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Chapter 38 – A Girl in a Vision

Whistling a tune, Artie was casually strutting through the school halls when a set of fingers snaked around his wrist and pulled him into the Choir Room. He accidentally sent a spark of electricity up Tina's arm as a result.

"Ouch," Tina complained releasing her grip.

"Sorry," Artie apologised. "You just startled me with the whole sneaking up thing. What's going on?" he asked seeing Quinn and Mercedes sitting beside one another wearing very serious expressions.

"Hold on, we're waiting for Kurt," Tina stated. "He's just finished up a make-out session with Puck in the Art room. I'll grab him," she swooped out of the room like a vulture.

"It's really creepy that she can smell people," Artie commented. He'd barely sat down beside Quinn when Tina returned pulling Kurt in behind her.

"What's going on?" Kurt asked looking round at the others.

"Quinn," Tina said authoritatively indicating for the blonde to speak.

"It's Rachel," Quinn explained. "After the Doctor's appointment she had because of all the headaches it was recommended that she follow up with a hospital visit."

"Right, to get a cat-scan," Mercedes recalled. "But so what," she shrugged. "The results came back and said she was fine. We had a Glee Club meeting about it shortly after winning Regionals."

"Yeah, she's fine," Artie added. "She even told me that she's not really getting bad headaches anymore."

"I'm afraid Rachel wasn't being entirely truthful," Quinn said.

"What do you mean?" Artie asked.

"She means your girlfriends been lying," Tina answered bluntly. "To all of us."

"Wait, what?" Mercedes asked, confused.

"I found Rachel's test results," Quinn told them. "She'd hidden them under her bed. And I'm no Doctor, but her brain scan was definitely not all sunshine and rainbows."

"Do you mean there's something wrong?" Kurt asked.

"This power that she has, its causing damage," Quinn answered. "If this carries on, if we can't find a way to stop it… I don't know."

"No, you're wrong," Artie spoke up. "If there was something wrong then Rachel would have told me. She wouldn't lie to me, not about something like this."

"She probably just didn't want to worry any of us," Quinn defended. "Sometimes people need to deal with their problems on their own rather than rely on other people. But this is serious. The voices and the visions are doing damage."

"How much damage?" Kurt asked.

"I don't know," Quinn sighed. "Like I said, I'm not a Doctor. But I did a little research online, and Rachel's brain scans do not show a perfectly normal and healthy scan."

"So what do they show?" Artie asked.

"Is it like a brain cancer thing?" Mercedes asked.

"No, no," Quinn shook her head. "It isn't like cancer, or a haemorrhage, or anything known to medical science. Its something different."

"Well of course it is," Tina pointed out. "Rachel isn't medically ill so there isn't any medical diagnosis or medical cure. This is something different, something new. Doctors and Hospitals aren't going to help."

"So we need to figure out our own way to help," Kurt suggested.

"Don't get me wrong, I want to help," Mercedes said. "But I really don't know what we can do."

"We have to reverse it," Quinn decided. "Whatever happened in this Choir Room, whatever it was that gave you guys these powers, we need to find a way to reverse it."

"I don't even know if that's possible," Kurt replied.

"And I happen to like being super badass," Tina added. "Plus, Artie can walk. Do you really want to take that away from him and put him back in that chair?"

"Of course not," Quinn answered. "But I don't want to see anything bad happen to Rachel either. She's my best friend and these powers are destroying her. For all we know the next time she gets a vision her brain could burst out of her skull. And if you think being able to kick the crap out of people is more important than Rachel's health then you are just one heartless bitch, Tina."

"Ok, people, there's no use arguing," Mercedes interjected. "Look, these powers have given Artie the ability to walk again and that's a beautiful miracle. And together we've all managed to save lives. These powers have been useful. But I lived a long time without these powers, I could live without them again. I could, I don't need them. And obviously it would be in Rachel's best interests if we could make her powers go away. If we can find a way to get rid of it, then I'm down for it. But like Kurt said, we don't know if its even possible."

"But we have to try," Artie stated. "We have to try and find a way for Rachel to get rid of these powers."

"Just Rachel?" Tina asked.

"Just Rachel," Artie agreed. "And anyone else who wants rid of them," he said.

"Well I'm sure as hell keeping my powers," Tina said firmly.

"My powers have proved useful," Kurt commented. "I guess I would like to keep them," he admitted. "But I'd give them up in a heartbeat if it would help Rachel."

"But how do we help Rachel?" Mercedes asked. The group looked between another in an awkward silence, neither of them able to offer any possible solutions.

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The History teacher was not doing a successful job at maintaining Rachel's attention. The girl had a throbbing headache coming on and she was seeing flashing images of something every time she blinked. It wasn't a full-on vision with any decipherable details. It was merely a blur of colour behind her eyelids but she had a feeling that something important was going to happen. She just wasn't able to see it yet.

Resting her elbows on the table, she dug the heels of her hands into her eyes and tried to force the fragmented images into a full picture. As she pressed harder, the blurs of colour and odd looking shapes came into better focus. She was definitely seeing a person and she was getting closer to that person.

"Miss Berry, am I boring you?" Mr. Tate asked.

The distraction of the teacher's voice made the images in Rachel's mind fade away.

"Sorry, sir," Rachel apologised picking up her pen and looking appropriately studious as Mr. Tate continued.

Making sure it looked like she was taking notes, Rachel tried to focus her mind back on the image she had been seeing. The figure was definitely that of a girl, but Rachel could identify no more than that. Every time she closed her eyes and tried to see more of the vision, the reveal of the person she was seeing was always interrupted. Sometimes by a bright light cutting off the vision, sometimes by a loud noise that could only be heard in her own head, and other times simple distractions came from her peers sat around her.

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Throughout the day, Rachel tried to force the vision to play out in full clarity and give her some clue as to what was going to happen to whom and when. However, on her way from English to Math, a new set of images made themselves known in her brain. These set of images were much clearer. She could see Kurt. He was in the boys' locker room, showering alone after the rest of the class had finished. But he wasn't alone. Somebody was watching him, Rachel was sure of it, and she was willing to bet a future Broadway career that Karofsky was the one watching.

"Finn!" Rachel called out, seeing the taller boy further up the corridor. "Have you just come from the boys' locker room?"

"Um, no," Finn answered, clearly confused by her interrogation. "I just had Spanish with Mr. Schue."

"Have you seen Kurt?" she asked.

"Not since lunch," Finn shrugged.

"We need to go to the boys' locker room," Rachel told him urgently as she started running in that direction, her Cheerio skirt bouncing with the movement. "Finn, come on!" she called back to him impatiently.

Slinging his backpack more securely on his shoulder, Finn hurried after her.

"Get away from him you sick son of a…" Rachel trailed off as she and Finn burst into the boys' locker room to find it completely empty.

"Um, who are you talking to?" Finn asked.

"I thought… I saw… Kurt?" Rachel called out. "Kurt, are you here?"

"Rachel, nobody's here," Finn pointed out.

"He could be invisible," Rachel argued. "Kurt?"

"Ok, what's going on?" Finn asked. "Why would Kurt be here?"

"I had a vision," Rachel answered. "Kurt was in here, showering and he was being watched. By Karofsky. I'm sure of it. I saw it, Finn."

"Alright, you saw it," he placated. "I believe you. But, Kurt doesn't even have Gym class today. None of us guys have Gym class today."

"In that case we have time to prevent this from happening for real," Rachel responded. "You have Gym with Kurt right?"

"Yeah," Finn nodded.

"Do not leave his side," Rachel instructed. "You cannot leave him to shower alone. You need to stay with him and protect him. Do you understand, Finn? Do not leave Kurt alone in here, ever."

"Sure, I got it," Finn answered. "Um, Rachel, are you ok?" he asked as her eyes became unfocused and she seemed to sway on her feet. "You sorta look like you're gonna… shit," he swore catching her before she hit the floor. "Faint," he finished the sentence slapping her face lightly in the hopes that she'd wake up. Not knowing what to do for her, he lifted her into his arms and carried her to the Nurse's Office.

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While Kurt knew it was wrong to skip class, he reasoned that he was far more advanced than both his teacher and fellow pupils in French that it didn't matter if he missed one lesson. He also decided making out with his boyfriend under the bleachers was a far better way to spend his time.

"Kurt," Puck said between kisses and Kurt made a noise to show he was listening as he took the time to nuzzle Puck's neck. "I'm so freaking horny, baby," he declared. "I really wanna fuck you again."

"Truck?" Kurt suggested, half-excited and half-nervous.

Fingers linked together, the boys made their way to the parking-lot and climbed into the back of Puck's truck. Kurt's little tricks to make himself and his boyfriend invisible had never been more convenient.

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"You weren't wearing that scarf earlier," Tina stated to Kurt knowingly as he entered the Choir Room for Glee Club.

"I'm sure Mike's neck is in a worse state than mine," Kurt retaliated and Tina smirked in amusement.

"So where did you two do it?" Tina asked with keen interest.

"In the truck," Kurt admitted with a blush.

Mr. Schue entered the room, clapping his hands enthusiastically as he informed them of a new song idea for Nationals.

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After Glee rehearsal, the teenagers stayed behind upon Quinn's request.

"What's going on?" Santana asked.

"Rachel," Quinn said looking to her friend, knowing the short brunette would hear her thoughts.

"Seriously, what's going on?" Santana asked again impatiently.

"Are you going to tell them Rachel, or should I?" Quinn asked.

"It's nothing, it doesn't even matter," Rachel insisted. "We really ought to just focus our energy on preparing for Nationals."

"Rach, please," Artie spoke up. "You need to let us help you."

"Ok, what is this, is Berry dying?" Santana asked and Artie and Quinn both glared at her. "Oh crap, are you actually dying?" Santana covered her mouth with her hands looking truly concerned.

"I'm not dying," Rachel answered. "Nobody is dying," she said before clutching her head and biting her lip to prevent a scream as a painful vision raced through her skull. "I lied, somebody might die."

"Rach, what is it, what did you see?" Artie asked holding her hand and stroking her face tenderly.

"The roof," Rachel gritted the words out. "Somebody's on the school roof. Somebody's going to jump off, I can see it."

"I'll go," Tina said before speeding off to the school roof, Mike, Matt, Puck and Finn running after her.

"Rachel, sweetie, we know about the brain scans," Quinn said. "They aren't normal. The voices, the visions, its all doing serious damage."

"We just want to help you, girl," Mercedes added.

"I'm not the one who needs help right now," Rachel replied. "We need to help whoever it is on that roof."

"Don't worry about it, Tina and some of the guys went," Artie told her. "They'll help. It'll be fine. Let us help you now."

"Artie," Rachel shook her head at her boyfriend. "I don't think there is a way to help me."

"I could show you more meditation techniques and stuff," Brittany offered.

"That's sweet, Britt, but I don't think that's going to help," Quinn said gently.

"So, what can we do?" Brittany asked.

"We need to reverse whatever happened in here," Quinn answered. "We need whatever it was that gave Rachel these powers in the first place to take them away again."

"How the hell are we supposed to do that?" Santana asked. "That's impossible."

"Um, hello," Mercedes said pointedly as she waggled her fingers and made snow fall from the tips. "This should be impossible. It all should. But its clearly not. I believe there's a way to reverse what happened. We just need to figure it out."

"Well, it all started in the Choir Room," Brittany pointed out. "If there's a way to reverse it then that should happen in the Choir Room too right?"

"In theory," Kurt shrugged. "But what do we do, just sit around in here and wait for something to happen?"

"Can't Rachel just get a magic vision show us how to make it go away?" Santana asked.

"I don't have any control over the visions, Santana," Rachel said rubbing at her temples. "I just have to live with it."

"But its hurting you," Quinn argued.

Rachel just sighed and leaned in to Artie's side, the boy pressing a kiss to her forehead.

"Ok, all sorted," Tina declared as she returned to the Choir Room with Matt, Mike, Finn and Puck behind her.

"Are you guys ok, what happened?" Kurt asked moving to Puck and stepping into his strong arms.

"Did you save the person jumping off the roof?" Brittany asked.

"Not exactly," Puck replied and Brittany looked horrified.

"What happened?" Santana wanted to know.

"It turns out Tina was the one jumping off the roof," Finn said.

"You did what?" Artie asked her.

"Oh don't look at me like that," Tina rolled her eyes. "I didn't just jump off for the hell of it."

"She saved a puppy," Mike smiled.

"I got to the roof, nobody was there, I looked down at the ground and there was a puppy about to get run over," Tina explained. "So I jumped to the ground and saved it. Then I had to run back up and save Finn because he nearly fell off."

"I tripped over my own feet," Finn admitted bashfully.

"Ok, rescued puppy and rescued Finn, yay," Santana applauded. "Now, what are we going to do about Berry's brain damage?"

"I think Britt was right," Mercedes said. "This all started in this room. If its going to end, then it should end in here too."

"What do we do?" Quinn asked.

"I have no issue giving up my powers," Mercedes stated. "I'm fine to stay in here with Rachel and just see if something happens."

"I'll stay too," Kurt said.

"Ok, I guess the rest of us will wait outside," Artie commented. "It'll be ok," he told Rachel. "I know it will," he kissed her sweetly before leading the way out of the Choir Room, Tina and Quinn following him.

"If you need us we're just right outside," Puck told Kurt.

"Don't worry, we'll be fine," Kurt assured him and they kissed before Puck headed out with the others, Santana pulling the door shut behind her. "Now its just us," Kurt said looking between Rachel and Mercedes.

"Now its just us," Rachel repeated.

"Do you think anything will happen?" Mercedes asked.

"I guess we'll find out," Kurt shrugged.

"What do we do, just sit here and wait?" Rachel asked.

"Maybe," Kurt replied looking at Mercedes thoughtfully. "Or maybe we need to make something happen. Recreate the blue light that hit all of us."

"The blue light, the same colour Artie makes with his electricity powers," Mercedes observed. "Maybe Artie is the key to this?"

"No," Rachel shook her head. "We need to do this between us, without Artie and Tina. They don't want to give up their powers and I for one am not prepared to force them. We do this alone."

"You can create lightening," Kurt pointed out looking to Mercedes. "Do you think you could recreate something that resembles what happened to us?"

"I don't know," Mercedes looked very uneasy. "If I try messing with lightening and I mess it up I could kill us."

"She's right, it's too dangerous," Rachel agreed. "I couldn't stand it if anything happened to either of you just because you were trying to help me."

"So… I guess we do just sit in here and wait to see if something happen," Mercedes said.

"Yeah, I guess so," Kurt replied.

The three friends sat cross-legged on the floor together, simply waiting for something to happen. 'Something' did not happen, and the half-formed vision Rachel started having in History returned to tease at her mind, zooming in on a figure close enough to see that it was a girl but not close enough to identify.

To Be Continued…

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