Truth Be Told
Sirius jumped up out of his chair and bolted towards the double doors. He thought he heard the receptionist say something, but he didn't listen. A long hallway appeared before him with many doors among it. The animagus started down, following the white tile until he came to a fork.
'Which way?!' Sirius could feel his heart racing.
A door opened thirty feet from him to his right and a brunette man in white scrubs came walking out. Before he closed the door Sirius heard Remus shouting his name from the room.
Sirius came charging down the right hallway.
The man who had come out from the door raised his hands, "You aren't suppose to be back here. Now if you please follow me I will direct you back to the waiting room."
"My friend is calling me from that room. There is nothing you can do to make me not go in there," Sirius growled.
"You are not allowed in there," the man said in a voice that said he demanded authority.
Sirius glared, "Get out of my way."
The man put a firm handgrip on Sirius's left shoulder, "Let's go."
The animagus drew back his right arm and hit the brunette square in the jaw with a sickening crack. The man fell backwards onto the floor unconscious. Sirius gave him one last kick in the ribs before sprinting to the door he had heard Remus's voice come out of and opened it.
Inside he was greeted by an awful sight. Jason and a blond man were bending over Remus who was tied to an examining table by what looked like metal cuffs on his wrists and ankles.
Remus tilted his head up, "Sirius!"
"What in the bloody hell is going on?!!" Sirius shouted.
The two men looked up startled.
Sirius used the advantage and lunged at Jason knocking him to the ground. He hit him in the right eye causing immediate bruising. That was all he could do before an invisible force pulled him off of the body beneath him. Sirius could only move his head so he craned it around to see the blonde with his wand pointed at him.
The man with the wand flicked it and Sirius was thrown against the wall. Chains came out to wrap around his wrists and ankles tying him against the white brick. He pulled against them trying to break free.
Jason stood up wiping a bit of blood from the corner of his eye, "Well, well, well..."
Sirius was so pissed he was visibly shaking in unreleased rage, "What the hell do you want with us?"
Jason clicked his tongue and came up to him, "It's not really you I want, Sirius, it's him," he pointed over his shoulder at Remus.
"What do you want with Remus?" Sirius spat.
"First things first, Mark," the blonde man came over to him, "Search him for his wand."
Mark patted Sirius against his sides then drew a wand from within his pocket. Sirius growled. Jason took the wand from his assistant.
"Now, to answer your question," Jason chuckled slightly, "We want Remus for his blood."
"His blood?!" Sirius shouted, "For what?! You'll never get it with me around!"
Jason smirked, "We want it. 'We' as in my underground team of researchers."
"Researchers of what?"
"Of physical characteristics changing potions. You see," Jason drawled, "with this advance potion we have been creating, it has the ability of changing one person to look like anything he or she wishes."
"But that's illegal!" Remus shouted from the table.
Jason laughed, "Of course it is. That's why there are protective wards around this place to keep people from the ministry away from here. It was because of those that I couldn't just apperate us here. The wards didn't allow it, and I knew you would get suspicious if I apperated us to a location to far away from the normal range of hospitals."
"That still doesn't explain why you want Remus's blood!" Sirius shouted.
"We really don't want Remus's blood; we want the werewolf's blood."
"How do you know I'm a werewolf?!" Remus squeaked.
"Oh please," Jason turned to Remus and waved it off, "in fifth year you were always disappearing around the full moon and you came back whiter than that ghost thing that was always around near the tower. I've always had my suspicion that you were one, but it wasn't confirmed until I transfigured that full moon over just my house and saw you become very ill."
"I knew the moon cycle wasn't right," Remus growled.
"Yes, and now I can do a stronger version of that spell here and make you transform into that hideous beast that lies inside you waiting to be released so I can take its blood.
"Shut up," Jason smacked Sirius's face as he started to open his mouth, "We found out that werewolf blood is one of the main ingredients in the potion. The first batch we tried out worked like a charm."
Jason did a little twirl to show what he meant.
"So that's why you look so different," Remus muttered.
"It is true. I was the first to try it and now look at me. Honestly, do you think I could go from a skinny redheaded twerp to this?"
"But where did you get the blood for the first potion?" Sirius question gritting his teeth together.
"Oh, there was a resident werewolf that everyone was dying to get rid of so it just... disappeared."
Remus's eyes shone with hatred, "You killed him."
"Actually, it was a her, but you get the idea."
"You monster," Remus snapped.
"Yes," Jason quipped, "the price one pays for science. And this potion will go up for sale on the Black Wizarding Market and be sold for millions in gold. So I will be a rich monster, but rich all the same."
"But why didn't you take Remus to a normal hospital after you guys flipped on the wave runner?! He could have seriously been injured!"
"Flipped?!" Remus shouted, "Jason, you hit me off the damn thing and knocked me out cold!"
Jason shrugged, "Yes, well I needed an excuse to get you here. That and the right moment, after my suspicions were confirmed.
"Now, enough talking. It is time to get to work. Mark, lengthen those chains on the werewolf's table so he'll have just enough room, but not too much were the fucker can get to us."
Mark did as he was told.
"Let Remus go," Sirius threatened struggling against his chains.
Jason did a low drawn-out laugh, "I don't think so."
Sirius tried turning into Padfoot hoping that his animagus form was small enough to slip out from the chains. A strong shock erupted in his body and he was forced to stop from the pain.
Jason laughed, "Those are magic blocking chains, so don't try anything... that is... unless you want to die..."
Sirius glared trying to get his mind to work faster than it ever had before.
Jason raised his wand and a soft white light began to glow from the tip. It grew brighter and larger until it was a small replica of the actual moon. It floated to the ceiling
Jay flicked his wand again and Sirius could feel the power growing in the little orb. Remus jerked at his chains trying to restrain the wolf. He let out a sharp gasp in pain.
"Hold on, Remus," Sirius called, "I'll figure something out."
Jason chuckled, "Ah, yes, Remus's little boyfriend is going to come rescue him."
"I am not his boyfriend," Sirius grunted.
"Yes, but you'd like to be, wouldn't you, Black? You'd love to be able to claim this werewolf as your own."
"I..." Sirius started.
"Don't try to deny it, Black," Jason drawled, "I can see it in your eyes. Don't think I didn't notice the death glares you sent my way whenever I was around your precious little werewolf."
Sirius could feel the blush creep up into his cheeks. He looked down at the floor unable to argue.
"Sirius?" A small and weak voice questioned from across the room, "Is this true?"
Sirius forced himself to look up and into honey-colored eyes that were full of pain. Even if he wanted to deny his feelings for his best friend... he couldn't... and he didn't want to. He could now see sweat trickle down the blonde's face and the aching expression it held. He concentrated fully on Remus's eyes where he expected to find disgust and revulsion, but couldn't find a trace of either. All he saw was a look of curiosity and a dim sparkle.
The animagus couldn't do anything but blush harder and look down at the floor.
"Enough with the sappy romance crap," Jay snarled, "This is making me sick."
Jason flicked his wand once more and a burst of energy was released into the white orb at the ceiling. Remus cried out as pain waves wracked through his body. He could feel his body succumbing to the darkness.
"Stop!" Sirius shouted straining himself against his binds. Pure fear began to rise up inside of him, "You'll kill him! His wolf side isn't strong enough to take over!"
"That's nothing a little more moon energy can't take care of," Jason laughed raising his wand once more.
"NO!" Sirius shouted sending all his power into one force at the chains. He could feel the bolts in the walls giving out to his burst of strength. Sirius lunged at Jason finally free of his ties. Jason dropped his wand in shock and went to protect his head with his arms.
Mark used his own wand trying to spell the attacker, but Sirius was like a madman. He whipped the chains still connected to his wrist and slammed them into Mark's head who went down unconscious.
Jason stood up and knocked into Sirius's waist knocking him over. Sirius barely felt a thing as he sharply turned around and smashed his elbow into Jason's jaw. Jason jerked backwards holding his hand over his mouth as blood poured down his lips. He flew at Sirius connecting his fist to the animagus' left eye. Sirius was growing tired and gathered the chain into his hands and crushed it into Jason's skull with as much strength as he could muster. Jason fell over and didn't move.
Sirius could still hear Remus whimpering as he crawled over to where Jason's wand had landed and snapped it in half. At once, the tiny moon exploded and the room was silent. He grabbed his own wand where it laid a few feet from him.
Sirius pulled himself up on staggering legs and bent over a still Remus. He ran his hand through the blonde's hair, "Wake up, Remmy."
Remus didn't answer.
"Please wake up," Sirius whispered, tears beginning to form in his eyes, "I can't live without you."
Remus let out a small groan as he slit his eyes open, "Sirius?"
"Shhh," Sirius soothed still running his hand through soft locks, "It's going to be alright."
Sirius used his wand to unlock the cuffs binding Remus to the table. Remus sat up shakily, rubbing at where the metal had pulled at his skin.
More silence filled the room as Sirius looked down into confused eyes, "Did you mean it?"
Sirius raised a tired eyebrow, "Mean what?"
"That you couldn't live without me."
Sirius sat down on the table with his back to the werewolf and closed his eyes. He exhaled an unsteady breath and said quietly, "Yes... I did. I was so scared that you were going to die... I love you, Remus."
A warm hand ghosted across his cheek, turning him slightly, "Look at me, Sirius."
Sirius carefully slide his eyes open afraid with what might greet him on the other side of his lids. There was still no disgust, just plain utter confusion.
"Why didn't you tell me before?"
"I didn't realize it until recently, and I-I was afraid if I said anything... it would ruin out friendship."
"Sirius," Remus said in a completely serious voice, "Nothing, nothing you could do or say could ever ruin our friendship."
Sirius was about to agree and apologize, but he never got the chance. A pair of warm lips silenced him as they settled on his. Sirius was so shocked that he couldn't do anything for a moment. It took a minute for his brain to catch up with all that had happened before it told his own lips to reciprocate.
A pair of arms wrapped around his neck and he turned more to place his hands comfortably on the perfect waist before him. Sirius shivered as a hand, Remus's hand, started playing with the hair at the nape of his neck. He smiled into the kiss.
When they pulled back for breath, Sirius looked deeply into two perfect honey-colored eyes. He leaned his forehead against his love's, content on just being with him.
Remus parted his lips to say something when the door burst open, "Everybody freez...! What in the hell happened here?!!"
Sirius jumped up out of his chair and bolted towards the double doors. He thought he heard the receptionist say something, but he didn't listen. A long hallway appeared before him with many doors among it. The animagus started down, following the white tile until he came to a fork.
'Which way?!' Sirius could feel his heart racing.
A door opened thirty feet from him to his right and a brunette man in white scrubs came walking out. Before he closed the door Sirius heard Remus shouting his name from the room.
Sirius came charging down the right hallway.
The man who had come out from the door raised his hands, "You aren't suppose to be back here. Now if you please follow me I will direct you back to the waiting room."
"My friend is calling me from that room. There is nothing you can do to make me not go in there," Sirius growled.
"You are not allowed in there," the man said in a voice that said he demanded authority.
Sirius glared, "Get out of my way."
The man put a firm handgrip on Sirius's left shoulder, "Let's go."
The animagus drew back his right arm and hit the brunette square in the jaw with a sickening crack. The man fell backwards onto the floor unconscious. Sirius gave him one last kick in the ribs before sprinting to the door he had heard Remus's voice come out of and opened it.
Inside he was greeted by an awful sight. Jason and a blond man were bending over Remus who was tied to an examining table by what looked like metal cuffs on his wrists and ankles.
Remus tilted his head up, "Sirius!"
"What in the bloody hell is going on?!!" Sirius shouted.
The two men looked up startled.
Sirius used the advantage and lunged at Jason knocking him to the ground. He hit him in the right eye causing immediate bruising. That was all he could do before an invisible force pulled him off of the body beneath him. Sirius could only move his head so he craned it around to see the blonde with his wand pointed at him.
The man with the wand flicked it and Sirius was thrown against the wall. Chains came out to wrap around his wrists and ankles tying him against the white brick. He pulled against them trying to break free.
Jason stood up wiping a bit of blood from the corner of his eye, "Well, well, well..."
Sirius was so pissed he was visibly shaking in unreleased rage, "What the hell do you want with us?"
Jason clicked his tongue and came up to him, "It's not really you I want, Sirius, it's him," he pointed over his shoulder at Remus.
"What do you want with Remus?" Sirius spat.
"First things first, Mark," the blonde man came over to him, "Search him for his wand."
Mark patted Sirius against his sides then drew a wand from within his pocket. Sirius growled. Jason took the wand from his assistant.
"Now, to answer your question," Jason chuckled slightly, "We want Remus for his blood."
"His blood?!" Sirius shouted, "For what?! You'll never get it with me around!"
Jason smirked, "We want it. 'We' as in my underground team of researchers."
"Researchers of what?"
"Of physical characteristics changing potions. You see," Jason drawled, "with this advance potion we have been creating, it has the ability of changing one person to look like anything he or she wishes."
"But that's illegal!" Remus shouted from the table.
Jason laughed, "Of course it is. That's why there are protective wards around this place to keep people from the ministry away from here. It was because of those that I couldn't just apperate us here. The wards didn't allow it, and I knew you would get suspicious if I apperated us to a location to far away from the normal range of hospitals."
"That still doesn't explain why you want Remus's blood!" Sirius shouted.
"We really don't want Remus's blood; we want the werewolf's blood."
"How do you know I'm a werewolf?!" Remus squeaked.
"Oh please," Jason turned to Remus and waved it off, "in fifth year you were always disappearing around the full moon and you came back whiter than that ghost thing that was always around near the tower. I've always had my suspicion that you were one, but it wasn't confirmed until I transfigured that full moon over just my house and saw you become very ill."
"I knew the moon cycle wasn't right," Remus growled.
"Yes, and now I can do a stronger version of that spell here and make you transform into that hideous beast that lies inside you waiting to be released so I can take its blood.
"Shut up," Jason smacked Sirius's face as he started to open his mouth, "We found out that werewolf blood is one of the main ingredients in the potion. The first batch we tried out worked like a charm."
Jason did a little twirl to show what he meant.
"So that's why you look so different," Remus muttered.
"It is true. I was the first to try it and now look at me. Honestly, do you think I could go from a skinny redheaded twerp to this?"
"But where did you get the blood for the first potion?" Sirius question gritting his teeth together.
"Oh, there was a resident werewolf that everyone was dying to get rid of so it just... disappeared."
Remus's eyes shone with hatred, "You killed him."
"Actually, it was a her, but you get the idea."
"You monster," Remus snapped.
"Yes," Jason quipped, "the price one pays for science. And this potion will go up for sale on the Black Wizarding Market and be sold for millions in gold. So I will be a rich monster, but rich all the same."
"But why didn't you take Remus to a normal hospital after you guys flipped on the wave runner?! He could have seriously been injured!"
"Flipped?!" Remus shouted, "Jason, you hit me off the damn thing and knocked me out cold!"
Jason shrugged, "Yes, well I needed an excuse to get you here. That and the right moment, after my suspicions were confirmed.
"Now, enough talking. It is time to get to work. Mark, lengthen those chains on the werewolf's table so he'll have just enough room, but not too much were the fucker can get to us."
Mark did as he was told.
"Let Remus go," Sirius threatened struggling against his chains.
Jason did a low drawn-out laugh, "I don't think so."
Sirius tried turning into Padfoot hoping that his animagus form was small enough to slip out from the chains. A strong shock erupted in his body and he was forced to stop from the pain.
Jason laughed, "Those are magic blocking chains, so don't try anything... that is... unless you want to die..."
Sirius glared trying to get his mind to work faster than it ever had before.
Jason raised his wand and a soft white light began to glow from the tip. It grew brighter and larger until it was a small replica of the actual moon. It floated to the ceiling
Jay flicked his wand again and Sirius could feel the power growing in the little orb. Remus jerked at his chains trying to restrain the wolf. He let out a sharp gasp in pain.
"Hold on, Remus," Sirius called, "I'll figure something out."
Jason chuckled, "Ah, yes, Remus's little boyfriend is going to come rescue him."
"I am not his boyfriend," Sirius grunted.
"Yes, but you'd like to be, wouldn't you, Black? You'd love to be able to claim this werewolf as your own."
"I..." Sirius started.
"Don't try to deny it, Black," Jason drawled, "I can see it in your eyes. Don't think I didn't notice the death glares you sent my way whenever I was around your precious little werewolf."
Sirius could feel the blush creep up into his cheeks. He looked down at the floor unable to argue.
"Sirius?" A small and weak voice questioned from across the room, "Is this true?"
Sirius forced himself to look up and into honey-colored eyes that were full of pain. Even if he wanted to deny his feelings for his best friend... he couldn't... and he didn't want to. He could now see sweat trickle down the blonde's face and the aching expression it held. He concentrated fully on Remus's eyes where he expected to find disgust and revulsion, but couldn't find a trace of either. All he saw was a look of curiosity and a dim sparkle.
The animagus couldn't do anything but blush harder and look down at the floor.
"Enough with the sappy romance crap," Jay snarled, "This is making me sick."
Jason flicked his wand once more and a burst of energy was released into the white orb at the ceiling. Remus cried out as pain waves wracked through his body. He could feel his body succumbing to the darkness.
"Stop!" Sirius shouted straining himself against his binds. Pure fear began to rise up inside of him, "You'll kill him! His wolf side isn't strong enough to take over!"
"That's nothing a little more moon energy can't take care of," Jason laughed raising his wand once more.
"NO!" Sirius shouted sending all his power into one force at the chains. He could feel the bolts in the walls giving out to his burst of strength. Sirius lunged at Jason finally free of his ties. Jason dropped his wand in shock and went to protect his head with his arms.
Mark used his own wand trying to spell the attacker, but Sirius was like a madman. He whipped the chains still connected to his wrist and slammed them into Mark's head who went down unconscious.
Jason stood up and knocked into Sirius's waist knocking him over. Sirius barely felt a thing as he sharply turned around and smashed his elbow into Jason's jaw. Jason jerked backwards holding his hand over his mouth as blood poured down his lips. He flew at Sirius connecting his fist to the animagus' left eye. Sirius was growing tired and gathered the chain into his hands and crushed it into Jason's skull with as much strength as he could muster. Jason fell over and didn't move.
Sirius could still hear Remus whimpering as he crawled over to where Jason's wand had landed and snapped it in half. At once, the tiny moon exploded and the room was silent. He grabbed his own wand where it laid a few feet from him.
Sirius pulled himself up on staggering legs and bent over a still Remus. He ran his hand through the blonde's hair, "Wake up, Remmy."
Remus didn't answer.
"Please wake up," Sirius whispered, tears beginning to form in his eyes, "I can't live without you."
Remus let out a small groan as he slit his eyes open, "Sirius?"
"Shhh," Sirius soothed still running his hand through soft locks, "It's going to be alright."
Sirius used his wand to unlock the cuffs binding Remus to the table. Remus sat up shakily, rubbing at where the metal had pulled at his skin.
More silence filled the room as Sirius looked down into confused eyes, "Did you mean it?"
Sirius raised a tired eyebrow, "Mean what?"
"That you couldn't live without me."
Sirius sat down on the table with his back to the werewolf and closed his eyes. He exhaled an unsteady breath and said quietly, "Yes... I did. I was so scared that you were going to die... I love you, Remus."
A warm hand ghosted across his cheek, turning him slightly, "Look at me, Sirius."
Sirius carefully slide his eyes open afraid with what might greet him on the other side of his lids. There was still no disgust, just plain utter confusion.
"Why didn't you tell me before?"
"I didn't realize it until recently, and I-I was afraid if I said anything... it would ruin out friendship."
"Sirius," Remus said in a completely serious voice, "Nothing, nothing you could do or say could ever ruin our friendship."
Sirius was about to agree and apologize, but he never got the chance. A pair of warm lips silenced him as they settled on his. Sirius was so shocked that he couldn't do anything for a moment. It took a minute for his brain to catch up with all that had happened before it told his own lips to reciprocate.
A pair of arms wrapped around his neck and he turned more to place his hands comfortably on the perfect waist before him. Sirius shivered as a hand, Remus's hand, started playing with the hair at the nape of his neck. He smiled into the kiss.
When they pulled back for breath, Sirius looked deeply into two perfect honey-colored eyes. He leaned his forehead against his love's, content on just being with him.
Remus parted his lips to say something when the door burst open, "Everybody freez...! What in the hell happened here?!!"