When Logan arrived at the airport he was greeted by the welcome sight of both Betsy and Brian Braddock waiting for him. He sauntered over to them as they waved him over to their mode of transportation. He wasn't surprised to find that it was a limo.
When the vehicle started moving Brian started telling him all that he knew about what they had found out about the kid so far.
"Well Logan, it looks like you happen to be related to a hero in the local wizarding populace. Apparently this kid, Harry potter, was the reason that a certain dark wizard was defeated approximately four years ago. I haven't been able to track down anyone who is in charge of the wizards' child welfare system; at this point it looks as if they don't have any. Or if they do it is so disorganized that they might as well not have one. I can tell you this though; the one who happened to be the one to decide where Harry lived happened to be the most powerful wizard in the world, at least he was until Harry was born. His name is Albus Dumbledore, and I know where he works and I have tried to contact him multiple times but all I get is some old biddy named McGonagall who says that he is busy except for the last two times where I managed to talk to him for a few seconds."
"So you have no idea why that old fool had left him with those people?"
"Actually according to those that I did ask it was because he was supposedly safe there because of blood protection or some other twaddle that the barmy old codger made up. I had their house checked and rechecked, there was nothing there to protect him, and had never been anything there to protect him. He was literally dumped on these people's doorsteps on the grounds that he'd be safer there than anywhere else because of the blood protection that could be given to him there. And then he forgot to put the precious blood protection in that he had insisted was a necessity for him and was the only reason he was allowed to live there in the first place."
"So the person who is responsible for one of my family being tortured and abused on a regular basis is a crazy old coot who swears up and down that he needs blood protection to be safe and then abandons him with a group of strangers; powerful wizard or not, that bastards going to find out why you do not mess with my family."
"He is not just powerful he is also well respected, otherwise I would have had him up on charges by now."
"Like that makes any difference to me bub. He would have been better off surrendering to you than waiting for me, and you know it."
"Yes,
and I did warn him, but he does not listen."
"Does he know
that the kid was abandoned in New York?"
"Yes, he knew that he was going to be abandoned before they left for Disney land."
"Does he know what they did to him?"
"He denies it but Betsy can tell that he's lying through his teeth."
"So what does he thinks going to happen?"
"He believes that you are going to, to quote him, 'be reasonable and return the boy to his proper guardians where he well be well looked after.' I tried to tell him otherwise but I guess I'm just too nice."
"Well I certainly do hate to disappoint. So when are we going to meet this old bastard."
"Soon, we should be almost there. He wanted to meet at this place called the leaky cauldron. Just a warning though, he has no idea where the child is, I just told him that he was found abandoned in America."
"Well this is going to be fun."
The rest of the ride Logan mused over the things that he was going to do to this old bastard Dumbledore who had left one of his family to be hurt by that group of pigs; he
was going to make each and every one of them pay dearly for what they had done. By the time they got to the leaky cauldron he was more then a little angry at the blasé treatment that this Dumbledore had given Harry. He opened the door and made sure he was at the ready in case it was a trap. What he saw was a great deal of people milling around. But he knew that not one of them was the man that he wanted. He wanted someone who was old, had a great deal of power, and was insane or more than likely, cruel and ruthless. He wandered around the open area and did not find him so he looked around the private dining areas and found someone with a scent that he figured was a perfect match. He walked in and stood at the doorway. There he was the ruthless cruel scumbag who had left one of his own to be treated worse than a dog. He was an old wizard with long flowing white hair and beard, dressed in gaudy purple robes and a pointed hat. He seemed to radiate energy and had a twinkle in his eyes, at least at first glance. If you looked closer you could see that it wasn't energy, and that twinkle looked more like a shrewd calculating glance if ever he saw one. He could immediately see through his attire, it was to make everyone underestimate him and think him a kindly if eccentric old man. Logan made sure his gaze held nothing and that his posture gave nothing away. He was going to have to be careful with this rat. He heard Brian Braddock and Betsy catch up to him. He stood in the doorway a few more moments before he stepped coldly in. The old fool held out his hand to shake his but Logan just stared at him coldly. He finally spoke to the old fool.
"Albus Dumbledore I presume?"
"Why yes, young man, and you are"
"Logan. I am the best there is and you have just pissed me off."
