Chapter 6- Awakening/Worrying News
March 1996, a young man had just woken up from a nightmare about events that had happened over the past five years of his life. He was in a massive sweat and he decided to take a shower. When he went back to bed, his wife was awake looking concerned yet sympathetically at him. She had silvery blonde hair and was a year younger than him. It was hard to believe that he was only fourteen and she was only thirteen.
"Nightmare?" asked Gabrielle with a strong French accent, her voice full of concern. "Yeah, I keep thinking about those weeks when I lost my arm and gained this" pointing at the piece of shrapnel jutting out of his head, the right hand side of his forehead to be specific. She got out of bed, only covering herself with a transparent sheet. James Jack grinned but then frowned as he lost himself in memory.
January 2nd, 1992
He woke up hearing music. He had no idea where he was as his vision was very blurry but most of the room seemed to be white. He listened to the music as closely as he could and realised that the song that was being played on the radio was called 'The Man Who Sold The World' and he then noticed his vision improve slightly. He thought he was in a hospital but couldn't confirm this. He was proven right a moment later, when he saw the outlines of two nurses and saw their uniforms. He looked around and saw that one of the nurses went to get something. The nurse returned with a vase of white and red Lilies. The nurses then changed the catheter and one of them went away to dispose of the full one. The other nurse was about to leave when the young man groaned.
She asked in a language he didn't understand, "Are you okay? Can you hear me?" and he groaned a bit further. She ran out of the room, knocking over some trays in the process, calling in the same language, "Doctor! Doctor!" before he faded back into unconsciousness.
March 1996
He smiled as she practiced ballet in front of him. The grace of her moves and her poses just completely mesmerised him.
"Liking what you see?" asked Gabrielle, a grin on her face which sort of confused him until he looked at his crotch and gave a massive grin. "Must be if that's the reaction" he cheekily responded. "Are you thinking about what's happening in Britain?" asked Gabrielle, with sympathy in her voice. "Yeah. Over there no one in the British ministry believes that Voldemort is back and think that Harry is making it all up although I think some simply do not want the truth getting out. The public I'm not sure about either, they seem split and unsure of themselves. It seems to me that if things either stay the way they are or events get worse then there will an all out confrontation." He finished by taking a few deep breaths.
"Well, what will happen when that time comes?" asked Gabrielle. "I don't want to be in a country where the institutions are fundamentally corrupt. I told you before I want to build my own nation but I never told you why. I want to build my own nation so I can't be shackled by the systems of the British Ministry or Dumbledore by extension" said the young man with an undercurrent of bitterness.
Just then a phone began to ring and the young man picked it up.
"James Jack Potter. Are you there?" asked Mr Jordon. "Yes, I'm here" replied James Jack.
"You know when you said to me that you wanted to build a nation? Floo back to 12 Grimuald Place so we can discuss that and we also need to talk about Operations Alarich, Armistice and Diamond Dogs."
January 5th 1992. 3 days after awakening.
"Can you hear me?" asked a Doctor that he couldn't see for he had yet to open his eyes. The Doctor once again asked "Can you hear me?" and this time James Jack opened his eyes. "Nod if you can hear me" and James Jack Potter nodded albeit clumsily. "Good" started the doctor in a pleased voice before turning really serious, "Look up, please" and James Jack did so and the doctor said once more in a pleased voice "Very good."
At that moment, a face familiar to James Jack walked into the room, "James Jack, nice to see you're awake. Do you know where you are?" James Jack nodded then shook his head, unable to speak. "I take that to mean you know where you are but you don't know where you are? Nod if I am correct." James Jack nodded. "You are in a hospital in Cyprus and I'll let the doctor continue from here but I'll still be here to give you any support you need." Mr Jordon gestured for the doctor to continue. "I would like you to be calm and try not to panic. You have been in here for quite some time. Yes, yes, you would like to know how long. I'm afraid it's been nine weeks" said the doctor.
James Jack started panicking and the doctor told him to calm down. James Jack became angry but both Mr Jordon and the doctor restrained him while the nurse came over and injected anaesthetic. As he was being restrained, he heard the doctor repeatedly and firmly tell him to calm down. Eventually he passed out due to the anaesthetic taking effect.
9th January 1992. 1 week after awakening.
The doctor and Mr Jordon were talking about something which James Jack Paz Potter could not hear. Mr Jordon turned his head and said something to the doctor which once more James Jack could not hear. Both men came over and James Jack noticed that the nurse was doing a lot of adjustments and then sat down, smiled at him and held him, trying to give him comfort and reassurance although he had no idea why. He would find out soon enough why.
"Let's get you up" said the doctor and Mr Jordon and the nurse lifted him so he could sit up right. "That's good" said the doctor with a pleased voice and then proceeded to bring some kind of screen that was used to light up X-rays, although James Jack had no idea what it was called. "We've been maintaining your muscle mass through massages and various therapies. Now I must ask you to remain calm and patient. There is plenty of time." The doctor then went to a tray and picked up three X-rays then returned to his previous position and put up an X-ray showing the chest. "The blast severely injured you. Your body got imbedded with over one hundred and eight foreign bodies, most of which were located near your heart" the doctor gestured to the body, "And in your head" gesturing to the forehead. "In addition to shrapnel, there were fragments of human bone and human teeth. Most of it was removed but some of it could not be removed." The doctor then put up another X-ray, this time showing James Jack's skull. He saw a piece of shrapnel protruding out of his skull and his heart began to race.
"We could not give you an MRI scan, the metal you see." He paused and took a sip of water, "Nor can we remove the piece of shrapnel from your head. If we did, it would most likely cause a brain haemorrhage." The doctor then slowly picked up a third image and James Jack felt Mr Jordon squeeze his shoulder, trying to give him reassurance. "You'll want to be prepared for this next one. It will most likely affect you" said Mr Jordon in a sombre tone. "Indeed, you'll need to get used to what you're about to see" said the doctor and then he put the final image up. It was James Jack's upper body and to James Jack's horror, he was now missing his left arm. "It's better if you look down at your arms, so you get used to the sight." He looked down, his body starting to shake; he turned his head to right arm. His heart started pounding even faster as he shifted his head to look at his left arm. He raised it but knew there was no point as he saw the arm below the elbow was missing. Once more, he started struggling and they had to give him another dose of sedatives to knock him out.
December 23rd 1991, Hogwarts Castle
Harry James Potter was not feeling happy this day. He wanted to be by himself for a few hours. He could only imagine what things were like on Private Drive. He had found somewhere private so he could escape everyone's gazes for a while. He found it uncomfortable with all the attention that being 'The Boy Who Lived' gave him. He often wondered what Samuel, who he knew as Mr Jordon back in primary school, thought about the relationship between him and the wizarding world.
Harry was sobbing silently. He missed his brothers and sisters, he missed his parents. He just didn't want to be 'The Boy Who Lived' anymore. He began writing in a diary that Samuel had given him prior to his departure from platform nine and three-quarters. In it, he talked about how two of his sisters had gone to Romania, his dreams about the redheaded girl from when he had his first encounter with the Weasley family and events on Private Drive.
He later received some letters from Holly and Rose, Emma and Samuel. The letter from Holly and Rose was talking about Romania and how interesting it was and what it was like hanging around with Ginny Weasley. It also talked about where Charlie Weasley, Ron and the twins older brother who lived there, worked with dragons. They said there were many breeds of dragon, including Hungarian Horntails and Swedish Short-Snouts.
The letter from Samuel simply stated that there was no change in James Jack's condition from the last time they had spoke. Harry Kaz however had recovered from his shock like state a few days after Samuel had talked to Harry, Holly and Rose through the speaker phone that Samuel had given Hagrid.
The letters from Emma were making it seem as if they were barely coping due to the situation with Harry Kaz and James Jack. On top of that, none of the Potter's at Private Drive had seen Samuel since after he had gone to Private Drive the day after the attack that brought them to this point. Harry knew that Samuel was keeping one eye on Holly and Rose and the other on Harry Kaz and James Jack Paz. Harry came to the conclusion that either Samuel thought the remainder were safe or that Samuel had put safeguards in place to make sure that Emma, James, Beth, Michael and Lily Alice were safe.
Harry then realised that he had been in the same spot for some time and that he had also been crying. Wiping away his tears, he had to be strong and not be seen as weak, for his brothers and sisters. He left the spot he had been sitting at and left to have some dinner.
October 31st – 1st November 1991- James, Lily Alice, Emma, Michael and Beth- Halloween Night and Following Day
"So everyone knows what they're doing?" asked Mr Jordon. Every one of the pupils helping out from his class replied in the affirmative. The school was holding a Halloween fete and the Head teacher had asked teachers from every class to try and get as many of their pupils to help out as possible. Most from Mr Jordon's class helped out due to the fact that Mr Jordon's Persuasiveness and promise to do something extra special before breaking up for the Christmas holidays and other.
James was tasked with offering drinks at one of the tables while Emma was to offer food at the table next to the drinks. Lily Alice meanwhile was helping out Mrs Holliday with the raffle. Michael was tasked with encouraging people to go for the silent auction and Beth was working with Julia and some other pupils on a Halloween themed play. Harry Kaz, James Jack and a few of their friends were making sure that people who paid to see the play got in and those who hadn't paid got tickets before they went in.
"How's things?" James asked Emma. "Quiet. Most people are doing the silent auctions, the raffle or have gone to see Beth and Julia's play" replied Emma, who then let out a yawn, "I was busy but now I'm bored." Neither of them spoke to each other for a few minutes, serving food and drink to people but then things quieted down again and James spoke, "What do you think they're doing for Halloween at Hogwarts?" "I assume they'll do something to commemorate what happened ten years ago" replied Emma. "Well, it's not like Harry is fighting trolls or that Holly and Rose are letting him get away with it? It's not like he's gone into some girls toilets, has he. He would tell us, besides, I don't see him doing that" said James. Lily Alice then joined them, the raffle having finished a few minutes earlier and she overheard the conversation, "What. Harry fighting a troll in a girl's bathroom, yeah right. Besides if he does, I'm going to shout at him so much he'll deliberately want to make himself deaf. Won't matter to me if he does fight a troll or not."
It was a while later when Michael joined them. The silent auction had finished and everyone was done with what they had been doing except Beth, who was still performing but was due to finish any minute. Harry Kaz and James Jack had gone off to look at the bonfire which was for pupils who wanted to keep the Halloween celebrations going for a while longer.
James, Emma, Lily Alice, Michael and Beth, who had now finished the Halloween play, however decided that they did not want to risk Uncle Vernon's wrath by not waking up on time to do chores. They snuck leftover food into food bags they had brought with them, including pizza, various chicken pieces, assorted sandwiches, chips, potato wedges and various sweets. They knew the food wouldn't last long but it would keep them going if Uncle Vernon decided to withhold food from them for a few days.
They got back to Private Drive and turned in for the night. However before they fell asleep, they heard a loud bang that they assumed was a large amount of fireworks going off.
The following morning saw the five of them woke up tired but as soon as the Dursleys breakfast was done cooking and given to Vernon, Petunia and Dudley, the Potters realised something was wrong. Emma wrote her response to Harry's letter and sent Hedwig off before that realisation hit her. Harry Kaz and James Jack had not returned last night and most of them were now having bouts of panic, which wasn't noticed by the Dursleys. Then almost an hour later, the door bell rang and Petunia went to answer the door.
"Of course you can, make sure they're back in a couple of hours" said Aunt Petunia to an unknown someone. Emma and James were the first to see the unknown someone. "Hello James and Emma" said Mr Jordon, who looked exhausted, "Are the other three around?" Emma and James got concerned when he did not mention Harry Kaz or James Jack. Also concerning was the appearance of a pair of police officers behind him, a female and a male.
Mr Jordon had informed Petunia of the situation as she started making preparations for the eventual return of Harry Kaz and James Jack.
The group was at a restaurant for breakfast, which happened to be on a quiet period and made it easier for the matter about to be discussed openly. "Right," began Mr Jordon, "You five remember what we did last night?" The five Potters nodded. "Did any of you hear a loud bang?" asked Mr Jordon. Emma spoke up, "We all did" and James added, "We thought it was fireworks that went off simultaneously." The female police officer took over from Mr Jordon, "At eleven to eleven last night an explosion occurred, about seven miles from your school, several people were killed or injured..." Mr Jordon took over from the female police officer, "Harry Kaz and James Jack were seriously injured in that explosion. We don't know the reason why this has occurred." Mr Jordon took a bite out of his breakfast and a sip of water before resuming, "If you want, we can take you to see Harry Kaz for a bit." After general agreement, they were taken to a hospital where they would see Harry Kaz. "Okay shall we follow you to the hospital then?" asked Mr Jordon. Mr Jordon took some of the siblings in his car while the remaining two were taken in the back of the police car. They would be shocked by what they saw.
"Here we are. Now you need to be prepared for what you're about to see. It will probably shock you." Samuel got out of the car then opened the door for the two Potters in the back of the car before opening the passenger door for the one in the front. The small group walked to the hospital entrance where they met the other group. The male police officer spoke up, "Right, everyone ready to go in?" The Potters nodded nervously and the group proceeded into the hospital.
They were taken to a ward that was on one of the top floors of the main building and had only a few patients on the ward. They were taken to one of the patients near a window, whom as it turned out was Harry Kaz. Emma, James, Beth, Michael and Lily Alice all gasped in shock. Harry Kaz had his right arm and his left leg torn off. His eyes had also become a lot foggier and a lot glassier and he was staring just straight ahead. "What's wrong with him?" asked Michael. One of the doctors came over. He saw the tears in the eyes of the Potters and, in a northern accent, spoke to the group, "He's in shock. He's been like that since last night."
James noticed that the doctor had come from behind a set of curtains designed to give privacy to patients and saw a glimpse of a person. The person looked young but really bloodied and seemed to be in a deep sleep. Everyone else was focused on Harry Kaz so James quietly moved to the curtains. He peered through and what he saw shocked him even further.
He saw his brother being bandaged up, and had lots of scars and was badly burnt, which meant he was nearly unrecognisable. James also noticed a piece of shrapnel protruding from James Jack's skull. James then felt a hand squeeze his shoulder. It was only then that he realised everyone else had noticed him peering through the curtain. One of the people, who was attending to James Jack, opened up the curtain for the group. Lily Alice then moved to James Jack's left side where she saw another horrific injury, he was missing his left arm. She let out a gasp of shock, which the other siblings noticed and they promptly saw what had caused Lily Alice to gasp.
It was a few minutes later in a cafe inside the hospital where the group were now joined by Jamie, the class teaching assistant arrived. The two police officers had been asked by Mr Jordon to watch over for a little while, so the Potters and their favourite teachers could have a private chat. "You'll probably want to know why those men were bandaging up the face of your brother, am I right?" asked Mr Jordon, who sounded even more serious than when he was giving detentions at school. The five siblings nodded and Mr Jordon elaborated further, "Well since they were stabilised, I got some old friends of mine to help me out. I've come to the conclusion there are some people out there who know about you lot and wanted to start attacking some of you. Either because they've found out about you all and want to get rid of you all or the attack was actually meant to send a message to me. Our guess is that it's most likely both." "Why would someone come after you? To us, it makes no sense why they would attack our brothers if they were after you" said Michael, getting concerned for the welfare of himself and his siblings. "Do any of you remember watching 'Remembrance of the Daleks'?" asked Mr Jordon to which the Potter children nodded as they had been shown it by Mr Jordon. "Well one of the lines in that is very apt" he said and the Potter children waited for him to continue. "You can always judge a man by the quality of his enemies, and trust me, I have plenty of enemies."
It was a few minutes before he spoke again, "You should know that, except for a day prior to the term ending for Christmas, this will probably be the last time we meet for a while. Jamie will be around until the final day before Christmas holidays. In fact as soon as we've finished our visit here, we will be moving the two of them to a secure location tonight and before you ask, no I won't tell you where. That way, your brothers will be even safer." "So how long do you think they'll be away from us?" asked Lily Alice, with tears in her eyes and her head on Emma's shoulder. "I don't know how long but I will guarantee one thing; they will return and you will all need to be there for them. Now I think we should head upstairs so you can say goodbye and afterwards we can take you back home."
Later after they had said goodbye to Harry Kaz and James Jack and been returned to private drive, the five siblings were talking among themselves when James asked a question. "Who were the two police officers?" Michael told him about the male police officer, "He's a mate of Mr Jordon although because of the lives they lead, they rarely see each other more than a few times a year." Beth then told him about the female police officer, "She was supposed to be off for a couple of weeks, looking after her kids with her husband. From the way she described events at her home, her kids sound magical." James let out a loud yawn, the events of the previous two days starting to catch up with him before asking a follow up question, "What was her name?" "I think it was Katy Creevey." "I think that once we're done for the day we should go to sleep. We won't be helping ourselves or anyone else worrying about it" said Michael. They then went about their business for the day trying to get on with things as usual but there was now a nervousness that was in the air.
18th January, 1992. Two weeks and two days after awakening.
"Here we go" said the doctor removing the bandages off James Jack's face, his voice sounding professional. "There we are. Very good, your wounds have healed up nicely" the doctor said, still professional but now had a pleased tone blending with the professionalism. "To be honest, the bandages are more for your protection. From now on, your name is Ahab." Behind the doctor, there was the nurse but someone else had come into the room. This person did not look like either to be a member of staff or one of the patients. James Jack was watching the doctor with one eye and one eye on the scene unfolding behind the doctor.
The assassin was strangling the nurse with a wire and took her away from sight. The doctor was explaining more things to James Jack.
"Now, nine weeks ago you were caught in a attack. Your enemies are everywhere. You should be dead but you're not." The doctor paused to take a quick breath, "We don't have much time but I thought you would like to see your face before we get to business." James Jack tried to speak but couldn't. Thankfully the doctor gave him another option, "Nod, if you want to see your face" and the doctor picked up the mirror, anticipating the answer. A few feet away from the pair, the nurse had been killed and the assassin began moving towards her target.
James Jack nodded to the doctor, who then nodded. "Before that, you might want to see these" and the doctor gave him a pair of photos.
Next moment he was being shown what he looked like in a mirror. He saw his scars and the horn-like shrapnel protruding from his head. He was examining the image in the mirror when he realised something was wrong. The doctor lost his grip on the mirror and was forced to drop it as he was strangled to death. He drew a gun and tried to kill the assassin but couldn't. Instead he kicked James Jack off the bed but accidently threw his gun when he kicked James Jack off the bed. James Jack looked on helplessly as the doctor was killed by having his neck broken although he couldn't see anything beyond the legs. Suddenly he could see the nurse lying dead and the doctor's lifeless body suddenly dropped to the ground by the assassin. He followed the movement of the female assassin and then she was standing in front of him.
A voice came through on her radio but James Jack could not hear it but he clearly heard a response from her. "Not yet. There's a patient in the next bed. I think he saw my face." This was followed by the person on the other side of the radio giving instructions. The assassin understood this instruction and replied "understood" and she turned to James Jack. He saw the gun in front of him and tried to reach for it but couldn't. She was about to kill him with a knife she had drawn but she then kicked the gun. She noticed it on the floor, put away her knife and picked up the gun. She aimed at his head and it seemed she was about to do what the explosion should have done a few months ago; kill James Jack Paz Potter.
Suddenly, the assassin was attacked by a person who was bandaged up around his face and he was in hospital clothing. She was trying to throw him off her so she could kill James Jack. Eventually she did so and then pulled out a knife and looked ready to kill. The man with the bandaged face was thrown a fair distance and landed next James Jack. There were several objects lying around him and as the assassin got closer, he started throwing them at her. One of the objects thrown was a bottle filled with a flammable substance, drenching the female assassin in the fluid. Annoyed that the bandaged man was preventing her from killing her target, she threw the knife at the man. It hit his shoulder and for a moment he was incapacitated. She proceeded to move on her target, then picked him up and began strangling him. James Jack began to worry that he was going to die and he lost consciousness.
Suddenly he heard a woman screaming and realised that the screaming belonged to the female assassin. He quickly opened his eyes and saw the woman on fire. She was writhing about in agony, trying to quell the flames engulfing her. She collapsed onto the floor but then she raised her head and saw her target had recovered from her attack. In a last ditch effort to kill her prey, she started to crawl over to James Jack. However, the man next to James Jack had recovered and pulled out the knife from his shoulder. He threw the knife at her, hitting her left arm and she stalled her advance on her target. The momentary pause in her attack gave the bandaged man enough time to find more objects to throw at her. The first object thrown was another bottle that contained more flammable fluid. The bottle smashed open upon impacting her body and the fluid burned. She was now trying to quell the flames which were consuming her and starting to destroy her body. She was howling in pain and in an effort to get away, she smashed her way through a window and fell a great distance to the ground below. Death would not come her way tonight.
The man with bandaged face got up and checked his shoulder. Sensing he was alright, he looked out the window to assess the situation. He was worried for the safety of the boy that was now on the floor. "Time to go, Ahab", he said, wanting to get away as soon as possible.
"Who are you?" asked James Jack, who suddenly realised his voice sounded different from what it had originally sounded like.
"Who am I?" asked the unknown man before answering mysteriously, "You could say I'm an older you, only with different coloured eyes."
"Okay" replied James Jack with a raspy voice that also showed his confusion with the strangers answer.
"I'm guessing you're confused. I cannot give you any answers now but you'll get your answers in the future. For now though, you can call me Ishmael but now we need to hurry and get you and your brother out of here." Then he moved towards the door but noticed the boy had not really moved more than a few centimetres. "Do you need a little pick me up?" as he lifted him. James Jack nodded. Ishmael then pulled out a syringe filled with some kind of drug and injected it into James Jack's body. "Dioxin. It should get your body moving sooner or later. Preferably sooner. Now come on let's go" and Ishmael went to the doorway to keep a look out.
James Jack started to crawl towards the doorway and Ishmael noticed. "Come on, we don't have much time" said Ishmael. James Jack tried to stand on his feet, using a stool as support, but after trying to get up from his knees, he lost strength and crashed forwards onto the floor, the stool that was supporting him thrown to the ground behind him.
Eventually he reached the doorway where Ishmael was standing and Ishmael then moved into the corridor and commented, "Why hasn't the drug kicked in yet? Hopefully it should kick in soon" and proceeded to move up the corridor while James Jack moved slowly behind him, crawling along the floor.
"Let's take the stairs", Ishmael said as they were proceeding down the corridor but as they entered the waiting room of the level they were on, he realised that there was no improvement in James Jack. "Okay, you're not getting any better at the moment, so we're taking the lift down." Ishmael then proceeded to the entrance of a corridor and waited for James Jack to follow. James Jack, who was trying to catch up to Ishmael, started using the waiting room benches and a bin to support him until he fell over again, this time, taking the bin down with him.
Eventually James Jack did get to the start of the corridor and the two proceeded down the corridor.
However as they proceeded down the corridor, Ishmael suddenly stopped. In front of them, a boy was floating and he wore some kind of gas mask. He then started rising before popping out of view. Almost immediately, they heard the lift come up and stopped on their floor. As soon as the lift doors started to open, the lift exploded, hurling James Jack and Ishmael backwards with some force. As they landed back on the floor, James Jack broke his arm and banged his head. For a moment, colours looked faded to him before colours returned to normal.
James Jack turned his head to see Ishmael trying to extinguish the flames that were starting to engulf his body. A loud noise drew his attention back to the ruined and unusable lift in front of him. In front of them, out of the flames, a man made of fire began advancing on the pair of them. He appeared to be wearing a trench coat of some kind and his body at first glance, looked like it was embedded with shrapnel and rocks, however James Jack noticed that they were in fact bullets and that they were lodged into every part of The Man on Fire's body. In a matter of moments, the man on fire was almost right on top of them and then suddenly stop and his bright, glowing, fiery eyes appeared to examining the pair of people in front of him with great interest especially James Jack. In that moment, he was preparing to kill James Jack. Fortunately for James Jack, the sprinkler system kicked in and as the Man on Fire was about to strike, the water from the sprinklers caused him to smoke up and disappear as the fires on his body were quelled.
In that moment, Ishmael had recovered; the flames on his body extinguished and pulled James Jack from where the Man on Fire had been. "Come on. We need to keep moving and these stairs are no longer of use to us" Ishmael said, pointing to a collapsed ceiling and doorway and proceeded to explain how it got in that state. "Now, Ahab, the reason it's like that because you performed some accidental magic when you hit your head when you were thrown by the force of that blast. We didn't hear it happen because the noise from the lift was somehow louder. Don't ask me why. Now, let's move." He moved back through the corridor, forgetting to patch up James Jack. As James Jack moved through the corridor, he realised that his strength was starting to return but for the moment, he was made to walk on his knees and with his right arm broken.
As he left the waiting hall, he found that he could stand, albeit weakly and slowly began to move towards the other end of the corridor. "Good, the Dioxin is starting to take effect. Don't worry, just a little bit further until the end of the corridor" said Ishmael. As they were going down the corridor, James Jack spotted a poster for a game called 'Metal Walker Stealth' and that the games director was someone named 'Joachim Mogren' and James Jack thought 'That sounds good. I might try to play it once I get out of this hellhole'. After a while, he reached the end of the corridor where Ishmael was waiting for him.
Ishmael then saw James Jack's injury and said to him, "Relax, this is just going to be slightly painful" and then proceeded to break the arm back into place. "Next time, you can do it yourself" he said to James Jack in a cold tone but given the situation, it was understanding. After all, it was a survival lesson that James Jack and all the other Potters had understood. Having been sitting for a moment, when a helicopter flew low and then hovered over the roof of one section the building. In that moment, the soldiers roped down, Ishmael and James Jack knew that it would be a long night.
Next moment, smoke was filling the corridor ahead of them and then lights were seen. Fortunately for them, there was a door nearby which lead into another room, which Ishmael decided to take and was followed closely by James Jack. On entering the room, James Jack was told to stay silent and to crawl along the floor. He immediately followed Ishmael towards all the hospital beds and in front of him was a patient who was trying to crawl out of the smoke and towards safety. In front of him, was a soldier in a gas mask. All of a sudden, Ishmael came along and shoved him underneath the bed in a hurry. Once underneath the bed, James Jack turned his head toward where the patient was. The patient stood up, begging for help and in response, the soldier started shooting him with silenced pistol. The patient fell to the floor but was still alive, which was noticed by the soldier, who promptly shot the patient in the back several times.
Checking to see that the man was dead, the soldier rolled him over. The man knowing he was discovered to be still alive, tried to plead for mercy and as he raised his arms, he was shot twice in the stomach and once in the head, finally killing him. The soldier then knelt down and started feeling under the bed for something. It was all touch and go for a moment as the soldier nearly touched James Jack and Ishmael, which could've ended any chances they had of surviving. As it was, the soldier picked up the dead man's identity badge, then lifted the man's face using his pistol and took a closer look. Once he lost interest, he moved away, dropping the dead man's head so that it looked directly at James Jack.
"Come on, time to move" said Ishmael who began crawling towards the door. James Jack was about to move when his leg was grabbed by another patient. This immediately let the soldier know someone was still alive and once he saw the patient, he shot him once in the back before dragging him away, the patient screaming for his life. A further four or five shots put an end to the screaming and snuffed out the man's life. The soldier then investigated the legs of James Jack but decided that they belonged to a dead man and moved on. James Jack then crawled over to the door and was waiting at Ishmael's signal.
Ishmael was witnessing a nurse and a patient trying to obtain help round the corner from where he and Ahab were. They were waving to the pilot of a helicopter on the other side of the window. The Helicopter then turned to it side to reveal another soldier wielding a machine gun, preparing to open fire. The nurse and the patient started to panic but then the soldier on the helicopter opened fire, riddling both nurse and patient with bullets. The nurse fell dead but the patient was still standing so the soldier once more fired. Unbeknownst to him however, a trio of soldiers had seen Ishmael watching the events and were coming to fire on him at point blank range and in the second hail of fire, once the patient fell on the second shot, the trio of soldiers were too, riddled with bullets. The lead soldier was killed instantly, the one to his left took the most bullets to his chest and died swiftly. The third died painfully and soundlessly, the first bullet that hit him left him unable to scream or produce any form of speech what so ever. Many of the other bullets ripped off his legs which meant that he would bleed to death, even without a final fatal wound. The final bullet struck him in way that meant his mouth would fill with his blood and would cause him to drown in it. This was mostly ignored by Ishmael and James Jack who wanted to stay alive and were proceeding to the windows.
"Remember Ahab, we need to get to end of this corridor" Ishmael said pointing their right and showed this was round the corner from where they just were, "and remember to keep out of the lights." They proceeded down the corridor and skilfully avoided the search lights and eventually the helicopter moved off. But James Jack was still about half way down the corridor when a patient back where they had come from emerged. Voices filled the corridor round the corner.
"Three men down, seems like friendly fire. By the looks of it, one of our own helicopter machine gunners shot them without seeing them."
"Sir, what about this patient? What should we do with him?"
"We've got our orders. No survivors. Now let's shoot this walking target practice."
The soldiers illuminated the man who was temporarily blinded by the lights but then recovered. He then got shot by the soldiers and was killed instantly. His body when it fell looked like it had been controlled by a puppet who then got really frustrated, such was the awkward position his body was in.
Ishmael was then forced to shout out to James Jack in order to get him to hurry up, "You need to sprint as fast as you can." James Jack promptly did so and both reached the end of the corridor where there was a male nurse holding the door for them. Knowing that the soldiers would be after them, the male nurse shut the metal door and locked it while Ishmael grabbed a tall, heavy metal storage locker and tipped it over so it could block the door. They paused to take a breather, thinking they were in no immediate danger. Their hopes were dashed when the soldiers started cutting their way through the door. In a panic, the male nurse began running up the stairs, while Ishmael, who was calmer and thinking much more clearly, directed James Jack to follow him down the stairs.
They were heading down the next flight of stairs when Ishmael saw that soldiers were heading up to where they were, so in a hurry, he told James Jack to follow him. As they headed back to the floor they had just come from, the male nurse who had headed upstairs was falling from the top floor and fell to the ground floor, dead. They made their way towards a bar door and another male nurse opened it up for the pair, almost as if they were expected, but since James Jack didn't speak Greek, he could only guess. Ishmael had seemingly made his way up to the front, so James Jack made to follow. After shoving some of the staff and patients so he could get a better view of what was happening, he was rebuffed by a nurse who told him to 'back off' and she pushed him backwards. When he tried to move forwards again, suddenly a bunch of bright lights shone on the hall full of people and gunfire started cutting down patients and hospital staff indiscriminately. James Jack turned only to have the other soldiers they had left begin firing at the people at the back. James Jack turned to his front, expecting to become mincemeat, only for Ishmael to drag him into the next room, where more patients were in beds. Ishmael closed the door behind them and then, a moment later the gunfire ceased.
"Hide under the beds" Ishmael told James Jack, and he went over to the beds on the other side of the room although he picked one relatively close to the door. James Jack then hid under the bed near the middle of the room on the same side of the room he was on. As he reached his chosen hiding spot, two soldiers came in, hunting down two survivors: them. The soldiers began a methodical search, as they searched behind the curtains and began mercilessly killing patients who were either asleep, unconscious or simply too ill to be moved. When one of the soldiers shot the patient above James Jack's head, the blood from the dead patient soaked through the bed in a matter of moments and began dripping onto James Jack's head. It seemed as though they were not being thorough enough for they completely failed to check under the beds. This was then confirmed when the soldiers began searching behind the last curtain where Ishmael was hidden under the bed there. Ishmael quietly slipped back outside the curtains, while the soldiers searched. The patient was more alert than the others and attempted to escape when he was shot repeatedly, his blood splattering all over the curtains and in his last gasps of life, he was dragging the curtain down and then it ripped from its frame and he fell, lifeless. Ishmael fortunately moved back under the bed before he could be discovered. The two soldiers, frustrated, returned to the corridor. Ishmael moved so he could hear what the two soldiers had to report.
"There was no sign of either of them."
"They were spotted coming through here. Check the bodies to see whether they are dead or not."
"Report in, Typhoon commander, what's your status" said a voice on the radio.
"This is typhoon commander, all witnesses eliminated; the two targets are still yet to be found."
"Unacceptable. I want you to take some soldiers and reinforce our efforts to find the other two. Some of soldiers have been frozen to death in liquid nitrogen. The losses must be replaced and make sure they are found and killed."
"Understood. Typhoon leader out."
"What our instructions, sir?"
"Okay you two and you two up the other end of this bloody corridor. Continue the search for the bodies. The rest of you come downstairs with me" and they departed. They would find an entire squad frozen with other frozen soldiers blown to pieces. It would later be attributed to a dead red-headed woman raising a shield and firing a few bullets and a young boy performing accidental magic and warping her shield so as to trap those soldiers in what would be a frozen grave.
Ishmael then moved back and started heading for door on the other side of the room and then he called out for James Jack.
"Hurry, this way." And he waited for James Jack to come out of his hiding spot and join him by the door.
"Crawl along the floor. Blend in with the bodies" said Ishmael to James Jack in a loud whisper indicating the need for silence. The blood stained corridor was nightmarish and the person who ordered the attack on the hospital was very twisted, especially for ordering the assassinations of two young boys. Up ahead, two soldiers were beginning to check the bodies for signs of life.
"Stay still. If you move, we're dead. And remember stay silent" Ishmael told James Jack, loudly to be heard by the young boy but quiet enough for the soldiers not to hear. The other pair of soldiers were closing up behind them.
The two pairs of soldiers were now grouped together and were now more relaxed but they didn't go away. One soldier noticed fluid gathered round his feet and James Jack saw that it was a combination of fluids from a burst catheter bag and Ishmael peeing very silently. The soldier simply kicked it away and James Jack looked away. Unfortunately, the soldier noticed the movement and indicated to his comrades that at least someone could still be alive. He shifted James Jack so that he was on his back and then the soldier turned on his gun mounted torch. It was enough to get some sort of reaction from James Jack who started panicking. It was fortunate for him and Ishmael that a third party decided to enter the scene.
The Man on Fire returned to renew his attacks on the pair of them and would not allow anyone else to kill them. The Soldiers, who had been about to kill James Jack, noticed this new threat and, rather than obey their orders, chose to attack this new threat. This was futile as when they fired their guns, the bullets were just seemingly absorbed into the monster's body. Seeing the bullets doing little harm, the soldiers resorted to using grenades, only for them to be absorbed as well, doing little harm to the man on fire. In desperation, a soldier equipped with a rocket launcher attacked and did nothing except force the fiery man to clench his stomach, as if he had eaten too much. In retaliation, the Man on Fire had launched a fiery projectile at the closest soldier, setting him alight. In pain and trying to put out the fire, the soldier fell out a window to his death. The remaining soldiers resumed fire in the hopes of doing something and meanwhile James Jack and Ishmael were starting to retreat back down the bloodied corridor. The Man on Fire noticed and began charging up an devastating attack.
Ishmael noticed the build up and ordered James Jack to get down on to his stomach, simultaneously doing so himself. James Jack did get on the floor but he was not immune to the Man on Fire's wrath. The bullets absorbed by the Man on Fire were used to horrifying effect. First, he crouched then he was clutching his stomach and building up energy. The build up of power was radiating so much that it could be felt by every single person in the building. Then he stood up and spread his arms, the blast sending bullets into the walls, the ceiling, the windows and into the soldiers, who were killed instantly and sent flying a short distance. Although Ishmael was uninjured, James Jack's injuries continued to mount as the blast broke his leg, imbedding bullets within the broken leg and his shoulder. The pair began running as best they could, although The Man on Fire began pursuing the two and it seemed that James Jack would die at the hands of the monster.
Fate or some other force at that moment decided to intervene, for a helicopter started attacking The Man on Fire, allowing James Jack to get further away from his pursuer. The Man on Fire absorbing the punishing volley of heavy machine gun fire from the gunner before the pilot pointed the helicopter in the direction of the Man on Fire. For a moment, James Jack and Ishmael wondered what would happen then. The Helicopter pilot unleashed a volley from the helicopters rocket launchers. The blast enveloped the Man on Fire and forced James Jack off his feet and Ishmael was knocked by the blast into the wall but aside from a few small bruises, Ishmael would be alright. James Jack's injuries would be aggravated by the pain of his crashing to the floor. It seemed that The Man on Fire was obliterated and the pilot hovered to see the results of his and his crew's actions. However, once the smoke cleared, the vengeful spirit was still in the same spot, the only things being destroyed was a portion of the corridor and the trench coat of The Man on Fire. In retaliation, The Man on Fire launched a destructive flaming projectile at the helicopter, instantly destroying it. James Jack used the Man on Fire's preoccupation with the helicopter to get some distance between himself and the seemingly unstoppable killing machine who was now pursuing him again and starting to catch up. Ishmael, who was further ahead of the two, had found a dead soldier's pistol, equipped with a silencer which was used to kill the gravely ill patients, and took aim at the monster coming up behind Ahab. James Jack seeing both Ishmael's preparation to shoot and sensing the beast coming behind him swerved to the left giving Ishmael a clear shot. Ishmael started shooting with no effect and although James Jack was now clear of his line of sight, the proximity of The Man on Fire was now starting to alarm Ishmael. Running out of bullets in the current magazine, Ishmael noticed a water pipe and prepared his shot. When The Man on Fire reached a certain spot, Ishmael shot the pipe. Not noticing the first drops of water, The Man on Fire only realised what was happening when he started steaming up and struggling with the water, he eventually disappeared in all the steam, allowing James Jack and Ishmael to catch a breather.
James Jack took the opportunity to break his leg back into place and Ishmael noticed, "That's right. Always take an opportunity to heal yourself, when you're in a safe spot or no-one's looking for you." The process was painful and unfortunately, the bullets in the leg and shoulder would have to remain for the time being.
After having had a short rest, the pair made their way to the barred door they had initially entered the corridor from. They then proceed to head downstairs then Ishmael decided to check out a room which had been the scene of such desperation earlier. Harry Kaz and Ishmael's wife had been discovered earlier in the room by the squad of now frozen soldiers and it was only through a series of accidents that saved their lives. The cold storage was liquid nitrogen, which had spilt onto the floor because of several gunshots. The sight of some blood on the wall indicated someone had been shot and the trail of it suggested that the person who was shot had survived. The markings in the floor indicated that this person was indeed Harry Kaz as it seemed his companion was wearing hospital slippers and he was not and only had his left leg.
"I think we're going to need to head downstairs in order to find your brother. Let's go."
They then headed downstairs and proceed through an emergency door. The trail led them down the hallway. Ishmael however sensed a soldier ahead and told James Jack to get behind cover. There was a pillar which James Jack hid behind while Ishmael hid behind a section of wall that had a few corners, enough to just about hide him. The soldier got closer and closer and then when he was close enough, Ishmael shot the soldier directly between the eyes. They proceeded down the hall to where the dead soldier's body had fallen. They paused at the body and Ishmael had picked up the gun which was just to the soldier's side. After giving it a quick check and removing the bullet from the chamber, Ishmael then proceeded to hand the pistol to James Jack.
"I know you've never handled a gun before but you're going to use one now whether you like it or not. So do try to remember what I tell you." And Ishmael then quickly taught James Jack how to use the pistol.
A blast of flame erupted behind them and was enveloping the corridor behind them. Ishmael instructed James Jack to shoot the fire extinguisher now caught behind the wall of flame which James Jack proceeded to do. The result was that the flames encroaching on the pair were extinguished and the following flames were held back by the extinguisher's contents.
Unable to go back now, the pair moved a short distance before getting into confrontation with a pair of soldiers who James Jack dealt with. Then more soldiers came along and while Ishmael was barely scratched, James Jack had received a couple of bullets, one to his shoulder and one to the general stomach area, which thankfully missed all the major organs.
As the soldiers approached the pair, they were wiped out by a pair of people behind them. After a moment the two pairs of people saw each other and James Jack saw a familiar face, his brother Harry Kaz. He ran to his brother and delivered a bone crushing hug to Harry Kaz who nearly toppled due to the loss of his leg and was barely balanced as he was holding onto James Jack with his only arm.
Ishmael and the woman who had been with Harry Kaz were also very well acquainted. As it turned out they were married. After a moment to rest and heal up, they proceeded to the reception area where more trouble would await them.
Ishmael, the redheaded woman and the two brothers were on top of the stairs in the reception. Ahead of them were numerous enemy soldiers. In what appeared to be a sheer fit of idiocy, Ishmael came up with an idea that seemed insane at the time.
"Honey, what are you going to do?" asked the redheaded woman.
"I'm going to cause a distraction and you're not gonna like it. When it happens, be prepared." And he removed the silencer from his pistol and threw it so it would attract attention, which it did. Then he ran into the open view of the soldiers, firing his gun as he did so. The soldiers returned fire and Ishmael did a dramatic leap off the stairs and out of sight. A soldier then ran to where Ishmael had been a second ago.
The woman then knew what to do. Telling James Jack to be ready to carry his brother, she readied herself to carry Harry Kaz and then as she prepared to kill the first soldier, one of squad mates joined him. She told James Jack to kill the first soldier while she dealt with the second. This, they accomplished by shooting the pair in the head, killing the two soldiers instantly.
James Jack felt nauseous and excited at the same time almost as if there were several personalities within him at the same time. But there was no time to dwell on why that was now; they needed to escape immediately. They went over to the other side of the balcony overlooking the reception and saw that soldiers were climbing the stairs to search for the three of them. They dropped down to the reception and eliminated the few guards blocking their exit. However they were forced to hide when the other soldiers returned from their search.
However things turned deadly in the next moment when James Jack sensed something behind him and then everyone turned to look at the stairs. The Man on Fire had returned once more to kill its prey. The gas-mask child was in front of the man on fire then suddenly disappeared when the soldiers started shooting. The three just looked on as The Man on Fire started picking off the soldiers one by one until he had absorbed enough bullets for a massive attack. He crouched, clutched his stomach and continued to absorb bullets.
The trio were thankful they were behind some cover as the force of the blast unleashed killed all the remaining soldiers in room. The Man on Fire then turned his attention on them.
"Oh shit" the redheaded woman said as she noticed the Man on Fire come towards them.
They proceeded towards the exit when they realised that the entrance was blocked with the wreck of the destroyed helicopter that the Man on Fire. They then all sensed something coming from behind the wreck and promptly dived out of the way. The wreck was shoved forward by a massive armoured fighting vehicle and then swarms of soldiers moved forward to confront the Man on Fire. James Jack tried to warn the soldiers that it was pointless but Harry Kaz put his only hand around his mouth and told him to shut up.
James Jack then sensed a presence behind him and caught a glimpse of the gas mask child before he popped out of view. Then the child reappeared above the ruined helicopter and raised it like it was a piece of paper and then the rotor started moving. The soldiers then saw the helicopter wreck and panicked. However the soldiers were all killed by the helicopter wreck's rotor, the soldier's bodies ripped to shreds and then the rotors stopped. A soldier who survived attempted to flee but the gas mask child sensed him and crushed him using the helicopter remains. At that moment, the armoured fighting vehicle returned and shot several rounds at the Man on Fire, who simply absorbed the pounding it was given. The Man on Fire unleashed another blast which lifted the vehicle but didn't destroy it. The armoured fighting vehicle then simply ran over the Man on Fire stayed on him, giving James Jack, Harry Kaz and the redheaded woman a chance to escape the building. As they ran out of the building, there was a massive explosion which threw the trio to the ground and James Jack then blacked out and knew no more.
18th – 19th January. Hogwarts, Gryffindor common room.
"Hello this is a wizarding news wireless breaking news story. This is your anchor, Timothy Birchbich. In the last few hours, a muggle hospital in Cyprus has been attacked by muggle forces. While this is not considered news worthy by us witches and wizards, there were massive occurrences of accidental magic."
Almost the entire house of Gryffindor were huddled around the various wizarding radios. Around one of those radios was Harry, Holly, Rose, Ron and Hermione.
"Do you think it's to do with - you know- them?" asked Holly hesitatingly.
"I think so. I mean Sam never actually told us where he was keeping them did he?" Harry replied, his face a mask to all but Holly and Rose. Ron and Hermione while able to read Harry's emotions at time, weren't always able to read them all the time. Then Ron interrupted them to say there was more on the Wizarding News Wireless.
"Guys, there's more" Ron said and he turned up the volume on the Wizarding radio.
"There are lots of blasts going on. For more on this, we'll go to our correspondent live on the scene, Aramis Kulber."
"Thanks Tim. Yes multiple fires have appeared around the building and some wierd muggle device has crashed to the ground. It was floating in the air then crashed. We do not know the name of this object but it seems to be called a heliwopter. We have no idea why there were big bursts of accidental magic but we have talked to a Cypriot Ministry spokesperson who clarified that no witch or wizard from Cyprus has entered that healing place and they have detected no muggleborns from their country to have entered the building."
"Aramis, have they acknowledged the possibility that it could be someone from abroad?"
"Yes they have, although no records exist to suggest where this or these people may have come from. The rumour is though they are British. It seems that who or whom these people are, they were brought here secretly."
"Aramis, thank you. We're going to be talking to an muggle analyst. Hello Mr Dagenburm..."
"I think that's our brothers then." Said Rose a bit grumpily.
"And the worst thing is we don't know whether they're dead or alive, However, I sense they're alive." Said Harry.
"I wonder if the news has reached your brothers and sisters back where you live?" asked Hermione.
"We sure hope so. We sure hope so" said Harry solemnly.
As it so happened they had.
18th – 19th January 1992. 4 Private Drive.
The Dursleys were in their living room listening to what they thought was the only working radio in the house. However as it turned out, James had managed to fix up a few of the radios in the house using components of other radios and pieces of salvaged radios he got from the scrap yard.
James had a passion for art and building things in general. He had made lots of things by the time he was nine and sold many of them to get extra money so he could buy one or two extra pieces of food. He, by his very nature, was a survivalist. All the Potters were, it was just they all went about it differently. They all generally remained quiet when in the Dursleys presence but when away from them, the methods varied greatly. Michael got lost in history books. Holly and Rose viciously pranked anyone who they felt had wronged them. Emma and Harry generally tried to keep out of trouble but Harry would step in to protect Emma if she was getting attacked. Lily was typically ignored as she was the smallest and could easily get away from harm. Harry Kaz and James Jack were nearly always in fights when they were confronted, even against boys more than twice their size.
The Potter siblings also had their own ways to keep themselves occupied whenever they didn't have chores at the Dursleys or at Mrs. Figgs. Holly and Rose played pranks on unsuspecting people regardless of whether they deserved it or not. Michael went to the local library. Emma attended an after school club for cooking class and Lily always looked in abandoned magazines looking at various beauty articles and bizarre real life stories. Harry and James Jack liked looking at various defence articles. Beth meanwhile attended a drama class with their friend Julia. And Harry Kaz, well, he liked chatting up all the girls at school to the point that when some of the girls got upset at his behaviour, they went to Harry or James Jack. To say stern words were said was probably an understatement when these incidents occurred.
The Potters had gathered around James' radios and had been listening to the unfurling nightmare with rapt attention although they didn't immediately grasp its significance until a letter came from Harry the following day. The news that day was just that of pure horror. They heard a hospital in Cyprus had been attacked and massive fires were erupting all over. There had been also a report of a massive shockwave that had temporarily disrupted electrical systems on nearby army bases on the island. It seemed armed men were sent to quell a threat of some kind and people were being killed regardless of who they were. However the news also mentioned survivors escaping the wreck of the building.
18th-19th January 1992, Hospital Front Entrance, Cyprus
James Jack slowly came to and witnessed the building on fire. Advancing upon him was the man on fire and James Jack began moving backwards and found a small submachine gun. Having seen what happened earlier the best James Jack could hope for was to delay the monster but it would do no good regardless. He shot all the bullets but they did nothing to hinder the beast about to envelope him in the flames of its body. Suddenly an ambulance rammed the Man on Fire at full speed and slammed him into a wall. The ambulance reversed and the passenger door was opened to reveal Ishmael as the driver.
"Get in, NOW!" he ordered. James Jack turned to see the redheaded woman bring along Harry Kaz to the ambulance and she quickly dragged James Jack to his feet. They all ran as best they could and got in the ambulance, James Jack taking the passenger seat and Harry Kaz and the woman getting in the back. They turned to leave and The Man on Fire had recovered from the slam. He managed to rip the rear doors of the ambulance at range and launched a burst of bullets that nearly killed both the redheaded woman and Harry Kaz but miraculously all the bullets either missed or caused flesh wounds. As they were leaving the premises, ambulances, fire fighting vehicles and armed police came onto the scene and Ishmael had to swerve between all the vehicles heading to the blood bath. The Man on Fire just got even angrier and started causing more destruction.
They went quite some distance away when vehicles that had gone to the hospital were being flung towards them in a last ditch attempt to kill them. They could tell The Man on Fire was pissed off but then they saw a roadblock ahead. It was the same armed men who had tried to kill them earlier but Ishmael rushed it with ease. They drove a bit more before a armed helicopter showed up in front of a tunnel. It opened fire knocking out Ishmael and taking out James Jack's right eye. It also wounded Harry Kaz scarring his left cheek.
"Take the wheel, you're going to have to do first driving experience here unfortunately" shouted the woman.
James Jack took the wheel and drove as best he could and they entered a tunnel which offered cover from above. The helicopter now behind them fired many missiles and destroyed any form of retreat they had, they could only go forwards. They drove for a little while longer before exiting and headed up a small hill at speed and jumped slightly as they raced down the hill. At the bottom was another roadblock, Armed with heavy Machine guns they opened fire at the ambulance. A small bump in the road meant they jumped again, began rolling over, killing the soldiers at the roadblock and crushing their guns. They continued rolling and eventually everyone on the crashing ambulance fell unconscious.
April 1996
"It seems that Dumbledore has been chased out of Hogwarts. The So-called High inquisitor has taken over and it seems everything is on the move now" said Gabrielle, reading the paper on the bed, not bothering to put a top on.
"Dumbledore is a fool who may not look intimidated but he is. Samuel's plan is to make sure everyone stays on side at this precarious time and deny Voldemort what he seeks" replied James Jack who was still laying in bed, stroking Gabrielle's back.
"And they're not aware you're not at Hogwarts?"
"They don't know a thing. They think the double is the real me. All of it will have to come out at some point but until then, I'm happy."
"Tell me what happened after you crashed that ambulance?" asked Gabrielle sincerely.
"Later, my sexy beautiful wife. Why don't you let me take care of you in the meantime?" replied James Jack seductively even as he began pulling Gabrielle on the bed and started kissing her stomach and began kissing further down her body.
January 19th 1992. Somewhere in Cyprus near destroyed roadblock.
James Jack awoke to find himself upside down in the passenger seat and realised Ishmael was missing from the driver's seat. It took him a moment to realise Harry Kaz was struggling moving in the back, various pills and fluids making the roof, which was now the floor, very slippery and various medical tools cutting Harry Kaz all over. James Jack took off the seatbelt, dropping with a thump and crawled to the back where he dragged Harry Kaz out and began walking in a random direction when two people came along. It was Mr Jordon and Jamie, the teaching assistant.
"Hurry get on" Mr Jordon shouted to James Jack. The helicopter from earlier was now encroaching on the group and was approaching fast. However a huge flaming whale appeared from behind the helicopter and enveloped it in flame, exploding seconds after the jaws slammed shut. Behind the resulting smoke, now approaching was the Man on Fire, riding a flaming horse that was flying through the air.
"What the fuck!" said a shocked Jamie.
"Just get Harry Kaz on your horse" replied Mr Jordon. Jamie promptly took Harry Kaz, put him at the front of the horse, got on and began galloping off.
"GET ON NOW" shouted Mr Jordon at James Jack, who promptly took the hint to get on the back of the horse.
"You going to have to use the shotgun. I know you've never used it but you're going to have to. Also it will take a few moments to reload pick your moment carefully."
They were galloping as fast as they could but The Man on Fire was gaining fast. They went through some woods; The Man on Fire was launching projectiles that either missed or grazed his prey and James Jack only slowing down the beast's horse with the shotgun blasts. After losing him for a moment, the pursuit continued with largely the same results until the group were able to lose the monster.
The rain began to pour and while everyone was breathing a sigh of relief, the thunder had started and was getting louder until lightning started striking. The four were about to cross a bridge when a lightning bolt struck the bridge and destroyed it, causing them to fall to the watery depths below.
They eventually made their way out of the water and began organising themselves to head to the nearest port. Unbeknownst to everyone except James Jack, the Man on Fire observed the group getting out the water. James Jack was focused so much on the Man on Fire that he nearly missed what Mr Jordon said.
"Right, let's get back on the horses and we need to head to the nearby port. We have a ship to catch."
After realising he was being told to get on the horse, he moved to get on and while he got on the horse, the rain reached the Man on Fire and when James Jack looked at his position again, all that was left was smoke and steam. They proceeded to head down the road to the port while they were being filled in on what had happened while they were away from the world.
"So Harry has apparently fought a troll and he's taken part in his first quidditch match. Rose and Holly are reserves on the team. Everyone else back at Private Drive has been very worried about you two. They're wanting you back as soon as possible and I don't think tonight has helped their worries. Certainly won't help Harry, Holly and Rose. I'm sure they've deduced you're here even though they can't confirm it. We'll get the ship ready and we'll find a place to stay the night and we'll give them a call around lunchtime."
Lunchtime 19th January, Port Hotel, Cyprus
"Hello Mrs Dursley, Mr Jordon here, I was just wondering if you can put Emma, Michael, James, Lily and Beth on the phone for a while. I've got a surprise for them."
"Yes of course, Vernon isn't here at the moment, he's got extra work to do and Dudley is back at Smeltings. I'll call them here"
After a few moments waiting,
"Hello, Mr Jordon. How are you? Do you know what's happening with James Jack and Harry Kaz?"
"Hello Emma, funny you should mention them"
Mr Jordon turned to the two boys next to him,
"All yours boys"
They picked up the phone and after composing themselves spoke to Emma.
"Hello Emma" they both said. One spoke raspily and the other spoke with his breath hitching.
"Oh my God. Kaz? Jack? Is that you?"
"Yes Emma, it's us. We're alive don't you worry" replied James Jack while Harry Kaz took time to compose himself.
"What the hell has been happening with you two?"
"We've just escaped an attempt on our lives. We're on Cyprus by the way"
"So all that violence being reported at that hospital, I'm guessing you're the survivors they're looking for?"
Harry Kaz took over, having regained his composure.
"I didn't realise we'd become part of the news."
"Yes it's been widely reported since late last night. The people who I'm guessing were trying to kill you then tried killing the reporters because there was no new information for some time until midnight when the attackers fled."
"We'll try not to make the news again anytime soon. Anyway we should call Harry, let him know we're alright."
"Of course. The others know you're alright now they have been listening to us and they do have tears in their eyes. Anyway let Harry, Holly and Rose know you're alright and we'll see you when you two get back"
"Goodbye for now, Emma"
"Goodbye for now Kaz. Goodbye for now Jack."
The call ended and the four ate lunch getting to speed on wider events. Afterwards Mr Jordon phoned Hagrid at Hogwarts, who managed to find Harry, Rose and Holly on a cliff by the black lake. They came to Hagrid's hut where they were given the phone and spoke to Samuel first."
"Hello Harry, Holly and Rose, How are you?"
"We're good. We understand you have a couple of people you want us to talk to quickly?"
"I do as a matter of fact. I'll just leave you to it" saying that to both the triplets and the two boys next to him
"Hello you three. It's been a while, hasn't it?" said James Jack.
"Jack? Kaz? What on earth has happened to you?" asked Harry.
"We heard about an attack on a hospital in Cyprus over the wizarding news wireless" said Holly.
"Naturally, we assumed you were there, and consequently were shit scared for you" said Rose.
"We're alive don't you worry. Now we'd rather tell the whole story for when we're all together again, if that's all right?" replied Harry Kaz.
"Of course, you can tell us whenever you're ready to" said Harry.
Mr Jordon let the boys know they would have to go soon.
"I've just been told we'll have to leave soon so we might leave it here for now and we'll talk soon, okay?"
"Yes of course. We'll talk soon and you two..."
"Yes Harry?" the two asked together.
"Try not to get into any more trouble. Anyway goodbye you two. Talk to you soon" spoke the triplets, feeling happier than they had been in a long time and then the line went dead.
"Well we need to get on the ship soon, lets pack up get some snacks for the start of our journey home" said Samuel, looking at the ship outside, ready to take them home and the streets below bustling with tourism.
The Day after Harry, Rose and Holly Return from Hogwarts, June 1992
"So you've told us about your escape from that hospital. But there is still one thing bugging me" said a frustrated Harry.
"And what's that dear brother?" asked Harry Kaz.
"How the hell did you end in Albania for nearly 2 months?"
"Yeah, how did that happen? You were supposed to be a few days" continued Lily.
"Yeah about that..." said Harry Kaz, hesitating.
"We'll be telling that one tomorrow" continued James Jack with a smirk on his face.
"We'll be waiting for it" said James
They all left the park either frustrated at having to wait for the rest of the story or relieved that they didn't lose their voice after a day. On the far side of the park which the Potter's had just left were two kids who used to go to school with them.
"Have you noticed how two of them are named Harry and two of them are named James?" asked the first kid.
"Yes I have. It's almost as if whoever named them really could not think of another name to give them" replied the second kid.
"I just call them Jack and Kaz or Kazuhira now so I don't confuse myself."
"That's exactly what I do now, that way I know who is who. Mum's making burgers for dinner. Do you want to come along?"
"Sure."
The two kids left the park and headed home, just as Dudley and his friends entered the park intent on bullying some lone kid.