3) Perfect Timing
The New Directions! had spent the night at Rachel's house, too shaken up from the night before to go home alone. Or maybe, thought Kurt, it's because everybody is too afraid to go home and see if their parents even made it there...
It was five in the morning.
Kurt hadn't slept at all the last night. He kept thinking that if he didn't fall asleep, it meant it was a dream... That none of it really happened... His thoughts were interrupted by a hand gently placed on his shoulder. It was Rachel. Kurt looked at her hand on his shoulder, then up at her. She kneeled down next to Kurt and her lower lip quivered. Everything that had built up between them from last night suddenly all came out in the form of tears. They held each other for at least forty minutes and just let it all come out. The hurt. The pain. The grief.
"I don't know what's going on," said Kurt, "but I think we need to get out of here."
Rachel nodded in agreement. "Let's just let them sleep for a while longer... They've been through a lot..."
"I'll make breakfast when they wake up." said Kurt.
Brittany was the first to wake up around 9. Followed by Mike, then Artie, then Santana. Then Quinn, Sam, Finn, Puck, Mercedes, and finally, Tina.
They all ate their pancakes in silence, nobody willing to break it, as if talking might make what happened more real than it already was.
Finally Quinn spoke up. "This is ridiculous! Why are we all acting like last night didn't happen? It was REAL! And as much as we'd like to ignore it, we can't! We have to figure out what the HELL happened last night and find out if what happened to our parents is going to happen to us!"
"Quinn's right," said Kurt. "This thing is real and our lives could be in danger. We probably can't stay here, and if we're going to be on the move, we need supplies... Any suggestions?"
"There's this warehouse store that my mom used to take us so we could buy my shampoo in bulk." said Finn. "It's called Sam's Club. They sell everything in bulk. Food, clothes, toilet paper... They have weapons too... I've seen a couple rifles there, knives too."
Kurt nodded. "Then it's settled... As soon as we finish breakfast, we head out to Sam's Club."
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Blaine had a dream that night. He dreamt that he was at his house again, with his brother Cooper and his mother. He was sitting at the table talking to them after dinner when their faces morphed. They became paler and blood pooled beneath their eyes, making bags. Their eyes became bloodshot, and they were suddenly after Blaine. He ran upstairs into his room only to be trapped in a corner. He closed his eyes and began praying to a God he didn't believe in, praying that he would at least escape with his life. Finally, he opened his eyes, and what he saw, or rather WHO he saw, took his breath away. He saw face, more of a shadow of a face actually. He couldn't make out any detailed features, but it's not like he would've payed attention to them anyways. He was distracted by the eyes staring back at him. They were blue-green one moment, green the next, then, green-gray. They seemed to keep changing colors, but that wasn't the only thing about them. Those eyes, knew the same hurt he'd been through, they had seen the same pain, and maybe even more...
Blaine woke up gasping, from fright and because those eyes had taken away his ability to breathe. The five remaining Warblers were all staring at him.
"Who's Kurt?" asked Wes.
Blaine shook his head as he was trying to clear it. "What? I-I don't. I've never met anybody named Kurt."
"You sure?" asked Thad. "Cause you were mumbling his name in your sleep."
"I-I... No... I'm sure, I would've remembered him... Now where are we headed now? We obviously can't go back to Dalton."
"We talked about it while you were asleep," said David. "We decided that we probably can't go home either, so we'll have to stay on the move. We'll need supplies, so we're headed to Cosco. It's a warehouse store that has food and toiletries in bulk. They have weapons too."
Blaine nodded. "Let's get a move on then."
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The New Directions! were walking around Sam's Club strategically figuring out what to take. So far, they had ruled out anything microwaveable or frozen. So far, they had lots of canned fruit, canned meat and corn, canned veggies, and Finn had practically begged Rachel and Kurt to let him get the giant tub of cheese puff balls. As for toiletries, they had toothbrushes for everybody, lots of deodorant, razors, and of course, toilet paper. They also had a gun or knife for each member, and six tents. Two people per tent.
Kurt was in the candy isle, looking for something that he could use to either bribe or shut Finn up with in the future, when he heard a rustling sound coming from the Snickers. Kurt froze in his tracks. There it was again. Kurt pulled out the pocket knife ha had taken from the hunting display. He walled slowly towards the Snickers and quickly knocked down a stack of boxed candies.
He was met with the most angelic face, more porcelain than his own, short golden curls, and the most innocent, crystal blue eyes that had obviously seen to much to handle. The girl was young. Too young, thought Kurt.
Kurt crouched down to meet these eyes. "Hey there," he said. "What's your name?"
"Amy." said the child.
"And how old are you Amy?"
She held out one hand and spread her fingers out, signaling that she was five years old.
Kurt nodded. "My names Kurt."
"Hi Kurt." she said shyly.
It broke Kurt's heart that this little angel had been left here or was lost. Away from her family.
"Do you wanna get out of here?" she nodded. "Come on, let's go." he offered Amy his hand and when she took it, lead her to Rachel. Rachel looked at the child, heartbroken. "Amy?" said Kurt, "Would you like to come live with us?" Amy nodded her head vigorously, with a smile upon her face.
"Well, Amy," said Rachel with a smile. "Welcome to the New Directions!"
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The six Warblers had left Cosco with lots of canned fruits, veggies, soups, and beef. They had some granola bars as well and of course water. They also had brought three or four tents.
"I think we should just keep moving away from the zombies." said Jeff.
"Nobody said they were zombies." replies Blaine.
"Oh, who are we kidding!" exclaimed David. "We can pretend all we want, but in the end there's no denying it! We, my friends, have been caught in a zombie outbreak."
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A/N: the next chapter is THE chapter, I promise. I'm so sorry for making y'all wait for it, but you see Amy is a crucial character to Kurt. She is the reason Kurt and Blaine even meet. If you keep reading, you'll see what I mean ;)
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