Kurts hand was still on the door as Cooper Anderson burst in. "You were in my apartment building, but you werent there to see me, were you?" he asked before Kurt could even catch up with what was going on or why there was an Anderson in his home.

"I um… I was looking for a friend," Kurt finally answered, remembering what he had told Cooper the day he mistakenly went to Coopers apartment building to find B.

"How do you know my brother?" Cooper repeated.

Kurt couldnt understand what was going on. What was Cooper Anderson doing here? How did he even know where to find him? Kurt had so many questions, but "What brother?" was what came out of his mouth first.

"What brother!" Cooper was very obviously on edge, trembling slightly, loud and waving his arms around as he spoke. He wore jeans and a gray T-shirt and looked tired and frantic. "My only brother. Blaine."

"I- I never knew Blaine," Kurt answered truthfully. "I didnt get the chance to meet him before he… Before he passed away."

Coopers mouth snapped closed and his arms dropped by his side. His whole tense demeanor changed, his shoulders slumped and his face was blank.

"Im sorry," Kurt whispered, still not knowing what to do, but hating the look on Coopers face. Kurt knew what it felt like to lose a brother.

"Blaine didnt die," Cooper said, and Kurt just stood in silence, not understanding. "Blaine isnt… He…" Cooper closed his eyes and ran a hand across his forehead. "Youre saying youve never met him?" Cooper asked, opening his eyes again.

Kurt shook his head, trying to keep up. Thinking back to everything Sebastian had said about Blaine Anderson, everything hed read. Someone had said Blaine died… Hadnt they?

"Whats going on?"

Kurts heart jumped to his throat at the sound of Bs voice. He turned his head in time with Cooper to see B standing at the end of the hall, looking small and sleepy in his pajamas and sleep-messed hair.

"Oh, god," Kurt said as Cooper and B stared at each other. Bs mouth opened, but he didnt say anything.

"I… can explain." Kurt said to Cooper, waiting for him to freak out.

Cooper blinked a few times at B, as if trying to process what he was looking at, and then turned back to Kurt, his eyes wide and his cheeks flushed. "Where did you get him?"

"What?" Kurt asked helplessly, feeling like things were on the verge of slipping out of control.

Cooper pointed at B. "B821. Where did you get him?" If Cooper had sounded distressed before, he sounded almost angry now. Enough for B to move from where he was standing and slip next to Kurt, grabbing his hand. He even took a step forward so he could easily move himself between Kurt and Cooper if he needed to.

Kurt still found himself mute. Not a single word would come to his lips as Cooper threw daggers at him with his eyes.

"If you have questions about me," B said steadily, "then you can ask me."

Coopers eyes shifted from Kurts face to Bs, and his expression softened. "Say that again."

B furrowed his brows. "If you have questions about me, Ill answer them. There isnt any reason for you to be mad at Kurt."

Coopers lips twitched, and then a smile grew on his face. "Thats amazing. Say something else."

"I… What?" B asked, obviously confused.

"Last time I saw you, you could barely talk and now you sound… intelligent and confident and like… like…" Coopers smile faded. "God, you sound just like Squirt."

B rolled his eyes. "Dont call me that."

Cooper breathed in sharply and then let out a long breath. "Thats exactly what Blaine would say too."

Kurt was watching them, trying to figure out what was happening, but not getting anywhere. "Will someone please tell me whats going on?"

B looked at him and squeezed his hand. "I dont know."

"You then," Kurt said to Cooper. "Why are you here at our apartment in the middle of the night?"

Cooper ran a hand through his hair again, his whole posture tense. He really did look exhausted. "Ill answer your questions if you answer mine," Cooper said. "Can we start with how you have a piece of stolen Smythe tech?"

"A piece of tech?" Kurt asked incredulously. "You mean B? He isnt some random piece of tech." Kurt could feel his cheeks growing hot in anger.

Cooper held up his hands in surrender. "Sorry, I didnt mean to offend. Just… He was stolen and then disappeared."

"If you are implying that I stole him: I didnt. We purchased him. I have papers to prove it," Kurt said, taking a step forward, now shielding B where hed been shielding Kurt before.

"Okay, okay," Cooper said, still sounding placid. "Can we start over? And can I please sit down? Ive had a…. an emotional and tiring week."

"Well then what are you doing, waking people up in the middle of the night," Kurt murmured as he and B walked into the living room and Cooper followed.

Kurt sat on the couch, B next to him. Cooper took a nearby chair. Kurt knew the animosity he was feeling towards Cooper was really just fear. Sebastian had used that stolen android stuff to try to take B from him, and Kurt wasnt going to stand for any more of that.

"How did you know I was B821?" B asked, starting things off.

Cooper chuckled a little, incredulously. "You have no idea how weird this is for me. To be talking to someone who looks so…." He paused for a moment and then cleared his throat. "Thats an easy question. B821 is the only B line droid that wasnt destroyed," Cooper said with a shrug. "You were stolen. Do you remember that?"

"I…" B swallowed nervously. "I dont."

"Are you hoping hed know who stole him?" Kurt spoke up.

"Oh, no," Cooper said, with a wave of his hand. "Thats easy too. I stole him."

"You…" Kurt stared at Cooper for a moment. "You what?"

"They were breaking down and destroying all the B line droids, even the one droid that I thought was showing promise." He looked at B. "I thought my dad was giving up on the project prematurely. He was the one who ordered it to be shut down, you know. So I took B821 to try and work on him in secret. I had a friend help, or someone I thought was a friend. He was going to hide him for me, but then… well, he stole my stolen droid."

Cooper was taking all of this so calmly, and talking about Bs past with such nonchalance that Kurt could hardly believe this was happening. But he had started to warm to Cooper. If nothing else, hed saved Bs life by stealing him before he could be destroyed. Kurt shivered to think of B being broken down like the rest of the B line. Kurt would never even have known him.

"So you arent surprised to see me?" B asked. His face was scrunched up in confusion. Kurt could only imagine how difficult this all was for him to take in.

"I mean, yes, I am… a little." Cooper leaned forward, elbows on his knees, to talk to B. "I didnt expect to find you here of all places. In fact, I didnt think Id ever find you again. It was a little jarring to have you suddenly appear. Fhat  me assure youbreath / gaspedor a split second, I thought you were Blaine, but thats not possible, and besides…" Cooper tapped his head right next to his eye. "Blaine has two."

Bs hand went up to the empty socket, where the little red light was blinking steadily. "Oh… I usually wear an eye patch."

"Wait... Wait. Back up," Kurt said, his heart starting to hammer in his chest. "If you arent here because you knew I had B, why are you here?"

"To find out how you know my kid brother."

"I dont," Kurt said again. "Up until a minute ago, I thought he was dead."

B looked sharply at Kurt. "Blaine Anderson isnt dead?" His eye was wide and his brows raised. Kurt put a hand on his back, knowing how talking about Blaine affected him. Please dont shut off, B.

"No. Blaine isnt dead. What did you think we made the B line droids for if Blaine had died?"

"You made them to try to connect to Blaines consciousness while he was in a coma," B answered, and Kurt kept watching him, scared every second that B would collapse. "But Sebastian said it was a failure."

"So you know Sebastian?" Cooper said, raising an eyebrow. "And yeah, everyone thought it failed, but I didnt give up hope so easily. None of that means Blaine died."

"But Sebastian acted like… like hed lost Blaine," B said, and Kurt rubbed circles on his back, as Bs voice started to sound strained.

"No." Cooper shook his head sadly and took a deep breath. "My kid brother has been in a coma for over two years. He didnt die, but the doctors and the engineers… They all gave up on him. Sebastian thinks of him as dead because everyone says hell never wake up again…" Coopers voice broke but he pushed on. "My parents wanted to pull the plug, as they say, but I refused to let them. Blaine lives with me now. He has around the clock nurse care and the best equipment money can buy…" Cooper broke off and rubbed his eyes tiredly. "Id been starting to give up though. Two years is a long time... There were no more B line droids, and Blaine hasnt been improving at all."

Kurt was battling conflicting emotions. He felt so relieved to hear that Blaine Anderson hadnt died, but still… He glanced from Cooper to B and back to Cooper again. He felt so sorry for Cooper and apprehensive at the same time. "If you want B to start experimenting on…" Kurt shook his head. "Im sorry, because I wish there was something I could do for your brother… but you cant have B."

B glanced at Kurt, and it seemed that for the first time, B realized how tense Kurt was. B smiled softly at him and then leaned in and pressed a kiss to Kurts cheek.

Cooper looked at them for a long moment, and then his eyes widened. "Oh. Oh. I didnt know it was… like that." He looked a little flustered for a moment, sitting back up in his chair. "Um… I didnt come for him, though, I promise, and I dont think I need him anymore anyway." He smiled, and for a moment looked like the handsome confident man Kurt had met earlier that week. "My brother is waking up."

Kurts heart thudded in his chest and B sat up straighter. Kurt saw his breathing change and his body stiffen.

"Blaines been unresponsive for two years," Cooper said, and he couldnt keep the smile off his face. "Depending on machines to keep him alive, but a couple weeks ago, he started… moving? Twitching, and hed moan. It probably doesnt seem like a lot to you, but trust me, after everything… its a lot. And this past week, he has had brief moments of wakefulness, and today… well, he said something." Cooper was beaming, tears in his eyes. "The first two words to come from his mouth since his attack."

Kurt tried to keep his hands from shaking. He felt strange suddenly, like he was in a dream where everything seemed real, but you knew it wasnt. He almost wanted to guess what those two words were, even though it made no sense whatsoever. "What did he say?" Kurt breathed.

"Kurt Hummel." Cooper answered.

There was silence again.

"But…" Kurt started.

"And guess who I remembered giving an autograph to just a few days ago? One Kurt Hummel," Cooper continued. "Finding you was easy. Im rich." Cooper shrugged. "And I have many ties to the world of technology, and someone who owed me a favor. I got your address, and here I am. If the name of some guy is the first sign of life my brother has had since he was almost beaten to death, I figured I should find out why."

"But I never knew your brother," Kurt insisted, a heavy feeling in the pit of his stomach as he squeezed Bs hand. B was oddly silent about all of this.

"You must have," Cooper pressed. "Why were you at my apartment the other day?"

"I was looking for B," Kurt said, glancing at him and noticing how anxious B looked, face pale and breathing irregular. "B had been looking up information about Blaine Anderson, and I thought he'd gone to see you."

"Why have you been looking up Blaine?" Cooper asked, looking at B with interest again.

"Because…" B said in a shaky voice. "I was… I was based off of him."

"Only the way you look," Cooper said. "Youre your own droid." He smiled. "Whatever personality program Kurt gave you wouldnt have anything to do with Blaine."

"I dont understand," B said, trembling, and Kurt wanted to stop this whole conversation, afraid it was too much for B.

"I mean the B line droids were built to be empty shells," Cooper explained. "No personality, or memory drives, they were just there for Blaine to use," Cooper explained. "So whoever added all that stuff in you is the one who made you who you are." Cooper looked at Kurt, obviously assuming it was him who had modified B.

"We didnt add anything like that," Kurt explained. "My dad gave B his eye and repaired some things, but otherwise didnt add anything."

"Well… Whoever had him before you must have then."

"You mean the person who stole me from you?" B asked.

"No. That jackass knows nothing about droids." Coopers expression grew dark. "Hes the reason you dont have your original eyes. He took them out, the only piece he knew how to remove, and sent them to me like some kind of… threat. He wanted me to pay a ransom. Which I would have at the time. I was still hoping B821 could save my brother. But he never showed up to the meeting place. Got spooked, I guess. My sources say he left Ohio and headed out of the country. He must have dumped B first."

Kurt felt a little shaky, and he scooted even closer to B. He knew hed been stolen and obviously had lost his eyes somewhere along to line, but all that sounded so scary and… violent. He was glad B didnt remember any of it. "God.," Kurt said. "Thats horrible."

"I was really upset at the time," Cooper admitted. "I was in the middle of moving to New York to take care of Blaine and I had this droid I thought was the answer and then… It was just all gone." He glanced at B. "You dont remember any of that? I guess that isnt a bad thing."

B didnt seem to be paying attention, though. He licked his lips and took a deep breath. "You wanted to be an actor," he said to Cooper out of the blue. "But dad wanted you to work for the company." B rubbed his temples. "When I went to NYU, I mean Blaine… You told him not to worry about what dad thought, that he should pursue his dreams for the both of you."

"B." Kurt said worriedly.

"How… How do you know that?" Cooper had gone a little pale.

"I do think I have Blaines personality," B said, and he was starting to shake. "I know youre saying I couldnt, but…"

"B, please," Kurt begged. "Think of something else."

"I have some of Blaines memories too," B continued, and rubbed his temple as he winced.

"If you shut off, I cant help you," Kurt said desperately, bringing his hands to Bs face, making B look at him. "Im so scared of losing you, B, please." Kurt could tell B had another headache, and talking about Blaine never ended well. Kurts heart thudded in his ears. He was terrified that one of these times, B was going to shut off and that would be the end.

"I dont want to lose you either," B said. "But I cant help it… Im just… Im remembering things."

"Try not to," Kurt insisted. He felt a bit selfish asking for this, but B really couldnt risk it. At least not until they figured out what was going on with him. "Please think of something else."

"Kurt…" B whispered, his face wan and his eye teary. "I think I know what these noises are now."

"No." Kurt cried and leaned their foreheads together; he was desperately trying to think of something to distract B with. "Your list!" he burst out. "Tell me about your to-do list. What havent we crossed off yet?"

"I…" B blinked. "I kissed you," he smiled.

"I know you did. It was wonderful. Its wonderful every time you kiss me."

Bs eye seemed unfocused, and he was still shaking. "I want to… I want to see the Pacific Ocean."

"Good. I like that. We can do that, take a trip to the west coast. What else?" Kurt asked, keeping B close.

"Cooper, you wanted to move to California," B said hoarsely, trying to look at Cooper, who was silent through all this, but Kurt wouldnt let B look away from him.

"What else is on the list?" Kurt said, swiping the pad of his thumb gently over Bs cheek. "We saw a Broadway show, and you flew on an airplane."

"I want to ride a ferris wheel."

"We can do that too!" Kurt said, grabbing on to anything that made B focus on something other than Blaines memories. "Thats an easy one. We can go to Coney Island, and get hot dogs and make a day of it." Kurts voice shook, but he tried to smile comfortingly.

"Kurt, my head hurts," B whimpered, and Kurt didnt know what to do.

"I know, baby," Kurt said with a sniff, just now realizing he was crying. "Please try to fight it."

"Kurt…" B leaned forward and placed a soft kiss to Kurts lips. "I think its going to be okay," B whispered and then his eye closed and his whole body slumped forward, crumpling into Kurt.

"No. No!" Kurt shouted and lifted B off of him only to find he was a dead weight. "Wake up!"

He gently laid B back on the couch and then knelt by him. "B, you cant do this."

Cooper, who had watched all of this in silence, was by Kurts side in an instant. "What is going on?"

"B… He s-shuts down sometimes." Kurt worked to swallow down his tears. "He just completely turns off, and there is no way to turn him back on."

"There has to be a way," Cooper said, leaning over him and pressing on Bs neck.

"Hes always just turned back on as suddenly as… as he shut off," Kurt explained, feeling sick. "But it happens more and more and he keeps staying off longer."

"And youre afraid he isnt going to turn on again?"

Kurt looked at Cooper with teary eyes and nodded.

"How long is he usually off?"

"Last time was maybe fifteen minutes? Thats the longest its been."

"And what do you do?"

"Ive tried relieving pressure in the panel in his neck, because that can cause headaches, and he always has a headache first."

"Have you ever gone into the panel in his back?" Cooper asked

"N-no. I wouldnt even know what to do to- to help. My dad is an engineer, and I know some stuff, but I dont know how to f-fix this."

"Well, my dads an engineer too," Cooper said kindly. "Maybe two engineers' sons can work on this together."

They carefully turned B over so he was lying on his stomach, and Kurt rushed to his room to get his tool kit. When he came back, Bs shirt was off and Cooper had slid the big panel in his back open. It was weird to see B this way: so many wires and chips, and capacitors and slots. B was a machine inside, and Kurt knew that, but he felt a little overwhelmed looking at it.

"What is usually happening with B when he shuts off?" Cooper asked, and Kurt turned his eyes to him and knelt down by the couch.

"Talking about your brother."

"Huh." Cooper looked down at B. "He shuts off when talking about Blaine and he has memories from him." Coopers face was unreadable, but it seemed that information meant more to him than it did to Kurt.

"Yes, thats right."

"Okay, I'm not sure whats going on, but if the problem is his memory drive, we could reset it."

Kurt took in a sharp breath.

"Not reset his memories," Cooper clarified.

"Right… Just, um... reboot it," Kurt nodded, following what Cooper was suggesting.

"Yeah." Cooper took a tool from Kurts kit and started unscrewing a protective plate in Bs back; he worked slowly and gently, resetting the drive, but making sure he didnt do any damage to B.

Nothing happened.

"Well, shoot," Cooper said.

Cooper tried again, and even unhooked some wires and rehooked them. B remained motionless.

Kurts panic was growing as they attempted a few more fixes to try to reboot Bs system, but nothing worked. B was still turned off. Kurts breaths felt shallow and his hands were shaking.

Eventually, they had expended their limited knowledge and had to give up. Cooper shut the panel in Bs back and Kurt sat on the couch, turning B back over and cradling Bs head in his lap while watching his face. Kurt ran his fingers through Bs hair and couldnt bring himself to look at a clock.

"How long has he been out?" Kurt asked Cooper quietly, eyes still trained on the gentle curves and sharp edges of Bs beautiful face.

"Over an hour," Cooper answered in a hushed tone.

A sob caught in Kurts throat, and he leaned over B, kissing his forehead.

"Oh, god, please dont cry." Cooper said. "I never know what to do." He sat on the arm of the couch next to Kurt and put a hand on his shoulder. "Okay, so we couldnt fix this, but guess what?"

Kurt couldnt even respond, so Cooper just continued. "Guess who is rich and has ties to the world of technology? Not to mention a father who owns the second biggest android company in the United States?"

Kurt looked up at him, blinking tears out of his eyes.

Cooper smiled reassuringly. "Dont give up, kiddo. We are about to call in some favors."