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It was all working as planned.

They had moved over to the other side of the street unnoticed and they were so close. Finally they would get to the Stars.

His hand closed around the bat in his hand. It was time.

Justin and Howie were laughing and smiling, waiting for their bodyguard to come outside. The car was there to pick them up. It was a simple black van.

Perfect if you didn't want to be noticed.

He raised his hand, the bat flying through the air, closing in on it's target.

The seven other Lions charged as well.

It had begun.

Let the fun times start.

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Justin's smile and laughter faded quickly as his bodyguard fell to the ground, less than two seconds after he had come out to join him and Howie. .

In a split second he could see a man, bat in his lowered hand, looking straight at him.

Then he was walking backwards, away from the man in front of him.

A sudden movement to his left caught his attention.

More men. A fist flew through the air and Howie went down. He could see Kevin come out of the hotel, seeing what was happening. His face went pale, but he kept calm.

Kevin's face was blank as he jumped at the man standing closest to him, pushing him back.

Kevin wanted to bury his fist in the mans face, but he knew that that was not a good idea. Chances were he'd be the one with the most damage.

He moved his hand fast, knocking the man out using his elbow.

He tried not to see the blood coming from the mans nose. It was probably broken.

Justin didn't waste time. There were too many men. Where were AJ and N-Zee?

"Heeelp. AJ, N-Zee." he yelled, jumping back as his opponent swinged the bat at him again.

He saw the door burst open and out came AJ, followed by N-Zee. He spotted Brian for the first time too, and was terrified.

He was lying on the ground, and it seemed like he was barely moving.

A man was standing above him, getting ready to kick Brian in the ribs.

Justin ran over, and did what he had seen Kevin do just seconds before. He grabbed the man by the shoulder and spun him around, using his elbow to hit the guy.

It hurt like hell, and the man only walked a few steps backwards. Blood was running from his nose, but he didn't go down like the other guy had.

He was starting to panic. He was about to hit the guy again when a fist connected to his face.

He felt the pain run through his entire body. His vision started to blur, and he knew that he was falling. The last thing he saw was N-Zee moving.

Then everything went black.

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The minute he heard Justin's voice N-Zee ran out. But AJ was faster, being the first who exited the building.

The sight that met him was scaring in a way, but he didn't spend any time thinking about it.

Brian was down, as was Howie, Kevin seemed to be holding his own, but Justin clearly needed help.

He saw AJ move in that direction, and was about to follow what a movement to his right caught his attention. The turned and had just enough time to block the blow from a bat.

As he always did in a battle he ignored the pain he felt, and moved fast instead.

He grabbed the man's hand and twisted it. He could hear the bones in it break, and he knew it hurt. The mans face was proof of that.

He dropped the mans arm and did a spin kick, sending him to the ground.

A second man moved into his path, and once again he had to break some bones to get him off his back.

It seemed like he couldn't get anywhere, but suddenly there were only two left. One fighting AJ and one Justin.

He knew right away that AJ could hold his own and ran in Justin's direction.

It was in the nick of time.

He did a flying kick through the air, hitting the man in the back. He fell forward but managed to stay on his feet.

Through the corner of his eye he could see AJ over by the others. Justin was on his feet with Kevin's help and they all seemed to be ok.

Now all he needed was to know why.

But the man in front of him was not going to be an easy fight.

For one thing he was fatter than Lou Pearlman, whom he had only seen in pictures but after the whole suing the Backstreet Boys thing he had lost all respect for the guy.

And then there was this other thing about the man in front of him.

He was now armed with a gun.

He hated that kind off odds.

With a fast spin kick the gun was gone, and with another that probably bruised his ankles sent the man to the ground.

He moved fast, twisting the mans arm around his back. He heard the bones break but didn't care.

He twisted harder.

More bones breaking.

The man screamed now.

Time to get some answers.

"Who and why?" he said, knowing that the man would understand.

"I ain't talking man. I ain't that stupid.I'm dead if I do"

"You really think you'll live if you keep your mouth shut" he replied, and twisted the arm so much that it popped out of it's socket. He went to his knee and elbowed the man in the ribs. From the sound of it he was breaking more bones.

"Now. Either you talk or I'm gonna break something else. Like say some fingers. I said I'd kill you, and I will, but I am planning on making it a slow one. You know, just for the heck of it. "

The mans eyes was filled with fear, and he knew he had won.

"Simon. He wants you dead. You and Mickey. He wants full control."

N-Zee dropped the mans arm, kicked him in the ribs and walked away.

Brian was standing up, along with the bodyguard that had been knocked out.

But by the looks on their faces they were not happy about the way he had gotten that information.

"Lets get the hell out of here." he said, his eyes meeting AJ's and he smiled, trying to ease him down.

"We'll talk there. But if we stay here we're all going to be locked up. And trust me when I say that jail, you wont like it"

 

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