Today Was A Fairytale

Chapter 14: It All Comes Together

After Puck left, Finn and Mike ventured back upstairs. In an effort to keep an eye on the impostor Rachel, Finn was going to introduce her to Mike like he would any of his other friends. Neither man said a word as they walked down the hall to get to his bedroom. The hallway was silent until they got close to the art room.

Hearing soft thuds coming through the wall, Finn put his hand out to stop Mike. "Do you hear that?" he asked, listening more intently now. He walked over to the wall and pressed his ear against it. More thuds could be heard coming from the other side. Quickly, Finn entered the art room and located where the banging was coming from. It could be heard through the closet in the room.

"Stand back, your Majesty. Let me get this," Mike said as he motioned for Finn to move. It was his job to protect him and who knew what was on the other side of that door. Mike unsheathed his sword and held it firmly in his hand as he gripped the knob. He turned the handle and swiftly swung to door open to reveal a much worse for wear woman lying on the ground tied up and gagged banging her head against the wall repeatedly. Once she noticed the door was open her eyes lit up and she began to cry and shake in happiness.

"Brittany! Oh my God!" Finn cried, moving forward to lift his friend out of the closet. He carried her over to the bench under the window and removed her gag before working on the restraints tying her hands and feet together. "Brittany, what happened? How did you get in here like this?"

"Please, you need to find him! He has Artie!"

Finn and Mike looked at each other, neither understanding. "Who has Artie?" Finn asked.

"I don't know his name but he's a bad man. He broke into our house and he hid Artie and said I'd never see him again if I didn't help him! He threatened to kill us both! I had to help him! I'm so sorry, Finn. He forced me to tell him how to get to your cabinet. He wanted Rachel."

Finn took a sharp breath and looked up at Mike. "Rachel was kidnapped. See?"

"Brittany, do you know anything about the man?" Mike questioned.

She began crying harder. "Not really. He was really mean though. He wasn't that tall, had brown curlyish hair and rode a really big black horse. He had really blue eyes too."

It wasn't much to go on but if they could find a way to relay this information back to Puck he might have a clue. Puck knew every lowlife in McKinley. "Brittany, stay here and keep quiet. I'll send some men up to help you and we'll find Artie, I promise. We just need to deal with something first." Mike turned to Finn. "Where's the impostor?"

In a flash, Finn led Mike to his bedroom where the fake Rachel was happily eating her breakfast unaware that she had been discovered.

"Hello Finn, Mike." She smiled at them both and continued eating.

"How do you know Mike?" Finn questioned severely. "I never introduced you to him." He stared at the impostor Rachel and swallowed harshly as his jaw set. He needed answers and didn't have time to mess around anymore.

Fake-Rachel's mouth fell open a little as she realized her mistake. "I-I…I-"

"Where is Rachel?" Finn said in a deep commanding voice as he stalked forward to tower over the woman.

"I am Rachel."

"You're lying!" he howled at her, startling her. "You think I wouldn't notice the difference between you and the real thing? You aren't Rachel and you never will be! Now tell me where she is!"

The woman cowered under him as he continued to loom over her. She steeled herself however and continued to assert that she was Rachel. "Finn, I am Rachel. If you can't tell, then something is off with you."