What Can You Do?
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If there are any A/N in this chapter, they will be marked with an * and the meaning behind it be after the chapter.
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Also the potions and spells I did makeup or found on Google.
Chapter 8
"How is he?" Harry asked after landing and making his way over to the group.
"He will live but we either need to cut off his hand the rest of the way or one of you to fix it," Bryan said kneeling over the man. Taking in the damage Harry, with his wand still out, cast episkey channeling the spell to heal the damage done to the bone. He then cast it again repairing just the muscles that were cut, and it was when he was about to heal the rest that Luna put her hand on his arm stopping him.
"You have done enough magic for right now, and if you use any more magic, you will damage your core. Also, I don't think he can take much more," she said turning her head to look at the male. Turning to also look at him, Harry really took in the man's condition.
His face was sunburnt showing that he was chained to the roof for a while. The parts that weren't red were as white as a ghost, making the stubble he had stand out. He was sweating profusely and did not look well.
"We need to cool him down," Bryan urgently said jarring Harry from his thoughts. This caused him to look at his clothes. He was dressed in pretty much nothing but black. Black and white tank top with a black vest over it. His jeans were a light blueish-gray with a black belt holding them up. Looking at his feet he was also wearing black boot.
Reaching towards his left foot he started to take off his boot. Luna seeing this started to take off the other. Bryan lifting the man up, so he was in a sitting position, started to try and take off his vest. Arika seeing him struggle with this task came over to help him. Once his boots, socks, and vest were off, Harry and Bryan started to look for a shaded place.
Luna turning to George saw that he was searching for something in his bag. Getting ready to ask him what he was doing, a smile started to make its way onto George's face.
"Ah ha," he said pulling out a small package. Everyone turned and was giving him a weird look. Getting up George walked away from the group to set it on the ground. Once down he enlarged it, showing that the item was a tent.
"You mean to tell me you had one this whole time and did not tell anyone!" Harry said in a raised voice. A look of disbelief on his face.
"I might have forgotten I had it until last night; when I went through my bag," George said scratching the back of his head.
"Unbelievable," Luna said walking by George to go into it. George just shrugged his shoulders and started to walk over towards the John Doe on the ground. Turning so his back was to him Bryan, Harry, and Arika help picked him up to put him on George's back. Once George felt that he had a solid grip, that John Doe would not slide off, he got up and started to make his way to the tent. Harry right behind him to make sure if he did fall that someone would catch him.
Arika slowly started to follow them; not sure how they were all going to fit. Lifting up the flap she was shocked, it seemed that space was not going to be a problem. She was still iffy about magic but if magic could do things like this, she was going to have to start changing that thought.
"Put him on one of the cots," Bryan said from behind her, shocking her into moving to the side. She could worry about that later, right now there was someone that really needed their help.
Walking passed Arika, Bryan was trying to think of everything they would need to help this man. Just from his clothing attire and the little white flacks around his nose, Bryan knew that this guy was trouble.
"I need rags, water, thread, and a needle," he shouted while walking to the cot that John Doe was on. Grabbing their bags, the group started to search them for those items. Luna ended up pulling an old shirt out. Taking a knife, she started to make rags. Harry going through the food pack pulled out a couple bottles of water and handed them over. No one seemed to have anything they could use as thread or had a needle. Even looking into his own bag, he had nothing.
"Shit. Can someone go on a supply run and grab the items?" Bryan asked looking up at the others.
"Yea," Harry said starting to make his way towards the exit before he felt a hand on his shoulder stopping him. Turning to ask why he was pulled back away from the exit making him stumble. He almost fell but he was able to catch himself.
"What?" Harry asked looking at George with a little bit of anger on his face.
"Sit. Stay," George said pointing to the cot on the left side.
"Eat something and take a nap," Luna said. Both of them giving a nod to the others before exiting the tent. Harry, with a tired and pissed off look on his face, reluctantly sat on the cot.
"Why are they not letting you go?" Arika asked from the corner she was still standing in. Harry lifted his head up looking at her. Closing his eyes, he took in a deep breath before letting it out slowly, getting his anger under control. Once he was calmed, he opened his eyes still looking at her.
"Magic is not unlimited. It varies from person to person on how much they have in their body. Some have next to nothing, and others have so much they could power a small city. Then you have Harrison who is the strongest magic user since Merlin himself, from what I have heard. But from what I can understand from all of the talk and research it is like a muscle. You need to use it regularly. You can't go a while without using it and then jump back to using it. If you jump back in without warming it up, you could hurt or damage the core. But unlike a muscle, once you damage it, it cannot be fixed. After apparating, that impressive light show, and healing the major damage done to this individual, Harrison needs to take a break. From what I understand he has not used this much magic in a while," Bryan said looking at Harry while explaining this to Arika. Having turned her head towards him while he was explaining she nodding her head in understanding, and once he was done, she turned to look back at Harry.
"It is hard to do magic without one tracing it. On top of that, I left my home because they wanted me to be someone I was not. Before the end of the world happened there were people in my home government that wanted me, because of the amount of magic I have. They wanted to control me, and I would not let them. Once I left, I stopped using a large amount due to them being able to trace it," Harry said. After he was done, he let his body fall back onto the cot, tired of sitting up. Letting his body relax he started to let his mind wander, and in the process, he ended up falling asleep.
"He's out," Arika whispered walking over to where Bryan was.
"Good. I already have one too many patients," he mumbled wetting a rag and placing it on John Doe's head.
"Could you help me by chance?" Bryan asked glancing at Arika.
"Yea," she said.
"Thanks. You can take over this part while I look at his hand again, to see all that I need to do once they get back." Nodding along with what Bryan was saying, she grabbed the rag to start dabbing the man's face. Once done she grabbed another and placed it on his forehead.
Bryan then grabbed his right arm, lifting it up gently to get a closer look at his wrist. While inspecting it he gave a little laugh; shaking his head in disbelief. It looked as if Harrison had healed more then he needed to. It was just a flesh wound, a deep one at that, but just a flesh wound that would need stitches. Placing his arm back onto the cot he started to pat down the man's pockets, searching.
"What are you looking for?" Arika asked in confusing on what he was doing.
"Looking for his drugs. He has a little white on his nose."
"Oh," she said shaking her head. It was the end of the world and someone was willing to risk their life for a little high. She wanted to be in disbelief but knowing what she did she knew that it didn't matter.
"What are you going to do if you find it?"
"Get rid of it. We have no need for it. You can go rest now. When he wakes up, he is not going to be happy," Bryan said checking the boots that someone placed by the bed. Arika getting up started to walk toward the last cot. She had never seen this side of the Doc, but something told her that he was going to enjoy finding and getting rid of the drugs. Shutting her eyes for a little she was going to relax until the other two got back.
After what felt like a couple of minutes but was hours later George and Luna walked into the tent causing Arika to shoot up, knife at the ready. Taking in her surroundings she saw that it was ok and plopped back onto the cot.
"Sorry it took so long, we had to make a quick stop at the magical districted," Luna said walking over to Bryan and handing him the items he asked for. Looking at the items Bryan stared back at them in shock. They were medical thread and needles.
"Where else?" he a little scared to hear the answer.
"There was what looked to have been a doctor's office nearby and so we went in. We were not in there long. We accioed all of the items into one of our new bags," Luna said holding it up.
"I was hoping later one of you could sort it?" she said setting it on the ground next to him.
"That is not all. We cleaned out a couple of places. We have enough food to last us months. We also found some seeds that we could use once we set up the safe haven," George said placing another bag on the ground. Hearing movement to their left they turned their heads and saw Harry getting up.
"Had a nice nap?" George asked.
"Shut up. Bring me the bag please," he said in a sleep rough voice. Shrugging her shoulders Luna picked up the bag and walked over to him. Handing it over Harry opened it, looking to see what they had managed to grab. While looking at the items, a big grin broke out onto his face.
"That was not a doctor's office," he said pulling a bag of saline out. Bryan seeing what Harry had in his hands, he went big-eyed and ended up jumping and running over to see what else they might have grabbed. Laughing Harry pulled out an I.V pole with a couple different sized needle.
"Did you leave anything behind?" Harry asked not believing what he was finding in the bag.
"What? We had no idea what we might need or not, so to be safe we just put everything into them," George said nonchalantly walking towards the cot. He motioned for Harry to get up and with a laugh he did, just in time before George fell face first onto it.
"Now it's mine turn. Shoo," he said, voice muffled by the bed. Bryan grabbing the items walked back over to John Doe.
"Bags?" Harry asked looking at Luna in question.
"We stopped at the wizarding district. It was weirdly scary. There was no one or nothing alive there. No pets, animals, people, or even inferi. No sign of a battle, just deserted," she said with worry on her face. Harry hearing this, puzzlement started to take over his mind and face. Where did everyone go and when? Shaking his head, he decided that he would figure it out later.
"Is there a tourniquet in that bag by chance?" Bryan asked as he tried to use a rag as one, and it was not working. Walking over to Bryan, Harry placed the bag on to the ground. Kneeling next to it he started to search for one. While searching he ended up pulling a medical cart out. Sitting it to the side he enlarged it. Opening the top two drawers he did not find any, just more needles, gauze, tape, gloves, cleaner, and masks. It was not until he got to the very bottom and opened it, moving the blood pressure cuffs that he found only one.
"Do you need help?" Harry asked handing it over to Bryan.
"What all do you know?" Bryan asked. That question had been bugging him for a while. It seemed that Harrison knew what he was doing, and not just in a magical aspect.
"I technically didn't finish my magical education. I left right after the war, going with my best friends Ron and Hermione to find her family. After finding her parents it took a while to fix their memories. I was walking around just taking in the surroundings when an older woman walked up and said that she would teach me medicine. I was shocked. I asked her why, and she just smiled. I told her that I did not have an education and she said that it didn't matter. I thought it was weird but after thinking on it for about a week I wanted to give it a try," Harry said while putting gloves on his hands. Grabbing the tourniquet, he tied it around John's left forearm. He started to feel for a vain and when he found one, he stuck him with the needle, that Bryan gave him, successfully. Grabbing the saline line, he hooked it up to the I.V, and after watching it for a second to make sure it was good. Once he saw that there was no trouble he continued.
"I started out with just taking the patients temperature, their BP*, weight, and height. It was about four months of doing this and reading nothing but medical books in my free time that one day she told me to drawl her blood. I did that and then she made me start an I.V with another patient. I had no problem with either and that was when I was shocked by how much I enjoyed learning and helping people. After being there for over six months my best friends ended up leaving me in Australia to go home. I told them I wanted to stay and learn some more. They were sad but happy to see that I was not as depressed as I was when we first arrived."
"After saying tearful goodbyes to them, they left. I was over there for about 5 years, give or take, when she passed away. She was like the grandma that I never had. After her funeral, the doctor that took over her practice fired me, for not having the documents saying that I was professionally trained. I was sad, devastated, and angry be on belief. It was not until I found out that she left me all of her books and money. I was shocked and trying to figure out why. Going over to her house to pick up the books, I found a letter addressed to me. She told me that the reason she helped me was because she saw a broken soul trying to find its way in the world. That she thought the best way to help me heal was to help me learn how to heal others. After that, I left and traveled the world helping anyone I could, while also still learning what anyone was willing to teach me. A few years ago, I ended up here in the states, and decided to start working on getting my GED to try and applied for medical school before all hell broke loose."
Hearing everything that was told to him, Bryan was shocked at what he had learned. Just from what he knew about Harry's past he did not have an easy life.
"You're willing to learn, and that is good. Do you know any magical healing?" Bryan asked.
"Just from what I have picked up. Muggle medicine works on wizards and witches but depending on their magic depends on how long it last. The more magic the person has the faster it burns out of there system. Some magical individual might have an adverse effect and there is no way to tell until they have one. Magical healing on a muggle depends on how much magic they are exposed to beforehand, and how much is already in their body. For example, if John Doe had cut off his hand, I cannot give him Skele-Gro. His body cannot handle it. Now you might be able to handle it." Nodding his head Bryan's mind was racing with this new information.
"I think together we will make a great team Harrison," Bryan said getting up and sticking out his hand for him to shake.
"Only if you promise to start calling me Harry. I really hate Harrison it makes me feel as if I am in trouble," he said laughing.
"Maybe because you are always in trouble," Arika spoke still laying on the cot. Sitting up she looked around and saw that Luna had gone over to the left side of the tent, to lay on the ground to sleep. Getting up she walked over to her; picking her up gently she walked over to the now empty cot and laid her on it.
"Did they say if they got any more food. I know that we are set for a while, but we are all losing weight and I don't believe that that is healthy."
"Yea," Bryan said point to the bag that George placed on the ground. Grabbing it she brought it with her when she walked over to them. Bryan grabbed the sewing needle and thread from his pocket turned to start giving John Doe the stitches he needed.
"Wait until I go through the bag that they grabbed from the magical districted," Harry said stopping him. Turning to give him a weird look he stopped.
"Do you think that he is stable enough to try a potion?"
"Yes, but which one?"
"If I can find it, it is called Dreamless Sleep. Just as it sounds it puts the taker into a deep sleep without any dreams. It helps the body heal and the person will not wake up for about 8 hours. If I can also find a numbing potion, we can put a little on his wrist," Harry said as he grabbed the bag.
Sitting in a small circle Harry started to empty and organize everything that was brought back. It was when Harry found a chest filled with potions that he started searching for a purple one. While searching the box for a few seconds, he gave Bryan a bottle that had a pale green looking paste inside. It was when he found the dreamless sleep that he held it up to show Bryan. Nodding his head ok Harry got up and opened the medical cart to grab one of the syringes. Drawling two cc's* of the potion he injected it into the I.V line. He waited a few seconds watching John Doe's face to make sure that he was not having an adverse reaction that he really took in the man's appearance.
He had curly brown hair that looked to be thinning. It was a little longer on the top with the side buzzed. His face was not as red as it was earlier. The parts that weren't red were still white, but not ghostly anymore. His breathing was also normal, and he could tell the moment that the dreamless sleep kicked in because of the lines and wrinkles on his face relaxing. He still had some worry line and wrinkles, but Harry was guessing that it was due to age. Really looking at him Harry would have guessed that this man was in his late 50's.
"Can you come and help me with his wrist?" Bryan asked pulling Harry from his thoughts. Walking around the cot Harry grabbed a mask, and they started to stitch his wrist back together. Once done they grabbed the gauze and wrapped it. Once he was awake, he would be in pain, but he was just going to have to live with it. Bryan told Harry that he was sure that John Doe was a drug user. Shaking his head Harry and Bryan walked over to Arika who was in the middle of the tent going through the bags and organizing what the other two grabbed.
Sitting down on the ground they ended up forming a small circle and were looking at the items. They were quietly laughing at what they saw. Harry had to explained what some of the magical items were, while Bryan had to explain the medical ones. One of the items that they were all in disbelief of was that somehow, they had found a gyno chair that Bryan and Arika could not stop laughing at.
Once they had everything separated and organized Harry found a magical chest that he was able to put all of the food in. He put all of the medical items in one of the never-ending bags and the other was used for clothes and fabric. Once everything was cleaned up and they each ate a can of food, they each picked a spot in the tent on the ground to sleep. Harry got up and walked out of the tent. He placed protected wards around the tent just in case before going back in. Turning to look at Bryan who was sleeping next to John Doe he walked over and cast incarcerous* on him. He made sure that John Doe was handling all of the magic alright before laying on the ground and falling asleep.
~~~~~~~~Slytherin~~~~~~~~
A/N-Also if anyone has any questions about the story please ask.
1. BP = Blood Pressure
2. cc or cubic centimeter = mL or milliliter. cc is just the medical term.
3. incarcerous = is the spell to summon ropes and bind a person.