A/N Hello again! Sorry this chapter took so long to come out school got in the way, plus for some reason I had a hard time writing this chapter. Anyways I hope you liked the story, and sorry for any errors I made.
Chapter 10
Harry sketched out a circle on the ally floor with his chalk. He knelt down and pulled out a compass. He then placed the hair on the compass in the middle of the circle. He pricked his finger and smeared his blood sealing the magic circle. He reached deep down inside himself and used his pain and other emotions to create a tracking spell.
"Done," Harry said pulled himself up with his staff, his leg protesting in pain. The compass's needle spun in his hand to face east. "Okay we've got a lead, Let's hurry." The compass was a pain to follow, it didn't tell you the fastest way to get to the person you were tracking, it just told you the direction they were in. And because of this, it's didn't account for the labyrinth of towering stone buildings in the way.
They must have run into dead ends at least thirty times already, and the clock was ticking down, Gibbs and his team were probably already at the scene and the longer they were there by themselves with Mavra the higher the chance they will be dead by the time Harry and Murphy finally did show up.
The tall skyscrapers began to shrink as Harry and Murphy ran through the city, and they were replaced by short metal shells with garage-like doors, they must be getting closer.
Gibbs and Mcgee pulled up to the warehouse as did Ziva and Tony in another car, where the kid was last reported to be seen. The building's metal wall reflected the orange glow of the sun that had almost finished setting in the horizon. It had a large green roll-up door set in the center of its front wall. Gibbs ordered Tim and Ziva to circle the perimeter and look for the kid.
While he and Tony went to search the main building, instead of walking through the front door they went through a smaller side door. Gibbs pushed the access door open slowly, there was no light in the building except the last few rays of the sunshine seeping through the few windows in the building. The door closed behind them as they stepped in, and they both pulled out their flashlight that had been attached to their belts. They shined their light around the interior of the building. There were tall racks with layers of boxes reaching up to the ceiling.
They started walking down the row of boxes use for storing things, Something was off… Gibbs clearly could see there wasn't anything was in front of them just lots boxes stacked up creating a hallway and the back wall of the building, but still. It felt like someone was staring him down, but from where. Gibbs stuck his hand out for Tony to stop.
"What is it…" Tony asked letting his hand slowly lower to hover over his gun. Movement in the corner of Gibbs' eyes caught his attention. He quickly swiveled on his heels to face the darkness to his left shining the flashlight with his gun drawn and raised.
Nothing was there, Tony too was alerted by movement behind him and drew out his own gun facing the other way. Gibbs and Tony fell back to back, staring at the shadows around them. "NCIS, Show your self" Gibbs shouted. The warehouse was pitch black besides the little light their flashlights provided, the sun had set.
A soft cackle echoed throughout the warehouse and room got a bit colder. An old scrawny lady stepped out of the shadows in front of Gibbs, she was draped in old raggedy cloth and her hair looked as if it had been mostly plucked from her scalp. She looked like the embodiment of death itself. She stared at them and just for a second her eyes flashed to the left of Gibbs and her face slightly twitched into a smile.
Gibbs glanced briefly to his left and saw a metal bat swinging down at his head. Gibbs dropped and rolled out of the way and the metal bat slammed into the floor instead. Tony swiftly turned kicked the attacker throwing him to the ground. The assailant tried to get up but Tony placed his foot on the man's chest pushing him back down to the ground and his gun aimed at his head.
The lady let out another small laugh "Oh, I like you two…" Gibbs pointed his gun at her. "What luck I'm having tonight," She said "Four exceptionally skilled people have wandered into my nest, you will serve me well as minions" She wicked grin grew wider "Get them!" She snarled. The man that Tony had held under his boot wrapped his hand around Tony's foot with near bone crushing strength and it pushed him off.
Tony let out a yelp in pain and fell back his foot throbbed from nearly being crushed. He quickly recovered and steadied his aim before firing at the man's chest with his gun. His body jerked and twitched with each bullet. The bullets managed to stall him but not stop him and he continued to march closer to Tony.
"What kind of Terminator bullshit is this!" Tony yelled as his clip ran empty. He tried to throw a right hook at the man but he deflected it with easy, The foe then countered with a fast and strong jab into Tony's stomach knocking the air right out of him. Tony toppled over clutching his guts unable to move. The man lifted his leg ready to stomp down onto Tony's head.
A single shot was fired, blood and flesh fell from a hole in the side of the man's head. His body collapsed and Ziva emerged from the row of boxes with Tim behind her they both cut and bruised and Ziva was grasping her side in pain. The old woman began to clap slowly.
"I must say I am impressed, you'll make perfect members of the black court" Her face still had a creepy grin plastered on her face. "Andrew!" she yelled out and the kid stepped out in the field of view of Gibbs and the team "Come quickly we must prepare for the ritual."
The kid hesitated "You'll change me back right" He said, "I don't want to a vampire anymore I want to be human again." She stepped towards the kid and cupped his cheek, "Of course I can change you back, you just need to help me get the power I need to change you back. Can you do that" the kid nodded his head. "Good" she turned back to Gibbs and the team.
"Try not to kill them, I still want them for later," She said as she escorted the kid to the back of the warehouse out of sight. Three more strangers stepped forward "Where the hell are these people coming from? Ziva! Tony! Mcgee! Huddle up! Gibbs yelled and they all fell back to back as the three attackers drew closer surrounding them on all sides. What were these guys? They could take a couple of bullets to the body and have it barely affect them, don't tell me those two were telling the truth.
Gibbs thought about what Harry had told him about Mavra and vampires. I mean vampires don't be ridiculous. Gibbs studied the person closest to him as they crept towards him and his team. They were as skinny as a skeleton, the skin clung to their bones allowing you to see the shape and size of each individual bone. Their skin was pale and shriveled it practically flaked off their body like it was rotting. Their face was sunken and look how a mummified mummy would have if it still had a thin layer of pale flesh covering it. And given from the ones that had attacked them a few seconds earlier they were fast and strong. Plus that kid mentioned something about vampires too.
Gibbs gritted his teeth and turned his head enough to see his team but not to lose sight of the man in front of him. "Tony, how do you defeat a vampire" Gibbs whispered. "Boss you're not serious right"
"I think we really are dealing with vampires right now, Dresden tried to warn me of this earlier." as He said to his team he saw a small smile appeared on the vampire in front of him. "Well according to most TV shows and movies, you'd need some form of stake most preferably made out of wood then you'd need to pierce their heart." Gibbs glanced around the room looking for a stake like an object as did the rest of the team.
The vampires were getting closer and closer seemingly enjoying the predator like encirclement. "What else is there," Gibbs asked watching the vampire's every move. "Holy water, Crosses, Garlic, and sunshine. I believe you could also burn them or behead them."
"Does shooting their brains out, count." Ziva proposed,
"We better hope so because that's all we got." Mcgee chimed in. The vampire in front of Gibbs shifted it's body ready to pounce and Gibbs clocked his gun ready to fire. When suddenly the side door of the warehouse blew off its hinges and slammed into the approaching vampire and surprising the others.
Harry Dresden and Karin Murphy stood there, Harry's staff's runes glowed a bright orange and he had a big grin on his face "Now that's what I call an entrance!" he said and got a small whack on the back of the head from Murphy.
Though now a bit more annoyed he still held a smile as he stepped deeper into the room. "Now why don't you pick on someone your own size, you black court maggots," He said and pointed the end of his staff at the two vampires. One of them let out a hissing sound and ran towards him.
The runes on Harry's staff glowed brighter than before as he called upon the Hellfire's power. Harry gathered his emotions and threw it at the spell "Fuego!" Harry yelled unleashing the spell. Flames lept out of the tip of his staff and slammed into the approaching vampire.
It hissed and screamed in pain trying desperately to put out the fire before it crumpled to the ground. The other vampire also charged him and Harry lift his mother's necklace, the sign of magic and what Harry most firmly believed in. It burst into a white flame much like what happens to Michele's sword.
The vampire tried to shield it's self from the pendant's light and Murphy fire a couple of bullets into the side of the vampire knocking it off balance. Harry swung his staff into the side of the creature's head and it fell sprawled across the floor. He then brought the top of his staff down on it's chest piercing through it's heart.
Harry leaned against his staff his leg still throb with pain when he tried to move it, but he didn't let it show. He turned to Gibbs and the team and with a slight bow and said with a toothy grin "Your savior has arrived." Everyone just stared at him except Murphy who was warily watching their surroundings.
"That was amazing…" Tony said in awe. McGee looked like a kid in a candy store despite being all banged up "Was that real magic!" Harry smirked again "Yes it was," His smile fell a bit and he pointed at corpses in front of him with the tip of his staff "And those are real vampires, you're lucky to even be alive right now," He said.
He then let out a small sigh "Vampire lesson 101, anything you hold a strong belief in can be used to hold them back, kind of like how the cross is used in most horror films. It's not the actual object that hurts them it's the faith you hold in it." Harry pointed toward Ziva "Your Star of David will do the trick to fend them off for a short while, but it won't kill them, it will only buy you a couple of extra minutes." Ziva touched her star for a second before returning her attention back to Harry.
"Lesson Two, these are black court Vampires, they have the same weaknesses as you see in most movies, you know the iconic cheesy ones like stabbing them with a stake in the heart, beheading them, sunlight, garlic, those kinds of stuff." Harry said waving his hand around.
"With that said they are the most dangerous when it comes to raw power they could tear you to pieces within a second as we saw with our poor victims back in Chicago, so be careful" Harry said
"There more than one type of vampires" Gibbs asked trying to get as much info as possible. "Yes there are three types but I don't have time to go into all of that right now. So all you need to know is that we are face members of the black court." Harry quickly looked around the room.
"Now have you seen an old lady that looks like death and the plague had a love child." Gibbs tilted his head a bit "Is she, Mavra?" "Yes and she's probably the biggest threat right now, you'll need to watch for her, she is one of the few vampires that can use magic."
"What is she going to do to that kid." Gibbs asked. Harry shook his head "She's using him to gain power. She is our killer, she targeted this kid and his family, she killed his girlfriend and everyone else he cared about, and plans to use him to cast a summoning spell."
"What does she want to summon" McGee piped in. Harry practically shuttered, "She wants to summon a demon"
"A real demon?" Ziva asked. "Yes a real demon and a powerful one, if she is successful with the summoning it will grant her lots and lots of power. We will not have a chance in hell against her if we don't stop her before the ritual is complete."
"We should get moving then don't you think," Gibbs said stepping forward and turned down the rows of boxes heading towards the back of the warehouse. Harry, Murphy, and the team followed Gibbs. They stopped in front of a door that led to another section of the building. Gibbs pulled out his gun and placed a hand on the door ready to open it.
"Wait," Harry said, "Let me check to make sure there are no booby traps." Harry called upon his sight and looked through the door. There were no traps but around him he could see remints of a veil that must have been how Mavra got the drop on Gibbs and the others. Inside the room he could see a very dark power.
Mavra was definitely in there… Harry glanced at Gibbs before closing his sight. He was definitely a soldier, dressed in a military uniform, It was dirty and torn, and he was battered and beaten. But he still stood strong and proud, determined to bring justice.
He reminded Harry of Murphy. She too had a strong faith in justice. Harry's perspective change of Gibbs, he no longer saw him as an old grouch, But as a strong man, not willing to let anything get between him and justice, even if the rules and regulations get in the way. Harry pushed the sight away
"Okay we're good, but be careful she's just beyond the door." Gibbs twisted the doorknob and pushed the door open. He stepped into the room with his gun drawn. Mavra stood in a small room crouched down drawing out the summoning circle and place a variety of items need for the sacrifice. Andrew was standing next to her clutching a small bag.
"NCIS!" he yelled pointing his gun at him. Mavra snapped her head towards him "How the hell are you still here!" Harry stepped through the door and Mavra glared at him.
"Wizard…" She snarled. "So this is where you crawl off to when you're not stirring up trouble in Chicago," Harry said trying to stand as straight as possible to not let her know he was hurt. Mavra turned to Andrew "Hurry and finish setting this up" she commanded. The kid practically jumped out of his skin when she yelled at him.
Harry felt his stomach drop to his feet. The kid was extremely pale and his skin had started to shrink and rot away, and his eyes were sunken in his skull. "You infected him!" Harry screamed and he slammed the bottom of his staff, Hellfire flared from the runes. Gibbs looked at him with confusion for a second but quickly realized what he meant and look and the kid in horror and pity. Mavra took a nervous step back "You can't stop me wizard."
"Why involve the kid. " Gibbs asked his gun aimed at her head. "It could have been anyone, Why him?" Harry added. "He was heartbroken." She said a wicked smile crossed her face. "You mean easy to manipulate" Harry responded. "His girlfriend left him for his best friend and he wished for them to be dealt with."Mavra said.
"I did not!" the kid wept, "I was angry and upset, but they were my friends I didn't want you to kill them and turn me into this!"
"You know that's a lie" Mavra hissed, "You envied your best friend with all your heart, you hated your girlfriend for leaving you, you wished them to die in the worst way possible, so I for filled your wish and as payment, I took your humanity."
"But why my parents they didn't need to die!" He yelled. "Then why did you kill them," She said slyly. "I didn't want to, I don't even know what happened. I was scared! I thought I was going to jail and I was going to take the fall for you! Next thing I knew they were dead at my feet." the kid continued to sob and Mavra just heartlessly smiled. She didn't give a damn about the kid or his wishes she was just using him to perform this spell.
The kid tried to wipe away his tears, "if I do this, you'll change me back right, you'll leave me alone for the rest of my life." "If that is your wish," She said trying to look sincere. That look made Harry sick to his stomach. "Don't do it, kid!" Harry called out.
"She just using you. She can't change you back and she wouldn't even if she could." The kid looked at Harry completely frightened and back at Mavra who was still trying to look caring even though she was failing horribly. "It that true?" He said.
"No it's all lies, It's true I can't change you back right now but that's why we are doing this ritual, so you can give me the power to change you back." She said. "That man," Mavra said pointing at Harry "Is part of the white council and he's here to kill you and me for being part of the black court."
"but I didn't want to even join in the first place." The kid said shaking in his boots still clutching a small bag. "It doesn't matter he will kill you anyway"
"That's not true!" Harry said He'd been studying the kid he still held his part of his humanity just Susan. They must have not finished the transformation so that he could perform the spell. "You're not fully turned yet, I know of a place that can help you I have a friend there, they will help you control your urges." Harry said desperately trying to convince the kid. "He lies, hurry and place the eyes and finish the spell."
"He's not lying kid," Gibbs said "Step away from her and come with us we will get you help. "The kid took a nervous step towards Harry and Gibbs. "What do you think you're doing, you're really going to waste and opportunity like this" Mavra said stepping in between him and Harry stopping the kid and stared him down. "They can't help you!"
The kid nervously opened the bag and pulled out the eyes and held them out towards Mavra. She stared at them anger flared in her eyes. "Where the fourth!" Mavra yelled and the kid flinched away. "I..I...I dropped it." The kid stuttered "You what! Where?" Mavra grabbed the kid's shoulder firmly. "I don't know!"
"You useless stupid boy!" Her hands let go of his shoulders and grabbed his neck out of rage and dug her nails into his flesh. "Mavra No!" Harry yelled and Gibbs took a shot hitting her in the shoulders. She let go of the kid and he fell to the floor. She then turned to Gibbs, and gathered a dark fire in her hand and let it go creating a stream of pure fire heading right towards him.
Harry stepped between him and the fire and quickly called upon his shield to block the fire from hitting Gibbs. Harry's brunt hand began to hurt and Harry had a flashback of the raid at Mavra's old vampire nest back in Chicago. Mavra continued to pin Harry down with her fire.
Harry could feel the heat began to build up and his already badly burnt hand began to sting from the heat through his leather glove. Harry began to look around for something he could use to stop Mavra. Andrew slowly got up, his hands were pressed against his neck and blood flowed through his fingers. He ran at Mavra and slammed into her with all his strength.
The fire stopped and Harry was relieved that his hand was still there maybe a bit singed but nothing too bad. The kid and Mavra wrestled a bit on the floor before she managed to kick him off and slashed at his throat again. Harry felt his rage explode as he watched the kid stumble back away and out of the summoning circle gripping his neck with both of his hands desperate to stop the bleeding.
He should have killed Mavra a long time ago when he had the chance, and with Mavra's onslaught of fire disrupted Harry had an opportunity to act. He gathered all his rage, and animosity he had toward Mavra and wrapped it up into a very powerful fire spell. "Fuego!" He yelled unleashing all his emotions and the spell race out towards Mavra.
Mavra recovered from the boy's attack just in time to jump out of the way of Harry's. Mavra practically laughed "You missed Wizard!" Harry just grinned at her arrogance, "I wasn't aiming for you"
Mavra looked back to where she had previously been standing and saw that the circle and all its items were engulfed with flames and being burnt to ashes making them completely unusable for the ritual.
"Damn you! Damn you all! I will kill you one day Wizard just you watch!" She screamed at them. "Yea, yea, yea," Harry said waving her off. "I've heard it before, and no one has managed to do it yet!" Harry glared at her hard before saying "and even if someone does manage to push me into the grave, it won't be you!" Mavra let out a frustrated scream and the fire that Harry started began to spread to the wooden storage boxes that shared the room.
"Harry we need to go now," Gibbs said still watching Marva very carefully. "You're right, you get the kid, and I'll distract her giving you all time to get out." Gibbs nodded his head. "On my signal" Harry said. He gathered up his fear, anger, and pain. Harry's strength was starting to waver, his leg and side throb and his body felt heavy with exhaustion but he still managed to form a powerful spell and unleash it at Mavra.
A strong wind picked her up and hurled her through the warehouse wall. Harry stood there shocked and drained, he hadn't meant for the spell to be that strong. There was a small pain in his burnt hand and Harry just glared at it.
Gibbs ran to the kid and picked him up as fast but as gently as he could. "Come on Harry!" Gibbs yelled snapping him out of his daze. The fire was getting worse and had now spread to the wooden beams supporting the metal roof spreading the fire to the rest of the warehouse.
Everyone ran out as fast they could, coughing because of all the smoke. Once they were a safe enough distance away from the building, they layed the kid onto the floor, he had lost a lot of blood. Harry guessed since he hadn't been fully turned he didn't have the healing abilities as all the other black court vampires did.
Gibbs placed his hands firmly on the kid's neck, trying to stop the bleeding. Mavra had cut into his artery and the bleeding wasn't stopping. Gibbs looked up at Harry with a pleading look on his face asking if there was anything he could do. He just looked away and shook his head. Harry was given a harsh reminder of the evilness of the black court. The fact that anyone could do this to a kid was beyond monstrous.
"I am sorry…" the kid whispered and Gibbs looked down at him. A tear fell from the kid's eyes. "I didn't want them to get hurt…" "I know kid." Gibbs said comfortingly and tightened his grip around the boy's hand. "I just wanted to go back to normal…" the kid's eye's went blank and his breath escaped him and his body went limp.
Everyone looked down at the kid in sadness as Gibbs closed his eye's and layed his head down on the ground. Harry's grip tightened around his staff making into grown and creek. Murphy looked up at him, "He saved me and I couldn't save him…" Harry said in defeat. "Harry…" Murphy whispered but said nothing else. She knew nothing she said would make him stop blaming himself for the kid's death. Instead, she just brought him in for a small hug. Harry could hear the sound of sirens getting closer and closer, and he lost himself in Murphy's embrace.
The rest of the night was a blur for him. Firefighters worked tirelessly to put out the burning building, and an ambulance took the boy's body away. Soon after being asked a few questions from local authorities they were finally allowed to leave.
Murphy and Harry got into Gibbs's car and he drove them back to the NCIS headquarters in silence. There Mouse greeted them with his usual wag of the tail a sloppy grin, he had been hanging out with the same gothic girl that tried to throw acid at them.
Mouse seemed to like her and Harry was too tired to be angry. Murphy helped guide Harry to her car and he climbed to the back seat. Mouse piled into the back and snuggled up next to Harry. She then drove them to the hotel she was staying at and Harry trudged over to a bed and collapsed into it.
Harry was passed out the second his head hit the pillow. Murphy looked at him and sighed "What are we going to do with him Mouse?" She said looking down at him. The dog just shrugged and laid down on the floor between the two beds in the room. Murphy laughed a little and pulled out a medical kit from her bag. She rewrapped Harry's wounds as he slept before laying down to go to bed herself.
Harry woke up the next morning, he looked down and saw his leg had a fresh pair of bandages as well did his side. He looked over to his left and saw Murphy sleeping on another bed, Mouse was also sleeping on the floor between them. Harry smiled at them and got up and took a shower. He turned the shower as hot as he could, taking advantage of the rare time he could experience the scorching heat of the hot water.
By the time he was finished the bathroom was like a sauna and the mirror was completely steamed up. Harry had to wipe it with his hand so he could see himself. He reapplied his bandages and looked over any other wounds that he had acquired. He then quickly got dressed and stepped out of the bathroom. Murphy had already gotten up and was petting Mouse, she turned to Harry and smiled
"I got a call from Gibbs he said you are allowed to get the blue beetle now, He also has a few more questions for you before you go." Harry sighed and scratched his head. "Okay let get this over with I really need to get back to Chicago." Murphy laughed "You worry too much." She grabbed her luggage and her keys.
"You would too knowing you left a very irresponsible half brother in charge," Harry said as he opened the hotel door for her grinning and Murphy glared at him as she walked by. Mouse trotted out and Harry closed the door.
Murphy checked out and paid the bill as Harry took her bags and Mouse to the car. Murphy got into the car and drove over to the NCIS headquarters and Harry and Mouse got out. She rolled down the window "You sure you'll be all right, Harry?" she asked.
Harry smiled "Yea I'll be fine you need to get back to your job before the higher-ups notice you're gone" "Yea but I don't want to drive back up here if you get back into trouble." She said. Harry laughed "I am glad you have so much faith in me!"
Murphy just smiled "See you back in Chicago, Harry." She rolled her window back up and drove off. Harry and Mouse watched her go before entered the main building and walked up the stairs entered the office area. Gibbs was typing on his computer and looked up when Harry approached him. Harry was surprised when Gibbs all most smiled at him. He pulled out a file and handed it to Harry.
"Do you think this is convincing enough?" Harry opened up the file and quickly read through it, it was a case report. The perpetrator was a boy named Andrew who founded out his girlfriend was cheating on him with his best friend and murdered them just before he and his family moved to DC, his mother and father became suspicious and tried to contact a detective from Chicago and their son found out and murdered them in an attempt to cover his tracks and was hiding out in an abandoned warehouse waiting for everything to blow over.
Harry frowned at the report, he hated the fact that they had to lie about what really happened and make the kid look like a murder when really he was just another victim. Gibbs could see the disappointment on Harry's face. "It's the closest I could get to the truth without leaving major holes in it, it's bad enough that I couldn't come up with a reason for why the victims were all missing an eye and why they would contact a Chicago detective and not the local PD."
Gibbs frowned more "I hate doing this to the kid but it's the only way I can possibly have this case make any sense to the higher ups without me and my team get thrown into the loony bin" Harry nodded his head in agreement and thought about all the crap Murphy and her team had to go through when it came to filing a report.
Gibbs tossed Harry the blue beetle's keys "You're a good guy Harry, I can tell. Annoying and stubborn but your heart is in the right place"
"Same could be said about you" Harry said smiling back. Gibbs chucked a bit "Now get going before the rest of my team shows up with an onslaught of questions for you, if they catch you, you'll be here till next year" Harry laughed nervously a bit "Thanks for the warning." He pulled out a small piece of paper from his duster pocket and handed it to Gibbs.
"If you ever need my help again or are just in Chicago give me a call." "Thanks," Gibbs said and slid the business card into his wallet "You better hurry my team should be arriving any minute now" Harry glanced out the window that looked down towards the entrance of the building and saw Gibb's teammate all rushing towards the front doors.
"Shit… Goodbye Agent Gibbs" Harry said and took off toward the garage that held his car with Mouse running beside him. Gibbs laughed to himself when his team came running in looking for Harry. He looked out the window and saw the beaten up Volkswagen drive off.
"You just missed him" Everyone groaned in disappointment and sat down at their desk and typed up reports for other cases.
Harry and Mouse drove off back to Chicago, and Harry was growing more and more nervous the closer he got to Chicago. Who knew what kind of trouble had brewed without him being there, but he hadn't got a call from Thomas yet so maybe everything was fine.
"What do you think Mouse," Harry asked. Mouse just smiled and licked him in the face. "Yea, I think you're right everything will be fine."
Harry and Mouse stood in the doorway of his apartment, Thomas was there too rubbing the back of his head. "What happened!" Harry yelled, looking around his apartment. It was completely trashed, well… way more than usual.
"Let's just say some very angry black court vampires showed up. Mavra included, and she managed to break through your wards. But I managed to fight them off," Thomas said proudly. "Honestly I think I took them by surprise, I don't think they expected anyone to be here." Thomas chuckled nervously
Harry just held his head in his hand in frustration and worry "I just glad your okay." Harry said, "Oh come on Harry don't get all sappy on me, Here," Thomas said and tossed Harry a broom "help me clean this all up."
Harry smiled a bit and began cleaning up his apartment with his half brother knowing that he was lucky to have Thomas watching his back.