Author's Note:
I don't own Glee.
Please see the trigger warnings as the beginning of chapter one if you haven't read them, or wish to remind yourself of what might happen through-out this fiction. Happy Reading.
-~Ravage~-
Chapter 8 I Still Believe, in Skyfall
Burt held his son, and while acknowledging that Kurt was one of the strongest people he knew, he couldn't help but wonder how the situation had unraveled so quickly. Burt had been completely, and blissfully unaware, of all of the happenings in Kurt's personal life. He wanted to be able to help his son, but the sobbing was preventing him from fully understanding the story. The sound of music played softly in the background, completely forgotten.
"Let me get this straight Kurt." The older man said as he stroked his son's hair while they sat on the couch. "You met Blaine in a fetish club, were asked to protect him so he could finish his education at Julliard, you fell in love with him at the piano, he was kidnapped by a serial claimer, and you haven't seen him in days?" When it was phrased like that it seemed so so simple. But it obviously wasn't.
"That is what happened, but it is so much more complicated than that dad. I was courting a different submissive, but he betrayed mine and Blaine's friendship… I mean…"
"Kurt were you leading on this other submissive?" Kurt shook his head and sighed.
"At first I wasn't, but I kept falling deeper for Blaine. Dad he is so talented, so passionate. I want to help him finish at Julliard; I want to give him a life full of music and happiness, even if it ends up not being with me…" Burt looked at his son with adoring eyes. His son had found the submissive that would change his world, and he was infuriated that this other man took him away. He hated that the system allowed for that.
"Don't worry son. We will find him. I promise." Burt couldn't stop the words from slipping out of his mouth. He wanted nothing more than to make his son happy and see his smile again. But this time he wasn't sure if he could hold true to that promise, though he would do everything in his power to do so.
-~Ravage~-
Blaine gasped for air. He then slowed his breathing taking steady breaths. 'I'm alive… I am alive…' He kept thinking to himself. The curly haired submissive was no longer chained down. He had free run of the basement area. There was a small circular bed, presumably a dog bed, in the corner of the room. He couldn't figure it out. 'Why am I not chained down? Am I less of a threat now?' Blaine started taking tabs of his injuries, but to his surprise as his hands wandered over his body most of his injuries were bandaged, and bandaged well. But there was one large bandage that was over his entire chest that was too big to be simply for the cut from before. 'The cut was already on its way to being fully healed…What is this for?' He couldn't feel the area either. The other injuries were throbbing, but this area almost seemed like it had been under a general anesthesia. The longer Blaine sat however the more the feeling in his chest came back and the more he had a feeling he knew what it was, but in the dark he would not know if he was right. He needed the light.
-~Ravage~-
David awoke slowly to the sun rising through the window, but didn't see Wesley in bed with him. He called through the apartment.
"Wes! Are you here?" He waited a moment before he heard some footsteps padding back into the bedroom.
"Yes David?" Wes said poking his head back into the bedroom. David breathed a sigh of relief.
"Nothing, I was just being paranoid." Wes smiled and then left the room again, but called back quickly.
"I am making breakfast burritos if you want one David! Oh and before you come outside put some pants on!" David chuckled and was getting ready to stroll into the living room kitchen area nude when he finally registered the rest of the sentence from his lover. "Kurt and his father are here!" David grumbled to himself and tossed on a pair of sweat pants, leaving his torso bare. If you have a dancer's body, flaunt it.
David smiled at Burt and greeted him very formally. It wasn't until recently that he had become truly acquainted with Kurt, so he still wanted to maintain slight formality until the older dominant introduced himself. "Pleased to meet you Mr. Hummel, I am Dominant David Thompson."
"Please kid, call me Burt." Kurt's father thrust his hand out and shook David's with vigor. "Kurt and Wes have been telling me about how level headed you have been during all of this, but also about your impeccable dancing skills. What year do you graduate?" David felt a light blush dust over his dark cheeks, luckily no one but Wes really noticed with a laugh.
"I graduate this year with Kurt, sir."
"Please David, I said drop the formality. Burt. Call me Burt. Sir and Mr. Hummel make me feel old. I would much rather let youth continue to be a part of my life titles." He said with a chuckle. "But still, graduating this year, wow. Do you have a final performance like Kurt does?" David nodded in response to Burt's question and spoke about how he had a lead role in the final dance graduating class recital, and it ended with him inviting the other man to see it. Mr. Hummel was very skilled at making people open up. I guess that why he and Kurt got along so well. Burt was very easy to talk too.
"So kids, I hate to be the one to bring up the elephant in the room, but is there anything I can do to help you all find Blaine?"
David felt a devious smirk slip over his features. "We need information. We need a list of the properties Sebastian has access too, and we also need a list of the submissive's he claimed and then abandoned. Let's put him in prison."
-~Ravage~-
It had been several more hours and the pain was beginning to blossom even more across his chest, whatever anesthesia he had been under was wearing off, and it felt like a thousand bee stings prickling across his pectoral muscles.
"Good to see you awake." Sebastian said with an eerie smile. "I was worried claiming your ass and your person all at once could have overwhelmed you." The color drained from Blaine's face as he tore the bandages off of his torso despite the pain caused from moving so quickly. When he looked down he was filled with rage and shame. Sebastian's name was tattooed across his entire chest, and the skin was still swollen from how fresh the marking was. The large font and print lettering was an extreme contrast to the beautiful script 'S' that was tattooed on his hip, where he had originally wanted his partner's name. He had never wanted something this egregiously large, and unattractive.
"You bastard!" Blaine screamed as he leapt at Sebastian, landing a good punch on the other man's cheek. "Fuck you!" Blaine spat as he continued to assault what was now "his" dominant, which caused even more resentment. Suddenly an electric shock sent him to his knees, struggling to breathe as Sebastian hit the button on a small remote keychain. The action was repeated and again Blaine screamed. He clawed at his neck, where an electric shock collar now rested. Sebastian spit blood out of his mouth at Blaine and shocked him again, leaving him crawling and sniveling on the ground, but he managed to hold his glare at Sebastian through the entire ordeal.
Sebastian kneeled beside Blaine and tilted up the boy's head. "I am not sure if you are aware, but Kurt will never want you now that you have been claimed. He is a pure dom, he has been waiting for the one. You are tainted. He will never want you." Blaine shook his head in denial.
"Kurt will always love and protect me." Sebastian laughed at Blaine's statement.
"He hadn't even expressed any will to claim you. How do you know he is even coming? How do you know he wasn't just using you for your talent as a pianist? You don't know do you?" Sebastian paused for a moment before continuing. "I need you to say it. You know I am right. Say it." Blaine shook his head in refusal.
"I won't say it. You are wrong." As soon as the last word left his mouth, a shock wracked his body.
"Say it."
"Never." And then another shock bolted through Blaine's body.
"Say it."
Blaine remained silent expect for a sharp breath inward as he felt the electricity again. He felt himself growing weaker.
"Say it, and I'll stop." Blaine felt unconsciousness prickling at the edge of his mind.
"Fine." He wheezed out. "I'll say it…You are right."
"That's not good enough Blainers. Try again." Blaine shakily inhaled.
"You are right. I am tainted." A shock wrapped itself around his neck again.
"You know what I really want you to say Blaine." The tears finally fell down his cheeks.
"You are right. I am tainted… Kurt will never want me. I am ruined."
Sebastian smirked and gently massaged Blaine's sore ass muscles.
"You are such a good boy. If you listen better next time I will reward you." Sebastian rubbed for a few more brief moments, and then left Blaine to his own broken down thoughts. The man couldn't help but sob, not because he was hurt. That pain had become a constant part of his new existence. No this sobbing was prompted by the idea that Kurt would never want him. He knew he didn't believe it now, but after being repeatedly told something, he wondered how long he could hold out from believing the thought; especially when he had Sebastian's mark scrawled across his chest. He couldn't even be claimed by Kurt right now, he belonged to another. 'This isn't how my life was supposed to go…'
-~Ravage~-
It was finally Monday and the three boys had said good-bye to Burt the night before. Burt was going to see what favors he could call in to get the information about Sebastian for the boys while they were all at school. Little did he know some of the information was going to fall right into his son's lap.
-~Ravage~-
When Wes, David and Kurt walked onto the campus everything seemed normal. A few people asked where they had been last week, and they all answered nonchalantly, like nothing was wrong, until they saw Chandler. The submissive was visibly shaken and he bolted up as soon as he saw the trio. He walked up to them and immediately and much to Kurt's dismay wrapped his arms around the dominant.
"I am so sorry." He whispered against Kurt's chest. The dominant's whole body stiffened and froze up, before he asked the question they all were thinking.
"What do you know?"
-~Ravage~-
It was hard to listen to Chandler recount what he knew, and the details of Blaine's rape, but none of them could tell how it was affecting Kurt. He was unreadable, until his voice betrayed him. As he spoke his words were dripping with malice and fury.
"And you sat there watching him get destroyed? You didn't help him?" Kurt growled lowly. Chandler looked away, and David came to his defense.
"Kurt we might not like, in fact we detest what happened, but Chandler is helping us now. Let's focus on getting Blaine out of the situation and back to school okay?" Kurt tried to dispel his anger and get back to a smart and intuitive state of mind.
"Okay. Chandler, can you take us to where Blaine was being held? Can you describe the layout of the house?" The scared submissive nodded and steeled himself to help the others, at no benefit to himself, and reunite Kurt with the man who stole him away.
"I'll tell you everything. And I'll take you there too. Just get me Sebastian's schedule."
-~Ravage~-
Blaine had finally found a way to keep track of time. Sebastian seemed to visit him twice or three times a day, and it had been several more days or rounds of these visits. Every visit he had to denounce Kurt. Every visit he got rewarded and it sickened him. But he couldn't get beaten any more. He didn't want to die. Even though he wished he could let himself die instead of submitting, self-preservation naturally took over his will.
"I am tainted…" Blaine gasped out as Sebastian's rough hand stroked Blaine's member. He whimpered as he continued the phrase. "Kurt will never love me…" The hand moved faster and Blaine closed his eyes and groaned at the pleasure created by his captor. "I will never be wanted…"
"Good boy." Sebastian smiled as he continued to stroke the other man. He was surprised Blaine had lasted over a week with him, but now Blaine had broken. A person can only allow themselves to be beaten within death's grasp so many times. "Cum for me." Sebastian ordered as Blaine's seed erupted from his impressive cock, splattering over Sebastian's hand. "I will be back with your dinner in a minute Blainey." Sebastian cooed pressing a soft kiss to Blaine's temple. The curly haired man smiled until Sebastian left the room, but when the door clicked shut he couldn't' scrub himself clean with sanitizer fast enough, no matter how bad it burned.
Blaine cursed his body's betrayal of his emotions. He couldn't help but feel self-loathing curl deep within himself. Blaine knelled down in the position of prayer and clasped his hands together.
"Please Kurt forgive me. I will always love you. I am sorry for my betrayal. You are my strength." He heard footsteps again and he scurried back to the dog bed in the corner of the room and curled up on it to avoid punishment, and to continue to play along with Sebastian's game. The door opened quickly and revealed Sebastian, but the man was angry, and there was no plate of food in his hands like usual.
"You lying son of a bitch. You think I didn't hear that?" Blaine shook his head and curled up even tighter into a ball.
"I don't know what you are talking about Sir."
"I knew you were still holding out hope for Kurt, but you have done this for one day too long. I have pleasured you, but you remain an ingrate!" Sebastian stalked across the room and kicked Blaine in the ribs effectively breaking another one and darkening the bruises that were already formed from last week's beatings. "You are going to give in. You are marked. You are claimed. You will be begging for relief." Then Sebastian left. He didn't touch Blaine again, and wouldn't return to his sub, for days…
-~Ravage~-
They had been planning for a week. And today was the day they were going to implement their plan. Chandler had taken care of the location of Blaine, and Kurt's dad was working on gathering the complaints lodged against Sebastian. Now all that was left was the actual rescue. Kurt and David were in the pale dominant's SUV preparing to leave campus. They knew Sebastian had class from twelve to three o'clock uninterrupted, and usually he would stay later. This should be relatively simple, but should be were the operative words. Chandler had given the boy's detailed instructions on how to find, and enter the residence, and then how to find Blaine within the house as well. The two submissive's were waiting at Julliard, prepared to stop Sebastian from leaving the campus if David and Kurt are running late.
The porcelain dominant's eyes bore into the digital clock until finally the numbers flickered and twelve was upon them. The engine roared to life as David and Kurt hurtled towards the house holding Kurt's soon to be submissive.
They followed their instructions to the letter and came upon the house, and were looking at the same door Chandler had been looking at the week before. David pulled Kurt aside and held him tightly for a moment.
"No matter what we find, or what has happened to him, you have my, and Wesley's support." Kurt nodded and set his backpack on the ground in order to remove a hammer. After several smashes and a broken doorknob later the two men made it into the house. It almost seemed like no one lived there. David looked at Kurt and the two immediately set into action. The first and second floors were cleared quickly as the two sprinted from room to room. There was absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. The house was so clean and simple it was like a model home that wasn't actually going to be sold. Kurt and David ended up back in the main hallway moving down it towards what looked like a back hall closet.
"There is no way he would have been kept in a closet." Kurt shook his head as his hand grabbed the knob and opened it.
"I could have told you this wasn't going to be a closet…" David said in a low whisper as they stared at the black stairs leading downwards. "Most houses that are new are built with a dungeon for submissives…" Kurt's blood ran cold
"I must have just been naïve about the world and about the goodness of people…" Kurt said as he steeled himself, taking the first steps in stride.
-~Ravage~-
Chandler and Wesley were both sitting together at a table in the lunch area when Chandler abruptly stood up after checking his cell phone.
"I will be right back. I need to go to the bathroom."
Wes looked at Chandler's retreating figure and quickly followed him.
"I would like to report a break in. Yes, at 532 Herald Way. Thank you. No, I don't need to stay on the line. Good-bye." Chandler turned around to return to Wes, but the other man was directly behind him outside the bathroom.
"Fuck you." Wesley cursed at the other man. "What is your problem? I thought you wanted to help Blaine!"
The pissed off sub turned on his heels and pulled out his phone to call David. They needed to get out of that house now, before the police showed up. Stealing someone else's submissive, if Blaine was claimed, was a felony crime.
-~Ravage~-
David and Kurt both froze when a ring went echoing through the stairway. David fumbled for a moment, but soon answered the call.
"Hello?" David picked up unsure of what Wesley needed from him when they were a little preoccupied.
"You need to get out now. Chandler called the cops, and the police are on the way." David hung up on Wes and grabbed Kurt's arm pulling him back up the stairs.
"We can't stay here Kurt, the cops are coming!" Kurt ripped his arm away from the other dom.
"No he has to be down there!" Kurt dashed down the stairs and hit the door at the bottom and started pounding on it. "Blaine! Blaine! Are you in there?" Kurt put his ear to the door listening for a response as David looked down at him nervously.
-~Ravage~-
Blaine hadn't seen Sebastian in days, so hearing the footsteps upstairs was a relief. Maybe he could get some food or a sip of water if he apologized. Blaine felt so weak and dizzy all the time, due to a lack of sustenance. Suddenly though the footsteps stopped and he swore he heard Kurt. Blaine shook his head. 'Just another trick of the mind.' He had been hearing Kurt for the last week straight, and it never was actually him. The pounding on the door was new.
"Blaine! Blaine! Are you in there?"
The submissive struggled to raise his head, not wanting to give into his own delusion, but he was so far gone, why not?
"Kurt?" Blaine barely got out above a whisper. He tried again. "Kurt. Kurt?" Blaine then fell into a fit of coughing and wheezing after trying to raise his voice.
-~Ravage~-
"David! He is in there! I heard him respond!" Kurt pressed his face back against the door. "Blaine we are coming to get you! Stay back!" Kurt threw himself at the door desperately and pulled hard on the lock. "David. Get. Me. The. Hammer!" Kurt punctuated each word with a desperate throw against the sturdy door. With each additional hit against the door the frame of it rattled. Kurt then heard a desperate plea from David.
"Kurt I can hear sirens! Please! We will come back later! We are committing a felony trying to steal a submissive! There is clear evidence come on!"
"I am not leaving without Blaine!" With that Kurt felt the door finally give way as he tumbled into the room letting in a stream of light. Kurt's eyes immediately went to the battered submissive's body. Blaine was wearing a tattered oversized shirt and the shock collar; he was clearly malnourished and could barely move or register Kurt's presence.
The dom wasted no time in gathering Blaine into his arms and bolting up the stairs practically running into David.
"Time to leave!" He yelled at the other man as they made their way to the SUV. Kurt tried to load Blaine gingerly into the backseat and buckle him in, despite the urgency of the situation. Soon enough the three boys were once again hurtling down the road and turning the corner, just as they saw the police coming from the other direction.
Kurt was sitting in the backseat holding Blaine in his arms trying to get Blaine to wake up.
"Blaine? Come on… I need you to talk to me." All of the dom's efforts were fruitless though. Blaine was out cold.
-~Ravage~-
As the SUV pulled up into the parking spot outside Kurt's apartment complex a sense of relief flooded over the dominant. He had Blaine. Kurt watched as David opened the door so he could get up with Blaine in his arms and walk up to his apartment. As they opened the door Wesley threw himself at David and buried his face in the dancer's shoulder.
"Oh thank god…" Wes said exasperated. Sometimes Wes wonders if Kurt truly knows how much the two of them are risking by helping him rescue Blaine, but that was an explanation for another day… After Wes released David he grabbed the first aid kit off of the counter.
"Check him over for injuries Kurt. Make sure nothing is infected." The dominant nodded, very proud of how headstrong Wes was about caring for Blaine. Porcelain started by washing off Blaine's face with a warm rag and the submissive began to come to during this.
"Kurt?... is that you?" Blaine opened and closed his eyes extremely slowly, not used to the bright light that illuminated the room. The dominant took Blaine's hand and kissed his cheek.
"Yea. It is me Blaine. We found you, and thank god it was in time." Kurt's pale finger's brushed over the delicate 'S' on Blaine's hip. "You are safe now. He can't take you. I will claim you whenever you are ready Blaine. I am so sorry." Kurt cradled Blaine against him, but got nervous when he didn't hear the other man make any sounds. He pulled away to look at Blaine's face.
Silent tears descended the other man's cheeks. A look of disappointment and disgust marred the curly haired submissive's perfect face. Despite the cuts and welts he was still beautiful, but that troubled expression was unbecoming of him.
"Blaine… I am willing to wait… just please don't look at me like that." Kurt whispered, feeling very vulnerable.
Blaine inhaled deeply and reached for the water glass on the coffee table. David and Wes were silent in the kitchen, not wanting to startle their friend. Blaine raised the glass to his lips, but it tumbled out of his hands and smashed onto the floor, the glass breaking, like Kurt's heart was about to be.
"I'm sorry." Blaine said in a soft yet determined whisper as the tears continued to drip off of his long lashes and reflect off of his hazel eyes. Kurt started to pick up the pieces of glass in a frantic manner. 'Something is wrong with my Blaine… something isn't right… oh god…'
"Blaine it is only a glass don't worry. It's fine." Kurt said, but it came out as a desperate attempt to sooth his own anxiety. Blaine shook his head and an unfamiliar darkness overcame his features.
"It isn't just a glass Kurt." The dom didn't pay attention as Blaine shakily stood and put his hands on the bottom of the tattered shirt, and sweater that Kurt had placed over the rags. Slowly the submissive bared himself and Wesley turned out of respect… He knew what he was going to see. It was entirely too late. Blaine stood there in his boxers, and allowed the shirt to drop to the ground covering some of the glass pieces.
"It is so much more than a glass." The torn dominant only wanted to protect Blaine, but he never thought of protecting himself. Kurt looked up from where he was kneeling by the coffee table and the scars assaulted his eyes. His hand flew to his mouth as sobs escaped his lips.
"No…. no….NO!" Kurt wailed as he tightened his grip on the glass, blood oozing from the newly formed cuts. Blaine looked away from his rescuer, the man he was in love with, and let the marking across his chest speak for itself. Kurt's pitiful cries broke the silence that had settled over them, only one image being seared into their minds.
One of a bonded pair.
One of a painful scar and irrevocable burden.
One name and one shameful look upon Blaine's beautiful features.
Sebastian.
-~Ravage~-
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Obviously there is more angst to come. Also just to illuminate the darkness on the tattoo issue. Usually the name of your dominant is placed next to where the submissive had their 'S' marking tattooed, out of respect for the submissive. Sebastian marking Blaine elsewhere completely breaks tradition, and is disgusting in their universe's traditions. That is why Kurt though Blaine hadn't been claimed, because Sebastian's name wasn't next to the 'S' on his hip. Oh and the song I listened to while writing this was a mash-up of Glee's 'I still Believe' and Adele's Skyfall, in case anyone has cared about the song title chapters. (The songs are the inspiration for the chapters lol.) So feel free to send song suggestions.
Please Review! I apologize for the long end note.
-Raven