Mad World

The Fighter

Kurt is closing the car door of his last student when he sees a black Chevy parked across the street.

"Impossible." He mummers to himself wrapping his arms around him. Sebastain wasn't here. He was just paranoid.

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Sebastain watches as Kurt glances over and freezes.

"Shit! Did he figure us out!" Finn hisses.

"If I know Kurt, he'll think he's paranoid and walk away." Blaine says. Sebastain agrees.

"Needless to say we better follow and make sure he doesn't run." Finn says.

Sebastain nods and they follow. Sebastain is forced to watch as their daughter runs to Kurt and he embraces her with open arms and carries her, laughing, to the car. He should be with them.

He will be soon.

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Kurt carries Sylvia inside.

As he's putting dinner away theres a knock on the door.

"Coming!" Kurt calls.

Who would be knocking this late, on his apartment door. Kurt feared he knew.

"Sylvia, follow me and stay quiet." He begged.

"Why daddy?" She whined.

"Please." He begged. She knew something was wrong then. She nods.

"Go into my office and hide in that secret hiding place, okay." He says. She nods.

"Whatever you do, don't come out unless I say, okay. That's really important baby." He stresses. She nods again. He kisses her forehead and she runs off.

The bell rings again.

"For heavens sake!" He says hiding his fear.

He makes sure the baseball bat is still beside the door before opening it.

"Hello Kurt, or should I call you Eli." Says a voice Kurt has memorized.

"Sebastain." He says weary.

"Clever, going by Eli. Short for Elizabeth. And Anna, for Annabeth. Hudlson? Really? That's the best you had?" He mocks.

"Hummel and Hudson, I'm glad you didn't forget about me." Finn says appearing in the door frame.

"Finn." Kurt gasps. He really missed his brother.

"Not even a goodbye?" Finn says hurt.

"You know I had to leave." Kurt says coldly.

"I? No, you took OUR daughter with you!" Sebastain growls. Kurt flinches.

"It was for our own protection." Kurt says icily.

"Don't give me that shit. I would have protected you." Sebastain hisses.

"At what cost! Killing? Tourturing?" Kurt bellows.

"If it came to it." Sebastain says. Kurt chuckles sadly.

"It always seemed to come to it. You would kill anyone who even spoke to me." Kurt cries.

"Don't be over dramatic." Sebastain says rolling his eyes.

"You know what! The reason, the REAL reason I left was because my husband turned into a monster!" Kurt screams. It was Sebastain's turn to flinch.

"Where is Sylvia?" He asks ignoring what Kurt said.

"Not here." Kurt spits. Sebastain sees red.

"God dammit Kurt! Where's my daughter!" He bellows advancing. Kurt grabs the bat and swings. It hits Sebastain across the face. Then he runs. Even after all these years he's still faster than Finn.

He makes it to his office and locks the door.

"Sy! Hurry let's go." He whispers urgently. She crawls out from behind the bookcase.

"Where are we going?" She asks. He picks her up and climbs through the office window. They run into the woods.

"Kurt!" He hears voices behind them. He runs and doesn't look back.

He cuts through the normal path of his runs and finds the park. Someone's there, waiting.

"Kurt." He says walking toward him. It's Blaine.

"No." He turns and runs into Finn and Sebastain.

"Give up Kurt, you're surrounded." Blaine pleads.

"Daddy" Sylvia cries holding him tight. He kisses her forehead and contemplates.

"When I put you down, run." He whispers in her ear. She nods.

He sets her down and all hell breaks loose. She bolts as fast as her little legs will carry her and Kurt fights. Blaine tries to go after her and gets a knockout punch to the face. Finn tries to grab Kurt and gets a swift kick that makes his knees buckle then there's Sebastain. Who pulls out a gun.

"So what, I didn't obey and now you're going to shoot me!?" Kurt laughs.

"Go ahead! Prove you've fallen even lower than I thought." Kurt spits.

"You really think I could shoot you!?" Sebastain says angry.

"That's the problem Seb, I don't know who you are anymore." He whispers brokenly.

"Kurt-" he says in despair. Then Kurt moves, he disarms Sebastain and stands with the gun.

"You can't shoot me." Sebastain says.

"Why not. Give me one good reason." Kurt says cocking the gun.

"For the same reason you didn't hit me as hard as you could have back there, the same reason I couldn't shoot you..." He says advancing slowly, "you love me, and I love you." He lowers the gun. Kurt shakes his head tears falling.

"I loved the man you were, not this monster you've become." Kurt says. Then he does a complex flip off Sebastain's chest, knocking him the the ground.

"What the hell was that, Kurt!" Sebastain gasps winded.

"I don't need your protection." Kurt growls knocking him out with the gun. Then he goes after his daughter