Jeff found that breaking into Andy's hidden lair was relatively easy. There were barely any security systems emplaced on any of the doors or windows, nobody was guarding the perimeter, and all of the beams in the ceiling were in good condition. He hid in the shadows as he opened one of the doors around the back and snuck in. The place was so cold and dark with the brick work all around the walls. The place looked like a maze with several halls leading to many, many doors and hidden rooms. Jeff kept close to the walls as he quietly searched every room looking for Kurt. After searching through ten rooms he heard a loud thud echoing from down one of the back hallways. Jeff followed the noise and as he neared one of the rooms he heard Kurt's voice.
"You think I'm scared?" Kurt hissed.
Jeff could hear that Kurt was lying, he was totally and completely scared, but he still didn't let it show. Still the same old Kurt, brave then and brave now. Jeff looked throw a hole in the brick work and saw Andy standing over Kurt, who was tied to a chair with his hands behind his back. Andy chuckled.
"I know that you are scared" Andy retorted.
Jeff internally snarled at this guy. He knew that he couldn't intervene, especially when Blaine gave him the order. Instead, he noticed a few more gaps in the brick work so he stepped into the holes and started climbing up the wall, much like a rock climbing wall, and set himself up on the beams overlooking the room, watching Andy and Kurt. Jeff turned on his communicator in his ear.
"Blaine" Jeff whispered.
Blaine sped in the police car with his, one could assume, army of police and FBI agents in tow. Sebastian clung to his seat as Blaine jerked the steering wheel and sped down the streets.
"Blaine" Sebastian called. "I know you want to get to Kurt as fast as you can, but getting us killed is NOT the way to do it!"
Blaine ignored Sebastian and retorted by quickly jerking the car around a corner causing Sebastian to ram into his window.
"Blaine" a voice came through the radio.
Sebastian answered it.
"Jeff?" Sebastian replied.
"I am in the abandoned train station" Jeff reported. "And I have a visual on Andy...and Kurt."
"He's still alive?" Blaine asked.
"Yes" Jeff answered. "He's holding out but Andy is holding a gun. I think he is finally losing his patience."
"We're almost there" Blaine replied. "Just keep your eyes on them."
"Okay, everything is sorted" Burt announced, leaving the director's office.
Rachel and Finn were crawling on the floor and immediately stood up looking guilty and ashamed.
"What's wrong?" Burt asked.
The couple remained silent. Burt looked around the room and noticed a person missing.
"Where's Adeline?"
Rachel and Finn exchanged a look before Finn took out a piece of paper and handed it to Burt. Burt took the paper from him and read it.
Grandpa, gone with daddy to find daddy
Love Adeline
Burt looked up at the couple and felt like he was going to have another heart attack.
"WHAT!"
Kurt sat in his seat as he watched Andy hold the gun polish it with a rag. He felt sick in the stomach knowing that it was aimed for him, and the jerk was cleaning it.
"So, how should we do this, Kurt?" Andy asked nonchalantly.
Kurt ignored him and just stared at him, giving him the best brave look he could muster with his current injuries. He struggled to take calm breaths after Andy's attempt at chocking him to death. Andy dumped the rag on the floor and held the gun to Kurt's temple. After all of his effort and courage, Kurt accidently released a whimper when he felt the cold metal against his head. Andy laughed and Kurt's final obedience.
"Finally" Andy sighed in victory. "I finally can rid the world of you, rid Blaine of you. I knew you were too scared, you baby."
Kurt was so tired of fighting right now. He let out another whimper and the tears began pouring out of his eyes. This was it; it was all coming to an end. Where were the police?
Jeff clung to the ceiling beams so hard that his knuckles started to turn white. He was trying so hard to resist the urge of jumping and beating the living daylights out of Andy, but he had to be strong.
"No one is here to save you" Andy hissed.
Before Andy could pull the trigger of the gun, a loud noise echoed through the room. Andy immediately pulled back and ran out of the room. Lucky from his height advantage, Jeff could see Kurt's room and the hallway. He watched as Andy ran out of the room towards a large radio set, a police radio set to be exact.
"Jerk kept his old equipment" Jeff whispered to himself.
'All available units to Central Park' a voice came through the radio. 'Police assistance required to block off the park for an FBI kidnap case. I repeat, all units to Central Park, the FBI has found Kurt Hummel.'
"What!" Andy yelled.
Andy ran back into the room grabbed Kurt's neck between his hands. Jeff stood up and was about to lash out when he quickly restrained himself.
"How did they know where to find me?" Andy demanded. "What did you do? You did something, you worthless shell!"
"How...can I?" Kurt chocked out. "I'm...trapped...with you."
Andy growled and released Kurt's neck causing him to gasp for air. He whacked Kurt across the face again with the side of his gun. He began pacing the room trying to think of a plan.
"I can't be stopped now, not when I am this close" Andy muttered to himself.
Jeff sat quietly as he watched the man pace about in a fit of anxiety. Andy stopped suddenly and rushed over to Kurt. He untied Kurt's legs from the chair and pulled Kurt's hair so that he was now standing. Luckily for Andy did not tie Kurt's hands to the chair but to each other so he easily slipped off the chair with his hands still bound behind him.
"We're going" Andy said.
Andy grabbed his gun again and started forcing Kurt out of the room, shoving him to walk forwards while he held a gun to his back in motivation.
Blaine and his team arrived at the scene, the sirens turned off when they were close, and he immediately got out of the house. He ordered the police department to begin sealing off parts of Central Park that were close to the abandoned warehouse. As everyone was running about the place, following Blaine's orders, no one noticed the back door open of one of the police cars and a mop of blonde hair hop out.
Adeline looked at her surroundings in awe of how much everyone was doing for her daddy. She looked around the place and noticed two people struggle through the allies by the abandoned station heading for Central Park. She looked closer and saw her dad being dragged and shoved towards the bushland of Central Park, a place that no one ever visits.
"Daddy" Adeline whispered cheerfully.
In excitement of seeing her dad for the first time in two weeks, Adeline ran off and began following her dad and the mysterious man with him. Meanwhile Blaine and his team held their weapons ready as the SWAT team started to surround the perimeter of the abandoned station. Just as Blaine was going to give the order to storm into the building, a voice sounded through his communicator, and the rest of his FBI team's.
'Agent Anderson' John called through the communicator.
"I'm a little busy, director" Blaine responded.
Blaine ignored the director and started leading the SWAT and FBI teams towards the station, all with their weapons raised.
'Adeline is missing'
Blaine stopped dead cold with the others following his lead.
"What?" Blaine said, starting to panic.
'She followed you and your team to the station' John explained. 'She claimed that she was going to help you find Kurt.'
"So she's-"
'She's with you right now, with a lunatic' Burt's voice echoed.
Blaine whipped his head around to the police car that he drove. Once he spotted it he saw one of the back doors wide open and small footprints left in the ground leading away into the bushland. The colour immediately drained from Blaine's face. His daughter, Kurt's daughter, had snuck into his car and was now wondering around the place with a madman on the loose.
'Blaine' another voice called.
"Jeff?" Blaine responded hoping for good news.
'Andy kept his old police radio receiver' Jeff announced. 'He knows that you are coming for him and he took off. He dragged Kurt out of the building and into the bushland of Central Park.'
Okay, now Blaine was completely terrified. Not only is his little girl out there possibly lost, she is now out there with a maniac on the loose with her daddy too.
"She's gone after Kurt" Blaine replied.
'What?' the team's voices responded.
Blaine looked around and felt like his head was spinning. He had to save Kurt, but he also had to save Adeline. He had to stop Andy but Kurt and Adeline's lives were at stake. The SWAT and FBI personnel watched as Blaine stood frozen in place while he felt images flash in his mind, images of him and Kurt.
'Excuse me, um hi. Can I ask you a question, I'm new here?'
'My name's Blaine.'
'Kurt.'
'Okay, can I ask you something because we've always been honest with each other. You and I, we hang out, we sing flirty duets together, you know my coffee order. Was I supposed to think that I was nothing?'
'What do you mean?'
'I thought the guy you wanted to ask out on Valentine's Day...was me'
'Wow, I really am clueless. Look Kurt, I don't know what I'm doing. I pretend like I do and I know how to act it in song, but the truth is...I've never really been anyone's boyfriend before.'
'Someone special?'
'No, he's just a friend. But on the up side I am in love with him and he's actually gay. I call that progress.'
'Blaine and I love football. Well, Blaine loves football, I love scarfs.'
'You know my coffee order?'
'Of course I do'
'Kurt, there is a moment when you say to yourself, oh there you are, I've been looking for you, forever.
'You are the love of my life, Kurt.'
'I'm never saying goodbye to you.'
Blaine came back to reality when he saw Nick standing in front of him getting his attention.
"Blaine" Nick said. "What are you doing?"
Blaine looked around and saw everyone single person looking at him waiting for orders. This was the reason why he developed his fearless persona all of those years ago, so that he could lead his team without forgetting the objective, but there were so many things going on at once. He ignored his feelings and brought out his fearless persona for the very last time.
"Sebastian" Blaine yelled.
Sebastian came running up to Blaine without having to be told twice.
"You are our best tracker. Go into Central Park bushland and find my daughter" Blaine ordered.
Sebastian held his rifle with pride and smiled at Blaine. "You got it." With that said, he took off.
"Beta team" Blaine continued. "Break into that building and check for any other accomplices and evidence."
The beta team consisted of half of the SWAT team and half the number of police. They nodded in response and broke their way through the building. They left no door broken and unlocked, and no crevice unlooked.
"Jeff, meet up with them. You are in charge of them" Blaine said through his communicator.
"Done" Jeff's reply came through.
Blaine turned to the Alpha team, which consisted of his personal FBI team, the remaining SWAT team and two other FBI teams.
"Gentlemen" Blaine began before he held his gun proudly. "We are getting Mr Hummel back."
Adeline pushed all of the branches and plants away from her face as she continued to walk aimlessly through the bushland. She didn't know how it happened. One minute she saw her daddy and a stranger and then the next minute they completely disappeared from her sight. But she did not let that get to her. She was too determined to help her daddy to quit now.
Adeline jumped across a small puddle and snuck under a fallen tree where she came to a large clearing in the centre of the bush. There were few trees in this area but there were hundreds practically circling the place. It looked as though a fire and begun there but left behind a bare circle in its place. It was completely hidden away; no one would be able to find them there. She pushed through the braches and bushes and was able to see the clearing better. Once she did, she gasped at the sight that she saw. Right in the centre was her daddy, sitting on the ground with his hands bound behind him. There was another guy standing before him with a gun raised to Kurt.
Before she knew what she was doing, Adeline cried out in excitement, finally finding her daddy.
"Daddy" Adeline cried.
Adeline rushed out of her hiding spot and started running towards Kurt. Kurt and Andy turned around in surprise. Kurt's eyes widen in shock. His daughter was here, here right now with a gun being pointed at him. Before Adeline could wrap her arms around Kurt, Andy stepped forward and grabbed Adeline's waist, pulling her away from Kurt. Adeline screamed and Kurt thrashed against his binds.
"Let her go!" Kurt demanded.
"Why would I do that? This is fantastic! I can watch you suffer while you watch the most important thing in your life disappear" Andy replied happily.
Andy held the girl securely in his arms and held his gun against her head. Adeline screamed in fear and tears began pouring out of her eyes. Kurt sat there completely helpless to do anything. He tried standing to his feet but Andy moved the gun away and shot at the ground near Kurt's feet, barely missing him. Adeline screamed again and the gun returned to its original position.
"Next time, I won't miss" Andy replied.
Got hit in the face by braches twice, tripped over a twig, stepped in mud, and swallowed two bugs...make that three. It was official, Sebastian hated nature. Now he remembered why he hated camping and moved to the city to begin with. He had been following Adeline's tracks for some time now. He was lucky that she hadn't jumped on any of the rocks or climbed trees yet.
Sebastian watched the ground as he saw broken twigs and bent branches in front of him. Clearly a little person had been past here recently, especially how fresh the footprints were. He held a small compass in his hand, watching it carefully so that when he found Adeline, they would not get lost. He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard a loud gunshot echo through the air. Birds started flying away up ahead, and without even thinking, Sebastian began heading towards the birds. It wasn't a far run as he thought at first. He was only running for a minute or two before he came across a secluded clearing. In the middle situated Kurt, Andy and worse of all, Adeline held in his clutches with a gun pointed to her head.
"I will not miss again" Andy threatened.
Sebastian had the best view of both Andy and Adeline, and Kurt. He looked older than the last time he had seen him but he looked tired and pale, more so than usual. He was severely pale, dark circles under his eyes. He had gashes and cuts up and down his arms, seen through his torn shirt sleeves. On his face there was a large deep wound on the side of his face that had dried blood on it. He was completely covered in dirt and a little blood plus large bruises and welts were forming around his neck. To say the least, Sebastian thought that Kurt looked terrible and now he had to watch as his daughter was in the clutches of a madman. Andy had all of the winning cards right now.
"Shit" Sebastian muttered to himself.
Blaine and the Alpha team were walking carefully throughout the bushland as they all held their guns up, waiting for something to spring out. It was going to take hours for them to find Andy and Kurt, and they only had two hours before sunset.
'Blaine' Sebastian's voice called through the communicator.
"What is it? Have you found Adeline?"
"Oh I've found her" Sebastian replied hesitantly.
Blaine sighed with relief. "Thank god"
"She's with Andy and Kurt."
Blaine's blood went cold.
"What?"
"I've found Adeline, but Andy has her in his clutches with Kurt."
"He has my daughter?"
"...Yes..."
"Where?"
Sebastian began giving coordinates to his and Adeline's location by the compass. Blaine relayed the information back to his team and they began heading for them.
"Why are you doing this?" Kurt demanded feeling hot tears run down his cheeks. "She is only a child."
"You think I am going to stand back and watch as you corrupt this innocent child?" Andy retorted. "Besides, you can suffer as you made society suffer for putting up with your sinful nature. Frankly, I can kill two birds with one stone."
"She is completely innocent!"
The Alpha team heard Kurt's hysterics and knew that they were closing in. As they made their way closer, the team had spread out amongst themselves so that they made a circle around the clearing. Every time they got closer to the clearing, the circle would decrease in size, completely surrounding them.
Blaine looked through the bushes and saw that he was to Andy's side. He saw him holding Adeline with a gun to her head. She was sobbing quietly in his arms and Blaine had the perfect view to see his little girl. It completely broke his heart seeing her so terrified. No four year old, or person, should be put in her position. He waited quietly in his spot watching everyone carefully as he waited for his team to give confirmation of their position. As he waited, he noticed Adeline open her eyes and spot Blaine hiding in the bushes next to her. Adeline's eyes widened slightly and Blaine tensed up. He prayed that Adeline wasn't about to blow their cover. Surely she would understand that.
"Adeline...don't...please don't" Blaine begged as he watched Adeline.
"Daddy" Adeline screams out.
'Shit' Blaine thought.
"All units move in now" Blaine ordered through his communicator in his ear.
"Daddy" Adeline screamed.
Andy and Kurt stared at Adeline for a second in complete and utter surprise.
"Daddy?" Kurt repeated confused.
"FBI! Put your weapon down!" a familiar voice demanded.
Everyone jumped out of their skin as a massive team of FBI and SWAT personnel rushed out of nowhere through the bushes all with guns raised. The team slowly closed in on the three of them and Kurt immediately noticed Blaine leading the. He gasped in complete and utter shock and surprise seeing the sneak attack and Blaine leading the team but also relief knowing that after two weeks of captivity he was finally saved. Blaine was here, he was actually here saving him, being the head of an FBI operation. He was totally thrilled at being saved but also sadness and fear seeing Blaine there.
"Release the girl, Andy" Blaine ordered firmly.
Andy got over his initial shock of the sneak attack and smiled when he noticed Blaine.
"Blaine Anderson" he greeted warmly. "It is an absolute pleasure!"
Blaine did not respond to Andy and held his gun firmly in his hand.
"You are just in time to watch me do you a favour! I'm about to waste this creature from the world, freeing you from his clutches."
"I'm not going to ask again, Andy. Release Adeline, now" Blaine repeated angrily.
Andy chuckled. "Why? With her I can make Kurt suffer like he made you suffer."
Andy looked at Adeline and Kurt before looking back at Blaine. Blaine ignored Andy.
"Andy, she is a little girl whose only crime is to be brought up in a loving home. Do not bring her into this."
"This child means nothing to you, Blaine. I am going to do you a favour. I am freeing you. That is what friends do, they help each other out."
"I do not need saving, Andy. I never did" Blaine said firmly.
"This fag here took you away from me, Blaine" Andy said. "He turned you into something that you are not. He turned you gay!"
"I did not turn him gay" Kurt defended. "My daughter is innocent! Your fight is with me!"
Andy growled and flicked a trigger on the gun starting to take aim.
"Andy, I was gay long before Kurt" Blaine tried to reason.
"No" Andy hissed. "I was your partner, Blaine. I knew the other side of you that he couldn't see. You were straight, you are straight, but then you would return home to HIM, influencing your mind to keep you thinking that you were gay!"
"I may have acted different in the field, but that was to keep us two safe. I had to keep a level head so that we could live another day."
"No!" Andy yelled.
Andy moved the gun away from Adeline's head and aimed it at Kurt instead with Adeline still in his clutches.
"Andy!" Blaine yelled.
Everyone tensed up with their weapons and stepped closer to Andy watching his move carefully. They knew they couldn't approach any closer for they would risk hitting one of the victims.
"You are still corrupted by him, Blaine" Andy said. "I can take care of this easily. Just one shot, that is all it will take."
Blaine took a step closer to Andy.
"You step any closer, Blaine, and I swear I will shoot Kurt and break the neck of the girl."
"Don't you dare" Blaine hissed.
Kurt sobbed helplessly thinking about his daughter dying by this creep. He couldn't help but think why Blaine was too defensive and protective over Adeline. He couldn't possibly know, could he? No, he was always passionate about people's safety, especially children's.
"After all of this time, Blaine, you are still corrupted by the fag. Even after I separated you two, all those years ago. It wasn't enough."
"What is he talking about?" Kurt asked scared.
"Oh..." Andy cooed sarcastically. "You didn't tell him?"
Blaine stared straight into Andy's eyes refusing to meet Kurt's gaze or Adeline's terrified one.
"You didn't tell him the real reason why you left? After all of these years, you didn't tell him that you played a hero?"
"How...how do you know...that he left?" Kurt stuttered.
Andy turned his attention to Kurt.
"This plan has been a work in progress for years" Andy explained calmly. "All I needed to do was get my best friend out of the way so that he couldn't protect you nor could he continue being infected by you."
Sebastian kneeled down by a tree with his sniper rifle at the ready as he tried to aim for Andy. The guy kept shuffling side to side with Adeline that he couldn't get a clear enough shot.
"What is happening, Agent Smythe?" a voice echoed through Sebastian's communicator.
"Andy has Adeline in his clutches while he has a gun at Kurt" Sebastian explained.
"What about Anderson?"
"He and his team have them surrounded but he can't move in without risking Adeline and Kurt."
"Do you have a clear shot?"
"Negative"
"Keep trying then" John replied. "As soon as you have a clear enough shot, you fire!"
"I wanted my best friend back" Andy continued. "All I had to do was remove you from the picture. It was so simple. Ever since the academy, I have been planning. I watched you, Kurt, after Blaine left...watched you let your guards down."
Kurt continued to sob hearing all the torment. This was a complete nightmare that he just wanted to awake from. He just wanted to return to his old apartment, back when he had Blaine in his arms, back to a time when he last felt safe.
"Enough Andy" Blaine ordered. "Stop this now. Don't make it worse for yourself."
"Daddy..." Adeline whimpered, looking at Kurt.
"It's okay, sweetie" Kurt assured her.
Kurt struggled against the ties behind his back. He felt the rope burn his skin, leaving marks. He felt them bleed a little but he didn't care. He had to get free so that he could get his daughter away from Andy, and possibly away from Blaine.
"Adeline" Blaine said getting Adeline and Kurt's attention. "Nothing is going to happen to you, okay? I made you a promise, didn't I?"
Adeline nodded frantically and continued to whimper and cry.
"I never break my promises, Adeline" Blaine assured her, still in 'fearless' mode.
"Oh but you did, Blaine" Andy rebutted. "At the academy, you promised that you would never leave Kurt again, but I proved you wrong! You broke your promise then, and you will do so now, if I have anything to say about it."
"Andy" Blaine said softly. "You said that we are friends"
"Of course" Andy replied.
"You said that friends do anything for each other"
"That is what I am doing."
"No, if you really are my friend, you would let Adeline go" Blaine reasoned.
Andy looked down at the child and then back at Blaine.
"For me, let her go" Blaine repeated.
"No!" Andy yelled angrily. "I can finally have my vengeance on this fag that took you from me! That took you from everything righteous in the world."
"Let my daughter go!" Kurt begged.
Andy looked at Kurt and smirked, seeing him beg.
"But Kurt should know the truth, Blaine" Andy said randomly. "Shouldn't he and Adeline know the real reason, the reason why you abandoned them?"
"He abandoned me because he was scared" Kurt said helplessly as tears flowed down his cheek.
Andy chuckled. "You would think that, wouldn't you? But shouldn't you say what he was scared of?"
Kurt looked up at Andy and knew what he was hinting at.
"Was he scared about Adeline?" Andy continued.
"Adeline was my daughter long after Blaine!" Kurt yelled.
Blaine knew that that was a complete lie, but Kurt didn't know that he thought that. Kurt also didn't know that Adeline called him daddy or that Adeline knew that he was lying, almost.
"Smythe, he is dragging this out for far too long" John said, hearing the commotion. "Do you have a clear shot?"
"Negative"
"And now you are infecting a young girl!" Andy yelled. "Taking her would rid her of her sins! She would be safe!"
The director could hear everything being said through Sebastian's communicator.
"Agent Smythe, target is becoming hostile! Do you have a clear shot?"
"Negative! Every time I do, he moves"
"She is not safe with you! She is safe with me!" Kurt yelled. "I am what is good for her! She is always safe with me!"
"I refuse to allow you infect the girl's head into believing that your lifestyle is acceptable!"
"Do you have a clear shot?"
"No!"
"She just wants a loving home!" Kurt continued as he fought back sobs.
"You have been a pain to society far too long!" Andy aimed the gun at Kurt's head. "I am so sick of pretending to like you. I am so sick of looking at your fairy face!"
"Andy, don't!" Blaine yelled.
"Agent Smythe, take the shot!"
"Then I risk hitting Adeline!"
"You will take the shot!"
"Not yet!"
"Andy, put the gun down!" Blaine ordered.
"Not until I finish what I started!"
"Take the shot now!"
"No!"
"I swear to god I will enjoy this!" Andy yelled.
Adeline sobbed loudly in his arms. She thrashed in Andy's arms to get to daddy and help him.
"Don't do it, Andy!" Blaine yelled.
"Shoot now, Smythe!"
Sebastian watched as Adeline struggled to get out of Andy's grip to go to Kurt.
"One more minute"
"I'm doing this for you, Blaine!" Andy yelled.
"No!" Blaine cried.
"Daddy!" Adeline screamed as Kurt's eyes widened in fear.
"Take the bloody shot!"
Sebastian took a deep breath and pulled the trigger of his rifle.
BANG!
A loud ear piercing scream echoed through the air and then...there was silence.