A/N: This is it… the moment of truth….escape or death! DUH DUH DUH!
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RPOV:
I heard a noise at the window and quickly moved to jump off of Noah's lap and run to open it, but he grabbed my waist, stopping me.
"Let me, it isn't safe for you." He moved to the window, opening it and suspiciously peering out. "Finn!"
"Puck!" Finn climbed in the window and I sank back onto the bed, my knees too weak to hold me up. "It's good to see you man!" He gave Noah a one-armed awkward hug. "You look like shit though." Then he turned and looked at me. "Rach?" he whispered, his voice rough.
"Finn, oh Finn!" I couldn't help myself. I ran forward, throwing myself into his arms. He caught me, held me close as if he would never let go. Then he leaned down and kissed me, tenderly, but with a passionate urgency. I melted. Oh how I'd missed him.
"Will you too get a room? In case you haven't noticed, we don't exactly have all the time in the world for a happy reunion right now." Noah sounded agitated and very nervous. I couldn't blame him, knowing what Finn was sure to figure out in a few minutes.
"Yeah." Finn dug into the backpack he was wearing and pitched a bundle of clothes at me. "Wow, you weren't joking when you asked me to bring…" He trailed off as his eyes focused on my stomach.
"Finn, can we wait to have this talk? We really need to get out of here." I said, feeling like a complete coward as he nodded, stunned and pulled clothes out for Noah.
"Here dude."
"Thanks."
"Okay guys, turn around please." They both followed my command quickly and I could hear the rustles in the opposite corner as Noah changed.
Finn had grabbed a tank top and a pair of shorts that I'd left at his house once, before this nightmare. Luckily, they'd been left due to a water fight, and I'd left underwear and a bra too. I was shocked to discover that I'd lost so much weight, that despite the significant baby bump, the shorts still hung off me pathetically. When I turned back around, I saw that Noah had similar problems. I sighed.
"Okay let's go." Noah said. We moved to the window and Finn pulled out a long rope. I peeked out and squealed softly.
"I can't do that! It's too far!" Noah looked out.
"I actually don't think she's strong enough to do it." He said matter-of-factly.
"I'll carry you. I won't let you fall." Finn murmured, scooping me up in his arms. I clung to him tightly, terrified.
Noah went first, taking Finn's backpack. After he safely reached the bottom, Finn climbed out, holding me close with one arm and using the other arm and his legs to climb down. Once we were all safely on the ground, Finn walked, still holding me tight, over to where the small spot to go under the fence was. Noah went first, and then Finn put me down so I could slide under, Noah helping me out, and Finn followed. After he made his way under, Finn picked me up again and led the way through a field and into the woods. I almost cried when I spotted Kurt Hummel's all too familiar car, sitting there.
"How'd you get Kurt to let you borrow his baby?" I asked Finn incredulously.
"I told him I needed to go for a drive, clear my head. I've been doing that a lot lately. This gets better gas mileage than my car." We got in quickly, me in the passenger seat, while Noah stretched out in the back. Finn grabbed us each a granola bar and a bottle of water from the back and handed us each a blanket. I cuddled up under the blanket, freezing. Finn started the car quickly and began driving through the woods cautiously, constantly looking all around nervously. I suddenly saw movement in the woods ahead.
"Finn!" I yelped.
"Yeah, I saw. It's sentries. Puck, right in front of your seat there's a compartment in the floor. Hop in there. Rach, cover it up with that picnic blanket and the basket once he's in, then pretend to be asleep. And for goodness sakes cover your face." I did as he asked quickly, covering my bruised and dirty face with the blanket just as the car stopped and curling up slightly to hide my swollen stomach.
"What are you doing out here kid! This is no place for you to be!"
"Sorry, I didn't realize it was private property." Finn stumbled perfectly, sounding very confused."I just took my girlfriend out into the woods for a little romantic picnic. We stayed a little longer than we intended and I got a little lost." I could have kissed him for his perfect acting! "Which way's the interstate?"
"It's that way." One of the guards said. "Your girlfriend looks wiped out. You must have given her a real good time out there." I didn't miss the double meaning to his words and neither did Finn, judging by his indignant snort.
"Don't come out this way again kid. It's not a safe place for you to be." Another guard commented. "Go on home now."
I breathed a sigh of relief as Finn began driving again. Thank goodness.
"Okay, you can sit up now." He said. "Puck, come on out!"
"That was fantastic Finn!" I told him, peeking my face out of the blanket. "Could you turn the heat on? I'm freezing."
"It's like 90 degrees out." He complained, but after seeing that Noah and I were both shivering, he leaned forward and turned the knob. He drove in silence for a little bit then turned to me. "So? Explain please!" I sighed, where to start?
"Finn, please hear me out, ok?"
"Fine." He said grudgingly. "Whose is it?"
"Well, it's Noah's." I said tentatively, flinching as his hand slammed the dashboard. "Finn, in a nutshell, those crazy lunatics decided that they wanted to have children there that they could brainwash from birth. So they held a gun to my head and his, and forced us to…" I trailed off, unable to finish my sentence.
"Finn, I'm so sorry. I couldn't watch her die." Noah said pleadingly from the backseat.
"I see." Finn said tersely. I sighed. This wasn't over, but that was the best we would get for now. Finn leaned forward and flicked the CD player on. I smiled when I realized what CD he had in there; the mix I'd made for his birthday. As 'Any Way You Want It' played through the car, I smiled. I had missed music so much! As I began singing along, Noah asked suddenly,
"Hey, Finn where'd you get these clothes? I mean these jeans are a size smaller than any others and I haven't seen this shirt in, forever."
"You left them at my house, a long time ago, like freshman year or something. Why?"
"No reason, I was just wondering why you didn't just go grab something from my house; you know exactly where the spare key is." Unlike Noah, I could see Finn's face clearly and in the second after the question, I saw fear, anger, and nerves pass across it.
"Puck, your house, well, it, it kinda got burned down." He whispered, as gently as possible.
"Oh." I peeked back; Noah's face was completely blank. "My mom? My sister?"
"Your mom…Puck, she…she didn't make it out. No one's seen your sister."
Noah was silent. I reached back, grabbing his hand tightly. He smiled weakly at me then turned away. I wanted to move back and hug him, hold him, as he'd done for me, but I knew he wouldn't let me. Not in front of Finn.
"Finn?" I asked tentatively.
"Rachel, your daddy was on this list…"
"I know. I saw…What about my dad?"
"He's alive, safe, at home. I've been going over there a couple times a week to see him. We've been supporting each other."
"Good." I sighed with relief.
We drove in relative silence for a while, the only sound being the soft music. When we were about half an hour from Lima, Finn suddenly spoke, startling me. Looking back I could see that Noah was asleep and I'd been quite close to sleeping myself.
"Rach, what do you want me to do?"
"What? I guess, go to the hospital probably." I didn't even want to think about all of the things I would probably have to be treated for. "Could you call my dad?" He grabbed his phone and held it out to me. "You call; I don't wanna like give him a heart attack. Once we get to the hospital please. Ask him to bring Starry and the McKinley hoodie I stole from you and maybe my iPod." I smiled at the thought of my teddy bear, the big sweatshirt that still smelled like Finn, and my music, all things of home.
"Okay Rach. Go to sleep, everything's going to be okay." He said comfortingly, stroking my shoulder and beginning to sing along with the CD, 'Faithfully.'
A/N: AND THEY'RE SAFE! Hooray! I'm so thrilled : )
Just so you know, this is NOT the end of the baby drama, trust me.
So, all y'all who've been begging for their escape, let me know what you thought of it! And how was Finn? I wanted to write from his POV but I was afraid it wouldn't work write, I have a much more sophisticated vocabulary than he does.
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