Charlie, Dwight, Evan, and Ethan were cleared to go back to class, and Micah was free to leave. However, he wasn't going anywhere until all of the missing boys were found. Shane had just been holed up in Blaine's dorm room for the past two days, and Micah knew he had to help him, he just didn't know how.
"Hey Shane," Micah said, going to sit next to his former love. "You want food? I'm making Raman Noodles…"
Shane looked up, confused, and said, "Oh, what? Yeah, I guess, thanks."
"Shane. You have to believe me when I say that we will not rest until we find them. I promise."
"He has Blaine and Reed. God knows what that psychopath is capable of!"
" Hey, don't think like that. Now, c'mon- let's go kill ourselves with crappy food."
Shane smiled at this and stood up to follow Micah out of the room.
Julian could not sleep. He sat in the bed, thinking about he had been forced to share intimate details of his life with a psychopath he barely knew. Details that he had never shared with anyone, ever.
"There's no way in hell we're getting out of here." Julian thought to himself. "Let's be real. Reed lost so much blood he can barely stay conscious for more than two minutes, and Kurt's leg is screwed. Blaine and Logan were both bashed in the head, not to mention Blaine's stab wound. And my head hurts like almighty hell. We're basically screwed and all because of me."
Julian's thoughts were interrupted by a low moan coming from Reed's bed. Apparently water was all Reed needed to become aware again.
"What the hell?" Reed rasped, his voice filled with pain.
"Hey, welcome back to earth kid." Julian said, standing up and walking over to Reed's bed. "Here, eat this, or Kurt 'll kill you... and me." He tosses Reed a can of soup.
"Fuck, my head hurts. Where are we? Why can't I move my hands? Why is there a chain on your ankle? Why is there a chain on my ankle?"
"Yep," Julian thought. "He's definitely back."
"You don't remember anything?" Julian asked, shocked.
"The last thing I remember is being in the third floor room with you guys and Adam…and Logan and Blaine burst in. And then it's just little snippets of you guys…and Adam. But we're good now right?" Reed looked at Julian, begging him to say yes, despite the obvious signs saying otherwise.
"Don't flip out, ok. But, Reed, I have no idea where we are. Somehow Adam got us to some house somewhere. Reed, calm down or you'll pass out again." Julian said as Reed's breathing quickened.
"What do you mean Adam-what? How?" Reed asked, tears coming to his eyes.
"We don't know how, the guys a psychopath. What matters now is surviving and figuring out how to get out of here!"
"Yeah, yeah you're right. Is everyone ok? Are you ok?"
Julian replied, "Yeah. Kurt's leg is screwed up, plus, we all probably have concussions, and Blaine took another pretty hard hit to the head today, but you're the worst out of all of us."
"Aren't I always," Reed mumbled, under his breath.
"Kay, well eat the soup then go back to sleep. You still look like hell." Julian said, casually, though inside he was freaking out.
Reed gave Julian a once-over, "No offense Julian, but you look like shit too. Get some sleep while you can." Julian nodded and walked back to his bed, the chain on his ankle dragging on the floor. Eventually his exhaustion won over, and he fell asleep.
Julian slept for about two hours before a nightmare woke him up. Apparently, he had been whimpering in his sleep pretty loudly and woke everyone else up too.
"Perfect," he thought. "Just fucking perfect.
"Jules, what the fuck? You ok?" Logan asked, rubbing his eyes.
"Yeah…yeah I'm fine. Just a stupid dream." Julian said, clearly shaken. "Was I loud enough to wake him up?"
"Probably not, you didn't scream or anything," Reed said. Everyone looked over, amazed.
"Hey Reed, you're awake? How's your head?" Kurt asked. "Did you eat?"
"Yeah, yeah, Julian made me last night. And, it's ok. Still hurts, but the room isn't spinning anymore. Are you guys ok?"
Blaine smiled, "Well, I know what you mean about the room spinning."
Julian stood up and asked, "Anybody want water?" He was responded with four nods.
"K, well guys, we don't have a lot, and God knows when we'll get more. So maybe we should all split one?" Blaine suggested. Everyone nodded again. After each boy had half a bottle of water, Julian sat down again, actually slightly calm. This did not last long, as a few minutes later Adam was skipping down the stairs. Julian immediately stood up, running to the corner of the room, attempting to get as far away from Adam as possible.
"Hi, Julian!" Adam said, oblivious to Julian's fear and anger. "I was thinking about you all night-I missed you." Julian just shuddered as Logan shook his head, in disbelief.
"Today's gonna be so much fun! I've done so much for you, so now, I'm gonna let you do something for me. You're gonna sing me a song! You have such a beautiful voice!"
"No," Julian said. "Please don't make me do that! I can't sing," he finished, lamely.
"Don't be silly, Julian! You have a single out. I've even heard you live sing before. Just for me."
"How could he have possibly heard me sing by myself? I only sing when I'm by myself…in the shower…at the valentine's booth? Oh God!" Julian thought, frantically.
"Such a pretty voice…" Adam said, staring lustfully at Julian. "If you don't sing, I'll have to hurt poor Kurt." When Julian only stared at him, as though frozen, Adam sighed and pulled out a strange looking device, with a battery and a paddle sort of thing coming out of it. He touched one of the paddles to Kurt's arm, who screamed as electric currents ran through his body.
Kurt was twitching, oddly.
"Sing, Julian, or I'll do it again."
Julian looked up at Kurt, a look of pure terror on his face.
Logan looked at Julian and spoke in a quite, calm voice, "Julian, look at me. Jules!"
"Julian, be somewhere else. Sing to anybody else. Pretend it's not him." Julian's face changed at this; Logan's support really helped him.
"SHUT UP LOGAN!" Adam yelled, in a rage. Adam touched the paddle to Logan's arm, who screamed and jerked away. He fell quite at this, but gave Julian a supportive look.
Julian's face changed, his blank mask taking over his face, but everyone could see the "fuck you" glint in his eyes that remained.
Adam smiled at the emotionless boy and said, "Please start, Julian."
Julian took a deep, shuddering breath and started:
No, I can't take one more step towards you
'Cause all that's waiting is regret
Don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore
You lost the love I loved the most
Julian couldn't help but hold back a smirk. Leave it to Julian to choose a song that is basically a giant "fuck you" to Adam.
I learned to live, half alive
And now you want me one more time
And who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are?
Julian stopped breathing for a moment. He had never really realized how truly gorgeous Julian's voice was.
I hear you're asking all around
If I am anywhere to be found
Everyone realized how truly relevant that song was, with Adam searching for and stalking Julian.
But I have grown too strong
To ever fall back in your arms
I've learned to live, half alive
And now you want me one more time
As the bridge came on, Julian's mask slipped a little. He looked to Logan, tears stinging at his eyes. Logan gave him a supportive look; his amazement at how beautiful his friend's voice was mixed in to the gaze.
Julian began singing again, but it was different this time. This time it was raw emotion pouring out of his mouth, the tears stinging at his eyes spilling over.
It took so long just to feel alright
Remember how to put back the light in my eyes
I wish I had missed the first time that we kissed
'Cause you broke all your promises
And now you're back
You don't get to get me back
Julian's voice cracked as he began the chorus.
Who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
Don't come back for me
Don't come back at all
He began the next verse, taking the higher harmony, tears streaming down his face.
Who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
Don't come back for me
Don't come back at all
He looked straight at Adam, anger showing through his tears.
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Adam ran to Julian, grabbing the crying boy in his arms.
"That was beautiful, Julian. That means so much to me: that you love me so much it made you cry."
Julian tried to struggle out of Adam's grip, choking, "Let me go, you psychopath." Adam, for the first time since they had gotten to the house, looked angry at Julian.
"How can you say that? WE LOVE EACH OTHER!"
"I will never love you," Julian seethed, still trying to pull away. Adam suddenly pushed Julian away from him. Julian hit the ground, hard. As his head made contact with the hard tile it made a horrible thudding noise. Julian was out cold.
"Oh, God!" Adam said, frantically. "Julian, of course, you were just kidding around! I'm so sorry." Adam looked frantic as he ran to the unconscious boy on the floor. He lifted him off the ground and placed him in a bed.
"He just needs to sleep. He'll be fine!" Adam said, talking to himself. He ran up the stairs on the brink of tears.
"JULIAN!" Logan yelled, pulling at the restraint around his ankle, desperately trying to reach his friend.
Julian moaned, opening his eyes.
"What the fuck," He said, his eyes screwed up in pain.
"Julian! Are you ok?"
"Yeah, Lo, I'm just fucking dandy."
Logan held back a smirk. Only Julian could be sarcastic at a time like this.
"Jules, lie down, you retard." Logan said, concerned about his friend.
Why are there orange spots everywhere?" Julian asked, sitting up. He began to crawl towards the nearest bed, pulling half his body up onto it.
"Julian, are you dying?" Logan asked.
"I sure as hell hope so!" He moaned. Logan took some comfort at this. Julian was ok enough to be himself.
"Kay, I hope so too. Now just go to sleep and don't die or I'll kill you."
Julian was already dead to the world. Slowly, each boy dropped off. Kurt, crying, Reed deeply disturbed, and Blaine half angry, half terrified. Logan stayed awake a little longer, staring at his best friend. Who he had realized, after going through this with him, he was in love with. And not friend love, real love. Now he just had to figure out a way to get everyone out of here so he could tell him.