(A/N): I'm sorry for the long wait! My professors decided that the past two weeks would be the perfect time to give three exams, two papers and three group projects. Let's just say for these past two weeks, my writing was set to the side for a while. But we're at Chapter 70! WOOHOO! Along with a brand new summary for the story! DOUBLE WOOHOO! And I decided to give you a super long chapter because of the time gone and I wanted to get this episode out of the way so I can get to the Halloween Special! More at the end about that. But first we have to get through this chapter…
Thank you to these people for your reviews: Cryss'BTRusher (No Emily stuff here, but there's some Lorina to make up for it at the beginning! And a little bit of drama at the end! And some seriously funny Evan and Brandon friendship in the middle!), MagooyiLovesBigTimeRush (Maybe your theory is right! But then again, maybe not. I don't give any hints in this one, but there's some in the next one! I promise!), Dreamer1992 (Perhaps there is a spy… This chapter's mostly the episode, so no huge plot thing. But next time for sure there will be a hint!), Milkamoo97 (No Dusty here because they're not at the Palm Woods much in this one… He probably won't show up again for a few chapters… But that doesn't mean Dusty's finished with his secret revealing!), Witch Demigoddess (Yeah, Katrina can't seem to catch a break, can she? And you're the only one that seemed to pick up on the confusion between Kendall and Evan! Believe me, that will play a MAJOR part in the future.), Inge (I hope this was soon enough for you!) and (Just a slight mention of Evan/Camille in this one, but a nice little date between Logan and Katrina! And I'm definitely continuing this story. I've already got plans up to Big Time Movie! I'm working on the plot to that one now while keeping what's happened in season 3 so far in mind. I've gotta keep thinking ahead so I can give hints and foreshadowing stuff.)
Once again, I do NOT own Big Time Rush. I also have no right to the episode, Big Time Live, which is used in this chapter (and only in this chapter). The songs mentioned in this chapter, but I do not own: Mission Impossible Theme Song,Little Bit of Truth by You Me At Six and Til I Forget About You by Big Time Rush. I also probably have to say that I don't own the Anamaniacs because I say something about them in here. Onto the chapter!
Chapter 70: Setting Things Straight
Logan and Katrina sat in the Big Time Rush mobile with Logan in the driver's seat. He had recently gotten his license, so he was allowed to drive without a legal adult in the car. Katrina impatiently tapped her fingers against the car door. The two of them were heading to their date which Logan had created, but once again didn't tell Katrina what it was. This caused Katrina to be in her impatient mood.
"Next time, I decide the date and you have to go along with whatever I pick," Katrina told Logan.
"If you pick where we go to dinner, will you be happier and stop asking me where we're going?" Logan asked.
Katrina stopped tapping on the door, eyes glancing upwards as she thought about it. After a few seconds, she smiled, "Deal."
"Just remember that we have a budget," Logan reminded her.
"I know."
"And we don't have any formal clothes with us, so no big fancy place."
"We could always go back to the Palm Woods and change." Logan gave her a quick look. "I'm kidding. I wasn't thinking about a big fancy place anyways."
"What were you thinking?"
Katrina smiled at him, "You'll have to wait."
"But I'm driving. You have to tell me so we can get there."
"I'll tell you AFTER we finish up wherever we're going," Katrina decided right as her phone rang. She gave Logan a teasing smile before she answered the phone. "Hello?" Her smile fell into a frown. "Kendall? We just saw you a few minutes ago. Why are you calling? You know that Logan and I are on a date." She went quiet as she listened to Kendall. "Oh."
"Oh?" Logan picked up. "What does 'oh' mean?"
"Dang!" Katrina exclaimed. "Seriously? Five?! Gustavo has officially gone crazy if he thinks I'm doing that."
"Doing what?" Logan became more curious.
"So, because you guys have to, does that mean I have to?" Katrina asked.
"Have to what?!" Logan was starting to get frustrated.
"Ugh!" Katrina groaned. "I'm going to hate that. Don't worry, I'll tell Logan and we'll try to get home early. Bye, Kendall."
"What was that about?" Logan spoke as Katrina hung up the phone.
"You guys have a performance tomorrow on a morning show," Katrina revealed. "And I have to go too. Apparently, Gustavo thinks that if I'm seen with all four of you, it'll become obvious that I'm not your groupie when I'm only flirting with you and not your friends, stopping the rumors."
"That's a good thing then, right?"
"We have to be there at five in the morning."
"Now, I understand!" Logan's mouth dropped into a frown. "I guess that means we can't do much for our date tonight because we have to get back early." Their mood had diminished at the thought, the two of them going quiet as they watched the road.
Suddenly, at a red light, they looked at each other, "I have an idea!"
"You first," Logan suggested.
"Okay," Katrina began. "There's a pizza place nearby here. We can get our food really fast there."
"We can pick up a pizza and take it to a nice secluded area I heard about," Logan added.
"Sounds great to me," Katrina agreed. The light changed to green and Logan continued down the road.
Reaching their destination, Logan put the car into park and turned it off. The two of them got out and headed for a patch of grass. To one side of them was a forest while the other showed a breathless sight of the sun setting. Logan sat down facing the sunset, placing the pizza box on the ground. After Katrina dropped her crutches down, she joined him on the ground. Silently, the couple ate their pizza, watching the sunset. Logan wrapped his arm around Katrina's waist, pulling her closer. She sighed in contentment as she placed her head on his shoulder. The two of them stayed quiet even when the pizza was gone, enjoying just being around each other. Katrina found herself so comfortable that she was starting to fall asleep.
"This is perfect," Katrina mentioned, breaking the silence. "Something calm, simple and away from the lights of the city." Logan smiled and kissed the top of her head. "Just being with you is perfect." Katrina snuggled her head into his shoulder even more. Logan placed his head on hers as the two of them watched the sun finish setting. Once the sun was out of the sky, the couple's eyes closed and they fell asleep.
A few minutes passed before a rustling in the forest caused their eyes to snap open. They pulled apart to look over at the tress, hoping that they had both just imagined it.
"Did you hear that?" Logan asked.
"Yeah, but it was probably just a squirrel or rabbit or something," Katrina assumed. They listened for something else, but didn't hear another sound. "See? They're probably more scared of us than we should be of them."
"What time is it?" Logan stretched his arms as he tried to keep himself awake.
Katrina pulled her phone out of her pocket and looked at it, "Six forty-three. We've still got about a few minutes before we have to head back."
"Good," Logan fell back on the grass, closing his eyes. "Then we can relax before I have to drive again."
"Or we can do something else," Katrina suggested. Before Logan could ask what she meant, Katrina's lips were on his. Smiling into the kiss, Logan wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer so that she was practically lying on top of him. His hands travelled from her back into her hair, running his fingers through it. Katrina grabbed Logan's shirt, clenching it in her hands. Her long fingernails scratched his chest through his shirt causing Logan to moan.
In a quick movement, Logan flipped them over so he was lying on top of Katrina. Some leaves and twigs that were in the grass got stuck in Katrina's hair as her head fell into the grass. Logan's lips went down from hers and latched onto her neck, leaving a bite mark there that Katrina would have to hide in the morning. While Logan marked her neck, Katrina let her hands wander down his shirt until they reached the edge. Slowly, her hands crept underneath his shirt, touching his skin. Logan moaned at the touch, pulling away from her neck.
"This California weather must finally be getting to me," Katrina guessed. "It's so hot out."
"Probably because we're making-out while you're in a hoodie," Logan mentioned. "Although, the weather report did say that today's temperature would be above average. And I feel hot too."
Katrina smirked, "Then why don't you take off your shirt and I'll take off my hoodie." Logan watched with widening eyes as Katrina seductively unzipped her hoodie, a 'come hither' look in her eyes. With a sudden rush, Logan pulled his t-shirt off over his head and tossed it to the side. He then helped Katrina out of her hoodie and threw it over to land on top of his shirt. As Katrina's hands went to his now bare torso, Logan captured Katrina's lips with his own. There was a sense of hunger as his tongue tried to get her to open her mouth.
Suddenly, there was a loud crash in the forest. Logan and Katrina broke apart and stared at the source of the sound.
"That was no squirrel," Logan realized.
"Please tell me there are no bears in these woods," Katrina begged.
"There are," Logan revealed. The couple stayed frozen as they continued to watch the forest. At the sound of another crash, Logan quickly got to his feet. He helped Katrina up, grabbed her hoodie and his shirt and led Katrina back to the car as quick as they could with Katrina limping from her bad leg. "The bears were probably lured here by the smell of that pizza." The two of them got into the car and hid in the backseat, trying to keep out of sight. From the rush to hide, Katrina ended up lying on top of Logan again. He had his arms around her protectively as they listened frantically for any sounds.
After a few moments of silence, Katrina whispered, "Do you think it's safe?"
"Go check," Logan suggested.
Katrina glared down at him, "Hello? I got shot. Remember? I can't walk. Plus you're the guy. You check."
"Just lean up and look," Logan told her. "I would, but you're on top of me."
"We look together," Katrina reasoned.
"Deal." The couple leaned up to look out of the car.
Suddenly, they were blinded by a white light. Voices rang in their ears, but there was nothing that they could make out. It became obvious what was in the forest and it was not a bear.
"Paparazzi," Logan and Katrina mumbled together. Their eyesight finally came back right as the voices became clearer. When they could hear the voices from the crowd, they noticed that the paparazzi still thought that Katrina was Big Time Rush's groupie and it was just Logan's night to have her alone.
Ignoring the paparazzi, Katrina got off of Logan so the two of them could climb into the front seat. Logan quickly turned on the car and pulled it out of park. He stepped on the gas and the paparazzi had to jump out of the way so that they wouldn't get run over. As Logan directed the car onto the highway, he and Katrina let out a relieved sigh.
Katrina groaned as she leaned forward and hit her head on the dashboard, "I forgot my crutches."
"Don't you have a back-up set?" Logan reminded her.
"Oh, right," Katrina winced. "But those are so uncomfortable. There's no padding on them. You know, for under my arms."
"At least we got rid of them," Logan said as he merged into traffic. "Although your crutches are probably going to end up as a selling item online." Katrina laughed slightly at that. She turned and watched the side of the road as Logan drove.
The door opened to apartment 2J, Logan and Katrina walking in. Logan helped Katrina keep as much pressure off her foot as possible by holding her waist and letting her lean on him. Carlos, James and Kendall looked at them from the couch, jaws dropping at the sight.
"What happened to your shirt, Logan?" Kendall asked. Logan looked down and realized he was still shirtless. "And your hoodie and tank-top, Katrina? Your hoodie is gone and your tank-top looks like it's going to fall off at any second." Blushing, Katrina pulled the straps of her tank-top up so they weren't falling down her arms anymore.
"They must have left their clothes in the tree they were making-out in," James deduced. "Because Katrina's got tons of leaves and sticks in her hair."
Suddenly, Carlos appeared at their side, singing, "Logan and Katrina sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Katrina's blush deepened and Logan could feel one growing on his cheeks.
James came up to the other side of them, joining in with Carlos, "First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage."
Kendall got up to join them, "You two didn't do anything that would cause that last thing to come sooner, did you?"
"NO!" Logan and Katrina exclaimed.
"Now, if you'll excuse me," Katrina added. "I have to go fix my hair and then get ready for bed because we have to be at that news station place at five in the morning tomorrow." She scowled and headed for the bathroom. With knowing smiles, James, Kendall and Carlos turned to Logan.
"What?" Logan asked.
"Who knew that our little Logie had that in him?" Kendall teased.
"It's so sad to watch them grow up," James mentioned, faking a sad face.
"It seems like just yesterday that we were trying to get them together," Carlos added.
"It was yesterday," Kendall and James reminded him.
"Guys, don't we have to get up really early tomorrow?" Logan tried to change the subject.
"Which is exactly why you're gonna tell us what happened," James insisted. "Otherwise, we won't let you sleep." He, Carlos and Kendall guided the smart boy out of the room, intending on finding out every detail about the date.
Once they were gone, Katrina peeked out of the bathroom, shaking her head, "And guys think that girls are gossips." Rolling her eyes, she closed herself in the bathroom again.
The boys' alarm went off at three in the morning and they groaned from their beds. James took his pillow and smacked the alarm clock off the table with it. The alarm kept ringing so Logan covered his head with his pillow to stop the sound from hitting his ears. Carlos covered himself in blankets, trying to disappear so he wouldn't have to get up. Reaching over, Kendall unplugged the alarm clock and silence fell in the room. The guys sighed contently as they began to fall asleep.
They didn't get a chance to fall into the oblivion known as slumber because the door opened, revealing Katrina in the doorway. She was already dressed and ready for the day. The boys chose to ignore the newcomer as they tried to get back to sleep.
"Guys!" Katrina exclaimed. "You've got to be at the station in two hours! You don't have time to sleep in!" There was no movement from the beds. Sighing, Katrina grabbed James's pillow from the floor and smacked James with it. "Get up. I'm not in the mood to play games!" James grabbed his pillow from her and laid his head down on it, covering himself with blankets so he couldn't see her anymore. Katrina grumbled, "Don't make me get Aunt Jenn."
Suddenly, the guys sat up in their beds and looked at her, "You wouldn't."
"It's three o'clock in the morning," Katrina reminded them. "I'm a girl who hasn't gotten her eight hours of sleep. And you guys are the reason I have to be up this early in the freaking morning. Do the math."
Carlos, James and Kendall turned to Logan, the math-lover. Logan looked up to the ceiling for a second before stating, "Yeah, that equation doesn't end well for us unless we get up." Moaning, the guys slowly pushed themselves out of their beds to get ready for the day. Mumbling something about idiots, Katrina left the room.
James, Carlos, Kendall, Logan, Katrina, Katie and Mrs. Knight walked through the studio for the morning show, AM L.A. Carlos and James looked around excitedly. Mrs. Knight leaned against Kendall, somehow sleepwalking. Logan and Katrina took turns yawning, using each other for support so they wouldn't pass out from exhaustion. Katrina had forgotten her crutches at home so she limped on her bad leg as she walked. Katie was too busy playing a video game to notice anything the others did, somehow unaffected by the lack of sleep the others had.
"Can you believe this?" Carlos asked.
"We're performing on live TV," James added.
"Can you believe it's five AM?" Logan mentioned. Katrina growled slightly at the thought.
Kendall yawned, "Why do early morning shows have to shoot so early in the morning?"
"Why couldn't Gustavo have booked you on a late night show?" Katrina asked, yawning too. Kendall reached over to try and wake up his mom.
"Don't wake her!" Katie insisted. "She hasn't had her eight hours of sleep yet." Kendall patted his mom's head slightly, continuing to let her sleep on his shoulder.
The group watched as two women walked over to greet them. One of them spoke, "Big Time Rush! Huge fan. I'm Jane Kennedy, the producer, and welcome to AM L.A., LA's number one morning show. Come on." The other woman gave them a slight smile before walking away to do her job. Jane led the group through the set. She pointed over to the main newscaster, "That is LA's number one morning host, Miles Bainbridge, warming up LA's number one teleprompter."
"No," Miles looked up from a packet of papers, "I'm pretty sure Los Angeles is just one word."
Katrina blinked, "If he's the number one host, then it's not a surprise that people are coming up with stupid rumors about me."
Jane's smile disappeared, "Come on." The group followed her off the set and backstage. They went into a room there and Jane gestured as though she was their tour guide, "And this is the Green Room where you can relax." Kendall set his mom down on one of the couches. Katie sat down next to her, still absorbed in the game. "Eat." The guys practically attacked the buffet table, Katrina rolling her eyes at their actions. "And meet our other guests like actor/environmentalist, Ed Begley Jr." The guys and Katrina turned to look at the man sitting on the couch with Katie and Mrs. Knight.
Ed stood up, "Hey guys. I'm here to promote my new line of environmentally-friendly –"
"Keep it fresh for the show, Ed," Jane cut him off. Disappointed, Ed sat back down. "We are so excited to have BTR at AM L.A. and I just know that our three million viewers will be excited too." The second woman came into the room and gave Jane a clipboard to look over.
"Well, we are very excited to be here," Kendall replied.
"Yeah, the show's running long," Jane revealed. "You guys are cut. Wake up mommy and get out." With that, she walked out of the room. Katrina started growling as she narrowed her eyes, slowly turning her head towards where Jane had left.
"Harsh," Ed told them.
"What just happened?" Kendall asked.
"The official term is: You got bumped," Ed replied.
"If that just happened, someone is getting hurt," Katrina declared. "I did NOT get up at two in the morning so that I would look perfect only to not see my boys get on TV, possibly me on their Hollywood Minute." The boys raised their eyebrows at her calling them 'her boys'.
"Leave me out of this," Katie insisted. "I'm on level twelve of Castle Bashers and I have to get my four knights to the Ring of Fire." The five teens looked at her in confusion before racing out of the room after Jane.
Reaching the producer, the boys and Katrina begged for her to wait. Jane rolled her eyes and turned to face them.
"What do you mean, 'cut'?" Logan tried to get clarification.
"It means I have to cut time from my show and you were it," Jane explained.
James laughed nervously, "Wait, but being on live TV is number seven on my list of things to do before I'm twenty." He got weird looks from the others.
"You don't have a list," Logan smiled as though it was the most ridiculous thing in the world.
"Oh, I have a list," James assured him, pulling out said list.
"Did you put star stickers on that thing?" Katrina noticed the pad of paper's cover had the stickers on it.
"I had to make it look good," James told her. "Like me." Katrina's eyebrow twitched as she stared at the pad of paper, wondering what James had on the list.
"Look," Carlos changed the subject. "You just said that you were excited to have us!"
"I'm a producer," Jane replied. "I lie." The teens stared at the woman with disbelief. "And my show is four minutes too long." She stuffed the timeline of the show into Logan's hands. "And LA needs their traffic, weather, stock reports, celebrity interviews and cooking tips. What they don't need to see is a stupid boy band!" James gasped in offense. Kendall pulled the timeline out of Logan's hands so he and Carlos could look it over.
"Oh, uh, vocal group is a term that could also be used," Logan corrected.
"So is 'You are cut from my show, so get off my set'," Jane smiled evilly before she walked away.
"I did not get up at five AM to be treated like this," Kendall insisted.
"Absolutely not," Logan agreed.
"Nope," Carlos and James crossed their arms.
"Where should we hit her?" Katrina asked, fisting one of her hands and punching her other one. Kendall reached over and pushed her hands down, shaking his head.
"You're very hostile today," Logan noted.
"Someone is going to pay for my lack of sleep," Katrina grumbled. "Would you rather I place the blame on you or her?"
"Place it on her," Logan chose.
"Good choice," Katrina replied. "Now, how are we hurting her?"
"How about if we just cut some time from the other segments so that we can pull out four minutes from it?" Kendall suggested. "We can try settling this peacefully."
"Nothing is peaceful in the land of media," Katrina mumbled. "But you can try." With that, the five of them huddled around the timeline, intending on finding a place for Big Time Rush to squeeze in.
Evan walked into the main part of apartment 2K, yawning, "Why do early morning shows have to shoot so early in the morning?"
Brandon looked over at him from the kitchen, too happy for the time of day, "Oh come on! How many times do we get to see friends perform on TV?"
"Every day we turn on the TV," Evan responded. He sniffed the air. "Are you actually cooking?"
"Sort of," Brandon held up a plate filled with food. "Frozen waffles."
"I miss Aunt Jenn's cooking," Evan declared, collapsing on the couch. "Wake me up when they're on the screen." He grabbed a pillow and covered his head with it.
"I made you a plate too," Brandon revealed.
Evan pointed at him from the couch, "Cover it in syrup and bring it over here." Brandon laughed slightly, but did as Evan asked. He set the plate on the coffee table in front of the TV as he sat down next to Evan on the couch. Evan tossed the pillow to the side and dug into the food. Brandon grabbed the remote and turned on the TV, changing it to the station that had the show AM L.A. on it.
"So, what's going on with you and Camille?" Brandon asked. Evan looked up to glare at Brandon for a second before going back to his food. "Are you two dating or something? You do realize that Logan and Kat still don't know what you two did."
"And they're never going to find out," Evan insisted. "Emily is out there and I intend on finding her. Camille knows that. She's backing off."
"But I saw you two holding hands at the carnival," Brandon pointed out. "You seemed really into her there."
"Listen," Evan turned to his best friend. "I'll be into her when I kiss her. So far, all the kissing between us started with her." Brandon raised an eyebrow. "And there's no way I'm kissing her first."
"So, you feel no attraction to her?" Brandon checked.
"I didn't say that," Evan replied. "I'm just saying that I'm not going to get caught up in relationship drama. First, it results in a lot of fighting and enemies getting made. I have enough enemies with the Zizi to worry about. Second, the last time I was in a relationship, the girl was kidnapped and I was told that she died. Excuse me for being a little hesitant to get in another relationship. And third, Camille is so not my type."
"And that last one is so a lie," Brandon caught. "You like her, but you're too scared to do anything about it because Kat will kill you two and Emily might come back. I totally understand though. No one wants to be in the position to have to choose between two people. Plus, if you chose Emily, Camille would probably go crazy after losing two guys."
"God, you're so right," Evan let his head fall into his hands. "What do I do? I still want to find Emily, but I haven't felt something like I do for Camille since I met Emily. They're completely different personalities. I don't get why I like them both. Emily was always in the background, never wanting to take the spotlight, but Camille's more in your face. She WANTS to be the center of attention. And the crazy way she does it," A smile started to appear on Evan's face. "Is really hot."
"Now what was that about Camille again?" A knowing smirk grew on Brandon's face.
Evan's smile disappeared, "I'm gonna take a shower." He got to his feet, ignoring the teasing look that Brandon was giving him. "When I get back, we will NOT pick this conversation back up. And you are to tell NO ONE what I said." With that, Evan left the room.
"That doesn't mean I can't tease you about it," Brandon mumbled under his breath before taking a bite of his waffles.
As Jane set up at her producer spot, the guys and Katrina rushed up to her. She looked at them confused.
"So, um," Kendall began. "We looked at the schedule."
"And if you trim just a little time from the weather," Logan explained. "The chef dude's weekend recipe, the market update and cut one Hollywood Minute."
"You'll have time for Big Time Rush!" Carlos added.
"Which will make your teen girl watchers very happy," Katrina went on.
"And I can check 'live TV face-time' off my list," James pointed at the item on the list.
"This is good," Jane responded, looking over the list. "No, this works. I think I owe you guys an apology." The guys and Katrina began getting excited. "Follow me."
"Sweet!" the five teens exclaimed before following the lady off the set.
Jane led the group over to a door, "I'm going to tell the director to make these changes right now, but I need you to wait in our special waiting room." She pointed to a door with the label 'Special Waiting Room'.
"Wait a second," Katrina's eyebrows furrowed. "Why can't we go back to the other waiting room?"
"Does it matter?!" Carlos asked excitedly. "It's special!" With that, the guys dragged her along as they went through the door. It closed after them right as the five teens figured out that they had been tricked to leave the building.
"I so called something like this happening," Katrina mumbled.
Jane's voice came from the loudspeaker, "Get out of my face, you stupid singing teens and your little groupie too." Katrina growled, clearly pissed off at the comment.
"Of course, you realize," Kendall began as James rolled up his sleeves.
"This means war," the five teens declared.
While AM L.A. was on their TV screen, Evan and Brandon were occupied with other things. Evan had his drumsticks out and was figuring out the beat for a new song on the coffee table. Brandon scanned through the lyrics to that song, mumbling his part to himself.
"Do you know when they're gonna be on so that we can turn this thing off?" Evan asked.
"No idea," Brandon admitted. "Although isn't it true that most musical performances are at the end of the show?"
Evan stopped drumming, "Then, WHY are we watching this from the beginning?"
Brandon shrugged, "The rule's not written in stone. And you know that the guys and Kat will be upset if we don't watch this." Evan grumbled to himself as Brandon's phone rang. With an apologetic look to Evan, Brandon answered his phone, "Hello?" Suddenly, a grin spread across his face, "Oh, hey Tim."
"And I'm gone," Evan decided, not wanting to hear the love exchange he knew was coming up. He went into the kitchen, intending on finding something to get him to wake up completely. "Hmm, I wonder if we have any more of those energy drinks that Kat thinks I shouldn't drink." He opened the refrigerator and stuck his head in.
"Wait, WHAT?!" Brandon exclaimed, sitting up straighter. "Griffin's giving Rocque Records a performance review?!" Evan pulled his head out and looked over at Brandon. "And he's giving one to ALL of his divisions?! Oh crap." Brandon looked over at Evan. "Call Kat NOW!" Evan quickly pulled his phone out, dialing Katrina's number.
"What, Evan?" Katrina answered a few rings later. "I'm busy and pissed off."
"Griffin's going to be reviewing Penny's Pet Care!" Evan exclaimed.
Katrina groaned, "I can't leave. You're gonna have to take care of it."
"But won't you be pissed that I missed you and the guys on TV?" Evan pointed out.
"Please, it'll probably be online," Katrina replied. "Plus it's just the guys, not me. Now, GO!"
"Right, bye," Evan hung up the phone. "Okay, let's head over there." Brandon turned off the TV before the two of them raced from the apartment.
"What was that all about?" Logan asked as Katrina put her phone away.
"Evan told me that Rocque Records is being reviewed by Griffin," Katrina revealed. "They think that Penny's Pet Care is next."
"Well, now we know where Gustavo and Kelly are," Kendall mentioned.
"Where's Katie?" James stomped his foot in frustration. "Wasn't she supposed to let us in?"
"Here comes the tumbleweed again," Carlos told them. The five teens watched as the tumbleweed rolled past them.
Suddenly, the door opened and Katie came out, still playing her Castle Bashers game, "I thought I told you to leave me out of this! I have to defeat the She-Beast before she destroys the Gwarth people!"
"Won't happen again," James assured her, leading the others back into the studio.
After James supplied them with bandannas and sunglasses, the five teens scurried along in the back, ready to take on the mission at hand. Katrina had put the bandanna around her forehead so that it would keep her bangs out of her eyes, but she left the rest of her chocolate hair with blonde streaks down.
"Okay," Kendall began. "Operation Cut-Out-Time-From-AM-L.A.-So-Big-Time-Rush-Can-Perform-On-Live-TV is underway."
"That's a really long operation name!" Logan commented.
"Ooh, how about something cool? Like Operation Winter Blitz!" Carlos suggested. Katrina looked to him in confusion since October was in fall, not winter.
"It's catchier," James mentioned. "But it's not winter."
"I got it!" Katrina exclaimed. "Operation Destruction!" She giggled mischievously, staring at the set with a plotting smirk on her face. The guys turned to her in surprise.
"You're not being left alone today," Kendall decided.
"Probably for the best," Katrina admitted.
"Although, they will regret it if we let her loose," James realized. Carlos and Logan nodded in agreement.
"Just move out!" Kendall instructed. With that, the five of them rushed off, Logan coming back to grab a laptop before following them. They searched the back area and found a closet with a bunch of technological stuff in it.
"Let's see," Logan looked around the room for something. "Aha!" He pulled out a long cord. "James, go attach one end of this to the teleprompter."
James grabbed one end of the cord, "On it!" He raced from the room. Carlos, Kendall and Katrina settled in around Logan as they sat down, watching the smart boy work on the computer.
Logan plugged his side of the cord into the computer, "We're in. The teleprompter is ours." He cracked his fingers, getting ready to type.
"Give us a good intro," Carlos insisted. The three teens leaned in to watch Logan work the computer.
Listening in to the newscast through the shut door, they heard Miles read the words from the teleprompter, "And a musical performance by the greatest band in the history of the world: Big Time Rush."
James came into the room, closing the door after him, "Be in the greatest band in the history of the world, check!" He checked off the item on his list before sitting down next to Carlos.
"You guys do realize that the greatest band in the history of the world is definitely The Beatles, right?" Katrina mentioned.
"The TV never lies," James insisted.
"If the TV never lies, then that means I'm dating all four of you," Katrina reminded him.
"Okay, the TV sometimes lies," James gave in.
"Focus!" Kendall interrupted their argument. "We're on a mission!"
"Right," James and Katrina nodded.
"Now, to shave some time off the morning update," Kendall pointed to the computer screen as Logan brought up the scrolling teleprompter screen. With a few hits on the keyboard, the scrolling got faster and faster. They overheard Miles actually keeping up with the teleprompter, which surprised them all.
"Faster," James encouraged. Logan made the words go by even faster. Miles's voice kept getting higher.
"Faster," Kendall, Carlos, James and Katrina told Logan. The words on the screen went by so fast that they became a blur, but Miles somehow still kept up with it.
Suddenly, the door burst open and the five teens screamed as they saw Jane standing in the doorway. She was fuming.
"Hey there, you," Kendall greeted her, guiltily. Jane yanked the cord and it came out of the laptop, cutting the group off from access to the teleprompter. They overheard Miles go back to his normal voice. The five teens got to their feet in a panic.
"Great news!" James tried to get Jane to be a little less angry.
"We shaved a whole minute off your show," Kendall continued.
"De nada," Carlos waved it off as if it wasn't a big deal and they were doing her a favor.
"Now you can at least give them a quick interview on your Hollywood Minute!" Katrina suggested.
Jane brought her walkie-talkie up to her mouth, "Security."
"We should run," Logan realized.
"Right," the other four agreed. With that, they sprinted out of the room, determined to find another place to hide. As they ran through the backstage, three large security officers in yellow jackets started raced after them. The adrenaline must have helped Katrina because she was able to run without feeling pain in her leg.
"This is SO not what I expected to happen!" Katrina exclaimed.
"Shut up and keep running!" Kendall yelled at her.
Meanwhile at Penny's Pet Care, Evan and Brandon got off the elevator and Tim looked up from the front desk. He sighed in relief at the sight of them.
"Thank God someone else is here," Tim told them.
Evan looked around the room, "Wow, the waiting area is empty. We're not going to do well at this review."
"That's why you two need to go check out what's going on at Rocque Records," Tim replied. "You know, do a little espionage to see if we can fool Griffin into thinking we're making a whole lot more money than we actually are."
"YES!" Evan and Brandon cheered.
"The spy team of Wolff and Hawk are at it again!" Evan exclaimed, giving Brandon a high-five.
"No secret can be kept from us!" Brandon seemed just as giddy as his best friend.
"Again?" Tim tilted his head in confusion.
Evan and Brandon looked at each other before saying, "Don't ask."
"Oh, okay," Tim sunk lower in his seat. "Um, if you wanted to wait here for a few minutes and watch AM L.A. in case Big Time Rush comes on, I've got it on the TV here in the waiting room." With that, the three guys looked at the TV mounted on the wall. The man on the show was reporting the traffic.
Evan, Brandon and Tim didn't have to wait long before the guys and Katrina showed up on the TV screen. James, Logan, Carlos, Kendall and Katrina showed up on the screen that had the traffic report on it. The five of them stopped and looked to the camera, realizing they were on live TV. James gave his 'million-dollar-smile', Logan turned quickly to look in the direction the group had just come from, Carlos leaned in so he could give the camera a confused look, Kendall waved and Katrina crossed her arms angrily.
Suddenly, Logan screamed making the others look in the same direction. The other four screamed before the entire group ran off the screen. They were replaced by three men in yellow jackets chasing after them.
The traffic newscaster decided to just move on, "And on the 105, there are reports of a crash." Right as he said the word 'crash', the group came back onto the screen, all five of them crashing into the newscaster and knocking him to the ground. The three men followed after, not even bothering with helping the traffic man to his feet.
Blinking, the three boys stared at the screen, wondering what to make of it.
"I don't think the guys are going to be performing today," Evan realized.
"Nope," Brandon shook his head.
"Probably not," Tim added.
"And from the look of things, they and Kat are probably going to get arrested," Evan mentioned. The two others nodded. "And this looks really bad for that groupie rumor."
"Oh definitely," Tim agreed.
"I'd think it even though I know it's not true," Brandon admitted. He turned to Evan. "We should get going." The two best friends headed for the elevator, ready to check out what a performance review from Griffin entails.
Running through the backstage, Big Time Rush and Katrina tried their best to avoid the security guards chasing them. They got close so Carlos decided to sacrifice himself, jumping on the back of one of the guards. With a little bit of manipulation, Carlos was able to steer the guard into the other security guards, making them fall into a pile on the ground. Before the guards could get up, Carlos did, catching up to his friends. They raced through a door, shutting it after them. Sighing in relief, they turned around, letting their backs hit the door.
Suddenly, another door opened and the three security guards walked in. The five teens screamed.
"RETREAT!" Carlos yelled. They scrambled to try and open the door, but couldn't. With terror, they turned back to the guards.
"It's locked," Logan revealed.
"We've got the perps," one of the security guards spoke into a walkie-talkie. "Are we authorized to use force?" The five teens shook their heads frantically.
"Absolutely," Jane's voice came from the walkie-talkie.
With a sigh, Katrina stepped forward. She put her hands on her hips, spread her legs and glared at the security guards, blocking their way to the boys. "There is no way you're hurting my boys. You can't get to them without getting through me first. And you can't hit a teen girl, so HA!" The guys looked at each other before they huddled behind the model. Carlos stuck his tongue out at the security guards, thinking there was no way the guards could get to them.
The security guard brought the walkie-talkie up to his mouth, "What about the girl?"
"Use as much force as you have to on that little groupie," Jane's voice responded.
Katrina gulped before she found a way to hide behind the guys, saying, "This time I think it's appropriate to say 'Boys first'."
James looked through his list as the security guards pulled out their nightsticks, "Get beat up by security guards? Nope, not on my list!" Katrina poked her head out from behind them wincing as she and the boys watched the security guards get closer to them. The teens got into a huddle, hoping that strength in numbers would help them to not get beat up as bad.
"Logan, options, now," Kendall turned to the smart boy.
"Well," Logan began, trying to figure out a way out of their predicament. "There's five of us and just three of them, but they're huge, so scream." At that, the five screamed.
Suddenly, the security guards jerked around spastically. The teens stopped screaming in surprise.
"It's working," Carlos realized. The five teens watched as the security guards fell to the ground, revealing Katie on the other side. The young girl had tasers in her hands which were pointed at the security guards.
"Katie?!" the guys and Katrina exclaimed in surprise.
Katie dropped the tasers to the ground, "Thanks. I was just about to beat the castle guards so I could get to the final boss level." She got apologies from the five people she had just saved from a beating.
As Katie turned around to walk away, Kendall got her attention, "Oh, Katie!" She turned back. "Could you keep Mom asleep? She doesn't need to see any of this." The others shook their heads, hoping that they wouldn't get in trouble for causing mayhem on the set. Katie just walked away. Once she was gone, the teens relaxed, walking away to continue their plan.
"But seriously, where'd she get that taser?" Logan asked.
"I don't know," the other four shook their heads.
"Glad she did though," Katrina mentioned.
"Oh yeah," the boys agreed.
Suddenly, Katrina stopped in her tracks and looked down. The boys walked a little further before they stopped too, wondering what was going on with Katrina.
"Is something wrong?" Kendall asked his cousin.
"My leg," Katrina mumbled. She reached down to touch her injured leg. It shook as spastically as the guards had when they were tasered. "I need to get off of it."
"Come on," Logan told her as he and Kendall each wrapped an arm around her to lift her up. "Let's find a place to hide and come up with a plan." Katrina put an arm around her boyfriend's and cousin's shoulders before the group of five headed into a nearby room. As the door closed after them, it revealed the words, 'Costume Supplies'.
Peeking into the hallway from a doorway, Evan and Brandon checked for anything unusual. The place was deserted. Decked out in black sweaters and pants, the boys added sunglasses and black bandannas around their heads to complete their look.
"Move out," Evan instructed. The two boys came out into the hallway, pressing their backs to opposite walls. "I have to say, the bandannas and sunglasses were a nice touch to this mission."
Brandon fixed his sunglasses, "I can't take all the credit. I found James's stash."
"Ah," Evan nodded. "Now, where is everyone?"
"Probably in the practice room," Brandon realized. "I think I heard some noises coming from there."
"Start humming Mission Impossible theme song now," Evan told Brandon. Just like that, the two boys began their humming. Over years of practice, the two of them were able to get the music in tune with each other. They could almost hear the song actually playing in their head.
Racing down the hall, the boys reached a corner. They pushed themselves up against the wall again. With a quick glance, Evan looked around the corner. Nodding to Brandon, Evan indicated that the path was clear. Evan jumped out first, facing the new hallway with his hands pointed in front of him as if he was holding a gun. Brandon came next, pressing his back against Evan's as he looked back at the hallway they had just left. With a motion of his hand, Evan knew that they weren't being followed. They moved on down the hallway, towards the practice room. Brandon got down onto the floor to pull into a somersault stop right beside the door of the practice room. Evan stepped onto Brandon's back so that he could do a flip over the doorway, trying to not be seen. He landed with ease and pressed himself up against the wall next to the door. The two boys peeked inside the room.
Gustavo and Kelly were inside, pacing and talking about the guys and Katrina on TV. Some gaming geeks were already moving their stuff into the room which made the boys nervous about what was going to happen to Penny's Pet Care.
Suddenly, a throat clearing made Evan and Brandon look forward to find Griffin standing there with one of his lackeys. The song in their heads immediately screeched to a stop as their humming halted.
"Shit," Evan and Brandon mumbled.
"What are you doing?" Griffin asked them.
Evan and Brandon exchanged looks before they admitted, "Spying."
"You do realize that to be a spy means that you can't be seen, right?" Griffin reminded them.
"We know," Evan groaned. "Man, this is just like the time that we tried to get a hold of Kat's diary, but forgot to check if she was in her room."
"Kat was standing in her doorway, diary in hand and a pissed look on her face," Brandon remembered. "We got in so much trouble that day."
"Not to mention what Kat did to us," Evan added. The two boys shivered as they thought back to that event.
Griffin seemed to consider them for a second before saying, "This gives me another idea for a test." He walked into the practice room, the lackey following. Evan and Brandon each raised an eyebrow before they followed Griffin in. Once inside, Griffin announced, "D!" The lackey held up a tablet with a red letter D on it. "You just failed my secret test."
"What is the secret test?!" Gustavo demanded.
"If I told you, it wouldn't be a secret," Griffin pointed out. Gustavo and Kelly seemed too wrapped up in whatever crazy tests that Griffin came up with to notice that Evan and Brandon had come into the room.
Two geeks came in with a heavy piece of machinery, knocking Gustavo and Kelly out of the way. One of those geeks announced, "And we are online!" The other geeks in the room cheered.
"Stop! Stop! STOP!" Gustavo screamed. "We are gonna ace the rest of this test. And there is no way that you are moving into my studio!" He pushed the geeks out of the way and kicked the machine out.
"Yeah huh," one of the geeks insisted.
"Nuh uh," Gustavo and Kelly retorted together.
"Yeah huh," the second geek snapped his fingers.
"NUH UH!" Gustavo and Kelly screeched together.
"Ooh," Griffin walked forward. "Rocque Records gets an A for snappy comebacks." Kelly pumped her fist in triumph.
"All they said was 'Nuh uh'," the first geek pointed out.
"Yes, but they did it as a team," Griffin explained. "Teamwork is very important for the bottom line." Gustavo and Kelly fist-bumped. "Now, I need a brand new song from Wolff Pack in five minutes." Evan's and Brandon's eyes went wide as they realized that they probably shouldn't have shown up.
"But our lead singer's not here!" Brandon mentioned as he and Evan walked over to join the shocked Gustavo and Kelly.
"I don't care," Griffin replied. "I want a new pop rock song from the pop rock band. It doesn't matter who sings it."
"Please tell me that you have a new song for us," Evan looked to Gustavo.
"I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING!" Gustavo admitted.
"There is that one thing," Kelly remembered. "The incomplete song that Katrina gave up on."
"That's horrible though," Gustavo insisted.
"It's better than nothing," Evan decided. "Where is it?" Scurrying away, the four searched for the song.
After four minutes of searching, the group found the sheet of music. However, that just left them with one minute to come up with the verses and perform it for Griffin since Katrina had already written out the chorus and instrumental. It took them thirty seconds to figure out that they couldn't come up with any verses.
"I'll just improvise it!" Evan declared, grabbing the sheet of paper out of Gustavo's hands. He led the others through Rocque Records and into the control room where Griffin was waiting for them. While Gustavo, Kelly and Brandon sat down in front of the control board, Evan raced into the sound booth. He quickly put on the headphones and gave Gustavo a thumbs up to indicate he was ready to sing. After fiddling with some things on the control board, Gustavo got the music to play. Evan let thirty seconds of instrumental play before he decided to just blurt something out.
All I want to do is write a song
One I haven't ever sung before
I don't want to sing the same old thing
It wouldn't mean anything to me
All I want to do is write a song
But everything I say just comes out wrong
I guess I'll just throw my thoughts away
Maybe pick them up another day
Gustavo glared at Evan in the sound booth, hoping that he would change the subject of the song. It was too late though since Evan already had the plan for the rest of the lyrics growing in his head. The music for the chorus came in and Evan changed appropriately.
I just lost control
I just wanted you to know
When I'm on my own
I feel invisible
And I just lost control
I just needed you to know
When in front of you
I feel invincible
Brandon, Gustavo and Kelly noticed that Griffin was watching Evan intensely, but wasn't showing anything on how he felt about the song. Evan went right into the next verse, confident in his words.
I want to write a song that makes you smile
One that keeps you around for a while
I wish for the small things like losing this feeling
I've seen this coming, I've seen you leaving
Gustavo and Kelly seemed to relax at this verse, realizing that Evan was taking the song somewhere. Brandon watched his best friend curiously, seeing that Evan was putting a lot of emotion into the song.
I just lost control
I just wanted you to know
When I'm on my own
I feel invisible
And I just lost control
I just needed you to know
When in front of you
I feel invincible
Evan closed his eyes and tried to imagine himself singing this to Emily. But when he saw the image in his head, he wasn't singing to Emily. He was singing to Camille.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh
I know I've said and done some things
That have made you feel a little empty
I've got a whole lot to learn
Every bridge I see I seem to burn
So, all I've got to do is sing a song
Tell a little truth to everyone
Sick of saying sorry when I'm not
But after a little love that's
That's all I've
That's all I've got
Eyes flying open, Evan looked over at the people staring at him. Suddenly, Evan felt like he should never have let Camille kiss him in the first place.
I just lost control
I just wanted you to know
When I'm on my own
I feel invisible
And I just lost control
I just needed you to know
When in front of you
I feel invincible, invincible
The song ended and everyone looked to Griffin expectantly. Getting to his feet, the CEO announced, "D." His lackey held up the tablet with a big red letter D on it.
"WHAT?!" Evan, Brandon, Gustavo and Kelly screamed.
"I asked for a song in five minutes," Griffin explained. "You gave it to me in five minutes and one second. Time is money. If you're wasting my time, that means you're wasting my money. But I will give you an A for the song." The four people being evaluated cheered. "Evan should really sing more. Now, the breakfast test!" He happily pulled out a spatula.
Suddenly, Gustavo and Kelly were in cooking outfits, complete with aprons and cooking utensils, saying the words on their aprons, "Let's do this!" They ran off, getting supplies to cook an amazing meal for Griffin.
"What about you two?" Griffin turned to the boys left behind.
"The best thing I can cook is a frozen waffle," Brandon admitted.
"I can't even cook that without burning it somehow," Evan added.
Griffin put his arms around the two boys' shoulders, "Wanna know a secret? I can't cook either. I have people do it for me. The most successful people in life shouldn't have to be slowed down by cooking. Take a look at royalty. Do they cook? No, they have servants do it for them!"
"And Gustavo and Kelly are your servants?" Evan guessed.
"Exactly!" Griffin exclaimed. "You two are like the children I don't regret having." Evan and Brandon raised their eyebrows. "Now, hum the Mission Impossible theme song and let's go spy on Gustavo and Kelly cooking." After a second's hesitation, Evan and Brandon started humming the song again. They and Griffin immediately went into spy mode and ran out of the room to spy on Gustavo and Kelly.
After the boys and Katrina had hidden in the costume closet, each of them had picked out outfits to disguise themselves. Kendall was Abraham Lincoln, Carlos was a police officer, James was a fisherman, Logan was a pharaoh and Katrina was a nurse. When she had first picked it out and dressed in it, the guys had greeted her with the phrase, "Hello-o-o-o, nurse!"
Katrina replied, "Animaniacs. Cute." A blush appeared on her face though as she remembered that the characters only said that to someone they thought looked hot.
"I try to be," James fixed his hair underneath the fisherman's hat. Katrina rolled her eyes.
Logan hit James's arm before pointing at Katrina, "Girlfriend! Remember?"
"Right," James responded guiltily.
"How's your leg, Katrina?" Carlos asked.
Katrina wiggled it around before answering, "Good, but I should probably keep off it as much as possible."
"Perfect," Kendall mentioned. "Then we should get going." With that, the five teens left the costume closet.
Back on the AM L.A. set, Kendall, Carlos, James, Logan and Katrina ducked behind a clothes rack and peeked out through the clothes.
"Okay," Carlos began. "We gotta cut three more minutes from the show to perform."
"Then, Operation We-Love-Ed-Begley-Jr.-But-We-Have-To-Cut-His-Segment-Short-To-Perform is underway!" Kendall declared.
"Okay," Logan spoke up, "Next time, I'm in charge of operation naming." James reached down and slapped Logan's face. "Ow. What'd you do that for?"
"Number eleven," James had his list out. "Slap a pharaoh. Check."
Katrina leaned over to look at his list, "You checked off 'Make-out with model'." She blinked a few times before seeming offended. "Was that me?!"
James was spared answering that because Kendall announced, "Move out." With that, the five of them went into action.
Each of them watched for a time when they could do something to make Ed's segment shorter. First up was James as he used a fishing rod to take the wind-powered spinning tie rack. Then, when Ed pulled out an energy drink, it turned out to be empty because Logan had drunk it all.
Miles pointed to the saw on the table, "What about that saw? How can a saw be environmentally friendly?"
"Well, Miles," Ed began to reach for the saw. "This saw is made of-"
Katrina cut him off by running onto the set, exclaiming, "Don't touch that saw! It might be infected!" Miles and Ed backed away from the table as fast as they could. Jane watched the scene from her producer's podium, knuckles turning white as she clenched the podium tightly. Katrina put on a pair of medical gloves and pulled a test tube and Q-tip out of one of the pockets in her nurse's outfit. She quickly stuck the Q-tip into the liquid in the test tube before she rubbed the Q-tip against the saw. Making a big deal out of it, Katrina examined the Q-tip. "Yep. Infected. I just saved your lives." Keeping the gloves on, she grabbed the saw. "I'm just gonna get this thing sanitized and bring it right back for you." That said, she ran off the set, joining up with Kendall in hiding. "Got the saw."
"Excellent," Kendall responded. "Now, we can put another part of the plan into action."
"Where's Carlos?" Katrina asked. Kendall pointed to the set where Ed's assistant was using a bike to power a toaster. "I don't see him." Suddenly, the assistant tossed his hair, revealing that it was Carlos. "Oh, now I see him." They watched as Carlos pedaled faster and faster until the bike came loose from its station. He wasn't able to stop himself before he ran straight into the Hollywood Minute set, knocking over the green screen. Jane screamed at the sight of her set falling apart.
Kendall and Katrina came out from their hiding spot to approach Jane, Kendall telling her, "Okay, with Ed's segment shortened and the Hollywood Minute –" He gestured over to the remains of the Hollywood Minute set. " – gone. We only need to cut another two minutes from the show and then –"
"We can sing!" Carlos, James and Logan announced as they showed up.
"You will NEVER perform on my show!" Jane insisted, pulling out a walkie-talkie. "Security! I need SECURITY!"
"We should run again," Logan realized.
"Yep," the other four agreed. The guys lost the last of their costumes before they and Katrina ran off.
Running off the set, Katrina held onto the bottom of her dress to keep it from riding up, "I should've chosen an outfit with pants!"
"Stop complaining and run!" James yelled at her.
The five teens ran into the Green Room to find Mrs. Knight asleep and Katie still playing her game. At the sound of them, Katie held up her hand and the teens froze. They watched as Mrs. Knight stirred for a second before she fell back into her sleep. The teens relaxed.
"You know that producer lady's gonna have every security guard on the lot after you," Katie pointed out, keeping her voice as quiet as possible.
"Not if my baby sister, whom I love, creates a distraction," Kendall suggested. The other teens got in a begging stance.
"Why can't Katrina do it?" Katie asked, not looking up from her game. "She's just as devious and she's not performing."
"But I'm not as good at coming up with these things like you are," Katrina complimented her younger cousin.
"Plus she's not allowed alone because she might hurt someone," Carlos mentioned.
Katie sighed, closing her gaming device, "Fine. I'll help." She got up and left the room.
"Can I go somewhere I can change?" Katrina asked. "I really don't want to be running around in this short dress." The guys agreed and led her out of the room.
Once Gustavo and Kelly were finished with making breakfast, Griffin invited Evan and Brandon to eat along with him. The boys didn't have to be offered twice. They dug in, completely ruining the set up that Gustavo and Kelly had made to display the food.
"Amazing," Evan mumbled with his mouth full.
"Mouth-wateringly scrumptious," Brandon added with the same amount of food fullness in his mouth.
"Mmmm, delicious," Griffin admitted. Gustavo and Kelly smiled, thinking they had this one in the bag. "But you get another D." Gustavo threw his cooking utensils in the air. Evan and Brandon looked up from the buffet, food sticking out of their mouths. "It's too expensive." Griffin threw his plate of food to the side. "I was hoping for bike-powered toast."
Evan swallowed so he could talk, "You don't mind if we finish this up, do you? I mean, wasting food means wasting money." Brandon nodded enthusiastically.
Griffin pointed at the boys, "See what my protégés have already learned? Don't waste my money. Boys, eat the rest of the food." Food went flying as Evan and Brandon attacked it. Griffin went up to Gustavo and Kelly, turning around. Before they could ask what Griffin wanted them to do next, Griffin fell backwards. Gustavo and Kelly looked down at the CEO in surprise. "That was a trust fall, Gustavo. And you failed. Again." The two geeks came into the room to help Griffin to his feet. "Because if I can't trust the head of Rocque Records, who can I trust?"
"You can trust us!" Brandon declared.
"Yeah," Evan agreed. "We'll help you with whatever you might need!"
"Especially if it involves more food!" Brandon added.
Griffin smiled, "My little money-makers will never let me down. Why can't you two be more like them?" Gustavo and Kelly turned to glare at the boys that were stuffing their faces with food.
"According to my calculations, Chef Hollandaise should be right above here," Logan drew a circle on the ceiling of an empty room. He climbed down the ladder so that Kendall could climb up, saw in hand.
"You guys might want to stand back," Kendall told the others as he put goggles on over his eyes. Carlos, James, Logan and Katrina stepped away from the ladder, giving enough room to not get hit by the falling chef. Kendall put the saw up against the ceiling, sawing along the circle that Logan drew.
"We've all got our roles when we get up there, right?" Katrina checked.
"I've got the cue cards!" Kendall yelled over the sawing.
"I call weather!" James exclaimed. "Then, I can check weatherman off my list!"
"You have a very weird list," Katrina mentioned.
"I can cook!" Carlos declared.
"I better take financial," Logan decided. "None of you guys know anything about numbers."
"And that leaves me with a very quick Hollywood Minute," Katrina realized.
"We got rid of it," James reminded her.
"I need to say something on the news!" Katrina insisted. The look in her eyes made the guys go ahead and let her have that Hollywood Minute, knowing she had something up her sleeve. The four of them went quiet as they watched Kendall finish up with sawing a hole in the ceiling.
"Sorry, Chef," Kendall spoke once he got close to finishing the circle. "But we have to cut this segment short." Kendall finished sawing and Chef Hollandaise fell through the hole in the studio floor.
The guys and Katrina looked down at the chef before deciding, "He'll be fine." Carlos put on the chef's hat before climbing up through the hole, taking over the segment. They waited for Carlos to finish up, watching from below as he promoted fish sticks and then got chased away by security guards.
Kendall grabbed some cue cards and gave the saw to Logan, "Find the place for the financial report." With that, Kendall left to head upstairs. Logan moved the ladder and climbed up so that he could use the saw to cut a hole in the floor. A circle of ceiling fell to the ground, James and Katrina having to jump out of the way to avoid it. Coughing, Logan climbed up onto the set just in time to be introduced by Miles.
Logan began the financial report, "Today, I recommend buying stock in Begley's Own Green Products. The tasers are excellent, the energy drinks –" He looked down right as James tossed the energy drink up to him. " – really work and his organic saws can cut through the toughest studio floors. Now, over to James Diamond with the weather!"
The camera moved over to the weather area where James was somehow already there. He pointed at the green screen, saying, "Do we really need a weather report? It's LA! It's gonna be bright and sunny all year long." He put on a pair of sunglasses, flashing his million-dollar smile to the camera. Reaching into his coat, he pulled out his list, "Be a weatherman, check! Ha!" He cleared his throat, announcing, "Let's hear something about Hollywood from the lovely Katrina Wolff."
Katrina smiled from her spot standing underneath the Hollywood Minute sign as the camera zoomed over to her. She was wearing a long black pencil skirt with a pink plaid button top that had a black belt around the slimmest part of her hourglass figure. "Wanna hear the latest gossip from Hollywood? I, Katrina Wolff, the model and singer in the band, Wolff Pack, am dating Logan Mitchell. I am not a groupie, Kendall Knight is my cousin and James Diamond and Carlos Garcia are just my friends. To put things simpler, the nerd got the model! Get over it!"
Suddenly, James jumped into the shot of the camera, "Which means that I am a single man, ladies."
Katrina pushed James out of the way, "Go away! I called this segment!"
As the two of them bickered, Jane spoke into her microphone, "Go back to Miles! BACK TO MILES!" Going back to Miles didn't seem to work as well as she planned because Carlos was there, eating fish sticks with the television host. Jane pulled out a red phone from under her podium, "Get me every security officer on the KULA lot and destroy Big Time Rush and their little groupie!"
"This just in!" Miles announced. "Every security guard on the KULA lot is currently involved in a low-speed chase."
He turned to Carlos so the two of them could go, "Sweet!" Jane threw the phone to the side in anger.
"Let's go live!" Carlos decided. With that, they cut the footage to show Katie driving a tricked-out golf cart followed by a whole bunch of security officers driving their own golf carts. Over to the side, Kendall, James, Logan and Katrina watched the footage together.
"She's good," Katrina admitted.
"The best," James, Logan and Kendall agreed.
Once it came back, Miles asked Jane, "Do you want me to go to commercial?" Jane grabbed her hair and pulled on it in agony. Miles imitated the gesture, "What does this mean?"
Carlos looked to the side, noticing that some security guards were heading towards them. He patted Miles before saying, "Gotta go!" He ran off the set.
"Right," Miles agreed. He spun in his chair as he watched the security guards chase after Carlos. "Ah! Chef Carlos and three guys in yellow jackets!" He smiled at the camera.
Meanwhile, at Rocque Records, Gustavo and Kelly stared at the television screen, crying. They had just watched everything that the guys and Katrina had done and now the screen was showing an image that said the show was experiencing technical difficulties. Evan and Brandon blinked as they stared at the screen.
"Well," Evan broke the silence. "At least Kat got rid of the groupie rumors."
"That's about the only positive thing that I can take from this," Brandon admitted.
"And that they had fun causing all of that chaos," Evan added.
"Well," Griffin walked up to them. "The tallies are in and Rocque Records currently has the second lowest company rating next to our company's floundering fish stick division. See what I did there? Floundering." Evan and Brandon chuckled at the pun. "This is why I like these boys. They laugh at all my jokes."
Suddenly, one of the nerds called out, "I just hacked into Valerie Burteneli's email account!"
"So, pack your bags Gustavo," Griffin turned back to the producer. "It looks like you're on your way to Rancho Cucamonga." Evan's and Brandon's faces fell as they realized that meant they were moving out of LA. Griffin's assistant leaned in to whisper something in his ear. "What? What?" Gustavo and Kelly looked up with a little hope. "Well, that changes everything."
"What changes everything?!" Everyone else exclaimed.
"Thanks to Big Time Rush's and Katrina's TV appearance, stock in RCM's frozen fish stick division just jumped twenty percent," Griffin explained. "On Logan's advice, our accountants purchased stock in Begley's Own Green company so now he can afford to save the world, James's super sunny forecast has our sunblock flying off the shelves and Katrina's Hollywood Minute slot has our phones ringing off the hook from people that want her to model for advertisements, sing a song for an upcoming movie soundtrack or have her and/or Big Time Rush on late night television shows to perform or give an interview." Jaws dropped on the people in the room. "In total, the teens just earned the company 3.9 million dollars in 1.9 minutes."
"So, we're staying?!" Gustavo and Kelly assumed while Evan and Brandon scratched their heads, trying to figure out the numbers behind the result.
"Let's see how many people download the song after the performance," Griffin decided. His assistant showed them the tablet which had a sales tracker. The group turned to the screen where the show had come back on.
Coming back on the air, Miles straightened up, "Oh, are we back?"
Jane looked up from her sulking at her podium, "We're back?" She grabbed a nearby crew member, "Why are we back?! We don't have any more segments!"
"We're four minutes short!" the crew member told her. She threw him to the side, collapsing on her podium again.
The group of teens walked over to her as Kendall mentioned, "Oh if only there was something that could be done to fill that time." The five of them brought their hands up to their mouths as they pretended to think about it.
"NEVER!" Jane screamed, pushing her podium to the side. "Do you hear me?! I'd rather have four minutes of dead air and get FIRED than to lose to you!" She pulled out the pair of tasers and directed them at the teens. They immediately tried to protect themselves. "As long as I'm standing here, Big Time Rush will never perform on LIVE TV!"
Suddenly, Katie drove in and knocked Jane over with the golf cart. The five teens yelped in surprise, looking down at the defeated producer.
"I did it!" Katie exclaimed. "I defeated the evil She-Beast!"
"Oh, you don't know how true that really is," Katrina told her as the teens gained smiles on their faces.
Katie looked down and noticed that she had hit Jane while driving, "And I was playing while driving again, wasn't I?"
"Yep," the teens confirmed. Some guy decided to take over as he brought over some cue cards for Miles.
"Ooh!" Miles seemed excited. "Words to read. Let's give it up for Big Time Rush!"
The guys raced over to perform their song, Til I Forget About You. As they sang and danced, Katrina went over to dance alongside Miles. Soon the rest of the crew members joined in and people were throwing papers and dancing on the desk.
Once the guys finished, Miles and Katrina came over so that Miles could close off the show, "This just in. Big Time Rush ROCKS!" The credits started rolling as the group laughed together and waved to the camera.
The person that had filled in for Jane came in to announce, "And we are OUT!" The guys shook hands with Miles, thanking him for giving them the opportunity to be on the show.
James pulled out his list, "Perform on live TV?"
The others joined in to say, "Check!"
Suddenly, Mrs. Knight and Katie walked onto the set, Mrs. Knight greeting them, "Hey guys!" The teens immediately tensed up. "Oh, did I miss anything?"
"No," Miles began.
"Nope," the guys and Katrina assured her. The other people on the set joined in as they denied that anything interesting happened.
Mrs. Knight seemed a little suspicious, but gave in saying, "Alright. We should head back home. You have school today." The teens and Katie groaned as they followed Mrs. Knight off the set.
Out in the parking lot, the group headed for Mrs. Knight's rental van. Mrs. Knight got into the driver's seat while Kendall claimed right to ride shotgun. Katrina was about to climb in after Carlos and Katie when she paused, holding onto the door of the van. Looking down at her leg, she mumbled, "Crap." Carlos, Kendall, Katie and Mrs. Knight peeked out from the van as James and Logan looked down at her leg. It was shaking uncontrollably again.
"Hospital?" the guys assumed.
"Yep," Katrina agreed.
As James and Logan helped her into the van, Carlos mentioned, "Rather go there than school."
"This is starting to feel like a rerun," James admitted, closing the door once everyone was inside.
"I'll call Evan," Kendall already had his phone out.
"And I'll call Miss Collins once we get there to let her know that you're not going to school today," Mrs. Knight added, putting the van in drive. They sped off the parking lot, heading for the hospital.
The boys, Katie and Mrs. Knight sat in the waiting room as Katrina was in the examination room. Each of them had gotten absorbed in different magazines. They looked up as Evan and Brandon raced into the waiting room, terrified looks on their faces.
"I knew I should have gone with you guys!" Evan exclaimed. "Where is she?! How is she?! What happened?! Why aren't you answering my questions?! Is there something you don't want to tell me?! Oh my God, she's dead, isn't she?! WHY AREN'T YOU SAYING ANYTHING?!"
Brandon placed a hand on Evan's shoulder to calm him down, "They haven't said anything because you won't let them."
"Oh," Evan relaxed a bit. "Good point." He stared at the group expectantly.
"The doctor's giving her an x-ray and we're going to find out what's wrong with her leg," Logan informed them.
"He'll probably just tell her to keep off of it," Kendall added. "Which is what she was supposed to do in the first place."
"The worst thing that could happen would be that she's confined to her bed," James continued.
"Which means that we'll have to stay beside her to make sure that she actually does that," Carlos finished.
"Oh, I'll make sure she does that," Evan insisted. "Her feet will not touch the ground unless the doctor says it's okay. And even then, I'll make her stay off it longer, just in case."
"Probably a good idea with her injury record," Katie mumbled.
The door to the examination room opened and a doctor came out to visit them. He went up to Mrs. Knight to talk to her, "Mrs. Knight, your, er," He quickly checked his clipboard. "Niece is not very good at following directions. Because she decided to walk on her leg so much, it has started healing in an anatomically incorrect way. As in, her muscle and bone are growing in places they aren't supposed to be. If she continues to heal like this, her leg will become unusable and we'll have to amputate it."
"WHAT?!" Logan, James, Carlos, Kendall, Evan, Brandon and Katie yelled.
"Luckily, we caught it in enough time that we can perform surgery and fix the problem," the doctor went on as if they hadn't spoken. "But after the surgery, when she goes home, she'll have to keep her leg elevated. Her foot cannot touch the ground otherwise the surgery will be for nothing." He looked at the group. "If we're going to go through with this surgery, I need all of your commitment to keep her from touching ground when she does go home."
"We'll do it," the group assured him.
"Great," the doctor nodded. "This surgery should be no problem. Since it's to the leg, there's no huge risk. There's a ten percent chance that she won't be able to use her leg again after this surgery, but that's the record of this surgery overall. The record at this hospital is only a one in a billion chance that something will go wrong. We've got some of the best doctors here for this specific surgery. Mrs. Knight, we're going to need you and Katrina to sign some things before she's slated for a surgery slot. All of you come with me. I'll lead you to her." The group followed the doctor out of the waiting room.
(A/N): Uh oh… Poor Katrina… She always seems to be getting hurt. So, there's a one in a billion chance that something will go wrong? That means Katrina will be okay, right? Since Katrina mentioned on the news that she and Logan are a couple and she's not Big Time Rush's groupie, are the viewers going to believe her or will everyone say that she's just in denial? Griffin seems to be taking a liking to Evan and Brandon… That can't be good… Will they be able to use this to their advantage or will this bite them in the butt? Evan was trying to sing a song about Emily, but came up with one about Camille instead. Does that mean that he's getting over Emily? Will he be able to figure things out before he finds out that Emily is still out there, thinking about him? Well, sort of him… More like thinking that Kendall's Evan… I smell another love shape coming together…
With Katrina back in the hospital and Halloween just around the corner in both the real world AND the story, I feel the need to give a special name to these next few chapters. Starting with Chapter 71, we've got the 'A Rush of Dog Days' special: The Hospital of Horrors. Since Katrina will be confined to a hospital bed for the next few chapters as she gets ready for her surgery and recovers from it, Big Time Rush, Evan and Brandon will be hanging around the hospital to keep her company along with visits from Jo, Camille, Katie, Mrs. Knight, Gustavo, Kelly, Griffin and Tim. Although, as the days get closer and closer to Halloween, things are not as they seem at this hospital. The Zizi are lurking, trying to find a way to win their long battle with the Wolff Family. Three very secretive visitors will come and go, ones that have made quick appearances in the past. While Katrina is stuck in her bed, Kendall, James, Carlos, Logan, Evan and Brandon will have a mystery to solve before she can get discharged. Get ready for the Hospital of Horrors where the danger elevates (yes, I used that word…), the secrets build up and the plot twists out of control. Hopefully, this won't be as long of a wait as last time. Until then, happy reading!