I bet you didn't expect to see this update, now did ya? We're getting closer to the end :) Life has been super busy, but I promise to get this finished.


Finn couldn't breathe. He blinked a few times before realization set in. He thought he might be having a heart attack or at the very least what he thought was a panic attack. He couldn't explain what was happening to him but the tightness in his chest made it feel like he could barely move.

Kurt was the first one to arrive in the office, finding Finn's chair flipped upside down. He paused in his steps, knowing something had to be up. He looked around the office, but there was no one in sight.

"Finn?" He said out loud, waiting to hear a response.

Nothing.

He walked around the office, finally finding Finn in the men's bathroom, standing in front of the mirror, hands gripping to either side of the sink.

"Uh, Finn? What's going on? Why are you just awkwardly standing here in the bathroom?" Kurt asked.

"I'm fucked, Kurt! FUCKED." Finn sighed.

"What are you talking about, we closed Nike...things are good, right?" Kurt said, not understanding (or aware) of the situation.

"Sue! That fucking woman is trying to blackmail me to sell to her." Finn said, through gritted teeth. Just saying her name made him sick.

"What!? But...how?" Well this explains the upside down chair, Kurt thought to himself.

Finn sighed. "She...she has pictures of Rachel and I...in her office."

"Okay...and?" Kurt said.

Finn looked at Kurt through the mirror with a knowing look.

"FINN." Kurt gasped, finally catching on. "Oh my God. How the hell does she have that?!"

"I don't know! I don't fucking know! No one was in the office it was just the two of us. I swear!" Finn said.

"Let me see them." Kurt said.

"What the fuck? No dude...you don't need to see this." Finn shook his head. He didn't need to add in utter embarrassment to the other million emotions currently taking over his body.

"Look we need to figure out where someone could have taken those photos. If someone is blackmailing you, don't you at least want to figure out how it's happening? Finn - there's no way you're just going to give in to this woman, you have to fight back." Kurt said.

Finn hesitated. "Fine. I'll show you - but we CAN'T show the others, you got it?"

Kurt nodded. "We won't show. But you know you're going to have to tell them."

Finn swallowed the huge lump in his throat. He was almost sure they'd be even more pissed than he was. How could he make such a mistake?

The news seemed to travel fast around the office once everyone arrived. The atmosphere in the office was more than tense to say the least.

"So, from what it looks like here...someone took these photos from outside. The angle is weird. Rachel's office is on the fifth floor...but these photos are so close, like someone was literally hanging outside of her window and taking the photos." Kurt said.

Puck reached for the envelope that contained the photos but his hand was quickly swatted away by Kurt.

"No one sees the photos." Kurt told him.

Puck rolled his eyes. "Like I want to see Hudson's white ass. We're in that office all the time, maybe Mike and I might actually have some intel if we can see the photos."

"No." Finn shook his head, thinking about what Kurt said. "No one was there, I swear. There were barely cars in that parking lot when I got there."

"The front or the back?" Artie asked.

"What?" Finn asked.

"Did you enter the building from the front or the back? They have like, a whole other parking lot in the back..." Artie said.

"I came through the front..." he sighed.

"I don't know if it was a person, though." Kurt said, his face full of confusion.

"What, like a robot?" Sam asked.

Kurt shot him a look before turning back to Finn. "Like I said, this is angled weirdly. It's not something someone could have done just from the parking lot. This is pointing down...like one of those surveillance type of cameras."

"You think her office is bugged?" Mike said in disbelief.

"Who the hell would do that?" Sam chimed in, his tone full of annoyance.

"The last time I met with Sue, she knew about Rachel and I. There has to be someone there that is keeping tabs on her...knowing that I'd fuck up at some point." Finn sighed, putting his head in his hands.

"But this is like, illegal." Sugar interjected. "You need to go to the police!"

"If this gets out, she'll lose her job." Finn mumbled.

"So we should just lose ours, then?" Sam said, voice slightly raised.

"Sam..." Kurt said.

"No! This is absolutely ridiculous. She can always get another job! This company is all of ours. Our blood, our sweat, our tears. Finn - this is your dream! Or have you forgotten?" Sam said.

Finn lifted his head from his hands and looked at Sam. "What the hell am I supposed to do?"

"FIGHT. You got us into this mess, it's your job to get us out." Sam said.

"Look, everyone just needs to take a step back...we can figure this out together." Mike said, trying to keep the room calm.

"Mike's right. Look - Mike and I and have to go that office today anyway to give Rachel our final designs. We'll have to try to distract her assistant or something and get into the office. Someone can look around there for something for a camera." Puck said.

"That's actually not a bad idea." Kurt nodded.

"Oh! I can help. I can distract Brody." Sugar said.

"Finn, while they are there, you need to go and talk with Sue. Maybe try to work it out." Artie said.

"Or...I have an idea." Sam said. Everyone turned towards him as he began to lay out his plans.


Mike and Puck walked up to Brody's desk as they normally do every time they arrived for a meeting with Rachel and Blaine.

"Hey Brody." Puck said. "Can you let Rachel know we're here?"

"Hey guys. I'm sure going to miss seeing your faces around here." Brody said, a smile on his face.

"I'm sure we'll be back in no time for another project." Mike said, smiling politely.

Brody nodded his head before picking up his phone, placing a call into Rachel's office. He spoke with her briefly before hanging up.

"Rachel said you can get settled into the conference room. She'll be there in a second." Brody responded.

The guys nodded and made their way to the office. Mike let out a little cough, his signal for Sugar.

Sugar, waiting at the other end of the hallway, heard her signal and began walking towards Brody's desk. Just as she approached his desk, Rachel walked out of the office.

"Oh, hi Sugar!" Rachel smiled.

"Oh! Hi Rachel, how are you?" She smiled.

"I'm great. Are you joining the meeting today?" Rachel asked curiously.

"Oh! No. We have a meeting after this and I'm the driver so I figured I'd just hang around here until you guys were all done." she said.

"You can keep me company, Sug." Brody smiled at her.

Sugar shot a giggle his way as Rachel looked between the two.

"Okay. I'm going to head to my meeting so...I'll see you guys later." She said awkwardly before walking off towards the conference room.

Brody and Sugar both watched her walk off. The air was silent for just a moment.

"So, Brody, what have you been up to?" Sugar smiled at him, leaning across his desk. Her months of acting classes were about to start paying off.

"Oh, you know. Just the usual. Work, gym, fun." Brody smiled, stretching his arms over his head, clasping them together behind his head.

"Fun? What kind've fun?" She asked, batting her eyes.

Brody smirked. "It's the kind of fun I'd have to show...can't really talk about it, you know?" He said.

Sugar giggled. "Oh yes, I know."

Brody smiled. "So are you just waiting around for those guys?"

She nodded. "Yeah. They said they wouldn't be long. I'm awfully thirsty though, is there a cafe or something nearby?"

Brody nodded, getting up from his seat. "I can take you to our lounge. It's a super secret place for employees only...but I'll make an exception for you." He winked at her.

She smiled. "That's the sweetest thing. I won't tell."

"Follow me." He said, walking around his desk to walk side by side with her towards the lounge.


Once they were out of sight, Sam and Kurt quickly walked out from the hallway they were hiding in, making their way into Rachel's office. The door was wide open, and without Brody there to "guard" her door, they made a swift entrance inside.

"You keep lookout and I'll look around." Kurt said, already eyeing the ceiling and higher placed items in the office.

"Why so I need to be look out? Sugar said she'd text us!" Sam said.

"Fine! Just help me look for something resembling a camera." Kurt said, trying to hide his annoyance.

Sam nodded, walking around the room. He stopped at her desk, seeing a photo of Rachel with her friends - Tina and Quinn included. "Ugh, Quinn. She's so fucking hot." Sam said.

"Really?" Kurt said, in an exasperated tone. "Can you please focus? We don't have a lot of time!"

"Okay, okay." Sam said. "Didn't you say it looked like the photos came from outside?" He walked towards the window looking around.

There was no way someone would be able to snap a photo at the ground level. Sam looked up, but the only thing in view was a huge tree.

"Kurt, did the photos look like they were looking down?" He asked.

"Yeah." Kurt said, taking a quick look at his phone just incase Sugar texted him.

"C'mere!" Sam said. "I think...I think it might have been outside."

"What?" Kurt said, walking over to him. He looked out the window up to the tall tree that was less than twenty feet away.

"I mean, it seems like someone climbed up there and placed a camera or something." Sam said.

Kurt squinted his eyes together to see if just maybe he could see something.

"You do know what this means right?" Kurt said, looking at him.

"That we figured it out?" Sam asked.

"No, but we're getting closer." Kurt sighed. "Someone has to climb up there and take a photo...if it matches the same angle as the photos then we know for sure this happened outside, and not in the office."

"We still don't know who did it, though. Isn't that what we want to find out?" Sam said.

"Yeah, but we obviously know Sue did this. We just have to figure out how. If we have enough evidence we can take it to the police or something." Kurt said.

Both of their phones alerted them to a new message.

"Shit, they're on the way back. We have to get out of here." Kurt said.


They quickly made their way out of the office, walking quickly down the hallway. They turned left at one corner, bumping right into Brody and Sugar.

"Oh! Hi guys. I thought you were waiting in the car." Sugar said.

"Oh, I just had to ask Rachel something...we're gonna wait outside." Sam said.

Brody watched both men curiously. "Oh! Ok. I'll wait with you. Thanks for the coffee, Brody. I'll see you around." Sugar smiled, before walking off with Kurt and Sam.

They exited the building in silence, no one daring to talk until they were outside in a safe space.

"Sugar, what the hell! You were supposed to give us a head start." Kurt said.

"I tried! The service in there was terrible. Did you find out anything?" she asked.

"Yeah, follow us." Sam said, walking towards the tree adjacent to Rachel's window.

"This seems about right?" Sam said, looking at the height of the tree and following the invisible line that lead to Rachel's office window.

"There's just one way to find out...you need to go up there and take a photo. Then we can compare." Kurt said.

"If I climb that tree Kurt, I'm going to rip my fucking pants!" Sam exclaimed. "We'll get Puck or Mike to do it."

Kurt sighed. "Fine, maybe we can just come back in the evening...we can't do this now anyway. Too many people."

"That works for me." Sam said. The three nodded in agreement, no one noticing the figure of Brody standing in Rachel's office, watching them intently, an unreadable look on his face.

Brody turned away from the window, taking a long hard look around the office. He pulled out his phone from his pocket, sending a quick text message.


Finn sat in Sue's office, tapping his foot nervously as he waited for her to arrive. Her assistant, Becky, remembered Finn from his last visit, and escorted him straight into her office. He wondered if anyone knew what a conniving person Sue was. How could anyone work for her? Were they all being blackmailed as well?

"Ah! I've been expecting you, Hudson." Sue walked in, closing the door behind her.

Finn quickly got up from the chair turning to face her. "Sue."

"Surprised you found time in your busy schedule, with all that fornicating, I mean." She smirked at him. "Now tell me - does Will know to just what extent you try to please the client? Although from her facial expressions, it really didn't look at that enjoyable, Finn." She continued.

Finn bit the inside of his cheek, trying to keep himself calm. "Cut the crap, Sue. I know it was you."

"Me? What exactly did I do?" She said, mocking surprise.

"You set me up! You took those photos and now you're trying to blackmail me." he accused.

Sue laughed. "If you think I did any of that, you're out of your mind. I received those photos, just like you did." She said.

"From who?" Finn said.

Sue shrugged. "Santa Claus? Who cares how I got them, the point is I've got them. And you're going to do as I say." She said.

"I'm not selling my company to you." He said firmly.

"There's only so much time you have before that's still an option, Hudson. Once these photos get out, you'll be begging me to buy your pathetic company." She smirked at him.

"Why would someone send these photos to you? Why would anyone else care? I know you're behind this!" he said.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Such allegations! But like I said, time's running out. These photos have already been uploaded. Guess where?" she asked.

"I'm not playing your stupid game." He told her.

"Aw, but where's the fun in that?" she laughed. "Come on, guess!"

He said nothing.

"Fine, you don't want to guess? I'll just tell you. In less than 24 hours, your little girlfriend's company's website is going to be covered with these photos. Poor Will Schuester won't even know what hit him. It won't just be you who goes down, Finn. Do you really want to put all of these people's livelihood in danger? That's so heartless." Sue said, shaking her head.

"You wouldn't dare!" Finn said.

"Oh, I would." Sue told him. "Why are you here Finn? To negotiate? You're doing a piss poor job." She told him.

Before she could continue, her phone beeped, indicating a new message. She quickly read the message before looking over at Finn.

He watched her intently, no idea what she just read, or even what his next move should be. He needed to get out of there as fast as possible.

Sue let out a small snicker and opened her office door.

"Becky! Get in here." she yelled.

Oh God. What is happening right now? For the second time today, Finn could barely breathe.

Becky came running into the office, Sue quickly closing the door behind her.

"So. You thought you could send your little goons to solve this little case?" Sue said, moving towards Finn, causing him to walk backwards further away from her. She continued to walk towards him until he fell backwards into a chair.

"Now, Becky!" Sue said, grabbing a hold of Finn's arms, and stepping on his feet so he couldn't move.

Becky ran towards the chair, grabbing Finn's wrist and securing wrist ties on both ends.

"What the hell!" Finn yelled, trying to set himself free.

"You're not going anywhere, Finn. Not until you give me this company. I don't even think I want to pay for it anymore." Sue snarled at him.


"Oh shit." Artie said, taking off the headphones. He picked up his phone, quickly calling Sam. No answer. "Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit." He panicked.

He called Kurt. No answer.

Sugar.

Puck.

Mike.

No answer, no answer, no answer.

Not knowing what to do next, he called Rachel. Her soft, feminine voice answered the phone.

"Rachel, Finn's in trouble." He blurted out. "I need you to come get me. I'll explain everything on the way."

"What? What do you mean Finn's in trouble?" Rachel asked, looking up at Puck and Mike sitting across from her.

"Who is that?" Puck asked. "Put it on speaker!"

Mike quickly walked over to the door, shutting it, just incase anyone were to walk by.

"Artie, you're on speaker. I'm with Puck and Mike." Rachel said. She bit her lip, wondering what was happening with Finn and if he was okay.

"Rachel - I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this but I think it's important that you know. Sue Sylvester is blackmailing Finn in selling his company to her and she's using pictures of you and him to get him to sell. He's at her office right now and I think something bad is going down! We have him mic'd and I'm picking up the audio but it's not sounding good." Artie said. "We need to get over there like RIGHT NOW."

"Pictures of me and Finn?" Rachel said, confused.

"It's like...nude photos. Like, you guys are having sex. In...your office." Puck said.

Rachel's face turned completely white, out of sheer embarrassment. Not only was her privacy just violated, but now Finn was being blackmailed because of it. Pushing her own fears aside, she needed to help him.

"We need to get that audio to the cops! Is there anything on there to get her into trouble?" Rachel said.

"Uh, well she admitted to the fact she's blackmailing him. Still no idea how she got the photos…but, Rachel...she said if he didn't sell, the photos would be all over the company's website in 24 hours..." Artie hesitantly told her.

She took a deep breath. This was it. Her career was going to be over. She'd have to join the witness protection program and change her name and live a whole new life where no one would have ever known her.

"We need to go! This conversation can take place in the car. Is Finn in trouble?" Mike said.

"Yeah...I'm not sure what's happening over there, but it's not a good situation. I'm going to get to the cops. You guys need to go get Finn!" Artie said. "Please find Sam, Kurt and Sugar. I can't get a hold of 'em!"

"They have to be outside! They wouldn't just leave us!" Mike got up.

They both headed towards the door, and turned towards Rachel who was still sitting in her chair.

"Are you coming?" Puck asked.

Rachel snapped out of her thoughts, and got up.

"Yes, yes...I'm coming."

There was no way she'd have Finn sell his company. If that meant some public shame on her end, so be it. She hoped it wouldn't come to that, but she was ready and willing to sacrifice herself for him.