By the time the ambulance reached the hospital, it was nearly twenty-five seconds. And yes, Finn had counted. They got him through the emergency entrance immediately, Finn rushing to keep up with the paramedics and Kurt. They had almost lost him three times in the ambulance, which had sent Blaine to hysterics every time. When they reached the hall, Dr. Remini and Holly, the same nurse that tended to him when he was here the second time, came rushing over. Dr. Remini turned to Blaine.
"Sir, we're gonna have to ask you to wait out here," the doctor said.
"Can I stay with him?" Finn asked, still squeezing onto Kurt like he would never let go.
Holly nodded and they got Kurt into intensive care. He was to have surgery to check for any damage. However, halfway through the procedure, his breathing got even more shallow and his heart beat was starting to slow, so they had to put him under a coma in order to monitor his breathing and his heart as a nurse began performing CPR on Kurt. That made Finn feel even more uneasy. When the surgery ended, it was revealed Kurt had something torn down there, four broken ribs, hypotermia, severe damage done to his spleen, severe hypothermia, severe frost bite on his feet to the point where he was bleeding badly, a dislocated knee, shoulder, hip and wrist, several cracks in his skull, a minor concussion, bruises, markings and cuts covering every inch of his skin, especially on his stomach and chest, had several broken fingers, a dislocated ankle, a broken leg, a severe laceration in his penis, and blunt trauma had been forced in his head. He required stitches down there, several blood transfusions, and there were also some findings of more rape. When Finn thought fourteen was horrible, try adding on six more moments of the abuse, making it twenty times. Kurt was raped twenty times. It made Finn feel absolutely sick to his stomach. Both of Kurt's arms were wrapped up in tubes and wires, and several IV needles rested on his broken chest. But the worst was that due to all the blood loss, Kurt nearly went into cardiac arrest, so he needed to be on life support. Finn sniffled as tears flooded his eyes. It was his little brother. To him, Kurt was perfect. He didn't understand how a person could hate somebody so much. He opened his mouth and began singing.
I can hold my breath
I can bite my tongue
I can stay awake for days
If that's what you want
Be your number one
I can fake a smile
I can force a laugh
I can dance and play the part
If that's what you ask
Give you all I am
I can do it
I can do it
I can do it
But I'm only human
And I bleed when I fall down
I'm only human
And I crash and I break down
Your words in my head, knives in my heart
You build me up and then I fall apart
'Cause I'm only human
I can turn it on
Be a good machine
I can hold the weight of worlds
If that's what you need
Be your everything
I can do it
I can do it
I'll get through it
But I'm only human
And I bleed when I fall down
I'm only human
And I crash and I break down
Your words in my head, knives in my heart
You build me up and then I fall apart
'Cause I'm only human
I'm only human
I'm only human
Just a little human
I can take so much
'Til I've had enough
'Cause I'm only human
And I bleed when I fall down
I'm only human
And I crash and I break down
Your words in my head, knives in my heart
You build me up and then I fall apart
'Cause I'm only human
"Finn?" he heard a familiar, gruff voice ask behind him. And before he knew it, he jumped up and hugged Burt tightly, sobbing so hard his entire body shook.
After Burt convinced Finn to go out into the waiting room and tell Blaine, Thad, Santana, Brittany and Wes about Kurt's critical condition, however, Finn was stubborn. He wanted to stay with Kurt, to hold him and never let him go. Burt practically had to force him out the door, but Finn insisted on staying with his brother.
"Finn, Finn, Finn calm down. It's okay. It's okay. Breathe okay? You've already seen him go through surgery. You've seen more than enough for a day," Burt said.
"No, okay? It's my brother! I wanna stay with him!" Finn said tearfully. He was more worried about what might happen. The fact that . . . . Finn knew this would happen. Karofsky wanted Kurt dead so he could suffer through being closeted because Karofsky was convinced that Kurt made him gay. Finn wanted to strangle those guys. They tortured him! Finn was feeling mixed up and confused. On one hand he was so angry that Karofsky would even think about killing his stepbrother. But on the other hand he was heart-broken and wanted to make sure Kurt was taken care of and healed again. He didn't know what to do.
"Finn, just go outside," Burt said.
Finn left after that, completely devastated. He went into the bathroom to take a piss. After he exited the stall, he saw his best friend.
"Dude, what's going on in there?" Puck asked him.
"Kurt had to go into a coma. His breathing is very low, as well as his heart rate," he mumbled.
"No, no dude. Not that. How are you holding up? We are all very worried about Kurt. But nobody has asked how you felt," Puck said.
"I'm just so fucking pissed!" Finn yelled. He collided his fist with the bathroom wall. His hand turned an angry shade of red, but he didn't care. "This is just like the Laramie Project! Karofsky was gonna murder him! Sure, he's alive, but he's not even consious! They tortured him! Kurt never did a god damn thing to anyone! He doesn't deserve this! Why him? Why Kurt? Doing that to him is like hurting a puppy!"
"Finn. . . ." Puck began, but Finn cut him off by kicking in a stall.
"I mean come on! First, his first kiss gets taken from him! As if that's not bad enough! And then he gets his virginity stolen as well! It happened twenty fucking times! I hate Karofsky! I have hated him since the first day that I met him! But I never, ever thought that he would go this far!" Finn kicked in another stall as he collapsed to the floor, sobbing into his hands.
"Finn, c'mon already. You may think that you aren't doing much, but the reason why Kurt hasn't committed suicide or starting experimenting with drugs and alcohol is because he has you. Okay? He's getting there," Puck said.
"He was, until that douchebag broke out! How did he even-?"
"I don't know, Finn. I don't know. But Karofsky has a sick obsession with Kurt and he deserves to die," Puck said as he sat next to Finn.
"He deserves so much more than that," Finn growled.
"He does." Puck nodded in agreement and put a comforting hand on Finn's shoulder.
"God, since when did you go all soft on me, Puck? Usually that's something Kurt would do." Finn smiled just a little bit.
"I guess I've spent so much time chasing around for Kurt a lot lately that I've developed a lot of empathy," Puck said with a shrug.
"Yeah, you're probably right." Finn nodded in agreement. Finn got up and went to go tell the others.
Author's Note:
The song was Human by Christina Perri