Let the light guide you trough

AU Finchel. She heard it like they all had. They boys were coming home, within the next few hours she'd be able to hold Finn again. Or so she thought. After a mission goes terribly wrong, Rachel is left wondering if she'll ever see him again. And then the she sees the white car approaching. Her heart shattering into a million pieces.

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I don't own Glee!

And don't worry, I'd never kill Finn. At least not in this story... He's got too many mouths to feed and I love him too much!

Chapter 3:

She heard it like they all had. The boys were coming home, within the next few hours she'd be able to hold Finn again. Or so she thought. Her Finn, the father of her children was nowhere to be found.

"Rachel, come on sweetie, I'm taking you to bed." Kurt had arrived 10 minutes after that dreadful call.

"No... I can't... I can't sleep in my bed... Not without Finn. Please..." Kurt looked at Blaine with a worried eye. Both of them had come dashing, pajamas and babies in tow after Cory had called, they were barely ready to deal with this.

"She can stay in my room." Cory offered. "I don't mind." The teenager was distraught, that was no lie, but he'd never put himself before others, Finn never had.

"Alright." Kurt said slowly. "Come on little diva, you really need to go lay down okay?"

Rachel didn't answer. He just followed Kurt to the room, by now Matt and Hannah too were awake, much to the tragedies dismay.

"Cory, what did they say?" Matt asked once more as they stood in the living room. "What happened?"

"Where's dad?"

"Cory?" He felt a bit too overwhelmed and that wasn't good for his heart. He took a deep breath and begged Matt to take the kids into the next room.

"Cor? Are you feeling okay? You don't look so good." Blaine placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I'm..." Cory gasped for air. "I'm fine, I just need some air." Blaine didn't insist. Cory gave his mother one last look before making it barefoot into the night. The cold steps of the front door felt under his feet. He had a heart condition, one quite precarious and labeled of high risk, even though he had had a heart transplant 6 years before, he couldn't possibly be dealing with this. He held on to the phone, he had not realized he was still clutching it.

"You should be in bed too." Kurt said behind him. "I called your grandparents, they are on their way. I'll stay until they come."

Cory nodded. Exhaustion finally getting to him. He followed Kurt inside, taking a quick glance at his mom who'd been given a pill to get her to sleep.

"Cory?" The small voice of his sister asked when he entered his parents' bedroom. His brothers and sister were all cuddled inside. "Is daddy okay?" Cory didn't know what to say, so he didn't. He just held on to the pillow, the one belonging to his dad and closed his eyes.

The next day Carole had stayed with them, as Rachel had not gotten out of bed.

"Oh hi! Mrs. Hudson." Haley knocked on the door that afternoon. None of them had gone to school that day. "Is Cory here?"

"Haley dear." Carole said calmly. "Is not really a good time."

"Haley." A voice said behind Carole. Cory stood there, more pale than she'd seen him, an oxygen mask over his face.

"Oh my god! What happened?" Cory shared a look with his grandmother. He took a step outside and ushered her to join him.

"Do they... Do they know what happened?"

"Their unit was hit. That much I know, my grandfather has made a bunch of calls but... We'll know for sure when they get here."

Finn had carried on his mission to keep everyone safe. They didn't know the specifics but only a handful of people had survived the attack, including Sam, Puck and Mike.

Rachel went back to her bed unwillingly that afternoon. The smell of Finn in her bed was too much to bear.

"Hey babe, how was your run?" Rachel asked from the bathroom as she heard him stumble down on the bed.

"It was good. I set myself a new record, I'm totally going to kick Sam's butt this time." Rachel rolled her eyes at her husband's constant need to compete. She left the bathroom to find him all sweaty on her bed. Darn it the pregnancy hormones. This was her 5th baby and still she felt the need to... Well, she was a lady but she really needed her husband right now.

"And how are you beautiful?" He grinned with a wide smile.

"I'm good, a little tired." She joined him back on the bed. "This baby seems to think its funny to play karate with my bladder." She huffed.

"That's why I keep telling you, I'm sure it's a boy." Finn said kissing her. By this stage at the game, she wanted a surprise so they had agreed not to find out the sex.

"Whatever you say Finn. God knows I don't need more testosterone around here." Finn gave her a smile. That smile that made her weak in the knees. He leaned in to kiss her and she responded rather quickly. She and her darn hormones.

"Is the door closed?" She asked when they broke the kiss.

"It was last time I checked." Finn whispered as he bit her neck making her moan as she closed her eyes.

Rachel traced her fingers around her neck knowingly. God it was Finn's favorite spot to kiss, among other places of course.

"Rachel?" Santana's voice snapped her from her thoughts. "I just thought you should know the boys just landed, I'm heading to the hospital with Quinn. Mercedes and Tina will meet us there." She didn't answer, hell, she didn't even nodded her head.

She wasn't going anywhere, because Finn wasn't there.

Santana made her way to the hospital with Quinn, who surprisingly after all her baggage with Puck had ended up married. They had two children, Jonah and Liam, ages 10 and 5. Tina and Mercedes had not moved to New York when they had, Tina and Mike lived in Chicago, they had a little girl, while Mercedes And Sam who were yet to be married, had a little girl named Jennifer lived in California.

"Please let me assure you we are doing everything we can..." The doctor insisted at the worried glance of the women before him.

"Cory? Where are you going sweetie?" Carole Hudson asked as she spotted him from the kitchen.

"I'm going to the hospital, to see if there's news."

"Can I come?" Matt asked.

"Cory, I don't really think..."

"Grandma, please I need to do something, I can't just stand here..."

Carole knew that statement all too well, just like Cory, Chris had been impatient, calling everyone he knew from the army to get news of Finn. News that were yet to come.

"Alright, but please be safe." Cory nodded, his brother trailing behind him.

By the time they'd made to the hospital, Mercedes and Tina were already there.

"Still no news?" Santana asked Cory as he sat next to her. "No news means good news right?"

"How's everyone?" Santana put him up to speed on everyone. Puck was badly bruised but stable, while Sam and Mike remained in surgery.

Cory spotted Quinn and her mother, who'd flown from Lima.

"Aunt Quinn..." She had been crying as his eyes locked with hers.

"Oh honey..." She wrapped her arms around him. "How's your mom?" Cory was embarrassed to say how Rachel was. She was a mess, that's how she was.

"Aunt Quinn, does uncle Puck know what happened?" Came Matt's voice.

"Puck isn't awake yet Matty, I'm sorry..." She struggled to say.

"But he's okay?"

"All things considered. He's in the best shape possible, others took it worse."

"Mrs. Puckerman?" A nurse had come to look for her.

"Yes?"

"Your husband is asking to see you..." A wave of relief washed over Quinn's face. She was suddenly faced by the conflict of the two children beside her.

"Q..." Was the first word to come out of Noah's mouth as soon as she saw him.

"Puck..." His eyes landed on those of his wife, then drifting to Cory's.

"I'm glad you're okay uncle Puck..."

"Do you know what happened?" Matty jumped in. Puck swallowed.

"Not sure. Sorry... Wait, why are you here? Is Finn okay?"

"Dad's missing."

So... What did you guys think? The only one whose awake doesn't know anything about Finn... And how's strong is Cory? Definitely his father's boy. Thanks for reading!