Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:15:14 -0400 From: Cody Honner Subject: Nick and the Knight, Chapter One Nick and the Knight- Chapter One by Cody Honner This story involves members of the band the Backstreet Boys, and a fictional character of my own design. I've always wanted to write about a character who was the modern male version of Xena, so this oughta be FUN. I am in no way implying anything about the sexuality of any of the members of the Backstreet Boys, or Nick Carter himself. This is purely a fictional story thought up in my head. Enjoy! This is my first attempt at writing a story like this so bear with me. Please send any comment and/or suggestions to honorcode@freewwweb.com "Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi!" Someone cried with enthusiasm, in the underground parkinglot. "What was THAT?!?" Nick Carter said in surprise, as he and the rest of the Backstreet Boys got out of an ordinary-looking car. Brian Littrell shrugged. "Beats the heck out of ME, Nicky..." While they were talking, the faint sounds of fighting could be heard around the corner, where the elevator was that they were headed to. "You know, maybe we ought to go walk up to the next level, to use the elevators...?" Kevin Richardson said, uneasily. "Oh, come on, you guys... a quick peek to see if everything's allright, PLEASE?" Nick pleaded, giving his "innocent little boy" expression. With that, Nick took off towards the source of the commotion. "Nick! Aw, man..! Wait up!" Brian groaned, chasing after his friend. Nick rounded the corner, and stopped dead at the sight in front of him. A nice-looking guy wearing a black winter cloak with a fur lining at the top, was surrounded by some big guys holding wooden sticks, whips, and nunchucks. And although he seemed to be one guy aganst a dozen bigger guys, guys about Nick's height... he seemed to be HAPPY, with those odds. 30 seconds later, the rest of the Backstreet Boys came around the corner, and caught the same scene that Nick was watching, in amazement. Already, 3 of the goons were down, and the guy in the black fur, was holding one of the fallen guys' whips. He wrapped his whip around one guy, and then spun the goon like a top, causing him to crash around ANOTHER two guys who were advancing on him. Those three went down in a jumble of arms, legs, and curses. "Six down... looks like he's got 3 to go." Nick muttered, watching this guy do the near-impossible, fight off 12 guys with weapons. Grabbing one of the fallen guys' staffs, the guy with the cloak made a running jump-kick, and, propelling himself with the staff like a pole-vaulter, managed to deliver several small kicks to the head of one of the three remaining goons. "Would you LOOK at this guy...?!?" Nick whispered to Brian. "It's like he's UNSTOPPABLE!" Most of the other fallen guys by now, had come to, and had started sneaking away from the fight, to lick their wounds. One of the staff guys however, didn't seem too happy about being used as a top earlier, and looked mad. But the guy with the cloak had his back to the angry guy on the ground, in fact, he was busy letting the two other opponents on either side of him, smack EACH OTHER silly, by tricking them into coming on either side of him, and then backflipping out of the way of their own blows with the nunchucks. But not before one of them managed to smack HIM one in the jaw, with the weapon. "Hey! Look out!" Nick shouted, as the guy who had hs pole stolen, had picked up one of the nunchucks, and was preparing to whack the dazed cloaked guy with it. Acting on impulse, Nick charged in, and shoved the cloaked guy out of the way... just as the guy with the nunchucks was already in mid-swing. To be continued... Sorry about the shortness of this chapter, but I LOVE a good cliffhanger, don't you? Does Nick go night-night? And what is the name of this handsome guy who Nick tries to shove out of the way?