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Chapter 15
"What am I supposed to do now, boss?", Brody asked the man who was sitting at his desk in his office. "First, sit down", the young man ordered his employee, pointing at the seat on the other side of the desk. Brody sat down. "You are really talented, Brody Weston", the man said. "Normally, others take many years, but you only needed a few months", he explained, crossing his arms. "And what are we going to do with the subject?", Brody wanted to know. The man smirked. "Patience is a virtue as you know. We have to be careful now or else, things could go wrong", he explained. "So if I got that right, I just have to…wait?", Brody asked incredulously. His boss nodded. "We need to do some preparations before we can take action. But you on the other hand need to act like you always do when you are around the subject. Continue dating her, stay close to her and make sure she doesn't leave the city", his boss ordered. Brody nodded. That sounded simple.
The following weekend, Rachel invited Brody over to her place for dinner with Kurt and Santana. The latter one was staring at Brody, cocking her head to the side. "So Brody…you never told us what your job is. Why the secretiveness?", she asked him, smirking a little bit evilly. Brody flinched slightly. -Seriously, Santana? You are scaring him. Stop it!-, Rachel said telepathically. -Oh please, don't tell me you didn't notice that he is hiding something from you, Berry. As a self-proclaimed bitch, I recognize one on first sight-, Santana retorted. -You guys are unbelievable! Do I have to hear all of your fights in my head too, now?-, Kurt complained. Brody, unaware of the discussion of the others, finally seemed to find an answer. "I…I work at an office", he simply said. Santana folded her hands. "Interesting. Well, according to my acquaintances, you used to have another kind of job, like…selling physical services. Did you enjoy humping your dance teacher?", she winked mischievously. Kurt almost choked on his green tea. Rachel incredulously looked over to Brody. "Is that true, Brody?", she asked his boyfriend with eyes wide open. He bashfully looked down the floor. "That's the reason why I didn't want to talk about it. I was not really proud of this job or this time, that's why I quit it and searched for another one", he admitted. -Well…I really didn't see that one coming…-, Kurt said. Santana looked over to him with a smug face expression. -I told you so. But you never listen to wise Auntie Snixx. That guy is not only a lying son of a bitch but also a man whore. Who knows what else this bastard is hiding…-, she said. Rachel angrily got up. "Will you stop talking like that about Brody!?", she yelled at the Latina. Brody looked confused whereas Santana and Kurt paled. "Ehhmm…Rachel, Santana didn't say anything…", Kurt pointed out. -Well, at least not out loud-, he added. Rachel looked back and forth between her friends and her boyfriend, panic was written all over her face as realization dawned on her. Without another word, she stormed to her room and slammed the door shut. Brody also got up and followed her. "Rachel, wait!", he shouted. Kurt angrily looked over to Santana. "Was that really necessary?", he asked her and left the kitchen with his cup of tea. Santana looked over to the set table. Nobody had touched his or her food. "Well…more food for me then", she grinned to herself. "But I don't trust that guy. I will keep an eye on him…", she mumbled and bit into her pita bread.
Time passed and the next holidays were just around the corner. All of the NDs wanted to return to Lima to see their high school friends and family again and to help Finn manage the new glee club. Well, almost all of them. Rachel still refused to talk to Finn after they broke up and Kurt didn't have a reason to return to his home city either because Blaine was visiting relatives in Wisconsin with his family, Carole and Finn had to work all day and Burt was in Washington. Currently, Kurt and Adam, one of his friends at NYADA, left the cinema after having watched a movie. "I'm so disappointed in this movie. 'Les Misérables' should have been epic with Hollywood stars, but that was just…meh", Adam just complained. Kurt laughed. "That's nothing new. Hollywood is famous for its terrible remakes of musicals. Which awesome musical are they going to ruin next? Cats?", Kurt said, cocking one eyebrow. This time it was Adam's turn to laugh. "I really enjoy spending time with you", he said earnestly. Kurt sighed. Time to confess him something. "So do I, Adam. You see, in another universe I would love to date you. But I still love Blaine and I'm willing to give our relationship another chance", he said apologetically. Adam nodded understandingly. "I totally get it, you're already someone else's. This Blaine guy can consider himself lucky" His smile was forced. "But we can still hang out as friends, right?", Kurt asked. "Of course, of course", Adam stammered. Kurt linked arms with him. "Good. Otherwise it would be a shame because the two of us get along very well", he said happily. 'Apparently not well enough', Adam thought bitterly.
On the other side of the city, Rachel and Brody were walking on the streets of NYC with linked hands after their dinner at an Italian restaurant. Although it was almost 11 pm, the streets were still pretty crowded, and many shops were still open. Rachel sighed contentedly. She really loved that city. "And you are sure you don't want to return to Lima during holidays? Not just because I convinced you to stay here?", Brody asked his girlfriend. Rachel shook her head. "I would've stayed in New York anyway. You see, I'm not quite ready to see my ex again. On top of that, my dads are on business trips, so I don't really have a reason to go back to Ohio", she answered. Brody nodded slowly. "You didn't plan anything for your holidays? This are going to be two long weeks…", he mumbled. Rachel shrugged. "No problem. I can do some work for NYADA, then I won't have too much to do in the next term", she explained. "But don't overwork yourself, Rachel. I don't want you to burn out due to too much work", Brody said apprehensively. "Oh please, Brody. Hard work is my second name!", the petite brunette joked. Both of them laughed. Brody lead his girlfriend away from the main street into a side street which was dark and sinister. "Ermm Brody, where are we going?", Rachel asked him. "Oh, don't worry. This is just a shortcut. We will be at your apartment in no time", Brody reassured his girlfriend. "Okay. I trust you with that." Brody flinched slightly. Rachel didn't deserve what was about to happen to her. Why didn't he continue working as a prostitute? At this job, people had come to him because they wanted to, not the other way around. "Brody? I feel so tired all of a sudden…", Rachel suddenly mumbled. When her legs gave in, Brody caught her and easily lifted her in his arms, bridal style. "I'm so sorry, Rachel, but I have to do that…", he said apologetically and carried her to the car he had parked in the street hours ago. The brunette looked up to him, panic was written all over her face. "What are you up to? Oh no, Santana was right about you, she knew you were no good…", she mumbled, visibly forcing her eyes to stay open. She struggled to free herself from Brody's grip, but was too weakened. "Did you use knockout drops? Like Sebastian used them on Kurt?", Rachel slurred. Brody scrunched his nose up in confusion. "What are you talking about? Who is Sebastian?", he asked. Rachel was about to answer when she saw a familiar figure passing the side street. "KURT! HELP, HE WANTS TO KIDNAP ME!", she screamed as loud as she could. Brody immediately covered her mouth and walked faster towards his van.
Kurt turned on his heels and looked down the dark side street. "Rachel?", he shouted. But he didn't get an answer. Maybe his mind played a trick on him. Kurt squinted towards the darkness. He thought he had seen someone, so he rushed down the street, turning on the flashlight of his phone. But he was too late. He heard the engine of a car and quickly hid behind a dumpster. When the car was passing him and he looked into the windshield, he froze. "Brody?", he whispered, shocked. Why would he kidnap Rachel?
Finn proudly sipped his coffee in the already empty teachers' lounge. Although it was late in the evening, he wanted to make plans for the glee club rehearsals. Finding matching mentors for the new NDs was a great idea. Now, the kids all had a matching role model they could look up to. He started thinking. Maybe he really should go to college, then he could be a real teacher like Mr. Schue. Finn was pulled out of his reverie when his phone suddenly rang. He furrowed his eyebrows. Who would call him this late in the evening? "Hello?" "Finn…something happened…", a voice sobbed on the other end of the line. "Kurt?", Finn asked incredulously. "What is it? What happened?", he asked, concerned. If Kurt was crying, then it had to be really, really bad. "Rachel…I think Brody kidnapped her. She might be in danger", his stepbrother told him, still sobbing. Finn almost dropped his phone. "Did you tell the cops?", he asked. "No… I doubt that they would believe me. After all, you can't do anything unless Rachel went missing for 24 hours", Kurt reminded him. Finn checked his watch. "Look, I'm coming over", he decided. "You…what?", the chestnut-haired boy sniffed. "I can't leave you alone with this. Besides, Rachel is still important to me no matter what happened between the two of us", Finn said. "But what about glee club? There is no need for you to come to New York. Blaine is already on his way…", Kurt told his stepbrother. "If you really are right and Brody kidnapped her, then he might be dangerous, even if you are with Blaine. And tomorrow is going to be Friday before the holidays start in high school, the kids can survive one day without me", Finn retorted. Kurt sighed deeply. "You are really determined to save Rachel, aren't you?" Finn just laughed bitterly.
After they hung up, Finn decided to text Puck.
Finn: dude, sthg happened can u & Quinn pls take care of the glee kidz 2morrow?
Puck: wtf happend?
Finn: long story…
Puck: if I have 2 take care of annoyin teens I deserve an explanation
Finn: Kurt thinks that Rachel was kidnapped
Puck immediately called Finn on his phone. "You serious? Someone kidnapped Berry? Who was it?", he asked. "Kurt has seen Brody taking her away with his car and until now, there is no life sign of her", Finn answered. "Maybe they are, you know, screwing right now…", Puck thought out loud. "Kurt told me that he, Santana and Rachel always warn each other when they want to stay the night at another person's place. But he got nothing from Rachel. Besides, he had heard her call for help when that guy dragged her to a deserted side street", Finn told his best friend. "Tonight, there are no flights to New York, but tomorrow in the morning, I will be gone" "And you are expecting me to stay here and chill? No way! I'm going to come with you", Puck said, determined. "Puck, dude, that's not…" "Oh, save your breath, Hudson. If you want to kick Weston's ass, then we have to do it together. I mean, that's what best buddies are for, right? And to be honest, Rachel may be annoying from time to time, but she is something like a sister to me." Finn sighed deeply. He was too tired to talk Puck out of this. "Alright, alright, I will text you the details of the flight…"
A/N: Well, that escalated quickly...
Stay tuned...
