Too Tough To Die

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Forty-year-old Noah Puckerman was walking in the jungle with a machine gun when he needed to take a leak. Then, before he could put Puckzilla back in his pants, a bag is over his head, and his clothes are ripped from him as he feels a needle in his neck.

Later, when he wakes up, he finds that his hands are tied together above his head and that he has shackles on his ankles. Then the bag is taken off his head before a shock collar's put around his neck. Before long, someone puts their cock in his ass, and another guy is sucking Puckzilla. Noah tries to resist them, but the more he fights, the more he is shocked by the collar. When the collar stopped affecting him, someone started whipping him with a whip.

Noah knew he wasn't the only one tortured and could hear the others screaming. When the screaming stops, he sees all the bodies of the men in his unit laid out before him. Out of all the men, Noah was the biggest one. So, it was no surprise that he lasted longer.

Soon, Noah let the men rape him in exchange for food and water. He only got a break when he had to use the bathroom or when they gave him something to eat. They wouldn't let him sleep at all, and if he did, they would whip him with a whip until he awoke.

When he was finally allowed to sleep, he dreamt of seeing through his niece, two-year-old Liza Marie Anderson's eyes, and he would hear her yelling at her grandpa Burt or her dads saying, "Nono's alive! Call Queenie! Please, call!"

Then he hears her speak clearer in her thoughts, saying, "Sorry, Nono, they think I'm just having nightmares. I'm trying here! I am!"

Noah's rescued three months later, and General Michael Young told Noah about Liza Marie's picture of the Hulk. That was being whipped with a whip by a stick man and about the numbers on it. Plus, Colonel Ryan Jamison figured out that the numbers were the latitude and longitude of where he was.

When Noah woke up in the hospital, Liza Marie sat on his chest. She yells at the others, "Told you, Nono, alive! I told you he got whipped! I told you, like Jesus! Meanies, listen, next time!" Liza Marie cries as she lays her head on his chest before Noah puts his hand on her back.

Then he looked at Kurt and Blaine before saying, "Can I talk to you guys and Mr. H., alone?"

Then Liza Marie says, "No, Nono, staying here!" Then she put her head against his, and he heard her thoughts again as she asked, "Do you want to tell them about the bad men hurting your butt?"

Noah shook his head no and cried as he said, "I have to tell them, Liza Marie." Then he looked at the men as he held Liza Marie and asked, "Does Quinn know what happened to me?"

Burt answered Noah saying, "No, but I do. I made General Young tell me, Puck."

Soon, Kurt is looking from Burt to Noah before saying, "What else happened to Puck?"

Then Liza Marie blurted out, "Bad men, hurt butt!"

Before Noah screams, "I got raped, Kurt!" Then he looked at Blaine, yelling, "That's what your daughter was having nightmares about!"

The room was quiet after that, and Quinn came back in with Rachel, who said, "Santana left to go yell at General Young, and she wanted me to tell you she'll be back later."

Noah didn't believe that and said, "Come on, Rach, I'm pretty sure Satan didn't tell you that, and no, I am not gay now."

Soon Rachel is stuttering, and Blaine says, "See, Rachel, you are crazy! I know Puck is like Burt, but come on! I am surprised that Quinn isn't yelling at you right now!"

Then Kurt sees the look on Quinn's face and says, "God, Quinn, Puck is your husband, and Blaine is mine! God, you both are crazy!"

Soon Kurt is storming out of the room, and Burt says, "Quinn, How could you think that Puck being raped would turn him gay?" Quinn looked at Noah before saying, "I'm sorry, Puck."

Noah looks at Liza Marie as she gets mad and yells, "Nono person, Meanie Queenie! Your person! He married you! Loves you! Not Dada! Not Papa! Too tough! To Die! You're breaking his heart! Mama Rachel, stupid meanie! Put thoughts! Queenie's head! All go! Leave us."

Then Noah looked at the others and said, "You heard her! Leave us the hell alone!"

Blaine was the last to leave and looked at Noah as he said, "Really sorry, Puck. I'll be outside if you or Liza Marie needs anything. She can't stay here with you alone."

Noah flips him off before he leaves, and they hear Burt say, "I got this, son, just go home." Noah turns his back to the door as he holds a sleeping Liza Marie.

When Burt comes back in, he says, "Puck, give it time, and you were right. Santana left because Rachel made a joke about this turning you gay. I didn't find it funny, nor did Quinn, nor did Kurt and Blaine."

When Noah woke up again, he saw Burt and Liza Marie asleep on the couch in his room. Plus, Quinn is sleeping in the chair next to his bed. He smiled and grabbed his cell phone, taking a picture of Burt and Liza Marie. Before sending it to Kurt and Blaine with the message, "I love Liza Marie, but I don't want to be her Papa. Ha, her godfather maybe, but not her Papa! I love Quinn too much to do that to her! By the way, I would rather starve to death. Then let those assholes fuck me in exchange for food and water! Which I don't want to do ever again! I know this information is going to end my military career. But right now, I don't give a shit! I am not planning on going back after what happened to me! I would rather work at Burt's shop than have people knowing I got raped! I sold myself to the MILF's to keep Sarah from being put in a foster home, and I sold myself to live! God, Ma, was right! I am a Man Whore!" Soon, Noah was crying as he turned off his cell phone. He wakes up Liza Marie, who climbs into bed with him.

Noah woke up in the morning to find Blaine and Quinn sitting at a table and Liza Marie sleeping beside him. As soon as they notice he is awake, he asks, "Where is Kurt?"

Blaine says, "With Burt talking to Sarah. The doctor told her what had happened to you, Puck. She stormed off, calling you a fag and a few other words. I am sure you don't want my daughter to overhear. I tried to talk to her, but she was pissing me off, so I came back here."

Then they heard Sarah scream, "You said it yourself, Kurtie. He let those men rape him! How the hell does that not make Puck gay now? My brother is a whore, and I'm through with him! Quinn is a fool for staying with him after that!"

Sarah's yelling wakes Liza Marie up, and she climbs out of Noah's hospital bed. Before storming out of the room and yelling, "Uncle Nono, not my dad! Bad men hurt his butt! Uncle Nono didn't want it! I dreamed, said no! He gave up so he'd live! Sarah, I told you, told everybody! Nobody listened! Sent picture! General Young! Finally, listens! Uncle Nono loves Queenie! Your brother is still family! My hero, love Nono! Go, leave, be stupid! Lose brother, lose me! No friends!" Soon, Liza Marie runs back into the room, crying as she climbs back into bed with Noah.

Sarah peeked into the room as Noah and Liza Marie flipped her off. Then they heard her say, "I'm sorry, I didn't know she dreamed of what happened to Puck."

Burt responds, "She told everybody from the day he went MIA! General Young was the first one she told with this picture that he sent me a copy of! What does this look like to you? Because it looks like the Hulk being raped and screaming! What is that word, Sarah?"

Before she says, "No, It says no! God!"

Soon someone is running down the hall, and Burt comes in and hands Noah the picture before saying, "He faxed this to my office at the shop last night. After I told him you were awake."

As he looks at the picture, he sees the numbers were circled and read, "This is how we found him. It is the latitude and longitude of where he was! Ryan had to tell me two months after I got this picture, and it took me a few days to get through the red tape! Tell Puck and Liza Marie I'm sorry."

Liza Marie was the one that balled up the paper and threw it across the room before saying, "Don't forgive! Look, Nono! See scars! Last night! Only night! Seep good! Uncle Nono, talk in seep! Bad dream! Me here! Kept calm! Me only! Not G'pa! Not Queenie! Me Savior! Only me! Had faith! Only me! Believe would find him! Only me! Believe alive! ONLY ME! ONLY ME! You here! Feel guilty! Me here! Because I love him! Queenie didn't even believe me! HIS WIFE! I'm not related; by blood! But believed! Would find!"

Then she breaks down before Noah says, "Burt stays! Everyone else can go! I can't be around any of you right now! That note on the paper proves to me Burt wanted answers, too! So, I forgive him!" Then he turned to Quinn and said, "My wife didn't believe I would get rescued?"

Soon Noah breaks down, and Liza Marie says, "Meanie Queenie, being stupid! All wake, see wrong! Don't worry."

Then they hear Santana say, "I woke up Liza Marie, and I'm sorry, Puck. You are still my best friend, and I'm not leaving. I just got here! So, I don't care if you don't forgive me! But I am sorry!"

Noah looks at Liza Marie, who says, "He forgives, Tana, stay. I forgive, Auntie She-Hulk."

Then Burt says, "Ha, am I G'pa Hulk, Liza Marie?"

Liza Marie giggles as she shakes her head, yes. Before Burt says, "I'll be right back, I think G' Pa Hulk needs to talk to the others, starting with Aunt Quinn."

As soon as the doors shut, they heard Burt say, "Quinn, I'm ashamed of you! You are Puck's wife, and I was the one trying to find out where your husband was! Like Liza Marie said, "Puck might not be my son, but I love him like one!"

Then Carole says, "Remember your heart, honey."

Burt says, "My heart is in there pissed off because it took three months to find hers! She may say she loves us all the same, but I know she loves Puck more than Quinn does! More than Beth, who still hasn't come to see Puck since he came home! God sent Liza Marie dreams of Puck tortured! Not Quinn, not Norah, not Sarah, not Beth!"

Burt started yelling at Blaine, saying, "You are her father! How could you not check and see if what she dreamed was real or not? I called General Young every day!"

Then he yells at Quinn again, saying, "That should have been you doing that! Not me! You know what, I can't do this. Puck was under the delusion that you all cared about him, and the one that cared about him the most was Liza Marie! Who nobody believed, except me! Puck is right. You all should go! All, Carole!"

Then Carole says, "Papa Bear, you will never change, and I'm not going. Puck is like a son to me, too. He is also Finn's best friend."

As Carole talked to Burt, Blaine and Kurt came back in before Blaine said, "Puck, I can't imagine what you went through, but I wanted you to know we made you and Quinn Liza Marie's godparents. Rachel is okay with it because Liza Marie was her only good egg."

Then, Kurt chuckles and says, "I bet you'll be just like dad was when you joined Glee and Quinn showed us your gun closet."

As Burt walks back in with Carole, Noah says, "Your dad would think Rambo was her godfather if he saw all the guns I have."

Burt says, "Quinn showed me your gun closet too, Puck, and that was what I said. Ha, I swear Puck out of all of Kurt's friends. I just couldn't intimidate you, but I guess I did make an impact on you."

And Noah said, "You were like a dad to me, and I wanted to be someone that any kid would love. I just thought it would be my kid, not Blaine's."

They all laugh at this before Blaine says, "Ha, I bet you would still be like Burt even with your daughters, and I think I might have you come to the house to grill Liza Marie's dates."

Before Kurt says, "No, you won't, Blaine!"

And Puck says, "It was a joke, Kurt, chill. Besides, I don't want to get on Little She-Hulk's bad side after what she did today." Soon they are laughing again before a nurse comes in to tell them the visiting hours are over.

When Noah went home, he was afraid to go to sleep because he was having nightmares of what had happened to him. It wasn't until he went to work at Burt's shop that he learned Liza Marie still had nightmares. Blaine told him after they both freaked out at a Fourth of July party.

The only time that Noah and Liza Marie could get a good night's sleep was when she spent the night with him and Quinn. After the fifth night, Quinn asked Kurt and Blaine to move in with them. Which made Kurt ask, "Are you sure, Quinn?"

Quinn doesn't respond and just leads them to her bedroom where Noah and Liza Marie were sleeping before saying, "Every time she stays over, Puck doesn't have nightmares, and we all get a good night's sleep."

Then she looks at Blaine before saying, "I think she has a crush on Puck. So, don't worry about her trying to replace you. I heard from Rachel that she begged you to choose Puck and me as her godparents. I know Puck will be worse than Mr. H., but I can tell she already has Puck wrapped around her finger. Rachel couldn't control Puck, and now her daughter has him whipped."

Then Blaine says, "I think she had him whipped since she was born, and when Liza Marie is mad at me, she calls him Papa Nono to see how I'll react. Ha, she did that last week when Puck brought her home, and they fought over it. Puck called her when he got home, and they talked on the phone for two hours. Or rather, she talked, and he listened. Ha, when I went into her room to check on her. I heard him snoring on the other end of the phone, and she was asleep."

Blaine then looks at Noah and Liza Marie before asking, "Do you think he regrets giving up Beth now?"

Quinn says, "I know he does. He told her after he came home, and she hadn't called once to check on him. Ha, Liza Marie, however, called her several times and yelled at her. God, Blaine, this is just crazy! My daughter wants nothing to do with Puck, yet yours is his best friend!"

After Quinn says this, she gets a call from Rachel, but when she answers it. The only thing she hears is Rachel yelling at Beth, "Liza Marie is your niece thanks to me, and she could have been your half-sister! If Quinn got to be her Baby Mama like she wanted! You being jealous of her is crazy, Beth!"

Beth responded, "She wants to be his daughter, Rachel! I am his fucking daughter, and your daughter wants to be his daughter."

Liza Marie gets up before taking the phone, then says, "Aunt Beff, big meanie! Don't lie to Mama! Love Nono, that's true, Beff. I have Daddy and Papa. Yours is my best friend, and That is not my dada! Get your head out of your butt! Say sorry, come and see your dada! Stop being stupid, Beff! Nono was mad at me! But he needs you, Beff!"

Beth screams, "I will never come to see him, and I hate him! I hope he dies!" Liza Marie ended the call. Before Noah broke down crying after he woke up.

Rachel tried several times to get Beth to see Noah. Even Quinn and Kurt try to get her to come to see him. Blaine was mad at her for hurting Liza Marie and wanted nothing to do with her. At one point, Beth refused to see Noah and stopped answering her phone. No one could comprehend why she acted this way towards Noah or Liza Marie. Likewise, Burt had trouble reaching Beth.

After Kurt and Blaine move in, Liza Marie asks Santana to take her somewhere, but she wouldn't let Santana tell her dads where. An hour later, Noah gets a call from Santana, but when he answers it. All he hears is Liza Marie yelling at someone saying, "Come see your dada, Beff!"

Then he puts the phone on speaker to let the others hear as she continues, saying, "Nono said sorry, your turn! Forgive Nono and Queenie! He wanted to keep you, but he couldn't! Nono almost died! You and Queenie, whole time, in thoughts. Me thinking about him, and he is my hero. I had nightmares, and I told everybody! G' Pa believed me! General Young believed, three months later! Three months Beff! Goddamn it, Beff, Nono needs you! Say Sorry, come see!"

Then Santana says, "Beth, you better be thankful I am not the one that yelled at you here! We are your dad's best friends and want him to get better here. Now, if you don't come to see him soon, I will help Little She-Hulk come yell at you until you do!"

Then, Beth says, "They threw me away and barely even acknowledged me! Dad has tons of pictures of her on his Facebook page, and I'm lucky if I find one of me there! If you want me to forgive him, you can fucking forget it! I will never forgive him, and as I said, I hope he dies!"

Then they hear Liza Marie scream before Santana says, "Holy shit! Liza Marie is kicking Beth's ass!"

They soon hear Liza Marie say, "Nono loves you, Queenie loves you! Big meanie, wake up! See wrong, say sorry! Let's go, Auntie Tana. Being stupid, can't stand!" Soon the call dropped, and when they returned, Liza Marie was still fuming.

It was fifteen minutes after they returned that Shelby called Noah, but when Noah answered the call, he heard Beth saying, "Mama, I can't forgive them! I know they did it to give me a better life, but I still feel like they didn't want me."

Soon, Shelby says, "If Puck didn't want you, do you think he would still be writing you or would have come to see you when you were little? If you want to be mad at someone, be mad at me. I'm the one that stopped the visits, and I'm the one that limited what you saw on Facebook. Puck is going through something no one should and needs you to be there for him. Okay?"

Then he hears Beth crying before she whispers, "Okay."

Then Noah says, "Beth? I want to see you. Please forgive me for what I did. Please?"

He breaks down before Liza Marie takes his phone and says, "Nono hurting, please, Beff."

Beth takes a deep breath before saying, "Okay, Little She-Hulk, and just so you know, Mama says I was like you when I was your age. Ha, I think that's why you are his best friend. Dad, I'm sorry for being so angry with you, and I hope you can forgive me."

Noah clears his throat and says, "If Liza Marie can, then so can I."

Liza Marie smiles before saying, "I forgive." Soon they say their goodbyes, and Liza Marie yawns. Before, Noah picks her up and says, "Nap time for Little She-Hulk and Uncle Hulk."

Then he takes her to his room, where the others hear Liza Marie say sleepily, "Please God, good dreams. Amen"

At one point, Quinn and Kurt go to check on them, only to see their arms wrapped around each other with scared looks on their faces. Then Liza Marie growls in her sleep before the expressions on their faces change. As Quinn and Kurt go back into the living room, she says, "Puck hasn't talked about what happened since that day in the hospital, and that day he called her after their fight. I think he just wanted to hear her voice as he went to sleep. I hope Puck gets better soon because I'm afraid of this being worse. Liza Marie is a great help, but he needs to see someone about his PTSD."

Beth did come to see Noah a week later, and they got caught up on everything. Beth even went to the park with Noah and Liza Marie. As Noah watches Liza Marie play on the swings, Beth says, "I'm right here dad, she's not me."

Noah looks at her and says, "That obvious, huh? I'm sorry, Beth, I wanted to see you, but when I woke up, I saw her, and Liza Marie had been helping me deal with all this. As she said, I thought of nothing but you and Quinn the whole time. Look, I can't change the past, Beth, and I hate that I made you think I didn't love you anymore. I hope we can get past all this, and I hope when you find that special guy, I get to meet him before Shelby does."

Beth looks at Liza Marie before saying, "You will, and I hope you never start acting like Mr. H when Quinn has another little girl." Noah raises an eyebrow before Beth starts to laugh.

The End