Chapter Four: Dark Connections:
Lucius was in hell, he was sure of it and he, of course knew he deserved it. Lector did not torture him much physically, he had left him mostly alone these past few days and fed him packaged muggle food the wizard was to hungry to turn down. That is when Lucius could eat as Lector was enjoying the victims given to him by some unknown source. Lucius recognized them all, first came the Carrows, Lector finished off Alecto first, he would have left her alive longer but she was so foul and evil even Lector was disturbed by what she spoke of. He had made a meal of her heart and fed to her brother her liver without him knowing what it was. Amycus was then skinned while alive and though Lucius closed his eyes so not to see this could not get the screams of agony out of his head.
Lector was making Voldemort look kind and cuddly in comparison. Then again Voldemort was not really all that fond of blood and gore despite how he was brought back. He preferred a good Cruciatus to other forms of torture and in fact he would use that on a follower that dared bloody a victim in his presence. It was fine for him to feed his victims to Nagini (then again there was little blood involved) but not for his death eaters to get into a brawl even around him. He was a horrible person, he loved to kill but even he had limits, and his limits would keep him from doing what Lector was doing. There were dark lords, and of course the followers of this one that loved to maim and torture but Lucius had never seen such a depraved man as this. Even the kills he had done were very quick and as painless as he could make them, not drawn out as Lector did.
Lucius was actually glad he was locked in a muggle cage inside a warehouse, at one time this cage had held expensive electronics and weapons but now it was empty but for him, most of the time. He looked up as Lector came into the cage and he backed to the wall in fear. Lector just threw a pair of drawstring trousers at him and Lucius drew them on grateful he was finally allowed to cover his nakedness. He was not sure why he was allowed this but he dared not ask, he was not in the mood for a beating or whatever Lector had in store for him. He watched Lector leave the cage and walk across the room and bring in his latest captive. Lucius actually stood up and snarled in rage at the scared form of one Peter Pettigrew. Pettigrew looked rather worse for wear, blood caked his hair and his robes were in tatters. One of his eyes was swollen shut and the other had tears in it, Lucius saw he was missing his right hand again.
"Ah so you wish to hurt him do you?" Lector said to Lucius, "cause him pain?"
"He has no honor." Lucius said, "he is only in it for his own gain and not for others."
"That makes him different than you how?" Lector asked, "he will be dead soon enough, he should have stayed in Azkaban where he belonged."
"I only wished, wish to protect my world, I believed that is what the dark lord wished too." Lucius said, "it was why I joined him, but I know the truth of him now."
"Yes, you do, watch what I do with this traitor, you should find it satisfying." Lector said.
"I would rather he die quickly, I am not one for torture." Lucius said, "though you are depraved enough for it."
"Lucius please, don't let him kill me!" Pettigrew said, "please I…"
"Shut up you worm!" Lucius said, "you dare speak to me?"
"I will take care of that." Lector said.
Before Lucius could say anything Lector had a knife out and had reached into Wormtail's mouth and with a quick slice had cut out his tongue. Lucius backed to the wall in horror, he had seen horrible things done with magic, people turned into grotesque things (mostly by a bored Voldemort) and had come on a few of MacNair's torture sessions, but Lector was really the worst he had ever seen. This man loved blood more than even Bellatrix (and that was saying something as she loved to kill animals and rumors had it eat them raw too) and was showing a whole new level of evil. Lucius knew the truth of Lector, he was not insane, far, far from it, he was pure evil and really needed to die not be locked up with those who truly were insane.
Despite hating Wormtail and wanting him to suffer Lucius could not bring himself to wish Lector on the vile little worm. He could not watch as Lector tore the man apart, leaving very little left, he did not bother to kill Wormtail, instead he sent what little was left to be found still breathing. The maimed ruined form of Wormtail was not even fully recognizable as human when he was done, and he would not live much longer even with the best of muggle and magical care combined. Lector kept the limbs for himself to dine on for the next few days and Lucius wondered when it would be his turn to die a horrible death.
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Lucius was not sure how long he had slept when he woke to find someone else in the long narrow room he was captive in. He sat up and looked over at the boy bound to the chair and took in the very muggle clothing. The boy was dressed in new clothing, from his kaki cargo trousers, brown dragonskin boots and bomber jacket with red Gryffindor scarf around his neck. He had messy black hair and glasses perched on his nose and a very familiar scar on his forehead. The boy yawned and woke up and looked over where Lucius was sitting and glared at him, the anger and hatred was clear in his green eyes as he glared down Lucius. Lucius was starting to panic, Lector could not want to harm this boy could he?
"What the hell are you doing here?" Harry snarled at Lucius.
"I thought I would stay and have tea with a charming man." Lucius snapped, "surely you have heard I was kidnapped?"
"Oh is that what happened, thought you were Lector's whore." Harry shot back at him, clearly Harry did not like the man, "what happened to you?"
"You are a horrible little boy, I would like to try to tame that tongue of yours boy." Lucius said.
"Hmm, your master tried it, and I got away, what can you do pretty boy?" Harry snarled at Lucius.
Lucius stood up and lunged at the front of the cage and tried to use his magic to get through the door. Unfortunately the door of the cage was locked with a secure lock and he was not getting out. He hit the cage and winced in pain as his wrists, which looked mostly healed under his bandages but were tender and hurt. Harry got a good look at Lucius and realized two things, one Lucius looked very much worse for wear and he was clad only in a pair of drawstring trousers. Harry knew the man would not dress in such a manner unless forced and he wondered just what Lector did to him. Harry knew Lector was wicked and evil, he had spoke to agent Starling and he knew Lucius was a captive of the man. As he was now too, so far all Lector had done was ask him about his childhood and wasn't that fun. It was one reason Harry was being so rude to Lucius and snapping out, he really did not like having to remember his wicked aunt and her spineless husband.
"I am sorry." Harry said, "look I have not had a very good day, but you look as if well, I am sorry."
"Apology accepted." Lucius said, "you don't deserve to be here, nor did you deserve what the dark lord did to you. He had no right to hurt you, you are but a child."
"I am fifteen years old!" Harry protested, "I am not a child."
"You are my son's age so you are a child to me." Lucius said, "that bastard better not hurt you or I will figure out how to get out of here and kill him myself."
"You really mean that don't you?" Harry asked.
"I do, I am a horrible man, I know that but I will not let him hurt you." Lucius said meaning not just Lector but Voldemort, "you have my word on that."
"Good, well I think it is time to leave here." Harry said moving his hands around to get a knife out of its holster on his wrists. "Good thing growing up muggle is I learned how to pick locks at a young age."
"How will that help?" Lucius asked.
"Watch and learn, sir." Harry said cutting his ropes and getting free, "I realized after the graveyard I needed to have something other than a wand to fight back."
"Very smart Potter." Lucius said.
Harry got out of the ropes and got up rubbing life back into his wrists before he headed to the door of the cage. He quickly got the lock open and Lucius stepped out. He saw that Harry had grown a bit since the last time he saw him, he was now nearly the same height as his father, yet Lucius could feel the power rolling off the boy before him. Harry had more power than most wizards and Lucius knew once he came fully into his powers he would rival even Dumbledore. It was one of the main reasons he did not want to serve Voldemort, that and the insane, evil dark lord was threatening their world with all the muggle killings, if he was not stopped he would expose their world to the muggles and that he could not allow to happen.
"So how did he manage to get you, as I recall you are well protected." Lucius asked.
"Oh well I was distracted." Harry said not wanting to tell Lucius of his connection to Voldemort, "it was not my fault and Lector must have been waiting for me to go to muggle London."
"You went alone?" Lucius asked.
"No, I was with friends, I hope they are alright." Harry said looking quite upset, "if not I am thinking of using Lector for target practice, or just let Ginny do that."
"Ah yes, then we better get out of here." Lucius replied.
Lucius did not know the layout of the warehouse very well but he did his best to lead them to freedom. However Lector was smart, and he had set traps that set the two back many times. Finally they were very nearly back where they started and Lucius saw just what the traps were set for, they were set to allow one to escape and one to be forced to stay behind. He knew what he would have to do, and he knew Harry was going to hate him for it, Gryffindors nearly always thought of others, he would have to be careful in how he was going to get Harry to leave, he hoped the boy had not seen what he had and would take his word for getting out and free. It was in this light that Lucius set forth the plan that would get the stubborn boy out of here and to safety. It would mean his death, Lucius knew he would not get away from here ever, but he did not care anymore. His life was not worth as much as a young half-blood boy who was the one to stop the evil dark lord.
"Ah quite clever." Lucius said to Harry.
"What is sir?" Harry asked.
"Only one can go through at a time." Lucius said, "perhaps I should go though first then you follow or do you wish to go through?"
"Yea and let you leave me behind?" Harry snapped, "no thanks, I will see you on the other side."
"Go to the order, I will send word when I get out of here." Lucius said.
"Fine, see you around." Harry said.
With that he made his way through the traps and made his way to the ground outside the building. He looked up to wait for Lucius and saw bars come down over the window he managed to get out of. He swallowed his anger as Lucius had lied to him to get him to escape. Well he was sure that Lector expected him to take the tube to or walk his way out, he did not know he was an Animagmus and was a red tailed hawk. He ran from the warehouse, ducked into a side alley and transformed and took off in the air and made his way as fast as he could over London and to Grimmauld place to hopefully get a rescue party together to get Lucius Malfoy and bring him to safety. Once he was safe Harry would punch him in the nose for lying to him.
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Lucius woke up sometime later, and in pain from where he had been hit with a TASER. He could see the bruising on his chest and he tried to move only to find himself tied to a chair. His wrists were aching with a dull pain, he could handle that, actually he was sure he could handle the death set for him now. He had passed this test, but he was sure it was not the last, Lector was going to kill him and he hoped that it would not be as painful and prolonged as the others he had seen. Lector came into the room and Lucius could see he was holding something, Lector showed the item to Lucius and Lucius felt a chill go over him, it was Harry's glasses (unknown to him Harry had really escaped but Lector would not let him know that) and he looked up at Lector in shock.
"Where is he?" Lucius asked coldly.
"Who the boy?" Lector said smirking, "you care what happens to him?"
"If you have harmed him, I swear I will get free and kill you." Lucius said, "you bloody bastard!"
"Oh will you now?" Lector said secretly impressed that Lucius actually cared what happened to Harry, "just how do you plan on doing that?"
"You let him go!" Lucius shouted, "he is just a boy, he does not deserve to suffer!"
"Yet you stood aside in the graveyard and let Voldemort torture him, why would you care now?" Lector asked taking out a stun stick. "You have an evil heart, you could not care about Harry Potter."
"I do, he is just a child, don't harm him." Lucius said, "please, do whatever you want to me, just don't harm him."
"Whatever I want?" Lector said a chilling smile on his face he ran a hand down Lucius's face and brushed his fine silvery blond hair from his face. "You will not fight me?"
"No," Lucius said hoarsely, "I will do anything, I promise, just don't harm the boy."
"Very well then, I will enjoy what I have planned for you." Lector said.
Later Lucius lay in the same cage he had been imprisoned in for a long time, he was once more completely naked. He was sore and ached from the beating but he was not missing any organs or anything else. Lector had toyed with him, threatened him with rape but never actually committed the act. Lucius could not fight back, he had to remain still and take what was dished out to him, but if it kept Harry Potter from being harmed all the better. He looked up with dull eyes as Lector came to the cage and looked in on him and Lucius knew he was in for hell. He was right as Lector stunned him with a TAZER. When he woke he was strung up by his wrists in chains, even with the bandages on them this was almost too much to bear. Lector came up with the stun stick and began to use it on Lucius getting the wizard to scream and how in pain as he used it expertly to cause as much pain as he could. It was his specialty, causing pain and suffering and he enjoyed it as he tortured the once proud wizard before him.
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So there we have it, Lector up to his old tricks, he is pure evil, I do not see him as insane. He worked the system to stay alive and acted enough insane to escape the death penalty. He is pure evil, there is no other way to describe a monster like him, he loves to cause pain and suffering and shed blood. As for taking Harry, big mistake as he now will have lots of people after him determined to bring him in dead.
