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Last time:
"Now go on, off you go"
Sirius jogged away, down the corridor, turning left, down the blue stairs and was soon knocking on Lupin's door.
"Er, Mr. Lupin, sir? Are you in there?" There was a bang from inside and a muffled curse. Then the door opened and a very bleary eyed Lupin poked his head out.
"Oh hello Sirius, what can I do for you?" asked Lupin, yawning. Sirius explained that Lupin was late and that everyone was looking for him. When Sirius had finished, Lupin coughed, closed the door and then proceeded to run around madly in his room, throwing clothes on whilst brushing his teeth and smoothing his unruly hair. Then he opened the door, strolled out and beckoned Sirius to follow.
Chapter 3 – Scientists and Hospital Visits.
Puzzled by Remus' behaviour, Sirius followed warily behind him. Suddenly, out of nowhere, popped Kingsley.
"Gentlemen! Thank goodness I've found you! They're going crazy on upper deck! Apparently one of the Magen trainees has transformed and is running riot in the observation lab."
Lupin chuckled before composing himself and following Kingsley. Sirius followed them, not quite sure exactly what he was supposed to be doing. When they reached the upper deck they paused outside the air locked door that led into the observation room. Then Lupin pulled open the door and strode inside. The others followed him and when Sirius had shut the door behind him, he turned to look at the chaos that lay before him. Telescopes lay shattered on the floor, bookshelves lay splintered on the floor, their contents ripped and shredded. They looked around the room, searching for the cause of the mayhem. Kingsley spotted him first, the young grey husky was hunched in a corner, shuddering. There was a huddle of rather rumpled looking scientists standing by him, obviously arguing over what to do. Lupin edged over to the young Magen and knelt down beside him, placing a hand on a furry shoulder. He bent his head and whispered something into its ear. The husky opened its jaws and made a kind of yip-and-yowl noise that Sirius took to be laughter. At this unexpected noise the group of scientists jumped and turned around. They saw the husky shaking in the corner; it probably looked to them as though the husky was having convulsions. One of the scientists whipped out a tube, clicked the switch at the end and pointed it at the Magen. He released it and a small white dart shot from the end, embedding itself in the scruff of the animal. A sudden change seemed to come over the previously docile creature as it opened its jaws and bared its teeth.
It leapt from where it had sat shaking, and knocked the scientist in question to the floor. Lupin stood up, bent down to pick up the cartridge which had fallen from the neck of the husky and frowned. He pocketed the small tube and straightened up. The Magen was tearing around the room, in pursuit of the physicist, knocking over tables and chairs and destroying the linoleum beneath its sharp claws. It looked furious, with an evil, crazed glint in its eyes. Sirius looked on the scene before him in shock. What the hell has just happened? He thought to himself in confusion. He heard a crack like a whip behind him and turned to see a scrawny, dusty brown wolf standing where Lupin had been only moments before. The wolf launched itself into the whirlpool of chaos that was circulating the room. It knocked the grey husky off its feet and into the wall. Then it stood over the animal growling a warning. Regardless, the husky thrust upwards with its strong back legs and threw the (smaller) wolf across the room. Lupin slammed into the metal of the airlock with a yelp. He dropped to the floor and shook himself. Then he threw himself at the husky, grabbing it around the neck. Lupin pinned the husky to the wall by the throat and it was about to lose consciousness when an alarm sounded and several men in black burst into the room. They shot several darts into the two brawling animals and, within 30 seconds they had both fallen to the floor unconscious. Sirius and Kingsley ran to Lupin's side, raising his head and supporting his back as he slowly changed back to his normal human self. There were medics attending to the husky who had changed back to a skinny man wearing a janitor's uniform. He had teeth marks on his neck and, when they removed his shirt, an impressive collection of bruises along his spine. They did the same to Lupin who also had teeth marks but, when rolled over, his back was covered with small scars and an assortment of bruises which Sirius later discovered was from the strain that transforming put on his anatomy.
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Remus woke up in a very clean, very white, room. He didn't know where he was, but he did know that his back hurt a lot and he was finding it very hard to breathe. He swung his arm in the general direction of a flashing green button and was relieved when a nurse came scurrying in.
"Is everything okay Mr. Lupin?"
"No," he groaned "My back hurts, I can't really breathe and for some weird reason I can't feel my toes." In response to his short rant, the nurse popped a few pills from their pods and dissolved them in a bright yellow liquid that Remus hoped to god was orange squash. She fed this into the funnel on his IV stand and he felt it rush down his throat. He gagged and coughed but eventually it had all made its way safely into his digestive system. The nurse smiled her professional smile and rose from the bed, collecting her tray and walking to the door. Remus tried to call out to her but nothing happened when he opened his mouth. On the bright side, he could breathe again and the blood was rushing back to the much beloved digits on his feet. Just as he was drifting off to sleep, the door banged open again and Kingsley Shacklebolt, friend and colleague, came running into the room. Right now though, he didn't feel like friend or colleague to Remus, he felt like the kind of person whose throat would fit nicely in his hands if he didn't let him sleep! Kingsley dropped onto the bed with a huge grin on his face. Remus smiled weakly and closed his eyes again, only to be prodded awake.
"You okay Remus?" Remus gritted his teeth,
"I'm fine but could you please let me sleep?"
"Sure!" He sighed inwardly but didn't feel Kingsley get up.
"Kingsley, would you mind..?"
"Oh sure" Kingsley got up and left the room. Finally, Remus' eyes closed and he drifted off into a blissfully dreamless sleep.
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Tonks: Yeah this bit was all me –conceited expression- NORLY. T'was. ROFL.
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