Chapter 44: 041. STRIKE

Big time breakthroughWords: 20209

"And you already know

That you're a star

Ah ah ah

A superstar."

The boys were singing there new song for the album as Kelly and Chloe looked to each other as they saw Gustavos hand going down to a button as he pressed it the boys got shocked and began to scream "What was that?" James asked as Chloe looked at them with sympathy "you were off key." Gustavo told them as Chloe shook her head.

"No! the shocking floor thing!" Kendall asked him as he pointed to the floor "oh, that's my new studio shock system." Gustavo told them as Kendall looked at them as the guys looked at each other "it's going to help me train you dogs through negative reinforcement. That way BTR's second album will be even greater than the first." Gustavo told them as all the guys pointed "that is not fair!" They all told him as he shocked them again as Chloe and Kelly cringed.

"Back talk bad! Now, Griffin wants a new song tomorrow, and my silver friend here is gonna help us get there." Gustavo told them as the guys pointed to Chloe and Kelly "Chloe! Kelly!" They all asked as the girls sighed as Chloe motioned for her to take it "guys, normally, I would totally object to this abuse. We really need that song fast." Kelly told them as the guys sighed.

"Gustavo, we know the second album is important." Kendall told him as Carlos agreed "yes, and we know that we have to work our butts off." He told him "yeah, so try trusting us." James told him "instead of shocking us." Logan told him as Kelly and Chloe looked at Gustavo "hmm, let me think about it." Gustavo said as he shocked them again.

And then they were off working on there dance moves as Chloe and Kelly looked unimpressed "more rhythm." Gustavo told them as he shocked them and they ran out. Soon they were standing by the bathroom "less bathroom." He said as he shocked them as they came running out.

Then Chloe was sitting with the guys "you know, this whole shocking thing will probably go away by tomorrow." Chloe told them as Gustavo and Kelly then walked up to them "no breaks!" Gustavo yelled shocking them including Chloe as she fell to the floor as the guys threw there snacks "it's just the first setting." Gustavo told them as Chloe looked up at him from the floor with raised eyebrows.

"Push that button one more time." Kendall tested him "and we'll do that thing where workers walk off, and hold up signs and chant rhyming demands." James began as Logan tapped him "a strike." He told him "that." They all told him as he pulled up the button "oh what this button?" Gustavo asked as Chloe looked up at him "don't push the button." She told him "this little button right here?" Gustavo told them as he pressed it then the boys ran out of the studio as Chloes hair was now sticking up as Kelly came over helping her up "thanks Gustavo." Chloe told him as she coughed.

Chloes hair was now back to normal as Carlos and Kendall had come back asking to meet with Gustavo which was why they were all in his office looking at there demands "an ice cream sundae bar. A personal hair salon open 24-7, a private exotic petting zoo. A studio hot tub." Gustavo read them out loud and with that one Chloe and Kelly looked up to the guys confused  "ooh, a backup studio hot tub Incase the first studio hot tub gets broken." Gustavo read again.

"Sunday brunches with Wayne Gretzky." Kelly read as she looked up at them as Chloe shook her head "and wheels surgically mounted on feet when procedure becomes available." She read as she looked up to them "what?" She asked as Carlos pointed at her "that one was mine." He told them as Chloe turned around "of course it was." She whispered to Kelly.

"Meet these demands and rid of your shock system, and BTR will return to the studio and begin working on our second album." Kendall told them as Carlos sent them a peace sign as Chloe looked at them confused as Kelly looked down to Gustavo "hmm." Gustavo said as he then hit the demands down on the button shocking Kendall and Carlos.

"Playing hardball, huh? Well, two can play that game. Carlos..do your thing." Kendall told them crossing his arms "right." Carlos said as he crossed his arms and nothing was happening "wait, what's my thing?" Carlos whispered to Kendall as he whispered back "the muscle of the operation."

And Carlos still didn't do anything as Chloe, Kelly and Gustavo waited "break his mug to scare him to prove that we're serious." Kendall told him as Carlos was shocked "but we bought him that mug. It's his favorite." He told them as Gustavo turned towards Kelly and Chloe as Kendall smacked his hand against his head.

"Let me help you move these negotiations along, okay?" Gustavo told them as he handed the paper to Chloe "rip it up." He told her as she sighed doing so as Kelly rolled her eyes and the guys looked on in shock as they heard something from outside "what is that, noise?" Gustavo asked as him and Kelly ran out of the room while the guys looked to Chloe.

"Chloe! Your supposed to be on our side! Not ripping up are demands!" Kendall told her as Chloe sighed "I don't know what you want me to do? I can't exactly go on strike, I have no demands and if you didn't come up with all those random ones other then no more shocking, bathroom time and breaks. There would be no need for your strike anymore and you could come back." She told him as they both were looking into each other's eyes as Carlos watched them in awe.

"Or umm, you all could come back." Chloe corrected herself as she felt her cheeks heat up as she looked to her feet as a piece of hair fell in her face as she pushed it back "yeah..well." Kendall told her as he stepped towards her but then all of them didn't here chanting anymore "you guys should go check on your picket signers." Chloe told them as she turned away grabbing her stuff as the guys walked out but Kendall hung back a bit.

"Hey Chloe?" He asked her as she turned around "yeah?" She asked "I just wanted to say that.." but then Carlos yelled "James and Logan are fighting!"

"You should go." Chloe told him knowing he holds them all together "but.." Kendall tried but Chloe interrupted him "but nothing, go, your the only one who could stop it." She told him heading out the door away from him to Gustavo and Kelly.

"Ha ha ha, perfect. Fighting amongst themselves. The first sign of a dying strike." Gustavo told them as Chloe sighed and Kelly rolled her eyes "why are you so happy about this?" Kelly asked crossing her arms as both girls looked at Gustavo.

"Because, the dogs will exhaust themselves, realize there strike is stupid, and then come crawling back to papa bear." Gustavo told them as Chloe and Kelly stood there with there arms crossed "well, they better crawl fast cause according to my schedule Griffin wants to hear the new song for the new album tomorrow, and there's just one tiny thing we're missing." Kelly told him as her and Chloe leaned against the foosball table as they talked to him "the new song for the new album."

"They started it!" Gustavo yelled at them as Chloe and Kelly threw there hands in the air "yeah, but did you have to shock them?" They asked as Gustavo looked at them "yes!" He told them as they raised there eyebrows and turned there heads "maybe not!" Gustavo told them and then there eyes went wider as they raised there eyebrows again "fine. Just get the dogs up here so we can settle this." Gustavo then told them.

And soon the boys were back in the office "Hi Chloe and Kelly." Carlos told them waving as they waved back, then James hit him as Kendall turned towards him "stop being nice your the muscle." He told him as Carlos looked at all of them "but I miss them and I miss singing." Carlos told them as Logan hit him "you can't tell them that." He told them as Kendall then looked back to Gustavo, Kelly and Chloe.

"I taped back together your demands." Gustavo told them as Chloe raised her hand "I did actually." She told them as Gustavo turned to her "quiet, and if Big Time Rush agrees to get back in the studio right now, I will stop most of the shocking." Gustavo told them as Kelly and Chloe hit him in the back of the head as his hat fell off.

"Ow!" Gustavo said as Chloe looked to Kelly "all of the shocking." Gustavo told them putting his hat back on as the girls smiled "and our other demands?" James asked as Chloe and Kelly furrowed there brows "guys, your other demands are ridiculous. You know we can't have a petting zoo in the studio." Kelly told them as James leaned down to Kendall whispering "they sound scared." He said as Kendall then nodded his head as Chloe raised her eyebrows.

"I am not scared of you." Gustavo told them as James flipped his sign which then said yes you are as Chloe and Kelly sighed "don't you push it." Gustavo told them as Kendall then moved his hand for Logan to flip his sign as Chloe looked to him pleading for him to stop as pushing it showed up on Logan's sign.

"Here we go." Kelly said as Chloe sighed throwing her hands in the air deciding to give up on trying to stop this "Gustavo, we both know that I'm wearing a tie." Kendall told him as the guys pointed to him "and we also know that Griffin wants a new song from Big Time Rush tomorrow." He told him.

"And we're Big Time Rush which means..where's my hair salon?" James asked as Kendall slid the demands back to Gustavo as he stood up "and I'm Gustavo Rocque, which means I can have anyone record the new song, work my magic on the sound board, and just tell Griffin it's you dogs." He told them as Kendall slammed his hands on the desk standing up as his chair went rolling back and Chloe looked between the guys and Gustavo knowing this wasn't gonna end soon.

"Is that a threat? Because we can be threatening too." Kendall told them as Chloe shook her head "please, no bad boy Kendall." She hopes as Kendall looked to her as he turned back to Gustavo "Carlos, show him." He told him as Carlos then leaned across the desk taking the mug "you see this? You can't have it back until your nicer to us." He told them as Chloe furrowed her brows as Gustavo picked up the phone "yeah, super talented talent agency? Yeah, send over every hot singing boy teen in LA to Rocque Records especially if they like blondes now." He said as he hung up the phone and Kelly turned to Chloe who was looking anywhere else but at Kendall who was staring at her.

"Oh, yeah, good luck with that." Logan told them as Gustavo and Kelly crossed there arms "cause they'll never get past our picket line." James told them as they all crossed there arms as Chloe finally turned to them "you mean the picket line that's up here instead of out front." She told them as they flipped there signs "yeah!" They all yelled and then began shouting as they left but Kendall stayed.

"Chloe! Chloe! If anyone gets up here other then us hate them, hate them and turn them away and also don't show them your cute laugh or your amazing smile." He began as the girl blushed turning away "Kendall!" The guys yelled as he ran out "every time!" Kendall yelled running off as Chloe laughed.

Kelly, Chloe and Gustavo were watching the craziness from upstairs as they watched a few people get in and others be turned away. Then soon all of them were chased away by Katie as Chloe smiled and laughed seeing there signs reading give up "Darn it! Darn it! Darn it! Darn it! Darn it! Darn it! Darn it!" Gustavo said as he went and sat down as Chloe and Kelly looked at the demands "okay, I can probably get them the ice cream sundae bar, but I have no idea how to get them brunch with Wayne Gretzky." Kelly told him.

"They are not getting anything!" Gustavo told them as Chloe shook her head "we are gonna win this strike and get Griffin his song by tomorrow." Gustavo told them as Chloes eyes went wide "how?" She and Kelly asked "you'll see. And it's gonna be shocking." Gustavo told them as Chloe smiled realizing what his hand was about to hit as he hit the shock button and Chloe started laughing as Kelly looked to her shaking her head trying not to laugh but then she did.

Soon the boys were back "so I assume you've decided to meet all of our demands, and we except." Kendall told him as Gustavo nodded his head "Close. You're fired!" Gustavo yelled as the boys looked at him "what?" The boys asked leaning forward as Chloe and Kelly looked down to Gustavo "what?" They both asked confused.

"You can't fire us. We're Big Time Rush." Logan told him as Chloe looked at the man "yeah, and you can't make a second Big Time Rush album without Big Time Rush." Chloe told him as she began to nervous laugh as he stood up "Wrong, because I am Big Time Rush. I own all the songs. I own the studio. I own your likenesses. And I can make the album without you." Gustavo told them as Kelly and Chloe looked between him and the boys "you lose, I win, strike over!" Gustavo told them.

As the guys began to think of what to do next "Carlos, time to flex a little Big Time muscle." Kendall told him as Carlos pulled out the mug "check it. You're not gonna get your mug back." Carlos told them as the boys said "oh!"

"I don't need it. I got a new one." Gustavo told them as all the boys leaned back "aw." They said as Chloe moved Kelly towards him "fix this." She asked with wide eyes as Kelly went up to him "Gustavo, let's talk about this." Kelly told him "no. The time for talk is over. You got greedy. You pushed me and now you got fired." Gustavo told them.

"Yeah. well, we're not leaving." James said as all the boys put there arms on the desk "what do you think of that?" He asked as Gustavo pulled out the shock remote "I think we should try setting five." He told them turning the dial as Chloes eyes went wide as she then jumped on Gustavos back "no,no,no shocking!" Chloe yelled as she tried to grab the remote "Chloe, your not gonna win!" Gustavo told her but she didn't stop trying and she finally got it "ah ha!" She yelled.

But then Gustavo tried to get it back from her as the two started spinning "just give me the remote!" He yelled as Kelly tried to help them "Chloe, just get down, before.." Kelly tried to tell them as they hit the wall and both fell to the ground as the remote landed a few feet in front of them. Both trying to reach for it as Gustavo got it first "ha! I win again!" He told her as he hit the button and the guys got shocked.

They then were in the studio and Gustavo was dressed like Kendall which is why Chloes eyes were wide open as Kelly went down to press the button to talk "why do you look like a terrifying version of Kendall?" She asked as Gustavo looked to them "because I'm gonna sing all the guys parts of the song," Gustavo told them as Chloe looked to Kelly "yay, there's more." She told her.

"And with a little Gustavo Rocque post production magic, Griffin and every BTR fan will never know the difference." Gustavo told them as Kelly pointed to Chloe "we will and I'm pretty sure this will be stuck in are brains forever." She told him as they began the song both girls totally creeped out.

"Already know

That you're a star

A superstar

That you're a star

A superstar

That you're a star."

Then he looked like Logan which was even more weird then Kendall.

"And you already know

You want to wild out

Then wild out

All eyes on you."

Kelly and Chloe sent him a fake thumbs up as he turned into James.

"It's going down, down

Right now

And you can't lose

You gonna wild out

Then wild out."

He even did James hand motion that he does as he then turned into Carlos and kept smacking the helmet on his head.

"That's what you do

Talk of the town

And you already know

That you're a star

A superstar

That you're a star

And you already know."

"So how was that?" Gustavo asked as Chloe and Kelly fell over "fine! Just get the dogs down here now!" Gustavo yelled at them "were here." The guys told him as Gustavo looked to them standing in the doorway "with new representation." Kendall told him as they all pointed to his mom as Kelly got up as she helped up Chloe.

"Is that one of my helmets?" Carlos asked as Chloe and Kelly looked to Gustavo as he quickly took it off.

"In exchange for the boys ending the strike, you promise no more shock system, one thirty minute break a day, and give the boys a little respect for all the hard work they've given you." Mrs knight told him as Kelly and Chloe looked to Gustavo who was thinking about it "no more shock system." He told them as the boys looked relieved "they can have their break. But not respect!" Gustavo told them.

Mrs knight then grabbed the mug breaking it on the table as all the boys yelled and Kelly was shocked as Chloe was smiling and laughing "okay, then can have respect." Gustavo told them as Katie nodded her head "moms are good negotiators." Katie told them as they all agreed.

"So, we have a deal?" Kelly asked as Mrs knight held out her hand "what, no contract?" Gustavo asked as mrs knight pulled her hand in "like it or not, Gustavo, we are a family, and there are no contracts needed between family." She told him as she held out her hand again and they all waited for him to shake it as he turned to Chloe and Kelly who hit him as he finally shook her hand.

"The strike is over!" The boys yelled as Gustavo stood up "which means we need to get back to work, so get in the booth so we can get started on our second album." Gustavo told them as they all headed off.

"A superstar

That you're a star

A superstar

Oh,no

It's on tonight

And here we go, oh

To the beginning

Of this crazy night

So, baby, we can

Let it go, go, go

Hey

Your shining like a star

I want to be

where you are, are

Oh, no

Oh, no

Let's take over this club

We're shining bright

In the dark, dark

You light up the night

You want to wild out

Then wild out

All eyes on you

It's going down, down

Right now

You can't lose

You want to wild out

Then wild out

That's what you do

Talk of the town now

And you already know

That you're a star

A superstar

That you're a star

A superstar

That you're a star

And you already know

Forget the moon

Ignore the sky

Cause the whole world

Is all yours tonight

Get it, girl

It's your time

Shine until

The morning light

A superstar

You want to wild out

Then wild out

All eyes on you

It's going down, down

Right now

You can't lose

You want to wild out,

Then wild out

That's what you do

Talk of the town

And you already know

That you're a star

A superstar

That you're a star

A superstar

That you're a superstar

And you already know."

"Yeah, Bravo!" Griffin told them as everyone clapped and cheered as the boys ran out "the song sounds great, fellas. And your second album is going to be even bigger than your first. But I also want this album out faster than your first, so get your little superstars back into the studio and record me another big time hit." Griffin told them as all the guys looked at each other.

"Uh, Griffin, it's been a long couple of days for us here, and we promised the boys a 30 minute break, so..." Kelly told him as they all tried to leave as he held his hand up "I say no breaks, because I own all of you, and I'm not leaving this couch until I get my next song." Griffin told them sitting down.

"Oh, playing hardball, huh?" Mrs knight asked "yes, I love playing hardball, so come on. Give me everything you got." Griffin told them as Chloe got the shock remote as she stood between Gustavo and the boys "okay, so, what are we thinking?" She asked as she turned the dial and looked to Griffin "okay, that's good, now we just push this button here..and." Chloe told them as Gustavo, her and the boys all pushed the button as Griffin went flying into the roof.

"Okay, let's take a break." Griffin told them as they all cheered heading out of the studio "at least you guys weren't actually fired." Chloe told Kendall as he started to laugh "and lucky for me, everything's back to normal and I get to hang out with my best friend again." Kendall told her as he went to hug her but Chloe dodged it laughing "oh, no, no. I told you earlier that you should've just asked for breaks and no more shocking but you didn't listen." She told him as she started backing away "So, if your gonna want a hug from me, then your gonna have to catch me." She told him as she ran out of the studio with Kendall chasing after her "Chloe! Get back here!" He yelled as Chloe started to laugh.