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Kurt woke up to the unbearable pain all over his body. He moaned and squeezed his eyes shut, trying to breath. His head was spinning but as he took a few deep breaths, he started feeling slightly better. There was a gentle hand on his forehead and he slowly opened his eyes to see who was there with him.
"Blaine?" he whispered.
"Shh, it will be better soon" Blaine said quietly.
"Hunter, he..."
"I know" Blaine nodded. "It's over. You're safe."
Kurt nodded and looked around. He was in an unfamiliar room with weird machines around him. One of them was moving up and down over his body, giving small clicking noises.
"Keep him unmoving" Santana called out of somewhere.
"What's going on?" Kurt frowned and tried to sit up but Blaine pushed him back down.
"You have a few broken bones, Santana's healing them now" Blaine explained. "You have to stay still."
Kurt watched in silence as the machine worked over him. He had never seen such a thing and it was scary, although Blaine's hand on his shoulder helped him calm down. As the minutes passed, he felt less and less in pain and when the machine finally stopped, it felt like he was healed completely.
"What's happened to me?" he asked.
"Before or after that stupid plan of yours?" Santana asked as she joined them, looking over Kurt. "I think you're fine now. You can sit up."
Kurt took a deep breath and made a few small movements, testing his newly healed body. It seemed like he was perfectly fine, although he had no idea how it happened. Bones didn't heal like that.
"Santana worked for my father's company before she got kicked out because of her big mouth" Blaine explained. "She's very good with her machines."
"I'm the best" Santana said confidently. "Your father was stupid that he let me go."
"You bullied your co-workers" Blaine pointed out.
"I encouraged them to work faster" Santana replied. "Big difference."
"So you're a scientist?" Kurt asked. For some reason, it was hard to believe. Santana didn't seem like someone who knew these things.
"Why are you so surprised?" Santana laughed.
"Because you don't seem like one" Kurt answered.
"I always hated laboratory coats" Santana shrugged.
"Would you leave us alone for a minute?" Blaine asked gently.
"Of course. I'm done here anyway" Santana said and turned to Kurt. "Don't be so stupid the next time."
"There won't be next time, I swear" Kurt sighed.
Santana winked and left them alone in the room. When she was gone, Blaine turned back to Kurt, seemingly still concerned for his well-being.
"Are you sure you're alright?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm perfectly fine" Kurt smiled as he jumped up. "See? I'm healed."
"You scared me, you know?" Blaine said. "It was so stupid of you, Kurt. You could have gotten yourself killed."
"I had to help you" Kurt said.
"And you did" Blaine smiled. "I can't believe you did that for me."
"We're a good team, right?" Kurt laughed.
Blaine fell silent, looking away. To be honest, he didn't want Kurt to get involved in his secret life. Okay, it was a little too late for that but the last thing he wanted was to put Kurt into danger again.
"We aren't a team" he said in the end.
"Excuse me?" Kurt asked.
"You can't do that again, Kurt" Blaine explained. "It's too dangerous. You have no idea what our enemy's capable of."
"Really? I think I've learnt it from first hand how dangerous Sebastian can be" Kurt replied. "I know more than anyone about him, actually, so if you want to catch him, you need me."
"Kurt..."
"No, Blaine" Kurt interrupted seriously. "I'm done waiting for someone to stop him. He's hurting people and we have to do something."
"You're incredible" Blaine smiled.
"Is that a yes?" Kurt asked.
"Fine" Blaine sighed. "You can help us but you have to stay with the others next time. I won't let you get yourself killed."
"I can't promise anything" Kurt said.
"If you try, I will be forced to lock you up again" Blaine said.
"You wouldn't do that" Kurt said slowly.
"Are you sure?" Blaine winked.
Kurt sighed, shaking his head. Blaine was just as stubborn as him and he was sure that Blaine would do anything to ensure his safety. He had no idea what was going on between them but Blaine certainly cared about him. Or it was something more...
Maybe because of the dangerous situation they were in, Kurt felt bold enough to give it a try. Who knew what would happened to them the next day, he had to know how Blaine felt. He took a deep breath and stepped closer, sneaking his arms around Blaine's neck. He gave Blaine time to pull back if he wanted to but the superhero didn't move, so Kurt leaned forward and pressed his lips to Blaine's before he could stop himself.
Blaine surely liked the idea because he tightened his arms around Kurt's waist and kissed back so heatedly that it made Kurt's knees go weak. He practically fell into Blaine's arms, completely lost in the moment. Sure, he had had a few kisses before but none of them was like this. It was magical.
When Blaine pulled back, too soon for Kurt, he sighed happily and smiled at him.
"It's just because of the costume, right?" he joked.
"Of course" Kurt played along, pulling Blaine into another kiss.
~ o ~
Sebastian was furious. More than that, he was practically boiling with anger. He had sent his best men after Nightbird and Kurt and soon he had gotten the first pictures of them. Nightbird must have worked with a scientist, a very good one, because Kurt had been injured but they had healed him fast. And then... It had only taken him a few minutes to end up in Nightbird's arms. It wasn't supposed to be like that. Kurt was his and nobody was allowed to touch him.
He had to find them and deal with that asshole himself, as soon as possible. He looked down at the broken syringe on the ground and then at his arm where he had injected himself with the matter. It was only matter of time and he would join his army, in a better form than any of them. Thanks to the tests they had run on Karofsky and the other test subjects, the doctor had made a few changes and now it had to work better. Sadly, they had no time to make more tests. Sebastian had to stop Nightbird and get what he wanted before he could ruin Kurt completely.
"Mr Smythe?" Doctor Roberts asked as he stepped into his dark office.
"What do you want?" Sebastian asked.
"Somebody stole a syringe of..." the doctor stopped when he found the broken syringe in front of him. "What have you done?"
"We're running out of time" Sebastian answered.
"We can't be sure it's working properly!" Doctor Roberts said.
Sebastian jumped up from his chair and grabbed the man's neck, squeezing it painfully.
"I'm tired of your excuses" Sebastian said. "I need it to work now, so you better start praying that everything will be alright because if you screwed up again, you will be the first one I kill. Got it?"
He let go of the man's neck and let him fall to the ground.
"You're crazy" Doctor Roberts said, shaking his head.
"Am I?" Sebastian asked with a raised eyebrow. He already felt the matter working in him, changing his body. "The change will be complete soon and I can take over this place, like I always wanted to. My father would be so proud of me, don't you think?"
Doctor Roberts shook his head slowly. He had known Professor Black, he had been insane, but it seemed like his son was just as bad.
"You have to stop this" he said quietly.
Sebastian growled in frustration, kicking the man, hard, who fell back onto the ground again, moaning in pain.
"This is just the beginning, doctor. You should sit back and enjoy the sight" Sebastian said, kicking the man again hard enough to knock him out.
He walked into the basement, smiling when he heard his furious toy trying to break free from his cell. Much to Sebastian's delight, Karofsky, thanks to his new power, already destroyed half of the wall and he only needed a little to finish his work. He stepped back and waited for the next blow that sent bricks flying back across the floor and smiled as Karofsky stepped out.
"Look at yourself. You're beautiful" Sebastian said in amazement.
"I'm gonna kill you" Karofsky groaned.
"No, not me" Sebastian smiled. "I have a better job for you."
~ o ~
Kurt wished they could stay together in the room forever, lost in their soft kisses. He had no idea how long they had been there, everything and everyone else completely forgotten, but he knew for sure that he didn't want to end it anytime soon. Apparently, Sam had other thoughts.
"Dude! You have to... What are you doing?" Sam asked as he burst into the room.
Kurt jumped away from Blaine immediately, blushing and biting his lip nervously. Blaine didn't seem that nervous at all, he sighed and slowly turned to Sam.
"Is there something wrong?" he asked calmly.
"You two?" Sam asked with a wide smile. "This is awesome!"
"Sam!" Blaine said impatiently.
"Oh, yeah, right. You have to come with me. There's something I have to show you and you won't like it" Sam said carefully.
Blaine sighed again, hating that he had to leave Kurt because of his job. Things just started getting hot between them and honestly, he enjoyed it very much. He had to be quick if he wanted to continue it later that night.
"Let's go" he said in the end, smiling at Kurt apologetically.
They all walked out of the room and joined Santana who was sitting behind the large computer, watching something seemingly upsetting on the screen. Blaine leaned closer to see what it was and groaned in frustration.
"Another one?" he asked.
"Metal Man" Sam said excitedly but his smile disappeared as his friends turned to him. "That's the name I gave him. Look, he's built of metal."
"And he's destroying the city right now" Santana said seriously.
"Why is Sebastian doing this?" Blaine frowned.
"A distraction" Kurt answered.
Now every eye turned towards him and Kurt blushed again.
"I mean... It could only be that, right? It doesn't seem like he's searching for something, he's randomly destroying buildings. I'm sure that Sebastian wants to keep you busy for a reason" Kurt explained.
"We should keep you once it's over" Blaine winked.
"Would you stop this?" Santana asked. "I'm happy for you, guys, but you should avoid fucking each other at least until we deal with this guy."
"We-we don't do that" Kurt muttered awkwardly.
"Sure" Santana rolled her eyes.
"What should I do? If Kurt's right, it could be a trap. But if I don't go there to stop him, people could get hurt" Blaine said.
"I can do it" Kurt volunteered.
"No way" Blaine replied without hesitation.
"Why not? I'm sure I can... Oh, dear God. It's David Karofsky" Kurt whispered as they got a better picture of Karofsky and he recognized his face. "He... He's..."
"It's fine, Kurt" Blaine said, squeezing his hand. "I will do it. It might be a trap but I'm better than them."
"What if you aren't?" Sam asked in concern. "The other one almost killed you yesterday."
"That's why I have an amazing team who helps me in the background" Blaine smiled. "Only in the background."
He gave Kurt a pointed look who sighed heavily.
"Fine" he said.
"Find his weakness" Blaine said and rushed out of the room with superspeed.
"Does he always do this when he leaves?" Kurt asked.
"Yeah. He thinks it's cool" Santana said, not looking up from the computer.
~ o ~
Blaine arrived at the crime scene only a minute later, dressed in his costume. He stopped behind the villain, rolling his eyes. Why couldn't these guys come up with something new?
"You aren't too creative, are you?" he called out, smiling at the man as he turned around.
"Nightbird" Karofsky growled.
"Yeah, that's me. Let me guess, you want to kill me?" Blaine asked.
Karofsky didn't answer but surged forward, trying to hit Blaine who got out of his way easily. Karofsky might have been strong but he wasn't as fast as his opponent.
"It's gonna be hard if you can't even reach me" Blaine said, jumping out of the way again.
He ran in circles around the man for a few seconds and stopped behind Karofsky again, hitting the man's back hard.
Okay, it was a bad idea. As Blaine's hand collided with Karofsky's back, made of full metal, he heard a cracking noise and pain ran through his whole hand. He hissed and pulled back, swearing quietly for his stupidity. He might have been strong but he should have considered his options before hitting the man who seemingly didn't get injured from the blow.
"Looks like you aren't that smart" Karofsky smiled, using the superhero's preoccupied state to hit him, sending Blaine flying back across the street.
Blaine moaned miserably as he pushed himself back up to his feet, knowing that he had no time to rest. He was pretty sure that Karofsky broke a bone or two and his hand was injured as well. But he had no time to hesitate because the man was there again, trying to hit him.
"You have to get out of his way" Santana said through his ear clip.
"And then what?" Blaine asked.
"Tire him out" Santana said.
"Thanks for the great advise" Blaine said sarcastically.
He jumped out of the way again and ran away from Karofsky, waiting for him to follow him. Luckily, the man didn't seem too clever because he went into the play pretty easily, not noticing what Blaine was doing. Blaine ran back to the other side of the street before Karofsky could reach him, winning a whole minute to rest. He was tired, too, and his injuries made his movements slower. His lungs were burning and he could just hope that he had no internal bleeding. He felt that his bones already tried to heal but he gave them no chance with all these movements.
"I will break every single bone of yours" Karofsky said as he approached him.
"We will see about that" Blaine said.
Apparently, tiring him out was a harder job than Blaine expected. Karofsky seemed to be in a good shape and didn't seem like he would give up anytime soon. Blaine hoped that it was just a trick and he would collapse sooner or later, hopefully sooner because he was getting slower with every round and he was afraid that Karofsky would catch up with him soon.
But when he was about to give in, something unexpected happened. Karofsky stopped in the middle of his movement, threw back his head and screamed.
Blaine took a tentative step forward, not knowing if it was just a trick or real. But as he got closer and Karofsky pulled his hands back away from his head, Blaine could see as his skin slowly turned back to its normal form.
"Looks like that power of yours didn't last too long" Blaine said as he approached the man kneeling on the ground and quickly knocked him out before he could do anything. Who knew how his power worked. Maybe Karofsky was able to change back again.
He took a few calming breaths, leaning against the wall. He did it. He found a way to stop the man and he did it. Even if it meant he couldn't move too much for a few hours.
"Have you seen this, guys?" he asked, tapping on his ear clip.
There was no answer. Blaine waited for a few more seconds and then tried again.
"Guys, can you hear me?" he asked.
Maybe his ear clip was ruined during the fight. It could be the only explanation, right?
But there was a horrible feeling that got stronger with every passed second Blaine waited for anyone to answer him. What if it was a distraction? And what if it meant Kurt and his friends were attacked when he left them alone?
Blaine pushed himself away from the wall and forced his legs to move, bringing him back to the others.
~ o ~
"Oh my God!" Kurt gasped when he saw Blaine getting hit by Karofsky.
"You have to get out of his way" Santana told Blaine, handling the situation a lot easier than Kurt.
"And then what?" Blaine asked.
"Tire him out" Santana smiled.
"Thanks for the great advise" Blaine said and turned back to the villain.
"He's injured. We have to help him" Kurt said in concern.
"He got this. Calm down and let us work" Santana said, working on the computer.
"What are you doing?" Kurt asked.
"Analysing Karofsky's system. There has to be a weak point" Santana said.
"And then what?" Kurt asked.
"Oh, would you shut up?" Santana asked impatiently.
"Blaine has super strength" Sam explained. "If he could hit Karofsky at that point, he would knock him out."
"He would break his other hand, too" Kurt said.
"Well, probably" Sam shrugged.
Kurt took a deep breath, trying to calm his nerves but it was so hard. He could see that Blaine was in pain and he wanted to help him.
"I have to get there" he decided and before anyone could stop him, he walked to the door and opened it.
He screamed in fear as he found himself face to face with a large ball of fire that was moving towards him. He grabbed the handle again and tried to push the door closed but then a hand reached out of the fireball, stopping him.
Kurt let go of the door and took a few quick steps backwards, away from the frightening object.
A way too familiar laughter came from the middle of the fireball, making them all freeze where they were. Kurt knew immediately who the laughter belonged. He had heard it so many times. He gasped again as the fire pulled back a little, revealing a body in the middle of it. Kurt's eyes just got wider as the fire slowly disappeared and in the end, only a regular looking Sebastian Smythe was standing on front of him.
"Hello, guys" he said as he stepped inside, enjoying the scared looks he got. "So this is where Nightbird and his little friends work. I always wanted to see this place."
"What are you doing here?" Santana asked as she stood up from the computer, taking a few steps towards Kurt.
"I lost something very precious. I want it back" Sebastian said, his eyes stopping over Kurt. "God, I missed you so much."
"You should leave" Sam said, moving on front of Kurt. "Blaine will be back in any second and he will kick your ass."
"He will be late" Sebastian said, taking a step forward. "Come on, Kurt. Be a good boy and come with me without fight. I would hate to hurt your friends."
Kurt could only see a quick movement from the corner of his eyes as Santana grabbed something from the desk and throw it towards Sebastian. He couldn't see when it reached the man, though, because Santana grabbed his arm and started pulling him towards the door behind them, but he could hear Sebastian's scream. As horrible as it was, he knew that they won a few seconds to run.
They were almost at the door when a flaming ball flew across them and hit the door, burning it down within a blink. Kurt turned around slowly, afraid of facing the man who was capable of such a thing.
"Now that we got this out of the way..." Sebastian started as he slowly approached them. "...It's time to go, sweetheart."