Chapter 24 - Rescue Me

"We're trying to check out all of the residences of any relative. The car has not shown up anywhere."

"It's been almost 5 hours, Jim. My son has been missing 5 hours. 5 hours Jim." Burt couldn't help but continue to repeat it as if Jim couldn't hear.

"We're looking at any family business or relatives of relatives, Burt. We're close. We've already checked all the family homes. We found his dad and have him under surveillance."

"Keep checking! Get me something, Jim. I need something before daylight!"

Burt's phone rang. Caller ID told Burt immediately who it was. "Jonathan. Are you here?"

"Yeah. We're in Westerville, but we're headed toward Lima. It'll be almost 2 hours to get to you."

"Why don't you go home and rest? It's midnight. Nothing's going to happen and Blaine is down in Kurt's room. I was just going to check on him. I'm sure he's not sleeping, but there's not much we can do anyway."

"If you think its best, Burt."

"You've both been working very hard. Rest tonight. Call me in the morning and I'll let you know where we are." Burt sighed. "I hope to tell you that we have Kurt safe and sound."

Blaine was on his laptop and on a whim started to do searches on Smythe. Why had he not thought of this before? He started with Smythe Ohio. The list appeared and started the tedious work of looking for clues. The first he clicked on was a drug arrest for his dad. He read the entire file so that he could get information like his dad's name, date of birth, where he lived where he was arrested. These were all things that Blaine thought he might be able to use.

Blaine clicked on links to a bunch of sites that were people finders and started to get frustrated. There were some articles and links to school items for Sebastian, but nothing of substance. "Dammit!" He slammed the mouse down. Twenty minutes and still no new leads on where Sebastian may have taken him. He was starting to have a growing list of search keywords and started to search relatives of Sebastian. There weren't a lot and Blaine knew he would have to really look and really read if he it were to help him.

He was reading an article on a relative of Sebastian's. It was his dad's cousin, who had received a promotion at her workplace. He was startled when Burt opened the door. "Blaine?"

"Yeah?" Blaine stood to meet him on the staircase.

"How are you holding up?"

"Okay. I started to see if I can research Sebastian's family and try to figure out where he would take Kurt."

"We have a lot of people looking for him." Though Burt voice was strong and hopeful, his face told a different story. He was losing hope. It killed Blaine for anyone to lose hope on Kurt. If anything, Kurt was resilient and strong.

"Maybe they're overlooking the obvious. I'm going to keep looking Burt. I might find something. I have to do something. I can't sleep and I can't just sit here and wait."

"Try to get some rest."

"Like you?" Blaine was going at him just a bit because the last he wanted to hear was get some rest. There was no way he was sleeping. "You know I can't sleep until Kurt is safe with me." Blaine was tough and possessive now, yet through the toughness a tear escaped his eye. "He has to come home to us, Burt." Blaine wasn't sure if he meant dead or alive, but he just knew that he had to see Kurt.

Burt patted Blaine on the shoulder. "I know son."

"We got a team at a business in Dayton right now. Apparently the dad had friends that owned a local business. It would make a good hiding place for him. We have a couple other leads if this doesn't pan out."

"Have you found anything? Any clues or something of Kurt's at this place?" Burt brightened with hope.

"We just entered sir. It's a 3 story converted building so it might take our guys a few minutes to get through it. I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything."

Burt hung up and took a deep breath. He hoped his heart could handle this. It was just after one in the morning. The door to the basement opened and Blaine appeared with his laptop in hand. "Do you mind if I come up here with you Burt?"

"Not at all." Burt motioned to the kitchen table. "Carole is in the family room. She was drinking tea and trying to calm herself. She fell asleep."

"Probably because of the warm tea." Blaine looked around and it seemed so empty. "Where's Finn?"

"We told him to stay over at Puck's house. No use in keeping him up all night with nothing to do but wait. They're probably over at his house playing video games."

Blaine nodded, continuing to click through page after page to make sure he didn't miss something. "I've gotten through a list of nonsense for the most part."

"They're checking out a place in Dayton right now. I didn't want to worry you Blaine. They may not find anything. They may have not even gone there."

"I actually saw that place, but it just didn't strike me as someplace Sebastian would take him."

Burt crooked an eyebrow. "How do you know?"

"I know how Sebastian talked to him and treated him. One minute he's attacking the next minute he's romancing. One of the times he followed us, he sent flowers and was really nice like he was asking Kurt on a date. He would want this to be special. He would take Kurt somewhere that was special to either him or his family or something." Blaine pounded his fist to the table. "God Dammit! I don't even know! I don't know anything! Why can't I find him?" Blaine was trembling with internal anguish. He felt like he failed Kurt yet again. "I could never be a good mate for him Burt. I can't even keep him safe." Blaine slammed his computer lid down and stood up. He ran his fingers quickly through his hair. "I should go. Kurt needs someone that can be as strong as him, someone that can protect him and care for him. I'm not good enough."

Blaine turned to leave but was caught with a firm hand on his shoulder. "He deserves you Blaine. He deserves someone who loves him completely and wants to protect him and care for him. He deserves to come home to someone he loves."

"He loves you."

"Yes. He does love me, but not in the same way. He loves me, but he'll need you. He'll need you more than anything. You'll have a lot of work to do after this. We both will, but especially you. If you're not up to the hard work, then you're right, he deserves better." Burt waited for Blaine to respond. Blaine stopped and looked down. He feared the eye contact with Burt. This was the father of the person he knew he was hopelessly in love with. This man in front of him couldn't possibly know how attached that Blaine had become, how utterly dependent Blaine had become. This man didn't know how much Blaine craved Kurt, his eyes, his body, his touch. The mere glace from Kurt's ocean blue eyes brought Blaine to his knees. This man trusted him to love his son after such a short time.

The thing is Blaine gave himself completely to Kurt at a time when he was lonely and sad. Kurt accepted that and after some time, learned that giving of himself was worth it. "He's worth the work. If it takes a lifetime for Kurt to trust me, I would be willing to give it to him. I swear."

Burt squeezed his shoulder and Blaine finally made real eye contact with him. There were tears in Burt's eyes when he said, "I thought so. I'm not usually wrong about these things. I'm not usually wrong about how my son feels about someone. Kurt loves you Blaine. I'm happy, no, not happy, I'm ecstatic about it. When Kurt comes home to us, he's going to need you to patient and he's going to need you to love him, not his body, HIM. I know you love him."

"I think he's special. We can talk for hours and we have similar interests, but we're also so different. He's just special." Blaine eyes twinkled as he spoke of Kurt. "I'm scared of how damaged Sebastian leaves him and what if he hates me or doesn't want me around because I let him go." The twinkle was replaced with tears washing over.

"You didn't let him go. He was taken. Anything that happened was not your fault and Kurt will know that. You'll still need patience when it's all over."

"What if he doesn't come home?" The question was very valid. Burt didn't even want to think of the possibility of Kurt being killed.

"He'll come home to us one way or the other, but he WILL come home. Let's focus on bringing him home alive." Kurt turned Blaine back to the table and the laptop, where he had been searching for the last several hours. "What did you find? Sit and read and tell me what you know. Any help we can give them might bring him home to us safe and sound." They settled down at the table to go over it.

Blaine opened up his laptop and started to read the notes to him then paused. "This one relative was named Susannah Smythe, but there are no mentions of her and I can't find her anywhere recently."

"Maybe she died, or her name changed?"

"I couldn't find an obituary on her. She didn't live very far from here. She lived maybe an hour away?"

"It's something. Or, maybe nothing. Just keep at it son. Remember, any help you can give the guys we already have on it would be good."

Blaine went back at it. He concentrated hard and spent the next 30 minutes typing feverishly on his computer. Burt had been on and off the phone. The Dayton business didn't pan out at all. It looked like no one had been there in months. They still watched it and every place else that he or his dad had been hoping that they would appear.

Blaine stumbled upon a name Susan S. Smith. He thought to himself how absolutely normal that name sounded, but also very coincidental that he found this name in the town just an hour away. Maybe not coincidental except for such an ordinary and common name, there were no other Susan S. Smith's in either city. It caught Blaine's eye at first because at first glance, it almost looked like Smythe, but then the first name also rang very close to Sebastian. Okay, well maybe just the 'S' drew him in. Maybe the similarity to Susannah Smythe just hit him. Then Burt's voice was in his head. Maybe her name changed. Maybe she was Susan Smythe.

Blaine started clicking. He wanted to find something. Anything. He wanted to feel like he was helping in some way. The first click brought him to a newspaper summary of a new bakery in town. Something about all homemade German pastries. It didn't seem to be anything and he exited out and clicked on the next one about the bakery closing down due to the owner relocating to open a bed and breakfast.

Blaine hadn't even noticed that he was glued to the information. A bed and breakfast would be quaint. He searched bed and breakfast in Bellfontaine where Susan S. Smythe lived. Nothing came up. Blaine sat back in his chair making a huffing sound.

"What is it Blaine?"

"I thought I was on to something. I found a Susan S Smythe in Bellfontaine, Ohio. I thought it could be this Susannah Smythe, but I can't find anything connecting those two people. I feel like I've just wasted precious time focusing on something unrelated."

"Why did you feel like it could be the same person?" Burt felt like Blaine was on to something too.

"Just coincidence. She owned a bakery in Bellfontaine and then I found an article about it closing to open a bed and breakfast." Burt came over and pulled a chair up to sit next to Blaine. "I think this is something."

"I thought so too, but I never find anything else about it."

"I thought you said that there was another Susan Smith in a city closer to here."

"Oh Yeah! Let me search that." Blaine typed Susan S. Smith Indian Lake. Up came a place called the Smith Bed and Breakfast. "Here it is." Blaine's pulse sped up and his heart started to pound in his chest. "I was on the lake, but it's closed now. She closed it, but there's and address. It's 31 Lakeside."

"It can't be more than 30 or 40 minutes from here."

Blaine clicked on some pictures. It was a nice place. Very homey. He found an old link to information about the owner. "Burt! This is it! Susan Smith was formerly, Smythe! She changed it to Smith because of it being easier to remember. This is it Burt. I feel it. We need to get people there."

Burt pulled out his phone and got Jim. "Jim, I think we may have found Kurt. You need to get some guys to 31 Lakeside in Indian Lake." Burt listened. "How long? An Hour? We need it sooner. My son could be dying there now."

Blaine wrote down the address and stood up grabbing his jacket and keys. "We're going."

"Jim, Blaine and I are going. We can get there quicker, probably 30-40 minutes. I really think this is it." But was pulling his jacked on too as he followed Blaine out the door to his car. He hung up and noticed he was in the passenger seat of Blaine's car. "Maybe I should drive."

"Burt, unless you plan to speed like I do, I think you should just buckle up. It wouldn't look good if you got a ticket." Burt just nodded and wondered how fast Blaine was willing to go. He didn't care at this point. He felt that Kurt was in sight.

"This is for protection. I wouldn't use this on you, Kurt. You're no danger to me." Sebastian stared at the knife looking at his reflection for a moment.

Kurt noticed little things that would throw Sebastian a little off track. He had to remain calm if he was going to distract him, but then it hit Kurt, what if they're nowhere close to finding him? Still any time before he was going to be raped was worth the time spent. In a shaky voice, "So, where did you get your knife?" Really Kurt, nice one.

Sebastian laughed. "Funny you should ask? It was here when we got here. Found it in a kitchen drawer even though this is clearly some kind of hunting knife." Sebastian looked at it again. "I hope I don't have to use this at all. You won't give me reason to use this will you, Kurt?"

Kurt didn't trust his voice so he just shook his head no.

"Good then." Sebastian came to the bed and sat down next to Kurt. Then took the knife and showed it to him. "It's pretty isn't it?" Kurt nodded. "This place used to be a bed and breakfast and I would come here in the summers to help my aunt. The lake is pretty at night."

"I'm sure it is." Kurt figured if he could talk long enough, maybe Sebastian would get tired and fall asleep. Anything at this point was worth a try. "I c-can tell it was nice."

"Can you?"

"Yes. I-I don't know about the lake because I can't see anything, but I'm sure it's nice like you said." Kurt tried to adjust his arms. They were so stiff. Even if he was able to get loose, he was sure his arms and legs wouldn't move properly.

"It would be nice to make love to you with by the lake, but I can't risk you running away."

"I-I wouldn't." He couldn't anyway. He wasn't sure he could bend his knees let alone run.

Sebastian laughed and then lay down next to Kurt. His face was right next to Kurt's ear. Kurt tried to turn a little toward Sebastian to let him think he was okay, but he cringed at the thought. Sebastian ran his fingers through Kurt's hair. "So sweet. You're so sweet. I knew you were sweet, but I didn't know how sweet you could be."

"I can be when people treat me nice."

"I'm planning on treating you nice." Sebastian paused. "I think I'm going to give you a glimpse of the lake. We can pretend we're by the lake making love. We are kind of. Just not right at the lake." Sebastian stood up and uncovered the window. The moonlight shone on the lake. If you didn't know it was cold out, it would look pretty. Kurt wondered what lake they were at.

"It is pretty. What lake is this?"

"Nice try Kurt. It's a lake in Ohio. I didn't take you too far away from home. Anyway, I think I'm ready now." Sebastian returned to Kurt's side lying down next to him again. His mouth came right to Kurt's ear. "You smell so good," Sebastian cooed.

"T-thank y-you." A tear rolled down his face. Sebastian ignored it as he started to kiss Kurt's neck gently before his hands began to unbutton his shirt. Kurt trembled but not in a good way. It was going to happen.

The ride there was filled with so much emotion. "Blaine, just be careful. We need to get there in one piece." In an attempt to lighten the mood. "I hope you don't drive like this with Kurt in the car of I might have to hire someone to drive you or follow you around."

Blaine just looked at Burt. "I'm sorry. I want to get there so bad Burt. I'm scared."

The music was no help. It seemed every station was destined to remind him of how much he would lose if he lost Kurt. Blaine settled for silence. They neared the lake area to find it very dark. "Do you have a flashlight?"

"I think so. In the glove box." Blaine flipped the light on inside the car.

"Found it." Burt tried the flashlight. "Dead." Blaine just looked at him. "I guess that was not the best choice of words."

"There should be batteries too."

Burt reached way in the back. "I think I found some." He put them in and it worked. Blaine smiled, like it was the most amazing thing to happen.

Blaine could see the lake ahead and the GPS told them they were close. "This should be lakeside. It's completely empty here... and dark."

"It's the off-season. I'll bet it's busy during the season. Most of these houses are empty this time of year."

"That's why I think he would bring him here." There was a long light in the distance. Blaine felt hope and despair at the same time. He feared what they would see. "Is that it?"

"Turn off your car lights." Burt tried to see but it was really dark. "I wish we could see. I just think it would be safer than having the lights on."

"I know. I'm pretty sure that's his car though. It was left at my house for a day when Finn and Puck dropped him at his house." Burt gave Blaine a very confused look. "The first time he attacked Kurt and I beat the crap out of him."

"You're a good kid Blaine." Burt tried to smile. "We need to figure out how we're going to get in without him knowing. I'm a little nervous that it's not him too."

"If I could get closer, I can be sure of it."

"That's great, but what if he's armed? We'll need to be really careful, Blaine."

"I don't care if I get hurt Burt. I need to know Kurt is safe." Blaine was serious. "I would die for him, you know. " It was a true look. The type of look that the person you love is more important than your own life.

"You need to stay alive too kid. I don't think Kurt will make it without you either." Burt put his hand on Blaine's arm to keep him in place. "I didn't think Kurt would find someone this soon in life, but you are everything I hoped for in a mate for my son." Blaine was choked up and couldn't respond but nodded his head in acknowledgement and thanks.

"So, how are we going to get in?"

"Let me call Jim first." Burt pulled out his cell phone and called. "We were right Jim. Blaine recognizes the car as Sebastian's. Have your people check out a place called Smith Bed and Breakfast in Indian Lake, Ohio." Burt listened to him. "We're not waiting. You get here when you get here. If you send local police, they need to be quiet. It's pretty desolate in this area. It's really dark and any sound or lights will give it away." Jim must have said something to which Burt responded, "Yes."

"What was the last part?"

"He just said be careful." Blaine looked pretty nervous more than frightened. "Do you have anything in here that could be a weapon?"

"I have the wrench that comes with the spare tire."

"Anything else?"

"I don't think so."

"I guess I can use the flashlight." Blaine nodded. "First, let's see from the outside if we can figure out what room they're in. Then we'll enter. Let's go."

Burt led the way and they found only one room on the second level with a dim light on. They spoke in whispers. "The door is right there." Blaine pointed.

"We have to try to open it as quiet as possible." They headed to the door. Burt put his hand on the knob and found it wasn't locked. He took a deep breath as he pushed very gently.

Sebastian had managed to get all the buttons open on Kurt's shirt. He pushed it open to display Kurt's pale smooth chest. His mouth was everywhere. All Kurt could do was let him. He had no control. Sebastian kissed and licked Kurt's nipples. Kurt closed his eyes and tried to put his mind somewhere else, somewhere happy. He tried to imagine Blaine's cologne wafting into his nasal passages intoxicating him. This was the first time Kurt wished, just a little bit, that he wasn't such a romantic. He thought, if he weren't a romantic, he could just think of this as a one night stand or courtesy fuck.

Just as he was almost getting the visual of Blaine in his head, he felt Sebastian tugging at his jeans button. He opened his eyes and looked down. Kurt was thankful for Skinny jeans. Sebastian managed to get his pants unbuttoned and his hand on Kurt's cock. He didn't want to, but he wanted to see what Sebastian looked like as he tried to get Kurt hard. As he looked down, something caught his eye. The door moved ever so slightly, but Kurt was sure that it moved.

The next second found Burt and Blaine bounding in to the room. Kurt's eyes shot wide open. He hoped he wasn't seeing things.