A. Knight

I lay in my bed, in silence. Looking up at the ceiling. It's been a few days since I told Andy how I really felt...

~

"Andy? I don't want to keep pushing this off. Especially after today- I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow-"

"Awsten, what's going on?" He says, his voice laced with worry. I kneel in front of him and grab both of his hands.

"I can't keep lying to myself-" I take a deep breath. "Andy, I love you." 

He draws a breath and raises my chin so that I look at him. My heart stops. What if he doesn't feel the same? He smiles and answers with, "Awsten, I love you too." 

~

I fiddle with my fingers, my heart still fluttering. With everything's that's happening, we realized any day could be our last. And with what happened to Kellin- Anything could go wrong. 

My phone buzzes and I turn, staring at it for a second. I grab it and check the text from Vic. 

Vic- IS ANDY DEAD? 

I jump and reread the text about ten times. WHAT?! 

Awsten- No????????

Vic- KELLIN JUST GOT ARRESTED FOR MURDERING ANDY 

I jump out of bed and fall on my side. I get up and throw my jacket on. 

I call Andy, but it goes to voicemail. I stumble out of the house quickly, and as quietly as possible. I rush to Andy's place and climb up to his window. I tap the window crazily. I shine my phone light in and see an empty, dark room. I climb down and go to the door. I ring the doorbell. 

"Andy!" His mom stops and looks at me. "Hi, Awsten... Where's Andy?" Her smile fades. 

"I don't know..." I mutter. 

Awsten- Andy isn't at his place. 

Vic- Some cop came to the house and said Kellin was under arrest for murdering Andy. But we both know Kellin is in no way capable of doing so- and he would never so... WHAT THE FUCK. 

Awsten- I DON'T KNOW

"Awsten..?" Mrs. Biersack asks. 

"I'm going to figure this out," I reply before running off. I run back home and grab my bicycle. I ride over to Vic's place. I lean the bike against his house and climb up to his window. I tap the glass and he opens it. 

I jump in and stare at him for a second before sighing. "What the fuck happened?" I ask. 

"A cop banged on the front door. He asked for Kellin and then said that Kellin was under arrest for the murder of Andy. Then he put handcuffs on Kellin and took him," Vic says, surprisingly calm. 

"Oh god- I wasn't even with Andy today- what if-"

"Kellin wouldn't kill anyone," Vic interrupts.

"I'm not saying he did. I'm saying what if someone k-killed Andy and is framing Kellin?" 

"The scientists?"

"It does seem odd that they happened to include two people with powers."

"But I was there, I watched as that cop- why wouldn't he take me too?"

"Maybe they don't know... Obviously, they know of Kellin because of the Bostwick-asses. And someone's been testing out power dampeners on Andy. It makes sense," I shrug. 

"Fine, what do we do?" 

"How about you listen to us?" A voice says, but it sounds muffled. Vic and I turn to the window and jump. 

"Who the fuck?" 

"I-" Vic shrugs and looks at me. 

"Open the window, Fuentes!" The boy says. A girl appears behind him. Vic opens the window. 

"Hi, we're here to save your boyfriends," the girl starts out. "I'm Nicole Row, I'm like you, Fuentes." 

"Vic is fine..." Vic stares at them wide-eyed. 

"Well then, Vic. It's a pleasure," the boy says, holding his hand out. Nicole kicks him. "Ow! Oh- right, I'm Patrick Stump," he says, smiling. Is he wearing a fedora...?

"Uhm..." Nicole turns to me. 

"Right, I'm Awsten Knight. Boyfriend of Andrew Dennis Biersack. I like oversized sweaters and toothbats," I shake her hand. She turns to Patrick who just shrugs. 

"Okay, so it's 11 at night, and you two just show up... That's weird, right?"

"Yes, but- you know what, it's a long story. In short, we got notice when Kellin's parents contacted the scientists. But you saved him, yay for you, but then the scientists decided to take matters into their own hands. They were experimenting with Andy. So they told Kellin he's arrested for murdering Andy, and vice versa. Basically, the scientists are taking both of them to a lab, and we're here to help you get them back!" 

"No, actually, that was kind of a short story," I speak up. 

"Um, Nicole? Our people already have Kellin and Andy..." Patrick says. 

"What?" Vic turns to Patrick.

"Well, so... you see... We may or may not have faked their deaths... And right now, our people are in the van that's transporting the two, and they'll get them out, and then... Blow up the van." 

"WHAT?!" Vic screeches. 

"Yeah, cool right? They'll blow it up into so many pieces, you won't even find a body- just DNA remains. And there will be plenty." 

"WHAT?" Vic repeats. 

"The scientists won't even report it to the news, so they'll be the only ones that think Kellin and Andy are dead. Cool right? Those two can just go back to living right after!" Nicole chirps. "So stop freaking out, 'kay?" 

"Woah-" I blink. "Where are you going?" 

"We have more people to save. Kellin and Andy aren't the only ones in trouble- OW!" Patrick shouts. 

"They can't know there are others!" Nicole whisper-shouts. She fakes a laugh. "Anyway! Stop freaking out, Kellin and Andy will be back in about two hours!" She says before climbing out of the window.

"Um... Au revoir?" Patrick says before climbing out. 

Vic and I just glance at each other. 

"What the fuck just happened?"