Chapter 9 part 1-Find the Clues
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Louis hates his job with a passion, hates his fat ass of a boss who thinks that everyone are useless. He hates his workers who writes hate mail and sticks it to his locker. He hates himself for staying at his work. He works for the ministry of magic under the justice department and no one likes him. He walks into his office with disgust as he sees the piles of folders on his desk. The folders which hold the most dreadful of criminals that brings only suffering for anyone who meets them. Sucking on a lollipop he opens the first one without interest and read about a possible serial killer loose in Europe. It is his job to determine if these awful criminals can pose a threat for the civilians of Dragons Alley or not. He flips the first folder open without caring, honestly he wishes that a criminal will come inside Dragon's Alley and just kill everyone inside.
'Richard Fargo, 42, height 6'2, 242. Crime: Breaking into a family house at about 11pm, killed the two parents with a hatchet before raping the two girls. He later killed the two girls too. He escaped from Ireland Prison last week. He is not a threat to Dragon's Alley he is probably still in Ireland.'
He sighs as he puts the file in the no threat pile before picking up another one. 'Daniel Johns, age: 33, height: 6'1, 179 pounds. Crime: holding up a bank in London. He escaped before the police can get there. He is extremely dangerous. Crime happened only a day ago.' Louis looked closely at the criminal as he tried the best he can to determine if he is dangerous or not. 'The criminal is in London after all and some of the wizards and witches live in London.' After careful consideration he puts the file in possible threat pile and watches as the file disappears only to reappear in his boss's desk. His boss Mr. House looks at him for a minute before looking at the new folder in his desk.
He picks up the third one and looked carefully at the name and he freezes. He opens the file with shaky hands, "Lee Jordan, you fucking dumbass." He whispers below his breath as he opens the file looking at the pictures of Lee, pictures of George, and the crime said: highly dangerous, kidnapped and probably killed a George Weasley six months ago. Louis rolls his eyes, every month this folder shows up again. He probably has Arthur to thanks for the folder. Ever since his son's disappearance he has been out to get Lee but he is not going to let that happen. Looking around him sneakily he opens his briefcase on the floor. As he opens the briefcase the zipper made a large zipping noise and Louis straightens up and looks around. His coworkers are looking at their pile of files, Mr. House is writing something at his desk. No one is paying attention to him. With a sigh of relief he takes the folder intending to slide the folder in his briefcase when a hand stops him. Looking up with his heart pounding, expecting it to be his boss he is surprised to see it is Arthur. Arthur takes the folder from his hands and looks at the name his anger raising.
"What did you think you are doing with this folder?" Arthur hisses shoving the folder into Louis's face.
"Nothing, I was planning to do nothing." Louis answers with emotions evident in his voice.
"Arthur what are you doing here? This is not your department." A squeaky voice yelled causing both Arthur and Louis to jump. There right in front of them was Louis's department head.
"Mr. House…" Arthur started but was immediately quieted by Mr. House.
"Once again Arthur I find you at my department and once again I have to ask you do you work in this department?" Mr. House asked as he pushed his round glasses up on his nose, his fat belly so large that it hangs over Louis's desk.
"Mr. House let me explain…"
"Don't start with me Weasley. This is the twentieth time I have caught you sneaking into my department and harassing one of my employees and I am really getting upset. I have tried to be patient with you Weasley, with your son's disappearance and all…"
"It wasn't a disappearance, it was a kidnapping." Arthur butted in glaring at Mr. House with disrespect.
"You can call it kidnapping I can call it running away what difference does it make?" Mr. House said without care, he doesn't care about Arthur or his family; it is not his job to give a damn.
"I beg your pardon but it was a kidnapping. His friend Lee kidnapped him, get the story right sir." Arthur snaps at House.
"Go back to your department sir this doesn't concern you." Mr. House said before looking at the vanilla envelope in Arthur's hands. Taking the envelope from Arthur he looks at the name and frowns before looking at Arthur.
"Arthur you are not supposed to touch anything in this room, I'm supposed to turn you but since you suffered a loss and I am truly sorry for it I will not write you up as long as you return to your department right now."
"I won't leave until Lee is put on your list."
"Only if my department finds Lee to be deserving of my list."
"Please put Lee on your list, it could be the only way I find my son; please I'm begging you not as a ministry worker but as a father." Mr. House rolled his eyes as a show of indifference but as a father himself he knows how Arthur must be feeling. If it was one of his kids he would do anything he can to find them but what are the changes of Arthur's kid still being alive after four months?
"Do you think your son can still be alive?" He asked looking at the envelope in his hands.
"I don't know but alive or dead I want him back." Arthur replies his face pushed into one of anguish showing how miserable he really is.
"Please, even if he is dead I can't rest until I see his body. You can understand right, until I see him I can't say if he is alive or dead so as far as I know he is just gone. I don't want to go though my whole life with my son just gone I need to find him. I'm begging you to help me find my son's killer." Arthur pleaded nearly dropping on his knees in the middle of the floor, Mr. House's satin robes in his hands.
Mr. House sighs as he looks around at all his workers who are staring at the poor sight of Mr. Weasley nearly crying in their department. With a groan Mr. House finally said, "Fine I will put Lee on the list."
"Mr. House you cant," Louis screams as he stands up from his desk glaring at Mr. House, "this list is for killers. This list is for the people who kill not for mere kidnapping. I mean how do we know that George didn't want to go with him in the first place. I mean the witnesses may have misread the scene thinking that George didn't want to go when he did. And if you put Lee's picture up there he may see it and decide to kill and get rid of George's body."
"He didn't go with that bastard by choice." Arthur hisses back making Louis groan. If someone would have told him six months ago that Arthur can act so cruelly he would have laughed, Arthur always seems like the type of guy who avoids negatively at all cost. Now he seems like a person who is itching for a fight, waiting to seek revenge on the person who dared hurt his baby. And even though Louis is slightly afraid of him he can't back down on this, not when it concerns Lee.
"I can't let you do this to Lee; he is not a bad person. He is just sick right no but he is not bad, definitely not bad enough to be put on this list." Louis yells as his boss getting attention of the rest of his coworkers.
"He's not a bad person? Someone who lures someone somewhere and then kidnaps them is not a bad person? That snot nosed loser played on my son's emotions, he tricked my son into going to the Shrieking Shack that day, and then he kidnapped him. He may still be holding my son hostage or he might have already killed him. You tell me that Lee is a good person, you can go ahead and make excuses for him, but you can't hide the truth. Lee is a criminal, one that should be locked away, one who should be shot dead the minute anyone finds him."
"Fuck you Arthur." Louis screams as he tries to punch Arthur who just smiled before trying to punch him back but both were stopped when Mr. House stepped in between them.
"Weasley, Jordan, stop this now. Louis go home, I'm dismissing you. Weasley since you are not at my department I cannot dismiss you but I want you to know if I catch you in here again I will make sure that you are fired."
"Yes sir." Mr. Weasley replied rudely.
"Jordan?"
"Yes sir." Louis nearly whispered as he glared at Arthur.
"Good, then both of you get out of here." Mr. House told them before walking back to his desk, holding the vanilla envelope in his hands. Arthur smiled as he watched Mr. House writing Lee down on the list, Louis paled.
As soon as they got far enough from any department Louis punches Arthur sending the older guy into the wall. Arthur growled at the darker man as he stands back up slowly.
"What the fuck man, now Lee is on that fucking top wanted list." Louis screams at Arthur as he tried to jump Arthur. Arthur just rolled his eyes as he watched the younger guy.
"Lee deserves to be on the fucking list." Arthur yells back as he puts his fist up.
"Damn your fucking son Arthur. If he wouldn't have come on to Lee then none of this would have happened. If your son hadn't been such a tease than Lee wouldn't have done hat he did."
"Are you talking about my son here? Are you telling me that my son led Lee on? You got to be out of your mind. George is straight; George would never flirt with a guy."
"That is not what Lee said." Louis hissed back at Arthur as he smiles. 'You don't even know that he is a whore do you? You have no idea that your precious little boy is a tease. He is Arthur and he got what he deserved.'
"Lee's an asshole; he probably doesn't even know what flirting is."
"Don't insult Lee."
"Don't insult my son."
"Fuck your son. I hope he killed him because your son doesn't deserve to live, it if isn't for your slut of a son…" Arthur slammed Louis into the wall before Louis can finish his sentence his eyes nearly red as he looks into Louis's chocolate eyes.
"Never say that to me again. If he is dead I swear to god I am going to find Lee and rip his fucking head off. No one touches any of my children." Arthur screams at Louis getting his face close to Louis so Louis can smell the decaying of food in Arthur's mouth.
"Get the fuck off me old man." Louis says before spitting in Arthur's face. As a reply Arthur slams Louis into the wall harshly as he leans in close once again.
"I know you know where he is keeping my son. Tell me where Louis, tell me where my baby is." Arthur says harshly but Louis can hear the underline of pain and guilt.
"I already told you Arthur I don't fucking know. He hasn't talked to me since your son disappeared."
"He was fucking kidnapped." Arthur yelled again as he struggled against the will to choke Louis.
"I don't know but if I did I would never tell you." Louis whispered as a answer as he watched Arthur become madder.
"Listen I just want my son back, please?" Arthur tried as he released Louis and stared at him wishing that the younger guy will surrender anything he knows.
"And I'm just tying to protect Lee." Louis screams back, he feels awful for George he really does but he isn't going to give Lee up. He would sacrifice George's life so Lee will be safe. He pushed Arthur off of him and starts to walk wanting to just collapse on his couch in his apartment and drown the memory of Arthur and the rest of the fucking assholes he works with out. Honestly he can't stand them at all, he hates them all, he wishes for all of them to die.
Arthur watches as he leaves his eyes full with tears as he fails to come up with a reply. Letting Louis go Arthur screams and in frustration crumples a flying note before kicking over a trashcan. "It's not fair. Give me back my son." Arthur screams at the walking man as he falls to the floor feeling dizzy with despair, "it's not fair."
Louis looks back at the crumpled figure before whispering so softy that no one but him can hear it, "you right it's not fair. But I can't help you."
When Louis finally gets home he flops down on his comfy couch lazily. After that dreadful day at work he needs the comfort. He still can't believe that Arthur got him sent home, it isn't fair. Arthur gets to still be at work and here he is missing half a day of work and he is already not making enough to support his girlfriend and him. Talking about his girlfriend he hears the unlocking of the door and he stands up as his girlfriend opens the door. His girlfriend is a pretty little thing, fair skin free of pimples, baby blue eyes so blue that you can get lost in them. She also has a cute little body for being 4'8. The minute she sees him she frowns and almost let the two bags of grocery slips though her fingers. Louis rushes over and takes the bags from her and puts it on the kitchen counter.
"Why are you home already" Kelly asked, her bushy blond hair falling messily out of her bun making her look even younger. Louis looks down at the ground for a minute.
"That fucking Weasley got me sent home."
"Again this is the eighth time this month."
"I fucking really hate that man." Louis admitted angrily as he squeezed his soda can in his hands and smiling at the brow liquid falling out of the can. He wishes that the can was Arthur.
"I feel bad for him, I can't imagine if one of my kids gets kidnapped." Kelly truthfully replies as she tries to feel how Arthur must be feeling. It must feel awful to know that you cannot help your child, he must be feeling useless.
"He just disappeared Kelly, he didn't get kidnapped. He just disappeared." Louis corrected making Kelly roll her eyes. She wants to correct him but she doesn't see the point in it. He will never admit that Lee kidnapped that man.
"It doesn't matter anyways, Lee is in serious trouble. Arthur caught me trying to put the folder in my suitcase. He made my boss put his name on the most wanted list." Louis says as he takes off his shoes trying to get more comfortable.
"Good." Kelly replies as she throws the shoes back on Louis.
"Good, why is it good? It can ruin his life."
"That is what he gets for kidnapping someone."
"You believe that slut's friends?" He accused as he glared at his girlfriend who just shrugged.
"Baby, you have to stop this denial thing. Lee kidnapped George; he has been holding him hostage for four months. Louis please give Lee up before he kills George."
"No, never." Louis replied as he turned away from his girlfriend who just sighed in defeat before standing up. She runs her long fingernails though his hair as she bends down near his ear and whispers, "it is not your fault honey. Lee has always been slightly out of his mind. You did the best you can with Lee."
"If I did the best I could Lee wouldn't be like he is and George would be fine. If I tried harder with Lee, if I protected him better, if I stopped…"
"Honey stop it. Look at me Lee you did nothing wrong. I know how much Lee means to you and that is why I am begging you to turn him in. It is the only way you can protect Lee." Kelly said rubbing her nose against his nose as her breaths tickle his lips. He sighs as he looks up at Kelly and cant help but wonder why she stays with him. She deserves so much better than him.
"I cant."
"Well, you have until dinner to change your mind." Kelly says softy as she starts putting the groceries away.
"Why dinner?"
"We are going out." Kelly answers carefully, she wants to say 'we are meeting George's friends so we can force the information out of you,' but she doesnt.
"Honey who are we meeting?" Louis asked again sitting up and staring at his girlfriend. She doesn't answer instead she just quietly puts away some meat and milk.
"Who are we meeting?" He asked again but she can't answer. How can she tell him that she has been spying on him for the last month trying to figure out where George is? How can she tell him that she has been giving information to Hermione? How can she tell him that she hates Lee? All she can do is finish putting the groceries away and pray that her plan will work.
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Ron and Harry are both sitting on the floor with a spell book in front of them while Hermione watches the television. Fred too is watching television after spending the last two hours looking though spell books finding nothing useful. He feels a twitch of guilt while he watches television, he knows he should still be out looking, but he is already so tired. He is so tired that he can barely keep his eyes open, blinking away the sleepy line of tears he yawns.
"Will it be okay if I go into your room and sleep?" He asked Hermione who nodded without looking at him, her face drawn to the TV.
"Go ahead but you can only sleep for a couple of hours." Hermione said making all three men stare at her in shock.
"What? Why?" Ron asked with interest.
"We are going to meet some friends for dinner."
"Who? It is not going to be mom and dad again right? Last time all mom did was cry and all dad did was whisper some form of revenge on Lee." Ron said with fear. He couldn't take another dinner with his parents, he swears he will kill himself if he has to, but he can't stand the sight of his parents breaking down.
"It's a surprise," Hermione answered before looking back at Fred, "have a good nap Fred" He thanked her and went into the bedroom and immediately jumped on the bed. He tries at first to go to sleep resting his head on pillows as he pulls the blankets over him but he can't. Every time he closed his eyes he will see George. He couldn't help but feel pathetic, how dare he worry about his needs when his brother needed him. He just feels so tarnished. What is worse, he can't get prison out of his mind; it has been George and prison in his mind all day. He can remember being in prison having to fight so he wouldn't become someone's bitch. The only way he can do that is by sacrificing Draco; letting the prison inmates rape Draco so he would never be touched. And he felt awful about doing that. Even now he feels dirty all over, he still feels like he sold his soul to the devil. He felt awful when Draco would cry at night, crying for his parents, because that was all he had. He felt awful when six prison inmates cornered Draco, and all he did was just look away. The only time he tried to save Draco was when someone tried to kill him, he stepped in then and brought Draco back into the cell and they stayed there all night with the bars protecting broth of them from the hungry inmates. He remembered feeling like he was a wounded cow surrounded by lions and somehow they are going to find their way into the cell. The inmates said that come tomorrow they both were toast. Come tomorrow the ministry got both of them out before the inmates could even touch them.
He feels awful because he went though so much for nothing, George still ended up hurt. Fred feels awful that every night during the mission he wished that he would have stayed home. And he hates himself for knowing that George probably isn't strong enough to deal with the prison, or the deatheaters, he knows that George would've probably died during that mission. And he hates himself for wishing that George did go on that mission, so at least he would know that his suffering is over. He can't tell if George is alive or dead, he doesn't feel anything that connects him to George expect for that one day that he rocked. And ever since then, late at night or when no one is around he rocks trying to get the connection back but it never comes back He has no idea what that means but he misses it. And he can't understand, every story he read about twins they have this amazing ability to feel each other. He stills remembers a story where a robber was shot and his twin brother felt pain in the exact place that his brother was shot. That is not how he feels at all; he feels nothing that connects him to George. Are they not close enough? Is the twin connection thing all bogus? Maybe George is already dead and that is why he doesn't feel anything.
He sighs as he rolls over on his side. He closes his eyes again as he tries to sleep. Somehow he manages to fall asleep but his sleep was haunted by nightmares of prison. And if seeing Draco raped isn't bad enough he finds that his sister is too in prison only she was the one raping Draco.
"Fred look in Lee's diary. The place is in the diary. It is a picture of a factory, please Fred hurry time is running out." Someone whispers in Fred's ear and Fred jumps up and looks around trying to locate anyone. There is no one there. He pauses a minute before realizing what was said. The diary, Lee's diary? Suddenly he is running back to the living room.
"Where is Lee's diary?" He screams as he opens Hermione's filing cabinet tearing out folders.
"Fred, what are you doing? Stop Fred this is my stuff." Hermione screams as she bends down to pick up the folders.
"Where is his diary?"
"He doesn't have a diary, he has a drawing book."
"Where is that?" Fred screams again and Hermione runs off somewhere and returns with the drawing book. Fred flipped though the pages feeling Goosebumps on his arms as he read the hateful, sexual or disturbing messages that Lee had on each page. It is even creepier that he doesn't just mention George but also Hermione, Ron, Harry, and him. He finds those interesting and book marks them to read later he was almost to the end when he saw a drawing of an old factory with the words, "IWBG'SG," written in huge red letters. Fred stares at the picture almost intrigued. There is something funny about that factory. It looked hand drawn, the factory was huge, almost three stories tall, with a giant window in the front in the shape of a circle. The door was large too, made of rocks and cement and looked very heavy. There was a railroad track next to the factory although it looks hardly used. There was wheat all around too, thick heavy wheat that makes the factory look like it hasn't been used in years. For some strange reason he can almost sense George though the drawing, as if somewhere deep inside he knows George is at this factory. There are words too, only about ten of them.
"And the cruel hands of life slipped past him, who knows what tomb he crawled into, time ran out and he grasped for life, the tomb where he lay will soon be glued shut." He didn't know he spoke the words out loud until he heard Ron speak, "what?"
"That is what was written on this page." He answers as all three stopped what they are doing and walked over to Fred and leaned over his shoulders to look at the page.
"What is this painting of?" Fred asked them. The voice from earlier running over in his mind, the factory, George is at this factory?
"I have seen this factory before." Hermione stuttered, standing up and running to her dresser pulling out a box.
"What are those?" Fred asked still staring at the hand drawn factory. He looked closely at the factory wondering why only one window was lit up. Is that important? Could that be a clue?
"It is a box of pictures, pictures of Lee's childhood. I stole it from his house." She replies without embarrassment and she flipped though the pictures until she found the picture she is looking for and putting it aside and then got another ten before throwing the rest back in the box and running back holding the eleven pictures.
"Look, doesn't this look familiar." She asked showing Fred the picture. The factory was red and had the circle window and the thick heavy doors; there was a train in this picture. He saw Lee, a very young Lee, and beside him in a factory uniform was probably his father, who looked exhausted and annoyed. He put down the picture and picked up another which has Lee walking on the railroad and he can see a lake or a stream about one acre away from factory. Lee had on little shorts, too short for a boy, and a really baggy shirt. He doesn't know why that matters but somewhere deep down he knows it does. He grabs the next one, this time Lee is inside the factory, in an office sitting on one of those spinning chairs, the office looked packed with boxes, green with mildew and algae. Again Lee was wearing odd clothing, this time too baggy of pants, and a tank top which was covered with dust and dirt. Again somehow these seem like important facts that he should remember, like it will be important in the near future somehow.
"Don't you see, this may be the place Lee could've taken him!" Hermione yelled grabbing the pictures and putting it inside her purse.
"Come on we have to go to dinner."
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Kelly smiled at Louis as she sits down at a large table. She gestures for him to sit down as well but he is hesitant. Kelly rolled her eyes as she stood up and with one hand pushed him into his seat before sitting down again as she started talking about her day as she tried to calm him down. Kelly is of course cool and collected but Louis didn't look comfortable at all, in fact he keeps looking around stopping when he sees a woman, with large brown hair, and was tiny and he very beautiful.
"Kelly lets go to another restaurant." Louis asked caustically still looking at the young lady who was gleaming at him. Katie looked over at the lady and then back at Louis.
"Who is that lady?"
"She moved here yesterday and came into my work to get a coat. Instead she just flirted with me for three hours."
"Did you flirt back?" Kelly asked feeling a little hurt.
"Babe, I have you, why would I want anyone else. Anyways that would be disgusting." Louis nearly whispers, his face looking even darker than regular.
"Why?"
"She is desperate, desperate for approval, desperate for forgiveness."
"You know her?"
"We went out when we were in Hogwarts, it seems like such a long time ago but yet she doesn't look a day older."
"How did it end?"
"She dumped me for my best friend." He said lazily as he continued to watch her flirt with men, a whore looking for her next sucker.
"Yesterday she kept apologizing to me and asking me to take her back." He added with a smile as he remembers the tears running down her face and her words dipped in desperation, "I'm sorry Louis. I need you; I can't do this by myself anymore. What should I do?"
"And you said?" Kelly asked back flinging her long blond hair away from her face and looking at her boyfriend nervously. For a while she got a feeling that he has been cheating on her. For the last three months she always caught him on the phone with someone and the minute he sees her he would slam the phone shut. She tries to think that he isn't cheating on her that maybe he is planning something for the two of them to do together. She just wished she knows for certain that he isn't cheating on her.
"I turned her down. Kelly, I am with you now and I love you so much."
"Do you still have feelings for her?" She asked and looked into his face trying to see his expression, he just has a dorky love expression on his face, but who is the expression really for?
"No, not at all." He said as he kissed her again and she smiled with relief. Not long after Kelly's friends came in and he immediately paled and darted his eyes to the brown-haired girl who was following the group with interest.
"Hello, Kelly." Hermione offered as Kelly got up and hugged her. Fred, Ron, and Harry just stared at Louis with hate making him slide down in his chair as he tried to hide himself. Harry, Fred, and Ron didn't move at all. They just stared down at the older boy with a black hole of hate.
"Boys sit down." Hermione ordered and slowly one by one the boys sits down but all are still staring at Louis who is getting more and more panicky with every minute. What is worse for poor Louis is that Fred is the one sitting across from him and from the look on Fred's face he knows this is not going to go well. Shit, first Arthur and now them. Who is next the whole Weasley family? God damn when is he going to catch a break?
"I'm happy you all came; I thought at first that you guys are not going to show up." Kelly said shyly. She looks around the table. Hermione is sitting on her chair nervously, crumbling a napkin. The three boys are still staring at Louis with hate and Louis is beginning to look with jell-o.
"How have you been?" Hermione said politely as she tries to break the ice.
"Wonderful." Kelly responded looking between the boys before giving Hermione a nervous laugh.
"Yeah…" Hermione begins without knowing what she is going to say, she just hates awkward silence but Ron soon cuts her off.
"You asshole." Ron spits out standing up again his eyes glued to Louis. Hermione lowered her head, here it goes. Ron is the first bomb to go off and now the others will go off one by one.
"Yeah how dare you show your face." Fred growls as he stands up taking out his wand. Harry finally stood up too.
"Ron sit down, Harry, Fred." Hermione ordered looking at Kelly for help.
"I will not have dinner with the brother of a monster." Fred yelled interrupting the other diners in the restaurant and making Hermione blush with embarrassment.
"Exactly he is not a monster but the brother of one. He is a good guy." Hermione whispered to the guys.
"No we are leaving." Ron spits out as Fred, Harry, and he starts for the door.
"Wait, he can help us." Hermione said loudly making all three turn back to her.
"How?"
"Who knows someone better then their own brother?"
"The police has already talked to him, what new information can he give us?" Ron hissed his hands into so tight of fists that blood is dripping. No one noticed the brown haired girl coming closer to the table, her hair in two pigtails, her lips rosy, wearing a long dress.
"We have the pictures guys, we have the drawing book." Hermione responds and Louis's eyes went wide as he stared at them. Hermione used this time to take the photographs and the picture book from her backpack and puts them on the table. Louis looked horrified at the picture before he sees from the corner of his eyes brown haired woman coming closer.
"Here please look at this drawing?" Hermione begs and Louis looked at her face and reluctantly nodded. With the young woman in sight he lowered his eyes to the drawing book. He sees the factory of his nightmares.
Flashback
"What the fuck are you doing with my kids? They are turning out like pansies." His father screamed at their mother, grabbing her hand and keeping her still before smacking her across her head making her scream in pain. Louis had grabbed Lee and hid them beneath the counter as they watched as their mom hit the floor harshly. Their dog Lassy us barking and trying to stop the violence.
"Where are the kids?" He yelled at their mother who immediately looked over at the counter. Louis could remember feeling angry at their mother for not being stronger, for giving them away. The counter door suddenly opened and his father grabbed Lee out before he even had a chance. Then he was being dragged next, his father dragging them to their car, forcing them in the backseat. Lassy was still biting their father and growling and with one kick sent her flying backwards. Their dog hit the wall with a squeal. Then their dad kidnapped their neighbor's dog who kept him up all night. His father drove them to this factory and made them watch as he killed the neighbors dog, put it though the grinder and selling it as beef.
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"Yeah I know of this place." In every nightmare he has ever had it included this factory. How many dogs and cats had he lost when he was a child do to this factory? He looked at the drawing, at the red letters spread throughout the picture; he frowned as his lip trembled as he reread the riddle and the letters.
"He wouldn't have…" He started but failed as he reread the page and then turned to the next page and the next, his face paling with every page until finally he stopped, putting it back on the first page and pointed to it in shock.
"We wonder if you can take us there." Hermione asked pointing to the picture too. Louis sighed, he feels sorry for him but he can't give his brother up. This is his younger brother; he made a promise to Lee that he will always take care of him. He doesn't break promises.
"Why?" He asked hesitantly.
"We think that is where he is keeping George."
"Oh my god Louis." A female voice said and in an eager attempt to hide everything Louis grabs the drawing book and the pictures and stuffs it back in Hermione's backpack making everyone stare at him in confusion.
"Excuse me but I need to have a private conversation with Amy." Louis said standing up and grabbing her hand before she even can come up to the table.
"Amy? Her name is Vanessa." Fred replies and Louis looked at Amy/Vanessa with annoyance.
"Changed your name again?" He spits as he drags her away from the table before anyone can ask anymore questions. He dragged her outside and then into a small alley. He slammed her into the wall without caring that the rust of the walls dirtied her hair.
"How dare you come here?"
"Why? Can't stand it that you are with Kelly and not with me?"
"Shut up, stop joking around. Why did you come here Lee?"
"I had to make sure that you didn't talk. I know they showed you something what is it?"
"Your drawing book, your disgusting drawing book. I can't believe that you turned out to be such a waste of human life."
"Brother, I can't help how I was raised." Lee said in a mocking voice before laughing at the disgust on his brother's face.
"I haven't kidnapped anyone have I?"
"Yeah but you are a pansy." Lee replied as he lit up a cigarette.
"You are just like our father." Louis spits.
"At least one of us turned out right." Lee bragged.
"I should just call the cops now." Louis hisses taking out his wand.
"You will let your little brother be taken to jail? Scary men can do stuff to me, you wouldn't want that to happen, right?"
"Then you will know what George feels like?" Louis grunted out, glaring at his little brother with both hate and love. Lee just shrugs his shoulders.
"Fine but if I get arrested I will not tell anyone where George is."
"Oh go fuck yourself."
"Why should I fuck myself when I have someone I can fuck?" Lee said with a pleasurable smile.
"Let him go." Louis demands as he chooses to ignore his brother's last statement. His brother is not a rapist after all.
"No."
"God damn it why?"
"I must kill him first."
"Bastard." Louis yells as he shoves Lee back against the wall.
"Don't worry he doesn't have long. He is almost dead now." The younger of the two brothers said, with no emotion in his voice at all.
"Lee please just give him up. Please, if he dies you might be in prison for life, maybe even get executed. But give him up now we might be able to lower your sentence."
"He will die and I will never tell where he is."
"I know where he is." Louis said to Lee expecting Lee to freak out. Instead Lee just smiled again, always staying calm and collected.
"I knew you would figure it out eventually. Unfortunately it is too late. Even if you do end up finding him the chances of him living is slim."
"What have you done to him?" Louis asked with disgust his eyes wide with all the terrible possibilities.
"It's for you to find out." Lee says before laughing before turning around, "but since you know where he is then I should move him. Make it more interesting. Think about it we can play a little cat and mouse game. It can be really fun."
"Lee god damn it. I love you and I never want to hurt you. As your brother I can't turn you in," Louis replies to Lee who turned to him in interest, "but I am not going to let that kid die."
"Stupefy." Louis screams as he watches as his brother become frozen and falls to the ground right on some broken glass.
"I love you Lee but I am done sticking up for you." Louis says again. He didn't notice Kelly standing behind him until she touched his back as they both stare down at Lee.
"This is Lee?" Kelly asked.
"Yeah." Louis said tears in his eyes.
"So you didn't go out with this girl." She asked little a little hesitance.
"Nope." Louis answered looking at his girlfriend with a look of annoyance.
"What you going to do with him?" She asked again hoping that he will call the cops.
"I'm not sure." He answers as he thinks about what he can do.
"I'm sorry honey."
"Tell the rest that I will take them to the factory." Louis said to his girlfriend as he picks up the female Lee.
"What you going to do with him?"
"Lock him in our shed."
"Why not call the cops."
"Because he is my brother."
"He kidnapped his friend."
"I know okay but he is my brother. I won't let him get hurt. Just please don't tell anyone that I have Lee. Please?" Louis begged his girlfriend who finally just nodded and turned away.
"Tell them that I will meet them in thirty minutes."
"Where?"
"Here, at the restaurant. Go ahead and eat, tell everyone to eat as much as they want. I will pay for everyone when I get back."
"Wait." Kelly begged but Louis just shook his head and ran off with the girl over his head. If anyone asked he simply told them that it was his girlfriend and she drank too much. Once he got home he quickly walked into his backyard which was green and nice with little flowers everywhere to his barn-colored shed.
He throws Lee in the middle of the shed watching as the body disrupted at least thirty cobwebs and landed in a pile of dust. He quickly pulled his wand out again and yelled "Ennvervate." He watches as Lee slowly wakes up, his eyes unfocused for a minute before landing on his brother.
"Where am I?" Lee asked lazily.
"You are in my shed." Louis answered strictly still feeling disgusted at the sight of his brother.
"Why?"
"To show you how it feels to be locked up for two months." Louis hisses grabbing Lee's wand before Lee can even use it.
"You fucking brat." Lee hissed rushing to get his wand back but Louis just whispered, "Locomotor Mortis," and Lee fall to the floor hard as he tries to move his legs.
"Goodbye brother." Louis said before shutting the shed door and putting a lock on it. He stood by the door for a couple of minutes as he listens as his brother banging on the floor. It sounded so pathetic that Louis wanted to open the door again, his childhood instincts told him to open the door, to save Lee from their drunken dad but Louis knows that they are both adults now. He also knows that it is Lee who Lee needs saving from now.
"I'm sorry Lee, I'm sorry I let you down." Louis whispered again, feeling hot sweaty tears running down his face, the first time in ten years. And he can still hear Lee banging to get out, begging him to let him out, and all he can do is lean against the door and cry. Finally he screamed "silenco," and he couldn't hear Lee anymore.
Looking at his watch he pushes himself away from the door looking back from time to time as he tried to force his mind away from the fact that he locked his own brother in a shed. He locked his younger brother who he has always loved, always protected, in a shed where there can be black widows and brown recluse spiders. At the same token he knows it was the only way possible to get George out of the factory. Still he wants to open the door for his brother and literary had to drag himself away as he thinks of the fastest way to the factory, the origin of his nightmares, the origin of his brother's fucked up life.
A cold gust of wind comes sweeping past him and he found himself stuffing his gloved hands into his coat's pocket for extra warmth. He always hated winter, hated the snow, hates the temperature, he even hated Christmas. Nothing good ever came during the winter time, only misery and death. Worse it is during winter that he thinks about his dad. The way he always had a drink in his hand, the way his beard always had traces of food stuck in it so if he walks past you there will be the odor of decaying matter. There will be times where his father will be so drunk that he would piss himself, so the whole day he smells like decaying matter, piss, sometimes feces. His father only worked during summer so during the winter months he became bitter, abusive, and homicidal.
Louis is frightened that Lee is turning out like their father. Wait he is worse then their father. Dad would have never kidnapped anybody, never keep them alive for more than a day. Louis lowers his head in shame; he honestly thought Lee was going up okay. He seemed happy after he got accepted into Hogwarts, never mentioned dad, hell he even had plans on being a doctor. Now there is no chance of that. The little boy who was always playing doctor with him, the little boy who learned everything there was about being a doctor, is only going to have prison to look forward to.
He keeps walking as he sees two little boys playing on the street. They are sliding around on the ice laughing and having the time of their lives. Their mother and father were watching their children, laughing and smiling, cheering their kids on. That is how every family should be, happy, like being around each other, unlike his family was. Their father would have kicked their ass for causing such a scene, their mother would just let him so she wouldn't get hit, he would always take the punches and kicks for Lee.
He wanted to yell at the family, wanted to ask how they can be so happy, why there are so lucky. Instead he just walked past the family ignoring his impulses as he makes his way back to the restaurant trying to force a smile again.
He walked inside watching as families, lovers, and friends are eating, the whole restaurant sounding like it was rehearsed, everyone cuts their food at the same time, took slips of their wine, hell even talked at the same time. He almost thought at any minute the restaurant is going to break out in song. Of course they didn't and Louis found himself back at his table, Kelly becoming still once she sees him.
"Everyone here is Louis." Kelly announces so everyone can turn their attention to him. Louis found himself sweating as they look trying to figure out if Kelly told everyone about Lee. Seeing that no one looks angry at him he relaxed taking that as a sign that she didn't tell.
"Louis is going to take you to the factory." Kelly told the group who perked up instantly.
"What? Oh thank you so much." Hermione said smiling.
"But there is no way of knowing that this is really where George is." Louis felt like warning but he is 99 certain that he is in the factory.
"But he drew the picture in the book." Ron pointed out.
"Yeah I know. That is why I am going to take you. I just don't want you getting your hope up."
"Okay."
"This factory isn't safe either. The floor is breaking, termites have made the floor and walls totally unsafe. This is going to be really difficult. Are you sure you still want to go?"
"Yes." Fred said standing up.
"Okay fine but I have to warn you it is going to take us a while to get there."
"Why?"
"The factory is in the middle of nowhere, honestly there is no house even close to it. The roads leading to it has been closed down."
"We can take brooms."
"No, you know the rules. We are not supposed to fly over muggle communities. We have to pass though about ten muggle communities to get there."
"So we take floo powder?"
"There is no fireplace at the factory."
"So how do we get there?" Fred asked and Louis smiles.
"By a car." Hermione answers for Louis.
"All the way from here?" Ron asked.
"No from my parents' house. The house is only forty-five minutes from the factory."
"Will they mind?"
"They don't live there anymore. No one lives there; it has been abandoned for about ten years."
"So where do we get a car?"
"There are two cars on the property still. We can use one of those."
"When do we leave?" Ron asked.
"As soon as we can get to a fireplace."
"Then why are we just sitting around for lets go." Fred screamed in excitement his mind saying over and over again so it sounded like a chant, I'm coming George. I'm going George. You are going to be fine George. I'm coming George.
"Okay, my apartment is only a block away; I think that is the fastest place we can go." Hermione volunteered, as her mind screamed, please don't be dead, please don't be dead.
"Okay then lets go." Kelly said watching her husband's face.
"Fine let me pay first. I will meet you outside in five minutes.
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"What is taking him so long?" Fred asked looking at his watch impatiently.
"He is still paying. It's okay Fred."
"It's okay? How can it be okay? Here we are standing around when George is at that factory probably bleeding too death. I swear when I get my hands on Lee I am going to…"
"Calm down Fred." Hermione said quietly.
"Calm down? Calm down?"
"Yes you have to keep your head Fred. If you do not calm down then I will make sure you do not come with us." She said again and Fred immediately shut up, his eyes wide with fear. He didn't speak again. In fact no one spoke until Louis walked out of the restaurant.
Looking around at the group he asked, "ready to go?" Everyone nodded and Hermione stepped in front leading the way. Kelly took her boyfriend's hands as he looks over at Fred, his head was down and he was trembling. Fred raised his head and for a minute they looked at each other in their eyes reading each other's thoughts before Louis turned away and looked over at his girlfriend who looked scared. He looked away from her too. It wasn't until the group was inside Hermione's apartment near the fireplace that he turned back to his girlfriend, "Kelly stay here."
"What, why?" Kelly asked outraged.
"I don't know what we may find and I don't want you seeing something that will hurt you." He said and then whispered in her ear, "I need someone to watch over my brother."
"Okay fine." She answered and looked back at her boyfriend before kissing him, "just promise me that you will return."
"I promise."
Please review.
My beta is on vacation so this is once again un-beta but I tried really hard to look for grammar mistakes and awkward sentences so if there is misakes than I am really sorry.