A/N: hiiii guyssss, just another little chapter here for you all ;D
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Chapter Fifty-Two
SIRIUS' POV
I wasn't sure how long I'd been out cold for, but when I opened my eyes again Roe was struggling to get up next to me, and dust was still settling. Before I even tried to sit up I scanned for danger or threats, but it looked like Voldemort and the remaining Death Eaters had cleared off. Around us all I could see was rubble and dust.
"Shit…" I muttered, turning onto my back then sitting up slowly. My head felt like it had cracked open.
"Sirius? Your head…" Roe eyes widened. Her face was paler than ever and her clothes and hair were powdered with grey dust.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. Are you hurt?" I asked. She was my only concern right now.
"I'm okay. He… he went. He left… We beat him?" Roe was hesitant in our victory.
"We did. But just for now." I said grimacing.
"Alice! Alice?" Frank yelled, then I heard James' voice calling, "Sirius? Aurora?"
"Over here mate." I yelled back, my shout causing my head to spin. "Oh…" I mumbled, feeling the need to lie back down again.
"Sirius, you're not okay." Roe worried, shuffling closer on her knees and lifting a shaking hand to my forehead. James came into view with Lily and Frank in tow.
"Shit Pads, you look rough." James pointed out, looking down at me. I just glanced at him.
"Alice! Have you guys seen Alice?" Frank was frantic.
"She was near me before the building exploded! Over here…" Frank followed Roe to a particularly large pile of rubble. I felt sick.
"Alice? Alice!" I heard them calling her name while they pulled at the piles of brick. I wanted to get up, help them, but my head throbbed too much to allow it.
"I'm here." I heard Alice's voice.
"Oh thank Merlin." Frank gasped as Alice came into view, walking with Peter towards us.
"I was looking for you, Frank!" she exclaimed, rushing forward to grab onto him. Peter stood back looking awkward as Frank and Alice embraced, Frank's left arm held out awkwardly.
"Dumbledore? Remus? They're okay… right?" I asked as I lifted a hand to my head. I cringed as my fingers turned sticky and hot, scarlet with blood.
"Remus is… okay. Dumbledore had to take him straight to St Mungo's." Lily said quietly.
"Oh no… oh no." Roe whispered.
"Now we're all… found," James said, "We need to get there too. Padfoot you obviously need medical attention. Frank looks like he's broken his wrist, and the rest of us will probably need checking out too."
"I for one could do with a Firewhiskey…" Frank muttered.
"Firewhiskies all round I think." Roe smiled weakly.
"Right. See you all there then. Everyone ready? Oh Aurora, take Sirius by side-along would you? He looks a bit out of it." James looked back down at me on the floor and I tried to make a face at him but just couldn't find it in me.
"Okay James." Roe nodded, grasping my hand. Frank and Alice disappeared first, then Peter, then I felt Roe and I Disapparate.
"You alright? Sirius?" We'd appeared in St Mungo's and I was still sat on the floor like an idiot. I tried to stand up with Roe holding tight to my arm for support, but it was obvious that if I collapsed she would have little chance of stopping me hit the floor.
The others must have already been hurried off to wards, or Apparated to a different part of the hospital. My head hurt too much to stick with a train of thought for very long.
"I'm okay." I assured her, holding out my other arm to steady myself on the wall. A wheelchair and a male Healer appeared seemingly out of nowhere, and I was helped into the chair. Roe kept a hand on my shoulder as the Healer wheeled us to a cubicle, asking about what had happened conversationally while we walked.
"Run in with some Death Eaters." Roe said shortly, not wanting to give away much detail.
"Oh I see." The man didn't say anything for a few moments.
"Were you with that other guy?" he asked.
"Remus Lupin?"
"Yes, that's the one."
"Is he okay?" I asked hurriedly. We'd stopped at a cubicle and the Healer pulled back the curtain to wheel me in.
"He will be, yes." He nodded, taking my arm and helping me get up and onto the bed. Roe finally stood back, watching me with concern from the end of the bed.
"Can I see him?" I asked.
"No, you need to stay here for now." He said. I mentally cursed myself for getting injured.
"Roe, will you go see him for me?" I said after a few moments of thought.
"What about you…?"
"It's okay, I'll be fine. Just find out how he is for me? Please?"
The Healer had snapped on a pair of gloves and begun to examine my head. I suppressed a wince.
"He's in the ward down the corridor and turn left, then on the right." He told Roe, looking at her in a way I wasn't sure I liked.
"Okay… I won't be long though, I'll come straight back." She promised still not looking convinced about leaving me as she backed out of the cubicle. I felt slightly better when she barely glanced at the Healer.
"So… I'm guessing that's your girlfriend?" he tried to make conversation as he prodded at my head.
"Yeah, she is."
"Pretty." He commented.
"I know." I replied shortly.
"Is this brick or something?" he changed the subject promptly, dropping something into a little metal bowl with his tweezers.
"Yeah. A shop got blown up behind us."
"Oh. Death Eaters huh. I for one will be glad when this is all over." he muttered, concentrating carefully on my head.
"Won't we all." I agreed, glad when he didn't reply. Small talk wasn't my thing. I wondered if Roe had got to Remus yet.
The Healer eventually finished poking me with his sharp little tweezers, and cleaned and bandaged my head and left. I let myself lie back on the pillows while I waited for Roe to return…
I woke with a jolt, shocked to realize I'd fallen asleep.
"Hey." Roe smiled from a chair next to the bed. She looked so tired.
"Remus, is he okay?" I asked immediately.
"He's fine. His leg was crushed by a particularly large piece of that building which was quite bad, but apart from that he's okay. Cuts and bruises. He's sleeping now while his bones heal and regrow, and will probably be okay to go home tomorrow afternoon. Some of the others have gone home to sleep, some to patrol. James is staying with Remus while Lily goes home for Harry. Dumbledore had to get back to Hogwarts. He said he'd be back tomorrow to see how everyone is." She explained, scooting the chair closer.
"Oh good." I sighed in relief.
"Are you okay?" Roe asked, taking hold of my hand.
"Me? Of course." I nodded, hoping that wasn't too unbelievable with the large bandage currently wrapped around my head.
"Good." She smiled, leaning her head wearily on my arm. "You might as well sleep, it's 3am…" she whispered, her eyes drooping shut.
"Yeah, get some rest." I nodded, watching her eyes close and her fall asleep in moments, and it wasn't long before I drifted off too.
A/N: n'aww. yeah, Remus and Sirius are okay. :) not feeling particularly talkative, so yeah, review and let me know what you think :)
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