This is the last update in 2015. I'm gonna spend the holidays with my family and my friends coming home from abroad, and I need to finish two essays, so I won't be bored.
Happy Holidays!
Kurt couldn't get his thoughts of Adam out of his head, so after a sleepless night, he went to his father to talk about knew that his chances weren't the best, Burt liked Adam but he loved his son and trusted him, so maybe he would believe him, especially after his visions about the man.
Luckily, Burt was awake, sitting in his study with a large amount of papers in front of him. Kurt knocked on the open door and stepped inside once his father nodded towards him.
"Good morning, Dad" Kurt greeted him.
"Morning, son. Why are you awake so early?" Burt asked as he checked the time on his phone.
"I wanted to talk to you" Kurt said and sat down across his father.
"What would you like to talk about?" Burt asked.
Kurt took a deep breath, preparing himself for the talk. He had gone through what he wanted to say several times but it was still hard to begin.
"I want to talk about Adam" he said finally, watching his father's reaction.
"What is with him?" Burt asked and put down the folder from his hands to give his son full attention.
"I think that something is wrong with him" Kurt said hesitantly. "I had a few visions about him that concern me."
"What were they about?" Burt asked.
"He... he blackmailed people" Kurt said, deciding to leave Blaine out of it. "I saw him with a man called Jeremy. Adam stole a girl's bag and when that man challenged him, Adam threatened him to tell you his secrets."
Burt sighed heavily and looked down for a moment. Kurt was about to talk again when his father looked up at him and opened his mouth to talk.
"I know about it" he said.
"What? And you let him live with us after that?" Kurt asked in disbelief.
"Adam made a few mistakes in New York but it was years ago. He told me about it because he knew what he did was wrong" Burt explained.
"And you forgave him? Dad, he's dangerous!" Kurt gasped.
"As I recall, he's not the only one in this household who made a huge mistake that I forgave" Burt pointed out.
"Are you talking about Blaine? Because that's a completely other situation" Kurt said.
"Is it?" Burt asked with a raised eyebrow. "For you, maybe, because Blaine's your boyfriend. But he's just a regular superhero for me, just like Adam. I have to handle them the same way."
Kurt shook his head. Okay, he knew that Burt wouldn't believe him so easily but trusting Adam when he knew about his past? That was too much.
"We can trust Adam" Burt said. "You said yourself that you only had visions from his past. He doesn't do it anymore, so you should forget about it."
"That's... What if I get another visions about him?" Kurt asked with his arms crossed in front of his chest.
Burt sighed and smiled at his son. He was so stubborn, like his mother.
"Then we will talk about it again. But I'm sure you won't have anything against him" he said quietly.
"Fine" Kurt rolled his eyes and got up from his seat. He was just wasting his time.
~ o ~
"Why are you so upset?" Blaine asked when they stepped out of the house. Kurt wanted to skip his classes to keep an eye on Adam but Blaine convinced him to go. To make sure the boy went to school that morning, Blaine joined him on the way.
"I can't understan why my dad doesn't believe me" Kurt muttered.
"You should let it go" Blaine advised. "We have nothing new against him and if Burt thinks Adam's alright, you should believe him."
"I thought you hated him!" Kurt frowned.
"I do. But it's because of my own problems" Blaine said.
"Fine. Don't believe me" Kurt said and started walking faster to get away from Blaine.
"Hey, relax" Blaine smiled and caught Kurt's arm. "You worry so much lately."
"Yes. Because my freaking power doesn't give me a moment of peace" Kurt said gruffly.
"Another vision?" Blaine asked in concern.
"Just the usual. I saw that boy again" Kurt said and rubbed his forehead. He was concerned about that boy and wanted so desperately to know more about him to help him.
"Maybe you're trying too hard" Blaine said thoughtfully. "You should have a night off and relax. It could help."
"I don't know" Kurt said hesitantly.
"Go out with me tonight" Blaine said as he took Kurt's hand.
"You mean as a date?" Kurt smiled.
"If your father doesn't send me out for patrol" Blaine laughed. "In that case we could have dinner in the park."
"Yeah, that would be so romantic" Kurt rolled his eyes. "We should catch a few criminals on the way."
"That would be a great date" Blaine joked.
"No way, Anderson. I want a real date this time, without gunmen and others" Kurt said.
"I can't promise anything" Blaine smiled.
~ o ~
Blaine asked Kurt to meet him at Breadstix. Kurt didn't understand why, it would have been more practical to meet at home but he didn't question Blaine's choice. The man seemed really excited about their date and Kurt didn't want to ruin his good mood.
He was dressed in his favourite outfit, tight dark pants with a light blue shirt that matched perfectly with his eyes and he was wearing his black coat and boots. He was satisfied with his look and hoped that Blaine would like it, too.
He checked the time on his phone and shook his head, smiling. Blaine was late, only for a few minutes, but it didn't bother him. He knew that Blaine would appear soon and couldn't wait to get inside and have an amazing date with the man.
When Blaine arrived minutes later, he seemed upset. He tried to smile and hide his feelings but Kurt could tell that something was bothering him.
"What's wrong?" Kurt asked.
"Nothing" Blaine sighed but couldn't fool his boyfriend.
"Tell me" Kurt said.
"It's just... Look, there's nothing to worry about. Let's get inside, okay?" Blaine said and opened the door for Kurt.
The boy sighed and decided to drop the topic for a while. Blaine would talk to him eventually, he just had to wait.
The restaurant was full but luckily, Blaine had made a reservation for them earlier that day, so they had a free table. They sat down and ordered their drinks and food. Kurt waited for Blaine to say something but the man was lost in his thoughts and didn't seem like he wanted to talk.
"Okay, tell me what happened" Kurt said in the end. "I know that there's something wrong."
Blaine smiled sadly and took Kurt's hand. The boy knew him too well.
"When I got home to change my clothes, Adam was waiting for me in our room" Blaine started. "We had a fight."
"Why?" Kurt asked.
"I talked to Burt earlier and asked him to let us go out for the date. He said yes. But Adam wanted me to go on patrol tonight, no matter what Burt said" Blaine explained.
"What the hell is he doing? He has no right to question my dad's decisions" Kurt growled.
"That's what I told him" Blaine nodded. "But he said they needed me tonight, so I can't come with you. I left, though. I know that it wasn't Burt's idea or else he would have talked to me himself."
"Why does he want to get between us? I don't understand" Kurt frowned.
"It doesn't matter" Blaine said. "He can't do anything. Don't worry about him. We should just enjoy the night."
"You're right" Kurt sighed. "But it doesn't mean I will let him get away with this. I'm gonna talk to Dad again."
"Just leave it" Blaine pleaded. "I don't want you to have a fight with your father."
"You're so sweet" Kurt smiled. He loved that Blaine always wanted the best for him.
"That's why you love me, right?" Blaine winked.
"Yeah. That's the only thing I love in you" Kurt joked.
"I knew it" Blaine laughed.
The night passed well but so quickly. They talked a lot and enjoyed their dinner but when they had to go home, Kurt felt sad. He didn't want to go home because it meant being away from Blaine again and he didn't want the night to end. So he asked the man to have a walk in the park before going home.
"Are you sure it's a good idea?" Blaine asked in concern.
"I don't think there will be a criminal hiding in the bush again" Kurt smiled. "But if you don't want to go near that place, I understand."
"No, no, it's fine" Blaine smiled and took Kurt's hand.
Blaine didn't tell him the truth. As they got closer to the place where Blaine had been shot, the man fell silent and squeezed Kurt's hand so hard as if he wanted to break it.
"Blaine, it's okay. We can go home" Kurt said gently.
"I'm fine" the man said. He knew he should have been fine but for some reason, he was scared of the place. He didn't want to ruin the night, though, so he decided not to tell Kurt how he felt.
"Blaine, I can see that you're not fine" Kurt said in concern.
"You don't know how I feel!" Blaine said and let go of Kurt's hand. His sudden anger made the boy frown.
"What's wrong?" Kurt asked gently.
"You have no right to tell me how to feel! Is it why you brought me here, huh? You wanted to see some weakness?" Blaine growled.
"Blaine, what are you talking about?" Kurt asked in confusion.
"Since you got your power, you act like a god" Blaine said, not looking into Kurt's eyes. "You think you know everything better than others."
"Okay, you're scaring me. What's wrong with you?" Kurt asked and grabbed Blaine's jaw to look into his eyes.
"Leave me alone!" Blaine said, pushing Kurt away.
The boy jumped back in surprise. Blaine wasn't a violent person and he would certainly not hurt him purposely. But as he looked into Blaine's eyes, he saw how angry the man was. But it wasn't all. His eyes seemed clouded. Kurt knew this look. Blaine had been like this when he had benn under Sebastian's control.
Acting quickly, he grabbed Blaine's arm, pulled the man to his chest and formed a shield around themselves. In the next second, Blaine blinked and looked around in confusion.
"What's happening?" he asked.
"You've been attacked" Kurt explained quietly, looking around in alarm. "We aren't alone."
Blaine pushed Kurt behind his back but didn't break contact with the boy. Whoever was there in the park, they were watching them. Blaine had no idea who it could be or why attacked him but he had to catch the attacker and get Kurt out of here.
"Run" Blaine whispered. "I'm gonna catch them but I need you to get out of here first."
"I won't leave you here" Kurt whispered back.
"Kurt, please..."
"No. You need my shield, do you remember?" Kurt reasoned.
Blaine pressed his lips together and took a deep breath. They didn't have time for this.
"Fine. But stay behind me" he said and took a few careful steps towards the trees in front of them. The attacher had to be somewhere near or else their power wouldn't have worked on Blaine. He looked around slowly, waiting to see something or someone making a move but nothing like this happened. They reached the first few trees and Blaine jumped forward suddenly to catch the person hiding there. To his surprise, he found nobody. He went back to Kurt quickly and they moved forward again but found nothing.
"It's weird" Kurt commented.
"Yeah. Let's go home. It isn't safe out here" Blaine said and grabbed Kurt's hand. He still felt like somebody was watching them and his whole body screamed 'danger'. They had to get to Burt as soon as possible to tell him everything.
~ o ~
Burt was sitting in his study like always in the last few weeks. He had gotten a few more reports and he spent the night going through them as he was waiting for Kurt and Blaine to get home. He wanted to be awake when they got home to see if everything was alright.
The reports he read were more than worrying. There were two more superheroes missing, two kids freshly out of school. Nobody had heard about them since days. And there was Attila... Boris had finally gotten to his home but found nobody there. When he had broken into the apartment, he found it torn and it seemed like a few things had been missing. Boris thought that Attila had left for some reason but Burt wasn't so sure. He knew the man and he wasn't like this.
"Dad! Dad!"
Burt jumped up from the desk and rushed out of the room when he heard his son't voice from the living room. He met him and Blaine there, both of the boys seemed upset, panting heavily.
"What happened?" Burt asked in worry.
"We were attacked in the park" Blaine explained as Kurt ran to his father. Burt put an arm around his son as he looked at Blaine.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Blaine started acting weirdly. He became agressive and his eyes were glassy, so I put up a shield around us" Kurt said. "It was like when Sebastian had him under control. Is it possible that he got out of jail?"
"It wasn't Sebastian" Blaine said quietly. Both of the Hummels turned towards him. "I was under somebody's control, Kurt is right. But it was emotional control this time."
"Do you know somebody with this power?" Kurt asked as he turned to his father.
"Several" Burt sighed. "Have you seen the attacker?"
"No" Blaine shook his head. "They disappeared without trace."
"That's strange" Burt frowned.
"I know. They must have been close to us, somewhere behind the trees but when we got there, we found nobody. I have no idea how they got away" Blaine said. He really couldn't come up with a good explanation. People didn't disappear like this. Then he remembered the night weeks ago when he had thought that there had been somebody at the Hudmel house but found nobody, and his eyes widened. "Burt, I think they work in a team."
"What do you mean?" Burt asked and pulled his arms tighter around his son. He was scared of this moment. He knew that there was something going on but he hoped that it was just his fear from the past.
"It was several weeks ago, just after I arrived" Blaine started. "I saw movements at the house but when I went through the bushes, I found nobody there. I thought I was wrong. But what if somebody invisible was watching the house? It would explain that night and today, too. They could have gotten away if we didn't see them."
Kurt felt his father's arms shaking around him and he looked up at the man in worry.
"What's wrong, Dad?" he asked quietly.
"Blaine might be right" the older man said finally. "If he's right, we might be in danger, all of us."
Kurt looked at Blaine, unable to hide his fear. Somebody was out there and wanted to hurt them. It brought back his memories from the past and he felt panicked. Last time he had lost his mother. It couldn't happen again.
"It will be alright" Burt said when he saw how upset his son was. "But nobody's allowed to leave the house after sunset and I'm gonna take you and Finn to school and go for you every day. We can't risk you being attacked again."
Kurt nodded and looked at Blaine again. He just hoped that they would catch the person responsible for this soon.
~ o ~
Sneaking out of the house without Burt suspecting anything was easier than Adam thought. He just had to tell the man that he wanted to check on the patrol team, Burt was so lost in his thoughts that he agreed immediately.
Adam made his way through the town, not stopping for a second. He had an important meeting and he was late. He knew that they hated when he was late. He almost laughed when he stepped through the door of the apartment and the first thing he heard was exactly what he was thinking.
"You're late" the man said from the armchair at the fireplace.
"Yeah. With two minutes" Adam rolled his eyes and flopped down onto the couch.
"I don't remember telling you to sit down" the man across him said.
"What do you want to talk about?" Adam asked, ignoring the other's words.
"You forgot to report me about the boy. Do you see any development?" the man asked.
"Oh, more than that. He can use his shield almost perfectly" Adam smiled.
"And what about his visions?" the man asked.
"Nothing new. I don't think he can learn how to control it in the near future" Adam sighed.
"Try harder. I'm gonna need both of his powers" the man said.
"I don't understand. Why does Dark Shadow want the son of his old enemy? Please, enlighten me" Adam said.
"It's none of your business" the man said. "I gave you a job. You have to get close to the boy and report me about him."
"I tried" Adam sighed. "But I don't think Andrea made a good job in the restaurant. She was supposed to make Kurt confused about his feelings for Blaine after the attack but nothing happened."
"His power's growing" the man explained. "You remember the first time when we made him have a fight with his father and his boyfriend. It worked then."
"Yeah. And then he ran back to them to say sorry" Adam rolled his eyes.
"It doesn't matter. Andrea could control his emotions when she was near enough to him. It means that with our new invention, I will be able to make do what I want" the man said.
"Or not" Adam said in a bored tone. "Talking about your little machine. Is it ready?"
"Not yet" the man answered. "The guy we kidnapped isn't willing to help us."
"What a surprise" Adam smiled. "What do you want to do with him?"
"We threatened him to kill the kids. But if he doesn't change his mind, you know what you have to do" the man said.
"Bringing Sebastian here would alert Silver Bear. We can't do that" Adam said.
"Not necessarily. We can exchange him with a shifter. Nobody would notice" the man replied.
"Not bad" Adam nodded. "I guess that's the right thing to do. We don't have much time and we need that machine if we want to control all of the superheroes."
"I'm gonna call you when we're ready. Now go back before they notice something. I need your informations about them, especially the boy. I want to know everything about him" the man said.
"Got it" Adam nodded and left the room.
Once he was gone, the door behind the man opened and two other people stepped inside. The woman went to the man sitting in the armchair and sneaked her arms around him, kissing his neck.
"I can't believe you trust him" she said.
"I don't" the man answered. "He betrayed Silver Bear, he can do it to me too. Go after him and keep an eye on him."
"As you wish" the woman said and went to the door.
"Oh, Andrea!" the man called after her. "I don't want you to play with the boy or his family without my permission again. You went too far tonight. They know that something's coming and we can't let them find out what it is."
"I understand" Andrea nodded.
"Now go, we don't have time for this" the man said and turned to the boy standing beside him.
"What do you want me to do?" the boy asked quietly. Dark Shadow smiled at him when he saw the fear in his eyes.
"I want you to befriend the boy, can you do that?" the man asked.
"I'm not sure he would come near me again. You know that he doesn't trust me" the boy said.
"Oh, David. You don't know Kurt Hummel" the man said. "You just have to play the scared little closeted gay and he will let you close to him. He will want to help you."
"I don't think so" Dave said.
"Try" the man growled. "You don't want to make me disappointed again, right?"
Dave shook his head immediately. He had gotten his punishment for his mistakes and it was the last thing he wanted again.
"Lie to him" the man insisted. "Tell him that you have trouble at home. That your family can't accept you this way. He won't say no if you ask for his help."
Dave nodded. He knew that Hummel would help him but he didn't want to do this to him. He didn't hate Kurt and the boy didn't deserve to be treated like this. But he had no choice. He was too deep in this business to get out of it without getting hurt.