"Superheroes? How will we do that?" Camille asked. All eyes immediately fell on James, and his eyes widened surprise. "What are you looking at me for? Logan's the smart one!"

"But whenever Kendall's not around, you think of the plans." Carlos said.

"Me? Make plans? No way. I'm not a planner, I'm a freeloader. Make Logan the leader!"

"What? No!" Logan responded, "I don't want to be the leader."

"But every superhero squad needs a leader, and the leader always makes the plans." Carlos argued, "And it can't be me, because I'm the spunky sidekick!"

"Hey, I'm spunky! Can I be a spunky sidekick too?" Camille asked.

Carlos shook his head, "No, you're the girl."

"The girl?" Camille repeated dryly.

"Yeah, every squad needs one girl!" Carlos said, earning himself a glare from Camille.

"Maybe James can be the girl." She said, causing the boy in question to be offended.

James defended himself, "Just because I'm more beautiful than you, it doesn't mean I'm girly at all!" He said, "Besides, we don't need any superhero titles, we just have to find Kendall and Jo and get them back. They're probably still at the Palm Woods."

"How do you figure that?" Logan asked.

"Because the guy we saw wasn't Atticus Moon. Even though he looked like him, it couldn't have been him. We sent him off flying into space!"

"Or..." Camille said, "Atticus doesn't actually exist! Because he doesn't exist."

James ignored her, "If the British police caught him while he was flying around, they would've put him in jail. And if he escaped and somehow traveled to America, it would've made the news, and he probably would've been caught at the airport. He can't be Atticus."

"That does make sense." Logan said, "If Atticus did escape, we would've been notified since we're the only Americans with any connections to him."

"Of course that wasn't Atticus Moon, he doesn't exist." Camille said.

"He does exist, Camille."

"No he doesn't, Logan."

Logan reached over, grabbing the black cat that was standing on the table. "I'm revoking your animal privileges until further notice."

"Hey! Give Falcon back!" Camille exclaimed, quickly standing up and lunging towards the outstretched arm that held her cat. Logan twisted away from her, causing him to lie down on the couch and nearly fall off in the process. At this point, the cat apparently had enough. It bit Logan's hand, and the boy hissed in pain, letting the cat go.

Falcon fell to the floor, and immediately scampered off. "No, come back!" She called, but the cat continued to hightail it down the hall. Camille turned around and ran after it, but not until after she pushed Logan, knocking him off of the couch. "I'll get you back for this!" She promised as she ran off as well.

Logan continued to lay on the ground, groaning. "See, this is why I can't be the leader."

"Yeah, I can't be a leader either." Carlos said, "Especially since James is wearing the leadership crown!" He plopped another paper hat on James's head. His friend immediately took it off. "Seriously?" James said, throwing the crown onto the floor.

"You're the one who realized that the guy who attacked us wasn't Atticus. Maybe Jo and Kendall really are still in the Palm Woods." Logan said, still laying on the floor. "By the way, I think I broke my everything when I fell."

"Well, even if Kendall and Jo are still at the Palm Woods with someone who wasn't Atticus, we still need to leave right away and go find them."

Carlos grinned, "Spoken like a true leader! Let's go!" He jumped up, and James rolled his eyes, but didn't argue. They helped Logan stand up, who complained of back pains but was promptly ignored as they begun the somewhat long trek back to the Palm Woods.

"Hold on, didn't we forget Camille back at Rocque Records?" Logan said as they arrived back to the apartment complex.

Carlos shrugged, "I forget about Camille all the time. It's okay."

Logan would've said something else if it weren't for the fact that James abruptly stopped walking, causing the shorter boy to crash into him. "Hey, oww! Why'd you stop?" Logan said, walking around James.

The boy had a serious look on his face. "Do you guys..." He took a long pause, looking around. "...hear that?"

"Oh, hear what?" Carlos asked, "Is it Kendall? Is he screaming in agony?"

"I don't hear anything." Logan commented. He looked around, but he didn't see anything either.

"No..." James said, "I hear...the sound of awesomness."

"What?" Logan and Carlos asked in unison. James turned around, and began to sprint across the parking lot without any warning. The other two boys hurried after, wondering what on earth had gotten into their friend.

It wasn't until they finally caught up a minute later did they realize what James was talking about. He was tightly hugging a smaller figure.

"Oh, Lucy! I knew you'd come back to me!"

Lucy, who was trying her hardest to escape his grip, complained. "Didn't...come back...for you! Ugh..." She said, struggling. "Can't...breathe..."

Logan and Carlos immediately rushed to Lucy's aid, pulling her away from James's death grip. James attempted to hug her again, but she took a few steps back and raised her arms in defense. "I know karate!" She warily told James.

"You do?" Carlos asked.

Lucy dropped her arms back to her sides, "No, my parents made me take ballet instead." She then changed the subject. "Anyways, aren't you guys missing a bandmember?"

"Yes, but I've been missing you more!" James replied, jumping over to Lucy side and putting an arm around her.

Logan gave her a more straightforward answer. "Kendall and Jo got kidnapped and we're looking for them."

"Kidnapped? Seriously?"

"Yeah, but enough about us and our problems..." James chuckled, pulling Lucy in closer. "Tell us about you. What are you doing back?"

The girl gave James a nasty look, swatting his arm away. "Wait a second, you guys are being serious about this whole 'kidnapping' thing?" She got nods from Logan and Carlos.

She pulled out her phone, "Well they're not 'kidnapped', they're in Apartment 2J. Look." She said, showing them a Scuttlebutter picture that was posted on Camille's account. It featured Kendall laying on the orange couch, still in his thinking pose, while Jo and Camille stood in front of him, making duckfaces at the camera.

"I don't really like Jo, but that's mainly just due to the fact that Kendall choose her over me." Lucy said, swiping her finger across the phone to switch the page. "So naturally, I follow her Scuttlebutter account. She's been posting repeated pictures of her and Kendall for the past hour."

She held her phone back up, this time on Jo's Scuttlebutter account. Indeed, there were many status updates that were merely pictures of her smiling at the camera with Kendall looking like he was dead in the background.

The boys were astonished. "So, they weren't kidnapped?" Logan said in disbelief, "And Camille's in on it too?"

"But what about the cats and that crazy bald guy who was trying to kill us?" Carlos exclaimed, looking at Lucy in shock. "There were so many cats!" He said, gasping. "Just so many!"

Lucy shrugged, "No clue." She said, "Go ask them. Oh, but, don't tell Kendall or Jo that I'm back yet."

"You're moving back?" James said, grinning widely.

"Yeah, but not right now." Lucy replied, "In a month or so, after my album releases. I just picked out my future apartment, and I have a feeling Kendall won't like me much by then, which will do me well."

Logan raised an eyebrow, "And why exactly wouldn't he like you?"

Lucy chuckled, "That's a good question. But," She said, "You guys shouldn't worry about me and my plans. Instead, you should go and 'save' your friends from Apartment 2J." She started to walk away, back towards her car. "Oh, and check out my first album. It's coming out soon, and I have a feeling that it's going to be scandalous."

After a moments' pause, Logan wondered aloud. "Should we be worried?"

"No." James said, "She's great. So perfect. And SHE WILL BE MINE!" He exclaimed, fist-bumping the air. James leaned over to Carlos and whispered, "Quick, make me a crown that says 'Lucy and James Forever' on it."

"What? I don't know how to make crowns." Carlos said back.

James continued his awkward pose when he said, "Yes you do. You've made me like 40 crowns in the past hour."

Carlos crossed his arms and smiled, "James, that's crazy. No one can possibly make that many crowns in an hour. It's almost as crazy as believing Atticus Moon exists."

"He does exist!" James and Logan yelled, making other boy jump in surprise. James dropped his pose and said, "Fine. Let's just go get Kendall."

The walk back to their apartment was largely uneventful. When they stepped inside, they were greeted by the same scene they saw from Scuttlebutter: Jo and Camille taking selfies of themselves while Kendall laid unmoving on the couch.

Jo saw them first. "Hey, what took you guys so long?" She said, sitting on the floor in front of Kendall. The other three boys walked over to her. "We were beginning to think that you guys got lost or something."

Camille jumped up, running over to Logan. "Look! I found Falcon. Isn't that great?" She said, pulling a dark cat up out of nowhere and shoving it into his face. When Falcon recognized Logan, it immediately started hissing.

Logan jumped away from the two. "If you say so." He replied, taking a few more cautionary steps back from the furball. "How'd you get here so fast?"

"I took the taxi." Camille said, causing the other three boys to groan. "We should've thought of that!" James cursed.

She continued, "Yeah, after I caught Falcon, I realized you all left me. So I called a taxi to take me back. And while I was in the car, I checked my phone and saw updates from Jo's Scuttlebutter account. That made me realize that this whole 'kidnapping' thing was fake, so I came up here and we waited for you three!"

"So this entire kidnapping thing was Jo's idea?" James asked.

Jo shook her head, "No. It was hers." She said, pointing to a different corner of the room. When the boys turned around, they were greeted by the same bald man from before, carrying the same huge gun as before. The boys all screamed, jumping behind the kitchen counter in an effort to not be seen.

"No, not him!" Camille said, walking over to the three cowering boys. "Her!" She pointed to another corner of the room. The boys warily stood up and looked over to where she was pointing.

The three of them gasped, "Katie!?"

The girl smirked, walking over. When the bald man begun to follow as well, Carlos shouted, "Katie, watch out! He has a gun!" He then hid behind James, much to his friend's displeasure.

Katie spoke, "Oh, the gun's fake." She proved her point by taking it out of the bald man's hands and aiming it at the boys. When she fired, a stream of water hit James.

"My shirt!" James cried, picking up a nearby rag from the counter and hurriedly dabbing himself dry with it.

Carlos peeped out from behind James, "Who's the bald guy?" He asked, still somewhat fearful.

"He's Otto Von Schnitzelpusskrangescheitmeyer." Katie said, the words flowing smoothly from her mouth. "He's an actor I found on the internet."

The man smiled, "Oh, indeed I am, mate! I also be a cat enthusiast as well. Rattle an' hum 'ere, kitty!" He said in some sort of thick accent, arms out to Falcon. The cat squirmed, making Camille lose her grip. It fell to the floor and ran back to Otto, who picked it up with glee. "Ah, yes. This ol' chap be one ov me favorite. So calm an' collected, yet ain't afraid ta pack a punch."

"No..." Camille said weakly, "Falcon, come back..."

Logan put an arm around his sad girlfriend, offering her a tentative smile. Carlos then asked Katie a question, "But why did you do all of this?"

Katie looked at James when answering, "Remember what you said to mom and I this morning, when you were dressed in your bandanna costume? About how we didn't have any sense of fashion?"

James thought for a moment, "Oh, that? That wasn't me. That was Anti-Fashion Man."

"Wait, you hired an Atticus Moon lookalike, equipped him with a realistic looking water gun and a bunch of cats, and staged his kidnapping...just because James insulted your fashion choices?" Logan said, "That's a little overboard."

Katie shrugged, "I had a free day, and this money I took from James's wallet." She pulled out black wallet, and took out a wadful of cash. She gave half of it to Otto. "Keep the change."

"Ah, vank you, kind lass! Fill free ter call me anytime fer either actin' awer cat-related business!" Otto said kindly, depositing the money into his pocket.

"W-wait!" James stammered, "That's my money!"

Otto begun to leave, but was stopped by Camille, who asked, "Hold on, is your cat for sale?"

The man looked at her in surprise, then looked back at the cat. "Well, dis lil' critter is me favorite, but...for a pret'y young girl like you, I'll give 'im ter yew for..." He paused, thinking. "...50 dollahs?"

Camille grinned, then looked at Katie, who merely shrugged and gave the rest of James's money to Otto. James gasped, falling to the ground in dramatic agony. Otto gave the black cat back to Camille, then left the apartment.

"Oh, Falcon! I'll never let you out of my sight again!" She cooed, stepping beside Logan. The cat stared at the boy and started hissing, stretching its paw out in an attempt to claw him. Logan quickly moved out of harms way.

"Yeah, I'm done with this game. And with cats." He said.

Kendall suddenly shot up from his spot on the couch, "I GOT IT!" He exclaimed, causing the other teenagers to jump in shock. Kendall was smiling, but when he realized where he was, he grew confused. "How did I get here?"

"Otto moved you." Jo replied, "...It's a long story. Don't worry about it."

"But-"

Jo raised a hand, "Nope, don't worry about it."

At that moment, Mrs. Knight walked through the door, carrying boxes of pizza. "Dinner time, kids!" She said brightly, placing the fresh pizza on the table before walking away, giving the kids time to eat. Everyone immediately grew delighted, running over to the table in hunger. All except for Kendall, who stayed sitting on the couch.

"But...guys! I figured out my evil plan!" He called, "And it was really evil. I mean it!"

"Too late bro; it's dinner time!" Carlos said through bitefuls of the greasy pizza.

"Yes, and I also took all of your money." James said, holding a familiar blue wallet in the air.

Kendall felt his pockets, realizing that they were empty. "Give that back!" Kendall said, running over to his bandmate.

"Ohh, sorry, but there's no money in here." James opened the wallet up, showing that there indeed was no money inside. "I spent the money on this crown!" He threw the wallet back into Kendall's face, and grabbed a plastic crown from somewhere and placed it on his head. It was personalized with the text 'James and Lucy Forever!'

Logan didn't bother wondering about how on earth James was able to do all of that in the time it took for him to walk from the couches to the dinner table, and instead asked, "So, who's the winner of this game?"

It didn't take long for everyone to respond, saying "Katie." in a resounding chorus before turning their attention back to their food.

Kendall slid in a chair, still unconvinced. "But...but Katie? She wasn't even playing. And...James's crown? What? And why does Camille have a cat?"

"Don't worry about it, big bro." Katie said, sliding a plate of pizza over to Kendall. "Just remember that, in a game of evil, I will always win."

"That's...sort of worrying." Kendall said, picking up a slice. "I really don't think we should play this game again."

Everyone agreed.

The End

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I started this fic shortly before Season Four started, and it ended shortly before Season Four will end. Thanks for reading!