"Yes honey, it's me." No one said a word. They all knew now that they'd been right in their own minds about something being wrong. Otherwise Carole wouldn't have called them and sound like that. "Jesse, I need to ask you for a favor." Jesse nodded before remembering that the woman couldn't see him. He cleared his throat and answered:
"Yeah, sure anything."
"I want you to make sure both Rachel and Kurt listen to what I have to say. I need you to keep them as calm as possible and support them in any way, promise?" He looked at Rachel and saw the fear in her eyes.
"Promise" They could hear Carole draw a deep breath and for the first time they heard Burt in the background talking to someone.
"Not too long ago Finn and a few other men were deported to the fields. It was a really quick move and they only picked out the best ones at Fort Benning." Jesse were holding Rachel's one hand and Kurt the other and the both looked at each other as they felt her body stiffen. "Well, the patrol Finn was in got called to a situation and…" Carole's voice broke and they heard her sobs. There was some talk in the background while Jesse quickly switched hand to hold Rachel's in and put his other arm around her and the hand on Kurt's shoulder to show support for both of them. After a short moment there was an unknown man speaking to them, he presented himself and continued where Carole had left off.
"Well you see, the mission was to save the civilians in the building. The building started to collapse early and when the first collapse was being known most of the men left the building as fast as they could. A few of them although were determined to save lives, Hudson included." There was a pause and tears were streaming down Kurt's face and Jesse felt how he was close to tears too. He looked at Rachel and was surprised to see her dry face. "I need to tell you that because Hudson stayed he saved three lives, two of whom were children. The whole building collapsed and at this moment we're not quite sure what the situation is like. You all need to keep your faith up, there's a chance he survived." The man continued talking with them for a while, asking if they had any questions but neither of them could say anything. The man finished the talk and must have left because they heard the goodbyes and then the door closing.
"Kids… I'm sorry you have to hear about this but we couldn't just not tell you. Me and Carole have been talking and if it's alright with you we would like to come to New York and stay for a while. We know it's a bit crowded at your place so we'll stay at a hotel or something, but we feel like we need to be around you."
"I think that's good." Jesse was the only one that was able to speak for the moment.
"Rachel, Kurt? Are the two of you… alright?" Carole asked. Kurt breathed in, cleared his throat and closed his eyes before answering.
"Yeah… or no, but yeah."
"We know, sweetie." Kurt nodded and then there was silence. Both Kurt and Jesse were looking at Rachel, still no tears, still no movement. She'd been sitting in the exact same position throughout the whole talk and been starring at the exact same spot.
"Rachel, are you okay?" Kurt asked patting her hand. Still no reaction. Jesse let go of her hand and told Kurt to take her to the bedroom. Kurt nodded.
"Dad, Carole, I'm going to take care of Rachel and all, but I'll be glad to see you soon."
"Do that son, we'll be landing tonight." Jesse helped Kurt get Rachel to her feet and Kurt managed to get her into the bedroom.
"How's the situation Jesse?"
"Not very good. I think Rachel is in shock. She hasn't been moving or talking or anything since the call." Jesse talked to Carole and Burt for a while describing the situation and then giving them the address to their lot. They hung up and Jesse fell back on the couch crying.

Everything was so dark and unclear. Finn didn't know where he was. In any normal situation he would start to freak out a bit, with no idea where he is or what's going on he should be feeling scared, but he wasn't, he was as calm as ever. There was nothing around him, he looked around to try and locate himself. Looking around didn't really help him. It was like he was in a pitch dark room with no furniture or anything. Just a really, really dark room with nothing in it, but he couldn't see where the room ended. Then he saw something. It was like a movie screen appeared in front of him. He recaptured a moment, a moment in his life. He saw himself carrying three people, one woman and two children. He saw himself throw them out a door and for the first time he saw the woman's face. She was awake, she looked up at him. She was about his age, long brown hair and those eyes. They locked with him and he saw the tears form in them. He reminded him of someone, someone very special to him. The woman whom he'd just saved reminded him of Rachel. Then, before he was able to move or say anything he heard a loud crack and he felt a heavy punch on his back and everything went pitch dark again.
He started hearing voices, too many voices, they were everywhere. He couldn't really make out what anyone was saying. He heard his name a few times. He felt how he was dragged over something and then everything disappeared again. This kept on happening. He started hearing voices and felt how someone was doing something to him and then it went black, and after a while it all started again. He'd never been as confused before, and the most confusing part was that he still felt calm and… sort of happy.
There was a really loud noise and a bright light filled up his pitch dark room. Now he started freaking out, he felt the panic his heart started beating really hard and really fast. He thought of Rachel, he saw New York. All he wanted was to be with her. His back hurt like crazy, he felt sick, his head hurt, he couldn't move. God, he needed her right now. He didn't need anything else but her. Screw the medicine and the painkillers just get her here was all he could think. Then, all of a sudden he was starring right up into a star covered dark sky. His eyes started to flicker in confusion. He saw people standing around and over him, he saw how they touched him but he couldn't feel a thing. Oh wait a minute, he could. A thrilling pain went through his entire body and he screamed. Louder than he ever had before. Everything started to come back to him. The unbearable pain and the fear. He felt blood on him and how a hundred different people was standing around him trying to fix his broken body. A man came running and put something into his arm, it took a few seconds but the drugs started to work and his body calmed down. He was still awake but the pain wasn't as bad. Two men came behind him. One of them held his head still, the other one held onto his left shoulder. They both held him very hard and still while he saw a third man walk around him to his left side. He felt how the man took his lower arm and then… A noise he never wanted to hear ever again. His armed ached but it felt kind of good.
Somewhere in the middle of everything it went dark again, but not quite as dark as earlier. Finn woke up by himself, without anyone around him, without a loud noise, he just woke up. He looked around him and saw five other men lying down in beds just like his own. A few of them men had bandages around them and they all looked pretty messed up. He heard as one of the men let out a small scream. Finn looked over to the bed and saw Tom. He has survived the collapse, and as he looked around so had all his men. Although Tom had survived, something wasn't right. There was something missing.

"Rachel? Sweetie, please talk to me…" Kurt was almost in tears again. Not over the whole Finn situation, but over how distant his best friend was. He had gotten her into the bedroom and put her down on the bed. He sat next to her and had tried for the last 15 minutes to get her attention, but she was gone. "Please, please. Rachel just look at me. Just do something so I know that you at least can hear me." Kurt kept on begging for a while. "Rachel. I, I… I can't do this without you. You're everything I have right now and I really need you." Tears were streaming down his face and for the first time Rachel moved her head a little and looked at him. Right into his eyes. For the first time tears were beginning to form in her eyes, they started to fall and her breathing became harder. Kurt sat up with his back against the wall as he took Rachel in his arms and hugged her tight. He held her and tried to calm her down, although he knew that wasn't an easy thing right now. At this moment, in this situation he had no idea what could possible calm her down. Not even a trip to Broadway or a movie night with her favorite movies would make her feel better.
Kurt held Rachel for about 10 minutes before he noticed her breathing going back to normal. He cupped her face and made her look at him.
"How are you feeling?" she shook her head, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Kurt wiped a few tears of her face and hugged her again. There was a knock on the bedroom doorframe and Jesse walked in. Even though the lightning wasn't the best Kurt could see that he'd been crying as well.
"Are you two okay?" he asked and Kurt really saw the worry in his face.
"Yeah…" he answered and took a hand through Rachel's hair. She turned and looked at Jesse, saw what Kurt just had seen and it broke her. Now he just stood there, awkwardly, probably feeling like he didn't belong and shouldn't be here. He probably thought they didn't want him here but that wass wrong. Rachel took a deep breath.
"Come on. You're not going to stand there all alone." She sat and motioned for him to sit in the bed with them. Jesse looked at Kurt who smiled at him. He took his place in the bed and the three of them sat on the soft bed in a triangle. Rachel put her arms around her both friends and pulled a bit in them to start a group hug. Kurt and Jesse put their arms around Rachel and each other and the friendly group hug was on.
"Thank you." Rachel whispered and the hug became tighter.

Finn couldn't believe it. He just couldn't. What would happen with Tom's life now? What would happen with all his plans? He was going go with his girl on a travel around the world. Looks like that's not going to happen. Finn looked down at his feet and tried to move his toes. He saw how the blanket moved a little. Then he looked down at his left hand and moved his fingers, they moved as well. He breathed out and sighed and looked back at Tom. There was a wheelchair standing by his bed, wonder if he'd had the time to use it or if he'd been in the bed this whole time. How was he going to travel with only one leg? That made him think, did Tom's girlfriend know what had happened? Did Rachel know? If she knew, what had she been told? It was almost as he wished she didn't know. He didn't want Rachel to be worried, he didn't want his mom or Kurt or anyone else to worry about him. He could just imagine if they would have found out what had happened. His mom would freak out at first but then calmed down, she'd be fine. Burt would heal too, and so would Kurt. But what about Rachel? He just wished she talked with Kurt and didn't go into her bubble of panic.

Let's just say it was a good thing he didn't really know the situation back in New York City.