Ch. 28: The Line Between an Angel and a Demon
A.N.: Uhm… *Peeking around* I'm back.
*Dodges flying weapons*
So yeah. You guys will now know who are the characters that I have left out in my carelessness. Enjoy. ;)
Attention: Blood shed warning is still on! And slight M rating for violence.
Disclaimer: I own nothing other than the plot and Daniel, Emily, Alan and Catherine. Characters like Chris, Olivia, Justine and Joseph belongs to Eraman; Tory, Addison belongs to Love of GLEEK. Logan is from CP Coultour.
Kurt sat in the special ward where Logan, Joseph, Tory and Addison were currently resided. He had always hated the hospital, all his miseries began in this place. His mom died in hospital, Burt had his heart attack and spent half the month in the hospital, now his brothers were lying motionless on the bed. White sheets, white walls, white ceilings, white floors. Everything is white. It was like a giant shroud slowly suffocating him. Kurt was clenching his fists, so tight that traces of blood were seeping down and dripped onto the floor. Apart from guilt and sadness, Kurt felt a surge of anger rushed across him. When he found out who did this, he would make sure the culprits regret the day they were born. Someone gently patted his back, he looked up and saw Daniel, he was taking some first-aid kit with him. He gently took Kurt's tightly clenched fist in his hand and helped his son to bandage up his wounds. Thanks to the power of vampires and werewolves, Kurt and Hunter only suffered from mild bruises.
The door of the ward smashed open and all the Warblers, plus Olivia and Justine rushed in. In the lead were Sebastian and Wes, their faces shared the same look: Fear and anger.
"Kurt." Sebastian whispered and Kurt looked at him. Sebastian sighed in relieve as he saw his mate was fine. He ran forward to hug Kurt and soothed his mate. Trent and Rock went to comfort Hunter, who was sitting at the corner, curling on himself. The rest of the Warblers crowded around the four unconscious Warblers. Wes rushed forward to check on his brothers and he turned.
"What happened?" He demanded.
"We had been in an accident." Kurt said. "We were attack when we were going to get our car. We just finished our high-tea and Tory was going to buy a new mobile phone. Then we were attacked."
"They will be fine. Kurt and Hunter had bitten them." Daniel said as he finished bandaging up Kurt's hand.
"You changed them?" Chris asked. Hunter nodded.
"I bit Joseph and Logan and Kurt bit the other two." He said quietly. The Warblers, Olivia and Justine sighed in relieve. At least the humans were not lost forever. Numerous "Thank god" were heard. Then the question hit, and Wes voiced it out.
"Who did this?!" Wes snarled, his power was on its peak, radiating in all directions and the air temperature of the ward plummeted. Daniel took his leave as he had a surgery to perform. The Warblers and Phillips, on the other hand, were boiling in rage.
"I don't know." Kurt croaked as everyone turned to look at him. "Those men were masked."
"Is there any method for us to know the truth? Our brothers were hurt and the culprit is still out of the law's reach!" Fred thundered. Everyone now turned to Flint.
"Sanna and Brit might be able to help us." Flint said. "I remembered they have a magical mirror which can tell the truth. I will call them."
He left the ward but not long before he peeped inside.
"Wait. Do you want them to come?" He asked.
"It's useless. They will still turn up even you told them not to come." Kurt said. Flint nodded and left to call his cousin.
*McKinley High*
The New Directions were tense like a rubber band pulled to its limit. The whole club was like being divided by an invisible trench into four groups: The pro-Warblers group, that was Tina, Mike, Artie, Brittany, Santana and Lauren; The oblivious group, that was Puck, Finn, Sam, and the newly joined ones, Puck's half-brother Jake, Joe, Marley and Wade; The lost one Will Schuester and finally, Quinn, Mercedes and Rachel, the Anti-Warblers Trinity, or the Luckless Trinity, as Lauren said.
Quinn was kicked out from the Cheerios after she openly insulted Becky Jackson, who was suffering from Down's syndrome.
Mercedes was getting worse. After her relationship with Sam ended, she was now dating Shane Tinsley and was becoming the second worst bully in the glee club besides Quinn the Bimbo.
On the other hand, Rachel was finally released from her house arrest after her dads shredded her to a thousand pieces and spending hours of shouting about how ashamed they were and how wrong was her behaviour. Nonetheless, Rachel never admitted her doing was wrong and just kept on putting the blame on the others. She even ran to her mom Shelby Corcoran but her mom didn't take her side, instead, she said that she was too ashamed to say that such a spoiled brat was her daughter. Finally, Hiriam and Leory could take no more and cancelled all her vocal classes indefinitely.
"Ok. Guys, we are-" Mr. Schue said as the meeting was coming to an end, they were arguing about whether they should do a musical otherwise there's nothing more for them to do for the rest of the year, but he was interrupted by someone knocking at the door. The door opened and there stood a teenage girl about 5'3 feet high, light brown hair and brown eyes. Lauren's face lit up in surprise and confusion.
"May I help you?" Mr. Schue asked. The girl looked around the room and spot Lauren. She turned to face Mr. Schue.
"No. Because I find who I need to see now." She said and went into the room. Lauren smiled and got up from her seat. They met in the middle and hugged each other tightly.
"What are you doing here?" Lauren asked the girl who chuckled.
"Well. Can't I come to see you? We haven't seen each other for years." The girl replied. She got a good voice too.
"Just a year, my dear. Though where is your brother Rory? Don't you two always come together?" Lauren asked and that immediately wiped off the smile on the girl's face.
"This is the reason I come." She said sadly and Lauren frowned in worry. She pulled the girl into her arms and soothed her. By now, confused murmurs were heard in the room.
"Who's that girl? She looks so fine." Joe whispered to Jake.
"She's hot." Jake whispered back.
"Is Lauren bisexual?" Finn asked Puck, who looked a bit dumbfounded and unable to answer him. Lauren ignored all of them as usual. Rachel stood up and walked to them. Santana, Tina, Mike and Artie mentally counted as the dwarf approached the two girls.
3… 2… 1… Go!
"Excuse me. But who are you? What are you doing here? Are you spying on us?" The banshee said arrogantly. Santana, Tina, Mike and Artie and Lauren groaned. Rachel never changed, even her speech was pretty much the same. No wonder she would never be able to leave Lima.
"For fuck's sake! Will you just shut the fuck up? Bitch!" Lauren snapped. "God! I miss the time you were under house-arrested. My ears are definitely missing those pure and peaceful moments."
Santana and the girl in Lauren's arms snickered. Rachel was looking livid. Her dads had made it clear to her that if she got any complaints at school or by any outsiders, she would be under house-arrested until college. So even though Rachel wanted to scream at Lauren's face, she didn't dare to do so. Lauren turned to face those who she treated as her friends. That were Santana, Brittany, Tina, Mike and Artie.
"Guys. Meet my cousin from Ireland, Sugar Mason." Lauren gladly introduced the girl who waved at them. Tina, Santana and Mike smiled widely as they stood up while Brittany helped to roll Artie forward.
"Hi Sugar. I'm Tina. Nice to meet you." Tina said and introduced her friends as Lauren turned to face Mr. Schue.
"Excuse me, Mr. Schue, but can we take our leave now? I believe my friends and I have lots of good chats with my cousin."
The group started to move before Mr. Schue could even say anything but Rachel the banshee stepped in.
"Wait! You can't leave now! The meeting is not yet finished!" She shrieked.
"Like White Rhino said just now, shut the fuck up, banshee." Santana snapped as the group left the choir room. "The world does not revolve around you. We have our lives and what meeting have we got? You will just monopolise everything like you normally do."
The choir door slammed shut and it was just silence.
"Did they just leave?" Sam asked quietly. Mr. Schue's face was priceless. It was a complete loss and blankness.
The group got into Santana's car.
"So are you a witch?" Brittany asked as the doors were locked. Sugar turned to look at her.
"How did you-" She said.
"Because I am one too." Brittany said.
"Brittany and Santana are witches." Lauren explained and Sugar turned to look at Tina, Mike and Artie.
"Then who are they?" Sugar asked.
"Tina is a vampire, and the two boys are human." Lauren said.
"Don't worry, your secret is safe with us." Mike said.
"Won't you be afraid?" Sugar asked.
"In the beginning, yes. But we are used to it now. After all, none of you did any harm to us." Artie said as Santana's mobile phone rang.
"Excuse me." Santana said and answered the phone.
"Yeah? Flint. What's wrong?" She answered.
"Flint's her cousin, a wizard and we are friends to a group of vampires, werewolves and humans choir group." Lauren mouthed to Sugar who nodded.
"What? Why? I mean, why do you need it?" Santana's eyebrows knitted. Then suddenly, her eyes widened and her mouth dropped.
"What?! Are you serious?!" She gasped and everyone in the car looked at her in worry, except Sugar who looked confused.
"Shit! Is he hurt? Is he alright?" She demanded and Flint said something and Santana looked relieved. "Oh thank god. Wait, what? What happened to the four? What?! Oh fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Ok. We will come. Meet us at the lobby, okay? Ok. See you soon."
The Latina slammed her phone shut and banged her fist on the dashboard.
"Fuck. Fuck! FUCK!" She shouted.
"Sanna, what's wrong?" Brittany asked in worry. Santana turned to her, tears in her eyes.
"Brit, do you have the Mirror of Truth?" She asked and Brittany looked more confused.
"I don't have it now. I left it at home." She said but Sugar piped up.
"I have. I use it as a normal mirror because I accidentally broke my normal mirror." She said and handed a small mirror, the size of a human palm to Santana.
"I need to use it now. I will give it back to you later." Santana said as she started the car.
"Wait. Why do you need-" Lauren asked and the group yelped in surprise as the Latina Witch slammed the accelerator hard on and the car sped away.
"Why do you need to use the Mirror?" Lauren asked after she regained her posture. Santana sighed.
"Kurt had been attacked, so did Hunter and the four humans. Some thugs attacked them when they were getting their car, and just as they were going to hospital. Someone rammed into them and their car rolled off the slope." She said and numerous gasps were heard. Brittany burst into tears, Lauren cursed and Tina asked in a voice like her throat was ripped out.
"Is he fine? Are they alright?" The Asian vampire asked as Mike pulled her into a hug while Artie let Brittany cry in his chest.
"Kurt and Hunter are fine." Santana said sadly. "But not the four humans. They were already badly injured during the attack. The car crash just worsened their situation."
"So… Are they… Dead?" Mike said slowly, not wanting to say that possibility.
"Technically, yes. Their human lives have ended." Santana replied.
"Human lives? Does it mean…" Artie asked.
"They were changed, before they died. Two were changed into vampires, the other two became werewolves." Santana said and the group let out a breath that had been holding without realisation.
"Can someone explain it to me? I don't really catch up with it." Sugar asked and Lauren, Artie and Mike feed up the Irish witch.
"So there will be two newborns?" Sugar asked.
"It should be the case." Santana said as they stopped at the hospital. Flint was already waiting for them at the main gate.
"Where are they? Take us to them!" Brittany cried as soon as they got off the car.
"I will. Uhm. Who are you?" Flint said as he spotted Sugar.
"My cousin from Ireland, Sugar Mason. A Witch and she lend the Mirror to us." Lauren said.
Flint nodded.
"Come with me." He said and the group rushed to the special ward.
"I got it." Flint said as he burst into the room. The Six NDs got in and inhaled sharply as they saw the scene in front of their eyes. The Warblers were all sad, you could see it from their eyes. Those eyes which were usually dancing with the fire of life were now dull from tiredness, sadness and guilt.
Brittany and Tina went to Kurt. The young vampire was sitting next to Sebastian. His head was hanging low, hiding his face. Brittany slowly approached him.
"Dolphin?" She asked cautiously and Kurt looked up at her. Tear streaks were still fresh on his cheeks.
"Oh, poor dolphin. Come here." Brittany said and pulled her in a hug. Tina hugged him too.
"Mirror. Mirror. Oh Great Mirror of the Truth. Please tell us who are responsible for hurting our brothers Logan, Joseph, Tory, Addison, Kurt and Hunter? And who rammed into their car?" Flint hoisted the mirror up in the air as he spoke. The mirror brightened and everyone looked up at the magical mirror. Then without warning, the mirror spoke, in a deep but distant voice.
"It's the McKinley jocks. Both incidents are done by the same group of people. They have planned this since they were kicked off the team and expelled from school. Dear wizard." The mirror said and everyone gasped. The light emitting from the mirror died out and everyone was shocked, completely frozen. Then, the loud bang of the opening door snapped everyone out of their startle.
"Wha…" Rock asked but Sebastian cut him off.
"Kurt's gone!" The green-eyed vampire cried and everyone noticed that Kurt was not here. They turned to look at the opened door.
"Oli. Do you know where will he go?" Wes asked his mate frantically.
Olivia looked into the white wall, her eyes suddenly widened.
"He flipped the humanity switch." Olivia said, gazing into space and everyone gasped in horror. "He is going after them. He promised blood and death. He is going to turn a party into a massacre."
"I need to find him!" Sebastian said as he stood up.
"I'm going too. I can help tracking him." Thad said and Fred, Blaine, Wes and David joined in. The six vampires disappeared in a whoosh of wind. Flint turned to look at Sugar.
"You helped us a lot, Miss Mason. We can't express how grateful we are." Flint said, the remaining people in the ward nodded and Sugar blushed.
"You're welcome. And please, call me Sugar. You are my cousin Lauren's friends, and her friends are my friends too." She said.
Kurt was running in an inhuman speed, everything was a blur around him. He felt nothing, nothing in his mind, nothing except fury and hatred. They did this. Those little losers HURT his brothers. They had violated their promise and it was time for them to pay! Above him, clouds began to gather and lightning was flashing within the swirling clouds. Thunders were roaring.
The McKinley jocks were gathering in Dave's house. Dave's parents were off the country and they had the house all to themselves. Now, they were celebrating the success of their revenge.
"Hey, Dave. Drink this, for whipping out those prep school faggots." Azimio said as he handed Dave a drink.
"Thanks, Z." Dave said and took the drink from his partner in crime.
"Guys! Let's cheer for the success of our mission, and our friends who were still in the hospital." Dave said and toasted his cup, so did everyone in the house. "Cheers, ev-"
Dave never finished that sentence as the light suddenly went out, leaving the house pitch black.
"What the heck?" Norman, the one who ran his car into the Warblers' one, asked.
"Just a blackout. Hackman, can you get us some-"
"Bang!"
Everyone turned to look at the door. Someone or something was banging the door.
"Who is it?" Dave asked, but no one answered.
"Bang!"
The noise came again.
"Who the hell are you? Stop disturbing us!" Dave shouted.
"Bang!"
The noise just continued and the jocks started to freak out. Azimio took out his father's pistol and pointed at the door.
"Bang!"
The door was going to be detached from its hinges. The jocks began to back down.
"Whoever you are, stop this right now." Azimio demanded, but his hands were shaking. Sweat appeared on his forehead. The other jocks were shaking.
Silence. There was a moment of eerie silence, like the one banging the door had suddenly disappeared. Then, without warning…
"BOOM!"
The door finally gave in, the hinges broke free from the wall and the heavy wooden door collapsed. A huge gust of wind swept in the house, stirring up dust and blowing off the lamps and pictures hanging on the wall. When the dust cleared, the jocks saw a dark slender frame standing outside. Then, a lightning cracked over the sky, illuminating the figure. All the colours on the jocks' faces drained.
"No… No! It can't be!" Marcus whispered in fear.
"It can't be. He… He is…" Azimio stuttered, the pistol dropped to the ground as the figure stepped into the house.
"He… He is… Dead! Ghost! Save us!" Dave screamed and ran to the stairs, the group followed behind him. But just as he was going to reach the stairs, the figure was in front of them, waiting. Screaming, they turned to the door, but they couldn't get out. It looked like there was a thick layer of ice freezing at the door, sealing it off completely. The same went for the windows. They were trapped.
"Wait… Wait! We can explain!" Azimio squeaked as the figure came towards them.
"What did I tell you?" The figure asked.
"Thad! Are you sure he is going this way?" Sebastian said as they raced towards Lima.
"I'm pretty sure. Trust me." The short vampire replied.
"Can you get faster? We don't know whether we can make it or not?" Fred said.
"Shut up! Don't say those ominous words." David said.
"Please, spirits of the earth and sky! Please don't let it be too late." Blaine prayed as they ran.
"We will make it! Have trust on us!" Sebastian said as he remembered his talk with Kurt.
**FLASHBACK**
"I still have nightmares. Back in the fight in the graveyard. What if Luke succeeded? I can't live without you. I can't endure the pain and suffering brought by your leaving." Sebastian said and Kurt looked at him.
"You know he failed and I will never leave you." Kurt said gently.
Sebastian pulled him into a hug. Kurt hugged him back too.
"I know. But I want to protect you. But what if I can't?" He said.
"Our family and friends will help." Kurt said. "And I can protect myself too. I killed Luke, remember?"
"Kurt." Sebastian said but was shushed by Kurt.
"You can trust them. And if you have no one else to trust, trust here." He trailed his hand down to Sebastian's chest. "Trust your heart. Trust me. Trust us."
They looked at each other before they kissed again. After a while, they both drifted off to the land of dreams, in each other's embrace.
**END OF FLASHBACK**
"Please. Kurt, don't do anything rash." Sebastian muttered to himself.
"What did I tell you in the corridor?" The figure, Kurt, hissed.
"Wh… What?" Dave whimpered.
"I told you that I will drain you dry alive if your hurt my family." Kurt hissed. "No matter where you hide, I will find you and end your life slowly and unbearably painful. I have warned you before but you still did it. You are going to pay."
The thunder storm was still raging on the outside. What happened next made the jocks drowned in fear. Suddenly, red clouded Kurt's normally glasz irises. His skin became paler than usual. Blue veins were showing up in his neck. The gums were pulling back and his fangs were elongating. The jocks screamed and ran. But Kurt, being a vampire, was much too fast for them. He grabbed Hackman, the slowest one, and punched him in the face, knocking him cold. Then he grabbed Norman's arm and easily broke the bones. The cry of pain made Kurt laugh, a chilling laugh like the Joker in Batman. He kicked at Azimio's legs and broke it without effort. Then finally, Dave, who became like a piece of jelly, shaking at the corner. Grinning, Kurt grabbed the meaty jock. He grabbed the jock's arm, closing his hand slowly. The sound of the bones being crushed rang and Dave screamed.
"This is for Logan!" Kurt hissed. He then turned to break his other arm.
"This is for Tory!" He said, his voice rising higher.
He then punched Dave at the ribs, cracking a few of them.
"This is for Addison!" Kurt was shouting now. And his hand reached Dave's neck.
"And this!" Kurt bellowed as he held tight on his prey's neck. "Is for Joseph!"
Kurt slowly closed his fist and Dave closed his eyes too, waiting death to take him.
But before Kurt could snap Dave's neck, an arm grabbed on his arm.
"Kurt." Sebastian said. "Don't. You don't wanna do this."
"No, Seb. I have made it clear that I will kill them if they hurt my family. They deserved the pain after what they gave to my brothers." Kurt hissed, not looking at him. "Now let go."
"No." Sebastian said firmly.
"I said let go!" Kurt shouted and Dave whimpered.
"And I said no!" Sebastian roared, but there isn't rage in his voice, it was worry. "Please, Kurt. I told you. You are an angel to me. You don't kill, no matter how hostile the world is, you never do anything this violent. This is the Kurt I love, and the Kurt we all love. Think of the Warblers, Artie, Mike, Lauren, Santana and Brittany, especially Brittany. She won't want you to stain your hand with blood. Remember your family: Daniel, Emily, Alan, Catherine, Justine, Olivia and us. Your family doesn't want you to become a murderer. And me! The Kurt I love is a sweet, courageous and understanding person. And your mom, your mom had always been so proud of you. She is still watching over you, don't do anything that will make her cry or break her heart. Come back! Give me back my Kurt!"
Sebastian was crying when he finished. No one moved in the house, not Thad, Blaine, David, Fred and Wes, not the fallen jocks, even Dave stopped his whimpering. Slowly, the rage burning in Kurt's soul went out. The fangs shrunk back, the blue veins disappeared as the skin colour became back to normal and the blood-red iris faded back to glasz. Kurt lowered his hand and released Dave who immediately dropped to the floor and gasped for breath. Kurt swayed and his knees soon gave in. He collapsed into Sebastian's firm arms. The six vampires let out a relieved breath. They made it. They brought Kurt back.
"Seb?" Kurt croaked, looking up.
"Welcome back, Kurtie." Sebastian said weakly, looking back at him and Kurt hid himself in his mate's chest and burst into tears. Sebastian just hugged him tight.
"Seb! I'm… I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!" Kurt cried and Sebastian just hugged him even tighter.
"Don't. Don't be. There's nothing for you to sorry for. Shh... Don't cry. I'm here. Don't cry. Smile. Always smile. You looked the best when you smile." Sebastian cooed, hugging Kurt tight while Kurt kept on muttering apologies.
After a while, Kurt looked up from Sebastian's chest, his red puffy eyes met the red-rimmed ones from Blaine, David, Fred, Thad and Wes. The five vampires ran forward and joined the hug.
"We've got you Kurt. We love you." They muttered. Kurt nodded and fresh tears streamed down.
After a few minutes of silent hug, Wes looked up.
"Come on, let's go home." He said and Kurt looked at the jocks.
"Don't worry. We will handle them." Fred said and Kurt nodded.
Kurt got to his feet with the help of Sebastian and Blaine. Then, under the lead of Thad, they left. They left the place and people which almost made Kurt lost into the abyss of darkness behind.
Back in the hospital, Tory, Addison, Logan and Joseph were still in deep slumber while the rest of the room occupants were waiting anxiously. Would they make it? Would Kurt be back with them? Or would the sweet counter-tenor that they had known for so long be lost forever?
A knock on the door and Brittany rushed to open the door. Blaine came in, which was followed by Thad and Sebastian, and between the two vampires, was an exhausted Kurt. The people in the room sighed in relief as Tina and Brittany rushed forward to hug him. The Warblers and the NDs did the same and joined the group hug. When Wes, David and Fred had finished erasing the jocks' memory about Kurt and compelled them to confess themselves, they found a pile of teens lying on the floor, fast asleep.
Kurt and Sebastian were in the middle, still hugging each other tightly. The Warblers were encircling them, Brittany was asleep on Artie's lap, she was holding Santana's hand, who was leaning against Flint. The only one who was still awake in the room was Sugar. She smiled at them.
"Don't disturb them. They're tired." She mouthed to them. The three vampires smiled. Just then, Alan, Emily and Catherine showed up with Daniel. The group stared at Sugar confusingly. Wes hushed Alan, who was going to ask a question.
"Don't worry. She is Sugar, Lauren's cousin and a friend of us as well." Wes whispered and the group nodded in understanding.
"We will talk outside. Don't disturb their sleep. It has been a long day to them." Fred whispered and the seven Phillips and Sugar left the room. Before they left, David turned off the lights and gently closed the door, leaving the group of sleeping teens in their dreams.
TBC…
A.N.: Sugar! Here she comes. So how did you guys feel about me making Sugar and Rory be siblings and Lauren being their cousin? And as for the other NDs appearing in this chapter, Joe, Jake, Marley and Wade, what should I do with them? Do you have any ideas? ;)
By the way, violent Kurt is scary, *Shuddered* the jocks totally asked for it though. Oh my, Kurt is so close to do something he is going to regret later. Luckily he has Sebastian. ;) Sweet, loving Sebastian, he is the only who can bring a raging Kurt back.
Background Music I used here:
"Savages I"
"Savages II"
"Execution"
From "Pocahontas" by Alan Menken
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Answers to readers' reviews:
Eraman: So what are you feeling now? ;)
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SincerelyYourSecret: Yeah. It was intense. So what about this one? :D
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