Okay, I'm not really sure where I'm going with this. But, I am really, really sad that this is the last chapter! I have almost 500 reviews, and there's only 20 chapters! You guys seriously don't know how much that means to me! I never expected that at all! I thought that when I ended this story, I would have, like, 150 reviews, but no more than that. You guys are seriously amazing, and I can't thank you enough! You guys rock! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I hope you like this last chapter! (There will be a sequel, though!) Enjooy!

I don't own Big Time Rush.

Kendall sat next to Katie's hospital bed, smiling lightly at her as she stirred in her sleep. They were taking her home in a couple hours, but he wasn't sure if he wanted to or not. Yes, the apartment would be much better than the awful hospital room, but what would it be like to have Katie and Alicia in the same house? He didn't know how Mrs. Knight was going to treat Katie, and honestly, he was afraid. He didn't want her to feel unwelcome or unloved.

He had spent the past week trying to wrap his head around everything that had happened. Katie was abused, his mother didn't love him or Katie anymore, Alicia, in his mind, was an evil little kid, and his whole life would be changed as soon as they stepped back into that apartment. He would have to start going back to work, too, leaving Katie alone with his mother and Alicia.

Although he thought he felt bad for Alicia, he wasn't so sure he still did. After thinking about it, he still had a tiny bit of hatred for her. She practically ruined Katie's life, along with his. They no longer had a loving mother, the terrible memories of the past couple months would haunt them forever, and now they were both stuck with another sister...who ruined their life...

He had no idea what was going to happen to them as a family, and he was terrified. He wanted to go back to the days where they had family game nights, movie nights, and family dinners. Everyone knew he was a family guy. He didn't want that to end.

"Kendall?"

He looked over at the bed to see Katie staring at him with her big, broken eyes.

"Yeah?"

"Am I going home today?" she asked. He nodded, trying to send her a smile, but for some reason, he couldn't force a decent one.

"Do you want to go home?" he questioned gently. She shrugged, and as he awaited her answer, he studied the bruises that still covered her body; a bruise around her eye, bruises all over her arms, and cuts and scars up and down her arms. They all seemed to be teasing him, just begging him to go find the Winters and destroy them.

"Is it okay if I say no?" Katie asked after a few moments of silence. He smiled.

"That's fine...I wish it was a yes, though," he told her. She looked guilty after hearing those words.

"I'm sorry, Kendall," she said.

"No, it's okay. I'm not really ready to go home either. I'm kinda scared," he said.

Katie raised her eyebrows. "You're scared?" she asked, surprise evident in her voice.

Kendall laughed, "I know, I know, I'm not usually scared," he said with an eye roll, "but I really am scared now. And I've been scared for a long time..." he muttered.

"Scared of what?" she asked.

"Lots of things," he replied. "I was scared of never seeing you again...scared of...losing you, scared of getting kicked out of the band and forced to go back to Minnesota while you were somewhere in LA, and now, I'm a little scared of Mom."

"Why doesn't Mom love us anymore? What did Alicia do to her?" Katie asked. Kendall shrugged, unsure of the answer.

"I guess... Maybe Mom felt bad for her. I don't know," he shrugged. "Alicia was just acting like she was you the whole time, and Mom fell for it," he said.

"Did you fall for it?"

"Of course not," Kendall answered. "I kept my promise to you. I hated her the whole time."

"Kendall, don't hate her. She-"

"Yeah, she was abused, she had a hard life, whatever. She ruined our lives. She took our mother from us. I guess I feel a little bad for her, but it frustrates me when I think that all she had to do was tell us, and you would have both be safe. If she just said something as soon as you left the apartment, I wouldn't have hated her so much. She knew the whole time that you were getting hurt and-"

"Kendall, I'm sure they told her that if she said anything they would find her and hurt her. I know they would," she told him.

"They would've been sent to jail right away," he pointed out.

Katie sighed. "Well, I guess you're right, but...it's not her fault Mom doesn't love us," she said sadly.

Kendall smiled lightly at her. "Yeah, you're right... So, are you ready to go home?" he asked again. She sighed and nodded her head slowly. "It'll be okay, Katie," he assured her. "Mom's not gonna ruin this for us. We're together again, and that's the only thing that matters, right?"

Katie sighed once again, "Right," she muttered.

"Come on, Katie, I get to take you home! We can go out and spend some real time together! Aren't you excited?" he asked. She nodded again, but Kendall wasn't convinced. He knew exactly what was bothering her, too. "Katie, don't think about them, please. They're gone. They're locked up in jail, and they can't ever hurt you again. I'm here, and I'll protect you," he promised.

She smiled. "Thanks..."

"Just promise me you'll try to act happy? Just so I don't feel bad," he said. Katie smiled.

"Fine, but I'll only be acting!" she told him.

"Katie!" he whined. "Why aren't you happy? Would you rather just be sent back to the Winters?" he asked. Katie frowned and glared at him.

"Shut up, Kendall!" she shouted. "You know I don't wanna go there!"

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry!" Kendall replied. "I shouldn't have said that..." He looked at her and saw the annoyed, slightly fearful expression on her face, and he felt guilty. "Katie, I'm sorry," he repeated.

"It's fine," she assured him. "I don't care..." Kendall, however, could hear the lie. He knew it wasn't fine. She did care. She was afraid.

And that's when Kendall realized, it would be harder to make her happy than he thought.

Kendall held Katie's hand tight as the two walked through the parking lot, heading towards the car. He couldn't help but notice that after they passed someone, Katie's grip on his hand would tighten. He squeezed her hand back, offering some comfort.

When they finally spotted the car, Kendall let Katie sit in the front seat, and he got into the driver's seat. After starting the car and pulling out of the driveway, he glanced over at his sister.

"Katie, are you okay?" he questioned.

"I'm fine," she replied.

He sighed. "Do you wanna talk about anything? I know...it was hard. If you need to talk about it at all, I'll listen," he said. Katie nodded, but said nothing. "Katie, come on, please don't be sad. You're safe now! No one can hurt you, you never have to see those horrible people again, and you're with me again! I'm not gonna let anything happen to you! We're gonna have a great time together, and we can both finally be happy again."

"Okay, I'm sorry, Kendall," she said quietly.

He sighed, "Don't apologize, you didn't do anything wrong. I just feel bad..."

They sat in silence for a while as they drove. Kendall wanted to keep talking and ask her about everything the Winters did, but he knew it would only make her upset. He had to find out what they did to her, though. He couldn't just let her suffer alone.

"Carlos has a special surprise for you," he told her, trying to cheer her up a bit. "I'm not sure what it is, but... He told me he has something to give to you."

"Great..." she muttered sarcastically. "It's probably gonna be a bunch of corn dogs," she said, chuckling lightly.

"Well, if it is, just try to act like you like it. You don't wanna make Carlos upset," he said. Katie laughed.

"I know, trust me," she replied.

"So...are you excited to see everyone?" Kendall asked as he pulled into the Palm Woods parking lot.

"Yeah, I guess so," Katie said with a smile. She was excited considering she hadn't seem them in almost three months. She missed all of her old friends.

She waited for Kendall to stop the car before hopping out. Kendall walked around the car and took her hand again, and together, they walked to the Palm Woods.

She passed familiar faces, and even some new ones. She smiled at some of the old kids she recognized, and got strange looks from the others. The new kids all thought Kendall was some weird, depressed freak, but seeing him happy with a little girl was confusing. She knew they would soon figure out Kendall was nothing like that.

"Katie?"

Katie looked over, smiling at Mr. Bitters. "Hi," she said quietly, unsure of what else to say.

He stared at her for a minute, gazing at the bruises and cuts on her body. She stood there awkwardly, still holding onto Kendall's hand. Mr. Bitters just smiled before running back into his office. Katie sighed and looked up at her big brother.

"Is everyone gonna treat me like that?" she asked sadly. Kendall smiled sympathetically at her, shrugging his shoulders.

"I hope not..." he said, before they continued on towards the elevator. After pushing the button for the second floor, they stood together in complete silence, except for the quiet elevator music.

Their silence was interrupted, however, when Kendall's phone rang in his pocket. He pulled it out, clicked the answer button, and held it up to his ear.

"Hello?"

"Hi, is this Kendall Knight?"

"Yeah," Kendall replied.

"This is Officer Brown from the police station..."

The elevator doors opened up on the second floor, and Kendall and Katie stepped out.

"Yeah?" Kendall said impatiently.

"I have some news regarding Chris and Molly Winters, your sister's abusers," the man said.

"Okay, what is it?" Kendall asked, figuring it was about how long they would be in jail or something. But what he heard next caused his heart to start beating ten times faster.

"Well, I'm afraid they've...escaped."

Kendall stopped dead in his tracks, frozen in place with his hand clutching Katie's tightly. He finally found his voice after a moment and said in a fearful, quiet voice, "They what?"

Ahhh, were you expecting that? NOPE. I don't know where it came from, but the idea just hit me! YAY! Alrighty, not sure when I'll have the sequal up :/ Sorry. Buuut, since this is the last chapter, I'm doing some cool fun facts! Thanks to beautywithbrains, (my bestestest fanfiction sister!) for letting me do her thing, cause she always does fun facts! Everyone go check out her stories, too, she's amaaazing!

Okaaay, fun facts!

1. I planned this whole entire story out in my head for a month before actually posting it.

2. Alicia's name was gonna be Angela, but I thought it looked kinda weird, so I changed it!

3. This is my most popular story!

4. I'm watching Lazy Town while typing this, hahah :]

5. I cried today because I was just so darn excited for Elevate! :] HAPPY ELEVATE DAY!

6. I'm running out of fun facts...

7. I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Yeah, that was pretty lame... Whatever!

Thank you guys again for sticking with this story until the end, because I know it got a bit sad at some parts, and it means so much that you guys read it anyway! Thanks for reading, reviewing, favoriting, following, and anything else you did! THANK YOU.

I'll try to have the sequal up soon! (: Once again, thank you guys so much for all your support!