Kurt was terrified, even more so than he had been throughout the whole ordeal. He was staring up at Marcus. Oh, how he hated that name now. Except this time he wasn't clenching his fist together or tightening his boot. He was holding something. Something shiny. Kurt couldn't take his eyes off of the vicious looking object. He gulped.
"I don't break promises, kid."
Kurt was doing his best to respond, he really was. Marcus could see this so he lowered down to Kurt's level and rested his free hand on Kurt's shoulder. He winced.
"That's it. 'Adda boy. I knew you'd make the right decision."
Kurt coughed and gulped and spat up blood, all just to mutter; "...F-for the l-ast t...ime, I-I don't... kn-now..."
Marcus didn't move. His voice took on an extra twinge of hatred. "You listen here, boy and you listen good. You've got the one thing in life that I need. The one thing that's keepin' your little heart beatin' and that one thing is-"
"C-courage..." Kurt interrupted as he lifted his head to look directly into Marcus' eyes. Marcus looked absolutely gobsmacked.
"What did you say?"
"The... thing t-hat I-I have and that y-ou need in y-your... life, is... cour-age..." He even allowed the corner of his split lip to curl into a slight smile.
Jess, who was watching from the corner, had a big beaming small on her face which soon faded.
Marcus shot up. "You cheeky little son of a bitch!" He drew his arm backwards and shot it forward driving the knife deep into Kurt's stomach at the same time grabbing his back and pulling him forward. He held it there and pressed his mouth up to Kurt's ear. He whispered.
"You're not leaving here alive." With one last twist he withdrew his hand, leaving the knife stuck into Kurt's body. Kurt himself couldn't find the voice to scream. Instead he tried to find his air as he took very shallow breaths and, quite frankly, didn't know how to react, to the knife sticking out of him or the last thing Marcus said to him.
Jess looked utterly horrified as she had her hand held up to her face in shock. That was it. The time to act was now.
TBC
