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Kurt moaned as he came to. The first thing he was aware of was the throbbing pain in his head. He opened his eyes for a second but clamped them shut almost immediately because the bright light over him made him want to throw up and tried to focus on something else instead. He was lying on his back on a cold and hard surface, probably on the ground. Kurt frowned in confusion. He didn't remember falling asleep on the ground and the light was also weird for his own room...

He took a deep breath and opened his eyes again, careful not to look straight into the light. It was somewhat better this time but his vision was blurry and he had to blink a few times to get a better view of the place. He felt a wave of horror rush through his body when he realised that he wasn't at home and he didn't know this place at all. He moaned again and tried to sit up but his head felt so heavy and the movement only made him dizzy again.

He tried not to panic, he closed his eyes and took a few deep breath to calm his rapidly beating heart. He had to figure out where he was and how he had ended up here. Yeah, it was what he had to do, at least this way he had some more time to recover of his killer headache and look around again. He needed a few minutes to remember the previous night. Nightbird had visited him in his home and had asked him to let Robin Hood know that he wanted to talk to him. So Kurt had dressed up and met the superhero on the roof where he had seen him the last time. Nightbird had somehow known about his visit in Smythe Labs and told him that he was in danger. But what happened after that?

Kurt had to think about it for a while. Something had hit him, something that had caused him so much pain. And then there had been that man over him, someone Kurt had been scared of. Nightbird had been there, too, and he had had some kind of fight with the man. What had happened after that, Kurt couldn't really remember. There had been lights and he had been moved but everything seemed so blurry. And then, he had woken up here, wherever here could be.

He took a deep breath and opened his eyes for the third time. He felt slightly better and now he could move to his side and push himself up to his hands. He was right about lying on the ground, the small room he was in had no furniture just big, glass walls. The light was still hurting his eyes but he blinked rapidly to clear his vision. He pushed himself back to the wall and slowly got up to his feet. When he was in a standing position, he gave himself some time before he looked around again. The room's walls were made of glass but he couldn't see much through them. There were metal walls around it with barely enough place for one person to move on the narrow corridor. Kurt couldn't see a door but as he looked around again, he realised that there was no door on the glass walls either.

He felt his breathing become faster again as he pushed himself away from the wall and walked around, searching for a way to leave. He ran his fingers through the smooth glass but he couldn't find anything. There was no way out of here.

He stepped away from the glass wall and pressed a hand to his lips. It wasn't a room. It was a cell. And he was locked inside of it.

~ o ~

Blaine walked around the room nervously. He so hadn't wanted to lock Kurt up but Santana had insisted to keep the boy in the cell, at least until they were sure that it was safe. They had run a few tests on Kurt to figure out what those men had used on him but they couldn't find anything in his blood. It seemed like Kurt was just asleep, so deeply that they couldn't wake him up. It was what made his friends think that Kurt could be dangerous. Whatever was in his system, it didn't leave any signs, so they couldn't be sure that Kurt wouldn't turn against them and try to hurt them. Blaine smiled sadly and shook his head. As if Kurt could hurt anyone.

"Are you alright?" Sam asked as he walked into the room.

It was the first time since Blaine had gotten back with Kurt that one of his friends came to talk to him. They had avoided him for a while after Blaine had told them the truth about Kurt and that he had known it. Santana was hurt because Blaine hadn't told him anything, not even when he had talked to Sam and Sam... Well, he must have been angry with him because of the mess he had made. Blaine wasn't perfectly sure but he hadn't been too happy either.

"Are you still angry with me?" Blaine asked quietly.

"I'm not but I think you should apologise to Santana" Sam said. "She's pretty pissed off that you didn't trust us."

"I trusted you" Blaine said and shook his head. "I still trust you. I just..."

"You should have told us" Sam said quietly. "I mean, at the beginning. Not just when you were in trouble."

"I know" Blaine nodded. "I wanted to, I swear. But then I met Kurt a few times, things became complicated and before I knew it, everything went out of control."

"We have to find out what Sebastian's doing" Sam said in concern. "It must be something bad if he sent those men after Kurt."

Blaine nodded in agreement. He didn't think that Kurt had stolen something from the man, it must have been something worse. Maybe Kurt had seen something he shouldn't have and that was why Sebastian wanted to catch him.

"I will talk to Kurt" Blaine said.

"Do you think that he will tell you the truth?" Sam asked.

"He has to" Blaine sighed. "I guess he will be scared once he wakes up but we have to show him that we don't want to hurt him and he can trust us."

"Maybe that cell wasn't a good idea" Sam muttered.

"I told you" Blaine replied.

"Hey, we just want to avoid another turtle man incident" Sam said.

"God, don't remind me on that" Blaine rolled his eyes. "I still have nightmares of a large turtle climbing into my bed."

"Stop! I don't want to hear it!" Sam said hastily, pressing his hands to his ears.

"Your boy's awake."

They both turned to Santana who had gotten into the room without any of them noticing it.

"How is he?" Blaine asked immediately.

"He looks fine" Santana said. "He hasn't turned into a monster yet, so I guess it's safe for you to visit him."

"I'm on it" Blaine said and left the room with superspeed.

"Have you seen this?" Sam muttered, pointing at the now closed door with wide eyes.

"Yeah" Santana said. Blaine had told them that his powers were back but it was hard to believe. "Hopefully, he won't lose them again."

"He needs them more than ever" Sam nodded. "If that Sebastian guy is evil, he will show up here sooner or later."

"I so hate cleaning up after them" Santana sighed.

"You look great with a mop" Sam winked.

His smile disappeared and he gulped nervously as Santana turned to look at him and he was glad that she couldn't kill him with one look. He quickly nodded and fled from the room, deciding that it was safer if he didn't tease the woman any longer.

~ o ~

After the first wave of panic, Kurt was able to calm down enough not to do anything stupid. He considered for a moment to try to break the glass but he knew that he wasn't strong enough and he had nothing to use in the room. He would surely injure himself in the process and he couldn't be sure that someone would come to help him.

So in the end he walked back into the corner of his cell and sat down. He was tired and weak, he had to calm down and get his strength back, so he could fight whoever was holding him captive. He had to get out of here somehow. His dad must have noticed his absence and he was surely worried about him which with his heart condition was very dangerous. Kurt had been so stupid that he had listened to Nightbird and had gone to meet the man. He should have stayed home, hidden from everyone where Sebastian couldn't find him. He would have forgotten about Kurt after a while and Kurt could have gone back to his normal life.

But now... he had no idea what would happen to him. He didn't even know where he was or who held him captive. His last memory was about Nightbird but he surely wouldn't keep him in a cell... Would he?

Only a second later, he heard a click and the metal walls in front of him parted, leaving a gap that was big enough for an adult to step through it. Kurt pressed his back to the wall behind him and pulled his knees up to his chest as he waited for his visitor to step inside. He was shaking with fear and had to remind himself to breath.

After hearing a few heavy footsteps, Nightbird walked through the door and once he got in, the walls closed in behind him. Kurt's wide eyes followed him as Nightbird stepped away from the metal walls and walked closer to him.

"You're awake" he said, his voice quiet and gentle.

Kurt didn't make any move and didn't say anything.

"You must be scared now but you have to know that I won't hurt you" Nightbird continued.

"Please, let me go" Kurt said and started crying. He didn't want to show weakness in front of the man but he had gone through so many horrible things in the past few days, it was more than enough for him for his whole life, and he was so scared, he wanted to go home.

"Kurt, you're safe here" Nightbird said. He surely saw Kurt's fear. "You will be able to leave your cell once I make sure you aren't dangerous."

"What do you mean?" Kurt cried. "I-I don't... I won't hurt anyone."

"Not intentionally" Nightbird replied. "But we don't know what was in that material they've given you. We didn't find anything in your blood, so we can't be sure there won't be any... side effects."

Kurt's eyes grew even wider and the thought that something horrible could happen to him just made him cry harder.

"You will be fine" Nightbird said hastily. "It's been almost ten hours and nothing happened, so I think it's safe to say that the possibility that there was something life-threatening in that thing..."

"Ten hours?" Kurt whispered.

"Uhm... yeah" Nightbird nodded. "You were asleep for a long time."

"My dad!" Kurt cried out. "I-I have to... he must be so worried, I have to call him!"

Nightbird seemed to be thinking for a long minute and when he spoke up again, his voice was full of regret.

"You can't talk to him or anyone else, not now" he said.

"You can't do this!" Kurt said. "Please, my dad... he's sick."

"Once we make sure you aren't dangerous..."

"I'm not" Kurt glared at him.

"...and you aren't infected with any disease, won't grow a second head or something else out of order, you will be able to call you father" Nightbird finished.

"And then what? Will you let me go?" Kurt asked with his arms crossed in front of his chest.

"We will discuss what to do next" Nightbird replied.

Kurt sighed and looked away. As much as he wanted to trust the superhero, the current situation wasn't helping at all.

~ o ~

It was late and most employees of the Smythe Labs had gone home. The biggest part of the building was dark and silent but it wasn't true for the basement where a very angry man screamed and hit the bars of his cell, determined to break free.

"Dave, calm down" Sebastian sighed and rubbed his tired eyes as he walked to the cell. "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong? What's wrong? You locked me into this cell and left me here to die!" Karofsky shouted and kicked the bars. "Let me out of here!"

"Don't be so impatient" Sebastian smiled. "You're right, I neglected you but I had so much to do... I won't do it again, I promise."

"I want to go home! You have no right to keep me here!" Karofsky said.

"I'm trying to help you, don't you see? I want to give you something that makes you invincible. I want you to join my team. Why do you want to reject this beautiful offer?" Sebastian asked.

"You want to force me... to be like him" Karofsky said, nodding towards the other cell across the corridor. "You want me to become a monster!"

"A monster? How can you say such a horrible thing?" Sebastian gasped dramatically and turned to walk to the other cell. "This is the best thing that can happen to you. Right, Hunter?"

The occupant of the cell groaned and stood up. Sebastian watched his newest toy in awe. Hunter had grown into the size of an elephant and had become more muscular than before. He looked amazing and Sebastian loved coming down here to take a look of him.

"I want to destroy" Hunter said.

"Soon, darling. You have to be patient for a little more but soon you can destroy the whole city" Sebastian said.

Hunter sighed tiredly and sat back down. Normally he was hard to handle but thanks to the sedatives he got in every three hours, he was perfectly obedient.

"So" Sebastian said as he turned back to Karofsky. "Hunter's tests came back, he's perfectly healthy and ready for the next step which means it's your turn to get your first treatment."

Karofsky gulped nervously and stepped back from the bars as two men appeared behind Sebastian.

"Be a good boy, Dave, and let us help you" Sebastian said and snapped his fingers.

The two men stepped forward, opened the cell's door and dragged the protesting man out and towards the stairs that led upstairs into the lab. Sebastian stayed behind and listened to Karofsky's voice for a while but then he walked back to Hunter.

"Once he's ready, you can leave" Sebastian said. "I have an important mission for you two."

"What is it?" Hunter asked.

"I want you to find and kill Nightbird and his new best friend" Sebastian said.

Hunter smiled at that. He couldn't wait to try out his new powers on somebody.

~ o ~

Kurt definitely didn't make anything easy. He was angry with Blaine for keeping him prisoner and didn't let him out of his cell, not even when the boy promised to tell him everything. When it became clear that Blaine wanted to wait some more to make sure Kurt wasn't infected with something and didn't want to let him talk to his father for an indefinite time, Kurt became stubborn and decided not to talk to the superhero until he gave him what Kurt wanted. It went so far that Kurt didn't even drink or eat anything that day at all and Blaine had to admit, he was close to give him anything just to make sure Kurt was fine. Around 3 in the afternoon, he grabbed Kurt's phone and texted his father, telling him that he was with a friend of him who needed Kurt because of a tragedy in his family and he wouldn't be back for the next night. Burt Hummel must have trusted his son because he texted back immediately, telling Kurt – or better Blaine – that it was fine and he could take care of the business alone for a few days if necessary. Blaine felt so terribly bad for lying to the man who was always so kind but it was the only thing he could do.

Later that night, he walked back down to Kurt's cell, dressed in his costume again. He had talked to his friends about telling Kurt the truth but Santana thought that it was safer if Kurt didn't know who he really was. He could freak out and if Blaine lost his trust completely, he surely wouldn't tell him what they needed to know about Sebastian.

Kurt was sitting in the corner of the cell as Blaine walked through the door. He didn't even look up as the superhero went to him and crouched down beside the glass wall.

"You should eat something" Blaine said gently.

"I'm not hungry" Kurt replied.

"I don't believe you" Blaine smiled.

"Why do you care?" Kurt asked and looked up at him. "You keep me here like a criminal! You-you aren't better than Sebastian."

"Oh, really?" Blaine raised an eyebrow and took a step closer. "Do you have any idea what Sebastian would have done to you? He was willing to pay me a whole fortune to catch you."

"Then why didn't you hand me over?" Kurt asked.

"Because I'm not a monster!" Blaine shouted, causing Kurt to move back into the corner. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, I just..."

Blaine sighed and started pacing around Kurt. It was so hard not to tell him the truth and honestly, he wasn't sure if he should keep up this play. He wanted Kurt to trust him but how could he if Blaine held him captive and lied to him?

"Why did you save me?" Kurt asked quietly.

Blaine frowned as he looked at him.

"I told you. I'm not..."

"I'm just an ordinary boy" Kurt continued. "And you risked your life to save me from them. Why did you do it?"

Tell him, Blaine thought. It's the perfect moment to do it.

Before he knew what he was doing, he reached up and pulled his mask down. He slowly made his way to the wall and pressed the button that opened the door on Kurt's cell and only then turned around to face the boy. Kurt was still in his place, watching him with wide eyes. Blaine smiled at him and stepped forward, careful not to scare Kurt.

"I guess it's too late, but I'm asking you not to tell anyone about this" Blaine said as he reached Kurt and held out his hand towards the boy to help him back to his feet.

But Kurt seemed completely frozen. His eyes were still impossibly wide and his mouth slightly open as he was staring up at Blaine.

"Please, say something" Blaine said after a while.

"Blaine?" Kurt whispered. "But-but... How?"

"It's a long story" Blaine smiled. "Come on, I will make you a coffee and tell you everything."

Kurt nodded slowly and raised his shaky hand. Blaine grabbed it and pulled Kurt up to his feet, relieved that Kurt didn't pull away.

"This way" Blaine said and still holding Kurt's hand, he walked out of the room.