Chapter Twenty

"Your charge is in a very complicated condition right now. Every time someone gets within ten feet of him, it sets him off. We are trying to keep him in isolation as much as we can. We will contact Dalton as soon as his condition changes or we have more information,"

The Dalton staff member left to observe Kurt and sort out his renter nodded at the Doctor. She turned to the man standing near by and tried to explain it to him.

"...No, I want to place him on hold in that case. I swear if I don't get him first I will be very disappointed and discontinue my patronage,"

He shot the woman a dark look before stalking out of the hospital. With one last grateful look at the Doctor, she followed him out of the building.

The Doctor let out a sigh and moved through the halls to a secluded back room when two bodies lay unconscious on separate beds. The only noises were the steady beeping of their heart monitors and the scratching of the nurse's pen.

"Any change?" he asked her, she shook her head.

"I went through the files you asked me to,"

"Did you find it?"

"Yes," She slid over a sheet of paper.

"Thank you. Why don't you take a break, I'll look after them,"

She smiled at him and quickly left the room. The Doctor watched her leave before pulling out his phone.

"Hello, am I speaking to Sebastian Smythe?"

Sebastian pulled the cap lower over his face, taking care to keep his head turned away from the security cameras. He counted down the doors as he passed them, finally finding the one he was looking for. He gripped the doorknob tightly for a moment, taking a deep breath before pushing the door open.

The room was dark but he could make out the bodies of both his Subs on the beds in front of him and a nurse sitting between them. She looked up as he came in.

"How are they?" He asked slowly, unable to approach the still bodies.

"Their conditions are improving, we think they will wake up any time now. As soon as they were put into a room together, they started improving. The doctor will want to speak to you soon, but for now you can just sit with them if you like,"

Sebastian nodded, removing his cap as the nurse vacated her seat. She moved to the door, excusing herself to do some other work and left with a smile.

Sebastian rushed to the chair, dropping into the seat and grasping both boys hands and really looking at them. They both were pale, dressed in the hospital gowns and the blankets pulled right up under their armpits. He ran his fingers over the shallow cut on Kurt's forehead, remembering the last time he sat in a hospital with him. Tears ran down his face, he would never let them go again.

Blaine began to stir and Sebastian moved over to his side as Blaine's eyes fluttered open.

"Ssssir?" He rasped, Sebastian shushed him and grabbed a glass of water from the jug on a nearby bench. He held it to Blaine's lips and helped him sip. Blaine fell back against the pillows.

"Kurt?" He asked.

"Right over there," Sebastian pointed with a smile. Blaine looked over.

"He looks so small,"

"How do you think you look?" Blaine looked up at him before realising that he was lying in a hospital bed.

"What happened?"

"I don't know yet, all I know is I am never letting anyone touch either one of you again,"

He kissed Blaine's forehead before tracing his face with gentle fingers, Blaine closed his eyes and leant into the touch.

"I missed you, Sir. Missed you both so much. I'm sorry for what I did,"

Sebastian answered tearily, "No, Blaine you did nothing. Not your fault at all,"

He pulled Blaine into his arms as much as he could and shushed him, whispering comforting words into his ear. Blaine sobbed into his shoulder, losing himself in the scent and feel of his Dom, letting all the stress of the last week go. After a few minutes he pulled back and allowed Sebastian to wipe his last tears away.

"There we go, feel better now?"

Blaine nodded and looked up at Sebastian before giggling, running his hand over his Dom's face.

"What is this Sir?"

Sebastian half heartedly smacked Blaine's hand away from his beard.

"I've been a little busy this week,"

"I've never seen this much hair on your face. It's all scratchy and patchy,"

"Yeah, well how about when I do this?" Sebastian leant his head down and rubbed their cheeks together lightly. Blaine laughed pushing Sebastian away and lying back on the bed, a large grin on his face.

"I missed you so much," Blaine said holding out his hand for Sebastian's.

They sat in silence for a few moments, hands intertwined, staring at Kurt. The door open and shut gently, disturbing them from their thoughts. A familiar face walked through the door, Sebastian stood up to face him.

"You are the doctor who took care of Kurt before,"

The Doctor nodded, "Yes, I also made the police report. I thought you may have been responsible for his injuries and I was worried about them. I apologise, I never thought it would come to this sort of trouble.

"I've seen a lot of Subs who come in with similar injuries to Kurt's. Usually they are worse, but because of the separation they were forced to bring him in before too much damage was done,"

"Injuries?" Sebastian asked, Blaine whimpered on the bed, Sebastian's hand automatically reaching out to pet his hair.

The Doctor crossed over to Kurt's bedside, busying himself with checking various machines while speaking, "The is definite evidence of several beatings. These marks on his head, I've seen them on several patients, I think that facility Dalton may be brain washing them or something. I've been keeping records on all the patients who've being coming in with the mark and I'm starting to see patterns in their behaviours,"

"The mark?"

"The branding that Dalton puts on some of it Subs, I don't know how they work yet but these Subs must be separated from the rest,"

"Show me," Sebastian said darkly.

The Doctor carefully rolled Kurt onto his side and moved the open backed gown away. Sebastian drew in a sharp breath and pushed Blaine's head away.

"Don't look Blaine," He moved closer for a better look.

"It's slightly infected but I have him on antibiotics,"

Sebastian carefully ran his fingers over the grooves of the burnt skin.

"Is there anyway we can get rid of this?"

The Doctor maneuvered Kurt back on the bed, shaking his head slowly.

"Eventually, we could graph skin over it, but not until it healed properly, even then there would still be scars,"

Sebastian closed his eyes, "What about everything else? How is he? Why hasn't he woken up yet?"

"We sedated him a little more heavily than Blaine, give his body time to heal and a break from the pain. The beatings are not to severe but he will still be in pain. I am not sure on the state of his mind when he wakes up, I have never had a patient in this type of situation before,"

Sebastian nodded, moving away to try and comfort Blaine who was crying on his own bed.

"You said you've been keeping files on Subs Dalton brought in?"

"Yes,"

"Is there any way I could see them?"

"On one condition,"

Sebastian looked up at the Doctor questioningly.

"I want to help you bring them down,"