I'm not sure if this updated or not so I am reposting this chapter. Thanks for the reviews, please keep them coming. Standard disclamer, If I owned it, I wouldn't be living in the boondocks(not really, I love it in the woods).
Raiden gasped as he felt the pain shoot through his leg, knocking him from his sweet black abyss.
"Hey guys, he's awake." Kaylee squealed as she ran over to Raiden. It was then that he realized he was lying on Gavin and Carla's bed in their room.
"What's going on?" Raiden asked, "What happened?"
"Well, idiot that you are, got yourself into a jam, didn't call back-up, got hurt, kept fighting, nearly died. You know the usual." Gavin answered his question as he strode into the room, motioning for Kaylee to leave. "What the hell were you thinking kid, you could have died. I mean, we couldn't even heal your leg completely. Your magic reserves are running low, so you can't heal yourself either."
"Did we get those double-baggers?" Raiden asked, sitting up even though his leg protested.
Gavin grinned viciously, even though he should have been scolding Raiden. "Did we get them? Of course we got those dipshits. They didn't stand a chance."
Raiden whooped and grinned widely. He knew the 'light' was going to win that battle even though it looked pretty close at the beginning.
"Now onto the serious stuff, first off, kid, I'm proud of you. I talked to Mr. Black. It seems you were staying with him so he didn't get killed. That is bravery if I ever saw it. Second, before you get too cocky, Carla gave explicit instructions to stay off 'that damn blasted leg or I'll skin him alive.' You know she'll hold true to her word."
Raiden gulped, he so did not want to face Carla's wrath. "Where is she now?"
"Helping out in the infirmary, of course, when I brought you in she left whatever she was doing to take care of you."
Flashback
"CARLA!" Gavin yelled as she ran into the infirmary, carrying the unconscious boy.
"Gavin I'm busy, I can't fight now," came Carla's annoyed reply from behind a curtain.
"It's Raiden," was all Gavin had to say before Carla dropped the potion se was holding and ran to her husband.
"What happened?" She asked, checking his vital signs, noting that Raiden was having a hard time breathing and his pulse was weak and fluttering.
"I really have no idea, one minute he was fighting, the next he was being 'protected' from me by one of the wolves. After the man figured out I wasn't going to hurt Raiden, I picked him up and came here."
"Let's take him to our room, it's safer." Carla grabbed some supplies and they disappeared only to reappear back in their room.
Gavin set Raiden down on the bed and let Carla do her thing. He sat down in a chair to wait and the next thing he knew he was being awakened by Carla. An hour had passed.
"He'll be okay. It seems he used a lot of power, so he can't self-heal yet, the longer it takes for him to begin healing, the worse the damage becomes. It could be a few weeks or a few months before he can walk on it again well enough to go back into battle. I can't give him any potions either, as you know how he reacts to them." The couple had found out that Raiden was allergic to potions when he was nine years old and broke his arm in three places. Carla had tried to give him a bone-fixing potion, but it made him violently ill.
Carla sat down on Gavin's lap and sighed, wrapping her arms around his neck. Gavin sighed as well, kissing her head. "I was so worried, seeing him like that, lying there as if dead. He was so pale, Merlin….I thought he was dead."
"It's okay Gavin, he'll be fine." Carla reassured the great warrior, who one thought had no heart was broken on the inside.
"What about next time, what if he isn't all right, what if he's gone forever. What if they are all gone forever, what would we do?"
Carla had never seen Gavin like this before; she merely tightened her grip and said softly, "They are strong love, as we must be. They want to do this as do we. We are family and we share an eternal bond. They know what to do, we love them but we can't always be there. I feel the pain too Gavin, I love them so much. Every time I see one of them go out on a mission my heart tears in two. I worry constantly. They are my babies too."
After a while Carla got up and returned to the infirmary, leaving Gavin to locate the rest of the teens and tell them to return to their rooms.
End Flashback
"You know Mr. Black is very fond of you Raiden. I had a long talk with him. He wants to meet with you if that's all right with you, of course." Gavin said rubbing his tired eyes.
"Gavin, please go to sleep, you don't have to worry about me I'll be fine, I just have to get out of this damn bed, then I'll be better than fine." Raiden gave his surrogate father the puppy eyes and the man laughed. He could never resist the puppy eyes. He conjured a pair of crutches for the boy and left the room to go sleep on the couch, since his bed needed major cleaning. It still had blood on some spots, which they couldn't get out, from Raiden's leg wound.
Raiden groaned as he hefted himself out of the bed and hobbled out of the room on his crutches. He picked up a book on the dark arts and sat down on a couch across from where Gavin was sleeping. Being this close to his 'father' always made Raiden feel secure and safe.
About an hour and 100 pages later, the portrait opened to the one person Raiden wanted to talk to the most, Mr. Sirius Black. He had also brought along someone else who Raiden couldn't place, yet seemed familiar.
"Hey Har…I mean Raiden how are you holding up? You took a pretty bad hit; I didn't think you were going to make it for awhile there." Sirius stuttered slightly over Raiden's name, having been told by Gavin in no uncertain terms what would happen if Sirius called Raiden Harry in public again.
Gavin perked up, being a light sleeper, "Whaaaa oh Raiden, Sirius, and eh….. Another person. Well I'll leave you three to talk; if you need me Rai you know where to find me." Gavin yawned again, and trudged up the stars to the boy's room, where he took over Raiden's bed and was out once his head hit the pillow.
"I'm okay Sirius, a bit sore though. I can't stand the fact that one of those jit bags got the better of me." Raiden growled, while Sirius and the un-named third person in the room laughed.
"Oh I forgot Raiden, this is Remus Lupin, you may remember him as Moony from….before. Anyways, he's also known as Alpha, the leader, I'm Beta, as you know, the second." Sirius explained happily, gesturing to Remus.
"Uh…..Hi Raiden, it's been awhile….Wow that was weak wasn't it?" Remus asked shaking his head in disbelief at how stupid what he just said sounded.
Raiden and Sirius began laughing uncontrollably while Remus stood by glowering.
"So what possessed you two to start up an army?" Raiden asked as he propped his leg up on a pillow.
"Well, after the whole Potter incident, we kind of broke all ties with Dumbledore and everyone from the Pheonix. We knew we had to do our part for the war effort so Remus rounded up some of his werewolf friends and we started the Order of the Wolf. We were a surprising success; we're not dark or light. We're not prejudiced against inhumans or half humans. We accept all that do not support old Lord Moldywarts." Remus said as he and Sirius plopped down on the couch across from Raiden.
"Ya know Raiden….I may be out of line to ask this but…..I was wondering if you were interested in coming with us back to base and helping us train some of out new recruits. They are VERY green. They won't be ready for battle if we don't get moving and Remus and I aren't…well we are extremely busy with organizing the order. So I thought that while you were on well…..injury leave you might like to come with us." Sirius scratched his head; he didn't know how to explain this properly.
"It's like this Raiden, the Potters are on your trail, and they have an idea of who you really are. If you are interested in our offer, you could disappear for however long you need to. No one saw you return from battle, they only saw you injured in the Great Hall from what I gathered. You could be dead to them; it might mean leaving your 'family' but it could be a good idea until you get back in top shape." Remus, being the more verbal communicative of the two explained what Sirius could not, earning a low growl from Sirius from being shown up.
"Well….how close do you think they are?" Raiden asked, he was getting worried, what if this put his 'family' at risk, him being 'alive' and with them, well he couldn't do that. Voldemort was out there, but that wasn't his biggest concern, that went to the Potters and Dumbledore.
"Like as close as tracing you through your ministry records." Remus sighed and shook his head, what a mess.
"I think I may take you up on your offer. I can't let those dick lickers hurt my family. They are all I have left," Seeing the men's hurt expressions, "Well, until now of course. Now I have you two dingleberrys to worry about too. Soon I'll be getting grey hairs from worrying so much. I'm too young to be old." Raiden joked to lighten up the situation, it was especially funny since Remus was so young but he had grey hairs here and there.
Sirius howled and his bark-like laughter rung out over the room. "You are a riot Raiden, I'm glad I'm finally going to get to know you again. There is one more thing though," Sirius paused and took a breath, "I was wondering….since you'd be staying with us and all and since you are my godson. Would you take Black to be a last name….I mean if you needed one or something."
"Wow Siri….I really appreciate that, I consider myself Carla and Gavin's son, but I'm not….well not legally anyway. I'd be honored to take your last name as my own; I've always wanted a last name. Raiden Black, I like the sound of that." Raiden held back tears that were threatening to overcome.
"Hey kiddo, you're a poet and didn't know it!" Gavin said as he stumbled down the stairs.
Everyone in the room groaned at the stupid joke, well except Gavin of course, he thought it was extremely funny until he figured out he was the only person laughing.
"Eh, whatever you people have no sense of humor." Gavin harrumphed and sat down on the sofa next to Raiden, swinging an arm over the teen's shoulders in a protective yet humorous gesture. He had been extremely over-protective of Raiden since nearly losing him and it was starting to get on Raiden's nerves.
"So Gavin, we were just talking and we think I should die, what do you think?" Raiden asked, and by the response he guessed the older man took it wrong.
"What the fuck? You are not killing yourself, you better not or else I'll find a way to bring you back and then kill you myself….." Gavin bellowed, much to the amusement of the three listeners, who now were laughing so hard that tears were flowing from their eyes.
"Holy shit Gavin, a little over dramatic aren't we?" Raiden asked, getting his composure back. "Are you P.M.Sing?"
Gavin growled, shutting everyone except Raiden up.
"Ok so what are you three psychopathic chicken chokers talking about?" Gavin asked, returning to his normal state of Gaviness.
"Well my cover is almost blown, so these two asked if I wanted to help them train their troops, at least until I am fit to return to battle of course, I can't just run off and leave my family to fight can I?" Raiden asked innocently, as Gavin laughed at the simple yet brilliant plan which just unfolded in front of him.
"So that's what you mean about being dead? I like it, these two are alright, just take care of him, or you'll have to deal with the rest of the family and they all fight like Rai here." Gavin stated quite seriously, choking back a laugh at the looks of pure unadulterated horror on the men's faces at the thought.
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