Kurt had no idea where he was. He didn't seem to be in his bed, and must have passed out somewhere in his and Rachel's apartment because the floor he was sitting on was cold and hard, and his head was aching. Kurt didn't even remember drinking that much last night. He went out with a few people from work, but he only had two glasses of sparkling wine – wine that wasn't particularly strong- and just ranting about Blaine to his co-workers. He remembered leaving the pub they were at, but not much else afterwards.

"nWhatever happened last night, Kurt wanted to do nothing more than sleep, which was proving impossible considering how loud Rachel had the TV on. Kurt wasn't sure if Rachel forgot to turn it off and had left the apartment in a hurry this morning, or if she wasn't going today, and didn't think about how loud the TV was. Either way, the muffled indistinct voices were driving Kurt up the wall. Now, Kurt did love Rachel, but she did have a complete disregard to everyone else at times.

Just as he was about to close his eyes over tighter than they already where, Kurt felt fingers running through his hair. Kurt jumped out of his skin, and on instinct, went to slap the hands away – Kurt never let anyone touch his hair – but found he couldn't, his eyes widening in realization that his arms were tied behind his back. Breathing heavily as everything started to come into focus, Kurt thanked every deity he knew that he was still fully clothed. Because, unless Rachel suddenly developed a sick sense of humour, there was no way in hell that he was in their apartment.

"...And when we were there, we met someone very – how should I say? - interesting. They knew a great deal about you."

As he heard those words come out from someone behind him, Kurt slowly opened his eyes and they instantly grew saucer-wide when he saw a very familiar red and navy uniform holding a camera. Kurt yelled out – the noise coming out muffled due to the tape pressed down onto his mouth. He was about to run away – if the Warbler's had him hostage, it was anything but good – but the Warbler behind him, who was presumably the new leader, slapped him had across the face causing him to fall on the ground, his face starting to throb.

"Be quiet, I'll get to you in a minute!" The Warbler leader snapped at him, glaring down at him, before raising his gaze back up to the camera, and began speaking as though Kurt hadn't interrupted him at all. "Now, Nightbird... you're probably wondering 'Why is this so important?' And you'd be right to wonder that."

Nightbird... of course. What else would the Warblers want with him? They never saw Kurt as an asset when he was a member – if you weren't the Leader, they didn't care about you, even if you were his right-hand man – but they sought to have Blaine join them again ever since he left. And Kurt being one of the closest people to Blaine, out of the Warblers at least, it didn't shock him that they were using him to try and trap Blaine. At least, that's what Kurt thought they were doing.

"But I'll let you know this – I am not the type to send you random messages for no reason. This concerns you greatly. There is something I'd like you to do for us...I will tell you later on, in another message, but not now. And there's something I think you should see before you even think about denying this request...Now Sebastian, would you mind zooming out so we can show Nightbird our little guest?"

So, Sebastian was running after the new leader? Kurt thought Sebastian died, or decided to leave. But he was simply demoted to lackey. Probably because if his failed attack on Blaine earlier on in the year. He was still leader for a few months afterwards, but they obviously saw that Sebastian was incompetent as a leader and quickly had him replaced. And even though this was the first time Kurt had ever encountered him, he knew that this particular Warbler was far more malicious than Sebastian ever was.

The camera whirred as Sebastian zoomed out, and just before Kurt assumed he'd be on camera, he glared right at Sebastian, before looking at the lens. Furrowing his brow slightly, Kurt tried to block out the stinging on his cheek, and tried to undo the knot in the rope that tied him together. It was hard though. It was knotted in an annoyingly tricky way, and any time Kurt tried to fight against the ropes in an attempt to loosen up the ropes, the tighter it seemed to be. But Kurt wasn't going to give up. He wasn't going to let the Warbler's make a victim out of him, and he certainly wasn't going to get involved with their issues with Blaine. Kurt swore that he was done with this stupid Nightbird business, and he certainly wasn't going to let a group of prissy private school boys change that.

Feeling the Warbler leader's hand trailing down his neck, Kurt shivered, closing his eyes tightly, before he felt his neck being pushed back. Clearly, the Warbler leader wanted him to look at the camera. Well, Kurt would play along for now. He was by no means going to comply with the Warblers, and he wasn't going back to Blaine. He was just going to be as difficult as possible.

That was, until he heard the Warbler leader speaking again.

"We have what we believe is yours," The Warbler leader said, "But don't worry... We are always careful with our hostages."

Kurt's eyes immediately become panic filled. No.. No, no, no this couldn't be happening. He refused to believe it. Kurt knew exactly what the Warblers did with their hostages for ransom, and never did they come out in one piece, or what they were like before the kidnapping.. that was if they came out all. And the more he fought, the more screwed Kurt was going to be. Literally.

"Well, how was that?" The Warbler leader asked as Sebastian turned the camera off.

"Perfect," Sebastian smirked, raising an eyebrow at Kurt "You actually believed he was terrified."

"Well, he better be," The Warbler leader said flatly, starting to run his fingers through Kurt's hair again, the action making Kurt feel physically ill now he knew what they were planning on doing to him if Blaine didn't get back to them ASAP. "I want to have Blaine back with us. And the sooner the better."

"I think because we have Kurt this time, it won't take very long for Blaine to get back to us," Sebastian said, sighing a little, glancing down at the camera "His stupid 'duties as Nightbird' will kick in harder than ever now that some he actually cares about is at stake."

Kurt resisted the temptation to glare harshly at Sebastian. Because that wasn't true. Sure, Blaine might care more because it's him rather than a stranger, but Kurt knew him better than anyone. And he knew that Blaine did care about these people. Blaine was stupidly kind and over-caring about every living thing, and it was going to get him killed one day, and if Blaine reacted how Kurt thought he was, that day was going to come soon.

"Good," The Warbler nodded, "I don't want this to take any longer than it has to. Only downside is, we might not get to keep this pretty little hostage for as long as we'd want if he comes quickly."

"I think we'll find some way to get Blaine and keep Kurt," Sebastian said, and Kurt closed his eyes tightly, hoping to block everything out. They'd leave him alone soon enough, and he'd finally be able to fight for himself. He hated that he couldn't do anything now. He felt so weak, and powerless. Like he actually needed Blaine, or someone else to come and rescue him.

Raising the camera, Sebastian raised an eyebrow at his leader "Will I go and send this just now?"

"Go ahead," Kurt tried to suppress the urge to shudder as he heard the smirk in the leader's voice, "I think I'll get acquainted with our hostage while you're gone.." The Warbler leader pulled Kurt's neck back further so he was holding gazes with the boy. The leader brought his finger up and trailed it up before he brushed it against Kurt's lips instead. Kurt's breath stuttered in his chest, and as much as he wanted to, he didn't break eye contact. Kurt didn't want to admit it, but he was scared of how the leader would react if he did, but something was telling him, the longer Kurt actually maintained eye contact, the more disastrous things would become.

However, Kurt's heart nearly burst out of his chest with relief when he heard Sebastian speaking.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Hunter," He frowned, "Blaine won't even think about re-joining if we do anything to Kurt before we even start negotiations. I know it's tempting, but we're going to have to endure it."

The Warbler leader, who Kurt now knew as Hunter, sighed, and drew his hands completely from Kurt. "Fine." He said, scowling "But if he takes more than two days to get back to us, I'm not promising anything."

"Fair enough," Sebastian shrugged, "I still think you should wait until Blaine gets back to us, but as long as I send this video, we can just pin the blame on Blaine and say he should've got back to us quicker."

Kurt glared at Sebastian, with a stronger look of distaste and disgust than he'd ever given him in the length of time he knew him. How could he talk about this so easily? As if it was something as simple as owing someone money and it was overdue?

"Before you go though, let me see the video," Hunter said, standing up and walking over to Sebastian, and narrowly avoiding kicking Kurt in the process. As he heard the drone of Hunter speaking on camera, Kurt noticed just how engrossed in the video Hunter was, and Sebastian was the same... He might not get another opportunity like this for a long time. So, silently, Kurt stood up, grateful that neither of the Warblers had heard him, and that the door into the hall way wasn't too far. He did have to run past Sebastian and Hunter, but the door pushed open which would help him get away faster. Hopefully, they'd be too distracted, by the time Kurt was at the door, they'd only just be aware that he was gone. And by then, Kurt would be halfway down the stairs to the exit. Kurt had no idea how far he'd get with his hands tied and mouth taped over, but damn it, Kurt was going to try.

Kurt watched them for a few more moments, taking a few deep breaths, before he started to run full pelt towards the door. Just as he was about to reach the door, Kurt felt his arms being tugged back, the force of the pull causing Kurt to fall back on his knees.

"Honestly...," Hunter sighed irritably, holding tightly onto Kurt's arms as he moved in front of him, "I can't take my eyes off you for more than two seconds without you trying to run away...And I can't keep my eye on you all day, can I?" Unable to say anything – Kurt wasn't sure he would be able to say anything, even his mouth wasn't taped over – Kurt just looked at Hunter defiantly, hoping to translate everything he was feeling by his gaze. Or rather, glare.

Hunter looked away from Kurt, nodding to Sebastian, in some sort of secret code, before pulling Kurt to his feet, his grip on Kurt's arms never loosening "I didn't want it to come to this, but I'm going to have to lock you up until you learn how to behave. Sebastian, take him downstairs before you send that video."

"Okay," Sebastian said with a slight sigh, before grabbing Kurt, and dragging him out of the room, his grip tighter and even more unrelenting than Hunter's. The more Kurt struggled, the tighter Sebastian would hold onto Kurt, and pull him even closer to him so it would be harder for him to escape. By the time Sebastian and Kurt got down one flight of stairs, Kurt was pressed flush against Sebastian's side, and could only move wherever Sebastian was leading him.

Eventually, he and Sebastian reached their destination: a small room in the basement of Dalton Academy, with nothing but a bed, a small lamp, and a toilet. Kurt looked at Sebastian questioningly, unable to believe that he was actually going to be staying her. Rolling his eyes, Sebastian dug his nails into Kurt's arm causing him to whimper out in pain.

Moving uncomfortably close to Kurt's ear, Sebastian breathed heavily "Enjoy, Princess," He snarled into Kurt's ear before pushing him into the room. Winded as he collided with the floor, Kurt managed to roll onto his back, catching the foul smirk on Sebastian's face. About to stand up and run, Sebastian slammed and locked the door shut, neglecting to untie Kurt.