiss
Had your eyes wide open, why were they open

The three with instruments began playing them again as Katrina continued singing.

Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash
Tossed it in the trash you did
To give me all your love is all I ever asked
Cause what you don't understand is I'd catch a grenade for ya

Big Time Rush jumped when Evan and Brandon gave some back-up vocals, "Na na".

Throw my hand on a blade for ya

This time, the boys joined Evan and Brandon with back-up, "Na na".

I'd jump in front of a train for ya (Na na)
You know I'd do anything for ya (Na na) Oh

Katrina nodded to the guys, hoping they would get that she wants them to sing the next part with her. They did.

I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain

She made a face at the boys that made them stop singing.

Yes, I would die for you, baby
But you won't do the same

"Okay boys," Katrina addressed Big Time Rush. "Your turn." None of them seemed to know what to do. When Katrina continued to stare at them expectantly, James decided to jump in.

Black, black, black and blue, beat me till I'm numb
Tell the devil I say hey when you get back to where you're from

Kendall took over with a couple of words of background vocals from Katrina.

Mad woman, bad woman, that's just what you are
Yeah, you'll smile in my face, then nip the brakes on my car

With a smile, Katrina took over the vocals again.

Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash
Tossed it in the trash, yes you did
To give me all your love is all I ever asked
Cause what you don't understand is I'd catch a grenade for ya (Na na)
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (Na na)
I'd jump in front of a train for ya (Na na)
You know I'd do anything for ya (Na na) Oh
I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet right through my brain
Yes, I would die for you, baby
But you won't do the same

Katrina leaned over to Carlos to sing with him.

If my body was on fire
Ooh, you'd watch me burn down in flames

She moved over to Logan, her voice joining with his.

You said you loved me, you're a liar
Cause you never, ever, ever did baby

Katrina stepped away from them to face the crowd. She and the guys stepped towards the edge of the stage in a line.

But darling I'd still catch a grenade for ya (Na na)
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (Na na)
I'd jump in front of a train for ya (Na na)
You know I'd do anything for ya (Na na) Oh
I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes, I would die for you, baby
But you won't do the same
You wouldn't do the same
You'd never do the same
Ooh, you'd never do the same
No no no no

All of them smiled in triumph at the impromptu duet. Katrina and the guys all gave the audience a bow.

Over with the adults backstage, Griffin leaned over to tell Gustavo, "I want them. Do whatever it takes to get Wolff Pack on Rocque Records." Before Gustavo could say another word, Griffin walked off.

Back onstage, Katrina turned to the guys, "Okay, now it's really time for you to get off. We're about to go into original songs."

The guys didn't get a chance to move because it was at that moment that the sound of a gunshot was heard and Katrina fell to the ground.

Chaos seemed to happen in slow motion. The crowd quickly began their retreat, trying to get as far away from the stage as possible. Only Jo and Camille stood still in the audience as they stared up at the stage, blank expressions on their faces as they were unable to comprehend what was going on. Logan, Kendall, James and Carlos stared down at Katrina, terror written across their faces.

Katrina's sudden scream of pain brought everything back to normal speed. The boys watched her scrunch up her face in a reaction to the unbearable pain she was having. Blood spilled out from the new hole in her leg.

"KATRINA!" Evan and Brandon screamed. Evan got to his feet to run over to her, but quickly ducked behind the drum set when he heard the sound of another gunshot while Brandon ran behind the curtain to backstage. A bullet went straight through the background behind where Evan used to be.

Over by the adults, Kelly had her phone to her ear, already calling 911. Gustavo stared blankly, unable to move from being frozen in horror.

Finally, the four boys onstage were able to move. They knelt down beside her as they tried to figure out what to do.

"What do we do?" Carlos exclaimed. "Katrina's dying!"

"Quick! Give me your vest!" Logan demanded of Carlos. Carlos immediately took his vest off, no questions asked, and handed it to Logan. Logan folded the vest a bit to provide layers before he pressed it up against the gunshot wound. Katrina let off a bloodcurdling howl of pain at the sudden pressure.

"What are you doing, Logan?" James asked. "You're hurting her!"

"I know this hurts," Logan ignored James as he tried to talk as calmly as possible to Katrina. She opened her eyes slightly, gaining eye contact with Logan. Although pain echoed mostly from her eyes, it was obvious she was terrified. "But I need to do this to stop you from losing too much blood. Kendall, get the guitar off of her. Hopefully, someone's called 911 by now." Kendall untangled the guitar from Katrina and set it to the side. Logan, still seeing the horror and hurt in Katrina's eyes, reached forward with his free hand to grab one of hers. As he held her hand, he used his thumb to make calming, slow circles on the back of Katrina's hand.

Suddenly, static from the speakers grabbed everyone's attention. Evan and Brandon peeked out from their hiding spots. Camille and Jo broke out of their daze to stare at the speakers. Kelly, who had just finished the phone call with 911, and Gustavo looked around for whoever was using the speakers. The four boys surrounding Katrina onstage froze as they waited for something to happen.

"So, you would die for them, Katrina," an unknown voice rang out through the static of the speakers. "You really don't know how to stop, do you? Maybe this will finally reach that little brain of yours. You, Evan and your little boy band better back off. This is your last warning. Pack your bags and take your newfound family out of the spotlight or the Zizi will take all of you out. By grenades, blades, trains, bullets through the brain and any other way we can think of. Don't be stupid. You know what you have to do. If you don't, the next tragedy the press will be talking about will be called the Big Time Tragedy." The guys exchanged horrified looks, realizing that they were all on the Zizi's hit list. The static sound disappeared and everything seemed strangely quiet.

Once it finally seemed safe, Evan and Brandon came over to join the four boys kneeling around Katrina. Evan stared down at Katrina and asked the first thing that came to his mind, "Did you want to stop?"

Breathing heavily, Katrina looked back at her brother with a fury masking the pain and terror from before. Before she even said it, the boys around her knew the answer, "No. This means war." As if that had taken up the rest of her energy, Katrina passed out. The sound of an ambulance got closer as the six guys surrounding Katrina looked at each other.

"She's right," Kendall realized. "We have to fight. If we don't, the Zizi are going to take us out and then move onto the next celebrity family."

"We must be getting close to something," Evan decided. "The Zizi only act this impulsively when they feel threatened."

"Is that good?" James asked.

"It's good and bad," Evan replied. "It's good because this might be something that will stop them, but it's bad because along the way, we'll be in even more danger than before."

The guys looked over at the entrance to Rocktoberfest as the ambulance finally arrived. They watched the paramedics leap out and race towards them onstage.

"Think they'll let me ride in the ambulance?" Carlos asked. The other five guys stared at him in disbelief as the paramedics climbed onto the stage.

(A/N): DRAMA! Always suspenseful to read! Is Katrina going to be okay? Will there be long lasting problems from this gunshot? Logan seemed to be acting too comforting to Katrina and right in front of Camille. Does this mean the end of something and the beginning of something else? Griffin wants Wolff Pack on Rocque Records, but after this are they still gonna WANT to be a band? Evan thinks they're getting close to something. If they are, what is it? Will they be able to use it to their advantage? You'll have to wait to find out! In the meantime, I have another hint alongside that babies hint. The second hint word is switch. Yep. So, to keep track of things, babies and switch are the hints. Good luck trying to guess! Until next time, happy reading!