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A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long to post. I have not had a lot of time to write it between finishing up classes, moving into an apartment, and working. Thank you for your patience. I hope you enjoy this chapter! Please review!
Severus quickly got up and followed Minerva to the hospital wing. Tonks and Remus were holding Harry upright and Severus saw that the bed, Harry, Tonks, Remus, and Poppy were covered in blood. Poppy was holding a bucket that Harry was throwing up in. Severus went over to the cabinet and grabbed a syringe and filled it with a potion. He quickly walked back over to Harry and injected the syringe into the IV. After about ten minutes, Harry fell back asleep. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Tonks and Remus laid Harry back down on the bed. Severus handed the syringe to Poppy and he gently placed his hands on Harry's sides to feel his ribs. After a bit, Severus said,
"He has several broken ribs which we already knew but if I am correct one of more of his ribs have broken through his stomach lining which is causing the throwing up of blood." Severus looked at Poppy and said, "Can I speak to you in your office for a minute." Poppy nodded and the two walked to her office. Severus closed the door behind them and then he placed a silencing charm on the office. Poppy looked at Severus and said,
"He needs surgery doesn't he?"
"Yes I am going to have to go and talk to Arthur about getting permission again. He allowed me to do it this summer."
"What happened this summer?"
"When Harry arrived at Grimmauld place, among cuts, bruises, a broken arm and having been beaten half to death by his uncle, he had a bruise the size of my fist on his stomach from being kicked repeatedly over and over again. There was a cut in his actual stomach and he was losing blood and fast. I stitched it up and then he popped the stitches trying to eat oatmeal and I had to re-stitch it up."
"Ouch! Sounds like he had it rough."
"Yeah I need to check and see what the consistency of the blood in his stomach is. Can I have a syringe please?" Poppy handed him a syringe and the two of them left her office. Severus and Poppy walked over to the bed. Severus looked at Tonks and nodded. Tonks nodded back. She then folded the blanket down and pulled up Harry's shirt. Remus picked up is head and looked back and forth between Tonks and Severus. Tonks placed her hands on Harry's stomach. Severus took an alcohol wipe given to him by Poppy and wiped the area between Tonks hands. Remus then asked suddenly,
"What the hell are you about to do to my cub?" Severus looked at him and said,
"I need to check and see if he is bleeding out in his stomach and how much."
"But it's going to hurt him and I am not okay with that!" Tonks looked at her husband and said,
"It is not going to hurt him as bad since he is knocked out. He will still feel it a little bit but not as much as he would if he was awake." Remus nodded, wiped away a couple of tears, and took Harry's hand in his. Tonks nodded and Severus inserted the needle into Harry's stomach causing Remus to wince and close his eyes. Severus then looked nervously at Tonks. She swallowed and Severus gently began to pull up on the syringe and it instantly began to fill with blood. Severus grabbed some gauze, pulled the needle out, and placed the gauze on top of the hole. Tonks then placed her hands on top of the gauze. Severus turned to Poppy and handed her the syringe. He nodded at her and turned to leave. He stopped at the door and turned back to the group and said,
"You guys need to hide Harry. Albus probably already knows that he is missing and will look for him. You guys need to make sure he is safe." Poppy, Remus, and Tonks nodded. Severus left and went back to his office and turned on his fireplace. He waited till it turned green then he grabbed some floo powder and stepped into the fireplace. He threw the powder down and said, "Arthur Weasley's office." Soon he was standing in Arthur's office. Without looking up Arthur said,
"What can I do for you Severus?"
"I need your permission to operate on Harry again?" Arthur looked up and said,
"Again? What happened this time?"
"He was found in a locked train car covered in blood, bruises, and semen. We are unsure all that is wrong and what happened since Harry has not woken up fully yet. We know that he has several broken ribs and I have a suspicion that some of his ribs have ruptured his stomach. He was throwing up blood a little while ago." Arthur just hung his head and sighed then said,
"Do you know who beat him up and did you say he was covered in semen?"
"No we are not sure who beat him up. We have a suspicion as to who did it but we are waiting till Harry wakes up before we jump to conclusions. Yes he was covered in semen." Arthur looked at Severus and said,
"If he was covered in semen, then that means that he was…" Arthur swallowed hard and choked back tears. Harry was like a seventh son to him so the fact that someone hurt him made him very upset. "That means that someone raped him." Severus nodded. Arthur then said, "When you find out who raped him tell me immediately and that person will go straight to Azkaban. I guarantee it. Same supplies as last time?"
"Okay I will let you know. Yes please I am going to get Poppy to help me this time since Tonks is now Harry's mom." Arthur nodded and said,
"How long does Harry have?" Severus thought for a minute then said,
"I am not sure but probably not long." Arthur sighed, rubbed his head, and said,
"I will have the supplies to you within the hour."
"Thanks Arthur." Arthur nodded and Severus took the floo back to his office. He sank into his chair and put his head into his hands. After a bit he got up, wiped his eyes, and got to work getting things ready for classes starting tomorrow. About 30 minutes later there was a knock on the door. Severus flicked his wand and the door opened and in walked Lucius Malfoy.
Meanwhile back in Gryffindor Common room the group just glared at Dean and Seamus. Fred looked at George and both of them nodded. Fred said,
"Hey George should we show these two what a Weasley Sandwich is?" He then winked at the others and they smiled and then Neville said,
"Uh oh, not the Weasley sandwich. I would run if I were you!" Neville then jerked forward and Dean and Seamus turned and ran off. The group laughed and decided to get some sleep before classes in the morning.
Back in the dungeon, Severus looked up to see Lucius. He looked back down at his work and said.
"Hello Lucius!" What can I help you with?" Lucius walked towards Severus and said,
"We are having our annual first meeting of the school year tomorrow morning and your presence is required." Severus thought for a minute then said,
"What time do I need to show up?" Lucius replied,
"The same time you always do?" Severus looked up and said,
"The time changes every time we meet, so what time are we meeting this time?"
"We are meeting at 6:00 a.m. at my place." Severus glanced at the clock on the wall it read 11:45 p.m. He hoped that he would be done fixing Harry's stomach by then. If not there was going to be a problem and he was going to have to come up with an excuse as to why he was late. Severus then looked at Lucius and said,
"I will be there! Now if you will excuse me I need to get back to work." With that Severus got back to work. Lucius whisked his wand out of his cane, pointed it at Severus, picked him up and threw him up against the wall. He then walked towards him and placed his wand against Severus' throat and said,
"The Dark Lord left me in charge which means you have to show me the same respect that you show him. One more comment like that and it will be your last thing you ever say. I guarantee it. Do you understand me you filthy half-blood?" Severus nodded. Lucius removed his wand and let Severus fall to the ground. Lucius placed his wand back in his cane and walked out of Severus' office. Severus rubbed his neck and then he noticed that his arm was burning. He pulled up his sleeve and his dark mark was burning. He rubbed it. He shrugged and placed his hands on each one of the desks on either side of him and began to pull himself up when his fireplace began to glow green. Arthur Weasley stepped through carrying a box. When he saw Severus trying to pull himself up he put the box down on the table and went over to Severus and helped him up. After helping him up Severus summoned a glass of water and handed it to Severus. Severus drank some of the water and then after a few minutes Arthur asked,
"Are you okay Sev? What happened?"
"Yes I am okay. Lucius was just here. He threatened me telling me that I had to show him the same respect that I show the dark lord. The weird thing is that my dark mark began to burn after he left my office. That normally only happens when the dark lord himself is around. I guess it was just a fluke or something." Severus drank some more water and then said, "Are those the supplies." Arthur nodded and then said,
"Are you sure that you are okay to operate Severus? You are as pale as a ghost." Severus walked over to the mirror and indeed he was as pale as a ghost. He then walked over to the corner where there was a sink. He splashed some cold water on his face and wiped his face with a towel. He then looked in the mirror again. He looked more like himself. He looked at the clock it was almost midnight. He turned towards Arthur and said,
"I should probably get going. I have to be at Malfoy Manor in 6 hours." Arthur looked at the clock and said,
"Yes you should. Do you need an extra set of hands?"
"I think that I will be okay. I will have Poppy and if I absolutely have to I can pull Tonks." Arthur nodded and flooed back to his office. Severus picked up the box and walked to the hospital wing. He arrived to see Poppy giving Harry CPR. Severus set the box down on the table and grabbed the AED machine off the wall. He then attached the pads to Harry's chest and turned on the machine. It took three shocks to bring Harry's heartbeat back. After he came back, Severus took the pads off of Harry's chest and placed an oxygen mask on Harry's face. Severus then looked at Tonks and nodded. Tonks then took Remus by the hand and began to drag him out of the room. Remus began to protest,
"But my cub! I need to stay with my cub." Tonks stopped pulling and said,
"If you really want to stay in here and watch Severus cut open your cub that is fine with me! Be my guest and go ahead." Remus just sighed and said,
"Okay that's not fair."
"Oh no it's totally fair." Tonks said. With that Tonks dragged Remus from the room. Severus handed Poppy a pair of gloves. Once they both had gloves on Severus had Poppy go to the other side of the table. He then took a scalpel and a stack of gauze from the box. He handed the stack of gauze to Poppy. Severus then took the scalpel and slowly cut across Harry's stomach. As he did this blood went everywhere.
Meanwhile over on Privet Drive, Vernon was sitting in his favorite chair eating dinner and watching TV when he heard a knock on his window. He opened the window and an owl flew in and circled the room. It then dropped a note on the couch. Vernon went over to the couch and picked up the letter, opened it and read it. It read:
Dear Vernon,
I regret to inform you that your nephew is missing. Do you know of his whereabouts? He was supposed to be at the train station at 9:00 this morning. If he is still unconscious from a well deserved beating, please let me know and I will come and get him and personally escort him to the school.
Sincerely,
A. Dumbledore
Vernon looked at the letter. He shoved some steak into his mouth and went over to his desk and grabbed some paper and wrote the following reply.
Dear Albus,
I dropped Harry off at the train station this morning. I am unsure what happened to him after that. I am sorry that he is missing. I will let you know immediately if I discover his whereabouts.
Sincerely,
V. Dursley
Vernon placed the letter in an envelope and sent it back with the owl. Vernon then sat back down in his chair and finished his dinner. He thought to himself, he could careless where his S.O.B of a nephew was as long as he was not at the house and he didn't have to deal with him, Vernon was content.
Back at the hospital wing, Poppy & Severus finally managed to get the bleeding under control after about 30 minutes. Severus looked at Poppy and asked,
"Can you please grab a bag of blood from the box and attach it to his IV." Poppy quickly did this. It was almost two in the morning by the time Severus was able to pin point the bleeding. He only had four hours left till he had to be at Malfoy Manor. He turned his attention back to Harry. He wiped some sweat from his brow and began to stitch up the enormous hole in Harry's stomach. After that was done, Severus re-aligned Harry's ribs. Severus used some disposable medical tape to help hold the ribs in place while they healed. This took almost two hours to do since Severus kept accidently breaking some of the ones he had already fixed. Severus finished this and looked at the clock, it read, 5:30. He had thirty minutes left till he had to be at Malfoy Manor. He knew it would take at least ten minutes to finish stitching up Harry's stomach, about five minutes to get Harry's ribs wrapped, and five minutes to get him cleaned up and that left ten minutes to get to Malfoy Manor. Just when Severus was ahead of schedule, he felt a sneeze coming on. He tried to hold it in but he couldn't. As he sneezed his hand slipped and he accidently popped several of the stitches in Harry's actual stomach.
"Damn it!" Blood went everywhere. Severus grabbed some gauze and began to pack them into Harry's stomach. After about ten minutes, Severus and Poppy finally managed to get the bleeding under control again. Severus then got Harry's stomach restitched up and looked at the clock. It was five minutes till 6:00. Severus knew he was going to be late and Malfoy could get over it. Severus took a deep breath and then stitched up Harry's outer stomach. He then wrapped Harry's ribs. He then helped Poppy clean up. Then he went back to his office to change his clothes. He looked at the clock on his wall it read 6:15. Severus walked over to his fire place, grabbed some floo powder, waited till the fire turned green, stepped in threw the powder down and said,
"Malfoy Manor!"
Meanwhile at Malfoy Manor, Lucius looked at his watch and when it read 6:01 he closed his watch and glared at the fireplace in anger. Bellatrix walked in and said,
"Well where is he?" Lucius turned towards her and said,
"Late of course he is late! He is going to pay."
"So can I crucio the crap out of him when he gets here?"
"You can cast it once but we need him alive." At 6:15 the fireplace began to glow green. Everyone looked towards the fireplace. Severus stepped through. As soon as he was all the way through he heard someone yell 'Crucio!" He turned towards the sound and as soon as he did he was hit with the spell. It threw him across the room. His head met a cement column, which stopped him from flying any further. The next thing he knew he was being held up against a wall by his neck. As he came to, he felt sharp shooting pain running through his body. He could also hear someone screaming.
"This is what happens when you are late!" He felt several of his ribs break. He then heard someone that sounded like Lucius say
"Lestrange! Enough we need him alive." The punching stopped and Severus felt himself falling. Then he hit the floor. He then managed to open his eyes only to see Lucius in his face. Lucius said,
"I want weekly reports about everything that goes on at that miserable school." Severus nodded. Lucius then stood up and flooed out. Severus managed to stand up and as he did he placed his left hand over his stomach and staggered to the fireplace. He grabbed some floo power and flooed back to his office. He got back to his office stepped out of the fireplace and collapsed to the floor losing consciousness.
Meanwhile up in one of the towers of Hogwarts, someone was walking into Dumbledore's office. He unlocked the door, walked in, and closed the door behind him. The person then walked over to the coat rack in the corner. He took his coat off and put on the robe that was hanging on the rack. He then shrunk his cane and placed it in the drawer. He then looked in the mirror. He picked up a comb and fixed his beach blonde hair and then he put on some glasses. He placed then on the end of his nose. He then walked over to Dumbledore's desk and grabbed a lemon drop. He popped it into his mouth. After a few minutes, he looked back in the mirror to find his beach blonde hair had turned to long gray hair. The person then laughed and said,
"I will not let you down my lord. You left me in charge and I will do everything I can to make sure that Harry Potter is ready and weak for your return." With that said, Dumbledore walked out of his office to join the students and staff in the Great Hall for breakfast with Lemon drops in his pocket.