Chapter Twenty Four
Sebastian yelled out in pain as the paramedics pushed down on his arm.
"It's a through and through. A few stitches and rest that arm for a while and you'll be fine,"
The paramedic fixed the temporary bandage around his upper arm.
"We'll take you to the hospital and-"
"Don't, I'll get to the hospital when I can. Use the ambulance for one of the Subs,"
Sebastian gestured to the rows of unconscious bodies that were being carried out of the large brick building, one by one. He could see the Doctor talking to a police officer further down the street. He brushed off the paramedic and made his way down to them.
"...they fired a shot, which hit Mr. Smythe,"
"And why weren't you shot?" asked the officer.
"I had an associate standing on the roof, with a rifle. He would've gotten them before they got off another shot,"
"We will need the name of your 'associate',"
"He is right over there giving a statement,"
The Doctor pointed to a man across street with another cop.
"Excellent. And this must be the acclaimed Mr Smythe, huh?" the officer finally acknowledged Sebastian.
The Doctor winced at the tone and Sebastian sneered.
"And your the asshole who removed one of my sub from my care after the first was kidnapped,"
"Yeah, well this vigilante work always ends up with someone dead. Look at you, you've been shot and your sub has been taken and is quite possibly dead by now,"
Sebastian threw the officer against the cop car. The Doctor tried to step between them but Sebastian swung at him with his good arm, hitting him in the face. He stumbled back with a cry, clutching his face in pain. The cop straightened himself and held out his hands in front of him.
"Alright Mr Smythe, calm down or I will be forced to arrest you for assault against an officer of the law,"
Sebastian twirled around angrily, flailing before turning back to the cop.
"Can I go now? I have to get this stitched up," Sebastian gestured to the wound, "And I need to talk to someone,"
"Have you given a statement to someone?"
Sebastian gave a terse nod.
"Fine, but stop trying to investigate this. I don't care who is missing, interfere again and I'll put you somewhere that you'll be no help to anyone,"
Sebastian stormed off with a parting, furious look.
Sebastian had allowed the hospital staff to patch him up before making his way to Kurt's room, trying to put off telling Kurt what had happened. They had put his left arm up in a sling to stop him from using it for the next couple of days. He caught the nurse as she was leaving his room.
"Hey how is he?"
She looked down at his arm, "He isn't happy, and from the looks of you, he won't be happy anytime soon,"
She patted him on the shoulder as she walked away. Sebastian leant against the wall trying to will the tears away. He took a deep breathe, he couldn't keep Kurt wating any longer. He pushed open the door, his eyes trained on the floor.
"Sir, you're hurt. How bad is it? What happened? Did Blaine get hurt too? Where is he? Sir?"
Sebastian looked up at Kurt, tears shining in his eyes.
"Kurt, I-" his voice broke, "Kurt, I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry,"
"No," Kurt whispered.
"They knew what we were doing, they took him to punish us,"
"Why did you let him go? It's your fault, you let him go. You should have made him stay,"
Kurt started pounding on Sebastian's chest weakly, his body wracked with sobs. Sebastian stood there allowing Kurt to take out his anger his anger on him, knowing he deserved all the horrible words and punches that were thrown at him.
"I hate you, I hate Blaine. I hate you both so much. Why? Why did you do it?"
Kurt collapsed against Sebastian, whimpering and sobbing.
Sebastian held Kurt, not noticing the pain in his arm or the tears streaming down his face.
Sebastian sat by Kurt's bed, staring at the boy he had grown to care for. Kurt was staring absent mindedly into he space in front of him, fiddling with the pair of collars in his lap. The Doctor strode into the room, one of his eyes swollen half shut.
"I've just handed over everything we had to the police," Neither of them acknowledge him, "They said they probably could've caught most of the people involved but now that they all know what's going on they don't put much hope on it,"
"Then I'll do it myself," Sebastian said annoyed.
"You can't be serious Sebastian, they already have taken one sub away from you, don't you-"
Sebastian jumped to his feet, "How long do you think Kurt will last without him? The only thing keeping me from going crazy right now is the fact that I know Blaine is still alive,"
"You can't possibly now that,"
"Didn't you see how they were when they were separated for a week. If he was dead, Kurt would know!"
Doctor feared Sebastian was going to punch him again.
"Get out! I need to think. I can't think with you here, get out!"
The Doctor fled, Sebastian turned to apologise to Kurt.
"Kurt, I didn't mean to blow up like that. It's just that, that Montgomery is a jackass,"
Kurt looked up at him curiously, "Montgomery?"
"Yeah Doctor Wesley Montgomery, stupid and poncy if you ask me. Didn't you know his name?"
Kurt shook his head.
"No one ever really introduced themselves to me. Even after all those years at Dalton, I don't know what the educators names were. We just called them by their titles,"
"So you don't know anyone's actual names?" Sebastian asked confused.
Kurt shook his head and shrugged.
"I think they thought it made them scarier. I know a couple of their names. One of the women who worked in the Dalton offices name was Brittany. She sometimes let Blaine and I hide in her office,"
Sebastian remembered the day he had gone to pick up Blaine, before he had known about Kurt. The bubbly blonde girl who had made him fill out all the paperwork.
"You liked her?" he sat back down next to Kurt.
"Yeah, she was really nice. Blaine likes lollipops so she always gave them to him whenever we went there. She was the one who let us spend all day at the Lima Bean," Kurt remembered with a laugh.
"You weren't with him that day. The first day I met him at the Lima Bean, I mean. Where were you?"
"I had gotten into trouble with one of the educators, they were making me do some extra work. I told him to spend the day out, rather than sit in the dorm alone all day. I'm really glad I did,"
Kurt slid his hand over the hand Sebastian had laid on the bed. Sebastian flipped over his hand and interlocked their fingers.
"Me too,"
He kissed Kurt's knuckles. They smiled at each other but didn't speak anymore, instead getting lost in their own thoughts.
A few hours later, after Kurt had fallen asleep, the nurse bustled into the room.
"How are you both?" she asked quietly.
"We've been better," he replied.
"I'm going to take the IV out of his arm. He'll feel better without it,"
"What's your name?"
"Pardon?" she turned to him.
"I don't know what your name is but I know who your dom is. I really don't think that's right," he said slowly, almost as though he was just realising it.
"It's Mercedes,"
She held out her hand.
"A pleasure, Mercedes," He shook her hand and let her get back to work.
"Sebastian, Sebastian,"
Sebastian was shaken awake by an insistent hand.
"Wha- Oh, Wes, what is it?"
"Look at this,"
A newspaper was thrust under his nose. With a blarey look to check on Kurt, he began reading the article.
"No, this can't be right. How?"
"We gave the cops a huge jump start, so it didn't take them long to figure it out. Especially when he was trying to get the whole case thrown out,"
Sebastian read the headline again.
'Police Chief Caught in Sub School Scandal'
"They found paperwork that directly named him as one of their customers? Obviously they were trying to set him up," Sebastian muttered.
"Go ahead two pages,"
Sebastian stopped on a photo of Blaine.
"They've got everyone out looking for you boy. Isn't that great? These guys can't hide anywhere," Wes explained excitedly.
"Either that or he'll be killed so they have more time to get away," Sebastian snapped.
A hand closed around his. Sebastian looked up to find Kurt had woken up, a mix of fear and hope in his eyes.
"We have to find him, Sir. We have to,"