Sam opened the door hesitantly to the TARDIS, and stepped out. He took a second to take stock of his surroundings. Suddenly, the area around him exploded with applause. He realized that he was in an auditorium – and the place was packed. He looked around desperately, trying to see if Ben was around. He couldn't see him anywhere in the crowd.

Sighing, he walked out further, moving towards the center of the stage. The Dalton Academy Warblers filed out of the TARDIS, and when Blaine walked out, the very last, the applause grew even louder.

Huh. So they liked Blaine here. Figures.

Blaine walked over to stand next to Sam, and the Warblers made a grid behind them. They all looked to him to ask if he was ready to start, and he nodded.

The Warblers always managed to amaze him with their ability to replicate techno noises – they made a great backing for him. Swaying gently, they made a surreal beat behind him. He heard them gently begin to sing the parts of the backup singers to the song – Kurt had found some kind of music room, and they'd rehearsed this performance. He wanted to open with a song by himself, before doing a duet with Ben when he (inevitably) won his heart again. They softly sang the beginning of the words.

The music's no good without you, baby
The music's no good at all
The music's no good without you, baby
Come back to me

There was more backing before he took the floor by himself.

Everyone was watching
You were the freakiest thing on show
Dazzle in the crystal ball
They all love to watch it glow
You were the center of attention
The eye of the storm
A whirlwind from outer space
Like a twister on the scene

He started to sing the rest, but he noticed another, more powerful voice singing with him.

The music's no good without you, baby
The music's no good at all
The music's no good without you, baby
Come back to me

He looked around frantically – that was Ben, he was sure of it. Where was he? He didn't sing the next verse, choosing to use Ben's voice to find him. Instead, he didn't sing anything. The Warblers continued to harmonize for a moment before everything cut off. Sam was looking at all the seats, trying to find Ben. Everyone looked pretty much the same – they were all in uniforms. His eyes moved around the room desperately, but he wasn't anywhere.

The auditorium was completely silent. Nobody was making a noise. Everyone was looking around, trying to see if they could spot Ben anywhere, but everyone who looked at him just let their eyes pass over him.

The voice started soft and quiet.

The music's no good without you, Sammy
The music's no good at all
The music's no good without you baby
Come back to me

Blaine echoed his "Come back to me," very softly, and then it was silent again.

Ben stepped forward, into the light of the auditorium, and out of the doorway. "S-S-S…Sam?" he stuttered, a tear rolling down his right cheek slowly.

Sam smiled, nodding furiously.

"I never… I never thought I'd see you again."

"Well… you though wrong." Sam said simply, and Ben nodded.

"For god's sake, just kiss him already!" Santana yelled, but everyone shushed her.

"You look fantastic."

"Thank you. I might feel a bit stuffy in this uniform," Ben said, sweeping his eyes downwards to assess himself, pulling down his jumper and straightening his jacket. "But it gives me the freedom to not have to worry about dressing any time other than the weekend, so I'll survive in the long term."

"I'll bet you've been keeping well."

"Yeah." Ben nodded. "I think I have."

Sam gave him a confused look.

"There is one thing, though. I have the most shocking…" his voice trailed off as he brought his hand in front of his face. "…cuticles."

His eyes widened, and he flipped his hand around to see – there were in all, about 15 tally marks on it, and a long slash mark down his wrist.

"You have GOT to be kidding me." He brought his hand down, and looked back to the stage. Behind the glee clubs were, suddenly, ten of the Silence. All closing in on Sam. Ben's eyes widened, and some people screamed. "Sam, whatever you do, do not turn around."

Sam nodded, gulping. "What is it?" he asked, afraid. "What's behind me?"

"Nothing to be afraid of," Ben said, but obviously didn't believe that. He reached a hand into his pocket, and pulled out a mobile phone calmly. "Everyone in this room needs to remain calm and follow a level seven lockdown. Immediately."

His principal and all the other teachers began ushering people out. Some of the Warblers had turned around, and, frightened, run back into the TARDIS.

Most of them made it.

The entire McKinley glee club, and about half of the Warblers, remained looking resolutely forwards, not daring to glance backwards.

"I need a team of Elephant level combatants in this room immediately. And I need you to cover the perimeter. After the students have left this room, you make sure that nobody gets in or out." He paused. "What do you mean the Elephants are in Norway? I need them here yesterday." He paused again. "Fine, but you owe me a new uniform. The last one got Silent blood all over it and you know how hard it is to get that off." He slipped the phone back into his pocket, and clapped his hands together, making a gun. He pointed it at the Silence vaguely. "I borrowed this gun from River. She has the best weapon collection for an imprisoned convict that I've ever come across."

A Silent took Sam into a headlock, but he still didn't turn around. He struggled and gasped for air. "Would you push us to kill the man that you love?"

Ben just squared his jaw, and held the gun defiantly. "You made this happen," he said simply. With that, he fired, and hit the Silent straight in the middle of the forehead, knocking it back and killing it instantly.

The rest of the Silence started to attack the rest of the group, and they all ran towards the doors. One of them hit Puck in the leg and he fell, yelling and tumbling to the ground as he neared the top of the auditorium.

Ben made his way nimbly to the front of the hall, shooting whilst somersaulting, spinning and vaulting his way down different levels of seats. He took down two more of the Silence, and as he got to the middle of the stage, found himself surrounded. The remaining seven were in a circle around him. He knew that if he made a move, the rest would pounce on him.

He held the gun, and turned around, seeing Sam at the door to the auditorium. "I love you," he said simply, and shot the gun. One of the Silence came down, dead. Two more began to spread their arms, channeling lightening.

Ben pulled a sword out of his jacket, the gleaming red katana that Sam remembered the Keeper of the Axis keeping him in check with, and began to swipe with one hand elegantly, still holding the gun in the other. He decapitated two more of the silence, and took off a pair of one of their hands, cutting of it's flow of electricity before stabbing it deep in the gut.

He three more of them, and there was only one left. "You will pay for what you have done today."

"Yes, that's true," Ben accepted, "but so will the rest of your people. We know you've been looking for me, gathering around this city since I got back."

"You flatter yourself," the Silent replied, and they both circled each other like lions waiting to pounce.

"Sure I do. But at least I'll be around to keep flattering myself in the morning." With that, he fired the gun right into the Silent's head, and it toppled to a heap in the ground, dead.

Ben took a look around, surveying the stage. It was littered with ten dead alien bodies, and the dead bodies of two of the Warblers. Ben walked over to them, and placed a hand over their heads. One by one, both of the boys disappeared.

"What did you do?" asked Wes from the top of the auditorium.

"Relax. I saved their lives. The time streams have been messed up, and I'm the pathway between them. I just corrected their futures. Neither of them were ever meant to come here, so I made it that they didn't. They're home now, safe and sound."

Puck groaned in pain, and Ben raced to the top of the auditorium. Sam was holding Puck's leg, trying to stifle the bleeding, but he'd been hit bad. "There's not much I can do for you, however, Puckzilla." Puck chuckled a little, and winced as Ben put his hand over his leg.

"If I tried to do to you what I did to them, there's a good chance I'll just send your leg back and then you'll be one-legged. Some of you guys need to take him outside and find some medics."

They all nodded, and Lauren, accompanied by a couple of the Warblers, carried Puck outside the auditorium.

Ben looked up into Sam's eyes for a moment, and smiled broadly. He looked down for a moment, and groaned. "Silent blood! Yuck!"

"Sorry, can you help me?" Sam asked innocently, and Ben nodded. "I'm looking for your twin brother, you know, the one who isn't an insanely sexy badass alien hunter?"

Ben laughed and held out his hand for Sam to hold. Sam instead put both of his hands at the nape of Ben's neck and pulled him in for a deep, passionate kiss. Some of the people from the glee club gave a quick wolf whistle.

"Yeah. Definitely sexy," he said, when they pulled apart, and Ben blushed, embarrassed. "Now, I made a promise, and I need to keep it."