A/n- Hey guys! THANK YOU I LOVE YOU! The reviews for chapter 18 were great! Couldn't have asked for better! Sorry this took a while but its really long to make you happy.
Personally this chapter is rather blah to me but you tell me in your reviews which I hope to get a lot of! Read the author notes at the bottom please.
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BillJoeBob2- Well I did my well-deserved rest and woke up with no headache. The black-mail sounds very helpful of you want something.. your such a bad girl! Lol! =0)
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An Evening with El Diablo
Louis stepped into his brother's room and was about to call out Harry's name when he heard the sound of water running. He sat on the bed deciding to wait for Harry until he got out of the shower. As the time passed he thought of how much his little brother had changed since from coming home from the hospital. Quiet, reserved and always took the chance to stay in his room unless he was forced to come out, even then he was constantly jumpy.
Harry barely ate and was frequently kept awake by nightmares even though he thought no one knew. The family wanted to help but Harry kept everyone at arms length, never trusting anyone.
Louis' musing was cut abruptly by the sound of glass breaking. Running to the bathroom door he turned the knob, but found that the door was locked. He pounded on the door.
"HARRY OPEN THE DOOR!" He shouted to be heard over the still running water. Not getting a respond he started to throw all his weight on to the door, on the third shove it broke and he almost fell through.
Righting himself Louis looked around the room and spotted his brother at once. He was sitting on the shower floor with his legs drawn up to his chest. Louis got the bathrobe from behind the door and made his way to the shower, as he got nearer he saw that there was a crack on the shower glass stall. Ignoring that for later he knelt down, turning off the faucets and reached for Harry.
"Get away from me!" Harry hissed at him.
Louis was not surprise by this but nevertheless hurt that he could do nothing for his own brother that was in so much turmoil. 10 minutes later found both brothers lying on Harry's bed. Louis had his back to the headboard and Harry's head was lying on his lap, he didn't care that his pants were getting wet.
"Will I ever be ok Louis?" Harry spoke finally. They had been in silence with him running his fingers through Harry's hair.
"Of course you will be. You're strong and one day this will be nothing but a memory."
"Promise?" He asked not lifting his head but silent tears coursing down his face.
"Promise Harry."
Louis woke with a start from where he was dosing on the couch and as he looked around his mum's flat he realized that he had a dream from after Harry got home from the first kidnapping. And now it was happening all over again.
Everyone was back at Lily's flat since it was pointless to be in the hospital, the others had taken the news of Harry's kidnapping more or less the same as he did, with immense shock. How could this have happened? Wasn't it just getting better, Tom was finally dead and Harry was recovering well.... But now this.
James looked over to Draco who had come home with them and felt his heart tug. The blonde had not spoken since hearing the news of his boyfriend's kidnapping. No one had really said anything since the detective had left, promising to do all he could to get Harry home safe and sound. It was worst then the last time, at least then they knew who they were looking for, but this time they didn't even know the captors name.
The older man didn't want to think the worst but he couldn't help thinking that he might never see his youngest son again. Looking to Lily, whom her mother was comforting made him banish the thought. They would find Harry and he would be ok... with time.
* * *
"I wonder how your family is dealing with this, probably sitting together crying over their poor little lost baby." Colin said nonchalantly as he watched the boy on the bed.
Harry had not spoken since he learned whom had been tormenting him for months. His head had been feeling fuzzy and he would get bouts of dizziness, which he ignored and tried to think of a way to get out of the room alive. All together the escape plans came up to zero.
It had been a while since either of them had talked and frankly it unnerved Harry that Creevey could just sit there and watch him for minutes at a time. Even when Riddle had him, the man would move around not just stare.
"Now don't be rude Harry, answer when spoken too." Colin had gotten up from his chair moving closer to the bed.
"Why are you doing this?" Harry asked pitifully his head bowed.
The blonde rolled his eyes. "Because I can." He answered harshly before smiling. "I have an idea." Colin climbed on the bed and on top of Harry who tried to move away. "Hold still." He laughed and used his legs to hold Harry in place, not caring if the smaller boy felt any pain in his abdomen.
He reached for a cordless black phone that lay on the floor and dialed a number, when it started to ring he smiled and pressed the phone to Harry's ear.
"Hello?" An all too familiar voice answered.
"Dad!"
* * *
"Harry?!"
James' cell phone had gone off and he pulled it out to turn it off thinking it was someone from his job but once he saw the restricted number he decided to answer it.
The others in the room looked up at him, Draco looked ready to take the phone away from him.
"Dad, it's Colin-" Harry started to say quickly but the phone was taken away from him blurring the last name.
"Harry!?" The others came closer.
"Hi." Said another new person. "You know this is my favorite part, the family interaction is so sweet." He said in a mock dulcet tone.
James had one of those cell-phones where you could hear the person's entire conversation, in this case they all heard what he had said and felt their blood boil, this Colin guy was just playing with them all.
"Where is my son?"
"With me, but don't worry he's fine for now. If he behaves he might get to see you again."
Draco had enough and took the phone into his own hands. "Listen you lunatic -!"
Colin caught him off. "I don't like to be called 'lunatic'!"
"Sorry meant to say crazy freak!" Draco replied sarcastically
"Malfoy are you listening closely." Colin asked calmly, too calm for someone who had sounded mad as hell a second ago.
Before the blonde could retort he heard the phone smack against something hard, then Harry's painful yells came. Colin had hit Harry with the phone across the face!
"STOP!" Draco yelled horror-struck.
* * *
Harry held his throbbing face, tears of pain pooling in his eyes. He heard Draco's yell and dearly wished he could have been there instead of here where ever 'here' was. The ebony haired teen had not seen that coming till Creevey reeled back and then there was no where to move either way.
"Learn from this Malfoy. Harry could come out of this with nothing but a few scratches or beaten within an inch of his life and if you really tick me off I'll kill him." Colin said in that same clam tone of voice before cutting the line.
He looked down at Harry still holding his face. "Your boyfriend really should learn to hold his tongue." He reached out to stroke Harry's face, as he made contact with the skin the ebony-haired boy flinched.
"But don't worry Harry I'll take real good care of you." Colin bent down and placed a kiss on Harry's cheek before getting up with an unsympathetic laugh. Harry glared as Creevey closed the door behind him.
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Draco dropped the cell-phone, stunned he sat on the floor. Harry had gotten hurt because of him and the only other thought that crossed his mind was that his boyfriend could die. That was always a probability but for the guy to speck of it so unreservedly unsettled him. The thought of losing Harry never really crossed his mind until Colin said he would kill Harry.
He really could not imagine his world without Harry; the boy had become everything to him. Yes he was only 17 years old but Harry was his only, the one he wanted to spend all his time with.
"Harry." Draco whispered, with a few lone tears escaping his eye. He didn't know what was going on around him but he didn't care all he wanted right now was to have Harry by his side, smiling and being all right.
* * *
Harry glared at the man before him. He had been in this house for a little over three hours and was scared and furious. Nothing had happen since he was taken from the mall with a gun to his back and now he was just staring at Riddle thinking of a way to get out of this alive and unhurt.
"Are you hungry love?" Riddle gave him a dazzling smile that made Harry want to wipe it off his pretty little face.
"Wish you would die." He replied with a sarcastic smile. With satisfaction he watched as Riddle's face quickly transform into a scowl.
"You will learn to love and respect me." Riddle grabbed his face in-between his hands.
"I will be dead first." He jerked his face out of his hold. And a second later was surprise by the sting he felt in his cheek. Riddle had slapped him.
"I'm sorry, but you need to learn respect." The older man ran his hand softly over the cheek he had slapped.
"Don't touch me!" Harry spat out moving away from the gentle touch. Without warning Tom was on top of Harry straddling his waist, bending his face to Harry's. He struggled with everything he could but the fact was Riddle was much stronger then he.
The raven-haired boy felt Tom's tongue trying to invade his mouth forcefully and he bit down hard enough to draw blood. Riddle slapped him harder this time and he was sure to get a bruise. Tom held his hands above his head in a tight grip and lowered his head again this time to his neck, where he bit the soft skin. Harry yelled out and tried to push him off. Riddle licked the little blood that he had drawn and stood up with a moan.
"I hate you, you sick bastard!" Harry stood from the couch shaking from head to toe. Riddle got up and stood before him, Harry took a step back and glared at him. Unfazed Riddle reached for him and tangled his hand into Harry's hair pulling the head back so that he could stare up into the blue eyes of his captor.
"I can give you everything Harry or I can give you hell. I don't want to hurt you but if that's what it takes for you to love me so be it."
"I will never love you." Lips captured his into a bruising kiss, before being thrown on the couch. . .
Harry woke up to the sounds of something ear-piercing, looking to the window he saw flashes of blue, red and green.
"Happy New Year Harry." Creevey stood before him smiling down at him. In everything that had happen he had forgotten about New Years Eve all together. But the cheering outside and the fireworks proved that indeed it was midnight of the New Year. And here he was sharing it with someone who kill him without a second thought. Oh joy...
"Have you ever brought the New Year in with a kiss Harry?" Creevey was too close for comfort, but he refused to look up at him or play his games.
"Oh you're no fun." He heard Creevey say and for a moment Harry actually thought that his kidnapper would leave but was caught off guard when he was twisted into a painful embrace lips finding his into a bruising kiss.
Harry thrashed about but was only causing harm to himself. Finally Creevey let him go leaving him to deal with the pain in his abdomen. Another firecracker went off and Harry welcomed the New Year with pain.
* * *
Detectives Davis had arrived an hour after Colin had made the call and had been there ever since. The others had ordered food out but no one really eat, just watching as the detective spoke with James and Lily.
"I'll look up all the Colin's in the London area and if that doesn't help I'll do it for all of England." He noticed the look on Lily's face. "Don't worry Mrs. Potter " Detective Davis thought that James and Lily were married. " I don't think that this Colin guy went that far with Harry but it's best to check."
Lily nodded faintly. "Draco why don't you eat something?" She asked suddenly turning to the blonde boy.
If he was shocked by her abrupt question he didn't show it. Draco just shook his head 'no', he hadn't said a word since the phone call. "You really should. Harry wouldn't want you to get sick."
He turned to stare at her. " No thank you." He replied softly.
Lily ignored his protest and took him by the hand leading him to where everyone else was seated. A loud noise distracted all of them making them look to the windows. Detective Davis' watch started to beep and he looked down before turning to the others.
"Happy New Year." The others looked at him with confusion before realizing it had been 3 days since the shooting at Lily's party and 7 hours since Harry's kidnapping. Happy New Year indeed.
* * *
"I pulled up all the Colin's in the area and it came to about 100, 340 in all of London. I have two of my guys checking out the ones that have records, the rest we will do later on."
"Detective that could take a long time; Harry could be hurt by then."
"It's the only thing we can do at the moment Mrs. Potter. But don't get discouraged if Harry or Colin call we will have it on tape." He was speaking of the machine that was attached to James's cell phone and the home phone, if anyone called it would be picked up by the people trying to find Harry.
* * * (Three days later... January 5)
Harry woke up to find the room he had been in for the past few days bathed in morning sunlight. The room was rather basic only having a queen size bed and a bedside table. Creevey had taken the cordless phone out and the chair that was there in his first night was gone. Harry got up carefully and made his way to the door. Pressing his ear to the door he heard nothing but silence. Taking his chance he tried to open the door only to find it locked.
"Damn him!" He kicked the door and sat on the edge of the bed thinking of a way to get the hell out of this mess.
There was another door that led to the bathroom and getting an idea he went inside the horribly brown colored room. Harry looked everywhere for something with a point; the only thing close to it was a pair of small scissors going back to the door that led out of the room he pressed his ear to listen again. Once more he heard nothing and taking a chance he stuck the small scissors into the keyhole. Harry had learned from the twins how to pick locks since his own locker gave him so many problems.
After five minutes of twisting and turning to his great relief the door opened and Harry got his first look at the other part of the flat. Much like his own room it was low on decorations, having the basics. A near to the ground coffee table, the armchair that had been in his room and a television. The raven-haired boy was making his way for the door when he saw the black cordless phone on the kitchen counter.
He went over to it and dialed his home number on the first ring it was answered by his dad. His hand went to his abdomen that at the moment felt like it was on fire.
"Hello." Again James sounded miserable.
"Dad it's me."
"Harry? Where are you?"
"I don't know but the guy's name is Colin Creevey." Harry walked quickly to the door and after unlocking it, looked out into a corridor. The number on the door was 3b.
"Creevey?" James repeated.
"Yes." Harry was making his way to the elevators.
"Where are you?"
"I told you I don't know the room I just left was 3b, Creevey went out and I escaped." He said in a hurry waiting for the doors to open.
"You escaped? Where are you going to go?"
"Far away -" He stopped mid-sentence starring in horror at Creevey who was smiling wickedly right back him.
"Harry? Are you there?!"
"Say goodbye Harry." Creevey said into the phone and cut the line.
* * *
"HARRY!?" James only heard the dial tone and slammed the phone into its cradle. He lifted his face to the others who stared right back at him with a newfound hope.
"We know who has him now at least." Said Detective Davis before getting on his own phone making calls.
"We need to get him out of there." Draco said staring at the phone. "But now we know who were looking for, that's good right?" A shimmer of hope was in his gray eyes.
* * *
Colin was not a happy person right now. He left Harry locked in the room to go out and get something to eat, he did not expect to come back and be face to face with the same boy talking on the phone, almost escaping.
He was pissed! And he was not someone to hold back when he was angry. After making sure they were in fact alone in the hallway he dragged Harry back by his hair and roughly threw him on the floor, slamming the door shut.
"Who did you call?" Creevey asked but Harry refused to answer scrambling away as far as he could.
Getting irritated the blonde picked Harry up again by his ebony hair took him by the shoulders and shook him. With a tight grip he repeated the question, receiving none he backhanded him across the face.
"You told them my name didn't you?!"
"Yes." Harry glared at him with as much dignity he could mange. Colin wrapped his hand around Harry's throat and squeezed forcefully.
"You're getting to be more trouble then you're worth Potter. I am this close to just finishing you off and sending you to your parents and that stupid boyfriend of yours in pieces." Harry was starting to see spots when the hand finally let go of his throat. Coughing discordantly he found himself being roughly pushed on the couch.
"Now stay there and don't move or speak. If you do you'll regret it." Creevey advised him before leaving the seating area.
* * *
Detective Davis had been informed of Colin's last name and immediately put the name into the computer, he got five hits. But only two matched the age and location, Davis sent one of his guys to Colin Creevey who live at 24 Chester, but that Colin lived in a house, and the information that Harry gave his father said that the Colin Creevey they were looking for lived in a flat. 2b to be precise.
Getting a team together was easy but stressing the significant of being careful was a bit harder.
The arrived at the complex where Creevey was staying and two men went around to the back and three in the front. He would go up, knock on the door and see what would happen from there.
* * *
" Do you think the detective will get Harry out safely?" Sirius asked Remus.
They were once again at Lily's flat waiting to hear on the outcome of the rescuing of Harry. Needless to say the tension in the room was high. They were hoping for the best yet fearing the worst. James, Lily and Draco were the worst of the bunch.
"I hope so Sirius; this family won't be the same if anything happens to him."
"Don't even think it."
"I'm trying not too." Remus said despondently.
* * *
Detective Davis' plan didn't go as intended. Colin Creevey knowing that Harry's father would tell the law enforcement had been ready with a plan of his own. He locked Harry in the room once more, throwing him some clothes and told him to get ready to leave. One of his connections got him a studio room in the middle of London. And just in time too.
"Come on." He brutally pulled Harry out of the room not bothering to pack anything for himself. As they reached the front door, someone on the other side knocked.
Colin stopped dead in his tracks. "Don't say a word." He hissed at Harry before pulling out a revolver.
Another knock on the door. "Open up it's the police!" Tugging Harry with him he opened the door. Detective Davis never had the chance to protect himself from the shot that hit him in the shoulder.
Harry screamed out watching the man go down blood already soaking his button down blue shirt. But Colin paid no heed to this and went down the staircase, taking two at a time and shoving Harry in front of him, who was too frightened to do anything.
Reaching the back found two more guys with guns ready to shoot him. Colin shot the first guy down before thrusting Harry in front of him as a shield leaving the other police officer helpless to help Harry.
Colin shoved the raven-haired boy in the backseat and dodged the gunshots that were coming at him before getting in the driver's seat. Driving off the car got hit three times, one of tires punctured but was still drivable.
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A/n- I know it's kind of sudden to just stop right there but the chapter was would go on forever and right into the second attempt to rescue Harry. Ok so what did you think of it?
In most stories that I read Harry always get saved on the first attempt, I wanted to try something different and have the bad guy actually get away with Harry. But please once again I ask tell me what you really think!
You also got two flashbacks. One from Louis, Harry's brother and another from Harry himself. As you probably can tell I'm trying to give a more in-depth look at Harry's past. If you paid close attention to Harry's flashback, it kind was of similar to what happen in chapter 10 'Truth? '. Draco on top of Harry; Tom on top of Harry...
When this story was still in my head this part never even existed. The whole party, Draco getting shot none of that was in my original plan. Kind of weird how it changed so many times. The ending is going to give me a headache and I still want to do an alternative ending, and I'll tell you now you won't like it.. In it Harry does die. (Now before you yell it's an alternative ending, meaning not the true one just a different one!)
Ok enough of my ranting go and review! Next chapter will be out by mid- Feb promise!
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