Adrenaline Rush ~hotsleekeyz~

Chapter 10 Utopia

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Through the air of Japanese lands, Hermione's skin rushed against its flow. She ran after Draco who found Wade first. her eyes almost bulged out from her sockets when she saw Wade on the ground crying, as he took a handful of fresh green grass and put it in his mouth.

"Wade! What are you doing?" asked Hermione who was bewildered at such odd behavior of her son. She never saw Wade show any odd tendencies before and so she almost died of shock on the spot.

"Mum! I don't want to eat grass! I don't want to eat grass!" yelled Wade with young tears falling on his face as some of the grass was still resting in the constraints of his little mouth.

Hermione ran to him and took him in an embrace. Draco on the other hand just stood, seemingly in a trance of not knowing what to do.

"Oh baby, why did you do that? You don't have to eat grass!" told the concerned mother to her son.

"He asked me to eat it or else he'll kill you!" yelled the young boy who haven't spit out the grass in fear that the man who talked to him will eventually kill his mother if he did so.

"Who's he?"

"Father's father! It was grandpa who asked me to eat it. Why mum? Is there something wrong? Why would he want to kill you?"

Hermione was shocked. Has Lucius really found them there? "I don't know baby. Just please take those out of your mouth okay? Mum will be okay. Don't worry. Grandpa will never do that to me"

"But he told me he will!"

"He was just kidding love. He'll never do that. He loves your father, he loves you, and so he loves me as well. Don't think about it on one second. Okay, baby? Hush now", said Hermione in a calm voice though deep inside she was panicking. Draco immediately excused himself out of the scene and went inside the house without a word. Hermione followed Draco with her eyes and knew well there was something wrong.

"Mum, are you crying?" asked the little boy who had his head resting on Hermione's shoulder all the time.

"No, I'm not love. I'm all right"

"You are crying without tears. I can feel it. You're crying inside"

With those words, Hermione's tears fell.

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Wade was already asleep on his space while his parents were seriously talking of what just had happened.

"Draco, if Lucius really talked to Wade, then he must've found us already", said Hermione more calmly.

"I don't reckon the same Hermione"

"Well how would you explain what happened? Wade never had hallucinations before and he isn't having one right now, if that's what you mean"

"No, no. It's not what I meant"

"Then what?"

"I think Lucius conjured a spell on him that time when he kidnapped Wade. There are a lot of Dark Spells he could use. He probably used the one to search the person in his mind though not see where he is. If he's to use the other one to find the exact location of the person he wants to talk to, then he needs longer time to conjure it---not to mention how much power the person who'll conjure it will lose"

"Is there any way to fight it?"

"None. If Wade is already branded then he'll forever be"

"What do you mean branded?" Hermione's eyes then at once shot at Draco with much more seriousness.

"If Wade has been imprinted on with a dark sign then we can't do anything to prevent Lucius' powers connecting through Wade"

Silence.

"Draco, why is it that you don't feel stressed out of all this. It's as if it's fine with you that Wade is showing some odd things and there you are, always taking your silence and never telling a thing unless I ask?"

"You don't know how I feel Hermione", claimed Draco with a monotonous voice that Hermione learned to fear. She was used to hearing Draco's high voice imitating any thing that'd happen with Harry, and of course, if Draco's down with snapping at any one of the Golden Trio.

"You tell me that I don't know how you feel. . . how could I? You don't talk to me. And all those time that you were gone, you never even called or talked to me in any way possible!" Hermione felt her tears rush in.

"You will never understand it even if I tell you!. . . even if I have to explain it to you a hundredth, a thousandth, or a millionth time! That's why I don't talk at all. And don't point out that I never tried to get in touch with you after we've gone our separate ways because I did. . . you just don't know how much trouble and pain I had to go through as punishment of my attempts. Don't you EVER tell me that I wasn't concerned, or I didn't care, or even I never loved my son because that is NOT true!". Draco's mighty voice echoed through the vast land of his Japanese rest house.

"PAIN, Draco Malfoy? What pain did you have to go through? Whathehell you are the Dark Lord! Every one in the wizarding world knows that. You can never feel pain Draco. You were bound not to feel"

"So you're telling me I'm numb"

"Well you're supposed to!"

"Well I'm not!"

Silence.

Hermione was almost losing control of herself. It was as if they had to repeat talking about that issue. She was tired of it and yet it seemed the issue will never die. "You can't prove to me that you feel pain Draco. You've showed me how you could last even the entirety of your life without seeing me, or your son"

"Well do you really want to see what pain I'm talking about? Well, I'll show you"

Draco took his hand through his kimono and removed it. The kimono fell from his shoulders down to the floor and to Hermione's surprise, she gasped deep at what she saw. . .

Scars. . .

Scars that seemed too fresh that it appeared to have never healed.

They were long, thick, and deep---Hermione could tell. And to surprise her even more, the moment she had her eyes fixed on the scar that vandalized Draco's almost perfect pale skin on his chest and abdomen, the scars bled as if it was just wounded. Draco winced in pain though he never wanted to tell how much it sting.

"I'm sorry Draco. . . I didn't know", pleaded Hermione for her husband to understand.

Draco took his arms in an embrace and held on to himself tighter. What Hermione saw next was Draco writhing in pain. He was grunting and moaning with his every breath that Hermione knew nothing else but to watch Draco suffer.

"What will I do? What's happening Draco?" inquired the almost-deranged woman beside Draco who was already on the floor, with his eyes shut.

"Wake Wade up", whispered Draco agonizingly.

"What?"

"Wake Wade up! He might be able to stop this"

Hermione ran to Wade's side and shook his son awake. "Wade, wake up. Baby, please wake up." But Wade didn't nudge from his deep sleep. "Draco, he won't wake up!"

"Try Hermione. He might be the only person who can cure this!"

Hermione continuously shook Wade. "Come on baby, wake up please. Wade, get up for daddy will you? Wade, daddy needs you. Please wake up. . . Wade, please. . . Wade. . . " She was losing hope. "What will I do Draco? Tell me please!" All Hermione managed doing was plead. Her tears flowed easily over her cheeks. She was so helpless.

"Hermione, please try a bit more. . ." pleaded Draco back as he felt the pain surge through his insides already.

"I'm trying Draco! But he won't wake up!" screamed Hermione as she still shook her son awake. "Wade, please, I beg you. Mum's having a hard time now. Please wake up. . . Wade, please. . . Wade. . . You're killing mum. . . please Wade. This is too much already. . . I don't know what to do anymore. Please wake up now"

At those words, Draco managed to suppress the pain and he stared compassionately at the distressed beauty in front of him.

. . . Hermione, so beautiful, so perfect. . .

. . . But in pain. . .

. . . Pain that never suited her. . .

. . . Pain that she would never deserve. . .

And slowly, Wade's eyes opened. He jolted awake, sitting upright before a crying Hermione. "Mum, I'm sorry, I didn't want you hurt. I don't want to kill you. I can't. I don't want to kill you mum. I'm sorry"

What was Wade talking about? Hermione knew it was Lucius whom Wade said that would kill her. . . and why would Wade suddenly say that it was he who would kill her? "It's okay baby. Now, could you just try to cure Daddy? You might heal him. Could you try that for me baby?"

"You love daddy", uttered Wade nonchalantly.

Hermione was surprised even more so. How could Wade have had managed saying those words with no emotion whatsoever?

"Yes, I do baby. Could you just try to heal him now? Here's my wand", said Hermione as she handed Wade her wand.

Wade took it without a word and stood to walk towards Draco who was on the floor.

"No Wade, don't do it!" yelled Draco at once as he saw an unexplainable anger in Wade's eyes. "Wade! Stop!"

What was going on? Hermione saw that her husband and son met eye-to-eye. Wade's eyes were filled with rage while Draco's was in fear. "What's going on?" asked Hermione as she had no clue what suddenly went through Wade. It was much for her to see her son eat grass but seeing her husband plead not to be healed was something else.

Wade went down on his knees and smirked at the handsome lad in front of him. "You'll be sorry for disobeying the Dark Lord!" exclaimed Wade's little voice that was full of conviction.

"What's going on?" asked yet again the clueless Hermione who felt herself soon to break down.

"No, Wade, don't think about it", mouthed Draco more than a plead than an order.

"You deserve to die!"

"NO!" yelled Hermione from behind who was about grab Wade's arm only too late.

No. Wade didn't flicker the wand, the usual way that wizards do it. Instead, he thrust the wand through Draco's fresh wounds and in it went to Draco's insides.

"Ugh! Wade! Stop it!" yelled Draco in more pain than he could imagine.

"You could never hide your imperfections Draco Malfoy! You're wounded though you shouldn't be. It's because you've broken your vow to the true Dark Lord. You're not supposed to love a Mudblood!" exclaimed Wade as if he was being controlled.

"How did you know of these wounds?" queried Draco as he tried to pay attention more to what his son was saying than the excruciating pain at the side of his stomach. Wade hadn't released his hand from the wand, and the wand was still stuck inside Draco.

"I come from your blood. We are connected through blood. That's why I know"

"Wade, stop this right now"

"Are you ordering me to stop? You can't. You don't have power over me anymore. You couldn't continue being Dark Lord"

"Wade, you don't want to get hurt now, do you?" threatened Draco with already his eyes sharp in anger.

"Is that a threat Father? You don't scare me"

Hermione yelled, "Stop it Wade!" Wade's eyes shot dangerously at Hermione. "After I'm through with FATHER, I'll be after you." Then his eyes returned to glare at Draco. "You're just human Draco Malfoy. And you've just made me more than you are." Wade twisted the wand and moved it roughly inside Draco.

Draco was excreting too much blood at the assault. His hands met Wade's and try as he might to stop his son, the little boy was too powerful. "Wade! Don't test my patience!"

"Wade, please! Stop it!" cried Hermione helplessly. She knew well that Wade was being controlled by the Dark Side.

"No! I won't! He deserves to be punished!"

"Wade! Listen to Mum. You have to stop now. You're going to kill your father"

"I have to!"

"You're going to kill me!"

"No!"

"Yes Wade. You kill him, and I'll die. So please stop it now"

"No!"

"Now Wade, take the wand out"

"No!"

"Now Wade. Don't make me mad"

"No!"

"You're going to get some good spanking from me if you don't stop it. I will lock you in the closet if you don't stop it now"

"No!"

But at that point, Wade ran to Hermione and hugged her tight. He was crying the little child that he was. "I'm sorry Mum. I don't want to be spanked anymore. I'm a big boy. I don't want to stay in the closet either. Sorry Mum. I'm really sorry", pleaded Wade as if he did something shallow.

Draco then had the chance to get the wand out of him. He sat up and felt the smarting inside him. "What's happening with him?"

"I don't know Draco. What I'm sure of is that your father is controlling him to get back at me"

"I don't think he wants to kill you. It's me Lucius is after for"

Wade was almost done crying in Hermione's arms. "I'm really sorry Mum. I don't want to get spanked"

"I won't Wade. Just don't hurt Daddy anymore, all right?"

"But Grandpa. . . he said he'll kill you"

"Have you been talking to grandpa?"

"Yes, he talks to me in my sleep"

"Does he know where we are?"

"No. He's angry because I won't tell him. So he tells me that he'll kill you if I don't do what he asks me"

Hermione seeked help from Draco. "I, I---baby, maybe you should try not to sleep anymore. I can conjure a spell so you won't sleep and daddy and I will try to keep you company so you won't fall to sleep. Grandpa seems to have a strong sense of persuasion"

"It's okay Mum. I don't want to hurt Father. I don't want to hurt you. I could feel it Mum. You're hurt when Father is hurt. And I get hurt too. Because I see you hurt because of me. It's my fault Mum. I'm a bad boy"

"No Wade. You are not. We will fix this up, all right? Don't worry, everything's going to be fine I tell you"

"What if it won't?"

Hermione was without more words to use. Luckily, Draco spoke for her. "It will son. We will get through this. Now you go play outside. I think I hear the birds chirping. They're waiting for you", said Draco as he forced a smile. Even though he knew it was Wade who caused him to bleed yet again, he didn't feel angry whatsoever. His fatherly instinct was winning over him. He couldn't take his grudges against his own son even if he knew well it wasn't exactly Wade who was hurting him moments before.

"Okay"

Wade rushed outside as if nothing happened.

Draco tried to crawl towards Hermione to comfort her. He was wounded physically but he knew that Hermione was hurting even more---inside.

"We'll get through this Hermione. I reckon you have to call Harry up soon"

"What if it won't Draco? He is your son. You're connected to him. And the blood that binds you is the one that will kill you. He is a mudblood as well---just like me. You can't deny the fact that the moment I conceived him, he was cursed"

"Don't say that Hermione. It will be fine. See? The wounds have closed up again"

Hermione tried to pull away from Draco and saw that he was only left with scars to deal with.

"Wade knows of the deep wound at the side of your abdomen"

"I know. But you see Hermione, the physical pain that Wade could cause me couldn't be equal to your emotional hurt when you see us in these terms--- that you see me hurt because of your son and that you see Wade struggling with Lucius' meddling. I don't know how much you're wounded inside but I know for a fact that I wouldn't survive as long as you do. You're tough Hermione. You truly are a Gryffindor"

Hermione felt a bit of a comfort. She stood at once and so did Draco. "No, stay there, Draco. Take some rest. I'll just look after Wade"

"It's okay hon. I'm feeling better"

So Hermione took Draco's hand and pulled him up. Draco took the opportunity and didn't let go of Hermione's hand as they walked out to the spacious garden outside the house.

To their surprise, lifeless birds lay on the earth with blood oozing out from them. They were carelessly scattered on the gournd.

"Oh no, where's Wade?" asked Hermione at once.

Their eyes traced the line of birds and saw at the end of their sight, a tree where Wade was hung upside down.

~Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns characters, setting, etc. Except: the plot is mine.~

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Lol cliffie.

Am I such a bad writer? I'm feeling morbid, sorry. It'll change soon. I've to start with this and I'll continue soon. [I've been re-reading it and oh my god, I'm being morbid again. Whatthehell did I do with the blood? I'm causing my fic a bloodbath!] oh please, please, bear with me here. I'll have to support the next events with these stuff first. My apologies to those who aren't fond of reading these types of fics. I swear it'll change. Just please, please, hang on. I'll try to take off the MORBID factor out from the next chapter.

Please review. And no, don't hate me for changing Wade. He'll come to his senses soon. It's just that he's being controlled by Lucius and had no other means to control it being the young boy he was. so anyway, since this is fanfiction, I can do anything with this.

So, who wants that Wade gets a lovelife? [lol] A cute little girl with even cuter curls for hair and cutest rosy cheeks to match our outstandingly cute Wade? Hm? I want to hear your side. Anything you want me to add, or at least consider adding, please drop them all as a review. I'd be more than glad to hear them from you.

Lalala. The internal and external wounds. Lol. I've been talking much about that lately. You see, the wounds inside are different from the outside, obviously, for the sole reason that they are situated at different areas. But then, physical pain could be unbearable at times but time flies by and the pain would be due to subside. But with emotional hurt, it would heal, but everytime you remember how it is to hurt that much, the wounds smart yet again and everything rekindled wounds us up repeatedly. And so, I reckon that the emotional wounds are those that never heals, so, that makes it hardest for Hermione to bear everything that was happening. It started with them having a car chase at the highway, Wade being kidnapped, Draco suddenly admitting he was the one who had Wade kidnapped, Harry being caught with another woman, Draco taking his child again from Hermione, patching up and repeating the issues of Draco not able to remember his family, Lucius interfering with the family, Wade showing his real powers, the family running away from home, Wade showing odd behaviors, Draco revealing the wounds he got from attempting to contact Hermione all those time that they were not together, and now, [ohmygod] Wade is found hung upside down. Guys, that's what you need to carry on for. Why was Wade hung by a tree upside down? Who did it? What will Hermione do? What will Draco do? What will Wade do? [okay, I'll stop with the questions. I might give the plot off. But no, honestly, I still have not a clue how this will continue]

SO everyone, INSPIRE ME. READ then REVIEW.

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