Chapter 13: Unconscious Cave
"Lily," James whispered, running his hands over her face, shoulders and arms, "Lily, can you hear me? Lily, wake up!"
"Oh my god," Peter whispered as the three boys arrived behind James; an unconscious Lily lying on the ground, bleeding, along with an unconscious Tom Riddle.
"What should we do with him James?" Remus asked, concerned.
"Stupefy him. Tie him up. I don't care, just make sure he doesn't move or leave," he scoffed, anger brewing.
"Remus!" a scream echoed from the woods. Sirius and Peter ran over to find a cute and bleeding Alice helping a limping Natalie.
"Are you girls all right?" Sirius rushed over and lifted Natalie, "Why don't we sit down and rest till we know what's going on ok?"
"She's not waking up Remus," James yelled, getting antsy.
"And you thought you could get away," both boys froze, "Get up."
James hesitated watching for any change in Lily, "I said get up." A wand poked hard into his back pulling him straight up.
"Tom," Remus addressed coldly.
"Gentlemen, I'm so glad we could meet again. Except this time, you will not escape and the girl is coming with me,"
"You will die before you touch her," James threatened, tensing.
"How romantic!" his laughed boomed around them, "But I'm sorry to say it's over so soon."
"Shh!" Sirius silences the girls and Peter, "Stay here, don't move, and be quiet."
Peeking over a rock, Tom Riddle stands defiantly, head bleeding, wand pointed at James' heart.
"We have to do something," Sirius whispered, "He doesn't know we're here and Prongs and Moony can't do anything with him watching them."
Great, James thought, the end of my life and Lily will wake up and I will be dead.
Silence engulfs them as James and Remus wait for Riddle do something. He just smirks, his wand aimed at James' chest, then laughs, feeling triumphant.
"Stupefy!" the voices come from somewhere behind them and hit Riddle squarely in the chest sending him flying backwards.
"Thanks guys," Remus breathes as the other two come up.
"What should we do now?" Peter asks, visibly scared. They all turn to James.
"Natalie and Alice take Lily and her broom and fly away from here. I don't care where you go, just make sure your hidden. When we are done here, we'll get in contact when everything's safe here. She hasn't woken up yet, I don't know if she'll be alright…"
"James," Natalie soothes cutting him off, "She will be fine, I know it. This is Lily we're talking about, she's a fighter, remember?"
"Yeah," he sighed.
"We will take care of her till you get there," she squeezed his arm and smiled, "Just concentrate on getting back to us alive, ok?"
"Will do," Sirius winked.
"Potter!" The death eaters had returned, Lucius Malfoy leading them.
"Go, now!" Alice grabbed Lily and the three girls jumped on the broom zooming away.
"Where would be a safe spot to land?" Alice yelled over the roar of the wind.
"What about over there?" Natalie pointed, a rock pile surrounded by trees but barely visible.
The broom glided down landing softly. A secluded forest surrounded the rocks but as they walked around a small cave was revealed.
"Quick, inside!"
"Lily," Alice whispered, laying her down, "Lily, can you here me?" Her friend's brow was sweaty and her skin was clammy but she was breathing calmly and had a steady pulse.
"I think she's ok," Alice announced, "I'm not quite sure though since she can't tell me. Wait." She grimaced, blood staining her finger tips red, "Give me a shirt, towel, anything!"
"Malfoy," Sirius spit his name out like poison, "What kind of filth brings you here?"
"I see you have overtaken our master," he smirked, "but not for long my school chums."
"Avada Kedavra!" one shouted, breaking apart the four boys. Full out battle ensued, dodging spells behind trees and trying to stay alive.
"Hello potter," Lucius jumped out, grabbing James' throat and pushing him against a tree, "Where'd she go?"
"I'll never tell you," he coughed.
"This isn't my vision of you death, so I'm going to be a little sympathetic…sad I know. But you're the only one who knows where Evans is and that information is very valuable to you and your friend's survival." He pulled back his wand a grin spreading on his face.
"Prongs!" Sirius rams into Lucius, knocking him down and punching him hard in the face and the gut.
"Are you all right?" Remus asked running up with Peter.
"We're fine," Sirius assured, tying Malfoy to a tree.
"What the plan now, boys?" Remus asks.
"We need to contact the girls, find out where they are and go there. Then let's contact Dumbledore and update him."
"Good plan, but how?" Remus pulls out a section of a mirror.
"Alice?" her face suddenly appears on the clear glassy surface.
"Remus! Oh thank goodness you're alright! How's everyone else? Are you hurt?"
"Calm down, we're all fine. But we need to know where you are."
"We landed a couple miles away in a forest. We're in a cave now."
"Alice, how's Lily? Is she awake? Is she ok?" James grabbed the mirror.
"She's resting. She hasn't woken up yet, I'll let you see her for yourself when you get here."
"Here they come!" Alice shouted back to Natalie in the cave.
James jumped off his broom before it even landed, "This way," Alice motioned.
Running inside the dim cave, he waited for his eyes to adjust to the damp, cold darkness. And then he saw her, lying on the floor breathing quietly, red hair strewn around her soft pale face.
"How is she and what did you find?"
"She has a steady pulse and is breathing well too. But when I checked her over, she had plenty of cuts and a good size one on her forehead and back of her head that was still bleeding when I found it. She's lost a good amount of blood and that's why I think she hasn't woken up yet."
James lifted her up and laid her head on his lap smoothing out her hair. She's so fragile, he thought utterly stunned, it just seems impossible that my strong fighter Lily can look like this.
It pained him to watch her lye there motionless and helpless in his arms. But it comforted him to know she was alive and breathing there as well.
Hopefully we'll be able to contact Dumbledore before the night is over… he thought worried if she would even live through the night.
A/N: So sorry this has taken so long! I feel so bad! But, yet again I'm a senior in high school and incredibly busy! Hope you like it a lot and I'm already working on the next part!