Author's Note: So this is it, the end.
Chapter 11: Saving Chuck Bass
Chuck Bass was fuming. These things did not happen to him. Was this insipid little relation of Catherine's really kidnapping him? He wasn't the sort to be kidnapped; he was after all Chuck Bass. This is the sort of thing that happened to naïve little supermodels or suburban girls who talked to strangers. He wasn't going to let this idiot get away with it. He just needed to come up with a plan. There was a way out of this; he just needed to focus and to come up with something. He pressed the button that releases the window and looked across at the fading Manhattan skyline. He was heading to a place that he had never been to before; He was going to Brooklyn.
"I can't go there. I must stop this idiot," Chuck thought to himself.
He rolled down the divider and said, "Really Kevin this is all so pedestrian. I'm sure we can settle matters in other ways. How much do you want?"
Kevin turned around and glared at him.
"This is about money. I mean it's obvious. You're lacking and I have plenty of it. Was it really necessary to take me hostage? I've got plans and I don't have time for this."
"Don't mess with me Bass."
Chuck laughed out loud. This idiot really thought he was a mastermind yet somehow he hadn't stopped to consider that Chuck still had has cell phone. So, he decided to contact the one person who had the will to do something to help him.
B,
Cousin it has kidnapped me.
He's taking me to Brooklyn
-C
Blair was picking at some fruit when her cell phone went off for the second time in the last hour. She picked it up and read the text. It was from Chuck. At first she thought he was playing some sort of game with her, but now it was obvious that he was really in danger. Brooklyn? The crazy freak was taking Chuck to Brooklyn. There was no way she could let this happen. Blair put the strawberry back on the plate and called the one person she knew could help her.
"Serena, you need to get over here now and bring cabbage patch with you. We're going to need his help."
"What? What's going on Blair."
"I'll tell you when you guys get here. Make it quick."
Serena looked over at Dan who had been pouring over Serena's essay when Blair called. He saw the concerned look on her face and put the papers down. "What's going on Serena?"
"It's Blair. Apparently she wants us to come over now because she needs our help."
"Our help?"
"Yes, she specifically asked me to bring you. I'm worried Dan. She sounded scared."
Dan wrapped his arms around Serena and whispered, "It's going to be fine. We'll do whatever we can to help Blair."
Meanwhile Blair was pacing in the salon of her house. She needed them to get there so that she could figure out a way to help Chuck. The sooner they got here the sooner they could help him. Chuck may grate on her nerves, but she needed him and that was something that she was loath to admit to anyone. He'd become such a figure in her life in the past few months that she couldn't stand the idea of him being hurt. The mere thought of it had her digging her nails into her flesh. He had this air about him that just drew her to him, but he also aggravated her. She refused to give her heart to anyone like she had given it to Nate, but that didn't change the fact that somehow Chuck had wheedled his way in there. So, much so that she was willing to hurt Catherine and her lame cousin for doing this to him.
"Serena is here, Miss Blair," Dorota said.
"Thank you Dorota. Is she alone?" Blair asked.
"No, she brought him," she said with an air of disgust.
Blair smiled and sat on the ottoman attempting to pick at her food again.
"Finally, it took you two long enough."
"You called us 15 minutes ago,"Dan replied.
"That was 15 minutes too long," Blair replied.
Serena rolled her eyes as Blair and Dan engaged in their usual verbal warfare. "Stop it guys. Blair, what's going on? What was so urgent that you wanted me to bring Dan? He's not exactly your favourite person."
"Kevin has Chuck."
"What?"asked Dan.
"He kidnapped Chuck and he's taking him to Brooklyn and I need your help."
"You do realize that Brooklyn is still part of the city? Its not like he took him to some backwoods."
"Might as well have,"muttered Blair.
"So, how exactly am I supposed to help? And what makes you think I want to help Chuck Bass. There's not exactly a lot of love lost between us."
Blair glared at Dan. She didn't know what she was thinking asking for his help. Serena touched his arm and looked up at him and said, "Come on Dan. You need to let go of all of that stuff. Chuck needs our help. Kevin is sick and even Chuck doesn't deserve this."
Dan sighed and said, "Fine, but Brooklyn is a big place. We need to grill that nasty cousin of his first."
"I like the way your head works cabbage patch. Maybe you'll be useful after all," Blair said.
"Its Dan. Stop calling me cabbage patch."
Dan, Serena, and Blair knocked on Catherine's hotel door. Catherine was a mess. Her hair was all over the place and Serena noticed the left over remnants of coke on the coffee table. This girl was just coming down from what was evidently a pretty nasty high.
"well, isn't this a surprise?"she said.
Dan looked at her in wonder. She was a ridiculous mess. How could Serena befriend this person? What was it about her that drew Serena to her? It baffled him that the girl he loved would ever have anything to do with a person like this. At this juncture, he had trouble believing he was helping Chuck Bass, but no one deserved to be put in harms way and especially not by someone as pathetic as Catherine and her sleazy cousin. He knew he'd have to coax information out of her. "We need some information," Dan asked gently.
"Information? I thought Serena told you everything? Still keeping secrets I see, S."
"What are you talking about, Catherine?" Dan asked.
Serena was beginning to feel like the walls were closing in on her. She'd told Dan as much she thought he needed to know. The last thing she wanted was for both B and Dan to know why she had really left. But, this bitch was out to ruin her life at any cost. She looked over at Blair who was seething. She was quickly losing control. The affection she felt for Chuck Bass had grown immensely in the past few months. She'd always seen him as amusing, but it was obvious to anyone that knew Blair that she was beginning to care for him.
"Where the hell is he you stupid bitch," Blair demanded as she pushed her against the wall. She was so worried about Chuck. Her heart nearly stopped when she got those series of texts. Their were a lot of ways to describe her relationship with Chuck, but one thing was for sure, he meant something to her and Blair would do anything for the people she cared for.
"Kindly let go of my neck, B. Aggression is unbecoming," Catherine said.
"Tell me where you took Chuck! Don't think you're going to get away with this. I'll ruin you in a way only I can."
Blair slowly let her go, but she kept circling her like a bloodhound. Catherine tossed her hair and said, " I have no idea where he is, but even I didn't think Kevin would take things this far."
Dan stood back and watched her as Blair hovered over her, but she wasn't budging. He had once considered Blair to be as evil as they came but he was beginning to realize that the Blair was nothing compared to this girl.
"Oh aren't the two of you sweet. So, you told him. I'm impressed with you. The fact that Blair is even speaking to you after everything you did.
Blair turned to Serena with a wild look in her eyes. "What is she talking about?"
"You mean you haven't told your BFF the real reason you went away," Catherine said.
Serena gripped Dan's arm harder and tried not to let Catherine get the best of her. He looked down at her and knew that Serena had failed to tell him the truth again. "We'll talk about this later," he whispered to her.
"Just shut up and sit down," Dan said in a low voice. His voice was eerily still has he walked up to her and shoved her into a chair. Serena watched him in shock as he manhandled Catherine and hovered above her. It was frightening. This was not the Dan she knew.
"Dan stop. This not you. You're hurting her."
"No, Serena I'm not hurting her. She was hurting you."
Dan tugged on Catherine's long her and said, "Now, you can make this easy on yourself or you can just tell us what we need to know."
"Dan, what are you doing? She isn't worth it," Serena screamed.
Blair held on to Serena's arm and said, "No, if this is what it takes to save Chuck than we have to do it."
"But, but. What is he going to do to her?"
"Shh, Dan's not a killer. He's just gonna tease her a little. I never thought cabbage patch had it in him, but I think he's the only one that can really help us."
Blair and Serena stood back as Dan whispered in Catherine's ear, "You think you're so smart. But, you're not. You're just a spoiled little rich girl that gets off on using people. Well, no one uses the people I love." Dan motioned for Blair to come over. "I need some scissors. Find me some."
Blair smiled mischievously at him and said, "I know exactly where to get a pair."
Serena walked up to Dan and put a hand on his shoulder. "Dan doesn't do this. This isn't you. Don't destroy your future over her."
"I'm not going to destroy anything, Serena. Relax. Trust me, I know what I'm doing."
Blair walked up to Dan and handed him a pair of scissors she had found in the bathroom. "Here you go."
"Thanks." He bent over Catherine and wave the scissors in front of her face. "Now what will it be? A bob? A pixie cut? You choose."
Dan could see the muscles in her face tightening which was sign that his plan was working. The only way to get to girls like this was through their vanity. "Then again, I could use it for a more sinister purpose. Now, are you going to tell us where he took Chuck or do I have to play plastic surgeon?"
"I don't know where he took him exactly, but if he said Brooklyn. He's at that damn junkyard he's so obsessed with."
Chuck found himself strapped to a chair in the middle of two large heaps of scrap metal. He'd attempted to fight with Kevin when the limo finally came to a stop, but he had two thugs waiting to help him. Chuck had struggled, but found himself overpowered by the brute force of the two large men who were obviously friends of Kevin's. He was going to kill Serena for getting him dragged into this mess when all was said and done. One of the guys had tied his arms behind the chair and his legs had been tied together.
"Really this is so unnecessary gentleman. Just name your price and I'll take care of it," Chuck said.
He needed to talk these idiots out of helping Kevin. Catherine's demented cousin was obviously no longer interested in money. He seemed to get a kick out of doing this kind of thing and Chuck had no idea how to deal with a mind more messed up than his own.
"You in the brown cap. What's your price? A grand? 5 grand? Have you even seen more than a couple of hundred dollars in your life? Think about a dream vacation with the girl of your dreams."
"You need to shutup,"Kevin said as he made his way towards Chuck. "Tape his mouth shut, Joe."
Chuck was fuming. He had never felt this helpless in his life. "Where the hell is B," he thought to himself.
An hour later, Chuck was still sitting in the chair trying to think of a plan to get himself out of this. He had tried moving the chair around so he could somehow break free, but that hadn't worked so far. The two thugs had managed to fall asleep. Chuck was starting to feel sleepy himself. He was so tired that it took him a few minutes to recognize the scantily clad blond headed his way. She was with a petite brunette who was dressed just like her. Chuck could hardly believe it. It was Blair and Serena and they looked Poor.
Serena was smacking some gum and sauntered over to the guy named Joe. "Hey, can you help me? I'm looking for Kevin. He promised us a car."
"Yeah, we wanna car,"said Blair in a faux Brooklyn accent.
"Sure, follow me. Let me show you our designs. Hey Dave. Come on lets show the ladies those designs."
"Oh yeah the designs,"the other guys said sarcastically.
Chuck couldn't believe that they were putting themselves at risk like this for him. God knew what those guys had planned for them. Before his mind could think of what to do now that he was all alone he saw Dan headed towards him. Dan untied his wrists and then Chuck ripped of the tape that was across his mouth. "What are you doing here, Humphrey?"
"Saving your useless ass."
"There's a car waiting for you down the street. I'm gonna go get the girls," Dan said.
"I'm coming with you," Chuck said.
"I've got it under control."
"I'm not going to let those useless thugs hurt Blair," Chuck said vehemently.
Dan looked at him with a sense of understanding and the two of them made their way to the trailer that served as an office for the junkyard superviser.
"I'm gonna go in. Wait here, Chuck."
"Fine," Chuck said reluctantly.
Dan opened the door and saw that Serena and Blair standing over the two guys who looked like they had been knocked unconscious. "What did you do?" Dan asked.
Blair and Serena lifted up two stun guns and said, "Sometimes a girl needs a back-up plan."
"Come on girls. Let's get out of here before that sicko returns."
When they got out of the trailor, Blair ran right into Chuck's arms and said, "don't you ever scare me like that again."
Chuck just smiled and held Blair to him tightly.
Late that day, Dan and Serena were in his room. He held her tightly to him as he tried to find the right words to ask her what Catherine had been eluding to. "Hey, Serena. What was Catherine talking about this morning?"
Serena sighed and said, "Well you know what happened between Nate and I."
"Yes."
"Well, I left about month later because I found out that I was pregnant,"Serena said as she hung her head.
Dan lifted her head up and looked her in the eyes, "Hey, its okay. Shh. Don't cry."
"Let me finish Dan. I, I, had an abortion. Afterwards, I was too ashamed to come back until I found out about Eric. God, I was such a mess."
"Hey, we all have a past. We all do things that we're not so proud of. That doesn't make us bad. I mean look at how I handled this Catherine stuff. You were right that wasn't me, but she just made me so crazed that I no longer had a sense of what was right or wrong."
"I'm glad you did it."
"Next time just tell me. It will save us both a big headache. We need to just be honest with each other."
"I guess I was just afraid of what you would think of me," Serena said.
"There's nothing you could say or do that would make me love you any less, Serena."
