Again, I own nothing but the OCs.

Blaine, Nick, Jeff and David froze at the sound of the shout, turning back in the direction it had come from and, after recovering from the initial shock, turned and sprinted towards the dorms. This was Dalton; nobody swore on campus, it was just one of the unwritten laws of their dapperness.

David was the first to reach the scene, his training with Wes for the track running team giving him an advantage over the other boys. However, the other boys quickly caught up as David's eyes widened at the sight that lay before them. Kane lay on the floor, crumpled and clutching at his stomache, wheezing for air as Theo and Fors stared in awed admiration at a mohawked teen who was towering over the injured boy.

"HOW DARE YOU! Stay the hell away from my boy!"

"Puck!"

"Finn, don't even begin to tell me to calm down; yes, I know you're thinking to. Did you see what this bastard did?"

Another overgrown teenager joined the clan, rushing towards Puck and spotting Kurt at the same time the uniform clad scholars did. Kurt was holding his arm as if it had been burned, tears continuing to make their way down his cheeks in torrents.

"Kurt?"

"Princess, are you okay?"

Puck and Finn gingerly stepped over to their quivering friend, pulling him into a warm hug, Kurt melting into it. A year ago, these people would be hated by Kurt, now, although he had tried to cut them off by not communicating with them, they still were his saviors and the only people who could penetrate his mental walls. It was almost funny how he trusted them more than he did with his own father.

Puck pulled out first, allowing Finn to hold his brother and comfort him alone as Puck turned to Kane, who was slowly climbing back to his feet.

"You want to tell me what the hell you were doing grabbing Kurt before or after I knock you down again?" Puck spat, lowering his voice from previous shouting but letting it still drip in venomous threats.

"I was taking him to The Dean, somewhere I guess you'll be going as well soon," said Kane, boldly, "I'm Kane, prefect of Kurt's dorm house."

"I don't care who the fuck you are, why should that give you permission to hurt Kurt?"

"I wasn't hurting him-"

"To hell you weren't!" Finn shouted as Kurt buried himself deeper into his arms, making Blaine slightly jealous. Was this Kurt's boyfriend? "Shh."

"Kurt was-"

"Kane, Kurt wasn't doing anything," interrupted Theo (or Fors). "We tried to explain that; we were making him lunch."

"It's nearly three o'clock."

"That's irrelevant."

"Besides, he was hungry," joined in the other dark haired twin.

"And,-"

"Unlike you of course-"

"We were trying to help."

"You set off the fire alarms..." said Nick, ignoring the glare from Finn.

"Shut it you," said Puck, now turning to face the identical brothers. "You were trying to help Kurt." He stated simply.

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Because he looked like he needed some..."

"Oh," he gave them an approving look, "good, nice to know some people are nice here." No need to guess who that comment was aimed at, "names?"

The two boys split into large, cheshire cat grins, unapologetically pulling off a Team Rocket style introduction.

"Prepare for trouble!"

"Make it double!"

"To protect the world from boringness!"

"To unite all peoples with our warblerness!"

"To denounce the evils of Wes and his gavel!" (Hey!)

"To do this all with The Dean's appraisal"

"Theo!"

"Fors!"

"Team Gremlins, blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"

"...OH MY GOD, WE GOT IT RIGHT!"

Puck, for once, seemed to be speechless and it was Finn who spoke first.

"...Dudes...how often do you practice that?"

"Never mind that, what's this guy," he nodded at Kane, "got against Kurt?"

"This guy," snapped the disheveled boy Puck had knocked to the floor, "has a name."

"I thought I told you to shut up?"

"And why should I listen to you?"

"Because my fist is currently itching to hit you again."

"Hey!" Blaine shouted suddenly, stopping the fighting before it recommenced, "everybody just calm down!"

In his head, Blaine was mentally screaming curse words- where the hell were the teachers when you needed them?

"And why should we listen to you? I didn't see you rushing to pull this dickhead off Kurt. Freakin Hobbit."

"Haha, funny. Hilarious in fact. Maybe it would even be offending if I hadn't been called it hundreds of times before."

Nick and Jeff winced at this and prepared to hold Blaine back: they had seen him get angry before and it wasn't a pretty sight. In fact, after the first time, the gremlins referred to him as Hulk's more ferocious twin for weeks.

"Wow, this bitch has bite." Blaine nearly snarled at this comment. "And why should you care about a little violence?"

"Maybe because 'a little violence' landed me in hospital for nearly two months of my life?" A silence followed this and Finn slowly stood up, barely noticing he and Kurt had ended up sinking to the ground.

"But what's Kurt got to do with you?"

"He's my roommate." Blaine surveyed Kurt as his friend wrapped his arms around his thin torso: he didn't seem to have any new physical injuries but he wore the same expression he had after the panic attack last night. At the back of his mind, Blaine wondered if these two boys the cause of Kurt's bruises but dismissed it as fast as the thought had come; Kurt wouldn't have been latching onto them if they had hurt him.

"So?"

"So it means I'm going to look out for him, because I want us to be friends if we're going to see eachother everyday."

"I'm pretty sure-"

"BOYS!"

Each of the warblers spun around, fixing their expressions to looks of innocence as they realized who was behind them; Finn and Puck didn't bother to, instead turning back to help Kurt to his feet, now refusing to step away and acting almost like body guards.

"Why are you five not lining up at the assembly point? And who are you two?" The Dean asked, confused as he spotted the McKinley wall of muscle standing behind them.

Theo and Fors had by now disappeared, vanishing into thin air as they did best (though most of the boys had tried to find out, nobody really knew how they did this- David guessed it was because of the secret passageways his dad had mentioned to him before but where they were located was a mystery to them both).

"Name's Puck, and that's Finn."

"Ah, maybe I should have been clearer, May I enquire into why you are currently on Dalton campus?" he asked, putting emphasis on the why.

"Dude, what? Can you speak without the long words?" Finn said, crumpling his face slightly out out confusion.

"Of course, but if you'd just wait there for a moment-" he turned to the five boys in Dalton uniform, "I believe you should each be up by the top field, which is the other way from here, I would've thought that you five, especially as you're warblers, would be over there by now. Hurry up else you'll be late, and also, while you're still here, why's the kitchen filled with smoke?"

Suddenly the group were each making hurried excuses that they had to be somewhere and The Dean chuckled.

"Goodbye you lot, and please inform Theo and Fors that just because they hide, I still know they were here. This place reeks of their work."

"Of course, well goodbye then," they said cheerfully, thankful that The Dean was so understanding and departing. Kane was the last to leave, shooting the mohawked and overgrown teens evils as he went.

"So why are you boys here then?"

Finn and Puck exchanged looks before Finn answered, "we came looking for my brother."

"And who would that be?"

Kurt peered past Finn timidly, stepping out from behind him and feeling Puck's gaze aimed towards him proudly.

"Kurt."

The Dean registered the shaken boy between the pair at the same time Finn said his name. Kurt still had tear stains on his face but was looking determinedly up at him, although wary as his eyes kept darting to his sides to check his friends were still there.

"Oh," he said softly in reply, "and what are you going to do now?"

"Well...erm...I guess.."

"We're going to get him safe."

"Puck.. it is Puck right?" He carried on as the tanned male nodded, "I'm presuming that, in order to complete your intentions, you're most likely contemplating removing him from the school for a while."

"Again with the long words," groaned Finn, rubbing his head as he interrupted.

"Right, right. Sorry, I mean are you planning of taking him away?"

"Well, er.."

"Because if you were, may I suggest something? How about you two go up to Kurt's dormitory with him and talk to him there? I can make sure Blaine spends the night with some of his friends if you would like to stay the night with Kurt as well."

The Dean could see how close the boys seemed to be, Kurt let his walls down more around them and The Dean had no doubt it would be good for Kurt to be with them whilst at Dalton. It might even help him relax more around the other boys.

"Dude, seriously? But he's gay?"

Puck had to cross his arms to stop himself from punching Finn at that moment; sure, he was his best friend but he really could be a prize idiot at times.

"So? We don't discriminate at Dalton, besides, you're his brother," he reminded with a smile, "I think it would be called incest if you were together."

Finn blushed slightly as he remembered the time Kurt had had a crush on him and covered his awkwardness with a cough, "of- of course."

"Well I'll let you boys go then, and Kurt? If you have any problems, remember you can come and find me at any time? I'll tell Rooley to mark you as present for the fire registration. I think we've found the source of the alarm," he indicated to the smokey kitchen behind them. "See you later.

"Okay...What the heck just happened?" Nick wondered aloud eventually, breaking the tense silence as they crossed the courtyard. Jeff had linked his arm through his and had his other wrapped onto Blaine's hand; his head was resting lightly on his boyfriend's shoulder.

"Well Kane?" David asked when there was no reply, directing the question towards the annoyed Warbler.

"Nothing."

"I call bullshit."

The five turned to see the twins approaching them from behind, each having their arms folded over their chests and wearing serious expressions quite unlike their usual selves.

"Huh?"

"Oh whatever you two, it wasn't my fault," sighed Kane exasperatedly.

"It never is, is it?"

"What?" Blaine repeated, his head flicking between the two sides, almost Luke he was watching a tennis match.

"Our dear friend Mr. Prefect here decided it would be a good idea to pounce on Bambi," said Fors sarcastically, giving the spoken person a glare.

"He what?" Blaine knew how jumpy and nervous Kurt could be from the fact he had avoided him for nearly the whole school day just for seeing him topless. Something about that boy didn't seem right and Blaine wanted to fix it for him: attacking him though, he knew wouldn't help him.

"You heard," answered Theo.

"Yeah, but who's Bambi?" Jeff asked curiously, the twins love for nicknaming people was no surprise to him- he himself was often referred to as Peter Pan. Apparently this was because of the fact Jeff was basically a big child and refused to grow up, however, Jeff hadn't known the two for as long as Blaine who had even shared a room with them once. With Blaine constantly complaining to him about lack of sleep and stolen hair gel, that had been one tough year.

"Isn't it obvious?"

"Yeah, its Kurt of course."

Riiight. Of course. How on earth had he not been able to work that out?

"Wait, you attacked Kurt?" David accused loudly (and angrily).

"I didn't ATTACK him. I simply was getting to get him to see The Dean and he wasn't complying."

"Why?"

"He caused the fire alarm."

"No! No he did not!" Theo said, "you complete bimbo, that was us!"

"Jeez Kane, I'm pretty sure we even told you that at one point."

"And before you say he was helping us, no, he wasn't. He was fricking starving because he skipped lunch-"

"And most likely breakfast-"

"And even then he didn't want us to help him."

"Hell, he was bloody famished and yet we nearly had to drag him down here to get him something to eat- why would he do that?"

"I-" said Kane, attempting to cut in but the gremlins were on a roll and, like with their pranks, there was nothing you could do to stop them once they had started.

"And then you freaked him out even more! God, Percy, you're such an idiot!"

"I didn't know!"

"That's right, you didn't!" And with that, the twins grabbed Blaine and marched off to see their teacher with the register.

"I.." Kane (or Percy as the gremlins referred to him as, apparently he acted an awful like Percy in Harry Potter) sighed, turning to the other, boys beside him, "shit...I fucked up didn't I?"

"Language!" David interrupted, "but yes, you did."

"Aw crap."