Can they make a difference?
Chapter 17:Winner takes all
Pairings: Goku/Vegeta, Harry/Draco, Severus/Remus, Ron/Hermione
WARNING: Go back to chapter 1
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:: Telepathy ::
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Silver streams of moonlight cast a watery glow around the dark cell. Remus rubbed his tummy as his children battered him from the inside. He shivered, missing Severus' warm body at night and gentle sensual touch. His body ached for his mate. After checking on him a few times Malfoy became concerned the werewolf was not eating as well as he should, and had summoned a mediwizard to attend to him.
Flashback 4 days ago
Remus was oblivious to the harsh murmuring down the passageway regarding his physical exam.
"…and I'm telling you Quentin, if anything happens to Lupin or those babies you will have to deal with Snape and trust me, you don't want him pissed off at you."
"And I'm telling you, Mr. Malfoy, there is nothing more that I can do for him. The wolf is missing his mate. The only way to cure his depression is to get Snape here," Quentin explained nearly hissing his answer back.
Metallic eyes looked back to the sullen figure huddled on the small cot. "Do whatever it takes to keep him from dying, because if Snape doesn't kill you I will," Lucius warned.
He left the lower holding cells only to pause outside the barred door. /Damn it, Riddle! Must you involve everyone in your scheme to get to Severus/ Lucius screamed in his head. He was going to make sure that Remus survived whatever ordeal Voldemort had in store for him.
The blonde shook his head knowing that he was in danger of being discovered, but at this point he really didn't care. He just wanted to make sure that no harm came to his best friend's husband and unborn children.
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Remus turned over again trying to make himself comfortable on the narrow pallet. He stared blankly at the wall until a loud scraping sound in the passageway snapped him to full alert.
"You have company animal," the familiar feminine voice mocked.
The cell door squeaked opened and a small body was tossed inside. Remus knew he wasn't fast enough to make any type of an escape attempt so he stayed still. He couldn't have done much anyway, since he didn't have his wand.
"One day Parkinson, someone is going to slap that shit eatin' grin right off your face," he said, sitting up.
"Don't count on it wolf," she said as she stepped closed to the bundle on the dusty floor. "Too bad my Master got a hold of him first. I would have loved to have tasted him."
"Wh-what d-did he do?" Remus choked out, almost scared to know the answer.
Pansy smirked viciously. "To insure his leg-" Pansy fell hard to stare into obsidian orbs. The two guards rushed in to aid Parkinson but a flash of blue prevented them.
Remus heard necks snap as Vegeta staggered back inside the tiny cell before anyone knew what had transpired.
"You bastard!" Parkinson yelled drawing her wand but Remus was close enough to kick it out of her hand. "Ah!" She grabbed onto her wrist, throbbing from the kick.
"Number one rule Parkinson: Never forget who's around you," Remus said smiling.
Pansy quickly got up only to fall back on her bottom. The whole building rumbled. Vegeta laughed as he heard the low roaring through the stone wall. Remus wrapped his arms protectively around his stomach as he looked around, making sure the ceiling didn't cave in on them.
Again Pansy climbed to her feet, charging the short Saiyan. She tried to punch Vegeta in the face but he simply blocked the hit then followed-up with a punch to her stomach. Pansy stumbled back a little and cried out in dismay as Vegeta followed through with another punch to the gut. The ex-Slytherin swung her leg around but Vegeta easily caught the limb under his left arm.
The prince was slightly turned, grinning like a manic as he brought his right elbow down shattering the bones.
Pansy screamed out from the unexpected blow. Vegeta stood back as the girl whimpered in pain, cowering in front of him.
The prince growled angrily. He was about to finish her off when Remus stopped him. "THAT'S ENOUGH, VEGETA! You made your point."
Vegeta's tail swung listlessly behind him. "The wolf just saved your miserable life, ningen."
Vegeta turned to leave beckoning the teacher to come with him. Pansy took the opportunity to lunge for the wand that lay on the floor not far from her.
"AVADA-"
The killing curse died on Pansy's lips. Vegeta held her tightly by the throat. Black eyes flashed teal. The girl laughed – he wouldn't kill her, would he?
"My Master should have killed you. I just hope when his heir is born – the brat kills you in childbirth!"
The prince growled pulling her close to his face. "Saiyans are designed to breed consensually with their partner."
Pansy's eyes enlarged beyond their normal size.
"You lie!" Pansy screamed struggling in his tight grasp.
"Hn, but you will never know," Vegeta said crushing her delicate neck.
Remus looked on incredulously at the brutal killing. Vegeta just killed Parkinson without blinking an eyelash.
"You didn't have to do that Vegeta!" Remus yelled, finally coming to his senses.
"Doesn't matter. She either would have killed us or run back to that asshole and told him that I'm not pregnant – I don't take chances with my life."
The building shook again. More plaster and stone crumbled. "Come on Wolf. We're getting the hell out of here."
Remus didn't argue. He followed quietly behind the Saiyan until he became aware of limp appendage dragging on the dirty floor.
"What happened to your tail?"
Vegeta didn't pause in trying to find an exit, his senses leading them closer to the outside world. "Let's just say it doesn't like being handled roughly," he responded without turning around. If Vegeta had, he would have seen the horrified expression on Remus' face.
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Severus was being half dragged, half pulled, and none too gently, by the Aurors. Fudge had not given up his attempts to extract information regarding his activities with You-Know-Who. The teacher said nothing – for one: Severus wasn't about to cut his own throat and two: he was concentrating really hard to keep himself from falling to the ground. He heard all the commotion coming from the direction that they were heading.
"Sir, there seems to be some kind fight near the main building," one of the guards said.
/Perfect, the first part of the plan has begun/
As they got closer they saw towering figures of what appeared to be goliath-sized apes. Fudge immediately snatched Snape by his lapels. "You had something to do with this!" he accused.
"You fool! My mate wasn't the only one taken by Voldemort," Snape spat back at the nervous little man. He wanted nothing more than to break Fudge in half but he resisted the urge and sucked in more air as his tail squeezed his middle. "Once Son pinpoints where Vegeta is being held he is going to do everything he can to get the arrogant little bastard back."
"What-"
"Voldemort played you, Fudge. Goku is going to lay waste this city. When all this smoke settles your career as Minister will be over." Severus smirked. He read the underlying fear in Fudge's beady eyes.
The Minister stormed away as they worked their way through the debris. Long minutes passed as they finally arrived where Lucius was stationed.
"What do they want, Malfoy?" Fudge asked nervously, not liking how Muggles – no they weren't Muggles, so who in the hell are they?
"Well, Fudge seeing that we are housing a werewolf and a Saiyan why don't you bloody well tell me," Lucius sniped. He didn't care if he was being curt. He was tired and wanted to go home and be with his wife, god he hadn't seen her in three days.
"You can't stand there and tell me that – that those things – those creatures are related to bloody werewolves?!"
"Are you stupid? Snape is married and bound to the werewolf. He (gesturing to the one in front) is here for Vegeta; and seeing how you are Minister, command is turned over to you," Lucius said sneering despite the overwhelming pleasure of seeing Fudge flustered.
"Oh, and Fudge, don't piss them off any further, I hear they have a rather nasty temper when it comes to their mates."
Lucius signaled for the guards to follow him with the prisoner. Snape kept his head down throughout the entire exchange.
"He is to stay here, Malfoy."
"Really? I would think that three of those filthy beasts would be enough for you to handle, why add one more?" he taunted.
Lucius reveled at Fudge's confused expression. He leaned over the short wizard. "If Snape gets away my Master will not be pleased with you – by the way Snape…is…a…Saiyan." The tall blonde quickly walked away leaving a stunned Minister gaping behind him.
So, it was true. Everything the Dumbledore told him about Snape, about him being a Saiyan was true. Good grief what was he supposed to do now? He didn't have long to wait.
"I demand that you release my mate, Vegeta, now!!!" Goku snarled.
"Uh, actually, he's not um here." Fudge's heart was in his throat making it difficult to talk.
The reply was unacceptable. Goku pounded on his chest while stomping. Without warning he emitted a bright crimson beam of energy from his mouth. The thick beam nicked the upper corner of the building.
The two other Oozarus hung back, sniffing the air for any signs of the missing Saiyan.
"Well, Fudge?" Snape drawled at the Minister, keeping his back toward Goku.
"Well, what?! I have not seen Vegeta!" Another roar erupted from Goku. He advanced forward, crushing carriages and businesses in his wake. Gohan and Trunks separated, destroying everything in their path. Fudge was at a loss of what to do as the Saiyan trio ripped apart Hogsmead.
He grabbed a nearby Auror and began shouting orders at him. "Find Lupin and Vegeta and bring them here at once!"
But the Auror didn't have to go very far as two figures emerged from the once beautiful highly decorative grey building.
Vegeta and Remus cautiously climbed the stairs out of the lower holding blocks.
They were very surprised that no one stopped them. They were even more shocked when they entered the main office level. Papers littered the entire floor. Books were toppled over. Files were strewn across various desks. On the far side of the room was the exit – an enormous gaping hole. Remus stayed close to Vegeta just in case. They couldn't afford to be caught now.
They made it outside without incident, both breathing a sigh of relief. A cloud of dust greeted them outside. They emerged on the other side wide-eyed at the mass destruction of the city.
Remus stood frozen. He doubled over when a sharp pain struck him in the lower part of his abdomen. /Oh, no! I'm labor!/
"Remus," Vegeta called out, worried. Something was wrong with the wolf. He sensed the beginning stages of labor. "Come-on, you need to lie down."
The Marauder bit his lip causing it to bleed to keep from crying out loud and that's when Vegeta saw the over-sized feet. He followed up the massive legs and thighs to the toned furry stomach and chest. His line of vision traveled upward until his eyes landed on the up-turned snout and red angry eyes of his mate. Then he saw past the pointed ear.
Vegeta looked beyond Kakarott's head to Trunks and Gohan. He had a straight clear path to the bright sparkling sphere high in the sky above them.
Vegeta fell to his knees panting as his transformation began.
The Minister of Magic cowered in shear terror as the Saiyan prince's form altered right before him. The Oozaru-Vegeta cautiously bend down and scooped-up the pregnant werewolf. Snape was about to challenge the prince until he realized they were walking toward them. As gently as Vegeta could he placed Remus next to his husband and joined Goku.
Immediately, Goku sunk his teeth into his mate's should at the base of his neck re-establishing his claim – his dominance. They tumbled to the ground in an intimate position. The younger Oozarus began stomping madly about as they ignored the wizards below.
Severus held on to Remus as best as he could slowly walking away.
"Where do you think you're going Snape?" Fudge said holding his wand at them.
Severus still kept his back toward the Minister as he spoke over his shoulder. "If you haven't noticed Fudge Vegeta and Goku are otherwise occupied, as are their sons. I have no intension of sticking around waiting for them to come back to their senses. I'm taking my husband back to Hogwarts."
Fudge was left standing alone with four Oozaru-Saiyans. All the Aurors were ordered to leave and prisoners to be released by Lucius. Cornelius surveyed the damage to Hogsmead. Not much was left standing except for a few businesses. Smoke and ash was still floating in the air as fires burned on late into the night.
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Madame Pomfrey was astounded when Severus brought in Remus. The werewolf was having contractions. Had the professor delayed in getting him to her, Remus and the children would have died. Remus' was still a several more weeks away from giving birth. During the remaining weeks he would develop an opening for the baby to be delivered to allow a natural birth. Since it was not time for the children to be born it would have been fatal if Poppy couldn't stop the labor from happening.
Remus lay unmoving for the next few days, Severus seldom leaving his side. Fudge finally got his act together and posted Aurors around the hospital wing. The Potions Master was under house arrest. Panic raced through the wizarding community over concerns over his loyalties and abilities as a teacher.
Parents were reassured that the professor posed no threat to the children and was fully qualified to perform his job. Dumbledore even managed to have Fudge (begrudgingly) return his wand. The Headmaster had put his reputation on the chopping block when he promised Severus was not a Death Eater nor had he been involved with Vold-You-Know-Who.
The people's main concern was the destruction of Hogsmead. Citizens had called for the immediate removal of Fudge. Not only was it discovered that Fudge had arrested Lupin (without a proper hearing before ordering the termination order) but he had also arrested a royal dignitary of an allied nation.
The Governors of the Wizarding community remembered the refined Saiyan monarch and his family. Some even wondered after years long past what happened to the infants that were born nearly four decades ago. They still couldn't believe that the short quick-tempered bad-mannered Saiyan was the same babe, but the resemblance was unmistakable.
"So, Albus, tell us what ever became of the other child?" one Governess asked. She, along with the other eleven, (including Lucius Malfoy) where attending a board meeting regarding the incident at Hogsmead.
"For now I am not at liberty to discuss that. However, I can tell you that he turned out to be an exceptional young man, even if I do say so myself."
Everyone except Lucius laughed as they entered the courtroom.
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Across the hallway from Remus, Vegeta lay on the single bed with his back facing the door. Madame Pomfrey had all ready given him a muscle relaxant plus Dreamless-Sleep potion. He had refused to see any of his family including Kakarott. The Earth-raised Saiyan was quite upset and didn't have any idea as to why his lover wouldn't want to see him
Madame Pomfrey informed Goku of the various broken vertebra in Vegeta's tail as well as the cracked ribs and bruised arm. Vegeta also had a punctured lung. The mediwitch was very astonished Vegeta didn't drown in his own blood. The worse shock for Goku was when the nurse told him that he had been brutally assaulted.
He whimpered and began crying as he remembered how rough he was after Vegeta turned Oozaru.
"Don't worry Mr. Son, Prince Vegeta will heal in due time. Go get some sleep and come back later," Madame Pomfrey advised.
Goku hung his head and tail in defeat. He didn't mean to hurt his mate. His senses just went crazy after he smelled another male on Vegeta. He prayed to Kami that his lover would forgive him. Goku lay on the bed he normally shared with his short prince but without Vegeta the bed seemed so huge and cold. Goku closed his eyes drifting off to a fitful sleep.
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Nemesis
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Teaser for Chapter 18: Recovering
Kakarott reached for his lover but Vegeta shied away from his touch.
"I'm sorry Kakarott but I can't…not now…please…just…just give me some time."
The other Saiyan quietly rose from his seat and left.