Chapter 2: Her Games
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At headquarters the group thinned out in need of some dire rest.
"Lovely, thanks chaps." Their mysterious guest said before she turned to walk away from them.
"Hold on." Sirius and James said before grabbing her and throwing her into an armchair.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" James asked standing over her.
"Take it up with Dumbledore." Was her snarled answer while she pushed herself up to leave.
"Well, he's not here right now." Sirius said pushing her back down.
"You two are two right gentleman." She said quickly changing the subject, "Neither of you even offered to take my coat." She pulled back her hood and took off her coat, "So which one of you is the bad cop?" She asked seductively. Her bold sapphire eyes filled with lust; Sirius put on his best heart melting smile and licked his lips, forgetting that he was suppose to interrogating her not seducing her.
"Padfoot." James nudged him; James knew that look too well from their school days. James rounded on the women in the armchair, "Who are you?" He pressed.
"If I give you a name will you leave me alone?" She toyed.
"That's it." James growled holding his wand to her throat. He was frustrated and wasn't going to be played with.
"James, chill." Sirius said worried that James would do something rash but she looked amused like she got pleasure out of his frustration.
"Hmmm…short fuse. You know that can get you in trouble." She said biting her lip.
"Are you done playing?" James asked as he started pacing in front of her.
"This is just started getting fun." She said readjusting herself in the chair. James roughly grabbed her creamy hand.
"If you don't start talking then I start taking fingers." Sirius pulled James off her; James returned to pacing and Sirius was on the verge of paying his friend Jack Daniels a visit.
"Please, a name is all we asked." Sirius pleaded, tired and frustrated.
"Ok, ok." She laughed dryly, "A man should never beg, its unattractive. Riley. G'night boys." Riley threw her coat over her shoulder and walked out.
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Sirius was sitting with Lily and Remus in Lily's kitchen, Sirius and Remus were drinking a beer while Lily sipped a glass of water.
"James didn't say a word to me last night." Lily said, "Did something go wrong last night?"
"No, everyone came home safe yesterday, but…" Sirius trailed off, remembering last night.
"But what?" Lily asked.
"This women, this mysterious, this…"
"Beautiful?" Remus added.
"Yeah she was."
"What has this have to do with James?" Lily asked.
"We brought her back to the order and when James demanded she tell us her name, she ran in circles with him." Sirius said trying to suppress a grin, "You know how he gets." Lily giggled and Remus rolled his eyes.
"What about you, Black?" Lily asked. In school Lily called the marauders all by their last names but since her marriage to James her usage of their surnames have become a term of endearment, "Beautiful, I think was the word you used." Sirius smirked.
"I was too preoccupied with James." The roof above them squeaked.
"That would be my lovable husband." Lily said on her out of the kitchen. Sirius and Remus relocated to the living room; a gentle knock sounded at the front door, without delay Sirius got up to answer the door like it was his house.. A women stood before him.
"I should have known." She said removing her sunglass and flipping her black hair over her shoulder.
"What are you doing here?" Sirius asked Riley.
"I need to speak with James Potter and you for a matter of fact and…" Riley read a piece of parchment with curly writing that Sirius recognized, "and a Mr. Remus Lupin."
"Normally I would just let you in but I don't know if James would like that." Sirius said, "But if you need to speak with me, we could go back to my place and have a few drinks. You know a little of this and a little of that." Riley didn't even bat an eyelash.
"I would love that but I'm pressed for time I have a few more people to speak with." Riley said turning down Sirius.
"Let her in." James said behind him. Riley walked into the Potter's house and was humbled. Their house warmed her; there was just something about the house that touched her as she walked in.
"I didn't come here to apologize for yesterday." Riley said as she stepped in the house, "But I need to talk with you, Mr. Black and Mr. Lupin…privately." She added looking at Lily. James considered for a moment but then led the way to the den.
"Yesterday, James and Sirius and the other order members faced something that you guys have only read about in text books." Riley started after the door closed. She took a deep breath, her eyes landed on Remus, she looked at him with confusion and he was looking at her in the same way, "Voldemort has now recruited vampires."
"Well that was only a matter of time." James said harshly, "We all knew that was happening; isn't he trying to get the werewolves, too?"
"I don't know." Riley said looking at Remus out of the corner of her eyes, "But that's not the point. Dumbledore has agreed to let me organize a team to kill the master. I don't know ho much you guys know about vampires but if you kill…"
"Yeah, Yeah we know." Sirius said finally taking a seat, "But what has this got to do with us?" Riley sat on the desk across from the three men.
"You guys are undoubtedly the best wizards of your years."
"Awww…stop tooting our horns." Sirius said pretending to be shy, "Actually please continue." Everyone rolled their eyes.
"I need you on this." Riley said, a hint of pleading in her voice.
"No body has ever met you before but now you're rounding up a team." James didn't want to be rude but he was one to hold a grudge especially when he was made a fool. He couldn't help but be suspicious.
"I've been hunting him for six years by myself." Riley said.
"Then you coned Dumbledore into using the Order to get what you want." James concluded.
"No." Riley said pissed, "How the hell did you come to that conclusion?"
"Well you said that…"
"I'm in." Sirius interrupted James.
"Me too." Remus said. Sirius gave James his look that he used when they were younger to get James to stop being an ass; he used it a lot during their seventh year while James was trying to court Lily 'properly'.
"Fine me too." James gave in.
"Thanks. I'll be in contact in a few days." She shook James and Remus's hands but Sirius pulled her into an extra long hug; she apologized to Lily for rushing in and out before she left.
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Later.
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