Okay, so, good news and bad news: the good news is I discovered it's easier to focus on one fanfiction fandom at a time rather than more than three at once. The bad news: I have a LOT of fandoms I'm writing for...

Nightreader- Don't worry: I plan to.

Twelve hours later, and Rachel still had that feeling of mixed regret with selflessness. She thought about other colleges with Performing Arts programs. There were over three hundred, and it was hard to choose. Finn walked up to her as she slowly pulled her books from her locker.

"Hey." Finn said. He noticed his girlfriend's expression. "Are you okay?"

Rachel closed her eyes and swallowed. She then turned to Finn. "I turned down NYADA."

Finn was shocked. "What? Why?"

Rachel hugged her books tightly. Her stomach had a burning feeling. "So Kurt can get in."

Finn just stared at Rachel. Seriously? This high-maintenance, self absorbed diva giving up the chance to live her dreams? "Uh...were you like...abducted by aliens and they replaced you or something?"

Rachel glared at Finn. "What? You're saying I can't do anything nice?"

"No! It's just..." Finn thought carefully. "I...I think I'm in love with you all over again."

Rachel's face broke into a grin, and her cheeks flushed with red. "It just...felt like it was the right thing to do. I guess Kurt's just gonna have to teach me how to do emergency facials."

They chuckled. Finn wrapped Rachel in a hug. "I'm so proud of you."

Tears spilled over Rachel's cheeks. She sniffed and pulled away. "So...did you tell Kurt?"

"Yeah." Finn nodded slowly. "He was concerned. Kurt will probably never admit it, but he misses Blaine. I can tell."

"Maybe we can get them back together." Rachel suggested hopefully. Finn was about to respond when her phone rang. Her brow furrowed as she didn't recognize the number. "Hello?"

"Is this Rachel Berry?"

"Yes. Who's this?"

"This is Nick Duvall. I'm on the Warbler council." Nick replied. "We need to meet to come to an understanding."

"What kind of understanding?" Rachel asked. She pulled Finn into an empty classroom, put a finger to her lips and put her phone on speaker.

"We know you guys are planning on performing Michael Jackson at Regionals. We want that right." Nick revealed.

Rachel paled. "How did you...?"

"Sebastian told us Blaine told him."

Rachel glanced at Finn who looked equally shocked. "O-okay. So, what are you gonna do about it?"

"We would like to challenge you to a sing-off." Nick answered. "Tomorrow afternoon in the McKinley High parking garage, after school."

Rachel glared at the phone. "We accept your challenge. May the best glee club win."

"You, too."

Rachel hung up and turned to Finn who looked at her in horror. "What the hell? You can't just accept challenges without consulting the rest of us first!"

"What else was I supposed to do? I panicked!" Rachel sighed and shook her head.

Finn sighed as well. "Well...looks like we're gonna re-enact a scene from Braveheart."

XXX

Kurt hadn't seen Blaine all day. He wasn't quite sure if he wanted to considering what had happened. But, he wanted to see if he was okay. As he closed his locker, a hand slammed the locker next to his. Kurt turned to see three guys on the hockey team surrounding him.

"Hey, fag. When are you gonna stop being gay?" Asked a hockey player.

"Wow. How blunt." Kurt said dismissively. "When are you going to stop being Neanderthals?"

The hockey players chortled. "Oh, that's funny."

"Hey!" They turned to see Finn backed up by Sam and Puck. "Get the hell away from my brother."

"Since when is this little fairy your brother?" Asked a hockey player.

"Yeah, I would've thought he was your sister!" Cracked another.

Finn grabbed the offending hockey player and slammed him against a locker. "Let me set one thing straight: if you so much as come within twenty feet of Kurt, and if you hurt one hair on his head, I will make sure your athletic AND social lives at this school go straight to hell. Got that?"

The hockey players exchanged nervous glances. Then they turned to Finn and nodded. Finn smiled and let the hockey player go. The four friends watched the hockey players walk off down the hall.

"Are you okay?" Finn asked Kurt. He nodded.

"Thanks."

"Anytime."

XXX

"GODDAMMIT, YENTL!"

As you can possibly guess, the other glee clubbers were not happy with Rachel deciding to accept the challenge for them. It was Santana who shouted at her.

"Why am I not surprised?" Santana went on. "I oughta go all Lima Heights on your ass!"

"Santana...if you come after Rachel...I'm coming after Brittany." Finn threatened.

"Oooohhhhhh..." Mike, Sam, and Puck chorused.

"Nice shock value. Wasn't expecting that!" Kurt commented.

Santana glared at Finn and sat down. 'Giant-ass, bumbling, blundering oaf...'

Blaine sat staring at his hands. How had it come to this? He was going to be fighting against his friends! Was this how Kurt felt when we were still in the Warblers competing against New Directions?

"Okay...okay, just calm down." Rachel said calmly. "All we need to do is...dress in leather like MJ, and sing them out of the water."

"And after that, can we vote for a new captain?" Santana asked.

Finn turned to her. "Sure! If we can vote for a new class president!"

"Oh! He warned you, Santana!" Puck said with a laugh.

Santana folded her arms and gave Puck a deadly glare.

XXX

The following afternoon came. Both the Warblers and New Directions dressed like Michael Jackson. They met and stared at each other. Santana caught Sebastian's eye.

"You and me ain't done, Twink." Santana said in an icy whisper.

"All right. In good form, we captain's usually shake hands." Nick instructed. He stepped forward and extended his hand. Rachel started to step forward, but Finn stopped her and went in her place. He didn't want to take the chance of Nick breaking Rachel's hand. Surprisingly, Nick was gentle. "Let's begin."

The two groups rocked it out. Each tried to out-sing the other, Mike and Thad had a mini dance-off partway through the song. As they got closer to the end, Blaine noticed Sebastian had a Quench This! Cup in his hand and was glaring at Kurt. During the last stanza, Sebastian threw the slushy towards Kurt. Blaine slid in between the slushy and Kurt. Everyone stopped and gasped as they watched Blaine get his first slushy facial. Blaine slipped on some spilled slushy, lost his balance, and fell hard on his shoulder.

Crack

Blaine screamed in agony. "My shoulder!"

"Blaine!" Rachel cried as she knelt beside him.

Kurt snapped out of his shock, glared at Sebastian, and stormed over to him. Before Sebastian could say anything, Kurt punched him in the chest causing him to fall backwards, then he punched the boy in the face twice. The force caused Sebastian to fall on his butt.

No one said a word. Kurt stared in shock at what he just did. He's never violent! Kurt swallowed back an apology. Even if he regrets it, it doesn't mean Sebastian didn't deserve it. The Warblers couldn't decide what to do. They have never dealt with a rogue Warbler! Nick swallowed. "Thad, Trent, take Sebastian home." Thad and Trent nodded and obeyed. Nick turned to Rachel and Finn. "We need you to know Sebastian acted on his own. We are just as surprised and upset as you are."

Rachel and Finn stared distrustfully. Finn picked Blaine up bridal-style and carried him to his car. Kurt and Rachel followed.

XXX

Burt hardly had to deal with tragedy. Of course his wife and parents died when Kurt was young, but he's always been strong. When Kurt got into a car accident, and if he didn't have Carole, he probably would have collapsed. Today, he hummed to himself as he put the finishing touches on a carburator.

"Mr. Hummel, your son's on the phone." One of his grease monkeys said.

Puzzled, Burt wiped his hands on a rag and took the phone. "Thanks. Kurt?"

"Hey, Dad." Kurt said in a calm voice. "Please don't freak out, but...I'm in the hospital...again."

Burt paled. "I'm on my way."

XX

Burt ran through the hospital lobby to the front desk. "Hello, I'm Burt Hummel. I'm here to pick up my son Kurt."

"He's still in the ER." The clerk pointed to a closed off area.

Burt saw Finn standing near a bed. Kurt was sitting on that bed while a nurse wrapped his hand in a bandage. Burt headed over there. "Kurt! Finn, what the hell happened?"

"Dad, I'm okay." Kurt reassured him. "Someone just aimed a slushy at me and Blaine took it. He slipped, fell, and hurt his shoulder. I punched that jerk three times."

"You should have seen it, Burt." Finn stepped in. He smiled goofily. "It. Was. Epic."

Kurt smiled at Finn. "Hey, I wasn't the only one. You stood up for me in front of those homophobic jocks."

Burt turned to Finn, smiling. He patted his shoulder. "Thanks, Finn. What would we do without you?"

Finn shrugged. "Hey, I did promise to always be there."

The nurse finished wrapping Kurt's hand. "There we go. This will only last a few days. Be very careful with it, and take it easy. Come back next week so I can check on it."

"Thanks, doctor." Burt nodded.

XXX

After receiving a sling, some antibiotics, and instructions to take a couple weeks to recover, Blaine lay in his bed in his pajamas reflecting on what happened. He took a slushy for Kurt and landed himself in the hospital with a broken shoulder. From what he'd heard, Kurt punched Sebastian hard. Why?

The door opened and Rachel came in carrying a tray full of food. "Hey. I brought you food."

"Thanks." Blaine smiled.

"How's your shoulder?" Rachel asked setting the tray in front of Blaine.

"Feels like glass under my skin." Blaine admitted. He started eating. "Hey...do you know why Kurt punched Sebastian?"

Rachel smiled. "I think you know why. He still loves you."

Blaine looked at Rachel hopefully. "Really?"

Rachel nodded. "Really."

XXXX

Sebastian fumed as he walked away from the Senior Commons. He was kicked out of the Warblers! How could this happen? Things were going so great before-

Something hit Sebastian from behind, and he fell unconscious.

XXX

A few hours later, Sebastian woke up to find himself completely naked, his arms and legs stretched out in an X-shape, and he felt itchy. Really, really itchy. He tried moving to scratch himself, but the ropes held him tight. He was also suspended in midair, so he couldn't touch the floor. His mouth was also taped shut. He let out a muffled scream. The door opened and Finn and Puck walked in wheeling in a small silver tub with steam rising from it.

"You know...Puck and I used to be bullies." Finn said to Sebastian. "We never thought we'd have to resort to this, but, when it comes to protecting our friends...Jack Bauer is gonna be put to shame. We are in a very secluded place in the woods in Ohio. Screaming will only make us annoyed." Sebastian glared at Finn who only smiled in amusement. He picked up a sponge, and dipped it into the tub. Sebastian could see that both boys were wearing gloves. Puck followed his lead. Both boys held the waterlogged sponges over Sebastian, and wrung the water out. Sebastian screamed in agony as the scalding water hit his skin. Finn and Puck repeated the process all over the ex-warblers' body.

"Yo, Finn. We still have water left in the tub." Puck pointed out. He grinned evilly. "You thinking what I'm thinking?"

Finn grinned back at his friend. "Oh, yeah." The boys picked up the tub and poured the remaining water starting from Sebastian's feet all the way to his head. Sebastian screamed in pain and started crying. "You know, if we did this at school, we'd totally be expelled."

"Unless boiling water and itching powder are on the list of nonexpulsionable weapons." Puck laughed and high-fived Finn.

Finn turned back to the struggling Sebastian. "Now you know never to mess with the Hudmels. That's Hudson-Hummels."

Finn set the tub back on the cart, and he and Puck rolled it out of there. Sebastian caught his breath and struggled to get free, but that ended up giving him a rope burn. The door opened and Mike and Sam walked in.

"Hello, Sinner Sebastian." Sam cracked. "Get it? 'Cause sinner is opposite of saint?" He laughed. "Anyway..." He and Mike brandished large sheets of sandpaper. Sebastian gasped and looked at it in horror, and shook his head. Sam and Mike nodded and proceeded to rub the sandpaper all over Sebastian's body as he screamed in pain. He was sobbing uncontrollably by the time they were done. Sebastian unintelligibly shouted something towards Mike, who narrowed his eyes.

"You just said something incredibly racist, didn't you?" Mike asked.

Sam just shook his head in dismay. "All right...you asked for it. We were gonna leave, but, since you said something racist..." Sam pulled out a turnip and peeled the tape off of Sebastian's mouth. He started to scream, but Sam shoved the turnip in his mouth causing Sebastian to gag. The boys left.

Sebastian turned his head and tried to spit out the turnip, but it appeared to be stuck in his mouth. The door slammed open once more, and in walked Santana with her hands behind her back wearing a satisfied smirk.

"Well, well, well." She began in a slightly smug and mocking tone. "Look who got himself bound, gagged, and tortured. Man, I thought these people hated Karofsky, but I've got to hand it to you – breaking Kurt and Blaine up, slushying Blaine and hospitalizing him - now, that's a new low. You even made Kurt take a swing at you. Hell, that's like getting Gandhi to beat his kids." Sebastian only glared at Santana. "I brought you a little something." She pulled out a small jar containing a a large spider. "This is no ordinary spider here. This is a Medusa spider. Wanna know why it's called that? Because one look from Medusa will turn anyone to stone, just like one bite from the spider will paralyze you, for about eight hours. It won't kill you, it'll just slow your heart rate down to the point of where even a doctor would have a hard time hearing it beat. You won't be able to move a muscle, so I'll be able to do all sorts of nasty things to you." Sebastian looked at her in horror. Santana smiled. "Now...here's where your choice comes in: if you report to anyone about us kidnapping and torturing you, your torture will be more severe. You will lose your manhood, and your family's love- yes, we know about the video. Sound good?" Sebastian glared at Santana for a minute, then gave in. He nodded. "Good." She turned to leave, but turned back around. "Oh! I almost forgot." She unscrewed the lid of the jar and threw the spider on Sebastian who gasped in horror. The spider bit him. He could feel his muscles limping as Santana collected the spider back in the jar and left the building.

How's THAT for Karma, huh guys? XD Oh, btw, the Medusa spider isn't a real spider. I got it from Lost.