Sorry about no chapter yesterday, FF wouldn't let me load the chapter. Sorry about that! Anyway hope you enjoy the chapter.
"Mr. Lupin?" Remus looked up from the waiting room of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, closing his book he sighed. He honestly had no idea why he was here. But after receiving a summons during breakfast he wasn't exactly going to ignore it.
Sirius had seen and read the notice a few times before giving him a shrug "I'm not sure what it's for Rem…be careful there are rumors going around…shit's being faked a lot more lately. Easier to catch wizards, if you don't know who your following keep an eye out on everything. First fishy thing you see make a run to the bathroom…if you can't I'd make some sort of noise." And that information didn't make Remus feel even a bit better.
Remus had only been inside the level of the DMLE when he went to the Auror' office to see Sirius a few times at work. So if worst came to worst at least he knew how to get there, that was if he could sneak away. The officer who had called him was walking a few strides ahead of him. He had dark blonde hair and stood about the same height as himself. "Do you know why you're here?" the office asked once he was sitting inside an interrogation room, Remus' throat tightened as he shook his head.
"I'm Officer. Stark, and my team members and I have been studying break-ins that happened last year. And until recently we didn't even know about yours until another detective of ours finally dropped your case into our laps. Want to tell me why we weren't notified of this?"
Remus felt that a face palm wasn't an appaprotie reaction to what he'd just been told so instead he let out a heavy sigh. "I live with a friend of mine, who works as an Auror-"
"Pff, shoulda known those bastards think their SOO much better than us."
Remus ignored his interruption and continued on, "And when he came home that-"
"He? Who is it?"
Clenching his jaw Remus looked up at the officer, "Sirius Black,"
"PHA you mean that good for-" he stopped as he shook his head. Remus had to clench his fist under the table to maintain his calm disposition. All the fear of earlier gone replaced with a bit of rage, "And where were you the night it happened, the file said the flat was empty except for a dog."
"I was out."
"Anyone that can verify that? And can you explain why there is no testament from you in Darren's file?"
"No, no one can verify that, and I was ill so I didn't feel like being around anyone."
"So no one can verify, not even a bar tab?" Remus felt his nerves return as Stark started to scribble down on a piece of parchment.
"I hadn't been out to drink."
"Then, if no one can verify. And you weren't out on the town. Care to tell me where you were?" Stark finally met his eyes and Remus felt sweat trickle down the back of his neck. This is why he'd asked Sirius just to leave it be. He knew eventually they'd question him. "Mr. Lupin," Stark folded his hands and looked Remus over, causing him to squirm a bit. "Do you know how many cases much like yours end in death? How many at this moment are sitting unsolved?"
Remus ran his fingers through his hair as he shook his head, "There were four attacks the same night as yours. And they all tend to happen along with full moon…a lot of things are coinciding with a werewolf. Except not all the victims were bit."
"Then it couldn't be a werewolf, at least not in those cases." Stark raised an eyebrow, "W-well because don't werewolves always bite?" Remus gave a nervous chuckle as Stark shrugged, "Might not want to bite if the person's had their guts slashed out." Remus cringed. "So anyway Mr. Lupin, where were you on that night?"
"As I said earlier I was out."
"Where?"
Remus sighed, "I'm not quite sure where I was. Around seven I was in the park…after that I don't know where."
"Which park?"
"One of those on the outskirts of Cambridge…look I don't exactly remember that was…months ago!" Stark gave a grunt as he scribbled more notes down. Remus craned his neck to try and get a glance before Stark looked back at him. "Look Mr. Lupin, trying to protect anyone will get you in serious-"
"I know the penalty and I'm not protecting anyone. I wasn't home and I have no memory of that night." In hindsight that wasn't the best idea to say nor was it very smart to say it in the dark tone Remus had given the officer because that second the words flew from his mouth the good cop act faded away. "Are you getting smart with me?"
"No sir, I'm just trying-"
"Because if you are-"
"Look you can talk to Siri-"
"He was injured that night before, he wasn't home either. We have Black's statement I want yours!"
Remus leaned back in his chair lost for words, "Now care to tell me WHY you weren't home?" Remus muttered something under his breath, arms crossed at his chest. "Excuse me?"
"I said I'm a werewolf, I was out that night on a transformation." Stark seemed lost for words as he sat back in his chair. Remus heard the chair being pulled from the table and the door opening and closing. Once Remus looked up and saw he was alone he placed his head in his hands and did his best to calm his nerves. This wasn't going to end well. It'd been so good so far…not a single run with the law. And now after someone had trashed their flat his name would publicly go on record. Whatever bit of testimony they deemed useful from now on wouldn't count.
"You're free to go." Remus looked up after a few moments at a slender woman; she gave him a warm smile that didn't reach her eyes. He hated the way people looked at him once they knew. There were only a select few in his life that had ever given him kind looks once they knew. And none of them were here now.
"BLACK!"
"Yes sir?" Sirius poked his head out of his office door, he groaned as he noticed Stark was standing beside him, "Of course Darren hands it off to the one man I hate more than Snivellius." He muttered as he left his and James' office, ignoring James' snickers.
"Twenty minutes, this is your lunch. Enjoy it." Sirius rolled his eyes the second his captain's back had been turned. Sirius and James had recently been removed from the lower workings of the Auror office, given new positions and a new captain, Captain Larz. Who was all work and no play and worked very well with the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Barty Crouch Sr., who hated Sirius with a passion.
"Stark, how is it?" Sirius gave him a weak smile as he stood beside the man, "I'd like to go down to the-"
"We'll be going to an interrogation room," Stark gave him a dark smile. "We have much to talk about, Black…seeing as you sneak around. And have one of your friends' do your lab work for you, and boy are the two of you in trouble."
"Now hold on a minute, Darren isn't in trouble. He'd have told me otherwise."
"Might lose his job, working with the likes of you. Especially on a case this big."
"His TEAM was working on this! I knew who to go too, dammit Stark don't pull your bullshit with me."
Inside of the interrogation room Sirius wouldn't take a seat instead he paced the room arms across his chest. "I gave a statement to-"
"I had Mr. Lupin just in here, about ten minutes ago." Sirius froze and turned, clenching his jaw he growled, "And why did you have him here? He wasn't home I gave that in my statement or can you read?" Stark growled and opened up his file, "You're aware you live with a class five werewolf?"
"I'm well aware my best friend is a werewolf yes."
"And then your also aware he was out…you know with the recent attacks I could-"
"If you take this schoolboy crush out on him I'll destroy you Stark." Sirius growled at him, "I'm a Black remember and we burn those who cross us. So if I were you I'd remove your sticky fingers from Remus because if you start a hunt on him…" Sirius leaned forward on the table, grinning a wide tooth grin, "I will destroy you."
Stark leaned back and cleared his throat, "It's my job to uphold the law."
"It's my job to keep you where you are." Sirius chuckled, "Now about this case, I gave my statement. And if you bullied one out of Remus I will press charges. I'm not afraid of you. I wasn't in school and I won't be here."
"There might be a day Black you need someone on your side."
"The last person I'd call is you, especially if you're still going to be nasty about everything. Now that you've wasted ten minutes of my lunch want to tell me why you needed a new statement?"
"I wanted to see if anything had changed, I also wanted to see you." Stark gave him a friendly smile, "it's been a while." Sirius rolled his eyes, "not my type. Also dating now, so…sorry. And nothing has changed, came in place was trashed. Remus was missing due to transformation. Once he was back home I called Darren and he did a sweep." Stark nodded, "it's more in detail on my statement you've waited a while so…I've sort of forgotten."
"There have been more, so we figured we'd review the cases. We had another break in where a couple survived, so we have two surviving couples." He eyed Sirius, "both flats had one thing in common."
"On yea and what's that?" Sirius muttered as he glanced down at his nails doing his best to seem uninterested.
"Werewolves."
