Disclaimer- I don't own it! Never have and never will. I'm Not JKR. She is the lucky one that has Severus. If he was mine then I wouldn't let him out of my sight for even a minute.
Tobias slowly made his way towards the body on the floor. He didn't know if his son was alive or not. Praying as he kneeled down to his son's body, Tobias carefully touched Severus' face. It was still warm, but it looked deathly white. Turning Severus on his back, Tobias saw the huge snake bite that had plagued his dreams for a year now. He didn't know how Severus was still alive. He could see his son struggling to breathe properly.
He didn't want to pick Severus up in fear of hurting him, but he couldn't leave him on the floor. Finally making his mind up, he carefully picked Severus up and was alarmed at how light he was. Making his way to his bedroom he placed Severus on his bed and quickly retrieved some cloths to stop the bleeding. Tobias was panicking, he didn't want to leave his son alone, but he also didn't want to lose him again, and this time for ever. He couldn't call an ambulance because then he would have to try and explain how Severus not only got hurt but how he suddenly got to his home in the middle of the night.
"Oh, well, you see my son is a wizard. That's how he got to my home. Yes I know, sounds crazy. But he was attacked by a big, vicious snake. Where did the snake come from? Oh, that's easy. The man with the snake face owns it. No I haven't been drinking!"
Looking around the room, his eyes fell once again on the bird that he assumed had brought Severus to him. Glancing down at his son, he saw that somehow Severus was even whiter than when he had found him. Suddenly, he knew what to do. There was a man across the street from him that was a doctor. He would make sure that the bird would stay with his son and he would go and get the doctor. "Okay you," he said looking at the red bird. "Please stay with Severus, and keep an eye on him. I'm going to get help. I promise I won't be long." Saying the last part to Severus, Tobias quickly pulled his boots on and stormed out of the house.
Once he was standing outside the house of the doctor, Tobias started pounding on the door. He didn't dare shout even thought he desperately wanted to, but he didn't want any of the neighbors to know what was going on. Seeing the light turn on he stopped pounding on the door and waited for it to open.
"For crying out loud! Do you have any idea what time it is?" came a shout from the inside.
"Doctor Marcus, it's Tobias Snape. Please open up!"
The door opened and a short man appeared wearing purple pajamas. His hair was white and sticking from odd angles and his jaw was covered in his morning beard.
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Trying to focus his eyes, the doctor finally recognized Tobias. "It's almost 3 in the morning," Doctor Marcus said as he tried to rub the sleep out of his eyes. "Someone better be dying for you to wake me up so early."
"Doctor Marcus, it's my son. I can't explain it but please come with me. He is hurt. I managed to stop the bleeding but he needs your help. Please! He's my only son."
Seeing the desperation in the old man's face, Doctor Marcus nodded and went to his office running to gather his doctor's kit. He ran back to the front door and stepped outside. Following Tobias, he made his way towards the old man's home. Upon entering the house, a strong smell of blood hit his nose. He wondered briefly how bad this person was to leave such a stench. He continued to follow Tobias towards the bedroom and when he entered the room his eyes widened as he looked at the man lying on the bed. Doctor Marcus stopped dead in his tracks as he stood at the doorway of the bedroom. Anger filled his body, as he looked on to the man lying on the bed dying.
"Is something wrong Doctor?" Tobias asked as he saw the doctor stop in his tracks, the emotion playing on the man's face did not go un-noticed by Tobias. But maybe he was seeing things.
"No, Mr. Snape. It's just the shock of seeing someone like this…it's hard to control that emotion," Doctor Marcus said as he tried to avoid eye contact with Tobias. Fully awake now, he quickly made his way towards the bed and pulled out plastic gloves from his kit. Throwing another pair to Tobias, he said, "We need to remove his clothes and see if he has any other injuries."
They worked in silence carefully removing Severus' clothes from him. Tobias was preparing himself for when Doctor Marcus asked why Severus was wearing robes, but the question never came. Once done, Doctor Marcus only saw the wound on the neck that needed to be taken care of. Carefully cleaning the injury, he began to stitch Severus. The doctor wanted to ask Tobias how his son got hurt, but he knew that he wasn't going to be told anything he didn't need to know. Once done, he cleaned up the wound and put a gauze on it.
Tobias watched carefully as the doctor tried to save his son's life. He knew that the doctor wanted to ask what happened to Severus with the way that he kept frowning. Tobias wondered if calling on the doctor had been such a great idea. There seems to be anger in the man's eyes as he looked at Severus. Suddenly feeling more protective of his son than ever, Tobias took Severus' hand in his own and held it to his chest. Seeing Severus beginning to shiver he said, "Doctor, he's burning up. Is there anything you could give him?"
"I'm sorry I can't risk giving your son anything. His injury looks like he was bitten by something. If it was poisonous then from the looks of things someone already gave him the antidote. 'But, he mused, 'I wonder if someone gave him a magical antidote.' Since I don't know what bit him or what he was given, I'm afraid I can't give your son anything for the fever. He is just going to have to let his body take care of it."
'Besides, I doubt a hospital will know what to do with a patient like him if he is taken to one,' Doctor Marcus thought to himself.
Throwing away his gloves, he began to pack his things away. Once done, he motioned for Tobias to walk him out. When they reached the front door Doctor Marcus placed a hand on Tobias' shoulder and said, "I did everything I could for your son. The only thing we can do now is wait. I have to warn you though; your son's chances of surviving are very low. Please brace yourself for the worst. I'll come by again in a couple of hours. If anything else happens, call me right away. Goodbye sir."
Not being able to say anything, Tobias quietly closed the door and made his way back to his son.
A/N- Okay this is the new Revised chapter. Hope things make more sense now than they did with the original chapter two. Review please! I would love to hear how I did this time.
Thanks to my amazing beta Deb, she was the one who helped me make this chapter worth typing.
