Here is Chapter 3. In this chapter, Finn and his family learn about the extent of Finn's ordeal and its effects. He also meets his family again and begins to learn what he has missed in his time when he was kidnapped. Just warning that it might be fairly graphic and so reader discretion is advised. But other than that enjoy.

Chapter 3: Worse than Death.

Finn's POV.

After Mr Schue drives me to the hospital, we get out and head to the entrance. I am so weak that I need help getting inside the door. God, I feel so helpless. Yet I feel that I am going to collapse without any help.

The receptionist at the desk sees us and instructs us to come over. Her face is one of shock when she sees me.

Receptionist: "Can I ask for your name?"

Finn: "Finn Christopher Hudson."

Receptionist: "Date of Birth."

Finn: "24th August 1994."

Receptionist: "Okay. Just wait a second. (Makes a phone call.) Is it okay if we put you in a wheelchair and take you to a room to do some tests?"

Finn: "(Sees it is a lost cause.) Okay."

They put me in the wheelchair and take me into a hospital room. The Doctor who was Doctor Zheng and Nurse Jackson put me on my hospital bed and laid me down. They do some DNA tests and medical checks in order to make sure that I am who I say I am. Apparently because there was belief that I was dead, they need to make a DNA check to previous records to make sure that I was who I said I was. They placed a heart-monitor in order to check my resting heartbeat and then they said that tests had to begin.

Doctor Zheng: "Okay so Mr Hudson. We are going to have to seduce you while we do these tests. It could be painful but it would be worth it as we see what your issue is."

Finn: "Okay Doctor."

So they get a needle and tell me that they are going to seduce me now. I nod and then they put the needle into my back and then I gradually fall into a deep sleep.

Carole's POV.

Seeing my son having to take these tests makes my heart break. I don't know what happened that caused him to be in this state but I am going to find out and whoever did it is going to pay.

He is asleep whilst everyone does their tests on him. All I can do is wait. I call Burt and explained the situation as best I could. He and Kurt are coming over later in order to see what the results of this are all about.

I get a text from Kurt saying that they have arrived. I go and meet them outside whilst we are all waiting for news on what has happened to Finn and what he needs in order to get his life back on track.

Kurt: "This doesn't feel right at all. We had all given up on him and there were so many occasions that he missed with us. Even if he is able to survive, he is never going to be the same again."

Burt: "I know, he missed out on what is meant to be his golden years. He is going to probably need years of therapy because from what Sue told me, this was dodgy. We don't know what it is though."

Kurt: "He doesn't even know I got married. He is going to be upset when he realises that he missed his brother's wedding."

Carole: "I think they are ready for us now."

We head into the hospital room and the look on the Doctor's face is grave. This is not good news.

Carole: "So what is the news Doctor?"

Doctor Zheng: "You would want to take a seat. I don't want you to speak before it is over. It is severe. He looks worse than death. He has been kept hostage inside a basement for 7 years with no fresh oxygen. His body is filled with unhealthy levels of carbon dioxide. He has a lung that needs major surgery in order to save it. He may well have had a heart attack whilst in captivity and he isn't even 30 yet. He has several broken ribs and may be confided to a wheelchair. He is supposed to be around 200 pounds in weight for a man for his age and height yet he is only 95 pounds. It looks like he hasn't eaten probably or had a proper meal for years. It was clear that he was tortured in that basement on a daily basis. He might struggle for the rest of his life to do simple things like feed, clothe or bathe himself due to the extent of his injuries."

This is the worst news possible. I mean, my son could be severally troubled for the rest of his life. He is weak, malnourished and helpless. He might be disabled for the rest of his life and struggling to do anything. This makes me so mad, the person or people that did this to him; we will find them and make sure that they regret everything that they have done to him. They won't know what hit them.

Kurt: "Can we see him?"

Doctor Zheng: "Of course. I'm warning you though it isn't going to be pretty."

Kurt: "I just want to see him after all these years. I don't care what state he is in, I just want to see him."

Kurt's POV.

I want to see him so badly. The last time, I saw him if my memory serves me right is the failed wedding of Mr and Mrs Schuester. I don't think I saw him after that and that was the start of 2013. How times have changed very quickly. I mean, he wasn't even at my wedding. He would have been my best man for sure rather than it being Sam. I mean, I am great friends with Sam but it should be a role for your closest male friend or your brother to be and Finn is my step-brother so he should have been in the role. The wedding picture which is filled with the alumni is missing him. It just confirms that there was a great big hole in our lives. While we were all celebrating the day of our lives because we were in a double wedding with Brittany and Santana and yet somewhere in the distance, he is being beaten to death by some maniac and never thinking that he will see us again.

When the curtain is pulled back and we are able to get a good look at him for the first time, we see that the Doctor is right. He is in terrible shape. If he hadn't escaped when he did, he would have died in that basement and would never have been found. He is in such a critical condition that he is going to need a lot of help in order to see if he lives and if he lives, help him try to get himself in a position to help himself.

I feel the tears start to come down. Gosh Kurt, pull yourself out of it. Finn would never want to see you like this. But it is hard not to be in this state when he is lying there knowing that your own brother has had his life changed for the worst and that you are helpless in trying to get him out of his plight. But the worst feeling in this is the guilt. The guilt that I was able to live my life and look to achieve my dreams and knowing now that he never got that chance to prove himself. The guilt that I wasn't there for him when he needed me the most when he was stuck in that basement and being tortured to death itself. The guilt that to him right now, I failed as a brother. To him I will always be a failure.

Burt: "What do we need to do to try and help him?"

Doctor: "We will need to put him into major surgery tonight in order to save his lung. We are going to give him a warm bath that we have at the bathroom in order to wash him. We are going to give him something small to eat so we can see how much he can eat until he is sick. Only one person can stay with him tonight. You may decide who it is."

Kurt: "I will stay with him."

Burt: "Are you sure Kurt? You don't have to do this you know. Carole can stay with him if you want her to?"

Kurt: "No I will."

Carole: "Okay but we will come to see both of you in the morning. Good night Kurt."

Burt: "Goodnight Kurt."

Kurt: "Goodnight Dad and Carole."

Once they are gone, I quickly call Blaine to say that I am with Finn. He understands thankfully. After that, I see them take Finn into surgery after cleaning him up. After the surgery, I sit on the chair next to him and take his left hand in both of mine and whisper in his ear.

Kurt: "I will do whatever it takes to make your life the best it can be." But I hear no response. I don't leave the chair at all that night.

Reviews are welcome as usual. Poor Finn and Kurt, the fact that he is severely injured and the undenying level of guilt that Kurt feels for him. Next chapter is a flashback chapter about what happened in trying to discover the case of who caused Finn to disappear caused by one sentence.