Well, the story is winding down and here's the next part. Enjoy!

It was here. The night of the full moon had finally arrived and it was time for Badra and Terada to test their new serum. Lupin was nervous and sat on a metal table waiting for them to administer the supposed antidote.

"Now, we're not sure if this will work but I think you'll agree it is worth a try." Remus nodded thinking back to the risks that they had explained earlier. But they had saved him and they needed a test subject so he was willing to oblige. He felt sick, but pure wolf's bane could do that to you. They had to make sure that he would be safe.

"Are you nervous?" Terada asked, looking at his watch. Fourteen minutes until the full moon rose.

'Considering I could get stuck halfway through the transformation, yes.' Lupin thought, but said instead: "no, not really."

"Good. Then I'll give you the injection." The older man held up a syringe filled with a thick yellowish liquid and carefully injected it into Lupin's forearm.

"All right then, we'll observe you from here." Badra pointed to a room off to the left. "Good luck."

"Thank you."

"Two minutes now." Waving she stepped out of the room and shut the door as the tremors started. Body ridged and stiff the transformation began.

"Oh my..." Terada held his breath as a terrible scream ripped from Lupin's throat, bones reversing and righting themselves as the younger wizard tried to become wolf but failed and remained partially human. The rest of him shortly turned wolf but not after a few tense moments of howling and pain.

"It worked..." Badra exhaled, hands pressed against the glass partition, staring at the semiconscious and whimpering wolf. "But it was terrible." She threw open the door and knelt by the huge creature. "Oh Remus. I'm sorry...but we had no choice." Patting the furry head she sedated him all the way.

"Bad...ra?" Lupin tried to rotate his head but found he was strapped to the table he lay upon.

"'Ello wolfie." Lupin's breath caught in his throat.

"No..." He whispered refusing to believe what was happening. "Badra? Terada?" 'No, no, no, no, no, no, no! I've been sold out!' The older witch stepped forward.

"We're all sorry Remus, but there was no other way. We needed money for funding our antidote project further and there was no other way.

"You tricked me." He struggled in his bonds but stopped when a huge hand hit him in the side of the head, stars exploding in front of his eyes. "You tricked me."

"Shaddup wolfie, yer dead anyway so why ya talkin'? You should be prayin'."

"Stop it." Badra commanded. "Just get it over with." She looked down at Lupin's face. He looked much older then his twenty-nine years in the harsh lighting of the small room.

"I should have know better. Everyone I know ends up being a traitor. Why haven't I learned?"

"Remus, I..."

"Just stop. I don't need your explanations. Just, just do it." he shut his eyes tight, waiting for the final blow, the axe that would take his head off.

"I'm gonna enjoy this." The man form before raised the axe and got ready for the downward swing. And then it was all over...

Next up, the conclusion. I hope you are all enjoying this story and don't forget the reviews. Flames are excepted with open arms. ^-^