The entire New Directions were at Rachel's house the night before Regionals for a get together. Nobody's parents were home anyway, since there was a PTO meeting at the school. It had kind of become a tradition. They were playing truth or dare.

"Kurt!" yelled Rachel. "I dare you to kiss Brittany!"

Kurt rolled his eyes. "WHAT is it with you guys making me kiss Brittany?"

Rachel laughed. "It's just so much fun watching you be awkward whenever you kiss Brittany! Or any girl for that matter!" everybody laughed along with Kurt and Rachel.

Brittany grabbed Kurt's face and kissed him. "Are you SURE you're a dolphin?" she asked when she pulled away. "Because you're a MUCH better kisser than most of the guys in school!" Kurt's face was flushed. "Like, he seriously puts all you Glee guys to shame!"

Everybody laughed when Kurt said, "Yes, Brittany! I'm sure. My doubts disappear every time I kiss you or any other girl!"

"My turn!" shouted Tina. "Puck! I dare you to... Crash the PTO meeting!"

"That's NO problem for the Puckster!" he said vainly flexing his muscles. "But you guys are coming with me! There's no way I'm doing this without accomplices!"

Everybody agreed and grabbed their stuff. They all headed outside. "We can take my car since it will probably fit most of you guys." said Kurt. But some of you might have to sit on each others lap!"

Everybody hopped in, somewhat squished, and headed out to the school.

They finally arrived at the school and piled out of the expedition. They walked into the school and their excited chattering stopped. The lockers were smeared with bloodstained handprints. The fluorescent lights flickered on and off. Papers were scattered all over the floor.

"Holy crap..." said Artie. "What the hell happened here?" as if to answer his question, Mr. Shue came running out of a hallway. He was limping and his leg was bloodstained. "Mr. Shue! Mr. Shue! What's going on?" Artie shouted.

Mr. Shue's eyes went wide and he yelled "GET OUT OF HERE! ALL OF YOU! RUN!" William wasn't about to let what was going to happen to him happen to these kids. Maybe he wouldn't be able to save them once he was gone, but he could help them now. "GET OUT NOW!"

The New Directions weren't about to leave their director behind. "We're not leaving without you!" shouted Rachel.

"JUST GO!" suddenly from behind Mr. Shue, Burt Hummel, eyes bloodshot and foaming at the mouth, grabbed him by the legs and pulled him down.

"Dad!" shouted Kurt. "Dad! Stop it! What the hell is going on!" suddenly Kurt took off from the group and ran towards Mr. Shue and Burt down the hall.

"KURT!" shouted Finn. "Get back here!" Finn ran after Kurt. There was no way he was going to let his little brother get hurt.

Kurt grabbed Mr. Schue's hands, trying to pull him away from Burt. Tears were streaming down Kurt's face. "Dad! Stop it! Just stop it!"

"Kurt! Get out of here!" yelled Will. He tried to push Kurt's hand out of his, but Kurt just wouldn't let go.

Finn came behind Kurt, wrapped his hands around his waist, and picked him up as he ran away. Kurt fought him every step he took, kicking and screaming, "LET ME GO! LET ME THE FUCK GO!" They finally came out the front door where all the New Directions were waiting. A few were throwing up, but most had tears streaming down their face.

Finn grabbed a piece of shrapnel and put it through the handles to block the door.

"Unlock the door!" yelled Kurt. "My dad is in there! So are all our parents! And Mr. Schue!" There was an obvious pleading in his voice.

"Kurt..." was all that Finn said. Kurt's lower lip quivered and he suddenly wrapped his arms around Finn and just cried.

From the near distance, one could hear Rachel say, "What the hell is going on?"

XXX

The New Directions! had spent the night at Rachel's house, too shaken up from the night before to go home alone. Or maybe, thought Kurt, it's because everybody is too afraid to go home and see if their parents even made it there...

It was five in the morning.

Kurt hadn't slept at all the last night. He kept thinking that if he didn't fall asleep, it meant it was a dream... That none of it really happened... His thoughts were interrupted by a hand gently placed on his shoulder. It was Rachel. Kurt looked at her hand on his shoulder, then up at her. She kneeled down next to Kurt and her lower lip quivered. Everything that had built up between them from last night suddenly all came out in the form of tears. They held each other for at least forty minutes and just let it all come out. The hurt. The pain. The grief.

"I don't know what's going on," said Kurt, "but I think we need to get out of here."

Rachel nodded in agreement. "Let's just let them sleep for a while longer... They've been through a lot..."

"I'll make breakfast when they wake up." said Kurt.

Brittany was the first to wake up around 9. Followed by Mike, then Artie, then Santana. Then Quinn, Sam, Finn, Puck, Mercedes, and finally, Tina.

They all ate their pancakes in silence, nobody willing to break it, as if talking might make what happened more real than it already was.

Finally Quinn spoke up. "This is ridiculous! Why are we all acting like last night didn't happen? It was REAL! And as much as we'd like to ignore it, we can't! We have to figure out what the HELL happened last night and find out if what happened to our parents is going to happen to us!"

"Quinn's right," said Kurt. "This thing is real and our lives could be in danger. We probably can't stay here, and if we're going to be on the move, we need supplies... Any suggestions?"

"There's this warehouse store that my mom used to take us so we could buy my shampoo in bulk." said Finn. "It's called Sam's Club. They sell everything in bulk. Food, clothes, toilet paper... They have weapons too... I've seen a couple rifles there, knives too."

Kurt nodded. "Then it's settled... As soon as we finish breakfast, we head out to Sam's Club."