Chapter 2

Seven years later, Kurt was in his sophomore year in high school. He tried to spend as much of his remaining time with his father. However, he kept his father in the dark about his secret hunting. His mother hadn't wanted his father to know about the supernatural, and Kurt respected her wishes.

Kurt counted down the days until his time would be up. He wanted live his mother's legacy and take down as many monsters as he could before he died.

However, he was now faced with a problem. A problem that his eight year old self didn't think of: when Kurt would die, his father would be all alone. Then he met Carole Hudson. She was perfect. Carole and Burt got on great; better than he'd anticipated. What was better was that Carole had a son his age. Finn would be a perfect replacement for when Kurt was gone. They could take care of his dad, and fill the void after Kurt's death.

Kurt was pleased to see that Carole and his father were moving fast in their relationship. Finn, however was far from happy. That day at school, Finn stormed up to him. "You set our parents up?!" He exclaimed.

Kurt rolled his eyes. "Yes Finn, our parents are dating."

"But- but why?" Finn sputtered. His eyes widened. "Dude…I'm not gay." He whispered.

"I not in love with you, you moron." Kurt said.

Finn looked slightly offended. "You…you're not? Then why did you set our parents up?"

"Oh I don't know… maybe so they can be happy?" Kurt walked off, leaving Finn in his thoughts.

Kurt sighed as he joined the glee club in the choir room. His father had forced him to join after Mr. Shuester heard Kurt sing and spoke to Burt about it.

"You like to sing, don't you? I hear you sing all the time in the garage." Burt said to him.

"I do… but I just want focus on other things now." Kurt replied.

Burt shook his head. "Your grades are perfect, Kurt. And as much as I appreciate your help around here, you need to be around kids your own age."

"I'm around them eight hours a day. That's enough, don't you think?"

"You need friends, Kurt. You've closed yourself off after your mother died. I should have said something after I started noticing, but I'm saying it now. This isn't healthy."

"How isn't this healthy? I'm here with you!" Kurt didn't understand.

"Kurt," his father forced him to look at him. "I love you so much, and I'm worried about you. So please, join glee club. For me, please?" Burt pulled Kurt into a hug.

And with that, Kurt gave in. It wasn't that he hated it. It just wasted precious time. Time which he didn't have a lot of. He sighed. He still had a long day ahead of him. There were rumors of some strange deaths towards the edge of town. He was going over to investigate after glee ended. That was the one good thing that came out of joining glee and pretending that he had friends; he could tell his father that he was with a friend, without him questioning Kurt's whereabouts.

Of course, Kurt didn't make friends in glee. Forming relationships now, when he had less than three years to live was stupid. However, despite holding people at arm's length, the people in the glee club were nice to him. Mercedes smiled at him and waved. Kurt hesitantly smiled back, and Mercedes beamed.

He could feel Finn staring at him. He tried to ignore it. After mindlessly joining in on rehearsal, he hurried to his car.

An entire family: Parents, kids, and family dog were killed after being hurled off of a balcony. Shortly after they were discovered, the detective investigating the case was killed in a similar fashion. Kurt had heard rumors that Mrs. June, the children's elderly grandmother had died earlier that year—by falling off the balcony.

It was no secret that the old woman was abusing her grandchildren. He figured one of the family members killed her in order to get her to stop.

Kurt parked his car at the end of the street, grabbed his bag, and quietly slipped under the crime scene tape. When he entered the house the EMF meter started making noise. He'd heard rumors that the grandmother was buried in the basement. Once he got to the basement, he put his bag down, and took out his gun.

He always had to be careful so his dad never found any of his tools.

Kurt held the EMF meter in one hand and the gun in the other. He spotted an area on the floor that looked lighter. He figured that was where the grandmother was buried.

Then suddenly he heard a noise at the foot of the stairs. Kurt snapped his gun up.

"Don't shoot me!" Finn shouted as he jumped out, holding his hands out in surrender.

Kurt exhaled harshly, and shot Finn an angry look. "Finn! I could have shot you! What are you doing here? Were you following me?"

"What were you doing?" Finn shot back. "Why do you have a gun?"

Kurt opened his mouth, but the ghost of Mrs. June appeared. Kurt flew backwards into a wall, the gun slipping out of his hand.

"What the hell is that?!" Finn yelled.

"Finn! Get back upstairs!" Kurt shouted. Finn didn't need to be told twice. Kurt scrambled for his gun and shot at the ghost. He grabbed his bag and ran after Finn.

Finn was upstairs, waiting for Kurt. "Kurt? What's going on? What was that thing?" He asked

Kurt grabbed a can of salt and poured it into a circle. "Get in here." Kurt looked over at Finn. He was sifting through Kurt's bag, and pulled out an axe. He stared at it with wide eyes. "Dude, who are you?"

Kurt grabbed the axe. "Get in that circle. Don't go anywhere else." Finn obeyed him. Kurt left to go back downstairs. "Wait. Are you going to leave me here? You can't leave me. That thing is still here." Finn protested.

Kurt rolled his eyes. "That thing was an angry spirit, and I am going to get rid of it. Stay in that circle. It'll protect you."

He took out his shovel and broke through the floorboards. Sure enough, there was a body. He was preparing to burn the body, when he heard Finn ask, "Whoa! Is that a body? Are you going to burn it?" Kurt shut his eyes, and muttered under his breath. "Finn, I thought I told you to stay upstairs."

"But I wanted to see." Mrs. June decided to show up again. Kurt was prepared this time, and lighted the corpse. The spirit screamed and disappeared in flames.

As they walked upstairs, Kurt pushed Finn against the wall. "Why the hell were you following me?" He questioned. Finn held out in surrender. "I just wanted to know more about you. You rarely talk to anyone at school. Your dad had to force you to join glee club. And now our parents are dating, and from the look of things, they're getting pretty serious. Because you brought them together. I just needed know more about you dude." Kurt let go of Finn.

Finn rubbed his neck. "Wow. You're stronger than you look. I remember now why the other guys don't mess with you."

Kurt snorted. "Well, now you know what I do, so don't ever follow me again. It's dangerous. And no one else hears about this. Not our parents, no one at school. You say one word and I hunt you down."

"Your dad doesn't know?" Finn asked.

"No, he doesn't. And he's not going to." Kurt glared at Finn.

"Not like anyone would believe me anyway." Finn muttered. Kurt headed back to his car in silence.

"Hey! Since that was a ghost, then does that mean there are other things out there too?" Finn asked.

"Do you really want to know the answer to that question?"

"…Yes?"

"Then sure. All kinds of things. Werewolves, vampires, demons, other stuff I've only heard about. Shouldn't you be more scared?" Kurt asked as he packed up his car.

Finn shrugged. "I always kind of figured this sort of stuff was out there. But I never figured you to be the type to do this..." Finn waved over Kurt's designer clothes, and perfectly coifed hair. "It's really badass."

"Well I am. I'm going to go home now. Remember, not a word to anyone." Finn nodded.

"I promise.

Kurt headed back to school the next day. "Hey faggot!" Azimio shouted, then jumped five spaces back. Kurt scoffed. Azimio knew better than to mess with Kurt. He threw him and all of his friends in the dumpster at one point or another.

"Hey Kurt!" Finn greeted as he ran up to Kurt.

"Finn, why are you talking to me?"

"What do you mean? We had something going on yesterday."

"You do know that what you just said there made it seem like we had sex."

Finn stared back blankly.

"Whatever. I'm going to class."

Finn approached Kurt again at lunch. "So if your dad didn't teach you all that stuff, who did?" He asked Kurt.

Kurt sighed. Finn wasn't going to leave him alone anytime soon. "My mother. She taught me a few things before she died. Everything else I kind of picked up along the way."

"Dude, that's awesome. But how does your dad not find out? I mean, I can't hide anything from my mom."

Kurt shrugged. "My mother never wanted dad to know about this stuff, so I'm really careful so he doesn't find out. He never goes through my things. I always do my own laundry, so I don't have to worry about him finding bloody clothes."

"Does anyone know about what you do?" Finn asked.

"Some of my mother's old contacts know of me. Besides them there's one other person."

Finn looked at Kurt in awe. "So could… could you maybe teach me? You know, about all of this stuff?"

Kurt stared at him. "You want to learn how to hunt." Finn nodded.

"You do remember what I said about the bloody clothes, right? What I do is pretty dangerous. Some people even die."

"What if one of those things come after me? Or my mom? I have a right to know what's out there and how to protect myself."

Kurt sighed. Finn did have a point. "And," Finn continued. "My mom and your dad might get married one day. Dude, we'd be brothers then. I just want to help you. That's what brothers do, right?"

"I'll have to think about it." Kurt said.

At glee club, Kurt leaned over, and whispered to Finn, "Come meet me after glee club's over."

Kurt drove them over to a storage facility.

"Dude… what?" Finn asked, confused.

"My mother's." Kurt answered for Finn. "All of her books on the supernatural, weapons… all of it is here." Kurt parked the car. "Before I teach you anything, there's something I want you to do for me."

Finn looked confused for a moment, and then stared at Kurt's crotch. "Um…"

"Not that, idiot." Finn looked relieved. "I need you to get really close to my dad."

"What?"

"You heard me. Get close to him. Become like his second son. It won't be hard. You two share some of the same interests."

"Okay… but why?"

Kurt sighed and leaned back into his seat. "Because I'm going to die in less than three years." Kurt told Finn about the deal he made with the demon, and what would happen after his time was up. "I was eight. My mother had just died, and when my dad started getting sick, I got desperate. I don't regret it. I never will. I just didn't realize what this could do to my dad at that time. I need you to make sure my dad never feels alone after I'm gone."

The car was silent. Finn's eyes were wide, and stared at Kurt in awe, and little pity. Kurt looked away. Finally Finn spoke. "Okay. I'll try. But I don't think me, or my mom, or anyone could ever replace you. I'll try my best though."

Kurt smiled and nodded. That all he wanted. "Come on, I'll show you a few things today."