Advent Calendar: Day 4

Kid!Kurtbastian goes to the Christmas Parade and it ends tragically.
~850 words

Warning: Kidnapping

A/N: I don't even know with this one.

"Come on, Kurt," Sebastian whined, tugging on his best friend's arm.

"No, Sebby. Mommy said we have to stay right here to watch the parade. And besides, the adults can see us."

"No, they can't. They're too busy making googley eyes at each other, see?" Sebastian pointed to both of their sets of parents, standing just far away for them to go unheard. None of the four of them were currently glancing at their sons. "I know this really cool part where we can see the parade even better."

"I don't know…" Kurt replied hesitantly, glancing back and forth between Sebastian and his parents, sure that they could sense their plan.

"We won't get in trouble," Sebastian promised, a boyish grin spreading on his face when he saw Kurt's resolve crumble.

"Okay, but if we do get in trouble, I'm blaming it all on you," Kurt proclaimed, finally giving in and allowing Sebastian to pull him away from their designated spot.

They escaped unnoticed, circling around the crowd of people to get a little farther up the line. A blockage of space caused them to retreat back where the people were sparser and they could move freely. Sebastian led them back farther, deciding to find a street horizontal to the parade where they could find another street to bring them forward and closer again. After a few minutes Kurt finally spoke up.

"Where are you taking us, Sebby? Are you lost?" he asked, gripping his friend's hand a little tighter and glancing around them nervously. There weren't any more people around and Kurt wasn't even sure if they were heading in the right direction.

"No," Sebastian replied defiantly. "I know where the place is; I'm just a little…turned around," he admitted. It was a big feat for Sebastian to ever exude anything but confidence.

"Maybe we should just try and head back how we came," Kurt suggested.

"No, we can't," Sebastian insisted. "This spot is really great, I promise. It's where Mommy and Daddy and I watched the parade last year and I really want to show you. Mommy said it's romantic."

"Oh," Kurt blushed, closing his mouth and allowing Sebastian to lead them.

After only a few more minutes a car pulled up next to them on the sidewalk, slowing before stopping completely. A man in a dark jumpsuit and baseball cap got out, but left the car running.

"Hey, have you guys seen a little black dog running around here?" the man called out and the boys froze in their tracks as he approached.

"No," Kurt answered. The man's lips turned down in a fake frown.

"Oh. Well, do you think you could just come and look at a picture I have of him? His name's Max," the man said.

"I don't think that's a good idea," Sebastian replied, shuffling his feet away from the man and pulling Kurt with him.

"Aw, come on," the man said, stalking forward and grabbing Kurt and Sebastian's joined hands, ripping them apart and tugging them to the car.

"Get away from us," Sebastian shouted, clawing at the man's arm. The man gripped tighter in response. In the distance, a roar of cheers burst through the air, likely signaling the beginning of the parade.

"Fuck," the man spit as Sebastian reacted in just enough time to twist from his grasp when Kurt started screaming, surely drowned out by the crowd.

Freed, Sebastian began to run at high-speed, calling for Kurt to follow and hearing his screams cut off in response. He only made it so far when he realized that Kurt wasn't beside him. A glance behind him and Sebastian realized that the man still had Kurt, a piece of fabric stuffed in his mouth now as the man wrapped long plastic strips around Kurt's wrists and ankles that locked together, keeping him in place. The man had Kurt stuffed in his back seat and quickly made his way to the driver's side, glancing around swiftly and ducking into the car.

Sebastian's feet pounded against the pavement as he raced back to the car when it slowly started to drive away, like nothing was amiss. His own screams pierced his ears and he felt them down to the center of his bones. They exploded through his head, completely uncontained, and he barely drew breath as the noise went on and on, ripping through his chest and throat, escaping like he was on his final breath.

He collapsed on the pavement, finally breaking into sobs, his vision completely gone through his tears, darkness slowly replacing it. His heart pounded, threatening to break out of his chest to follow Kurt. He screamed once more, desperately into the air. It was all his fault, he knew. Kurt didn't want to go and Sebastian had forced him. And now he didn't even know his way back. He couldn't find his parents and find help. The man just took Kurt and there was no telling where they'd gone.

Sebastian curled up on the pavement, resigning himself to wither away on the sidewalk. His only hope was that maybe the man would come back and take him, too. He could only wish.

A/N: Be grateful I ended it where I did. What happens to Kurt is awful.