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Chapter 19
Finn desperately looked over to Brody. "Let Rachel go, okay, man? You can take me instead, but please release her", he begged. The mermaid hunter looked unimpressed. "Why would I be interested in you?", he snorted. -Finn, stop it. If Brody finds out about you, you will be in danger as well!- , Rachel warned. -If there is a way to get you out of here, then I have to try-, Finn insisted. He looked Brody in the eyes. "You want a merperson? Take me", he said bravely. Brody looked at him - and started laughing, much to Finn's and Rachel's surprise. "You are a merman? Nice try. No offence, but I would've noticed it", the mermaid hunter snorted. Finn incredulously cocked his head to the side. "You don't believe me?", he asked, stunned. "How can I? You see, I've observed merpeople quite a long time. When they are in danger, they use their powers, like your friend over there did", he explained and pointed at the Pamela, who was still lying on the floor, unconscious. Finn looked down. "Actually, I don't know what my powers are. I doubt that I even have some", he mumbled, ashamed. Brody laughed even louder. "A merperson without powers? Oh please, you must be kidding me, right?", he giggled. Finn confusedly watched Brody while he cracked up. Finally, the mermaid hunter composed himself, wiping some of his tears of laughter away. "Enough of that. Thank you for making me laugh like that, you made my day", he chuckled and retrieved a gun from his belt. "I totally forgot that I have another weapon. But now, I have to leave, and I will take Rachel with me", he said slowly, pointing the gun at Finn. "What are you going to do with her?", Finn wanted to know. Brody shrugged. "I don't know, ask our scientists. I think they are going to cut her open or rip out more of her scales for analysis", he said as if it was normal. Finn flinched and anxiously looked over to Rachel, but she just nodded reassuringly. -Its okay, Finn. As long as those people don't hurt those I care about, I'm ready to sacrifice myself.- "No its not okay!", Finn shouted. This was not how it was supposed to be. That Brody guy couldn't just get away with it. Why did the bad guys always win? It was not fair. Finn felt his anger well up. Along with this anger, an unfamiliar energy inside him built up. Something inside him told him to release that energy, so he did. Suddenly, a strong blast shook the entire building and a strong shock wave threw Brody to the floor, knocking him out. The shock wave caused the tank's glass to shatter into shards and the water ran down the floor, causing Rachel to fall down. "Rachel!", Finn shouted and ran over to her, carefully avoiding the water. "Finn, silly", the brunette reprimanded her ex, but smiled faintly. Finn carefully kneeled down without getting wet, quickly took off his jacket and covered Rachel with it who was wearing nothing but her top. "Finn! Rachel! There you are!", Tina shouted. Both of them turned around. Tina, Puck and Gwen were heading to their direction. "How did you know I was here?", Rachel asked them. "Kurt told Artie and then, he sent us here", Puck explained. Gwen looked over to Pamela and Brody lying on the floor, unconscious. "What the hell happened here?", she wanted to know. "Finn discovered his powers", Rachel said proudly. The doctor retrieved some ropes from her backpack and tied Brody up. Then, she walked over to Pamela and examined the dart which was still stuck in her thigh. "That dart contains narcotic substances. Pam will wake up soon, don't worry.", she reassured the gleeks. "But she needs medical help now, as a precaution. I will take care of that" She nodded to Puck. "You have a lot of muscles, so please carry her to my car, I have a first aid kit. Rachel, after you dried off, come to my car too and I will have a look at you." With that, she walked away with the mohawk-haired boy who held the blonde in his arms. "Where are the others?", Finn asked Tina, who was busy drying Rachel's tail. "Mike, Sam, Quinn and Alice take care of the other mermaid hunters in this building, but those people are no match to Brody as far as I know. Blaine and Brittany are helping Kurt because he texted that he needed help or something.", Tina answered. Finn frowned. They had defeated Brody, one of the dangerous hunters, so why did his brother still need help?
"My life sucks", Santana whined and flicked her orange tailfin. Kurt rolled his eyes. "Tell me something I don't know." "Guys! Stop it!", Mercedes ordered her friends. "We need to figure out how we get out of here." Santana looked around. "How? We can't use our powers, the floor is wet as fuck thanks to the sprinklers and we are locked in.", she said bitterly. Kurt looked up. "Do you hear that? Voices! But not just any voices!", he said happily when he recognized Brittany's and Blaine's. "Help!", Mercedes screamed, dragged herself to the door and hammered against it. Santana followed suit. "Mercedes? Santana?", Blaine said from outside. "Use your powers to open the door! Inside, our powers are blocked!", Kurt shouted. The door clicked and shortly after, Blaine and Brittany entered. "Fucking finally!", Santana sighed. The blonde and the dark-haired boy dragged their friends to the hallway, where they were able to use their powers again to dry off their tails. "Tina texted me that they found Rachel and that they have tied up Brody. Finn somehow knocked him out with his powers", Blaine told his friends. Kurt's eyes widened. "I've felt a tremble, so that was him?" Brittany nodded. "Apparently, he can create shockwaves or something like that." When his legs reappeared, Kurt got up. "I'm happy for Finn. He has finally discovered his powers.", he sighed contentedly. Santana nodded approvingly. "Shockwaves, heh? I have to admit I'm a little bit jealous", she laughed. Mercedes looked around anxiously. "Can we please get out now? This place is giving me the creeps", she admitted. The group of five quickly went down the stairs - and ran straight into Finn. Kurt went to him and glared daggers. "So much for lone fighter. Why didn't you contact us after you have found Rachel? What if you didn't discover your powers in time? What the hell were you thinking?", he said angrily. Finn looked down. "Yeah, sorry about that. When I saw Rachel was hurt, my brain stopped working", he admitted bashfully. "When was it ever working?", Santana mumbled under her breath. Kurt sternly looked at his brother. "I can imagine. But don't do this ever again, okay?" Finn nodded obediently. "Yes, sir", he joked.
The six of them were about to leave the building when another person stepped in front of the exit. "Do you want to leave already?", Adam asked. Kurt glared at him. "Give it up, Adam. Our friends already took care of your minions." The British student lifted his hands in surrender. "Actually, I'm here to suggest a truce. Mermaid hunting was never really appealing to me and I'm not really good at it either as you have noticed." Blaine skeptically quirked his triangularly shaped eyebrows. "Why the sudden change of heart? Because you are defeated?", he asked. Adam sighed. "Its not sudden, actually. I've always thought about an alliance between mermaid hunters and mermaids, but my parents talked me out of it. After I have seen how my people treated Rachel and the other captured merpeople, I was shocked. You see, I was always in my office, without seeing how they were actually treated.", he explained. "My parents are getting older and I will take over the business soon. I will make sure that hunters and merpeople will work together and put an end to that long-lasting hostility, I promise. We can help you with our technologies and you can help us with your powers", Adam suggested. Santana angrily balled her fists. She was still pissed because he had trapped her. "And you expect us to believe you? Forget it!" She was about to lift her hands and attack Adam with her powers, but Finn stopped her. "Santana, chill." He took one step towards Adam. "And how do we know we can trust you?", he asked him. "I have a lot of mermaid hunters here in New York woking for me. They could've been here in no time to take you down, but I didn't call any of them. As you've noticed, this place is still quite deserted", he answered. "That kind of makes senseā¦", Mercedes mumbled. "I will make sure that none of the hunters will harass you, Brody included, okay?", Adam promised. Finn balled his hands. "I would like to kick that guy's ass anyway after what he had done to Rachel", he growled. Kurt patted his shoulder. "I think you already did with your powers. Let it be, Finn. You are one of the good guys, remember?", he said softly. Finn groaned, but nodded. "So we have a deal?", Adam asked and held out his hand. Kurt took it and they shook hands. "Deal.", he said. Santana glared at him. "And don't even think about breaking it, Crawford, or I will make sure you will never see the light of the next day", she threatened. Adam nodded. "Don't worry. I am a man of his word."
The gleeks and Adam parted ways when the former mermaid hunter went to his car and drove away. "Guys, please wait for me, I forgot something in the building", Finn said to his friends and headed back inside. He went straight to the main hall where Brody was still lying, but Adam had untied the ropes in the meantime. Finn kneeled down and shook him. Brody blinked, quickly sat up and looked around. "Where is Rachel?", he asked immediately. "In safety.", Finn simply answered. "Listen, Brody, you will never, ever go near Rachel again, do you understand? Don't harass her, don't talk to her and don't even look at her. If you don't do what I say, then I will come over to New York and kill you with my bare hands. You know what my powers are, and you don't want to know how dangerous they can be when I'm at my worst, do you, now?", he growled . Brody shook his head, intimidated. Finn got up. "Good. You know, I initially wanted to beat the crap out of you, but I promised my stepbrother not to do it because I'm supposed to be better than you scumbag. It's indeed your lucky day, Weston." He wanted to walk away, but Brody grabbed his arm. "Don't tell me what to do", he hissed. Finn angrily ripped his arm away and punched Brody in the jaw. The mermaid hunter fell down, finally defeated. "You better do what I say, are we clear? Stay away from my future wife!", Finn warned him before leaving the building.
A/N: Brody is defeated, yay! I hope you are not too disappointed, but I think it would be too OOC of Adam to be entirely evil. I actually liked him in the series (but Klaine is still my OTP)... So I solved it like that. Hope you liked it ;)
