Characters: Blaine, Doug

Rating: T


Summary: Blaine asks his roommate for help to find answers that Google couldn't give him.

Note: This chapter is much shorter than the others. The scene is vital to moving the story forward, but it didn't fit into "flow" of any future chapters. Ok there's that, but the actual reason I am posting this is because on AO3 my total word count to date is 36,600 and 69. I am not a superstitious person, except for one thing…the number 66(well, you can guess the last one). Yes, I am serious. Feel free to mock me in the comments section if you must.


Blaine came back to his room to find Doug sitting before his computer. It was the opening he had been looking for.

"Hey Doug. Whatcha working on?" When the boy practically fell out of his chair, Blaine apologized for startling him.

"No, it's ok. It's just when I start working on a new algorithm I get pretty focused."

"How come I've never seen you working on one of these?" Blaine asked, impressed by what he saw on the screen.

Doug sighed and bowed his head, obviously uncomfortable with answering the question "I didn't want you to know how big a nerd I am."

"Well, you can't be as big of a nerd as I am" Blaine laughed "I can quote Harry Potter word for word, and I am talking the books not the movies. I read Star Wars fanfiction and my best friend Sam and I totally geek out when it comes to comics and superheroes. At McKinley, we started the Secret Society of Superheroes Club. We had, well still have, costumes and everything."

"Oh my god! I heard you and the blonde guy were wearing costumes when you took the trophy back! I thought people had made that up."

"Yeah, that was us" Since Doug seemed more comfortable, Blaine decided to just go for it "I know you're busy, but do you think in the near future you can help me with something computer related. It's not for a class or anything, so just when you have the time."

"I can do it now" he offered. When Blaine gave him a cocked eyebrow and a look of disbelief, Doug answered "I need a break from this. When you came in I was contemplating throwing my computer across the room."

"Ok, so my cou…my friend Sugar told me that she googled Sebastian to see if he was good enough for me. I tried to do it and found nothing except he was mentioned in an article from when his dad ran for State's Attorney."

Doug motioned for Blaine to bring his desk chair over while he saved what he was working on and pulled up Google "The problem was you stopped there. Sebastian got you to his dad. Now, you search his dad and that leads you to your next search. Each search gives you more information until you have what you need."

"Makes sense" Blaine couldn't believe that he hadn't thought of that "Can you do me a favor and see if you can find any information on his sister? Her name is…"

"No, don't tell me. That would make it too easy." Blaine got up and went to the mini-fridge to get them each a bottle of water figuring it would take a while. Three minutes later "Sierra Martin Russo. That wasn't easy."

"Dude! Not easy? It took you less than five minutes to find her. I spent three hours online and still came up with nothing."

The pride on Doug's face could not be questioned "My computer is probably much more hi-tech than yours. Plus, I knew what I was looking for. If you would have not said she was Sebastian's sister, it would have taken me longer."

Blaine guessed since Kurt didn't know about Sierra that meant he (or someone for him) had only done a basic search on Sebastian. But why? "So, you're saying that it would take an advanced search to find her. It would take someone like you"

"Probably, especially since even though they are brother and sister they don't have a direct connection. Does that help?"

"More than you know. Thank you" With everything that Doug had told him so far, Blaine knew he had found the right person to help with his other issue "Can I ask one more thing?"

"Sure."

"If I wanted to find someone but only knew his first name and the city he lives in, could I even do that? Let me rephrase, could you even do that?"

"Maybe."

"Seriously Doug, where did you learn to do all of this?"

"I taught myself mostly. I want to be a computer analyst for someplace like the CIA or National Security. That or an identity thief." He smiled when Blaine let out a chuckle. They were both happy that their relationship had become more comfortable "Can we talk openly or will there be things you can't talk about?"

"Go for it. I'll let you know if it is something I can't tell you."

"Are you sure that the name you have is really his first name?"

"What do you mean?"

"You know, like that one actor on that one show that looks like you. His last name is Criss. It sounds like a first name."

"Ok, I don't look like him but I get what you're talking about. Are there any other things I might have to consider?"

"Just that the name you have might be some sort of a nickname. Could you imagine trying to find Beat on the internet?"

Blaine sighed and ran his fingers through his hair in frustration. He hoped that this would find the leak but it sounded like he needed more information. Information that he didn't have "Well, thanks anyway. I guess I'm screwed, huh?"

"Did I say that?" Doug asked as he smiled and then cracked his knuckles "You said you know where he lives?"

That perked Blaine up "Actually, it's they not he and they live here in Westerville."

"That helps because if they grew up here they would have gone to Westerville High. About how old are they? Are they our age?"

"A little older. Does that matter?"

"If they graduated in the last five years, we can pull up an online yearbook. That is if you want me to."

Blaine literally jumped out of his chair "Yes, yes, oh my god, yes! You don't know what this means!"

"I haven't done anything yet." It took him a little longer to gain access to the Westerville High yearbook than it did to find Sebastian's sister, but that didn't mean it took long "We're in. So, what are the names?"

"Wyatt and Toby. Hey, are you ok? You don't look so good all of a sudden."

Doug tried desperately to think of a way to stop what was happening, but couldn't. He had to give Blaine whatever information he found or pay the consequences. There was no real choice "I'm fine, just let me put the names in. Ok, you have five Wyatts and no Tobys, although you do have a Stan Tobison. Would you like me to send you the information? Blaine?"

"Yeah" Blaine couldn't take his eyes off the screen "It's just that Tobison guy and the third Wyatt look familiar, but I don't know from where." He shook his head to rid himself of the creepy feeling he had and that made him notice the time "Shit! I was supposed to meet Trent to work on Calculous. Thank you again Doug. Seriously, I can't thank you enough but Doug, you can't talk about this with anyone. Understand?"

The second Blaine left the room, Doug got out his phone.

"What do you want Doug?"

"Shut up Earl. You have a problem. A fucking big problem."

"What are you talking about?"

"The guys in the Fight Club Rules Council are looking for Wyatt and Toby. They're really smart guys, Earl. It won't take them long to figure out that you're the one that told those two idiots about Dalton's Fight Club."