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Blaine's heart was pounding in his throat as he followed the SWAT agemts inside of the warehouse. Agent Schuester had gotten a tip where to find Burt and Kurt and they were on their way to the place before Blaine could start to wonder how Schuester had gotten those informations. Not that it mattered. They already knew that the safe house had been attacked and Kurt was missing, just like his father. So they had to be fast.
There was so much Blaine worried about. There was Kurt on the top of his list, of course, but he was also worried about Burt, not to mention his old team members. If he could trust Agent Schuester, they were all fine, at least as fine as they could be after such an attack. Santana was already on her way to the hospital to question them but Blaine had to focus on the present right now because there was no place for mistakes here.
It was so hard, though. If his worrisome thoughts about his boyfriend weren't enough, he couldn't get his talk with Sue out of his head. It was so hard to believe, Blaine still felt like it was a weird nightmare, the strangest one he had ever had. No wonder, it was the strangest story he had ever heard. Burt Hummel was a completely different person than he had thought he knew, and Kurt… Oh, poor Kurt. If he ever found out about this, it would surely destroy him.
Blaine forced himself not to think about the Hummels' secret second life and focus on the mission. Finding Kurt and Burt and getting them out of the warehouse as soon as possible, without letting them get hurt. As they moved forward, Blaine's horrible feeling about being late just worsened. There weren't any cars parking outside and they didn't meet anyone in the building. He was still hoping that they weren't too late but he knew deep inside that they were. He could just hope that it didn't mean losing Kurt and Burt. He wouldn't be able to deal with that. He was a strong person but losing Kurt… No. He wouldn't survive that.
"We found someone!"
Blaine's eyes widened as he hastily pushed himself through the crowd and walked into the room without looking around. He forgot how he should act the second he realized who the person lying in front of him was. Burt Hummel, in his own blood, not moving… Oh, no. Not this.
"Burt!" Blaine shouted as he ran to the man, everyone and everything else completely forgotten. "Burt! Can you hear me?"
Blaine almost cried out in relief as Burt moaned and slightly opened his eyes. Thank God, he was still alive.
"It's me, Blaine. Stay with me" Blaine said, quickly checking on the man's injuries. They were bad, really bad, but whoever had done this, they wanted to make Burt suffer before he died. To their luck. At least they could save him, or so Blaine believed. "It's gonna be okay."
"Kurt" Burt whispered.
"Is-is he here?" Blaine asked in worry.
"No" Burt said, slowly shaking his head. "They-they took…"
Blaine took a deep breath, trying to stay calm. He had to be strong for Burt, even if he wanted nothing but to run out of that horrible place and go to find Kurt, even if he had to go through every single building of the world.
"We will find him" Blaine said reassuringly. "I promise you, Burt. We will find him."
"I tried to-to protect him..."
"I know" Blaine said gently. "You did everything you could to save him. It wasn't your fault."
"It was" Burt smiled weakly.
Blaine turned pale as Burt went still in his arms and closed his eyes.
"Oh, no, no, no. Stay with me!" he said. "Come on, Burt. You have to stay with me."
"Tell him… Tell him that I love him" Burt said.
"Hey, open your eyes! You have to stay awake!" Blaine said desperately.
But Burt couldn't hear him anymore.
~ o ~
Kurt wasn't aware of what was happening around him. Ever since those men had dragged him out of the warehouse and away from his father, he kept screaming and struggling, lost in his grief. He had just seen his father die… This lunatic who thought he was his father had taken away the only family he had had, he had hurt Burt and left him to die all alone. Kurt couldn't deal with it. No matter what he had heard in that warehouse, Burt Hummel was his father, the man who had raised him, who had been there for him when Kurt needed him, when he had been sick or sad or alone. It didn't matter that they weren't connected by blood, especially after what Kurt had heard. Burt Hummel was his real father and this monster had taken him away from him.
"Would you stop this?" Bailey asked in frustration.
Kurt forced himself to take a deep breath and focus on his surroundings. They weren't in the car anymore. They were in a bedroom of what looked like an old mansion and Kurt had no idea how they had ended up in there. He had been trying so hard to break free that he hadn't even noticed what was happening around him.
"You killed my father" he said, shaking and crying.
"I already told you. He wasn't your father" Bailey said slowly.
"Yes, he was!" Kurt shouted. "And you took him away from me."
"He deserved what he got" Bailey shrugged. "Now calm down and listen to me. We have so much to do."
"I don't care" Kurt said. "I don't care what you want from me, you can't force me to work for you. You have to kill me first."
"Well, if you don't want to lose your friends, you will do as I tell you" Bailey said, seemingly not to pleased by how Kurt was acting.
"Why can't you just leave me alone?" Kurt asked. "I don't want this. I don't want you near me and I certainly don't want to help you. All I want to do is lock you up for the rest of your life and make sure you never leave jail."
"So much passion" Bailey smiled, shaking his head. "Too bad you are in no position to do any of that."
Kurt glanced at his still bound hands. Bailey was right. Even if they were left alone, he couldn't hurt the man like this, no matter how much he wanted to break his nose right now. It didn't mean he couldn't try. He was so angry and upset, he couldn't think straight. So he lunged at the man in front of him and tried to kick him since that was all he could do in that moment.
Bailey smiled as he jumped out of the way, grabbed Kurt's ankle and pushed him back, seemingly enjoying as Kurt fell back. The man on the ground groaned in pain but was back on his feet as quickly as he could manage with his bound hands.
"I get it. You want to get the frustration out on me. It's okay, Kurt" Bailey said slowly. "It's been a few rough days for you."
"You have no idea" Kurt said, attacking the man again.
Bailey grabbed him by his shoulders this time and pushed Kurt to the wall.
"You want to hit me?" Bailey asked. "Fine. Do it. Make me proud, son."
He took the keys out of his pocket and free Kurt's wrists from the handcuffs. Then he stepped back and smiled as Kurt turned around, that angry flame in his eyes stronger than before.
"Come on, son. Show me what you are capable of" Bailey said.
"Don't call me son" Kurt said.
"Denial doesn't change anything" Bailey replied.
Kurt so wanted to punch him. He had never been this angry before. He couldn't feel anything but anger and grief and he wanted to hurt this man for killing his father. So he attacked him, again, with much more success now that his hands were free. He punched Bailey and smiled as the man fell back but he still couldn't wipe that disgusting grin off of his face.
"What are you going to do now, Kurt?" Bailey asked as Kurt pushed him down onto the ground and knelt over him, grabbing his neck. "Do you want to kill me?"
"You have no idea how much" Kurt growled.
"That's it" Bailey smiled. He didn't even try to push Kurt away. "I knew we had so much in common. It's okay, son. Don't fight the feeling. Just squeeze my neck."
Kurt did so for a brief second, not realising what he was doing. Until a horrible flashback from earlier that day ran down in front of his eyes. His father, lying on his own blood, watching him as those men had led Kurt away. Kurt had been looking straight into his father's eyes as it happened. There had been so much going down in Burt Hummel's eyes, Kurt had seen so many emotions, but the strongest one had been love, like every other time Kurt had looked into those eyes. That memory reminded him who he was and who he had to be. No matter how angry he was right now, he couldn't become a monster like Chris Bailey. He didn't want to be like him. He was Kurt Hummel, he had sworn to spend his life chasing criminals like Bailey and he would never become one. He wasn't perfect but he was a good man. Thanks to his father who had made a decent person out of him.
"No" Kurt said, shaking his head. He let go of Bailey and pushed himself away from the man.
"Come on, Kurt. I know how angry you are. It's okay if you want to hurt me" Bailey said.
"You want me to be like you" Kurt said. "It's not going to happen. I will never be like you."
"You think so?" Bailey smiled as he stepped closer to him. "You were this close to choking me to death and I didn't really have to do anything for that. What do you think you will do once I'm finished with you?"
Kurt gulped nervously as he took a step back, Bailey following him. He didn't like that crazy light in the other man's eyes.
"You can fight as much as you want but you are mine now. And sooner or later you will become who I want you to be" Bailey said, following Kurt until the man's back hit the wall. Then he grabbed Kurt's shoulders and leaned to his ear, his smile wider than before. "A monster like me."
~ o ~
Blaine started hating hospitals. It seemed like he barely left them anymore and he knew that it would stay that way for a very long time, knowing that most people he loved were in there. He still didn't know anything about Burt Hummel's condition. The man was close to death but he hoped that he would be strong enough to survive. He had to be. Burt Hummel was their only useful witness since Sue couldn't tell them where to find Bailey. If somebody knew where the man was and where he kept Kurt, it was Burt. But the doctors were still fighting for his life and there was nothing Blaine could do. It was killing him. Knowing that the man he loved was in the clutches of a monster hurt like hell. He wanted to find Kurt, immediately, he couldn't stay still any longer and wait for something to happen. But it seemed like that was all he could do right now. Santana and Puck were in Sue's house, searching for anything they could use and Blaine was left here, standing beside Burt's family, watching them in silence. Carole was crying quietly in Finn's arms and her son held her tightly, staring at the wall in front of him. Finn hadn't said a single word since they had found Burt. He kept looking at that wall, holding his mother. Blaine had no idea what he was thinking about. From that blank expression on his face, it couldn't be anything good.
Finally, Blaine's phone rang and he stepped away from the others to answer the call.
"Hey" he greeted Puck. "Please, tell me you found something."
"Not much" Puck sighed. "It looks like they were all downstairs when they were attacked. At least we didn't find anything upstairs."
"How could they fight off six agents, I have no idea" Blaine said.
"Me neither" Puck said. "Maybe you should talk to them again."
"Yeah. That's a good idea" Blaine said. At least he had something to do.
He left Carole and Finn with the agents Schuester had sent and walked to the next floor to find his friends. Jeff still hadn't woken up from his head injury, Wes and David were feeling somewhat better but they were still in bed. Not like Nick. Blaine smiled as he saw the man sneak out of his room, dressed in his bloody clothes. He knew how much Nick hated hospitals but he also knew that he wasn't ready to leave hospital yet.
"Are you going somewhere?" Blaine asked as he stepped to the other man.
Nick sighed and looked around in concern.
"Don't call the nurse" he said. "She would just send me back to my room."
"Can you blame her? You can't just leave like this" Blaine said.
"I want to" Nick said. "I'm feeling a lot better and I can't help you from here."
"Nick, you have to rest…"
"I want to find those men responsible for the attack" Nick said seriously. "My friends are injured because of them. I have to do something about it."
Blaine smiled sadly. Nick could be really stubborn when he wanted to.
"Why don't we go back to your room and talk about what happened?" Blaine offered. "I think I could help you."
"Fine" Nick said in the end. "But I want to leave after that."
"We will see" Blaine smirked. He wouldn't let Nick hurt himself any more. He would lock him in his room if he had to.
Nick winced in pain as he walked back into his room and Blaine saw how relieved he was when he was sitting on the bed again. He pulled up his legs and pressed his back to the wall. He couldn't fool Blaine. He could say whatever he wanted, Blaine could see how hard it was for him to move. He glanced at Nick's bandaged arm in worry and he knew that there were more hidden under the man's clothes. Nick didn't like to seem weak, though, so Blaine chose not to talk about it.
"Try to remember what happened" Blaine said quietly. "Close your eyes and go back to that point when those men attacked."
"We were downstairs" Nick said after taking a deep breath. "Jeff came back from his patrol and we checked on the doors one more time. Everything seemed fine. I have no idea how they entered the house without us noticing it."
Blaine nodded silently. It was a question noone could answer. He didn't think that his friends had made a mistake, there had to be another explanation.
"So you were all in the living room" he said.
"Not all of us" Nick shook his head. "Kurt was in his room and…"
He fell silent and Blaine frowned as he watched him. There was something more coming.
"Tell me, Nick" he said.
"I… It's stupid…"
"It must be important" Blaine said.
"Sebastian wasn't with us" Nick said as he opened his eyes. "To be honest, I have no idea where he was when the attack came. He just disappeared."
Blaine frowned. He didn't really like Sebastian but he trusted him to do his job properly. Was he wrong about him?
"Did it happen before?" Blaine asked. As much as he wanted to believe that Sebastian was on their side, he had to consider that maybe he was wrong about the man. Anything to find Kurt.
"Yes" Nick said. "He did it a few times a day. I have no idea what he did then. He just left and when he came back, he didn't explain anything."
"Did he call someone?" Blaine asked.
"We weren't allowed to call anyone, you know" Nick said.
"It doesn't answer my question" Blaine said seriously.
"Look, Blaine I don't like him either but…"
"I have to find Kurt!" Blaine said desperately. "Please, Nick. Try to focus on what you saw when they took Kurt."
"I…" Nick frowned as he closed his eyes again. "Okay, this is stupid."
"What, Nick?" Blaine asked.
"I… They didn't knock me out completely. I didn't see anything but I heard them talk" Nick said.
"What did they say?" Blaine asked.
"Blaine, I'm not sure I remember the truth. If I make a mistake…"
"Tell me, Nick!" Blaine said.
"I-I think that Sebastian work for them" Nick blurted out.
Blaine blinked in surprise. That wasn't exactly the answer he expected.
"Why do you think that?" Blaine asked.
"I remember… I remember that he and Kurt came downstairs when it was over. It's strange because they must have heard the noises…"
"They surely did" Blaine agreed with him. And Kurt would have helped the others, unless he had been forced to stay away. Held back by another agent, for example.
"They didn't fight against them, Blaine" Nick said.
"Sebastian is working for them" Blaine whispered.
"I'm not sure" Nick said uncertainly. "Look, I really don't want Sebastian to get into trouble because of me if I'm wrong but…"
"Let me call someone" Blaine said quickly.
He left the room and called Puck immediately. He had to make sure Nick was right, although he trusted the man. He knew that even if he had been injured, Nick remembered the happenings completely. He could feel it.
"Puck, I need you to go back to the living room" Blaine said, hoping that the man was still at the house.
"We've just left, Blaine" Puck said.
"Then go back" Blaine said impatiently.
"A second" Puck sighed.
Blaine pressed the phone to his ear until it hurt. He hated waiting, especially not that it was about Kurt's safety.
"Okay. What do you want me to do?" Puck asked.
"Where was Sebastian found?" Blaine asked.
"He was already awake when the agents arrived" Puck said. "But he told Santana that he was knocked out first. That's why he couldn't help the others."
"Where?" Blaine asked.
"Just outside of the house" Puck said.
"Is there any sign of that? Blood?" Blaine asked.
"Nothing" Puck said. "It looks like they were all the living room when it happened. There's no sign of fight in the other parts of the house."
"That's what I needed to know" Blaine said. So Nick was right. Sebastian was lying to them, so he had something to hide.
"What's going on, Blaine?" Puck asked.
Blaine didn't answer, though. Because on the other side of the corridor, he saw Sebastian leave Jeff's room, smiling as if things weren't horribly wrong. Blaine disconnected the call without saying anything and ran after Sebastian. Once he got to the man, he grabbed him by his shoulders and slammed him to the wall.
"What the hell, Anderson?" Sebastian asked as he shoved Blaine away.
Blaine was back to him in a blink and punched Sebastian twice before he could stop himself. He wanted to beat him to death actually for what he had done to Kurt and his friends but he needed answers. He had to control himself. So he forced himself to calm down a bit, pushed Sebastian back to the wall and held him there.
"Where is Kurt?" Blaine asked.
"I have no idea" Sebastian replied.
Blaine punched him again, hard.
"Answer me!" he shouted.
"Blaine!"
Blaine wanted to shake the hands off of his shoulders but they were too strong. He was pulled away from Sebastian and almost hit the man restraining him when he realized that it was Finn.
"What's going on?" Finn asked.
"It's him" Blaine said, nodding towards Sebastian.
"He's crazy" Sebastian shook his head.
"He lied to us" Blaine tried to explain as quickly as he could. "Nick heard him talk to those men. He's working for them!"
Blaine expected Sebastian to come up with another lie but to his surprise, the man turned around and started running. Blaine followed him within a second, though, with Finn running beside him. He was glad that Finn didn't need more time to understand things right now. They had to be quick.
Sebastian didn't get too far. He was at the stairs when Blaine grabbed his shirt from behind and pulled the man down onto the ground with him. Sebastian tried to free himself but Blaine grabbed him by his shoulders and slammed him down onto the ground.
"Where's Kurt?" Blaine shouted.
"Blaine, calm down" Finn said from behind him. He gently pulled Blaine back and forced Sebastian to turn on his stomach, so he could handcuff him. "You have so much to explain."
"I didn't do anything" Sebastian said.
"Don't make this any worse for yourself, Agent Smythe" Finn said seriously. "If you don't want to rot in jail, you better start talking."
Blaine watched Sebastian and he was surprised that Sebastian didn't say anything. The idiot.
"Be that way" Finn nodded in the end. "Let's take you back to the bureau. I'm sure Agent Schuester can't wait to have a word with you."
Blaine hoped that Finn was right and Schuester could get the truth out of Sebastian before it was too late. They had find Kurt and they were running out of time. Especially if they lost Burt, Sebastian was their only chance to find the man keeping Kurt captive.